"Talking in English"

("Talking in Japanese")

"Kurama talking while outside of Naruto's mindscape"

"Kurama talking within Naruto's mindscape"

'Thinking or Naruto talking to Kurama with thoughts'

'Kurama Thinking'

Flashbacks

Disclaimer: See first chapter for disclaimer.

Chapter 2: Enter the White Fang

Naruto opened his eyes and found himself lying on his side in the middle of a small crater on the roof of what appeared to be a warehouse. He was sore all over, and as he tried to get up, it felt more difficult than usual, as if he weighed a lot more. After he was fully upright, he felt a strange sensation behind him, and turned his head to see a long fox tail behind him, reminding him of what has happened during his trip here. His tail had fur that was the same color as Kurama's fur, with a tip that was the color of his hair. He reached up with his hands, which he idly noted now had very claw-like fingernails, to feel the top of his head, finding two fox ears sprouting from the top of his head. If he could have found a mirror to look into, he would have found that the tips of his hair had also turned reddish, and his pupils were vertical slits, although his eyes were still his normal cerulean hue. As he looked around, he realized that despite it being the middle of the night, he could see almost perfectly.

Taking a deep breath, he focused his attention inward, closing his eyes. 'Kyūbi? Are you there?' he thought out into the depths of his mind and the seal. Receiving no answer, not even an irritated growl, he decided that Kyūbi must still be unconscious from being sucked back into the seal.

He decided that he should get down to ground level, and walked over to the edge of the warehouse roof to see how high up he was. He estimated that he was about three stories above the ground; an easy jump for him.

But as he jumped, something felt wrong. He was falling way faster than he usually did! Acting quickly, he pumped Chakra into his legs to brace for the imminent impact. He wasn't a second too soon, as his landing left two more tiny craters where his feet hit the ground, and pain lanced through his legs. It was then that he realized two things.

One: the gravity of this world was stronger than that of the Elemental Nations. How much stronger, he wasn't sure, but enough to make it so that he might have broken his legs from that jump without Chakra reinforcing them.

Two: he was nowhere near being fully recovered. Despite having healed from the devastating Chidori, his body was still battered and bruised, that fall not helping matters, and he was running low on Chakra; a normally rare occurrence for him.

He needed food, a place to rest, and information about this world as soon as possible.

As he was thinking about how he would manage all of these things, he heard someone approaching. Thinking quickly, he hid himself among the crates stacked up against the side of the building.

A few seconds after he hid himself, five people came into view of the warehouse. They wore some sort of hooded uniforms with masks covering the upper parts of their faces and an emblem on their chests that looked like some sort of red animal head superimposed over three diagonal red slashes. They moved over to the entrance to the warehouse that Naruto was hidden by, silently drawing their weapons so that they would be ready for any guards. As they made their way to the door, one of them noticed the two crater marks left by Naruto's landing and silently gestured the others to come and take a closer look. Naruto's new ears had no trouble picking up their hushed conversation.

"What the hell could have left marks like this?"

"Looks like two heavy objects landed here from the roof of the warehouse. But why would anyone drop anything from the roof?"

"I don't know but... Wait! There's someone nearby!"

Unfortunately for Naruto, although his ears could easily pick up what they were saying, he could not understand the words that came from them. It was obvious that they were speaking some other language. He stayed hidden, hoping that they would dismiss the craters and continue on with whatever they were doing.

"How do you know, Wolf?" a feminine voice rang out.

"How do you think, Deer? I can smell them."

"Oh, right..."

To Naruto's horror, one of the figures pointed toward the boxes he was hiding behind. "He's over there. Hiding in the boxes I think." The masked and hooded figures moved to surround the boxes and got into fighting positions. "Whoever you are, show yourself or we'll shoot!"

Despite not understanding the words, the meaning was very clear, and Naruto rose up out of his hiding place with his hands high above his head to show that he wasn't armed. ("Hey, I don't mean any trouble by being here. I'm sorry if I'm interfering.")

