AN: So, here we are. This is my first story, so it may not be great. However, that does not mean I didn't put a lot of effort into it. As a big fan of Naruto and RWBY, I began reading crossover fanfics and loved how these series worked together. Eventually I thought to myself, "Hey, I have ideas. Why not give this a shot?" Let's just get this out of the way now. This is not bringing RWBY characters to Naruto's universe, but the other way around. Hunters are pretty highly outclassed by Shinobi. Even the Maidens, who are top tier in the RWBY universe, would only be Chunin level, low Jonin at best. I would have to write several extreme plot devices to give team RWBY enough of a boost to handle the average a squad of shinobi. As far as pairings go, this will not be a harem. I have a paring in mind, but I am still deciding if I will even introduce it. Even if I do, it won't be for a while. Also, there will be nothing from RWBY in this first chapter. This chapter is all about setting up how Naruto gets to Remnant. Now, without further ado, I hope you enjoy.


Remnant of A Shinobi: Chapter 1 – The Adventure Continues

The Valley of the End. It is a sight that represents the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rice Fields. It is a sight that exudes battle, for it was the epic battle between the First Hokage Hashirama Senju, and his eternal rival Madara Uchiha, that resulted in the formation of this valley. It is here that we find two boys continuing that tradition as they stand in opposition to one another.

One was kneeled down in the stream of water from the valley. He had lightly tanned skin with a mess of blonde spiky hair on his head. His eyes were two orbs as blue as the ocean. His clothes are rather torn up. He normally wears an orange and black sweat jacket with a whirlpool design on the back. However, all that remained on his torso at this moment is a tattered mesh t-shirt. His pants, luckily, were still intact. They are orange, flexible pants that match his jacket with white tape wrapped around his right thigh where he has a pouch attached containing a kunai knife. His shoes are a pair of black boot-like sandals that start a little above the ankle and cover everything except his toes. Arguably his most distinctive features are the six whisker marks on his face. These whisker marks are the result of his unique birth. He was birthed by a woman that happened to be the Jinchuriki of the Nine Tailed Fox. A Jinchuriki, is a host to one of the nine Tailed Beasts, whom are beings of pure chakra and massive amounts of it. An unforeseen result of this was that he was born with whisker marks similar to that of a fox. This boy's name, is Naruto Uzumaki.

On the other side of the valley embedded in the cliffside was the other boy. His skin was quite a bit paler than Naruto's. He has black hair with a slight blue tint to it. His hair has spiky bangs to the side and is flat on the top except in that back where it slightly resembles the back side of a duck. His wardrobe is much more intact than Naruto's, but it is still not in the best of shape. He normally wears a whitish-gray, high-collared, short-sleeved shirt with a zipper by the collar. He also wears blue wrist warmers, dark blue pants, a blue cloth over his pants that covers him from his abdomen to his knees, and he keeps the cloth up with a purple rope belt. His shoes are of a similar style to Naruto's. However, the cloth and rope were blown away during the battle with Naruto. Like Naruto, this boy also has a distinctive feature that pertains to his birth, at least somewhat. He has the Sharingan, which is bloodline limit or trait that belongs exclusively to a certain family, in this case the Uchiha. The Sharingan grants too many abilities to list right now. However, this boy possesses the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan in his right eye, which grants him abilities like that of a god. His right eye has the normal whites of the eye, but the rest consists of a black circle, within that circle a red six-pointed star, and within that star appears to look like three black spikes connected at a hollow circle in the middle. In his left eye is the ultimate evolution of the Sharingan, the Rinnegan. The Rinnegan is a grayish-purple color all throughout the eye. It also has multiple rings emanating from a black dot in the center. Sasuke's Rinnegan is even more unique, as it has multiple tomo on the rings of the Rinnegan. However, due to exhaustion his left eye is currently just his standard black and his right eye is shut. This boy, was Sasuke Uchiha

Naruto looked at his Hidden Leaf Village headband float in the water as it had fallen off during the boys' battle of colossal proportions. The boys both possessed powers that were bestowed upon them by the god of their world from the afterlife, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, otherwise known as the Sage of Six-Paths. In the case of Naruto, it was the powers of the ultimate sage or Six-paths Sage Mode. This grants him godly levels of strength, speed, durability, stamina, and sensory & perception abilities. His sensory abilities were boosted to the point that he can sense others in another plain of existence so well that he might as well be able to see them. Finally, it grants him a connection to the chakras of all nine Tailed Beasts. In the case of Sasuke, it was his unique Rinnegan. This granted him the ability to swap places with people or objects, the ability to see beings in another plain of existence, immunity to the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and a Perfect Susano'o, which is the ultimate evolution of an ability that lets those with two Mangekyo Sharingan manifest an ethereal chakra construct often donning a samurai armor in later stages. The boys were given these powers in order to deal with the ultimate threat to the world, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, the mother of the Sage and the Progenitor of chakra. With these powers, Naruto and Sasuke, along with a little help from their teammate and old teacher, managed to seal away Kaguya. However, despite the ultimate threat to the world being taken care of, the battle was not over. Sasuke did not plan to just let the world go on as it had. To him, the ones in charge let the world get to its current predicament. He decided that the Five Kage, the leaders of the villages, and the Tailed Beasts, had to be taken care of. In the case of the Five Kage, take care of means to kill. Upon hearing this, Naruto immediately objected. The shinobi villages had finally united, he was not about to let everything fall apart now. Sasuke knew Naruto would object, and was prepared to fight.

