Author's note: I absolutely love Naruto and Final Fantasy 7 crossovers. I also adore well made 'Naruto is/becomes insert character a' Fics, and I love it when those two genre's meet together in harmony.

However, for all the 'Naruto is Cloud Strife' and the 'Naruto is Sephiroth' Fics I've seen, I have noticed that there seems to be a lack of Fics where Naruto is someone other than those two, if not himself, in ff7 and Naruto crossovers.

This is my attempt to fix that, and I don't think it's one of the obvious choices.

I'll be honest, I've been sitting on this one for a while, mostly because I wasn't sure I'd write it as well as I'd like. But with the upcoming remake, and with me seeing more updates for ff7 Naruto crossover Fics, I decided now was as good a time as any, especially before someone steals my idea right out from under me while I'm still twiddling my thumbs.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the upcoming story, and know that I write this with all the absolute respect I have for both works. (I have been playing the original game, not only to go into the remake respecting its predecessor, but also to get all the facts firsthand myself for this fic.)

The battle between titans and god-like beings came to an end.

It was unlike most wars, where the war could sometimes stretch past the day the treaties were signed. There were no firefights as armies retreated. No disagreements between their hardcore nationalists and newly installed governments. No noblemen screaming for justice or reparations.

There was only silence.

The silence seemed to stretch on as the survivors- the world's united shinobi armies- came out of their cover, staring at the three that had brought an end to the goddess known as Kaguya.

The world held its breath in the moments that Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke sealed the women away once more.

And then the survivors breathed.

Each of them had lost someone, Some had lost everyone. Some, who had nothing going in, now found themselves with too much.

The world would rebuild, but it was hurt. And badly.

It would feel the effects of this battle for generations.

Even as the celebrations commenced, as the rebuilding began. They all knew.

They would not survive another like this.

And for the first time in recorded history, the shinobi nations decided as one that they would do anything to prevent another war like this.

Naruto grinned as she strolled through the paths between the many tents. Her emotions were frayed, but for now she was riding the emotional high of their victory. Sure, they had suffered losses, some of them were people she had close bonds with. But it was important that most of her precious people were alive. And while the rebuilding would take a long time, and the grief would be felt through the rest of their lives, she was confident they could move past this and prosper. Already, the bonds they all had made were healing the wounds of the past. She could see it in the way Ninja from opposite villages helped each other cope, bonded from the trials they faced together.

She smirked when she spotted a familiar bulky figure. "Yo, B-sensei!"

"Yo little nine, what's on yo mind?" The Jinchuriki of the sight tails rapped. The man's companions, Omoi and Karui, displayed their exasperation in their own ways. Karui with a slap to her face and Omoi with nervous chewing.

Naruto laughed at their exasperation, bumping fists with her fellow Jinchuriki. She smirked. "Well, I figured I'd invite the three of you to join me in finding something to eat. There's gotta be some food somewhere around here."

Karui shook her head. "Not that I wouldn't mind, but don't you have a team to be getting back to?

Naruto waved her hand dismissively. "Eh, they're around somewhere. I can catch up with them later."

"What if they get called in without you? What if you aren't there to defend your Uchiha friend? And what if they make important decisions without you? What if without you to defend him, the gathered kage's make an irreversible decision that causes another war, and we all die from it?"

Kirui smacked the back of Omoi's head, knocking him off his rant. "Calm down Omoi! It's not like anything is gonna happen. If the council does call in Naruto-san's team it will just be to warn the Uchiha. It's not like they can really punish him, what with how his assistance helped win us the war. Beside's, they're too busy with their debates and talks to focus on a single shinobi."

Her tone held a bit of resentment at the mention of the Uchiha, one which Killer B picked up on.

"Ya still holed up on that fool ya fool? Relax little lass, he's the last of his gene pool."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Kirui groaned out.

