(runs up in a straitjacket grinning like a madman) I'M BAAAAAAACK!
Naruto: (gags Ichihara) Sorry readers, Ichihara is a bit insane. Tsunade and Yuuko drove him mad before he wrote this.
Sasuke: Oh, Na~Ru~To~ *hic*
Naruto: CRAP! (runs)
Sasuke: Heh heh he~
Yuuko: No, he doesn't own Naruto, xxxHOLiC…or any of the other mentioned series in this story because if he did he'd be stinking rich and too busy to write this fanfic…now where's the sake you promised me as payment, Naruto!?
Rain poured over the ruins of a village's western district as a depressed, guilty, and broken blonde left the area, having prayed, for the umpteenth time that week, for the innocent souls that died in a demonic rampage he had unwillingly released. The boy walked down the moonlit ally, not paying attention to his surroundings and ended up in front of a once vacant lot. A large house now proudly stood there and someone seemed to be living in it. The blonde entered the lot and a black-clad woman appeared before him.
"You must have a wish if you were able to see this place, let alone enter it…", the woman said.
"Can you…"
"Yes, I can grant your wish…but you must pay a price equal to the value of the wish…", the woman interrupted.
"Then I wish for that man's control on my friend to begin withering away…"
"Your heart and the darkness within it is the price as well as memories of the events that you lived through in this world save for meeting me and one other…however you will remember the people you have seen, met, or heard of…so, shall I grant your wish?"
"Yes, but don't tell him if he meets you.", the boy agreed, ignoring the question of how he'd live without a heart.
"Very well…your wish shall be granted!"
The woman's hand plunged into his chest and pulled out a crystalline heart which turned into a small, black, yellow-eyed creature and was placed in a cage. The boy began to fade into darkness vanishing from the village forever. The darkness flowed around and through the boy, infusing him with powers he would soon learn of. He heard strange voices talking as he fell into the depths of the abyss.
It's a pity…is it not?
It is…making that wish cost him his existence…
But we'll train him to be stronger than that…and maybe…
He too will be worthy enough…to reclaim…his heart?
…yes…just maybe…he can help Roxas…
…help…me?
Yes, Roxas… for this child possesses just as strong a power…as you…
"Where am I?"
He awakens…
You are in a world that sits between the realms of light and dark…
"Who am I?"
You don't remember yet?
"I remember little details…but it's still kind of fuzzy."
That's natural, you will soon remember the missing details.
The boy awoke to find himself on a bed in a completely white room. The room had no doors, save for a closet and a bathroom. There was a single window which allowed moonlight to enter the room. The blonde looked around the room and saw a mirror on the nearby nightstand. He picked it up and looked at his reflection. He had flawless sun-kissed skin, shoulder-length blonde hair that faded into a soft twilight color, sapphire eyes that swirled with crimson, and three defined whisker-like scars that graced each cheek. The boy stared at his reflection for a minute before he suddenly through the mirror at a wall, it shattered and the pieces landed on the carpeted floor before vanishing. The boy then screamed, clutching his head as names and faces rushed into his mind. The pain ended with an image of a pale, raven-haired boy with eyes seemingly made of pure darkness.
Sasuke…teme…my closest friend…and greatest rival…
Kit…
"K-Kyuubi?"
Yes, kit, it's me…sort of…
"What do you mean Kyuubi?"
All of my power fused with you when your heart was removed by that woman.
An image of the black clad woman at the strange house flashed through his mind.
Now I am but another personality within you…however, I can't take over anymore.
"Why?"
I'm too weak…in fact just talking to you is tiring me out…so from this point foreword I will not be able to speak to you kit…or I will cease to exist…but be proud of yourself…for I now see you…as if you were my own child…goodbye my kit…
"No! Kyuubi! You're the only one I have left! Kyuubi!?", the blonde yelled.
The blonde gave up his attempts to call the fox out and decided to forget him. Just then another blonde appeared from a portal of darkness with two gray and white creatures. This blonde had spiky hair that seemed to swirl a bit, piercing cerulean eyes, smooth creamy skin, and he was wearing a black leather cloak.
"H-Hello", the boy stuttered, "I'm Roxas…I hope we can be friends…", he said as he tried to avoid the fact that the boy was only wearing a pair of black boxers and took note of the black tattoo on his stomach.
