Hello all, TDKN here with a LONG authors note, so prepare yourselves.

Now I'm here with a story that may seem familiar to some and probably not to others. You may all be wondering what happened to most of the stories on my profile and I'll just say, I deleted them. I did not like how they were conceived and I despised the way I made them out to be. So, I made a decision, and that was to start over from the very beginning.

And by doing this, I decided to heavily revise the first ever stories I made on this site, I'm gonna try to push myself to publish them all before Christmas, but I'll probably be unable to do it in time. Now this was originally named Naruto: The Blade Master Angel, for those of you that wish to know. But like the story, the title has been remade.

Now with that said, I do hope you enjoy this.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Final Fantasy XV, Final Fantasy VII, FFVII: Advent Children or any other anime/game references used in this story.

Rise of the King: Naruto Lucis Caelum

Prologue: One Life Ends, yet another Begins

In the far reaches of the ruined city of Midgar in the outskirts of Edge there was a cataclysmic battle taking place. A battle that threatened to break the already fragile peace brought upon by the actions of a few. A battle that nearly brought back the nightmare that threatened to swallow the world all those years ago. A battle that was fought with the intent of bringing back the entity of terror itself.

A battle that had come to an end, but at a great cost.

'Finally...its over...' thought Cloud Strife as he surveyed the world, no, his world with a feeling of content even amongst his numerous injuries and current blood loss, and suddenly he felt a sense of relief wash over him from the healing rain of the Lifestream which began to fall from the sky and pelt his skin as it poured onto the Inhabitants of Edge. He had at last finished off Sephiroth once and for all, and was at last free from him, free from the torment of his mind. Nothing could have made him more content than at that moment as he felt the Geostigma within him, like everyone else infected with it, be cleansed from their bodies by the rain.

Yet as this was happening, Yazoo and Loz struggled behind him, and unknown to Cloud they were beginning to charge all their remaining Power for one last desperate attack.

It came too fast for him to shake himself from his state of content...

A loud bang of a firearm sounded off, surprised the former mercenary took a step forward from the sudden impact as the bullet pierced his body, yet he didn't even let it slow him down. Shaking himself from the content he was in, Cloud merely glanced over his shoulder his blue/green eyes narrowing dangerously at the last remaining resistance of this battle. Tsurugi gleaming in hand he spun on his heels, Cloud didn't even register the pain wracking his entire body as he turned around and charged at them as they charged their Maximum power into there last attack. Jumping into the air, Cloud separated one sword from his main weapon and in a dual strike of ferocity and precision he came down with the force of a meteor, and just as they collided an explosion rocked the Tower, the explosion expanded into a giant sphere of mako and fire which consumed much of the battlefield. Yet something unexpected occurred as Yazoo and Loz were literally wiped from existence, and that was the fact that Clouds body started going back to the Life Stream.

This was a natural occurrence for all inhabitants of Gaia; you were born from the lifestream, and so too would you return from whence you came, but this was a difference circumstance for Cloud's death was left in the hands of the Lifestream's will. It did not wish for this fate to be put upon this soul, and thusly it allowed two avatar's, manifestations of their past physical bodies and embodiments of the Lifestreams will, to directly intervene in Cloud's death. A young man named Zack Fair and a beautiful young woman named Aerith Gainsborough, watched Clouds soul in both sadness yet pride, and upon sharing a glance with one another Zack merely smiled before giving a soft nod to her which she returned with one of her own.

Wordlessly coming to agreement, the two raised their hands to the remnants of Cloud's soul and with the will of the Lifestream backing them, they enforced their will upon their old friend with a simple yet friendly push.

'Go...Live a better Life than this...be happy, Cloud.' was Aerith's fleeting thoughts as she vanished into the Lifestream.

'And keep yourself from dying this time will ya? Maker knows Aerith will be severely angry with you if we have to see you again so soon. Be good now!' Zack offered his last words to his wayward protege before he too followed Aerith's example and vanished into the Lifestream.

And with that action made, Cloud's soul departed from the Lifestream and was thrust into a very different world than his own, but was just as connected. Yet the actions of the Lifestream could not be perceived without consequence.

