The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: Grim's son Naruto
Snow swirled in the air as the bitter cold wind blew through Naruto's clothes. It's another lonely day for Naruto as winter was in full storm in Konoha. He was cold and hungry as the orphanage had kicked him out and made sure that the Old Man did not know anything about it so no help will be coming for young Naruto this time.
Kyuubi was at it's limits already trying to keep the boy alive… he couldn't hold out much longer… if the boy could not get warm and eat… he would not make it another day. The Kyuubi was sad. It never wanted to attack the village, but was forced to by the man in the spiral orange mask. And now the kid was dying. The once mighty beast let out a great sigh… "I might as well prepare for his untimely end."
Naruto felt darkness begin take him. The cold and the hunger had finally won. Naruto's vision started to fade and he felt a strange lethargic peace slip over him. The cold didn't touch him anymore, in fact he doesn't feel anything anymore. As his vision blacked out completely, he saw a man in a dog mask pick him up…then nothing.
An unidentified time later, "What's going on, why am I no longer hungry, where is the cold?" Naruto looked around, but all he could see was darkness. Naruto gathered his strength and stood up as he thought he heard something- and it was coming… from behind him! Naruto quickly turned to see a large hooded figure. The figure was dressed in a black robe with the hood pulled up over his face. The figure also had a large scythe resting on his shoulder. They stood in silence facing one another for a moment, then the figure pulled back his hood to reveal a skull with a long jaw bone.
"I am the Grim Reaper and I'm here to collect…" Grim began pedantically. Then he paused and said in a much more animated voice, "How old are you kid? I mean seriously! It seems like they're dying younger these days, mon." Grim shook his skull as he circled Naruto, trying to figure out his age.
"I'm five…Grim…are you going to leave me too?" Naruto quickly asked as he never wanted to be alone again…even if that meant being with what appeared to be Death. Naruto look up at Grim with puppy dog eyes- longing just to have someone, anyone to talk him.
Grim looked down at the boy… and decided to see why the boy had died. Now, normally he didn't care to discuss his job, but… this boy seemed… special. Grim raised his boney hand and touched Naruto's forehead. Grim witnessed unbearable loneliness, and an undying hate coming from those around him… the cold and the hunger all-consuming. For the first time the Grim Reaper felt something and he just had to do something.
"Child, do you want to be with me? Do you want to be…like me?" he asked gently, then paused. Naruto looked taken aback and confused. "Well, speak up mon!" Grim continued in a brisk tone. "I don't have all day." Grim looked at the boy with a hope in his voice that the boy would choose to be with him…Grim knew that he could not take care of the boy, but he could give the boy a gift and check in every now and again.
Naruto looked a bit shocked at the proposal. He smiled a bright smile- the first one he ever had for it was a true smile, not fake like the ones he wore to hide his painful loneliness.
Grim looked at that smile and knew that it was the last time that his smile would be so… alive. "Very well… here it goes." Grim stretched out his hand and placed it on Naruto's head, then spoke in a voice that covered all the room with magic laden in it. "I, the Grim Reaper, adopt thee to be my son… the son of Death."
Naruto felt his skin crawl as a creepy sensation shocked his system into submission. He do not even notice the flesh and muscle melting from his body until he was eventually nothing but bone and his clothes. However he did keep some hair near his forehead that jetted out a little from his face so that if it was covered you would still see his hair. Naruto looked down at his new body, shocked as he examined his once fleshy fingers.
Grim looked down at Naruto and smiled. "Here, you will need these clothes." Grim spoke as he used his magic to make a dark gray hoodie with a black shirt under it and black pants with some gray shoes to top it all off appear on Naruto. Then he added fingerless gloves to cover Naruto's bony hands.. Naruto looked up at Grim for a long, appraising moment before a boney smile made its way to his 'lips'. Naruto had never really cared what he looked like because long ago he discovered that it was not his appearance that people hated…and his appearance now meant that he was someone's son.
Grim smiled at the bone boy that he had taken as a son. "Naruto, 'till I find a stable place to stay…I have to leave you in a safe place…Don't worry as I will visit you often." Naruto looked a little down at that, but he smiled at the "visit often" part.
