If Hellboy was real, I'd date him, in Naruto was real, I'd adopt him. As they are not…I obviously haven't found a way to make them so, and therefore do not own them. (debates going fan-girl and adding an OC) See bottom of chapter for why I did this and all that fun stuff.
Also, warnings on Naruto spoilers for current manga chapters.

Hellboy sagged in his seat. It had been a rough week in France, dealing with the Beast of Gevaudan. Who would have thought that after over a century, the demon wolf would have shown her ugly head? And the bitch had brought her brood as well. With a sigh, Hellboy scratched his tail. Those bite marks were annoying when healing.

And here he was, back at the BPRD less than five hours and already there was a briefing. At least Abe was there with him. "Hey, Abe, any clue what's the mission this time?"

"no," Abe blinked his eyelids, "not a clue. Though I heard that this one was a special request from an old friend of the professor."

"great….just great. Probably another case of hell squirrels."

"Oh I don't know," called Liz, walking in, "I thought those squirrels were kind of cute."

"Yeah, right up till they tried to eat you…"

"Well, that did put a damper of the cuteness factor." Liz smiled, taking the seat next to Hellboy. The three friends then began a list of the cutest creatures they fought right on down to the ugliest. To most of the BPRD this would be a weird conversation, but most members had not grown up within the inner sanctums. Or were unable to leave. Over the years, the three of them had learned to look at things with a good dollop of humor. A very warped humor, but humor none the less. These rambling conversations were what kept them sane and strengthened their friendship.

"Ah good, I see you all are here." Kate Corrigan grinned as she strolled into the room, followed by Manning and Professor Bruttenholm. Hellboy sat a little straighter. Normally when these three were involved, multiple missions were being assigned. This could be fun, he thought as the three seated themselves.

"As you know, you three were called here to handle a case for a friend of mine," began the professor. "Dr. Kishimoto called last week, suspecting that a small cult in his area were attempting some dark magic. He requested that we look into it."

"Oh, come on, Prof, why do you need us for that? Can't you just send some grunts?"

"There is reason to believe that this may be more than a professional courtesy." Interjected Kate, handing out briefing folders, "The cult, Akatsuki they call themselves, have been relatively quiet since the late 1800's. Seems that the original members were seeking immortality through various means; mixing dark and light magic, incantations, alchemy, the usual. There plans failed when the demon they accidently unleashed, Shukaku to be accurate, ate them. The demon then returned to the nether worlds."

"Facinating…" Hellboy muttered as he and the others flipped through the information, "and what does this have to do with us, exactly?"

"Well, apparently Shukaku sparked a new goal. This new version of the Akatsuki is aimed at omniscient power, guess the immortality angle didn't work."

"That's all well and good, but I still don't see where we come in," started Liz, "so far, this looks like something anyone could handle."

Manning cleared his throat, "Well, it seems that Dr. Kishimoto has stumbled across some evidence to suggest that they are attempting to raise a very firce demon, the, the…." He snapped his fingers, trying to come up with the name.

"Kyuubi, sir."

"Yes, that one. Seems to him that that would be a very bad thing. So you three are going to go and stop it, understood?"

"Kyuubi?" Abe asked, "Isn't that the 9 tailed demonic fox spirit of Japan?"

Liz shook her head, confused, "Wait, I thought that fox sprits in Japan were called Kitsunes and were relatively harmless. What's so bad about this one?"

"Well, according to legend, before it was sealed into another dimension, the Kyuubi laid waste to Japan. It's no longer a simple kitsune, but a monster." Kate supplied.

Slapping his knees, Hellboy rose from his seat, "pack your bags, kiddies, we're going to Japan."

Naruto raced through the forest, driven by some internal need to move. Though three years had passed, he still felt no closer to rescuing Sasuke. It did not help that the last time he had seen his old friend Sasuke had nearly stabbed him with a big-ass sword. And the Akatsuki were on the hunt for him again. It was hard for the intrepid blond to retain his outwardly happy demeanor in the face of such overwhelming bad news.

Naruto had decided that he needed some alone time, and had headed out of the village earlier hat day. He knew he wasn't supposed to, but in all honesty, he felt ready to snap. The boy may not have been the brightest ninja in the village, but even he knew that if he snapped, and the Kyuubi got out, even a little bit, the village was going to have a problem. So he had gone for a run, knowing he'd be back before dark.

Cutting across a meadow, Naruto passed a raven haired figure in a white-gray baggy top. The teen quickly backtracked and chased after the figure, "SASUKE!" he cried at the figure's back.

Naruto chased the figure for miles, quickly losing any chance of making it back to the village before dark. "SASUKE! Turn around and look at me damit!" he bellowed, unable to catch up, but remaining almost in reach.

In the near dark of the forest, Naruto missed the cloaked figure that was following him. Nor did he notice that he had been in this area before. Then again, he had been a little distracted with rescuing Gaara at the time. Suddenly Naruto realized something was up. Before he could do anything about it though, he was struck from behind. As the two Akatsuki aporoached the unconscious Naruto, Itachi dropped his genjutsu.

"well, that was easy" Kisame laughed. "Almost lead the idiot right to our front doors. Good plan Itachi." He slung the blond onto his shoulders. Without another word the two continued on towards the base.

Kitsune Foxfire here. For those of you who have read my other works, you know crossovers really aren't my thing. I do "what if's" but see, I was watching Hellboy Blood and Iron, and I thought, Hey, if a demon fox ever struck Hellboy would just smash it! Ok, so it was random, but I was planning the latest chapter (though it kind of writes itself), and I'm weird.

So my if info on Hellboy is not the best, I have not read most of the comics, I'm poor and in college. I have seen both animated movies, and the live action one, and really really WANT the comics. So if someone wants to Beta this who knows about Hellboy, I'd be really really happy. I will continue it either way, but not too frequently, as I have M.L.C. to finish and I have no free time.

R&R please. No flames. (Oh, andthe Beast of Gevaudan is not something I made up, and can you place the professor's friend's name?)