Location: Naruto's Mindscape

Naruto wakes up in his sewer-like mindscape and decides to have a chat with the kyubbi. He walks up to the seal and sees a red-headed female in a midnight black kimono, with a pair of red with black tipped fox ears and nine beautiful blood red fox tails with black tips on them as well. If anyone were to look at her, they would say she was a red-headed clone of Hild-sama, only foxlike and twenty million times more powerful than her. Naruto then goes inside the cage and hugs the beautiful fox demoness.

"So Runo-kaasan, do you have any idea on what happened to us during the fight?" Naruto asks his adoptive mother figure outside of Tsunade.

"Well, kit, although I really can't do much for you other than give you access to my chakra and demon-shroud(thanks to the shinigami Gennryusai-Baka's seal), I am still able to talk to Kami-Chan. And she decided to take you away from that horrible world. She also felt a soul that really needed a friend, especially for the events that are to happen in the future of this world. So she used her power to create a temporal/spatial rift to send you here. Unfortunately, it did manage to kill the traitorous bastard Sasuke. I'm sorry to have been the one to tell you that, my sochi." Kyubbi said sadly.

Naruto only hugged her tighter while shedding a few tears. "It's not your fault, Kaasan. Although I wish there were a way to have saved him, he still would have left to go to that snake-teme Orochimaru." He then smiled and said, "At least I still have you with me, and maybe I can figure out what it is that Kami-Sama would have me do here."

Runo smiled, rubbed her son's hair, and said, "That's my kit, show the world that nothing like this minor setback will stop you. Now I do think you should wake up, sochi. We have guests, and it would be rude of you if you weren't awake to greet them, now wouldn't it?" And with a thought and a small pulse of her chakra, Naruto was drifting back to consciousness.

Location: Mahora Academy Nurse's Office

Naruto started to stir himself awake. He opened his eyes and saw a gorgeous blonde-haired woman looking at a chart that was attached to the bed he was lying in. His first thought was, 'man, she could probably give Tsunade-baachan a run for the money in the chest department.' She looked up and noticed he was awake. She smiled and said, "My goodness, young man. You gave us all quite a good scare, what with you falling out of the sky like that, and without a parachute, even! It's amazing you are even still alive. The Kamis must be smiling on you for you to survive something like that. Oh, but where are my manners? I am Shizuna, the nurse here and also the guidance councillor. Do you have a name, young one?"

Naruto sheepishly rubs the back of his head and says, "Oh yeah, my name is Uzumaki Naruto, future Hokake of Konohagakure. Believe It!!" He then looks around in a confused manner and asks, "Um, by the way, where exactly am I anyways, Shizuna-San?"

Shizuna just giggled and said, "You are in the city of Mahora, more importantly, you are at the Mahora Academy. And I do believe I have heard about the place you say you came from. The legends say that two very powerful beings fought in a place called 'The Valley of the End'. One body was found and the other mysteriously disappeared. They say that both of these beings were from a village that was called Konoha. But that is only a legend."

Naruto shed a small tear as he thought about his friends and surrogate family members that he left behind in his own world, but made a resolution to do what he can to both survive and protect this new world. He then turned to Shizuna and smiled. "Do you know where I could find a place to live and perhaps a job to pay for it?"

Shizuna said, "Of course, Naruto-kun, follow me and I will take you to the dean of the acadamy. He will be more than happy to help you out. Follow me, please." And with that, they left the clinic on the way to the dean's office, while Naruto was picking up on all the strange energies that seem to be flowing throughout the area. As they reached the office, Naruto felt a presence as strong as his passed-on adoptive jiji, Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage. Shizuna knocked on the door and heard a lighthearted "enter".

"Sir, I brought the young man with me as you requested," Shizuna said. "I'm going back to the clinic. I leave you in good hands, Naruto. The dean will be able to help you with all your needs. And maybe, you could come by the clinic just for a chat. I am also the academy therapist. Until then, Naruto-kun." And with that, she left.

Well, this is the first half of the second chapter, thanks to the road block my muse erected. I will try to work on the next half of this chapter, whenever I get some free time. Until then...

Thanx--DarkHeart =P

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