Disclaimer: I don't own naruto or any other elements used in this fanfic.

Hey guys, this is SoushiYC and this is my first fanfic. I read this chinese novel called Martial Emperor Reborn a while back and I was really uncomfortable reading it because the MC is a true asshole (Even from Xianxia standards) so I wanted to try writing this naruto crossover cuz I have only read Naruto crossover and am most familiar with it. It's my first try so please no flames.

1. Chapter 01: Reborn

His body floated across the infinite darkness devoid of any warmth. His flesh screeched in pain, his muscles being ripped apart, his bones threatening to break free from its confinements and his blood floating around him like tiny red stars scattered across the dark sky. But a red aura engulfed him reconstructing his injuries as soon as it occurred.

His blue eyes staring blankly above him, devoid of emotions, a small stream of tears creeping down his cheeks. He did not mutter anything even with the excruciating pain gushing inside him. He got used to it after years of his stay in this dark world.

'It's finally over but I survived it. Only me and no one else. My friends, the brave shinobi that fought besides me to save our world, the innocent residents of Elemental nations. What is the reason to live when everything I fought for is destroyed? If only I was stronger. If only I had the power to defeat my enemies, then my friends would still be alive.'

Gritting his teeth he brought his hand to his waist pocket and grabbed a three pronged kunai and pointed it above his heart.

' I'm sorry everyone, I cannot continue in this place anymore.'

He gripped the kunai hard and plunged it into his chest piercing the still beating heart. His skin grew colder as he felt the life leaving his body, smiling weakly, he closed his eyes.

But his thoughts came to an halt as he couldn't fell the pain in his body anymore except his chest. he could still breath, his injuries healing at an even faster rate.

" No." He muttered.

' How could this happen?'

' Why ?'

' Why can't I die?'

' Why can't they just let me die?'

' I'm fed up with this.'

Devastated and terrified, he refused to open his eyes.

' Impossible. Does this mean I will stay in this cold abbys forever?'

He wanted to scream all his agony imprisoned in his heart. His cursed power did not let him die again.

As he parted his lips to wail is grief, he froze.

He felt something, something that he yearned for all this time in this dark prison.

A voice that did not belong to him. A woman crying and pleading someone.

"Honorable mage, please save my son." An old woman pleading someone. The desperation in her voice divulged the severity of the situation.

"Aunt Yue, please stand up. I will definitely save him." The new voice belonged to a young woman.

"Intercessory Prayer!"

"Curing Light!"

"Curing Stream!"

"Prayer of Blessing!"

...

She continued to chant healing spells one after another.

' Those are some weird jutsus' He chuckled in his mind.

But he did not believe it, he could not believe it. These voice could be just his fragments of his imagination, a scenario created by his subconscious to alleviate his misery.

His thoughts came to a halt again, as his mind was bombarded with years of information of someone's life. He felt like ten thousand shadow clones decided to disperse at the same time.

He was shocked speechless when the healing energy slithered into his body. If what he assumed was true, then this might be chance to leave that cursed prison.

He immediately went into his mindscape, looking around he found what he was looking for.

A teenage boy, about fifteen strolling around without aim.

He grinned glancing at the boy and shouted, "Hey, Li Xuan!"

His voice bought the boy out of his stupor as he turned towards the source the voice, shock evident on his face.

The voice belonged to an older teenager. He was tall, with golden blonde hair, a lean build, a handsome face with three whisker marks on either sides of his cheeks.

"W... Who are you?" The boy stuttered.

" Hi, my name is Uzumaki Naruto." The older teenager replied.

"What are you doing here and how do you know my name?" Li Xuan moved back. He did not like the blonde. His presence made his hair stand up. His gaze, although smiling was like an Emperor looking down on a peasant.

It made him very uncomfortable.

"I should be the one asking you that. This is my mind scape after all." Naruto replied.

"Mind-scape, what is that?" Li Xuan questioned.

"Well, it's hard to explain it to you. Let's just say you are inside my mind. As for me knowing your name I got all your memories just now. I don't know the reason why though." Naruto answered.

"What?!" Li Xuan excaimed.

"Maybe it's because both of us are dying and there is only one body to inhabit."

"What are you talking about? only one body?"

*sigh* "Let me give you a simple explanation. Your body now has two souls, me..." Naruto pointed at himself and then at Li Xuan "...and you. You committed suicide and were about to die. But fortunately, your poor mother pleaded a Light mage to heal you. And now we have to figure out who will take over your body." He finished his explanation. It was exactly like how Kurama was sealed into his body, but without the seal. All he had to do was destroy Li Xuan and take over his body.

Li Xuan looked him awestruck, "What does that even mean? This is my body. I should be the one to take over. what make you think that I would let you do whatever you want?" He snapped at Naruto.

Naruto's smile grew as he opened his lips and said "This."

He disappeared in an yellow flash leaving a dumbstruck Li Xuan who started looking around for the blonde. As he turned, a fist connected his chin throwing him high into the air.

Li Xuan came crashing down with force. He held is chin and was about to rebuke the blonde, but his threatening words died in his throat as he looked at Naruto's eyes.

His cerulean blue pupils turned red with three black concentric circles each containing three tomoes. It was exotic and beautiful, but the power radiated form it froze him on the spot, it made him realize how insignificant he was compared to the blonde powerhouse before him.

