A/N : Yosh! A new chapter is up!

Disclaimer : Dont own em both.

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Naruto's brows furrowed slightly in confusion. What the hell happened to the Hokage tower? It was now deformed and wicked. Roars and screams rang throughout the night. Blood was everywhere. Only when he entered, he noticed three others. A sophisticated looking redhead listening to the animated chatting of one silver-haired boxer. Beside them was a young girl with teal hair with her eyes closed as if sensing something.

Minato walked briskly past Naruto and walked over to the three, quietly talking to them with glances towards Naruto once in a while. Naruto looked around again and stared at the stairs as if daring him to take a step. He knew that once he entered, he could die. He fingered the katana they gave him. He thought back when he trained with it. He was at a decent swordsman level but one glance at how Minato held his sword showed Naruto, that he was no match for Minato at all. He bet that the silent boy could slice him down quicker than the eye.

He was brought out of his reverie when Junpei shook him. "Dude, come on. We'll introduce you to the rest."

Naruto followed Junpei to the three strangers which he eyed carefully. He stood there for several minutes when the teal-haired girl opened her eyes and smiled softly. "Hello, my name is Fuuka. It's nice to meet you, Uzumaki-san."

Naruto gave a nod in her direction and grinned a little. "So you're Uzumaki huh? You seem pretty strong. I'd love to have a spar with you. The name's Akihiko and she's Mitsuru." The silver haired boxer pointed his thumb towards the other female of the group. The redhead merely smiled and gave a nod to his direction.

Naruto looked them over once more and asked the question that had bugged him for a while. "Mind explaining to me what this is all about?"

Minato simply shifted while his blank eyes stared over at Mitsuru, as if waiting for a confirmation. She merely nodded and walked off to a contraption with two wheels. "We are...persona-users, Naruto. We are also called SEES or the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad. In charge of defeating shadows which is a remnant from the past. We travel around the world looking for dungeons such as this and it seems we found the main or the Tower of Demise. You have many questions but we can only answer it when the time is right, This is as much as I cansay and I only have permission to give you the gist of it...Once you're ready, talk to Fuuka, she'll give you some items. Tonight, we'll just explore the first ten floors and fight the floor boss there."

Naruto shifted from foot to foot from his explanation, to say he wasn't unnerved or annoyed was an understatement. He could hear his persona growling at Minato and shouting for blood. He wanted to know more and to find out more, he had to join SEES and explore this tower. After checking everything was in top order, Fuuka gave him a set of medical equipment.

Naruto went over to the stairs and saw Minato, Yukari and Junpei waiting for him. "Today, we'll be your team. In due time, you'll be able to pick who you want in your team. Now, let me tell you something, I'm an all-rounder meaning I can use any weapon but I prefer swords and my stats are all balanced. Yuka-chan prefers bow and arrows and she excels at wind spells/jutsus and healing techniques. Junpei uses two-handed swords and he's more of a pwerhouse but he is also proficient in fire spells/jutsus.

"Just remember that we have our own weaknesses to. Because in due time, you'll be taking your own teamonce we find other potentials. Understand,Naruto? Once you enter, there's no turning back."

Naruto gulped audibly and steeled himself. He stepped up the stairs and merely looked over his shoulder. "I don't care. I want to know...who I am. I want to know why I have this power, I want...to...!" Minato clutched his shoulder and gave him a small nod. "Come...the first floor is relatively easy."

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"Agilao!" The flames that erupted from Koganeyajuu's mouth burned the shadow when a gust of wind from Io made the flames grow increasing the damage. Once the flames died out, Naruto jumped into the air and stabbed the Shadow in it's mask, defeating it. They had already ascended over 8 floors. Fuuka's voice giving them information and the outline of the map.

Naruto huffed heavily as the battle ended. Minato had shown some of his weaker personas but the blonde knew he had several ways to go in order to reach Minato's level. Yukari and Junpei wer slightly weaker than Minato but they were definitely in their own league.

Naruto closed his eyes as Koganeyajuu retreated into the excesses of his mind. "Naruto-kun, you okay? The tenth floor is next. Will you be ready for this?"

Naruto opened his eyes and stared into the chocolate orbs of Yukari and stood up straight. "Yeah, I'm ready, just needed to catch my breath."

"Good...because you'll be fighting it alone."

"W-what!?"

"Dude, we're here to help you out and that's it. We've been fighting these small fries and your level has raised by a lot. You're more than a match. We'll help you out, only when you're at the brink."

Naruto just sighed and grunted as he walked up the stairs.

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Naruto swung his blade down as the Ice Statue(1) dodged the attack. Naruto was having some difficulties with it. He had just recently found out, he had an affinity for fire and wind but with a severe weakness for ice spells. For now,his enemy had just shot arrows at him, only using bufu spells from afar.

Naruto stepped back and took out his evoker with his left hand. The shadow had started to charge up a bufu spell, a bufulao, if Minato wasn't mistaken. Naruto felt the cold steel of the evoker on his forehead. He gritted his teeth as he calld him out. "Koganeyajuu!"

BANG!

Shards of blue came out and formed into the golden beast. It rushed forward and rammed the enemy. The shadow had just finished charging it's spell when it was attacked by a fox. Claws and teeth marks appeared on the body of the statue when it fell backwards from a critical attack, it saw a blur of yellow appear above it. "Agi Ken!"

It never felt the blade piercing through it due to the flames. It dissolved into nothingness as Naruto grabbed his spoils of battle. He felt hands clapping his back and heard the jovial voices of one Iori Junpei.

When the final clap reached his back, he fell to the floor with an ungracious thud. He fell into deep slumber as his 'tenants' wanted a talk with him.

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Ice Statue : A statue of ice from the Empress Arcana. Known for its bufu spells. Although low-levelled it can cause severe damage with it's spells.