llIVoice of Destiny/Inner Sakura

"Normal Talking"

Thoughts/Sound Effects

"Flashback dialogue/Japanese/Emphasis of words"

"Demon speak"

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I told ya guys! New chapter each day of the three day weekend. Well each day on my end of the world. Enjoy and let's get to that divergent point!

A fanfiction originally by Andrew J. Talon and redone & continued by NanashiX

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Kingdom Hearts, Disney, or any other copyrighted material. The story idea, concept, and original are owned by Andrew Joshua Talon. The continuation is mine and I do this out of pure enjoyment and my love of the story.

Key Through the Heart: Rebirth

Nana's made a discord yeah nana fell into the trend to try to be cool server to connect with the readers more. m2k4dZa is the code.

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Ugh…

Sasuke opened his eyes, then closed them again in a wince. The sunlight streaming through a nearby window had been all he'd been able to ascertain from his brief look.

"Well, glad to know you're awake," a pleasant voice reached his ears. He opened his eyes again, more slowly this time, as Aerith lay a tray of food across his lap. He blushed just a bit when he saw the view he was getting.

"Anyway, you should eat up," Aerith went on. "Your schedule's been worked out."

"Wait, what?" Sasuke finally responded with a frown. Aerith kept up her her cheerful smile.

"I said, your schedule's been worked out. For training," she explained. Sasuke blinked and nodded, sitting up in the small bed and reaching for a piece of…

He frowned at his meal. What was this pile of yellow things? And the crispy meat? And…

"It's bread, relax," Aerith spoke, looking amused. "Just toasted."

Sasuke scowled, but tore into the food. The yellow stuff tasted like eggs, and the meat was definitely pork. It was heavier with grease than he usually had but then again, this was another universe. He should probably count his blessings that they didn't serve mutated tomato people for food.

Eating his breakfast he scanned the room and categorized anything of note. Several unopened boxes, a single lamp on a table by the little bed-Essentially the room was bare, which suited Sasuke just fine.

Finally getting out of bed, he pushed open the door and blinked. The hallway was painted a nice, warm honey color. A few tapestries, weapons and paintings were hung around the three other doors on the floor. Raising an eyebrow, he walked down the stairs to the lower floor. The décor here was largely blue and more classical, which Sasuke was glad for. Yellow was just… Too cheerful for him,

Sitting on a couch, the ninja girl from last night (Yuffie, he reminded himself) was tossing a shuriken up and down, catching it with one hand while her other supported her head as she leaned against the armrest. She sat up and looked over the couch back with an annoyed look.

"Took you long enough! Sheesh! How long does it take you to eat anyway?"

Aerith walked into the living room, sighing and shaking her head.

"Yuffie, we can't all inhale our food," she explained with a wry smile. Yuffie snorted.

"No self-respecting ninja I know would take so long to eat!"

Sasuke bristled. Yuffie was beginning to remind him of a certain blond already.

"Where is Kakashi?" He asked flatly. Aerith gave him another bright smile that his heart skipped a little at. Damnit…

"He said he'd be back in the afternoon to help you with your training. In the meantime, we're going to be teaching you."

"Teaching me what?" Sasuke asked brusquely, though in all honesty after seeing what the two could do last night he wanted to know more. Yuffie grinned.

"Oh, little of this, little of that…"

A finger tapped him on his shoulder and he spun around, a kunai in his hand. His eyes widened at another Yuffie behind him, who waved as he felt cold steel against his throat.

"Lot of that," the kunoichi giggled in his ear, and he desperately fought against his blush. Yuffie let him go as her shadow clone poofed out of existence.

"You use chakra as well?" Sasuke asked, turning around to face Yuffie. The ninja nodded.

"Well yeah. What kind of ninja doesn't? But, I can also use magic."

"Magic?" Sasuke asked. Aerith laughed a little at his incredulous look. She had to admit, he looked very cute when he scowled. She motioned for him to sit, and he took a small chair flanking the couch. Aerith sat down on said couch, while Yuffie swung her legs over the back and sat on the top, balancing in a childlike way.

"I'm not talking about card tricks or things like that… True magic is an energy force, like chakra, that can be manipulated by humans and other life forms for a variety of purposes," Aerith explained.

