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Uzumaki L'Cie R3

Chapter Three: Regroup, Snow to the rescue!
Konoha: Hospital…
Tsunade couldn't help but stare at the four ninja she had sent to investigate the portal under the Hokage Monuments. Out of all of them only Hinata hadn't been seriously injured and was able to give a full report on their visit to Gran Pulse. Both of Kakashi's arms were broken in several places, Neji had several busted ribs, and Sakura's right arm was currently in a sling. Hinata however, only has a few cuts and bruises.
Hinata revealed that the woman now called Lightning had healed her and apologized for attacking before leaving. Her report on Lightning's skills and summon had really freaked Tsunade and the councils out and in more ways when they learned Lightning had not been at full strength and had the ability to use chakra during the fight. Danzo called for a large scale force to invade this world Pulse in order to capture her summoning contract and for breeding, claiming they could breed an army of super shinobi. Tsunade manages to shot down his plan but did agree to send a larger squad to seek out Lightning and to further investigate the strange world.
But there was something that confused Tsunade, Lightning had told the squad she wouldn't allow them to take her back, and she knew who Hinata by name. She also had the ability to mold and use chakra which only trained shinobi knew how to do, and on top of that she had referred to them as "Konoha scum"... Had Lightning come to Konoha once long ago? Did she have some kind of connection to the Land of Fire? Or perhaps to Naruto somehow? There were too many unanswered questions at the moment, she really needed a drink.
"Lady Tsunade?" An Anbu with a beaver mask asked as he knelt on the ground.
"Yes, what is it?" She asked. "I have received a report that Danzo has prepared a squad of his own men to enter the portal to seek out and capture the warrior Lightning. Should we intervene?" He asked.
"No, have a squad ready to arrest any of them that make it back, if they do have Lightning then acquire her and bring her to me." Tsunade ordered. "I just knew you'd try this Danzo, Lightning's too good a target for you to pass up." Tsunade smirked just waiting for the chance to have that old war loving fart executed.
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Gran Pulse: The Front of Namva…
Lightning sighed as she watched the Chocobos run around the small field, staying well away from the various monsters in the area. It had been three full days since she escaped the Konoha ninja and she had managed to regain most of her strength. She tested herself by taking on a Behemoth King and managed to defeat it ever after it shifted its form. She was more then ready to take on any shinobi should they ever return to attack her but at the moment she had another problem; Her friends were still in crystal form at the Taejin Tower and the bridge connecting Pulse to Cocoon and were sitting ducks if the shinobi tried anything. She needed to get back and keep them save, they would have done the same for her anyway.
As she walked out of the field she began remembering the first night they had arrived on Pulse, about how Hope wanted them to leave him behind while they attempted to get to Oerba. How she wouldn't leave him behind no matter what, the silver haired boy had grown on her during their journey.
Snow, the idiot who wanted to merry Serah. Yes he was an idiot, calling himself a hero all the time and always running into battle without a plan but he was a good man at heart. He wanted to save everyone from the Fal'Cie; he didn't want anyone to suffer. He became an adopted big brother to Hope while she became his adopted big sister. His little group NORA had helped save the civilians at Eden when the Pulse army invaded and he had helped defeat Orphan, nearly sacrificing himself to protect Hope from being killed.
Vanille, one of the two L'Cie that had helped cause everything because she wanted to abandon her focus. She and Fang had set in motion of series of events that caused everything to occur, she was the reason Serah became an L'Cie, the reason Cocoon had been damaged leading to the Purge. However she was also a kind and loving person; sometimes childish. She would do anything to protect Fang; she also loved to embarrass Hope with her constant hugs which made Hope very uncomfortable.
Sazh had tagged along with her when she first bordered the train for the Purge. He wanted to know what she was going to do to save everyone, even if he was really on the train to go find his son. She somewhat admired the man when he found out Vanille was the reason his son became an L'Cie, he had the chance to kill her but didn't take the easy way out unlike most people would. He was also one hell of a marksman when it came to guns, she couldn't count the number of times a bullet from him had saved her and the others.
