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All was quiet at the Hakurei shrine, one could say it was just a normal day, until an explosion was heard. "Hold still Naruto!" a voiced followed after the explosion.

"Not all your opponents are going to stand still to get hit by your amulets Reimu," another voice echoed out, which was soon followed by another explosion. "Also you need to get better at expecting the unexpected," this time a "poof" was heard and it was shortly followed by a yell.

"That was unfair!"

"Well you should be used to that by now," the male's voice said in a smug tone, "After all I am the most unpredictable ninja on the force,"

"What makes you think I didn't expect that?" "Huh? AHHHH!" another explosion and yell came from the shrine, and then there was silence. "Looks like I win again,"

"I wouldn't really count that a win considering you're also down for the count," a crow could be heard as Reimu remained silent. "So anyways… can you move?"

"*sigh…* GENJI!"

"Yes M'lady?"

"Get me inside,"

"Of course, what about Naruto?"

"Just leave that idiot there," "You sore loser!"

"Right away,"

"REIMU GET BACK HERE AND HELP ME ALREADY!" yes it was just another typical day since Naruto had shown up at the shrine.

It had been over five days since Naruto had started to room with the miko and it was a pretty hectic one. Even if he was the self proclaimed most unpredictable ninja on the force he just couldn't keep up with how Reimu her 'schedule' if one could call it that. Most of the time he had spent here was with Genji yelling around for Reimu, or his own ability blowing up in his face. On a good note though he had found out he was able to form barriers of sorts which were capable of deflecting small amounts of hits. Forming portals or as he liked to call them, gaps, that could have gone better. The first time he managed to form one it created a small gap and from it a blast of cold water hit him in the face. From there on every time he tried to form a gap various items were shot out at him causing him to abstain from opening more gaps. Yet it wasn't as easy as he thought it would have been considering the barriers and portals did not use Chakra to make. Instead it used a different energy inside of him, one he couldn't really describe but felt heavier then the chakra he normally used.

Thinking back to it was also because of the constant sparring sessions, mostly initiated by Naruto or Genji's nagging, had improved his dodging and combat abilities. "Though even though I've gotten stronger Reimu's gotten stronger too, I don't even know how she even gets stronger considering all she does is laze around and eat crackers all day. No wonder this shrine is failing," Quickly ducking under what would have been a hit to the head by an amulet Naruto smirked, "You'll never hit me like that Reimu," only to rush out of the shrine as he started to get assaulted by more amulets. "I'll be heading out Genji, Reimu, it's about time I went to the human village,"

"Have a good day Naruto," Genji turned around to see Reimu rushing toward the front the shrine, "Oh dear, you better hurry Naruto,"

"No worries Genji, even if I can't fly I still have my ninja training," Naruto than proceeded to jump down the stairs.

"Baka!" giving a smirk Naruto gave a small backwards wave before disappearing from Reimu's sight.

"Now where was that village again?" Naruto mumbled to himself as he jumped from tree to tree. "If I remember correctly Reimu did say it was close by, also considering she goes to the village to always get her crackers it can't be too far," gathering chakra to his feet Naruto took one huge jump to clear the trees and get a good look at everything around him. 'Smoke to the south, I must be getting close,' with the thought of the human village close Naruto jumped forward only to suddenly bump into something mid jump.

"Ooof," momentarily stunned Naruto started to fall before he quickly grasped the obstacle in front of him. Adding chakra to his hands and feet he stuck and then examined what exactly he was standing on. 'A tree… but this wasn't here a minute ago,' climbing up the tree Naruto made it to a branch before sitting down on it. 'This definitely wasn't here so what is going on?' scratching his head in confusion Naruto soon heard what seemed to be a giggle. Opening his senses he soon felt three figures hovering above him, "Oi who's there?" Naruto asked as he stared at the area above him.

"…"

"This place is really starting to make me paranoid," Naruto mumbled to himself, the figures he had sensed before were no longer around, 'I should probably get out of this area,' taking his advice he started to continue on his way to the village.