Naruto shrugged her shoulders. "I'm sure it'll all be fine, they've been in talks for days now, considering that we all aren't being ordered to claw each other's necks out I think that's a good thing. Now come on, Let's go!" She marched off, her companions following.

"This meeting is pointless and insulting!"

The voice that spoke was full of emotion and heated tempers. Considering the topic, it could be considered a good thing, although the person it came from could understandably leave some in shock.

Gaara was normally very cool and in control of his emotions, having mastered them with the help of Uzumaki Naruto.

It was no wonder why he was now defending her.

"Gaara-san, even you must admit that the shinobi nations cannot survive another war of this scale. Surely you can see why we are advocating for this change?" Mei Terumi would normally be advocating against such policies, but the last few months had been trying, and her village had a nasty history with their Jinchuriki.

"What is being proposed is ridiculous. Neither Uzumaki-san nor B-san have done anything to justify being treated this way. None of the Jinchuriki asked to have beasts of unfathomable power shoved into their stomachs, only to be hunted down to near extinction by a terrorist group of missing nin." Gaara grounded out passionately. He was not one to shout, and he proved that here. It was hard not to though, and it showed with his hardened voice and tense face.

"Look Gaara-san. We are not blaming the Jinchuriki for the problems of madmen." Mei Terumi began. "But you must understand that the goal of the madmen was to capture the Jinchuriki and turn them into weapons. We cannot ignore the fact that the mentally unstable of the world want to use the Jinchuriki against us, and we cannot face another conflict like the one we just faced."

"Besides. Jinchuriki bring nothing but trouble wherever they are. You don't need to look any further than how you yourself used to be."

Gaara narrowed his eyes at the Tsuchikage's words. "So you're just going to lock them up? Lock them away and steal away their own rights to happiness with them? What's to stop the madmen of the world from busting them out? Or from them breaking themselves out? Do not forget that none of us had a choice in the demon's being sealed within us, some of us have never even known a life without a bijuu. Do not forget that it was your decision to put them there!" Gaara finished.

"Don't get testy with me boy!" The tsuchikage growled. "We're only doing what's best for the world. Jinchuriki are a hazard. They cause nothing but trouble, and they attract trouble just as much as they bring it!" He leaned forward. "It May have been our decisions that led to you being Jinchuriki, but it was up to you to control that power. And when you didn't, we were the ones hurt. All because none of you couldn't properly control that chakra!"

Gaara wanted to growl, he really did. "You forget that they were the ones being hunted. Their lives were in much more danger throughout the entirety of the war than all of our combined, and yet it was because of their efforts that we are still here today. Maybe you forgot that, but I haven't!"

"I apologize Kazekage-sama, but the treaty has already been signed by all those present, yourself included." Komohura, the Hokage's stand-in, stated. "You have been outvoted on the matter. If you do not comply with the verdict, you will face the threat of a combined force of the four other hidden ninja villages. Stand down."

Gaara scoffed. "The contract cannot touch me if I claim neutrality in the issue and you can't prove that I've broken that neutrality. You should all be ashamed of yourselves. This is how you repay your saviors? We are all lucky they didn't leave us to save themselves earlier. I would have let them

He turned to leave, but before he left he said one last thing. "Suna will not participate in an action as inhumane as this. We already had a kage that made these choices, and I refuse to put my citizens through that again."

Gaara shifted through the items on his temporary desk. He had requested the desk to be put in his desk for the sole reason of keeping up with his paperwork, his village still needed to be run, even from this distance. Besides, the more paperwork he did now, the less he had to worry about being swamped with work the moment he returned to his village.

As it was now, he was much too upset about the current situation to even think about paperwork. His mind too preoccupied thinking up ways to warn Naruto before she was locked up to worry much about the council's minor dispute over their property lines.

He would have already warned her, if he hadn't already been put under a temporary tent arrest. The other kage's shinobi had been tasked with watching him, to ensure he did not come into contact with Naruto, her friends, or even any of his own shinobi. The other kage's were not taking chances.

