Prologue:

The violent surge of resistance and power the Kyuubi emitted overwhelmed Naruto. His body shook in agony, wanting the Kyuubi to give up and let go of their life. It was so excruciatingly painful even Naruto no longer wanted to live. He had kept his promise and fought Sasuke until the end to bring him back, but the battle had not shown mercy. Naruto suffered an attack aimed straight at his heart, making even the great Kyuubi's charkra insufficient to heal. It would have been possible, but the seals that restricted Kyuubi prevented anymore of his demonic chakra to seep out of the bars that confined him.

Thus, Naruto lay in the forest unable to do anything to stop the cold and pain. One would think someone would find him by now, but it felt like hours and there had been no presence of any living being. He still had so many more things to do, to say, to accomplish, but as he lay there feeling betrayed and lonesome, he had wanted nothing more but to welcome death with open arms.

The Kyuubi on the other hand had not been as passive as him, instead he fought death and would not allow it to consume them. Kyuubi's internal battle was not only deafening but also inevitably painful; his thunderous loud shrieks left Naruto's mind in a jumble of chaos, his unremitting explosions of chakra left Naruto's body in uncontrollable spasmodic motions. Until, something extraordinary and completely unorthodox took place right then and there. A rare phenomenon that is thought of as not only impracticable but also impossible became possible with the help of Kyuubi's persistence chakra.

Due to the mass explosion of enormous demonic energy and will power that escaped Naruto's body, the air around him churned in a spontaneous reaction and sent Naruto through a dark space of disorderly sites until he landed, unconscious, in a completely different universe from his own; Kurakara town.

Chapter 1: Kage-bunshin no jutsu!

Urahara Kisuke (lollipop and all) was woken up in discomfort. It had been a peaceful morning in Kurakara and he was in a nice relaxing sleep until he felt a very strong reiatsu presence not too far away. It was similar to that of a hollow, yet it was not tainted as such, but neither was it pure like a shinigami's. He left the comfort of his shop and decided to investigate this. Following the immense amount of spiritual energy he found a young blonde haired boy unconscious on the side of the road.

Even in the dusk of dawn, the boy wasn't hard to notice for he wore bright orange clothing and was bleeding profoundly. The whisker marks on either side of his face intrigued Kisuke, but no more than the fact that the small boy was releasing this much reiatsu. Kisuke decided to stop the bleeding for now, and carried Naruto back to his candy shop.

When the kid woke up Kisuke was interested to say the least. The spiritual energy increased as he became conscious and it seemed he had absolutely no control of it. Kisuke had to set up a barrier so not to attract anyone with this strange reiatsu. Even though he was definitely a human, the shocking icy blue eyes, claw like teeth, slightly pointed ears and whisker marks indicated that he could have been a hollow, but Kisuke was certain he was alive. The boy had woken up confused and uncertain of where he was and how he had ended up there.

"I found you bleeding on the road kid. Badly, I might add," Kisuke explained.

The boy proceeded to clutch his heart, where Kisuke had healed the strange cuts. It wasn't easy. The wound looked as if a thousand tiny blades had struck the boy's chest, making it look as if his heart had exploded into millions of shards. The boy's eyes narrowed and his pupils dilated as if he was focusing on something far away.

Unknown to Kisuke, Naruto tried to contact the fox. Where was he? Who was this person? What the hell happened that caused him to lay unconscious on a road? Unfortunately there was something; a wall of some sort that seemed to block any form of communication to the fox. Naruto would have panicked, but after going through so many challenges as a kid, he looked up ready to take this one. However the only thing he could think of asking was; whether he died or not. Of course, being Naruto he did not hesitate to ask the strange blonde man, who had been silently eating his lollipop but now eyed Naruto with a very bemused expression.

"Not as far as I'm concerned. Who are ya anyway kid?"

Naruto hesitated. Not sure if he should trust this man, but decided giving his name wouldn't be such a big deal, seeing as the man had saved his life, somehow.

"Uzumaki Naruto," he curtly replied.

"Right, I'm Urahara Kisuke. Nice to meet you," the man said smiling, holding out a hand to shake Naruto's.

Naruto politely took the offer and shook his hand. He half expected Kisuke to pull some crazy jutsu or trick of some kind as his appearance consisting of a very suspicious hat, unusual cane and yukata type clothing attire was not very reassuring as to which village he may have belonged to. He was about to ask, but was interrupted by a loud noise that rang through his ears, making him lose his hearing for a few seconds. Out of reflex he clutched his ears to shield them from the noise. Kisuke noticed this, confused, only to hear the same noise a millisecond later, concluding that whoever this boy was, he was not normal. To think that Naruto would have heard a hollow before he did was… perplexing.

Kisuke immediately stood up, along with Naruto who winced in pain at the throb he received from doing so.

