Disclaimer: I do not own D-Gray Man or Naruto.
Well I'm back! I know that I already have two stories without many chapters in them, but I really like the idea that I've got going on here, and I wanted to do a Naruto crossover with something but I didn't know what. Then I read D-Gray Man over again and thought that this would be a fun thing to do.
This story is going to be different then my others in how it's uploaded. When I upload this story it won't be a chapter at a time, but several at once. I'll upload either two or three chapters at once. This first upload will be three chapters though.
One last thing; the pairings! I have Allen getting together with Rhode, but I don't know what to do with Naruto. This will all be set in the D-Gray Man world. People from the Naruto world WILL show up, but I want Naruto to get with some girl from the D-Gray Man universe. I was thinking Fou, but that's only because I like her (the character). So if anybody would give me some suggestions that could help. Maybe I'll just stick a Naruto universe girl in this story somehow and have him get with her. If that's the case it WILL be Hinata. Otherwise let me know what you think would be best.
Also jutsu and other words will be in English, although some words will have the original name.
Now onto the story!
Chapter One
It was dark out. Crickets sounding out through the night as a deadly silence had seemed to overtake the village. Sarutobi, the Third Hokage of the Leaf Village, looked at Jiraiya with a gaze filled with sympathy that made him look much older than he actually was. He knew that it must have killed him to know that Minato had died. Jiraiya was so proud of Minato when he succeeded him as the Hokage. Jiraiya wouldn't shut up about it for weeks. The Nine-Tails attack had destroyed the Leaf Village and covered it with what seemed like an eternal blaze that would burn on forever. Although the fires that the chakra entity had created were diminished, the grief and pain of all those lost will never diminish from the shinobi and the citizens. The buildings and terrain itself was still broken and torn by the might of the Tailed Beast.
"Sensei, what about the boy? Naruto. Will he be alright?" The man with the red lines down the sides of his face asked. Lying in a cradle at the edge of the room was a small little baby, Naruto. His blond, small, spiky hair and unique whiskers made him unique among all the other babies that were born recently in the Leaf Village. He was sleeping peacefully with small little snores emanating from his mouth blissfully unaware of the burden that is to be placed on him.
"I think he'll be fine here. His Jinchuuriki status will be hidden from the younger generation due to a law that I'm going to put, but I don't know what I can do about those conscious enough through this whole ordeal." The future law sentenced anybody to death who mentions the Nine-Tails being sealed inside of Naruto. "We shouldn't have to worry about anybody causing any trouble though.
"Somehow I'm having problems believing that last statement of yours. I don't think it's a great idea for him to stay here."
"Nonsense!" Sarutobi's voice rang throughout the Hokage's office. "This is his home! Minato shed his blood, sweat, and tears for this place. He actually died here…FOR this village. Naruto should stay here; it's only right that he does. Soon everything will calm down and everybody will treat him kindly. Obviously we can't say he is Minato's boy; otherwise old Onoki might try to have his head. Right now the Leaf Village doesn't need to go through a war. It would definitely damage Naruto's reputation for good if there was a war fought over him and more lives lost."
Jiraiya gave a loud sigh at this. How could his sensei, the Professor, be so ignorant on this…this…situation. "Naruto's a Jinchuuriki, that fact alone is too difficult for many people to deal with, but let's add in the fact that he's the Jinchuuriki for the NINE-TAILS! Granted Minato's last wish, the one you told me, was for the people of the Leaf Village to respect him, but that's probably not going to happen anytime soon. There's going to be too much hate inside the hearts of the Leaf Village. Let me take the boy…I know that I could train him up to be an excellent ninja if you left him in my care. Plus being away from this village will help."
Sarutobi gave Jiraiya a stern look, like a father questioning a son. "Do you really think that you could take care of the boy? You know that taking care of him would take a lot of responsibility. Responsibility that I'm positive that you can't handle."
"I can handle it! I'm the super awesome Jiraiya! I know that I could handle it!"
"So you wouldn't take him with you to the brothels and leave him with one of the girls there?" Sarutobi gave a small chuckle at Jiraiya's nervous look despite the situation. He hit the nail on the head. "Just as I thought…I think it would be best if he stayed here in the village. You need to keep up your spy network which would be almost impossible to uphold if you had baby Naruto with you."
Jiraiya took a few seconds to think about it. Sarutobi gave a good point; it would be tough for him to look after Naruto if he had to keep up his spy network. Plus it would make it a lot harder for him to do his "research" if he was watching over Naruto. "I don't honestly think that I trust Naruto to be left here. Do you even have a plan for him? What are you going to do with him? Are you going to leave him with the Uchiha, Hyuga, or even the Inuzuka?"
"I was planning on leaving him with the orphanage in town. I know the lady in charge there. She's been a friend of mine for a while, so I'm positive that she would be able to take care of him."
Jiraiya had fixed Sarutobi with a gaze that was clearly saying "You better be sure." This was Minato's son AND the Leaf Village's third Jinchuuriki…he better be one-hundred and ten percent sure that she would be able to take care of him. "Alright, I'll trust him to you for now. But if anything goes wrong, let me know.
(Nine Years Later)
The sun was about to set and young eight-year old Naruto stared sadly at the disappearing families from his place on the slowly swinging swing. He was having such a wonderful day. He had shown up while the parents weren't around or paying attention so he was able to get the kids to agree to let him play. Playing with the kids was the highlight of the day so far for him. It even beat him going to Ichiraku's ramen stand earlier. They were playing tag while running around in circles. The parents never paid attention because they just figured he was another child who came to play. Soon they turned towards their kids with warm smiles which immediately became the home of the expression of shock.