"…"

"Sunny I thought you had us hidden with your ability," a voice said before three figures suddenly become visible. Three girls, each in a long dress colored white red and blue respectively hovered over the tree Naruto had originally bumped into.

"I know I had us covered completely, I mean he bumped into the tree like we planned," the girl in red said before looking toward the one in white, "It must have been Lunar's fault, I mean he heard us and that was what set him off,"

"There wasn't enough sound for me to completely muffle the noises we made. Still, what I did should have been enough for any normal human not to hear us,"

"In case you haven't noticed he isn't exactly normal, I mean when was the last time you saw a human jumping from tree to tree like he did?" the one dressed in blue said as she put a finger to her chin, "Maybe he was like that Shrine maiden, someone with power?"

"Or maybe he is a youkai,"

"Sunny, if he was a youkai he wouldn't be walking around… jumping around like a human,"

"Then a half-human?"

"That probably is the most likely," Star replied before moving down to the branch Naruto had stood on, "Well he's far gone from this area so we should move on as well,"

"But wasn't it funny how he smashed into that tree?" Sunny asked as she started laughing again.

"Yeah, it looked like he would also fall off but he somehow managed to save himself," Lunar nodded before looking at Star, "So what do you sense anyone else around that we can prank today?"

"Nope, no one is here right now so we should probably go back to the Forest of Magic, maybe a human wandered in there by accident,"

"Well then let's get there before any other fairy pranks a potential target first,"

"Yeah!" Sunny shouted before the three flew off towards their home.

'It's highly unlikely we will find anyone in the forest, but oh well better than staying here,' Star thought midflight.

"So this is the village huh?" Naruto thought as he looked at the small village in front of him, it was no Konoha but it was it still had the same amount of activity in the streets. None of the buildings reached higher than the Hokage's building from Konoha, but the common ones were still about the same size as his old apartment home. 'Let's see what they have in the village for me,' heading into the village he saw that most people were dressed in more of the traditional kimono's that he had seen mostly during festivals. 'This place is pretty old fashioned,' passing by some of the vendors he noticed some vegetables, fruits, and even a fish stand that had fish that were perfectly frozen in blocks of ice.

Sighing Naruto briefly thought back to Konoha only to be brought out of his thoughts when a familiar scent wafted into his nose. 'It can't be,' quickening his pace and following his nose through the streets he soon found himself in front of a small stand. The stand itself wasn't that impressive, but what was inside made Naruto's mouth water. "Ramen!" Naruto shouted causing the surrounding people to momentarily stare at him before they continued on.

Stepping inside Naruto was greeted to a similar sight of a bar with a few stools, behind the bar was a pot boiling on a stove. It was sparse yet that didn't matter to Naruto, the aroma told all that this shop was one that would serve him well.

"Welcome," a voice brought Naruto out of his musing and brought his attention to the person that welcomed him. "Oh a new face did you just recently cross the boundary and end up here?" a man, probably about a foot taller than Naruto, came out from behind the counter from a room. If Naruto had to guess his age he would have to say around sixty, considering he the man in front of him had wrinkles and such just like Hokage-jiji had on his face.

"Yes I've just recently arrived here," Naruto stopped studying the man to answer him, "The names Uzumaki Naruto, new temporary resident of Gensokyo," holding out his hand to the man he waited.

The man immediately took Naruto's hand and shook it, "Nice to meet ya Naruto-boy, I'm known here as Jin, no last name," Jin said before releasing Naruto's hand, "So… what can I get for ya?"

"MISO RAMEN," immediately shouting his order Naruto looked a bit sheepish. Nobody could really blame him; he had gone five full days without ramen, the first two days giving Reimu a headache with his whining.

"Miso it is," moving over to the boiling pot Jin deposited in the water a wad of noodles before going to go prepare the other ingredients. "So where did you come from? I came here twenty years ago while visiting the Hakurei shrine from Tokyo,"

"Tokyo, never heard of such a place. Is it by any chance near the Elemental Nations?"

