Hello everyone and thank you for reading the first chapter of my newest story "The Shadow of Fairy Tail", I had originally planned on getting this thing posted a few months ago but I have been extremely busy with college so it prevented me from releasing it. I had decided on making this crossover after reading both the amazing stories of Paradox Jast's "Fire Shadow of Fairy Tail" and FoxboroSalts's "The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi" and thought about trying my hand in this. Hopefully it goes over well.
Side note: I am dwindling down on the days before I am occfiaclly done with my first year in college so I will not be able to update the story for a while, and that might be extened a bit further through the revisions I'm going through on my other stories, still I'll try to update as fast as possible.
Chapter 1: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Earthland
It was a peaceful forest somewhere within the Land of Lightning that had so far been untouched by the ongoing chaos that was the Fourth Shinobi World War. It was here that the sound of two heads crashing into each other suddenly rang out across the vast wilderness.
The two shinobi were thrown back from their clashing heads, with the sixteen year-old blonde whose whole body had turned yellow and released energy in a flicker of flames being caught with one arm by the large dark skinned man that was behind him.
"Settle down, mothafucka!" Killer Bee reprimanded his fellow Jinchuuriki as he placed him on the nearest tree branch that he could reach.
Naruto gave a sheepish smile though he winced slightly as his head still stung from the impact, "Damn, that thing's solid…I didn't even scratch it." he commented somewhat casually despite the situation.
The other man, a man who had claimed to be none other than the infamous Uchiha Madara, although Naruto knew that it was now just a lie, simply caught himself and entered into a crouching position a few trees away from them, his eyes that contained both the Sharingan and the Rinnegan gazing at them with mild interest.
"I should've slipped through you," he said with a hint of disbelief, though that was quickly replaced with a cool edge as he continued, "But you couldn't even scratch my mask? Come now Naruto, I expect more than that from the Nine-tails' power."
As one, six figures suddenly appeared and rushed the two ninja. The six shinobi were the deceased Jinchuuriki of the current generation that had been brought back from the dead due to Kabuto's Edo Tensei jutsu.
Roshi, the previous Four-tailed Jinchuuriki, was the one that lead the assault as he quickly ran through a series of hand-seals.
"Yoton: Shakugaryugan no jutsu!" he expelled a large amount of lava from his mouth that quickly solidified into a great number of boulders made entirely out of molten rock.
The sheer number coupled with the intense heat of the molten rock forced the two still living Jinchuuriki to be quick on their feet to avoid getting scorched. As a result they leapt from where they were standing and over the barrage and Roshi, a rasengan in Naruto's hand and a sword in each of Bee's, both preparing their counterattack on Yagura, the Yondaime Mizukage and former host of the Sanbi.
But before either of their attacks could connect, Yagura created a large, flat volume of water in front of them that perfectly reflected them and their attacks as if it were a mirror. He then hooked onto the top of the water using the larger hook of his staff.
"Suiton: Mizukagami no jutsu!"
He brought the mirror down to a ninety degree position, and the reflections emerged and materialized from it with their own attacks clashing with their originals. The two attacks canceled each other's out with the reflections turning back into water after the impact, but the originals began plummeting to the ground.
"The same moves," Naruto thought in disbelief before something caught his eye.
It was bubbles, an immense amount of bubbles that had completely surrounded them both. It was one of these little things that lightly touched Naruto's shoulder and popped, resulting in a small but powerful explosion that left a trail of smoke on the blonde's shoulder.
"Naruto!" Bee cried out in alarm.
"OWW DAMMIT!" Naruto cringed as he clutched his injured shoulder.
Unbeknownst to them, Utakata was watching them with that neutral face that all the deceased Jinchuriki seem to possess while simply blowing bubbles out of his pipe.
He slowly raised his hand into the air and snapped his fingers, "Suiton: Homatsu no jutsu!" and as one, every single bubble that was floating in the air simultaneously exploded.
Luckily, thanks to Bee using his partial transformations to make two tentacles, one to latch onto a tree above them and one to grab Naruto with, they avoided getting caught up in Utakata's attack.
"Thanks, Bee!"
But something caught the older shinobi's attention. He raised his head slightly and was surprised to find a glittering powder that gave off a luminous glow. He then spotted the only other female Jinchuuriki beside Yugito, Fuu, expelling more of the fine powder from her mouth.
"Hiden: Rinpungakure no jutsu!"
The powder shone so brightly that it had blinded them, leaving them unprepared for the concealed Yugito's and Han's ambush…or so one would think, but the exact opposite had happened. Naruto had grabbed onto Han's fist, preventing it from smashing into him, and Killer Bee used two of his swords to parry Yugito elongated claws.
"My shades are way too dark; you can't blind me with just a few little sparks!" Bee let loose a quick rhyme.
"And I could sense you malice from a mile away!" Naruto added in.
In retaliation, using the furnace on the back of his steam armor to increase his attacking power, Han was able to push Naruto away with his caught fist while Yugito's foot grew claws and swiped it at Killer Bee, forcing him to jump back.
The two quickly recovered and distanced themselves from the Edo Tensei zombies, perching themselves on the nearest tree they could to try and catch their breath and assess their situation.
"Yugito's with them…they must be the other Jinchuuriki! And to make matters worse, all of them have the Sharingan in one eye and the Rinnegan in the other," the Hachibi spoke to Bee, "Not only did he kill them all, he even implanted those nasty-ass eyes in them too…poor Yugito. If you had been caught they might've done the same to you…this isn't right…" he said solemnly.