When the five people saw that he was just a kid, they had relaxed slightly. Seeing his ears and tail, they lowered their weapons completely. One of them said "Any idea what he's saying?"

Another one of them stepped forward, ignoring the other's question and said ("It's alright, little one. What are you doing here though? This area is off limits to most.") It was the female voice from before.

One of the others looked at her and said "You know whatever language he's jabbering in?"

The girl glanced at him. "Of course I do. Otherwise I wouldn't be speaking it just now, would I?"

Naruto, meanwhile, was more than a little nervous. He'd been caught in an area that's off-limits by a squad of masked people that reminded him just a little too much of ANBU for comfort. ("Um, I'm sorry, I didn't know that this area was forbidden. I'm not from around here. I'll leave. No need to arrest me or anything.")

The woman just laughed softly. ("We aren't going to be doing any arresting here. After all, we're not supposed to be here either. If you want, you can come with us and get some proper clothes and some food as soon as we've finished our objective. I'm Deer, the leader of our little squad over there is Wolf, and the other three are Hawk, Puma, and Bear. What's your name?")

Naruto's eyes widened. These people WERE this world's ANBU. And they were offering him help while on an INFILTRATION mission! He was stunned for a moment. ("You… you want to help me? While infiltrating enemy territory? Why?")

The tone of disbelief in Naruto's voice saddened Deer. It was like the concept of someone being generous to a Faunus was completely foreign to him. "Wolf, can you and the others finish up here without me? I want to take the kid back to the truck so he will be out of the way."

Wolf nodded his acknowledgement, and Deer turned back to Naruto. ("The doors of the White Fang are open to all Faunus who need help. Come with me. I can take you to where we're going to exit from to wait until we get back, okay?")

Naruto nodded and smiled. Whatever a Faunus was, it seemed like being one was enough for these ANBU to be on his side. ("Thank you.") Realizing that he had never answered Deer's earlier question, he said ("I'm Naruto by the way.")

Deer smiled back at him and gestured to the direction that her and the others had come from. ("We're going to go that way, and I need you to be as quiet and out of the way as possible, okay Naruto? Be ready to hide in case anyone else comes along.")

Naruto gave her another short nod. ("I can do quiet.")

With that, the two of them began to move toward whatever extraction point that these "White Fang" ANBU had set up. Naruto ghosted past more warehouses, crates, and other industrial equipment, making even less noise than Deer, who was silently surprised at his skills in stealth.

After a few minutes of sneaking through the area, they came to a fifteen-foot-tall chain link fence capped with barbed wire. Two small trucks with a snowflake logo on each side were flanked by two more of the ANBU people. One of the trucks was pointed at the fence, while the other was facing toward the area Deer and Naruto had just come from. One of the ANBU by the trucks came up to Deer and began speaking to her in an urgent whisper. Naruto didn't bother to listen to what he was saying, as it was in the language that the other ANBU had been speaking before. Instead, Naruto took in the surroundings of the extraction point.

Between the two trucks, there were four men in guard uniforms that were unconscious. It was obvious that they had been the opposition for the ANBU in this area. Naruto wondered if the ANBU were going to take the four guards in for interrogation for a moment before turning his attention to the fence and what lay beyond it. There were three more ANBU standing just outside of the fence keeping watch. In the distance, across the flat, grassy terrain, he could make out a road that ran parallel to the fence that they were next to. Looking back at the trucks, Naruto noticed that the back of the one pointed toward the fence was partially opened, allowing him to see that it was loaded up with metal crates that were stamped with the same stylized snowflake as the trucks were.

Naruto was broken out of his observation when the ANBU agent who had been talking to Deer jumped into the truck facing toward the area he and Deer had come from. The truck roared to life and the ANBU agent drove it back into the maze of warehouses and industrial equipment. Deer turned back to him and said ("Get into the truck, Naruto. We can't leave just yet, so you'll have to wait there until Wolf and the others get back.")

