At the gate of the prison all the guards were being overwhelmed by the rioting ghosts, they quickly were defeated and the ghosts ran out "Finally we're out of that damn place" Johnny said as he hugged Kitty, before turning back to the others "lets blow this joint guys".

"Wait, look" Skulker said, they and all the ghost stop to see the prison slowly turning pitch black "I suspect this is Naruto's doing, all the more reason to flee while we can" no one argued as they all began to run again.

Desiree stop once again, when she saw Ember was still looking back at the prison, she floated over to her flaming headed friend "You're going to stay?" she asked as they watched the prison be completely consumed by darkness.

"Yea" Ember said as she grip the handle of her guitar "I want to make sure he keeps his promise and gives that asshole what's coming to him".

"He will Ember" Desiree said as she placed a hand on Ember's shoulder "call it feeling I can't explain, but I know that he would never let us down or go back on his word, after all he said so himself, he always keeps his promises".

"Yea he did" Ember said as she grew a smile thinking of Naruto's words and smile when he promised to help her 'Kick his ass Naruto'.

With Naruto…

"During my last battle" Naruto said as he twirled his cleaver around, before vanishing into the darkness with the last twirl, Walker scanned around but saw no sign of him as his voice echoed around "I learned my power works best in darkness, it is the very essence of one of my powers, but I got to thinking, what if the sun is up? What if I can't use my power? Then I got the answer…" Walker fired a green beam from his shoulder cannons at a random area, only for it to vanish into the darkness "create my own darkness and use my power to it's fullest, and with the items and power from both, the Master and Queen of Darkness, its not to hard". Naruto reappearing behind Walker with his cleaver at the dome of the suit "I didn't really need to do this, I could have beaten you without it, but you will suffer for what you've done in the most painful way".

Walker jump forward and turned to swipe at Naruto with glowing claws, Naruto blocked it and a spear of darkness shot out of the floor, piercing the robotic arm, Walker let out a growl of pain as he felt it go through a part of his real arm, he looked at Naruto who was smirking, the wardens anger rose beyond his side of reason and tried to fire his wrist cannons point blank, Naruto waved his hand upward and the darkness wrap around Walker's cannons, Naruto vanished as the energy built up in them and exploded. "AAAAHHHHH!" Walker screamed as his own hands were blown apart by the blast, he fell to his knees as he saw one third of his arms were gone, parts of the bone exposed as green blood splattered onto the dark ground, the sight enraged Walker even more, his teeth cracked as he gritted them together. "First that ghost boy…" the white ghost growled "and now you, why? WHY!?" Walker rose up and began blasting all around, it wasn't planed or calculated, it was just the rampage of blinded rage "Why does your kind continue to humiliate and get in the way of my justice!? why must I suffer!? WHY DO YOU DESTROY THE PEACE I'VE WORKED SO HARD TO BUILD!?"

"Justice? Peace?" Naruto questioned as he appeared above Walker with Yami and Hikari, he sliced off the cannons, his expression dark as the room "Justice is not imprisoning everyone who doesn't follow your rules…" he drop his swords into the darkness and reached in and pulled out the cleaver, with a single swing he cut the chest of the suit in half "peace is not breaking their spirits, so they will do what you say and not rebel!". Naruto throw the cleaver into the darkness and thrust his fist through the suit, he pulled Walker out of it and slammed him on the ground, his yellow eyes staring down his green ones "You brought this humiliation upon yourself, you toyed with peoples lives like they were your play things, what you did…WHAT YOU DID TO EMBER DESERVES A FATE A THOUSAND TIMES WORSE THAN THIS!"

Walker looked into the eyes of the Darkness host for what seemed like eternity, and then for some reason he began to laugh, Naruto narrowed his eyes as he listened to the voice he wished to silence forever. "So that's why your doing this, to help that wench" he said, Naruto grabbed Walker's neck, ready to squeeze the life out of him, but Walker smiled as he kept talking "if I had known that little bitch's charm would attract such trouble, I would have killed her and that rebellious brat of hers a long time ago, they both have been nothing but trouble to me, but at least I can say I had fun breaking that girl's spirit, one session at a time".

...

WHAM!

The next thing Walker knew he was sent flying with Naruto flying alongside him, delivering barrage after barrage of agonizing blows, Walker finally hit a wall, but Naruto kept pounding away at him, his blood painting the ground with every splatter, Naruto jump back and pointed both his index fingers, he began firing rapid energy beams all over Walker's body, causing third degree burns and most piercing his body (Think 3rd form Frieza vs Piccolo). Naruto finally stop as he held Walker by his neck, the warden's faces was broken in, his body burned, bloody with more running out the holes n his body, and broken to the point you can see his bones broken on the inside, "I'd like nothing more than to vaporize you right now" Naruto growled as he drop him, a pair of large red eyes shined above Walker "but I promised your soul to satisfy the Darkness". Fangs rose out of the ground as a large serpent formed out of the wall with the Warden right in the middle of its mouth "So long Walker, you will never be missed" in one bite the former Warden and ruler of the Ghost Zone, vanished behind the jaws of darkness.