Grim swung his scythe away from Naruto, opening up a green and black swirling portal. "Come on boy, - just 'till I get a suitable place…I will have to keep you…in a safer place." Grim calmly explained. "But before we go let's get a picture…hood up Naruto…if they knew you are the child of death they could use you against me." Grim spoke to Naruto, who knew better then to argue and pulled his hood up until his hair was the only thing showing. Grim reached into his robe's pockets and pulled out a camera with wings and a single eye. The camera flew a little ways away and then took a picture of the two. The camera then returned to Grim who had removed two pictures and gave one to Naruto and pocketed the other. Neither of them would know how important the picture in Grim's pocket would be one day.
In a different zone a ghostly figure watched the scene play out. The figure was wearing purple robes and had a staff in his hand with a small clock on top of it. He had a small scar over one of his eyes. "Hello, old friend." the figure in purple said as another appeared out of nowhere.
The new appearance was a specter, or more importantly the death god that had sealed the Kyuubi in Naruto. "You know you owe me for that soul- he would have been a great piece in my collection…still, I'm glad I got the Kyuubi before Grim."
"Time will show my reasons friend…time." the purple cloaked figure said mystically.
Grim walked with his son though the portal and all Naruto could see were the swirling green and black tunnel walls. "Now Naruto, in this travel time is meaningless so I will take a moment to tell you about your new mojo powers." Grim said as he turned to face his son. "All reapers have a certain energy in their bones- it is what keeps us together and allows us to have special powers." Grim saw Naruto's horrified expression and quickly moved to calm those fears. "Child, you choose how far it goes- you could just knock them out or kill them. It is up to you…just focus energy into your hands to do it."
"Dad…" Naruto was a little hesitant to say 'dad' in fear his new father would not allow it. "How can I use this energy?" Naruto looked up at his father his hood falling back a bit to reveal his face.
Grim smiled as he heard Naruto call him dad…but his son did make a valid point. "You can gather the energy by thinking about it, it will become like breathing to you someday." Grim decided he should tell Naruto about where they where going. "Naruto the place you will be staying while I do my job is a place called Amity Park. In it is a large amount of supernatural activity…but keep your hood up as most that live there are normal…humans" Naruto nodded he was good at avoiding trouble and all he had to do was keep his hood up and gloves on.
Danny was walking with his friends Tucker and Sam at night trying to make it home before curfew. They were close to Amity Park's…park when they noticed that Danny's breath was visible. Tucker reached in his bag and pulled out what looked like a thermos. Danny looked over at Sam, making sure that she knew she had to get to a safer place, not too far away. Satisfied by her expression that she would be all right, Danny quickly switched to his ghost form and took off towards the suspected anomaly.
Naruto looked for his father Grim, but realized that he was gone. With quick motions, he pulled his hood further over his face. Looking around, Naruto saw a small flower in bloom near his feet. It was purest white and shone it's beauty into the light. Naruto bent down and touched it, unconsciously focusing energy into his hand. As soon as Naruto's hand touched the flower, it wilted and died. Naruto looked on it sadly as he had not wanted it to die- he had just been admiring the bloom. As Naruto stared at the flower, his eye sockets seemed to display his sadness much like a real eye would show sadness. Naruto heard someone shout. "Hey kid! You better get somewhere safe." Naruto quickly turned around, forgetting to secure his hood, so it flew off his face with the movement.
Danny looked down and saw a kid near the area that the disturbance was coming from. Urging the boy to get to safety, Danny was shocked when the kid's hood fell off. Danny looked at the kid that had a skull for a face with no neck- just the bones. The boy only had a little amount of hair on the front of his head. "Alright, what do you want here!" Danny demanded, hands on hips.
Naruto saw the figure's posture change and quickly took off running. He made for some nearby trees, but when he spared a glance over his shoulder, he saw the figure was flying after him. "That's not fair…" Naruto complained in his mind as he ran though the bushes, never once thinking of turning off his powers.
Danny watched the boy run though the bushes. Anything he touched with his bones seemed to wither and die. Pursing his lips, Danny knew that he had to stop this 'ghost' before he could make it to somewhere populated and more than just plants died.
