The sun shone brightly down at the supposedly normal Misaki City. It's brilliant rays filtering through the window. The room was illuminated in an instant, the light piercing through the lone stranger's eyelids, eliciting a moan from the latter.

He. It was obvious by looking at his blonde hair, well though wild, it was sticking up from all directions. Another sleepy groan. Those blue eyelids barely even opening only to squint close tight when the light penetrated his gaze. Ugh, he should be used to this kind of mornings filled with a boring start as it follows the end of the day, curse this world for forcing him to go to school! He began muttering incoherent gibberish which were a string of curses under his breath. The blankets crumpled as Naruto sat up on his bed, yawning with arms stretched.

Though it seems his tenant is wide awake, and is about to give his way of a good morning greeting.

"Yeah,yeah,I know. You hate school, homeworks, projects and exams. Aren't there anything new for you to complain early in the morning ?" The bijuu groused, which was later replaced with one of amusement "Though I don't mind seeing you drowning in misery"

"Good morning for you too, furball" Naruto snapped unhappily. Then again, he groaned "What a good morning and you just pissed me off early at six o' clock" He was caught in surprise when he miscalculated his foot's length as he tried to do a frontal somersault to the ground when suddenly his face met the carpet with a soft thud.

"Yep, really not a good day for me to wake up.." He mumbled.

"Ah, another moment worth remembering" Kurama snickered. Gladly, the blonde gave a glare to no one around the room, but it was intended for Kurama.

"Urusei." Naruto growled " Man, I have to get to school before I'm late, summer already ended...unfortunately " Picking himself up on the floor, he directly went on taking a bath, changing his clothes and also taking his breakfast (He made a mental note to resupply his ramen) before leaving his house securely locked.

To the people around him, they would notice that a boy, with blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing a black uniform not to mention high school was a surprise since anyone could tell just by looking at him and those who were acquainted to him prayed that no one would ever mention of this right before him or they'll get a blonde shinobi as a enemy even Kurama does too.

He is shorter than most boys around high school

Just at the mere thought, a vein would always pop above his head. It has been one of the side effects from whatever happened to him while they were in the midst of the Fourth Great Shinobi War. Well right while they were fighting Madara and Obito that is...or at least what he and Kurama could recall. All he could say that he attempted to attack Obito when BOOM! BANG! and a series of metal clashing against metal was all he could remember from then. Naruto didn't know exactly what was the cause of his dimensional hopping here or whatever they call it, since then he tried getting back home.

And it was a great waste of time.

He tried. Really. After years of looking for a way home. He was bound to learn what world is this, and what did he get was a handful of what they call Crimson Denizen or Guze no Tomogara in Japanese. To say, they were able to put up a fight ( since he had no idea of anything so he got surprised and all) but fear not, they were a bunch of flames right then.

Then of course, he got this information from a flame haze. Who was kind enough to explain the way everything goes . Not until they realized Naruto never understood a word uttered, so there lies the problem. The flame haze was kind enough to take him with adventures while learning the language "English", to break the language barrier between them (he figured that it was because he looked very young, 13 to 14 he knew) the flame haze was a Samaritan to take him with them. After months of learning he did and understood the terminology of this world, then after some travels they had, they parted ways.

But then it was hard to cope into this world of advanced technology, something that Naruto too difficulty with for a long time. As for years being here he recognized how those machines work thankfully. He sighed as he remembered the days which he used the art of genjutsu even if he was bad at it, to bend some stuff and create a identity to move along from one continent to the other. It was really necessary, because he looked like a child. After weeks, he never realized that he was fairly good at genjutsu with the help of a certain kekkei genkai from a certain someone.

Good thing that he didn't completely abandon his home language when he came to Japan. There were lots of similarities between his and Japan's language like Kanji and stuff (which lead to make him believe that his world and this' had some similarities also). Forging a identity is course he used his original name! He liked the ring of Uzumaki Naruto more than any names out there,dattebayo!

He's actually fitting fine in this world. Though there were some...problems not just that his height shrunk than normal and being in a foreign world. There is bound to be complications now his body wasn't like it's former prime, his techniques and power which he worked so hard just to defeat Madara...was gone

Not all exactly. Only those techniques that'll takes tons of chakra, like Rasenshuriken for instance, it's ultimate cutting wind power is toned down to when he first invented it and Chakra Mode, man for hours he could activate it now was back to minutes! Blast it!

Technically, he's back to the start of the road.