Sasuke lead Naruto to the Valley of the End, the sight where they had their climactic battle as kids. And thus, began their battle. It was not a battle to save the world from destruction or mind control, it was a battle of ideals between two friends whom had come to two very different conclusions of what to do next. During this battle, power was displayed between the two that showed that no one in the entire world could oppose them. The only other person who could stop one, was the other. This was a battle between gods in every sense of the term. With a gigantic clash of attacks that could each annihilate entire nations, the lands and even the sky quaked in fear at the power the two had unleashed. Even the weather had changed to resemble that of an apocalyptic setting. However, even after having exhausted themselves, the two boys kept fighting. No more over the top flashy god attacks, it was just a straight brawl. Bloody lips, broken noses, teeth sent flying, blood being coughed up, and black eyes. Neither boy willing to give an inch. Eventually, Kurama, The Nine Tailed Fox inside of Naruto, managed to gather some chakra to give to him. However, Kurama was then shocked when Sasuke, using the power of his Rinnegan, stole some of that chakra forming a Chidori, which was a concentrated bundle of lightning gathered in or around the hand. Naruto fell to his knees and was about to get struck with the Chidori when Naruto noticed Sasuke's sharingan fail. Naruto managed to just dodge the chidori and land a thunderous left uppercut that sent Sasuke into the cliff. And thus, we return to Naruto looking at his headband.

Naruto grabbed his headband and placed it in his pouch. Naruto did not know how much longer this battle was going to go, but he knew he would be too exhausted to try and find his headband after wards. Best to put it away now so he knows where it is.

Sasuke slowly starts to pull himself back to his feet after the hit from Naruto. Sasuke had become frustrated with the persistence of Naruto in this fight. "Over and…" Sasuke kept pulling himself back onto his feet. "…over and…" He finishes pulling himself onto his feet as his voice increases in both volume and frustration. "…over and…" Sasuke began hitting the cliff beside him making small indents to it with each hit. "over and over and over and over again!" Sasuke then finally screams. "Just give up and let me cut you down!" The scream echoes through the valley.

Naruto gave out slight and weakened chuckle. "Can't do that." Sasuke with a face that has taken a severe beating just stared at Naruto as Naruto then looked up with his own beaten face with a grin as he said, "'Cuz I'm your one and only friend!"

Sasuke looked surprised at the statement for a split second before his face became one of irritation. Sasuke then closed his eyes and took a deep breath before calming down and forming another Chidori, this one more wild with power than the last one.

As Naruto looked up at Sasuke he could hear Kurama speaking to him. "I figured as much…He's assimilated the chakra I created and infused for you, and made it his own…" Upon further inspection of Sasuke's chidori, it could be seen that Sasuke infused the chidori with Amaterasu using his 'Flame Control.' "And now Flame Control…" Stated the fox. "He intends to finish this with one last blast." The fox looks down at Naruto. "Listen, I'm giving what remains of my own chakra…" Naruto turns to look at his partner. "Once I do that, it's gonna put me to sleep. Don't unleash your jutsu until the last minute, so he doesn't absorb more chakra from you. Well, not that he can use his newly awakened Rinnegan to absorb chakra while putting out his own jutsu…" Kurama then notices Naruto and looks a little surprised to see Naruto already standing there with his fist held out. Kurama just gave a proud grin and held out his own fist connecting it to Naruto's, completing the chakra transfer. Naruto smiled and started walking off in his mindscape. Kurama then started to remember his last argument with Naruto back when they were still enemies. Kurama just kept a grin of pure pride on his face as he watched Naruto walk off. He said in his own thoughts, "Now go. You're the one and only for us to…" The fox trailed off as his eyes became heavy. "That's why Sasuke is" The Tailed Beast finally fell asleep.