Hidden nearby, Sam saw something that Danny missed. She saw the look of fear on the boy's face-like skull. She knew that Danny had inadvertently scared him, so she took off with Tucker right behind her.
Running through the park, Naruto made the mistake of turning down a dead end. "Hmm…dead end." Naruto thought ironically as he watched the ghostly figure in front of him glide to a stop a few feet away. Naruto backed up against the wall behind him, then he threw his hands up to cover his face…when a voice stopped everything. "Both you guys stop…he is afraid of you."
Danny looked over to see his friend Sam running towards them. He looked back at the 'ghost' kid and realized that she was right- he was afraid. Danny quickly floated down to the ground and tried to comfort the poor 'ghost' kid. "Look, I'm sorry for scaring you…but can you tell me what you are doing here?"
Naruto looked up at the ghost-like figure realizing that this might all be a misunderstanding. "I am Naruto and dad left me here while he works." Naruto realized that he did not knew how to explain his dad's work if they asked…he hoped they would not ask. His sudden stop had also turned off his powers without him realizing it.
"Who is your dad anyway?" Sam asked, trying to figure out what job any dad could have that would require him to leave his son in random places.
"Oh, my dad is the Grim R…" Naruto trailed off, realizing that he had basically told them his father's identity. The group just stared at him with amazed expressions.
"YOU'RE THE GRIM REAPER'S SON?" Sam, Tucker, and Danny shouted out in surprise at Naruto…luckily no one heard.
"Please don't tell anyone, you know how much trouble I could be in?" It was a rhetorical question on Naruto's part, but more of a begging plea then anything else.
Sam, Tucker, and Danny looked at each other realizing what would happen if word got out. Mass panic, wars to control the child of death, not to mention all the grieving families that would want to take their grief and anger out on death's child. Danny decided to speak "Okay, I will keep it a secret as long as you tell no one about me being half-ghost." Naruto understood that he only said that as a way to get his trust (he certainly hadn't seemed to hide his ghostly abilities) …it worked.
Naruto's face had a look of realization on it. "Dad never said were I was going to stay…" Naruto thought of something. "Do you know where I should stay?." he looked at the group pleadingly, "Please?"
Danny was the first to recover from the strange request. "Umm, guys my house is out of the question as it is pretty much Ghost Hunter Central." Sam and Tucker nodded in agreement.
Sam had an idea on the problem. "Hey, why don't I take him in? Don't worry, I will think of some excuse to tell my parents." They heard Naruto mutter something about not being a baby, but they liked the idea.
Sam walked over to Naruto and before Danny could warn her about his power, she took his hand and….nothing happened. Danny looked shocked, then looked back at all the dead plants showing Naruto's passage through the park. "How come Sam is not dead…not that I am hoping for it or anything, it's just that everything else you touched died."
Naruto looked a little perplexed at the question, but realized why when he saw the trail of dead things. "Oh! I must have been using my powers without knowing…I'm sorry." Naruto walked over to one of the dead plants and tried to make it stand up straight. Sam thought he looked so cute…Danny did not understand how the son of the GRIM REAPER could be so oblivious to death and exchanged a telling look with Tucker.
Naruto looked up as he was now being lead to Sam's home by well…Sam. Naruto kept staring as everything was so different from Konoha…it was amazing. Sam noticed Naruto's look and figured that he must have been raised in a place like…Halloween town if that place actually existed. Sam arrived in front of her house, which was huge. Sam looked at Naruto's face, showing his awe. "So what if my house is big." All Naruto could due was nod dumbly at the statement.
As Sam and Naruto entered the house they were immediately greeted by Sam's mother. "Hello Samantha." She began. "OH…who is your little friend." She ignored Naruto's mutterings about not being little.
"I am getting a new job working with children." Sam spoke brightly. "Naruto is my test case. He was diagnosed with extreme clinical shyness, so you should never ask him to take off his hood as it might send him into a panic attack. Also, please turn off the camera in the room you put him in." Sam carefully chose her words to ensure her mother would not do anything rash.
