Hello everyone! I'm DarkNutDestroyer and here's a new chapter! I'm amazed by he amount of support this story received and I'll try to make reading this as enjoyable as possible! I won't bore you with my incessant rambling so… let the story begin!

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The Blood Runs Deep Into the Ground

"We are but men, drawn to act in the name of revenge we deem to be 'justice'. But when we call our revenge 'justice', it only breeds more revenge… forging the first link in the chains of hatred."

-Nagato Uzumaki-

-X-

Naruto watched the sun rise from the sea of blood, his blonde hair waving in the cool morning breeze. He absently fumbled with a kunai and his left pupil's seals were swirling lazily. His absent eyes glazed over the picture he held in his hand. It showed a blonde boy wearing an orange jumpsuit, an ebony haired boy, a pink haired girl looking shyly at the latter and an adult standing behind them and eye smiling at the camera. He lightly chuckled and put away the picture. He had sensed the presence of someone behind him a few minutes ago and decided to confront him. He stood up, putting his bandana back on and hiding his eye from the world.

"So…" started Naruto, breaking the silence. "Why is such a cute girl doing in such a strange place?"

The person was a cute purple haired girl sucking on a lollipop. She had deep azure eyes that were filled with loneliness and pain. She was wearing a light brown pleated checkered skirt, a white sweatshirt with long dark blue sleeves with a black singlet underneath and a yellow pendant. She also wore long dark and light purple striped stockings with white shoes and had a belt tied to her left leg. Her face didn't show any emotion though he could see the turmoil of emotions that were happening behind those blue orbs. She was beautiful. Her gentle features and calm aura gave her a peaceful vibe which was accentuated by her pale and creamy skin.

"You… are different." droned the purple haired girl. "You reek of blood and your eyes show pain and loneliness yet you continue to wear that mask of false happiness. How can you bear that pain?"

"Well, back from where I come from, I met a really inspiring man that strived for peace. Unfortunately, his way of doing so went against mine and we ended up fighting for our ideals. At the end, I won but found out that we were related and ended up killing one of my relatives. However, I learned from him the importance of pain. Instead of rejecting it, I accepted it and made it a part of myself."

Mizore's gaze softened… "It also helped that I lost some of my sanity." he said while scratching the back of his head. Mizore then promptly face planted. "You are an idiot." she said with her face still glued to the ground.

"Well, you're awfully perceptive young lady. My name is Naruto Uzumaki. May I ask yours?" asked Naruto while bowing to her in a gentlemanly manner.

"My name is Mizore Shirayuki." she said while standing up. "You are strange one, Uzumaki. You still remain a mystery to me. And I plan on discovering your secret…"

The girl then disappeared between the trees. "Hum… what an interesting person. She was also super cute. It's a shame she didn't wear some orange." Naruto thought.

He looked around before disappearing in a swirl of wind, leaves fluttering to the ground.

-X-

Naruto was now walking towards the school. He had changed his attire and now wore a customized version of the uniform. He still wore his gauntlet, headband and bandana. Several silver trinkets hanged from several parts of his clothes. He wore a black jacket over his olive green uniform. Underneath the clothes was a thick armor of Kevlar additioned with chainmail. In a school filled with bloodthirsty monsters, you were never sure. He had strapped a kunai pouch around his leg and a few ones at the back of his black belt. He was holding his school bag over his shoulder while on the other was the puppet. It was swinging its legs around and chanting the Flintstones' song.

He was whistling the jaunty tune with it while watching bats fly around him. Students were walking around him, chatting animatedly amongst each other. It looked like some of them were whispering about him. It didn't help that Ningyo-the puppet's name-was now trying to stab the bats with his knife while cackling uncontrollably.

It was at that moment that Saizou appeared and grabbed his collar. His face was covered with bruises and bandages. He was visibly limping; it seemed like his kunai had hit its target without skewering it.

Pity. He had expected it to have completely and permanently removed his masculinity. Unfortunately, it appeared that it wasn't the case and he managed to recover. At least Ningyo made a good job of disfiguring him.