Back in the physical world, Naruto is walking forward on the water towards Sasuke. He stops and stares at Sasuke one more time who is staring back at Naruto with his attack ready. A leaf then begins descending from the air. Despite the chirping from Sasuke's attack, it was eerily quiet and calm while the two stared at each other. The leaf then landed in the water and all the calm in the air left as Naruto and Sasuke tensed up before jumping towards each other. Sasuke falling towards Naruto while Naruto ascends towards Sasuke. Naruto held out his hand to ready a Rasengan, which is a ball of violently spinning condensed chakra. He noticed something out of the corner of his eye. He shifted his eye to see it and it was the spiritual hand of his master who was practically his grandfather, Jiraiya. The hand made a slight motion and the start of the Rasengan was formed. The joy on Naruto's face showed how he felt. Next came the hands of his parents, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, developing the Rasengan even further. Then came the hands of all his friends and classmates, Team Asuma, Team Guy, Team Kurenai. After that was the hands of a few members of the shinobi alliance, followed by the hands of the Five Kage and Killer B, then followed up by his old teachers including Iruka. It is then followed up by Obito, Kakashi, and finishing it off were the hands of Sakura, completing the Rasengan. Naruto gained a bigger smile that also showed intensity.

As Sasuke fell towards Naruto, something happened to his technique as well. Although this was sudden and hard to see, it was the hand if Itachi, Sasuke's older brother, supporting his attack. Despite Sasuke's desire to be alone in this world after all that has happened, he still has the love and support of his older brother even now.

Naruto then began to let out a yell as flickers of the stages of his life could be felt. Sasuke let out his own yell as the stages of his own life began to flicker. Everything in their lives has lead of to this exact moment in time. The two clashed their attacks together and a struggle began. Neither one was gaining any ground, neither gave an inch. Eventually the two attacks erupted into a white flash of light that destroyed the entire Valley of the End.


Sasuke awoke to the sound of water dripping. When he opened his eyes, the sun had already set meaning it was night, showing a decent amount of time had went by. He heard Naruto and looked over to hear Naruto say, "You've finally come to, eh?" Sasuke quickly turned his head to look at Naruto before he winced in pain. He looked towards the source of the pain and was shocked at what he seen.

Naruto continued to say, "As you can see…" referring to their predicament. "If either of us moves too much, we'll bleed out and die."

Sasuke continued to stare at Naruto. "Why would you go that far?" Sasuke then looked back up to the night sky. "Why do all that…" Sasuke then threw out a random guess that he knew was not the answer. "Just to get in my way?" There was a slight pause before Sasuke continued. "I gained the power to enter the darkness, and sever all bonds… And naturally, everyone tried to cut their ties to me as well, at some point." Sasuke then looked back at Naruto. "But you…" he paused. "You've never attempted to cut me off." He then starts to remember one of the times Naruto refused to give up on Sasuke. "Why do you keep involving yourself with me?"

Naruto just gave a weak grin. "You already know, don't you? Now that your body can't move, your mouth sure is moving a lot." Quite ironic considering Sasuke is usually the reserved one while Naruto is the boisterous loud mouth.

Sasuke cut Naruto off by raising his voice a bit. "Just answer me!"

Naruto, who had been looking up and the sky during the whole conversation, turned his head to finally look at Sasuke. "'Cuz you're my friend."

Sasuke then remembered all the times Naruto had given Sasuke that answer. So, he finally decided to ask Naruto the important question. "I've heard that before. But what exactly does that mean to you anyway?"

Naruto looks back up at the sky. "You ask me to explain it, but I really can't put it into words." He then goes on to put it into words far better than I ever could. "It's just that…" Naruto said trying to collect his thoughts. "When I see you take on stuff, and get all messed up…" Naruto paused again trying to find the right words. "It kinda hurts me." This caused Sasuke's eyes to widen, as it seemed he was not expecting that answer. Naruto continued, "It hurts so much inside, that I just can't leave it alone, ya know?"

Naruto did not say 'ya know' in a sense that he expected Sasuke to get it. Saying 'ya know' after certain sentences was a verbal tick he inherited from his mother, Kushina. Naruto continues to speak. "Though right now, I'm in a lot of pain all over, and I can't do anything about it." Naruto then made some sounds that showed he was in pain.

Sasuke then became lost in his own thoughts. The strange thing was, his thoughts were not too dissimilar from Naruto's. He felt the same. When Naruto felt troubled or in pain, it made Sasuke hurt too. However, Sasuke saw this as a weakness in himself and that is what drove him away from the Leaf. When he was younger, he knew that if he had any shot at defeating Itachi, he could not afford any weaknesses. However, he could not help now but feel a closeness to Naruto that he felt when they were kids. A feeling of having a brother again.

Naruto and Sasuke had again slipped into unconsciousness. They were again woken to the sound of dripping water. The sun was starting to rise. Naruto was the first to speak. "Where are we? Don't tell me this is really heaven this time."

Sasuke answered in turn. "Looks like we fell asleep and slept until morning. We've failed to die again."

Naruto then struggles to try and get up, but he cannot. "Dammit! I still can't move! I was hoping to punch you hard and make you finally open your eyes!" Sasuke then gave out a chuckle that quickly turned into laughter. Naruto then asked, "What is it?"

