Wow Its nearly been a year since this story came to the site. Its not it's fault that I took this long in updating it, its mine. But I'm going to rectify that right now.
For those that still remember this story I say, you've waited long enough.
Disclaimer: I don't not own Bleach nor do I own Naruto. That's all I have to say, and that's I'm going to say.
RECAP: Last chapter was filled with battle between Madara, Gaara, Sasuke, and Naruto. It ended with Madara sending the two males of team seven through a portal to another dimension. After that, Gaara got super pissed and completely destroyed the Uchiha with a God complex.
After that I show that Kakashi eventually becomes the Seventh Hokage in memory to his student.
Then I show Naruto and Sasuke appearing, more like crashing in the new dimension, where they encounter one of its residential monsters. Even in their tired states they make quick work of the tall monstrosity. Not soon after that, Naruto gets into some trouble and not wanting to cause any panic among the citizens he was forcibly enrolled into a school.
Sasuke being the person he was bought himself a place and promptly fell asleep. And that's where we left off.
Crossing Dimensions Chapter: Two
=Immediately After Last Chapter=
Naruto let out what had to be the seventeenth inaudible sigh of the first hour he was in the class. He had to keep telling himself that it was a new dimension and that meant new things to learn, but sweet Kami the sensei was teaching about mathematics which was obviously multi-dimensional. He didn't care how hot she looked, the way she taught was a little dull.
The only subject he really needed to learn was history, at the very least. Anything else would be a waste of time. At that moment the bell rung, in which the sensei put down her chalk and announced that it was lunch time and to meet up after it was over. He was sure she was specifically talking to him for that but whatever, if it would get him out of this room he'll take it.
He slowly rose from his seat and looked around the room. Nearly all the students were removing bento boxes from the book bags. Then it hit him like a Rasengan to the stomach, he didn't have any lunch to eat. His stomach picked that rime to growl and announce it's sadness. 'What I would do for a bowl of ramen right now.' Naruto thought as he slowly walked out of the classroom, rubbing his stomach in sadness.
He didn't how or why, but after leaving the classroom he found himself on the roof of the school. "Um Uzumaki-san, you don't have any lunch?" an innocent voice said to Naruto's right.
The blonde looked around to see two groups, one of boys and one of girls, and being the person he was thanks to his late sensei, he sat next to the girls.
He looked at the group of girls who were busy looking at Orihime, not at all surprised that she was being kind, especially to someone she didn't even meet. Naruto gave a soft smile as he shook his head, "No I don't. thanks for noticing err…" Naruto trailed off not knowing her name.
Oh my name is Orihime Inoue, This is Tatsuki Arisawa and the others are Chizuru, Michiru, Mahana, and Ryo." Orihime said with a big smile as she put a octopus tentacle in his face. "I'll share with you. I always make some for my friends, but they never want to eat any of it." she offered dangling the tentacle in his face.
Her friends freaked out knowing that everything Orihime made was weird, even if it had an appearance of normality.
Naruto paid no mind to their looks as his stomach growled before he allowed Orihime to feed it to him. He chewed it for a couple of long seconds before his face lit up in delight. "This is delicious." he said as now the bubbly girl's face lit up with his. Behind them her friends stared in disgust as the two ate Orihime's freaky cooking.
It was at that moment that Naruto finally looked to the corner of the rooftop to quietly observe the young girl that seemed to be looking into his area. 'Who is that?' the blonde asked himself, knowing something wasn't right with the girl, not just because she was wearing a black kimono looking garb, and was wielding a sword.
'Hmm, I wonder…' Naruto continued thinking as he fluxed his energy just a little, before cutting it off entirely.
The slight widening of the eyes and the tensing of her muscles gave her away, as they locked eye contact. Though it was like she was in doubt, a lot of doubt. She frowned to herself before she jumped away.
Naruto mentally shrugged, so as to not arouse suspicion about what he was shrugging about. With his mind now clear of mysterious people around him, he focused on becoming friends with these females. Although he had a feeling the red read didn't like that he was being so close to Orihime. So he made it his self proclaimed mission to make her jealous, that and he was starting to like the big breasted knucklehead. She reminded him of himself when he was younger and there was nothing wrong with that.
=Five Hours Later=
Naruto didn't know how he made it through the day without losing his mind but staying in that class was such a drag. He had to admit though, he'll continue to go, even if its only to see Orihime. Her kind heart reminding him of Hinata so much it wasn't even funny, that and she was wicked smart although extremely silly.
It was around six when Naruto left the library. But the school ended at four, meaning that Naruto spent an extra three hours just reading books in the library. There were so many books to read from, it was like his shinobi career all over again. Mostly the part where he read jutsu scrolls and books on battle tactics.