And consequences were indeed to be true with this sole selfish action.

Konohagakure no Sato-Forests

Today was a good day to be one, Namikaze Minato, Yondaime Hokage, the Konoha no Kiiroi Senkō, and soon-to-be Father.

It was a good day indeed...

Because. while he was quickly losing all feeling in his hand which was squeezed with bone crushing force by his dear beloved wife, Uzumaki Kushina, as she began to give birth to their child, and it was a incredibly difficult task to lend his support to her as he used his other hand to keep her seal in check, keeping the legendary Kyūbi no Yoko within her at bay. Thankfully he had the support of predecessor's wife, Sarutobi Biwako.

Still, while the thought of his wife in so much pain hurt him, yet the excitement of their child soon to be born made him both proud and excited.

Crack!

'Oh dear Kami!' Minato internally wailed at the pain his wife was unleashing on him. He was sure she fractured or broke a few of his fingers. Still he showed none of this on the outside as he remained focused on the task at hand. He had to endure for Kushina, and for his son. Yet, so focused was he, that neither he nor any of the other occupants never noticed the Ethereal Green Spirit enter Kushina's Womb where her baby boy began to awaken.

It was only when the cries of a newborn baby boy sounded off in the chamber of Kushina's delivery. In the span of a moment the family of three had a single chance of happiness as Minato put their son into Kushina's awaiting arms, and his arm around her as they looked from each other and into the eyes of their newborn son.

''...He's so beautiful, Minato.'' Kushina spoke as she gazed lovingly at their little boy in her arms. Her violet gems twinkled like gems as tear's of pure unadulterated happiness cascaded down her eyes, such was her joy that it could have been felt coming off her in waves. Minato, of course shared her joy as he kissed her head and looked down into the face of their baby boy. While Biwako smiled at the newly family of three with a soft smile of her own.

''That he is, Kushina, that he is.'' Minato uttered to himself, his blue eyes staring down into an equally pair of those very same azure blue eyes. Yet in those round innocent blue orbs he saw the most mystic of glowing green that it was almost majestic in it's appearance. Their baby boy, their little Naruto, had a full head of short golden fuzz and a tanned complexion from his father. Yet his round eyes clearly came from his mother.

The little boy looked up at them, through his bleary eyes and gave a mindless gurgle and laugh causing the two parents hearts too swell in joy. This moment, this single moment would be forever immortalized into their souls, until the day they die and even beyond. It seemed like a good day for the family of three...

Until a thump alerted them and Minato's senses went on high alert, and he turned just in time to see his personal guard and Biwako laying dead at the feet on a cloaked man with a orange mask.

"Biwako-Obaa-sama!" Kushina cried out while Minato stood before his wife and child protectively as his icy blue eyes narrowed on the intruder.

''Greeting, Yondaime Hokage, a wonderful night is it not?'' spoke the stranger and Minato knew, at that moment that today, this miraculous day of joy and happiness.

Was about to take a sudden turn for the worst...

Unfortunately for him and Kushina, neither of the two would truly know how bad it was about to turn, especially for their newborn child.

Konohagakure-Hospital

In the darkness of the Konoha Hospital, lit only by the flickering overhead lights, the Nursery was filled with a good solid number of newborns. Nurse's working night shift came up and did routine check ups for all the newborns, making sure they were healthy and okay before moving on. This was the case as the last nurse went over the last newborns for the usual check up before she left the Nursery.

And as the door closed behind her, the shadow's of the four corners seemed to twitch before four bodies dropped from the shadowed corners. Each wearing an animal mask and the standard Anbu uniform, but a clean cut to their throat silenced them quick and clean. Landing at their bodies in a quiet crouch, the four cloaked shinobi bowed their heads in obedience as a fifth figure walked out from the dark reaches of the Nursery.

It was an older man, crippled and heavily scarred from his current appearance. Walking in with a cane in hand his lone beady eye stared amongst the newborns with a calculative and indifferent expression. Until a certain glint passed his eye as he made his way toward the target of his interest.

