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"ake up…"
"H-Huh?"
"Wake up, you bastard!"
Groaning softly, a blonde-haired teenager, Uzumaki Naruto slowly opened his eyes.
Dark. That was the first thing he noticed. Then the light shone brightly at him, making him blinded. 'S-So bright…' He lifted his right hand to cover his eyes from the bright light. 'Huh? Why does my body feel so light?' he wondered. Glancing down, he realized that he was floating. That's when he started to panic, he tried moving his arms and legs to keep steady. It was then he felt a sharp pain in his body. The pain made him fell to his knee.
'Damn, what the hell is going on?' he growled, trying hard to fight the pain. Looking down at his body, his eyes widened when he saw his current state. His shirt was torn and stained with blood. His body was full of cut of bruises. There's a long cut along his right thigh. His right palm was bleeding while his left palm burnt and his chest bleeding heavily.
'Damn, what happen to me?' he thought, clutching his chest as pain spread through it.
'Forget about it already, brat?' a voice growled out of nowhere, surprising him. He looked around to find the source of the voice, only to find nothing. It was then he realized that the voice had come out from him. Sighing, he shouted back.
'Forgot about what, Kyuubi no Baka?'
'Foolish mortal! I had saved you from death. You're lucky to have me in your pathetic human body.'
'Yeah, lucky.' he replied before realization hit him like train. 'Wait, what do you mean from die?' Then the demon fox spoke again, appear to be sighing.
'Brat, I can't believe you're my container.' the demon fox said. 'Now move toward the light.'
'Move toward the light? No way in hell I'm going to!'
'Just move!' the demon fox growled. Naruto knew he do not have much choice but to obliged the demon fox for now. With all the energy left in him, he used it to get up from his place. Taking a deep breath, he began moving forward. He had not noticed it before, how bright and white was he surroundings. He felt like walking in an endless tunnel.
'Keep walking forward, kit. You're almost there.' Right after the demon fox said it, the surrounding become more brightly and blinded him once more. A few seconds later, Naruto slowly opened his eyes.
The 16 years-old blonde haired boy with crimson red eyes, a set of whiskers marks, three on each side of his filthy face, gasped at the sight of the big tree in front of him before falling, face flat on the grass. His half torn orange and black jumpsuit, a red cloak with black flames at the bottom and a large scroll strapped at his back, all covered by dirt and his blood.
"D-Damn…" he cursed as he rolling around and removed his bangs that covered his eyes. His eyes softened as he stared at the sky. It was dark and the moon and stars was shining brightly and clearly visible. "Where am I?" he wondered as he slowly gets up. It was then the sharp pain he felt before returned. Looking down at his body, he saw his chest and other part of his body has stop bleeding but the pain has not gone.
'Slowly, kit. You've not fully recovered.' the demon fox said suddenly.
'Heh, care for me, kitsune?' Naruto mocked as he steady himself. He took this opportunity to look at his surrounding. He was standing on the grass, in front of the big tree on a small hill, a large set of stone steps leading up the tier below. Wincing, he walked forward to get a full view of his location. What he saw really amazed him.
"Amazing, this place as big as Konoha, maybe bigger." He said, staring out in amazement. He could see a big and tall tower in the far distance, thanks to kyuubi's power. However, what really amaze him were the flash of thousand of lights that come from the city, make him hard to believe.
'Hey Kyuubi no Baka, where are we?' he said as he closed his eyes. In a blink, he found himself in his mindscape, standing in front of massive cage, with the holds held together by a single piece of paper, kanji written in it. Behind the bars was the most powerful bijuu, Kyuubi no Yoko.
'I don't know kit. What I know are I just saving your pathetic life.' It said with a sick smile on the face.
'Saving my life? You keep saying that but I don't understand a bit!' he shouted, completely annoyed and confused.
'Yes, saving your life.' it said, the sick smile gone. 'You died when fighting that masked bastard that had destroyed your village.' Naruto' eyes widened as the word sunk in.
'N-No…' he shook his head and balling his fists as pain memories flashed through his mind. 'You're lying…' he said softly. In the memories, he saw his beloved and important friends died in front of his eyes, the village burned and destroyed. He saw himself consumed by revenge, released the nine-tail chakra and the last thing he remembered is fighting Uchiha Madara.
The Kyuubi looked down at him who was tremble and nearly in tear. He may not like his container, but he respected him and all his hard work. Getting stronger, learning to fight without his aid, even if it made his escape more difficult and making friends, even if he himself saw it as a pointless endeavor, the brat had worked hard at it, gained respect from the others and now those precious to him were gone. 'It's true, kit. They're gone now but I'm not sure about that masked bastard'
'Then…why are we here?' he shouted while looking back at the kyuubi.
