AN: So it's been a long time since I've done something on the site. I'll say it right now though; I'm not going back to Persona Reads Persona. Not because I'm any less of a Persona nut (cause Persona is still my most favourite series ever) but because so much has changed within the series itself since then that I don't feel I could continue with my original work. Just a note, no I'm not remaking it either.
I've had a lot of personal problems since I wrote that story… and want to try something fresh to help break new ground for myself. Going back to it… doesn't feel right when I'm trying to move forward.
So if Persona is my favourite series ever why am I doing this? Two reasons really.
One: I don't like the way Naruto ended.
I know that sounds like a dumb reason to do this but I wanted to pay the Naruto the respect I feel it deserves, the respect that the rushed phoned in ending that we got didn't.
I'm not going to rant about the ending here, it's hardly the right place for it. If you liked it, power to you. I have no right to tell you not to like it. I just hate it myself personally.
Two: When Two Realms Meet
I think that this fanfic is the best To-Love Ru/Naruto crossover on the site. Or it was before it was taken down. I sent a message to the author Gavedin about being allowed to repost the story and continue it; he did give me permission to utilize his concept, but informed me that the original story has been lost.
Bummer.
Still the more I thought about it, the more I came up with my own ideas to take the story in a new direction.
So this is my interpretation of a Naruto/To-Love Ru crossover.
When Two Realms Cross.
…No it's not a rip-off at all :P
This first chapter is a prologue more or less and it might be a bit explanation heavy but I feel that it's necessary to set up the world I'm trying to build. I promise future chapters won't be like this.
Anyways read it for yourselves and let me know what you think.
Chapter 1: Some Stuff That's Happened
"Alright class; you're dismissed."
For 16 year old Naruto Uzumaki, there were no sweeter words in all the world.
… except for "Free Ramen."
Still if anyone had told him, four years ago now, that his long-term training with Jiraiya would include a full-time return to school, he'd either have laughed in their faces or just punched them.
Yet, here he was. A first year student at Sainan High. Living a completely ordinary high schooler's life in a completely ordinary city.
As far as anyone knew at least.
So how did this come about? Well it involves a stupid old pervert, a huge bastard fox and bad ramen.
That last part isn't even a joke either.
Two years into their training trip, Jiraiya had decided that it was time for Naruto to truly start learning how to use the Nine-Tails chakra. Normally, Naruto would be fully prepared to do whatever it took to get stronger and save his best friend and keep his promise to Sakura-chan.
Problem was he wasn't feeling well that day.
Having broken his ramen eating record the night before (by devouring 79 extra-large bowls of ramen) Naruto had gone to bed the night before feeling exceptionally proud of himself and fully psyched to train hard the next day. He hadn't been bothered by the strange smell that the ramen had been giving off as it had tasted fine overall and hadn't been worth noticing in the end.
The Nine-Tails had noticed though.
Wanting some form of petty revenge against the blond that had been the bain of his existence for 14 years now, he restricted his chakra so that the blond would fully feel the effects of his favourite food turning against him.
So Naruto, instead of waking up feeling happy and bursting with energy, woke up with the feeling of a multi way war going on in his stomach and wishing for death.
Still Naruto refused to allow his upset stomach to hold him back from training, and Jiraiya, though concerned about his student's illness, chose to press on with students training.
The pain for Naruto was excruciating. He was, for once, actively listening to his perverted teacher in the hopes of distracting himself from the pain he was in. It really should have been a clue to the pervert that his student was so focused on his lesson, for what very well could have been the first time ever. However Jiraiya was far too busy preening under his student's total attention and cheering about how cool he looked as he gave his lecture about the Nine-Tails power.
It is for this reason that Naruto blamed the stupid old pervert for what came next. That and the fact that the pervert was an adult who was supposed to take the blame for these kinds of things anyways.
Jiraiya instructed Naruto to begin channelling the Nine-Tails power, and Naruto did so… right as his stomach exploded in pain and decided to evacuate its current contents.
Needless to say Naruto lost both focus and control.
And "Murphy's Law" kicked in.
What happened after that could not accurately be described by any of the three involved. Even the Nine-Tails would admit that the experience fell outside his impressive range of knowledge (his words of course). Still whatever had happened, it didn't change the reality that one moment they had been outside a small village near the desert training…
.. and the next they were in the forest green outskirts of a needlessly large very advanced city.
There was much childish yelling and screaming following this on both the master and students part.
Naruto was also feeling better, thankfully without having produced anything nasty to show for it.
After he calmed down (and wailed on his student a bit), Jiraiya chose to summon a toad to get their new bearings.
He failed.
Confused, Jiraiya attempted to summon a higher level toad, believing that whatever had happened had thrown off his chakra a bit.
He failed.
Concerned, Jiraiya put enough chakra in his summoning to summon the boss toad.
He failed.
Now near panicking Jiraiya put enough chakra in his summoning to summon both elder toads.
He failed.
Waiting no more time with his own attempts, Jiraiya immediately ordered his student to summon the biggest toad he could. Naruto, though not the sharpest kunai in the pouch, recognized that the situation was serious enough that disobeying his teacher would be a very bad thing and threw as much chakra he could into the summoning justu.
… Does what happened really need to be explained?
Only years of experience kept Jiraiya from outright freaking about what was happening. Even with that experience, he still needed a few minutes before he could come up with a plan for what to do next. His mind drifted back to his old war-days and came up with the most appropriate solution for what to do when in unknown land. Reconnaissance. Having no other real options, he and Naruto leapt off to find out where they were, making sure to stick together in these uncharted lands.
The next few hours turned everything they knew upside down.
Tokyo, not Konohagakure.
Japan, not Fire Country
Earth, not Elemental Nations.
Perhaps most devastating, no one in this place even knew what chakra was, much less how to use it.
The only bit of luck that they had had was that they could at least read and speak the language used here.
Both Naruto and Jiraiya were exhausted both physically and emotionally when the sun began to set.
