A/N: Hi! Thank you for checking out my story! Before we begin, there's some things I'd like to say.

First: This is kind of a crossover story between Naruto and Highschool DXD, but it'll be completely set IN Naruto's world, only some characters and a bit of the lore from DXD will be dragged into this story, so bear that in mind when you read this.

Second: I'm new in this writing thingy, I've never wrote anything in my life actually, but since I am writing the story of a videogame, I wanted to get some exp first, so please, feel free to correct me and comment your tips and critiques, that will help me create an amazing story for both the game and this fic. I'm open to listen to your feedback AS LONG as you keep it CIVIL, comments with insults or lame hate will not be taken into consideration.

Third: The pairing will be a Harem, a huge one actually, I already have at least 45 girls planned for the story since this fic is inspired by the amazing 'Eroninja' by 'TheLemonSage' (Go and check it out if you haven't, it's a really cool story), so if you have any girl you'd like to see, even if she's from a different franchise than Naruto or DXD, send me a PM and I'll see if I can fix them into the story! But this will NOT be a lemon fest, I'll add one here and there, but this is a plot driven fic, so I'll let you lads know when I add one.

With that set, let's get to it.

(I only own OCs, the plot some techniques, from there on, I own shit)

"Naruto"- normal talk.

'Naruto' - thought.

"Naruto" - mental talk.

"Naruto" - Tailed Beast/Creature/Divinity mental talk.

'Naruto' - Tailed Beast/Creature/Divinity thought.

"Naruto" - Tailed Beast/Creature/Divinity speaking.

Prologue

A 5 year old Naruto was running around the village trying to get away from the angry mob that was giving him chase. Sadly, this was a common occurrence in his life, especially on the anniversary of the defeat of the Twelve Winged Dragon by the hand of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, his hero, his inspiration and above all, his father.

Yes, he was very aware that the Fourth was his father, many people believed that Naruto has a hard-skull, even if they knew that the reason for that would be because nobody in the village would teach him how to read or do math, not even in the orphanage that was supposed to take care of him, that and the fact that he goes running around the village painting shit with his paint-bombs, pranking and screaming about being Hokage one day.

But, the truth is that he is quite the genius, all it took was one comment about him being a mini version of the Fourth, a thorough search on people in the village with blond hair and blue eyes, a nervous looking Third Hokage when being questioned about it, a good look at the face in the monument and then at the mirror, and there you go, the clear answer of who his father was.

After finding the truth, he didn't know how to feel about him anymore, he respected him as a Hokage, there was no doubt in him that he was the absolute pinnacle of the word 'Kage'. But as his father, he felt conflicted, because even if he gave his life to protect the village from the wrath of the Twelve-Wings alongside a woman named Kushina Uzumaki, who he also had a theory about his relation with her, he or they, ultimately gave him the fate of being the pariah and the focus of aggression for the whole village.

He knew what he carries inside of him as well, again, all it took to learn the truth was listening to the names the villagers use to call him, 'Demon Brat', 'Dragon Brat' and such, the latter being a good giveaway, but it clicked when somebody used the word 'Jinchūriki'. Not knowing what it meant, he snuck into the library and began searching for the term and after finding that it was used to refer to the containers of the Tailed Beasts, he just put two and two together and it all made sense, the names, the glares, the insults, the hate.

Maybe his father and probable mother thought that the village would love him and see him as a hero, thinking that the previous jinchūriki of the village, Kushina, the carrier of the Nine Tailed Fox, who was already a respected kunoichi known throughout the lands as 'The Red-Hot Habanero' before it became public knowledge that she carried the Nine-Tails, became a hero after working together with the fox and the Fourth to protect the village from the dragon, they might have believed that the reputation would be carried onto the newborn.

But, he still thought that they should have known that the people would hate the demon that brought them close to annihilation and that killed so many loved ones of the survivors of the attack, along with the fact that for some reason the knowledge of his heritage was to be kept hidden from the village. Instead of hopes for a bright future for their son, they should have known that it wasn't going to be that way, coupled with the fact that the Nine-Tails mysteriously disappeared from the world after the battle, adding the unwarranted hate brought by losing their biggest weapon to the dragon, they ultimately left him to pay for their decision, noble as it might have been, it still doomed him to be a 5 year old with over a dozen assassination attempts on his head. In the off chance that he was wrong and they weren't his parents, that just made them even worse persons in his eyes by sacrificing an abandoned newborn.

