Wow. I honestly did not expect to see so many people already following, favoring, and reviewing this in such a positive way in such a short amount of time. Seriously, I thought people were gonna bash this thing, but I was mistaken. This is the chapter where I finally introduce Naruto into the Marvel universe, and no need to worry everyone, Naruto is not nerfed. I intend for him to hold back for a bit, but I will give him new jutsu to master as the story progresses. Make sure to head to my profile to vote on the poll to pair him up with, I'll still leave it open for a while, make sure to actually check out their profiles to get a good idea of who would be a better choice, after all Naruto did say that he would find a girl to love just like his mom. Anyway, on to the first chapter of Naruto's new story in his life! I own nothing, if I did, I would be filthy stinking rich and would make this story cannon! Lolololololol
Chapter 1: A Brave New World
Naruto's eyes opened up finally after being out for so long. He groggily got up out of the bed and noticed that he was in a hospital of sorts judging from the white walls and the décor of the room. 'Fantastic' He thought. He hated hospitals, as fast as he could heal, he felt like it was a waste of his time after missions, especially now that he had half of the Sage's chakra and it kept him going beyond his original limits with Kurama's aid.
But after absorbing Kaguya herself he was momentarily weakened and was struggling to stay awake and use what little strength he had to get back home, but a tear in the dimensional veil had all but possibly denied him that. Maybe he did get back home, but he landed in one the minor Elemental Nations like the Land of Spring or Tea perhaps? Please let it be Spring, he really wanted to see Koyuki again! He wanted to get that autographed picture done right, and it sucked looking like he got his ass handed to him. But he didn't mind getting that kiss from her…maybe he could get another one?
"Oh, you're awake."
He turned around to hear a voice, but not in a language he recognized. It was a nurse who had worn what would probably be considered the standard for whatever hospital he was in. He tried to see if he could sense any chakra around him, but to no avail there was none! Not that his senses were shot, but rather they were working perfectly like before, so what the hell was going on!
"I'm sorry could you repeat that please ma'am?" (AN: He's currently speaking Japanese since it is the only language in his universe for obvious reasons) He wasn't sure if she could understand what he said, hopefully she would.
"Oh! You speak only Japanese? I'm sorry, we didn't know that, you don't look like you're from Japan. We didn't expect you to wake up after an additional three weeks when we found you outside the hospital yesterday. You had several lacerations on your body along with first to second degree burns, and you had a major concussion on your left hemisphere (AN: I'm honestly not trying to be specific here in medical stuff, he practically heals within an instant now). Your clothes on the other hand were torn up in several areas but we managed to salvage some of it. We also put the rest of your belongings and a spare set of clothes that the hospital paid for you in the closet next to you, don't worry, we didn't open your pouches due to patient privacy and whatnot." Thank Kami…he was worried that he might actually have to go find a person at random to translate for him along with money and new clothes, he was not looking forward to learning a new language overnight from someone, and with his attention span…well...you get the picture.
"Ok….uhm…I know that this is gonna sound like a really strange question…but, where am I?" He needed to know where he was exactly, hopefully he could find a way back home if that was even possible.
"That is a weird question actually. You're in New York State Hospital." She smiled politely, but caught his raised eyebrow and look of confusion as if he had no idea what she just grew two heads…it was weird and cute of him to say the least, but she kept those thoughts to herself. It was also a little strange how he spoke Japanese so fluently, and yet he didn't even look the least bit from the country rather from the west, even so…
"Oh, ok then, thanks for the info…is there any chance that I can speak to a doctor anytime soon to see when I can leave?"
"Of course. I need to head back anyway to let them know you just woke up, plus with the rest of the medical exam results should be ready by now, you probably won't have to wait very long." The nurse then walked out of the room leaving Naruto to his thoughts and privacy.
'Fan-fucking-tastic….' As he thought, he needed to get dressed, get out of here, and find any and all ways even remotely possible of getting back home alive. But he needed to check some thing's first, He walked over to the closet, while ignoring the stinging sensation in his eyes, and got out the clothes that the hospital had for him: a simple black t-shirt with a white star in the middle surrounded by 3 red & blue circles along with a pair of grey cargo pants. 'Clearly these people don't understand the badassery of the color orange.' He thought. They weren't really his style, but they'd have to do for now. There was also a pair of socks with his shinobi shoes 'Glad these survived at least. I can make more clothes later with my Yin-Yang Style when I'm alone. Don't wanna attract any attention to myself, in the meantime…'
Before he continued those thoughts, he ventured into his mindscape where Kurama and the rest of the Tailed Beasts resided within him after receiving the rest of their chakra essence's from Obito to fight Madara. Even though Madara had captured them all with the Gedo Statue, they could still meet within his consciousness, combining that with the chakra left from Obito, meant that over time they would be restored to their former selves with new bodies. It was now an open field with rolling hills and scattered trees under a starry night sky instead of the dark and gloomy looking sewer from before, it must've changed when he met the Sage since he hadn't been in there for a while. He needed to know if they were alright, so he called out each of their names: Shukaku, Matatabi, Isobu, Son Goku, Kokou, Saiken, Chomei, Gyuki, and Kurama. But only Kurama had arrived as he was before, the others were in the state as when the Sage of Six Paths first created them an like children in a sense; it must've been a side effect of absorbing Kaguya or something of the like. Either way, they were alright and that's what mattered to him.