"Well I'm glad they didn't, because I ain't even curious, if that bastard messed me up like that I'd be furious." Bee added in, his tone hardening slightly to show he didn't like the situation any more than his Bijuu.
"You'd still have your sunglasses either way though," the Eight-tails joked lightly despite the situation at hand, "Anyway, stay sharp out there or you'll end up like them."
The two were then brought out from their conversation as they heard Naruto speak.
"Madara's eyes are the same, and this time his mask has two eyeholes!"
"It's custom made out of special materials that are more suited for war." Madara explained.
"So the other eye that you've been hiding was a Rinnegan, like Nagato and that other Madara," he said at that realization, much to the fake Madara's shock and confusion, "Well we're going to stop the both of you!"
"'Other Madara'…" the fake whispered as a memory came to him, where that damned Kabuto had brought out the real Madara in front of him, and what had blackmailed him into letting the brat partake in the war. "God damn you, Kabuto…"
"What do you mean 'other' Madara, I thought Madara was this masked punk right here!"
The fake stood there in silence before he let out a short chuckle, sounding amused from behind his mask, "You can call me by my old name, Tobi, if you prefer. Since the war has already begun, my name no longer matters. Madara, Tobi…call me whatever you want."
"Who the hell are you?" Naruto asked gruffly, or at least tried to, seeing as his confused expression contradicted the way he was trying to sound.
"I'm no one. I don't want to be anyone. All I care about is completing the Eye of the Moon plan…this world is completely worthless, there is nothing left in it except for misery."
At this acquisition, Naruto's glare hardened to the point they were like diamonds, but he refused to say anything while Tobi continued to rant.
"You two have grown up as hosts of tailed beasts, and you have endured the misery that has come from that role, have you not? You should understand that misery…a little."
That was when Naruto's boiling point was reach, "Living with a Bijuu inside of you…isn't all bad." he rebutted, unaware of Killer Bee smiling proudly at the younger Jinchuuriki.
And unaware to any of them, deep within Naruto's seal, the Kyuubi no Yoko was listening in to this conversation, looking visibly shocked at what his Jinchuuriki had just said.
"You can call yourself no one, you can start a war, but even in this world you think of as 'worthless', no one's falling for your dumbass lies," Naruto said fiercely, pointing at Tobi, "You can change your mask, you can even take on as many names as you want, but you're still you, and you're just one guy! I've had enough…I'm going to tear that mask right off your face!" he roared, slamming his fist into his open palm for emphasis.
"I'll go first, YEEEEAH!" Bee roared as he did his trademark pose with the added addition of a giant tentacle forming behind his back.
"If you want to see what's under my mask," Tobi said while idly taping his mask, "You're going to have to work for it."
At that point the deceased Jinchuuriki moved in front of Tobi, forming an honor guard of sorts, except they had now done the same thing as Bee and had each manifested a single tail that had been from each of their tailed beasts.
"Eight-tails, and Nine-tails…I will capture you both and complete the Eye of the Moon."
A young, hyperactive girl sprinted into the council room of the royal castle of the Kingdom of Edolas. Her attire consisted of a large headwear that had floppy dog-like ears that bounced behind her as she ran, and a large yellow gown with a blue and white collar with gloves, but the most unusual part about her was that she was barefooted.
She continued to sprint across around the large table in the center of the room with ceaseless energy while the other occupants in the room watched her stopping in front of their majesty, King Faust, the ruler of Edolas himself.
Giving a sharp salute to the King and without a hint of fear or nervousness in front of the most powerful man in Edolas, she called out loudly, "Your Majesty, my apologies for the interruption, but the Magical Research and Development department has an urgent message to report."
The old king Faust looked down on the girl before him, his coal black eyes studying her critically, wondering why the young girl would choose to interrupt his meeting with his officers over the outlaw guilds within Edolas, "Coco, tell me why you chose to disrupt this meeting when I had specifically ordered it not to be interrupted?" he asked, though it sounded more like an order.
The now identified Coco winced under his gaze before zooming around the room once again, small clouds of dust trailing after her. She stopped at the exact spot she had stood previously, her facial expression never changing as she replied, "I'm sorry your Majesty, but I have a very important report to give you that was sent from Chief Byro himself."
Coco could feel the room's other occupants, the commanders of the Four Magic War Divisions staring at her intently, Pantherlily, Erza Knightwalker, Hughes, and Sugarboy awaiting her report.
"The message then, Coco." Faust drawled, wanting to know what the source of this disturbance was, although his attention had become noticeably more focused now.
Coco gulped, but continued on while still saluting, "The Anima division has reported an abnormality regarding the magical activity of the inter-dimensional gate," she paused, appearing uncertain, "Chief Byro mentioned that this source wasn't located within-"
Her words died in her mouth as Byro, the Chief of Staff to the King, hastily entered the council room. This bald little man had an unnerving grin that could've been described as slightly demonic, possibly bordering insane with his eyebrows narrowed a bit and shot up to resemble what looked like tiny devil's horns, "Your Majesty, we found something, something amazing!" he cackled madly as he attempted to catch his breath.
He leaned forward in his chair, pressing his fingers together as he gazed intently at is oldest servant, "What is it?" he ordered.
"W-We've discovered and enormous amount of magical energy! The power reading we're getting from this source dwarfs everything we've ever had before combined your Majesty!" he announced, his eyes bulging out of his sockets and his body was trembling slightly at this new discovery.
