A/N: Hello everyone! This is the long awaited return of my Naruto and Attack On Titan story. I decided a rewrite was in order, but I decided to do this a bit different. It's set after the 4th Shinobi World War and before the event of Naruto: The Last. I've also decided to use a lesser known character for this fanfiction, which is Shion. I've recently watched all the Naruto movies over again and she really stuck to me. Her power would also be very crucial to the rest of the story, most of the story will be the same except a very few important details will be majorly changed. For example the main enemy and the progression of the story.
But do not fear a will most likely make this into a harem if I get enough reviews at the end of this chapter telling me too. If not it'll stay a Naruto x Shion story. But if changed into a harem, it'll most likely just be Shion and Mikasa.
So that's all I have to say this time around. I hope you all enjoy and remember to review ^-^
Now without further ado on with the long awaited revival of The Return Of The Shinobi
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or the Attack on Titan franchise. This is purely fan made. Please don't sue me.
Land Of Demons
The young priestess lay in her bed, just waking up from a peaceful sleep in her large compound that sat in the Land of Demons. It had been many years since anything worth wild had happened to her, furthermore it had also been many years since she had her last vision of the death of someone. It was truly a peaceful and boring new era.
She sighed as she sat up, and stretched. Beginning to think of what she'd like to have for breakfast, "Let's see. Maybe some breakfast?" She asked herself getting up and rubbing her head. As the Priestess neared the door she suddenly felt an incredibly strong wave of Chakra overcome her and she dropped to the floor, "What is this?" She asked herself, as her eyes began to turn a bright purple and strange patterns began to form over the entirety of her eye. Then she realized, she was having a vision. This couldn't be good…
She squeezed her eyes shut and prepared for what was about to bombard her mind.
Images of all kinds suddenly crossed her mind. First the Priestess saw a very familiar blonde, standing in front of her with a smirk, then what looked like giants walking tall towards her. She tightened her eye lids, as more images flashed across her eyes. Next she saw massive walls and what looked like people flying through the air with strange devices. Then a girl with jet black hair, with equally black eyes staring directly at her, tearing up. All of this was so strange to her. She had now idea what she was experiencing right now. But one thing was certain, there was always a death involved in her types of visions. Always….
Finally she saw it, after the many images flashed across her eyes the image of death crossed it and it was confusing. She saw herself with the blonde, they were both surrounded by light and a shadow was slowly encroaching them. The blonde smiled at her as two figures emerged from the darkness. One was a young man with white hair and pale white hair, he snickered at the two. The next figure shocked the Priestess. A pure black mist like body emerged with red eyes. There was only being in existence that the Priestess had seen before that looked like this. Mōryō.…self proclaimed demon.
"Death…..what…..? What is this?" She asked herself looking at all the visions. The girl had never experienced these kind of visions before in her entire life. The two slowly walked over to them, the white haired man gave her a sinister grin and suddenly rushed the two. The Priestess watched the scene unfold. The blonde and herself didn't move a muscle as the white haired man approached them. What was her future self doing!? She needed to run as fast as she could away from these two. How was Mōryō even alive? He was supposed to have died when Naruto and herself destroyed him years ago! She wanted to scream at her future self; telling her to run for it. But she couldn't, a word wouldn't come out of her mouth. All she could do was watch, mutely.
Her future self looked up at blonde with a slightly worried expression, in turn the blonde looked down at her with a bright smile as he held her close. Suddenly the light around them began to get 10 times brighter, both Mōryō and the other men were sent flying away. The blonde held her as tight as he could as the light enveloped both of them, and suddenly just like that, both of them instantly disappeared into the light. This immediately sent a shock through the Priestess entire body and she shout up, "Ahhhh!" She screamed gripping her head.
Almost immediately her guards rushed through the door and into the room, weapons at the ready, "My lady Shion! Are you alright?" One of them asked, moving to her with a stern expression on his face. The Priestess slowly looked up to her guard, narrowing her eyes, "I-I need to get to the hidden leaf. Immediately!" Shion shouted out, all the guards were taken back for a moment. But then the one that addressed her first nodded and ran out of the room. The other guards soon followed him out, and Shion started to get dressed in her priestess attire. She needed to speak with Naruto Uzumaki immediately.
Deep in the heart of the moon, sat a lone man. This man had pale skin and shaggy white hair. He was wearing a white, high-collared kimono with a black obi, over which he was wearing a pale green sash tied at the right shoulder. He couldn't have been much older then 18 or 19, the man sat in a very large hall like room, where he seemed to be waiting patiently for something.
After a few more seconds a hooded figure walked through the large doors at the very end of the hall. They walked all the way to him and bowed to him as he sat in the throne, "Lord Toneri." They said, looking up at the man. The man now known as Toneri looked down at him, "What is it?" He asked, tilting his head in boredom. The hooded figure took a pause until the doors behind him opened again and several more figures walked in carrying a stone cabinet like thing.
Toneri perked up at this and stood up from his throne. He walked past the hooded man and walked to the stone cabinet. He motioned for them to set it down, and they did on command, "Leave me." He ordered looking at all the hooded figures around him. Again they listened to him as commanded and all left the room.
Toneri smirked and placed his hand on the stone cabinet, "So.….This is where Kaguya's vanguard ended up. A being almost as powerful as her." He said to himself, beginning to form various seals and shouting out chants. Bright green neon like Chakra began glow all around him and the area began to shake violently, "But was defeated by a simple boy!" He yelled, slamming his fists down on the stone. For a moment nothing happened, but then suddenly the stone began to crack along the center. Toneri smirked as he put more force into his hand the stone then instantly broke open and a wave of Chakra forced him back.
All over the stone a black mist began to ascend from it's insides, "W-Where am I?" A dark voice asked from the inside of the box.
Toneri smirked, as he walked back up to the box and placed his hand on it, "Lord Mōryō am I correct?" He asked aloud. "You're going to tell me everything about the Ōtsutsuki's home world and the whereabouts of Kaguya." He snickered down at the box. He would get this information one way or another.
Konohagakure no Sato, 2 days later
Konoha was as bustling as ever. Merchants lined the many streets of the village, children ran about playing in the playgrounds and parks of the village. Students from the ninja academy were practicing out in the courtyard of the school buildings. All in all the day was as peaceful as ever. But this was to be as expected from this new era that was brought about after the end of the 4th Shinobi World War. An Era of peace.
