Lets get into it, I DO Not own Mario or Naruto, they belong to Nintendo and Misashi Kishimoto repectivley. Also tell me if you like the idea of this being a rewrite or not.
In the vast void of the space between dimensions, a lone figure floated there, no longer moving as he groaned in pain and agony. Why did this happen, the Dark Prognosticus... he was supposed to have won.
He, Dimentio... the last of his kind... and to a bunch of worthless heroes. Had he grown cocky, had he truly underestimated them? that shouldn't have happened. And he knew it didn't.
Why, why couldn't he just be done with it, eliminate the worlds, and brought about his perfect ones. Why did he want to give them a chance, give them a chance to beat them...
Why did he start feeling guilty about all of this. For almost 3,000 years... since he was reborn as a Pixl by those damn ancients. Why did he let them win, how could he just give it all up like that.
Because it was "Fate" or "Destiny?" Did he really lose because of those heroes?
"You lost... because you fought yourself..." a voice echoed in his head. Looking around, the magician tried to find the source of the voice. Was he not alone or was he finally starting to lose it?
"You're not losing it, if that is what you're afraid of..." the voice called out again before a masked man approached him. Dimentio couldn't see much of him, but soon enough, he found his body begin to fade, leaving his Pixl form where it stood. His design was simple enough, a spiral design with two yellow eyes in the form of slits.
"W-what the... who the heck are you?!" the Pixl demanded as the masked man smiled politely. That did nothing to ease the Pixl's worries as his unsettling presence was starting to unnerve him far more than his emotionless form portrayed.
"...I have gone by many names in the eons of continued existence... but you may refer to me as... Shinigami, or the King of Death" he said as he looked at the Pixl in question before a small smile formed on his face. "And from what I can tell... you did quite a bit of damage... Dimentio... Naruto..." he said as Dimentio looked confused.
"Naruto..." there was that name again. Why did he know that name? Did he know him from his time with the ancients or...
"You seemed confused, not that surprising since you lost your memories from your own Pixilation" the Shinigami said as Dimentio glared. His Pixilation was a very sensitive subject.
"What does... that have to do with this Naruto person" he demanded as the Shinigami merely smiled wider. Soon the world shifted and Dimentio saw what looked like a kid with blond spiky hair and whisker marks. He didn't look like much, and what he did look like was an orange eyesore, who wore the color of the bleeding sun setting... and it made him feel ill.
"This is Naruto Uzumaki... your past life, so to speak..." the Shinigami said as Dimentio turned with a look that clearly said he didn't believe it.
"You expect me to accept... that this brat... was me..." he said slowly before the Shinigami snapped his fingers and a small orange light appeared. Soon the light shot towards the Pixl and caused it to squirm in pain. Memories... different memories and visions started to appear.
Soon he could recall his last memories... his time with his "team" his teacher who saw him as the Biju he kept sealed away... believing him to have abandoned the village. His teammate demanding on why he left to join Orochimaru... wait, HE tried to join the snake=bastard?
That didn't seem right...
Soon Tsunade demanded answers and stated there were witnesses to the event. And that she sent a team of Sasuke Uchiha, Shikamaru Nara, Chouji Akamitchi, Neji Hyuga and Kiba Inuzuka after him. But that didn't make sense, if his memories were truly correct?
Then came along his friends, demanding to ask why. The only ones who believed him were Hinata, who just refused to believe he would abandon them, Shikamaru, who thought something was wrong... and his other teacher, Iruka.
He then remembered that some man named Jiraiya appeared and tried to help him and send him back to somewhere before he felt pain, the seals placed on his body acted as a type of weighted raiser or something?
Soon enough Jiraiya vanished in a plume of smoke and he was killed by one of the Anbu... something about Akatsuki and "Retreaving the Kyuubi in a new host..." whatever all that meant. Now that he thought about it... Kyuubi, that was a Biju... and they don't die when their Jinchuriki is killed, just reform over time...
So did that mean the furball was alive and free?
"So you recalled some of your memories then..." the Shinigami said as Dimentio glared at him.
"They are not my memories" he denied as the King of Death merely smiled.
"You denying them side. I think we can form a comprimise" he said as Dimentio looked at him confused. Comprimise?
