The streets of Konohagakure were filled with ordinary civilians. Normally this would place everyone who walked through into a lively mood, however not right now. If you saw this scene from afar you would notice that every person had stopped whatever they were doing and started to stare towards the same place, or better to say to the same person. A ten year old boy was lying face down on the dirt road. The child's orange pants and sleeveless hoodie were covered in filth. The blue shirt underneath had a couple of blood stains on it, and his arms were covered in bruises. His spikey blond hair was also covered in filth, but it could barely be scene past the foot that was planted on his head.
"Don't you dare come back here again." The owner of the foot finally got off the child and walked back into his shop. The man was a mere shopkeeper and the child was a mere customer. The child hadn't done anything wrong, and everyone that watched what happened knew that, yet none of them went to the defence of that child.
The reason was simple. Everyone hated him. Everyone hated that child who lay face down on the ground. Everyone hated Naruto Uzumaki.
Over ten years ago, on the day the child was born, a giant demon fox attacked the village of Konoha. The Fourth Hokage who was the leader of the village as well as the strongest ninja in it, died sealing the monster fox inside the child Naruto Uzumaki. The Third Hokage who decided to lead the village again did what he could to make Naruto lead a normal childhood, however the villagers were afraid. They feared that the fox actually controlled the boy, or that the boy was actually the fox, or a number of other unjustified theories. And because of that, their fear of the fox was transferred to both fear and hatred towards the boy.
Naruto Uzumaki picked himself up off the ground and dusted himself off. He looked up at the surrounding crowd and instantly looked down. "Always those eyes…" Naruto kept his face low and ran off. The Third Hokage decreed a law that no one is allowed to talk about Naruto being the container for a demon fox, this included tell Naruto and other children. So for the ten years of his life Naruto had no idea that there was a monster inside of him.
Naruto continued to run, until he accidently slammed into someone. Naruto fell on his ass and looked up at who he hit. It was an old lady who wore a rather unusual outfit. She wore emerald green robes, and a black witch's hat tilted slightly to the left of her head. Her black hair was tied into a tight bun so it could not be seen under her hat. Naruto had never seen such an unusual outfit so he looked a little dumbfounded and speechless.
"Are you okay young boy?" The elderly lady bent forward offering her hand to the boy. Naruto graciously accepted it and got back up.
"What's with your outfit, Oba-san? It's weird?" Naruto was still a child so the lady forgave him for his disrespect.
"Is that the proper way for talking to someone who you have just met?"
"I don't know. I don't meet anyone anyway so it doesn't matter for me." Naruto casually said as if it was no big deal. "Anyway, I'm going Oba-san."
"Make sure you watch where you run." The lady said as the child ran off. The lady smiled as she started to walk in the opposite direction from the boy. For someone as oddly dressed as her, you would think that she would capture a lot of attention, however no one in the busy street even bothered to look her way. It was as if they could not notice that she exists. Even though no one could see her, they still didn't run into her. They intentionally avoided her as if they could see her, yet she drew no attention.
"Is that the child?" A woman suddenly appeared beside the elderly lady. Although appeared is wrong, she was always there but no one noticed. She wore an all-white outfit, which includes boots, pants, shirt, and cloak. She had long light greyish-brown hair which flowed outside the cloak. She also had violet eyes.
"How else would that boy run into her?" The other side of the elderly lady stood a man who had also been there the whole time. There is only one word that can be used to describe this man. And that is a butler. He wore a typical 1800s butler outfit. He had straight shoulder length black hair and a small moustache. He also wore a monocle on his left eye. The chain for the monocle could not be seen, and was attached by a silver cross.
The elderly lady in the middle of the two looked at both of her companions. "That was he. Now we just need to wait till we are approached. They already know that we are here." She looked over her shoulder to the nearby roof. "Come now. Let us walk until they are satisfied."
"Yes, Oujo-sama."
"Yes, Minerva-sama."
The man and women responded at the same time as they followed their master.
Back on the roof stood Kakashi Hatake with his Sharingan activated. "She knew I was here." Kakashi covered his eye and disappeared. He was going to report this to the Hokage.
XxX
Naruto watched as some of the other kids in the park were taken away by their parents. This happened every time he played here. Both of Naruto's parents were dead so he always noticed the happy families everywhere. He was always alone. No family, no friends.
"See ya, Naruto." Naruto's slightly fat classmate Chouji said as he walked towards his father. Naruto's amazingly lazy classmate Shikamaru also waved to Naruto as he walked off with Chouji. They were the closest things to friends Naruto had. They neither made fun of him nor ignored him. However they weren't friends.
Naruto started to walk alone the silent path towards his home. It was at times like these that Naruto felt the worst.
"Is that really the boy?" The grey haired woman from before spoke to the butler from before. They currently were following the boy form a distance. "He seems awfully alone…"
"Remind you of yourself, Serena?" The butler used his fist to cover his mouth as he chuckled.
"Oh shut up ferret face." The now named Serena barked at the butler. "I was just thinking…"
"Ojou-sama told us that it was he and so it is. His circumstances are of no consequence. We will do as we are told."
"I was there too, Regis. But I just can't help but feel sorry for him." They continued to walk after the boy without anyone noticing their presence. They walked in silence for a while.
The butler named Regis was the first to break that silence. "They better not burn the house down before we get back." Regis sincerely thought. He and Serena shared a look. Wherever 'back' was it seemed to be in danger.
"Don't worry about getting back. For now worry about us." A third voice sounded behind them.
"Looks like the one who was following us finally shows himself, and he brought a friend." Serena turned around to be greeted by Kakashi Hatake and Asuma Sarutobi.
"Would you both mind coming with us?" Asuma placed his hands in his pockets. It was clear he was grabbing a weapon.
"We mean no harm. We will come with you." Regis held both of his hands up as he spoke in a mocking tone.
"I am surprised that you can see us." Serena commented as she followed suit.
