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Chapter One – The Gathering I

Darkness, a wave of pure unimaginable darkness pulsates through the fabric of time and space, shaking reality. A roar shakes reality once more before silencing, aware of what it has done, aware of what it has caused, and aware that the ones it'll need will be ready soon.

The being slowly falls back to sleep, it too early for it to awaken, but will fully awaken soon to Taint everything, to rid everything of its pureness and Taint it to its core.

X

Sailor Pluto slowly rises from the ground, a wave of fear washing over her.

"Impossible, it shouldn't be awake now, it's too early,"

Seeing the Time Gates opening, Pluto frowns and aims her staff at it, power radiating from the tip.

"Sorry Small Lady, it's too dangerous for you to be here now, stay with your mother and father,"

The gates closed, forcibly sending the time traveler back to her time, where she would be safe from the threat. Locking the gates, a bell rings in Pluto's mind and she smiles grimly.

"I shall be there shortly my Queen,"

X

Naruto Uzumaki, thirteen, collapses in the middle of a desert. Panting, he reaches for the water flask on waist, and quickly drinks it down, thirsty beyond belief.

'How did I get into this mess?'

Like anything in his life, once things began looking good, something horrible happens. It was supposed to be the best day of his life, he was let out the hospital, supposed to go on a training trip with the Pervy Sage the next day, and Sakura was taking him out for ramen at Ichiraku's, nothing could be better.

However, his feeling of happiness changed, he couldn't explain it, but a strange darkness washed over his senses, feeling him with dread….and fear. The moment he stepped out the hospital, he was suddenly attacked by the villagers. Memories of the past threatening to overwhelm him, he gained his sense once a knife cut his left cheek, and he ran, ran for his life, tears threatening to pour, wondering what would make the villagers revert back to once were before he started the academy.

Having lost the villagers on his way to the usual meeting place, he was shocked when he was almost killed by Sakura the moment he arrived. A kunai to the throat, he almost died by a perfectly aimed kunai through the throat, luckily he had dodged at the last second.

The girl, his friend, his crush, and his teammate attacked him, trying to viciously kill him, using moves and power he's never seen her use before. Then it happened, he heard it, the sound of electricity, a familiar sound, and he, on instinct alone dodges, the Raikiri aimed at his back, surviving by only a burnt sleeve, and charred arm, but survived. Knowing, if he tried to speak to them he would die, Naruto ran again, needing a place to rest.

That was easier said than done, because he was soon attacked by Team 8, minus Hinata, he didn't see her, like usual, but this time when he was really searching for her, he found no trace of her. Luckily for him, Kurenai wasn't around; because Naruto was sure he would've been killed instantly by a well placed genjutsu and a kunai to the neck or through the heart or any other vital. The fight was brutal, and Naruto nearly died twenty times over from the combine attacks from the two, but in the end, through a number of tricks and clones, he won, and ran once more.

Running, Naruto was once again attacked, this time by Team Gai, minus Gai. Multiple waves of kunai, shuriken, scythes, and many other bladed weapons, fast, bone crushing fists and kicks, with many fast hitting palm and chakra closing point strikes, was what Naruto dealt with for nearly half an hour, and by that time, the other teams appeared, including the ANBU Black Ops, and the Hokage.

Death, Naruto felt death as he felt the killing intent in the air, he was going to die, he knew this, and apparently his guest sensed this, and filled him with its power.

Run

The command was simple, the command was fierce, and the command was filled with so much bite, Naruto ran, running all on fours, his mind feral, his senses increased, and he on the run. During his run through the forest surrounding Konoha, he smelled a familiar scent of cinnamon buns and lavender. Eyes having shifted as he ran, he saw her, Hinata Hyuga, standing on a branch, a cold gleam in her eyes, watching him go, unnerving him, and was surprise to have seen her watching him go, not stopping him.

Now here he was, collapsed in the desert in Wind Country, slowly dying from exhaustion. Kyuubi having healed his wounds during his fights and after, was exhausted as well, but very much alert as its container slowly drift to oblivion.

