Chapter 1: Early life

"Speaking"

"Thought"

"Demon/God speech"

Techniques

Our story begins one morning in Konohagakure no Sato, the village hidden in the leaves, this was the strongest ninja village in the elemental nations, producing such prodigies as Itachi Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, and Minato Namikaze. But our story doesn't revolve around any of them, it instead focuses on a young boy named Naruto.

Naruto was a boy of about 10 years of age, he had spiky blonde hair that reached down to his shoulders, cobalt blue eyes, and three whisker-like marks on each cheek. He was wearing a white long-sleeved shirt, black ANBU pants and black ninja sandals. We find Naruto now, sitting on the Hokage monument, more specifically, the head of the Sandaime. To put it bluntly, Naruto has had a shitty life. First off, the villagers all glared at him and beat him whenever they had the chance, he had very few friends considering that most parents told their kids to stay away from him, and to top it all off, he had a voice in his head telling him to go psycho and kill everyone. He would have blocked this voice out, but it couldn't be all bad, I mean, it taught him how to walk and talk, how to avoid the mobs, and how to steal food when he needed to, which was a lot.

He wasn't stupid, he knew what the voice was. If his birthday and the villagers' hate wasn't enough, then the voice ranting about: 'The mightiest of the bijuu being trapped inside a puny ningen!' was certainly enough. Naruto was the jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune, it had attacked the village on the night that Naruto was born. Kyuubi had told Naruto about how a masked man had pulled him out of his last container, who happened to be the Hokage's wife. Naruto had thought that he could talk to her about it, and maybe she could help him out, but when he brought that up to Kyuubi, the fox had been adamant about not doing that, he had said that it would only make things worse. As a matter of fact, Kyuubi had told him to keep away from the Hokage and his family at all costs, Naruto had thought that he was just being sore about getting sealed, but when he asked about it, Kyuubi had said that it would only mean more pain for Naruto. Naruto thought about it and decided that he would listen, after all, Kyuubi had never lead him astray before, and the fox actually seemed to care about Naruto, even though when confronted about it the fox would always go into what Naruto called "Tsundere mode".

Although, Naruto did have a few friends. they were Mikoto and Itachi Uchiha, Hinata, Hanabi, Hisana, and Hizashi Hyuga, Ino Yamanaka, and Sakura Haruno. Naruto had met Itachi when a few chunin decided to torment him, Itachi had stepped in and sent them all running, after that, Itachi took Naruto to the Uchiha compound to get some food, it was there he met Mikoto, who immediately took a liking to the blonde, it seemed that she had sadness and anger when she looked at him at first, not anger at Naruto, but at someone else, then she became like a surrogate mother to him and Itachi a brother, Naruto didn't get along with Fugaku and Sasuke though, he thought that they were pricks. Naruto met the Hyugas when he was running from a mob, he had turned a corner and ran right into Hisana, who was out for a walk, she looked at him and then heard the mob, and she picked him up, jumped onto a rooftop, and held him there while the mob passed, then she took him to the Hyuga compound so he could hide, and he met the rest of the family there, Hinata and Hanabi had got along with him easily, and while Hiashi had been skeptical at first, he had warmed up to Naruto quick enough. Sakura and Ino had become his friends after he saved them from some bullies in the park, Sakura had been suspicious for a bit, her mother being an avid Naruto hater, but they had both gotten past that and become great friends.

"Maybe I should just leave the village..." Naruto said quietly to himself.

"I've been telling you that for years kit, and I still say that it's your best chance at making it in this world." Kyuubi said from inside the seal.

"I know, but I just don't want to leave my friends, plus you know that it's a dangerous place out there, even more so for a jinchuuriki, and I haven't even had any training." Naruto countered as he got up and started on his way to the Hyuga compound.

Kyuubi thought about that for a moment, "Can't argue with you there, but if the opportunity presents itself, then you have to take it." Kyuubi told Naruto.

As Naruto was walking along, he noticed something laying on the ground in front of him, an envelope with his name on it.

"What is this..." Naruto wondered aloud as he picked up the envelope and checked it, "Kyuubi?"

"It doesn't look like it has anything dangerous on it, just be careful." Kyuubi warned as Naruto opened it and read it.