"Hmm… you know Tokyo, Japan I mean you have to know Japan if you came here,"

"Nope sorry, I come from Konoha, it's in the Land of Fire. Had three great Shinobi World Wars, and is now one of the most powerful villages in existence etc."

"Twenty years couldn't have changed Japan that much, could it?"

"I'm pretty sure Konoha wasn't formed over twenty years… but who's worrying about this stuff we're here right now so that's all that matters, for now,"

"HAHAHAHAHAHA I guess you're right kid," turning around Jin pulled out the noodles before sliding them into the bowl he had prepared, "Here ya go kid, one miso ramen from the finest ramen bar in Gensokyo,"

"Thanks itadakimasu," Taking a bite from the ramen Naruto nearly cried from how good it was. 'It definitely has been way too long since I've had ramen,'

Seeing he was almost done Jin pulled up another bowl, "This one's on the house, it's been a long time since I've seen anyone enjoy ramen like you do," tears spilled from Naruto's eyes as he looked at Jin.

"You sir are a god!" laughing again Jin took the bowl that Naruto had just finished and put it in the sink.

Taking a good look at Naruto Jin noticed a few features such as his whiskers and the headband on his head, 'well he did say he was from the Elemental Nations, wherever that is, and something about a ninja war. Does that mean this kid is a ninja… would make sense considering he is still safe,' scratching his head Jin just stared at the kid.

"Hey Naruto, are you planning on staying here in Gensokyo?"

Looking up from his bowl Naruto stared hard at Jin before giving his answer, "I'm not sure yet, so far I don't have a way home yet so I guess I have to say for now yes," wiping his face with a napkin he looked on, "So how much do I owe ya,"

"500 yen for now, that last bowl was on the house," taking the money Naruto handed he proceeded to clean up after Naruto. "Since you're staying around where are you staying?"

Putting his wallet back into one of his pockets Naruto ooked at Jin before replying, "I'm staying at the Hakurei shrine with Reimu,"

"Oh Reimu-chan huh? It's about time that shrine maiden had someone to look after her. I mean all she does is laze around all day or try to find a fast and cheap way to make some money, and she wonders why barely anyone goes up to pray or offer money to the shrine,"

"Haha that's true, but I think she's started to turn around… well not so much but she is making an effort to get stronger at least,"

"That's good to hear, considering that many more youkai have been seen following humans after they leave the village. Since those youkai are naturally stronger than us humans its pretty hard to get materials now since the youkai usually try to go after humans,"

"So, Reimu takes care of the youkai?"

"She's supposed to, along with being a shrine maiden she's supposed to be a top notch youkai exterminator,"

"I can't really see Reimu as the type to kill though,"

"Kill? No no it's more like youkai disciplining if anything… you really don't know anything about this place do you,"

"I've been with Reimu for five days straight, all she ever does is eat and sleep, if anything I have to be the one to initiate some action or else she'll ignore me and go laze around all day," Naruto shook his head before sighing, "Can't believe she is just that naturally strong,"

"Well she's an unusual one. Also getting back to what Reimu does, normally she takes care of requests for money, or if someone damages her shrine then she goes after the culprit with a vengeance. Though her taking care of most youkai has been her just beating them up and letting them go, except for fairies, those little girls can't die, even if you 'kill' them they just come back in a few hours as if nothing had happened to them,"

"Really now… why do you know so much about this?"