He'll have to make sure he didn't miss this time. The process he was imagining in his head would've even made Orochimaru cringe. A rusty kunai appeared from his sleeve and he went to attack the unsuspecting fool.

However, the moment he was about to deliver his judgment on this poor soul, a metallic basin fell from the sky and hit Saizou's head violently. Stunned, the monster released his grip on his collar. Naruto took the opportunity to kick the young Monstrel's crotch.

When he dropped to his knees and held his precious jewels, Naruto simply threw Ningyo at him. The puppet gleefully jumped on his face and started-yet again-to stab Saizou in the face. Saizou, blinded by the small patchwork made body on his face, ran around screaming before hitting a tree and falling on the ground unconscious. Ningyo then jumped from the unmoving body before running back to its master. Naruto picked him up and put it back on his shoulder. He also kicked him in the side a few times for good measure. Okay, a LOT of times.

Naruto then turned towards his helper. The person was actually a small girl. She had short black hair and purple eyes. Like him, she wore a different kind of uniform. She wore a black witch hat, a pink top, and a pink corset. She wore the green checkered pleated short skirt all female students wore, bright pale yellow over the knee socks and brown shoes. She was also holding a strange contraption in her hand. It looked like... a wand?

"So who might you be, young girl?" he asked.

"Are you Uzumaki Naruto?" she bluntly asked. She was staring at him intensely with fierce eyes.

"Uh, yes?" he said hesitantly.

"MY HERO!" she screamed before jumping on him, glomping on his waist.

"WHAT?"

-X-

After a little explaining, it was actually revealed that Yukari was in fact a massive fan of Naruto's books. Yukari-which was the girl's name-was an incredibly perverted girl that had read all the collection. Actually, the first ten books of the series were written by Ero-sennin. The twenty other ones were made by him.

What? It wasn't like he'd never got laid during his travels. What did you expect? He wasn't a saint or a poor loser that'd never felt the touch of a woman?

Naruto was meanwhile surprised. While it was true his books were sold very easily. People didn't approve it publicly. He was touched by her gesture and his vision of her improved drastically.

"Naruto-sama, could you autograph my book?" The girl asked with hopeful eyes.

Flattered, he looked at the book she was holding before unsealing a pen. This book was actually the first one he wrote. He wrote on it his name accompanied with a drawing of a chibi version of him making a peace sign. Giving it back to her, his eyes softened at the sight of her gushing over it. He then unsealed a book before giving it at her.

"Here's my next book. It still hasn't been published yet so the volume you're holding is the first one of the world." Eyes widening of surprise, the girl stared at him while holding the book before bowing at him repeatedly.

"Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou." She spoke so quickly that he barely understood what she said. The young witch then took off while waving at him. Naruto waved back, smiling at the sight of the young girl. It felt nice to know that someone appreciated his work.

The Headmaster didn't count. That guy was just gross.

He looked at the clock before gasping alarmingly. He was late! He took out a small scroll from a pouch in his back and unsealed what was inside…

-X-

Moka was nervous. When she came to class, Naruto was nowhere to be seen. Even after the bell rang, he still hasn't arrived yet. She was nervous about the well-being of her new friend. She bit her lower lip, looking constantly at the door, hoping that it would open, revealing the grinning blonde, smiling toothily with his handsome smile. He'd then blush of embarrassment of his lateness as the teacher would reprimand him. No one came through it. She supressed a sigh. Class was sooooooooo boring without him!

However, if she'd looked out of the window, she'd see a dark point quickly approaching the school. The glass exploded as a figure standing on a cloud crashed through it. When the smoke cleared, it revealed the blonde wearing a face splitting grin sitting cross legged on a yellow cloud. Steeping from it, he smiled at the cloud before petting it and shooing it away. The cloud snuggled in his chest, did a few loops around the class before flying from the broken window. He then turned towards the class, noticed the destruction he caused and awkwardly scratched the back of his head and chuckled of embarrassment.

It didn't helped that Ninyo was throwing pieces of broken glass at the students with a crazed grin.

"Sorry for the window. Don't worry. I'll pay for it." he said, hoping that the teacher would let it slip.

