Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or the Metal Gear Solid series in any way shape or form, if I did, would I even bother righting it?
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(Russia, "The Virgin Cliffs"…)
Two figures, walk down an old dirt and mud covered path, avoiding ancient roots and dangerous snakes along the way, in the arms of one is a man's body. The man in his arms wears a long trench coat, his right eye covered by an old eye-patch, a gray suit beneath his coat with simple black shoes a pair of black gloves, and short white hair with a trimmed beard and mustache. This mans only remaining eye is closed, his lips are closed, and he moves not even a muscle… For he no longer can… This man is Big Boss, formerly the "Legendary Soldier", and he is also dead…
The other of the men is dressed in a skintight black suit, armor here and there, a pair of cases for clips rests at the front of his left hip, a SOCOM pistil rests on his right thigh, a shotgun is holstered and left to hang on his back, a small black device rests over his left eye, looking similar to an eye patch, looped into the back of his belt is a 50. Desert Eagle, with a Stinger Missile launcher slung over his left shoulder, a duffle bag slung over his right shoulder. The man's face is bare, with a scruffy beard and mustache, his brown hair is in a mullet with a gray headband keeping it out of his eyes, an infinity symbol resting on the side of the headband, leaving his green eye's partly shadowed…
The man carrying Big Boss however is decked out in armor like some form of cyborg ninja, black and white dominating the color scheme of his clothing, thicker white armor covering some of his body while a helmet completely concealed his face from view, a couple of cases for his ammunition clips rests at the front of his left hip, a brown gun belt around his upper torso holds an old worn SAA however, with a belt around his waist holding a combat knife, over one shoulder is an old P90 left to rest at his right thigh. On his back is an old Mosin-Nagant sniper riffle customized to use tranquilizer rounds; also on his back is an old looking HF-Blade. A modified Berretta M9 rests in a holster on his right thigh, while in his hand, while still carrying Big Boss, is a weapon known only as the "Patriot"…
"Why did we bring a corpse all this way?" Grumbles the man beside the one carrying Big Boss; his reply comes in a metallic synthesized voice.
"He died here… Not at that grave in Washington, not at Outer Heaven, not even at Zanzibar Land, Snake… He died in this place a long time ago… He died here… With The Boss…" The person said softly while the man at his side grumbled under his breath once more. These two men soon came to a large field, white flowers were in bloom all around, with only a few tree's nearby, leaving a view of the nearby lake free for anyone who wished to gaze upon it…
"Well… Then why couldn't we just bury him back at Washington? Does it really matter where he died or where he's buried?" "Snake" asked with a gruff tone while the man carrying Big Boss looked to him for a second, then down to Big Boss and then towards the field of flowers.
"No more… No more clones, no more memes… It's time we finished what Big Mama and Liquid Ocelot first started, it's time Big Boss was allowed to rest without worry that his genes will bring on more destruction… I won't let History repeat itself again…" He said to the man as he walked to the center of the field while Snake stayed back. The man then put Big Boss down, laying him on his back and then took a step back and gave out a tired sigh.
"Now it all ends at long last… No more memes… No more FOXHOUND… No more clones… It all ends here… With him…" He said softly and with a grinding of metal, the ninja's helmet came apart to rest at his neck while revealed was that he wore a black balaclava beneath it. Reaching up he pulled the mask down, leaving it around his neck so he wouldn't have to hold it. What was revealed was spiky blond hair, an old frayed gray headband wrapped around his forehead the long ties reaching his shoulder blades, a black eye patch covered his own right eye, three "whisker" shaped scars were laid onto both of his cheeks, and his single azure blue eye looked down at Big Boss with a strange sort of Pity…
"I think The Sorrow might like his camo back… I have no use for it anymore…" The blond ninja like man said and Snake nodded his head slowly, pulling out his duffle bag he set it onto the ground and then removed some dark camo, which he handed to the blond. "Return this for me…" The blond whispered then placed that onto the body of Big Boss, and then gave a sort of half smile as he then held out his hands once more. Snake nodded and pulled out an old folded, Black Russian "Sneaking" Suit from the bag and the bkond set it on the ground, next was a "CQC" enhancement suit which he put on top of that.
The man then place a drab green military uniform from the sixties with those, and last was some "Snake" camo, which he put with the other uniforms and the blond placed them all near Big Boss' body. Snake then handed the blond a few other items, a simple combat knife, an EZ-gun, an SAA Revolver, and a pair of dog tags, which were also placed with the body. The blond stopped for a second once all this was done, he then held up the Patriot and gave another half smile, and he placed the weapon into Big Boss' hands and then nodded his head.