Pamela Manson looked down at the hooded boy before crying out "OH, YOU POOR BOY!" She quickly enveloped Naruto in a hug only to notice how thin he was. "OH! POOR THING, YOU ARE NOTHING BUT SKIN AND BONES." she exclaimed loudly. "I'LL GO MAKE SOME SUPPER." She dashed into the kitchen while Naruto and Sam looked at each other.
"Your mom is scary." Naruto told Sam in a small timid voice not fit for the son of The Grim Reaper. Sam chuckled a little at the simple statement
"Don't worry, you will get used to it…I hope." Sam added the last part as a way to get Naruto a little freaked out.
Naruto only stared at her when he heard a noise come closer to them from the kitchen. He saw Pamela rush out with a plate of food in one hand, the other grabbing Naruto's wrist and pulling him to the table so fast that Naruto had to grab to keep his hood up. Pamela quickly put Naruto in a chair and put the plate in front of him while practically shoving the fork into his hand. "Don't worry Naruto, more food will be coming." She then walked away into the kitchen.
Sam leaned in close to Naruto and whispered "Can you eat?"
Naruto paused before replying "I don't know…only one way to find out." Naruto stabbed his fork into a piece of chicken and put it in his mouth. The first thing Naruto noticed was that he could not taste it, but he continued to chew until the big test to see if he could still swallow…he could, but he had no idea where it went and he did not feel any different. Naruto gave Sam thumbs up and continued to 'eat'.
After a big supper, Naruto was shown to his room where all the security camera's had been turned off so he could get the rest he deserved. Surprisingly Sam's dad was a pack rat so he had some pajamas that would fit Naruto. They were originally going to be a gift to Sam's cousin. The pajamas were a dark gray- pants and a button up shirt. "I hope Dad will visit me soon." Naruto thought as he went into dreamland with his covers over his head.
Naruto woke up in a strange place. It took a moment for the events of the past day to catch up to him. He was still dressed in his pajamas. Looking around at his new environment, he noticed that the ground was pink and the sky was a sparkling blue. Naruto knew that something was wrong, especially when he saw a gingerbread man coming closer. Naruto felt that the blanket was still around him and he quickly brought it over his head like a hood. "Seems I have a new habit." Naruto thought as the Gingerbread man bumped into him.
"OH, my apologies sir…aren't you supposed to be in dreamland?" the Gingerbread man said while trying to see under the blanket.
"I don't know. I just went to sleep and woke up here." Naruto said as he was trying to avoid the little Gingerbread man seeing his face. After some acrobatics while the Gingerbread man twisted and turned he finally said. "If I show you my face, you have to promise not to be scared." Naruto spoke to the little Gingerbread man as he removed the blanket. The gingerbread man looked scared and was about to run when he noticed the sad look on the boys face…he knew he could not leave his side.
"Hey! Don't be sad- I am just a little shocked." the Gingerbread man said as Naruto smiled a bit at that. "OH! I forgot. I have yet to tell you my name. It is Jack." The newly named Jack walked up to Naruto and took his hand. "Can I travel with you and stay with you?…. You see, due to a …family dispute I am off on my own."
Naruto smiled at Jack before speaking. "Sure…I like to make friends anyway…as long as you don't mind hiding in my rib cage because I am sure you would attract a lot of attention."
Jack just looked at Naruto before shrugging. "Sure, why not? It will also help with hiding your skinless nature." Naruto could only smile at the little jest.
Naruto looked down at Jack again. "Hey Jack, do you know how to get out of here?"
The little gingerbread man looked thoughtful before replying. "Just think about waking up… but can you wait until I get into your rib cage so I can go with you?" Naruto just nodded. Jack began to climb up Naruto's pajamas and then under his shirt.
Naruto concentrated really hard on waking up, shutting his eyes in concentration. When Naruto felt different, he reopened his eyes to see that he was back in the bedroom. Naruto quickly sat up and looked around when he felt a few of his buttons come undone as a little gingerbread man came out. "So this is the real world huh…I like it." Jack exclaimed as Naruto finally had a good look at him. The little gingerbread man had huge blue orbs of icing for eyes. Along with some blue icing for a hair line that made it look spiky. He did not really have any buttons, but his mouth seemed to be enchanted as the blue icing would disappear when he was not saying anything.