He shuffled the many papers absentmindedly, thoughts occupied with his dilemma.

He was knocked out of it by the flap of his tent opening, and the clearing of a throat that announced his visitor's presence.

Gaara looked up, his eyes meeting those of the Fourth Raikage.

"Raikage-San." he greeted.

"Kazekage-San" A greeted back. He closed the tent flap and walked over to gaara's desk, taking a seat in front of it.

"To what do I owe this visit to, Raikage-San?"

A seemed to hesitate for a second. Then he sighed. "Neither of us agree with the decision to lock away the Jinchuriki. You made that very clear with your defense of them in the meeting."

"I did." Gaara agreed. "I also noticed that you didn't say much of anything during that meeting."

"No, I didn't." A shook his head. "But my silence didn't mean I agreed with them."

"Then what did it mean?"

"It means I have a plan, but you may not like it."

Gaara leaned forward. "I'm listening."

Hours later…

Naruto happily slurped her noodles, only barely listening to the conversation happening around her. She was too caught up in enjoying her noodles. And ignoring the bitter feelings welling up inside her, the ones that blamed herself for the deaths faced and the hardships past.

It wasn't her fault Obito forced the kyuubi to attack Konoha, or her Father sealing the beast within her. It wasn't her fault that a terrorist group of S rank criminals from ninja villages around the world began hunting people like her down and killing them. It wasn't her fault that a man who was long thought to be dead decided to manipulate events years after his death to bring himself back, and to attempt to throw them all into a world wide genjutsu. Nor was it her fault they used the ten tails to do so. And it certainly wasn't her fault that the events mentioned caused the return of a woman only spoken of in legends, a scorned goddess who's idea of world peace was dictatorship or genocide.

And yes, she knew that even if she hadn't been the one to carry Kuruma, someone else would have. And they might not have been suited for such a role.

Yet, even as she repeated these reassurances to herself over and over, she couldn't help but to feel guilty. As if her own existence had brought other people unnecessary pain. She knew it was stupid to feel like that, but she just couldn't help it. She had always been compassionate, and seeing so many people hurting, grieving…

Dead.

It tore at her heart something awful.

"Kit."

Naruto turned away from dealing with her feelings to mentally focus on her partner. "Kurama? What's up?"

"The Ningens around you are trying to get your attention."

"Oh. Thanks for the heads up bud." she refocused on the outside world, already feeling her foxy friend curling back to sleep. She turned her gaze towards B-sensei. "Did you call me?"

'You're fine Little Nine! My followers were just heading out. You should join our bout!"

Kurui's eyebrow began twitching violently, and she stalked up behind the rapper. "Who're you calling followers dumbass!" her fist met the big man's skull, and he backed off, rubbing the bump comically. "And I told you to stop rapping all the time! Use normal sentences and phrases for Kami's sake! It would take less time for you to think of normal sentences than it would for you to think of a rap that rhymes!"

"Gomen Kurui-San! I'll work on my rhythm ban!" Killer-B purposely stretched the A in ban to match the other in San.

Kurui noticed this, if the bulging veins, whitened eyes and generally pissed off expression was any indication. Steam poured out of her nostrils as she chased a laughing Killer-B around Naruto and Omoi.

Naruto began laughing uproariously, while poor Omoi was left to stew in his pessimistic thoughts, muttering about the danger the two were putting themselves in.

Suddenly, A team of Anbu were standing straight in front of the group, ending any horse play that had been happening.

Naruto turned toward the anbu captain, her eyebrow quirked. Killer-B was the one who initiated the conversation however.

"Ohayo Anbu, what can we do for you?" he paused, as if surprised, before taking out his notebook and scribbling the rhyme down.

"Uzumaki Naruto, Killer-Bee. Your presence is requested by the gathered Kage's. If you would please follow us." The Anbu Captain's words were straight and to the point.