So that left him with an incredible bitter savor about his father, while it might have been the most difficult thing in the world to sacrifice your and your children's life to fulfill your duty to the village, he or her were not the ones trying to get away from the very ones that they protected.

"Stop running you damn demon!" An angry male villager screamed.

"Kill the dragon, kill him!" A female villager exclaimed while throwing rocks at the little blond.

"You won't escape the legacy of the Fourth, we will honor his sacrifice by finishing what he and Lady Kushina started." Another said proudly, as if he was not trying to kill a 5 year old.

Oh, the fucking irony, 'There's just no point anymore…' Naruto thought tiredly while making it look like he had tripped over some rocks, he then closed his eyes and just waited for his death.

He didn't have to wait long, as the villagers quickly surrounded him and started beating and spitting him all over the place. But not having enough, some of the villagers who were already wasted grabbed some kunai and began to stab him to finish him off once and for all.

Trying to ignore the pain and mentally cursing his parents and the village, he kept his mouth and eyes shut tight until eventually, he felt a huge pain in his heart and immediately all went dark.

Soon after, the villagers were starting to cheer and congratulate each other for a job well done, shouting the name of the Fourth to celebrate. It didn't last though, as they were quickly detained by mud. The villagers looked around for the caster of the jutsu and they saw an ANBU with white hair and a dog mask with his hands on the ground.

Soon after, a female ANBU with a cat mask and purple hair began to cuff them and knock them harshly, mentally cursing each and every one of them and herself, for falling on the diversion the villagers used to throw them off the chase.

A third ANBU with black hair and a weasel mask then appeared and quickly made his way towards the limp child, "God, what the fuck did you people just do!?" He shouted angrily towards the drunken shinobi among the villagers, the ones responsible for stabbing the boy.

"We saved the village, that's what we fucking did! Having that damn demon among us was an insult to us and the memory of the Fourth!" An angry drunken kunoichi answered back.

"He's just a child you fucking bitch!" The female ANBU said from behind her before knocking her out cold.

"Cat, Weasel! Keep your emotions for when you're alone…" The white haired ANBU reprimanded them before turning towards the other male ANBU to say, "Weasel, how is Naruto?" The dog masked ANBU asked with a hint of dread and sorrow in his voice.

"He's gone..." Weasel responded dryly, his voice seemingly devoid of emotion.

'I failed you again sensei...' The white haired ANBU thought with great sorrow, "Take his body to a safe place and stay with him while we carry these scum to the Hokage." He ordered while making his way to transport the arrested villagers to the Hokage Tower. He turned around and saw the female ANBU looking transfixed at the body of the boy, he brought her attention back when he shouted, "Cat, get a move on!"

"Right, Captain!" The distracted ANBU answered and began to help her ANBU Captain with taking the unconscious people to the Hokage tower.

Weasel finished cleaning the body as best as he could from all the blood and then, he began to carry him towards the boy's house. He casted his gaze down on him and soon, a lone tear fell from his chin towards the body of the boy while saying, "Naruto, I'm so sorry..."

Naruto's eyes slowly opened from their slumber, he felt confused when after looking around a little, he found himself laying on the ground on a weird looking hall.

Getting on his feet, he realized that he was in some sort of sewer, "Hahaha, this is just fucking great! Either heaven is too overrated or hell is more comfortable than my own apartment!" Naruto said sarcastically. He then heard a grumble that sounded like something about 'Stupid loud brats' followed by a low roar that seemed to call on his name.

Naruto began to walk around, trying to follow the sound of the low roars until he arrived to a large room lit by two big candles with what seemed to be black fire. On the other end of the room, instead of being another wall, there were large metal bars with a seal on the middle, behind the bars all Naruto could see was nothing but darkness.

Until a bit further from the bars, one giant neon green eye with an equal neon red pupil with a golden slit in the middle shot open, quickly the other eye shot open as well and the creature which those frightening eyes belonged to made its way slowly towards the bars of its cage, revealing a terrifying yet beautiful and magnificent red dragon with some black markings around its body and on the membrane of its giant twelve wings, each one being smaller than the one on top. The mighty dragon then lowered its head to see eye to eye with the boy and let out a small breath that carried enough force to make Naruto stumble back a little.

