Title:

Phantom Shinobi

Summary:

In College Jack, Maddie, & Vlad made a machine to look into another dimension but something went wrong. They got transported to Shinobi World. Along the way ectoplasm bound to their bodies, giving them ghost powers. The natives mistook this as a bloodline trait like other unique abilities some clans have. Danny grew up in the Shinobi world & became Naruto's Genin. AU Spanking Yaoi

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Chapter One

Vlad typed away on the computers of the hospital. He had managed to convince the Doctors to allow him to use their equipment privately "for the sake of persevering Clan secrets". They seemed to be very understanding of that. Jack and Maddie were standing next to him, trying to read over his shoulder at the results of the small baby girl on the exam table. She'd only been born a few hours ago but the new parents were already panicking. Thankfully, although much of this world's technology was fairly primitive they had amazing medical devices and techniques.

This village had been so kind to them. They had lived here for nearly 5 years now and were accepted members of the village. When they first came through the portal the villagers knew nothing about them, they didn't even speak the same language, yet they took them in. They treated their injuries as well as the mutations they received as a result of their transport. Of course no one saw them thrown out of the portal. The villagers just found them outside the city wall crumbled and dying. The people believed the three came from across the sea and that the illness they had originally suffered from was some kind of 'Bloodline Disease' which they happily treated. Even with their advanced medicines the three had been trapped in the hospital for just over 5 months. Then once they were 'cured' they had to figure out how to use their newfound powers. These new Ghost like abilities were a side effect of being mostly dead and having ectoplasm permanently binding to each of their cells. Still the natives didn't bat an eye at their abilities. They thought they were interesting but not abnormal.

Vlad assumed it was Interdimensional travel that brought them here due to the slightly different anatomy of the natives as well as the network of energy that ran through them. However Maggie had another theory that they might have traveled far into the future long after some apocalyptic event (which would explain their laws against guns and cars). That human's may have just naturally evolved to be like this due to the radiation in the environment. The radiation was harmless but it was definitely there. It could have originally been caused by some kind of doomsday weapon that left a residual type of energy in the atmosphere. Where ever they were didn't matter at the moment. They had more pressing matters.

Vlad sighed looking at the results "The ectoplasm has been passed down genetically. Her cells are completely infected..."

Maddie looked like she was about to cry but quickly resolved her nerves "Is there a way to remove it?"

Vlad gave a playful smirk as he tried to lighten the mood "That's a rather desperate question"

Maddie shook her head "The only reason we can't remove the ectoplasm from our own bodies is because it is what's keeping us alive. Theoretically since she isn't as close to death as ourselves-"

"I'm sorry Maddie" Vlad spoke more sincerely "The ectoplasm is completely fused to her biology. It is a natural part of her. We can assume it will be the same for any other children any of us have. Good news is a scan of her DNA shows her aging will not begin to slow until she enters puberty and won't stop until she is around 30. Good age to be immortal in, still in your prime but no longer a child... her organs are barely functioning like our own but she also isn't depend on them... it's official. We are not just abnormalities. This is the start of our own human subspecies... what's this" Vlad blinked and began clicking through the test results "... Chakra?... It appears the Ectoplasm worked in collaboration with the energies of this universe. There is a second circulatory system running throughout her body like the natives. This one is moving around ectoplasm enriched Chakra throughtout her body. This should give her greater reserves to use her ghost powers then our own as well as allow her to use Chakra based Justus... if this is a result of the Ectoplasm naturally adapting to exposure from the 'Chakra' radiation in the atmosphere or the universe itself self correcting to make the child more compatible with this dimension's laws of physics who can say"

Jack looked over at his daughter "She's part of this world?"

"We could still bring her back with us with no difficulty... provided we succeed in scrounging the materials we need to build another Ghost portal"

"What kind of life would she have there" Jack shook his head "She'd be a freak... here she's just another kid"

Maddie saw where her husband was going with this "Such genetic mutations are common here. Half of the noble families have Bloodline traits"

Vlad stared at them a moment "... You want to stay here? In this primitive barbaric world?"

Jack shrugged "At least they have toilets, electricity, even Colored Television"

"And horse drawn carriages, a war every couple of years, the most rudimentary of computer systems, and let's not forget this world gets it's military power from CHILD SOLDIERS!"