Naruto had been the one to suggest that they break into an apartment to sleep in for the night. Jiraiya hadn't objected; they were ninja not samurai. Besides it wasn't like he and his student were going to trash the places they stayed in or steal anything (other than food). He had no better ideas anyways.
After settling in for the night, the two had finally had the time to discuss what had let to their abrupt change in locations.
The result of that discussion led to Naruto proclaiming that even bad ramen could perform miracles.
… He did admit that he deserved the smack he got for that statement afterward.
The next several weeks were extremely depressing for the two as they needed to get more information about how to get information on how to get home. With how convoluted their information needs were, they made little headway. It also didn't help that for the first time that either of the two could ever remember, they needed to hide absolutely every kind of ninja skill they possessed. Jiraiya had carefully pointed out that they had no idea how the populous of this city would react to their unique skill sets and they really didn't any extra attention on the two of them. The lack of access to their ninja arsenal further hampered their ability to gather information, depressing the two even further. Even having the fairly reasonable living conditions of having a roof over their heads (though a new one nearly every night), and good food in their bellies did little to improve their spirits.
It had been Naruto, again, that suggested that old pervert get his perverted books published so that they could get money of their own and a real place to hide out and get to training again. Jiraiya had been skeptical of this course of action. Sure there were probably perverts who would enjoy his work here, but this city seemed too cultured overall to make publishing his prized work worthwhile. Still with no better options available to them, and tired of the near fruitless information gathering, he agreed to his students suggestion (*cough* whining *cough*) and worked to get the first of his books published.
One week later (and with the liberal use of many genjutsu) he had his book published.
One week after that, Jiraiya was one of the richest men in all Japan.
Though pleased that his suggestion worked out, Naruto was still unhappy overall with the result of the books being published. For every one good thing they got as a result of their new found fame and fortune, at least two bad things happened.
Of course among the bad things, Naruto wasn't including the time that he caught his perverted master stripped down to his underwear swimming in a pile of money laughing like a madman.
Because that hadn't happened.
Really.
… Really.
Still they were finally able to get a rather large mansion on the outskirts of the city, and have the basement renovated in such a way that they would be able to resume their training (though only with low to mid-level techniques). It gave them a base to operate from, and a place to truly call their own in this strange new land.
They had also managed to adapt to the city, knowing how to act and what to say so they didn't stick out like sore thumbs anymore.
Of course the downsides had already begun to show themselves long before that point.
One of the very first things that had happened when Jiraiya had become well known was for people to begin looking into the history of now famous author and his young ward.
Jiraiya had easily corrected this issue before it became a true problem, creating fake histories and ids for both himself and Naruto. He also took the time to create histories for Naruto's parents, ensuring that no one could question his guardianship over his student.
He did have a rough time explaining the whole parent's thing to Naruto, especially when the man realized that he thoughtlessly used the identities of Naruto's real parents. That had opened up a whole nother can of worms he'd hoped to keep closed for a while yet.
The next big issue that followed had been another that both had expected: Naruto's education. Many concerned people wondered what kind of education Naruto had been receiving from such a perverted man, doubly so when the excuse of "home schooling" was used to ward them off.
Of course the whole point became moot when Jiraiya's publisher recommended that the man go on an international book tour to advertise his books. Though the two did have plenty of money now, they could never be sure when that money would run out. Plus traveling like this was what Jiraiya did best, and he would be able to get access to new types of information by doing this. So Jiraiya informed Naruto of his decision, and since the boy couldn't come with him, he'd been registered at a local school.
Naruto's scream of horror could be heard all over Japan.
So Jiraiya went on his way, leaving behind some justus for Naruto to learn, and the instructions "do not attempt to use the Nine-Tails chakra" and "act out as normal a life as you can, including being a good student." For the first, there was no question. Their home may have been on the outskirts of the city, but if something went wrong while using the Nine-Tails charka (as was bound to happen the first few times as Naruto wasn't stupid enough to think he would be able to use it right on the first try) many innocent people could die and any cover they might have had before that point would have been completely blown.
For the second… Naruto just kept banging his head against a wall.
The biggest problem with their current situation, was how reversed it was from the beginning. At the beginning they had all the time in the world… but no way to get the information they needed. Now, they had access to all the information they needed… but no time to access it.
Ultimately this didn't change the original problem of not knowing what information they would need to get home, but not having the time to look for it made it harder.
Still "adapt or die" as Jiraiya put it. And that was precisely what Naruto did.
Firstly he still needed general information about Japan, and secondly he needed to get more money since Jiraiya was being a cheapskate and wouldn't give him any extra. So Naruto had yet another good idea on how to solve these problems.
Also around this time Jiraiya was freaking out and screaming about the world ending and ramen eating people, but that's probably unrelated.
Anyways, the solution to Naruto's problems was, of course, his typical one:
Shadow Clones and Transformation.
With rampant abuse of these two techniques, Naruto was able to make significant headway on both his problems. One group of clones would transform into foreigners trying to find their way through the city, looking for libraries and just learning about the world around them in general. The other group of clones… well…
… They would transform into beautiful curvy women and get paid to be models.
Needless to say, Naruto made a killing doing this and some of his "girls" were actually semi-famous.
He frequently got a laugh out of wondering how their fans would react if they knew the "women" they were lusting after were all actually the same boy.
While Naruto's shadow clones were doing quite well for themselves, Naruto himself was struggling in school. He had never been the best student, and that had been well before he'd gone on so many epic missions and made so many important promises. Now, being forced to go back to the old days of lectures and homework was truly truly boring. So he'd quickly resorted to the most effective way of reducing his boredom.
Pranks.
Naruto was the prank king. Well-liked by his fellow students, Naruto always made sure that his pranks were always entertaining and never humiliating (sometimes embarrassing but never humiliating). He even allowed himself to get caught in his own pranks sometimes, which only served to make the students (and even several of the teachers) like him more. Naruto always challenged himself to find new ways to be creative with his pranks, while keeping his use of shadow clones and chakra low. It helped to beat the boredom of school.