With a nod, Naruto went to climb into the back of the truck with the crates, but Deer put a hand on his arm ("Not there, Naruto. Head up to the front of the truck and get into the passenger seat.")

Naruto rubbed the back of his head, embarrassed at his mistake. ("Ah. Sorry.")

Once he was in the passenger seat of the truck, Naruto began to examine all of the dials, meters, buttons, and various other things that were used to operate the vehicle. There were vehicles in the Elemental Nations, but Naruto had never been inside of one before. Hidden villages didn't use them for a plethora of reasons. Vehicles needed smooth roads to run on, and Shinobi rarely worked in areas that had roads like that. Also, vehicles required fuel and maintenance. They were very easy to sabotage, and could even break down without any interference from an enemy. All of these things made them practically useless for Shinobi, who could just use Jutsus of various types to accomplish almost anything a vehicle could. The most interaction with vehicles that Shinobi ever got was having to guard them for clients who used them to move large amounts of supplies or raw resources from place to place. Experienced Jonin and Chunin often complained about escort missions where vehicles were involved, saying that they were much more work than a usual escort mission.

Having finished his inspection of the vehicle's interior, Naruto decided that vehicles were far too complicated to bother with, and began observing Deer and the other ANBU who were standing guard around the remaining truck. Naruto noticed that the unconscious guards were no longer in the place where he had first seen them. It made sense that they would have been moved though, as without the second truck, they would have been far too exposed. From a distance, no occupying forces would see anything wrong with this situation, but having unconscious guards on the ground would change that.

After about thirty minutes of inaction, the second truck returned. It stopped in its original position, but facing toward the fence this time around. Three of the ANBU hopped out of the back of the truck, and one exited from the passenger seat. The door to Naruto's left opened, and Deer's scent filled the cabin. Naruto was surprised for a moment that he could recognize her by scent alone.

Sitting in the driver's position and shutting the door, Deer turned to Naruto and said ("Buckle up, Naruto. This might be a bit of a bumpy ride if we're noticed.")

As Deer started the truck, Naruto gave her a confused look. ("Buckle… up?")

Deer gestured to her own seat belt, and demonstrated how to secure it. Naruto imitated her, and looked out the front of the cabin to see the other ANBU cutting a hole in the fence large enough for both trucks to get through. Once the hole was complete, Deer and the other driver eased the trucks through the hole. After both trucks had cleared the fence by about ten feet, they both stopped. Looking into the mirror mounted on the side of the truck, Naruto could see the ANBU outside go to work securing the loose chain link patch back to the rest of the fence with lengths of something that looked similar to Ninja Wire. Once they were done, the fence would look completely fine from a distance.

About thirty seconds after they were finished with the fence, one of the ANBU ran past the window and gave Deer a thumbs-up before getting into the passenger seat of the other truck. Both trucks began moving again, crossing the rough grassy terrain as quickly as was safe. They turned right onto the road that Naruto had seen earlier, and quickly picked up speed. Deer turned to Naruto for a second and said ("It's going to be a long ride. If you want, you can try and get some sleep.")

Naruto nodded, his eyes already closing. ("That-") His sentence was interrupted by a yawn. ("-is an idea I can get behind.") A few minutes later and he was sound asleep.

-Ten hours later-

Waking up to the feeling of softness and warmth around him, Naruto slowly opened his eyes, savoring the sensation. When he opened his eyes fully, he found himself in a room slightly larger than the bedroom of his apartment. He was laying on a small cot with a thin, but soft, white blanket laid over him. He slowly got up, feeling the slight strain of increased gravity hampering his movements. He noticed that, thankfully, his night of rest had finished his healing, and he was back at nearly full strength.

