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"Ero-sennin I hate you!" a yellow haired boy shouted as he started to fall deeper and deeper into the cavern.
"Don't worry Naruto, reach deep inside of yourself and pull out that other chakra," an old white haired man said from the top of the cavern.
Seeing the entrance to the cavern get further and further away he turned his attention to the bottom of the cavern. 'I got to stop falling,' Naruto thought to himself as he noticed the sides of the cavern had some spikes sticking out. 'Chakra training should work,' reaching out to the sides he added chakra to his hands. 'Got it,' Naruto quickly grasped the spike only to panic as he felt his fingers slip.
"Crap," he let out as he once again started to fall deeper into the cavern. Before he could right his position he crashed straight into the flat side of another spike, 'That hurt!,' Naruto let out a pained gasp, 'I can't black out,' struggling to keep awake Naruto remembered what the old toad hermit kept reminding him about. 'How would that bastard fox's energy help me? I won't rely on someone like him for help,' Naruto declared to himself as he forced himself to look down towards the approaching floor. Trying to channel chakra once more Naruto put his hands together in the familiar cross like position before yelling, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" only for nothing to appear. 'Damn it I'm still out of chakra. This really might be the end for me,' closing his eyes he felt despair wash over him before feeling a strange feeling wash over him.
Opening his eyes he saw himself not in the dark cavern but a strange space. There was nothing as far as he could see, only a strange darkness which seemed to consume anything in reach. 'Is this what it feels like to die?' Naruto thought, no longer did he feel the falling sensation from before, instead a weightless feeling took over. 'This isn't that bad,' strangely giving into feeling of weightlessness before closing his eyes. 'Though I wonder what is this place, and could it hurt for some light?' as soon as he finished that thought he felt a breeze. Opening his eyes he saw a ray of light coming from a small hole a distance away from him. Before he could think on what it was the hole appeared in front of him, blinded by the sudden exposure to light he closed his eyes. "What is going on?" Naruto asked as he felt his body suddenly lose its weightlessness causing him to stumble and fall down.
Slowly opening his eyes he soon saw he was staring at cold hard stones set in a pattern. "Huh a stone path?" quickly pushing himself up he started to take in the scenery around him. Looking around he saw no longer he was in the dark void or even the cavern he was falling in, instead he found himself in a open area surrounded by some trees. The stone path he was on lead to what looked like one of those shrines he had once seen around Konoha, small, wooden but strangely had a small homely feeling. "I must have hit my head or something," Naruto mumbled to himself before he started to walk closer to the shrine. "Is anyone here?" Naruto asked, "I would really like to know where I am right now,"
"You are at Hakurei Shrine, now that your question is answered I would like you to answer one of my own," a voice stated, looking around to try to find the owner Naruto soon laid eyes upon a purple haired girl in miko clothing sitting next to what seemed to be the offering box of the shrine, how he missed her when he originally gave the shrine a once over was lost on him.
"Hakurei Shrine?"
"Yes, I assume you are an outsider? If you are I would suggest going back to where you came from, Gensokyo can be a dangerous place for humans… though seeing how you got here it's hard to say you are a normal human," the girl stated taking a sip from the tea cup she was holding.
"Gensokyo, Hakurei Shrine… by any chance is this near Konoha?"
"Konoha?" the miko adopted a thoughtful stare before replying, "Nope never heard of it, but then again I don't know much about the lands outside of the Hakurei border. Not a lot of people can even get past the border, than again… you did arrive here through a portal of some sorts,"
"Portal?"
"Portal, space, gap one of those things, all I just know is that I was doing my duties when…"
"Duties? It looks like you're just relaxing and having a snack," Naruto started only to get hit in the forehead by what looked like a paper amulet of sorts.
"As I was saying I was in the middle of my duties before a black portal appeared in front of the shrine and you popped straight out of it,"
"Popped straight out of a portal?"
"Yup… by the way you're not a youkai are you, because making a portal to travel around like that is not what normal people can do,"
" Listen uh… miko-san I don't know if I'm imagining this or not but I am pretty sure I am not a youkai, I'm probably under a genjutsu or something," Naruto started to walk back and forth frantically, "and black portal? I was pretty sure I was falling down a cavern before I found myself in that dark space… Kyuubi it must be that fox's fault that this is happening, trying to find a way for me to release it,"
"The name is Hakurei Reimu and I can tell you for sure that I am not a figment of your imagination or some kind of genjutsu or whatever you call it," Reimu said taking a bite out of a rice cracker, "Besides you feel pain right?"
