A/N: This is a work in progress. I'm planning on making it a decent length (80,000 to 120,000 words) but we'll see how it goes. We start in Naruto, during the Pein invasion. I hope you have read to and passed this point, as this may contain SPOILERS! Please give me feedback, as I've only had ten reviews after 79,000 words…I am not asking for sympathy, but if you like or hate it, please tell me why. That's all I ask ;)

To Define a Destiny: By AJD09

Chapter 1: I Won't Let You

"So…should we just sit here and wait for you to bring peace to the world!?" Nagato stared down a hesitant Naruto. He quickly grew impatient. "Give me a break! How can I believe Jiraiya now!? There's no such thing as real peace! It's impossible as long as we're living in this accursed world!" Naruto stared a slightly worried glare at Jiraiya's former protégé.

"Then..I will break the curse!" Naruto answered his words with a calm, confident demeanor. "If there's such a thing as peace, I will find it!" Nagato's eyes narrowed. "I will never give up!"

Nagato now felt a jolt of shock. However, not much later, he let out a crazed laugh. "I also said faith is better than any plan! Jiraiya, nor even the ninetails jinchuuriki, has the means to create peace!" Nagato's body began pulling in mass amounts of chakra and the rods in his back shot out. Muscles reformed on his once malnourished body and he broke out of his chair with a shinra tensei.

Naruto shielded himself from the debris and desperately called out for him. "Nagato, don't do this to yourself! Everything you've worked so hard to do will be destroyed by your own hands!" As he attempted to look back to Nagato, he was pierced by a rod. Naruto felt his body being paralyzed, worse than just moments ago. He's way stronger now!

The red-haired man pulled Naruto close and grinned. "Didn't I tell you? It's too late for Jiraiya's idealisms now! If I have to, I will take a thousand more lives with these hands of mine!" Naruto forced himself to grab the rod and snap it off. With sage chakra assisting him, he swiftly managed to kick nagato back into the wall.

"I'm not going to kill you, but you can count on me taking those arms of yours! I will not rest until you are incapable of killing!" Naruto created two clones and prepared to make his assault. Nagato recovered and bounced back at him with the two clones closing in, he was forced into using shenra tensei. The blast created a cloud of smoke and gave Naruto his chance to grab the Rinnegan users arms. "This is my answer!" The man shrieked as Naruto swiftly used his foot to push and his arms to pull. A loud tearing noise made Konan cringe. The armless foe rolled on the floor as Naruto bowed his head. "I'm sorry, but you gave me no choice." With a saddened face, Naruto looked to Konan, and then turned to leave. Why didn't she step in at all? I thought she was ready to defend him when I arrived here. Naruto chewed his lip as he fixed his gaze back forward. Something feels off…

Before Naruto could imagine it, two chakra rods came out of the ground and pierced his lungs. As Nagato rose out of the ground, the armless one dispersed in a cloud of white smoke. Naruto's eyes widened at the obvious fact. He knew the kage bunshin technique all this time, just like the book… Nagato grew grimmer than before and forced his chakra over Naruto. "If that was your answer, then this is my rebuttal. You put up a good fight, and I admire your effort, but that's as far as you go, Uzumaki Naruto. You should give up on making me give up." Naruto could feel his life draining as the Rinnegan assaulted his mind.

A flash of all the villagers and ninja he met shot through his thoughts. He remembered the way his stubborn personality had slowly pulled him from the darkness and into the hearts of so many. One by one, he could see their smiling faces: Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, Tsunade, Sai, and finally Jiraiya. In his mind, Jiraiya put a hand on Naruto's head with a grin saying, 'that's it Naruto, there's no need to push yourself to the point of annihilation. Tell you what: How 'bout a nice hot bowl of ramen tonight?' Naruto couldn't help but smile back at him. No! I haven't finished this yet!

Nagato watched as the barely live boy pulled himself closer to him. Coughing up blood, Naruto smiled as he rested his hands on Nagato's shoulders. "Stubborn until the end. I've tasted love and acceptance before, boy. It's what made you weak in the end, and why your petty final attempt failed. Capture of the ninetails complete."

Naruto closed his eyes and forced a final grin. Double Rasengan! Nagato had no sign of the attack as his shoulders were blown to pieces. Konan ran to his aid, but Naruto could no longer decipher her words. He felt warm, knowing he'd never given up. Screw your rebuttal!