Jack looked at the baby girl "Jasmine has a chance at a normal life here, and it's not like they draft kids so we don't need to worry about that. She won't be looked on as a freak, just a kid"

Maddie looked at her Husband then back at Vlad "We'll still help you build another portal, but we're staying"

Vlad groaned, rubbing his forehead with the palms of his hands "Just don't make any decisions now. Think on it for a bit"

"The leader of this village, the Hokage... he offered to make us an official clan under his protection" Maddie reminded "Was even willing to give us our own estate and a seat on the Council"

Vlad stared at them "... you're actually considering that?"

"We have been for months" Maddie informed "We talked about accepting it if it turned out the baby was infected. What life could she hope to have in our World Vlad. At best she'd hide herself away, feeling like a freak, at worst... she'd be experimented on. We HAVE to stay here... you could stay with us? There's always room in the family for you"

"Unless your talking about a threesome I'm not interested" Vlad vulgarly sniped

Jack and Maddie gaped at him thinking he was serious, where truthfully he was only partly so.

Maddie and Jack looked at each other. Maddie ackwardly shrugged "We could talk about it"

Now it was Vlad's turn to gape.

"If it means you'll stay we could give you a more... official position in the family" Maddie suggested looking at her blushing husband.

Jack mumbled "Well this world does allow for legal... 'Consorts' in a family... we could look more into that"

Vlad was blushing himself before groaning "Fine... I'll stay"

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15 years later

Naruto grinned excitedly seeing his village in the distance. After 3 long years of training he was FINALLY home. He ran over to the gate with Jiraiya a little ways behind.

"Slow down brat" The old man yelled as they approached the guards

"Hurry up Pervy Sensei!" Naruto yelled impatiently

The guards smiled at him, immediately recognizing the now 16 year old boy "Naruto-chan" one of them smiled "Wow didn't you sprout up" the boy was a shrimp when he left but now he was over 6 foot but he still had that same goofy smile and bright yellow hair. He even changed his clothes to a darker shade (although they were still orange).

The other guard looked over at Jiraiya "Hokage Sama was expecting you back nearly 6 months ago"

Jiraiya rolled his eyes "I don't know why. I never gave her a specific date when I'd be back"

The guard shrugged "Just warning you Jiraiya Sama. Don't expect her in the best of moods"

Naruto grinned cheekily "Grannie Sama is always in a bad mood"

One of the Guards laughed well the other looked mortified that someone would dare call the Hokage 'Grannie'. It had become public knowledge that Lady Tsunade was the boy's godmother (seeing as Unlike the previous Hokage she tended to beat people half to death if she got wind of them so much as speaking ill of Naruto) but still to call her of all people 'Grannie'.

Jiraiya asked "Can we go in now?"

The Guards nodded "Please report immediately to the Hokage tower by order of the Hokage"

Naruto suddenly zoomed forward leaving everyone in the dust. Jiraiya sighed and calmly stepped through the gate.

Naruto jumped onto the roof tops and ran up a pole to get a good look at the village. Everything was just so amazing. It barely changed at all. Well other then Tsunade finally got her face carved into the mountains next to the previous four Hokages. Naruto smiled brightly seeing it and just admired the view of his village.

Even though not much had changed on the outside so much of it had changed on the inside. He had long since proven himself to the village... well most of it.

Naruto was a Jinchuriki, the host for a demon. He wasn't the demon itself but when he was growing up most members of the village didn't understand the difference. He was the demon's prison, it's warden, not the demon reborn as a human. Naruto didn't even know about the demon for the first 12 years of his life... he just knew the villagers hated him for seemingly no reason. He often had to dig for food out of trash cans as people refused to sell to him... there was more then one incident where a villager tried to out right kill him. Even so Naruto refused to give in. He refused to become the monster they believed him to be like so many other Jinchuriki had as a coping mechanism for how others treated them. He decided he would prove himself to the village. He would show them all that he was someone worthy of their respect. The keyword being 'worthy'. For the most part he had done it. Nearly all the Shinobi of the village respected him as a creative and hard working ninja well a good chunk of the civilians now saw it to. That can happen when you save their lives a few dozen times over.

Naruto had left the Village nearly three years ago to train under Jiraiya, one of the most powerful Shinobi in the world... and without a doubt the most perverted and lazy. Still he knew his stuff, and he ran Naruto hard. The boy learned so much these past few years, traveled all over the world and studied under various masters.