"Huh pain?" before Naruto could say anything else another amulet hit him straight between the eyes. "Dang it why do those paper amulets hurt so much?" grabbing his head he started nursing his head wound. "I can't just accept that this is reality, I think I heard about genjutsu that was able to give pain and such too," Naruto stopped rubbing his head before facing Reimu, "Can't be too careful in my line of work, especially because one slip and it can mean death,"
"Must be a tough job," Reimu said nonchalantly taking another bite out of her cracker. "I guess all I can say is that this is reality and not some kind of delusion,"
"Hmm… I'll be the one to decide that," Naruto said moving closer to the shrine, "Considering you were able to throw those amulets with such accuracy I assume you can fight," getting into a fighting stance he pulled out a few Kunai, "From what ero-sennin told me about genjutsu it takes a good imagination to make and continue one. If that's true a good old fight should be able to determine if this is a genjutsu or not,"
"Do we have to? I just came back from a training session and would rather not deal with more work,"
"But M'lady you didn't even go train, all you did was eat snacks and take a nap," an old voice said from behind the shrine. "This would be a good chance to see how proficient you have become with the Hakurei Yin-Yang orbs," a turtle suddenly appeared from the shrine.
"A turtle… why of all animals I can meet is it the turtles that always talk,"
"Genji why did you come out?"
"To make sure you don't slack off from actual training, if you do fight with this kid I'm pretty sure you will get better at using the orbs,"
"Man this genjutsu user is pretty good to have come up with ideas such as this one… no matter, once I fight her I should be able to break out of this genjutsu," still adamant he was in a genjutsu Naruto stared at his opponent.
"Fine, if this will get you off my back I'll do this," Reimu got up from the steps and pulled out harai-gushi, "This should also prove I am real," without warning she dashed forward throwing a couple of amulets at his direction. "I have never lost by the way,"
Naruto jumped up to dodge the amulets only to realize his mistake when more amulets came his way, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu," Naruto cried out only to feel a sharp drain on him signifying that he had no chakra left. "Crap I'm out of Chakra," panicking he brought up his guard to block the incoming amulets, 'Damn those hurt a lot,' landing he prepared to attack only to see Reimu right in front of him. Thinking fast he threw a couple of kunai at Reimu only for Reimu to react by sweeping her legs to have Naruto fall onto the ground.
"Take this," Reimu jumped up into the air and than made a throwing motion, in that instant an orb with the yin yang symbol appeared and headed straight for Naruto. "Now you can't say I haven't trained," Reimu gave a victory yell only to be dismayed when she saw Naruto smirk.
"Don't count me out yet Reimu," with a quick gesture of his hands a wall of smoke appeared around Naruto before the orb struck him. When the smoke cleared it showed that the orb had not hit Naruto but instead what appeared to be a log. Frantically looking around for him Reimu stopped when she felt someone behind her. "This is with the last of my energy," landing a punch on the miko he watched with a smug smile as his hit connected and sent her flying back. "Just as I thought this must be a genjutsu of some sort, no opponent would fall for that so easily (1). Now I just need to find a way to break this," turning around he started walking towards the shrine only to be suddenly sent flying back.
"I have yet to lose a fight," Naruto heard Reimu say. Turning around to face her he saw her panting a bit with her hand outstretched. "This is it," holding her harai-gushi firmly in her hand she dashed toward Naruto before sliding and hitting her orb into the air, "I may not be able to use the orb fully yet but this should hurt," quickly she jumped up toward the orb before slamming it towards Naruto using the harai-guishi.
'No chakra left,' Naruto thought as he saw the orb coming closer. 'Damn it I can't stop this,' weakly he put up his hands to try to block the incoming projectile. 'I won't give up, Uzumaki Naruto does not lose or give up!' suddenly feeling a burst of energy he felt something appear in front of him. It was a clear barrier of some sorts which was shaped as a star. "Boundary: Star Barrier," he muttered unconsciously, at the same time the barrier started to spin and when it came in contact with the orb it effectively deflected the attack but at the same time draining Naruto of everything he had. "Well… I guess it was stupid to assume I was in a genjutsu," Naruto finished before the barrier dropped and he passed out.
"M'lady I think you have won," Genji said as he floated onto the battle area. "Though I should point out that you came close to losing which is why you need to continue on training. As a miko of the Hakurei shrine it is your duty to control the Great Hakurei Boundary, if you ever lost the boundary would go down and it would cause a whole lot of problems for Gensokyo,"
"I know I know but look I didn't lose and beat him with the use of the Yin-Yang orb. But what was that power he was using earlier, it made the space in front of him distort and form a barrier of sorts," moving over to Naruto she picked up the orb along the way before placing a hand on Naruto. "He doesn't seem to be too injured, just out of energy. Genji pick him up so we can move him into the shrine,"
"Sure M'lady," Genji moved over to Naruto than, with help from Reimu, put him on his back and moved into the shrine. "It's been a long time since we've had guests, this should be interesting,"
"By the way Genji, did you ever get his name?"
"No, I believe he never told us his name,"
"Oh well, I'm sure he'll tell us once we wakes up,"
It was dark, just like before everything was dark around him again, however this time he wasn't floating around weightless like when he was in the void. No, it was more of a pleasant feeling, one in which he could just relax and sleep forever. He probably would have kept sleeping if it wasn't for the fact something pounced on his stomach. Immediately he opened his eyes and jerked up looking for the culprit, "Who the hell jumped on my stomach?" Naruto yelled out. Gone was the dark peace he had, now he found himself in the middle of a forest.