MEANWHILE…
Grim smiled as he thought about his son, well until a ghost appeared behind him. "Clockwork, what are you doing here?" Grim was puzzled about his friends sudden appearance.
"Well Grim, if you must know I am delivering a special note- this is telling on someone's time." Clockwork begin as he handed Grim an official looking envelope.
"What's this… you want me to… collect a hamster?' Grim was so surprised at the request that he couldn't turn it down before Clockwork disappeared. Grim just looked at the envelope and shrugged… it was only a simple job…right?
LATER…
It had been several weeks since that stupid hamster job… and for Grim it had been hell. In fact, he only managed to call Naruto once in a while. "HEY GRIM, GRIM…GRIM!" Grim heard the stupid voice of undoubtedly the most stupid human alive… Billy.
"Yes Grim, we have a question for you." Came the other voice of the nightmares Grim had come to know only too well…Mandy.
Grim turned off the vacuum and walked to the voices in the living room. "Hey Grim, I was digging through your robe's pocket and found this!" Billy shouted out loud, holding up a picture of Grim and Naruto.
"Yes Grim, can you tell us who he is?" Mandy said in a threatening voice that promised pain if her wish was not fulfilled.
"I knew I should have hid it better." Grim thought, but realized something. He had a 'stable' home so Naruto could stay with him and maybe distract the little nightmares in front of him. "That is my son Naruto…I could bring him here if you want." "Please say yes" was all that was going though Grim's mind.
Billy was the first to respond "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…." Billy continued like a broken record while bouncing around Grim. But Mandy was the real decision maker and Grim waited for her pronouncement.
Mandy thought about it. Well, if anything, it will keep things from becoming boring. Mandy looked at Grim and gave a single nod.
"All right you two, I will be back shortly with my son." Grim spoke while cackling on the inside. Grim turned and swung his scythe though the air creating a portal to Naruto.
Naruto, Danny, Tucker, and Sam along with Jack (who was hiding in Naruto's empty backpack) were going though a secluded alleyway when a bright green and black portal appeared in front of them, causing Danny to get ready for a fight and Tucker to rush behind Sam while Naruto's 'eyes' widened seeing the portal. "Dad?" was all Naruto could say as the others looked on in shock as the GRIM REAPER walked out. Naruto was the first to recover and launched himself at his father, nearly making Grim fall down as he was enveloped in a hug while the boy shouted again, "Dad!"
Sam could only stare as she watched the Grim Reaper hug the boy. Danny was in a state of shock, Tucker, however was cowering behind Sam. "I finally have a stable enough place to live…Don't worry I see you've made some friends mon. We will visit now and again." Grim told Naruto as he looked at the group and then lead Naruto though the portal.
"Now Naruto, I made a bet with these two kids over their pet hamster's life… if I lose I had to become their friend forever…I lost." Grim then told the tale of how he became 'friends' with Billy and Mandy, covering the tale with enough "sugar" so as to make Naruto want to be their friend and hopefully give him some time alone. Grim did feel a little sorry for his son.
"Oh Dad, I nearly forgot!" Naruto interrupted Grim's tale as he took off his back pack and let Jack out "This is my friend Jack!" Naruto introduced the Gingerbread man to Grim. For Grim's part he was mildly surprised and filed it under the "ask later" file of his brain.
"Now," he exclaimed as he cut a new portal, "We're off to meet Mandy and Billy".
This is more precisely a Grim tales from Down Below/Naruto cross. Note he will technically be the same age as Billy and Mandy, but he will actually be the age of Grim JR and Minnie…All will be explained in the story later, but now please advise me of what the pairing should be. Mimi (Her), Boogie's daughter, Hoss Delgado's daughter or finally General Skarr's granddaughter (I figure he is older then the others, so she should be around the right age.) or a requested other (has to be around his age). I also want to note why Grim JR does not have this power…well all reapers are unique in my mind. Now I also based Grim's personality off the first episode- the reason why is that he has yet to meet Billy and Mandy. I think Grim met them when they where seven or eight? So Naruto is the same age…two years before the Grim we are familiar with will show but we are getting some glimpses. Nergal will have a bigger part in this story.
Note I do not own anything I have in this story most of the characters and worlds come from .