Slowly a figure appeared, a fox walking on two legs, and it glares down at Naruto darkly, already not liking him or the condition he was in. Lifting him, it was walks off, a portal forming as it clapped its paws together and spread them apart.

Passing through, the presence of Naruto vanishes from the Elemental Nations.

X

Usagi Tsukino, sixteen, sits in a chair in a strange silver and white room. Hopping into her lap was her newly acquired digimon partner; Gatomon. Rubbing her head, Usagi's mind wonders to her friends, no, former friends….she didn't know what to call them, but friends weren't it.

Never would she had imagine she would be betrayed like she had. Sure she wasn't the best leader, but she has always done her best, done what she believed was right. Yes, some of her decisions caused problems, and almost caused the end of the world more than once, but it had always worked out in the end, like she knew it would. Usagi would be the first to admit she was selfish in her decisions, but it was that selfishness that saved her and the others more than once.

They had a right to be angry, a right to hold grudges against her, but to actually strip her of the title of Sailor Moon and as the leader of the Sailor Senshi, was something she didn't see coming, and saw it as a betrayal. They didn't discuss anything with her, talking behind her back, insulting her at every moment. If she didn't hear it with her own ears, and saw them with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed it. But she did, and it hurt, but what hurt most of all, was her love, the man she was destined to be with, the one she was to have her future child with, did not love her, no, he was disgusted with her and her pure, naïve nature.

Usagi didn't want to believe it was true, so she decided to confront him the next day, but she didn't need to, because when she saw him the next morning, he was with some girl, a little older than she, kissing under a tree.

What made it worse, leaves were swirling around them as if the world wanted them to be together….it was disgusting to many, and heartbreaking to the Moon Princess.

Having wondered around in a daze since then, Usagi found herself on a bench, on an empty street, staring at nothing, thinking of everything in her life, from meeting Luna leading up to her first transformation of Sailor Moon, to her battle with Queen Beryal to her final fight with Sailor Galaxia when Chaos had control of her.

"I defeated Chaos, so there's no reason for the Sailor Senshi to exist any longer,"

After those words had left her mouth, a voice called out to her, saying Chaos has yet to be defeated, and she still had work to do. Gatomon appeared soon after, saying she would explain all when they arrived in the Guardian Realm.

Now here she was, petting the cat digimon mindlessly, wondering who was going to be explaining about Chaos, and what she still had to do.

"So impatient, calm down, you'll find out soon enough," growls Gatomon, opening up an eye, glaring up at Usagi, swatting the girl with her tail, as the pressure on her head grew stronger.

"Sorry," mumbles Usagi, shaking her bruised hand. "But you didn't have to hit so hard," she whines, earning a dark chuckle from her partner.

"Just be lucky I didn't claw out your eyes,"

Usagi thought she was joking, but after seeing the evil glint in her eyes, and the claws appearing from her paws, the blonde nods fearfully.

Growing bored, Usagi begins looking at the strange mirrors in the room, they larger than any mirror she's ever seen, and blinks, seeing people in them, they doing various things.

Strangely, the mirror only follows one or two people, as if it was watching over them….like a security camera. Staring into one, Usagi watches a blue-haired girl on skates, battling against another blue-haired girl, who could pass off as her twin, just with longer hair and a bit older. The two were fighting on a strange blue platform, similar to a road, trading blows in the air. As the battle went on, it was apparent the girl wearing the white headband was losing, especially receiving a powerful uppercut to the jaw, knocking her out. Usagi wasn't the only one surprise, when the girl suddenly attacked while unconscious, knocking her 'twin' back.

Suddenly, wings, large thin wings bursts from the girl's skates as she shouted something, and went on the attack once more, now fighting evenly with her 'twin'. Connecting once more, barriers form around them both, they each attacking with everything they had.

"Intense," whispers Usagi.

The girl with the white headband was powering an attack in her left hand, an energy ball forming at the end of her fist, while her right arm was cocked back, while the girl wearing the black headband had her hand, acting as a drill, drilling through the other girl's barrier, aiming for her head.