Sopping for a bit Jin smiled a bit before heading to the back room. Not knowing what he did Naruto waited a bit he contemplated on leaving before Jin showed up again, only he had a small wrapped bundle in his hands. "I wasn't always a ramen chef you know," gingerly setting down the bundle in front of Naruto he took a seat. "I used to be a hot blooded fighter, traveling the world and challenging dojos as a young adult. That came to a stop when I stopped at the other worlds version of Hakurei Shrine to take a rest. When I woke up I found myself at this version the shrine and with some help from that times shrine maiden I made it here,"

"That doesn't seem like the end though,"

Jin sighed before beginning to unwrap what was in the bundle. Inside the bundle were two steel gauntlets which had a steel plate on the top of the fists. "These were the weapons I used to battle my way around Japan, yet when I came here I couldn't land a hit on any opponent I faced. I had originally though being a youkai exterminator was going to be an easy job, yet when you're up against enemies that can fly or send you flying with one hit," as he said this Jin rubbed the right side of his stomach.

Taking the gauntlets Naruto began to examine them. They were surprisingly light weight and warm to the touch, yet it showed the wear and tear it had of being used for fights. The steel plate had a few scratches yet no dents, while the gloves themselves almost had a fading color to them showing how much they had been used. "How long have you used these for?"

"I guess I have to say around thirty years, considering these were the weapons that got me into the fighting world and also had me exit it too," sighing Jin looked at the gauntlets with a sad gaze, "They're just a keepsake now, something to remind me of the good old days where I was able to have a good old fight,"

Putting on the gauntlets himself Naruto found that they fit snugly, "Why not continue on fighting, I mean you could probably find another way to close the distance between you and the youkai,"

"Hahaha if only I could, I'm too old for that now," seeing how Naruto was examining the gauntlets Jin smiled before reaching behind the counter, "Hey Naruto dodge this," pulling out a knife he quickly threw it at Naruto who instinctively put his fists in front of his face.

A dull clank was heard before and a few seconds later a dull thud, the knife had harmlessly bounced off o the gauntlets and hit the side of the stand. Looking frustrated Naruto was ready to pull out his own kunai, "What was that for?"

"Just testing your reflexes," Jin reached for the knife before holding is point down over his hand, "you were never in danger anyway," before Naruto could yell at Jin the knife plummeted down towards Jin hand. Closing his eyes Naruto expected to hear Jin yell only nothing came. Opening his eyes slowly he saw the knife only it wasn't going through Jin's hand like he had expected; instead it had stopped dead on his palm. "The knifes dull,"

Naruto did his best impression of a fish out of water as he stared at Jin's palm. He was pretty damn sure that the knife had a point when it was thrown at him, having trained his eyes, yet here was the knife not even breaking skin. Naruto could only think of one intelligent reply, sadly it wasn't well thought out, "W-what?"

Grinning Jin held the knife upward before tossing it up, "You know, you don't live in Gensokyo without learning a few tricks," when the knife came down it turned bright blue before disappearing, "I learned this a bit too late now, but it's useful for cooking, however it does have its problems,"

Looking perplexed Naruto motioned with his hands for Jin to continue.

"You see, I can only form one of these projectiles at a time so that's a huge drawback. Also even if I try using this," forming a blue knife Jin immediately threw it towards the entrance of the shop, just before it even reached the entrance though it started fading away before disappearing completely. "They can't go that far of a distance, unlike the fairies that can form multiple projectiles at once and throw them far distances mine have a limit, it also takes a lot out of me to even form one,"

Naruto couldn't help but marvel at the idea of forming projectiles to use against his opponent, *cough* Reimu *cough* also since he was starting to run low on kunai and shuriken an infinite supply of projectiles that didn't needed to be collected after a mock battle sounded nice. Also there was the fact that Reimu always had her inexhaustible supply of amulets and those yin yang orbs of hers always came back to her at will, making getting in close range to Reimu all the more difficult. "So… how exactly do you form those knives?" Naruto couldn't mask the eagerness in his voice at the thought of learning something new.

"Hmm… to be honest I never really thought about it. It just happened one day when I accidently broke one of my knives. When it broke I guess I was kind of upset and just wished I had my old knife back and then it formed in my hand… though I guess picturing the knife helped out a lot," with some effort a small amount of energy was channeled into his hand before forming a fork, "I can also form other items too, the smaller it is the easier it is to make,"

"Can I hold it?"