Then there was Serah, she really didn't know how to tell her the truth about who she really was. That her entire life was a lie, that they really weren't sisters. She shook her head at the thought, Lightning had never really had a family before and she'd be damned before she broke up what she had. Picking up the pace she dodged the strange saber tooth tiger enemies and hurried to the warp stone, she needed to get back to the tower.
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Gran Pulse: Taejin Tower
The warp stone activated, ten armed shinobi wearing blank masks with the symbol for root carved into them appeared. They spread out, securing the area and beginning to set up a base camp. Below them they failed to notice Lightning standing underneath the small catwalk, clinging to it with her gravity control device and chakra.
"So they sent more this time and I don't know any of them. Well I guess I'll just have to take'em on and if I have any trouble I'll summon Odin again." She thought as she leap up.
She flew, unfurled her sword and landed right in front of one the Root Anbu, taking him completely by surprise. "You're open! Blitz!" she voiced as she cleaved the throat of the Root open; this in turn caught everyone else's attention. "You are under arrest by order of Lord Danzo, surrender or be killed!" One of the Root shouts as they all pulled out their katana, not showing any concern that one of their comrades had just been killed.
"I wouldn't surrender, take this Ruinga!" She voiced as she launched a glowing sphere at the Root. "Spread out!" one yelled as they all leaped away, seconds later the sphere exploded causing massive damage to the surrounding area. Ducking from the slice of a katana, she back flipped as another tried to kick her legs out from under her, snapping her fingers in the process.
"Paradigm Shift: Ravager"
"Fira!" She yelled as she launched two medium sized fire balls, catching one of the Root in the side and setting him on fire. She dodged another swipe but wasn't quick enough and the tip of the katana caught her arm. "Dammit!" She cursed as she back flipped away, holding her arm to stem the blood.
"Surrender or face death. The poison on our blades cannot be cured except by Lord Danzo's medics." The Root voiced and continues to attack.
Weaving and dodging strikes Lightning grit her teeth, feeling the poison spread throughout her body. "If they gave me a second to paradigm shift again I could switch to medic and cast Esuna to cure the poison, but they aren't giving me a chance to! If this keeps up much longer I'll be in real trouble!" She thought as she launched a sphere of ice at one of them, muttering "Blizzara" under her breath. The anbu was frozen solid and shattered from a piercing strike from Lightning's blade. "Three down and seven to go." She thought as the enemies regrouped and start forming hand signs.
"Fire Style: Fire Dragon Jutsu!"
"Lightning Style: Thunder Dragon Jutsu!"
"Earth Style: Earth Dragon Jutsu!"
"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"
Four of the Roots launched attacks. Lightning gasped at the four elemental dragons heading her way. She went to paradigm shift but fell to a knee as her vision blurred. "Damn the poison has spread too far, I'm losing feelings in my arms and legs..." The dragons slammed into her. The Roots stood there, waiting for the dust to clear so they could go collect the body for Danzo to experiment on but it was then something happened, something they didn't expect.
"Hey Lightning, I think you could use a hand with these guys?" A cocky voice asked.
Lightning looked up, stunned to see him standing in front of her even though her vision was a little blurry; he had blocked the attacks and protected her from being killed. "Snow!" She mutter, not believing her eyes. The damage done by the four attacks was already healing; he must have used Mediguard to intercept the attack. The Roots didn't know what to make of this man, the fact that he had survived their combined attacks alone showed he was very powerful and since he called Lightning by her name he must be her ally.
"Don't worry Lightning, just leave this to me. Besides, the hero always saves the day at the last minute." Snow smirked as he cracked his knuckles. "Attack the woman, he can't beat us and protect her at the same time!" One of them commend.