"The big difference is that chakra can be channeled and manipulated by a person through their body," Yuffie added. "Magic requires a focusing element."

"The ornament on your oversized shuriken," Sasuke guessed. Aerith smiled.

"Exactly. It's called 'materia'. Though to be fair, that's just one way of focusing magic."

There was a knock at the door, and Yuffie swung off the couch, walking up to answer it. Yuffie opened it and grinned.

"Hey Ed! Glad to see you could come…"

"Hey, anything for old friends," a young male voice answered, and Sasuke soon had a person to attach it to.

He was slightly taller than himself, maybe a few centimeters, with blond hair done up in a braided ponytail. He wore a long red jacket over a black vest, with black pants and boots. His hands were gloved in white, and the fabric had strange, red drawn symbols etched into the tops of their palms. His gold eyes crinkled slightly as he grinned at Aerith, who returned the smile.

"Ed, the Moogles aren't monopolizing your time are they?" She asked. Ed shook his head and snorted.

"No, it's actually your pal, Cid. Old man always needs something fixed. Can't he do repairs on his own?" Ed grumbled. He looked over at Sasuke curiously, and Yuffie chuckled.

"Ed, this is Sasuke Uchiha, or Lord Emo Pants. Sasuke, this is Edward Elric. He's here to fix your sword," Yuffie introduced. Sasuke grimaced at the 'Lord Emo Pants', but managed a polite nod to Ed. The blond grinned and extended a hand. Sasuke blinked, but extended his and took it. His eyes widened ever so slightly at the feeling of metal underneath the glove, and not flesh.

"Oh, sorry to startle you," Ed explained, letting Sasuke's hand go and pulling up his sleeve, revealing stainless steel components and plates arranged and held together with wires and screws in the form of an arm.

"Artificial limbs," Sasuke murmured thoughtfully, recalling Zaku's artificial hand. Ed shrugged, and dropped his sleeve.

"Well, time is money. Show me the sword?"

Sasuke unstrapped his weapon's sheath from his back, and set it down on the small coffee table. He tipped it and the pieces of his chokuto clattered onto the dull wood surface. Ed nodded thoughtfully, examining the weapon with an expert's eye.

"Wow… Was magic used to forge this thing?"

"Chakra…" Sasuke corrected, frowning a bit. The boy didn't seem to have any tools, so what was he going to do?

"Inject a little of your chakra into the pieces, if you can," Ed ordered. Sasuke looked questioningly at Aerith and Yuffie, who nodded. Sasuke put one hand on the largest piece, and another on the top half of the blade. Focusing a bit, he imbued them with a fair amount of chakra, before pulling his hands back. Edward clapped his hands, and pressed down on the table.

A brilliant blue light erupted in a circle around the sword, and it began to glow. Sasuke activated his Sharingan, amazement on his face. He could see the chakra in the sword reform itself along with the basic materials itself, shaping and seemingly solidify!

A final burst of light, and the sword was revealed, looking as though it was newly forged. Sasuke grasped the weapon and was startled to feel his chakra synching with the steel as though it were an extension of his own body. Edward grinned.

"Ending up here, I found out I had a lot more to learn about alchemy," the blond chuckled. "Magic, chi, chakra, what have you-I had no idea how to respond to that stuff. Until I figured out they're all just slightly different forms of energy. And energy can become matter, matter can become energy. I converted the chakra you put into the steel into a more solid form so it would bind better to the metal. Also, since it's your chakra, it'll retain infusions of your energy into it better." Ed shrugged. "Apparently, that makes it easier to convert it to lightning or fire or whatever else you can do with that stuff."

"So, how much do we owe you for this, Ed?" Yuffie asked.

"300 munny," Ed requested. He shrugged. "Hey, a guy's gotta eat."

"Yeah, but that's pretty low compared to the Synth shop's usual rates," Yuffie commented as Aerith handed over the coins. Edward shrugged again with a wry smile

"What can I say; I'm in big enough demand as it is. Besides, you two taught me about magic and all that other hocus pocus. Equivalent exchange," he said with a laugh. Yuffie nodded.

"So, um… Any luck finding your brother?" Yuffie posed. Sasuke looked up from his blade and saw the determined expression on Ed's face.