The blonde young man walked down the street of his village towards one of his favorite restaurants. Various people waved to him, fellow Shinobi nodded to him as they pass, little kids ran up to him and handed him little gifts, "Hey thanks." Naruto said, taking a small apple from a little girl who looked up to him with glee. She then quickly giggled and ran off with some other girls towards the ninja academy. Naruto looked down at the apple for a moment, looking at the shine it gave off when the sun hit it just right. He smiled to himself and bit into the apple, continuing to walk down the road to his preferred restaurant. "Man I sure am hungry." He said to himself quickly finishing the apple and rounding the corner onto the same street where his destination was. Finally after a few more steps he was there. His haven. The one place where he could eat the food of the gods! He now stood in Ichiraku's ramen!
Naruto walked up with a smirk and sat down at the counter, "Oh back again Naruto? You were just here for lunch." Teuchi said, walking out from the back and drying his hands off. Soon after him Ayame came out with a smile on her face. The blonde smiled to both of them, "Yeah you got that right old man. Now load me up with the best ramen you have!" He chuckled aloud.
Teuchi smirked at the young man, "Heh. Coming right up." He said, walking to the back. Teuchi had always liked Naruto. He had been his best customers ever since he was little. Unlike the other villagers Teuchi vowed never to treat the boy wrongly, he even taught his daughter to do the same as well. As long as Naruto was in his restaurant, no one would treat him wrongly. And Teuchi kinda owed Naruto's mother since before the blonde came along she held the title of his best customers. But all that didn't matter now. The blonde was accepted by the village, no one would ever turn him away again from anywhere. Naruto had certainly come along way from the small boy that came to his ramen shop. It brought a tear to the man's eye, as he cooked the ramen.
After a few more minutes, Teuchi finished the ramen and brought it out to Naruto, "Today's bill is on the house boy." He said with a chuckle sliding the bowl of ramen infront of him. The blonde blinked for a second. It was very rare for the old man to give out free Ramen to anybody. It must've been a special occasion of some sorts, "Oh thanks old man." He said, deciding not to question the matter and just dig in on his meal before him. Teuchi smiled lightly to him as he turned to head back into the kitchen, 'Eat up kid. You've earned it.' He thought to himself, walking out of sight from Naruto.
Naruto slurped away at his ramen for a few more minutes, as Ayame waited tables behind him, and Teuchi brought more bowls out to the Uzumaki. But all good things must come to an end one way or another, "Do you ever eat anything besides ramen?" A voice asked behind him. Naruto quickly turned his head to see a pink haired women staring at him. She had an amused expression on her face and a hand on her hip, "Oh Sakura. What's up?" He asked, addressing his teammate and life long friend Sakura Haruno.
Sakura sighed and sat next to him, "Kakashi Sensei has requested to see us immediately."
Naruto who was only half paying attention, because he was too busy slurping down a fresh bowl of ramen, looked up and asked, "Oh yeah? What does he need?" Sakura sighed again and got up from the counter, "I don't know. He wasn't very specific. Now let's go." She ordered, gripping his shoulder tightly beginning to pull him out of the chair, just as she was doing this Teuchi came out with another fresh bowl of ramen. The blondes eyes were instantly glued onto it and he wouldn't move a muscle.
Teuchi who had a nervous smile on his face, seeing Sakura quickly turned around, "I'll just make this to go." He said aloud, remembering the last time Sakura had shown up in his shop to get Naruto for an important mission and he wouldn't budge. It took him an entire month to fully replace the counter and stools. Of course that was a few years ago and he doubted Sakura would really do something like that again, after all she WAS stuck with the bill for that. But the ramen shop owner didn't want to take any chances and hurried preparing the ramen to go.
Finally after another good minute and only one death threat from Sakura, Naruto was happily exiting the shop with a bag of Ramen to go. Although he would have to wait till later to eat it, but nevertheless he was still happy about it. Teuchi was also happy as well….that his shop wasn't possibly destroyed again from a raging Kunoichi.
Naruto quickly created a shadow clone and made it run back to his home with the ramen, "I wonder what the man wants with me?" The original asked, putting his hands behind his head, as they strolled down the busy street towards the Hokages mansion. Different people waved to the blonde with a smile. Sakura noticed this and smiled softly, "Who knows, maybe an S ranked mission has finally came up." She added, still smiling.
Naruto sighed and lowered his head, "Yeah. Like that'll ever happen. I'm lucky to get an A ranked anymore. There's just not enough bad guys to go around." Normally someone would be happy about that, but Naruto wasn't a normal person. He loved missions and a chance to get stronger, but ever since the new era began the number of missions have been on the decline. This depressed the blonde slightly, "You almost sound like you want another unstable era?" Sakura asked, looking over to him as they neared their destination.
"Not at all. I've seen enough war to last a lifetime." He said quietly, looking away from her, remembering all the friends and allies that gave their lives so the rest of the world could live on. Sakura lightly smacked him in the back of the head, "Don't get all depressed on me, you idiot." The blonde was about to retaliate but was quickly silenced, as Rock Lee was sent flying out of a shop infront them. A moment later Ten-Ten tailed him out with a fist raised in anger. Lee quickly put his hands up defensively, "No! No! No! Ten-Ten you have it all wrong! I was just training to enhance my ultimate flames of youth!" He shouted out.
Both Naruto and Sakura sighed.
Ten-Ten raised her fist, and gripped Lee's collar, "By doing push-ups with your training weights on top of my house!" She screamed, shaking him back and forth. Lee put up his hands nervously, trying to look for an escape route. Sure everyone had heard about when Sakura got angry at Naruto, but they had also heard about Ten-Ten's rage fits against Lee when he did something incredibly stupid. She was second only to Sakura in this category, "It was only to-" He began but was immediately interrupted by the girl who lifted him up by his collar.
"Here we go." Sakura sighed, putting a hand on Naruto's shoulder. The blonde just watched the two with a twitching eyebrow.
"Save it! You're going to pay for all the damages immediately!" She yelled out, pointing to the large hole at the top of her weapons shop, that also doubled as a home. "B-But I don't have that kind of money right now." Lee said sinking into his flack jacket. Ten-Ten raised her fist and Lee's face quickly formed into terror, "Ahhh!" He shouted out, covering his face with his hands. It was then that Naruto decided to intervene.