"Hey guys, how's everything going?" Expecting to hear a multitude of voices responding, instead only Kurama spoke for them and himself (well in a sarcastic sense for himself really), "Well other than being trapped in an idiot like you, and having to now live with my dysfunctional family….and now a psychopathic freak of nature…everything's alright!" Naruto huffed in annoyance, while the others grumbled a bit, Naruto was about to respond first to the 'idiot' jab, but the 'psycho' is what really got his attention though. "WHA! Hey furball! I'm not a…wait you said something 'bout a psycho? What gives?" He instantly got a response in the form of Kurama's finger pointing off into the distance behind Naruto.
What he saw was an old style castle built into a mountain side with several cherry blossom trees growing out of the mountain, and some even out of the building, blooming and reflecting the bright moonlight. It looked like it was out of an artistic masterpiece, in a sense he admired it. He finally understood what Kurama had meant, and realized it: he was now the host to Kaguya Otsutsuki, the Rabbit Goddess herself! Holy shit! Wait he should've known that, why was he surprised? But if she was here, then why hadn't she tried to possess and take over his body yet? Were those last emotions that he felt before falling into the tear hers? It was the only thing that made sense.
He had to speak with her and hear what exactly she had to say about her last moments before being sealed away in him, and not the moon like before with her sons when she was the Ten-Tails and where he was to be precise since she goes through dimensions on the fly with ease, but his thoughts were interrupted by Kurama, "I know what you're thinking. Yes, she is here, no she hasn't taken over your body, and no you can't talk to her right now, nor do I even think you should attempt such a stupid ass thing. If anything she isn't taking you over and devouring us is because she is in a deep sleep, though don't expect her stay like that for long. She'll want a way out and she'll take every chance she can get to convincing you to do so. And then the Infinite Tsukuyomi starts all over again."
Naruto was confused. Didn't Kurama also sense those emotions when he did too? Either way, he got some answers, "Ok fine then, but I will talk to her eventually though." Kurama gave him a disapproving look for a bit, then went back to his usual demeanor…although Naruto sometimes couldn't really tell the difference being who he is…anyway. "So buddy, any idea where we are exactly? Since she really can't give me a direct answer right at the moment, how 'bout you?" He was hopeful, but then depressed the next, "Like I know where we are. Oh wait! Just let me pull up my dimensional travel guide and start looking alphabetically starting with the A's or should I start with the Z's? Your pick." Naruto immediately frowned at the grinning fox for the remark. Hey, just because he liked the kid doesn't mean he can't tease him from time to time and laugh his ass off. "My siblings are like this most likely due to the blowback of power when you and the Uchiha brat sealed her away and you absorbed her being, and it took the most out of them since they weren't bound to you since birth unlike me."
So that's why they were like this. Or at least the main theory, he'd ponder more on that later. "So can I still draw on ya'lls power like before when I went up against Madara, even when you guys are like this?" Kurama placed his hand underneath his chin and had a bored expression on his face. "Don't be stupid, of course you can, but it will slow down their regrowth as the trade-off, though now with her in you now, I wouldn't be surprised if you got a few new jutsu's up your sleeve. As far as healing you goes, I can keep you going, but once the rest of my siblings regain their power, you'll practically regenerate limbs and wounds within an instant, combining that with your already extended life force, and that rabbit's chakra….hm." Kurama paused for a moment as if he was contemplating as to whether or not to break the news to the kid looking a little worried as to how he would take it. "What? What?!" Naruto was already in suspense for what he was going to tell him, but then he stopped and became nervous after looking at his friend's face. "With your longevity already super charged by our chakra, you would've lived probably past at least a good century or two, but now after receiving half the old man's chakra and all of his mother's…you've got a whole lot of time now…like almost immortal time…" He was really hoping Naruto would take this a little well, but there was a long silence for a while until Naruto opened up his mouth and said only two words: "Fuck me…" He knew Kurama and the others didn't have a problem living forever, but he sure as hell did! He didn't want to live past all of his friends and loved ones, who would want a life like that!
"Hey kid, odds are there's bound to be someone out there in the same crap your in." Somehow he doubted it (boy how wrong he would be in the future), he tried to comfort the kid, but he knew it wouldn't do much. "I honestly shouldn't even be surprised considering all the shit we've been through, should I?" "Nope." "Thought so…well I better get my stuff outside and check out this place while I still got some time to myself." Kurama raised an eyebrow at the last thing he said in confusion. "I mean after all the troublesome crap we tend to get into almost every day, we hardly have anytime to ourselves." Naruto responded. "You mean you get into crap almost every day, don't go lumping us in with your stupidity." "Oi!" "Hahahaha!" Kurama and the others laughed to their hearts content, while Naruto just looked off to the side and huffed in annoyance. Looks like they were doing well for now, even in their current states.