He would always sigh at that. All those sweat and blood in creating, and developing his abilities were all for nothing, as if his experience which he remembered, but he couldn't execute it like all he did was all a dream. A dream which was a nightmare. A nightmare filled with visions filled with the death of his friends, teacher, family and...

Hinata.

He could only dream of having her by his side. Alive. The feeling of her love. Her warmth. Her hand entwined with his. Given that their relationship took almost just 3 months before Madara took her away from him when he threw a surprise attack at Konoha. Naruto only raged after that, blinded by complete hatred for the Uchiha who took his loved one away from him. Kakashi-sensei and Killer Bee stopped him of course, who knew better than to charge directly towards Madara with no chance that they'll win nor getaway alive. They grounded him, tried to calm him down, but for weeks-no months he finally cried with all his heart's content.

So he trained, long and hard. To search for a way to kill Madara Uchiha.

For revenge.

Now he knew what Sasuke felt twice now, counting the death of his former Master who taught him rasengan which led him to learn Sage Mode into the picture. Naruto looked for a way...Fuinjutsu, Ninjutsu, Senjutsu anything to kill him! And his abilities leapt bounds with amazing results.

Thus he discovered a seal...

Drowned in his musings, the Uzumaki just snapped back to reality as he heard the sounds of students chatting with each other and the clicking sounds of the shoes against the ground. Right. Naruto shook his head to shake off the thoughts, now wasn't the time to think about the past. He had a reason now, a decision he made for him to move ahead to the future. No time to hesitate. He's a-

"Oii!"

"Naruto, the Mistes kid is here..." Kurama said.

Naruto nodded "Yeah, I can see that..." He replied, turning his head around to see two fellow students, the other with light brown hair, gray hair with glasses wearing the same uniform as his. Ike, is his name if he is correct and the other, a Torch, a special kind, a Mistes, Yuji Sakai the "vessel" of a treasure tool which could pose a dangerous threat if it falls to the wrong hands.

" Remind me again why do we have to keep a watchful eye to that Mistes, again?" Kurama said, apparently complaining " We've been doing this for a looong time, and there hasn't been anything interesting happening around here! We're just babysitting him without fee!"

"You know that it would be a big trouble once someone knew what's inside him, right?" Naruto grumbled to make sure no one could hear him as he strolled forward to the school as he kept his eyes on the Mistes " Those Crimson Denizens would send an army just to take an item that could give a large amount of Power of Existence only to replenish itself exactly at midnight, and you know we don't want attracting Flame Hazes on us too" He explained, before scowling "Besides I hate school. You hate boredom, let's call it even for us then." The nine tailed fox exhaled a deep sigh in agreement.

Stepping inside the school building. Naruto made his way into the foot lockers, his presence seemingly blending into the background as his small-(Medium!) height was close behind the chatting duo, was never noticed as if he wasn't there in the first place. He gotta give credit for his shinobi skills for that, but it wouldn't be for long until someone notices his whiskers. He shivered at the thought.

Well here goes hell.

It wasn't long until he almost lost his sanity...

The young yet immortal blonde released the hold of his breath at the sound of the bell. His eyes swirling as his head swayed back and forth until his head met his desk with smoke coming off to his ears. Kami! It was finally over! Any second more and he would snap and blow the whole school up with no questions asked. Good lad, hearing his teacher's lecture is like an ultimate unrestricted spell chant in disguise! A spell that sucks the power of existence as their victims hear him/ her lecture about stuff...Math..oh, it's a torture! It's like reading a whole different language in a nutshell!

"I say Amen to that!" Kurama chimed in " They're talking our ears off to death! If it was a unrestricted spell, boy ain't it a strong one!"

"My thoughts exactly.." Naruto said in a strangled grunt. Lazily, he dragged himself off the desk with him walking like a zombie, catching the attention of the other students who saw him acting the same thing, backed away as if he were plague.

"So, where are you going today?" Yuji asked to his best friend, Ike.

Ike smiled at Yuji "I'm taking the mock cram test at college" He said with pride as Yuji looked at him with a surprised look "You're taking College already?" He asked with shock.

Ike shrugged nonchalantly "I have to make my parents proud. It affects my weekly allowance" Ike said "How about you?"

Yuji smiled "Me? I'm going to the CD store to check out some CD's"

Ike nodded "Oh, see you then tomorrow "

"You too, see you tomorrow." Yuji greeted back, walking off the opposite way where Ike was going. Unknown to him, a whiskered blonde paused and stared at his back, and made an exasperated face.