"I don't know what you're using, but it works similar to Genjutsu. I just had to break your illusion." Asuma commented as he drew his weapons.
"Relax Asuma."Kakashi held his hand out. "They don't want to fight. Let us all go talk where Hokage-sama asked us too. Follow us please." Kakashi kept a polite tone, but he never dropped his guard. As Asuma and Kakashi started to jump away. Regis and Serena looked back at the boy one last time. It seems he had met with someone he knew and was talking with him. They both followed after the ninja.
XXX
A table was set up in the middle of a grassy open plain. There were six chairs sat around it and on those chairs sat Minerva, Regis, Serena, Asuma, Kakashi and the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi. They had already introduced themselves.
"You know how to treat a lady well. Don't you, Hiruzen-san?" Minerva said as she gracefully placed her hands on her lap. She had a gentle smile on her face. There was no malice in her words.
"Ohoho… As a leader of a village I would have learned a few things from past encounters. But I haven't quite met anyone like you three before. The way you dress and go about yourselfs is most unusual." This was a time for the leaders to converse so the rest remained silent.
"It seems as though we will be going straight to the point then." Minerva clapped her hands and cleared her throat. "We are not from this world. We are from another world where everything is different which is why to you we seem most unusual."
"Another world? Would you please explain further?"Asuma had visibly smirked at his father's remark. Were they actually going to play along with this?
"I didn't expect you to believe me straight away. You would have already noticed that I was using some unusual power before. I concealed my presence in a way that people would not be able to notice me. You would have noticed that it was not anything that you are familiar with, am I correct?" After a nod from Hiruzen she continued. "Well what I was using is magic. It is one of many abnormal powers in our world that yours does not have. On both sides of me are two more examples. I will show you that proof soon enough.
"As to not waste time I shall now tell you my reason for journeying to this world again. There is an impending crisis approaching our world, and I am not able to do anything about it, and so I have come to this world to take a certain someone back with me who will be the one to save my own world from destruction."
"Interesting…" Hiruzen commented. He was keeping an open mind for this conversation, but it isn't easy talking about another world that may or may not exist. "First who is that someone."
"Naruto Uzumaki." She quickly responded. With that Kakashi and Asuma leapt forward to attack Minerva. However they were quickly stopped by Regis and Serena. The four of them stood on the table.
"I'm sorry to cut the hospitalities short but I have to refuse already. There is nothing that could make me give up Naruto-kun." Hiruzen stood up and threw off his cloak. Underneath was his battle attire. "If you said anyone else's name then I might believe this story, however the fact that you chose Naruto proves that you are in fact a part of this world and wish to deal substantial harm to my village. For that we shall capture you and then get all the answers we need."
"Haha. Do you really think that you can defeat us?" Serena barked at Kakashi who she had held back.
"Fufufu… It seems these peasant need to learn their lesson for bearing their fangs at Oujo-sama." Regis smiled as he got ready to remove his monocle.
"That is quite enough." Minerva clapped. She reached into her cloak and pulled out a thin stick. She waved the stick causing the four on the table to be forced off. Not only that but a British tea making set appeared out of nowhere. "Regis, put on some tea. It seems that I need to tell them my own story."
XxX
"Naruto… Do you want to slow down a bit?" Iruka asked the boy next to him. They currently sat in Ramen Ichiraku eating dinner. This was one of Naruto's safe heavens, where he didn't need to be alone, and he was not hated by the people there. The owner Teuchi and his daughter Ayame were nice to Naruto even though they knew what was inside of him. Iruka felt hatred towards Naruto for the majority of his life. He knew that the fox wasn't Naruto but he couldn't help but feel hatred towards him. He only recently overcame his own issues to finally acknowledge Naruto as a person.
Naruto had just finished his 13th bowl before finally placing down his chopsticks. Iruka let out a sigh of relief. His wallet is going to hurt after that one, especially with his teacher salary.
"Thanks for the food." Naruto said to Teuchi with a smile.
"Hahaha. You know you're welcome here anytime Naruto. You're one of my best customers." Teuchi looked at Iruka with a slight smile. Iruka grumbled as he pulled out his wallet and paid for the meal.
"Come now Naruto. Let's get you home." Iruka said as he checked his remaining funds. He will be cutting it close to his next pay check.
"Thanks for dinner Iruka-sensei. It's good to eat out every once in a while."
"You should eat more vegetables. An all ramen diet isn't good for you." Iruka turned on his teacher mode as he looked down at Naruto.
"Yeah yeah. You said that last time too." Naruto looked away disinterested.
"Hey the least you can do is show your teacher a little res…" Iruka trailed off when he saw someone appear in front of him. "Kakashi-san."
"Naruto Uzumaki, I need you to come with me on Hokage-sama's orders."
"Eeeh… What does Jiji want this late?" Naruto complained towards the masked ninja.
"Is everything alright Kakashi-san?"
"Yeah, sorry about this Iruka. I'll take him off your hands." Kakashi said as he turned and started to walk away expecting Naruto to follow.
"See you later Naruto."
"Cya Iruka-sensei." Naruto quickly caught up to Kakashi. "Do you know what this is about?"
Kakashi looked at the boy and smiled. "Yes I do." And looked forward again.
"Hey then tell me." Naruto said.
Once again Kakashi looked at Naruto and smiled. "But that's a hassle. Having to pick up a child like you is annoying enough."
"Hey that's not very nice." Naruto pouted as he walked beside Kakashi. After a while Naruto spoke again. "Come on tell me."
Kakashi thought about it for a second and decided. "What is your goal? For the future?"
Naruto was a little surprised by the question but answered with absolute confidence. "I want to be become the Hokage and have everyone in the village acknowledge me." This was the one thing that Naruto had. He had a dream for the future.
"Is that so?" Kakashi looked away and smiled. "What you are about to talk about with Hokage-sama is a very serious topic. There are some things that will be said that will make you rethink who you. Make sure to remember these words of yours."