"No luck yet, but Jiraiya's managed to get some leads. When I've saved up enough I'll get myself and ship and start looking myself! I can't sit around Hawkeye's place forever… Nice to meet you Sasuke," Edward nodded to him, before heading out the door opened by Yuffie.

Sasuke frowned at the pair of slots in his blade near the hilt. "What are these for?"

"Oh, Ed does that to all weapons he fixes or makes for us," Yuffie explained. "Those are slots for materia. Good thing he did it right off the bat. Makes your first practical lesson easier."

Yuffie rummaged around in her side pouch, and smiled as she produced a small green orb-shaped gem. She tossed it to Sasuke, who caught the orb deftly.

"Now, that's a Fire materia, for using fire magic. Insert it into the slot on your sword," Yuffie explained, and Sasuke did so. Aerith coughed.

"Yuffie, I don't think we should start the practice right here in the house."

"Oh c'mon Aerith, he's probably got a lower magic potential than Cloud had when he first met you," Yuffie huffed. "Now, all you have to do is-"

"FIRE!" Sasuke roared, and a massive fireball shot out from the tip of his sword into the nearby wall.

KABOOM!

Aerith lowered her hand, deactivating the Protect/Shell spells she'd cast. Yuffie stood up from crouching behind the couch, wide-eyed.

Sasuke himself stood covered in plaster, blinking at the large hole he'd carved out of the wall into the street. He was clearly a bit shocked himself. Edward Elric poked his head in.

"Boy, this brings back memories," the alchemist commented wryly. Aerith glared at the now very sheepish looking Yuffie.

"'Lower magical potential than Cloud when we first met?'" The Cetra repeated flatly. Yuffie rubbed the back of her head with a nervous smile.

"Um… Wow, heh… Fast learner."

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The dark chamber was lit only in the center, an emerald orb of energy floating above a shallow pit hewn in stone. Casting ethereal light over the faces of those summoned, it served to cast shadows more than illuminate. Yet it was in the spirit of those meeting, hiding even now in the shadows. For even among those like them, those whose hearts are filled with darkness can never be truly at ease.

"This is taking far too long!" Scoffed a tall man, his beaked nose, long curly hair, and tall, wide-brimmed hat lit in the dark chamber. "When will you deliver on your end, Orochimaru?"

The Snake Sannin smirked in the shallow light.

"You must be patient… Until Konoha is crushed, I cannot risk delivering what you wish."

"You can come and go as you please, alongside your spies," huffed a refined man with an oily voice, a snake-headed staff easing out of the darkness, supported by a single, elegant hand. "I should think it would be simplicity itself to deliver. You do wish to take part in our ultimate triumph, correct?"

"Of course," Orochimaru hissed, a slight glint of irritation in his yellow eyes.

"But, unlike you, I do not have the ability to wield magic. The protection Konoha has in that regard is proving difficult to surmount."

"Ha ha! Why don't you just ask for help if you can't do it, Snake Boy?" Laughed a large, baggy entity. Orochimaru hissed and unleashed a tiny amount of killing intent.

"Silence you bag of bugs! I do not need your help!"

"Woah, woah, heheh, break it up," a dark figure with constantly waving hair that glowed blue in the darkness stated.

"Hey, c'mon. Snake Boy says he'll get it done, and he will." The figure narrowed his eyes and leered at Orochimaru.

"If he knows what's good for him…"

"Oh please, like any of you deserve such power," snorted a deep, feminine voice, its owner's waving tentacles casting menacing shadows. "Orochimaru has provided me with plenty."

"Oh of course! Probably because no one else could get any use out of his gift!" The first speaker sneered, shaking a metal hook in place of his hand at the large female.

"I'll have you know that with my useless gift, I could destroy the rest of you with ease," the sea witch cackled.

"Bold claim, but against my magic the brat is useless," the snake-staff wielder sniffed. "I do not see why we cannot simply turn the boy into a Heartless now."

"Because his powers would be far less potent if we did, Jafar," stated a silky, feminine tone. The baggy entity laughed.

"Well, it's about time Maleficent! What's been keeping you?"

"Testing the defenses around Konoha," she replied calmly. Orochimaru's eyes blazed in rage.

"You-! How dare you continue to meddle in my affairs!"