Looking around the room, Naruto noticed a wardrobe with a mirror on the front. Walking over to it, he saw that his jacket was in tatters, showing his newest scar from Sasuke's Chidori, which was still pink, marking it as a fresh scar. He idly noted that the scars from the village's "fox hunts" were slightly less prominent. 'Although that may just be because the Chidori scar draws most of the attention to it,' Naruto thought. He also noticed his new slit pupils and red-tipped hair. Tsunade's necklace and his leaf headband were still in their usual spots. Naruto was surprised, but very thankful, that they had gone through the battle with Sasuke unscathed.

His musings were interrupted by a grumbling from his stomach. He chuckled and mused aloud ("Well that's no surprise. I haven't eaten in... well at least a whole day, given how rested I feel. And there's no telling how long I spent talking with Kurama. I should probably go find Deer.")

As he walked over to the door, it opened to reveal a girl wearing black sweatpants and a purple t-shirt. Taking in her scent, Naruto realized that it was Deer. Without a uniform to disguise her, Naruto realized that she was only about 18 years old. She had deep purple eyes, brown hair, and, oddly, two tan-colored deer ears poking up out of her hair. Naruto blinked several times in surprise, but recovered in time to hear Deer say ("Oh good, you're up. I was just coming to wake you for lunch.") Deer walked into the room and took in Naruto's state of dress. ("Although you should probably change first. There are some clothes in the wardrobe that should be about your size. I'll wait outside.")

After a few minutes, Naruto came out wearing a pair of slightly loose jeans, an orange t-shirt, and a long-sleeved black jacket that was opened in the front. His necklace was underneath his shirt.

Deer smiled and said ("Follow me and I'll take you to get some food.") Naruto nodded and walked alongside her as they moved down a corridor. As they walked, Deer kept glancing sideways at Naruto. ("Oh, by the way, now that we aren't in hostile territory, I can introduce myself properly. My name is Lavender. Lavender Elken.")

Naruto smiled. ("Nice to meet you properly, Lavender. I'm Uzumaki Naruto. Although I guess I sort of introduced myself earlier.")

Lavender looked confused. ("Your first name is Uzumaki? Didn't you introduce yourself as Naruto earlier?")

("Oh, where I come from, the clan name is said first.") they turned left to begin walking down another long hallway.

("Clan name? Where are you from, exactly?")

Naruto took a few seconds to consider how he would answer that. He couldn't say he was from another world. Everyone would think he was crazy. ("I'm from a small village that not many people have heard about. It's called Konohagakure no Sato, or just Konoha for short.")

Lavender raised an eyebrow. ("Does everyone speak Japanese there?")

With a nod, Naruto said ("Yes. In fact, until I left, I had never heard any other language used.")

Lavender was very surprised by this, but didn't comment as they continued walking. After a few seconds of silence, Naruto gathered up enough courage to say ("Um, Lavender, if you don't mind me asking, what's with the… um… the deer ears?")

This time, Lavender was shocked enough to stop completely, Naruto halting with her. ("What kind of question is that? I'm a deer Faunus of course, like how you're a fox Faunus.")

Naruto's eyes widened. ("You mean… there are others who… are like me? Like… us? All of these… Faunus?") His mind was racing with possibilities and hope. Perhaps he wouldn't be ostracized and hated for being what he was.

If Lavender was shocked before, it was nothing compared to what she was feeling after hearing that. ("Of course. All Faunus have some animal traits. Most only have ears or a tail or claws. You have some of the strongest Faunus blood I've ever seen. You… you've really never seen another Faunus before?")

Naruto shook his head, quickly thinking of a background story for himself that was similar to the truth, with just a few details altered. ("I've never even heard the term used until you found me yesterday. The people in Konoha called me… well… they called me other things…")

The deer Faunus didn't need him to go into detail. She was all too aware of the kind of names that he would have been called. Realizing that they had stopped, she started walking again, motioning for Naruto to follow her. She was silent for a moment, wondering if she even wanted to know the answer to her next question. ("What about your parents? At least one of them had to be a Faunus, and given how many fox traits you have, probably both of them.")