Sasuke answered "We're messed up like this, and you still wanna fight?"

Naruto then adopts a comically angry face and starts to go off. "Damn right! No matter how many times it takes—"

Sasuke quickly cuts him off. "I admit it." Naruto looked surprised and confused as to what Sasuke meant. "I've…" Sasuke then smiled. "Lost."

Naruto then yelled back with a more comically angry face than before. "You idiot!" Sasuke looked him in shock before his face regained composure while he had to listen to his friend rant at him. "This fight isn't about winning or losing! It's about punching a sulking friend, to make him snap out of it! That's what it's about! The real match I want comes after that!"

Sasuke then shut his eyes once more before opening them back up to address his friend. "Hey, Naruto…" Naruto kept his angry face and responded with a grunt. "I just acknowledged you." Naruto's face had lost its comedic sense and was back to looking serious. "If I die here, then the long cycle of Destiny the Sage of Six Paths mentioned will probably end as well. This is…a kind of revolution too." Sasuke closed his eyes again. "You can release the Infinite Tsukuyomi after I'm dead, after transferring my left eye to Kakashi or someone else." He opened his eye back up. "I'll put an end to myself."

Naruto kept looking at Sasuke with a serious face. "By dying? Don't think dying will settle this! If you're willing to die, then live and help me instead! What I want is to make all shinobi cooperate with each other. And that definitely includes you!"

Sasuke looks back at Naruto. "Just because you want that doesn't mean others will agree to it.

"Dammit! If you keep whining and sulking, I'll punch you again!" Naruto responded.

"There's no guarantee I won't stand against you again…" Was Sasuke's response.

Naruto quickly retorted, "Then I'll stop you again! Besides, I know you're not going to do that kinda thing anymore."

"How can you be so sure?" Was Sasuke's only response.

"Don't make me repeat myself!" Naruto said, not yet seeing that a tear had start to develop in Sasuke's eye. "Haven't you figured it out yet?! Now that I think about it…" Naruto mused. "You were always pretty stupid too." Naruto's eyes widened when he looked over and seen Sasuke's eye was shut and produced a tear.

Sasuke then turned his head away. The sound of dripping could be heard again. Only now it is revealed that the sound was not of water dripping, but of blood. Naruto and Sasuke's final clash had blown the arms launching said attacks right off and the open wounds were leaking a lot of blood. The blood trail from each of their arms met looking as if their hands were conjoined as they both lay atop the fallen fingers of the two statues that had somehow been broken into the Seal of Reconciliation. Sasuke finally said with a tear streaming down his face, "Shut up, dobe."


After another half hour Naruto finally came out and said. "Sasuke…I don't think we're gonna make it."

"After all that talk, it looks like it was all for naught." Sasuke replied.

"It was not!" Naruto retaliated. "It showed that no one, no matter much of a dumbass, can't be brought back!"

"I think what you're trying to say is that if you were able to get me to repent, then there's hope for anyone." Sasuke responded.

"That's exactly what I said!" Naruto yelled, making Sasuke roll his eyes. There was silence for another few minutes before Naruto broke it by saying, "We have to form the rat sign."

Sasuke let out a sigh before saying, "For once you're right. My eye may be able to be transferred, but your chakra that's connected to all the Tailed Beasts can't." he continued to look up at the sky. "At least it's pretty during the time of our deaths."

"You were born mopey, and you'll die mopey. Way to make it come full circle!" Naruto joked. It may have been lame, but Sasuke actually got a chuckle out of it. "Okay…let's do this." With every ounce of strength left in their bodies, the two spiritual brothers managed to roll themselves over. The blood started pouring out more profusely now. Naruto and Sasuke managed to make the rat sing.


All around the world, the roots of the Shinju start receding. The countless number of people it had captured were being set free. In one such area, Kakashi Hatake was witnessing the members of the shinobi alliance being freed. He helped the Hogake, Tsunade Senju, to her feet. Being stuck in a pod attached to a tree with roots all over the world while in a never-ending trance and slowly being turned into a Zetsu is a disorienting experience after all.

"Kakashi? What's going on?" Tsunade asked the masked shinobi.

"It seems that the two boys ended their squabble and released to Infinite Tsukuyomi. They saved the world…" Kakashi said still in amazement.

Tsunade let out a proud laugh. "Of course they did! Naruto was always meant to do great things! He wants to be Hokage after all!"

Garra, after regaining his balance, entered the conversation. "He's to be a shoe-in for the position. I would find it hard to believe that anyone in the Leaf Village, even those with their own agendas, could say no to the savior of the world becoming Hokage."

"They better not if they know what's good for them." Tsunade retorted. She's put up with a lot of crap from the Elders. But she sure as hell would not put up with it when it comes to Naruto.