''Get rid of the bodies...'' in a silent gesture they did as commanded and went to collectively taking the bodies, removing any evidence of them every being there, before vanishing in a swirl of smoke and leafs. As they left in their master's wake, the bandaged man soon came up to a lone cradle in the far corner of the Nursery and upon seeing the name of the babe, he stopped just at the side of it.

Looking down, Shimura Danzo's lone eye narrowed as his face crinkled into a frown. ''Hiruzen may have forbid me from taking you, but that does not mean I cannot insure Konoha's safety for the future.'' he said, staring down at the sleeping newborn boy known as, Uzumaki Naruto. Digging into one of his pockets he pulled out a single paper tag with multiple written Kanji written upon it. Channeling chakra into the paper tag he gently laid it across the newborn boy's abdomen causing the boy's own seal to respond.

Putting his hand up he uttered only one word. ''Seal.'''

And in a small display of chakra infusion, Danzo watched as the kanji upon his paper tag melded off the fabric and into the boy's flesh. Bypassing the original seal placed upon him and hidden deep upon the layer's of the Shiki Fujin. Soon enough, the kanji for his seal was completely unnoticeable to all, but the most trained eye in the art of Fuinjutsu.

''And with this, Konoha's future is assured.'' without sparing a glance he turned away, never noticing the fact the boy's eyes opened marginally to stare straight at his fleeting back. The newborn boy's eyes were a distinctive shade of azure with a greenish glow, but that green majestic glow began to disappear from his pupils until it was no longer existent, and without another word the young boy fell back to the realm of lullabies.

14 Year Later-Forest of Death

Within the Forest of Death, we could find 4 figures in the area, which one of them was trembling in fear as she watched one of her teammates steep himself in trouble. She had long pink hair and worried seagreen eyes, which stared up in fright for the opponent her team was combating and she began to fear for her teammates. She was wearing a Red Qipao dress that had white designs, she also had black biker shorts underneath while wearing normal blue shinobi sandals with a Konoha forehead protector. This young girl was Haruno Sakura of Team 7, under the Jonin leadership of Hatake kakashi.

Another one was a Boy that had the pitch black hair that stood up in the form similar to a duck's rear end. He had pale skin with coal black eyes that were currently staring at his comrade and best friend, although he would never admit it to anyone, in a fear that made his entire body tremble. He had the usual blue Uchiha high-collarded shirt with white shorts he had bandages wrapped around his legs with blue Shinobi sandals as well, lastly he had a Konoha forehead protector as well. This boy's name was Uchiha Sasuke of the prestigious Uchiha Clan he was of the 3 of the last remaining Uchiha's alive, him being one, his traitorous brother being the second and his beloved mother being the last.

The cause of this? It was because his older brother, Uchiha Itachi, on one night butchered the whole clan leaving him and his mother alive. He never knew the whole reasons as to why he did it, but in the end he ultimately decided he would avenge his clan by killing his brother. A decision that always worried his mother, but the damage dealt by Itachi on that night was far too severe for even her to handle alone.

But right now, that was the farthest thing from Sasuke's mind as he was stuck in a literal state of both terror, shock and confusion as he watched his teammate fight off their opponent. A Kusa Kunoichi that had earlier crippled him and Sakura with a saturated feeling of killing intent. So intense it was, it made Zabuza's in the past pale in comparison. It was a suffocating feeling that made what little common-sense Sasuke had go out the window. At that moment in time he wanted nothing more than to die, throw himself into a hole, curl up like a worm and die just to end the madness. Yet when he was able to come back to his senses and try to flee the kunoichi he was unable to break free of the kunoichi's sight.

Yet in the last moment of what seemed to be his last fleeting moments of life, Sasuke saw something truly unprecedented and shocking. It lit a fire in him to see it really, to see his blonde idiot of a teammate show up in the nick of time, and even more amazingly the blonde was seemingly ignoring the killing intent coming off this kunoichi in waves and just start pummeling her giant Snake summon into the earth below them.

It was devastating yet awe inspiring to the Uchiha, in a moment of sheer guts, anger and resolve his teammate, the dobe had come up and pummeled the giant snake with his fists before going after it's master. He was like a blur of yellow and orange to his eyes, moving far faster than he had ever seen him move before. Just watching what he did, made Sasuke feel a number of emotions most of which were similar to respect, jealousy and a bit of fear for the blond.

