Demons, Snow And Kunai | By : Nescafevh Category: Naruto Crossovers > General Views: 3683 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Tifa had never seen Rufus Shinra so completely rattled before, not when they fought and killed Dark Nation, not when he thought Tseng and Elena had been killed by the remnants, not during his battle with Kadaj for Jenovah's head.
But here he was, faced with the man he never thought he'd see again, an older brother discovered too late, resurrected from the dead.
It was too much for his mind too take, obviously overloaded with his out-of-control emotions so he could only stand there, mouth flapping opened and closed like an stunned mullet.
Tseng looked at him in concern, speaking his name gently, trying to jerk him out, but nothing existed but Rufus, his brother, and his shock.
Naruto murmured something to Sasuke who moved from the chair to the bed with his mate and motioned the chair at Rufus with his head to Tseng.
Getting the idea Tseng took the chair from it's spot beside the bed and to behind his boss and lover. Speaking gently but firmly he guided the blonde into it, seating him slowly but firmly by an hand on one shoulder.
Once seated the blonde let out an breath and blinked, as if suddenly coming too from somewhere else and cried out "but you're dead!"
"I was" the man answered gently to him "but Mother Gaia brought me back to aid with the fight to come with Sephiroth."
"Oh" the blonde deflated "so you're only alive to stop Sephiroth, then you'll return to the lifestream."
"No" the other blonde stepped forward, gently taking his younger brothers face in one hand and guiding it up so blue eyes locked with steel blue "I am not just here for Sephiroth. I came back for you. If we all survive this fight, if I survive this, I'll still be your big brother" Rufus opened and closed his mouth soundlessly again so Lazard quickly added "if you'll have me."
Rufus nodded then suddenly looked alarmed, so Lazard assured him "I have NO interest in the company, it is Shinra, YOU, not me. However that doesn't mean I'm not going to help if it's needed. HELP, I won't come back."
Rufus looked relieved and disappointed at the same time and managed to question "how did you end up here, and without me knowing about it? HOW LONG have you been here?"
"I have been here only three days. They could not alert you to who I was because Naruto and the others had no idea who I was or our relationship."
"What do you mean? Didn't you tell them?"
"When we found him, he had mako sickness" Tifa took his story and ran with it, after all, it was true-if only partly "the only one of us who ever knew him was Zack, and he didn't know with Lazard being bedridden trying to shake the final stages off."
Rufus looked alarmed at him "you had mako poisoning!" he stood abruptly and tried to examine him, insisting he check him over-or have a doctor see to him.
"I have examined him already" the willowy doctor stepped out into his line of sight "he has recovered enough to be fully functional, just as the girl Temari will soon be. His version of mako poisoning was not as severe as the girls."
This was news to Tifa. She had been unaware that the doctor had also examined Lazard.
Before anyone else could speak there was an knock on the door and Naruto called to them to come in.
Anko opened the door, face a mix of worry and desperation. Tifa hadn't seen her among the returned group and realized she must had been still looking when the others returned.
Her eyes went immediately to Naruto, the expression becoming vast relief at his return and obviously alive state, before looking around, her eyes locking to the crib.
Naruto smiled at her "go ahead, just don't wake them up."
Now given permission the ex-snake sanin's pupil eagily entered the room, headed for the two children.
Gently Tifa helped lay Aeris in one arm and Grimiore in the other, the nin smiling softly as she gently rocked both, looking them over closely before blinking in surprise, "he looks like Kushina."
Naruto's face lit up "really?! You think he looks like my mom?"
"Definitely. You look like Minato, practically a little clone of him, except your eye shape and mouth, that's Kushina's. HE has Kushina's face but Minato's eyes and nose." Naruto seemed vastly pleased by this.
"The blonde looks like Minato's, but the red...."
"Mom's" Naruto grinned and she nodded. Naruto relaxed into the bed under him, content and happy by this.
There was a slight rustle and a snake slid out from the womans long sleeve, head slightly sideways as it checked out the newborns. Before anyone could speak, IT had "yessss, he doessss. The kid isss herrrr clone."
Rufus looked startled "a talking snake!?"
"It's a summons" Naruto explained "summons are intelligent, well, most of them are. Anko and a few others don't just use them whenever they're needed, they actually socialize with them. It helps strengthen relations with them as well as loyalty."
