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This is a story I'm trying out. As of now I don't plan to continue it unless reviews say you want me to. I kind of need a break from my other story because I have insane writers block going on right now.
Well anyways this story will be slightly crossed over with some games that are out there if it does continue. It would only be the names and/or descriptions of the swords used though. Mostly final fantasy swords, but not the first one. Well maybe a little more than just the swords but not too much hehe.
Enjoy! And please tell me if you think I should continue this story.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Demon"
'Gilgamesh'
"JUTSU"
It is said that the Gilgamesh is a thief. It is said that he destroys heroes and villains alike to take their sword up as his own. This cannot be further from the truth. The Gilgamesh has never been one mere mortal man before so how can he steal something from anyone when has never truly existed? He is more akin to a spirit placed in six different swords that have been scattered throughout time. Small sparks of his tales reach throughout history just brief enough to go unnoticed. He is rarely spoken of because barely anyone knows him, not even those who have wielded a part of his entity have fully grasped his nature. Most people only know stories of the heroes and villains that have held the swords that hold his spirit, but not the spirit itself.
It has been hypothesized by the few that have ever known of him that if the Gilgamesh was ever brought into one being it would mean the end times were upon them. For where he walks the earth is raked behind him. A single sword of Gilgamesh is powerful in the right hands, but all six swords have the power to destroy the entirety life as it is known. Since the beginning no one person has ever held more than one of his blades.
The spirit doesn't search for a host. It is pulled to them. And upon his birth Naruto Uzumaki had the potential to pull any one of the six pieces of the Gilgamesh into his being. Instead he pulled them all.
The Gilgamesh has never been one mortal man. Until now.
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Team seven was on their way to the Wave country with the bridge builder Tazuna as a routine protection duty. Even though the duty has been proven to be far more treacherous than previously thought with the arrival of the demon brothers, they still push on to complete their mission. The sun was shining as the one eyed jonin Kakashi took point in the march, followed by the bridge builder and finally the three genin on either side and behind the old builder. The whole group seemed quite happy except for one member. Everyone's favorite hyperactive ninja still had his head down in sorrow as he recalled the events that occurred the day before.
(Flashback)
The demon brothers were closing in on Naruto, but he couldn't move. His fear paralyzed him in a way he never thought possible. 'I'm going to die!' Thoughts of his demise raced through his mind. Just before a lethal strike was blown by one of the brothers, the prodigy Sasuke Uchiha jumped in and saved Naruto. The most infuriating, dickheaded guy in the world saved him and now he has to live with it! That son of a bitch even had the nerve to taunt him afterward!
Needless to say Naruto was less than happy.
(Flashback over)
Naruto picked up his head in defiance. 'No more! Next time I'm going to do the saving and Sasuke is going to watch! I'll show that bastard who the scaredy cat is!' With renewed vigor and swagger put back into his stride he bravely walked forward. As he charged with his head held high a giant seven foot cleaver whizzed just above his arrogant noggin and imbedded itself into a tree.
"What the hell?" Naruto yelled as he looked to see a tall muscular man stood upon the sword that just dug into the Oak in front of them.
The silver haired jonin of team seven was already prepared for this attacker. "Team seven! Guard Tazuna! I will deal with this." Kakashi said as he pulled out his sharingan and a kunai without hesitation.
The tall man clad in blue only laughed. "Ah Copy Cat Kakashi. What a pleasant surprise!" His arms were open in familiarity almost as if he was looking for a hug, but it was merely a taunt.
Kakashi recognized the man from the bingo books and cast a worried glance to the three genin behind him. "Zabuza Momochi. Demon of the Hidden Mist. I can't say this is pleasant." The scarecrow jonin lazily drawled out to not beget his nervousness.
Zabuza jumped to the ground and removed his blade from the tree with ease. "Enough with the small talk. Give me the bridge builder." He held his hand out as if Kakashi wasn't going to hesitate to do what he said. "Or do you need a little persuasion?" He spoke as his hands tightened around the grip of his massive sword.
