A/N: Hello all. Yeah it's time for another story. For this story I would like to thank Mzr90 for issuing this challenge and assisting me throughout this project's planning. If not for his/her assistance I more than likely wouldn't have gotten this project started till summer 2013. I am also extremely happy to say that Toonami is bringing back Naruto come december 1st so I am excited as we get back what Toonami was eight years ago... two anime down two to go. As of now I have three on going projects and I hope you all enjoy this as much as you've enjoyed the others. So without further ado sit back, relax, and enjoy The Planet's Will of Fire

Full Summary:

At the end of Naruto's battle with Sasuke at the Valley of the End, Naruto is left on death's doorstep. In a desperate attempt to save his host Kurama uses a vast amount of his chakra to heal his wounds and ends up sending Naruto to the Planet. There he is found by Tifa in the Nibelheim mountains. Join Naruto as he adjusts to this new world while Tifa struggles with her feelings for her childhood friend and the boy she found. Strict NarutoxTifa. I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR FF7.

Chapter 1: A New World- A New Start

A heavy rain was about to fall, the sounds of the distant thunder booming every now and then as the dark clouds were slowly approaching a valley unlike any other within the Elemental Nations. Two statues of the leaf village founders Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha stood at each side of the valley next to a waterfall that divided the Land of Fire and the Land of Sound signifying who had created this valley so many years ago.

This valley... the Valley of the End as it was known, that was once the battleground between the two founders of the hidden leaf now hosted a new battle. This battle may not have been as destructive as the one that preceded it... but its significance was equal if not greater. A battle between two thirteen year old leaf genin of great potential... one desired to save his friend from the dark path he chose to follow, while the other wished to destroy his friend for greater power to achieve his ultimate goal of revenge.

No battle before this one had ever displayed a vibrant clash between the Senju clan's Will of Fire and the Uchiha clan's Curse of Hatred. Of course a clash such as that is easy to accomplish when the two combatants are the last of the Uchiha clan and Uzumaki clan (a clan of distant cousins to the Senju clan).

The genin of the Uchiha clan was a boy who originally had a fair skin tone and onyx black eyes (which were currently replaced with his completely matured Sharingan) along with spiky black chin-length hair. His outfit consisted a blue, short-sleeved shirt with a high collar and the Uchiha crest (a paper fan) on the back, white shorts, a blue hidden leaf village headband, and dark blue shinobi sandals. However, his lust for revenge and the power to obtain it had pushed him to activating the Cursed Seal of Heaven thus altering his appearance. His skin turned dark gray and a four-pointed star-mark appeared on the bridge of his nose. The sclerae of his eyes turned black and his lips took on a navy blue color. His nails became claw like and his hair grew to waist-length though it still kept its spiky style. However of all the changes that had affected the young Uchiha's body, none was more apparent then large webbed hand-shaped wings that sprouted on his back. The boy... known as Sasuke Uchiha in this form was the true embodiment of a demon that symbolized the Curse of Hatred.

The other genin of the Uzumaki clan was another boy... a boy with spiky blonde hair and blue eyes. His most prominent feature was the three whisker like marks on each cheek defining that his mother had been the jinchūriki of Kurama the Nine Tailed Fox during the time of his birth. He wore an orange tracksuit with blue on the upper shoulders and around the waist, a white swirl with a tassel on the left shoulder, the Uzumaki crest (A red swirl) on the back, and a large white collar. the outfit was completed with a pair of orange pants, blue sandals, and a blue hidden leaf village headband. The blonde's clothes were tattered from battle with the Uchiha boy... and in an effort to keep up with the avenger's power the boy had tapped into the malicious power of the Nine Tails (of whom he was the current jinchūriki) and changed his appearance just as the Cursed Seal had changed Sasuke. The blonde who was son of the 'Yellow Flash' Minato Namikaze the fourth hokage of the leaf village and Kushina Uzumaki the 'Red Hot-Blooded Habanero' was now blanketed in a thick crimson chakra cloak that took on the shape of a fox. His eyes turned red and his pupils became slitted. The whisker like marks on his cheeks became darker and more defined and black rings formed around his eyes. This boy... Naruto Uzumaki though just as much a fierce an embodiment of a demon as Sasuke in this form, the brilliant glow of the Fox's chakra shroud and his purpose for using it was all the reason needed to symbolize the Will of Fire.