Ririko Kagome would have none of that.

"What in the heavens was THAT!" She screamed while pointing at the window.

"That? Oh, it's just Kinto'un. A perverted turtle sage gave it to me as a reward for resurrecting the Phoenix."

"Do you honestly think we'd believe that?" asked the teacher, voicing exactly what was thinking all the gathered students.

"Well, I guess it's true that it doesn't seem believable if you voice it that way." he said with an embarrassed face.

"You know what? I'm already tired of talking about this. Just go back to your seat so we can continue our lesson."

"Yes ma'am." Naruto then went to sit to his seat next to Moka. The pinkette was blushing, trying and failing to hold back her laughter. Naruto looked at her amusedly before silently snickering with her.

God she liked that girl.

-X-

The bell rang loudly, signifying the start of noon break. Naruto and Moka went to eat together. They decided to sit under a tree. Moka had made a bento and Naruto simply unsealed a steamy hot cup of ramen. While they enjoyed their food, they exchanged a few words as his puppet giggled a bit.

Moka looked at it curiously before asking him about that strange cloud. Naruto explained that Kinto'un was a cloud he acquired by helping a perverted old man that could talk to turtles resurrect the Phoenix who died from food poisoning by going to Hell to retrieve him. It was the initial reason why he went to Hell in the first place in which he acquired Hades' helmet. Ironically, the Phoenix wanted to thank him by granting him immortality. Orochimaru had searched for it for numerous years and failed. Naruto could've got easily but he refused, already knowing the burden caused by it. So, Muten Roshi instead gave him the cloud.

Moka sweat dropped from the ridiculousness of the story. It was so hard to believe that even she doubted it. She quickly shook her head to clear her doubts before finally believing Naruto. Something in his eyes radiated honesty and she just knew that she could trust him.

After that, they simply chatted animatedly. Naruto then learned about Moka's life. She had three siblings: Kokoa, Akua and Kalhua. She loved them very much. She also told him about her life back in the castle, her life in the human world, her likes, her dislikes, etc. Naruto told her about his life back in the village, about his friends and adventures without revealing that he wasn't from this world. Moka looked sad when she learned of the death of his parents but he quickly comforted her.

After that conversation, they went back to class. Apparently, the window had already been repaired. Those who sit next to it released a relieved sigh. Naruto, realizing it was another English class, quickly went to sleep.

-X-

Classes have ended and the students went back to their dorms. Since school year has just started, Naruto didn't have any homework. He was happily walking down the road with Moka. Ningyo had retreated back to its scroll to recharge his magic batteries. They were happily chatting when suddenly Saizou came from the woods. However, he wasn't alone. He was accompanied by a red headed girl holding a staff over her shoulders. Naruto recognized her as part of the Public Safety Committee because of her uniform.

"Uzumaki, you better prepare your grave because it's your funeral!" he loudly boasted.

"Dude, that's some seriously bad trash talk. You sound like a wannabe punk insulting someone in Team Fortress 2." Naruto deadpanned.

"Uh, okay! Huh… Your mom is so smelly that I had sex with her last night." he said with a triumphant voice.

"First, that doesn't make any sense. Second, my mom would probably kill herself instead of sleeping with you and finally, my mom is actually dead."

Saizou flinched.

"Ugh, I…um… You know what? Screw that! You beat me the last time but today, I brought the big guns. This lady here is Deshiko Deshi, one of the strongest members of the Public Safety Commission, and she'll kick your a…"

He was suddenly cut short when the red head hit the boy with her bo staff, making fly him beyond the trees. They then heard a crash sound followed by a swarm of bats flying up into the sky.

"Ugh. He really sickens me. I only followed him to confront you. Allow me to present myself. My name is Deshiko Deshi and I challenge you to a duel!" She said while pointing her weapon at Naruto.

"Uh… I'm flattered but I refuse." Naruto really didn't want to fight right now. He had recently bought Witcher 3 and he really wanted to play it. Also, he was really lazy and didn't want to explain his crazy abilities to Moka. He was supposed to be undercover after all!