"You did not say I could not visit your world, did you?" Maleficent returned with a smirk. "In any event, I had to know if your delays were caused by what you said, or if you were simply incompetent."

Orochimaru clenched his fists, hissing in fury. He would have struck right now, if not for the fact he still needed the accursed witch!

"So, which is it?" Jafar inquired. Maleficent continued to smirk at the seething Orochimaru.

"The magical defenses around Konoha could only have been created by a Keyblade. Made long, long ago, but still effective. The barriers around it will keep any large amount of Heartless from entering. It was difficult to even teleport in. My powers are muted."

"But, mine are not," Orochimaru hissed.

"Hey, hey, lighten up! Look on the bright side, Snake Boy! You're off the hook," the fiery man chuckled. Orochimaru held his anger in check by pure force of will.

"Do not be that way, Orochimaru. I will keep my promise, the moment you destroy Konoha. I provided some of your troops the ability to summon Heartless-With them, your mission becomes far easier."

She raised an eyebrow at him.

"Just take care not to let them fall into their own darkness… Or they will be their own undoing-And yours."

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Tsume Tenten sighed, tapping her fingers against the top of the counter. She checked the clock hanging near the rack of spears. She considered it her favorite because of the little kunai it had for minute and hour hands.

3:53… Relax, he's coming. He said he'd be here at four o'clock… And he'll be here, she told herself. Tenten continued tapping her fingers on the counter, resisting the urge to look again. She'd been doing this for ages now, feeling so anxious about this.

He's coming… He's coming… Wait, why am I so nervous? It's not like it's the first time he's been here!

The kunoichi nodded to herself and smiled confidently. She was probably just antsy from being so bored, that's all.

Not like she was looking forward to Naruto coming to her shop again, no. Well, she was. He was a customer after all, and a friend.

Tenten found herself checking her reflection in a polished kunai, but immediately put it down.

Stop it! You're a kunoichi damn it, you don't swoon over guys!

Tenten paused in her inner turmoil and listened. She smiled when she heard Naruto's loud, familiar voice outside… But was a little disturbed to hear others.

"What? Are you on about that crap again?!"

Naruto charged in through the door, the bell ringing but all of his attention was focused on yelling at Yamanaka Ino, walking in with him. Hinata scurried in after, keeping an awkward distance from the two blonds as they continued to argue.

"No orange! That's final!" Ino declared. Naruto scowled.

"I like orange!"

"Um, excuse me?" Tenten tried. Ino ignored her as she set back into Naruto. Hinata merely looked at the blonde haired girl pleadingly.

"Orange is just tacky, Naruto, and besides: It screams 'here I am, please kill me', to enemy ninja!" Ino shot back.

"Not if I kick their ass first! Besides, I'm plenty stealthy even with orange!" Naruto argued. Ino laughed haughtily.

"Yeah right! I can see you coming from a mile away! You're not wearing orange and that's it!"

"Yes I am!"

"No, you're not!"

FWISH-THUNK! The kunai rattled menacingly in the doorframe, right between the noses of the two blonds. Naruto and Ino gulped in unison.

Pleased at the fact she now had the undivided attention of her customers, Tenten smiled sweetly as she expertly spun another kunai around her finger.

"Naruto, it's nice to see you here… On time… With friends," she got out, feeling her hackles rise at 'friends'. Hinata blanched, but still met Tenten's gaze, while Ino just gawked. Naruto walked forward and smiled happily, if a little nervously.

"Hey, Tenten-chan! It's no problem! Hinata-chan and I just got, um, sidetracked," he said, looking over his shoulder with an annoyed look at Ino. The blond growled, lightening crackling in her eyes. However, Tenten swinging the kunai faster forced her to restrain her temper.

"No problem, you're here on time," Tenten returned cheerfully. Naruto looked around.

"Is your dad around?"

"No, he's out. My mother's here though," Tenten said with a smile. As she said that, a tall, graceful woman who looked like an older Tenten with slightly rounder cheeks and hair in a ponytail poked her head out of the backroom.

"Tenten, is your friend here? I have some-" She paused, and her eyes widened a bit when they reached Naruto. The blond steeled himself. Sure, it had always been Tenten's father who had bad mouthed him in the past, and thrown him out, but…

"Hello, all of you! Naruto, I see you need a replacement for your outfit," Tenten's mother said pleasantly, smiling at him. Naruto blinked.