"Our summons are different" Tifa said "we call them through materia, so they are only called during battle. They don't talk to us, only sticking around to do whatever they are needed for before going back to their plane."
Naruto shrugged "ours are nature based, like animal or insect, and can hang around and make decisions for themselves. They obey, but often during a fight they can give you another point of veiw, or idea for how to do things. Some contracts are even passed down through families or teacher to student."
"I have my father's contract" Kakashi said.
"Sasuke and I both share our clan's crow and cat contracts."
"I have the slug like Tsunade-san" Sakura said.
"I have both the fox through Kyuubi and the toads. My father had the toads, but we both got it through ero-san" Naruto motioned at Jiriaya "and Sasuke also has the wolf and snake."
"Mine was through my father" Jiriaya said. Naruto looked at him curiously "you never told me that before. If you let me and the Forth sign an family contract...."
"It doesn't matter" the man said quickly, uncomfortable with the subject and the attention he was getting from it "Minato and you are the only thing close to sons I was going to have anyway."
Tifa gave Tsunade an "See?" look, the ex-Fifth frowning thoughtfully when she saw and heard it.
From the corner of his eye the other sanin obviously saw it, because he started going on about his two most powerful students not following in his footsteps to become proud super-perverts, where did he go wrong and he had hoped they would follow in the proud tradition, but it was too late, Tsunade had seen the truth under the mask and now she knew, she was not going to let him go that easily.
Rufus turned the subject back, "you can have more than one of these summons?" He looked at Naruto "you said your.....mate had four and most of the others had at least two."
Tsunade spoke "we could have more than that if we wished, provided we have the strength or chakra to summon or control some of the most powerful. Manda, the boss snake summons, could only be summoned through human sacrifice, for instance. The only one to summon him was our ex-teammate, however he HATED him."
"Why?" they asked.
"Snakes are creatures of nature and have their own code and sense of honor. A lot of bad elements and stories in the past made them look like evil creatures. Snakes only attack to protect their nest andor young or they feel threatened-or food. Have you ever heard of a snake attacking for the fun of it?" they thought about it, then shook their heads.
To their surprise the snake itself answered the previous question "theeee humannnn had no sssenssse of honor. The bossss made it difficult to ssssummon him sssooo he wouldn't. He ussseedd children asss toyssss and disssposable weaponsss, took other hummmaannsss bodiesss to prolong hisss own life. Bosss sssaid he wasss ssso pleasssed when the fox ssslayed him."
Naruto looked halfway between pleased that his actions that day had a positive effect on other than Anko and Sasuke, and upset by the reminder of how violent and vicious he had been.
"When someone has an family summons, we discovered they can ALSO have a general summons, hence Sasuke's four."
"I see" Rufus nodded "since he has the two family summons, he was also able to gain two general summons. What is the difference between the two?"
They repeated what Kakashi had told Tifa months ago.
"I see" Rufus repeated, Tifa seeing something spark in his eyes "so, can ANYONE gain your type of summons?"
"You need Chakra first of all" they told him "and a connection to nature. Also you need the approval of the boss summons, even though there are stories of ways to get around that. The contract has to be signed-by you-in your own blood."
"Boss summons?"
"The head summons. In cases like the toad, the summons can be an entire clan of animals, the 'father' or 'grandfather' as the boss, although in a lot of cases it's just the most powerful who dominates the others, like Manda and the snakes."
"The only person here I think who would be totally capable of gaining a summons would be father" Naruto grinned at him "his energy is SIMILAR to chakra. But I don't know if it would really work though."
Which turned the subject somehow to what SORT of summons would suit Vincent.
Tifa knew Naruto was trying to get the subject off Genesis, to distract Rufus from taking the young man in for crimes against Shinra Electric, that now Lazard was here, he was hoping BOTH would keep him occupied.
She could also see that Tseng was unsure of what to do. As an TURK, it was his job to follow his lovers orders in business wise, and his job was to take Genesis in, by force if necessary, but if he did-despite his skill-he knew he'd be way outnumbered by people so skilled they could kill him in seconds and not just that but to do so risked starting a war with the ninjas.
Tifa had no doubt if it came to a war with Shinra, Wutai would gladly house and feed the ninjas, let alone an complete alliance with them, and then it would be the Great Wutain War all over again, only this time without SOLDIER and the three Generals, Shinra wouldn't stand a chance.