Naruto exited his mindscape and decided to gather and take inventory of what he had, hopefully everything was still where it was supposed to be. He dumbed all of the contents onto the bed and separated everything by weapons and scrolls: 30 standard Kunai, 50 standard shuriken, 20 Flying Raijin kunai (he would make a note to create more of them when he had the time with his Yin-Yang style). He still had Zabuza's Executioner Blade that Kakashi–sensei had given to him when he confiscated it off the Edo Tensei swordsman. A pair of Chakra blades that he had won a bet off of with Asuma-sensei. They weren't his as Shikamaru held them, but he had mad abet with Asuma if he could master the Wind Style in a week, then he would place an order for a new pair of blades like his own, too, bad for the Jonin's wallet getting hit so suddenly after Choji dug into a major barbecue special one day. And finally Madara's old Gunbai War Fan, Naruto had picked it after the newly revived Uchiha ditched it when he became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and saved it for later thinking that he could use it like Temari did with her fan. Not only that, the damn thing was near indestructible, seeing as how it could repel a Mini-Tailed Beast Bomb, he could also use it in conjunction with the Executioner's Blade, maybe he could attach the weapons together and use them similar to how Madara had done when he fought Hashirama when they created the Valley of the End.
His scrolls had colors assigned to them so he could tell the difference between them and not get confused every time he dug through his stuff. Red for medical supplies, yellow for books to pass the time and training manuals. He even had a few of Pervy Sage's smut books and the original Tale of the Gutsy Ninja., maybe he could sell them and make some money off whoever would enjoy the books. And orange for spare clothes and food (mostly instant ramen). He looked to see that his headband was still intact, thank Kami, even though he could just create a new one, he didn't want to discard the very thing that Iruka-sensei had given to him to graduate from the academy, it meant the world to him, and it was symbol of his heritage and culture. He unsealed a white and red scroll that he marked it with two colors to stand out from the others. It contained his dad's old Hokage trench jacket and vest, he received them from Jiraiya during their three year trip after learning about his heritage. He slid the vest and jacket on, tied on his headband, gathered the rest of his belongings and was getting ready to leave until a man in what looked like a lab coat and glasses along with the nurse from before. He assumed that this was the good doctor coming to release him from the hospital.
-The Sanctum: Home of Dr. Strange, Sorcerer Supreme of Earth, and member of the New Avengers-
He felt a massive surge of energy just a few hours ago, but just as quickly as it came, it had just vanished. It was strange to say the least (no pun intended), but it felt dark, god-like, and also warm and kind for whatever reason. He needed to locate the source and quick, before anyone else could use it for their own purposes, doubtless that others had more than likely felt the shift of energy. Some allies, others not…
He then began his search back at the source from hours ago to find that it came from a hospital nearby. He asked the doctors if they had anything interesting happen within the last few hours and they told him that a severely injured patient had woke up three weeks early after being treated for his injuries and then left 25 minutes ago. After gaining the identity of the boy, 'Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze' and his description, he immediately decided to wipe away any evidence that the boy was here in an effort to hopefully cut off his trail from possible enemies. Afterwards he then started to search for the boy's signature to try and locate him, luckily he didn't have to wait very long, within an hour he felt the surge of energy again this time. It wasn't as strong as before, but just enough to feel that the boy was engaging someone, hopefully he wouldn't do much harm to whoever was unlucky enough to fight him.
By the time he arrived, they boy was standing over 5 masked people armed with several makeshift melee weapons, some groaning, others unconscious. The boy then turned around to see him, and then noticed something different about him. From what the doctors had said he had bright blue eyes, but instead here, they were a grayish purple with it darkened a bit in the center and had a ripple like pattern across the iris' and sclera with 3 tomoe on the inner ring…
-With Naruto-
After managing to bullshit his way out of the hospital, thank Kami that his luck also extended to that including gambling; he saw that the technology in the hospital was decades ahead of what he remembered from the stuff from the Leaf's hospital, but he ignored the glare from one of the nurses who looked like she had a bone to pick with him and called him a 'Mutie'. What the hell was a mutie? He was pondering this as soon as he stepped outside the hospital and his eyes looked like they were about to bulge out and his jaw had dropped as far as it could...'Where the hell am I?!' He saw towers that were the size of the Tailed Beasts that looked far more refined than the ones from the Hidden Rain Village, sure they were tall also, but they looked like they were just thrown together out of necessity, but these looked like pieces of art, and that they were built to perfection.
He began to walk almost aimlessly around the massive city of lights, he noticed that he was being followed by a few shady looking people with hoods and beanie's over their heads with a few hidden weapons in their coats. He knew they didn't have any chakra, and odds are, crap Taijutsu, if they even have that here. So he decided to turn down an alley to deal with them, he then just waited for them come at him, while they began to surround him, one of 'em began throwing out what sounded like racial slurs with an angry look on his face, others were smiling sadistically.