Naruto looked at Killer B, who only shrugged. The two began to follow after the Anbu.

Karui and Omoi moved to follow, only to be stopped by the Anbu Captain's subordinates.

"Hey, what gives?"

"Only Uzumaki Naruto and Killer B's presence is requested. No one else is to be present at the meeting."

Kurui narrowed her eyes, eventually nodding and taking a step away.

She watched as her sensei and fellow student (could she call Naruto that, given that the girl was also trained by Killer B? Even if only briefly?) were led away with a suspicious glint in her eye.

"You don't think that they're in trouble do you?" Omoi asked, watching them go as well. "Because I've got a bad feeling about this."

"I don't know." And this time, Kurui could actually say she shared Omoi's fear.

"Kurui, Omoi."

The two shinobi startled, turning quickly and saluting. "Darui-San!"

The Raikage's right hand man raised his finger to his lip, silencing anything they had to say. "The Raikage has a mission for you."

Naruto and Killer-B followed closely behind the Anbu, eventually reaching the large tent the Kage used for meetings.

"The Kage are waiting for you inside." With that, the Anbu team stepped back, allowing the two access to the tent.

Naruto and Killer-B eyed them warily. The Anbu seemed tense, as if they knew something they didn't. Naruto felt anxiousness rise in the pit of her stomach.

'Naruto. Something's off.'

'Yeah, I sense it too.' Narut turned away from the other shinobi. 'The Anbu are acting shifty.'

From inside the seal, the Kyuubi shook his head. "Not just that. Look around, what do you see?"

Naruto listened, turning her head subtly to look at her surroundings.

The campsite around them was busy, with people walking too and fro, eating, working, and doing their typical day to day campsite duties. All in all, not all too different compared to the normal.

But if she looked further, she could see that everyone was tense. Some of them kept sneaking glances their way if they thought they weren't looking. On top of that, there seemed to be no shinobi they knew. In fact both Suna and Kumo looked strangely absent, and she couldn't recognize a single Konoha shinobi.

It was setting alarm bells off in her head, but she couldn't tell why. Everybody here were allies, and they had won the war.

The only thing she could think of was that they were in some sort of trouble, and the only thing she could think of that they would be held accountable for was leaving the secret bunker to participate in the war.

"The Kage don't have all day." one of the Anbu stated out loud.

Naruto turned to Killer- B, who only shrugged.

"Ok, I'm going in." she gulped, mentally preparing for the chew out she was about to receive from the Kage. She was secretly thanking her lucky stars that Shizune and Sakura were keeping Tsunade on bed rest, and thanking Kami that Sakura had the strength to enforce the bed rest. She just couldn't handle Tsunade's punishment on top of being chewed out by the strongest shinobi on the planet.

Naruto lifted the flap of the Tent and stepped in, taking a deep breath in as she did so. Killer-b followed close behind.

They both stopped in confusion when they were meant with an empty tent.

"Wha..?"

'Kit, Look out!'

She cursed and turned to flee, but it was too late. The tent gave out around both Naruto and killer-b. The walls of the tent constricted around them, halting their movements and preventing them from seeing their attackers.

'Screw this!' Naruto took a kunai out of her pouch and stabbed the wall of the tent, ripping a hole for herself to crawl out of.

She stood with kunai at the ready, glaring at the crowd around her. Bhind her, Killer-b already stood at the ready, back to back with what seemed to be his only ally in the area.

In front of the crowd surrounding them stood three of the four kage. Gaara was mysteriously absent, and in Tsunade's place was one of the village elders, kohara-something.

The Kage stood intimidatingly, the gathered shinobi around them stood with their weapons drawn, hands twitching at the ready to fight.

"What the hell was that for? You trying to kill us or something?"Naruto shouted out, brow twitching with annoyance.