Naruto came in front of him and to Li Xuan's surprise, a golden throne materialized allowing the blonde to sit on.

"I honestly don't like you." He muttered, it wasn't the lively and comforting voice from before. It radiated authority and intense hatred.

"Do you know why?" Naruto questioned.

Li Xuan looked down unable to face the blonde. He did not want to speak about it, no he did nor want to remember about it. He had committed heinous crimes in the name of love.

He betrayed his family that nurtured him by stealing magic resources to give it to his lover.

He framed his little sister and almost getting her raped which resulted in her leaving the family for good.

He stole a variant magical beast core that his brother needed to heal his crippled cultivation and gave it to her so that she could improve.

He ruined his family's future because of his selfishness, and ultimately that selfihness and arrogance became his downfall as he was crippled.

His lover? She left him right after he became useless. After everything he had done for her, after everything he sacrificed for her, she did not even bat an eye and left him for someone else.

He hated himself, he got himself blinded by love and was destroyed by his selfishness.

"But I must say, I admire your devotion to your lover and also your stupidity. Even if she was a manipulative bitch." Naruto snorted and got up from the throne.

"I think it's time to say goodbye."

He pointed his finger at Li Xuan and red chakra flared out from finger engulfing the young teenager.

Li Xuan widened his eyes in shock.

" Nooo, please stop. I don't want to dieee." He pleaded the blonde but his words fell on deaf ears.

" You had your chance but did not utilize it efficiently. You committed suicide unable to withstand the humiliation. What will you even do if you go out? Continue your pitiful life getting beaten up and berated everyday." Naruto asked his voice getting colder.

"I..." Li Xuan was unable to speak, he did not want that, before he was crippled, he was treated like a royalty. But now he was worse than garbage.

" You gave up your life and I am going to continue it. But..." Naruto trailed off as he smiled, not the cold one that he had just now but a bright and warm.

"I must thank you, you have given me something that I have always yearned for every minute of my life... A caring family to look after who did not give up on you after everything you've done to them. Therefore I will make this harmless. I'm sorry, My desire to live is stronger than you. I will take care of them dearly in your stead. I have been given a second chance and I will not let it pass, even if it means to kill you." His eyes glowed and the soul of Li Xuan bursted under the pressure from the red chakra cloud.

Naruto closed his eyes and fell down the throne. but something unexpected happened. The red chakra cloud that destroyed Li Xuan's soul started condensing and in a flash it went into naruto's chest.

"Wha..What? " Naruto panicked, he had never experianced something like this, but fortunately for him the red chakra that entered his body combined with his chakra further increasing it's resources, although very minutely.

"That was unexpected." Naruto muttered and looked up with a content smile.

"Now, let's go see what this world has to offer."

OUTSIDE THE MIND-SCAPE

" Aunt Yue, I managed to heal him, but he has suffered serious damage. So he needs about ten days of rest to regain consciousness. His memory might be impaired when he wakes up, but for now, his life is saved"

The mage called Ning Xuan said to the old woman.

" I am very tired after all those spells Aunt Yue so I will take my leave now" Ning Xuan turned around to leave the place but was stopped by the bright red light flashing behind her,

"Li Xuan" The old woman cried as she witness her child engulfed in bright crimson flames.

She ran to help him but was grabbed by Ning Xuan, "Aunt Yue, please calm down."

" How can I calm down? My son is burning right in front of my eyes." Yue screamed in agony.

"No Aunt Yue, please look." Ning Xuan pointed at Li Xuan.

" The fire is not burning him." She finished making Yue to calm down a bit.

The red flames condensed around him and did something that left the two spectators dumbfounded. His body grew and was toned now, his hair color changed from black to golden yellow and finally three whisker like marks formed on his cheeks giving him a cute but a feral look.

His eyelids fluttered open slowly revealing his exotic cerulean blue eyes and tried to get up.

"Li Xuan!" Yue cried as she ran towards the bed and gave him a tight hug bawling her eyes out with tears.

Naruto inwardly smiled at her affection, 'That douchebag gave up something this comforting and pure familial love for some slut, I really don't pity him'

"Xuan, are you alright? Does your injuries hurt now?" Yue started barreling him with questions even though he does not look like Li Xuan at all.

"I'm... Fine" Naruto muttered slowly.

He could fell the love pouring from his mother. It was so bright, something that he felt only once, when he met his true mother Kushina Uzumaki which lasted for a brief time.

He was ecstatic to feel that love again, he wanted to help them. All the humiliation that his family faced because of some dumb boy's blind affection towards a scheming slut, he wanted to abolish it and make them happy and proud of him.

The gods have given him a second chance in life as an answer to his silent prayers and he was not going to let this chance go to waste.

He will live his life to the fullest move forward never looking back.

But he could not do that as it is, Li Xuan was not that person. Li Xuan could not, could never take care of his family. He was selfish asshole who would throw them away without a second thought if his lover tells him to.

No he was not Li Xuan. He was Uzumaki Naruto, and an Uzumaki never abandon his family.

So, he chose the best and easiest choice available to him. It did not need him to be Li Xuan nor did it need him to act like him. All he had to do was be himself.

"Xuan, what happened my son? You spaced out." Yue asked him with a worried.

"Nothing happened. But..." Naruto turned towards Yue and Ning Xuan, tilting his head to the side with a wry smile which made him look like a cute fox.

"Who are you people?"

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