Naruto's gaze found his feet. ("I'm told that they died shortly after I was born. No one ever told me how it happened…")

Tears of anger and sadness welled up in Lavender's eyes. A village full of humans and one Faunus family, and not a single person even cared enough to tell Naruto about his own kind? It didn't take a genius to figure out what had happened. But the kid had to have had someone who cared enough to keep him safe, right? How else would he have survived in a place like that? Turning another corner, they began walking down a much shorter hallway with a door at the end of it. ("I'm so sorry, Naruto. Unfortunately, that kind of thing seems to happen quite a bit to Faunus… That's why we have the White Fang: so that one day, we will have equality between humans and Faunus.")

That last comment made Naruto's earlier hopes deflate a bit. It seemed that even in this world, he would be persecuted for what he was. It was little solace to know that he could appear human. This time, it wasn't just him who was being subjugated, and he doubted that many, if any, Faunus could take human form to escape discrimination like he could.

As they reached the door, Lavender decided to not dig into Naruto's past any more for a while. There was no need to bring up a bunch of painful memories so soon after him coming to the White Fang. She opened the door to reveal a room with several tables and a small kitchen area on the far wall. There were three people seated at one of the tables. One of them had floppy ears like Akamaru's instead of regular human ears and a long tail of the same color scheme. Another had a brown monkey tail that was wrapped around the back of his chair. The woman sitting opposite them had tiny feathers in place of hair on her head, and her eyes reminded Naruto of a bird of prey. The woman with the dog ears waved at them. The monkey-tailed man was too preoccupied with his food to have noticed them, and the bird woman just stared at Naruto for a few seconds.

Naruto and Lavender waved back to the dog Faunus before heading over to the kitchen area to grab some ham and cheese sandwiches. ("This is all we've got for now. Fredrick should be back from the supply run by tomorrow morning with some food to stock us up.")

Naruto just chuckled and said ("Honestly, this is a pretty good meal in my book.")

As they approached the table with the three other Faunus, Naruto became aware of a familiar scent coming from one of the people at the table. Smiling at the bird woman, he bowed to her and said ("It is good to see you again, Hawk-san.")

The three people at the table looked absolutely bewildered, and Naruto remembered that he spoke a different language from most of them. Lavender, on the other hand, looked intrigued. ("How did you know that she was Hawk?")

Naruto rubbed the back of his head with the hand that wasn't holding a sandwich. ("Well, I recognized her scent from yesterday. Since you were called Deer, it made sense that Wolf, Bear, Puma, and Hawk would also be named for the kind of Faunus that they were. From there, it wasn't too hard to figure out which one she was.")

Lavender looked impressed, and as Naruto began to eat his sandwich, Hawk spoke with Lavender in whatever language was the common tongue of this world. Lavender conversed with the three while Naruto focused on his sandwich. All too soon, it was gone, and Lavender turned back to look at him. ("Hawk says that it is good to see you as well, although she wants you to know that her real name is Scarlet.")

Lavender proceeded to introduce each person at the table to Naruto, and vice-versa. The dog Faunus was Emily Brown. Scarlet Avola smiled at Naruto when Lavender told her his name. The monkey-tailed man, who was known as Miguel Verde, gave Naruto a thumbs-up.

After Naruto and Lavender left the mess hall, Lavender said ("You can head back to your room if you want. I have to report to Leo. He's the leader of this outpost. We need to teach you how to speak English, and I'm probably the best person to do that.")

Naruto nodded and said ("Okay. See you later.")

Lavender smiled at him. ("Bye.")

With that, Naruto began to walk back to his room, while Lavender went in another direction. When Naruto got back to his room, he sat down on his bed and closed his eyes. With as much force as he could muster, he gave a mental shout into the seal. 'KYŪBI! ARE YOU AWAKE YET?'

In return, he got a harsh growl that made him smirk. 'Good morning to you too, Fuzzball.'

"Silence, insolent brat! If you must disturb my peace, you will address me with the respect I deserve!"