"I won't take no as an answer!" The read head furiously said. She then jumped into the air, pulling from her uniform a paper tag that she put onto her forehead. Her figure then shinned brightly before her usual uniform transformed into a traditional Chinese outfit.

"Fuck! She's a Jiang Shi!" Naruto had battled some of those back in China. There were a bitch to defeat since they have monstrous strength. However, they had very stiff limbs, greatly reducing their movement speed.

Naruto grabbed Moka by the waist in bridal style and jumped from where they were standing as Deshiko destroyed it with her fist. Dropping her behind a tombstone and telling her to hide, Naruto unsealed a gigantic shuriken that he threw towards his opponent.

The zombie simply brought her fist back before completely destroying it.

Naruto froze, watching what she did. Tears appeared at the corners of his eyes. He ran towards the destroyed shuriken, pushing the zombie out of the way. He then kneeled over it

"Noooooooooooooooooo! Do you know how fucking expensive it is? I had to work my ass off to buy it and you just destroyed it!" he cried while crying over the remains of the weapon.

Everyone sweat dropped before Deshiko shook her head and went to hit him from behind. However, when she was about to hit him, he blurred into static and disappeared.

"An after image?" she thought before being kicked from behind. She turned around and ran towards him.

Naruto took out from his pouch a few kunais and from another, some ninja wire. Dodging her strikes, he distracted her by throwing at her the knives and attached her to the trees with the wire, effectively immobilizing her. He then used his gauntlet to hit her shoulder, effectively dislocating it.

From what he learned from his fights, zombies had immense physical power. They were able to cripple someone permanently with just a hit. However, since they were dead, they were physically frail, making them vulnerable to any kind of physical attacks.

Her arm was now useless but she used the other to punch him. Dodging it, he quickly threw a smoke bomb at her before jumping onto a branch. He rested a second as he hid from the rampaging red head. He closed his eyes and thought. He could use sage mode to match her physical power but Moka would notice it. His eye was also removed from his list for the same reason. That left him a few options like…

However, he was cut in his musings when the zombie destroyed the tree he was hiding on. It seemed like the girl had put her shoulder back in place. He forgot that zombies didn't feel any pain. Dropping to the ground, he rolled before standing up. Blinded by the dust, he was then kicked in the back by his assailant. He was sent flying through five tombstones before finally hitting a wall. Extracting himself from the ruins, he looked behind him as Deshiko was quickly coming his way. Seeing the danger, he reached to his back to retrieve one of his weapons…

However, he was surprised when Moka suddenly appeared between them, facing the zombie to protect him. Realizing the danger she was in, he dashed and grabbed her, unconsciously grabbing her rosary and pushing her inside. He quickly dispelled the clone he hid in the forest which was gathering nature chakra for him. He felt the powerful energy flood his body as his pupils turned into horizontal slits and orange pigmentation appeared around his eyes. Snapping them open, he closed his fist before punching hers. The two attacks collided and the after shock created a massive crater around them. Deshiko widened her eyes. "Impossible!" she thought. "How could he match my power?"

But it wasn't finished yet as another powerful presence appeared. Snapping both their heads towards the source, they saw a crimson pillar of pure power shoot to the sky as a swarm of bats surrounded a figure. When they scattered, they revealed a white haired goddess. She had an alluring figure with smooth curves. Her creamy and pale skin enhanced her now crimson eyes. Her body showed elegance and sensuality.

Every part of her screamed of power as pure waves of youki rolled from her in waves. He then realized what happened. The rosary usually attached to her collar was absent and feeling something in his hand, he opened it and saw the silver trinket in his palm.

He then remembered what she said.

"Well, you see… Now I look pretty normal but when I remove my rosary, I become an evil and scaaaaaary vampire."

OH. MY. GOD. The realization hit his head like a bag of bricks.

"Moka?"

The newly released vampire looked at the blonde. "Tch. So weak and pathetic. Uzumaki, I thought you were stronger but it appears I was wrong if you have difficulty defeating such a weak creature.

Naruto's eye twitched. Yep. He already preferred the other Moka.