The blonde sighed as he carried a stack of textbooks, it was four books in his arms and the worse thing was that he didn't have a place to put em. "I need to find Sasuke, I'm pretty sure he has a place to stay by now. He hasn't moved in the past six hours." Naruto said as the quickest way to the location would be a shunshin, but to be honest, using low level techniques would be tougher than high level. Not until he experimented with this new energy, would he use it to that intent, but high level techniques are alright, judging from his fight earlier.
Well he wouldn't use it for that reason and the fact that it would still freak people out. The blonde looked in the air at the majestic sun… it must have been spring time because he also noticed lots of flowers around the city. The sun looked amazing while it was setting. That's one thing he was glad didn't change, the only different thing is the location.
"Look at what we have here fellas. A new face we can mess up. And look he even has funny looking hair like the bastard Ichigo." a rough looking boy said as he and three others surrounded Naruto.
"What's with your hair daffodil? Did you lose a bet or something?" another gangster looking person said.
"I say we cut it off before we toss him in the river." the third gangster bully said as he took out a pocketknife.
Naruto lazily looked ahead to see that a bridge was coming up and there was indeed a river.
"There's no escape blondie so I suggest you just take it like a man. And try not to scream to loud." the last rough looking boy said as they all charged.
Naruto sighed as he placed both hands on each side of his stack of books, to prevent them from falling to the ground, they were brand stanking new. 'Legs, don't fail me now.' he thought as he began dodging and kicking whoever came within distance. The first two went down immediately.
He noticed the boy with the knife charging and quickly moved his head out of the way of the strikes and kicked his knee, sideways so as to prevent severe injuries. The teen buckled and that gave Naruto opportunity to kick the knife out of the teen's hand and straight into the air.
Not stopping in the slightest, he immediately dropped the leg down on the guy's shoulder, crashing him into the ground.
Naruto gave a long yawn as he faced down the last goon. "Forget this guy, I'm out of here." the goon said as he seemed to have gained a dash of common sense as he tried to turn and run. By then Naruto was beginning to grow extremely bored with the poor performance. So with a quick burst of speed he appeared behind the guy, his foot planted on the side of his head, and sending him flying sideways where he hit a building.
He had thought about just tossing one of the unconscious goons at the runaway, but that wouldn't have been fun… 'Would it have?' Naruto thought to himself with a thoughtful look on his face.
It was at that exact moment that the blonde realized how tired he was. 'Damn teacher not letting me sleep in class. Its not my fault Orihime's lunch filled me up so nicely.' weirdly his stomach growled, it was like it was agreeing with Naruto.
The blonde patted his stomach contently before he began to think out loud. "I wonder if Sasuke has anything to eat." he said as his feet unconsciously started moving faster.
=Kurosaki Clinic=
"Hey everybody I'm home." the tall orange haired boy said as he entered his home, only to get kicked in the face, surprisingly by his own father.
"Why are you coming home so late, you know dinner is at seven o'clock sharp." The father said after laughing in triumph.
Ichigo growled as he got up and quickly punched his father back. "What the hell is wrong with you? No other parents beat up their kids constantly. And for your information I was busy."
"Son you know you have to always be on your toes. Never let your guard down, because the results are ugly." Isshin, the father of Ichigo said proudly as he and his son started comically fighting in the dining room.
"Hey Ichigo eat your dinner before it gets cold." Ichigo's youngest sister Yuzu said with a wooden spoon in her hand and a pout on her face.
Karin, the middle child, continued to eat her rice with a look of indifference on her face. The two males were to busy to listen, between their fighting and arguing. "Ah let them fight Yuzu, you know dad. He does this everyday." she said between bites. "Ichigo you have another one." she added.
Ichigo stopped his fighting long enough to see a ghost floating behind him. "When you get here? Go away." he said trying to swat the specter away.
"I can only sense them. I think its cool you two can see them. Tou-san's the only one that cant see them." Yuzu said smiling.
"I don't believe in ghosts." Karin said staring blankly at her sister.
This shocked Yuzu, "How can you not believe in them, when you can see them?" Yuzu questioned her sibling.
Karin continued to show indifference to the subject. "Just because I can see them, doesn't I have to believe in them." she said coldly.
Finally Ichigo gave up on his trying to rid the ghost from his sight. Fortunately he gave up in the knick of time, because both he and his father punched each other at the same time. Isshin slowly slid off of his son's fist and crumpled to the floor. "Forget dinner, I'm going to bed." the high school student said as he gathered his book bag and walked up the stairs.
Yuzu started pouting more as she watched her brother leave without eating dinner.