XxX
"Welcome Naruto-kun."
"Aaaah. You're the Oba-san that I ran into earlier." Naruto pointed at Minerva who was the first to greet Naruto.
"Naruto-kun we have something to talk about. But first my name is Minerva. The man to my right is Regis, and the lady to my left is Serena. We are not from this world."
Naruto was confused but didn't have time to think just yet, because Hiruzen spoke next.
"Naruto there is something that we need to tell you. Normally I would have liked to wait until you were a little older, but I will tell you now…" The serious expression on Hiruzen's face caused Naruto to stagger a little. He had known the Hokage for his whole life, and he had never seen that face directed towards himself.
Naruto had no idea how long passed, but he was sat down and told everything about the nine tailed demon fox. About what really happened on that night of his birth. And about the container of the fox who was protecting the entire village.
"AND YOU DIDN'T THINK TO TELL ME THIS BEFORE?!" Naruto was angry. He understood Hiruzen's quick explanation on sealing, but Naruto was still upset. "THE ENTIRE VILLAGE HATES ME AND I THOUGHT IT WAS MY FAULT! But now I know…" Naruto fell to his knees in tears. All the looks that he was given. All the beatings that he took. All the nights that he sat at home alone because there was no one who would befriend him.
"I'm sorry Naruto." Hiruzen got off his seat and knelt on the floor with his head down. "I am truly sorry, but please forgive me." Naruto knew it wasn't his fault. He did what he thought was best, but he was a 10 year old boy and they aren't exactly the most receptive people. Besides after 10 years of a painful life, he should be allowed to hold some sort of resentment.
"Now Naruto-kun. It is time for me to make you an offer." Minerva decided to speak up then. She could tell that Naruto was having trouble digesting what he was told, so she decided to flood out the past troubles with more troubles. A ten year old is very simple.
"Um… okay."
"As I told you before, we are from another world. Now what I want to ask of you is to come back with me to the other world. There we will train you so you are incredibly strong as well as educate you so you are also incredibly smart."
"Wait why me? Is it the fox?"
"The Nine Tails is not the reason. What we want is you. The reason we are choosing you is because you remind me of an old friend of mine. I won't go into many details yet but I will eventually tell you the whole story if you decide to come with us."
"Wait but why?"
"Because our world is in trouble. I don't know when, but there will soon be something that could change the world. I am personally unable to do anything, so I would like to get you to help. That will be the repayment for training you."
"Wait is this other world even real? And how do I know you can make me stronger than I will get here?"
"Yes the other world is real, we have shown proof to Hiruzen-san by showing him our world. As for how strong you will get I have no guarantee, but one of the conditions that Hiruzen-san gave us was that you are always able to come home if you want to."
"But…" Naruto had run out of questions. It was a normal day for him until this unusual conversation. He had no way of processing everything fast enough.
"Fufufu…" The man named Regis spoke next. "It seems as though you don't understand what Ojou-sama is offering you. She is giving you the chance to temporarily leave this place where people hate you, get personal training from strong people, increase your strength exponentially, and the best part for you is that you don't have to eat alone at night ever again. You will make friends, you will have a new family even if we are not related, and you will be surrounded by people who care about you. But if you want to stay it does not matter. You may get stronger, you may get friends, so either way it is up to you. However, what we need you to do is save our world. What better way to make people see your strength."
"Hey shut up." Asuma said with a slight annoyance. "You speak as though your world will be the best for him, yet if you're crossing worlds just to find someone to save your world it obviously isn't the best place."
Serena growled as a response. But Regis merely laughed. "Fufu… Your world is filled with war, yet ours is at peace. You may think your world is superior, but the fact that every day you must fight goes to show the immaturity of this world when compared to ours."
"You have a rather sharp tongue don't you?" At some point Kakashi has pulled out a book and was reading it. He was clearly disinterested.
"I've had enough of these arrogant humans. Minerva-sama, please let us show them how our world is superior to theirs." Serena was now bearing her teeth towards Asuma.
"I'll gladly accept that challenge." Asuma said as he pulled out two trench knifes. Serena let her cloak drop off her shoulders revealing her sleeveless white shirt. From there her arms started growing grey hairs just like her head. Eventually her entire arm was covered past the shoulder. Not only that but her fingernails slowly changed into claws and her teeth grew to a sharper point.
"What the…" Naruto took a step back in confusion.
"The world where we come from are filled with not only humans, but monsters as well. Serena-chan is a werewolf and Regis is a vampire, not that I expect you to know what they mean." Minerva said as she elegantly took a sip of her tea.
"Is it alright to let them fight?" Hiruzen asked. Naruto noted that Hiruzen's attitude towards Minerva was much different than what the highest ranking person in the village should show to someone.
"It should be a good way to help Naruto decide. After all, this is the best proof that we are not from this world."
"I guess we should also give it our best." Kakashi casually said as he continued to read his book.
"Fufu… I don't think you're taking this seriously." Regis said with a smile. Regis took off his monocle and placed it in his pocket. As soon as he took it off, both his hair and eyes turned into a blood red colour. Naruto took another step back in fear. There was an unusual aura surrounding the man and it scared him. Regis once again smiled just before disappearing from Naruto's sight.
"This is insane…" Naruto said as he quickly tried to find Regis. The vampire had dashed forward, swiped the book from Kakashi's hands and stood a hundred metres away from him.
"Ooooh… This is a rather… interesting book." Regis said as he read the page. As soon as he finished he ripped the book into pieces. "Whoops. My hands seem to have slipped."
Without saying a word, Kakashi removed the forehead protector that covered his Sharingan. With a straight face he said. "You seem to have gotten me angry. I was at the best part too."
"Oho… This is you angry. It seems we are perfect opponents for one another. Try not to disappoint me."