No, this time Wutai would have one of those Generals on THEIR side.
Which lead Tifa to an sudden idea and as it grew, so did a slow smile on her face.
"Tifa?" she blinked at Itachi, surprised at this being the first time he had actually said her name out loud.
Tsunade seemed to know what she was thinking and smiled back at her "what are you thinking?"
"A way to weed the rest of DeepGround out."
"Do tell" the woman smiled wider and Tifa had no doubt she suspected it.
"Well we had that invitation from Wutai, maybe Naruto and Genesis should go there to heal and recover. After all, Midgar is hardly the place to rest and relax."
Naruto opened his mouth to protest, stopped and cocked his head, looking thoughtful.
Tsunades' slow shit-eating grin reminded Tifa so much of Naruto it shocked her. Was this the senju blood, or Uzumaki, or did they learn it from each other? Knowing the woman’s past, Tifa couldn't imagine her ever smiling that often, let alone a full-out grin. It must have been since Naruto she could do this, Naruto to allow her to freely let loose.
"I think you're right" she said to Tifa, turning to glare at the blonde Shinra "and I'm sure you could organize it with the girls father."
"I'll organize it right away" Tseng said quickly. When Rufus narrowed his eyes at him in anger and opened his mouth to protest, the TURK leader quickly added to him "it will give you a chance to be in a relaxed environment with your brother, sir. You can finally REALLY get to know him, the real him behind the 'Director Of SOLDIER'."
Rufus' mouth snapped shut and he looked both thoughtful and eager.
"I want to save THEM first" came a weak call from the bed beside Naruto's "they don't disserve their fate, they are just as much prisoners as Naruto was."
Eyes snapped to the bed to find for some reason Genesis's eyes had slightly changed color, gone from white to a very pale green.
"Prisoners!? DeepGround has others!? Why didn't you tell us this before!?"
"They are not truly prisoners in the sense Naruto was, they can walk around and go wherever they please in the base, but they are closely watched and guarded and can never leave. My brothe....." he took a deep breath, steeled himself, and started again "DeepGround keep them close and allow no one or anything near. I only met them once, but I often saw them walking around."
"WHO are they?"
Their names are Tenshi and Jundo, but DeepGround calls them Gomi and Haiki."
"Angel and Purity as apposed to Trash and Waste" Shizune said followed by Naruto, frowning in anger at someone having been treated like him in his youth "why?"
"Jundo was found in one of Hojo's old abandoned labs, stiill locked in an mako tube for who knows how long, along with his three...brothers. They were failed clones, revenants of Sephiroth. The other three were judged by DeepGround as suitable and released, but Jundo was too fragile, too pure."
Tifa frowned "let me guess, his brothers were Kadaj, Loz and Yazoo." Genesis nodded and Rufus and Tseng's eyes widened "there is ANOTHER clone!?"
Again Genesis nodded but quickly spoke "you don't need to fear him. Jundo knows the truth, he has no interest in bringing Sephiroth or Jenovah back whatsoever, he just wants to live his life like every other being in this world, to be loved and have a family of his own. When DeepGround discovered his fragility and purity, they judged him as not only too weak to use, but too untrustworthy. It is said he is all things good and right in Sephiroth, his and Jenovahs' feminine side."
Vincent frowned in concern at this, Tifa thinking if it was true, if the clone was all things pure from both Sephiroth and Jenovah, he definitely would not only useless to the group but closely guarded. If someone else got hold of him and was able to control him, DeepGround had no chance resurrecting Jenovah or Sephiroth "so that's why they call him waste, because they see his feminine side as useless?"
Genesis nodded.
"And the other?" Vincent asked "the one called Tenshi. Is HE interested in restoring either?"
"Well no, all little Tenshi does is eat, sleep and try to talk to Jundo, cry if anyone else tries to hold him."
"LITTLE?" there was something dangerous in Naruto's question.
Genesis nodded "Little Tenshi is only a few weeks old." The sense of danger to Naruto increased, his chakra charging the air, the feel of an mother when her young is threatened and Tifa realized because of giving birth to the twins coupled with the female fox inside him as well as Naruto's own urge and need to have a family was causing the nurturing hormones in him to go hywire.
"How did DeepGround get hold of an clone of Sephiroth only a few weeks old?" she asked the injured young man.