Not every student was appreciative of his efforts though. No one objected to his efforts louder than Yui Kotegawa. The moral-committee head did everything in her power to not only punish Naruto for his antics, but anyone else who showed any enjoyment of them.
Naruto really didn't like her. She was far too rigid. She reminded him a bit of Neji, before he took the stick out of his ass. Hell he frequently told he she should do the same thing, much to her outrage and horror. Students took to enjoying their screaming matches in the halls almost as much as Naruto's pranks. It always infuriated the girl that Naruto could never be punished for his pranks, simply because there was no evidence it was him at all. It only served to encourage the girl to catch him in the act, and punish him once and for all.
That made him like her even less. Indeed he became quite positive that he would never like Yui Kotegawa at all.
It still didn't stop him from helping her when she was cornered by those thugs though.
Yui had been utterly terrified when she suddenly had been cornered by some delinquents from another local high school. That terror had become paralyzing when they pulled out a knife and made to tear off her clothes. She been both shock and relieved when Naruto burst in and made quick work of the bastards (and though she normally didn't approve of such language there really was no other way to address the bastards who attacked her) not caring at all that she'd been saved by a student she didn't like. After they had left she'd hovered between expressing true gratitude to Naruto for what he'd done, and insulting him more thoroughly than usual. Her mouth finally came to a stop when Naruto put a hand on her shoulder and spoke softly to her.
"It's okay to be afraid and let out the tears."
That had done it for the girl. She simply began sobbing uncontrollably and fell into his arms. She didn't care that she didn't like him, he didn't care that he didn't like her. He just wrapped his arms around her protectively and let her cry all the tears she needed too.
After she stopped crying they talked. Just talked. Two people who had never taken the time to truly speak to each other finally got to know each other. By the time he'd walked her all the way home, she could honestly say he was the first real friend she'd had in years. And he could honestly say she was the first real friend he'd ever had in this place.
From there, their friendship only grew.
Naruto toned down the frequency of his pranks out of respect for her.
Yui let most of his pranks pass without comment, even beginning to enjoy them.
Naruto cheered loudest when she was given a special award from the school.
Yui sat patiently, helping to explain the work he didn't understand.
Naruto watched happily as she lost herself to the cute kittens at the pet shop.
Yui hugged him close as he wept for his best friend, who'd likely lost himself to Orochimaru by now.
Naruto held her back as she screamed at the author of those "shameless perverted books."
Yui smiled smugly as she beat him in a ramen eating contest.
These and so many other events helped forge more than just their friendship.
In some corner of his heart Naruto realized that he liked Yui much more then he'd ever liked Sakura-chan.
In some corner of her heart Yui realized that she liked Naruto much more than she ever liked any boy before.
But Naruto wouldn't think on these feelings or act on them because he still planned to go home one day, and he didn't want to hurt her more.
But Yui wouldn't think on these feelings or act on them because she couldn't risk losing her best friend over feelings she wasn't sure of.
Neither had any trouble showing affection to each other and both had long since stopped using the standard formalities with each other, viewing them as unnecessary with the other. Yet there was still a line that neither would cross, one that both instinctively knew could not be recovered from, one that would change everything. When confronted with that line, both had their outlets that would allow them to be distracted from reality.
For Yui it was kittens.
For Naruto it was pranks.
Which is why we come back to the now 16 year old Naruto, two years after arriving in this new world, having just let off a smoke bomb in his recently dismissed class. He chuckled to himself as he listened to the panicking students who hadn't been fast enough to leave the classroom. Really he couldn't have been any less subtle with his intent even if he had tried. It was really their own fault that they had gotten caught in his prank at this point. A sharp smack to his head cut off any more chuckles.
"Honestly Naruto, did you really need to do that?" came an exasperated female voice.
"Yes Yui, yes I did." Naruto grunted as he rubbed the back of his head "Teach might have said my second favourite words, but that doesn't excuse the rest of class you know."
Yui's eyebrow arched up "Your second favourite words?"
"Class dismissed." He grinned proudly.
Yui just sighed theatrically, trying to hide the small grin on her face. "So what are your favourite words?"
His grin brightened considerably "Free ramen."
To that she just snorted, and looped her arms around his "So… would you like to hear them?"
He blinked in confusion "Hear what?"
"Your favourite words." She grinned cheekily.
He blinked in confusion a few more times before his smile lit up with the brightness of a rising sun.
"Really?"
"Really." Yui grinned "It has been a while after all. It'll be my treat."
"Yui, you are the best." Naruto stated formally before marching down the hall, nearly dragging the clingy girl with him. Yui's laughter rang in his ears as they walked off the school grounds together.
"Just one bowl though Naruto." She suddenly cut in.
"What! Don't be cheap Yui." Naruto whined.
Yui's grip on his arm tightened "You only need one bowl Naruto."
"No way!" He refuted "One is never enough!"
Her grip on his arm tightened further and her smile became dangerously sweet "Just. One. Bowl"
"…yes Yui." Naruto pouted.
"Good boy." Yui relaxed and the two continued on their way.
Yui always enjoyed walking through town with Naruto. His bright, cheery personality was infectious and the way he could almost ramble on about anything and everything was rather endearing. Everything around him always seemed positive and even when he was at his lowest he was still a beacon of warmth and kindness. She sighed as she cuddled closer to his arm, she was addicted to his warmth and she knew it. Though linking their arms like this was new for them, Naruto never seemed to notice when she cuddled a bit closer then was really necessary for two friends, nor did he seem to notice the various comments about what a cute couple they were.
They were wrong of course; she and Naruto weren't a couple. Honestly it was rather shameless of these random people to make assumptions about them.
Funny how she couldn't say shameless with the same conviction that she used to.
Funny how being told they look like a cute couple made her heart skip and feel all fuzzy and warm inside.
Still for all the things that she love- liked about Naruto, there were some things that truly had her concerned.