Smiling Jin held out the fork towards Naruto, "Sure, but you might want to take off the gauntlets,"

Quickly taking the gauntlets off Naruto than reached for the fork and immediately felt the difference between it and a normal fork. It was slightly warm to the touch and there was a slight pulse of an energy that felt similar to when he channeled chakra. 'How's he keeping the chakra together after it leaves his body?' remembering from the tree climbing exercise he had to go through with Kakashi he couldn't help but be surprised at the utensil. 'This thing is not even using a lot of chakra so that might be one reason it doesn't last so long, but there must be another reason on why it can stay in this form with no channeled chakra,'

"Can anyone else do this?"

"Oh sure, but those that can are most of the time youkai or people who can actually fight,"

"And you were suddenly able to do this,"

"Yup,"

"That's not that helpful," sighing Naruto put his head on the table, if anything he did find a good place to eat his beloved ramen today. Picking himself up he pulled out his frog wallet and pulled a few coins out, "This should hopefully cover the bill,"

"Ya that's plenty,"

Seeing that the gauntlets were still out Naruto moved them carefully over to Jin, "Here are your gauntlets,"

"Ha kid you should just keep them, I have no need for them anymore," Jin pushing the gauntlets into Naruto's arms, "Sides, my fighting days are over, no need to wear those while there is the younger generation around to protect us humans,"

"Can you say that seriously after seeing how Reimu behaves?"

"Well… there are other humans around,"

"But can I really keep them?" Naruto asked as he looked Jin in the eye. After all the man had practically had the gauntlets his whole life and now was willing to give them away just like that, something didn't add up right.

"I know I did, but I feel it just right to pass these on to someone else. I would have already done it if I knew someone in the village was strong, but most of the villagers are either peaceful or just can't fight. Also as strange as it is these gauntlets came into my possession through a strange gap appeared and these suddenly popped out before the gap closed. Seeing how I had just started my martial arts training I took them and proceeded to travel around Japan with these,"

Pulling his hands back Jin pulled out a napkin before coughing violently into them, "Though I guess you can say these gauntlets lead me here to Gensokyo after many battles, besides these are supposed to be used in combat not collecting dust in corner of a room,"

"I'll take them then, it would be rude to not take them after your generous offer dattebayo,"

Jin stared at Naruto before his face started to tremble a bit. Before long a smile reached his face and Jin started to laugh, "Dattebayo? You have a verbal tick?"

"Yeah what's so bad about it?"

"Hahaha nothing just keep it up alright?"

"Ok," Naruto unsure of what was funny stood up and started to walk out, "So I'll probably see you again sometime, after all ramen is the food of the gods,"

"I'm sure I will kid,"

Once out of the shop Naruto felt a sudden chill go up his spine, 'Must be because it's getting late,' throwing off an excuse Naruto proceeded to the direction of the shrine. Once he exited the human village though he noticed a lot of weird white puffballs flying around. It wasn't until one of those 'puffballs' turned around and showed its characteristics did Naruto start to panic. The puffballs had two huge eyes and a long red tongue sticking out, but the two most noticeable features that Naruto picked out were the fact it had no legs and it had the traditional ghost headband he had seen in those horror books he had read as a kid.

Now seeing that he was face to face with something that he had feared all his life and he had thought he would never see, and personally hoped he would never, Naruto could only do one thing, "GHOST!" yelling at the top of his lungs Naruto then started to run back towards the village only to stop when he saw more ghosts blocking his path. Crying in an anime fashion Naruto frantically reached into his kunai pouch and started throwing out everything he had at the ghosts that started to surround him. Nearby the humans in the village started to hear explosions and screams before it turned silent again.

Back with Naruto, after he had calmed down and started to think rationally again he couldn't help but smirk and pat himself on the back. What used to be an even paved road with a few trees around him had turned into a torn landscape. Trees were uprooted, there were holes all over the ground and a thick smoke covered the area. 'Nothing could have survived that, ghost or no ghost,' Naruto thought triumphantly only to pause as he felt something tap his shoulder, "Yes?"