"It's your fault dad." Karin said causing Isshin to comically ask why.
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Ichigo laid in his bed aimlessly staring at the ceiling. 'I still cant figure out whot that girl was. Where did she come from and what was with that monster?' Ichigo thguot to himself as he began to replay the events that happened about an hour ago.
Suddenly a black winged butterfly appeared over his face, via his open window. He watched as it flapped it's wings, traveling to the middle of his room.
Then suddenly a girl seemed to materialize through his wall and stood on his desk. It was the same girl that he had seen earlier when that ghost girl was being attacked not too long ago. "Who are you?" Ichigo asked in a whisper.
Sadly his question was received upon deaf ears as the girl causally and cautiously hopped off the desk. Then out of the blue she put her hand on the hilt of the sword, freaking Ichigo out.
"Who the hell are you? What do you want?" he yelled as he quickly retreated to the wall, farthest away from the mysterious girl with the sword. Yet again his questions weren't answered and it was beginning to piss him off, judging from the tick mark developing on his forehead.
"It's near." she said scanning the room.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!' Ichigo yelled loudly as he kicked the raven haired girl in the back. "FIRST YOU SUDDENLY APPEARE IN MY ROOM! NOW YOUR TALKING NONSENSE! I asked who you are?" Ichigo finished yelling as he pointed at the downed girl.
"You can see me?" the short girl asked a little meekly from her spot on the floor.
"Of course I can see you, I just kicked you. Are you messed up in the head or something?" the high school student said with a frown.
The black garbed girl stood to her feet and quickly grasped the fifteen year old's chin and quizzically studied him, fascinated that she could be seen by him. "Strange. People usually cant see me." she said moving his chin from the left to the right quite intrigued.
"Quit talking nonsense." Ichigo said angrily as he tried to kick the girl. Keyword being 'tried' because she softly and gracefully jumped on it and then onto his head, where she kicked off his body entirely.
Ichigo murmured some incoherent things as he laid face first on the floor. "Fine you asked who I was, I'll tell you… I am a Shinigami (Soul Reaper)."
=The Streets of Karakura=
In the streets of the dark skied town was a young girl. This girl wasn't normal. She was the same young ghost that Ichigo was protecting earlier.
She was busy running in fright as footsteps echoed behind her, leaving large prints, showing just how heavy her pursuer was. The distortion in the air, clarified itself to show another monster. It stopped moving and sniffed the air. "So many delicious smelling food. Two in each location. I'll go for the closest." it said as it totally disregarded the lonely spirit it was previously chasing. It's new destination being where Kurosaki Clinic resided.
=With Naruto=
Naruto grunted in frustration as he knocked on Sasuke's apartment door for the three hundredth time. "Come on teme open the damn door." naruto said in a hushed yell. He could feel the seals around the house, warding off unwanted signatures, which he knew was him.
"For the last time dobe, go away!" Sasuke yelled from the other side of the door.
"Come on Uchiha quit being stingy. I know you have two bedrooms in there." Naruto said banging on the door more.
"How'd you know that?" Sasuke said with a frown.
Naruto unknowingly smile at the door. "For two reasons. One, you have seals lining every inch of your apartment. I'm not a seal master for nothing, I know your apartments entire layout thanks to your seals. And two, your landlord told me when I told him we were roommates and I was too busy to be with you when you registered the room. He thought it was tricky, but he disregarded it when he seen my uniform." Naruto explained.
Sasuke was silent for a while. "Plus I have some tomatoes for you. I know you didn't have anything to eat. So here's my offering." Naruto added when his clone ran towards him with a bag of tomatoes.
Though Naruto couldn't see the old avenger's face, he knew it lit up in slight delight. "How exactly did you know I had a taste for tomatoes." Sasuke said not being able to hide the happiness and hunger from his voice.
Naruto's smile turned into a smirk. "How naïve of you Sasuke. You know damn well there's a file on everybody. I felt sort of nostalgic after taking the hat and looked at files of the old team." the blonde truly prides himself on completing his most desired goal. Now forever will his face be engraved into the mountain of Hokage, along with his father, Sarutobi, his grandfather figure, and Tsunade, his mother/grandmother figure. No doubt Kakashi took the hat after him, after all if the rumors were correct, he was supposed to be the Rokudaime, but declined knowing and shunning the responsibility in leading an entire village. 'But now that he is the Seventh Hokage, he's probably going to try to make the kunoichi wear mini skirts… I should have did that.' Naruto thought with a perverted giggle.