His past for one – Naruto never spoke of anything that happened more than two years ago, not in any great detail at least. Oh she knew the names of all of Naruto's childhood friends, and his favourite place to eat, but she didn't know where he had lived as a child. She didn't know any of the places he occasionally mentioned that he visited. She didn't know what he meant when he spoke of the invasion (that one in particular really bothered her).
And most importantly, she didn't know his dream. The one he spoke of fulfilling with such passion and conviction. The one he'd dreamed of since infancy. The one that even now he still pursued with every fibre of his being.
And she didn't know it. They were best friends, and he'd never truly explained his dream to her.
But there were some things she did know.
She knew that Naruto had not been home schooled, because he spoke of an academy.
She knew that Jiraiya hadn't always looked after him, because Naruto spoke of living alone.
She knew that Naruto was familiar with fighting, because he spoke of battles.
All these things bothered her greatly. The fact that he wouldn't speak of them to her was even more concerning sometimes then the actual issues themselves.
The biggest glimpse she had ever gotten into Naruto's life was the day she'd found him weeping about his friend, Sasuke. The things that had been coming out of his mouth then had been very disjointed, but also very concerning. He wept about "Sasuke being lost", "Orochimaru being an unforgivable bastard" and "Begging Sakura for forgiveness for breaking his promise." At the time she'd been far more concerned with calming her suddenly hysteric friend down (though she did feel a stab of jealously at the mention of this Sakura girl) but afterward she been caught up in trying to understand what Naruto had been saying. All in all, it was still gibberish in her mind; and she didn't have the heart to ask Naruto about it further.
For a week after that, Naruto didn't show up to school at all. He wouldn't even respond to texts or emails. She has just started to panic when Jiraiya had escorted Naruto to school, and apologized to the faculty for his absence. Naruto himself explained that something personal had come up and he had to deal with it before coming back. Jiraiya himself made sure the students understood not to ask questions before he left. He'd been polite about it sure, but he'd also been very final about it.
Jiraiya bothered her a great deal sometimes too, though not just because he was a rampant pervert. He… he had the look of an old war dog. Someone who had been through many, many battles killed many people and lost many comrades. At first she didn't know where she'd gotten the impression from, and honestly felt a bit guilty for making such a bold assumption, but after watching Naruto and Jiraiya interact with each other, she understood. Most times, they acted just like you would expect a child and their guardian to act, they bickered, they laughed, they argued, they smiled everything normal and expected… but sometime things between them chained and they acted like… like…
… like a solider and their commander.
In the past there was a brief time when she had been concerned that Naruto was just using her as a cover, or for intel or for some stupid reason that her paranoid mind had come up with. But then she saw his bright smile the next day and felt like an idiot. Naruto would never use her. Never. Everything between them was real, their memories, their feelings, their love- friendship. It was all real and true. Naruto had his reasons for not speaking of his past. She knew this. She still planned to wheedle it out of him one day. Maybe she could do it by shoving her hand down his pants. She could stroke him gently; torture him with pleasure until he agreed to tell her everything she wanted to know. After that she would keep getting him off until he couldn't control himself anymore and leapt at her with nothing but lust in his eyes-
"Shameless!" Yui screamed.
"Yui! What's wrong?!" Naruto franticly attempted to calm his friend, who's repeated shouts of "Shameless!" were freaking out the people around her.
Yui meanwhile was trying to clear her mind of the incredibly erotic images that had taken hold there. Images of Naruto's nude body as he thrust his wonderful cock into her again and again as he fondled her breasts and kissed up and down her neck. She meanwhile would continuously rake her nails down his back, moaning his name in rhythm with his thrusts till she couldn't take anymore and dug her nails deeply into his back as the pleasure came to a head and the two of them finally became one-
"SHAMELESS!" she screamed even louder causing everyone around her to jump wildly in surprise.
"Yui look kittens!" Naruto yelled fanatically pointing at the pet shop they were now next to.
Yui seemed to teleport to the window, very nearly scaring the kittens there. She was muttering fanatically under her breath, but the muttering slowly stopped as her figure relaxed. Eventually she sighed and turned back to Naruto, a luminescent blush on her face.
"I'm very sorry about that." She squeaked out softly "I just had some… very strange thoughts that I couldn't get out of my head."
"Strange thoughts? What kind of strange thoughts?" He asked.
Yui's blush intensified "The kind you don't need to know about Naruto."
Naruto blinked once in surprise, and then simply shrugged "Whatever then. The ramen shops across the street, do you want me to order for us while you spend more time with the kitties?"
"Yes please." She sighed.
"Okay off I go!" and with that Naruto bounded off to the ramen stand, a bright grin on his face.
Yui turned back to the kittens watching absentmindedly as they followed her finger. She continued doing this for a few minutes allowing her frazzled mind the time to sort through her feelings about her friend. All the worries, all the affection, all the annoyances, all the joys, all the… lust. She just let her mind mechanically process these thoughts and feelings as she played with the kittens in the window.
"How much longer can I keep denying it?" she asked herself "Or does the fact that I know I'm denying it mean that I've already accepted it?"
Yui sighed.
There was a line between them that shouldn't be crossed. Crossing that line meant forever changing, and potentially destroying, the relationship that they had now.
Yet... Yui needed to cross that line… and soon. Things couldn't stay as they were, it would destroy their relationship in the long run. She couldn't keep these feelings, these desires, hidden for much longer. She nodded to herself.
"Soon," she promised "not today but very, very soon."
"Hey Yui" Naruto called from the ramen stand "Hurry up already, the food almost ready, and you're paying!"
"Coming Naruto! And you better have only gotten one bowl." She called back.
Today would simply be day to relax between two friends. Soon things would change, and when they did they would have all the time in the world to figure each other out.
She watched happily as he smiled at her.
She became confused as his expression changed. His smile gone, his eyes seemed to burn with fear. He seemed to be saying, or maybe screaming, something but she couldn't hear him.
All she could hear was the roar of speeding truck.
Suddenly the world of Yui Kotegawa exploded in pain.