Meanwhile, Asuma and Serena started trading blows. When Serena attacked with her claws, Asuma blocked with his knife, and when Asuma attacked with his knife, Serena blocked with her claws.
"There is something interesting around you weapon. It's some kind of barrier." Serena smiled as she jumped away from Asuma.
"These are meant to cut through anything. Your claws are no joke either." Asuma didn't bother chasing. Instead he pulled out a cigarette and lit it with his lighter.
"It seems as though that nasty habit is in both worlds." Serena said as she grimaced slightly.
"I forgot to mention that there is a clan in this village that is similar to you. They resemble dogs and have pet dogs which they fight with in battle. I have worked with them a few times. Now here is the best part. They all hate it when I do this." Asuma smiled as he made a few hand signs and took a deep breath.
"What the…? Magic?" Serena asked in confusion. She hadn't seen any of these techniques just yet.
"Futon : Special Dust Cloud Jutsu" With a hand sign in front of his face, Asuma breathed out all the air in his lungs. The air quickly turned into a dust and flew towards Serena. Serena who was not prepared for this got hit by the full blow. Her nose was filled with the smell and it bothered her.
"Oho? That is an interesting technique. Magic?" Regis asked as he saw Asuma blow out the dust.
"I'll tell you if you tell me what that aura of yours is." Kakashi said as he ran forward with a kunai. Kakashi drew an arc trying to slash at Regis' face, however by merely raising his hand the kunai was blocked.
Regis took a swing at Kakashi, who jumped backwards rather than blocking. "I will take that deal. The main ability of a vampire is to turn this aura into strength. That is why you have trouble cutting me. Also the aura assists in increasing my healing so even if I block a knife with my hand it will heal in no time. Now it is your turn."
"It is not magic, it is jutsu. We use chakra to heighten our physical capabilities as well as convert chakra into the techniques to use in battle. I'll show you a few right now." Kakashi smiled as he made a few hand signs.
Suddenly the smoke that had engulfed Serena was blown away in all directions. "Chakra, is it?" Regis' white outfit was now covered in a sticky black tar. "Urgh I still smell like smoke."
"So you are just like a dog." Asuma commented as he prepared to attack.
"You're cleaning that yourself by the way." Regis commented as he ducked under one of Kakashi's kicks before jumping to the side to avoid another kick. "Avoiding two of you is a pain. What happens if I hit them?" Regis charged towards the two Kakashi's getting ready to attack them.
Meanwhile Asuma had charged towards the still grimacing Serena.
"You are going to regret making me smell like this." The werewolf snarled at oncoming ninja, and soon after she disappeared from sight.
"?" Asuma didn't see where she went, and for someone as skilled as he was this was incredibly rare. Although his battle experience was yelling at his to block behind him, so Asuma forcefully spun his body around and used his knifes to block the oncoming attack.
"Oooh… nicely blocked." Serena smiled. Her appearance had completely changed to that of a wolf that walked on two legs.
"Tch…" Asuma clicked his tongue as he prepared for her next attack.
"Oho, so they burst into smoke, do they?" Regis said as he defeated both of Kakashi's clones. "But now the question is 'Where is the real you?'" Regis started to look around the field. Suddenly a hand shroud in lightening came sprouting out of the ground and straight towards Regis.
"Chidori" Kakashi watched as Regis leaned forwards allowing the attack to go through his left arm which caused it to detach from the shoulder. Regis use his right fist to smack into the now half out Kakashi's chest. This caused the ground where they were to break and send Kakashi tumbling out.
"Impressive. This chakra is truly impressive. If I still had two hands I would have applauded that performance." Regis bowed down and picked up his fallen arm and held it over the gaping wound. "Are you still alive over there?"
"Yeah…" Kakashi said as he picked himself off the ground. He also covered his Sharingan. The two of them were done with their fight. They both took a serious hit and any more could leave some serious injuries. Kakashi watched in awe as Regis' are started to reattach itself.
"I do have to say that chakra is very convenient. Being able to hold lightning, make doubles of yourself, and even hide yourself underground. I've seen all of these before, just not from the same yokai. I understand now why having Naruto is essential."
"It's not as convenient as you might think. Not everyone can do what I do. I am a special case." Kakashi crouched down and pulled out another book.
"Is that the same book? Fufufu. I now know that we will get along." Regis smiled when he got no response from Kakashi. "If we ever spar again, neither of us should hold back like we did now."
Asuma had small cuts all over his body. Serena decided that rather than going for a winning shot, she could slowly wear him down with lighter wounds.
"You're doing rather well for a human." Serena laughed as she continued to run around Asuma.
"Thanks for the compliment. You're not bad yourself, looks like you'll get a treat later for your performance." All jokes aside, Asuma was in pretty serious trouble.
"Hahahaha. To think you would still have the guts to joke around now. I guess it is time to end this." Serena proclaimed her victory. It seemed like she was going to go for the final blow. As soon as she said that Asuma started to make hand signs and once again blew out a large amount of dust towards the ground. "THAT WON'T STOP ME!"
Serena charged into the dust cloud which completely covered Asuma from her sight. Asuma however leapt to the edge of the cloud, while Serena remained in the middle.
"You still can't smell properly because of my cigarette. If you could this wouldn't have worked. That's not smoke, its gunpowder." And with that Asuma bit down on a flint which he had in his mouth.
"Katon : Ash Pile Burning" The spark lit up all the gunpowder and created a large explosion. Since the technique was done from an abnormal position, Asuma was sent flying from the blast with a light burn.
"Owww… that fucking hurt. You singed my tail." Serena had tried to escape the dust cloud but was unable to avoid it completely and was hit by a similar blast to Asuma.
"I think that is enough." Regis walked beside Serena and dropped the cloak which she had taken off before on her. "This should be more than enough for Naruto-kun to see the extent of our powers."
"Our fight isn't finished." Serena said while glaring at Asuma who was lighting another cigarette.
"How little of you to fight so seriously for no reason."