"Uh hey guys..." He began walking up to the both of them with an awkward smile. Ten-Ten almost immediately dropped the poor Tai-justu user onto the ground, "Oh Naruto and Sakura." She said, as a kind smile quickly replaced the menacing one she had on a few seconds before, "Were you called to the Hokages office as well?" She asked, walking up to them.
The blonde nodded, "That's right. Hey wait were you two called as well?" He asked.
Ten-Ten nodded to him, "Yeah, as well as the rest of the rookie nine in the village right now. Apparently some big and important mission is coming up, and Kakashi is calling everyone of us up." Her words immediately brought a massive smile to the Uzumaki's face.
"Something serious is definitely going on." Sakura said, ignoring the blondes large smile. She knew he was now a ticking time bomb. But it wasn't normal for this many Shinobi to be called up for any ordinary mission. Let alone the legendary rookie nine. Finally the excitement got to the blonde, "Then what're we waiting for?" He asked, taking off full sprint towards the Hokage's mansion. Normally he wouldn't be acting this excited, but it had been an incredibly long time since he had been on an important mission for the village, "Naruto wait!" Sakura shouted out, chasing after him. She swore to herself that whatever girl he ended up with would have to have an incredibly long patience…..or could keep him in line real easy. He would never change no matter how much older he would get.
Ten-Ten sighed and began to drag Lee towards the Hokage's mansion, "That's going to be our future Hokage?" She asked herself, shaking her head with confusion and amusement.
In no time everyone had made it into Kakashi's office. Among them were Naruto, Sakura, Ino, Kiba (Strangly without Akamaru), Shikamaru, and last but not least Ten-Ten with a still terrified Lee. But there were a few missing, something Naruto picked up on, "Huh? Where's Shino, Choji, and Hinata at?" He asked, looking at all of them
Shikamaru sighed, "They're all on a mission to the Land of Water. They won't be back for sometime." He said with a nod to Kakashi who sat in the chair infront of them all, "Thank you Shikamaru."
The lazy genius simply sighed and Kakashi began to start the briefing for the mission, "I've all brought you here today because of a very important and special mission that has come up." He began, breathing in. This next part would surely get a response from Naruto, "A very important political ally to the leaf is arriving today in our village." He continued.
"Oh yeah? Who's is this ally?" Naruto asked. Kakashi was right on the marker for that one. Everyone else sighed, why couldn't Naruto just wait to asks questions until the briefing was over?
"Someone you know very well Naruto. They actually requested for you to guard their convoy by name." He said with a light chuckle, thinking of this person. Naruto would surely get a big surprise when he met them. The blondes eyes widen from Kakashi words, "Ehh?" He asked aloud. This also arouse some chatter from the others as well. Naruto had met alot of individuals in his time as a Shinobi, so this person could virtually be anyone.
"That's correct. You'll get to see them when you group up with them in an hour." Kakashi added, with a smile.
"An hour?" Shikamaru asked. Usually they would have a bit more time to prepare but oh well it was going to be troublesome either way for him. Especially with such a big squad, "That's correct." Kakashi said looking over to Shikamaru, "They're about half-way to the leaf village as we speak. You're to meet them at our west most outpost, on the border. Any questions?" He asked, looking around at everyone.
Shikamaru immediately stepped forward, looking down at the Hokage, "Yes Shikamaru?"
"Just one thing I know this mission was put together in a hurry, reason why there's so little to go on, but why so many of us? It would usually only take four of us, not seven." He said, looking back at the rest of the group. Kakashi got up from his desk and looked out of the window behind him, "This is a very important individual, they requested this much security, plus if anything were to happen to them in the Land of Fire, we'd possibly be attacked by other nations." Everyone's eyes immediately got wide. This person must be extremely important to the five great nations then. Of course Kakashi might've stretched the truth there a bit. Shikamaru caught this and smirked, while backing away, "I understand."
Kakashi turned back to them all, "Good. Shikamaru is team leader for this mission, you are to meet with him at the front gate in ten minutes. Dismissed." Everyone nodded to him and began to exit his office, and heading towards their respective homes to gather their gear. All except Naruto, who stood in the center of Kakashi's office with his arms crossed.
The Hokage looked up at the blonde, "Yes Naruto?"
Naruto crossed his arms, "I have one more thing. How are we supposed to get halfway across the Land of Fire in under an hour? Unless you have some sort of teleportation justu?" He asked. Kakashi smiled awkwardly at the Uzumaki. Naruto knew he had something up his sleeves, "Well no. Actually I was kinda wondering if your furry friend could help us out?" He asked. Naruto's eyebrow twitched and Kurama groaned inside of him.
10 minutes later
After Naruto had been the last to arrive at the gate, Shikamaru looked around at everyone, making sure there wasn't any irregularities, "Everyone here?" He finally asked, feeling confident enough that they were ready to move out, "We're all present." Lee said, giving him a salute, "Ready to move out." He added. Shikamaru nodded to him, "Alright here's the plan. We'll be traveling for about 10 minutes on foot, then Naruto will take over." The lazy genius explained to them.
The blonde simply nodded, figuring Shikamaru already knew the plan, "I don't think the people would take to kindly to seeing Kurama appear outside the front gates." He added, causing the Uzumaki to chuckle. No they would not. Finally he gave them the signal to move out and they were on their way to the border.
Toneri stood looking down at Earth through a portal below him. Everything was going to be set in motion soon. His original plan was to send the moon colliding into the planet in a few years, but now that he had discovered Mōryō everything had changed.
"Are you ready child?" A disembodied voice asked, beside him. Toneri turned in the direction of the voice, knowing Mōryō was there. The young man had been able to put a powerful justu on him, that would let his spiritual form take shape in the physical world. He no longer needed a physical body, the Vanguard was stronger without it, "Yes. I don't think it'll be too much trouble this time around. Right?" Toneri asked.
A dark shadow with red eyes appeared, "That boy never fought me at my full strength and he had the help of the priestess. But I feel if this trap we're planning works. We'll both be far stronger the next to we see both of them." The shadow said, with what Toneri thought was a scowl.