Straightening himself up, he locked eyes with the dragon and began walking a little closer to it, seemingly unafraid, the two let some seconds pass with their eyes locked at each other before the silence was finally broken by the Uzumaki, "So you're the Twelve-Wings, huh?... The Twelve Winged Dragon that attacked the Leaf and lost to the Fourth and the jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails?" Naruto said calmly.

"Grr, You insolent brat! If it weren't for these damn bars I would eat you just to shit you later!... But, I got to give it to you boy, you really aren't as dumb as people give you the credit for, here I thought you would be crying and shitting yourself for being in my presence, even knowing that you already knew I was sealed inside you, you're indeed as interesting as I thought." The being spoke with a low and divine sound to its voice.

"Wooo what? How do you know that I knew!?" Naruto replied with great surprise.

Letting a deep sigh, the dragon responded "But maybe you're not that smart either..." The dragon mocked just loud enough for Naruto to hear it, "Our minds are connected, you fool! I can hear all of your thoughts, I know that you found out about me being sealed inside you and that your father was that blasted man that you call the 'Fourth', and also that the woman with him was probably your mother." He added with annoyance.

"Right, then why can't I hear yours? Is it a one way connection?" The blonde asked while tilting his head to the side as a clear sign of confusion.

"No, you were just too weak to be able to communicate with me, your death forced me to do all I could to keep your soul here, along with keeping your body from decomposing." The mighty beast replied dryly, showing a little bit of intrigue while waiting for the boy's reaction.

"Soooo, I'm in some sort of limbo then?" Uzumaki replied nonchalantly, appearing to be at peace with his own death.

Slightly lifting the scales above its right eye, making it look like as if it was arching an eyebrow, the dragon replied, "You're taking this much lighter than I would've thought, but to answer your question, no, you died, I just brought you back."

"Why?" The 5 year old asked sternly.

"Sigh, Two reasons… First, if you die while I'm here inside you, I die with you… considering that I'm supposed to be immortal well… that would be just a bad look on my resume…" The dragon then rested its giant head on its two front legs before continuing, "And second, in truth, to give you somewhat of an apology, the fools in your village don't have the brains to differentiate between a 5 year old boy and an 100 meters tall red dragon, and because of that stupidity your people have poured all their fear and hatred for me, into you…" That much was true, the dragon did felt a tiny bit of guilt for the boy's mistreatment from his own village, "I might be the being on which your kin based the one you call 'Satan' off, but I am not someone that destroys shit just for laughs, my job is to oversee darkness and death in life, nothing more, nothing less." The red dragon finished, giving a small apologetic voice.

"I see…" Naruto said while nodding slightly. He then looked at the dragon again and added, "Well… thank you… but I honestly don't think you're the one that should be apologizing though..."

"Wha..." Now, there is a tiny list of things that had shocked the mighty dragon and hearing the boy that has it sealed inside of him and that due to that has been treated even worse than shit to say that you shouldn't apologize for the treatment that should be directed to you, has been definitely added to that list, "Why would you say that?" It said, genuinely curious.

Seating on the flooded floor, Naruto realized that the water that surrounded him seemed to phase through him instead of soaking him, he looked up to the ceiling and elaborated, "Well, while you are indeed a frightening being to see… the way you talk, act and look lets me see that you are as much a prisoner to me as I am to you… plus, seeing you now directly, the 'Bloodthirsty beast that cares for nothing but death and destruction', does seems too far beneath the being I'm seeing right now." He finished with utmost conviction in his own deduction.

'Yeah, I'm always right with my picks...' The dragon thought smugly, "Again, you impressed me with your insight boy, even with all your knowledge, I thought you would lash out at me and blame me for everything…" It said while adding mentally,'Father knows you have the right…'

The small boy shook his head to the sides while saying, "Nope, I would have if you were the creature the world seems to think you are, but seeing you eye to eye and the fact that I don't even know your story, it would make me just as foolish as the villagers… that's why I only have one question for you regarding everything though…" He then locked his two blue eyes to the dragon's glowing eyes and asked calmly, "Why?"

"Elaborate brat." The dragon replied dryly.

"Not being the mindless creature that people say you are… why did you attacked the village? It does seem a small thing for you to do." Naruto explained.