They didn't expect for THAT boy to be playing with their children. They couldn't stand to let that happen.
"Let's go home. You have no reason to be with the likes of…him." A mother told her daughter.
"Come here before he hurts you boys, ok?" Another mother told her two sons.
"Stay away from him! He's nothing but trouble" A father yelled at his three children before spitting in Naruto's direction.
Naruto had been sitting there for ten minutes after they left. He was contemplating what it would have been like if those kids never showed up at all. What if he was the only one who was at the park? Would it have been better if he was at the park all by himself during this entire time? How likely would it have been that he wouldn't feel the horrible pain in his chest watching them leave? It wouldn't have been so horrible if he knew that they would come see him again, but they will come back. However, they will ignore him…they'll run away from him as if he contained a horrible disease. For the kids it wasn't anything personal, but they just believed what it was that their parents had told them.
Well! Who needs them? He could have some fun on his own without those other kids. Naruto started kicking his legs harder in the perfect motion when going up and down on the swing which allowed him to rise higher and higher. His stomach felt like it had butterflys flying around inside and he started laughing joyously, but if anybody were to watch they would notice that it sounded strained…fake. Naruto's laughter died down as he got to the top of the swing. While the butterfly feeling in his stomach didn't die down, he realized that he wasn't having as much of an enjoyable time as he thought he would have. There was just something different when one was on the swings with other kids or even just spending time with someone else.
However, his mind came up with what he thought would be a brilliant idea in his young and naïve mind. He decided to jump from the very top of the swing. It would allow him to fly; perhaps he could fly all the way to stars! He would be free of this place for good! So making sure to kick hard again he tried to reach as high as he could. Once he reached it he jumped, and he flew for exactly six feet…before he fell straight to the ground head first. Next thing he saw was black.
(Forty Minutes Later)
Naruto groggily came to from the not-so-blissful world of unconsciousness. "What happened?" He asked himself slowly. That bump to the head had messed with his short-term memory for just a few seconds. Oh, there it was. He remembered flying in the sky until he crashed. Figures…there was no way that he could be a bird. There was no way he could be free of this village and of the mean lady at the orphanage.
Carefully he stood up on wobbly legs. It seems like he would have to stay in the park tonight. The lady in charge of the orphanage told him that if he wasn't back by the time the sun went down then he could forget about staying in the orphanage for the night. Old man Hokage told him that she would be extremely kind and that he had known her for a long time…apparently she was able to trick the Hokage with her lies. This ended with her treating Naruto like scum…just like everybody else.
Luckily that nice man, Jiraiya, was in town. Naruto really liked him when he met him a year ago. The old man had told Naruto that he would be able to see Jiraiya tomorrow. Ever since he was told that he had been giddy for tomorrow to come. Despite how weird Jiraiya was Naruto still found him to be quiet fun. He was like a clown. Naruto loved clowns. He would love to be around this man for a long time.
Naruto walked over to the lone bench in the entire playground. This would be the place where he would be able to sleep for the night. Granted he would rather lie down on his futon in the orphanage then here on a bench, but beggars can't be choosers.
Once he closed his eyes he heard a rustling sound from behind him in the bushes. Hopefully it was just a rabbit or something that was behind him, but the sound of footsteps had made clear that wasn't the case.
Turning around he came face to face with an image that would haunt him for the rest of his life. The figure was standing before him with a cloak that had red clouds. Covering his face was a mask with a swirling design that led to the one whole where his right eye was located. What will make the man one of the most frightening people he would ever know was the red eye located in the hole. A pupil with three tomoes swirling around the pupil connected by thin lines stared down at him.
Naruto gave a gasp laced with fear. This man was unlike anyone that he had ever seen, but he knew what the red eye was. He recognized it from one of the few lessons that Jiraiya had taught him when he was here. The eye was the famed eye of the Uchiha clan, the Sharingan. "Who are you?" Naruto was able to get out. His mind and body froze up when he saw the man and had issues even getting that question asked.
The man's deep voice chuckled. The small sound seemed to echo into the night as he stared at Naruto for a few seconds longer before saying, "Greetings…Naruto."
"How…how do you know my name?" Naruto's voice ended in a pitiful squeak at the end of the question.
The man looked down at him contemplating what to say next. Should he reveal such information to a dead-boy walking? In the end he decided that there was no need to reveal even his fake name much less how he knows him. It wouldn't matter in the end. "How I know your name does not matter. Nor does anything else, all that really matters is what you have Nine-Tails."
Naruto's fear had dissipated for the moment as he looked at the man in confusion. Something he said had sparked some curiosity in him. "Nine-Tails? I'm sorry sir but I think you're mistaken. I'm Naruto Uzumaki and the Nine-Tails is dead. The Fourth Hokage killed it."
Again the man chuckled at Naruto's ignorance. Of course they wouldn't tell him what it was that he contained. Well this would help things move smoothly for the plan. Nagato would definitely enjoy hearing that the first Jinchuuriki they captured would be the Nine-Tails. Maybe he could use Naruto to hunt down the other Jinchuurikis. After all, if he could put a genjutsu on the freaking Nine-Tails then how hard would it be to put one on this little boy till he grew older. "You'll find out in due time. Now make sure to stay where you are. This is going to feel weird."
Suddenly the air around Naruto started to form a swirling motion. Naruto's eyes widened at what was happening. Why was his arm starting to swirl like how the air was?
The man gave a smile from behind the mask as he realized that he finally caught the Nine-Tails. Whether it was inside of this Jinchuuriki or outside did not matter. Soon his, or more precisely Madara's, Eye of the Moon plan would come to fruition. The world would soon become his. However, his concentration was broken in the blink of an eye as he saw a toad bigger than a horse suddenly above him…in the sky…and falling. Because of the disturbance he failed in capturing Naruto. "It has been a while…Jiraiya of the Sannin."