Mei, the Mizukage, decided to speak up. "So, where is he?" The Raikage, A, nodded in agreement wondering the same thing.

Oonoki, The Tsuchikage, made a simple statement. "If they freed us you would think the two boys would be here."

Kakashi did not stick around to continue the conversation. After helping Tsunade to her feet, he immediately grabbed Sakura and started heading towards where he knew his students to be. He knew that they would be injured after their battle. He didn't know how bad though. He had a really bad feeling in the pit of his stomach. He thought that it must be his imagination though. "The two managed to dispel the Infinite Tsukuyomi, so they must be okay, right?" was the thought that crossed his mind as he continued onward.


Naruto and Sasuke were bleeding out badly. They were mere minutes from death. While Sasuke had shut his eyes, and was waiting for the inevitable, Naruto was deep in his mindscape. He was trying to talk to his oldest friend, who was just now barley awake. "Hey, Kurama…"

"Well Kit, nice job, I guess…" Kurama wasn't sure if Naruto really wanted a congratulations. Sure, Naruto saved the world, but he's also going to die for it. "So, what did you wanna talk about?"

Naruto paused for a few seconds. He wasn't sure how the fox was going to take this. "I'm…I'm sorry, Kurama…"

Kurama raised a brow. "Sorry? You're apologizing to me before you die? What, this an apology for your parents locking me up? Or is it for being a lousy host?" The Tailed Beast joked.

"I'm being serious!" Naruto paused again. "You're gonna die too because of me…"

Kurama upon hearing that was in shock. Someone apologizing to him for causing him harm? Such a thing was unheard of. It had never happened before, and the fox had lived a long time. After the initial surprise wore off, Kurama let out a loud bellowing laugh.

Naruto's eye began to twitch. He just gave the fur ball a genuine and heartfelt apology, and now he was being laughed at? "That's bullshit!" He thought. "Why the hell are you laughing ya damn fox?!"

"Hahahaha…oh I needed that." The fox expressed. "Kit, I may be dying with you. But, unlike you, I come back."

Naruto's face then became red with embarrassment. He had completely forgotten that the Tailed Beasts resurrect themselves after death since they are pure chakra. Naruto had just bled his heart out for no reason at all. In an attempt to not be as embarrassed, Naruto asked a simple question. "Well yeah you come back, but dying's still gotta suck, right?"

"Oh, it definitely sucks. It sucks a lot. But it's a lot better than a permanent death." As much as Kurama like teasing Naruto, he did feel a little bad for giving him a hard time. The kid was about to die after all. Then, the thought finally sunk into Kurama as he thought. 'Oh god, the kit's actually gonna die…" The idea of someone dying was not new to the fox, far from it. Having lived for likely thousands of years, the Tailed Beast had seen lots of death, caused a decent number of it himself. So, the thought of someone dying would hardly phase him. However, this was different. Naruto was not just some person to Kurama. Naruto is the only person besides Hagaromo to know him as more than just some monster. Naruto, is the one and only friend Kurama had ever had. He lived his life being seen as something to be scared of, and he was often hunted for it. In recent centuries, shinobi had managed to actually succeed. He had been enslaved by means of mind control of the Uchiha, and he had been captured and sealed away by the Senju. Kurama had been nothing more than a tool to humans and it caused a deep seeded hatred. However, Naruto changed that. Naruto was the one person to see Kurama as more than just some tool. Naruto had gotten to know Kurama as a person. He penetrated the impressive shielding that was Kurama's hatred, and actually made him feel kinship with someone for the first time since he was a Kit. And now? Kurama was about to lose the one person that had made him feel like more than just a monster. Kurama could actually feel his heart start to ache at the thought.

Naruto noticed the change in the fox's face. Almost on instinct Naruto was able to figure out what was on the fox's mind. "Aw, you gonna miss me, fuzzy buddy?" Kurama's face quickly became one of annoyance. Now he knew how it felt to get made fun of for feeling emotional. He didn't like it. "Don't worry Kurama, I'm sure you'll meet others out there who will help you move on." Naruto just gave his usual grin to reassure Kurama.

Kurama knew Naruto was being sincere, lying was not something one could pull off against the fox. However, despite Naruto being genuine, it did not ease the fox's mood. Sure, Naruto always saw the best in others, but Naruto still never comprehended how special he was. The ability to be so kind in a disastrous situation, coupled with the ability to reach people and redeem them is something unique wholly to Naruto. It is not a quality that the rest of the world has and thus, Kurama knew the world would go back to treating him as they always had. However, Kurama did not want Naruto's last moments to be filled with worry for himself so he let out a chuckle. "That grin of yours hasn't changed since you were a baby." And it really had not. Naruto was just born with one of those smiles that made people feel at ease around him. It was something he had inherited from both of his parents. "I'm gonna miss that goofy looking mug."