"The trap will work. I will act unpredictable and almost bloodlust like to confused them. Then all we have to do is draw them in. Once we get them out of the way then we can work on finding Kaguya." Toneri said, turning away from the demon and going to a small cave-like opening at the end of the room they was in.
Mōryō on the other hand remained staring at the planet through the portal. He reached out, and touched it. In a moment it switched to a picture of Konoha, "Today I will redeem myself as the Vanguard." He said aloud, turning and following Toneri down the cave-like opening. Today would be a dark day for the Village Hidden in the Leaves.
Back down in Konoha, Kakashi was feeling uneasy. Something didn't feel right.
Shikamaru's squad had made amazing time, with the help of the 9-tails of course. They bolted through the countryside on his back, making sure to avoid any major settlements so they didn't cause panic. But still even in that case, they were still on time. Everyone entertained themselves in the meantime as well. Kurama could easily detect any approaching danger, so no one was worried.
Shikamaru had a relaxed smile on his face and watched the clouds. Kida was surprisingly laying right beside him, watching the clouds as well.…sorta. His eyes were half open and he was basically having a daydream. Lee was doing what he would normally be doing. Training. He was doing hand stands push ups. The girls were all chatting it up, towards the front of Kurama. We'll Sakura and Ino were. Ten-Ten was sitting there, sharpening one of the many weapons she carried. Finally there was Naruto, he sat on Kurama's head, looking forward, scanning the area. He was also trying to figure out who they were meeting up with. Kakashi said that he knew them. But he had met hundreds of people, and it didn't help that Kakashi kept saying they. He sighed aloud. Something the fox below him caught up on. But he would let Naruto be frustrated, it was enjoyable to see him like this sometimes.
Finally after a few more minutes, Shikamaru stood up, catching everyone's attention. He looked over to Naruto, "We should be nearing the outpost. Stop here Naruto." He ordered. Naruto looked back with a nod and Kurama came to a halt in a heavily wooded area. Shikamaru then gave the motion and everyone jumped off of Kurama's back, into the forest. Naruto was the last to jump off and as soon as he touched the ground he turned back to the tailed beast with a smile, "Kurama you can give it a break for now. We'll need you in a bit."
The fox looked down at him with a wide tooth filled smirk, "No problem kid, lets me stretch my old bones." He chuckled, before disappearing back into Naruto's seal. Once he was back inside, the blonde patted his stomach, "Thanks." He hadn't been able to use Kurama that much in the recent years, so it was good to have him out of the seal once in awhile, even if it was just for an escort mission.
"Naruto come on let's go." Sakura suddenly called back to him, making him snap back to reality. The blonde turned his head to her to see that everyone was waiting for him, "Coming!" He shouted out, not wanting to make them wait on him even more.
The group began to move through the forest quietly as they neared a dirt road. Shikamaru scanned the area and noticed a few buildings down the left side of the path. He had to bet that, that was the outpost. He gave a hand sign and everyone began to move again towards the outpost. They made it there in no time now, and were now standing infront of a very familiar purple haired Kunoichi, "Anko?" Shikamaru asked, looking at the women.
The Kunoichi now known as Anko turned, "Oh hey guys did you get border duty too? I swear Kakashi always sticks me here, but there isn't anything to do anymore." She sighed, twirling a kunai and eating a piece of Dango. Everyone smiled, Anko never changed no matter what happened.
Shikamaru stepped forward to her, "No actually. We're here to escort a recently arrived political ally to the leaf." He announced. She perked up at this, walking up to him, "Oh…you mean her." She said, rolling her eyes. "Never really liked those high class people." Anko added, turning away from Shikamaru and back towards the leaf outpost.
"Her?" Naruto asked, stepping forward. So atleast he knew it was a women, and they were possibly royalty. Anko stopped and looked back at the Uzumaki with a smirk. She knew that Naruto had met this girls years ago. He would be shocked and excited to see her again, "Yeah. She's just around the corner with her guards. Follow me." Anko motioned walking around the side of the leaf outpost. Naruto looked over to Shikamaru with a raised eyebrow, their squad leader in return just shrugged and followed her. They all followed suit and rounded the corner to see Anko standing infront of a large group of guards. Sakura, Lee, and Naruto's eyes widen, when they saw the guards. They had seen those uniforms one other time in their lives.
Anko smirked, and stepped to the side, "Ladies and gentlemen allow me to introduce you to lady-" But she was cut off, as someone ran out of the group of temple guards, "NARUTO!" The person shouted out, as she tackle hugged him to the ground. Everyone was in shock, watching.
It took the blonde a moment to get his bearings, but once he did his blue eyes widen as he took in the sight before him. Their hugging him tightly was the Land of Demons Priestess Shion! A girl he had saved many years ago. From a self proclaimed demon and… herself. Naruto couldn't believe his eyes! He never thought he'd see the girl again, or should the Uzumaki say women. The Priestess was certainly an attractive girl when he first met her, but now she looked even better. Slightly taller, still the same hairstyle as she used to have. There was one certain area that caught Naruto's attention, her chest was slightly larger then before. This caused him to mentally blush. He didn't want to think about that. He wasn't like his old master.
The Uzumaki shook his head, trying to escape those thoughts. Finally Naruto realized he had to say something, so he did the only thing he possibly thought was right, "Ehh?! Shion!" This instantly earned him a giggle from the girl. He replaced his surprised expression with a smile, and looked at her. Their eyes instantly connected. Ocean blue meeting pale lavender.
"Lady Shion!" A voice shouted out, as a lone temple guard from the group ran towards them. Shikamaru simply sighed, getting over the shock. This was going to be one of those missions, wasn't it?
"It's so good to see you again." Shion whispered, getting off of him with a blush, she couldn't look at his face for some reason now, something was different about it. Not in a bad way of course. Maybe it was maturity? He certainly looked alot different then when she first met him. Gone was the smaller boy and he was replaced with a taller and more built Naruto. One thing she also liked was his shorter hair, it certainly fit him well, but even so she couldn't look at his attractive face. Naruto too also looked away from her with a blush, he was feeling something that he couldn't explain as well.
"Uh, who's this?" Ten-Ten whispered to Sakura, who was simply groaning, "A priestess from the land of demons that we helped out years ago to seal away a powerful spirit named Mōryō." She said, slowly lifting her head up, being reminded of that mission and all the annoyances it had.
