Current Harem: Rikku, Yuna (?), Lulu, Fem! Kurama, Kushina (?)

I do not own Naruto, Final Fantasy or Devil May Cry

Currently being used:

Naruto - Red Queen, Blue Rose, Devil's Cloak (Defence Item)

Wakka - Offical Ball

Lulu - Moogle, Bangle (Defence Item)

Tidus - Brotherhood

Yuna - Rod of Wisdom

Khimari - Lance

Chapter 3: Departure To Sin

Naruto walked beside Yuna, with Lulu directly behind them, and Wakka walking up front with Tidus. After walking up the hill for a little while, Wakka turned. "Yuna! I'm gonna go show Tidus how to fight properly, ya? He's gotta protect himself while we're travelling."

Yuna tilted her head. "Okay Wakka. I'm sure Naruto, Lulu and Khimari can protect me while your busy."

"I'm gonna need Lu to help me Yuna," Wakka said sheepishly. "He's gotta learn all the basics, ya? There are a bunch of fiends on the road, so we'll be able to find plenty to take on."

Lulu sighed. "Honestly Wakka. You couldn't have shown him this while you were headed to the village 2 days ago?"

Wakka scratched the back of his head. "It just didn't occur to me, ya? I was busy thinking about the big Blitz tournament in Luca."

Naruto's ears perked up at the mention of this 'blitz'. He had heard Wakka, Tidus and the rest of the 'Besaid Aurochs' talking about winning this 'Blitzball Tournament'. He was curious about it, and would have liked to try it out, to see if he had any talent for it. If not...well, he had been training his whole life. This wouldn't be too different. Kurama snorted at Wakka. Talk about a one-track mind. He was like Naruto's mask, or the Uchiha when it came to his brother.

It was Yuna's turn to sigh. "Okay. Naruto and I will be waiting at the shrine at the top of the hill."

"Okay Yuna!" Wakka grabbed Tidus. "Come on!" He started to drag him away.

"H-hey!" Tidus protested. "Wakka! Lemme go!"

Lulu sighed. "How foolish..." she followed after them.

Naruto chuckled, scratching the back of his head with his Devil Bringer. "Well...that was...odd."

The summoner giggled. "Yes. They are...rather eccentric." As they walked, Yuna's eyes kept drifting to Naruto's devil bringer.

"Go ahead and ask," Naruto sighed.

"Pardon?"

"You want to ask me something again," Naruto stated. "Just ask. It's not like I have any reason to lie."

Yuna blushed. Again, he saw right through her. "Um...where are you from? I find it difficult to believe you just somehow ended up in the sky..."

Naruto shrugged. Kurama whispered something into his ear. "I'm from another dimension."

She stopped walking, so Naruto had to as well. "P-pardon?"

"I'm from another dimension," Naruto repeated. "I come from a dimension separate from this one. It is called the Elemental Nations. There, we have people that can perform great feats. Such as being able to manipulate ice, the power to control the elements, and even special abilities unique to family members. Like using your bones as weapons, or being able to trap people in illusions."

"Amazing!" Yuna breathed. "What were you in that world?"

"A dead-last ninja," Naruto said. "More than often, people that were able to use the powers I said were Ninja. I was the dead-last of my class, though it was mostly a...'mask' so to speak. As far as using the abilities I said go..." he trailed off before shrugging. "I can make solid clones of myself."

"Really?" She asked with stars in her eyes.

With a sweat drop, Naruto decided to demonstrate. He made the cross shaped hand seal. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" There were 4 poofs of smoke, and 5 Narutos now stood with Yuna, all of them identical, all with the same foxy grin. "Pretty cool huh?" The clones dispelled.

Yuna clapped her hands. "Incredible! That's simply amazing!"

Naruto shrugged. "I guess..." suddenly Naruto noticed something. He felt like he had just seen Yuna for another 4 slightly different angles...interesting. He would have to do research on this. Shaking his head out of those thoughts, he noticed they had just arrived at a large stone at the top of the hill.

"Here it is," Yuna said. She got on her knees and began doing the prayer.

"What are you doing?"