"How is that possible? We would have discovered this source long ago if it was a large as you claim it to be?" the only other woman in the room asked. Erza Knightwalker was a beautiful well-endowed young woman with long, flowing, wavy red hair that reached past her back and wore a very provocative outfit with her spear, the Ten Commandments, resting by her side. She was easily the youngest commander there, maybe a year or two younger than Hughes, but seemed well content in the room.
"Knightwalker's right my lord, if what Byro is saying is true then why haven't we got wind of it before now, that kind of energy could have generated enough power to last us decades." Sugarboy, a tall man with blond hair and blue eyes stated. He had long sideburns extending to the ends of his face, while his hair took a more pompadour style, although his most unusual feature was his very noticeable cleft chin.
Byro, instead of looking insulted however, just kept his insane grin on his face, "Because...this source has come from an entirely different world!" he said through his maniacal laughter.
"WHAT!" every one of the commanders shouted and as one they stood up and began interrogating the old scientist.
"SILENCE," Faust roared, his eyes widened in shock at this revelation. The four commanders quieted down as they looked at their king; "Everyone, this meeting will adjourn until further notice." he told the others.
Pantherlily, who quite literally was a bipedal panther with black fur that was decked out in battle armor, however spoke up in objection at the sudden cancelation of the meeting, "Your Majesty, I must insist that we-"
Faust stroked his beard while he interrupted his commander of the First Division, "This is a more pressing matter that I must attend to for the moment Pantherlily. For now continue with the location and eradication of any dark guilds that dare to threaten the peace in our Kingdom. Any reports regarding the overall progress of the operation are to be presented during our next meeting. That is all," he ordered them, glaring at all the occupants in the room to do as they were told.
The occupants of the room nodded in understanding, offering their salutations to their King before swiftly exiting the room.
Faust watched as Byro closed the door to the council room after the last of the council members had trailed out. "Now tell me how this had happened." he asked impatiently.
His Chief of Staff smiled crookedly, "The magical technicians were doing their usual routine check-ups when they suddenly detected an enormous source of magical energy that was appearing within a different location than Earthland," He chuckled. "Your Majesty, the origin of the source belongs in another dimension entirely."
The King of Edolas slumped into his throne, slowly taking his crown off his head and using his free hand to massage his forehead while he tried to process this astounding new development. "A new dimension," he said in wonder, "Can it be possible?"
Byro nodded in response, "One must never underestimate the power of magic, your Majesty. It is logical to assume that with this new discovery that there could be hundreds of parallel dimensions that we've yet to discover, the untold power is potentially limitless!" he declared manically.
Faust allowed a grim smile to adorn his face, "And what of the Anima? Is it compatible to be used with this new dimension?" he questioned his Chief of Staff.
A devilish grin greeted him, "Oh yes, your Majesty, our technicians are in the process of charging the machine as we speak, it will be operational within a few moments."
"Excellent," The King said as he stood up, a maniacal grin on his face, "Can you imagine it, Byro? An entirely new dimension of untouched magic within our grasp!" he shouted hysterically, giving himself a deranged look.
"Yes your Majesty, it is truly a wondrous day for us to find this power. With it, all our goals could be accomplished so much sooner than we expected!"
A few moments past before he heard Faust speak again, "However, we must take the necessary steps to insure we capture as much of this new magic as possible in the new dimension without completely draining it. We still have Earthland after all, but we must have a little insurance if things were to go wrong." he said, absentmindedly stroking his beard as he faced Byro.
"Yes of course, my lord." Byro agreed as he bowed low to his request, and was about to turn to leave the room to attend to the urgent matter of charging the Anima before the King interrupted.
"Make sure nothing goes wrong Byro, otherwise the consequences will be severe..." the King trailed off, leaving the looming threat of failure over his head unclear.
Byro merely gave a bow to the King and left. His thoughts were a mess as he hurried to meet the technicians in charge of the Anima. It would be later in the day that the old man would get a terrible foreboding feeling in the pit of his stomach, as though it was telling him he would regret this decision for years to come.
The battle between the Akatsuki leader and the Jinchuuriki continued to rage on as they fought to end this war once and for all. Despite both Killer Bee's and Naruto's valiant efforts, there seemed to be no stopping Tobi and his Six Paths of Pain.
Due to their sudden tail transformations, Hachibi deduced that they must have had their Bijuu resealed into them because he could sense them in their hosts, but they seemed somehow different. As the battle began, it quickly became obvious who was on the offensive.
It was through the Rinnegan's shared field of vision that each of the Jinchuuriki were able to evade whatever attack Naruto or Bee through at them, and with the Sharingan backing them as well, they could react and coordinate to the most precise details, although the two were able to figure out where Tobi had placed the black chakra receivers that had been planted into the left side of their chests thanks to a bout between Yugito and Bee.
It was then that the Eight-tails and Bee agreed that the forest gave put them at too much of a disadvantage, and Bee transformed into his full Eight-tails form and used his Bijuu Hachimaki to decimate the surrounding forest, leaving the ground bare and enabling them to see the temporarily downed Jinchuuriki.
Unfortunately, before the two seal or restrain them long enough to pull out the chakra receivers, Tobi reappeared next to his six paths and forced them all to transform at once into their strongest version two forms. The battle then took a turn for the worse as the Edo Tensei Jinchuuriki took to the offensive, overwhelming the two with a barrage of attacks and a fully transformed Five-tails.
Luckily, reinforcements came in the form of Kakashi and Gai with the two preventing a close call that would've ended up with Naruto being captured. It was then when they notice the Gobi charging toward them, attempting to attack the masked man, but was forcibly subdued by some unearthly chains, although not before it let out a cry of desperation for being controlled like it was that only Naruto, Bee, and their Bijuu could hear, and the Hachibi explaining that the tailed beasts have their own emotions and that it angered them for being controlled like that.