"Shut up. At lease I didn't go losing an arm." Serena changed from her werewolf form into a human form again and wore the cloak again.
"It was merely a demonstration of my abilities. And I guess your crude way of fighting also got the point across." Regis offered her his left hand and she took it to get up. However his arm came off from the shoulder causing Serena to fall back on her ass. "Oops. It's not completely healed yet."
Serena got up in a rage and threw the arm as far away as she could. "YOU BASTARD! THAT WAS INTENTIONAL!"
"Go fetch Serena-chan." Regis said as he walked back towards Minerva who had just run out of tea. He used his right hand to refill her cup. Hiruzen was sitting across from her deep in thought, while Kakashi sat beside him reading. Asuma was sitting up against a nearby tree smoking while Serena was grumbling her way towards the arm that she threw away.
After watching everything that had happened Naruto had absolutely no idea what to think anymore. To summarise what he learned this evening. There was a monster inside of him. There is another world filled with monsters and humans. And for some reason they want him to go to that other world. After that fight most of the little details were forgotten.
If it weren't for the animal transformation and the incredibly scary aura then Naruto may have enjoyed watching the fight, but he still didn't know if it was real or not.
"I need some time to think." Naruto turned and ran from the group.
"Well he is only a child." Asuma said from his position. Serena had since picked up Regis' arm and threw it at him.
"Thank you Serena." This time let his Regis heal properly, not just the skin. As soon as his arm was healed he placed his monocle back on his eyes which changed both his hair and eye colour back.
"I wonder what decision he will make." Serena asked no one in particular.
"Kakashi. If he decides to go with them then you won't be able to see him for a while. Are you happy with it ending like this?" Hiruzen spoke without looking at the ninja. Kakashi closed his book and followed the boy.
XxX
Naruto sat against a tree hugging his knees. He had been in that position for half an hour, and during that time he had collected all of his thoughts. He created a list of reasons he should go and a list of reason he should stay, and when he did that his decision became an easy one. There was only one reason he should stay, yet multiple reasons he should go. But it isn't easy going into the unknown.
"Have you made up your mind yet?" Kakashi had been reading his book on the branch above for the entire time. Kakashi made sure that Naruto heard him arrive, but since he didn't say a word until now Naruto had no problems with him being there.
"No… It's just all too much… I mean finding out about the fox..." Naruto hugged his legs even tighter. "Hey… I'm not the Nine Tails am I?" Naruto could hear a book slam shut but refused to look up.
"What do you think the answer to that is?"
"I don't know…"
Kakashi sighed. It may have been too early for him to find out. "Then let me ask you this. What is your goal? For the future?"
Naruto mumbled his answer. "Hokage..."
"Why?"
"I want to be acknowledged…" Tears started to form in Naruto's eyes.
"Why?"
"I don't want to be alone…"
Kakashi sighed again. "Listen Naruto. If you don't want to be alone you don't have too. Eventually you will make those friends that you want and you won't be alone. But if that is the only reason you want to be Hokage then give up on that dream. We don't need such a Hokage. But I don't think that is the only reason. You're not that type of person, are you?"
"No it's not… I want to be able to protect Iruka-sensei, and Teuchi-ojisan, and Ayame-neechan, and anyone else who I want to protect. If the Hokage is the strongest then I will become the Hokage and protect everyone." Naruto finally regained his confidence and stood up.
"Then let me ask you again. What is your goal for the future?"
Naruto smiled and yelled at the top of his lungs. "I WANT TO BECOME THE HOKAGE SO I CAN PROTECT EVERYTHING IMPORTANT TO ME!"
XxX
"And so they trained me for five years. I learned as much as they could teach me about this world and how it works. They also taught me how to fight among a few other things." A sixteen year old Uzumaki Naruto stood in a very dimly lit room. He was currently standing in the Headmasters' Office at Yokai Academy. He wore the brown pants and green blazer with green lining of the standard uniform, but instead of the shirt, he wore an orange hoodie underneath. "So yeah, Oba-san told me to tell you that when I arrived here."
"That doesn't explain to me why you're so late. The midterm tests just finished, you've been absent since the start of the year." The Headmaster could barely be seen in this dark room.
"It's fine just introduce me as a transfer student or something…"
"I was asking where you have been for half of the semester."
"Oooooh… Um…" Naruto averted his eyes from the Headmaster.
"Naruto-kun…" The Headmaster was getting really tired of this.
"Well you see. I was told that this place was in a hidden realm… and so when I left to come here I got a little lost…"
"You could not have been lost for that long."
"Oh no… I was just lost at the beginning. It's just I accidently ended up on Themiscyra."
"Themiscyra... the Amazon Island for only women."
"Yeah that one. They thought I was an intruder even though I told them it was an accident. It was a big mess. They held be captive for ages. They often discussed what they should do with me. They were torn between using for reproductive purposes and death. There was a time that they wanted to castrate me. I am so glad I learned how to speak English so I could talk them out of it or I may not have been a man anymore." The Headmaster just listened in utter disbelief. "It took me a while to escape and when I did the island was in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and I was forced to walk all the way back. They also chased after me with the island. I was almost crushed by a floating island. Do you know how that feels? I was forced to use the Nine Tails to escape. And it wouldn't surprise me if they were still after me. If it weren't for that bus driver I would still be lost on the coast of Japan somewhere running away from an army of pissed off incredibly strong women who scare me."
The Headmaster started rubbing his temples. "Minerva was right when she said you were special. Alright, thanks for telling me. It's a good thing that you got here early. You can still make it for homeroom. I'll get someone to take you. Make sure you catch up on everything that you missed."
"Yes Headmaster." Naruto bowed as he turned and left the room. The Headmaster then turned his chair around and grabbed a mirror off of the wall. He placed it on his desk and touched it with both of his hands. The world around him swirled and he found himself in a different location.