Jiraiya immediately recognized the cloaks. Cloaks that are black with red clouds are worn by all members of the Akatsuki. That was definitely the attire that he had heard they wore. "I don't recall ever meeting you before. I would definitely remember if I met you before. Now could you please move away from the cute little kid? I don't think he wants to be around you anymore."
As Jiraiya said that Naruto immediately took off running into the streets, he was desperate to get away from the man who almost did whatever it was that he was about to do with him.
The masked man gave a sigh before saying to Jiraiya, "We have met before. Although I would love to stay and chat, but I do have something to take care of right now. So would you kindly move out of the way so I won't have to kill you?"
Jiraiya gave a big hearty laugh. While he was worried about Naruto running off into the streets, whatever is out there was for sure not as dangerous as this man right here in front of him. "You think that I'm going to let you go after him? You must be out of your mind! Gamakuno let's get him!" Then the toad jumped towards the masked man in an attempt to crush him.
The masked man couldn't help the way his eyes blinked. While there was definitely something amusing about a giant toad crushing him flat, he wasn't going to allow that toad to even get near him. So he used kamui to transport himself to an area only twenty feet away. He needed to take care of Jiraiya. Despite him being the teacher of his sensei, Minato, he didn't seem to be that difficult as Minato himself when they fought eight years ago. Maybe it has something to do with Jiraiya being at an older age.
Jiraiya immediately turned around and rushed at him with amazing speed with a spinning sphere of chakra in his right hand, the Rasengan. As Jiraiya reached the man he was surprised to see that the rasengan and himself actually PHASED THROUGH the man in the mask. "How did you do that? There's no way that's actually possible." Then again he was a ninja with toads that can talk and everything else that ninjas do that should be impossible.
"Trade secret. There's no way that I can allow you to know. Now I need to finish you off before things get even more difficult. But I do have one question…how did you know I was here? I'm actually curious about it."
Jiraiya gave a laugh and said, "Well it's easy. I was watching over Naruto from afar when I noticed you suddenly walking up to young Naruto all of a sudden. Then…well…here I am!"
It seems that it was that simple. The masked man gave a sigh as he realized that Jiraiya was going to become a big problem. The eccentric man was skilled there was no doubt about that, but if the two of them got into it then it would only spell trouble. Not to mention that Jiraiya had stalled enough time for Naruto to get a good distance away. Well, as far as Naruto could run on those small, weak legs.
"Sorry to disappoint you Jiraiya but-" He then had to jump away from the toad who tried to tackle him from behind, he almost forgot about it, and then he continued, "-I do have something important that I need to take care of right now. So why don't you just stay where you're at. By the time you find me, it'll be too late." With that he then performed the kamui on himself and left the area for good.
Jiraiya stared at where the man in the mask was at a second ago before slamming his hands on the ground, which cracked under his strength, and uttered a loud curse. "Gamakuno, let's go! We need to find Naruto right now!"
(With Naruto)
Through the moonlit night Naruto was running and running. With surprising speed for one so young he ran through the streets. He had no idea where he could go. He couldn't go back to the orphanage and he was sure that the Old Man was dead asleep. He was stuck in what felt like a web of confusion and hopelessness.
"Help! Someone help me!" Naruto yelled urgently. He doubted anybody would allow him to hide in their home. Not just because of the fact that the scary man in the mask was after him, but probably because they wouldn't allow HIM to enter into their home.
"Shut up brat! You're annoying! Why don't you go bother your own family or something and leave everybody else alone!" This sentence was shouted at him from a random villager who opened their window to yell at him. Once they gave Naruto a piece of their mind they promptly closed the window forcefully, thus they couldn't see who it was that was making all the noise.
Naruto had tears starting to form in his eyes at this. Even though he was in big trouble they still wouldn't come to his aid. What did he need to do to get their attention? Finally he took off running again. He figured that even if they were sleeping there was only one person who would try and protect him from the man in the mask, the Hokage. With this in mind he turned down into an alleyway where he knew would shave off some time in getting to the Hokage's mansion.
Before Naruto could even get to the end of the alleyway he spotted something right in front of him. That man in the mask was there, looking right at him with that red eye filled with hate. Naruto fell to his knees in defeat. He ran and ran and ran yet this man had found him, quite easily too.
The man continued to look at Naruto before walking over where he grabbed Naruto by the shirt and held him up to his face. "Now, boy, there's nowhere for you to run and no one to help you. This ends here."
For Naruto, looking up into the Sharingan of this man up close was truly frightening. It was like looking into the eye of a demon who wanted to make him suffer before wasting his body without even blinking. So because of this he couldn't help but scream as loud as he could. Without realizing it his legs moved forward on their own. Naruto has used this type of defense many times for when one of the older kids would bully him; so he unconsciously used it. This useful technique…was a kick to the groin, which surprisingly was able to land.
Both of the masked man's eyes, one visible and one invisible, widened in surprise at the kick. He didn't expect that to happen, plus the kick was strong enough to do any sort of damage with nothing there to protect it. Why wear a cup when you're able to have any attack phase right through you? The hand that had clenched Naruto's shirt opened and he dropped Naruto onto the ground.
Naruto who realized this opportunity quickly darted back to where he first entered into the alleyway. Suddenly a voice from behind saying, "Fire style: Tower of flames jutsu!" Then a fireball soared over his head before it landed at the entrance of the alleyway, creating a tower of flames that rose ten feet up into the air thus blocking Naruto's only chance for escape.