Though he had spent less time as a Kage than his father, he felt that it was all the time he needed to gain the necessary experience he truly needed in leadership. Being in this dimension didn't bother him as much as he thought it would. Though being with Gaara and being called the 'Youngest Kages in History' would be missed. Too bad he couldn't have been sent along with them. That would've made their time much more enjoyable, even with his apathetic nature.
"Damn it loser would you quit staring off into space and get in here already." the old kage heard as he noticed the weight in his arms were gone. He looked in the apartment to see the books on the coffee table and the bag, sans, one of the occupants. "Why do you have books anyway? What the hell did you do after we left the park? How come you didn't offer me tomatoes when you first got here?" Sasuke asked his questions between bites, only for his last question to contain some anger.
"Ugh, don't make me remember." Naruto said plopping himself on the couch. "And plus my clone just returned with the offerings." he said into one of the pillows on the couch.
"You know I can find out anytime right?" Sasuke said with a smirk as his eyes flashed red for a quick second. He waited only to have snoring greet his ears. Sasuke gave a deadpan look as he stopped mid bite to look at his very old teammate. "Whatever." he said grabbing the bag of tomatoes and leaving the room.
=The Next Day=
Naruto woke up with a yawn as he rubbed his shaggy hair. He looked down at his pillow to see a large spot of his drool. He looked around before he quickly flipped the pillow and whistled for couple of seconds.
"I don't know why your trying to hide it, I already seen it developing when I finished dinner last night." Naruto heard from behind him. He acted fast and threw the pillow at his roommate.
The pillow hit right in Sasuke's face, because he didn't have time to react because of the short distance between them and the total unpredictability of the blonde. The pillow slowly slid off, showing Sasuke's pissed off face little by little. "You better thank Kami that it wasn't on the drool side dobe. I mean I'm still going to kick you ass." he said punching Naruto on the back of the head.
Naruto groaned while rubbing his head. "What time is it anyway? I feel like I just finished hibernating."
"Why are you going to be late for school?" Sasuke asked with a smirking chuckle.
The blonde shrugged his shoulders. "It depends on the time teme." Sasuke glared at the blonde before pointing at the wall clock behind said blonde. "Hmm seven thirty-four? I don't have school until nine." Naruto said rising to his feet and stretching, cracking his neck, back and popping some of his joints. "Man that couch was uncomfortably comfortable."
Sasuke was walking to the kitchen when that was said. So when he heard it he stopped in his tracks and slowly looked behind him. A look of 'What the Fuck did you just say' on his face.
The whiskered blonde sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. "Hehe sorry that didn't make sense." he said before a feeling hit him and he ran to the bathroom.
Sasuke shook his head as the sound of liquid hitting liquid reached his ears. "When are you going to tell me the reason your going to school?" Sasuke asked from the kitchen. The blonde groaned from the bathroom, but Sasuke didn't know if it was from his activity or if he was saying no. "If you do I'll make you ramen." Sasuke bribed.
Liquid upon liquid was halted and silence followed. Then the bathroom door opened and not soon after that the kitchen door. There Naruto stood with a frown and a pointed finger. "You cant cook ramen to save your life… instant doesn't count and you know it." Naruto added when Sasuke was about to talk.
Sasuke glared at the blonde, his Sharingan activated in his anger. "You know, we're going to have to properly test this new energy. Because if I know you, and I know you, your going to have some trouble controlling it." the raven haired teen said with a smirk.
Naruto matched his glare with one of his own, as his own eyes flashed crimson. "You and I both know we simply cant fight just anywhere. This world is completely domesticated compared to our unruly world. If anyone sees our power, mass panic is surely guaranteed to happen."
Sasuke didn't let his smirk fade from his face. "Which is why we'll find an uninhabited place to spar. Somewhere far away from this town, preferably a desert."
This was Naruto's turn to smirk. "Thanks to the geography book I read in the library yesterday I know just the place." he said patting himself on the back.
Sasuke chuckled in indifference, "Alright. Lets make it interesting, if I win you have to tell me how you got into the school and the reason you stayed." Sasuke said shrugging his shoulders since that was all he could think off at the moment.
Naruto smirked, "Alright and if I win, you have to join me at the school. Because I'm not going to lie, its pretty boring and I am not going to be the only one that has to suffer through boredom in this new place." Naruto said smirking as his eyes regained their blueness.
Sasuke looked on in disagreement, but after a couple of minutes of arguing he relented with crossed arms. "Fine, but you cant send clones to substitute yourself." the Uchiha said glaring at the blonde.
Said blonde only had to frown but secretly wanted to bang his head against the wall because he totally forgot he could make clones. "It's a deal." he said making a clone as they exited the building. "I'll just have the clone make a Hirashin seal so we can immediately return." He added leading the way, heading far west.