"Idiot, don't open up the wound I spent so long stitching!" Kisuke scolded, even more interested that Naruto, a mere boy (a midget he might add) had not even been shaken by such a powerful sound that clearly came from a hollow, but instead had got up with a determined looking face.

"W-what was that?!" Naruto asked, clearly confused, still clutching his now throbbing heart. He left a mental note to complain to Kyuubi for healing small cuts unnecessarily but ditching him when he really needed the healing.

"A hollow. It's probably here after feeling your reiatsu," Kisuke stated, more to himself than to Naruto. "Stay here," he said firmly, not looking at Naruto.

Kisuke hurried out of his shop to face the hollow. Naruto followed still clutching his heart, neglecting what Kisuke had told him. He was too curious as to what a hollow was to bother with the aching pain let alone follow the orders of a stranger he just met (regarding the fact that that same man saved his life).

Naruto stopped dead in his tracks. His mind trying to make sense of the sight before him. What the hell was this thing? He had seen a fair amount of monstrous and deadly looking creatures; the Bijuu and some of Orochimaru's subjects to name a few, but this "hollow" was nothing like what he had ever seen. It looked to Naruto more like a large cold-blooded reptile and its disgustingly long tongue that hung out of its mouth, eerily reminded him of Orochimaru. He sneered at the thought, immediately hating the "hollow" for this mere fact. Before he knew it, Kisuke had killed the hollow with a strong slash to its head with his cane. It happened so quick, it only registered in Naruto's mind when the hollow had started disappearing into nothing but ashes.

"You're bleeding again," Kisuke stated sounding a little irritated, no doubt at having to stitch the wounds up again. He let out a long and hearty sigh as he motioned Naruto to follow him back inside.

"Wait, hold on a sec. You're telling me that those things eat souls to become stronger?!" Naruto questioned still not understanding a single thing the blonde man was sprouting. Although Naruto wasn't the best at his studies, if such a thing existed he would have at least vaguely heard of it. But he hasn't, and no one he met in his 13 years have said anything similar to what Kisuke was saying.

"I don't think I quite follow you," Naruto said, "Last thing I remember I was lying in the forest dying and-"

"Forest?" Kisuke questioned. "I found you on the road," he said frowning, clearly remembering the bleeding Naruto unconscious on the side of the road where he had picked him up.

Confused as hell, Naruto asked, "Where am I anyways?"

"My candy shop in Kurakara town," Kisuke answered not really seeing how this could help the situation.

"Umm, Kurakara town? Is that like close to Konoha?" Naruto asked sheepishly, internally cursing himself for falling asleep during every geography class back in the academy, it's not like he could read a map anyways.

Seeing Kisuke's bewildered expression, Naruto added, " You know, the Fire nation? Konohagakure?"

"Konoha doesn't ring a bell, and I've never heard of anything like the Fire nation before," Kisuke replied honestly, and started to fan himself in an attempt to cool his head.

Alarmed at what he had just heard, Naruto abruptly threw his arms in the air. "What?! How can you not have heard of the Fire nation and still live in the Five elemental nations!? Wait, aren't you a ninja, because from the fight just now I'm pretty sure you are one! Which village are you from anyway? Why don't you have a headband-"

"Wow, slow down kid," Kisuke cut in, a little amused at Naruto's reaction. "I don't know what you're talking about, but we are definitely not in the Five elemental nations, and I'm pretty sure I'm not a ninja. Maybe you hit your head when you fell. There's no such thing as ninjas in this world. Not that I've heard of at least," Kisuke calmly replied.

Naruto sat down on his futon, exasperated at the things he was hearing. He wasn't in the Five elemental nations anymore? There's no such thing as ninjas? His pupils dilated again as he tried to contact Kyuubi. He felt it was the only way to keep him sane now, because he was starting to believe that he might not be, seeing as Kisuke was so sure of himself. But, Kyuubi was still unreachable.

"But…ninjas do exist. I'm a ninja from Konoha. Uzumaki Naruto the great," Naruto finally said pointing to himself with his thumb, not sure what else to say to Kisuke's reasoning.

Kisuke quirked an eyebrow. From the way Naruto was saying things, it really did seem he believed himself to be a ninja and this Konoha place really existed. But, that was ridiculous. Kisuke has lived for many years and never heard of such a thing or place; ninjas yes, but only the fictional type. He decided to test Naruto out.

"Prove it. Prove that you're a ninja," Kisuke said, his tone challenging.

Kisuke wasn't expecting much when Naruto had said a simple 'sure' and proceeded to make a weird sign with his index fingers.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Naruto yelled.

INFO:The time the Naruto world is set in, is when Sasuke left, and Rookie nine was sent to get him back. Naruto fits with Sasuke and instead of failing he defeats him leaving Sasuke unconscious and Naruto dying. The time the Bleach world is set in is before everything starts (before Rukia was introduced and before Ichigo first gained Shinigami powers etc.)

Thanks for reading~