"Provoke! Try that on me!" Snow muttered, and if by some magic force instantly draw in their attention. They launched kunai, shuriken and senbon needles at him.
"Steelguard!" he yelled and settled into a defensive stance, deflecting all the weapons with his arms, barley causing any damage to himself thanks to the protective magic covering his body. While he was defending against attacks, Lightning managed to paradigm shift to medic and casted Esuna on herself and purge the poison from her body. She was now casting Cura to recover her lost energy. Getting back to her feet she cast cure on Snow to recover the small about of damage he had taken while protecting her.
"Change of strategy!" She voiced.
"Right we gotta win this!" Snow smirked.
"Paradigm Shift: Slash & Burn!"
They went of the offensive. Lightning using Blitz to decapitate two more Root ninjas while Snow using Waterga and Blizzaga to soak two more and then freeze them solid. With only three left they decided to wrap this up.
"Paradigm Shift: Duelcasting!"
Lightning pointed at open Root. "Thundaga!" A huge thunder bolts rained down on him, frying him to a crisp.
Snow launched at the second, "Froststrike!" And uppercut him into the air, the strike freezing his head solid which shattered when he landed from the fall. There was only one left who decided it would be better to escape and report back to Danzo then engage these two any further. "Snow!" Lightning yelled seeing the Root making a run towards the Cie'th stone. "I'm on it, Aerora!" he fired a sphere of compressed wind that exploded into a large tornado when it hit the back of the Root. Sending him flying high into the air, over the edge of the tower and sent free falling to the ground below.
Panting now that the fight was over Snow turned to the gasping Lightning who was putting away her sword. "So who were those guys anyway? PSICOM? Guardian Corp?" He asked taking a seat. "No, Anbu Root from Konoha." She replied leaning against the wall. "Never heard of them, so why they after you? I mean we saved Cocoon, defeated the Fal'Cie and showed everyone there's nothing to be afraid of L'Cie so what's up?" Snow asked. "It's a long story Snow" Lightning replied. "And we got time." He spoke. "Alright, I'll tell you everything, it all started ten years ago, when you found me at Bodhum..."
And so she began to tell him the truth about herself or rather her past self before she came to Cocoon. Her life as Uzumaki Naruto.
(Basically explains what happens during the prologue.)
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"And well you know the rest" Lightning finished. "That's… a lot to take in..." Snow mutters as they walked into Vanille's place and began grabbing various items. "Does it change things? Our friendship?" Lightning asked.
"No, the way I see it, if you hadn't have taken the fox's offer then Serah would have grown up alone. Who knows what would have happened to her then. Besides it just shows how unique you are." Snow smiled as he equipped Save the Queen evolved from Rebel Heart, Sprint Shoes, a Kaiser Knuckle, Nimbletoe Shoes and a Genji Glove. "Thanks Snow" Lightning smiled. "Does Serah know?" He asked looking to the pink blond warrior. "I don't know, I never wanted to tell her, I didn't know how she would react.." Lightning trailed off looking at the ground. "Well I won't say anything, you can tell her when you feel it's the right time." Snow stood up. "Just promise me one thing." He turns and added making Lightning look up. "Don't object at the wedding." He smiled. "No promises." She smiled as she took his hand and allowed herself to be pulled up. "Hey! You've taken care of her for so long, now it's my turn!" Snow said as they left the building. "I'll hold you to it, hero." Lightning replied. "So now that these ninja have found a way to this world what should we do?" Snow asked. "We can't allow them to do as they please, I've seen what their capable of, I won't allow them to take whatever they want from this world or Eden or Cocoon" Lightning grit her teeth.
"So what now?" Snow asked. "We head to the base camp and use the warp portal to get to Eden, we have to warn the people about the threat of Konoha ninjas." Lightning voiced. "Alright, I know just how tough this crystal can be, the others will be save for a good while, it should give us plenty of time to go warn everyone." Snow replied, the two headed for the warp stone at the entrance of Oerba.