He learned from Zabuza, one of the seven greatest sword masters. The guy kind of owed Naruto a favor for faking his death (long story). The boy studied under the air walkers in Sunagakure in their temple of powerful wind users. He learned taijutsu from the greatest hand to hand combot experts in the world. Naruto didn't just study under Jiraiya. Jiraiya took the boy to see the best in the world... unfortunately Naruto still sucked at defending himself from genjutsu and other such mental illusions and his control over Chakra wasn't all that great although it has improved... and the seal was failing.

It used to be Naruto would have to enter a trance state in order talk to the fox spirit inside him but now he heard it whisper to him all the time... and he had learned things. The fox claimed the reason he attacked all those years ago was because the villagers had killed his children. Hunters saw fox cubs playing in the woods and assumed they were normal foxes. They killed them, skinned them, ate them well the Kyubi was out hunting for their own dinner. The fox became enraged and attacked the village the hunters came from. He despised humans but it wasn't because the fox was evil, it was because it believed humans to be... even so the fox was dangerous... and still very angry.

"Naruto!"

Naruto looked down at the world below and grinned seeing a pink haired girl. He jumped down from the great height but just before he hit the ground he swirled the wind around him to catch him and gently set his feet on the ground.

The girl gave an amused snort "Wow you restrained yourself for 5 whole seconds before you started showing off. You really have matured'

Naruto blinked, wondering what she was talking about before it clicked "Oh sorry, I wasn't trying to show off. I've just gotten used to using my wind affinity like that. It's faster and uses less Chakra then walking down from great heights so I guess it's just become habit" He shrugged helplessly

The girl blinked, surprised by the reasonable response. Then she realized she was looking up at him "You're taller then me" she lamely pointed out. She used to be a full head taller then Naruto.

The boy blinked, briefly using his hand to measure them "Wow, I am, by a couple inches no less" he smiled his goofy grin "Cool" he was acting so... mature... a genuine kind of mature "Sakura-chan?" Naruto blinked seeing her stare at him

"BOSS!" A boy suddenly ran over to them and pounced on Naruto, hugging him tight "You're finally Back"

Naruto laughed as he patted the boy's head affectionately "Hey Konohamaru" before flicking the metal plate on the boy's headband, engraved with the symbol of the village "Will you look at that. Looks like your a real Shinobi now"

Konohamaru beamed. He absolutely idolized Naruto and was all too thrilled to be acknowledged by him "I just got it a couple days ago!" the boy informed "The Jonin are still looking over potential teams but I'll know who's going to be my Sensei on Monday"

"Ah so your not QUITE a real Genin yet" Naruto smiled fondly well Konohamaru blinked in confusion "Whoever picks you as their Genin will put you through one final test to see if you're really ready, if not you go back to the Academy for another year"

Konohamaru looked horrified them his eyes settled with determination "I won't let you down boss! I've worked harder then ever and I'm not about to fail now" he declared "I know all kinds of cool Jutsu and I've even mastered your ultimate technique"

Naruto blinked "Ultimate technique?"

"Your Sexy Jutsu!"

Sakura groaned. The Sexy Jutsu was a transformation Naruto had where he turned himself into a completely naked woman who was by anyone's definition 'beautiful beyond belief'. He liked to pull pranks by taking the form around other men and revealing that deep down they were all perverts.

"Oh that" Naruto waved off "I don't do that kids stuff anymore"

Well Konohamaru looked crushed Sakura looked at her friend with shock. 'He really has grown up' she thought.

"I've perfected a technique that's a thousand times better!" Naruto suddenly boasted getting Konohamaru all excited again "Men have clawed out their own eyeballs when they see it!"

"No way that's so-" Konohamaru yelped as Sakura's fist slammed into the blonde teenager.

Naruto went flying through a fence, crumbled on the floor. Sakura huffed "You haven't changed a bit! You're still the same annoying brat you were when you left"

Naruto grinned sitting up as he rubbed his cheek "Well you certainly hit harder" he teased standing up and dusting himself off "I didn't even have time to dodge that" he praised walking back over just in time for Jiraiya to catch up.

"Sakura" Smiled the old man "Well didn't you grow up nicely"

Naruto instantly popped him on the head "Bad Pervy Sage bad!" the boy insisted

Jiraiya glared at Naruto before turning to Sakura with a different kind of grin. This one was much more devious "Did Naruto tell you he's getting married?"