"People leaving this village often come here to pray for a safe journey," Yuna explained. "Wakka's brother- Chappu- didn't pray here once. He missed his boat."

Naruto hummed, but he did not pray with Yuna. He just watched.

A few minutes later, Lulu, Wakka and Tidus came over. "We taught him," Wakka said before also getting on his knees and praying.

"Um, what are you doing?" Tidus asked.

"Some superstition," Naruto whispered into Tidus's ear. "They pray for good luck and a safe journey."

Tidus nodded, staring at the rock, before shrugging and doing the prayer once. Coincidentally enough, the moment he stopped doing it, Wakka and Yuna did too.

"That should do it," Wakka said, standing up, as did Yuna. "Let's head for the boat."

Naruto nodded, then turned. "I'm gonna go on ahead, clear the roads of fiends." With his piece said, Naruto quickly jogged away, sliding Red Queen off his back as he did so.

Wakka blinked. "Was it something I said?"

Lulu just sighed and introduced her palm to her face. 'Why is it I already miss Naruto? At least he keeps things entertaining.'

The blonde had done as he said he would and trekked on ahead, beating up as many fiends as he encountered on the roads. When a land fiend showed up, he slide through it was Red Queen. When an element Fiend showed up, he shoved a Rasengan in it's face. And when the flying fiends showed up, he introduced them to Blue Rose. And thanks to his insane stamina with Kurama's help, who was staring at the blonde with a deadpan on his shoulder, Naruto wasn't even tired.

"Hooo..." Naruto grinned as he stopped by what used to be machines. "Man, Yugakure don't got nothing on this."

Kurama rolled her eyes. 'Kit, I think your mask is slipping on.'

The devil glared at the fox. "Shut up." He started walking, but when he passed under a machine, movement caught his eye. He jumped back as a strange creature wearing olden style clothing with blue fur, white hair and a cut off horn looked at him, growling. It pulled a lance out of...where the hell did it get the lance?!

"Oh well," Naruto shrugged. He drew Red Queen from his back, and let it rest on his shoulder as he held it. "You know, I've never seen something quite like you. What are you?"

The creature growled, but it spoke in a deep voice, and seemed like it didn't know english very well from how it spoke. "Khimari...Ronso..."

"A Ronso huh?" Naruto said. "Well Khimari, I hope you make this battle interesting for me, as I have no desire to kill you." Naruto stopped resting Red Queen on his shoulder and charged at Khimari, who also charged.

Naruto swung his blade while Khimari blocked the strike with his lance. To Naruto's surprise, the lace was just fine. "The hell is that lance made of?!"

"Mahogany." Khimari said.

That word reminded Naruto of an abridged series he once watched, and he blinked. "..." Naruto went for a sweep kick, knocking Khimari off his feet, before stabbing his sword downwards.

But Khimari was quick despite his size. He rolled out the way in mid air, landing on his feet after he dodged. He got into stance again immediately, readying his spear and tried to run through the former jinchuuriki.

What Naruto did in response shocked Khimari. Naruto grabbed his Lance, stopping it an inch from his face. Red Queen was stabbed into the ground, and he was holding Blue Rose to Khimari's face. "Checkmate."

Khimari stared wide eyed at the gun before scowling. "Use Machina...Machina bad."

Naruto snorted. "Don't know what the fuck this 'Machina' shit is. But Blue Rose here isn't what you call 'Machina'. It's a machine made by yours truly, and doesn't have a single bullet inside of it."

The hornless Ronso frowned. "Then...how...shoot?"

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Surrender and I'll tell you. We're fellow guardians after all."

Khimari's eyes widened as he jumped back, but the spear was still in Naruto's hands. Khimari sighed and nodded, showing he was surrendering. Naruto tossed him the lance, which he caught.

Naruto fired the gun at the ground in front of himself and a bullet hole was made. "It fires Bullets made from a special energy I use called chakra. This is made to automatically make solid chakra into the shape of a bullet."

The Ronso blinked, but nodded. He supposed this 'chakra' was similar to magic in a sense.

The Yondaime's legacy put his gun back in it's holster, which was inside his jacket, just as the rest of the group joined them.