Again Naruto's eyes started to have tears come out of his eyes. That was his only chance to be able to escape from the man and now there was no chance of getting out of there. Turning around he saw the man standing right in front of him. The man picked Naruto up by his shirt again and held him up to his face. The man spoke again only this time there was a sharp tone in his voice, "Ok, boy, just for that you need to be punished." Then he punched Naruto in the stomach. He ignored Naruto's sharp cry from the pain that he had just received and looked around to make sure that no one was coming. He looked up into the sky and spoke again as he saw something coming down from the sky, "Now what?"
Jiraiya followed, while on top of the hopping toad, the smoke coming from where there was fire. When he got there he saw the masked man standing right in front of the trapped Naruto. So with the toad in the air he launched himself off the toad as hard as he could towards the ground. Luckily he was a ninja so falling from this height and at this speed wouldn't damage him in the end. Forming another Rasengan he yelled "Talley-ho! Here comes the master Jiraiya to knock you into next week!" Then he pointed it at the man who was looking at him.
The man in the mask frowned even more behind the mask. "Jiraiya, you are annoying. Just give up on trying to protect the Nine-Tails."
Jiraiya had heard his comment but decided to ignore it. He wasn't going to give up on something as important as this. So he brought his arm back with Rasengan in hand and brought it forward to the masked man's face. However, again the Rasengan phased through the man which caused Jiraiya to phase through the man too. Quickly Jiraiya reached over with his free arm and yanked Naruto out of the masked man's clutches.
"Mister Jiraiya?" Naruto asked unexpectedly. He thought that all hope was gone, but yet help came from this man. This man with a mane of white hair and red lines down his face but still help nonetheless.
"Yeah, kid, it's me. Don't worry I'm going to take care of you." Then looking toward the man in the mask who was looking in their general direction he said, "You can tell the rest of Akatsuki I have one thing to say to you." He then held up the middle finger alone and pointed it at the man in the mask before continuing, "None of you will get Naruto. I'm going to kill you all before any of you can even come close!"
The man in the mask looked at Jiraiya before his body started to swirl around till it disappeared for good. He had escaped. However, before he disappeared completely he said, "You may think that."
Jiraiya stared at the area where the man was at before giving out a loud sigh. He was still holding Naruto within his arms protectively in case the man decided to reappear and snatch Naruto unexpectedly. Soon the ANBU had appeared at the scene looking around in confusion. "It's about time that you people got here!" He ignored everything that they were saying to favor Naruto a good, calming smile. The kid had dealt with enough for the night.
Naruto finally clutched the man's shirt and released the tears that had been forming from within his eyes the entire night. After five minutes he looked up Jiraiya with a big smile on his face before he started to laugh. His laughing proved to be contagious to Jiraiya as he too started to laugh. Neither really knew what it was that they were laughing at, but perhaps it was just that for once Naruto felt a feeling of happiness. A feeling which he rarely ever felt and he had no idea how to express it. So he just laughed and laughed and ignored the looks the ANBU were giving them.
(Later that Night)
Jiraiya was lying on a bed inside the Hokage's mansion. Jiraiya had thrown a fit at the fact that Naruto had to sleep outside because the orphanage wouldn't allow him to come back. Not only that, he had also argued the point that the boy needs to stay with one of the clans or with the Hokage himself. It wasn't safe for him to stay with civilians anymore because of the Akatsuki's attack directly inside the village. The Hokage had heartily agreed and for the next few nights Naruto would stay in the same room with Jiraiya while inside the Hokage mansion.
Jiraiya looked up into the ceiling with a pensive gaze. Would it truly be alright for him to leave Naruto in this village? What if the man came back for Naruto? These thoughts dominated his mind and made it impossible for him to fall asleep.
"Mister Jiraiya?" A voice broke him out of his thoughts. They brought in a second bed into his room so that there would be somebody to watch over Naruto. Looks like the little boy couldn't sleep either. "Is everything going to be alright?"
"Yes, Naruto. Yes, everything's going to be alright. Just you wait and see."
Twenty minutes later neither had fallen asleep yet, but both were on the edge of falling into the dream world before Jiraiya felt something bizarre. It felt like that there was another person in the room with them. Opening his eyes quickly to see if his hunch was correct he came face to face with the sight of the same masked man walking towards the bed where Naruto was lying.
Jiraiya threw a kunai at the man's head, which again phased right through him, and leaped at Naruto, however; he was caught in the technique that the man had been trying to use on Naruto this whole time. Jiraiya's entire being froze; it was like he was frozen and couldn't move no matter what he tried. Jiraiya could see Naruto right by his side and saw that he had an expression of horror etched onto his face. It was like he was born with that kind of facial expression.
The man gave a chuckle from behind his mask. The plan had worked. They thought that he left for good, but he just waited till around night time before making his move. Catching them while they were almost asleep was perfect, especially since he can easily slip through all of the defensives. The Nine-Tails was almost under his control.
(In Naruto's Mindscape)
The Nine-Tails' mouth had formed into a snarl as he noticed that retched chakra. The chakra of the man who controlled him for the second time. Although he could feel the chakra of Madara in there, he doubted it was actually him, but he wouldn't allow this man to take him. No, he knew that this man only wanted the vessel for HIM and the man would definitely use him again. He would rather stay trapped in the body of this wretched human then to be controlled by someone with those eyes. It was even more demeaning for him, the Nine-Tails, to do the bidding of a human against his will.
So he flared his chakra wildly. He needed to get his chakra past the seal so it can break the technique that the masked man was using. He slammed his massive chakra into the bars that housed the seal until he growled in frustration. He knew that the seal had been weakening ever since the child's birth, but it was still strong enough to keep his chakra from reaching the boy. Finally, with one final push and a big roar he was able to get the chakra past the seal.