This instigated an argument between the Hachibi and the Kyuubi, with Kyuubi stating that the shinobi have only ever treated them as pets, and that Hachibi and Bee were the only exception. As their argument continued on the inside, on the outside, the battle was still going strong until the Four-tails and Six-tails fully transformed and the Four-tails ended up swallowing Naruto.
In some weird twist though, Naruto entered the area where the Yonbi was restrained by its seal, and the blonde was given its true name, Son Goku, and found out the true name to his Bijuu, Kurama. Naruto convinced Son that he truly wanted to be friends with the Bijuu and free them from Tobi and so the great ape explained how to set him free, which was via the chakra receiver at his neck.
Unsurprisingly, Naruto succeeded, although he was greatly drained, and to his dismay found out that Son had not been freed, but merely released from his Jinchuuriki. Naruto rebuttal his statement, clearly expressing that he wanted to set them completely free which impressed Son to the extent of giving him a parting gift before being sucked back into the Gedou Mezou.
Now we find our heroes facing down five fully transformed tailed beasts staring down on them, with an exhausted Naruto in his normal form, an injured Bee, and a tiring Kakashi and Gai.
"…This is bad, no matter how you look at it. And you're about ready to fall over!" Kurama observed as he pulled Naruto into the seal.
"…Just…you watch…me" Naruto wheezed out from his crouched state.
"If you want me to lend you my power, I could, you know Naruto."
"You're a lot more talkative lately, you know that," the blonde commented as he shifted himself slowly to look at his Bijuu, "I'm happy you want to lend me your power, but before that there's something I need to talk to you about…"
Kurama gazed down at his Jinchuuriki with a puzzled expression; he had been expecting the blonde to agree straight away to his proposal, seeing as he was just going to give him his chakra and it alone like he had with Madara.
Naruto drew a shaking breath as he stumbled a bit to turn around to where he was facing the seal, "Thanks for the help back there…you know, with Madara. That really saved me."
"Don't thank me, it's weird! I'd just rather be in your control than in Madara's, that's all," the giant fox rebutted hastily, if one weren't to know better, they might say he actually looked…flustered? "And besides, because of this prison I'm in, I could only give you a small bit of my chakra! And now, I'm just interested in watching you fight some more so that I have a good way to kill some time!"
"What th-I was thanking you, so why the hell are you getting mad at me for! I don't care if you keep glaring at me, but the least you could do is fix your response! Otherwi-!"
Naruto ceased speaking when he saw the enormous fist of Kurama's in front of him as far as the seal would allow him too with the fox himself looking at him expectantly with a…a grin on his face!
"Don't tell me…we're gonna play that chakra tug-of-war thing again…?"
Kurama seemed amused by this, "Idiot! You don't have to do that this time…although I am a bit bored, so if you wanted to play, I wouldn't mind."
Naruto gazed uncertainly at the Bijuu for a split-second before he too grinned, and bumped his fist with the tailed beast. There was silence for a moment before they both broke out into a short laugh at something only the two of them knew about.
Back to the outside world, Naruto returned to his senses as he called out to his comrade, "Let's go Bee!"
"Okay, but I'm the leader of this duo this time. Makin' you fight on the front line like that would be a crime." The elder Jinchuuriki comment from his quick observation of the blonde.
The Hachibi was quick to add its input as well, "Remember, we're up against five tailed beasts, so if you can't transform, then you'll have to come in as a support."
"Both you and the Hachibi are hurt, Bee…this isn't about who the support is and who's on the front line! We're going out together! Besides, we're actually a pair of duos, aren't we?"
Bee was stunned at those words, his mind racing at the magnitude of what Naruto had just said, "Naruto, don't tell me, the Nine-tails…" but before he could continue what he was saying, Naruto said something that further impressed upon what he had just said.
"I've still got a ton of power left!"
Back to his seal, Naruto began unweaving the seal that had locked Kyuubi in that prison for over sixteen years, and as it slowly unlocked itself, he couldn't help but remember what Iruka had said to Mizuki on the day that he had become a ninja, the day someone had finally acknowledged for who he was.
"…You aren't a monster fox anymore…you're one of my teammates from Konoha," he said, his back turned to the gigantic fox behind him, although he could sense his surprise all the same as the two looked forward, their mouths slowly forming into smiles as the gates flew open, "…Kurama…NOW LET'S GO!"
Naruto re-entered his Nine-tails Chakra Mode, but the shroud it normally took began to change drastically. It parted down the middle and opened into a large full-length cloak, revealing a black undergarment with magatama near his neck, while his seal's already numerous swirl-patterns on his body expanded to his hands and feet, opening out into complete, dark circles. His eyes had gained the slit pupils and his whisker marks had become thicker like they normally did in his other forms, and finally, nine tail-like appendages protruding forming from the cloak with lines running down the middle of each.
Bee stood in awe at what he saw before him, his only thoughts barely echoing through his head before his attention returned to the five Bijuu baring down on Kakashi and Gai with five Bijuudamas aimed right at them, he was so focused on what was happening that he never noticed as clouds began circling around a hole opened up in the sky above them.
"Naruto, they've got a huge problem! Five Bijuudamas at point-blank range!"
Too late, as soon as those words were spoken, the Bijuu let loose their attacks, intending to send their victims straight to hell.
"Right, I'm on it!" Naruto called out and in a yellow flash that was faster than anything his previous shroud had produced before, he moved past each of the tailed beast balls and redirecting them away from the two jonin before stopping in front of the two.