Dear Naruto-kun

You may be wondering who wrote this and how it got to you, well that will become clear in time, for now you should know that I have been watching you, and I think that you have what it takes for a special mission, don't worry, this isn't a trap or anything. At the bottom of the letter is a seal, if you channel some of your tenant's chakra into it, then it will take you to the place where this mission will take place, a place where you can have a good life. You can use the seal again to come back to the Elemental Nations after your mission is over, so you can see your friends again, you can take the time to say goodbye, but don't take too long, you have until midnight tonight to make your decision.

Will you stay in Konoha? Or will you take this chance? The choice is yours.

With Love,

A friend.

And sure enough, there was a stupidly complicated looking seal at the bottom.

Naruto continued on his way to the Hyuga compound, he and his friends had decided that they would have a fun-day before the academy started. Naruto had arrived, and after being let in, he was walking to the garden when he felt like he was being stalked by a predator, like there was a beast in the bushes just waiting to pounce, he was about to start running before he was tackled by the beast, in the form of a black-haired missile named Hanabi.

"Onii-chan! How dare you be late to meet a group of ladies!" She scolded, with an adorable glare.

Naruto looked at her confused. "What are you talking about? We agreed 10 o'clock, and that's what time it is."

"Baka-onii-chan! Everyone knows that when you agree to meet a group of ladies for a get-together, then you always show up early so if they need help, then you can help them!" Hanabi explained while making a haughty expression.

"What! I've never heard of that rule before!" Naruto exclaimed.

Suddenly, the soft voice of Hisana cut in, "Now, now, Hanabi, if you keep sitting on him and not letting him up, then he'll never get there at all." She was standing in the doorway with an amused smile on her face.

So, the three of them went on to the garden to find Hinata, Ino, and Sakura sitting near the koi pond.

Ino spotted them first. "Naruto-kun! about time!"

Naruto groaned, "Come on Ino, don't tell me you're buying into this early thing too!" he pleaded as she simply flipped her hair.

"Please. I'm the one who taught it to her." Ino said with a proud smile on her face.

"Come on Ino, don't tease Naruto-kun like that." Leave it to Hinata to be the voice of mercy.

"Oh, don't worry Hinata, what's the harm, we don't mean it." Sakura told the shy bluenette.

The three girls had an interesting friendship, and they helped each other out. Sakura and Ino had helped break Hinata out of her shy shell, while Hinata had made sure that Sakura and Ino didn't fall into fangirlism to Sasuke by way of a swift smack to their heads.

"Kit, don't tell them about the letter just yet, it may still be a fake, just enjoy your time with your friends, if you have to, wait until you're ready to split." Kyuubi advised.

Later that night.

After spending the day with his friends, Naruto decided that it was time to tell them about the letter, Mikoto and Itachi had arrived a few hours before, and Hiashi was back from his office, so while they were all there, Naruto decided to tell them about the letter, the part about Kyuubi's chakra was easy because they all already knew about his fuzzy roommate, and they were all skeptical.

Itachi was looking at the letter with his sharingan. "There is some kind of great power in the seal, and the letter is saturated in it." He said in his ever-stoic voice.

"This might be my only chance to get stronger and get away from the hate in this place, plus, I can still come back to you guys after the mission is over, i know it's dangerous, nut I have to take this chance." Naruto said to his friends with conviction.

"B-but we'll miss you Onii-chan!" Hanabi cried.

"I know, and i'll miss you guys, but I-I feel like I have to do this." Naruto exclaimed with a fire in his eyes that none of the others had ever seen.

The others saw this and decided that this was something very important to Naruto, so they decided that they would support whatever decision he came to.

"Naruto-kun, just promise me one thing." Hinata seemed to be gathering her courage. "When you come back, y-YOU HAVE TO TAKE ME ON A DATE!" she finished with a yell.

"Whoa whoa! Hold on!" Ino spoke up. "I wanna go on a date with him too!"

"Hey! Me three!" and Sakura makes three.

"Don't I get a say in this?" Naruto asked before the three turned to glare at him.

"NO!"

"Be careful Naru-chan..." Mikoto said while fighting back tears.

"Make sure that you take care of yourself, be sure to eat right, wear clean clothes, don't talk to strangers..." Hisana fussed while spinning him around and checking every inch of him like tha mother hen that she was, but Naruto didn't mind.

"Be sure to come back in one piece, or I'll punch you." Sakura said, completely serious.

"I'll hold you to that date Naruto-kun!" Ino said with a wink.