Suddenly the world of Yui Kotegawa went black.
If a lesser person saw their closest friend, and secret crush, suddenly hit by a speeding truck they would become utterly shocked. They would go numb, refusing to process or accept what had just happened in front of them. It was the normal expected reaction to something so sudden and shocking.
Naruto wasn't one of those lesser people. He wasn't normal. He was a ninja.
This was why he didn't freeze.
This was why he was able to catch her before she hit the ground.
This was why he was currently rushing off to the hospital at breakneck speed.
Any thoughts about concealing his abilities was lost in his desperate bid to save her life. What did he care about what people thought of his powers? What did it matter if people knew what he and the old pervert could do? All that mattered was getting Yui to a hospital as fast as he could to get her help.
She would surely die without it.
Though catching her before she hit the pavement saved her from an instant death, it was quite clear to Naruto that the truck hitting her had caused massive internal damage. Every second that passed her heartbeat was getting slower and slower. Even with help, he wasn't sure that she would make it.
But he had to find a way dammit! He was Naruto Uzumaki and he always found a way.
"Would you like my help then boy?"
Naruto nearly stumbled in surprise.
"…Bastard Fox?"
"Who else boy?" the voice grunted "What other voice like mine have you ever heard in the last 16 years?"
".. Why do you want to help?"
"Skeptical aren't you boy? Suffice to say I have my reasons, and you don't really need to know them."
"How do I know you're not planning to do something to her?"
The voice chuckled. "You don't. However at the rate things are going, and even with your current speed, this girl will die long before you reach help. You don't really have any other options."
"Why you-" Naruto growled.
"Peace boy, there is no time for arguing with me. If you must know I intend to ask this girl a favour. If she agrees, I will save her. However I still need your permission to ask."
Naruto quickly debated to himself. Allowing the fox to do anything was a bad idea; he knew that better than anyone else. But the fox wasn't wrong either, Yui would die long before he could get her any real help. And there was no guarantee that anyone would be able to help him either.
"Fine." Grunted Naruto reluctantly "Do it."
With that, a fine amount of crimson chakra was let out from his body and wrapped around Yui.
Yui was confused. She remembered rushing across the street to meet Naruto. Then she remembered the roar of a speeding truck. Then all she remembered was pain. It didn't take a genius to realize that she'd been hit by a truck, and very likely died because of it. But while all that might explain how she got here, it didn't explain where here was.
"… Why is it a sewer anyways?"
It was as good a question as any for the, apparently, now deceased young woman. She hardly thought she'd been bad enough in life to deserve to go to a sewer after she died, but what did she know of the afterlife. For all she knew this could be some kind of reward.
… No she couldn't really convince herself of that even if she tried.
"I suggest that you gather your wits quickly girl. I have little time to explain your situation to you, and even less to make a deal with you."
Yui looked up. There, behind a series of gigantic prison bars that she hadn't noticed before was an equally gigantic demonic crimson visage leering down at her. She couldn't see anything expect the creature's face, but had the distinct feeling that she wouldn't want to anyways. Had she gone to some kind of hell when she died? She hardly though that she'd done anything worthy of that in life… maybe it was because of her incredibly shameless thoughts about Naruto…
"You are not dead girl. Nor are you in some kind of hell. And I have no desire to know the kind of thoughts that you have of my container."
Yui jumped in surprise. "H-how did you know what I was thinking?"
The visage scowled "You were not merely thinking those things brat. You were muttering and I happen to have very good ears."
Yui flinched. She hardly wanted to piss off the strange creature in front of her. Also she really should control herself better, if only to not piss off the-
Wait. What was that about a container?
"Container? You mean Naruto."
The visage smiled "Why yes, I had almost forgotten that you were associated with the brat that I am currently sealed in. It's not like the two of you make googly eyes at each other every time you're near the other. It's truly not sickening at all." The visage continued sarcastically.
Yui frowned. She felt rather conflicted at the moment. Part of her was still intimidated at this strange being in front of her, part of her was angry that this being was mocking her relationship with Naruto.
Part of her was absolutely giddy that Naruto had apparently been checking her out the way she'd been checking him out.
Still she needed to find out exactly what was going on. Since she wasn't dead why was she here? Where was here? And what was this creature's connection with Naruto?
"Wh-"she started.
"I have no time for your questions girl. You are not dead but you are dying. If I don't save your life you will die in the next few minutes. However I won't save you unless you make a deal with me."
Yui felt a bit overwhelmed. She was dying? That wasn't too much of a surprise give what had happened to her right before coming her, but how did this creature intend to save her? And what deal was she supposed to make?
"What kind of deal?" directly going forward was really the only way now.
The visage's grin widened horribly. "It's really quite simple. I'll save your life and in exchange you do everything in your power to prevent Naruto Uzumaki from going back home. I'll even give you some extra gifts that will aid you in doing just that."
Yui blinked "That… that's it? You just don't want him to go back home? Why? He wants to go back home more than anything. And what kind of extra gifts do you plan to give me anyways?"
"I have no real time to explain this to you girl." The visage scowled "Suffice to say I have my own reasons for not wanting the brat to go home, and no reason to share them with you. However I doubt you want him to leave either as he would never be able to return to you if he did."
Yui's heart froze. Naruto… gone forever? She didn't want that. She couldn't accept that.
"As for the gifts I'll be giving you…" it continued "… I may not be human, but I know full well the best ways that a girl can keep a boys attention focused on them. However I have no time to explain this to you. Now either agree to the deal I'm offering or I'll just let you die."
Yui frowned. Put like that, it didn't seem like she had much of a choice. It was very suspicious that this creature's only request was that she keep Naruto here, but given that she wanted to do the very same thing herself… she sighed.
"It's not like I have much of a choice do I? Fine. I accept your deal."
The last thing Yui saw was a wave of crimson engulf her, and then everything went dark again.
The Nine-Tails allowed itself a self-satisfied grin as the girl accepted his offer. He would keep his word of course, but this deal benefited him more than anyone else.