But the most confusing emotion was admiration.

'What the hell...Naruto?' Sasuke thought as he looked on, watching the boy take on the Kusa Kunoichi with little to no restraint.

Sakura and Sasuke's teammate of Team 7, was a young man with a full mop of golden spiky locks which fell past his ears and his bangs nearly covering his Konoha headband. He had a tanned complexion with 6 whisker marks marring his cheeks. The young man wore a orange track suit with blue shinobi sandals and a crimson swirl etched into the back of his suit. but his clothing was less than satisfactory due to it being in tatter's, burned, or torn in other area's. However the most unique part of the boy besides his whisker marks, were the eyes he held. Glowing scarlet slitted orbs narrowed dangerously upon the kunoichi with an anger that would have made any lesser of a being fall to their knee's. The blood that dribbled down his head and around his eyes only increased the fearsome expression the young blond wore.

''I'm going to kill you, teme!'' the blond spoke in a voice that was his own, yet wasn't at the same time. It was both deep and rough, yet it carried something deeper. More...sinister?

Now this was Uzumaki Naruto, Jinchūriki of the Kyūbi no Yoko and right now he was fighting against this Kusa Kunoichi with all he had. His whole body was shaking with exhaustion, his body was a mess and his vision was blury, but he simply refused to fall down. He'd finally pulled himself out of one giant snake's stomach only to come and find out this...this...teme was hurting his teammates.

That was a line never to be crossed.

Ever.

His crimson orbs narrowed dangerously as the kunoichi on the other hand simply smirked with an equal amount of interest and curiosity. Her beady black orbs seemed to stare into those eyes of Naruto's without hesitation; if anything she felt an old thrill of excitement go down her body as she saw the anger in his eyes flare up.

'Originally, I wanted this little brat out of my way, but there's something off about him and it's not the fox's power either.' thought the kunoichi as she took notice of a slight flickering of a familiar chakra source coming off the boy, and it was only then did she let loose a cruel smile, a smile fitting for one as cruel, twisted and demented as she.

'Oho? So that's it then, very clever Danzo, but you were never one to utilize Fuinjutsu correctly. Your seals have always been crude, barbaric, outdated even, but I am surprised sensei never noticed it until now.' the kunoichi thought before returning her glance to blond before her. In the span of seconds, multiple thoughts and scenario's began to run through her or rather his mind until he ultimately came to a rather devious plan.

'Danzo's seal can be taken away unleashing whatever he wanted locked away, but judging from the ferocity I just faced earlier...why should I stop there?' thought the Snake in hiding. It's current vessel's beady eyes seemed to shift into those akin to a snake, amber obs with slitted pupils. Deciding to further test the boy he spoke.

''Oh?~ Are you angry? Do you hate me? You do know, if you don't kill me, I will make you watch as I kill your two little friends below us, slowly and painfully.'' she taunted, jeering the boy with a motion of her/his hand. Naruto merely snarled, baring his overly large fangs in response, if it was possible his crimson orbs seemed to glow even more with sinister primal ferocity.

''I...won't let you!'' and in a burst of speed Naruto vanished from his spot in a burst of speed. The tree he was on suddenly exploded from the sheer force of his jump, but he didn't seem to care at that moment. All he cared about was wiping that smug smirk of this teme's face! To the naked and untrained eye, Naruto just vanished, but to his opponent Naruto was still moderately coming at him speeds akin to a Jonin.

Easily he dodged his wild strike, and he watched with intrigue as his strike leveled tree's for a good distance, but the boy burst out from the smoke, faster than he was before. It was really impressive considering the boy's current situation. If what he sensed was accurate, than the boy was going beyond the limitations placed upon him.

'But still not fast enough.' he thought idly as he easily dodged Naruto's furious strikes, punches and wild kicks. From just observing the boy's lack of style he could already tell the boy utilized a brawler sort of fighting style. No doubt because he was never taught an initial fighting stance, one among the many intentional flaws made in his academic history, but the boy made up for it with his unpredictability.