"You know, I'm kinda not cut out for being a bodyguard 24/7" Naruto complained

"Oh quit whining" Kurama chastised " You've been doing this for, like..FOREVER. So don't cry over it. As you said you have to protect the guy since he got that thing inside him, so don't fret about this, and to think I was the one complaining .."

"But I can't help not to complain about this..." Naruto groaned "And I was planning to buy some cups of ramen. I've been running out of those.." He said thoughtfully "But I can't leave him alone, can I?" He asked

"..Wait, you're asking me? YOU'RE the bodyguard, YOU decide" The Bijuu rolled his eyes. Naruto adopted a thoughtful look, well there hasn't been a single attack happening close around Yuji nor anything that'll endanger him and the treasure inside him. Well...for like...as Kurama said,like forever since the real Yuji Sakai died from long ago.

"I think I'll buy ramen " Naruto decided, nodding at himself, well like anything would happen while he's absent from guard duty "I've been craving for the pork ramen today so, I'll think no seafood flavored this month" He spun around and padded away from Yuji which was in coincidence that he took the same direction where Ike went, or the path at least.

"Let's see I have the pork ramen, then where's the chicken ramen flavoured?" Naruto wondered aloud as his eyes scanned the cups of ramen around him, picking the ones that'll satisfy him for a month. Looking at his grocery...were all filled with ramen. Kurama sweatdropped at the food he picked...when will he take a healthy choice of food? It was hard to break him from his ramen eating spree, the ones who have fallen (failed) were his Kakashi-sensei, Iruka-sensei and many more. Don't even start on breaking his liking with orange, it was far...far worse than that.

"Naruto...for the sake of the world of Shinobi and this' you should at least eat something hea-" Kurama was about to try like his fellow brethren who tried and failed, but he was cut off when Naruto hushed him or rather hushed himself rather loudly, earning weird looks around him as they quickly went away from him thinking like a normal human should.

"Kurama, I'm concentrating on picking which ramen I'm going to take. It takes great focus to pick which flavor, you know that" Naruto hissed, which was quite audible to those who are very attentive to what they hear. "Now...spicy or...chicken? Uhh." If anyone could see the Bijju, you would see his paw over his face.

"You're hopeless" Kurama shook his head

"Shh!" another wave of weird looks were aimed upon him as he went back thinking deeply,while adopting a thoughtful gesture of rubbing his chin in thought.

Kurama sighed again, well he does a lot whenever he stops by and buys ramen at this department store without thought for his money budget. How much did he get from publishing that disgusting Icha Icha book again? He couldn't recall, but he was sure that it would last for years including the money that Naruto got from his shadow clones who worked for some part-time jobs around the city. He could've predicted wrong at the few years part if he keeps on overloading on buying ramen, oh if he keeps this up more then-

"!" Kyuubi's eyes widened as he felt something which was far from chakra. Years of Naruto being in contact with that foreign energy made him sense it like it was chakra itself. Speaking of that energy, he could sense it from-

"Naruto! Yuji is in danger! I can feel a Fuzetsu at the shopping district, with two Rinne's...Naruto?" Kurama wondered aloud as he noticed that the blonde didn't dash outside and move towards the vicinity of the Fuzetsu.

" Spicy?...Chicken?...And I'm quite thinking to buy the seafood now.." Kurama facepalmed yet again, was ramen really that important to be thought so deeply?

"Naruto! We have no time for that ramen! We have to go! Sakai Yuji is under the Fuzetsu spell, if you continue fawning over that..." The bijuu trailed off, knowing that Naruto wasn't even listening to every word he says. So it has come to this,eh? With him being like this, he can't save that Mistes at this rate. He knew that word was taboo around him, but it was necessary at this situation.

Sucking a deep breath. Kurama mustered the strongest voice he could "Oi, Chibi! You'll never get taller if you eat those junk all day!" His voice had the effect he intended, it all but blocked other sounds he could pick up on his eardrums, only focusing on that voice that mocked the blonde.

The reaction was instantaneous.

"Who you're calling chibi, furball!"

The customers close by almost jumped in surprise when a loud yell tore through the blonde's lips , the others looked at the blonde in confusion for the sudden outburst, wondering why. The blonde was oblivious that he caught the attention of the crowd which were forming around him while observing withing a safe distance away from him. Naruto was blind from it all. He was so engrossed yelling insults and curses at his tenant. The other concerned citizens began calling for the police, others pulled out their phones and took pictures and videos at the blonde who "went crazy" at the shop for no particular reason.