After all he had no desire to leave this new world.
Indeed at first he hated this strange place, largely because he quickly came to the conclusion that this world was weak. Weak people, weak cities, weak lands, weak everything. It disgusted the fox to be trapped in such an environment.
At least it did until he realized that once the brat and the old toad were dead no one would be able to seal him again. Then he fell in love with this world.
Once free, he could do anything that he wanted, none would be able to stop him. He could destroy or rule this world as he wished. The world would become whatever he wished it to be.
Why would he wish to leave such a wonderful place?
There were only two concerns he had with his own plans: Should he break out of the seal now and run with his new freedom? Or, failing that, how to keep his container from leaving this world.
Breaking the seal, he decided, would be pointless now. When his container died, no one would be capable of sealing him again, so there was no real need to rush. One measly human lifetime would be a small price to pay for endless freedom afterward. He also didn't want to run the risk that the old toad would find a way to stop him if he broke out early and alert the people of this world to his presence before he was ready. Humans could be very crafty if they truly needed to be after all. No, once Naruto died, the Nine-Tail's chakra would scatter across the world, reforming his existence within a decade or two. Uncontested freedom was worth the wait.
So since he decided to stay where he was, he had to make sure that his container did the same. This was a great deal harder, and not just because his container was dumb as a sack of bricks. There were many methods he could use to impede his container: constricting his chakra, giving bad advice or damaging the seal for starters. None gave any real promise of continued, long-term success in this endeavor though. Considering that these events came about as a result of his container reacting to bad ramen… the fox needed to come up with a method that would keep the brat from even making an attempt at leaving.
And this girl, Yui Kotegawa, just gave it to him.
Why would his container want to leave a world where a beautiful young woman was waiting to love him, fuck him, and be with him? It would be even better if the girl became pregnant with child. The brat would never leave her then. Furthermore convincing the girl to leave would be impossible, she had far more to lose by leaving this world then Naruto had to gain by returning. The best part to this method was that the girl already had very strong feelings for his container (and he for her), so no one would really question why they suddenly got together. No one would suspect the interference of an fox like him at all.
Plus, he did want to give a little "thank you" to the brat for what he'd done. It was the best gift the brat had ever given him after all.
Still now he had to get to work fixing the girl up not only so that she would survive, but also so that she would become irresistible to the brat.
It was times like this that he was glad he had been sealed into two woman beforehand, it gave him a good idea on just what to do to improve the girl physically. By the time he was done she would be beautiful nearly beyond human standards. Furthermore she would retain her youthful vigor for a great deal long then most humans ever would (his container was an Uzumaki after all, better not to take any chances).
He had to be delicate with the changes he made to her mind though. Changing her too much would raise red flags for everyone involved. Thankfully the only things that really needed to be changed were her reactions to Naruto. Make her more affectionate, allow her lust to burn brightly, give her much more patience and joy for watching the brat's antics. The fox also tweaked her inhibitions, ensuring that she would have less trouble expressing both her love and her lust whenever she wanted to. Her mind was already far dirtier then she was willing to admit to, now she would enjoy it more.
Finally he gifted her with a few unique abilities that would be highly effective not only on the brat, but on anyone else causing problems. She would easily be able to compel and hypnotise people through eye contact, and she would constantly emit an kind of field that would cause the people around her to either ignore or obsess over her presence as she wished.
Finally he gave her chakra. Chakra the polar opposite of Naruto's.
This was very important, as having polar opposites chakras would cause the two to react in very favourable ways. Holding hands would make them tingle all over, kisses would passionate and electrifying, and sex… well…
Sex would be pleasure beyond description for the two.
The Nine-Tails laughed as he completed his work and ejected the girl from the mindscape. This truly was the perfect plan. Naruto would quickly become addicted to the girl, and would never wish to be apart from her. He would forsake his old world and stay in this new one.
The fox yawned and settled down. It would take several days for the changes he made to take full effect, and many more years after for Naruto to get old and die. Plus, much as he was pleased with how things had worked out, he had no desire to watch the two mate like rabbits.
*One week later*
Naruto was nervous. After dropping Yui off at the hospital, and contacting her family, he hadn't been able to face Yui again. What had the fox done to her? Would she hate him now? Did she blame him for the accident? All these questions flung around his mind endlessly. When he'd been contracted by her brother and told that Yui was coming home today, he knew he couldn't dodge the issue anymore. He worked up his courage and made his made his way to the Kotegawa household.
His courage only took him as far as the front door though. The front door he had yet to knock on.
What could he possibly say to his friend though? More than just causing the accident, he had forced her to meet the bastard fox. His secrets were out in the worst way possible. He couldn't lie to her if she asked, but he truly feared what her reaction would be. She was the closest friend he had ever had, he really didn't want to lose her.
"Ah, Naruto-kun is that you?"
Naruto jumped in surprise. Absorbed in his own thoughts, he hadn't noticed Mrs. Kotegawa open the door in front of him and greeted him with a bright smile on her face.
"H-hello Kotegawa-san." He stuttered in surprise "I came to see how Yui was doing."
"Don't you need to knock on the door to do that though dear?" she responded knowingly.
Naruto only stuttered further in response before the woman waved him off. "It's alright Naruto I'm only teasing you." The woman chuckled. "Your flustered expression is quite adorable after all."
Naruto only blushed at her teasing.
"Yui's upstairs if you wish to speak to her dear." She stated as she stepped aside for the boy.
"Thank you Kotegawa-san." Naruto responded as he made to go upstairs.
"Naruto dear?" he stopped "Why haven't you come to visit Yui in the last week?"
Naruto flinched. It had been too much to expect that Yui's family wouldn't notice his absence over the last week. It seemed like the right thing to do at the time. Apparently her family disagreed. Looking back he wasn't sure it was a good idea either.
"I-" Naruto cut himself off as he tried to put his feelings into words, and fell short. He was spared further struggling as Mrs. Kotegawa put her hand his shoulder.