Kakashi signaled to his group without turning around. "Whatever happens do not move away from Tazuna." The team nodded in agreement even though their instructor could not see them.
The large enemy only maliciously laughed again. "Good! I was going to fight you anyway whether you gave him to me or not!" Without any further warning the killer from Kirigakure began his assault upon the lone scarecrow.
The fight was magnificent, but Naruto let his eyes wander momentarily from the clash of the titans in front of him and instead focused on his team. To his left he noticed Sakura seemed worried, but alert. Her long pink hair was fully tied back and she was in a defensive stance around Tazuna. He let his gaze linger on her features longer than he planned. He'd have to stop doing that.
To his right he noticed Sasuke. The black haired boy was acting weird. He was fidgety. Almost like he was…. afraid! Naruto grinned until it felt like his face was going to split in half. 'He's scared! This will be my chance. If anything happens he will look like the coward and I'll be the hero! Then I'll get some respect!'
Naruto focused once again on the fight. It seemed like Kakashi had the upper hand, but one small slip up and he fell into the trap that is Zabuza's water prison technique. Now Kakashi is stuck in a water bubble and Zabuza is forced to stay in one place to keep the jutsu active. It was now a jonin versus three genin. Even if their enemy couldn't move they could tell they were still fucked.
Naruto knew there was no time to waste and took the initiative. "Sakura-chan you stay and guard the old man. Sasuke and I will try to free Kakashi-sensei." She wanted to argue with him because they were told to stay where they were, but she knew there was no other option so the pinkette only nodded.
The enemy jonin laughed. "I could take you brats on without my hands! Don't think you're gonna win because I'm preoccupied! MIZU BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!" Using only one hand Zabuza made the signs and formed a water clone to his side.
The previously frightened Uchiha gained courage and moved to intercept. He charged the bunshin and attempted to imbed it with kunai. 'Don't go without me asshole!' Naruto mentally screamed at his friend. The blonde jinchuuriki's anger instantly changed to worry as the clone effortlessly batted Sasuke away and he hit the ground with a hard thump. "Sasuke!" The other two members of team seven yelled to their fallen comrade.
Naruto ran to his friend to look him over. He was unconscious. There were no severe injuries that he could see, but the blonde boy had no experience with medical ninjutsu so he didn't know if there was a concussion or other internal damage to his friend that he couldn't detect. He glared at the water clone staring down at him. "You bastard! I'm going to kick your ass!" The young genin charged the clone just as his friend did and in the same way he was batted down. The difference is he wouldn't stay down. Naruto relentlessly attacked the clone. Each time he got up he was knocked down and each time he was knocked down he got up.
'Defiance.'
Naruto heard the voice in his head, but he ignored it. Instead he kept pushing forward only to be brutally beat back down. The clone was obviously growing tired of this green genin not taking the hint to stop. He was finally fed up. "That's enough brat! It's time to die!" The Zabuza clone howled as his giant cleaver rose above his head and he used all his might to bring it down upon the child in front of him.
Naruto looked up at the cleaver coming down to his face with disdain. He raised his hands in an attempt to push the sword away since he couldn't escape it, but the blade had already passed through his defenses and was on a direct course with his face. "I refuse to die!" As the giant cleaver was about to crash into Naruto's head, time itself seemed to slow down until the decapitating sword appeared to stop about a foot from his face. The stillness around Naruto was odd.
'You would defy the very gods.' A strange voice crept into Naruto's brain. It was a strong masculine voice, but was also reassuring and warm.
'Who's there? What's going on?' Naruto was confused. His body couldn't move, but he could see everything around him was stopped as well. The scene was frozen to look like a 3-D photograph of what was taking place except he noticed something odd. A large black hilt was now in his right hand where there was none before.
The voice boomed back into his head. 'I am Gilgamesh. Or more precisely you are.'
'My name's not Gilgamesh. I'm Naruto!' He was confused so he started yelling as is his nature.
'Gilgamesh is Naruto. Naruto is Gilgamesh. They are one and the same.'