"Oh look. It's Tenmei-san." Minerva who looked exactly the same she did five years ago was sitting across from the Headmaster at a small tea table. "Care to play a game with me?"
"Unfortunately the work day just started to I cannot spend too long here." The Headmaster wasn't actually there. If you were watching from afar you would see an elderly lady sitting alone at a table. The Headmaster was still in his office. This mirror was something Minerva gave only to a few so they can visit her whenever they want without actually making the journey.
"That is a shame. I was getting bored too. So have you found him?"
"He was on Themiscyra."
"I don't even want to know…"
"I don't know what to make of him just yet."
Minerva let out a chuckle. "Well I am not the only one who has had a little pet project. What was his name again? Aono Tsukune?"
"Have they begun to move yet?" The Headmaster decided to take the conversation in a serious direction.
"No we still have time." Minerva casually responded.
"If only you could take action personally."
"Don't you have work to do Headmaster-san?" Minerva was visibly displeased with that comment.
"You travel across worlds yet you refuse to help your own world. I still don't understand why."
"That is none of your business Tenmei." Minerva said as she waved her hand forcing the Headmaster to return to his own body. Minerva sighed as soon as she did that. "He should know by now that it isn't that simple."
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"Everyone!" The homeroom teacher Shizuka Nekonome spoke out to her class. Her short blonde hair was shaped to look like cat ears. She wore an orange top with a white buttoned shirt over it as well as a brown skirt. Her red think rimmed glasses covered her almost closed eyes completely hiding their colour. "I have an announcement! We have a new transfer student, nya! Come in Naruto-kun!"
The door to the classroom opened and half-heartedly walked in Naruto walked in. Nekonome turned around and wrote Naruto's name on the blackboard.
"Hey!" Naruto lazily raised his hand. He still hadn't completely recovered from his walk across the pacific.
"Say a little more." Nekonome nudged Naruto into talking more about himself.
"Um… Naruto Uzumaki. I'm 15 years old, birthday is October 10th. I am a human. Oh and my favourite food is ramen."
""""WHAAAAAAT?!"""" As soon as Naruto finished speaking a choir of students sang out.
Naruto just looked confused. "Is it really so surprising that I like ramen?"
"Hey hey. What do you mean you're human?" A delinquent looking student directed the question at Naruto. "Humans aren't allowed here."
"Yet here I am… Sensei, which seat is mine?" Naruto casually asked.
"Um… Naruto-kun. Are you really human? You shouldn't be at this school if that is the case." Nekonome was bewildered. The transfer student who was supposed to be attending the school from day one just said he was human even though there should be no humans within the barrier.
"Oh that's right. I'm not supposed to say my true form. I forgot about that rule. My apologies." Naruto started walking towards one of two empty seats. If he wasn't going to be given one, he would just take one. He decided to sit at the very back of the classroom.
"Um… what do I do? What do I do?" Nekonome was pacing back and forth across the room. The entire classroom was looking back towards Naruto.
"What is with this weird atmosphere? I don't…" Then Naruto finally realised something. "Oh my bad my bad… I haven't read the rules in a few months so I forgot. All humans will be killed, was it? Everyone is welcome to try, but keep in mind I won't die so easily."
"Is that so?" The delinquent who spoke before got off his chair with enough force to send it flying towards the person behind him. "Then you won't mind me killing you now." The delinquent started to transform into his true form he got taller, bigger and could barely fit in the classroom anymore. All of the students ran to the edges of the room, except for Naruto.
"Seriously? Now?" Naruto sighed as reached into his pocket. He pulled out a few stationary and placed them on the table. He then stood up and walked towards the side of the room where the door was. "Are you sure you want to do this? You're only going to embarrass yourself."
"YOU'RE DEAD!" The now giant… whatever that yokai was… swung his arm towards Naruto.
"Have a nice flight." Before anyone could see what happened, the giant body was sent flying out of the window, breaking the glass and damaging the wall. The entire class looked on in shock.
"What was that?"
"He didn't even touch him."
"Is he really human?"
Naruto ignored all of this. He walked forward to the centre of the room where he bent down.
"Wait is that…?"
"Did he hit Saizou with an eraser?"
"There is no way he is human."
Naruto had just picked up the eraser which he had flung at the giant and walked back towards his seat. "I am a human, just not one you are familiar with."
Across the classroom stood a certain pink haired girl with yellow eyes and a silver Rosario hanging around her neck. She wore the standard Yokai Academy uniform of the green blazer and a brownish tartan skirt.
[That human is something else. He doesn't smell like a normal human.]
[So he is not human?]
[No he is human, but he also something more. Avoid him until you know what he is. Although I don't think that will be possible.]
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Classes had ended for the day. Rumours about the human had spread throughout the school. Sometime during the day Saizou had walked back into class, although he didn't try to fight Naruto again. During one of the breaks some had walked up to Naruto saying they would kill him, but Naruto said to wait until after school and they can fight outside.
All the teachers were sent into an emergency staff meeting where they were told that Naruto was indeed human but he housed a yokai so it was okay for him to attend Yokai Academy. Some of them voice protests, but the Headmaster merely responded with…
"The boy has already issued a challenge to say that if you want him gone, then go kill him. I give special permission."
This left Naruto in a rather odd position. He sat at the back of the now almost empty classroom, and just outside of the front entrance waited a small army of yokai who want to watch Naruto fight. Naruto stood up ready to leave, but stopped when someone walked in front of him. This person had short brown hair and brown eyes. He had no notable features.
"Um… Nice to meet you, my name is Tsukune Aono." Tsukune reached his hand out to shake Naruto's.
Naruto looked cautiously at him, but reached his hand out nevertheless. "Naruto…" As soon as their hands met Naruto felt something. "You… you have no pulse."
"What?" Tsukune was confused. He could feel his heart beating.