Both genin stood at the feet of each statue, Sasuke at Madara's and Naruto at Hashirama's.

"You are special Naruto..." Sasuke said causing Naruto to glare at him, "But I am even more special than you."

"It is time we put an end to this battle." Sasuke said, "And every other battle we ever had!"

At this point Sasuke started blurring through three familiar hand signs. Ox-Rabbit-Monkey, before thrusting his hand down his other hand holding tightly to his wrist a white spark of electricity with streams of blue emitting from it in the palm of his left hand. Naruto glared at Sasuke and looked at his injured left hand in disgust and then focused on his right hand as a small blue sphere of spiraling blue chakra started to form in its palm.

Sasuke thrust his left hand away from his body as the white spark of chakra glowed brightly and the blue streams turned black, proof of the chakra being corrupted by the Cursed Seal. Naruto's chakra shroud flared around his right hand as the blue orb turned slightly purple and grew to its actual size for combat. The two then leaped at each other from the respective statues, as the waterfall cascaded in the background.

"Naruto!"

"Sasuke!"

The two shinobi screamed out their opponents name as they closed in on each other and then the names of their attacks.

"Chidori!"

"Rasengan!"

The two techniques connected and sent destructive streams of crimson and black chakra behind the two shinobi in violent streams as the pure power of each techniques seemed to have no limit. The water of the waterfall met resistance as it continued to cascade down into the river below. Then as the clash of black lightning and vermillion spirals reached its climax a brilliant light erupted from the center of the collision engulfing the two genin. The light then surrounded them and faded into a black sphere that expanded and started to halt the flow of the waterfall.

Within the sphere of solid black chakra...

Sasuke struck out at Naruto with his right hand impaling him through the heart. Naruto glared back at Sasuke the nine tails chakra within him fluctuating violently in hopes of undoing the damage. Naruto was ready to strike at Sasuke, an attack that would cut the metal of Sasuke's headband but...

"NO! That damned Uchiha is not escaping this battle alive!" Kurama yelled from within Naruto's mind and forced his will upon Naruto's consciousness.

Naruto's eyes flared from the crimson that they were into pure red berserk eyes void of any sign of the blonde being in control of his actions. Kurama had exerted his influence beyond his normal control and redirected Naruto's swipe from Sasuke's headband to his chest.

The black sphere of chakra exploded leaving Naruto and Sasuke (both in their original forms) laid across from each other at the feet of Hashirama's statue. Sasuke's eyes were wide in shock as he stared up at the sky the rain starting to fall as his headband finally came undone and fell from his head. He could feel his life slipping away and when he looked down he saw the cause... Naruto's attack had left his chest cut open, his heart with three diagonal slashes that had dug all the way through nearly dissecting it from the rest of the muscles in his chest.

Of course Sasuke's attack on Naruto had done just as much damage... Naruto was on death's doorstep too only he was unconscious... a hole in his chest, his blood draining out onto the stone of the riverbed.

However within Naruto's mindscape...

Naruto was floating within the sewer water that flooded his mindscape, the hole in his chest leaking blood that was turning the water a deep crimson. From within his cage Kurama glared down at the boy as the dim lights started to slowly flicker.

"You damn stupid boy..." Kurama growled, "Even with my interference in that last attack you couldn't dodge that damned Uchiha brat's killing blow."

"You are only minutes away from the next world... and I can't fix it here." Kurama continued, "That teacher with that cursed eye is not going to get here fast enough... there is only one thing I can do..."

"You better be damn grateful when this is done you little brat... to me and that damn fourth hokage who sealed me in you!" Kurama roared as his crimson chakra started to violently erupt from his body and surround Naruto's unconscious form as the lights started to stop flickering and fade into darkness.

The crimson chakra erupted from Naruto's body and surrounded both him and Sasuke before closing them in within a crimson sphere that erupted into a bright shining light. When the light dimmed the pool of Naruto's blood and Sasuke's headband was all the proof that remained of the epic battle between Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha. As their teacher Kakashi Hatake and Pakkun of the Ninja Hounds arrived on the scene and found all the remains of the battle only one thought passed through their minds.