All at once, the barriers shattered and the drill-like attack cuts the short-haired girl's head, cutting off her headband as she narrowly dodges. An opening appeared, and she brought her fist the girl's chest, the ball enlarging, the girl screaming, eyes filled with determination, and she punches it with her right fist, the ball exploding, forming into a large burst of energy, engulfing her foe.

Mirror going blank for a few moments, another image appear, showing a person standing on a building, wearing all white, a monocle, cape, and hat, holding a fairly large jewel.

Eyes narrowing a bit, she could seeing a black object within the jewel as the person raised it to the moon, a strange smirk adoring 'his' face.

"Strange,"

Not seeing anything happen in the mirror, she turns to another, to see a girl being attacked viciously by a man wearing a bucket hat, and wearing wooden sandels, and a woman with gold eyes and purple hair, she running for her life, fear etched in her entire form from head to toe. Suddenly, the girl's body went rigid, and she vanishes, appearing behind the two, her black hair now white, her eyes black, iris gold, and she was attacking like a beast, no grace in her movements.

"And despite this, she's still getting her ass kicked," mutters Gatomon watching the one sided fight.

"Now Gatomon, what have I said about that mouth of yours,"

Usagi's eyes widen at the voice, it strangely familiar, and she slowly turns to see her mother from her past life; Queen Selenity, sitting in the chair near the entrance at the end of the table, drinking tea.

"Moth-Queen Selenity," said Usagi smiling.

Selenity smiles sadly at Usagi, not all surprise by the girl's reaction, knowing the girl viewed her as her mother, but didn't what to betray the mother who has raised her in this time.

Such a strange girl for having such thoughts, but it was understandable.

"Usagi-chan, please take a,"

Selenity was stopped when a familiar white-haired man enters a room, his trademark large scroll strapped to his back.

"Grandfather," said Usagi stun. "I haven't seen you in years, where have you been?" she asks hugging him.

"Around," he answers, hugging her back. "Father," Usagi's eyes widen hearing Selenity call him this. "How is she?" Jiraiya shakes his head sadly. "The girl is still in critical condition, how she survived attacks of such degrees is beyond me," he explains.

"I guess that is why she's a Celestial," chuckles Selenity, earning an odd glance from Usagi, though Gatomon and Jiraiya nods in understanding.

"Her mother was the same, always defying the impossible and causing trouble, much like that twin of hers…damn kids," said Jiraiya, growling at the end, earning a soft laugh from Selenity.

"Yes, they were quite the trouble makers," Jiraiya sends a slight glare at Selenity, mumbling about she being apart of their troublemaking gang.

"Can someone please explain why I'm here and what's going on?" nearly shouts the almost forgotten Usagi.

"Right," said Selenity. "I'll be back soon, I have to wait for Naruto to awaken," Selenity nods, watching Jiraiya go and turns to the glaring Usagi, an air of frustration around the reincarnated princess.

"Take a seat Usagi-chan, and have some tea, this may be hard to take in,"

X

Naruto slowly opens his eyes, blinking tiredly, wishing the sun wasn't so bright, so he could sleep a few more hours. However, as soon as those thoughts left his mind, he sits up with a start, checking his surroundings. Once he did, he wonders if he was in heaven, seeing the silver and white texture of the room he was in.

His thoughts of heaven vanish when he sees a familiar person entering the room, and he knew he was in hell.

"Pervy Sage?"

And like clockwork, Naruto was holding his head, a large lump forming after Jiraiya struck him.

"Don't call me that brat,"

Jiraiya blinks once, and then twice, making sure he wasn't seeing things. Naruto, he was actually crying, and on impulse, he hugs the boy, allowing him to cry out his frustration.

"I'm glad your not like the others Pervy Sage," laughs Naruto, he wiping his tears, not believing her actually cried….in front of someone.

"Talking about the incident back in Konoha,"

"You know about that?" accuses Naruto, wondering if Jiraiya was around, watching from afar.