"Khimari?" Yuna asked. Khimari walked past Naruto to her, who was taking Red Queen out the ground and strapping it on his back again.

"How were the roads?" Naruto asked.

Lulu rolled her eyes. "Completely clear. Did you slay every fiend possible?"

The blonde chuckled. "Perhaps. Come on. We don't want to miss our boat, do we?" He slid his normal hand into his pocket and pulled out a silver pendant, staring at it sadly. But the group had started walking ahead of him so nobody noticed...nobody except Kurama.

Kurama gently pushed Naruto's cheek with her nose. 'Kit...'

"I'm fine Kurama..." Naruto whispered as he followed the group. "I just...miss her..."

'I'm sorry kit...' Kurama said to him telepathically, with sadness in her voice.

Naruto clenched the pendant to his heart. "Ami..."

The group was on the boat, waiting for it to set sail. Naruto was on the deck, leaning against one of the fences stopping them from walking off as he sat down. He had his eyes closed and was clenching his normal hand into a fist, his 2 rings tightening slightly as he did so.

Finally, Naruto heard Yuna say, "Goodbye." As the ship began moving. Yuna went and stood at the front of the ship with Khimari. A lot of people stood around her, probably asking her questions. Naruto noticed Tidus acting like a...monkey? The fuck was he doing? He just took someone's binoculars...he was looking at Lulu...now Yuna...and he just threw the binoculars into the ocean.

'What a dick,' Naruto thought. He slowly stood and rolled up the sleeve that concealed his devil bringer until it was just above the elbow. He stared at his arm, as he examined his devil bringer intently. "Such a beautiful thing...that comes from such- apparently- 'dark' blood."

"Yes, I suppose that is right," a voice said from next to him. Naruto glanced up to see Lulu. Kurama eyed her, but did not say anything to her former host.

"Can I help you Lulu?" Naruto asked.

Lulu nodded. "I'm...curious. How is it exactly that you...just fell out of the sky?"

"Dimensional Portal," Naruto said.

"Pardon?"

"Dimensional Portal," Naruto repeated. "I come from another dimension. I...was deeply hated in my village," Naruto explained to her. "As a child, almost everyone ignored me or openly said bad things about me in hushed whispers, but I could hear them." Lulu was staring at Naruto, listening intently. "At that point, I decided to put on a...mask, so to speak. I acted like an idiot, pulling pranks, talking loudly...anything to have my presence acknowledged...finally, I became a Shinobi- a ninja I guess, who were the main fighters in my dimension. My dream was to become the leader of my village: The Hokage..." Naruto trailed off as a spiteful look came onto his face.

"What happened?" Lulu asked.

"My village happened..." Naruto said darkly. "I was given a mission. You see, people in my world have these things known as 'bloodlines', something that is passed down from parent to child. We had to retrieve one such person who had run away, with a valuable bloodline, alive. I was the one to finally confront him once the rest of my team faced the people who were helping him run away. I kept my attack away from his heart, as he needed to be alive...and I failed to beat him. He left me there and I was taken back to the village by my teacher. The...council of my village hold a great deal of power..." Naruto's face became sour.

"What?" Lulu asked, engrossed in the story. "What is it?"

"They..." Naruto growled, but kept in control. "They...they banished me from the village. They were afraid of the potential I had, and were afraid I may have turned on them if I got too strong. Enough was enough for me, working so hard and not being appreciated for it...hated despite my efforts...that was when I met Kurama here," he smiled as he pet Kurama, who blushed heatedly (she was very thankful she was in her fox form, as nobody would notice the blush) and purred under his soft touch. Lulu smiled softly, partially wishing she had a fox plushie to help her with magic. "And I awakened my own bloodline, which took the form of my arm, and found out from a...friend of mine, about a special technique which allowed the user to traverse dimensions.

"So I took my sword," Naruto continued. "Along with my gun. I dropped the mask that I'd worn all this time, and with Kurama on my shoulder, came to this world...and I, as you saw, arrived in the sky. That's when Yuna's Aeon- Valefor- came and I caught onto it. And you know the rest."