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Uzumaki L'Cie R3

Chapter Three: Regroup, Snow to the rescue!
Konoha: Hospital…
Tsunade couldn't help but stare at the four ninja she had sent to investigate the portal under the Hokage Monuments. Out of all of them only Hinata hadn't been seriously injured and was able to give a full report on their visit to Gran Pulse. Both of Kakashi's arms were broken in several places, Neji had several busted ribs, and Sakura's right arm was currently in a sling. Hinata however, only has a few cuts and bruises.
Hinata revealed that the woman now called Lightning had healed her and apologized for attacking before leaving. Her report on Lightning's skills and summon had really freaked Tsunade and the councils out and in more ways when they learned Lightning had not been at full strength and had the ability to use chakra during the fight. Danzo called for a large scale force to invade this world Pulse in order to capture her summoning contract and for breeding, claiming they could breed an army of super shinobi. Tsunade manages to shot down his plan but did agree to send a larger squad to seek out Lightning and to further investigate the strange world.
But there was something that confused Tsunade, Lightning had told the squad she wouldn't allow them to take her back, and she knew who Hinata by name. She also had the ability to mold and use chakra which only trained shinobi knew how to do, and on top of that she had referred to them as "Konoha scum"... Had Lightning come to Konoha once long ago? Did she have some kind of connection to the Land of Fire? Or perhaps to Naruto somehow? There were too many unanswered questions at the moment, she really needed a drink.
"Lady Tsunade?" An Anbu with a beaver mask asked as he knelt on the ground.
"Yes, what is it?" She asked. "I have received a report that Danzo has prepared a squad of his own men to enter the portal to seek out and capture the warrior Lightning. Should we intervene?" He asked.
"No, have a squad ready to arrest any of them that make it back, if they do have Lightning then acquire her and bring her to me." Tsunade ordered. "I just knew you'd try this Danzo, Lightning's too good a target for you to pass up." Tsunade smirked just waiting for the chance to have that old war loving fart executed.
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Gran Pulse: The Front of Namva…
Lightning sighed as she watched the Chocobos run around the small field, staying well away from the various monsters in the area. It had been three full days since she escaped the Konoha ninja and she had managed to regain most of her strength. She tested herself by taking on a Behemoth King and managed to defeat it ever after it shifted its form. She was more then ready to take on any shinobi should they ever return to attack her but at the moment she had another problem; Her friends were still in crystal form at the Taejin Tower and the bridge connecting Pulse to Cocoon and were sitting ducks if the shinobi tried anything. She needed to get back and keep them save, they would have done the same for her anyway.
As she walked out of the field she began remembering the first night they had arrived on Pulse, about how Hope wanted them to leave him behind while they attempted to get to Oerba. How she wouldn't leave him behind no matter what, the silver haired boy had grown on her during their journey.
Snow, the idiot who wanted to merry Serah. Yes he was an idiot, calling himself a hero all the time and always running into battle without a plan but he was a good man at heart. He wanted to save everyone from the Fal'Cie; he didn't want anyone to suffer. He became an adopted big brother to Hope while she became his adopted big sister. His little group NORA had helped save the civilians at Eden when the Pulse army invaded and he had helped defeat Orphan, nearly sacrificing himself to protect Hope from being killed.
Vanille, one of the two L'Cie that had helped cause everything because she wanted to abandon her focus. She and Fang had set in motion of series of events that caused everything to occur, she was the reason Serah became an L'Cie, the reason Cocoon had been damaged leading to the Purge. However she was also a kind and loving person; sometimes childish. She would do anything to protect Fang; she also loved to embarrass Hope with her constant hugs which made Hope very uncomfortable.
Sazh had tagged along with her when she first bordered the train for the Purge. He wanted to know what she was going to do to save everyone, even if he was really on the train to go find his son. She somewhat admired the man when he found out Vanille was the reason his son became an L'Cie, he had the chance to kill her but didn't take the easy way out unlike most people would. He was also one hell of a marksman when it came to guns, she couldn't count the number of times a bullet from him had saved her and the others.