The fox just huffed and puffed out of exhaustion before lying back down on the floors of this sewer decorated mindscape. That took a little bit more effort than he thought it would to get his chakra past the strong seal. He then closed his eyes before saying, "Alright, boy, don't let my chakra go to waste."
(Back to the Outside World)
Naruto's eyes widened at the surge of power that started flowing through him. He knew what this was, it was chakra, but he didn't know where it came from. It definitely didn't feel like his own chakra, but he wasn't going to overlook this strange gift. He was going to use it so he can try to escape, because he will take all that he could get. "GAH!" Then the chakra started flaring uncontrollably. But the technique stopped, however; as Naruto could see the weird dimension, that the masked man kept trying to send him to, stop coming closer to view.
Then there was a big shake as the second…land that Naruto saw exploded into a vast variety of colors. Then he was thrown into that world with Jiraiya right behind him.
The masked man looked at the area where the two of them were at before he left quickly. He knew that he didn't capture them, but he couldn't stay to find out what went wrong otherwise the other ninja would come and they wouldn't take too kindly to him just standing there.
(In the Dimension Tunnel)
Naruto looked on in wonder as him and Jiraiya were sailing through this unique place. Jiraiya had caught Naruto and was holding onto him tightly so that way they wouldn't lose each other. It scared Naruto to know that something was going to happen to him, but because of that strange red chakra he knew that they got away from that masked man. He couldn't tell anyone why he knew that, he just knew.
They were flying through a wide tunnel with no exit in view. The walls of the tunnel were designed with many colors. Every color that Naruto had ever seen including different variations of blue, red, green, and others were there. He wished there was a way that he could take a picture so that he could look back at this without having to resort to using his memory.
Naruto's wonder started to fade as he noticed that he was being pulled away from Jiraiya unexpectedly. They were able to latch onto each other's fingers but even them that force was still pulling them apart. Soon they couldn't hold on anymore and they flew through the tunnel away from each other.
Naruto's eyes widened as he saw the exit for the tunnel. He entered into it and five seconds later all he saw was black.
(In the Other Dimension)
Allan Walker walked hand in hand with Mana Walker as they walked up a hill towards the site of the circus. Allan was jumping for joy as both of them were walking towards the site where the circus. Mana promised him that if he did well today with his performance then he would get him some ice cream. Mana had a top hat on while also wearing a shirt. Allen had red hair, jeans, a red shirt, and a black trench coat that covered his arms.
While they arrived to the top of the hill they noticed that there was a body lying on the ground face first there. Allan put both of his hands up to his mouth as he saw that the body was bleeding from the top of his forehead and three trails of blood were flowing down his face. "Mana, is he alright?"
Mana walked over and rolled the body so they could see the face of the boy. Once he saw that the boy was still breathing he said in a compassionate voice, "It's ok, Allen, the boy is still alive. He must have hit his head very hard on the ground."
Walking to the unconscious boy he realized that the boy looked to be the same age as him. So he reached out to him in an attempt to shake him, but he was stopped by Mana's hand holding on to his arm tightly. "Wha-?"
"There's no need for that. We have a doctor at the circus so we'll just take him to her. The most he'll have is a concussion so I think that he'll be fine."
Allen gave a big sigh of relief. It would be horrible for the boy to be dead. Allan looked at the boy's face and was surprised to see the difference between them. Blond hair and what looked like three whiskers on each cheek. The steady breathing from the boy could easily be seen from watching his chest rise and fall from behind his shirt.
Suddenly the boy started to stir and wake up from unconsciousness again. His eyelids were pushed up to reveal sparkling blue eyes staring back at Allen's silver-grayish eyes. Allen felt an embarrassed blush start to creep to his cheeks at the boy's staring. "Um… hi?"
Naruto stared at the boy for a few seconds before his eyes widened like dinner plates. He understood what it was the boy had said even though he KNEW that he had never heard those words before. He went to answer back, but the word used for greeting that he was going to say came out as, "Hello." If possible Naruto's eyes widened even further at this. "Where am I?" Again! He was going to ask that in his language! What was happening?
It was Mana who decided to answer that question, "You are in the United Kingdom." At Naruto's blank look he continued, "Great Britain, Wales, Ireland…any of those ring a bell?"
"I didn't know that whales had a kingdom! What else can whales do? Can they fly?"
Mana gave a sigh, "No, young one, Wales. It's a country here."
"You mean like the Land of Fire?"
Allen cocked his head to the side in confusion at the weird place that Naruto mentioned. "The Land of Fire? I've never heard of that place before."
Naruto's eyes brightened at the opportunity to talk about his home. "It's amazing! It's where the Leaf Village is at! That's where I live! It's really cool! It's sooooo pretty!"
Mana leaned down to look at Naruto closely. Finally he asked, "What's your name?"
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki. What are your names?"
Mana gave Naruto a smile then he said, "My name Mana Walker, and this is my son Allen Walker. We're heading to the circus so we can get prepared for our performance tonight. Would you like to come with us?"
Naruto stared at Mana suspiciously. He didn't know if he should believe this man or if he shouldn't. He learned that the hard way with living in the village. When he looked over to Allen all hesitation was squashed by the look on his face. A huge grin had made its way onto his face and his eyes were sparkling with a clear indication of joy was etched onto his face.
Allen was quick to beg, "PLEASE! Please, please, please, please, pllleeeeeeaaaaaassssseeeee!"
"Now, Allen, there's no need to beg. I'm sure that it'd be easier for him to decide if you're not breathing down his neck," Mana chided gently.