"Please don't forget about us, Naruto-kun." Hinata pleaded softly.

Naruto gave them a smile and said. "Don't worry, I won't ever forget you, after all, I'll be back, remember?" Naruto said as he thought back to what they had just talked about, the girls had decided to put up facades in the academy to get people to underestimate them, Sakura and Ino were going to pretend to be fangirls, and Hinata was going to act like a quiet, shy, and timid little church mouse. Naruto wished them luck as he pressed his palm onto the seal and channeled Kyuubi's chakra, at first nothing happened, then the seal started to glow.

Naruto was consumed in a bright white light, and right before he winked out of existence, he said to them all, "I'll be back, that's the promise of a lifetime." Then, he disappeared.

"Kaa-san, will Onii-chan be okay?" Hanabi asked.

"I'm sure he will." Hisana assured her daughter.

Itachi chose that moment to speak, "Don't worry, Naruto-kun promised to be back to see us, and he never breaks his promises."

Everyone thought about that, and that reassured their faith in Naruto, they would see him again, and he would be stronger than they could believe.

With Naruto, unknown place

Naruto was asleep, after he had been consumed in light, he fell unconscious, and he had no idea where he was. He had woken up to see that he was in a very comfortable bed. He looked around to see that he was in a small room, with a few windows that sunlight was streaming in through, all in all, it looked like a very cozy place.

"Well, well, you're awake." A very deep voice from the doorway said. Naruto looked over to see a large older man with white hair and a mustache. "You were found in a field outside of town, the only thing with you was that letter. I'm Karl, and this is my inn, I hope you don't mind, but I took a look at the letter, I thought that it might tell me where you came from." He said as he came over and gave Naruto a plate of food, "You have a very interesting story don't you? If you don't want to talk, then that's fine. But you can stay here as long as you like."

"Thank you, and I don't want to be a bother-" Naruto said before he was cut off.

"Don't worry about it, you won't be a bother, I can tell that you've had a hard life, just eat then rest for now, when you're ready, my son can show you around the town." Karl said as he left Naruto in the room.

"You might want to stay around here for a while kit, it'll be a good place to start out." Kyuubi said, as he had been keeping watch since Naruto fell asleep.

"Alright, and who knows, this may be the place where my new adventure starts." Naruto said before he felt something in his pocket. "Huh? What are these?" Naruto said before he puled out three stones from his pocket. they looked like pieces of yellow-gold stone set into a cone-shaped black base.

"I have no idea kit, but they must be important, so hold on to them." Kyuubi advised.

Naruto laid back on the pillow, after he finished his breakfast, and thought about what the future held for him.

Kingdom of Caldisla, 5 years later

Naruto had been in Caldisla for a while, and he figured that he was in a whole other world, the Elemental Nations were not small, and they didn't show up on any map in the castle library. He had also found out that the three dtones with him were called asterisks, and they granted people special abilities once awakened, but it took a special condition to do that. During his time there, Kyuubi had told Naruto why he insisted that Naruto stay away from the Hokage and his family. As it turns out, the Hokage and his wife were Naruto's parents, they had abandoned him when he was a month old because the Hokage wanted to protect his reputation, and they were afraid that Naruto would somehow hurt his siblings! Naruto, needless to say, developed a hatred for them, he couldn't help it, you can't just go through all he did, and then find out a truth like that and not hate the people who put you through that.

We find a now 15 year-old Naruto practicing with a wooden sword on a training dummy, He had changed a bit from when he was 10, his hair was longer and still spiky, reaching down to mid-back in a braided low ponytail (Edward Elric style), he was wearing black pants with armored greaves, a white sleeveless shirt and rmored bracers, with a thin vest, that had thin metal wiring in it.

"Hey kit, it's time to go back, if you train too much then you'll just end up hurting yourself." Kyuubi hadn't changed much either, but he did see fit to tell Naruto his name, which was Kurama. Naruto had told Karl and the king about his status and his life before coming to Caldisla, and it was a closely guarded secret, the people who knew held no ill-will for the boy, and that relieved Naruto more than he could have said.

"I know Kurama, I just wanted to make sure that I had that technique down" Naruto had been training to use a sword since he had arrived in Caldisla, after meeting Owen,who was in his twenties at the time, and hearing about all the things that he did to protect the Kingdom, Naruto had wanted to take up a sword like him. So Owen had started to help Naruto whenever he had the chance. As Naruto headed back to the inn he couldn't help but feel like something bad was about to happen.