Naruto hated riddles. 'Just explain to me what is going on creepy voice man.' He said exasperated.
The voice was unaffected by Naruto's taunt. 'Boldness has triggered your awakening and as such you've unlocked your first weapon. It has been pulled from the depths of your soul and has been drug to the surface by your unending defiance of those who wish to quell your life.'
'What the hell are you talking about? I don't have a weapon.' Naruto looked to the object in his hand. 'This hilt came from no where, but there is nothing attached to it.'
'Call its name and the first of six will belong to you. Once you summon it the sword will be at your beck and call whenever you see fit. It will imbue you with power and give you abilities that no others are allowed. Under its weight no enemy can stand.' The voice went silent.
Naruto attempted to contact the voice again to no avail so now he was stuck staring at the hilt in his hand. It was obvious that time would not go back to normal until he figured out what the name of this thing was. He wasn't sure he wanted time to speed back up since there was a giant cleaver about a foot from his face and he had no way to stop it, but I digress.
As he gazed upon the hilt whispers began forming in his head once again, but this time it was not Gilgamesh. This voice was unintelligible. It sounded more like a thousand voices rolled into one. Echoes of 'say my name' rang through his head over and over.
'Tell me what your name is!' Naruto demanded.
'It is…'
"GOD EATER!" Zabuza flinched as Naruto's voice rang in front of his clone. From the hilt in Naruto's hand a large mechanical blade shot forth and knocked the clone's sword on its side causing it to turn back into the water the clone was made of. Without hesitation the clone jumped back to regroup and instantly remade a sword from the water on the battleground.
The weapon that appeared in Naruto's hand was less like a sword and more like a five foot bludgeoning device. It was shaped like a greatsword, but where the edge of the blade was supposed to be there was a long metal block with gear like ends. It was at least a foot thick and appeared to weigh several hundred pounds. At a cursory glance Naruto could tell it had absolutely no cutting power and could only be used to beat his enemies down.
Naruto's comrades watched in awe as he picked himself up. Even the waterlogged Kakashi was amazed and confused by what just happened. As Naruto moved around he found that the sword was heavy, but not too heavy to lift. "This thing must weigh a hundred and fifty pounds." He said as he hurled the large mechanical looking sword over his shoulder and rested it near the crook of his neck. As he did this Naruto felt his feet begin to sink into the ground as if he was being slowly pulled under.
'Fifty thousand.'
'Fifty thousand what?' Naruto thought to Gilgamesh as he pulled his feet out of the ground only to have them sink in again.
'It's closer to fifty thousand pounds. Not one hundred and fifty.'
Naruto's eyes went wide as he looked to the massive being on his shoulder. 'H-how? How am I able to hold this if it's that heavy?'
'This is God Eater. Under its weight no enemy can stand. It has the power to crush the gods themselves. You are the only one who can wield this sword. It is futile for others to even try for they will be torn asunder by its heavy burden.'
Naruto scoffed. 'You must be lying. There's no way...' Naruto pushed God Eater off of his shoulder and let it fall to the ground. As it hit the dirt the earth beneath his feet shook and a crater opened up below him causing Naruto to fall in. The blonde jinchuuriki stood up in the hole he made and dusted himself off. 'Then again maybe you're not lying.'
Naruto tried to climb out of the crater, but the weight of the sword he's holding made every step he took wasted. It had been almost a full minute and he still hadn't gotten out of the crater he inadvertently made. 'I have to get out there! They need me!' Whenever he gets one step up he sinks into the ground or slides back down. 'This sword is too damn heavy.'
'Will it away.'
'What?'
'It is at your beck and call. Will it away and it will do so.' The voice once again goes silent.
'Grrr okay.' Naruto picked up God Eater and concentrated on pulling it back into himself. After a moment the sword glowed and sunk back into the hilt, which then disappeared as well. 'Sweet! This just keeps getting better!'