"It's alright dear. No one hear blames you for what happened. You may be the only reason that my daughter is still alive at all."
Naruto relaxed. "Really?"
"Really." She smiled gently. "The only person that anyone here blames for what happened is that piece of scum truck driver who tried to run her down. Now come on, Yui's wanted to see you quite badly for the last week." With that the woman began leading the way upstairs.
"What happened anyways?" he asked as he followed the woman. "Did he lose control of the truck, or fall asleep at the wheel or.."
"He mistook Yui for his own daughter and tried to run her down."
Naruto's mouth dropped in shock. "What! Really?!"
"Oh yes." The woman scowled. "The scum was recently divorced and his daughters decided to live with their mother instead of him. He didn't take it well. The worst part was that the bastard was truly sorry for hurting Yui, and tried to reassure everyone that he only meant to hit his daughter."
"He actually though that would make everything better?" Naruto grunted.
"Apparently. My husband and son however disagree, and the police agree with them."
"So Kotegawa-san and Yuu-san are with the police right now then?"
"Oh, yes." The woman nodded. "They've taken this very personally and want to make sure the man is punished as severely as possible. Anyways we're here." She finished gesturing to her daughter's bedroom.
Naruto felt his nervousness rise once again. He really wanted to bolt now, or even just delay their meeting a little bit longer, but before he could do or say anything at all the door to the girl's room was already open.
What he saw inside made him wish he'd come much sooner.
Yui was in nothing but a bra and a pair of panties, but that alone didn't warrant all the attention. Indeed she looked more like supermodel ready for a photo-shoot more than a girl just released from the hospital. Her skin was unblemished, nearly milky white and smooth as silk. Her dark hair was shimmering wonderfully in the low light, providing a wonderful contrast for her full red lips. Even her nails were captivating, longer and sharper then he remembered, shimmering almost hypnotically as they moved.
Only her eyes were strange, the once brownish irises were now an inviting golden colour, one that you could lose yourself in for hours if not for the fact that they were also silted and bestial.
"Oh Yui I'm so sorry!" her mother gasped in shock. "I'll just take Naruto downstairs and we can wait for you to get dress-"
"It's okay mother." Yui cut her mother off flatly. "Naruto is free to come in now if he wants too."
"But- but you're in nothing but you're underwear!" The woman stammered in shock. "it's not appropriate at all! I'll just take him down-"
"Mother!" Yui cut the woman off sternly. "It's fine Naruto can come in now. You don't need to worry about it. In fact your don't need to worry about any sounds or voices you hear from this room at all while Naruto's here okay?"
Naruto felt a shiver go down his spine. Watching Yui be all dominating like this was really hot. Even her eyes seemed to burn brighter in response to her sudden burst of spirit.
"Yes… okay…" her mother responded in a dazed tone. "I won't worry about it at all… I'll just… leave you two alone now…" with that the woman turned away and went downstairs.
"You can come in now Naruto."
Naruto jumped once more at the girl's flat tone. Sighing internally, he stepped into the room with the girl who had now turned away from him.
"Close the door please."
Naruto did as instructed then spent the next few minutes with his head bowed in silence as he waited to be addressed by his friend.
"So…"
Naruto looked up and was greeted by the site of his friend striking a sexy pose a flirty smile on her face and jutting out her exceptionally impressive chest (which seemed to be a bit bigger then he remembered).
"How do I look?" She purred quietly.
Naruto was in shock. He never expected his friend to act like this. Yet even that shock couldn't stop him from devouring her wonderful body with his eyes. He'd always thought that she was a true beauty, but had few chances in the past to appreciate it. That and the fact that he always stopped himself from ogling his friend as he felt it was inappropriate. Now however…
"You're here… you're really ok…" muttered Naruto as he stepped closer to her.
"Naruto… yes I'm here. I'm okay." She said as she dropped her pose and simply smiled at him.
"I'm so glad." Naruto whispered before, overcome with emotion, he slammed his lips against hers.
His body was on fire. The feel of her soft lips against his had set every nerve in his body on fire and intoxicated him. He'd secretly wanted to do this for a while now and it was even better than he had hoped for. He was about to pull back when he felt a pair of soft feminine arms wrap around his neck and long nails dig wonderfully into the back of his head. Encouraged he wrapped his arms around her barely clothed form, relishing the feeling of her smooth, silky skin as he ran his hands up and down her back.
Neither had any idea how long they stood there kissing, the need to express their long repressed emotions kept them going till they were both spent. After the two simply stayed in the others embrace, breathing heavily their faces flushed with pleasure and happiness.
"Hi." He breathed softly.
"Hi." She breathed softly back.
"…Sorry about that." He said, though Naruto didn't sound sorry at all.
"…That was my first kiss you know." She said smiling
Naruto flinched. He hadn't meant to get that carried away. "Sor-"
She cut him off with a finger to his lips.
"I loved it."
He beamed.
With that, the two simply head each other, not needing anymore words to express how they felt. They simple relished in the others warmth.
"…By the way…"
She looked up at him.
"You look beautiful."
She beamed.
"I really do look different you know."
Yui commented as she examined herself in the mirror. Something's weren't all that noticeable, her skin, hair and even lips weren't drastically different than before. Sure her skin was a bit nicer than before, her hair was finer and looked nicer than ever, and her lips were just a bit more full and pouty then she remembered, but these changes weren't all to noticeable on their own.
But her nails, and more significantly her eyes had changed greatly in the last week. While she had always taken good care of herself, she'd never really bothered with any kind of excess beauty products before. Now however, her nails were much longer than she ever remembered them being before and looked as though they had been expertly cared for years now. They also seemed to be covered in a shiny coat of clear nail polish too. She'd never bothered using nail polish before, ever. This was not to mention that fact that they also seemed to thicker and stronger than any normal nails should ever be.
She found that out when she poked several holes in the side of her hospital bed with them, without any of them even coming close to breaking.
They actually reminded her of claws now.