'I don't know, kit. But right now, the quicker you accept this fact, the faster you will be able to adapt. It is your destiny, kit. You have got to slowly accept it…slowly' the demon fox said before gently pushed Naruto out of his mindscape.
"Accept my destiny, huh?" Naruto wiped his tears with his sleeve. The talk with the demon fox was cheering him up a little. He maybe can accept that…maybe. But for now, he needed information about this place. Ignoring the pain that had spread through his body, he began to wandering around searching for information.
Unfortunately, the sun rising on the horizon and the condition of his body and eyes, he was going to have problem if anyone notice that. He needs a place to stay and rest. Besides, he was too tired right now. He sighed as he turned around the corner.
"Watch out!" a voice of a girl came out suddenly. Naruto quickly spun around…only to found himself bump into someone rather hardly. They both fell to the ground, newspapers spread out everywhere.
"Ouch…It's hurt." the girl rubbed her head as vein slowly started to form at her forehead. "Hey, watch where you're going." It was then she realized their position. Her body was on him, the man's left hand on her waist and their face was inch from each other.
"What happened?" Naruto said, shaking his dizzy head and opening his eyes. Only to found himself face to face with a girl who was blushing. "Umm…are you okay?" he asked, not noticing their position. He unconsciously moves his left hand, pushing her closer and accidently planted a kiss on her forehead. The girl flushed scarlet before punching his face and screamed.
"Kyaa! P-Pervert! What have you done? Now I'm going to be late." she quickly gets loss from his grip and hurriedly gathers the newspaper, leaving a dumbfounded blonde, holding his face in pain.
"Oi! What the hell was that?" he shouted at the girl who still gathering the newspaper. The girl has a long orange hair, thicker ponytails tied by bells. The girl has a different eyes color, blue at the left and green at the right. She wore a sweater and a short skirt. Yet, she has not answered his question. Without a glance, she started to running, leaving him.
"Well, that's harsh. Punching my face without telling me the reason. Huh?" he stopped when he saw a single newspaper next to him. "That's the girl's newspaper, right? I better return it to her." he takes the newspaper and catch up with her. The pain has not gone, leaving him in pain every single step he takes. That is just walking but running? He felt himself as if dying right now and the girl sure is fast runner. But damn, she had better be grateful after he returns her newspaper and she had better tell him the reason why she punched his face.
Naruto fell to his knees, breathing heavily, his crimson eyes widened. His effort to chase that girl was meaningless. She was too fast and his condition seems worst than before. She had led him throughout the residents and now to some place he didn't know.
"Damn…she too fast." he said, breathing normally now.
"Kyaaa!" a voice of someone scream echoing the place. He immediately got up onto his feet and searching the source of the voice. It seemed that the scream had come from the alley. He entered the alley without a second thought. In the alley, he saw a man wearing a suit, holding a braided, brown haired spectacled girl and a sharp looking knife on her throat.
"Scream all you want, no one going to hear it…dear idol." the man smirked as he scratched the girl's cheek with the knife making it bleed. Naruto who was watching that all the time, growled as his blood boiled.
"Unfortunately, I heard it." he said, shocking them "Let go of her, bastard. If you do that, I may show mercy to you."
"Show mercy to me?" the man spit and chuckled. "Are you trying to be a hero now, brat? If you are, you look really pathetic right now." the man pushed the girl roughly at the wall and twirling the knife around his fingers. "Well, if you really want to, try stopping this." he thrust the knife forward to the girl. The girl closed her eyes and screamed, embraced herself for the pain.
Nothing. The girl felt nothing. No pain, no nothing. 'Weird.' the girl thought as she slowly opened her eyes. What she saw was shocked her. In front of her, the blonde hair teenager stood in front of her, a knife thrust through his right hand, blood splattered everywhere. He stood there his crimson eyes flashed in danger, which they had not noticed before.
"B-Bastard! Who the hell are you!" the man pulled the girl closer and pulled out something from his jacket. He aim that object to Naruto and smirked. "Take a single step, I'll kill her." he chuckled sadistically. It was then a fist connected to his face hardly, stopping him from chuckling. The man lost grip to the girl and ended up lying unconsciously on the ground, with a few teeth broken. Naruto looked at the man to make sure he was unconscious before turning around and come to the girl side.
"Are you ok?" he asked with his famous foxy grin. She nodded and stared at his rescuer's face. He has a blonde hair that reached his shoulder. His bangs reached his chin and almost covered his crimson eyes.
'Bishonen…' she thought, blushed a little. "Umm…yeah." she nodded before pointing her finger at his right hand. "Are you ok?"
"Oh, it's ok. I'm fine." he gives her thumbs up before his mind went fuzzy. "D-Damn…" he cursed as he fell to his knees. He started to feel the pain from the injury. His vision started to blur and the last thing he heard was that girl's voice. It was then, he faint.