"No not your heart pulse. Your energy pulse." Naruto leaned in close and whispered in Tsukune's ear. "All yokai have a pulse since they are all fuelled by their supernatural energy. Special humans like myself do too. Humans are the only thing that doesn't have the pulse." With that Naruto leaned back and let go of Tsukune's hand.
"Um…"
"Don't worry I won't tell." Naruto started to walk towards the door again. "Walk with me Tsukune. I don't want to keep everyone waiting."
"So… how did you end up in this school?" Tsukune was still flustered from having his secret found out again.
"This school wants to harmonise humans and yokai, and for now that is what I will be doing until my master tells me otherwise. What about you?"
"Haha well… I failed the entrance exams for my preferred high schools." [Human high schools] "But then my parents found a flier for this place and they let me in, so here I am, hahaha." Tsukune let out a sigh.
"By the way, is she going to keep following us or is she going to join us?" Naruto spoke without looking back.
Tsukune looked over his shoulder. "Oh hey Moka-san." Tsukune tried to wave her over, but she hid behind a pillar. [AH! What did I do this time?] "She's ignoring me for some reason."
"No I think she is avoiding me. Vampires have keen senses and good instincts when it comes to oddities." Naruto continued to walk.
"How did you know she was a vampire, actually how do you even know she's there?"
"It's not as good as hers, but I have a reasonably good sense of smell as well. She can smell blood, but I can smell aura. Also I've been living with a vampire for the past five years and he also had a similar seal." They finally made it to the shoe lockers. Naruto and Tsukune changed into their outdoor shoes.
"Eeeh. Are you really human? You said humans don't have pulses before. So you're a Special Human?"
"I am a full human. It is a little complicated but for now just say I am a different type of human than you are." With those words Naruto left the building. "Okay who is first?"
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After defeating a few well known yokai, the majority of the crowd accepted Naruto as an exception to the rule for humans. However this also gave Naruto a reputation for being strong. When the crowd finally dispersed, Naruto was led by Tsukune to the dorms.
"So this is where I will be staying." Naruto looked at the old, worn-down, and creepy building. "It's not quite what I expected."
"I thought the exact same thing." Tsukune said dejectedly. "At least we each have our own rooms. Actually there is an empty room next door to me, was that supposed to be yours?"
"Probably…" Naruto shrugged as he continued to look at the dorms. He couldn't help but remember when he first arrived in this world.
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Naruto walked beside Regis towards the place where they all will live. Minerva was still in Naruto's world fulfilling the terms of her agreement and Serena stayed back with her. Minerva said that she was going to leave behind a mirror, whatever that meant. Naruto was admiring the surroundings as he walked. It was a fresh green forest, but it was devoid of life. Naruto noted that he couldn't even hear birds.
As if answering a question Regis started speaking. "We are currently in a dimension created by Oujo-sama. Everything here is composed of her magic and everything here can be turned back into her magic. Even the very air we are now breathing was once her magic power."
"I still don't understand what this magic power or yokai power or whatever power is..." Naruto looked up in confusion hoping for some sort of explanation.
"In due time..."
"This magic stuff is more impressive than chakra… Hey hey, did she make that river as well?" Naruto asked pointing forward in the path.
"Of course…"
"Hey hey… then if I dig will I eventually reach the bottom of this world?"
"Quite possibly, we have never tried." Regis was trying his best to play along with the child. But for a centuries old vampire he had his limits.
"Hey hey… then did she make the smoke too? Does that mean she made that fire?"
"Smoke?" Regis looked into the distance and started rubbing his temples. "They burnt it down again…"
"They?" Naruto asked.
"The other servants. I am the head servant, and Serena is the head chef, but we cannot do everything ourselves…" Regis and Naruto walked in silence after that until they reached the burning mansion.
"IT'S HUGE!" The only building in Konoha that compared to the size was the Academy and Hokage's Office combined. It normally would have looked really refined like one of the buildings in a British period drama; however it was currently on fire.
"This is why we can't leave them in charge." Regis turned away from the building and started walking towards a crowd. The group had 10 people. Among them were three maids, two butlers, three security guards and two without any uniform. All the servant-types were surrounding the two normal-types who were sitting in the seiza position.
As Naruto got closer he noticed that all of them had parts of an animal sticking out of their clothes, such as ears, tails, wings, even more arms.
"Hey hey, are they also monsters? With the animal tails and ears and stuff."
"Yes, although they are a little special…" Regis intentionally left his comment vague. Naruto would learn about it in due time.
"Hey, are we going to have to rebuild the house?"
"I told you it was made by magic, so magic can fix it… We just need to wait for Ojou-sama to arrive. Now if you'll excuse me I have someone to get angry at…" Regis walked over to the crown. Naruto looked up at the huge building he will be living in and compared it to his small apartment back in Konoha. This world really was different from his own.
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"This is a different than what I'm used to…" Naruto commented as he and Tsukune walked towards the stairs.
"Where did you live until recently?" Tsukune and Naruto continued to make small talk as they entered the student dorms.
A certain girl with purple hair and a black uniform stood in the shadows of the forest as she watched the two boys enter the building. This girl belonged to the Public Safety Commission of Yokai Academy. This was a corrupt group who claim to be the justice Yokai Academy and they have the authority to do so.
"He claims to be a human. I need to report this." The Public Safety Commission takes an interest in the human who should not be attending a school for monsters.
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Extra
"Aaaaah where is this school?" It was early morning. Naruto Uzumaki walked along the streets of a rural town in Japan. "Couldn't they have dropped me off straight at the school?" Naruto had lived with Minerva the witch for five years, and all of it was in preparation to integrate with both the monster and human communities. And so he was finally ready.
"What was I told about the school again? Hmmmm…" Naruto started trying to remember what he was told.
"Yokai Academy is a school which monsters attend in order to learn how to assimilate to human society. However it can never be that simple." Regis went into his lecture mode the week before Naruto had to leave. Regis was Minerva's butler and doubled as Naruto's home tutor. "Humans are not allowed near the school, as the existence of us monsters is a secret. You will be an exception to that rule. To make sure that humans don't accidently arrive at Yokai Academy, it has been hidden is a separate realm so to get there you need to…"
"Zzzzzzzz" Naruto had fallen asleep.