Apparently that nurse that called him a 'mutie' had informed these guys somehow what he was. The stinging in his eyes began to intensify as the thugs began their assault. After all was said and done, the thugs were down on the ground either groaning in pain from the bones being broken or just flat out unconscious, one of them had completely lost his arm as Naruto threw one into the other and was too caught up into the moment to even notice, but the stinging in his eyes finally died down as the last one went down. He had held back for their sake, at least for 4 of them the other that had lost his arm had passed out of shock and blood loss. He went to use his Creation of All Things technique to regrow the arm with success. He eventually saw what happened to his eyes in a nearby broken mirror, they changed drastically from his ocean blue to ripple purple. "Rinnegan..." He said with both awe and astonishment. This had to have been a new ability from absorbing Kaguya, but she didn't have Rinnegan, only...Madara...of course he was used as a sacrifice for her, he had the Rinnegan, so it had to of come from him in a way, but the tomoe were new, almost like Sasuke's Rinnegan. But just as he was about to make his way out of the alleyway, a man in a cape had appeared behind him.
After about half an hour later of explanations from both people. Strange had seen and heard many things with his time as being Sorcerer Supreme, but this boy's story was something else entirely. It was a life of many hardships and astonishment, he had literally transcended from man to god. In a way he reminded him of the late X-Man Jean Grey, albeit more clumsy and blunt, but at times he could be just as caring and determined like her if not more so of the latter two traits.
It only took about 10 minutes or so to help him become more vocal and literate in English to ensure he could better interact with people, and so he had talked to him in the newly learned language about the state of the world and such. As he told the boy about recent events he quickly became more interested in the mutant subject; he made them in comparison to the people of his reality who have "blood-line traits" or kekkei-genkai in his people's world as such he too was one of them in a sense. With that, Strange decided that perhaps the best place for him to stay for the time being until he could find a way back to his home would be the Xavier Institute. Naruto could sympathize with mutant kind; they've been persecuted and disowned just like was back in the Leaf Village.
Stephen then had teleported them several miles away out to Westchester, New York (but not before having the thugs' memories of the event of getting the asses handed to him wiped) once they arrived they then walked the nest few minutes to the school now surrounded by Sentinels as big as Gamabunta, whether to guard or keep the mutants inside was what Naruto wanted know, seeing as how much humanity hated mutant kind just for existing. He felt compelled to try and do something about the situation, but as the doc said, trying to reverse the event that decimated mutant kind is something beyond even him, and if the magic man says that…well…'nuff said, sometimes you have to make do with what you got and stick with it.
As soon as they walked up the front door, it opened to reveal two people standing in the doorway: a man in a black jumpsuit with some type of red colored visor with no nose bridge, alongside him was a blonde haired woman in a white somewhat revealing outfit; the both of them looked rather fatigued, no thanks to what was going on due to M-Day.
"Scott, Emma."
"Stephen." They said in unison. They glanced at the blonde haired boy with strange eyes standing next to him, they immediately noticed the strange eyes that he had and the headband wrapped around his forehead. "Please, come in." Scott motioned for them to come in, while Emma was trying to dig through the boys mind, but to no avail, to which she found both odd and extremely irritating, she could see that he had no exterior implants to prevent any mind reading, that much she was certain of. It was almost as if something else was blocking her out, a different entity. She doubted that it was Strange blocking her with a spell, unless he had a good reason for it, so what was it?
Naruto took several mental notes of the school and the people within it as they continued walking. He saw one student made up of what looked like rocks along with one who looked reptilian, he was then suddenly reminded of Kisame Hoshigaki for a bit. Though there wasn't anything really the scored a five or higher on his "Holy Shit-meter", he had seen enough strange crap throughout his life to the point where nothing really shocked or wierded him out...well, save for finding out that he was stuck in a highly technological advanced dimension. He was getting a little nervous due to the lack of talking between them, so he decided to break the ice...so to speak, "So...uhm Mr. and Ms.-"
"He is Scott Summers, and I am Emma Frost. Headmaster and Mistress of the Xavier Institute." The now known woman had introduced them before he could even finish his sentence. She didn't sound rude or arrogant, but it came off as such. They continued walking through the halls of the high class looking school until they reached a set of double doors and the four of them stepped inside.
-The New Mutants & the Hellions-
"Yo dudes, looks like we got a new recruit today." The giant golem student known as Santo had said with multiple heads turning around to face him.
"You're kidding..." The one called Surge, had spoken out of annoyance as if someone was replacing a student who lost their powers on M-Day, her boyfriend David to be specific.
"What do you mean, Santo?" A redhead covered in organic metal called Cessily, had actually responded with a question instead.
"Mister Summers and Miss Frost took some old looking dude in a cape and blonde kid with weird looking eyes and a cool looking jacket into Summers' office."
"Wonder whose team he'll get put into..?" Julian mused intentionally to get a rise out of someone, primarily Noriko, whom had just crushed her drink can while gritting her teeth in anger. David had put his hand on her shoulder to try and calm her down with some success.
Many of the students who had lost their powers were no doubt going to be sent home, and with the thought of the new guy replacing someone left a bad impression already of the new guy. They all had worked so hard to become a team and to know each other's strengths, weaknesses and develop their team tactics. Having to start over with this new guy was something no one was looking forward too.