Okay… Not what I was expecting…

"Definitely… Hmmm," Ino said, looking around the shop with a smile. "I could stand to pick up a few more outfits. Hinata, how about you?"

Hinata blushed. "Er, um, I uh, I'm fine…"

"Hinata, considering your figure, that jacket just screams 'insecure.' That's not what you should project!" Ino lectured. Hinata tapped her fingers and blushed even harder. Naruto blushed a bit himself, remembering his fight with Hinata and just how… tight her undershirt had been…

"Well, no reason we can't handle you all!" Tenten's mother said happily, stepping out from behind the counter. "Naruto, come with me to the back, I'll see what we can do for you."

"Huh? You mean, tailoring? Isn't that really expensive?" Naruto asked with a frown. Tenten's mother laughed.

"Tailoring? No, I'm just going to help you pick out some replacement clothing."

Naruto shrugged and followed the older woman past the curtain, while Tenten leapt over the counter and grinned at the two remaining girls.

"Wow, she's pale… Definitely something dark then," Tenten decided. Ino frowned.

"Hey, since when do you have fashion sense?"

Tenten glowered.

"Just what do you mean by that, huh?"

"Well, it's no secret that you are a bit of a tomboy," Ino said with a haughty smile, putting a hand in front of her mouth as though holding a fan to hide her laughter. The weapons specialist scowled.

"Hey! I'm just as feminine as you are! I just don't let it get in the way of my job!"

A vein bulged on the back of Ino's head. "Oh, so knowing what looks good impedes my job performance, huh? What do you know, huh? You wear pink!"

"You wear bright yellow shoes! Just what kind of stealth is that going to give you?! You have no right to critique Naruto on his fashion sense while wearing that!"

Hinata sighed as the two girl's argument magnified. A softer sigh next to her revealed that the invisible Vivi was just as unhappy with the situation as she was…

Still, Hinata thought, looking about the racks of clothing and weapons, maybe if I dressed a little… Differently, Naruto-kun would notice me more?

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"So, um, Tsume-san-"

"Call me Shina, dear," Tenten's mother said with a smile. Naruto blinked but agreed.

"Okay, Shina-san, um…"

"You're wondering why I'm treating you better than my husband, right?" She asked. Naruto nodded, rubbing the back of his head in slight embarrassment. Shina chuckled.

"It's all right, Naruto… It's a fair question. Truth be told, I've never held a grudge against you for… Um," the woman hesitated. Naruto sighed.

"The Kyuubi?" He answered. Shina's smile returned.

"Yes… I didn't know you knew…"

"I do. And… Thank you for not holding it against me," Naruto said earnestly. Shina hummed and rummaged through a few boxes.

"Well, not your fault you're stuck with it, right? Besides, Tenten's told me a lot about you." She turned around, holding a burnt orange jacket with black sleeves and a white hood. Naruto grinned.

"Wow! That's awesome!"

"Yes. The best part is that it's reversible," she explained, turning the jacket inside-out. "The inside is a special mixture of dark grays, perfect for moving around undetected at night," she added, showing it off. Naruto nodded with a smile.

"That's good. I mean, I love orange, but it isn't the best thing to sneak around in," he admitted. Shina chuckled.

"That's all right… It comes with pants the same way, but let's make things a little easier." Reaching for another box, she pulled out black ninja pants similar to what Kakashi wore. A long-sleeved, black undershirt was last and she handed him the full outfit.

"Try it on!" She said, pointing to a curtained-off cubicle. Naruto went in and shut the curtain firmly behind himself, and began to change.

"So, Tenten talks about me?" Naruto asked as he tugged off his burnt and ragged jacket. Shina, on the other side of the curtain, nodded.

"Mm, yes. She's always had a tough time making friends. Never went for anything particularly girly like the other kunoichi." She chuckled. "She completely ignored the teddy bear we got her for her third birthday and carried some of the shop's kunai around everywhere she went."

"Mo-o-om!" Tenten groaned as she walked into the back room. Shina just laughed.

"Oh, but it was so cute! Naruto thinks so, don't you?"

Naruto tried very, very hard not to continue laughing, but he couldn't help the smile on his face as he came out of the changing room. He grinned.