But that wouldn't amount to much with the threats the boy would face in the future.

Dodge, weave, block, grab and throw, dodge, weave, block, duck, counter. It was becoming more akin to a dance of destruction at this point as the further Naruto attacked the more ferocious he became. His speed increased, his strength grew and with each missing attack he carved up the forest, each blocked fist or kick sent shockwaves all cross the forest. Shattering tree branches and causing the ground to crater with clash.

The boy's two teammates could no longer see the battle happening before them. It was no longer a battle they could perceive, not even with the famed Uchiha Sharingan eye. It was no longer a battle between Chunin hopefuls. This was a battle of something...else.

'Naruto...what's happening to you...' Sasuke thought in...worry. Yes, he would admit it to himself, in the solace of his own mind. He was worried for his teammate because Naruto was clearly not acting like his old self. This wasn't the happy-go lucky blond he knew, the stubborn hot head that didn't know when to back down. This wasn't the boy he knew from the academy when they were children.

This wasn't the Naruto he knew...

Than he heard a crash, and next came a yell that honestly sent a chill down the Uchiha's spine.

''STOP RUNNING!'' with a snarl the blonde dug his heel into the ground and vanished far faster than his opponent originally expected. And that moment of surprise cost him as the air was ripped out of him as Naruto's fist sunk into his chest. The punch was sound powerful that it reached further, passing his ribcage and stretching out his back. Continuing on with his attack he grabbed the woman's head and slammed nailed her face into his knee. Grabbing her by the hair he continued by repeatedly slamming her face into the ground.

Still the grin on the kunoichi's face was that spoke of euphoria, as if she or he had finally found a prospect worthy of his attention. 'This boy...interests me so much! There is no denying it now, he's the one I need the most!' his thoughts couldn't be swayed even as Naruto continued to bash his head into the ground without a shred of mercy.

''NEVER. THREATEN. TO. HURT. MY. FRIENDS. AGAIN! AAAHHHHH!'' with each slam the ground cratered further and further and with one wildly charged chakra enhanced slam he buried the kunoichi into the ground as the ground cracked and upheaved. The entire Forest of Death quaked as Naruto slammed his opponent so hard into the ground that half of her body was deeply embedded into the earth while the other half was laying limp. Snarling at the limp body, Naruto remained where he was, glaring at the supposed corpse of his opponent. Wary and suspicion was clear as day in his ruby red slited eyes.

But his ear's perked when he heard light footsteps coming toward and he spun on his heel, claws out and fangs bared.

….Only to stop dead in his tracks when he saw a pair of coal black orbs staring back at him. It that moment Naruto realized he was staring at his rival, but as he looked at the Uchiha he began to take notice of something...odd about him. Maybe it was the sub-conscious of his brain telling him this or something else, but it was like he was looking at Sasuke for the first time.

Something was off with the teme...

''Dobe...calm down...she's dead...we're safe...just calm down, okay?'' Sasuke asked for Naruto who could only stared into the Uchiha's coal orbs with his ruby red eyes. Taking in the Uchiha's overall appearance with a tilt of his head, and it was only then, Naruto's eyes narrowed in what seemed to be confusion.

''...T-teme?...You...somethings different about you.'' Naruto commented in his rough tone of voice, but the Uchiha's eyes widened only marginally, but it was enough for Naruto too see. Yet before he could continue, the both felt the ground beneath them vibrate. Naruto's eyes widened, yet he couldn't react fast enough.

Shooting up from the ground from behind him, a ghostly pale man with long black hair stretched out his neck, and with lightning fast speed he struck sinking his fangs into Naruto's collarbone. Channeling his chakra and a bit of his soul into the boy's own he took a moment of relish in satisfactory as he saw his own experimental Cursed Seal of Hell easily form around the bite mark. He easily noticed Naruto beginning to weaken from the sudden intrusion of his soul and his own vile chakra and he took a moment to glance at the shell-shocked Uchiha as Orochimaru, of the Legendary Sannin spoke the Uzumaki.