"Maybe we oughta give the new guy a chance, it's the least we can do." Jay Guthrie, the pacifist of the New Mutants had suggested not to try and isolate the possible new student. Everyone else remained silent at the table afterwards and went about their business.
-With Naruto, Dr. Strange, Cyclops, & Emma Frost-
"…and that's about it. Anything else ya'll want to know?" Naruto had told the two senior X-Men about his life and how he ended up here, but chose to let a few details and such since some things weren't very important. He wasn't too sure what to think of them, but he didn't want to give them any reason to distrust him so he would have to go along with whatever decision they made. From what the Doc had told him about the X-Men, they were good people at heart and wanted peace between both humans and mutants, and laid their lives down on the line, even for the people that hated and distrusted mutants. It was something he could relate to.
Emma was the first to speak up. "Actually yes, when you and Stephen first appeared, I was able to sense your minds, but I couldn't read yours at all, why is that?"
"Wait a sec. You're a telepath?" Emma gave a nod answering him 'So she's like Ino and the Yamanaka clan.' He thought to himself. He looked down and zoned out for a few seconds to talk with the Tailed Beasts to see if they had anything to do with blocking her telepathy.
"Hey, are you guys blocking her telepathy?"
A single word was given in unison. "Yes." Kurama had spoken to give their reasons. "We weren't sure if people should know about us, given the nature of humans. That and from what Strange had told you about the human maggots experimenting on the mutants and using them as weapons in comparison to what the villages back home did to us." He couldn't blame them for being too cautious, they just got out of the weapon system, and no way in hell were they ever going back to being used as such.
"Ooooh, ok then. Thanks. But I may need you guys to let them in my head, if they ask. I'd rather not keep secrets from these people if I want them to trust me more." They looked a little hesitant and looked at one another for confirmation, and finally nodded a yes to him ending his daze.
When he looked back up at the adults, they looked at him with eyebrows raised in suspicion and confusion. "Hm? Oh, sorry about that, I was just asking my friends to drop their little mental protection for you guys; case you wanted to see a few of my memories to get a first-hand look at my life if you doubted a few things."
"Friends?" The headmaster asked with a little curiosity.
"Yeah, the tailed beasts I told you about. They currently live inside me, and I can converse with them in and out of my mindscape, and draw on their power and abilities." Scott was remembering what he had told them, if anything he was reminded of Jean when it came to powerful entities within hosts; human and mutant alike. The night he was born, the man named Obito had attempted to kill him, his parents, and destroy his home by ripping a powerful demon from his mother while he was still in her womb and in the process nearly killing her. His father, the 'Fourth Hokage' as he was called the youngest leader of his village, had sealed half of the creature in himself and then in his son before he died. He was forced to bear the brunt of the villager's anger and hatred that night from then onward alone with no one to support or guide him, something he could sympathize being an orphan when his parents were abducted by the Shi'ar that night he and his brother Alex had jumped from the plane to safety.
Naruto soon gained their acceptance through his hard work, determination, and heroism when the man Nagato, his cousin, had all but nearly flattened it, and defeated him with not just his fists where everyone else in the village had failed, but his words as well, prompting Nagato to bring back the lives of all that he had killed in the village in exchange for his life on his own free will. He had nothing but respect for the kid if anything else. He looked at Emma for a bit, they didn't share any words or a telepathic conversation to understand one another.
"Alright then, we'd like to see for ourselves what you had told us, just so there isn't anything missing." Emma had said. She was curious to know more about the boy's home and its inhabitants even more so, what better way than to see it through his eyes and memories. That and she wanted to ensure that he and the demons inside him wouldn't be a threat to the students, since yesterday, their safety was her primary concern, and she wouldn't allow anyone or anything to do them harm. "No problem." Naruto had responded in his usual casual tone.
-Naruto's Mindscape-
As soon as he said those words he and the two X-Men were in his mindscape, but instead of it being night like the last time, it was now broad daylight. The three of them stood on top of a hill looking out around the forested area.
"I'm impressed. Most people don't have this great a degree of control of their minds structure." Emma complimented. And she truly was, most of the time she simply saw little rooms with panels of memories, there wasn't any challenge in navigating minds like those.
Soon they found themselves surrounded by the Tailed Beasts staring down on them in the forested area. Scott and Emma were both wide eyed and their jaws were only slightly opened as if they were about to speak.
"Hey everyone, these are the people I told ya'll about." As he looked up at the tailed beasts, then turning his attention back to the headmasters. "Don't worry, they won't attack you or anything like that, they're actually pretty friendly once you get to know them a bit." And in truth they were, but the years of being sold off to other villages and sealed into various human hosts and used as weapons had made them bitter and distrustful to humanity.
"Hmph. They don't seem very strong." Kurama decided to test their nerves so to speak, to see what kind of reaction he could get out of them for his own little entertainment. Sad to say there wasn't much of one...damn, oh well.
"You're not exactly the first being to underestimate us." Scott had rebuked.
"I can imagine so there shades." Kurama had spoken with a toothy grin revealing his teeth to the teachers.