'What happened to Naruto and Sasuke?'

-Play: Sanctuary by Utada Hikaru-

Inside a blackening darkness... there was only one form of light. Several waves of green-white energy rippling, twisting, and turning in every direction pulsating like a never ending energy. Within this energy that glowed like a heavenly light was the spiritual forces of all beings that ever existed and that will ever exist.

Within these waves of energy collectively known as the Lifestream there was a flash of bright light that turned crimson within seconds. As the crimson energy disappeared and mixed with the green of the Lifestream, two bodies were left in its place... the bodies of Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha.

The flow of the lifestream returned separating Naruto and Sasuke from each other, sending them in different directions. Sasuke sunk down into the depths of the Lifestream, the energy waves surrounded him but dared not to touch him. As Sasuke continued to float down his Cursed Seal of the Heaven glowed ablaze in flaming orange color and spread around his entire body like it always had when he activated the first level. The mark continued to spread like wildfire and the glow changed to that evil purple that identified Orochimaru before finally Sasuke's body faded away the purple glow of the Curse Mark mixing with the green of the Lifestream.

Naruto's body floated up as if ascending to the heavens. The crimson energy that had brought him to the Lifestream covering the hole in his chest guiding the greenish-white energy to its edge, slowly closing the life threatening wound. Naruto continued to rise with the energy guiding him in a specific direction as if choosing the path for which the boy was to follow. The energy circled around his body and moved as it touched every inch of skin and healed the minor wounds that Kurama's chakra had not healed. The waves danced around him and as the light of the Lifestream began to fade beneath him, the waves of energy miniaturized and wrapped Naruto's head before pulling his eyes open, though the light of consciousness was not in them. In the Lifestream's final act, the green waves that made up the body of energy entered his eyes just as his body was pushed up through a hole separating Naruto from the rest of the green spiritual energy that had saved his (and Kurama's lives).

Naruto's body went soaring through the air as he had been pushed through a mako (the name for the energy that made up the Lifestream) geyser. As he reached the highest point that the geyser's power would take him the crimson chakra cloak returned around his body finishing up what little healing that the lifestream had not before leaving his body in a flash of light. Healing complete Naruto now fell into the mountainous region below his body laying flat on the rocky trail as if he had just stopped their to nap.

-End Song-

In another location a fourteen year old girl had been running through the mountains memorizing every inch of trail that ran throughout the ranges of the Nibelheim mountains that separated Mt. Nibel from the Nibelheim sector Shinra Electric Power Company mako reactor and the town of Nibelheim. The girl had straight dark brown hair that fell to the middle of her back, eyes that could only be described as whiskey brown in color, fair if slightly pale skin that despite the region seemed clean. The most defining features of this girl by far were her long toned legs and C-cup sized breasts. The girl's outfit consisted of a short leather skirt and vest, a white buttoned corset that stopped at the top of her stomach and revealed a bit of cleavage, brown cowboy boots, white teardrop earrings, and a tan cowboy hat that hung on her neck by a white strap. This girl who by anyone's thought would be described as a beauty was Tifa Lockhart.

For Tifa, memorizing the various trails was a daily routine and seeing the various mako geysers erupt day in and day out had become a usual sight in her day. What she wasn't expecting however was a bright flash of light to the east of her after the largest one erupted.

"What was that?" Tifa said skidding to a stop mid run, looking over to where that flash of crimson light shined.

As the light died down Tifa heard a thud and then looked to the setting sun. She knew if she did not get home soon the various monsters that called these mountains home would begin their nightly prowls. But against her better judgement, Tifa turned toward the direction of the light and started running as fast as she could.

As she approached the geyser, Tifa could only gasp seeing Naruto lying in the middle of the trail mako from the geyser surrounding his unconscious form.

'Was he the source of that light.' Tifa thought as she moved towards him noticing the various holes and tears in that kill me orange jumpsuit of his. The boy couldn't have been more then thirteen years old, and though he didn't seem to be injured his clothes clearly showed that he had participated battle recently. Normally she wouldn't be surprised given the use of Cure Materia and the store bought potions but that hole in in the torso right where his heart was... even the strongest potion or Materia wouldn't fix that.