"There will be nothing left, nothing to tie you to this world any longer… Big Boss… It will all go with you… So please… Rest in Peace." The ninja said softly while then standing up to his full height and gave off a soft sigh. "It's time… There can be only one Boss, and one Snake…" The blond said and Snake nodded, grabbing a torch from his duffle bag and handing it to the blond who then lit it. "Goodbye… Boss…" The blond said with a slight curl to his lips as he dropped the torch letting it land on Big Boss and setting his body ablaze. Both he and Snake stayed, watching as the legendary Soldier was burned, watching as a legend finally ended so a new one could also begin…
"Ashes to Ashes… Dust to Dust… though your body shall fade, your memory shall not, you will live within those who have known you, not the legend, not the face, but the man. Those who knew the truth of Big Boss shall not remember a mad man, a warrior, a soldier, or even a killer… They will remember a man; a simple man who made mistakes, a man who lost his way in life… So now, here in the place where you became a legend, where you truly died… Rest In Peace…" Snake said simply, and the blond ninja nodded his head to him, a small smile on his lips as his partner finished…
Looking up from the body afterwards, the blond's eyes changed color, the sclera turning black while the iris turned gold. A true smile came to his lips as he saw several figures standing there. One in an old-fashioned white Russian Sneaking Suit, with her blond hair in a ponytail, some of the white outfit zipped down to show a snake shaped scar. The next was a man with white hair, a pair of glasses while dressed in Russian Military gear and the "Spirit" Camo, a pair of glasses resting on the bridge of his nose while his gold eyes looked towards him, a grim smile on his lips as he watched. Then came a man with long white hair and a handlebar mustache, an outfit straight out of a spaghetti western was his choice of dress, his eyes seemed cold, but the slight smile told the young blond what he needed to know.
Then he saw a figure of a woman with shoulder length blond hair, she was slightly old, yet obviously still strong with an orange coat over some simple black clothes, an old Chinese pistol holstered at one hip… Beside her was a figure who made the blond mans eyes twitch, dressed as a Cyborg Ninja in orange and gray, his white helmet open to reveal his face, a sword on his back like the blond himself…
As he saw these figures come into view, the smoke rose up between him and them, until a new figure faded into view. This one was more familiar than the others, for it was Big Boss, he stood with the other figures while the blond watched and Big Boss nodded to him once. The blond also nodded to the older man, then simultaneously clicked his heels together and saluted to him. Even as the flames took away the remains of Big Boss, the blond watched as the man's spirit slowly faded from view…
As soon as Big Boss did, Eva, The Sorrow and The Boss all vanished as well, leaving only two figures left as the smoke continued to rise. The first was a smirking Ocelot who held up his hands, before giving a familiar hand sign, as if silently saying good job before he also vanished. Last was the man in the armor, the man who looked like a ninja bowed his head for a second, before raising it up and slowly vanishing as the others had…
"It's over…" He said softly while Snake scratched one of his cheeks then picked up his duffle bag, zipped it back up, and then slung it back over his shoulder.
"Time to go eh, Fox?" Snake questioned while "Fox" gave a slight smile to his partner, turned around and placed a hand on Snake's shoulder.
"Yeah… We have another grave to visit, Snake…" With that Fox and Snake walked away from Big Boss' burning body and equipment, leaving the genes, memes, and the legend of Big Boss behind them, leaving all the fighting, all the blood, and all the tears they had shed with that body as well.
"The FROG's know where you want them to take us, right?" Snake questioned, while pulling a cigarette out of one of his cases, then took a lighter and sighed feeling the nicotine in his system after such a long wait.
"Yeah… They always know where I want to go… How is the B&B doing?" Fox said then questioned softly, leaving his mourning to be done later and in private…
"They should be good to go soon enough, they weren't really that badly hurt, their minds however…" Snake left off and Fox nodded his head, he knew what it was like to lose ones mind, after all, he was an unofficial member of the old COBRA unit…
"Good… Unlike Big Boss and those who are dead… We still have work to do and still have battles that we need to fight…" The blond man said softly and Snake couldn't help it as he chuckled lightly in his throat.
"Yeah… We're still man made beast's after all." Snake said with a slight smirk while Fox pulled his Balaclava back on, then let his helmet come back over his head, leaving a small orange light on the front to glow ominously. With that Fox and Snake came to a large airplane of some form, which had a few female figures in strange gear waiting for them. The figures helped Fox in first, and then grabbed Snake by the wrist to pull him in as the vehicle raised up into the air, the two men looking out over the "Virgin Cliffs" with a strange kind of longing in their hearts.
"He wasn't a monster…" Snake said and Fox nodded his head.
"He was… Something more…" Fox said simply as the ship turned to another direction, speeding off as the two men watched the land whiz by below them. Fox then leaned back in his seat, memories of all that had brought him to this moment passing before his eye's, memories of leaving in a land filled by ninja, then coming to this strange land, meeting both friends and enemies alike as he did…
It was his own legend he supposed, the Legend of Null-Fox, The Void, Naruto Uzumaki… Last of the COBRA Unit, last of the FOXHOUND unit, and Last of his clan… He was Naruto Uzumaki, and this is his story…
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NU: Null-Fox…
Prologue end…
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TBC…
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AN: This is a Preview/Prologue for the rest of the story. I want to know what people think of it before I post any more chapters. Also, I'm not abandoning any of my other stories; I just seemed to have caught a bad case of Writers block with them it seems… Also, blame this new story on me getting my hands on MGS2: Substance and MGS3: Subsistence. Oh well, please read and review, Ciao!