Naruto just looked back at Kurama. Looking back, Naruto was amazed at how much the two had been through together in just 17 years. "And I'll miss that smug face of yours too!" Naruto held his fist out one more time. Wishing for one last connection before the end.

Kurama grinned and met Naruto's fist with his own. One final thought went through the fox's mind. "I'll never forget you, Naruto."


Kakashi finally arrived on the scene with a Sakura that had woken up along the way. What the two saw simply horrified them. The sight of the two boys with blood all around them was a sight that neither Kakashi nor Sakura could handle. "No…" Was the only thing Kakashi could mutter.

Sakura, with tears now streaming down her face, jumped down to them. She began pouring every ounce of her chakra into trying to heal the two boys, but she lacked the chakra necessary to pull it off. Despite this, she kept trying. She was not about to accept that the two most important people to her were now gone. She kept trying and trying, exhausting herself in the process.

Kakashi finally placed a hand on her shoulder. "That's enough, Sakura…" Kakashi knew how she felt, this was a scene all too familiar to him. That being said, no matter how many times you see your precious ones die, it never becomes easier to deal with. As Saukra began to bawl, Kakashi simply looked into the sky. Tears began streaming down his own face. Losing his team as a kid was one thing, but these boys? He was responsible for them. He took them under his wing and taught them the true ways of the shinobi. He taught them teamwork, about the rules, and about never abandoning one's friends. And now? The two boys were going to die before him. Sasuke being dead was bad enough. Kakashi did whatever he could to try to quell the hatred inside Sasuke, but it was never enough. But Naruto's death? That is what truly made his heart sink, and made him feel lower than dirt. Naruto was not just his student, he was the legacy of the Fourth. Minato was Kakashi's sensei whom he adored. He who was the male role model Kakashi needed after his own father committed suicide. Kakashi, in his own view, had let the son of his master die. He was the ultimate failure. As he looked at the sky tears still streaming down, he softly spoke a single sentence. "I…I'm so sorry, sensei…"

Naruto awoke to a void that seemed split between a dark sewer like green, and a dark purple. He noticed Sasuke unconscious on the purple side and ran over to him. Naruto then began shaking Sasuke. "Oi! Sasuke, wake up! Come on, Teme!"

Sasuke's eyes finally opened, a little annoyed at his rude wake up call. "You can't even let me die in peace, can you, dobe?" Naruto gained an annoyed face as Sasuke looked around. "Where are we?"

Naruto came to the only conclusion he could think of. They were in heaven. They were dying after all. Then another thought came to Naruto and made him exclaim, "Is this heaven? What a total rip off!" Naruto and Sasuke then heard a chuckle come from behind them. They looked and seen Hagaromo before them. "Great Grandpa Sage?!"

Sasuke, just ask shocked as Naruto, asked the only thing that came to mind. "What are you doing in this weird place?

Hagaromo gave out a chuckle. "Weird place? You do not recognize it?" Naruto and Sasuke shook their heads. "This is the realm of your minds. This is where I spoke to you both before."

Sasuke understood, but Naruto was confused. "But my mind place is gree—Oh…I get now…" Sasuke face palmed while Hagaromo laughed. Naruto just kept looking like he said nothing odd.

"You've told us where we are, but not why you're here. I would also like to know why we're here as well. Why haven't we passed on?" Hargaromo had a face of bewilderment at the last part. After all, who asks why they're not dead? Naruto nodded in agreement with Sasuke's questioning.

"You're here because I need to speak with you about something concerning." The sage answered. Naruto and Sasuke looked a little shocked. They defeated Kaguya, so everything should be okay, right? Then the Sage further answered, "It is about Asura and Indra." Naruto and Sasuke both groaned at the mention of their names. They had both heard enough about their spiritual ancestors. "As you both know, it seems that their spirits are always destined to battle. I thought by giving you each power to defeat my mother, you would be united. However, that clearly was not the case." This caused Sasuke to look down in shame.

Naruto, on the other hand, just looked back at the Sage. "But, we did unite! Sasuke and I reconciled! How can you say that?!" Destiny and Naruto did not like each other very much. Despite how much destiny played into Naruto's life, Naruto still chose to believe that destiny could be changed. Naruto did not like the Sage giving him the destiny lecture, especially when Naruto was right, Sasuke did come back.

Hagaromo, however, said something that while a little cruel, was not exactly wrong. "And you both died right after." Naruto was not pleased at hearing that. The trouble was, neither he nor Hagaromo were wrong, so they were at a stalemate. "Now, do not get the wrong Idea. I did not come to speak to you to tell you how hopeless it all is."

"Then what did you have to say to us?" Sasuke inquired.

"A way to offset destiny." Hagaromo answered. This caused Naruto's face to light up. A chance to really tell destiny to go shove it? Talk about finding gold! Hagaromo continued. "To do this, there are two things that need to happen. One, one of you needs to live. Two, that person needs to be sent to another dimension entirely."