''Very clever of you to notice, Naruto-kun~ I do believe you're the first besides Sasuke's kaa-san to notice his little situation. But that's the least of your worries right now.'' he said with a hiss before he struck Sasuke with the same mark. And for Naruto, that sight alone was seared into his brain. The screams of pain that came from Sasuke tore at him more than he would have ever imagined.

'Dammit...what is this...?' the blond thought as the crimson bled away from his eyes as his body began to weaken more and more until he could no longer support himself. Falling flat on his back he could only stare up into tree branches. His body began to convulse, painfully, but he could only let out grunts or racking coughs. But through the dimming of his vision, Naruto saw the man, his opponent come toward him.

And he only heard him say one thing before he saw darkness.

''Now let's get rid of this nasty little seal on you, hm?'' spoke Orochimaru as he went to work getting of the archaic seal placed upon the Uzumaki. The Uchiha behind him was already convulsing, in the same situation as the blond. Originally, Orochimaru never planned to utilize the Seal he gave the blond, let alone marking the Uzumaki in the first place. Yet something about him intrigued him to go ahead and do it anyway.

Still, as he ripped away the last bit of Danzo's seal from the boy's original seal, Orochimaru bore witness to one change just before he was forced to leave the area. And it was something that truly made his eyes twinkle in deep interest. For the boy's dull blue eyes sparked to life, generating a glow of majestic green. Royal, divine, mystical, but that was all Orochimaru was able to see before the boy's eyelids fell.

Sighing Orochimaru shook his head, ''Oh well, I'll just wait to see what more you can show me, Naruto-kun. Survive, and Endure. If you are anything like your Nindo, then survive until the next time we meet.'' and with a fleeting glance at the Uchiha, Orochimaru vanished in a swirl of leafs leaving a broken Team 7 in his wake.

Unknown to him however, this single act of interest and curiosity would fundamentally change the world.

Naruto's Mindscape

Within the depths of Uzumaki Naruto's mindscape, the sewer like system that it was. The ankle-high water suddenly rippled as a long and strong rumble ripped across the very depths of his mind, but what followed was something that was out of this world. For bright green liquid suddenly flooded the tunnels and pipes of Naruto's chakra network. It was a fast, unstoppable current that would not be stopped. It ripped across the mindscape, cleansing the impurities it came in contact with, and in result what was left was only strengthened and augmented by the green liquid.

The flood of liquid soon came upon the cage sheltering the bijuu of legend, the Kyūbi no Yoko. One of it's eyes opened lazily only to widen in surprise as the strange liquid came toward him. Feeling such surprise and confusion for the first time in it's long life span, the bijuu reacted in the only manner in could.

''What in the Sages name is this?!'' the great fox roared in defiance of the otherworldly energy, but it didn't seem to deter it's path in the slightest, and the bijuu could do nothing as the energy easily bypassed it's cage and began to fill up the Kyuubi's cage. The effect the liquid on the Kyuubi was instant as it's liquid form exploded into particles of emerald which soon began to swallow up to the great bijuu. The great fox struggled against the strange unique energy, but it was to no avail as it found itself consumed by the energy.

And with that, darkness followed...

….Yet in that darkness...

Uzumaki Naruto awoke to find himself floating upon a sea of emerald. Fireflies lit up the darkness that surrounded him, and in that situation he couldn't find himself questioning why or where he was. He just felt a sense of content of where he was. As if he belonged here, for one reason or another.

'This place...feels familiar to me...' thought the young blonde and it was only then did he let loose a frown as a small trickle of annoyance began to flow through the back of his skull. ''W-what is...this?!'' his hands went to scratch at his skull, and that single movement of erratic behavior caused him to sink like an anchor into the ocean of emerald. Yet he paid no mind as he sunk, his finger nails merely dug into his scalp as memories of a life that was not his flooded his brain.

It came to him in a hurricane of memories and images, and the pain that followed made him scream, but all that came out was bubbles. He grit his teeth in pain he saw it...he saw everything... from his past life of Cloud Strife. How his life went from his childhood with his best friend Tifa Lockheart and through his adventure in Midgar meeting Zack Fair, becoming a Shinra Security Officer to a SOLDIER, to eventually a mercenary for hire.