Outside…

Ember and Desiree saw the prison turn back to normal, they looked forward and saw Naruto appear in front of the gate putting his cloak back on "Naruto!" they both cried as they ran up to him and embraced him.

"Hey girls, did I worry you?" Naruto said as he hugged them back, before letting go "you both didn't have to, Walker is gone and he won't ever be coming back" he turned towards Ember with a serious look "and yes Ember-chan, he did suffer till the end".

"Good, he deserved every bit of it" Ember said with some satisfaction in her voice, she then smiled and hugged Naruto again "thank you so much Naruto, you've done so much for us all, for me".

"I've got one more thing to add" Naruto said as he let go of Ember, so she could look at him "during the fight, Walker mention your son" Ember's eyes widen as her attention clung to every word he would say "he called him rebellious, I don't know how much different he is, but he is alive and is nothing like Walker, he is defiant and I'm sure spirited as his mother".

Ember put her hand over her mouth as tears of joy fell from her eyes "Thank you…so much" she cried through her hand, she whip the tears away and smiled "then I've got no time to waste, I've got to find him. I'd ask if you'd wanna come, but I'm sure Clockwork wants to know if it was a job well done".

"Yea, I got a lot I still need to take care of" Naruto said as he crossed his arms "I wish I could go with u right now, but for the moment I will wish you good luck and do my best to hurry up, so I can come back and help you".

"I know, you…" Ember paused for a moment, Naruto and Desiree looked at her with confused expressions, Ember then shock her head and smiled "sorry, spaced out for a moment, but you don't have to worry Dipstick, I know you never break your, umm nendo?"

"Nindo actually" Naruto corrected, Ember smirked as she rolled her eyes, suddenly a pair of clock hands appeared beside them, before spinning and forming a portal. "I guess that's my ride" Naruto gave them a warm smile before walking over to the portal "I'll see you ladies sometime in the future".

"Goodbye Naruto, stay safe" Desiree said as she and Ember waved, he waved back before vanishing into the portal as it closed behind him "you know I had this odd feeling that I've meet him before".

"You too?" Ember said as the two turned and floated off the ground "I thought it was just me, wonder if the others felt the same".

"Possibly and speaking of odd" Desiree said as she glanced over at Ember "its not like you to space out while talking, what happened back there?"

"It was his eyes" Ember said.

"Don't tell me you got lost in his deep ocean blue eyes" Desiree teased.

"N-no, but by your description, maybe you did" Ember teased back, both having a slight blush "no its just for a moment, I thought his eyes were glowing green…"

With Naruto…

Naruto exited the portal, he held his head feeling a slight throbbing pain in it for a moment "Long day?" Naruto heard a familiar voice say and turned to see Clockwork.

"No just a small headache" Naruto said as he shock it off, he saw he was back in the throne room of Clockwork's castle "I take it you already know how the mission went?"

"Yes and there is nothing more to say, than job well done" Clockwork said with a smile as he floated over into his throne "the council would like to speak with you after they have gotten everything in order, but before we proceed on, my reward for you is this". Clockwork held up one finger "one time I will allow you to use my Chronos Gate to travel through time, one time I shall do you a favor as long as it is within my power, and I am going to give you a little training".

'A free trip through time, a favor, and some training' Naruto thought 'doesn't sound S-rank worthy, but I guess a lot of people would kill for a chance to go back in time, there is a lot I could do with a chance like that'. "Thank you Clockwork-sama" Naruto said with a bow, as he stood back up Naruto then thought back to Ember and got an idea "Clockwork, I'd like to cash in that favor".

"I know what your going to ask and you do not have to worry" Clockwork said "I know of Ember's situation and she is not yet ready to meet her son, nor is he to meet her. They will be reunited, but at the right time, when events are at a stand still".

"That's Clockwork for you" Naruto heard a voice say behind him, he turned around and was face to face with yellow eyed and blue skin "always speaking in time riddles".

"AAAAAHHHHH!" Naruto screamed as he jump back, getting a breath and a second look, he saw it was the demon lord Hunson Abadeer "Dear Kami, don't do that!"