Then there was Serah, she really didn't know how to tell her the truth about who she really was. That her entire life was a lie, that they really weren't sisters. She shook her head at the thought, Lightning had never really had a family before and she'd be damned before she broke up what she had. Picking up the pace she dodged the strange saber tooth tiger enemies and hurried to the warp stone, she needed to get back to the tower.
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Gran Pulse: Taejin Tower
The warp stone activated, ten armed shinobi wearing blank masks with the symbol for root carved into them appeared. They spread out, securing the area and beginning to set up a base camp. Below them they failed to notice Lightning standing underneath the small catwalk, clinging to it with her gravity control device and chakra.
"So they sent more this time and I don't know any of them. Well I guess I'll just have to take'em on and if I have any trouble I'll summon Odin again." She thought as she leap up.
She flew, unfurled her sword and landed right in front of one the Root Anbu, taking him completely by surprise. "You're open! Blitz!" she voiced as she cleaved the throat of the Root open; this in turn caught everyone else's attention. "You are under arrest by order of Lord Danzo, surrender or be killed!" One of the Root shouts as they all pulled out their katana, not showing any concern that one of their comrades had just been killed.
"I wouldn't surrender, take this Ruinga!" She voiced as she launched a glowing sphere at the Root. "Spread out!" one yelled as they all leaped away, seconds later the sphere exploded causing massive damage to the surrounding area. Ducking from the slice of a katana, she back flipped as another tried to kick her legs out from under her, snapping her fingers in the process.
"Paradigm Shift: Ravager"
"Fira!" She yelled as she launched two medium sized fire balls, catching one of the Root in the side and setting him on fire. She dodged another swipe but wasn't quick enough and the tip of the katana caught her arm. "Dammit!" She cursed as she back flipped away, holding her arm to stem the blood.
"Surrender or face death. The poison on our blades cannot be cured except by Lord Danzo's medics." The Root voiced and continues to attack.
Weaving and dodging strikes Lightning grit her teeth, feeling the poison spread throughout her body. "If they gave me a second to paradigm shift again I could switch to medic and cast Esuna to cure the poison, but they aren't giving me a chance to! If this keeps up much longer I'll be in real trouble!" She thought as she launched a sphere of ice at one of them, muttering "Blizzara" under her breath. The anbu was frozen solid and shattered from a piercing strike from Lightning's blade. "Three down and seven to go." She thought as the enemies regrouped and start forming hand signs.
"Fire Style: Fire Dragon Jutsu!"
"Lightning Style: Thunder Dragon Jutsu!"
"Earth Style: Earth Dragon Jutsu!"
"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"
Four of the Roots launched attacks. Lightning gasped at the four elemental dragons heading her way. She went to paradigm shift but fell to a knee as her vision blurred. "Damn the poison has spread too far, I'm losing feelings in my arms and legs..." The dragons slammed into her. The Roots stood there, waiting for the dust to clear so they could go collect the body for Danzo to experiment on but it was then something happened, something they didn't expect.
"Hey Lightning, I think you could use a hand with these guys?" A cocky voice asked.
Lightning looked up, stunned to see him standing in front of her even though her vision was a little blurry; he had blocked the attacks and protected her from being killed. "Snow!" She mutter, not believing her eyes. The damage done by the four attacks was already healing; he must have used Mediguard to intercept the attack. The Roots didn't know what to make of this man, the fact that he had survived their combined attacks alone showed he was very powerful and since he called Lightning by her name he must be her ally.
"Don't worry Lightning, just leave this to me. Besides, the hero always saves the day at the last minute." Snow smirked as he cracked his knuckles. "Attack the woman, he can't beat us and protect her at the same time!" One of them commend.