"Wh-What is this speed!" Gai thought as he shielded himself from the sudden gust that rushed past him and Kakashi.
Kakashi however, stared into the dust in shock because within that cloud he could make out an outline, one that he had not seen in over sixteen years.
"Se-Sensei!" he said in sheer disbelief.
"I-Is that Naruto!" Gai asked, bringing Kakashi out of his stupor and making him realize that the figure wasn't his old sensei, but it was his sensei's son.
Their eyes traveled over to the fleeting tailed beast balls as they impacted against the mountain tops and were speechless as the mountains were destroyed by the very attacks that had been aimed at them mere seconds ago.
"Is this the power of the Bijuu!" Gai had asked out loud, though he did not expect to receive an answer.
"The mountains…"
But before the either of them could say anything more, the Bijuu went on the offensive again and charged forward, forcing them on their guard and making Bee rush to intercept them. It was noteworthy that the only one who stood their calmly was Naruto, looking prepared for something big to happen.
"Here we go Kurama."
And with that one sentence Naruto's body began to shift slightly a giant mass quickly took his place. It was Naruto's first complete transformation into his full nine-tails mode. Instead of being a flesh and blood replica of Kurama though, it looked more like an enlarged version of the chakra shroud of his Nine-tails Chakra shroud, while even retaining the exact same seal on its body like Naruto's and having a translucent body that showed Naruto at the head and Kakashi and Gai inside the back.
He let loose a mighty roar that sent a shockwave through the five Bijuu, sending them barreling backwards with ease as the mighty Kyuubi Jinchuuriki stood his ground.
"Holy-did he finally pull off a full Bijuu transformation," Bee celebrated in disbelief at this revelation, or he did until he noticed something happening in the sky, "Hey Naruto, are you doing that up there too?"
"Up where," Naruto questioned him, and when he pointed up at the sky, Naruto's eyes followed until he spotted what his comrade was talking about, "Okay I'll bite, which one of them is doing that and how!"
The four ninja looked back and forth between the five tailed beasts, trying to discover which of their enemies had created this new jutsu that had been brought to the field, but upon noticing that none of them were doing anything, they weren't able to determine who was doing it, until…
"Whatever you all are planning to do up there, you're making it way too obvious." Tobi suddenly commented, which earned him confused stares.
"What we're doing! What the hell are you trying to pull…wait a minute, if you're not doing that, and we're not doing that, then who is?"
"I don't know about any of you, but I'm getting an ominous feeling from that thing, it doesn't feel right." Gai stated somewhat cautiously as the large whole began to expand, the clouds around it twisting together in a very ominous way.
However, before any of them could say anything further their bodies were suddenly enveloped in a shining light and they felt their bodies being lifted up into the sky. In an attempt to keep themselves on the ground the all the shinobi, living, or in full Bijuu mode, grabbed onto the earth.
"What the hell is going on!" Naruto roared as he noticed his grip beginning to slip.
"It seems we are all trying to be sucked into that thing in the sky," Tobi responded as he too felt the ground slipping out of his grasp, "Maybe Kabuto summoned a shinobi that had a jutsu that no one was aware of, but I highly doubt that! A technique of this magnitude would have been used during any of the great wars!"
"Then who'd be able to-AAHH SHIT!" Naruto tried saying but at that moment his claws were pulled off the ground and he along with Kakashi and Gai started flying into the sky.
"Naruto, you have to find something to stop yourself with!" Gai told the genin, although he was quickly reprimanded by both the blonde and white haired ninja.
"WITH WHAT!"
"It's probably a bad time to bring this up, but whatever you're going to do, do it quickly. Our link from your first transformation is far from perfect; the amount of time you can keep this up is about five more minutes." Kurama decided on adding that useful bit of information just then.
"NOW'S WHEN YOU TELL ME!" Naruto shrieked at the top of his lungs…so much for newly found teamwork.
"Incoming!" Bee called out as he, Tobi, and the Bijuu finally lost their hold and where flown into the sky, crashing into Naruto's body.
"Shit, do any of you have anything that might stop this stupid thing!" he questioned the four as they continued their ascension into the sky.
"I've got nothing!" Bee replied as he resorted to try and swim through the air in his Bijuu form, resulting in him getting smacked in the head by an irritated Naruto and leaving a rather large bump on it.
"Mayb-" Gai began but was cut off by a loud noise that was approaching rapidly.
"WOULD SOMEBODY GET ME OUT OF THIS GOD DAMN PUPPET ALREADY, I FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA HURL!" came a familiar voice and the three turned to look at the rising Kuroari puppet coming towards them with some shinobi following after it at a shorter pace.
"Deidara," Naruto muttered upon recognition, sending out one of his tails to skillfully wrap itself around the puppet before reeling it in. Forcing the body open with another tail he found the bomb maker holding his hand against his mouth as he swayed back and forth inside Kuroari's body, looking a bit pale, even for a dead person, "Yo Deidara, not looking so good even though you're dead, eh?" he asked jokingly.
The deceased Akatsuki member stared at the fellow blonde, "Naruto? What the hell happened to you! Did you and your stylist have some sort of argument with your appearance?" he questioned the blonde as he jumped out of the puppet, which plummeted down to the ground after Deidara was removed from it.
"I really don't have time to be talking about this now." he ignored the jib as the two stared up at the ensuing vortex.
"Hey Naruto, doesn't this thing's pull remind you of that jutsu Nagato used?" Bee asked.