Turning around to see who could be the one disrupting his moment he literally felt his heart stop for a second before he started to tremble, "Bake?" a ghost stared right back at him, clearly undamaged by what Naruto had just unleashed.

Clapping twice and making a quick prayer to whichever deity was listening Naruto yelled again before running as fast as he could towards the shrine. "I HATE GHOSTS!" Naruto's yell could be once again heard in the human village as he ran faster and faster to get away from the ghosts. 'There's the shrine!' Naruto thought as he jumped towards the shrine steps only to quickly maneuver out of the way when a ghost appeared in front of him.

"Bake!" the ghost yelled out smiling as it looked down at Naruto.

Crashing onto the ground Naruto grimaced as he had landed on his back and the gauntlets he had gotten slid a short distance away. 'My stuff,' getting onto his knees Naruto used a burst of strength to launch himself at the gauntlets just before a crowd of ghosts could gather around it. 'At least I'll keep these safe,' when he touched the gauntlets though a flash of light surrounded Naruto before it faded away.

"What happened?" Naruto mainly asked himself before seeing that the ghosts that were surrounding him had disappeared yet the ones that had been further out were still there and coming in closer. "Not this again," Naruto shouted as he held out his hands to block the incoming ghosts only to be surprised at what he saw. Around his hands were the gauntlets he had gotten from Jin, only they were colored black and the plate on them was missing. Instead there was a light star etched onto the back just like the one that formed when he made his barriers. 'Barriers… why didn't I think about that,' quickly channeling the other energy source he had found out he formed a huge star in front of him.

"This will hold ya!" Naruto shouted as the ghosts started to impact the barrier only to bounce harmlessly off and disappear in a small poof. Smirking and forgetting his fear about ghosts Naruto held the barrier to his best before feeling something appear behind him.

"Bake," a ghost that had managed to appear behind him growled out.

'Oh ya… they could always go around the barrier,' Naruto panicked as he saw the ghost come in, "Don't come any closer," waving his arms out frantically he haphazardly felt his hand go through the ghost, only it had connected and made the 'die' in the same way the ones that had impacted his barrier had. "Oh… this evens the playing field now doesn't it," giving a predatory Naruto started to jump after the retreating ghosts and punch each one with the newly found power of the gauntlets.

"HAHAHAHA! RUN ALL YOU WANT YOU LITTLE GHOSTS YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO OUT RUN ME!" Naruto shouted destroying ghost after ghost until he found himself at the shrine itself. 'Huh… must have jumped all the way up here chasing all those ghosts,' before he could relax though he quickly dodged to the side to avoid a familiar red amulet.

"Where have you been all day?" Naruto heard Reimu shout before seeing her appear in front of him riding Genji. "Well I…" Naruto started only for Reimu to interrupt him, "No matter I don't have time for this. These damn ghosts have invaded my shrine and I'm going to find out whose fault it is!"

"Well if you're going I might as well follow. After what those ghosts did to me I need to give some payback to the person who brought all of them here,"

"That's good and all, but you're walking, there not enough room on Genji for both of us to ride," Reimu than pointed forward and Genji started to fly off towards the incoming hoard of ghosts.

"Aw man that's unfair" Naruto mumbled to himself before he jumped after Reimu.

AN: I know this isn't the best of chapters, but like I said I'm trying to get my muse back and It's been a really long time since I last wrote anything. I mean as a guy who deals with mostly Computers as his major we barely see any writing, any writing we do for our classes though are mainly technical stuff that can be shortened out into bullet points and psudo code so It's going to be a while before you guys get any good quality writing for me… but it's the thought that counts right? Well I'll continue writing all summer as I continue programming so try to expect 1 update per week for this story, I'm not so sure about my other stories considering I've been disconnected from them for a long time.

AN additional: would like a good writer to beta me so they can make my story flow better.