Ten-Ten blinked for a moment, "Oh." Was all she could say, watching Shion get off a Naruto with a blush. She could also see the Uzumaki blushing as well, "Yeah. She really took a liking to Naruto." Sakura said, watching the blonde blush as well, "No wonder Kakashi wouldn't tell us." She added. Shion had basically fallen for Naruto during the mission and asked him if he could help her with something… Naruto didn't know what that meant at the time, but Sakura was sure that he probably got some of it by now.
Naruto looked up at the sky rubbing the back of his neck, "It's uhh good to see you too Shion."
Shion looked towards the ground, avoiding eye contact with the blonde as well, but still remaining close to him, "I have so much to tell you." She whispered, with a blush. The girls in the group sighed at their antics, they were acting like two little kids now.
As this was going on the temple guard walked infront of Shikamaru, "I trust we can put Lady Shion in your care?" He asked, looking over to her. The Priestess continued to blush, not looking over at the blonde. Naruto did the exact same. Shikamaru sighed, 'Come on you idiot. You're supposed to be our next Hokage.' He thought to himself before turning back to the guard, "Yes, of course. We'll make sure she gets to the leaf safely."
In return the guard bowed to him, "Thank you. You might want to hurry as well. The situation is pretty dire. Lady Shion can fill you in more on what's happening." He said with a stern expression.
Shikamaru narrow his eyes, "Understood, thank you." The guard bowed one more time before taking off, with the rest of his men back towards the Land of Demons. The Lazy genius turned back to his squad with his trademark sigh, "Before we depart I need to know what this is all about? Kakashi will want to know as soon as possible." He said, putting a hand on his hip, staring at the Priestess.
"Yeah Shion, what's going on?" Naruto asked, looking down to her. The women looked up to sky, taking a deep breath in. Everyone waited anxiously for her to respond. Shion knew she had to tell them, Naruto specifically. So after another deep breath she began to speak, "I've finally had another vision. Something I haven't had in a long time."
"About what?" Shikamaru asked, moving to stand by Naruto. He knew about her future sight ability. So whatever this vision was it couldn't be good, "It was filled with many different images but there was one that stuck with me. The return of Mōryō." She announced, narrowing her eyes.
Lee and Sakura gasped, "That's impossible. We wasted the guy back in the Land of Demons!" Naruto shouted out.
Shion shook her head, "I don't know either, but that wasn't all I saw." Naruto immediately shut his mouth and continued to listen to the Priestess. Sakura was surprised. No one could make the blonde shut his mouth like that. Shion raised her hand and pointed to the Uzumaki, "You and I Naruto. We might've been in some other land, but….we died. I also saw all the great nations burning." Everyone's eyes widen. Everyone looked at Naruto with concern, but the blonde just smirked and placed his hand on Shion's shoulder, "Don't tell me you're believing in that stuff again?"
Shion looked up at with a smile, and shook her head, "No I haven't, it's just…this one feels different." She said, the smile immediately faded, replaced with a concern expression. In return he squeezed her shoulder lightly, "It doesn't matter. I'll protect you and prove destiny wrong! Just like last time!" He announced, with his trademark grin.
Shion looked down with a blush. He still hadn't changed in all these years. She felt warmness rise in her chest, at his words, "Naruto." She whispered. He would also be their for her when she needed it.
"We should get back to Kakashi with this information." Shikamaru said, turning to everyone else, "Agreed. Shion?" Naruto asked, looking to her and turning around. He lowered to the ground and motioned to her with his hands, "Hop on."
She blushed, and slowly climbed onto the blondes back. Wrapping her arms around him, and placed her head on his shoulder. Naruto put his hands under her thighs, so she wouldn't fall during their journey back. Well atleast until he pulled Kurama back out. She closed her eyes and waited for Naruto to begin to move.
Shikamaru nodded to all of them and was about to give them the hand signal to move out, but a puff of smoke infront of them immediately halted any of that, "What the?" He asked, stopping dead in his tracks. Infront ot them stood a small Ninken, everyone looked down at it and immediately realized who it was, "Pakkun?" Shikamaru asked, stepping forward. Everyone knew just from the Ninken's size that it belong to the 7th Hokage. Pakkun looked up at their squad leader with a worried expression, "No time to talk Shikamaru! Kakashi needs everyone back to the leaf village immediately, we're under attack by an unknown enemy." He barked.
The squad turned wide eyed and Naruto was the first to move. He instinctively began to rush back towards the forest, back towards the leaf. His home. Shion held onto him tightly, "Naruto hold on!" Shikamaru called out to him. But it took a tug from Shion to make the blonde stop in his tracks. He turned his head back to their squad leader, "What're you talking about? We need to get back to the village immediately!"
Shikamaru narrowed his eyes and frowned, "We need to figure out what we're going to do with the Priestess? Even with Anko here I don't feel right leaving her here. Something's off." He said, turning back to the group. He was in a tough situation. With Shion's guards already on their way back to their homeland and her acting like she didn't want to leave Naruto's side, the lazy genius didn't have many options.
"She'll come with us." Naruto blurted out.
Shikamaru raised an eyebrow, "You can't be serious? She has no combat experience and she's important to all of the great nations. If anything were to happen to her, then the leaf could be gone."
Naruto narrowed his eyes and raised his fist. He knew what Shikamaru was saying. It made sense, but he needed to get back their as soon as possible. He didn't want a repeat of the Pain attack, "If we don't get back there now, then there won't be a leaf left to destroy!" Naruto countered.
Shion peaked her eyes over Naruto's shoulder, "If it has anything to do with my vision, then it will most likely be Mōryō. You'll need me. I'm the only one that knows the signs to seal him away." She said, giving Shikamaru the same expression that Naruto was giving him. He mentally sighed, those two were already in sync. This was such a drag.
Finally Sakura stepped forward, "Shikamaru we don't have time to discuss this much longer. The leads being attacked by an unknown enemy and some of it's strongest fighters aren't there to aid in battle. I know putting Shion somewhere safe first would be the rational thing." She paused and closed her emerald eyes. "But frankly we don't have enough time. We best not repeat Pains attack." She added.
Naruto reached up and gripped Shion's hand unconsciously, "I'll protect her with my life Shikamaru. I give you my word. I'll protect her and the village!" He announced, basically holding the Priestess hand. Shion's eyes softened a bit at his words. She felt save around him, secure. Like nothing in the world could harm her when the Uzumaki was there.