Upon hearing the question, Naruto's mind started recalling the earlier encounter with Itachi and Nagato, or more precisely, how Itachi was able to deduce the weakness of Nagato's Chibaku Tensei.
"Yeah! If this thing is anything similar to that, then we just have to find its weak point-" Naruto started.
"-And destroy it, it'll caused the jutsu to be cancelled out!" Bee finished.
Looking immensely pleased with themselves, the two turned their heads to look at the two jonin who were in a serious discussion over whether or not it could work, but it was another voice's approval that took them by surprise.
It was Tobi who had spoken out, but not before delivering his own criticism first, "Your theory is based on a jutsu that you had encountered and were able to see first-hand, but this something much bigger than the Chibaku Tensei, and we have no idea what the structure of this jutsu is like," letting out a frustrated sigh, he then said, "But it is the best plan that could work on such short notice, so I guess we have no choice but to go with it."
Kakashi narrowed his eyes slightly as he glared at the masked man, "And why would you help us, wouldn't you rather have us too exhausted to fight you afterwards?"
"Make no mistake Kakashi, while I would rather have an easier time dealing with you all, I will not take a chance at the possibility of Naruto or Killer Bee being taken away from me," Tobi answered him.
"OI," Naruto interjected, making the two bring their attention to him, "We can go back to kicking each other's asses after we're done dealing with this thing!" and with that all hell broke loose as Naruto brought up his two hands and began gathering the chakra needed for the ultimate Bijuu technique.
"Is he actually planning on using the Bijuudama now? But Naruto has never completed it before." Hachibi spoke up as Bee began charging his own tailed beast ball.
"Heh he nearly did it in training now, it's the real thing now, he'll pull it off somehow!"
Tobi wordlessly followed after them, forcibly compelling the Bijuu to gather together and combine their Bijuudamas into one gigantic mass of chakra.
Gai watched in both fascination and apprehension as he felt the chakra that was surrounding him, it was an unbelievable amount of pressure that was ensuing from the three concentrated balls of chakra, "My god, what is this…" when no reply came he turned toward his old comrade in arms, who was staring silently up at the vortex, "Kakashi…?"
Kakashi shook his head, "Not now Gai, I need to concentrate. If I hit the exact spot were their attacks will collide with my Kamui then I might be able to fuse them together into a huge blast radius."
"Bijuudama!"
As one, the three balls went soaring into the sky, sailing towards their designated point in an attempt to try and free their creators from the grasp of this unseen intruder.
"Looks like it's my turn now," Kakashi said in a sharp tone as his sharingan turned into its Mangekyou form, "Kamui!" he muttered and targeted the jutsu at the exact point where all the attacks would converge.
As one, the attacks hit in the same spot, erupting into an explosion of great proportions, and the glowing light around their body began to fade. They then felt a sudden falling sensation as they began to descend to the ground.
But before anyone could do or say anything, the light returned stronger than ever and the hole began twisting violently like a tornado, dragging them and others that were beginning to join them into the vortex at a faster pace.
"What the-! It's not stopping!" Naruto yelled as his full Nine-tails mode dissipated. He and the others began spinning around the whole at an increased pace and watched in amazement at how the light started to completely surround Deidara to the point the blonde couldn't see him anymore.
He was so preoccupied by what was happening to his enemy that he didn't see someone coming up to him until their heads collided with each other. Tenderly massaging the bruise on his head, he was surprised to see Shikamaru right next to him now.
"Shikamaru, you got caught up in this too!"
"Wha-Naruto, what the hell is going on! Actually, what the hell happened to you…man this is so troublesome…" Shikamaru let out a disgruntled groan as he ignored the blonde's look of outrage, only for it to increase as he pointed towards something the others hadn't spotted. "And I think it's just gotten worse."
Naruto's eyes followed where his friend was pointing and gasped. Another, smaller vortex had opened up just ahead of them, sucking up a handful of the people that had been dragged up into the sky while Tobi, the Bijuu, and the remainder of them missing it by mere inches while everyone else were heading right for it.
"Naruto, grab my arm!" Shikamaru ordered him as he, Kakashi, Bee who was now in his regular form, Gai, and Gaara huddled together, holding on to one another while he held out his hand to the blonde.
Naruto sent out another chakra arm to latch onto his friend's hand reeled himself into the little group, "Look at that," he told the others, making them look behind him to see the tunnel they had entered was now closing up, but not before they all heard Tobi bellowing in anger, "How do you think we'll get back home?"
"Naruto pay attention," his sensei told him, stressing the word as he felt a tugging sensation wrapping around his waist, "This is most likely some kind of teleportation jutsu. That's why I want each of us to open some form of communication with headquarters in Kumo. Do you all understand?"
"But, how do we-" Naruto tried to say, but was cut off by Kakashi.
"Do you understand!" he repeated, his tone reflecting one of experience and knowledge. By now the sensation had gotten to the point where it was literally trying to drag him away from the others.
"…Yes…" Naruto said finally, his eyes not meeting his teacher's as a frown formed on his face.
Kakashi's mismatched eyes softened slightly as he watched his student's troubled expression. "Don't worry Naruto, once I'm done setting up communications I'll co-" he tried saying, but he and Gai were suddenly wrenched from the group and sent hurdling into the void.
"Kakashi-sensei, Gai-sensei," Naruto and Shikamaru cried out before the raven haired teen was ripped out of their group, following after the jonin, "Shikamaru!" Naruto yelled desperately, he was about to let go and dive after them, but a hand held him back.