"Who are you?" Tifa whispered as she kneeled beside him, the sun started to sink beneath the horizon, the sky turning from that evening orange to a mix of light blue and purple.

Tifa continued to stare down at Naruto, her gaze moving to his headband the strange symbol that looked like a leaf with a spiral in the middle, definitely not a symbol she was familiar with. Given his appearance, his outfit, and that symbol she wondered where he was from. Then just as she was about to check for a pulse Naruto groaned opening his eyes slightly, only to shut them closed from the bright light that the sun was still providing.

"Ugh... my head..." Naruto said as he sat up as he rubbed the back of his head, his eyes still clenched tight.

"Are you okay?" Tifa asked causing Naruto to crack an eye. His eyes opened wide when he got a good view of her.

'Who is she?' Naruto thought as he was trying hard not to stare as he started to answer, "Uh I'm fine... except for a headache... could you tell me where I am?"

"You're in the Nibelheim Mountains." Tifa said.

'Nibelheim Mountains... there's not a single place in the Elemental Nations with that name... and that aside if I'm not in The Valley of the End anymore... then where is Sasuke?' Naruto thought.

"Are you alright... you're zoning out on me." Tifa said.

"Uh yeah I'm fine... I was just thinking about something... uh so do you know how I got here?" Naruto asked.

Tifa's smile fell, "No I don't know... all I know is I saw this crimson light in the sky and when I got here you were lying here in the middle of the path."

"Well better you then a wild animal... who are you by the way?" Naruto said.

"Tifa... Tifa Lockhart..." Tifa said.

'God why did Jiraiya have to be such a pervy sage... No I will not think like him... I will not think like him...' Naruto repeated in his head.

"So your name is..." Tifa said getting Naruto out of his thoughts.

"Me... I'm Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto said a foxy grin plastered on his face despite his situation.

"So Naruto... are you a former member of SOLDIER or something?" Tifa asked.

"SOLDIER... never heard of it." Naruto said bluntly, "Why do you ask?"

"Your eyes... they seem so similar to those of members of SOLDIER that I've seen in pictures." Tifa said.

"My eyes..." Naruto said as he took off his headband and stared into the metal plate. His eyes had changed from that blue he had been so familiar when he looked in a mirror. They were now a glowing greenish blue with a light crimson ring surrounding the pupil.

'Ok now this is getting strange... first I'm in some mountain range more then likely nowhere near the Elemental Nations and now my eyes have changed... what is going on?' Naruto thought before his stomach started growling causing him to sweat drop and chuckle in embarrassment.

"Haven't eaten in a while?" Tifa asked.

"Yeah..." Naruto said as Tifa rose to her face.

"Well I can't very well leave you out here in the mountains with all of the Kyuvilduns that come out at night." Tifa said offering Naruto her hand, "Come on you need a place to stay for the night and a hot meal."

Naruto looked at Tifa's hand unsure of wether or not to accept her offer.

'On one hand I don't know where I am or what happened after that final clash with Sasuke in the valley... but I don't exactly know about Tifa or wherever she would be taking me too... Agh! Why do decisions like these have to be so hard!' Naruto screamed in his head as he fought with himself over the issue until his stomach growled again.

"Ok your stomach has spoken for you." Tifa said pulling Naruto off the ground, "You'll stay with me for the night... and I think you'll find me to be a pretty good cook."

Naruto didn't have time say otherwise as Tifa started to drag him back down the trail the way she had come.

'Well looks like I don't have a choice in the matter... maybe that stupid fox can explain what happened to Sasuke and how I got here.' Naruto thought as he started to follow Tifa rather than being dragged up the trail leading toward the town of Nibelheim.

What Naruto saw as the sun had finally set beneath the horizon line was so different from the village and towns he had come to know. Sure the town was as rustic as those of the Elemental Nations, but the small size of the town and the different and unfamiliar architecture was rather surprising. Building upon building so closely compacted (save for the giant Mansion near the northern path that led to the mountain trails), that at first glance Naruto would have believed them all to be the two buildings separated by two paths and wrapped around a single water tower.

