Disclaimer: None of the following story, including any other chapters I do or do not post to this website belong to me and I make no money off their making. Nothing belongs to me and any characters unrecognisable from the original series this fan fiction is based on are not made to resemble anyone in real life. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

EDIT (11th April): I got a guest review saying Naruto should be dead because he had no chakra and that you can't rip out chakra systems, it'd be like ripping out a heart. He does have chakra, Kyuubi's chakra, but I don't think I made that clear. Also, obviously, I used the wrong wording there again because he did NOT loose his chakra system, his chakra was pulled from his tenketsu which is how chakra normally leaves the body. I changed this to make it clearer and I corrected a flaw I saw that no one else did. Thank you guest, I asked for help and you are the only one who did. I'd appreciate having your account name though so that you can point out things on there and explain what made you think I meant that. Also, why you told me about the God Tree? For now, I've tried my best.

Naruto squeezed his eyes shut and tensed his body for the impending explosion. He could feel it coming like the calm before the storm. He had been running- running as fast as his legs could carry him so as not to be late for his first day as a genin; that was when he felt it. Naruto had stopped, frozen and ready for the rumbling that it seemed only he could feel. The villagers carried on with their usual looks of distain as if the sky wasn't turning black around them.

Seconds passed.

One minute.

Two minutes and his muscles were beginning to cramp up.

Three minutes of waiting had gone now and a few civilian children had taken to using him as target practice in their game of ninja. Had he really imagined that? His shoulders relaxed and he squinted one eye open to check.

Nothing.

The sky was blue, the villagers were giving him weirder looks than usual for freezing in the street and the only thing odd was the cracking sound he could hear as the world fell apart –WAIT WHAT?

CRASH!

"Arhhhhhhh!" Screamed Naruto as his blonde hair whipped against his face. The world around him had shattered like broken glass and he was falling through the shards in an endless pool of inky blackness. Grasping wildly for something to hold on to, the genin reached for a shard. The fragment held long enough to show that his world was still moving before it disintegrated and flew away from him. His fingers desperately clutched at the dust, almost spasming.

"Somebody help!" He screamed. All his life he had waited to be a ninja and now that he had that chance he found himself in this nightmare. Although, instinctively he knew he was awake. The blonde tumbled and though the void in a horrified daze. He managed to get his head between his knees and curled into a protective little ball; the feeling of helplessness the situation was instilling in Naruto reminded him of his childhood and his instincts kicked in. The journey didn't end and soon the monotony and exhausting fear put him to sleep.

Sleep was a long affair and while the jinchurriki slept, the void fed. It leached his chakra until not a drop was left. Suspended in a state of near death, the comatose Naruto floated onwards. While Naruto slept, the Kyuubi awoke. He saw nothing but the years that passed around the still frozen boy and his collapsing chakra system. Knowing that if Naruto died now so would he, Kyuubi rapidly forced his own chakra into the tubes making the body of his captor twitch and writhe, still dead to the world even still. The void turned read with the light of 9 tails of red chakra and the Kyuubi finally realised were they were.

This was the space between worlds. If they stayed here, it would eventually consume any chakra in it, including the Kyuubi himself, a being made of chakra. His only protection was the body that kept him prisoner and he knew that wouldn't last long either. Time was still passing unnaturally fast as it always did here and the brat's system had already adapted to his chakra and the body stopped twitching. With a forceful shove Kyuubi managed to wake the child up and at the same time get them out of the void.

Still asleep, a chakra-less Naruto fell into a new world.

~"At about noon today a small 12 year old boy (who looked about 9) with blonde hair was found by local Texan authorities lying in an ally way unconscious. Reports show that he matches no child on the missing list despite that he should be easily identifiable by his naturally bright hair and whisker like makings which are confirmed to be birth marks. While police forces refuse to give away too much information at the risk of endangering said unknown child, they have admitted that they found him in possession of a multitude of bladed weapons which have since been confiscated along with suspicious jewellery. If you know anything about the mysterious boy who has yet to wake up, this news reporter urges you to contact the number shown below and a reward will be given to anyone who can successfully identify him."~

"Oh, wait a sec' boys, I think he's coming to."

As Naruto woke up, the gravely voice of a man with a thick accent buzzed about in his ears and it only served to worsen his already overbearing headache. It was the headache that drew his attention to his headband being gone. The blonde opened his eyes two see two burly men with short brown hair a little way away and a third man right up in his face, this one bald. It was the bald man who was in charge, Naruto realised when the man spoke again.

"You really had us worried for a moment there buddy. It's been 2 weeks now and this is the first time you've woken up."

'2 weeks?' Thought Naruto, '2 weeks since what? Wait a second, this accent isn't from anywhere in the elemental countries. Was I right then? I really was awake and everything really did break? I think... I think I'm in a different world!'

No kidding, kit, a sarcastic voice seemed to appear in his head, I doubt there's ever been anyone as smart as you.

'What the heck! Who was that?'

You can hear me? Hmm... It must be a side effect of the dimensional travel. I'm the great Kyuubi and you had better show me the correct respect you insolent kit.

'K-Kyuubi?! How?! Wait, no you said how, what I should be asking is what you meant by side effects.'