Sighing, the dragon rested its head above its massive claws and closed its eyes, letting some time pass to recollect its thoughts. It opened them again after some moments and answered, "Yes, you are correct, I didn't attack the village for fun, I don't even care about the human world at all. But you see, before the attack on your village, I had a fight with my brother Arkam, you could say that he is my counterpart in life… The fight was large and in the end I left victorious, but not unscathed… with me leaving weak and distracted, I failed to realize that there was somebody lurking in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity at whoever left with the win. When I realized his presence, it was already too late and with his damned eyes managed to influence me enough to attack your village, I could feel that he tried to control me but he was a mere mortal and did not had the power to control a being like me, but it was enough to suggest me to do it."

Looking at his reflection on the water below, Naruto let the information sink in to recollect his thoughts and to find what he wanted to ask next. Looking up at the dragon again, he said, "I see, but if what you say about that mortals do not have the power to control you is true, then why are you imprisoned here in me? I don't doubt that the Fourth was strong but as I far as I know, he was human aswell… so what makes me any different than them as apparently I'm able to keep you locked here? I mean if we cannot control you, then I guess much less imprison you... inside... one... of... us..." Suddenly Naruto's eyes grew wide as a 9 months pregnant woman's belly when he realized why that might be. He then quickly directed his gaze at the dragon's eyes as if searching for confirmation of his theory.

The dragon just looked at the boy and let a small proud smirk for its container's deduction skills.

Naruto then answered himself later, "You are here because you want to..." Adding to the already mixed feelings about both his father and the dragon, Naruto felt even more confused at the implication that sealing the dragon wasn't a matter of a last effort to protect the village, but a decision that was part of a larger plan for who knows what. With a small spike of anger and confusion, he then asked, "Why? Why would you want to be sealed here? Why me!?"

"Answering your thoughts, your father had nothing to do with this. He, like most of humanity, believes that I am a 'Tailed Beast' as you call them, so he thought that I could be sealed inside you, he was able to do that with the help of the Fox and the Death God, who hates my guts if I may add, they were able to do it because as I said earlier, I was in a weakened state, but he did not know that I could have easily break free once I recovered my strength, which, would have taken me a couple of weeks at most." The dragon replied simply, almost bored.

"But then why not break free once you could? What is the purpose of you being here!?" Naruto replied heatedly, still feeling really angry for apparently being used in a scheme he has no idea about.

"The reason for why I didn't broke free was because I felt something in you, call it a hunch if you want, but it is something I've been looking for some time now. And the purpose of me being here, is to prepare you for your future." The Twelve-Wings explained.

"Why? What's in it that YOU want to prepare me? And what do you mean by 'prepare'?" The blond continued his interrogation.

With an annoyed tone in its voice and having its eyes closed as if bored, the dragon answered, "What's in store for you is something that I will not reveal until I deem you ready and that is not debatable. And by 'prepare', I meant that I will train you, as a full-fledged warrior, you will learn how to fight as a true dragon would."

Already forgetting almost everything after hearing the words 'I will train you', the blond stood up excitedly and with stars in his eyes, he said, "Hooo shit, really!? That's awesome!... but wait… how do dragons fight though?... I don't get that since… well… you know… I'm not one..."

'So you think...' The dragon thought before replying, "We dragons are the top of the chain on almost everything, especially pride and power, hence our fights always change landscapes. We prove to everybody that when it comes to fighting and power, there's no other kind like ours, so when I say that you'll learn how to fight like us, I mean that you'll fight with your fists, heart, flashy shit and untamable guts." The dragon then flashed the boy a fierce smirk to make him more excited, which definitely did.

"Whoa, amma be a badass then!" Naruto claimed excitedly while punching the air as if kicking someone's sorry ass.

"Sigh, Yes you very well might be, but if you show me that you also possess the intelligence and calculation of a leader, I might even let you lead my kin, that's why I also want you to get someone to teach you in the shinobi arts, since you will have to grow not just in power and mind, but in your position in the world as well." The beast said while narrowing its giant eyes, trying to give more seriousness to its words.

"Well now, that's going to be a little difficult since you know, everyone hates my guts… the Old Man and the three ANBU that have been taking care of me in the past year are the only ones that could give me such training, but I don't think they will do it, especially the Old Man since he seems to be somewhat uneasy with my wish of being a shinobi..." Naruto then sat cross legged on the floor again, pondering on who could teach him, that is, until some of the words of the dragon finally registered on his mind. He stood up quickly and looked up at the giant being while screaming, "YOUR KIN!? THERE ARE MORE OF YOU!? WHY NOBODY HAS SEEN THEM!? AND HOW WOULD I LEAD THEM!?"