"Fufufu" Regis merely laughed when he saw the sleeping Naruto. He picked up a nearby eraser and condensed his aura into it. "This one doesn't learn." Regis flicked it towards Naruto's head. An audible crack could be heard.
"AAAGH!" Naruto was sent spinning through the nearby wall. His neck had turned in an awkward direction, but he was awake.
"If you keep falling asleep on me I might do something that you will regret." Regis warned as he walked away.
"That HURTS!" Naruto complained as he twisted his neck back to its correct position.
"Ah… I fell asleep when he told me. This isn't good."
Naruto continued to walk around in an attempt to find a sign that would lead him to his destination. But there would be no such thing in the human side of the world. He was even trying to pick up the scent of someone with a pulse, but had no luck. Eventually Naruto thought of something.
"That could work." Naruto placed his hands together. "If I send out a wave I should be able to see the barrier." Naruto had built up a small ball of chakra in between his hands, this forced his hands apart. "Yokai Sonar." Naruto clapped his hands sending the chakra all around him.
"No pulse in 1km. No pulse in 2km. Pulse detected 3km. Barrier detected 4km." Naruto spoke in a robotic like manner to himself. This technique requires a lot of concentration, but he could detect all monsters within 4 km radius. This was something he created himself during his five years of training.
"Looks like a group of monsters are going towards the barrier. That must be it." Naruto started to jog towards his destination. As he approached he got more and more excited. He was looking forward to the Academy.
As Naruto approached, he could see the barrier which hid the separate realm of Yokai Academy. It was a few hundred metres in the sky, but they should have a way up so it wasn't a problem.
"Hold it." Naruto instantly stopped when he heard a voice behind him. "What business do you have here?" Naruto turned to see a 2 metre tall woman who appeared ready for battle. Her skirt-like armour perfectly covered her chest, yet managed to hover above her lower body giving her enough room for sudden movement in the middle of combat. Her arms and legs were covered in armour matching that of the centre piece. In her hands was a 3m long yellow metallic spear with a two pointed head. Her long brown hair was tied up into a ponytail so it would stay out of her face. She looked to be about 18 years old, but Naruto couldn't judge that properly because of her height.
"Um… I just need to go…" Naruto pointed up to the Academy but couldn't finish his statement.
"I can't let you go any further."
[What? Why not?] Naruto thought to himself. "But I need to go there."
"And I can't let you."
[Oh… maybe it's because I am human. In that case.] Naruto coughed a couple of times. "There must be a mistake. I have been told that I am allowed to enter. I am an exception to the rule."
"I highly doubt that." The woman took a stance with her spear. "If you continue to persist I will personally make sure you are unable to move anymore."
Naruto let out a sigh. "This must be a simple misunderstanding." Naruto turned and ran towards the barrier.
"Ah…" The girl let out a surprised sound, but quickly regained her focus and chased after the boy.
[If I can get to the Headmaster then he can sort this out.] Naruto continued to run past women who were joined in the chase. [There are a lot of girls here aren't there?]
"Stop the Mecasus'." One of them yelled out.
[Mecasus? What the hell is a Mecasus? I must have been asleep when he told me about those.] Naruto stopped running when made it underneath the edge of the barrier. Naruto couldn't use the Mecasus so he had to make his own way up.
"CATCH HIM!" The crowd was fast approaching.
[I'm using your power. Kthx bye.]
[Shut up.]
Naruto covered himself with a cloak of orange chakra and leapt into the air. The crowd below watched on in shock as the man flew into the air.
"Oh no too far…" Naruto had launched straight past the barrier and continued to rise. [Looks like I still can't control it properly.] As soon as Naruto reached the climax of his accent, he started to pin dive back to the barrier. "I should be fine if I stick my landing."
That was until he saw a familiar spear headed his way.
"WHAT THE?!" Naruto turned his body in an attempt to avoid the spear, but was too late. The yellow spear lodged straight into his gut. Naruto involuntarily spat out blood. "That was a good throw." Naruto's body started to spin in mid-air. Luckily for him he would still land within the barrier. As soon as he entered to top of the barrier Naruto saw where he was. It looked like an old Greek city. Naruto was in no position to question why it was like that. The amazon he first encountered must be realty strong.
He continued to fall out of control and headed straight towards the biggest and most important looking building. He crashed through the think stone headfirst.
"KYAAA!" A high pitch scream brought Naruto back to reality. He noted that the room was fairly modern when compared to the exterior. It wasn't just modern but it was the kind of room that you would think an otaku would have. Along the walls were posters. Shelfs were filled with anime, manga and merchandise. The owner of this room looked at Naruto in shock. She was lying on her bed staring straight at Naruto.
She started to clean the dust of her short blonde hair. Her nightgown fluttered as she quickly rolled to the side of the room and picked up a sheathed sword.
"Wait wait…" Naruto forced out as he tried to stand up. The spear was still in him. "Can I please see the Headmaster?" Naruto forced the words out while holding down his cough. His skull didn't seem to be cracked. [You did that didn't you?]
[Tch]
"Headmaster?" The girl tilted her head in confusion. "Where do you think we are?"
"Yokai Academy, right?"
"No. There is no entrance to Yokai Academy here. You're an intruder, tell me your purpose before I strike you down."
"Wait seriously. I have no idea what you're on about." Naruto grasped the spear with both his hands. He pulled it out as he grimaced in pain. "Where are we? And how do I get to Yokai Academy?"
"This is Themiscyra."
"Amazons?"
"And the closest entrance to Yokai Academy is over 100km away."
"Wait but that means… I AM GOING TO KILL THAT MONOCLE BASTARD!"
Extra - Escape from Themiscyra