The blonde sat in the bed and watched the room's other occupant extend his hand. This puzzled the boy because the only thing he could remember was his last friend leaving him on the brink of death in the middle of a valley. This memory made him take a defensive yet animalistic pose. He was now on all fours snarling, all in all he looked like an enraged fox. This sudden hostility caused Roxas to summon two key-shaped weapons, one in each hand. The two stood like this for a while before the crouching boy vanished from sight and Roxas was slammed on the floor, his weapons sent flying only to impale the two creatures and vanish.
"H-How did you?"
"DAMERU, TEME!", the blonde screamed. (A/N: Dameru means Shut up)
Roxas tried to escape the blonde's hold but had no such luck. Despite the fact that the boy was smaller than him, he couldn't escape. The blonde boy, however could only see a raven haired man about his age with obsidian eyes and a smug look on his face, through his now crimson eyes. Roxas struggled more until he successfully flipped their positions.
"Roxas!", a redhead yelled, appearing out of nowhere, "I heard screaming and thumping are you…al…right?"
After looking closely at the boys the redhead then blushed and vanished, but who could blame him? He walked in on two blondes, one of which happened to be straddling the other's hips and the one on the bottom was basically naked! Roxas then took notice of the position they were in and blushed several shades of red before he jumped up.
"I-I-I'm so s-sorry!", he then turned to vanish but was stopped when he was embraced from behind.
"Don't…leave me…alone…"
"N-Nani?", Roxas said, slightly turning his head.
"I-I have no…memories…I…d-don't have…a-anyone…please…d-don't…leave me…a-alone…", the boy then collapsed.
Several hours later, the blonde awoke to Roxas' sleeping face. The taller boy had apparently heeded his wish and stayed in the room. The boy tried to get up but he couldn't move. That was when he felt Roxas pull him closer and whisper in his sleep, "…I won't…leave…your…side…".
The blonde sat his head against the taller teen's chest and stayed there for a couple hours, ignoring Roxas' lack of a heartbeat. He felt safe in Roxas embrace, the feeling relaxed him. Roxas made a noise and slowly opened his eyes. He stared down at the boy who was nuzzling his chest and asked, "Are you awake?"
"Y-yes…"
"C'mon we've got to get up and introduce you to the others.", Roxas said helping the boy up and grabbing an outfit from the closet.
The outfit consisted of a black long-sleeved shirt and pants, black boots, and a pair of fingerless gloves. The blonde put the outfit on and followed Roxas through a portal. The portal let them out in a white circular room with a large white emblem on the ceiling, and pillar-like chairs rising from the floor along the wall at different heights. Roxas led the boy to a chair that was on ground level and sat down in the one next to it. The two chairs rose to different heights that weren't far apart so Roxas could see that the chair next to him was vacant. The blonde looked down and saw that the boy was surrounded by Dusks and Creepers.
"Let the test begin.", said a cloaked man in a chair across from Roxas.
"Xemnas!", Roxas yelled, "He can't fight now! We don't even know his power!"
"I know, yet there is no better way to find out than to throw him to the lions.
Boy, you are to defeat the enemies we throw at you until I say otherwise."
The surrounding Nobodies then attacked the boy who vanished and reappeared on the wall before his eyes became cat-like then turned crimson and he grew a tail. His ears became fox ears, his canines grew into fangs, and his nails became claws. This form shocked the other thirteen spectators, especially Roxas. The boy below roared, charged through three Dusks, tore a Creeper to shreds, and shot a ball of crimson energy at a group of Samurai. No matter how many Nobodies appeared they were all destroyed within a matter of seconds. At last Roxas couldn't take it anymore, he couldn't stand seeing the once peaceful boy as a savage beast. He was about to rise when Xemnas said, "Roxas, try to restrain him. Under no circumstances are you to severely harm that boy, understand?"
Roxas nodded and jumped down with his key-shaped weapons out. The room then flooded with black creatures that seemed to be reacting to the energy flowing from the keys. The two blondes battled through the creatures surrounding them until Roxas reached the boy who was crouching like a fox about to strike. The boy stopped when he saw Roxas and stood, he fell into the taller blonde's arms and was engulfed by a blinding light. The light drove the black creatures and the Nobodies away. When the light finally dissipated, Roxas was seen holding a key-shaped weapon instead of the boy. The weapon was gold and emblazed with a cerulean fox on each side, Roxas saw keychain hanging from the hilt in the shape of the boy's tattoo.
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Naruto: How'd he get loose!? Get him!