Before he could investigate his surroundings more he felt something moving on top of his stomach. "You what the hell did you do to me?" a tiny voice came from what was apparently sitting on his stomach. Looking down he saw a small nine tailed fox.
'A nine tailed fox… aw look how cute it is…' "KYUUBI?" Naruto shouted as he jumped up, effectively launching the fox off of him.
"That's right you idiot, now tell me what you did right now! I lost most of my power and am bound by this stupid collar now," the now identified Kyuubi said, lifting its head to show a strange collar now attached to it. The collar had a familiar star metal lock on it, other than that I was a fairly normal collar. "Even if the scenery is a nice change from what it was before I can't accept how I lost most of my power!" Kyuubi stated slamming one of its paws onto the ground.
"How the hell should I know?" Naruto fired off taking a step closer to Kyuubi, "I mean wouldn't the 'great' Kyuubi-sama know what is going on?"
"Well unlike you I know you're not under the influence of a genjutsu," "Hey," "And for some reason we're not even in the Elemental Nations anymore, I can't feel any of my siblings anymore,"
"Siblings, you're not an only child... how does that even work?"
"Well when a female and a male of the same…"
"Cut the bullshit Kyuubi, just forget I asked about that and instead tell me why the hell you're not in your cell,"
"So… the idiot himself doesn't know… why the hell did I think you would know what was going on," Kyuubi said holding his head with one paw, "Look, your first priority is to get stronger fast. Considering that if you die I will die as well it would be best for both of us to learn how to use your new power,"
"New power, are you talking about that formed?"
"I believe so; strangely you have the ability to form a void of sorts which was what saved us from that fall from the cavern. I have exactly no idea what the hell that was, but considering we moved from one area to another using that void or portal, as that Reimu girl calls it, it seems that if you learn how to use that we have a chance to return home,"
"But I don't even remember making a portal, and the barrier was by pure luck," Naruto said suddenly losing all thoughts of engaging Kyuubi, "Considering you have probably the best idea of what is going on why don't you enlighten me on how to use said powers,"
"That's true… however I think if you keep putting yourself in dangerous situations you should be able to use your powers. The last two times your ability activated was because of a life threatening situation and a will to not lose. It would probably be best for you to spar with that miko girl since she did push you,"
"Fine, since we're done talking do you by any chance know how to wake me up from this state?"
"Oh that's simple," Kyuubi stated, "All I need to do is this," suddenly one of his tails extended and hit Naruto on the back of the head launching Naruto away, "If you're still not awake from that I'll probably have to hit you harder," Kyuubi at Naruto.
"YOU'RE STILL A BASTARD,"
"GAH!" a shout was heard in the normally quiet Hakurei shrine. "That is a horrible way to wake up," Naruto said to himself as he sat up. "Well better than waking up in a hospital," pushing the futon covers off of his body he made a motion to stand up only to stumble, "Wow… I feel really dizzy,"
"Well that's obvious, you used all your power to keep up with me," not even looking up he knew that the voice belonged to Reimu, "After all no one can beat me,"
"Why you, if I wasn't so low on Chakra I would have been able to dodge all those attacks you threw at me," Naruto struggled to stand up, "Though… I have got to say you're not half bad,"
"What's the point of acting cool when you already lost the fight? A loss is a loss so take it like a man and stop mulling over it," Reimu stated only to rush over quickly when she saw Naruto stumble back and fall over, "Look at you, you barely have any strength left inside of you to even stand up properly,"
"I'll be fine… I'm a fast healer. Also… thanks for looking after me when I lost,"
"I wouldn't be much a shrine maiden if I didn't help someone in need. Though I do hope that I have proven to you that I'm not that genjutsu thing you kept on rambling on about,"
"Don't worry about that, you proved to me that you are real," letting out a huge sigh Naruto relaxed before holding out his hand toward Reimu, "By the way I don't think I properly introduced myself. I am Uzumaki Naruto, genin from Konoha,"
"Hakurei Reimu, current and only miko of the Hakurei shrine," Reimu replied taking Naruto's hand and shaking it.
"Nice to meet you," both said at the same time before smiling and laughing.
"Not to ruin a good moment or something but do you think I can stay over here for a while. I have nowhere else to stay and it shouldn't be for too long, I can pay for it," Naruto said bringing out his frog wallet.
"You can stay here as long as you want, and since you offered it wouldn't hurt to receive some monetary compensation for you staying here,"
"Thanks, now could you help me up I need to go to the bathroom,"
AN: well this my attempt to get back into fanfiction considering how long I have been out. I blame anime, school, and computer science. Well if you're worried about the progression of this story I have it sort of planned out so don't worry. Touhou is kind of a hard project to do, but I still want to do a fanfic cross with it because of how awesome the series is. But ya the beginning may be horrible but I promise I'll do my best to make it get better. Also in case you didn't know this story starts between TH1 Highly responsive to prayers and TH2 Story of Eastern Wonderland.