"C'mon Tenten, that's great! I mean, you have happy memories with your parents, right? That's good…"

Tenten blushed a little, recalling that Naruto was an orphan a little too late in her opinion.

"Sorry… Um… You look good, by the way," she complimented. Naruto grinned.

"Thanks! So, how much?"

"Same price as before, though you can get two more outfits for the price of one" Shina said. Naruto grinned.

"I can afford that. Thanks!"

"Not a problem," Shina said with a smile. "Orange just doesn't seem to be in high demand, so I'm glad someone's enjoying it."

"Naruto! Come out here! Hinata has something to show you-u-u!" Ino called out in a sing-song voice. Frowning, Naruto walked out, pushing aside the curtain and looking around.

"Ino-chan? Hinata-chan?"

Said blond was tugging the pale arm of said blunnette, trying to drag her out of the changing room.

"No! No! I-I can't!" Hinata cried. Ino only tugged harder.

"C'mon! Uff! Naruto's waiting!"

"It-It's too embarrassing!" Hinata wailed. Ino sighed and let go, before smirking evilly.

"Ino, what are you-?" Naruto began to ask, before the blonde whipped out her staff and cast a spell.

"Thunder!" Ino shouted, and a bolt of electricity later saw Hinata leap out of the changing room with a yelp.

"I-I-INO!" She cried. She abruptly realized where she was, and who was currently staring at her. Ino grinned, and rested her staff against her shoulder.

"Well Naruto? What do you think?" She asked. Naruto gulped as Hinata blushed to what was probably a new shade of red.

The top was, in a word, tight. Blue and made of some thick, durable material, it still clung to Hinata's curves, the various zippers seeming to emphasize her maturing body. The dress was sleeveless, and even with the white T-shirt she'd put on underneath a lot of her smooth, pale skin was revealed. Her white skirt was short, but not as short as Ino's, and yet still showed off her graceful legs. Naruto felt some liquid dribble over the top of his lips, and he smelled blood.

"I think we have a winner," Ino purred triumphantly.

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Donald Duck grumbled irritably as he walked back to the waiting Gummi ship, the night sky overhead similar to that over Disney Castle, but just different enough to annoy the duck.

"Well, uh, look on the bright side! We found out where he's not, right?" Goofy asked. Donald sighed.

"It'd be nice if the King actually told us where Traverse Town is!" The duck mage groused. "We've been to six worlds already and not one of 'em has ever heard of this Squall character!"

Donald glared at Pluto, loping ahead of them. "And you! Don't you want to find the King? Why'd you steer us to these random worlds, huh?"

The dog merely barked, and ran off for the ship. The duck sighed again. Goofy grinned.

"Aw, cheer up Donald, ahyuck! Gadget said she'd fix the navigation, didn't she?"

"That's what she said before," Donald grumbled.

"Aw, have some faith Donald! She'll get the gummi right!"

"It isn't as though I haven't been trying," the mouse mechanic spoke, currently on the outside of the ship as they approached. She jumped on an oversized wrench and turned it, before tapping her ear communicator. "How's it look down there, Chip?"

"Looks good to me!"

"The Interspace beacons we set up for research barely reach out this far," Gadget explained. "So we've had to try something else for navigational purposes."

"Uh, what?" Goofy asked. Gadget pointed to the green Gummi block in his hand.

"That Gummi, the one we needed you to get from this world," Gadget explained. "While most Gummi blocks don't have a unique energy signature, green ones do. Unique to the planet they're part of I mean. So, we use this world as one set of coordinates, we use the block to determine how far away we're from this world, and then we compare the distance to the signals we can still pick up from our Interspace beacons back home!"

"Uhhh…" Donald began, blinking. Goofy chuckled.

"Oh, I get it! This world's one point of a triangle, the beacons are the second, and the third is the ship! Hot dog, that's great, ahyuck!"

"Yes, exactly what I was going to say," Donald said dryly. He was leery on going with plans Goofy approved of, but then again he wasn't the Captain of the Royal Knights for nothing. Pluto had already hopped back into the ship, as had Gadget, and the dog barked for them to come.

"Traverse Town, here we come!" Goofy cheered. Donald frowned, thinking it over…

"Halt, foul demons! I, the Blue Thunder of Furiken shall smite you and-!"