Onoki took a step forward. "Uzumaki Naruto of Konoha, Killer-B of Kumo, you are under arrest for the protection of the world. You Jinchuriki are too dangerous to be left alone, this entire war proved that. And so, to protect the peace, and to ensure no one attempts to use your power against us ever again, the practice of Jinchuriki is forever banned!"

Naruto gaped, eyes narrowing. "Now wait Just a minute!"

None of them seemed to be listening. "Will you surrender yourselves peacefully? Or will we have to make you surrender the hard way?"

Naruto took a step forward, ready to yell again, but Killer-B stopped her. She turned to snap at him, only to stop at the look on his face.

"Bro, what's the meaning of this?" B looked incredibly hurt, his sunglasses off so he could look his adopted brother in the eye.

A met his gaze unflinchingly. "I am sorry B, but this must be done. We cannot risk another war like this. It's too dangerous."

'you're too dangerous' went unsaid, but Naruto flinched at the message that had been lying behind the words A said. She peaked at B, whose face had turned blank.

B's face hardened, and he put his glasses on. "Naruto."

She gave him a questioning stare, wordlessly asking him what was on his mind.

"I need to beat some sense into my brother. You think you can handle the others until I do so?"

Hearing B talk without rapping sounded wrong. Nevertheless, Naruto grinned. "I'll hold them off as long as you need."

'Yo Kuruma, lend me some chakra would you?'

She heard him tsk in her head. 'So demanding. I suppose, just be sure to beat their asses into next year!"

Naruto grinned, and she and B lit up with their Bijuu's chakra. Naruto's golden cloak was blinding, and B did a partial transformation, getting ready to speed into his brother's range.

"Not so fast!" Mei Terumi shouted. "Sealing Division!"

Two teams of six shinobi jumped down from their hiding places, all of them simultaneously performing hand seals.

"Mukō-ka purēn No Jutsu!" (Nullification Plains jutsu)

The ground around them lit up in intricate seals, before fading to dull black ink.

Suddenly, Naruto felt her connection to Kuruma fizzle out and die. Her Bijuu cloak broke and faded away, at the same time as Killer B's cloak.

It didn't stop there, she felt great difficulty feeling her own chakra, and whatever she managed to draw forth was greedily sucked away by the seal under her feet.

"What the heck? What's going on?" Naruto growled.

One of the shinobi from the sealing division laughed triumphantly. "The Seal sucks away any chakra within its range, you can't use your Bijuu chakra! Which means you're on the same level as the rest of us!"

"Any chakra?" Naruto tilted her head. "Hey, doesn't that mean it's also sucking your chakra away too?"

The guy slapped his face, and the rest of them glared at him.

"So, we're all on the same level. Equalized by the seal under our feet." B scoffed. "That don't matter, cuz you'll still be beat!"

Naruto and B squared up, eying the shinobi around them. Even with the smack talk, the two knew that the odds were not in their favor. Their best bet would be to play defensive.

With an unspoken order, the shinobi around them charged, and the two Jinchuriki began to fight for their freedom.

A battle that would last for what seemed to be hours.

Naruto dodged someone's grapple, shoving them away with their foot. She then blocked someone's Kunai with her own, grabbing the handle and throwing it straight up. The tags attached to them detonated harmlessly far above their heads, but it wouldn't matter.

Because there were always more.

She weaved through three other shinobi, tripping them up when she had the chance. They tumbled to the ground, and she jumped back.

Her back collided with B's, and the two of them circled, keeping each other's blind spots well protected.

Their teamwork was strong, for two shinobi who lived in different villages. But they shared something few other shinobi in the world had in common.

They were used to the social stigmas that came with being Jinchuriki. They were used to facing an entire village on their own.

This time they had each other. They would not lose.

They couldn't.

Naruto and Killer B breather harshly, muscles aching and bodies sweaty. What they weren't used to was not having access to large amounts of chakra. As Jinchuriki, it was almost impossible to suffer chakra depletion. And so they got used to using chakra in everything, even things like boosting speed and strength. It was difficult not having access to that.