They couldn't help but to wince at what they heard. And what they learned is that this blonde could really make creative curses unlike anything they heard. Mothers covered the ears of their children to avoid remembering what he said. For minutes was like forever, until Naruto lost was forced to replenish oxygen to his lungs. The whole time Kurama didn't listen, instead he reigned his anger in order to be patient when Naruto is not, being mature when Naruto is not, thinking for his best and being calm when Naruto is in turmoil. He has done these things or him to avoid mistakes and pain, being a friend to him when he needs it. He felt his pain when he lost his friends, lost his lover. He learned that Naruto needed a friend on his side to help him ease the pain, it as hard not to treat the enigmatic blonde like a child of his own since he acted immature and dumb at times. Any way they're stuck with each other so they're bound to be looking on each other's backs.

Hearing that he stopped speaking, Kurama spoke up "You're done? Then can I say what I was about to tell when you ignored me?" Kurama asked. The blonde took a few breaths before speaking, not caring that he could be heard by others.

"Huh?!" The blonde huffed "Can't you see I'm picking ramen here! Didn't I tell you that I need to focus or I'll be wasting a whole month regretting my decision if I don't think hard enough!" He growled, annoyed.

"Hmm" Kurama hummed "Well, if you would just try to focus around you, then you would know the reason I called you that..." Kurama droned on

Naruto bristled when he remembered, his face popped a few veins above his head "Then why would you cal me that you big fat-" Naruto's words were cut off with his gasp. His blue eyes grew in size as he was surprised on the energy he felt. Fuzetsu?! It's close by nothenless! So what's with the warni- Sakai?! What was he doing there?! Isn't he going to-

"Me? I'm going to the CD store to check some CD's"

Naruto's adrenaline skyrocketed when he realized that the Mistes was in danger. It took him all just that to spring into motion. He immediately dashed towards the counter, and shoved the ramen cups at the cashier , who was clearly surprised at his gesture. The hurrying blonde waved his hands "I'll be back! So guard it with your life and I'll pay double if you have done a well done job" Not giving the baffled cashier a time to reply. He blurred past through the people to the back exit to the alleyway, with no one around he channeled chakra under his feet and shot above to the roofs, going towards where the Fuzetsu he felt, praying that Yuji Sakai is still safe.

"Naruto, if this could ease your worries. A flame haze is at the area, and is engaging the Rinnes at the moment." Kurama informed him. Instead of what the fox intended, Naruto's face turned sour.

"What's wrong?" Kurama inquired.

Naruto frowned " That only made me more worried. " He grimly said "We don't know who that Flame haze is. He or she might attempt to disregard Sakai's safety since most of them saw torches as..this"

If anyone could see Kurama, he only tensed and nodded "Hm, then let's expect conflict towards the other flame haze. Though I would appreciate it if we don't. I would only imagine what would happen to the Mistes' brain if there's blood spilled on the ground when he just discovered a world out of his comprehension." Kurama solemnly added.

"Then I should go with my Flame Haze disguise" Naruto said his frows burrowing in concentration, time to show what newfound powers he had for living in this world for years.

"Yeah, you do that" Kurama nodded

"What the heck is happening?!"

That is what Sakai Yuji's only thought as he watched a the girl with a eye-catching flaming hair that emitted embers, with burning eyes, decimate a...a monster before them. He only watched with a stunned look, as that baby looking monster burst into flames.

He really couldn't understand anything. The first thing he was just at the CD store with his classmate, Yukari Hirai, and then out of nowhere, the whole shopping district was filled with the color of dull red. He was left standing there, frozen, he looked like he was impersonating the people around him who were really frozen in place. When the monsters appeared and began feeding on some kind of blue flames, his mind stopped functioning and he only stared at the sight before him. Everything happened too fast, the baby-like monster grabbed him with the intent on eating him alive when that girl arrived, and severed that arm. It all went in a fast forward until he could only perceive what happened now.

The girl analyzed the space where the monster disappeared with a calculative look "Looks like it was a shell" She muttered.

Alastor nodded in agreement " It seemed that it left at the last moment" He said.

The girl, changed her crimson gaze at him. He felt like a insect under her eyes, he could only look at her in awe and shock. Her crimson hair swayed on the side as her coat did so, her katana held on her hand like a seasoned katana user. She's beautiful, he could say that.

"It could still be around.." The girl looked around, and Yuji caught her eyes. "Is this a mistes?" She asked the pendant around her neck.

"Yeah, and it seems to be a unique one" Alastor confirmed. Sakai Yuji only looked at her in confusion unknowingly voicing the first word on his thoughts What?

Those thoughts vanished when she raised her blade.