Under the pressure of Allen's insistent gaze Naruto finally relented. "Fine, I'll go with you guys. What do you do at the circus?"
"Daddy and I are clowns! He's one-hundred times better than me! But I'm not too bad either."
"Clowns? That's so cool! Do you juggle and ride on unicycles?"
"Yep! I can juggle only three balls but daddy can do a lot more! He's amazing! He's like a hall of famer or something like that."
Mana gave a chuckle at Allen's enthusiasm before saying, "Well, if you don't want to miss it then we better hurry. We're almost late for rehearsal. And if you don't rehearse for later tonight than we aren't going to go out for any treats later, ok?"
"Yes, daddy."
"Good! Now come on lets go. Naruto, when we get there I'm going to drop you off at the doctor there. While we're rehearsing she's going to check over you, ok?"
Naruto immediately scrunched his face in disgust. "I don't like doctors. I never have liked them. They're mean and they only make things worse!"
Mana looked at Naruto with concern in his eyes but figured that it wasn't his place to ask Naruto about it. He doubted Naruto would actually tell him anyway, but maybe he can build some sort of trust from within Naruto.
Naruto tried to stand up but his legs were shaking too badly so he fell back into the ground with a loud "oomph!" resonating from him. So maybe he wasn't ready to get up quite yet. He was surprised when a strong pair of arms reached around him then hoisted him up onto the person's shoulder.
"Me too!" Allen yelled excitedly.
"You can walk, can't you?"
Allen's face looked downcast as he said, "But…I want you to carry me!"
Mana gave a chuckle before he wrapped his free arm around Allen then picked him up too. With both boys over his shoulders he continued to walk to his and Allen's original destination. Meanwhile the two of them were giggling excitedly at this.
Meanwhile the cuts on Naruto's forehead began to heal, as an unnatural being was at work; the being was healing Naruto at an alarming rate that Naruto had never healed before. While Naruto was unaware of this, another being from within Naruto was not.
"Curse you! What do you think you are doing to my vessel? He doesn't need you, all he needs is me! Curse you…Innocence."
Naruto was unable to hear the Nine-Tail's yell, however.
(One Year Later)
Naruto and Allen were both sitting side-by-side as they looked at the lone cross sticking out of the ground. Naruto had been adopted by Mana shortly after they met. Allen and Naruto immediately became like brothers during that time. However, Mana had died not to long after and the feeling that Naruto and Allen had felt of having a family was gone. Gone without a trace and nothing left. What was left for them? Naruto fears that they will end up in a separate orphanage with the two of them adopted into different homes.
Allen had tears running down his cheeks as he stared at the cross. He felt as if that cross was taunting him, like it was laughing at him. Laughing at him and Naruto. While Naruto was definitely suffering from this, Naruto wasn't around Mana for three years like he was.
Naruto had decided to stare at the moon. He always felt like at peace when he stared at the moon. Like a part of him was up there. He even felt like this in his old world. Yes, he finally came to the realization that this world was not his own, but another. He didn't care. He really could not give a single care about that fact. He was free from persecution from that retched village.
Allen and Naruto were surprised to see something that they've never seen before in their lives. A grotesque man was standing behind the cross. His skin was gray while he was wearing some kind of white clothing that the both of them recognized what rich people wore when watching the circus. He held a cane, wore a top hat, and had small, round glasses in front of his eyes. The strangest thing about him was that his mouth seemed to be forced into a gigantic grin that wouldn't leave his face.
"Good evening little booooooys!" A voice came from behind the man's mouth, even though his mouth wasn't moving. "Could I give you boys a little service?"
Allen was staring at the man in confusion. He didn't know what was going on, but he had a feeling that this weird…man was going to try and help them.
Naruto, however; had his eyes wide open as feelings that he knew didn't belong to him came to the surface when he saw this man. Extreme hate. Naruto's eyes soon became glazed as something pulled his conscious somewhere.
(In the Mindscape)
Drip. Drip. The continuous sound of water dripping was what awaited Naruto as he looked around the area. Where was he? It looked like a type of sewer. Looking down he noticed that the water inside of the sewer had reached up to his ankles. As he started walking down a narrow hallway he listened to his feet making swishing sounds from the water. He continued to walk until he came to a dead end. Looking up he saw very long bars that had a piece of paper across the middle. On the paper was the kanji for the word "seal.
He jumped back when he saw two big red eyes open from behind the bars. What happened next he never thought he would have to witness. "So…you finally decide to come see me. It is about time; I never thought that I would see you here face to face. Especially since we aren't in the land of which we originated from."
Naruto stared at the two eyes with surprise before he was able to get out, "What are you? How do you know about my old world?"
"I know who you are, Naruto. I remember when you were born. Such a humiliating day for me. First, I was controlled and then when I had free will I was defeated by your father. But that's not what's important at this point. What is important is that I need to know why you decided to come down here now of all times. Why?"
Naruto was confused when he heard what the thing said, "What do you mean when I came here. Aren't you the one who called me here?"
"Not exactly, Naruto." Naruto heard from behind him. Naruto turned around while the Nine-Tails looked at the thing with narrowed eyes. What they saw was a translucent red sphere of energy floating seven feet from the ground. "Greetings. I'm the reason that you're here. For now you can call me…innocence. I do have another name, but since we don't have much time so I'll let you call me that for now. So why don't we just get down to business." The red sphere then went through the bar and lit up the dark cage behind it with a bright light.
Naruto gave a gasp at what he saw behind the cage. The Nine-Tailed Fox was standing there with his big long arms shielding his bloodshot eyes from the red light that was illuminating the cage. Wasn't the Nine-Tails dead?