The dragon let out a small low chuckle, amused at his outburst, before explaining, "That is something that you will know in due time. As to how will you lead them, think of it as a summoning contract if you wish…" The beast then let a tired sigh and added, "Now, that's enough talk for now, I'm finishing the process of reconstructing your body from a cellular level, hence the long wait. I'm just finishing healing all your external wounds, only the scar that was done to you as a newborn is left to heal."

"No, leave it as it is." Naruto replied with a stern voice that seemed to belong to an adult.

"Why would you want that?" The dragon asked, genuinely curious.

"So I don't forget..." The last Uzumaki replied dryly while looking down slightly.

'Good…' The dragon thought, giving the boy a small smirk, understanding what he meant. It then replied, "Very well, it is all done, just focus on the outside world and you'll wake up, from now on we'll be able to speak mentally with each other, I also took the liberty to allow myself to see through your eyes and feel what you feel. Get some rest because we will start your training tomorrow…" The Twelve-Wings then added with irritation, "Now go! I want to get back to my sleep and you've annoyed me enough already."

Getting ready to leave, Naruto looked at the dragon and grinned before saying with a sweet tone, "Ah, it was lovely to speak with you as well. I see around then, nighty scaly ball!" He quickly focused on the outside of his mindscape to leave, which was proving difficult because he was laughing his ass off after seeing the grumpy look on the mighty beast's face and the claw trying to hit where he was standing followed by a grumbling about 'Disrespectful blond brats'. With that, he left the mindscape feeling more excited than ever in his life, eager to begin his training and to look for a shinobi willing to teach him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, is a calm, wise and cheerful man loved by the whole village, usually going around and showing love to his people by giving them a kind warm smile for all to see, however, today was not the case, "This better be a joke because God help me..." Hiruzen muttered while trying to control his anger.

The Third was walking at a fast pace towards the holding cells of the Hokage tower, spreading enormous amount of killer intent after receiving the report that the villagers had apparently killed Naruto Uzumaki, who to the Third, was like a grandson.

Arriving to the cells, he looked around and saw the villagers and some of the shinobi with blood on their feet. The villagers just started to shiver in fear under the murderous glare that their leader was giving them all. The old timer then approached the ANBU Captain and ordered, "Hound, report."

Hound looked at the Hokage, his eyes showing a great amount of pain and regret when he explained, "Yes Lord Hokage… while me, Weasel and Cat were watching the boy from the roofs, we managed to catch sight of a mob that was gathering near Naruto's house, we started to get ready to escort the boy to his apartment, but we didn't realized that the mob was meant to keep us occupied while some of the shinobi that were with the mob threw smoke bombs to cloud our view, the time that they managed to delay us was enough for us to lose sight of Naruto and the mob, once we caught up with them, it was already too late..." Hound looked down trying to be as cold as he could to keep his pain in check. He looked back at the Hokage and finished, "When we arrived at the scene, we saw the villagers celebrating, I seized the chance and kept them in place with a mud jutsu while Cat cuffed and knocked them out, Weasel made his way to check on Naruto who wasn't moving when we arrived and... sigh… he confirmed that Naruto was dead."

Some of the people that were in the cells showed joy at the news, while other were smiling smugly as if they were heroes, that was of course until an incredible amount of killing intent was released from the Third, so powerful was that it could be felt throughout the whole village, making the civilians practically shit themselves.

Steadying his breathing, the Third directed his gaze towards an uneasy Cat, who along with Hound and Weasel, made the team that started to take care of Naruto after the Third found that many of the ninjas that were assigned to keep an eye on the boy seemed to only interfere after the boy was already badly wounded, he chose the three that seemed to genuinely care for the boy as his guardians. Hound being one the students of Naruto's father and the only one with the knowledge of his heritage. Weasel, who felt bad after seeing that Naruto was always at the park just sitting on the grass watching the other kids play while their parents kept their gazes on Naruto to make sure he didn't came near their children. He started to take him to the park whenever he had a chance to, Naruto at first felt wary of the sudden show of kindness directed towards him but the feeling quickly turned into a brotherly love, which was returned by Weasel. And finally, Cat, who was one of Naruto's mother's students, although she didn't know for certain that the boy was Kushina's son, the Third had the feeling that she suspected it, since she became very protective of the boy.