Yuji's eyes widened as fear gripped on his throat, refusing to let him breath as he watched the blade glinted red. Any normal person with half a brain could tell she would cut him. W-Why? His eyelids closed when the blade was brought down upon him.

Only to feel no pain.

He wondered why. But a scream close by snapped him out of his thoughts, he quickly tilted his head. His eyes widened when he saw a woman. A human looking one, his eyes widened in horror when he saw a decapitated hand on the ground wriggling until it disappeared like what he witnessed earlier.

The girl scoffed, pointing her katana towards the attacker "You wanted to take what's inside the Mistes, aren't you" She stated, her eyes pinning her down.

The woman took a step away, with caution overtaking her as she regarded her as calm as she could " I know who you are, Flaming hair, red hot eyes. You're the contractor of the Crimson God of Atonement, Alastor. you are a tool of hunting" She spoke warily.

The girl's face remained blank "That's who I am. So what?" She replied coldly.

The woman glared at her "My Master won't keep quiet about this! He'll kill you like a worthless tool you are!" She yelled.

The blank look never left her face " You're right, your master will be spouting his last words soon... " She said.

The woman's face twisted into a murderous scowl "Why you-"

"But..." She cut off "Let me hear your's first"

She raised her blade, ready to end her existence right there and then until Yuji, snapping off from his thoughts and confusion, darted and stood in front of the girl protectively involuntarily. Forcing the girl to stop.

"Hold on a second! Wh-"Yuji's words were cut off when the woman smirked triumphantly and plunged her arm deep inside the mistes elbow deep, making Yuji breathe out a breathless scream.

Yuji could really feel her hand digging deeper inside him with no signs of stopping. "What is this?It's going inside me...S-stop! can't...h-help!..." Were Yuji's thought of agony as he was helpless in this situation.

"..." Soundlessly, the girl raised her blade. She didn't even try to acknowledge what would happen to the Mistes as she brought down her blade intending to cut this Torch's arm off.

No one really noticed the presence charging behind them.

"Chidori!"

Shana's eyes widened in surprise when the Rinne suddenly burst into flames.-What?- More importantly, she didn't expect that a azure lightning that seemed to be chirping pierced through the Rinne and continued until it went over the Torch's shoulder creating a tear around the shoulder blade. The sounds of chirping seemed to be louder than the cries of the Rinne until it grabbed the Nietono no Shana, effortlessly stopping her blade's intent to cut.

"You know, you're being careless in saving the Mistes, do you?"

Shana balked, caught off guard at the scene before her. When she regained her thinking, she jumped backwards, releasing the katana from the hand of lightning she saw. The unknown person grabbed the Mistes as he fell backwards with a free hand, nonchalantly dropping him on his butt as the chirping ceased, the lightning disappearing into nothing like it ran out of electricity. Now that he is out open, she could see a good view of the person right before her. The flaming hair, red-eyed flame haze was inwardly surprised when she saw a mop of azure hair right before her, cool and calm cerulean slitted eyes staring right back at her, also taking in her appearance. She noticed his attire was similar to the Mistes, who's shocked that fear paralyzed him'-a friend perhaps?- but was covered in a white coat with sunset coloured flame designs at the end, flapping with the small wind that passed them. She couldn't help but notice he's quite...smaller than most men she encountered. Her small height could only reach his cheeks which she noticed had wierd marks .Whiskers? Are those even real?

Her trail of thoughts were cut off by the voice of the God of Atonement which pulled her back to reality "Nani na mo da!" Alastor demanded, also surprised at the appearance of the young person before them. Shana's attention however, is not at the bluenette, but at the doll floating above them.

The girl reacted quickly, rasing her blade into stance as she returned the doll a glare back at her " So that's the main body!"

"Behind you!" Alastor warned. She was about to turn around when the person before her rocketed at her suddenly, instincts kicked in and she readied her blade for his attack or at least she thought so.

"Duck.."

The girl blinked , and unknowingly reacted at his command. A blade, a chokuto at the hands of the blonde, his fingers holding the black hilt tightly as she saw a ball of human faces charged right behind her. Azure flames and with a hint of electricity covered the blade as he mercilessly brought the blade below him and brought it cutting upwards, cutting the ball below into half. The monster let out a horrified scream as it exploded into flames, a mix of azure and blue flames scorching the ground below.

After seconds of looking at the bluenette. It didn't take her long to realize what was the rinne's role, she quickly spun to where the doll is. Only to see the traces of an unrestricted spell, she soundlessly placed her katana in her coat where it vanished, not before she glanced at the azurette whose chokuto is not anymore on his hold. She figured that he is a flame haze, seeing that he had slain a rinne, which put her to a conclusion that he's not a threat.