"Thunder," Donald muttered, and a second later the strange, kimono-wearing boy was blasted into unconsciousness by a bolt of lightning.

"Okay, now let's go…"

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Hi all! So I am going to try and blow out this chapter and the next one as soon as possible. Both are quite tame, not a lot to happen. But it is important backstory that needs to be thrown out. Part of me is trying to push these two out also because they are more Sasuke centered then I like. Not that I don't like the asshole at times, especially if he is written well, but it is hard to like him around this part of canon. The whole don't worry Sasuke, I, Kakashi, will give you the best training ever because I love you sort of leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Plus I need to fix a few things that needs to be worked around. Anyways. I hope you all enjoy, and if you guys want I can start taking out the omakes. But because they were from the Andrew's original, I feel odd taking them out. Have a great night!

Nanashi

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Updated 12/13/07: Did some additional editing, as well as removing all mention of "dattebayo". As it's intended to be added onto the end of a sentence to emphasize it and make it sound tougher, for story purposes it has been replaced with a simple emphasis on certain words and, where appropriate, swearing.

No, I will not write about any of the other worlds Donald, Goofy and company accidentally visited. You guys can, but I've got the main story to worry about.

I've learned that the manga of "Full Metal Alchemist" is owned by Square Enix, so I can include Ed and others in this fic without guilt. Woo hoo!

They won't dominate the story, but they will be included.

Hope you all liked the meeting of the villains. And I also hope I didn't reveal too much about their plans. But, I think it's obvious Orochimaru has an unpleasant surprise for Konoha.

Next chapter will see the beginning of Naruto's training with Jiraiya, more of Sasuke's training with Aerith, Yuffie, Kakashi and Squall, and Sakura beginning her training with Sawada. Sorry for the brevity of this chapter, my first school assignments have sapped a lot of my creativity. Guh, school…

As always, please review. And now, omakes!

By Me: The Nanny:

Hinata, Neji and Hanabi sat at the kitchen table, depressed. Their father had been trying to find a nanny for them for weeks, but all of them had met with 'accidents'.

'Stupid nanny, telling me my daddy deserved to die,' Neji bitterly recalled, before grinning at the vat of pudding that just so happened to have been below her. Why she had been babbling about being Gentle Fisted by the children no one could explain...

Hinata, while usually sweet and timid, found herself being dragged into schemes by her younger sister and cousin on a routine basis-Mainly because she couldn't say no. 'Still, it was satisfying to leave that nanny hanging upside-down when she insulted Naruto-kun,' she thought, blushing with a small smile on her face.

Hanabi just enjoyed causing chaos. Being the baby of the family, and even worse seen as Hiashi's 'second chance' to raise a 'worthy heir' gave her a lot of pent up aggression, and combined with her intelligence and disregard for authority figures resulted in a girl Naruto might consider a soul mate.

Hinata deathglared Hanabi. 'Bitch, lay off my man!'

Hanabi just smirked back. 'The moment I'm legal he's mine!'

Neji rolled his eyes. 'Main branch women... Even worse than regular women to understand!'

Their silent arguments and musings were cut short by Hiashi appearing in the kitchen door, stern as usual.

"Children, your new nanny has arrived," Hiashi said. He looked sternly at his rambunctious children. "There will be no 'mysterious accidents' for this one, understood?"

"Y-Yes father," Hinata stuttered.

"Certainly, father!" Hanabi smiled innocently.

"Yes, Hiashi-sama," Neji grunted.

"Good. I'll see you all later. I'm off to... Meet with your instructor, Hinata. No doubt she will tell me how much you have failed as of late," he sneered, turning and stalking out the door.

"Translation: I'm going to argue with her while I stare through her clothing," Hanabi announced cheerfully. Hinata gawked while Neji smirked.

"So, this new babysitter... Hiashi-sama must be confident in her abilities to subdue us," Neji mused. Hanabi smirked evilly.

"Two days, tops. You have the whipped cream, cousin?"

"Indeed, Hanabi-sama."

"Um, m-maybe she's nice, like my list," Hinata offered timidly. Hanabi snorted.

"Oh c'mon Hinata... Father tore up that list of yours and threw it in the fireplace. What makes you think she'll be anything like what YOU want?"