Naruto's face turn bright red "I am NOT"

Jiraiya continued with his story however "That Gaara fellow offered to give me 5 million yen in exchange for Naruto's hand"

"SHUT UP!" Naruto roared indicating the story was true. Gaara was a bit culturally ignorant so it sounded like something he'd do. Everyone knew Gaara had a crush on Naruto. Gaara probably just learned nobles were supposed to give some kind of offering to the parents or guardians of their intended. Jiraiya was Naruto's Godfather after all even though he didn't actually raise the boy. No one was actually there to raise Naruto as Jiraiya was working as a spy and Tsunade was dealing with a lot of personal stuff. They left their own Sensei, the 3rd Hokage, to look after the boy but politics got in the way and Naruto ended up in an orphanaged where he got kicked out after he was 6 and The Hokage got the boy an apartment.

"I, of course, told the boy he'd have to clear it with Naruto's Godmother first. I'm sure he's gotten in touch by now"

"FUUUUUCK YOU!" Naruto screeched

"Now we best be off to see her to hear the good news"

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"NOOOOOOOO!" Naruto wailed once he heard the 'good news' with Jiraiya laughing in the chair next to him "You can't be serious"

Tsunade smiled "Originally I refused but the boy can be pretty persuasive. What with his complete silence and creepy blank stares"

"Gaara's not THAT creepy" Naruto defended

"Yeah well the elders of the village told him he couldn't marry you so he kind of... maimed them a bit. They're fine. It was just a slight relapse on his part. He came here and requested Sanctuary and you in exchange for his services to our village"

"He's a MISSING NIN!" Naruto gaped

"I smoothed it out with his village. Officially he's here as their ambassador, even living in a nice sized embassy, but it's really a form of exile. Normally a Jinchuriki leaving their village is a big deal but hundreds of people have died in the Sand Village due to Gaara's mood swings. I think they were hoping Gaara would pose a greater weakness to us then an asset. They weren't counting on me coming up with medication to help him sleep without his demon taking over"

Naruto blinked "You fixed that?"

"Not completely. It's a pill which completely drains him of all his Chakra, near levels of Chakra exhaustion. The demon can't take hold when the host is so spent. However this was only supposed to be a temporary fix as I can't forsee the long term effects of draining his Chakra reserves each night for the rest of his life. Jiraiya, you will need to look the boy's seal and try to fix it. I've also been giving him some antipsychotics and making him meditate once every few hours on condition of letting him stay here..." She looked deeply at Naruto "he gave up a lot just for the chance to be with you. You should realize this isn't some crush on his part. You should humor him by letting him take you on a date, or at least let him down gently but firmly yourself"

Naruto groaned, blushing beet red.

"Now on to other matters" Tsunade grunted "You're still technically a Genin but after the training you received I think we should give you a chance to prove if you deserve to be promoted to Chunin"

"How bout Jonin" Naruto flashed a cocky grin

"Gotten a little too big for your britches, have yeah brat?" Tsunade scoffed

Now Jiraiya flashed a grin "Why don't you see for yourself?"

She blinked looking over at Jiraiya then back to Naruto "Wait outside"

Naruto nodded and surprisingly stepped out of the office without complaint, closing the door behind him.

"He's grown up a bit" Tsunade observed

"Don't give him too much credit" Jiraiya smiled "He's probably eavesdropping at the door"

She smiled hearing the sound of feet scampering away from the door "How was it?"

Jiraiya raised an eyebrow

"Actually being able to be there for him these last few years" she pulled a bottle of Sake out and pouring two glasses "He might have missed out on a lot from us for most of his life put at least you were there guiding him through those last few years to adulthood"

"He's not quite there yet" Jiraiya assured taking a glass and downing it in one gulp "You have a couple more years with him"

"Do I?..." she asked as he poured himself another cup "You at least have the excuse of your work... I did nothing beyond fleeing this village"

"You had just lost the people you love most. You needed a little time to yourself"

"12 years?... Since I've taken this job I've learned a lot about how Naruto grew up... did you know the reason he loves Ramon so much is because the only person even willing to sell him food ran a stand? Before Naruto met him he ate out of trash can because no one would take his money... his hospital recording are even more disturbing. Apparently he was in there at least once a week since he was 2, usually credited to some random villager trying to kill him... not one of them were charged... The only reason the boy isn't dead or at the very least a cripple is because the fox demon gives him an accelerated healing ability... you know what the first thing he asked me to do after I became Hokage?"

Jiraiya simply looked at her, understanding the question was rhetorical.

"Apparently the third Hokage passed a law that anyone who talks about the fact Naruto is a demon host was to be executed. The old man's way of trying to protect Naruto by getting rid of the obvious threats to him... Naruto only found out about it a few months before I became Hokage... and he immediately asked me to get rid of that law... even though the people of this village are literal monsters to him he still cares about them so much..."