Naruto was almost surprised by the Kyūbi's angry reaction, before remembering what he had said about how the Jūbi's malicious energy would make him more hostile. 'Ah… right… Well, Kyūbi, I figured you would want an update on our situation.' He then proceeded to tell the grumpy Kitsune what had happened during the last twelve hours. For some reason, the Kyūbi grew less hostile and more thoughtful as Naruto's story went on.

"Hmm," the Kyūbi mused. "Japanese originated in the Elemental Nations, so I'm not sure how it could have ended up existing here, but I've never heard of English before… And this world feels… familiar somehow…"

'What makes it feel so familiar?'

Naruto's question was met with another angry growl. "None of your business, brat!"

Naruto sighed and left the Kitsune to his thoughts. He had gotten too used to Kyūbi's demeanor during their trip here, and he would have to adjust back to how the Kitsune usually was.

Quickly becoming bored, Naruto decided to try practicing his Kitsune Transformation. He tried concentrating as hard as he could on making himself completely human, but after a few minutes without any results, he gave up on that method. 'What was it that Kyūbi said I had to do to transform?' Naruto thought to himself. 'Something about having two different kinds of Chakra…'

Naruto wasn't sure exactly how he could have two different kinds of Chakra flowing through his coils without it mixing together, but he supposed that a ten-thousand year old Demon Lord would know what he was talking about when it came to these things. Brainstorming for a way to even tell what kind of Chakra was what, Naruto suddenly remembered something that Iruka-sensei had mentioned during one of the few lectures that he had really paid attention to.

#Flashback no Jutsu!#

Iruka-sensei gestured to a diagram of the Chakra coils as he spoke. "…but the first step to using your Chakra isn't balancing the physical and spiritual aspects or learning how to use hand seals. The first and most important step is to be able to sense your own Chakra and move it around throughout your body. To do this, it helps to meditate." Iruka then sat on his desk, assumed a lotus position, and closed his eyes. "Focus your attention inward, and with some practice, you should be able to feel your Chakra flowing within you. From there, you can use the Hitsuji seal to manipulate the path it takes." Iruka formed a Hitsuji seal, and the class could see a soft blue glow forming around his hands. "Once you have this first step done, you can meditate further to…"

#Flashback no Jutsu Kai!#

Of course, Naruto hadn't paid attention once the lecture had gone past the instructions for how to access your Chakra, which was how you performed cool Jutsus, but perhaps the whole meditating thing would help. Naruto assumed a lotus position as he remembered Iruka-sensei doing, and closed his eyes. He remembered that when he had first tried this, he had sensed his massive stores of Chakra almost immediately, but had a hard time actually doing anything with it. Shaking these memories aside, Naruto focused on the feeling of his own Chakra. It flowed swiftly and stiffly through his coils. It had always felt this way: stiff and firm and a little tricky to manipulate. He supposed that this was because he had much more physical energy than spiritual energy.

But as he felt his Chakra, he realized that there was something… different about it. He tried to pinpoint exactly what it was that was different about it, but he couldn't come up with a word to describe how it felt different; it just felt odd. Deciding to "back up" so to say, Naruto listed to himself as many words that described his Chakra as he felt it now.

'Strong… Firm… Fast… Thick… Sharp… Warm… Wild… wait, wild?'

In all of the years that Naruto had been using Chakra, he would have never described his own personal Chakra as wild. Firm and thick? Sure. That was what you got when you had more physical energy than spiritual energy. Sharp? Absolutely. His raw Chakra had always seemed to act like a knife if he let it out of his body. Fast and strong? Yup. He had so much Chakra that it would rush through his coils at a breakneck speed, and with quite a bit of force. Warm? Well… sort of. His Chakra had always felt a little warm, but now it seemed more so than ever. But wild? No. Never before would he have described his Chakra as wild. But now it felt wild. It felt feral, almost.