"Lay off 'em furball, they're friends." Kurama had gritted his teeth in annoyance while his siblings had a little chuckle for themselves. He hated that damn nickname the brat had given him, but he'd always get one up on him every now and then. "Now, before I let ya'll see anything, there is one place that is completely off limits to you two, as you'll see why soon." He pointed back towards the mountain side castle that held the sleeping God, with the adults turning their heads around to see the extravagant structure. They were awed by its beauty and that something like this could be constructed in the mind. They sent him curious glances back to each and then towards Naruto. "Ok then, now that has been established, on with the tour!" The scenery then changed to what looked like a hotel hallway that seemed to stretch forever with doors lining each side, and each had specific dates on them. Emma assumed that they were simply important memories to have been labeled with dates and that it was the only explanation.
As soon as she reached for the door, Naruto had interrupted her, "I will allow you to see my memories, but there are some personal things that I have made sure to keep to myself, and the memories that you see I would prefer to stay between us. I will reveal my past on my own free will and on my terms." It wasn't a threat that much they could tell, but rather a statement to respect his privacy and he wanted to make sure some things stay hidden.
"Very well." Emma had then begun to return to opening the door. And then she was hit with the memories: the Land of Waves, the Chunin Exams, his fight with Gaara, Orochimaru, the Valley of the End, the Akatsuki, Sai, Hidan & Kakuzu, Mt Myoboku, Pain, his parents, the truth of the Uchiha Massacre, the war, Obito and the Ten-Tails, and finally Team 7's battle with Madara and then Kaguya. And with that, they understood why the feudal looking castle in his mind was off limits. If she were released, then there was nothing and no one that could to stop her, much less even lay a finger on her.
After viewing his memories and seeing for themselves his life, they had decided that he could stay. "I'm surprised you're still sane after everything." Emma had said.
"Eh, I've seen a lotta weird things to the point where I just wouldn't be surprised by anything anymore." Although, with what he was seeing here, that could change really quickly, given being in a new reality with who knows how many possibilities of weird and crazy going around.
"Then I shall take my leave. My best to you three and the school." And with that the doc disappeared in swirl of smoke.
"Alright, we'll get you settled in a room. In the meantime I'll take you down to the med bay so we can have your blood work on file along with your techniques and abilities." Scott had said. Naruto however had concerns about his cells getting out into the world. Madara had stolen Hashirama's back at the Valley of the End and was able to extend his life by several decades, awaken the Rinnegan, summon the Gedo Statue, and create the White Zetsu army from them. Now becoming more powerful than his previous incarnation, there was no telling how powerful someone could become by merging his cells and what kind of apocalypse they would bring. Naruto was going to voice his concern, but Emma had actually paid attention to the memories with more detail and had beaten him to the punch. "Don't worry Mr. Uzumaki, I'll ask Hank to have your data on a separate private file for our eyes only. We'll only diverge a little bit of information just enough to satisfy the O*N*E* higher ups. Once you're finished down in the med bay I'll have a room and a class schedule ready for you tomorrow."
"Thank you, ma'am." Naruto bowed in thanks and followed Scott out into the hallway down to the med bay, for his examination. It made sense for them to have a record of medical status and list of his techniques, the Hokage's had their own files of the Leaf shinobi currently active, so they would know who would be best to handle certain missions.
-About 2 hours and several medical tests later-
Naruto had met Mr. Hank McCoy, the X-Men's chief doctor and who also went by the codename "Beast" down in the med-bay, to say the least, he was one of the kindest men he had ever met. To say he was excited would be an understatement after examining him and going over his blood work, what really intrigued him was that he noted the change in Naruto's eyes that he had mentioned to the furry mutant.
-1 hour earlier-
"…and your eyes were originally blue, but now after arriving here, you said that they had changed to this?" Hank had asked in curiosity whilst penciling in on his notepad. He believed that it may have been some sort of latent mutation within the boy. But he had another theory surrounding the change after receiving a little bit of info on how his people's mutation, or 'kekkei-genkai' developed and how they could be passed from one person to another; the main example was from his teacher named Kakashi had lost his left eye in battle and gained the one from his thought-to-be-deceased friend that had a mutation in his eyes to get the edge in a battle. It was all the more fascinating when he discovered the boy had a tertiary circulatory system.
"Yeah, pretty much. My eyes were stinging for a while after I woke up back in that hospital when I first came here, and then they stopped when I kicked those guys' asses that tried to jump me while I was out checking the city out. That's when I saw them change in a nearby mirror."
Hank had taken a moment to think on how to put his theory into words the boy could understand, considering he wasn't very science savvy. "Well from what you've told me, the only thing I can say is that it came from that Madara fellow as he too had this 'Rinnegan' before being used as a medium by this Kaguya woman and his abilities were absorbed by her when it happened. And after sealing her away inside you, it seems her power unintentionally manifested itself, this being one of them." He believed more of this women's power would eventually manifest itself further as time went by, considering how much god-like power she wielded from Naruto had said.