"Sorry couldn't help myself" The demon lord said with a smile "I heard what you did for Clockwork here, most of us would have told you to do it too, Walker was a real pain, always so controlling, I mean seriously wheres the madness in order, its so boring". Naruto chuckled nervously as he figured Hunson's idea of madness was on a high scale than his "but to the main point, I was wondering if your available to do my mission for you, I was actually supposed to be after Mandy, but Clockwork asked me to switch and I was fine with it since it got rid of a nuisance for us all".

"I'm ok with I guess" Naruto said as he crossed his arms "but will it take long I really need to get back to my village".

"Well for us not long, at all for you very" the suit wearing demon said, causing Naruto to raise an eyebrow "cause the place I want to send you is not a place, it's a when, and at the most I was wanting you to stay for two years".

"TWO YEARS!?" Naruto shouted "What exactly am I supposed to be doing on this mission!?"

"Wow you got a pair of lungs on you" Hunson said as he walk over to the Chronos gate "Clockwork if you please?" Clockwork's staff glowed blue and he waved it in the air, the gate lit up, an image rippled into it, Naruto could see it was of two people. First was a man who had a lot of white hair on his face and head, over his white eyes he wore circular glasses with cracked lenses, a torn black suit, and a gold crown with red gems strap to his side. Next to him was a little girl with black hair and eyes, blue gray skin, she wore dirty dark blue overalls over a lavender shirt, and she would be barefoot besides the torn sock on her right foot. "That girl is my daughter Marceline, next to her is her growing insane-now completely insane-friend Simon, this is a image of them a few hundred years ago, during that time Simon used that crown of his to gain ice magic, but it changed him and drove his mind bonkers to the point he doesn't even know my daughter".

"You said hundreds of years ago" Naruto said "I'm gonna assume by the way your speaking they are still alive now?"

"The crown kept Simon alive for this long" Hunson explained "my daughter was a hanyo like you, until she was turned into a vampire by that simpleton Vampire King, but that is after the point" Hunson turned to Naruto "my daughter and I may not see eye to eye a lot, but I do care about her. So here is your mission, you are to travel back in time and be Marcy's protector, mostly friend, cause I believe having someone like you around her will help her grow and feel not so lonely, and maybe she won't be so reluctant to refuse ruling the Nightosphere if your in her life, ya just gotta spend enough years with her so she gets attached to you, then come back her, and be friends with her here".

"I understand you want me to help her" Naruto said as he looked at the screen "but from what you said, the old guy is pretty unstable with that crown and getting worse, what do I do if he loses his mind?"

"Simple" Hunson said smiling "suck out his soul and leave his body to get eaten by zombies or decay, which ever come first"

"That is sick man"

"I know isn't it great"

"That won't be necessary" Clockwork finally speaking up, getting their attention "I plan to send Naruto to the point when Simon leave your daughter, to avoid any unnecessary confrontations".

Naruto was not really sure about this mission, he was basically pulling on a little girl's heart strings just so her daddy can get on good terms with her, plus he would be spending years away from home. He did understand Hunson's feelings in this, what father would want their daughter to be lonely for such a long time, and Naruto knew loneliness very well, which played a part in him not minding being away for so long, since not that many people to go home to in his life. The blonde ran his hands through his hair "If I do go" Naruto began "your sure I will be able to come back to this time? How about my aging, I doubt no one in this time will not notice I got older".

"With this" Clockwork said as he floated over with his hand held out, in it was gold a gear shape medallion with a blue 'C' in the middle "this is one of my Time Medallions, as long as you have it on you will remain in the past, but should it ever come off, you will be sent back to this point in time and all effects time had done will be undone".

'Well everything's planned out and I'm already here' Naruto thought as he grab the medallion and put it on "Alright lets do this".

"I knew you wouldn't let me down" Hunson said as Clockwork waved his staff again and the image began to change "Oh I almost forgot" Hunson then stuck his nail in his ear and pulled out a small black gooey orb "give this to my past self he'll know what to do after".

Naruto tried not to vomit as Hunson handed it to him, he materialized a small black box and had him put it inside, he put it in his pocket and turned to see Clockwork had finished. The image now looked like that of a ruined city covered in falling snow "just jump through when your ready" Clockwork said as he moved out of the way "I doubt I need to tell you to be careful about what you do and the dangers they could have on the future".

"Yea, the last thing we need is that" Naruto said as he stood in front of the gate 'Cause the last thing I need is to be in trouble with all the demon lords' he thought before jumping into the image. It was like a shimmer of blue before Naruto found himself in the middle of snowed down city 'well I'm here' he turned to see the portal was gone 'for two whole years. Damn it they didn't even tell me how to find…them?'

Naruto turned at the sound of dogs barking, he looked hard through the falling snow to see a sled being pulled by a bunch of dogs, riding on it was the Simon guy, when he saw Naruto he stop the dogs and got off. "Oh my glob, I don't believe it" he said as he looked at Naruto with complete shock, he slowly walk up to him and looked all around him "your human and not some goo oozing monster".