"Now be a good boy and go sit somewhere while the grownups take care of the problem." she told him in a tone filled with arrogance.

Naruto didn't really care of her insults. He had received plenty back at his village. However, her superior tone really annoyed him. She kind of reminded him of a pink haired banshee.

The zombie, tired of being ignored, grabbed a tree with her hands and threw it at the vampire. Moka simply jumped above it gracefully before twirled in midway and drop kicking the zombie. The red head barely avoided it and her eyes widened as sweat gathered at her brow when she saw the ground cave and a giant crater appeared under her attack. Realizing her inferiority, she ran away, trying desperately to escape the rampaging vampire.

However, the silver haired beauty wasn't going to let her prey escape. She jumped with incredible force towards her before slamming her foot on her back; the young girl spit out blood and fell unconscious from the toll her body has been through. Moka relinquished in her victory and was about to finish her off with one devastating kick when she was stopped.

She realized that the young blonde that she treated as a weakling was easily blocking her foot with his hand, his face wearing a bored look.

Moka froze. Not even Akua could block one of her kicks so easily!

She tried to force more power in her leg but the blonde simply didn't bulge. He was blocking her attack and she was detecting an unknown power flowing inside of was curious of his pupils and the color around his eyes. Tribe marks?

"What do you think you are doing, Uzumaki?" she asked the strange boy.

"You know, it's not nice to hit pretty girls." he said. "Also, you are overreacting WAY too much! Seriously, she would've died if I let you hit her!"

"Why's her safety so important for you anyway? I do remember her trying to hurt both of us!" She was fuming inside. How DARE he? Did he even know who she was?

"Do you not care about your friends? I am fairly disappointed in y..." However, her words died in her throat as an incredible amount of bloodlust filled the atmosphere. Choking, she realized that the bloodlust came from the boy before her. She felt fear grip her and… excitement?

"You..." he said with his hair down. Outer Moka gulped. "...are wrong. All my life I've been alone. I had friends but they didn't know anything of my pain. We didn't and couldn't live in the same world. You, however, are different. You know my pain and when we became friends, it was the happiest moment of my life. You... are precious to me Moka. And I will never let anyone touch you."The heavy pressure disappeared. Her stance relaxed lightly as she looked at him with a curious look. Her opinion of him already changing.

Moka pondered on what he said before sighing. "Sigh… You are a troublesome man, Uzumaki. Fine, I concede. The fate of this girl is yours to decide; I'll take my leave. However, before I do that…" She then appeared before him and bit his neck. Naruto winced as the vampire drank his blood. After a few minutes of heavy drinking, the silver haired girl finally stopped before licking sensually the remaining blood around the wound.

"Your blood is delicious… I can see why my other self likes you. May we meet again…"

She smirked at him before taking the rosary from his hand and reattaching it back to her collar.

The vampire reverted back to her usual self. She closed her eyes and collapsed. Naruto hurried off to catch her before she hit the ground. He looked around and dead panned.

"Well shit. Now I have TWO unconscious girls to carry! This is way too troublesome!" he said before picking both of them over his shoulders and starting his long way home.

Chapter end!

Finished! I'm pretty surprised how quick I finished this chapter and how much support this story has received. It is by far my most popular one. I will update it soon so don't worry! He had lost Kurama's chakra so no Nine-Tails Chakra Mode or demon cloak. However, his usual chakra reserves have increased tremendously by Kurama and he still had access to his usual abilities like Sage mode and powerful techniques. During his trips around the world, he also gained multiple powerful artifacts that will appear often. Expect more minor crossovers!

Now, onto some review responds!

JJP123: The pairing is indeed Naruto x harem and yes, Yukari will look at him as a brother figure.

dead man walking: Your review is answered in the previous statement.

book lover reader: Naruto is not and will never be a weakling.

grimreaper40045: Zetsu does not have access to Kaguya's powers. However, when he aids Naruto, he has very useful abilities like his sensory perception and nature transformation. However, since he isn't attached to White Zetsu, he doesn't have access to others like the Wood release.

Well, that wraps it up!

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