He saw everything to when Zack died, dying to protect him from Shinra's main force, to when he helped his friends on the planet called 'Gaia'. How he faced Sephiroth at the time of his resurrection, defeating the last remnants of his will...that is until the Explosion...

His eyes snapped wide open at this as he sunk deeper and deeper until he eventually hit the bottom. Yet his eyes became glassy as he tried to recollect on the memories granted to him. The strangeness of the events was just as confusing as his current situation.

'Ok, my name is...Uzumaki Naruto...I-I was Cloud Strife from a Planet Called Gaia. I was a mercenary that helped take down Shinra, I had friends who I fought beside to take down a Man who called himself Sephiroth. After two year's Remnants of Sephiroth came back with the intention of reuniting wth Jenova and bringing Sephiroth back from the Lifestream. Everyone fought them until I had met them at a stand-off at the outskirts of Edge. There I fought Kadaj who released the Materia that which brought back Sephiroth once more into the world.

We fought until I landed the finishing strike on him after that he transformed back into Kadaj and he went back to the lifestream while Aerith left a Healing rain to cure the Geostigma within Midgar and Edge. After this I was shot by the last remaining remnants and then I charged Yazoo and Loz which ended up in that explosion...

After that I...I...' he was knocked out of his thoughts when he heard a voice echo with the depths of the mako sea...it sounded like...Aerith!

'A-Aerith..is that you? Where are you?!' mentally calling out to her.

'Don't worry Cloud...me, Zack and The Ancient's decided you were to be given a new life, one where you could be reborn to help this world like you did for Gaia.' said Aerith which Cloud frowned at as he looked around to try and find Aerith amongst the ocean of mako.

'I...was reborn?'

'Yes you were, for you see we decided you were to be given this chance' she said causing Cloud/Naruto's frown too deepen at this bit of information. It was just so much to take in at once, but the thought of his friends and comrades made him stand up at attention.

'What about the others? All I remember is the explosion then here.' he said

'They still live on Gaia peacefully after what you did.' she said causing the Ex-Soldier to smile a little knowing that what he had done wasn't a waste.

Yet one questioned plagued him...

'Why is this only happening now, why did it take so long?' he asked and he could feel her...displeasure in a sense.

'The process was started when Uzumaki Naruto was brought into this world,yet an old man did something to you and it had a delay effect on the emergence between you and the Naruto of this world.' THAT made his frown turn into a deep scowl but as hard he tried he couldn't dig up any memory of that happening. Than again his mind was probably a jumbled mess so it would take time to organize his memories.

'I see...' one thing was for certain, he will find the one who did it to him.

'Now Cloud...I-' the woman was cut of as Cloud interrupted her with his own thoughts.

'Naruto...I am...no longer Cloud Strife, I am just...Uzumaki Naruto, Aerith.' he said, wanting to get that across. He may have been Cloud Strife in one point in his life, but here and now he was just Uzumaki Naruto. He could feel Aerith's surprise that is until her warmth enveloped him.

'Yes...that's right...Naruto, that is who you are now. You are Naruto and Naruto is you, one in the same. Bound forever as one, something that will never change...until I can welcome you back with open arms.'

'Yes...until then Aerith...take care...' and upon this farewell Naruto closed his eyes and smiled causing the mako sea around him to explode in a show of green glowing particles. All around the depths of his mindscape the liquid turned into particles that seemed into the pipes of his chakra network.

And in the darkness once again, Naruto reopened his eyes revealing a pair of sharp blue eyes glowing a deep mystical green hue that pierced the veil of ebony around him.

''Now...I need to protect Sasuke and Sakura, and escape this damned forest.'' and with that single thought Naruto slowly dematerialized as well.

And that ends this revamp, originally this prologue was 20 pages, but with the amount of corrections and revamping I'm doing I felt this was the best time to cut it off cause a lot of work is still needing to be done to the next half of just the prologue alone. It's crazy I was able to make so many pages of work, yet have so many mistakes.

Again this is a remake of the original story so it's not going to go down like it did in the past.

That said, I hope you enjoyed this and if you have criticisms to offer it would be dearly appreciated.

Now have a great holiday!

TDKN