The other only ninja that the Third could trust with Naruto's safety was Anko Mitarashi, another pariah of the village and Orochimaru's former student. She became Naruto's official 'Handler' for whenever he ran around causing mayhem throughout the village with his pranks, making the two form a bond thanks to the connection of being the 'outcasts' of the village and Anko always seemed too eager for Naruto's pranks to begin the chase. To this date, Naruto has never been caught doing a prank and not even the ANBU had been able to caught up with him, Anko is the only one that has achieved that, although, the Third had a feeling that Naruto did that on purpose just to prank Anko directly.

Hiruzen let out a painful sigh and asked, "Where did Weasel took Naruto?"

"To the boy's house." The ANBU Captain answered.

Turning around, Sarutobi started to walk through the cells when another ANBU asked, "What do we do with the detainees, Lord Third?"

The Third stopped near the exit door and looked over his shoulder towards the ANBU that spoke and ordered coldly, "Execute them, all."

"What!? Y-you can't do this!" A now scared ninja stuttered.

"We sa-saved the v-village from th-that d-demon!" A civilian woman screeched.

"We a-are just ci-civilians what about ou…" Another civilian was saying before a now sober shinobi cut him off.

"That is just unlawful, the council won't al..." The one that delivered the killing blow on Naruto said before being painfully interrupted by an enraged Third Hokage.

The Third jumped towards the shinobi that spoke last and grabbed him by the throat while stating with a cold and strong voice to everyone around, "I AM THE HOKAGE, MY WORD IS THE LAW, NOT THE ELDER'S, NOT THE COUNCIL'S, MINE! EXECUTE THEM OR I SWER I WI..."

Before anything else could be said, a huge power wave was felt throughout the village and a frightening known shiver along with it. The Third then quickly looked towards Hound and Cat and ordered them to go with him, praying to the gods above that the dragon hasn't escaped the seal.

Weasel got back on his feet after a powerful wave of energy was released from Naruto's body that pushed him to the wall, he looked in shock as a red bubbly substance surrounded the body of the boy, modifying it. The sound of bones breaking and fixing themselves covered the room, while Weasel almost could feel the pain by watching the boy's body growing in height and muscle mass, losing all of his baby-fat in the process, replacing it with pure muscle. His blond hair seems to be gaining like a golden glow and his aura started to flood the room with a feeling of authority, like if Weasel was in the presence of the biggest Alpha in the world.

That was the sight that the Third along with the two other ANBU walked into, both Hiruzen and Hound felt almost the same that Weasel was feeling from the boy while Cat looked uneasy as if aroused, which was weird for her since she had a boyfriend and Naruto was 5 years old, but it was like something immense was emanating from his presence.

After a couple of minutes, whatever was happening to Naruto stopped and he then opened his eyes abruptly. Those present in the room were startled when they could see that his blue eyes seemed to have gained an unnatural glow along with a golden slit that replaced the natural black dot of the pupil, his canines looked sharper as well. All in all, he had a more commanding and feral look.

"Ah! What the f..." Naruto said before closing his eyes quickly due to the pain that suddenly assaulted his head. He grabbed his throbbing head and started to feel dizzy, like if a whole library's worth of information was being poured violently into his mind. Feeling pained and confused, he heard the voice of the dragon inside his head explaining.

"Relax brat. What you're feeling is your new enhanced senses, the confusion and pain is because your mind has to get used to the new range of them, think of it as if your whole body except your mind have been upgraded." The dragon mentally said to him with a bored tone.

"Oh fuck! I can even hear and feel the heart of the people around me! It's too much damn it! How do I control it!?" Naruto mentally replied frantically, trying to maintain his conscious on.

"It will take some time to get used to, but in the meantime I'll focus my healing powers on your brain to help you process all the information that you are receiving until your brain gets accustomed to it. For now, just focus on your immediate surroundings and you'll be fine." The dragon answered calmly.

'Alright, focus, focus, focus... mm, I can feel four presences around… three of them seem to be male and one female... mm… strange… the female seems flustered by something, her heart is beating like crazy!... the other three seem like frightened...' Naruto thought after focusing on his surroundings before he suddenly felt really warm while his head was being pushed into something soft and squishy. Opening his eyes, he saw that the softness and warmth came from the cat ANBU, more specifically, her breasts.

"You're alive! Thank God!" Cat said while embracing Naruto with all her might, suffocating him in the process, not that he minded going like this at all though.

"Umm, Cat?… I think he needs to breathe..." Hound said, while the others present were sweatdropping at the woman's sudden excitement.