Naruto jumped out of the crater to see the last Uchiha now awake and once again engaging the clone. Only this time he was being more careful. He wasn't the best in his class for no reason. He learned from his earlier mistake and grew as a shinobi.
A mere glance at each other allowed the two genin to formulate a crude plan. Their teamwork was paying off because Naruto knew Sasuke was going to draw the clones attention while the blonde boy ambushed him from the back. Just as he thought, Sasuke began to engage the clone from one direction only so he wouldn't see Naruto sneaking up.
As Naruto stealthily approached the clone from behind he quickly glanced around to make sure he was clear. Naruto was relieved to see Sakura standing in front of Tazuna. The both of them were still okay and completely unharmed. Sasuke must have protected them while Naruto tried to make his way out of the crater he formed.
He noticed the real Zabuza watching him approach his clone, but saying nothing to warn it of its demise. Naruto could almost feel the demon's smirk under the bandages that covered his mouth. 'Why won't he warn the clone I'm coming? Maybe he wants to see my sword in action again?' Naruto returned the smirk to Zabuza. 'I don't even know what it can really do yet. I guess this will be educational for both of us.'
Sasuke threw one final kunai at the clone, which was promptly blocked, before jumping back. "Come on you wuss! Being dead won't be so bad!" The clone taunted.
"You're the dead one!" Naruto stood behind the water clone with both hands held high, but nothing in them. "God Eater!" Just as before the hilt appeared and the mechanical battering ram shot out from it. The clone turned and held up his sword to block. He might as well have dispelled himself because no part of the clone offered any resistance to the downward swing of Naruto's sword. The metal monstrosity just plowed straight through the water sword and water man without even so much as slowing down.
"Yeah!" Naruto basked in his victory for only a moment before Sasuke appeared next to him.
"I don't know what the hell that thing you're holding is, but it may be our only hope to help Kakashi-sensei. We have a strong chance to free him now dobe so let's not waste it." Naruto pouted, but listened to the teme's idea.
Zabuza stood back watching the two confer with each while they stared back at him. When it seemed they were done planning they began to approach him. "Just because you can beat my clone doesn't mean you can beat me." Zabuza said. They still steadily approached him. Naruto's sword disappeared again and he moved behind the Uchiha to retrieve a large shuriken from a summon scroll in his pack. After handing the oversized throwing weapon to the black haired boy Naruto resumed his gait next to his friend. 'What the hell is that sword the blonde one has and where did it go? Maybe if I kill him I can take it. Still, I can't let him get near me.' Zabuza smirked. "I can always make more clones. Brats."
Zabuza made a hand sign and three water clones appeared in front of him. Sasuke took the shuriken and threw it with all his might towards the real Zabuza hiding behind the three clones. "Rahhhh!' Sasuke screamed as he poured every bit of power into his throw.
"That won't work." He said as the three clones lined up to either block or take the hit for the real Zabuza. However just before the shuriken hit the first clone the large throwing device poofed to reveal Naruto spinning towards the clones in place of the shuriken. 'Shit! A henge!'
Naruto was spinning just as fast as the shuriken was when Sasuke threw it. But in his hands was the God Eater and at this velocity the momentum created by Naruto and his sword together tore through the clones with ease. He was now on a direct collision course with the real Zabuza and nothing was in his way. The muscular killer from the hidden mist released Kakashi from his water prison and attempted to jump away. Before he fully escaped, Naruto nicked the man in blue fatigue's foot with his hand held tank effectively shattering every bone throughout.
Zabuza winced as he felt the bones in his foot basically turn to dust under the might of Naruto's sword. If he wasn't a seasoned veteran he may have even passed out form the sudden pain. Instead he fell onto his one good foot and leaped after Naruto. He didn't understand what was driving this genin, but the kid was to much of a wild card to allow him to roam freely.