Catching Shion's reaction, Shikamaru made his final decision. He was confident enough that Naruto could defend her without a problem and if this Mōryō character was really behind the attack then she could aid in defeating him. He ran the calculations in his head one more time, their was some unknown variables, but they needed to be at the leaf 5 minutes ago, "Dammit fine." He announced turning back to the Ninken, "Pakkun tell Kakashi we're double timing it back to the leaf."
Pakkun nodded to the squad leader, "Will do." He said, before vanishing away with a puff of smoke. Shikamaru took out a kunai, and looked over to Naruto, "Summon Kurama." He ordered. Without his father here anymore, Shikamaru had to be the leaf top military strategist. It was such s drag.
The blonde smirked, and began to focus the foxes chakra. Shion began to feel the large about of chakra appear, it rivaled the same amount of power her bell possessed. She was amazed. How in the world had Naruto been able to amass this much chakra? He was much more powerful then she previously thought. He just kept surprising her over and over again. Finally she saw what looked like a tiny orange and black luminescent fox jump out of the blondes chest. At first she was confused, but then the fox grew in size and soon dwarfed them all. It looked down at them with a smirk, "Time for some action kid?"
Shion gripped Naruto tighter. She wasn't afraid of this fox, just startled and confused. Naruto again put his hand on hers to reassure her. She dug her head into his shoulder, while he talked with the giant fox infront of him, "You know it Kurama. Don't let the old age slow you down." He said with a smirk, as Shion looked up at Kurama. In turn the tailed beast looked back down at him with a green, as he layed on the ground and motioned for them to get on, "Heh little brat." He snickered.
All of them soon climbed on and began to get all there equipment ready for the coming battle. The blonde who sat on the foxes head gave him a mental signal and Kurama sprang into action. The Priestess sat by his side, holding onto his arm as Kurama sprinted through the forest. Naruto smiled down at her, "Shion meet Kurama. My tailed beast." He announced.
"Tailed beast?" She asked, looking down at Kurama tilting her head. Shion had heard about these beasts before. There were 9 in total and they were involved in the genjutsu incident 2 years ago. If Kurama was Naruto's tailed beast, then that could only mean that the blonde was a Jinchūriki, and that he was involved in the incident as well. Shion frowned slightly. She heard rumors that powerful Shinobi fought for everyone to save them. But the average citizen didn't know much about the incident, the Shinobi involved wouldn't even talk about it much. She needed to find out more, and she shouldn't feel surprised that Naruto was involved. It was Naruto after all. He did help create a new volcano with her.
But Shion realized that there was so much she didn't know about him. She looked over to the blonde who stared ahead, with his arms crossed. She could tell he was deep in thought and didn't want to disturb him. Suddenly Kurama speeded up, racing towards the leaf. He to didn't want to see anything bad happen to the leaf either.
Kakashi panted heavily, standing on top of the Hokage's mansion, 'Thanks Pakkun. I'll hold out until then.' He said mentally to his Ninken. His Hokage robes were all torn and burned. He turned his head to the leaf village, various explosions and fires raged throughout the village. All of the Shinobi were battling the unknown hooded enemies below him. He clenched his fist and looked back to the white haired man standing before him.
It had all happened so fast. Not even an hour after he sent Naruto and the others out. Fire balls rained from the sky and unknown ninja started to appear all over the village. The leafs forces were in disarray at the moment, Shinobi tried to defend the civilians and attack the enemy but they were being overwhelmed. Then the strange man with white hair showed up, and attacked Kakashi in his office. The Hokage fought with valor, but the man was just too fast, and without the sharingan he was limited to attacks.
Life was bitting him in the ass right now, for sending the rookie 9 out. Especially Naruto.
The white haired man walked towards Kakashi with a fist raised, "I will ask you once more. Where is the boy!" He shouted out, walking up to the Hokage. Kakashi raised a kunai defensively. His Anbu were caught up fighting downstairs to aid him. The enemies numbers ranged in the thousands. Just how and when did this person amass such a force? "I'm not telling you anything." Kakashi said, narrowing his eyes.
The man smirked, and instantly appeared behind Kakashi, "Alright Hokage. Let's see if you can live up to your name!" He taunted, trying to strike the back of his head. But Kakashi was much faster then the man thought, he spun around and elbowed him in the chest. Then Kakashi slammed his fist into the man's stomach, pushing him back a bit. The white haired man, grunted looking up at Kakashi narrowing his eyes.
"Why are you attacking the leaf!" Kakashi shouted out, as lightning began to surround his right hand. Sparks soon flew off of it, pelting the roof of the Hokage's mansion.
"That is none of your concern!" The man shouted out, as a black mist began to surround him. Kakashi then began to sprint towards the man with his Chidori full charged. The white haired man narrowed his eyes, creating an unknown justu in his hands.
Kakashi neared the man and the ever forming black mist, he reared back his hand posed to strike with the lighting blade. He would protect the village from this person, he would protect everyone and fufill his duty as Hokage. But the strike never came, it was immediately interrupted by a black shadowy hand coming out of the mist, "Weak!" A voice from the mist bellowed out, as the hand gripped Kakashi's own hand and slammed him into the ground with such force that it cracked beneath him.
After smashing the Hokage into the ground, the mist began to take shape into a person, but only a shape. There were no facial features besides the piercing red eyes, "I've scanned the village and confirmed that the boy isn't here." The figure said in a demonic like voice, looking out to the leaf. This was the legendary Konoha? Toneri's puppet army had smashed it, in under an hour. Of course they were aided Mōryō's chakra, but nevertheless it was an utter disappointment, "Well where could he be?" Toneri asked the Vanguard.
Mōryō was about to answer but a fist flying past him interrupted him. He looked down to see Kakashi staring up at him, "Who are you!" The 6th Hokage shouted out, struggling to stand. Mōryō chuckled at this and gripped Kakashi by his torn flack jacket. His red eyes narrowed, "Someone you thought long dead. That's all you need to know Hokage." He said, smashing him into the ground again, "He's all yours. Toneri." Mōryō added, looking down at the battered and bruised Kakashi, before fading away.