"Well, I guess I could ask who are you now.." The girl said, turning her gaze to the azurette.

Naruto ignored her, walking towards the Mistes who was shocked to speak at least. He was thankful that he arrived just in time, he chastised himself for being careless at the moment. How fate could screw you up sometimes. When he was focused upon his self brought duty there wasn't even a single attack which happened right when he let his guard down, the blonde mocked himself for failing to protect a single person. His thoughts accidentally dug a old wound from his past, images overcoming his vision that haunted him for years, but the azurette quickly shook his head to clear those thoughts off. Now wasn't the time for self loathing! He arrived right on time just to save him from the rinnes, but hold that thought. He saved him from a flame haze's attack not to the latter.

Naruto turned his gaze at the Flame Haze, he's so not in the mood to socialize " Burning-head,lava-hot-eyed hunter, I presume?" He mused

The girl made a face that screams at him that he got the wrong answer and also that she wasn't pleased by his mistake by the look of her glare. Naruto probably didn't hear the smack of Kurama's paw meeting his face.

Naruto looked around in confusion then to her "What? Did I say something?"

"Naruto, you were mistaken.." Kurama said. Followed by a sigh " Baka-Naruto, you really have to remember someone's name or title at least to avoid creating bad blood to someone.."

"Eh?"

"Are you stupid? You got it wrong!" The cold look of her eyes were replaced by annoyed ones which glared upon the blonde harder. Who scratched his head, he's really not in the mood for thinking "Sorry, I guess I mistook you for someone. Are you perhaps her double?" He fired off another question before she could even speak her mind.

"What?! No!" She yelled. "I'm the Flame Haze of the Crimson God of Atonement, Alastor and the Flaming haired, Burning-red-eyed hunter!"

The azurette began to blink, realizing his mistake. He rubbed the back of his head "Sorry, t'was quite a mouthful you see. I was quite sure that it was around the line of Burning,hot,flames...boiling, or something related to that.." He shrugged nonchalantly. The girl gave a harder glare.

"I told you it's-"

"I get it! I get it! Don't bother 'cause I'll still forget it anyways..." He waved her off nonchalantly, which fumed the flame haze more. He turned around to see the Mistes on the ground...well, panicking over the deep cut on his shoulder " Well, hey! You still can move? I can't say I'm surprised. " He amusingly mock clapped, ignoring the outburst of the little girl close by him.

"Hey, don't ignore me!"

Yuji looked up to him from the unbleeding cut, his hand raised to them in a gesture to ask for medical attention. " P-Please, h-help m-me" He pleaded.

Naruto didn't even looked concerned even the slightest " Ow. That gotta hurt, sorry 'bout that " his apology didn't seem to sound sincere " It's really a good thing that you're not a normal human, eh?"

"W-What?"

"But then this'll be a drag!" The azurette complained " From how confident that doll sounded. I got a hunch that the Master is a troublesome big fish"

" I may have to agree with you " The pendant around the girl's neck " It will take a while to hunt that Tomogara. Putting that aside, I may still have to ask who are you and where is your contractor? Shouldn't you be with each other at all times"

"H-Help!" Yuji cried.

Naruto took this as a chance to dodge the question "Woah! And you speak! Now I'm really suprised, twice, any other torch out there would've been paralyzed there...or.." He shrugged "..Dead." The fearful look in Yuji's eyes grew, what is he talking about?! For Naruto, it was inevitable that Yuji will have to know about this world, so no point of hiding it. And fortunately they caught the bait, firstly the midget.

The girl nodded in agreement, she had forgotten her temporary anger from her counterpart, but she wasn't done from him yet! "But then, it really surprised me that this could still move. I momentarily forgot this for a while." Naruto's shoulders tensed, the muscle on his jaw tightened hearing that the flame haze though of Sakai Yuji as a object. It unnerved him, it reminds him of Haku who was viewed as a tool and died as one add to add also, him. Thankfully, Kurama whispered into his mind with logical reasoning that made him shut his mouth at least.

Alastor hummed "You're right. It reminded me of Tenmoku Ikku case" Unknown to them, Naruto was unable to hide a snarl on his lips. Sunuva-

"Naruto" Kurama said, reprimanding. "Remember we have to keep a damn low profile so shut your mouth about this for now!" Naruto growled. Oh he's going to shut up for now alright...well only about this only. Sooner or later, he'd snap at her if she continues to speak about torches in such a manner.