Then the voice from the sphere spoke again. "It is ok, Naruto. I will not hurt you." Then the sphere of energy went back through the bars as the Nine-Tails was left huffing from what had happened. "What I have here is some energy from the Nine-Tails back there. It's not as much as it should be, but it's a good amount to help you deal with the Earl's creation out there. Soon we will work on getting you more. Deal?"
Naruto looked at the sphere that somehow was able to talk with him. Finally he reached for it, as if knowing that reaching out will allow him to do what the sphere wanted.
Both of them ignored the Nine-Tail's murmur of "Curse you" for the strange feeling that coursed through them. For Naruto it was powerful, it was like a feeling from something far stronger running through his body yet it complimented him. Like it actually fit him. For Innocence it was a draining. To the innocence it felt as if the dark, evil power it was wielding was being lifted. Sadly, this particular gift from God would have to continue to contain that evil power, but it will become used to it.
Innocence made a sound hoping to get Naruto's attention before saying, "I want you to remember, that because I cannot take form for you all I can do is supply you with the Nine-Tail's power. Too much then what you're not ready for then you'll be overrun by his hate. So I'll only give you more than what you can handle if the situation calls for it. So to call out for me, just yell in your mind-"
Then both said at the same time, "Kyubi's Wrath" and Naruto was transported out of the mindscape and into the real world.
(In the Outside World)
The first thing Naruto noticed when he came to was a skeleton floating above the ground with strange gears around it. The second thing Naruto noticed was the star on its head with the word Mana on it. The third thing Naruto noticed was that the skeleton was speaking in the same voice Mana had used. The fourth thing that Naruto noticed was that the being, that he assumed was the "Earl" Innocence mentioned, was dancing around joyously like a clown.
Then the third thing he noticed came and knocked all the others out of the ballpark. "Curse you Allen Walker for making me into an Akuma!" Then the being sliced at Allen's left eye, which took a piece of it out.
That was when Naruto exploded in a red light.
The Earl stopped his dancing when he saw the blond haired boy's body became enveloped in a red shroud. The boy's fingernails became longer, his whiskers became thicker, and the most unique attribute was the red eyes. "Weeeeell what do we have here?" The Earl said in his sing-song voice.
Naruto rushed forward and pulled his right arm back before releasing it forward. He didn't reach far enough for him to actually be able to hit the Earl, but when he released it forward a red fist came from within the shroud and reached even farther to land a good one on the Earl's face.
Naruto grinned at being able to hit this weird man. "Don't get cocky." A voice chided from within his head. He recognized it to be Innocence. "The only reason you were able to hit him was because you caught him off guard. He's very skilled. Now you better take care of Allen over there. It seems like his own innocence is starting to awaken, but your father isn't going to let him get prepared.
Naruto looked over and saw that Allen's eye had changed into what he would later associate it as the mark of the Akuma. He watched in horror as Mana charged at Allen who was standing there holding his eye and screaming. "Allen!" Out of instinct he rushed forward with a fist and launched it forward. The same fist from the shroud that hit the Earl rushed forward and hit Mana across the torso and sent him flying to the side again, but it wasn't destroyed.
With the shroud around him Naruto rushed to Allen and grabbed him by the side of his head. "Allen! Look at me!"
Allen looked up despite the burning sensation that Naruto's hands were giving him. His one normal eye and one cursed eye looked at Naruto. Naruto had to keep the wince from appearing as he looked at Allen. Tears were running down his right eye while blood was going down his left eye, the cursed eye. "Allen! Remember that's not Mana! It may be his spirit, but if we leave him alone then he'll be different! We need to save him."
"How! How can we save him?" Allen screamed at him.
Naruto gave an uneasy smile as he figured that Allen would hate the answer to it. "Allen, we're going to have to kill him."
Allen's eyes widened as he heard Naruto's answer. He couldn't do it, he couldn't kill Mana. He couldn't sit there with the knowledge that he was responsible for killing Mana the second time. "I can't do it," he said quietly almost in a whisper, but Naruto heard it nonetheless.
"It's ok, Allen. It's killing me too that I have to do it, but it has to be done. I'll help you. You're not alone. I'm here." He then picked up Allen's grotesque arm, which a symbol of a cross had formed on it. He then said, "Come on. Let's end Mana's suffering."
Allen took two seconds to come up with what he needed to do and nodded his head. He looked over at where Mana's form was moving towards them with great speed. His arm moved instinctively at the fact that Mana was coming towards them and Naruto rushed forward with a shroud fist pulled back. As everyone reached each other Naruto's fist reached and put a hole into Mana's chest while Allen sliced through Mana's stomach.
Allen would have hyperventilated if it wasn't for Mana's last words, "Allen, Naruto, thank you both. I do love you…sons." His form then crumbled into dust as he was defeated.
The Earl watched from a distance at this recent Akuma's defeat. "Hmmmm. It seems something interesting is going to happen. Well then, we'll see how you two do during the game." The Earl sang as a heart shaped door opened in front of him. "Rhode? What are you doing?"
"Nothing Millinie! I just wanted to escort you back! Who are those two boys?"
"They're future exorcists. Don't worry about them for now. I don't know how, but they're special. Well leeeeet's gooo!" With that sung he walked into the heart shaped door Rhode had made.
Rhode looked back at the two children while they held each other and cried. She didn't realize it but her eyes softened upon seeing them. They were going to be important indeed. She then walked through the door with her hands behind her back while she sung a tune to herself. If the Earl said not to bother with them then she wasn't going to bother them. Hopefully they'll be able to provide some sort of entertainment in the future.