"Naruto, calm down," Gaara reassured his friend, "Somehow, someway, all of us will see one another once again. This won't be the last we see each other."
It took the blonde a moment to register what his old friend was saying, "W-Wait, you two aren't leaving too! Just hold on and we'll make it through somehow!" he told them, but was met with grim looks.
"I am afraid Naruto, that we have no choice in the matter. Right now I am being dragged away from the two of you as we speak." Gaara explained stoically, though the grip on his hands tightened considerably.
"He's speaking the truth Naruto, this thing's grip has got a hold on me tight. I'm barely hanging on with all my might." Bee added with a forced grin.
"But maybe we can-" Naruto tried to say, but Gaara cut him off.
"We can what, Naruto? As of right now we are all being forced apart from one another through some unusual means of teleportation jutsu with part of our small group already being taken from us. The best strategy we have is that after we arrive to our destinations we begin our search for each other." the Kazekage spoke, his voice firm in his belief.
Naruto looked at him for a moment before looking at Bee, who was grinning at him, "You heard him bro, so quit crying and man up. We'll meet up soon enough if we have enough luck."
Naruto looked at the two, speechless at their sureness that they would see each other again. He met their smiles, thinking that it was a little too soon for him to start panicking, "You're right, and I will find you all and then we will go back home. That's a promise."
The former Ichibi and the Hachibi Jinchuuriki looked at each other before turning back to the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki, smiles spreading across their faces at they looked at him with expressions showing a mixture of disbelief and amusement.
"Well if it's like that then I'll be seeing you soon!" Bee said before releasing his hold on the two, roaring with laughter as he too was lost in the void.
"Crazy bastard…"
Gaara nodded, "I agree, but we're not that far off are we," he trailed off while Naruto gave him a worried look. First Nagato, now Gaara! The world must surely be coming to an end if he had heard those two try cracking jokes in the same day. "I guess this is where we say goodbye for now Naruto…" he commented as he gave his friend a firm grasp on the shoulder before letting go.
"I'll be seeing you later Gaara," Naruto yelled as he began flying off in a different direction and soon was enveloped in darkness. He braced himself for what was sure to be a rough impact when he noticed a growing ethereal light off to the side.
Craning his neck to get a better look, he saw that it was Sasuke of all people, using his new ghostly-shaped Susanoo as a source of light and as a shield to protect himself from anything that might harm him. Naruto then took notice of the fact that he was beginning to pick up speed and was heading right for him.
As Naruto began passing his old friend, Sasuke eyes made contact with him and in that moment, despite the differences in appearances and what was happening at the moment, a silent understanding past through them. They would have to postpone their long awaited fight for another time, preferably back in their homeland. Before any words could be spoken though, a bright light suddenly blinded them.
"YOU USELESS FOOLS! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" Byro roared at the technicians in Anima chamber as he watched the machine that controlled the inter-dimensional gate shudder violently, his eyes widen in shock and his face had formed an ugly grimace.
"N-Nothing sir, everything was going ac-according to p-procedure, but then some strange anomaly suddenly occurred," one of the technicians gathered the courage to speak, enough though it left him subjugated under the Chief of Staff's murderous glare. He spoke quickly, desiring to get the report over with as fast as possible, "T-The Anima seems to have received a negative effect from it, and as an unexpected result, it created a second gate," now this was the worst part of the report he wished to avoid, but unfortunately it must be done, "It seems while we managed to extract a few of the subjects we um…failed to extract the desired subject as planned, and it appears the uh, second gate that the Anima had formed has released into Earthland instead of Edolas."
Snarling menacingly, Byro slammed his fist into a nearby wall as he made his way out of the chamber, reading over the reports that the technicians had produced for him while thinking that they had clearly made some mistake. There was absolutely no way that the Anima was having such a problem, it was completely absurd.
Unfortunately, the more he read, the more the color drained from his face. Everything that he had read was proving him wrong, and there was something in there that only made the situation much, much worse. If what he was reading was correct along with his calculations, the gate the Anima had created for the new dimension was being closed off, making it impossible to extract anymore magic from it in the near future.
At this point, the little goblin-like man was running as fast as his stubby little legs could carry him, several technicians following close behind as he reached the nearest ledge he could find and went outside. Outside, he watched as a vortex opened high up in the sky, with what looked like several shining stars shooting out of it.
"Send an extraction team..." he muttered weakly, fists clenching the stone railings tightly.
"Sir?" one of the technicians said, a confused expression adorning his face.
"You heard me you fool, send an extraction team! I will not have this incident go down in complete and utter failure, now move!" Byro screamed at them all as veins appeared on his forehead.
"Yes, sir!" The technicians responded before scrambling into different directions to fulfill their orders, and to get as far away as possible from the fuming Chief of Staff.
Byro continued watching the flying lights as the past over the kingdom and into the wastelands outside, each one heading into a different direction than the rest. His hand was clutched against his chest as he felt his heart beating wildly in his chest as he reassured himself that it wasn't a complete loss today, although he would have to explain this incident to King Faust. The Anima closing itself from that dimension had been unexpected, but surely he could find a way to open it once more someday, but even worse than that, he had been unsuccessful in retrieving that huge source of magical energy, especially since the most recent records showed that it had increased immensely. That was the true loss in the current situation.
Suddenly, he remembered his King's words and he felt himself trembling at the thought of what he might have to endure once the King found out about this fiasco. The King was known and feared for his brutality in regards for a failure when it came to decisive operations, and it usually bode ill for those in command who failed him.