Naruto drug God Eater across the ground to stop himself from going too far and pivoted to try to find the enemy as quickly as possible. Before the blonde boy new what was happening a fist connected with his face, which caused him to release the God Eater and sail through the air until he hit a tree. Unlike being hit by the clone, this punch hurt a shit load. There was no quick recovery time after this hit like he was able to do earlier. A jonin just punched him in the face and now he was on the edge of consciousness. He was lucky to be alive! Jonin have been known to cleanly punch through sheet metal even without enhancing themselves with chakra and Naruto is positive that if Zabuza wasn't injured then his face would have been permanently remodeled.
Although Naruto was out of the picture for now, unfortunately for Zabuza the famous copy cat ninja was now released and free to work his magic. The broken foot he was limping around on spelled disaster against the seasoned leaf jonin and in no time flat Zabuza was at the brink of death. Just as Kakashi was about to deliver the final blow a Kirigakure hunter nin appeared and 'killed' the giant rogue ninja. He left to dispose of the body leaving a suspicious Kakashi.
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In the aftermath of the battle Naruto was crowded by the members of his team and Tazuna as he sat against a tree. The pink haired member was the first to speak. "Baka! What the hell do you think you were doing! You could've died!" She screamed at him while simultaneously treating the large welt on his face. Naruto was the only one with a treatable injury. Sasuke just hit his head and needed some pain killers, but overall he was okay.
Naruto scratched the back of his head. "Sorry Sakura-chan. I had to help sensei!" He pleaded hoping to not be beaten any more that day.
"Naruto." Kakashi leaned forward and invaded Naruto's private bubble. "What was that club you were swinging around earlier and where did it come from?" He said in an inquisitive tone.
"Ahhh I don't really know exactly where it came from." He said slowly. "I don't know what's going on with me, but I'm pretty sure it's not over. At least that's what I was told."
Kakashi leaned farther in until he was almost nose to nose with Naruto. "Someone talked to you about that thing? When?"
Naruto backed up to give himself some breathing room. "Umm I don't know. There was a voice in my head. He said he was Gilgamesh... or that I was Gilgamesh or something. I swear I don't really know."
Kakashi ignored the fact that he just said he's hearing voices, but the team looked at Naruto like he had gone insane. "Hmmm." Kakashi scratched his chin. "May I see the weapon."
"Sure." He stood up and put his hand out in front of him. "Sakura-chan can you please back up a little because I'm afraid I don't have full control over this and I don't want it to hurt you." Sakura didn't know if she should be touched Naruto cared for her or mad he was underestimating her, but she moved back anyway. "The name of my sword is... God Eater!" The black hilt of the mammoth sword appeared and the blade slowly extended this time instead of quickly since it sensed that there was no emergency. Naruto let the rounded end of the blade sink into the ground and let go of the hilt once he was sure the blade wasn't going to fall over or sink any further.
The whole team marveled at the beauty of the blade. It appeared to be a technological wonder even though it was so bulky. Kakashi stepped forward. "Do you mind if I examine it Naruto? It would only be for a moment and then I will give it right back." Kakashi was always respectful and always asked permission to use the weapon of any sword wielder because the last time he touched Yugao's sword without asking she almost chopped his balls off. He never made that mistake again.
The blonde boy smirked. "Sure Kakashi-sensei. Go right ahead."
Kakashi grabbed the hilt and tried to pull it up with all his might. He even tried to enhance his muscles with chakra and still the thing wouldn't budge. The red faced jonin appeared to have given up when he let go and turned around only to quickly pivot and grab the hilt again to try to lift it. It seemed like he was trying to surprise the blade or something. The rest of the group laughed at his expense. Naruto couldn't tell, but he thought his sensei pouted. "How heavy is this thing Naruto?"
Naruto thought for a second. "Around fifty thousand pounds."
The group hit the floor in a comic style fashion. "How can you lift it then when sensei can't!" Sakura yelled.
"I was told only I can summon it and lift it. To me it feels closer to one hundred and fifty pounds." Naruto said as he lifted the sword from the ground with both hands and with quite a bit of strain threw it over his shoulders. Again his feet began to sink into the ground and the others watched in disbelief.
"I've heard of specialized swords, but never one like this." Kakashi said as he ran his hand across the blade.