"I'm pretty sure I'm no monster" Naruto said as he was getting creep out by the close attention the blue skinned man was giving him "and technically I'm a hanyo" the next thing he knew, Simon slap him "The hell was that for!?"

"And your real!" Simon said joyfully "Your not a hallucination!"

"Didn't you figure that when I started talking!?" Naruto shouted "And why not slap yourself to see if you were imagining me!?"

"Cause then it would have hurt me" Simon said as if it was the most obvious answer in the world, Simon then shock his head and grabbed Naruto by his shoulders "please I need your help. I don't know who you are, but I can see a lot of goodness in you, not too far from here there is a little girl who needs protection, I want be there for her, but I'm loosing my mind, please can you watch over her, at least until I can find someone more permanent to take her".

Naruto felt sorry for Simon as he saw frozen tears forming in his eyes, he wish he could help him, but that probably go against his mission and he wouldn't know how it would affect the future. Naruto smiled and as he removed Simon's hands from his shoulders "You don't have to worry Simon" Naruto said as he gave a thumbs up "I'll protect her, you have my word".

"I don't know how you know name stranger, but thank you so much" Simon said with a smile as he shock his hand, Naruto smile turned sheepish as he was glad Simon didn't really notice that he knew him a little. Simon then turn and got back on the sled, he pointed in the direction he came from "about one mile you should find her, I'm counting on yooooouuuuuu!" the dogs suddenly started running at full speed dragging Simon with them through the snow.

Naruto was not really sure how to interpret Simon's condition 'Well at least he's not kill you crazy yet' Naruto thought as he materialized a hood on his cloak to keep the snow off, he began to walk in the direction Simon said, he glanced in every building he passed to see if Marceline was in one, there was so much snow he wasn't sure how far he had walk, until the snow suddenly stop and the sun came out. 'Hunson said he had ice magic, the snow must have traveled with him and stop as he grew out of distance' Naruto then heard something, someone was crying, he walked in the direction of it, and came to a building with a hole in the side, peering in he saw Marceline. She was a little taller than the image he saw, she had her hair in two small pigtails, and she wore a brown sweater and black jeans, Naruto step inside and on some glass, she raised her head up showing her frighten tear stained eyes as she back further against the wall. "Its ok, its ok" Naruto said as he removed his hood and held his hands up, smiling to assure her he meant no harm "my name is Naruto, I was asked protect you by Simon".

"Simon!?" Marceline said as she shot up, she ran towards Naruto and latched onto him with pleading eyes "Please you have to take me to him, he needs help!"

"I'm sorry Marceline" Naruto said as he kneel down to her with soft eyes "I could tell Simon condition when he spoke and as I examined him, he may can be cured, but it's a long shot".

"Hes my friend, I have to try" she cried with tears falling "Please can you help me?".

Naruto didn't know what to do, he didn't know if going after Simon would effect history or not, he wish he had been told more about what was supposed to happen in their original future, but he understood how Marceline felt, if he had chance to save a friend he would take it. Naruto sighed as he looked at her with a smile "Alright, we'll help him" he finally said, a smile sprang forth on Marcy's face, until Naruto held up his hand "but on a few conditions, my mission to protect you comes first, and we will not confront or search for Simon until we're sure we can cure him and know of his mental state, deal?"

"Deal" Marceline said giving him a thumbs up.

"Good then were a team" Naruto said as he gave her his thumbs up, Naruto stood up and extended his hand "lets get going and why don't you tell me a bit about you".

"Ok" she said, she grabbed a small backpack, before she held his hand 'This guy seems odd a little' she thought as they walk out and she look at his smile 'but he's nice like Simon, I hope we can help him so we can travel together' "So my name is Marceline Abadeer, I am eight and a half, I like chicken soup, music, Simon, Hambo, and having lots of fun.

"Whats a Hambo?"

"Come on a Marceline" Naruto said as he dodged Marceline's sword, jumping over her and giving her a slight push"give it all you got, show that fire in you!"

Marceline growled as she turned to him "You want fire?" she said as her eyes turned red and she raised her sword up "HERE!" she slammed it down on the ground and walls of fire burst up around them.

"Well i didn't mean literally" Naruto chuckled as he watched her rush as him with fire surrounding her...

"You think this is over?" the last Ame nin said as he pulled out a kunai, Naruto just stood and crossed his arms "once this day is done you and your team will be dead, and we will be-" his words and life were cut short as he was crushed by a...falling piano?

'Well that's one way to shut him' Naruto thought as he sensed a familiar friend and looked up "Didn't expect to see you here"...