'That's what's different… my Chakra is more like the Kyūbi's always was. That must be the Kitsune Chakra…'

It was difficult, but after a while, he managed to isolate that wild feeling, and he found that it wasn't just a wilder feeling. It was an entirely different type of Chakra flowing through his coils. The feel of his Chakra as a whole had changed, but only because there were two types of Chakra flowing simultaneously. The Kitsune Chakra, for he was sure that was what it was, felt wild and hot. Compared to the rest of his Chakra, it was like liquid fire coursing through his coils. Once he could tell it apart from his human Chakra, he began trying to push it back. He focused on containing it and pushing it out of his coils and back into his reserves, where it was coming from. After a while of this, he felt a little tingly. Opening his eyes slowly so that he could continue to concentrate on keeping the Chakra at bay, he turned toward the mirror to see that his eyes had round pupils again, and looking at his hands, he saw that his fingernails were no longer sharp and claw-like.

The rush of elation his small success caused was enough to break his concentration, allowing the Kitsune Chakra to course through his coils once more. Immediately, his fingernails became sharp again, and his pupils shifted into slits. He couldn't bring himself to be angry over this, however, as he had made some progress.

Looking at the clock on the wall, Naruto was shocked to see that it was 6:23. He had been sitting there for nearly six hours! His stomach gave a grumble, showing that a great deal of time had indeed passed. He chuckled to himself. ("Who would have thought that the number one hyperactive ninja could sit still doing nothing for so long?") he mused aloud.

Getting up from his bed and exiting his room, Naruto made his way back to the mess hall to eat dinner. As he entered the mess hall, a girl just a little older than him was leaving. She had black hair and purple cat ears, as well as bright amber eyes. She was obviously in a hurry, and he barely had time to utter a "Konichiwa" before she was past him and out in the hall. He shrugged, figuring that he would have plenty of time to get to know her later, and went to enjoy his meal.

When Naruto got back to his room from dinner, he went back to practicing with his Transformation skill. This time, however, he was careful to interrupt himself frequently to check the time. It wouldn't do to fall into another six-hour trance. By the time it was ten o'clock, Naruto was beginning to feel tired, but satisfied with his progress. He was now able to turn himself completely human except for his tail and whisker marks. From the way that the Kyūbi had explained it, he figured that he could "stick" himself in human form once he was able to get there completely, and he decided that he would continue to practice this skill whenever he had some free time on his hands.

After he got into bed and was just starting to fall asleep, he felt a sudden jolt, and opened his eyes. Except he didn't open them to see his room in the White Fang compound. Instead, he was in a massive sewer system that had nearly two feet of water on the floor. In front of him was a giant cage held shut with a paper tag with the Kanji for "seal" on it. He sighed and called out "Did you bring me here, Kyūbi?"

A grinning fox face loomed out of the darkness. "Indeed I did, brat. I feel that you are due a warning. I have figured out why this world feels so familiar."

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "That's not much of a warning…"

With a snarl, the Kyūbi said "Your insolence is not helpful, brat! This world feels familiar to me because I have been here before. You see, the Demon Clans have often explored the worlds closest to the Elemental Nations out of curiosity or sheer boredom. Nearly eight thousand years ago, myself and the other Bijū came to this world to use it as a battleground. The more powerful gravity and larger landmasses made it so that we could go all-out without fear of crippling the planet's capacity to support life."

With a confused look, Naruto asked "Why would you care if the planet could support life or not?"

Kyūbi growled at Naruto. "Do not interrupt me! It is a crime abhorrent even among demons to destroy a world completely. We may not care for the individual insignificant lives of the inhabitants of a world, but planets are alive as well! To kill one, one must destroy all life on it, and poison it with Dark Chakra so that life can never again emerge. No demon except the Jūbi has ever sought that goal."

Naruto nodded, a shiver going down his spine.