"KIT! SOMETHING BIG IS COMING! GET DOWN AND HOLD ON!" Kurama yelled. Naruto took his advice and dove to the floor and held onto the rail of the stairs he was on. Then, it happened.

BOOM!

A huge explosion and a blinding light flashed from the direction of Norende village. Naruto bolted back to the inn as the guards ran off to see what had happened.

Meanwhile in Ancheim.

"GET THE VESTAL TO SAFETY!" A woman in a cloak yelled as a gigantic green crystal was overcome with darkness.

"NO, WAIT!" Cried a girl of about 15 as she was forced out of the room, the door slammed shut and she was taken out of the building as the darkness blasted out of the door, the two women with her threw the girl out of the way as the darkness consumed them, the girl stared at the spot for a minute before she scrambled up and ran to the town.

"I must find out what has happened!" she thought to herself desperately.

Meanwhile in Eternia, a few days later.

Another 15 year old girl was currently engaged in a sword battle with an older man in green robes, she was trying her hardest against him, but it wasn't enough, the man made a quick move and the girl was disarmed and thrown onto the ground, she looked up as she approached her.

"You have done well my student, and you're ready to go forth into the world." He said with a smile, and he handed her a beautiful katana. "This is one of my blades, it will serve you well, as it has me."

She held it with great care and said, "The Issei no Kami... this is your finest blades. I will take care of it master."

He said to her. "I only pray it keeps you safe. You make for Caldisla, the vestal of wind has been sighted there. "

Later, she was on an airship headed off on her first adventure, and as she looked back, she saw an armored figure nod at her. "Father, I swear that I'll return to you, a proven warrior."

Caldisla, a week after the incident.

Naruto was sitting in the lobby of the inn, waiting for Owen to come back, he wanted to find out what had happened. It was at that moment when Owen came through the door, with a haunted look on his face.

"Owen! What happened!" Naruto asked.

"Calm down Naruto, let him get collected," Karl said in his stern voice. "Now, tell us when you're ready son."

It was a few minutes later when Owen had collected himself, "Norende is gone..." he said gravely. "The entire village was destroyed, there's a giant hole in the ground, a chasm, there's no bottom, it's like the village and everything below it was carved out of the ground, and never existed in the first place." Owen looked them both straight in the eyes and said, "There are no survivors..."

Karl put his hand over his face and turned away, while Naruto just stood there frozen, "Oh sweet Kami."

"I've seen a lot of things, but this takes the cake, not even Madara and Hashirama had that kind of power, kit, it takes a lot to get me rattled, but, this is making me a bit concerned." Kurama said from the seal, and it was true, the two men could destroy a village with minimal effort, but not even they could cause that much damage that quickly.

Naruto could only think, "I have a really bad feeling that my mission has something to do with this, and that whatever is happening, it's only that chasm is only the beginning."

IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTE, PLEASE READ.

First off, this is my first story, so I'm still working on getting used to everything. Please review and tell me what you think, constructive criticism is appreciated, flames will be ignored.

Secondly, if you have a problem with my story, don't read it, I'm not forcing you, and it's fanfiction, not cannon, so don't complain if you don't like something.

I suck at describing people so just look them up if you don't know what they look like.

The harem, I already have some girls in it, and some are locked in, I will also give some reasons for some of the girls.

Hinata (locked) - I like Naruhina

Ino (locked) - she and Sakura deserve to be more than Sasuke fangirls, they had good potential, they just weren't used well.

Sakura (locked)

Agnes (locked)

Edea (locked)

Tenten

Karin - same as Sakura and Ino

Kurotsuchi - add interesting conflict

Samui

fem-Haku

Natsumi & Nozomi (Naruto's sisters) - for those of you who don't like incest, it won't be. How? You'll just have to read and see.

If there are any girls you would like me to add in or take out, then you'll have to give me a good reason, that doesn't mean i'll do it, but i'll think about it.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING

As much as it pains me, for those of you who played bravely default, Tiz is dead. He didn't survive Norende. I personally like Tiz + Agnes and Ringabel/Alternis + Edea, but I really wanted both of them to be with Naruto. Also, Ringabel doesn't exist in this dimension, Alternis yes, Ringabel no.