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"What the? Hey Kyuubi, where am I?" Naruto searched his surroundings, seeing that it had resemblance towards the inside of his conscious. It was darker, and felt more damp than before. "Kyuubi?" Feeling uneasy, he channeled sage chakra and attempted to find the fox. This is strange…I was fighting Nagato a second ago. Am I dead then? The blonde grabbed his hair and restrained from pulling. "No, no, no, no! Not now, There's so much left to do! Sasuke! Hokage! I'm only 16, my father told me I was destined to fight the masked man! I still haven't-!"

A loud crash came from behind him that made Naruto immediately panic. What appeared to be a luminescent white tidal wave smashed around the corner. The tunnel he was in was quickly about to be overtaken. Naruto refused to find out what it meant and started following a red line. This line…is it the Kyuubi's? The fluid began making a heinous roar as he navigated the dark tunnel. It's catching up. I don't recognize any of this…Where am I going? A maroon light appeared ahead of him. Time to find out!

As he entered, a massive, circular room revealed itself. The top proved to be the source of the strange light. The red line led straight to the center. There was a box on a pedestal raised up on a mound. A box? Now, the mysterious white liquid exploded out of the circumference. Naruto pushed himself to the limit just to get to the box. It's rising too fast! This box better work miracles! Naruto took a final leap and landed on the mound. Quickly, he thrust his hand into the box, feeling like he reached into another dimension all together. Dammit, come on...what's in the box? Suddenly, his hand finally grabbed something. What? Naruto pulled hard on it and revealed a sword. A voice echoed as the white fluid vanished inches from the teen. 'I didn't think you had it in you! Not bad, Naruto!' He could feel his body go limp as he slowly lost consciousness once more.

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"Hey, wake up!" His vision sluggishly returned and his breath regulated. He pushed himself up and stared at his human alarm clock. She glared at him with piercing green eyes, a darker brown hair with a reddish tint, and a body that could make his nose bleed. Correction, it did. The women could notice his stare and was quick to punish him with a hard slap. "You pervert, don't you know who I am?"

The blond man stood up finally and looked himself over: His clothes were solid black, just like hers, and they both had swords at their side. "Where are we? I'm Naruto, but I can't remember anything else." Another take around the surrounding revealed a serene and peaceful village, full of happy children running around and loving couples holding hands. He then noticed a bag of various drinks knocked over on the floor.

The woman looked at him. He had to be around her age when it came to appearance, but he genuinely seemed new to it all. With a sigh, she scooped up her spilled bag. "You came flying out of the sky and landed right on me. Shouldn't you be training or something? You must be a new recruit." Naruto stared blankly at her, making her curl her fist and rest it on her hip. "Oh, come on. You have the attire of a shinigami, there's no way you just got here!" The blonde looked down at himself again with a troubled face. She could see his concerns and let out an extended sigh.

"Just tell me where we are. Why am I dressed like this? I feel like there's something I have to do right now." Naruto put his hand on his chin and thought long and hard. Finally, she put a hand on his shoulder.

"Listen, Naruto right?" He nodded. She had a serious tone, but her face was really not concerned for him either way. "I am Yasu. This place is called Soul Society. I belong in the group known as shinigami. I'm also a vice captain. If you just got here, whatever was important about your actual life is over." The blonde stared at her with his eyes wide. "You have died, Naruto." Following her words, Naruto panicked. A blanket of spiritual pressure began rising that made even her sweat. His hands rose to his head and he began shaking uncontrollably. Yasu herself was being overpowered by its initial intensity. Impossible! Another man show's up like this? Yasu raised her spiritual pressure now. I hope I have enough! His signature is stronger than the others. She forced her hands on his shoulders and let all of her pressure out. "Naruto, snap out of it!"

As if her voice somehow got to him, his pressure plummeted. She dropped to her knees and the blonde passed out once more. The woman gasped for air, sweating bullets. After a moment, she reassessed the man. "Naruto, huh? He really must have died in a brave way. Not just that, but against a very powerful person. What world are these people from?"

-A/N-

There you have my first shot at the always risky NarutoXBleach crossover. I really am a fan of short first chapters, but you can expect my chapters to be in the range of 6-8K. Thank you for those who read this! You at least proved that it was worth a shot!