Sasuke looked perplexed. Not only did this plan call for a dead person to be alive, but to go to another dimension. "How could either of those happen? We're dead."

"Not completely, your souls have yet to go to the afterlife. So, there is a chance to save one of you if I use the rest of my power as well as the power of the other person." Hagaromo answered.

Naruto, looking as perplexed as Sasuke was, asked a question. "But how would sending one of us to another dimension mess with destiny?" Sasuke was also wondering the same thing.

"It is rather simple in design. If Asura and Indra are forever destined to reincarnate and battle one another, then by sending one to another dimension, or even another universe, then the cycle will stop." Hagaromo explained. Sasuke just kept looking, because that did not exactly answer the question, more reiterated it. "You see, by keeping the chakras in separate universes, then they will keep reincarnating in the different universes."

Sasuke's eyes widened as he finally understood. "So, while one reincarnation remains in this realm, it will continue to reincarnate here. Then the other reincarnation will be stuck reincarnating in the other realm. Making it so the two souls can't meet again." Hagaromo gave a nod, showing that Sasuke indeed understood the plan.

"But…" Naruto finally spoke up. "One of us still has to die…"

Hagaromo understood Naruto's reluctance, and felt sympathy for them. Despite all these two had been through, they were still kids taken before their time. "I am sorry, Naruto. There is not another way."

Naruto kept looking down. He thought, "How the hell are we supposed to decide who lives?!" Naruto wanted to live, but not at the expense of Sasuke. So, Naruto finally got to nerve to speak up and was about to volunteer himself to be the one to die when…

"I'll be the one to die." Sasuke quickly spoke up. This shocked Naruto. How could he be so quick to say that?

"Sasuke, what are you saying?! What about you?!" Naruto erupted, concerned over his friend's decision.

"Naruto…the choice is obvious." Sasuke retorted. This did not calm Naruto down at all. Before Naruto could say anything, Sasuke cut him off. "Naruto, going to a new world, meeting new people, that just isn't me. Going on adventures, making bonds, and being the hero has always been who you are." Naruto fell silent. He could not believe what he was hearing. "Just look at the two of us. I'm the boy who lost his clan and went down the path of revenge even when you desperately tried to save me. I killed Itachi, and then my anger only festered more. I then turned my attention to the Leaf and killed Danzo after causing chaos at the Five Kage Summit. Even after reuniting with you and the others, I still decided to delve into the darkness. If anyone is going to be the one to die, it's gonna be me."

Naruto was not willing to give in yet. "But Sasuke, what about your desire to restore your clan?!"

"The Uchiha aren't coming back. And maybe they shouldn't. It was because of their actions that my brother had to go through the hell that he did." Sasuke responded, making Naruto shocked. "Now, you're one of the reasons the shinobi came together. On top of that, you were the who inspired them to keep going when it seemed to be hopeless. You're the one who never gives up and brings people together. You even managed to rescue me from the darkness, no matter how deep I dove. You being taken too early is a true travesty."

Naruto could hardly say a thing. But even then, he could not just let his friend volunteer for death. "But…but Sasuke…"

Sasuke just let out a sigh and closed his eyes. "Naruto, let me go. Let me join my family, please."

Naruto could not say anything else. What could he say? No, you go to another world you want nothing to do with even further from your family? No chance Naruto would say that. "I…I guess you win."

Sasuke smirked and simply replied. "It's not that hard when your opponent is a dobe."

Naruto, smiled, and then hit Sasuke's shoulder. "Screw you, teme."

Hagaromo, having seen that the two boys had made their decision, had one more person to talk to. "Kurama."

A light glowed from within Naruto and then came out and manifested into the Nine Tailed Fox. Kurama looked surprised. "Pops? What's going on?"

Before Hagaromo could answer, Naruto ran up and hugged Kurama. "Hey, Kurama! Missed me?" Kurama looked even more confused now.

"Kurama, I intend to send Naruto to another dimension to separate the spirits of Asura and Indra from each other." Hagaromo informed the fox.

Kurama let out a chuckle. "Sending the two obnoxious brats to their own corners, eh?"

"I will need to use the power of your other half to save Naruto and send him away. When I do, your yang essence will return making you complete. My question, is what do you want to do? Do you wish to return to the world free? Or do you wish to stay with Naruto and accompany him on his new journey?" Hagaromo asked the fox.

Kurama after having taken in all the information, looked like he was perplexed on what he wanted to do. While he looked perplexed, he was not in the slightest. Be 'free' in a world where everyone looks at him as nothing but a tool and a monster, or rejoin his friend who treated him like a person. Of course, he wanted to go with Naruto. He did not need to think at all about that decision. However, he was never going to let Naruto know that. So, he kept up the act until he finally said, "I'll stick with the brat."