Lulu was silent for a little while, and soon noticed Naruto's gaze was focused on Yuna amidst a small crowd of people. "Tell me..." Lulu said softly, making Naruto glance at her. "Why did you agree to be Yuna's guardian?"

Naruto hummed in thought, before sighing through his nose. "Because I can tell she also wears a mask. She puts on a smile, and tries to be strong...but underneath, she is afraid and scared..." his eyes grew distant as he saw Yuna as a young blonde boy, in the middle of a crowd of people that ridiculed him.

The black mage looked genuinely surprised. She...had never seen this 'mask' Naruto spoke of. But the look on his face...he seemed absolutely certain, and that worried Lulu. Did she truly know so little about her surrogate younger sister?

Kurama climbed to Naruto's shoulder, and whispered softly into his ear, her feminine voice sad and regretful. "I'm so sorry kit..."

Said Guaridan pet Kurama. "It's alright..." he whispered to his demon. "It wasn't your fault...I'm sure you had a reason for attacking when you did..." Naruto stood slowly, his devil bringer gleaming slightly in the sunlight. He gave Lulu a respectful nod, before walking to Yuna, whom was now free of the crowd as it had dispersed, leaving the black mage to ponder his words.

Yuna was now standing at the bow of the ship, staring out at the ocean. She was thinking about the joy she had brought the people around her, the thought that a new summoner would soon end Sin...even at the cost of her life. Yuna shivered slightly at the reminder. The thought of death was not something she liked to think about, but she would have to deal with it...soon after the battle with Sin, Yuna would see her mother and father again...

'I'll find a way to defeat Sin and end the cycle...without you losing your life...' Naruto's words echoed in her mind. 'That Yuna...is the promise of a lifetime.'

She blinked a single tear out of her eye as the thoughts hit her. "Yo," a voice said. She turned to see Naruto, Kurama sitting on his shoulder. He stood at the bow of the ship next to her, staring out at the ocean. "Gil for your thoughts?"

The summoner sighed, leaning forward a bit more. "Being a summoner is a bit more...stressful than I originally thought," she said. Honestly, she didn't know why she had opened up to Naruto so easily. But...she felt as if she could be honest with him. "I have to continually reassure everyone who I meet that Sin will be defeated...while still worrying about myself and my guardians, wondering if we are doing enough."

Naruto pat her head with his devil bringer, which actually felt rather nice considering the arm was rather sickening yet beautiful to look at. "That's what happens to someone when they become a leader. I felt similar when myself and a group of 3 kids that called me boss hung out. Sometimes I'd take them hunting for animals, show them what being a shinobi was like. I always had to reassure them that I would protect them. All the while worrying if enemy shinobi showed up, wondering if I'd be able to protect them at all."

Yuna looked to Naruto, who was smiling. She blushed lightly at the smile he gave her. "Don't worry about it," he told her. "You are only just starting out, so it's natural to feel like this. Just try and relax, I promise that you'll do great a summoner.

She looked at him for a minute...and she smiled. It was amazing. He seemed to have just washed away her doubts so easily and simply, and he didn't even seem as if he were trying.

Kurama smirked at Naruto. 'Oh yes!' she thought. 'A natural Casanova! And with talks like that, he will be great with the kits! Oh our babies will be so cute~'

Suddenly, the boat shook violently as the sea started to part as a single, large fin rose up in front of the ship. Yuna began to slide away, but Naruto grabbed her and held onto the side.

Someone yelled loudly. "SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!"

The people began screaming running below deck. 2 men, concerned for their families as Sin was heading in the direction of the town they lived in, ran to the crossbows at the front of the ship. They took aim and fired.

The first Arrow fell into the water, but the second hit it's mark. It hit Sin and latched on...and Sin ended up beginning to pull the boat towards the village they were going to at a much faster pace. The two men rolled down to the back of the ship and headed below deck. The guardians and Yuna soon adjusted to the speed of the ship and stood with their weapons ready. 3 large objects- scales from Sin's body- shot and landed on the ship, before taking on the form of 3 small creatures.