"Small town..." Naruto said as Tifa took him from the northern path that led to the mountains to a house in the top right corner.

"Yeah it's small but then again not many people want to live in a town like this when cities like Midgar that are much more advanced exist." Tifa said as she stopped at the door.

'Midgar... now I know that something's up with how I got here... and something tells me that stupid fox has more then a clue about what's going on.' Naruto thought as Tifa turned to him.

"Naruto... I'm going to ask now... do you have any gil on you... because my father tends to be... rather difficult." Tifa said a frown on her face.

'Gil... that clinches it... The Elemental Nations use Ryo not this gil.' Naruto thought as he sighed.

"I don't have a single coin Tifa." Naruto said.

"Alright... but please if my dad starts getting on your case... don't take it the wrong way." Tifa said.

"Ok Tifa..." Naruto said.

Tifa nodded her head and opened the door, "Dad I'm home."

"Well it's about time..." A voice called from within the house as Tifa and Naruto stepped inside, "I was getting worried that something had happened again."

'Again?' Naruto thought as he saw a man enter from a hallway leading to a set of stairs. Like Tifa he had dark brown hair, skin tone, and those whiskey brown eyes that she had. He wore a red long sleeve shirt, a blue vest, black pants, boots, and a red headband.

"I was just about to go out looking for you with Zangan..." Tifa's father said stopping when he noticed Naruto, "Who's this?"

"Dad this is Naruto." Tifa said, "On my trek through the mountains today I found him unconscious on one of the trails."

"Really... well what is he doing here?" Tifa's father said a slight hint of anger in his voice as if he knew what was within Naruto.

"Dad... I invited Naruto to stay the night if that is alright." Tifa said.

"Staying the night is what the inn is for." Tifa's father said as Naruto clenched his fists , wanting so badly to knock his block off.

"Dad Naruto doesn't have any money to stay at the inn, if this tattered kill me orange jumpsuit and empty pockets are anything to go by." Tifa pointed out.

'Hey! What is with everyone I meet having the same problem with the color orange?! Orange is a good color!' Naruto shouted in his head irritatedly.

"Tifa... what is it with you and blondes that are down on their luck?" Tifa's father asked as he walked away back upstairs clearly finished with the conversation.

Tifa sighed... why did her dad have to be so difficult ever since she had gotten injured when she tried to climb Mt. Nibel.

"He sounded like he's been through something like this before." Naruto said.

"He's just very protective." Tifa said as she started heading for the kitchen, "Go ahead and take a seat at the table. I'll have dinner ready in a bit. I hope you like Korean BBQ."

Naruto took a seat at the table and his stomach started growling again as he heard the sizzle and smelled the aroma of cooking food.

"So Naruto tell me how did you end up unconscious in the middle of Mt. Nibel ranges by yourself?" Tifa asked as she added a sauce on top of some meat.

"I..." Naruto said before stopping himself.

'If I tell her that I have no idea how I got their and that I was originally fighting Sasuke she'll think I'm crazy... and I don't want to know what she'll think if she finds out about that stupid fox.' Naruto thought his mind racing through the possible outcomes from telling Tifa too much about who he was and how he got to Mt. Nibel.

"Naruto..." Tifa said.

"I don't really remember... Tifa... one minute I was traveling through a valley... until something happened that knocked me out... the next thing I know I'm waking up in the middle of that mountain range with you kneeling right by me.

"Oh... well... do you have any family... I'm sure they must be worried about you... I know my dad always is about me." Tifa said as she moved the food from the pan on the stove to two plates.

"Actually..." Naruto said looking to the ground, "I'm an orphan."

"Do you know how long you've been an orphan." Tifa said, a frown on her face as she set Naruto's plate in front of him before taking a seat at the other side of the table.

"I've been an orphan all of my life." Naruto said, his eyes displaying immense sorrow.

At that Tifa gasped at a whispered level. She knew the pain of not having one of her parents thanks to her mom's death... but to not have either of your parents from the very start... that is a pain no one should have to go through.

"Naruto... I'm so sorry... I didn't know." Tifa said.

"It's alright Tifa..." Naruto said.