As if reading his mind, Jiraiya speaks, his voice calm.

"I know because I knew it was to happen, not because I was there," Naruto raises an eyebrow, legs crossed on the bed. "You remember the strange storm the other day?" Naruto nods. "A powerful being caused it, affecting our world, tainting it and the occupants who live there. By taint, I mean our world is affected, it is no longer the world we know and love, it's affected by an overwhelming darkness, a corrupt darkness. The body, souls, and minds of our friends, are no longer pure, they are corrupt, you understand?" he asks, repeating himself so Naruto could understand what he was trying to explain.

"Taint, corrupts the body, mind, and soul, effecting them with its dark corrupted power, yeah, what's next?"

X

"And Chaos is the cause of this disturbance?" asks Usagi drinking a bit of her tea.

"Yes, as of now, only two worlds have been affected by the taint. However, these two worlds are directly connected to one another, so when one was affected, so was the other,"

"But what if someone wasn't affected, what then?"

Selenity sighs sadly, and answers, voice laced with sadness and pain.

"That person will be attacked viciously and then killed, it's an automatic reaction to attack and kill anyone not Tainted,"

Usagi's eyes were filled in horror for those who weren't tainted, knowing their lives would be hell if they weren't.

"Is there a way to reverse the affects?"

Selenity nods, and Usagi brightens considerably.

"There is, but to do so, you'll need to gather the Guardians, and purify the planet, similar to how you purify yoma,"

"Sounds easy,"

"It's not,"

Usagi frowns at Selenity's cold, unexpected tone.

"Assuming something is easy because you've done it before can be fatal Usagi-chan, please remember that,"

Usagi shivers, the phrase was so familiar, but she couldn't remember where she heard it before, but nods seeing Selenity's stare.

"Good," smiles Selenity. "Purifying the planet may seem simple, but it is not, you must first locate the world's heart, and purify that,"

"A world has a heart?"

X

"Yes, it can be in any form; a human, animal, object, even a tree, but finding it is the problem. It would be easy if one of those key people were around, but there hasn't been one of them in centuries," Jiraiya then makes a face, remembering something. "But there has been rumors around about a kid around your age running around sealing Keyholes," mumbles Jiraiya.

"Keyholes,"

"Leave that for another time, but listen, the Hearts are not so easy to purify. If it's a human, usually the Heart would defend itself, and let me tell you, a Human Heart or a Anima Heart are very dangerous and powerful, fighting them would be like fighting One Hundred Third Hokages in his prime,"

Naruto pales, having heard all about the Third in his prime, and knew he was a force to be reckoned with.

'Hell, even as an old man, I could feel his power, it was intimidating,'

"So as this Guardian, I have to purify the Hearts?"

Jiraiya shakes his head.

"No, but you could do it, as a Guardian, your duty is to defend your universe from all threats, and as of now, a threat has arisen and at your current level of power, you will be killed and your universe destroyed,"

X

"Destroyed, by Chaos?"

Selenity nods, finishing her fourth cup of tea.

"At your current strength, then yes, it will be destroyed. You are very powerful Usagi, in this life and in your past life, the powers you command are unique in itself. To protect your home and fulfill your duty, you must master your powers, or everything you know and love will be destroyed by Chaos. You were chosen long ago to be a Guardian Usagi, I know how much you hate having the fate of everything, let alone an entire universe on your shoulders, but its only you who can safely guard it….with your power of Purity,"

X

"Power of Spirit, what the hell are you talking about?"

Jiraiya rubs his head in frustration, and in one movement, knocks Naruto on the head.

"Stop being stupid and listen as I explain it again,"

Naruto growls, rubbing his head, glaring angrily at the smirking Jiraiya, silently thinking of ways of paying him back for the strike, and make hum rue the day he ever hit him, and the only way he could think of paying him back, was a really good prank.

'Rue Percy Sage, rue,'

Naruto chuckles darkly, when another fist hits him, this time from behind, and he glares back at the fox digimon.