"He isn't" he said.
"He isn't?" she echoed "isn't what, a clone of Sephiroth?" He nodded and his eyes went straight to Vincent and stayed there.
Tifa sucked in a sharp breath "he's a clone of VINCENT?!"
"Not exactly a clone, but yes."
"Explain it to us" Reeve said softly.
"When the three other clones failed, DeepGround tried to find out why. Kadaj was perfect, he and any of his brothers should have been successful, but all three, KADAJ failed, he was too weak.
They soon discovered that the four had a fatal flaw, they were TOO close to Jenovah."
"What do you mean?"
"Despite her power, Jenovah was never very strong. By creating pure Jenovah clones of Sephiroth, Hojo removed all that physical strength and prowess, physical strength and prowess he inherited from his true parents, his GENETIC parents" again Genesis looked at Vincent. "Hojo was a weakling, the others soon realized his true genetics could NOT come from crossing Hojo and Jenovah-as he CLAIMED it was, so they began investigating it. They soon discovered the woman-Luecretica-and the rumors of her affair with her younger TURK bodyguard." He looked to Vincent again for confirmation who nodded.
"So they realized they could never truly bring back Sephiroth or Jenovah without Vincent and Luecreticas' genetics and DNA" Reeve said "so this clone child is a crossing of them both-the TRUE Sephiroth, what he could have been without Hojo's interference or Jenovah. How did they find the things they needed to create and grow the child?"
"Samples of the mother were found in the lab the clones were found in, kept in cold storage by Hojo, taken before her exposure to Jenovah cells. He must have wanted to keep it in reserve, in case the....source became too contaminated. Almost a year ago they created a trap at the Shinra Mansion for the father, to gain all they needed."
Tifa gasped and looked at Vincent "Rosso The Crimson! Vincent that must be why she tore your chest so severely! Not only was she trying to get the Protomateria, but with such damage you wouldn't have noticed if she took blood and tissue as well!"
He nodded in agreement before turning to Genesis "without Hojo's knowledge of how to artificially speed the aging process of a clone, they were stuck with a baby. How is the child and the clone supposed to bring Sephiroth back?"
"Rather the same way I healed."
"You mean Jundo would absorb the baby and use it's genetics to fully become him?" Tifa asked and Genesis confirmed it "but he doesn't want too. He sees Tenshi as his little brother and doesn't want to loose him, he wants to stay who he is-a separate being."
Naruto meanwhile was looking thoughtful "guys we know this, we should have realized."
"Naruto?" they asked.
"My dream, remember? I saw a child who looked like father-Tenshi-and an gentle Sephiroth playing with Aeris-it has to be Jundo-he was acting like an woman caring for a child!"
"And Sephiroth running away with Aeris was warning of the kidnaping!" Tifa realised.
"And the part where Vincent and Luecretica are pleading with Sephiroth is their genetics affecting Jundo!"
And where Naruto uses some jutsu to separate them into two is the two separating again, only Jenovah wins over Jundo!"
Naruto looked alarmed "this means Jenovah takes control of Jundo and uses his body, that when Aeris and Tenshi destroy her, they destroy him as well!"
“Somethings can't be helped, Naruto” Tifa said gently, "sometimes things happen, things set in stone...."
"NO!" Naruto snapped, startling everyone "he doesn't disserve it! He disserves a life, a future! He is not a monster like Jenovah! I....." he suddenly stopped, blinking, face going blank and Tifa could almost see the cogs in his head moving rapidly, as if trying to find a solution.
The others saw it too for Tsunade frowned at him "gaki...."
"It's nothing, baachan."
"Naruto...."
"I said it's nothing!" he snapped, then apologized "I'm sorry, baachan."
"Just tell us what you were thinking" she sighed.
"Nothing right now, nothing solid yet anyway, I'm just trying to remember the hand signs I used in the dream. If it is able to separate Tenshi from Jundo, maybe with some refinement..."
"What, it can separate Jenovah and Jundo? He's pure Jenovah, sure he's maybe the GOOD Jenovah, but that's all he is really."
"NO!" Naruto yelled "what he contains doesn't make him it! He's NOT a monster! Just because he....." he suddenly snapped his jaw shut.
"Like YOU, Naruto?" they asked.
The boy turned his head away and refused to speak, refused to answer, jaw clenched tight.
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