I'd expect you to be a little more scared you know, but then again it's you- I've had to watch your idiocy all my life I shouldn't expect so much from you. And yes- side affects; there are two that I can see. Use your brain and figure it out.

'Well... Oh! There's no chakra! How is that possible?! Even civilians have chakra an now –Oh Kami-Sama now I don't even have any!'

Calm yourself stupid boy and think.

'Um... but you said yourself that I'm not... very... smart..."

Don't make me laugh you fool, you may not be a complete dunce before but you are no more than a buffoon. And I said there were two side affects, you only picked out one. Maybe you would have noticed that if you had something reminiscent of a functional thought process.

'... What?'

"Hey buddy, you still with us?"

Naruto suddenly snapped back to reality and found the three police officers (which he had just now worked out) staring worriedly at him.

"Yeah," He said, "Could I get my forehead protector back?"

Naruto ended up telling them that he had lived in a small village for most of his life and had been an orphan living on his own since his 6th birthday. He couldn't remember a lot and had no idea how he'd gotten here or where his village even was.

It took a few days but after the short period he was placed into an orphanage and given the chance to think over everything that happened. First of all, he was in a strangely advanced world in which no one had any chakra. The only chakra in the entire world was coming from Kyuubi who was made of chakra any way. After a quick test they found that while Naruto could access this chakra, it took a tiny piece of Kyuubi's life force away. Even though Naruto was rapidly finding out that Kyuubi wasn't so bad, he still wanted the destruction and death he was known for and the only reason Naruto held back on using up his life force was that when Kyuubi was gone, so was his chakra.

On top of that, it seemed that the people in this world had a heck of a lot of different languages... And Naruto could understand them all. It had taken him a while to figure out that second side affect, but apparently he was in the United States of America which spoke a language called English. If he thought about it, he was aware that everything they said was definitely not Japanese but he knew what it all meant anyway- which was really weird for a dead last like him. Once he'd noticed that, he actually had to consciously think that he should be speaking English otherwise he accidentally replied in Japanese as he was used to but it didn't make it harder in the least bit. Kyuubi, or Kurama as Naruto had been informed was his name (only after telling the fox that he either learnt his real name or called him Fuzz Ball forever), had said that it could be a useful skill if it applied to every language so this was the next thing they tested. They looked up as many languages as they could and then looked into hieroglyphs, codes, ciphers, you name it. There was nothing Uzumaki didn't understand.

But the thing that really got to Naruto, was that no one knew his secret. Everything was equal and he wasn't treated unfairly. This was his fresh start and as much as he missed everyone, he would make the most of his time here; after all, he'd get back home soon, right?

AN/: Pilot finished! So, yes, I know that wasn't brilliant and I can see a few flaws with just a quick read but I don't know how to fix them without totally destroying my set up. If you see something you don't like, tell me and maybe give me an idea on how to fix it, if you can.

So, I want to clear things up. This is kind of the stuff I expect you'd want to know:

Will Naruto be super smart or strong?
Nope. Sorry for anyone who saw that he wasn't really stupid any more and actually wanted a Godlike!Naruto style story, But he's not as bad as canon. He's just smart enough to realise not to tell them he's from another universe, dumb enough not to question his dimensional travel, for example.

About strength... Basically, I've decided that compared to people in this world, he's pretty strong I guess. All of it is brute strength though since he's not that good at the start of the show/book/anime/manga/potato. So yeah, he's very strong, but here he has very little reason to use his strength.

Is this a non-chakra fic then?
Yes and no? He has chakra through Kurama but will not use it except for emergencies.

Orange? Ramen? Precious people? What's happening with these things?
If you're asking these questions then Naruto seems out of character. That's not intentional, I just have a hard time writing him and if you have any tips on how to do this better it would be appreciated. He will be just as in love with these things as ever. His precious people right now are the Hokage and Iruka. He'll miss them (expect cheesy dreams) but he'll make new precious people. Naruto's just that kind of person. Orange is something I want to ask you guys about though. I have two ways I could go with this story- firstly Naruto could do something to make him unpopular in his first week of school and after realising he only wears orange, he is then made unpopular on the level of the Glee club. On the other hand he could be popular and after a while, orange becomes a trend. You guys get to choose how it plays out.

Pairings?
I have no idea. That is up to you guys. This is going to be based on season 4 so anyone who is in Lima during S4 is welcome. For example: Racheal is in New York. Do not ask me to use her in a pairing. Mr Schue is in Lima. Feel free for me to use him. Disgusted that I said Mr Schue? I said anyone and I meant it. Not everyone will be paired at the same time. I want you guys to come up with as many as possible So that I can keep switching them. I like a challenge so feel free to make them as cute or creepy as you like. I'll try to use as many as I can so if you tell me you want it done, look out for it and it'll hopefully in there! My one limit being that Naruto will be with someone long term. He might be with a few others before or possible I fling- I really don't know. But for this to work, he must have a somewhat stable relationship. So don't give me lots of Narutoxthatguyfromwalmart etc. If you give me a Naruto pairing, it can still be unexpected but it has to be serious, or else he might get stuck with it.

Thank you for reading! Love from NK x