"That's actually what I kinda thought to. She only had Byakugan in her two eyes, but in her third eye she had like a Rinnegan and a Sharingan, like the one the Ten-Tails had." He figured the three tomoe around his eyes were another side effect of Kaguya's power leaking out into his body, he felt it ever since he and Sasuke had managed to beat her back in her dimension. Maybe Madara's Sharingan was somehow fused into the Rinnegan and he could use the abilities of both ocular jutsu's. He would have to test it out later. The Wood Style, if he got it too hopefully, would also be really handy in a fight. After going up against it and seeing the devastating power behind it, he would have to hone the skill as much as he could along with his newfound ocular powers.
-Now-
Scott had led Naruto to his room whilst explaining to him the layout of the school grounds and handed him his class schedule as he settled himself in. "Dinner time will be in a few minutes down in the cafeteria. If you want, take some time to familiarize yourself with some of the other students and staff. Classes will begin at 8 in the morning, so make sure not to oversleep."
"Yes sir, thank you for letting me stay here." Naruto bowed in thanks, and then began to unpack the rest of his things from the scrolls as Scott closed the door for his privacy. He unsealed his spare clothes and books and placed them in the drawers, whilst unsealing Madara's, or rather his Gunbai and decided to place it on his back to get a feel for moving around with it. He hadn't had the chance to use it at all when he picked it up during the final battle, now he wanted to be able to use it as much as he wanted too, in conjunction with his jutsu. He kept the Executioner's Blade and the Chakra Blades sealed up though; no need to make people afraid of him and warrant any caution.
He finally had unpacked his things but kept his headband, his dad's flak jacket and Jonin vest on though as well as Hashirama's necklace. He accidentally left it back at Myoboku while he was still in his Sage training to go fight Pain at the Leaf Village, afterwards he went back to get it before being confined to the Village when Danzo became the acting Hokage while Granny Tsunade was in a coma.
He then headed down the hallways to the cafeteria where there were still several dozens of students. Soon several heads turned to his direction and stared at him for a while. 'Wow. Now I know how Sai felt on our first mission together.' He thought to himself. He figured during the classes tomorrow someone might actually approach him or one of the teachers would introduce him during class. Either way, he didn't exactly feel welcomed just yet, so he decided go outside to the patio and walked up the side of the building and sat on the roof to make his own dinner with his Yin-Yang Style; Miso Pork Ramen to be exact. He didn't really know what else he could make, but didn't want to chance on making something he was gonna throw up later while he was asleep. He then dug in immediately and ate to his heart's content under the moon light, and smiling like his usual self.
-The Cafeteria with the New Mutants & the Hellions-
The mismatched teams were sitting down with their food and talking amongst themselves, then almost the whole cafeteria went silent as the new guy walked into the entryway. They all took notice of his appearance: a black colored headband with a metal plate with some symbol they couldn't quite make out, a green vest that had multiple pockets for storing stuff, a long white trench jacket with orange flames on the bottom rim of jacket, weird open toed shoes, the strange purple colored eyes and what looked like a giant weird looking fan on his back. He stood there for a while looking across the cafeteria and then turned around to leave. Noriko immediately noticed the writing on the back of the jacket and recognized that it was Japanese that said 'Yondaime Hokage. 'Fourth Generation Fire Shadow', what does that mean exactly?' she thought to herself.
"That's the new guy you were talkin' about Santo? He don't look that impressive." Julian snorted in his arrogance. He had been told by several people that he had a superiority complex, but he brushed it off and said that they didn't know anything.
"I don't think you should underestimate him, I doubt that fan of his was just for show." And David knew it. No one carries something like that around unless it's used to give them an edge in battle.
"Whatever dude, I say I could take him on and wipe the floor with him, easily." Boy how Julian would be very wrong the next day during training.
A few minutes later, Jay had walked in to grab his food and then sat down with his friends. "Hey did you guys see the new student?" He wondered if anyone had the chance to talk with him to make him feel comfortable in the school.
"Yeah he just walked in, but then when everyone gave them the thousand yard stare, he just left." Santo had said while chowing down on his food with his mouth full.
"Santo, close your mouth. Like seriously?" Cessily had scolded him, like most of the other teammates had done in the past, hoping he would mature. Sad to say, he barely listens to them, as he kept on chewing with his mouth open, ugh.
"I actually just saw him head up to the roof and just made a cup ramen I think out of thin air." As soon as he said that, all eyes on the table immediately shot up wide and turned on him. The only one that spoke up was Noriko: "Bullshit…"
"No. Seriously, he made it out of nothing, I didn't see him use anything to make it with." He did just see the new guy simply hold out his hand and a cup just appear out of thin air. There were people that had a lot strange abilities, but creating something out of nothing was just something completely new to him.
Everyone was still wide eyed for a bit, but then their expressions went back to normal and returned to eating their dinner for the night. But they all had the same though: 'Who the hell was this new guy, and what else could he do?"
-With Naruto-
After finishing up his ramen, he jumped off the roof and went back inside towards his room, along the way he threw away his cup away in a trash can near the cafeteria, and took a shower afterwards. He felt a whole lot better once he had finished and set up his stuff they he wanted to. He had two pictures that he had kept with him at all times: one of his parents with his mother still pregnant with him, and the other was just after Team 7 had graduated from the academy with Kakashi-sensei. He laid them over on the Chester-drawer facing the door wall along with Hashirama's necklace.