"Which is..." he asked as the Shinigami smiled.
"I'll be blunt with you. While my job is ruling over death... my job is to also keep the balance. So when I saw what could occur, I was not exactly thrilled." Which was the Apocalypse... of his world anyways he said as Dimentio remained silent.
"Your world will face a crisis... one that would have wiped all life from it for a few hundred years now... so instead of allowing this to happen and deal with the inevitable downfall, I decided that a little... intervention was in order."
"And you want me to do something about that... me" he stressed. "You're the king of death, and you want to keep them alive? You want to save a world... yet you got someone who tried to destroy all worlds to help... How does that make any kind of sense?" the Pixl asked as he was questioning the sanity of this so called king of death.
"...I wish to intervene because my duty is to preserve the flow of death. If there is no life, there is no death... and as to why I picked you? Perhaps it's because of Naruto's influence still residing within you."
Dimentio stood there, staring at the other being in confusion. The first part made sense, Death in a world that had no life equivalent was the same as a purgatory in a way. But just because he was someone else, he was still the Master of Dimensions... the Pleaser of Crowds... he was still Dimentio.
"I won't-"
"You have no choice" the Shinigami interrupted him as he smirked. "You died, and I could basically end your games in the most horrifyingly ways possible. So how about a trade... You scratch my back, I scratch yours... You help me with this world and give them a chance to keep their lives and in turn..." he trailed off as the Pixl nodded.
"I get mine back..."
"However, you won't be able to do what you want, there will be certain conditions for you to follow so we can both move on without any... complications" he said threateningly at the end. Dimentio immediately caught on and felt a twinge of fear in him.
"...So what's my overall role in this?" he asked, wanting to move on from this ordeal as the Shinigami smiled.
"Easily enough, just protect the Tailed Beasts... defeat the Akatsuki... and eliminate this upstart Empire of Fire" he said off handedly as Dimentio looked confused. Empire of Fire?
"What? Empire of Fire?" he asked as the Shinigami sighed.
"Your former village went through quite the revolution, and while your memories will return soon you're going to have to fight against your former home. They are at odds with the other nations now... and they hold their own little ace in the hole. Fighting them alone would be near-suicide... you should find some sort of allies there."
"...So that's it? Make an army and take over that worthless village? And I need to protect the other Biju then as well... seems easy enough" he said as the Shinigami nodded.
"Even keeping one away from Akatsuki might work, but remember that you won't be just a piece of a chess board anymore... there are a lot more players and as you are now... you won't make it very far."
"...Are you calling me weak?" he growled as the other man smiled.
"I prefer the fact that you can, and will, be getting stronger before you return" he said with a smile. "And if you require assistance, merely seek some aid in your comrades" he finished.
"...I see" Dimentio said before sighing. "So... will I be going as Dimentio, or this Naruto character?" he asked, wanting to make sure he knew what he was going to be like, the blonde's memories flooding into him like a broken and poorly constructed dam built by a drunken crew of beavers...
"Neither... you will have the consciousness of Naruto but the persona of Dimentio... simply put, the Heart of Naruto and the Mind of Dimentio" he said as the Pixl looked angry. Before he could say anything however, the Shinigami smirked and in a flash of light, disappeared, leaving Dimentio alone.
"Seven Years..." he heard the Shinigami say. "I'll give you seven years to train, then when you're ready, I'll let you go through back to your world..."
Dimentio said nothing as he started to fade, but once he was gone from that plain of reality, he felt the pain of his former life merge back with memories, his emotions... his consciousness all started to return to him.
He didn't know where he was or how long it might have been, but soon Dimentio got up with a painful expression on his Pixl form, one that made him remember his time being born as a Pixl in the first place. He was going to need to remake his body, but for now, he felt exhausted.
Because he was back, he was alive... he had seven years to train before his mission began.
Alright so I decided to just restart this and to those reading, a apologize, That being said, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I was underestimating Dimentio's overall abilities, so the question is would you want me to include references not just to the Mario World but also to other pieces of work like One Piece or Fairy Tail, Either way, any advice, criticism and thoughts are welcomed. Also I will be deleting the first one.
Finally I want to know if I should keep the pairings as Menma X Hinata or just change the pairings and have them remain close, i'll leave a poll in to vote one.