Even so, they weren't in chains yet. That had to count for something.

It wouldn't last, however. They were outnumbered, with no chakra. They would run out of steam soon, and then they'd be captured. They were also surrounded, which made running away impossible.

Maybe it wasn't hopeless, though.

Naruto could see the sealing teams in the crowd, and they were all sitting and holding a hand sign. Which meant the jutsu wasn't a one and done thing. It had to be maintained. Which meant, if they took down those shinobi, they'd gain their chakra back. With chakra, they had a chance of escaping.

"Killer B! The sealing teams!"

"I see them ya fool! Think they're so cool!' B slapped the back of someone's head so hard he collapsed into a heap.

The two of them separated, weaving through the waves of enemies to pull themselves closer to each goal. Each one they dealt with in a non lethal manner. They could not risk killing, it would only serve to stoke their ire, and would quite possibly bring harm to themselves in the long run.

Finally, only one was left, and from the look of him he was straining to hold the jutsu on his own. He was sweating heavily, and his face was red with exertion.

Naruto drew an explosive tag from her pouch, slapping it onto a kunai she caught midair, and threw it at the shinobi.

The man freaked out, releasing the jutsu to jump away. The explosive went off, letting out thick black smoke. He sighed in relief, but the damage was done.

Naruto felt her chakra return to her, as well as the grumpy voice in the back of her head demanding that she leave. Now all that was left was to run.

"That's enough dobe!"

Naruto cursed. She was too exhausted to fight him. She had to leave now. "Killer B! We need to go!"

"Right!"

The two turned to run, only to be cut off by the kage.

"Surrender!"

'shit! ' Naruto turned again, willing to risk running past Sasuke rather than three Kage. she turned right into familiar red and black tomoe eyes.

"Sleep!"

Naruto blacked out.

Killer B cursed when Naruto collapsed, the damn Uchiha standing over her with a superior attitude. He swiped at the Uchiha with a kunai, making him back off. B gathered the young woman in her arms, ready to bolt.

Only his escape route had been blocked. He was exhausted, surrounded, outnumbered.

He was caught.

"Surrender! This is the last time we are going to say this." Onoki growled.

B sighed heavily, raising his hands in defeat. He would not be escaping today.

"So, what now? The Jinchuriki are captured. How do we keep them there? Furthermore, how do we keep people from breaking them out?" Mei questioned. They stood over the ruined tent, watching as the Jinchuriki were loaded into a wagon, to be taken to a secure location.

"We'll have to seal them like we did for those reanimated. That's the only way to prevent them from escaping. As for keeping them there, their locations will have to be kept secret. Especially from those who will come after us." Onoki crossed his arms.

A stepped up, breath even and face passive. Even as his thoughts nervously raced, he added his input. "They have to be separated. As easy as it would be to lock them up and be done with it, if they are locked up together it'll make it too easy for psychos to get their hands on the bijuu. If they are seperated, it'll make it less likely for anyone to abuse their power."

The other kage considered his words.

"I don't know about this. If we seperate them, it halves the shinobi forces that can be used to guard them."

"A smaller guard and transportation force might actually be better. They'll be able to hide better, be more discreet that way." Mei added. She had, after all, led a resistance group.

"Very well. We'll separate them and hide them that way. On the condition that no kage knows the location of both."

"Sounds reasonable." the other kage agreed.

A sighed inwardly. It would make it that much easier for team Samui to do their jobs. When the other kage were busy, he nodded to Durui, who discreetly left.

Naruto would have to hold out. Maybe B would want to tag along on her rescue. Unfortunately, A wouldn't be able to find out. He would probably never be able to see team Samui again.

Several weeks later

Zetsu eyed the hidden base with a sneer of disgust. They thought they could hide the kyuubi from him? Stupid. He would always be able to find the pieces of the Jubii, no matter where they went.

Like a ghost, he slipped inside, sneaking through the halls and taking down anyone in his way. No one got the chance to scream.