The girl turned back to the pendant "But at that time, we were going to fight and it could move, too" She said.

When Yuji caught his voice back, he pleaded again "Please, call and ambulance!"

The redhead turned and looked at Yuji with annoyance that was thought to be gone "Augh,Urusai! Urusai! Urusai! Stop crying of being cut now!"

Naruto inwardly sighed, he knelt on leg down beside the brunnette, who noticed the shorter boy with mixed emotions. Being irritated at the redhead, Naruto didn't show it,but actions speak louder than words when he vented a bit of it to the scared brunette with a touch of his own sarcasm and a smile that matches " I'm calling the ambulance, then what? The doctors could stitch it up and pat you at the back reassuringly with smiles saying "Don't worry, you'll be fine after a few years, give or take if your bones would grow back and your flesh will reattach itself back to your body. And don't worry about your kidney, last time I checked, the half is barely hanging while the other fell down at your frozen bloodstream. You lucky bastard let's throw a wild party! "Naruto cheered, with arms up in the air.

His sarcasm though didn't get the bewildered Yuji and panicking over the cut on his arm. His face had a look of incredulousity as he directed it at the blonde "H-How could you say that?! You have to call the ambulance or..or" His face couldn't get anymore terrified and Naruto took a great satisfaction for that.

Passing the sarcastic behavior of the blonde, Alastor spoke up "I can only Imagine what you were like when you were alive. If you have been human,you would have been dead the moment you receive that wound " This only made the Mistes' confusion grew on a higher level.

"Fragile meatbags.." Kurama snorted.

"If I was human?!" Yuji cried, his priority over his wound overweighted his questions. He gripped his shoulder and fussed over it.

"I've got to stop it from bleeding..." He whispered, but then he noticed. Where was the blood? There should be blood whenever a there's a wound, right? Right?!

Naruto hid a smirk. He had to agree with Kurama for his earlier statement alright. He was very disappointed that the humans around here are physically weak and pathetic. A cut on the chest, and they'll submit to you. And it was just a small cut! (though he could've made the cut deeper, and the guy bled a pond, but hey, he miscalculated his cutting power!) It was a good thing that there are flame hazes and tomogaras around. Without them. He'll wish that he died by whatever happened on his encounter with Madara.

Naruto gave a loud snort, catching the attention both of the Flame Haze and her contractor with the looks of confusion. Naruto leaned in to reach Yuji's shoulder which caught his attention at last.

"Don't move a muscle, Sakai.." He said. He blew a small breath and Yuji lit up into a blue flame. Naruto watched in mild amusement as the torch bucked, and went screaming about being on fire,as it disappeared, and the said teen realized his cut on his shoulder vanished like he wasn't even cut n the first place.

Naruto stood up, dusting himself and tilted his head "That's your cue to fix the place" He said neutrally. The girl scowled, but nodded, walking a few steps away from where they are. She raised her finger and a bright light glared through Yuji's eyelids, he could make out some blue flames around the whole area and seemed to somehow revive the people around them who was eaten . Naruto was right on time releasing a hidden clone who healed some people he could save at least.

"Hirai-san!" he exclaimed, seemingly in releif as he saw her form theough the burning blue flames.

The female flame haze lowered her hand once she saw everything was done "That'll do for the torches. I'll use a few of them for fixing." Naruto noted that the blank tone she earlier used was back as he stood idly by.

If Alastor would nod, he would "Hm. They sure ate a lot" Alastor said. Thanks for pointing it out captain obvious, Naruto thought. Because of the whole fight, the whole place was broken, but he was sure that the girl could fix this place...

"Her Master must be a big eater " Shana stated, she raised her finger again which emitted a bright light but unlike the last one. This one keeps on changing bright colors. Yuji watched in amazement as the damages around the area was reversed. Craters were filled with the earth that was once nothing but dust, poles stood back up and shattered glasses were back as good as new.

Naruto stretched his arms "Finally, its over! " It was a mistake. By the time the light ended, the redhead fixed her gaze at the bluenette. Naruto felt himself freeze at her gaze, by the time he realized, it was over. She spoke the question he didn't want to hear.

"By the way, you didn't tell us who you were..." The girl said, she must've got a hint that he was avoiding that question for how long he didn't answer that.

The god of atonement didn't miss this either " I almost forgot to ask. So, may I know the name of the flame haze who guards this city? If I am not mistaken.." He said.