"Umm Kakashi-sensei? Is it okay if I put this away now? I'm kinda sinking into the ground." Naruto asked nervously.
The silver haired jonin watched Naruto slowly descend for another second before speaking. "Of course Naruto."
The sword sunk back into the hilt and everyone gasped. "Ahh that's better. Anyways, like I was saying before, I don't think this is over. The voice said this was one of six." He gestured to the hilt in his hand before he made it disappear as well.
The team and Tazuna looked at Naruto like he was crazy. "The boy is bat-shit nuts! He's hearin voices!" The drunk bridge builder spoke up first.
Naruto growled at him. "Fuck you old-man!" He leaped forward to brawl with the elderly man, but was caught midair by Kakashi.
"Alright alright settle down you two." The one eyed man chastised.
Sasuke scoffed at the childishness of the old man and his fellow genin while Sakura yelled. "Naruto you baka! We're supposed to protect him! Not hurt him!"
Naruto flailed his arms and legs in Kakashi's grip. "I'm not gonna kill'em or anything!" He settled down. "Just give him his just desserts." He said sheepishly.
"You're just a pussy." Tazuna laughed and took another swig of his drink.
"Rahhh!" Naruto launched himself again, but found himself in an executioner's grapple by Kakashi.
"Tazuna I'm going to have to ask you not to rile up my genin. Remember we can leave you at any time. You lied to us about the mission so we have no obligation to help you." The bridge builder scoffed, but didn't say another word.
Naruto just put his head down as Kakashi let him down again. "I swear I'm not lying about the voice Kakashi-sensei." He said quietly.
The silver haired put a comforting hand on the blonde boy's shoulder. "I believe you Naruto."
"Really?" Naruto picked his head up.
"Of course." He smiled at his young charge. "I've seen many weird things in my life. Although I've never heard of anything like this I won't say you are lying to me just because it's odd. Plus, this whole situation you've fallen into is in another realm of oddity that I couldn't explain if I wanted to." Kakashi chuckled and Naruto brightened up a bit. Naruto didn't realize that Kakashi was very frightened the Kyuubi was speaking to him.
"Thanks Kakashi-sensei." Naruto felt closer to his instructor than ever before.
"Just for clarity." Kakashi said curiously to try and not give away the fact the he was questioning Naruto's mental stability. "What did the voice say?"
Naruto thought for a moment. "It said boldness allowed me to bring out the God Eater." He thought a little more before speaking. "Also that I have awoken one part of six."
Kakashi seemed slightly surprised. It didn't sound like the Kyuubi was trying to effect Naruto at all. "So the voice didn't try to persuade you to do anything?" He asked cautiously.
"Persuade?" Naruto thought to himself. "Not at all. If anything the voice was informational. It just gave me some info about the sword."
'You may call me Gilgamesh for ease.'
"He just spoke to me. He said to call him Gilgamesh." Naruto said to his friends.
"I think you should speak to this Gilgamesh." Kakashi said. "Ask him what he wants." Naruto nodded to his instructor. Kakashi needed to get to the bottom of this as quickly as possible. He didn't have the required competency with fuuin jutsu to fix a breach in the Kyuubi's seal and he couldn't risk the nine tails getting loose.
'What is it you want from me?' Naruto thought to himself in hopes to receive an answer.
'I don't want anything. I have no will to persuade you. I have no ability to persuade you. I am only here as your guide should you need it.' Gilgamesh answered.
Naruto sighed in relief. 'Well I suppose we should get started. What the hell did I get myself into Mr. creepy voice Gilgamesh man?'
So what did you guys think? I have to let you know that if I did continue this story there would be a pairing. I haven't decided who would be with Naruto yet, but I'll think about it if you guys want me to keep this up.
I already have ideas for the other swords, but if you want a picture of what God Eater looks like then look up the swords for the game called God Eater. Basically it looks like one of those except I put a thick, gear like block across the bladed edge.
I hope you enjoyed!
Please review if you want me to continue!