It wasn't long before he was the sole free soul in the entire base. Zetsu sneared. Good riddance to those 'shinobi'.

He approached the kyuubi Jinchuriki's cell in silence.

The cell was nothing like a typical jail cell. Rather, she was locked up behind a large stone covered in seals.

It took awhile for him to break through them.

Normally, he could probably have done all this at twice the pace he currently was going. But, well…

He was dying… At least, this body was.

His real body was stuck on the moon, the same prison his mother had been stuck inside once again.

This one was only a temporary body. Something put together by his cells that remained on the planet. Just barely enough to form this brittle, creaking form. And his cells, they didn't like being apart.

Sure, white Zetus could make numerous copies of himself, all of which had some semblance of thought, free will, and had no limit of how far they could go. But his cells didn't work like that.

His cells all had to be together, or they would begin dying off. And while he could make temporary clones, not only did he have to transfer his own consciousness to use it, but it was an excruciating process. Because he could feel every cell as it died, a burning agony. He hated using it. The only thing that prevented the cells from dying was to merge back together as one.

But he had no other choice. His body was stuck, sealed away by that fucking brat, these cells that made this body would soon die, never to return. And this was his only shot to get revenge on this girl, who ruined his mother's plans and centuries of his own backbreaking work.

It gave him sweet vindication to know that her own people had turned against her, just as mother's children did. And just like mother, this brat had been sealed away.

Finally, Finally, the seals on the rock faded away, and the rock crumbled away, revealing a dark room.

In the middle, she sat. On her knees, her arms bound behind her, and wrapped head to toe in sealing paper. A tag was on her forehead, keeping her comatose inside the sealing paper. It was impossible to recognize her.

He did. She smelled of Kyuubi.

He approached her, a crazed smile lighting his face. He circled the comatose girl, hand hovering over her form.

"Hello Uzumaki. We meet again!"

No answer.

"That's alright. I didn't come to talk. I came for revenge."

He grabbed the girl by her chin, dragging her face closer to his. He brought his lips close to where her ear would be under the wrapping. "I'm going to kill you, Girl. I'm going to destroy you, for ruining my plans! For keeping Mother from her goals! For denying this world true peace!"

Still nothing.

He growled, throwing her onto the ground. "But that wouldn't be enough! No, because it's never enough! I want you to suffer, I want you to taste what it's like. You've only seen a fraction of what my mother has. The betrayal, the anguish, the suffering! No, you need to suffer as my mother has!" he kicked the comatose girl in the stomach, frowning when she made no noise.

His expression suddenly lit up, and he laughed. Long, hollow, crazed.

"Why not?"

"Why shouldn't you suffer like her? To know you've been betrayed, to watch as time passes on, leaving you behind. To watch as people die, denying your gifts of wisdom and experience! To see all the fighting and death and destruction that you just! Can't! Stop!" he kicked her to emphasize his points. He frowned when bits of his body broke off at the action.

"I must apologize, I won't be able to watch you suffer. But rejoice, for you will have a LONG life, Uzumaki. I assure you. I'll make sure it's very long" he laughed long and hard.

Zetsu set to work, sacrificing parts of this body to make new zetsu cells. He didn't have much to work with, so he took advantage of the corpses around him, eating them to replenish bits of himself. Still, he needed a donner, and it had to be something powerful for this to work.

"Congratulations, Uzumaki. You'll be the mother of a new type of Zetsu!" he jabbed a kunai into the girl, taking out blood and tissue samples. Then he got to work.

He let the new Zetsu cells absorb the new genetic material, taking what it needed to re-make themselves. The cells would regenerate, take any organism and its traits and make them their own. It was its nature, as was it his own.

As the new Zetsu cells were at work, he began to reprogram the cells. They would not be able to take commands from him, as he would be too far away to do so. But he would make sure this organism thinks for itself. It was also important that the cells had the ability to learn. To take its mistakes and learn from them. Otherwise it would just do the same things over and over again.