But even if someone missed all the other signs, there was no way anyone could miss her eyes.
Her once honey brown eyes had changed to a vibrant golden colour. Not only that, they were silted and almost bestial in appearance. Given that she had looked every doctor and nurse in the eyes at the hospital, not to mention her own family and the police, there was simply no way that on one hadn't noted the change in her appearance. But no one said anything, or even appeared to take notice of any of these changes.
Hell, no one even registered her rapid recovery. Honestly she looked more like a supermodel about to go down a runway more than a girl who had been in a near-fatal traffic accident only a week ago.
"You do look really hot though."
Yui turned to look at her grinning… friend (she really needed to do something about that description). Naruto was sitting on her bed with his hands behind his head and a bright grin on his face. He seemed entirely unrepentant with his words and she allowed herself a small indulgent smile before returning to her examination.
"I wonder if this is the result of whatever that thing did to me?"
Naruto frowned. "That thing… you mean the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox?"
"That thing was what!?" Yui exclaimed, shocked. "How on earth did you come into contact with such a thing?"
Naruto grunted allowing both his smile and his arms to drop.
"It's a long story."
Indeed it was, and he honestly didn't know where to start. So much had happened in his life, and for a sheltered girl like Yui, he wasn't sure if she would be able to accept, or even believe, many of the things he done.
The sensation of soft fingers intertwining with his own snapped his attention to her.
"Start from the beginning." She said softly. "I'll listen to the end."
The wonder sensation of their intertwined fingers made him feel warm inside and gave him the courage to speak.
And he spoke of everything. His childhood, the academy, his team, his missions, the exam, the invasion, Sasuke's betrayal, the Nine-Tailed Fox, everything. He told her everything and anything that he could think of about his past life. Yui was a wonderful listener; she would laugh, gasp, scowl, giggle and cry at all the appropriate times. She felt all of his feelings through all of his adventures and responded just the way he'd always dreamed that someone would respond. All the while she simply held his hand, squeezing tightly when worried and running her thumb across his knuckles when trying to comfort him. The warmth of her hand kept him speaking until he had nothing more to say.
Then, they just sat quietly.
He didn't feel the need to ask her if she believed him, he knew that she did. But he did need to ask her about something else, even if he didn't want to.
"Yui, can I ask you something?"
"Hmm…" She hummed back, still lost in though.
"What kind of deal did you make with the fox?"
Yui started in surprise at his sudden question, but quickly had a confused expression cross her face.
"… I don't remember."
"What!" Naruto yelped. "You don't remember? Really?"
She shook her head. "No, not exactly. I do remember that I was surprised with how little he was asking though."
"Really?"
"Really." She confirmed.
Naruto hummed in thought. "It might be a good idea to get the old perv to take a look at you the next time he's in town though, just to be safe."
"I guess." Yui sighed, not wanting to have more to do with the pervert then she needed to. "I do have more questions I need to ask you both about your past too, so that might just work out…"
"Sure." He grinned. "I'll answer whatever you need me to."
She giggled in response.
"For now however, I want to thank you."
"Thank me. You don't need to thank me you know." He waved off.
"No I really do." She insisted. "But words are rather cheap I think. So I'll be thanking you this way…"
Taking no more time, Yui quickly moved to straddle the young man's waist, cupped his cheeks in her hands and brought their lips together once more. She was already addicted to this feeling, the feeling of his lips sending lightning down her spine, and his firm hand on her back. She never felt so loved, safe and protected before. She never wanted to let it end.
When they finally came up for air, Naruto was treated to the sight of Yui's wonderful face. Flushed, breathless and eyes fogged over with desire, he felt a spike of pride that he could make her feel that way. Of course he probably looked the same from her angle. The thought made him chuckle.
"Hey Yui." He asked quietly.
"Yeah."
"What are we now?"
She grinned. "Tell you what, we can figure that out after we're done kissing, sound good?"
"Sounds wonderful." And he pulled her back down for another kiss.
The Nine-Tails couldn't help but chuckle to himself. His plan had gone better than even he had expected. Even if the old toad looked at the girl now, there would be no trace of foreign chakra in her system at all. Everything he'd done to the girl was either already permeant, or made use of her own newfound charka to support itself. Knowing his container as he did, the brat would probably push for the girl to get trained as well, furthering her own chakra reserves and deepening the addiction between the two.
Now it was just a matter of waiting for his freedom some years from now.
It wasn't like something stupid and unpredictable would happen to interrupt his plans.
Something like a girl from another world appearing in his containers bath tub and deciding to marry him for no real reason.
That would just be stupid.
…The fox would have no idea how much he would regret those thoughts a year from now.
*Chapter End*
AN: So this is the first chapter of my Naruto/To-Love Ru crossover.
You can probably tell I went in a really different direction with this can't you?
Well I've never read a fic where Naruto has and already established girlfriend before meeting Lala, and I wanted to try doing one for myself.
Why Yui though? Several reasons:
1 – She's my favourite character.
2 – I'm not breaking apart Rito and Haruna
3 – None of the other earth girls seemed like good candidates with the methods I'm planning
4 – All of the alien girls (even those who currently live on earth) don't start showing themselves until after Lala shows up.
5 – I have planes for many of the other characters, and they can't be changed else I'll lose track of the plot.
Every character is going to get there moment to shine I promise. And while this fic may go down into dark territory sometimes, I promise it'll be more laughs than anything else.
Well that and a good plot :P
… I hope.
Anyways three final thoughts. Yes Lala will show up next chapter, but it won't really be till chapter three that she has a real role to play.
Also I'm working to have the next chapter out by this time next week. You might get it earlier, but I make no promises. Also future released may be delayed depending on my new work schedule, which I get this Friday.
And finally, this is an usually long chapter. I doubt many of them in the future will be this long, not only so I can get them out faster, but because I'll be able to break them apart better. The prologue needed to stay in one piece, so that's why it hasn't been broken (despite the fact I could have in several places).
Anyways hope you enjoyed, and I'll see you again soon.