He had his dad's vest and trench jacket placed on a coat hanger next to the door along with the Gunbai. He pulled out a set of night clothes and put them, he somehow knew that he would use them in the field, but he wasn't out for very long sometimes while on missions. But he liked to be prepared sometimes, even though he didn't really think things through all the way sometimes….ok maybe not all the way, but he did have an epiphany every now and then, but he usually liked to make things up as he went along. It worked out for him many times before, and he could more than likely still keep kicking ass and taking names, but now in a new world, he'd have to start thinking more and coming up with plans in the heat of battle, he wasn't Shikamaru for sure, but he'd make it work out in the end.
Before he went to bed, he decided to try and meditate for a bit, he did so every now and then to get a feel for the environment. Alas to his disappointment, there was hardly any nature around here. He could still enter his standard Sage Mode easily and hold it for several days, if not weeks now, with the chakra he wielded. But once he started to go deeper into his meditation, he found himself waking up for some reason on a warm floor in a plain white room, with what looked like no walls, no ceiling and no furniture, it was just…plain…where was he? This had never happened before. So what gives? He sat up to try and see what was going on, but he would have to ponder these questions later.
"Who are you?"
A womanly voice had called out to him and he began searching for the source, but to no avail nothing was in sight. He sat up and called back out. "Who's there? Who are you? Where am I?" Hopefully the voice would answer him back, luckily he didn't have to wait very long for one, but not one was answer to his questions.
"You're an oddity."
Ok, that much he could admit, but he seriously needed to figure out where the hell was he. "Uhm, that doesn't really answer my questions, but whatever."
"Your life has been filled with struggle and loneliness, but it is also filled with joy and love. After what has happened to you, do you believe you can make a difference here?"
Now her voice was starting to sound a little sagely, but also, she said that she basically had looked into his memories and saw his whole life. Who was she? "Oi! You peeked in my head without my permission! Don't you respect anyone's privacy?" He didn't want to sound rude, he really didn't. But he felt that she had violated his privacy.
"I apologize, but I needed to know who you were. Now that I know more, I can say this: You're words will shape the future of some very special individuals in the future, as well as the fate of others rest in your hands and their futures as well."
He was about to speak up, but she beat him to the punch- "And no, there isn't some prophecy about you that no one hasn't told you…yet." Oh great….just what he needed. "But I will say this. Your little whisker birthmarks are a rather cute. I'm honestly surprised that you haven't found a girl like your mother, but that could change later in the future." She had been really peeking into some really personal stuff now! And…..wait…..she though his birthmarks were…cute?
"Ok seriously, just who are you?!" He was officially getting rather annoyed and dumbstruck a bit. When the words left his mouth, a mirage had appeared a few feet in front of him. He couldn't make a whole lot of it out, but he could see that the figure was feminine, judging by the shape, frame, and the way she was walking towards him. Another thing he could make out was the long flowing and fiery red hair. The voice maybe? His thoughts were cut off then as what the figure held out her hand in front of him. He took it and then she had pulled him up to his feet and then he tried to make out her face, but once again, to no avail as a bright light was behind her, shrouding her face from view.
"Before you leave within a moment. You must promise me that you must not speak of this to anyone, for I fear it would complicate things between my precious people."
He wasn't sure what she meant by that, but he nodded his head yes in agreement. He was always one to keep his promises, and to never go back on them, though he was a little choosy with 'em. "But wait, can I at least know who you are?" She owed him that much he guessed, but she really hadn't done anything to warrant something. More than likely she was already reading his mind and possibly taking offense to the 'owing' thought, but to his surprise she simply chuckled as if she was asked by a funny question.
"I could tell you now, or I could tell you later. Perhaps later. That sounds good to me, I think I'm going to enjoy talking to you. It's been a while since I could talk to someone as interesting as you." And with that she had put her hand to his head and a bright flash of light appeared and blinded him for a moment, forcing him to close his eyes. When he opened them back up, he found himself back in his room, in the mansion, in the same meditative position as before. He looked around for any signs of the woman before, aaaaand….nothing…great. Another all-powerful being now speaking with him. It's not something he wasn't used to, but rather found it interesting and annoying at the same time for whatever reason he couldn't think of. Oh well, off to bed then. Had she not of asked him to make that promise, he would've asked someone later in the morning what had happened to him, but alas he couldn't. But at least he'd be able to get her name the next time they talked…hopefully. Little did he know, their future would grow to be an interesting one at that.
Ok, wow, this took me a long time to write up. More than likely I'm going to find something that I didn't like and rewrite it. But anyway, for everyone that's wondering what time placement this is, it's the night of M-Day and the next day is when Naruto introduces and familiarizes himself with the X-Men and the X-Kids. Now make sure to visit my profile to vote on the pairing for this story, I'll keep it on for a good while and let the votes tally up. So without further ado, favorite, follow and review. Thank you everyone :)