Toneri smirked and walked up to Kakashi preparing to end the man's life, "Now Hokage. Fall like your predecessors before you!" He shouted out as a green like orb of chakra appeared in his hand. He immediately slammed it down onto the Hokage, cracking the roof even more. Toneri smirked at his handy work.
Once the dust had settled, Toneri looked for any sign of Kakashi. But found nothing. Just cracked concrete, "What?" Toneri asked aloud staring down at the indent. Suddenly he was punched squad in the jaw out of nowhere, "Gah!" He yelped out in surprise tumbling back onto the ground. After a few moments he sprang up, staring in the direction of the punch. He narrowed his eyes at what he saw.
"You two shouldn't have come." Kakashi said aloud, looking to the two smaller figures standing infront of him defensively, "Are you kidding me? With the boss not here, who's going to save the Hokage?" Konohamaru teased aloud, looking back at Kakashi with a smirk. He shook his head. Konohamaru was basically Naruto's little brother so he should've expected this.
Kakashi then turned to the other figure who had a palm raised at Toneri, "I will protect the Hokage with my life, as a Hyuga I must honor this." Hanabi Hyuga said narrowing her eyes. She stood defensively not taking her sights off of Toneri even as a massive battle waged on below them. Atleast the generation behind Naruto had a good head on their shoulders. He knew he could count on them, "Still." Kakashi suddenly said, walking past both of them with his eyes closed, "I was only testing their strength." He said, snapping his eyes open revealing two fully developed Sharingans.
Toneri narrowed his eyes, as they began to glow a bright blue. This Shinobi was beginning to piss him off. Kakashi motioned his hand back to the two others, "Stay behind me and help if I'm in trouble. Both of you." He announced, throwing his destroyed Hokage robe off.
"Will do." Konohamaru said, backing away taking Hanabi's hand as well. She looked back to him then back to Kakashi, "Right." The girl finally stammered it. She was staring to act strange because she could feel the massive amount of killing intent coming off of the both of them. As the two backed away, Kakashi raised a kunai, exciting it with lightning chakra, "Now. Toneri was it? You come into my village, attacking the citizens and Shinobi I swore to protect….I thought I was done teaching brats how to act like real Shinobi." He announced.
Toneri face turned into a scowl as his blue eyes began to glow brighter, "What did you just say!?" He shouted out, just as Kakashi turned disappeared into thin air. Sudden Toenri felt a blade on his neck, "I said you're too slow." Kakashi said quietly, making a slicing motion with his arm. But Toneri wasn't going down that easy. The man disappeared into a puff of smoke and reappeared behind Kakashi, getting ready to strike the man. The Hokage wasn't going to have that, he spun as fast as light and drove the Kunai straight into Toneri's shoulder. The electricity in the Kunai caused it to explode on impact, in turn sent him flying back into a waiting Rasengan from Konohamaru. Which sent him flying right back into the waiting fist of Kakashi. The man fell to the ground and struggled to get up, as Kakashi kicked him in the ribs and prepared a chidori to end it.
But the Ōtsutsuki shot his head up in anger, "Ahhhhh! I do not have time for this!" He snarled, his eyes pulsating blue and green. The copy-cat Shinobi hesitated for one moment, and that's all that Toneri need. A fist quickly shot into his hands, completely canceling his chidori and send him tumbling back to the other two.
After they quickly helped him up Kakashi pointed to Toneri, "What's wrong with your eyes?" The Hokage asked. He tried to examine them with his Sharingan but was having very little success. Toneri smirked as a small green orb of pure chakra formed on the tip of his finger, "This is the power of the Tenseigan!" He shouted out, releasing the orb straight at the group, Kakashi grabbed both of them and they narrowly escaped the orbs path. It shot pass them and flew for about a mile before it impacted in the flaming city. At first everything was quiet, but then a large flash of light blinded everyone and a shockwave passed over them a few seconds later knocking them over. Toneri just stood there with a satisfied smirk.
As the group slowly opened all of their eyes, they immediately widen in horror and shock. For where the orb impacted, nothing remained but an incredibly large crater. Every building, road, person…were all gone. Destroyed. This was the destructive power of just a single man. Kakashi knew something had to be done, "Konohamaru take Hanabi and get out of here!" He suddenly ordered. This was his duty, not theirs. Kakashi would not risk their live. He had to hold out just a bit longer until reinforcements arrived.
Konohamaru nodded to him, grabbing Hanabi's hand and turning towards the edge of the roof, "Understood 7th. Good luck." He said, jumping off of the roof. Kakashi lightly nodded, keeping his attention on the very dangerous man in front of him. Toneri in turn smirked, "I was going easy on you, for the sake of telling me where the Uzumaki is." He said walking towards him with an evil smirk, as his skin began to glow green like his eyes, "But now. I'm going to burn you and this entire village to the ground!" He yelled, as a bright green chakra cloak formed around his entire body. Kakashi began to get nervous. He'd only seen Naruto with something like this. This was bad, he didn't know if his Sharingan could help him combat Toneri.
Said man smirked, as four more orbs appeared on the tips of his fingers, causing the area around him and Kakashi to begin to shake violently, "Now leaf…..fall." He said aloud motioning his hand downwards, causing the orbs to go flying in the direction of Kakash. Thinking quick on his feet, Kakashi activated his Kumai. Instantly three of the four orbs were teleported safely away, but one more was still flying straight towards the Hokages. He began to activate his Susanoo to combat the last orb. He wouldn't let the Leaf suffer anymore death at the hands of this man, he wouldn't-
"Sorry I'm late!" A voice suddenly shouted out, as a foot smacked into the last orb, sending it flying harmlessly into the distance uninhabited forests. Resulting in a massive explosion meant for the leaf. Kakashi's eyes widen as he canceled his susanoo, standing in awe at the blonde haired ninja that now stood infront of him.
Toneri stood in shock at the feat he just witnessed. No one should've been able to do that, "What!" He shouted aloud in anger.
"Sensai take a break now." Naruto said, looking from Kakashi to Toneri with unforgiving eyes, "Leave this to me." He had just witnessed the large explosion go off inside the village. His home! Where almost everyone he cared about lived. If he had only been a few seconds faster, this wouldn't have happen. He was beyond the point of boiling rage, but Naruto knew he had to contain it and now let it get the better of him.