'It's better that you don't know a lot about me.' he thought as he started to eat. It was no Ichiraku Miso Ramen but it definitely was good food.

"This is delicious Tifa." Naruto said trying to change the subject.

"Thank you... Naruto..." Tifa said as she started eating, "So tell me what is with that ridiculous orange jumpsuit of yours? It's s bright it's hurting my eyes."

"Hey!" Naruto shouted causing Tifa to Naruto got over his irritation of yet another shot at the color orange... his color and started laughing along with her.

Later that night...

Tifa had set Naruto up in the guest room, and though the it was late, the bed was soft, and he had eaten a good home cooked meal, Naruto just couldn't sleep. He was to preoccupied with thoughts of how he got here in the first place.

'Now seems to be a good a time as any.' Naruto thought as he turned in his bed and began focusing on entering his mind.

Naruto's mindscape...

Naruto opened his eyes and stared at the giant cage shut closed by a tag that had the kanji for seal. Naruto took a step closer to the cage and at that moment two giant red eyes stared down at him.

"Well it's you little boy." Kurama said, "I was wondering when you'd come here."

"Listen you stupid fox you have some explaining to do!" Naruto shouted.

"Oh I do now... what do I need to explain to a lowly insect like you?" Kurama asked sarcastically.

"You know damn well what you need to explain to me! How did I get here to Nibelheim? And why am I here?" Naruto asked furiously.

"Well to answer your first question I brought you here. As for why... well you were an idiot and allowed that damn Uchiha brat to impale you through the chest." Kurama said, "Secondly I brought you here to save my life, as my energy could only save you with help of the energy of the lifestream."

"Lifestream?" Naruto said confused.

"You are no longer within the Elemental Nations. I brought you to Gaia... otherwise known as The Planet. The lifestream is an ethereal substance called Mako beneath the planet's surface. It is made up of the energy of everything that has ever existed and thanks to that my chakra was able to heal all of the damage you sustained in that battle at the valley. A side effect to your healing was the absorption of pure Mako into your eyes changing them into what you saw earlier." Kurama said causing Naruto to take on a look of contemplation.

"Then what happened to Sasuke?" Naruto questioned getting a sadistic grin from the nine tails.

"That damnable Uchiha ended up being transported alongside you into the Lifestream. If it hasn't absorbed him he is still down there... though if he is I doubt he is alive... thanks to me I delivered the same blow that he did to your body to him." Kurama said before chuckling darkly.

Naruto growled as he looked up at the giant fox. His anger growing for how he could laugh at such an outcome. Sure he and Sasuke had never been good friends... but he wasn't about to let this fox laugh at his more then likely demise.

"If you brought me here then take me back!" Naruto shouted, "I'd rather own up to my failure then stay here hiding. Besides my friends are back there!"

"Friends... home... ha... that village was never a home for you... and those villagers were never your friends." Kurama said, "Besides even if I could bring you back what would you have to return to? Villagers that despise you, a sensei that ignores you, a perverted sage who constantly disappears on you?"

"Shut up!" Naruto yelled.

"Or is it that pink haired bitch. The one who only acknowledged you when her precious Uchiha left the village and got on her hands and knees to beg you to bring him back."

"SHUT UP!" Naruto yelled gripping his head in despair. He was leaving behind everything he knew now and he couldn't do a thing about it.

"You were in hell back in the hidden leaf. You can start a new life here. Here you can be happy. Here you can be free. Free of the hate and glares of where you were born." Kurama said as Naruto looked to the ground, "And here you have that Lockhart girl."

Naruto glared up at Kurama. The fox was hoping to mess with his emotions, make him see red and give into despair of not being able to go home.

"You may have saved my life. But you and I aren't finished here you damn fox." Naruto said as he faded out of his mindscape.

"You will come to thank me in time little boy." Kurama said, "You'll be grateful that I brought you to The Planet."

With that the lights of Naruto's mindscape started to dim and Kurama chose to sleep. With Naruto now in a new world with a whole new life ahead of him, one can only guess the many paths he will have to take and the friendships and relationships he will forge with this one special opportunity.

A/N: Well that is all for now my friends. As always read, review, and check out my other stories. Until next time... Stay Gold...