Naruto could not be happier to hear that. Naruto enjoyed meeting new people, but he still did not like the thought of going to a place and not knowing a single person, to be alone. It made him nervous to say the least. However, hearing that Kurama, the one who has been with Naruto since the very beginning would be sticking with him made any uneasiness he felt dissipate. "Thanks, Kurama."

"Don't thank me yet, Kit. I'll be giving you hell every time you screw up in this new world." The fox said with his usual toothy grin.

"It is settled then." Hagaromo said before he disappeared.

Naruto then looked over at Sasuke. The one who was his brother in all but blood. "Guess this is it, Sasuke."

Sasuke kept his usual cool demeanor. "Even if our reincarnated ancestors will be separated, I know we'll meet again."

Naruto put on his signature grin and held out his hand for the Seal of Reconciliation. Sasuke met him in turn and they formed the seal. "Until then, Sasuke."

Sasuke grinned. "Later, Naruto."


Kakashi and Sakura had been joined by the other members of the alliance and the Five Kage. Tsunade was an absolute mess, as was Garra, although he did not show it. Hinata was inconsolable. She lost her cousin, Neji, and now she had lost the love of her life. The rest of his friends all had tears of their own. Killer B was a screaming mess of his own, until A forced him into a hug. Kakashi was arguably in the worst shape. While all the others were a sorrowful mess, Kakashi looked like he was a dead man on his feet. There was absolutely no life in his eyes. He resembled a scarecrow now more than ever. He finally looked up we he felt a presence. There was Hagaromo floating above Naruto. "Lord Sage?" Those were the only words Kakashi could get out. This caused the others to look at him as well.

Hagaromo, after having explained the situation to everyone, told them to make room. Hagaromo held his hand out releasing the Planetary Devastation keeping the Tailed Beasts trapped. The Yang-Kurama made his way over, horrified to see his Kit dead. Hagaromo gave Kurama a reassuring look, letting him know things would be okay. Hagaromo placed his hands together and activated his technique. Kurama turned into pure chakra and entered Naruto's body. All of a sudden Naruto's body began to float before a vortex formed around him sucking him in. "It is done…" Hagaromo said before disappearing.

Kakashi looked like some life had returned to him. Sure, Naruto was gone from his life forever, but Naruto was still alive. He still could live a full life, he could still be happy. That was all Kakashi needed. "Good luck, Naruto."


Flying through a void was Naruto now finally conscious. "Huh, my chakra is going back to full strength." Naruto thought about it. Maybe it was the space they were in? Who knows. "What about you, Kurama?"

Kurama, now back to his full stature and his classic burnt orange colored fur, felt his power returning as well. "Same here. Might be something about this place. Either that or an after effect of the technique." Kurama then further commented. "It's not so bad in here without that damned cage keeping me confined."

"I wanted to be a better tenant!" Naruto joked. As they kept floating along, Naruto seen another vortex in front oh him. "Looks like we've arrived Kurama! You ready!?"

"Go for it." Was the Fox's response.

Naruto grinned. "Alright new word! You better get ready! 'Cause Naruto Uzumaki is coming for ya!" Naruto heads through the vortex, ready for whatever adventures await him.

End of Chapter


AN: For clarification, 'dobe' is essentially slang for 'idiot,' while Teme essentially means "you bastard." As for why I use these instead of the translations like I do everything else? Well honestly, I just like these better. It also helps it feel like more of a personal dynamic between Naruto and Sasuke. Anyways, I feel I should explain a few of my choices. In a lot of other Naruto and RWBY crossover's, Naruto ends up leaving his world because of some accident. There is usually no reason for him to actually leave. Due to this, Naruto should be wanting to desperately get back instead of making a new life on Remnant. I wanted there to be a reason why Naruto isn't trying to get back without making it where Naruto just didn't feel like dealing with everyone's persecution of him. Naruto strove to prove those people wrong, so I felt that making that the reason would not well with Naruto's character. I'm not saying I will be able to portray a pure representation of his character, I'm not Kishimoto after all. However, I still want to try and keep him at least somewhat in character. That is why I came up the separation of Asura and Indra plot point. As for why I chose Naruto right after his fight with Sasuke, that was more so for convenience. During Naruto's final battle with Sasuke, he had just turned 17. This works out because the standard age of enrollment to Beacon seems to be 17. If I had used a Naruto from later in his life, it would not work because he is either with Hinata when he's 19, or he is a father and husband during the Boruto era. If I used a Naruto from before his battle with Sasuke, then that leaves too many loose ends. There is not a single point in all of Shippuden before the final fight where Naruto could afford to be sent to another world. Right after his fight with Sasuke is where all the loose ends are wrapped up, but he is still young enough to be a student at Beacon. For those of you who are worried that Naruto will be too OP, I understand, and have it covered. With that all I can say is tell me what you all think. See you guys in Chapter 2.