"Sin scales!" Wakka said. "Fiends born from the scales on Sin's body!"

Naruto glared at how far Sin was from him. Red Queen wouldn't be able to hit from this distance! Blue Rose might be able to, but the amount of Chakra he'd need would be no joke. Even for him.

Naruto released Yuna slowly, and drew Red Queen from his back. He twisted the handle and flames ran along the blade. Channelling Chakra into the blade now, the orange flames turned to a searing white head. 'Kurama,' Naruto spoke through their mental link. 'Think you can manage fox form with me on your head and get in close?'

Kurama huffed as if insulted. 'Of course I can! I'm the almighty Kyuubi No Kitsune!"

He rolled his eyes. 'Then let's go!' Naruto plucked Kurama off his shoulder and she ran, jumping down to the water, the ship speeding away. Half way down, she shifted. She grew much large, reaching the same size as Sin's fin as she didn't want to take her full size in battle after not using it for so long, grew 8 more tails, and snarled. She sped off, quickly catching up with the ship.

Everyone except Naruto stared in awe at the large fox, wondering where it had come from. Naruto smirked, running to the edge of the ship and jumping off. He reached with his Devil Bringer and caught onto one of Kurama's ears, before sitting atop her head. He gave a salute to his fellow guardians and Yuna, before looking at the fin. "Ikimashou, Kurama (Let's go, Kurama)!"

"Hai, Naruto!" She agreed in her demonic fox voice. She ran straight up to Sin's fin and clawed it. Sin scales flew at Kurama, who dodged them and moved back a bit. The guardians soon snapped out of their shocked state and started to face the Sin scales while Naruto dealt with the fin.

Naruto pulled out Blue Rose and set it on the handle of Red Queen, just a hair's width away from the flames. "Kurama! Get as close as you can, but not so close that it will send some of those Sin Scales on you! I'll only have one shot at this!"

"Got it!" She hurried, rushing straight to the Fin. Scales shot, trying to touch Kurama, but she moved out of the way. She moved back and more scales shot, and she once more dodged. She repeated this until she was just far enough at the sin scales wouldn't get to her. "Now, Naruto!"

"Hai!" Naruto roared, charging chakra into Blue Rose. "Take this! Aka No Joo: Moka Kogeki!" The flames on his blade grew more intense, turning to a pitch black. "Aoi Bara: Dangan No Kyuu Jigoku!" He pulled the trigger and a large, concentrated blast of chakra fired. As it went through the flames, it sucked them in and they spun around the bullet, making the flames hotter. Just as the bullet made contact with Sin, Naruto flared his chakra. "Haretsu!"

The bullet exploded and scorched Sin's skin upon contact. On top of that, the sea seemed to shake violently as Sin screeched in agony. The arrow lodged into Sin's skin was freed and it hurried away into the distance.

"Get back here!" Kurama roared, preparing to give chase.

"Stop Kurama!" Naruto ordered. "It's long gone already. Let's cut our losses. Head back to the ship."

Kurama nodded reluctantly, and walked back to the ship. Naruto jumped off her head and landed on the deck. Kurama jumped and turned back into her smaller fox form with a single tail, and sat on Naruto's shoulder. "Your no fun kit."

"Yeah, well, shut up," Naruto grumbled. He saw all the other guardians looking at him in shock, while Yuna had stars in her eyes. "Um...what?"

Equipment Gained:

Tidus: Scale Blade (Similar to brotherhood in appearance, but a darker shade of blue. It deals strikes with water based power to enemies)

Khimari: Scale Armlet (Made from the remains of a Sin Scale. It provides moderate defence against magical attacks)

Currently in use:

Naruto: Red Queen, Blue Rose, Devil's Cloak

Yuna: Rod of Wisdom

Lulu: Moogle, Bangle

Wakka: Official Ball

Tidus: Brotherhood

Khimari: Lance, Scale Armlet

Translations:

Aka No Joo: Moka Kogeki (Red Queen: Inferno Strike)

Aoi Bara: Dangan No Kyuu Jigoku (Blue Rose: Bullet of the Nine Hells)

Haretsu (Rapture)