Naruto steeled himself at her gaze. Returning the intensity of those ruby eyes staring at his slitted azure ones under the spiky bangs of his hair. Interesting, no one has ever stared back at his eyes unflinching for long as he could remember. She caught his attention, at least, for amusement, the thought of giving her his name was at least something he said without consulting Kurama, who aimed to be on low profile. "Uzumaki Naruto, that's all you have to know.." he introduced flatly, watching at the girl with mild amusement on his eyes, his name was not uncaught to Yuji's ears.

To pipe Kurama down of his yelling inside his head, he snapped his finger audibly, and in a blink of an eye. The bloody crimson color around the whole area disappeared signaling the end of the unrestricted spell. Taking advantage of the crowd that swarmed at where they stood, Naruto vanished in the sea of people that not even a mop of blonde hair nor azure was seen.

She was caught off guard of the sudden dispelling of the Fuzetsu, that the passerbys almost saw her silky crimson hair. She gritted her teeth, looking around to catch a single description of the flame haze, or someone that looked like him. To her annoyance she lost sight of the azure flame haze, evident as she gave a growl of annoyance.

"That bastard!" Her fists clenched at the thought of being fooled.

Alastor, feeling the anger of her flame haze he tried to calm her down"Leave him be, he's not worth chasing for." He spoke up " You saw his attire, correct? If we are to look for him, we knew now where to start" Her contactor's words, burned the anger away inside her. A smirk appeared on her lips, flashing a set of pearly white teeth, one that promised pain to the azurette.

She didn't know this guy, but there wasn't anyone in her life that annoyed her easily at their first meeting and not to mention just by getting her epithet wrong at the first time they exchanged words. That was when she felt that feeling of anger beginning to build up in her. Something that no one had done so for how long she traveled. At least she could get back on him for escaping away from her.

Yuji was very confused. The whole street was filled with people who were once gone when the monsters made their appearance, seemingly fine and minding their own business as they passed the street. But there was something wrong. Very wrong. He was certain that he was going crazy now, he was seeing balls of fire inside them. They are unaware though of carrying these hot flames inside them, even Hirai-san. The words what? What's going on? How? Is this true? Is this really happening? are thought inside Yuji's head by a lot now. So he looked for those two, that girl and the boy. Now that he was safe and a little calm, he noticed that the boy's attire was a uniform in the same fashion as his. So he's a student in his school? How come he didn't see him not even once at school. A boy with a hair color like that is not hard not to notice.

He turned around to where they were, his eyes caught a petite girl similar to the girl she saw, but there were differences between the two of them. Instead of her hair being flaming crimson, her hair was dark and her eyes were chocolate-brown even if earlier her eyes were those of ruby-red ones, but her attire convinced him that she was the same girl he saw, it must've been some kind of magic or sorts? Questions only brought more questions. He was about to run at her direction, until a very familiar voice that he remembered not to long ago, spoke against the sounds of feet clicking against the street.

"Are you fine, little boy? " Naruto asked nicely, kneeling at the same level as the boy whom he helped to get up and managed to give him a big smile.

"Thank you, Onii-chan!" The boy beamed, his hands intertwining back to his mother's.

Yuji saw his return a warm smile of his own, one that would make everyone spit at him in disbelief if he told them of the azure haired boy identical on how he looked, when he killed a monster in cold blood. His hand dug on his plastic bag slinging on his elbow, and pulled out a can of soda on it. He offered it up on the boy " Here you go. You dropped your drink right? You're a lucky boy that I had one extra can here that I didn't need." The boy looked up to his mother to ask for permission.

His mother smiled at her child and nodded, the boy gingerly took it from his hands with a grateful smile "Thank you again, Onii-chan!"

The blonde boy, ruffled the child's hair with a chuckle and stood up "Well, be a good boy okay? It's you second life now.." Naruto muttered the last part to himself, for he knew how to hide a secret of another world that they musn't and they never will know.

Yuji saw him walk away then, a can in hand with the plastic bag discarded to the trash can nearby. The brunette didn't think twice in running towards him to get some explanations, momentarily forgetting about the girl in black behind him who walked away. Unaware of the boy she was looking for was still at the vicinity.

Naruto was about to take a sip on his can when- "Hey, hold up!" Naruto stopped on his tracks, tilting his head aside in slight surprise at the Mistes noticing him when he was concealing himself to the crowd. Maybe, he wasn't able to maintain it while he was talking to the boy? He silently chastised himself for lowering his guard. His unwillingness to meet Yuji was hidden behind his more, if Yuji went to him it meant that he'll have to explain everything to him!

Now, how to deal with him?