Byro however shook himself from those thoughts. Even though he had failed in extracting the desired source, he was still able to retrieve several powerful sources that would still benefit the King's plans, which might mean that his punishment would be lessened to an extent. With that in mind, he would pressure the extraction team to find all of them before the dark guilds caught wind of what they were doing, especially that accursed Fairy Tail.
Byro let out a tired sigh as he massaged his temples with his fingers. He knew the King would want a report soon on what was happening. Wiping the sweat on his forehead he slowly made his way the throne room, wishing he could find someone else to do this dreadful task instead of him.
A terrible thunderstorm was raging over the countryside of Fiore. It was so fierce that it forced the citizens to hold themselves up in their homes for protection as the thunder boomed loudly above their roofs. Lightning crackled violently as it struck the ground, destroying the earth around each bolt.
A rare few were however, able to make out what looked to be a tornado forming in the sky, but that wasn't what was so special about what was happening. The most unusual thing about it was that several shooting stars were shooting out from the center of the vortex, spraying off into different directions as they shot out one by one.
One star shone brighter than the rest, having a more golden hue to it than the others. Inside this star was the sixteen year-old Jinchuuriki himself, his head covered by his hands as he quickly stole glances at different parts of his new location and at the other fleeting shinobi encased in their own stars.
His quick attempt at retrieving his bearing was cut off as he noticed that he was approach ground, fast. Thinking that his Nine-tails Chakra Mode might not have enough protection to have him come out of his impending crash, he began thinking of ways to try and cushion his fall.
Unfortunately for the blonde, any idea he had was instantly crushed to pieces when his protected head crashed into one of the tallest trees in the area. His arms flung out and his body turned to where his back was facing forward, the young shinobi was force to bear the assault of the next tree trunk that his body collided with, which caused Naruto's body to start spinning, alternating each following collision between his head, chest, back, and legs.
"G-Got to s-stop this now before i-it gets worse…" he thought to himself, gritting his teeth as his head went through another tree. Putting all the concentration that he could muster into this one thing, he sent out a chakra arm from his back to the nearest tree that he had passed and latched onto it.
What he didn't take into consideration was the speed that he was currently traveling and the force in which he put onto the trunk of the tree. So when his arm's tension had reached its maximum point, it basically slingshot him off to the side and into the ground, tearing up the earth.
Using his hands as a means to break his momentum, Naruto clawed into the ground and sent up waves of dirt and rubble until his back came in contact with a rather large stone that sent him into the air. Naruto let a yell of pain escape from his mouth, his eyes scrunched together. He forced an eye open and glanced at his hand, and was shocked to find that he was in his normal form again and that he was heading right for a giant boulder.
He had time only to process this one thought before his collision with the opposing stone "Oh Fu-" and that was when a loud cracking sound rang out and everything went black.
Well I hope that you all enjoyed this first chapter in what will hopefully be an excellent crossover. Here are some side notes aside from the little reminder that was made at the top of the page. Hopefully I'll see you all soon. Later!
A bit canon?: I admit that I was sticking to the manga a bit more than I intended to for this chapter, but I do think I evened it out a little in the end.
Timeline: The story starts three years before the start of the main story, so Naruto, Erza and Mirajane are all sixteen and the year would be X781, the year Mira becomes an S-class wizard, since Lisanna's death is recorded in X782, which is a year after Mira became one.
Naruto's Guild: Okay I'll be completely honest, I haven't exactly decided what to do with which guild Naruto's going to join. I just know I'll have him join Fairy Tail eventually. There are two options for this that may or may not be influenced by your vote. Options A is where Naruto will immediately join Fairy Tail, Options B is where Naruto joins Cait Shelter and then joins Fairy Tail after the Oracion Seis arc.(Lisanna still 'dies' in either scenario, so don't bother asking.) I'll have made my decision by the next few chapters, so post your vote via review!
Anima: Eh, it may be a used route, but it's the only route that made sense to me on getting Naruto to Earthland, though I decided on being a bit extreme with how to get there. But hey, three Bijuudamas and a space-time jutsu and pretty much anything can happen.
Naruto's Power level: I know a lot of you are going to ask me this so I'm just going to get it out of the way and put it on a scale I think is pretty accurate for a time three years from the main series.
Normal Form: Naruto's power while not using sage mode or his power's as a Jinchuuriki are already on the same level as an S-class wizard. Speaking honestly, he's stronger than Mira or Erza, and is maybe stronger than Laxus. He could put a couple of dents in Gildarts (Not using Rasenshuriken of course),but he is by no means the strongest person out there.
Sage Mode: Naruto's power in this form makes him on the same level, maybe a bit higher, as Gildarts (Who I'm assuming is about on the same level as Nagato), so the two of them going at it would be like two monsters trying to tear each other apart, though I'm sure Naruto would come out on top in the end.
Nine-tails Chakra Mode (Version 1): Before anyone asks, yes I'm separating the original form from the new form (I'm making it easier for his opponents, otherwise it'd be too easy in a lot of cases). Here Naruto's power is probably on that of Makarov's. He's certainly the fastest out there, but I'll see where it goes with him and the foes he fights.
Nine-tails Chakra Mode (Version 2): Naruto's new form, it hasn't really shown what it can do aside from what's already shown so I can't really judge it. It is safe to say though that Naruto is most likely stronger than anyone in Fairy Tail when using this form, and is certainly the fastest person alive while using it. You'd have to be insane to go up against him….OOOHHH Natsu…
Tailed Beast Mode: This….Is….Just….Overkill. Enough said.
Pairings: I'll just hold up on this for now. Don't want to be giving away everything now, do I?