Hinata adopted a kicked puppy look, as the new babysitter entered. She tapped her umbrella against the floor and looked primly at her new charges.

"Hello, I'm Mary Poppins. Practically perfect in every way," she said with a small smile.

By SAMAS: What if Tenten's Mother Was...

Tenten braced herself as the wind blasted her weapons in several directions. Temari smirked at her as Gravity grabbed a hold of her, bringing her back down to earth, where Temari was probably expecting to take her out and end this match.

Or so she thought. Too bad she had put herself right where Tenten wanted her. Extending her arm in front of her, she closed her eyes and felt the power of her bloodline flow through her, covering her body in a green light:

"CHARTRUESE GALE!"

Even Temari was surprised by the wind that suddenly whipped up around her, forcing everyone to duck and cover. When they looked again, the weapons scattered around Temari were gone, and she was now surrounded by a dozen warriors and monsters of various shapes and sizes, carrying everything from swords and kunai to rocks, stone pillars, and scrolls.

Tenten landed on the ground, next to a young man carrying a sword and wearing a very long red scarf. A bottle with arms and legs hopped off his shoulder and jumped to the catwalk, stopping in front of Naruto and pulling the cork out of it's neck.

Gingerly, Naruto picked the bottle up and pulled out the slip of paper within. "Hey, what's this?"

Tenten blushed, her eyes growing wide as she had forgotten that she wasn't quite read to summon that one yet. "Ummm... Meet me there this evening, and maybe I'll show you how I did this! Get her!" She said to the Phantoms, pointing at Temari.

(A little KH/Naruto/Nippon Ichi(Phantom Brave) crossover).

By Melchior: Sakura and Magic

"Okay, we snuck by the guarding orks and heartless, weaved our way through the giant

thorny vines, and infiltrated the castle to the main hall. Now, Sakura is being trained

as a witch somewhere in here, but we do not know where, nor if she has turned evil. So we need to spread out and find her. Naruto?"

"Yes, Kakashi-sensei?"

"Take the doors on the left over there. Sasuke?"

"Take the right half?"

Kakashi eye-smiled. "That's correct. I'll go up the stairs and start that floor myself.

Watch-out for any heavily guarded areas, and do NOT engage if you can avoid it. We have no information on the number or skill of the inhabitants. We will meet back here in 30 minutes, regardless of finding anything or not. Understood?"

"Yes, sensei!" rang out his two students' voices.

"Alright, then let us begin 'Operation: Find Sakura'!" Kakashi said, dramatically

pointing a finger into the air.

"Actually, I'm right up here."

The group turned to the stairs, watching a figure step out of the shadows, a single

thought flashing through their minds.

Is Sakura still good, or has she turned...

Black.

"Bad!" Cried Naruto, causing the girl to turn red in anger.

Belted.

"Very Bad!" Muttered Sasuke as he activated the Sharingan, causing the girl to turn even

redder in embarrassment.

Leather.

"Down right Naughty!" Said Kakashi as he snapped a few photos for 'reports'. Sakura had turned a nice crimson at this point.

"I know it's a little different, but Lulu-sensei says it is the traditional outfit for the

mages of her village!" Sakura was standing in a tight, shoulderless black leather dress

with no less than 17 belts holding it closed.

"Lulu-sensei?" Asked Naruto. Meanwhile, Sasuke was still trying to figure out HOW the dress stayed on. The belts are all ornamental, and should be physically impossible to do up anyway...

"I had just found a teacher when we were captured and trapped here. I've learned enough

fire magic to help burn us out, but I still haven't gotten enough stamina for us to get

all the way through before the thorns grow back," Sakura answered.

"Sakura, who are you talking to?" called out a voice.

"Good news, sensei! My teammates are here to help with the breakout!" And with that, a beautiful woman in an even MORE gravity defying black dress came out of one of the upper floor's rooms.

"Very, very naughty! Life-time subscription to Icha Icha, here I come!" And Kakashi

spends the rest of his film getting shots for Jiraiya.

Don't worry if your omake doesn't show up right after you send it. I can only do a few at a time before the omakes begin taking up more of the story than the story itself. Rest assured though, that if you send in one, it will show up in the story eventually. This is going to be epic, remember?