"As I was saying, the Bijū used this place as a battleground. But after a millennium of fighting, something happened. The scraps of energy that we released with our attacks mixed with the energy of the planet and created… things. Strange creatures the likes of which had never been seen before in any world. Every Bijū has a side that calls for the destruction of other life around us, but we also have other parts of us that can understand the beauty and value of life as a whole. These creatures, however, had only the side that sought death to influence them. Without any sentient creatures to hunt, they just fought amongst each other. None of them dared to challenge us, but all nine of us agreed that it would be for the best if we did not allow these things to continue to develop using our energy. So we left this world to its own devices. From time to time, our subordinates would visit this world, often to test their mettle against the creatures that dwelled here. Humans and Faunus came into being fairly recently for this world. The lesser demons would sometimes take human or Hanyou form and interact with these ningen, which is how Japanese most likely came to exist in this world. They even gave the ningen here copies of some of our less valuable scrolls and books on weapons and metalwork to help the ningen defend themselves against the creatures we Bijū had created. For some reason, they hate ningen and Hanyou more than anything else. Be wary of these creatures, brat. They may even be able to kill you."

With a nod, Naruto said "Thanks for the warning, I guess."

He turned around, but before he could leave, the great Kitsune spoke up again. "I have seen your progress with your Transformation. When you can shift into any of the three basic forms in under ten seconds, I will teach you how to create Kitsune Illusions."

Naruto turned back to the Kyūbi, surprise written on his face.

"I may dislike you for keeping me locked up in here, but I promised to teach you, so teach you I will. A Bijū does not break an oath. From now on, you will refer to me as 'Sensei,' brat."

Naruto couldn't help but smile. Kyūbi was starting to sound a bit more like he had when he was out of the seal. With a bow, he said "Hai, Kyūbi-sensei."

As Naruto disappeared out of his mindscape, he promised himself that one day, he would cure Kyūbi of his anger. That was Naruto's last thought before he succumbed to slumber.

A/N:

Hey everyone! Next chapter will be going up in two days, and it will summarize Naruto's time in Remnant up until the first episode of RWBY.

This chapter was my greatest opponent so far. I have written it, edited it, scrapped most of what I had, and rewritten the entire thing mostly from scratch several times. The idea to have the White Fang take Naruto in popped up after I had already written and edited the first version of the chapter, while I was thinking further ahead in the story and typing down ideas. I liked it so much I threw out everything I had already written. As far as I know, this is the first main crossover character that an author had the White Fang take in instead of having them camp out at the library or something, and I'm really proud of the idea. Even if it made writing this chapter ten times as hard.

As far as the gravity thing goes, I did that for one reason and one reason only, and I only started rationalizing it after the fact. My rationalization is that one of the reasons that Shinobi are so good at crazy acrobatics is because there is very little gravity in the Elemental Nations. It also explains how Lee and Sasuke were able to have half of a conversation midair during their fight before the Chunin exams. But I digress… The single reason I mentioned before should become fairly obvious in the next chapter, and anyone who can guess my reason for making Remnant have more gravity than the Elemental Nations will get a special mention in the next chapter's Author's Note. Feel free to guess either in a review or in a PM.

On a side note, I've had a few reviews that expressed displeasure at the mention of the demon clans. I just want to say that aside from a few more mentions in the "setup" chapters, you probably won't have to deal with them again. Really the only reason I even did it this way was to get the background for both Naruto's world and Remnant the way I wanted it. It's important that Chakra is not a product of Kaguya eating the fruit of the God Tree, and that Japanese was introduced into Remnant somehow. This was the best solution, and didn't involve making Naruto have the sudden ability to understand any language he heard, or letting him use a Yamanaka-style Jutsu to learn a new language.

One last thing: I take back what I said in the last Author's Note. I will NOT be posting discarded chapters as Omake, because some of them are REALLY long! Instead, I will post a separate story where each chapter is an independent discarded chapter. I will not post the discarded chapters until after their respective final chapters are posted in this story to prevent spoilers. I may also add random oneshots in that story as well, if any inspiration comes to me.

See you all again in two days!