"He's a lot like his mother" Jiraiya agreed "She had a very compassionate heart, often to her own detriment"

"I'm not so forgiving" Tsunade informed "I wasn't about to let these bastards get away with treating my godson like that. I gave the ANBU Black Op different orders. Anyone caught speaking ill of Naruto are to receive break a few bones and beaten within an inch of their live. Then kindly brought to the hospital and informed the only reason they are still alive is because Naruto begged me to spare them. I also have the nature of the seal taught at both Shinobi and Civilian schools at a young age and have a good deal of propaganda enforcing the fact Naruto is a hero who protects the Village from the Kyubi. The 3rd Hokage thought people would see that themselves. I'm not so optimistic. There is still a good portion of the civilian population who blame Naruto for the damage the Kyubi did to the village, for all the lives lost... I should have taken him with me"

"The 3rd would never have allowed that. A Jinchuriki living outside the village was too dangerous a notion at the time. If another Village got their hands on him-"

"I could have protected him!" Tsunade snapped

"Maybe but you know how the 3rd was. He wouldn't have chanced it"

She sighed "Then I should have stayed... for him"

"You were in no condition to look after a baby Tsunade. We both know that. Don't blame yourself for things you can't control and long since buried in the past. The fact of the matter is, without the life he lived, Naruto wouldn't have grown into the fine young man he is today... nor would he be near as powerful without that drive of his. It is tragic that Naruto has had to suffer so much in his young life, but that suffering is what has given him such strength of will"

"You really think he's ready to become a Jonin?"

"I think he's ready to be tested, if he passes the test is another matter but I'm willing to bet he'll impress you at the very least"

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Naruto grinned as he stood at the edge of the Forest of Death. It was the training ground used to test Genin to see if they were ready to become Chunin. It was also used to test Chunin to see if they could become Jonin. Naruto smiled like a loon as he held the straps of his backpack. He was practically bouncing on the heels of his feets, eager to begin.

Tsunade stood in front of him as she explained the test "The forest is filled with seven ANBU Black Ops, 3 of them have scrolls representing important enemy information. Your goal is to get all three scolls and bring them to the tower at the center of the forest. You have one week. If you fail to bring them at the required time, or are brought back to the tower as a captive, then you fail the test and not only will you not be promoted to Jonin but you won't be promoted to a Chunin until you prove yourself at the next official Chunin exam. Understand?"

"Yep, Don't worry Grannie. You'll see me real soon"

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6 Days Later

Tsunade sighed seeing Naruto tied up and gagged well hanging over the shoulder of a man with an owl mask. When the man tossed Naruto carelessly on the floor in front of her she nearly started beating on the man but the moment Naruto hit the ground he disappeared in a puff of smoke. Next the man exploded into smoke and standing there in his stead, completely unbound and with a cocky grin on his face, was Naruto.

The boy shrugged "I figured this place would be crawling with the other ANBU by now so I decided to tie one of them up and use a transformation Jutsu to look like him" he handed over the three scrolls "So how'd I do Grannie?"

Tsunade smirked "Well TECHNICALLY you did came here as a captive"

"It was a Shadow Clone!" Naruto whined "And I needed to make sure none of the others would question why The Owl guy left his post!"

Tsunade laughed "It's good to see you've learned how to actually think things through... alright Naruto. I hereby promote you to Jonin, effective immediately"

"YES!" Naruto jumped and 'fist pumped' the air excitedly

"Now you just need to pick your team"

"Eh?" Naruto blinked

Tsunade suddenly glared "Being a Jonin comes with certain responsibilities. Just before you returned to the Village the next Generation of Genin graduated the Academy. I've been holding off on putting them into teams in case you passed your exam"

Naruto's eyes widened as he slowly smiled brightly. She had that much faith he'd pass this test.

"Tomorrow I'll call all the Jonin in and have you pick your teams. You need to choose the students you believe would not only work well together but would complement your own style. It will be up to you to train them and prepare them as Shinobi. If you don't think you can handle it then I can easily make you a Chunin instead"

"No-no I'm ready. I won't let you down Grannie-Sama"

"Good, now show the remaining ANBU where you tied up the Owl"

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A/N:

Sorry to those of you who wanted to see Naruto go through his Jonin test but I wanted to hurry up and introduce Danny, who will appear in the next chapter. Bet you'll never guess who his teammates will be. Seeing as there is only a handful of little kids in the show to choose from.