"Provoke! Try that on me!" Snow muttered, and if by some magic force instantly draw in their attention. They launched kunai, shuriken and senbon needles at him.
"Steelguard!" he yelled and settled into a defensive stance, deflecting all the weapons with his arms, barley causing any damage to himself thanks to the protective magic covering his body. While he was defending against attacks, Lightning managed to paradigm shift to medic and casted Esuna on herself and purge the poison from her body. She was now casting Cura to recover her lost energy. Getting back to her feet she cast cure on Snow to recover the small about of damage he had taken while protecting her.
"Change of strategy!" She voiced.
"Right we gotta win this!" Snow smirked.
"Paradigm Shift: Slash & Burn!"
They went of the offensive. Lightning using Blitz to decapitate two more Root ninjas while Snow using Waterga and Blizzaga to soak two more and then freeze them solid. With only three left they decided to wrap this up.
"Paradigm Shift: Duelcasting!"
Lightning pointed at open Root. "Thundaga!" A huge thunder bolts rained down on him, frying him to a crisp.
Snow launched at the second, "Froststrike!" And uppercut him into the air, the strike freezing his head solid which shattered when he landed from the fall. There was only one left who decided it would be better to escape and report back to Danzo then engage these two any further. "Snow!" Lightning yelled seeing the Root making a run towards the Cie'th stone. "I'm on it, Aerora!" he fired a sphere of compressed wind that exploded into a large tornado when it hit the back of the Root. Sending him flying high into the air, over the edge of the tower and sent free falling to the ground below.
Panting now that the fight was over Snow turned to the gasping Lightning who was putting away her sword. "So who were those guys anyway? PSICOM? Guardian Corp?" He asked taking a seat. "No, Anbu Root from Konoha." She replied leaning against the wall. "Never heard of them, so why they after you? I mean we saved Cocoon, defeated the Fal'Cie and showed everyone there's nothing to be afraid of L'Cie so what's up?" Snow asked. "It's a long story Snow" Lightning replied. "And we got time." He spoke. "Alright, I'll tell you everything, it all started ten years ago, when you found me at Bodhum..."
And so she began to tell him the truth about herself or rather her past self before she came to Cocoon. Her life as Uzumaki Naruto.
(Basically explains what happens during the prologue.)
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"And well you know the rest" Lightning finished. "That's… a lot to take in..." Snow mutters as they walked into Vanille's place and began grabbing various items. "Does it change things? Our friendship?" Lightning asked.
"No, the way I see it, if you hadn't have taken the fox's offer then Serah would have grown up alone. Who knows what would have happened to her then. Besides it just shows how unique you are." Snow smiled as he equipped Save the Queen evolved from Rebel Heart, Sprint Shoes, a Kaiser Knuckle, Nimbletoe Shoes and a Genji Glove. "Thanks Snow" Lightning smiled. "Does Serah know?" He asked looking to the pink blond warrior. "I don't know, I never wanted to tell her, I didn't know how she would react.." Lightning trailed off looking at the ground. "Well I won't say anything, you can tell her when you feel it's the right time." Snow stood up. "Just promise me one thing." He turns and added making Lightning look up. "Don't object at the wedding." He smiled. "No promises." She smiled as she took his hand and allowed herself to be pulled up. "Hey! You've taken care of her for so long, now it's my turn!" Snow said as they left the building. "I'll hold you to it, hero." Lightning replied. "So now that these ninja have found a way to this world what should we do?" Snow asked. "We can't allow them to do as they please, I've seen what their capable of, I won't allow them to take whatever they want from this world or Eden or Cocoon" Lightning grit her teeth.
"So what now?" Snow asked. "We head to the base camp and use the warp portal to get to Eden, we have to warn the people about the threat of Konoha ninjas." Lightning voiced. "Alright, I know just how tough this crystal can be, the others will be save for a good while, it should give us plenty of time to go warn everyone." Snow replied, the two headed for the warp stone at the entrance of Oerba.