"Damn fox,"

This earned him another whack, and he growls at Renamon, his digimon partner.

"So I'm the Spirit Guardian," said Naruto, becoming serious once more. "And this Usagi-girl is the Purity Guardian, so what, is there more Guardians, or is it just us?"

"There are more, but it'll be up to you and Usagi to gather them," Jiraiya reaches for a folder next to him, and hands it to Naruto. "Think of this like a ninja mission, and this as your mission specs," Naruto opens the folder, and draws out a few files. "These are the Guardians, you will need to gather, and then you will train for four years,"

X

"I don't understand, why four years?"

"It is predicted within five years time, Chaos will be freed and we'll need the powers of the Guardians to defeat it. During that time, you and your companions must train and master your abilities. Chaos is truly a terrible creature and it will take the combine power of all the Guardians to defeat it,"

Usagi nods, glancing from Selenity to the file in her hand, staring at it in wonder.

"This boy, he looks familiar,"

Selenity grabs the file as it was handed to her, and reads it over. Once she was finish, she had a small smile gracing her beautiful face, confusing Usagi.

"Ah, this boy, Naruto Uzumaki," she chuckles a bit and answers. "He should be familiar to you, but what his relation is to you, I won't say, because you'll remember soon enough,"

'Remember?' thought Usagi frowning.

X

Jiraiya, Naruto, and Renamon, walks into a large room, where a large gate was, and near it were; Selenity, Usagi, and Gatomon.

Naruto stiffens, his eyes widening at the sight of Usagi, something in his mind clicking, almost like a switch as he gazed into her crystal blue eyes.

'Eh, probably nothing,' he thought shrugging.

"Hello Naruto, I am Selenity, Queen of the Moon," said Selenity smiling softly at the staring boy.

"Queen of the Moon, are you joking?"

Jiraiya shakes his head at Naruto. The boy came from a land of ninjas, had a demon sealed inside him, and even believed his role as a Guardian, but he had problems believing that Selenity was the Moon Queen.

"Naruto, never mind, you'll find out later," sighs Jiraiya. "This Gate will lead you to another world. It is set to send us to the digital world, where we will train for six months, in a span of six hours real world time,"

"Is that really possible?" asks Usagi. "In the Digital World, time is slowed compared to the real world. While we are there, you will train to better yourselves and your partners,"

Naruto glances at Renamon, the digimon glaring icily at him, and he groans.

'Damn fox, how dare it slap me with it's tail, and have the gall to call me stupid, does it not know who I am?' thought Naruto darkly, and then blinks, wondering why his thinking speech sounded so strange, and why he felt like he was Sasuke for a moment, high and mighty, plus arrogant enough to piss him off.

Shivering at the thought, and hiding his sadness at thoughts of his friend, Naruto follows Jiraiya and Usagi through the gates, ready for some training.

Selenity watches the gate closes and sighs softly.

"Take care of my children father,"

Leaving the room, Selenity walks through the halls of the base, heading for the medical room, where a person was healing after taking a severe beating from her companions, after they were tainted by Chaos. Entering the medical bay, she saw the girl floating soundlessly in the chamber she was in, her red hair shadowing the upper layer of her grimacing face.

"Rest Akira, don't let the darkness cloud your bright heart,"

As if the girl in the tank heard her, she stops grimacing, face relaxing, and Selenity smiles.

"Your mother would have my head if what happened in the past happens once more,"

Staring at the unconscious girl once more, Selenity leaves, needing to watch over the 'awakening' Guardians and the 'sleeping' Celestials.

Being bound to the Moon and the Guardian Realm was a real pain, but someone had to do it, unfortunately it was Selenity, who, despite her grace, status, and appearance, was the fourth laziest ruler of the Silver Millennium.

'Everyone has a duty, and mine has still yet to be accomplish, there's no time to take it easy,'

This was the first chapter of The Guardians Revised, not the best name, at least it sounds better than, The Guardians 2.0. Remember to Review, reviews always help the soul of a writer becomes better, plus it makes him feel happier.