Kakashi panted. Not wanting to strain his eyes too much, "You're beginning to rivial Obito in how late you can be Naruto." The blonde didn't look back to him, he simply gave Kakashi a thumbs up while staring Toneri down. In turn the white haired man smirked upon hearing the blonde name, "Oh? So this is the great Naruto Uzumaki? The one that sealed away Kaguya." He said, moving towards him with a devilish smirk. Toneri couldn't wait to crush this pathetic piece of trash. He wasn't his ancestors. He wouldn't let this blonde get the upper hand on him like he did so many others.
Naruto lifted his hand up and pointed to Toneri staring him down, "I'm going to give you one chance. Surrender now and face trial for your action by the village." Toneri began to laugh almost insanely, it reminded Kakashi the way Sasuke laughed after he had killed Danzo and confronted him. It wasn't a good sound. He wanted to shut this over confident little prick up immediately. But Toneri continued to laugh for a few more seconds until he began to calm down. Naruto was not amused. "I don't think I'll be doing that. I need you out of the picture Uzumaki, and my friend needs that Priestess out of the picture as well." He snickered.
"You mean Mōryō!" Shion shouted out, as she landed on the roof with Sakura and the others. Naruto and Kakashi looked back in shock. Toneri simply raised an eyebrow at their arrival. "Shion! I told you not to come." He said, looking back at her. She immediately ran to his side and looked up at him with her pale lavender eyes, "I can't let you do this alone Naruto." She said, giving him a look that reminded him of his mother we he had first met her. He slightly backed off.
"I tried to stop her." Sakura called out. The others nodded in agreement. But Shion was a very stubborn girl when it came to a certain blonde. She was also incredibly head strong, "What do you want to accomplish from doing this! All these death! Innocent people killed!" She called out to Toneri. The man smirked at her, while Naruto put an arm out protectively. Shion smiled slightly at this. Toneri took a step towards her, causing Naruto to tense up. The man narrowed his eyes, "Innocent? My people have watched you wage war for centuries! Destroying this world one piece at a time! But all that will change when we get to Kaguya."
"Do you plan to unseal her!" Kakashi shouted out, eyes widening. Nothing good could come from this. Toneri and Mōryō were nothing but fanatics trying to bring about the end times again. The Otsutsuki snickered again, "Correct. We will unseal her and help her continue her master plan!" Naruto clenched his fist. He would not fight that women again. It was a do or dir situation. He needed to stop this man before this happened, "What would that plan be!" Shion shouted out, just as a black mist formed besides Toneri, "You have talked enough boy." A voice said, coming from the mist.
"Mōryō!" Shion yelled, as the mist took shape into the black figure again. Naruto looked at the figure with angry. This self proclaimed demon was nothing more then a pawn for Kaguya as well? Just like Black Zestu. In fact he looked just like him, except with red eyes, that sometimes changed shapes when he displayed different emotions. Mōryō put his hand on Toneri's shoulder, "I already have the trap layed for them. You did well getting their attention Toneri." He said, immediately making unknown handsigns.
"Trap?" Naruto asked, until his eyes widen in realization. He turned his head to Shion and tried to reach her, just as a white circle appeared under both of them. Naruto wrapped both his arms around her, as they were incased in the area of the circle by a translucent barrier. Naruto didn't let go of Shion, as the gravity seemed to increase almost ten-fold, "Ahhhhhhhh!" They both screamed out, falling onto the ground, being crushed, "Naruto! Shion!" Sakura screamed out, as everyone began to rush Toneri and Mōryō. Kaguya's vanguard put up his hand, and everyone immediately crashed into an invisible barrier. They were all pushed back, as Naruto began to get up from the ground, but was pushed back to the ground. It was just like his fight with Kaguya. This wasn't going to be good.
Toneri slowly approached the two with a demonic smile, as Mōryō followed close behind, "We knew we'd never be able to kill you, and you would never let us touch the Priestess. So we decided on something else." Toneri smiled, as Mōryō nodded in agreement.
Back on the outside of the barrier everyone immediately got up, staring at them inside. Sakura rushed the barrier and punched with as much strength as she could. No effect was made. She turned her head to their squad leader, "Shikamaru we have to do something!"
"I don't know what we can do." Shikamaru said, looking at Naruto and Shion in pain. The Uzumaki could last awhile under 10gs but not Shion. Hell he didn't even know if her chakra system could hold up even for a minute. Naruto still tried to get up, but it wasn't happening. He couldn't even form any chakra. Nothing wanted to move in his body, the Uzumaki looked over to Shion, who was laying next to him. She was breathing heavily, trying to get up as well. He had to give it to her. She wasn't giving up.
Toneri bent down next to them, "When we find her. We'll come after you and the Priestess. She'll need both of your chakra's to finish her plan. Then this world will live in peace." He said, as Mōryō's turned to mist again and entered Toneri's body. Everyone outside of the barrier stood in shock as they watched Toneri's green chakra cloak turn to white. He took in a deep breath before speaking to the two again, "Enjoy your new home Naruto and Shion." He said in a demonic like voice.
"S-Screw you." Shion said, struggling to look up at him.
Toneri smiled, "Now." He began, motioning his hands, forming even more signs. This almost immediately caused the pure white floor underneath Naruto and Shion to increase in brightness, "Fall Shinobi." He continued, snapping his fingers. The floor underneath the two opened up and they fell through.
Shion grasped Naruto's hand as their vision was filled in darkness.
A/N: Done with chapter one! Yeah! Thank you for everyone who's going to read the rewrite. All of you helped convince me to write this, so yeah!
Next chapter is when they land in the AOT universe. So prepare. But everything will mostly be the same. I just introduced a new antagonist and had Toneri appear at the very beginning. But one really big factor will be Shion. She has a massive amount of backstory that she won't even know about. She isn't just a Priestess from the land of Ogres anymore.
Also when it comes to Toneri, as you can all see I increased his power by alot and it'll improve even more throughout the story. He could've been so much more powerful in the Naruto: The Last, but he wasn't. So I amped him up.
Also unanswered questions like why Kakashi still has the Sharingans and why Toneri has the Tenseigan already will of course be answered throughout the story.
There we go. If I forgot to cover anything, just pm and I'll most likely give you an answer. Remember to review it really helps ^-^
Author question: I'm thinking just Shion and Mikasa? What do you guys think?