It would need to be able to adapt, to use its prey against each other. If he was to have his revenge on uzumaki, he would need to hit her where it hurt the most. And that was her comrades.

What better way than to give this Zetsu the ability to take its prey's memories as their own. Taking their form was child's play.

He programmed the cells to have an insatiable thirst for taking life. It would constantly seek out prey to kill. Uzumaki would have to watch her friends die over and over, until life on the planet ceased to exist. The world had rejected his mother's peace. They didn't deserve it. But he would force them to take his own.

He paused, another idea entering his brain. He smirked.

What better way for Uzumaki to suffer, than to not only watch it, but to never be able to escape?

He programmed the cells to protect Uzumaki, to heal her. To take whatever traits it had taken from its prey and pass them to Uzumaki as well. She would live forever knowing that she was benefiting from all the death. He cackled.

Finally, she needed to be aware of it all, so he programmed the cells to take time after each session of killing, to repair her mind. Even if she went insane, she would not escape her new destiny.

He was finished.

He examined the final product, smirk wide.

It didn't look anything like a Zetsu, and that was fine. It was a black gooey ball shaped vaguely like a human heart, several tube like appendages coming out of the main body. These would be where the Zetsu would attach to the Uzumaki, to provide nutrients to her body. It would sooner or later bond to Uzumaki in other ways, but for now these were needed.

Zetsu laughed, ignoring his body as parts crumbled off again. This would do nicely.

Now, to serve its purpose.

Zetsu approached Uzumaki, breaking the seals on her one by one. Finally, she lay bare before him. He ignored that in favor of letting the new Zetsu attach itself to Uzumaki.

it 's appendages wrapped around her, attaching themselves to various parts of her body. The thickest tube speared her belly, and she let out a cry of pain.

It soothed his soul to hear her pain.

As the last appendages melted onto her arms, trapping them behind her back, and as her eyes fluttered open, screaming out in pain, his body disintegrated.

It was a pity she didn't know he was the one to do it, but he comforted himself with the fact she would assume this was done to her by her friends.

There was no one else she knew who could.

It was alive.

That was its first thought.

It's second was how annoying the big fox was, demanding it to let the girl go.

The fox would have to go. But its power interested it. The power could stay.

As it ripped the being of its power, casting the consciousness out of its host's body and creating a new one for the fox to use, lest it just find its way back into this one, it began to think.

It needed a name for its host. The Host couldn't offer it herself, since she refused to speak through her pain.

It decided to designate the host as 'Mother'. Mother's genes were used in it's creation after all.

It also decided it would be a she. Mother was a she, why couldn't she be a she. She didn't know if being a she was important or not, but she liked the thought of being a she.

Besides. She didn't know what a He was.

She thought she rather liked thinking.

She lifted Mother's body up with her appendages, ignoring the tiny fox as it yipped and yapped at mother's feet. She smacked it aside with her appendage.

Now, she had this craving. A craving for blood.

She wasn't sure what mother thought about killing, but she couldn't really ask mother now anyway. Mother was still in pain from her birth after all.

Besides , she could just look at Mother's memories.

She saw it all. the pain, the suffering. Konoha, the world, it had hurt Mother. She would get revenge for Mother.

It was what she was created for, she thinks.

Thanks for reading the first chapter of this new story!

If you haven't already guessed, Naruto will be Jenova for this story. How cool is that? Or is it weird. I don't really know. I come up with a lot of crap.

This story was really made to celebrate the Final Fantasy 7 remake release. It took me a while to write this, mostly cuz i'm focusing on my other story, as well as school and whatnot.

I plan on having the next chapter be about She's breakout, and the journey from Naruto's planet to Midgar. Probably won't be a very long chapter, but it'll be important.

Anyway. Have a good day, stay healthy, and all that good jazz.

Bye bye