"Ah! Right, sorry Naru..." She said while nervously giggling, blushing like mad behind her mask. She then reluctantly and carefully broke the embrace with the blond Uzumaki.

"Haha, don't worry about it, Cat." Naruto said with an equal mad blush and a nervous laugh.

"Ahem… Naruto are you ok? What happened?" The Third asked him.

"Well, I honestly don't know Old Man, you tell me…" Naruto scratched his scruff and continued, "The last thing I remember was being surrounded by the villagers and then boom!... all went black… then well, here I am." He feigned ignorance.

"Naruto… you met IT, didn't you?" The ANBU Captain asked dryly, knowing that the boy was lying.

"Sigh, I just can't fool you now can I, Kakashi?... hehe..." Naruto responded with a nervous laugh.

"Nope." Kakashi said while giving him an eye smile behind his mask, god knows how he does that.

"Well?" The Third said after some seconds of silence.

"Yeah I met the scaly ball…" Naruto replied, earning an annoyed grunt from his tenant at the nickname. Chuckling, Naruto continued, "I suppose that you're asking because of my new appearance? Well he said that its tenant cannot be a 'pathetic weak fool', so it made some 'adjustments' to my body so I can defend us both, since apparently if I die, so does it." He responded, keeping the real conversation as a secret.

"Hmm, did it tell you anything else?" The old Hokage inquired further.

"Nope, just 'Don't die again idiot!'." Naruto said, using a mock voice of the dragon, making those present chuckle at his upbeat attitude even in such circumstances.

"Haha, well then, I'm relieved to see that you are alright. Now, get some rest Naruto, you've earned it…" Sarutobi said while patting the boy's head. He then turned towards the raven haired ANBU and added, "Weasel will stay here to keep an eye on you for the rest of the night. Hound, Cat, come on, let's get back to the Hokage Tower, I'm sure that Koharu, Homura and Danzō are already there with the Council panicking over the energy wave." He said tiredly, 'Sigh, let's see with what nonsense they come up to try and lock Naruto away or to be trained by Danzō, those civilian and Elder fools are always going to extremes when it comes to Naruto. At least he's alive and I can feel great power now coming from him… just how far will your boy go, Minato and Kushina? I wonder...' The Third thought while saying goodnight to Naruto along with the others, with an added kiss on Naruto's cheek by Cat, making the Third chuckle at Naruto's red face.

After the Third and the ANBU left, Weasel approached Naruto and while ruffling his hair, he said, "You gave us quite the scare Naruto, I was afraid I was going to lose you, little brother, I'm sorry for not being there." The usually stoic ANBU said, showing a strange moment of emotion.

Naruto stood up from the bed and hugged Weasel tightly while saying, "There's nothing to be sorry, big brother Itachi! I'm sure you did everything you could, the important thing is that I survived and you can buy me that new ramen flavor that the old man Teuchi created!" He said excitedly at the thought of a new flavor of the food of the gods to taste.

"Haha, ok, ok... but still, given what happened today, I think it's appropriate that I give you special training so when you find yourself in these kind of situations by your own, you can protect yourself. Plus, with the 'improvements' that the Twelve-Wings made, I believe you can get very strong, even before you can go to the academy." Itachi said to a shocked Naruto, who only gave him a blanked look.

"Well that was quick...", "Tell me about it…" Both Naruto and the Twelve-Wings mentally exclaimed before Naruto started jumping around, pumping fists in the air while saying, "Oh awesome! I'm going to be such a badass ninja! Just like you, big bro!"

"Yeah, yeah, that's the idea… now come on, go to bed and get some sleep, I'm gonna have to train you in secret so nobody interferes with us, so we'll have to do it at the earliest hour in the Forest of Death so you need to get some sleep… and no telling anyone about it alright!?" Itachi said.

"Sir, yes sir!" Naruto screamed with a mock salute, but stopped Itachi before he left the apartment, "Umm, but, Itachi? There's something I didn't tell you about my meeting with the dragon…" He said timidly while thinking 'Here we go...'

Itachi turned to him with a questioning look due to the boy's sudden change in attitude before nodding and dragging a chair in front of Naruto's bed to listen to the real conversation with the Twelve Winged Dragon, needless to say, it was a long night...

A/N: So, that was the first chapter! I hope you lads liked it, I'll be trying to update this story weekly but no promises, remember to leave comments and I'll see ya lads next chappie, cheers!