Naruto and Allen continued to hold each other as they tried to comfort each other through that horrible event. What they didn't notice was Allen's red hair starting to slowly turn white.
(One Week Later)
The now orphans were walking down a hill as they left flowers at Mana's grave. They had no idea what they were going to do without Mana to take care of them, but they would try their hardest to survive. Naruto found someone to talk to in Innocence as they conversed many times. Innocence was a big help in getting Naruto over the shock of being the Jinchuuriki of the Nine-Tailed Fox. "Allen, Innocence told me that we should probably move to one of the bigger cities. It said that we could probably find some sort of job there. Maybe someone else to take care of us while we train."
"I don't know. The circus left us here since we didn't want to travel, and we don't know how to start to train with our powers. You have Innocence to tell you how to train; I have nothing inside of my head."
'Allen, please cheer up.' Ever since they defeated Mana one week ago Allen had turned into gloomy person. Always thinking of the negatives and never the positives.
"Oh, Cross! We're almost there! I hear the red lights district here is amazing!" A voice that seemed similar to Naruto yelled. He knew where the voice came from, it was Jiraiya.
"Mister Jiraiya! Mister Jiraiya! It's me Naruto!"
Jiraiya's red lined face turned to Naruto with surprise at finally finding him! Since he landed in this world Cross Marion found him and helped to bring his knowledge of this world to sub par. He even had an anti-Akuma weapon! However, at this moment a feeling of joy struck through him at finally finding Naruto. Then he remembered where he was headed and immediately he looked at Naruto with disregard. "I don't know you brat, so leave me alone! I've got somewhere important to be!"
Naruto stared at him with surprise then he felt a twitch at the top of his forehead. Seriously, the only other person that was with him when they were transported to this world and yet Jiraiya was ignoring him? That didn't go over well. "Come back here!" Naruto charged at him with a fist cocked back. As if he would actually be able to hurt Jiraiya.
Jiraiya turned around and gave a small smile when he saw that Naruto still had the spunk he had before the masked man transported them here. However…the brat dared to challenge him, so for that he must be punished. "Great Toad Kick!" He then…just kicked, nothing special, Naruto in the stomach which sent him flying into some boxes of garbage.
Allen stared at Naruto in horror as his surrogate brother was kicked roughly by the older man. "Naruto!" With his fretting he was unaware of Cross' gaze upon him.
"Err, stupid Jiraiya! Why would you do that to me?"
"Because you actually thought that you could take me out! You're light years away from beating me! But…it's good to have you back, brat." Jiraiya's face softened as he said this last sentence. "I'm glad you're ok. I was worried that the masked man had found you."
While the two of them were conversing Cross walked over to the confused Allen. "You there, what's your name?"
"My name is Allen, Allen Walker."
Cross' eyes immediately narrowed as he realized who this boy was. "You have an interesting innocence there. Do you know how to use it?" Allen shook his head in the negative then Cross continued, "Well, I can teach you how to control it, and I can teach you how to use your innocence to get back at the one who killed Mana." The next few words will stick to Allen for a long time. The name that he will associate as the reason for both of Mana's deaths. "The Millennium Earl."
"What do we need to do?"
"I think that I have an idea in mind," Jiraiya said as him and Naruto walked over. "We can take go on a training trip. The four of us. Soon we'll have to split up so we can do individual training, but I figured that it would be helpful for all of us."
Cross looked at Jiraiya and silently contemplated if he should take Jiraiya up on the offer. He met the man one year ago and supplied him with innocence since he found out that he was compatible. He never figured that he would take a liking to the man but they had similar interests so he figured that he would allow the man to learn how to use innocence. Jiraiya had learned pretty quickly and soon he was learning how to use it by himself. Of course Jiraiya told him where he was from, and Jiraiya told him that he was searching for a boy who came with him named Naruto. While he didn't want to be around the man for a long time, he would admit that it would be better if he had others with him when during this training trip. He figured that Allen was Mana's adopted son that he had heard about. Otherwise he would have never offered to train him so easily. Plus he had an interesting parasitic-type innocence that would be interesting to train.
Allen and Naruto high-fived at the fact that they would still get to be with each other, but that was soon turned into shocked gazes as they heard Jiraiya say, "Now! Why don't you guys stay here while Cross and I have some fun…adult fun. Bye! With that they walked forward down to where they were heading in the first place.
Allen and Naruto again looked at each other as they were completely ignored. Allen turned to Naruto then said, "I hope that it's not going to be like this all the time."
"I don't know, but all I can say is that it definitely will be interesting."
Allen couldn't help the smile that came across his face as he listened to what Naruto said. Even when they split up for individual training he couldn't wait to be with his brother.
Naruto smiled at the fact that Allen smiled for the first time in over a week. Hopefully soon things will go back to normal. Hopefully soon Allen and he would find purpose in this life. As Exorcists.
Well this is it! Part one of this three part upload! Hope you guys enjoy this series. There are some stuff that will be explained later in the series such as how Naruto has innocence and what not.
If anybody is planning on complaining about the unoriginality of Naruto's innocence let me explain real quick. Once Naruto got his innocence, which will be explained later, the innocence tried to take a form of some sort to help him. Like Leenale's boots or something like that. However, the Nine-Tail's chakra was powerful enough that the innocence couldn't take form inside of Naruto. So what does it do? It decides to take away from the Nine-Tail's chakra and give it to Naruto as long as he can control it. Think of Naruto's innocence as like Yami's transformation abilities from To Love Ru. The shroud, once trained, can form more than just a fist. Plus the more chakra Naruto controls the more powerful and the more variety Naruto can use. Well, there's thata! I hope that everyone enjoyed this introduction chapter and be ready to read the second chapter!