"Wait you can use the Hirashin? You bastard how come you didn't use it against Madara!" Sasuke growled in anger.
Naruto continued hopping from roof to roof. He glanced at Sasuke with a sheepish look. "It never crossed my mind." he admitted lowering his head.
The Uchiha groaned and shook his head. The duo kept silence until they arrived at their location a half hour later. It was a vast junction between Karakura Town and another city. They veered far from the road to refrain from being seen by any individual.
As the two stared at each they finally became aware of the other's attire. "Your really going to wear your school uniform in this spar. Don't you have to wear that in an hour or so?" Sasuke asked with a hand on his head.
Naruto looked down at his grey shirt and grey pants and shrugged. (A/N: Don't pay attention to the white shirt part from last chapter. I was tripping.) "We didn't have time to properly prepare for this spar. At least I'm not half naked." he said pointing at Sasuke's black sweat pants, they being the only thing apart of his attire.
"Who cares, lets just keep the techniques small to work on control." Sasuke said quickly dashing at the blonde.
Naruto met him halfway and they begun their fight.
=Karakura High School=
It was ten minutes before school time and Naruto and Sasuke stood in the classroom. Their spar could have lasted for a few more hours, but the pulling sensation from his clone alerted them of the time. They quickly called a tie and returned home, via Hirashin seal.
With the time being another twenty minutes until the start of school Naruto told Sasuke of the previous day's 'adventure' after he took a quick shower. During their spar he gave the clone instructions to go buy more uniforms… he was grateful that he used some insight before the fight. His shirt was still out there somewhere. The clone had also bought Sasuke a uniform too, which the Uchiha glared at with complete distain.
"I'm surprised Naruto, I didn't know you had such a hunk for a friend." one of the girls said staring at Sasuke who was in the back of the class with his head rested on the desk.
"Yeah how come he wasn't here yesterday and why doesn't he socialize like you do?" Michiru added after Mahana.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head as he chuckled. "I wouldn't go and call him a hunk. And plus I sort of dragged him here, so he hates me right now. I told him he only has to last for the rest of the year for summer break." Naruto explained.
"I don't know, he could be your evil twin. You guys are total opposites." Orihime said switching between the two shinobi.
The group lightly laughed at Orihime's silliness, while Sasuke groaned inaudibly.
By the window, Ichigo was talking with his friends Keigo and Mizuiro. Sado aka Chad, a extremely tall student with Mexican roots bid them a greeting. Naturally Keigo grew pale over his frightening size, but the fear was never serious as Chad was a gentle giant.
"I still cant believe a car went through your house and nobody was injured." Keigo said with an excited voice.
"I'm surprised nobody woke up." Mizuiro chimed in.
Ichigo himself was too busy with thoughts of the previous night's events to listen. 'Its still unbelievable that no one can recall what happened. I'm sure that Karin should have memory of the Hollow attack but she doesn't remember a thing.' Ichigo was busy thinking.
"Are you Kurosaki Ichigo. Hi I'm Rukia Kuchiki I'll be sitting next to you for now." a girl said shocking Ichigo to his core. He was about to completely freak out when she showed him her palm, in marker it read 'Reveal who I am and I'll kill you.' He grew pale and was surprised the others didn't notice.
Naruto smiled and laughed in his group, but he also was keeping an eye on the new raven haired girl partially positive that she was the same person he seen yesterday. 'Something is different about her.' he mused noticing the teacher enter the class and school started.
During the lessons Naruto, Sasuke, and Ichigo were weary of Rukia for different reasons. Hours passed and Sasuke had to say that he was back in a missed element. He had always excelled at school and it was apparent that Naruto had gotten better as well. 'Things have changed.' he thought staring at the blonde's back.
Naruto was getting anxious. A few minutes later and he would get some more of Orihime's delicious cooking. He felt a sensation of somebody staring at him and looked behind him to see Sasuke two rows behind and diagonal from him. He smiled and the Uchiha's frown.
The two shinobi locked eyes and Sasuke's own flickered toward Rukia. Suddenly Naruto felt a slight flick on his forehead. He glared at Tatsuki who was glaring back at him. "What did I do?" he whispered at her.
She was sitting behind him and she flicked him again. "Your in my personal space." she said flicking him a third time.
Naruto finally pulled back his head with a feigned look of irritation on his face. "Ouch stop doing that." he said before the bell sounded throughout the school. "Yay lunch time. What did you bring today Orihime-chan?" he asked his fellow student.
At that moment she pulled out a very long sandwich. "Just this. I call it the Yumwich." she said full of pride at her masterpiece. The sandwich looked like any ordinary subway sandwich. Naruto's mouth watered as he stared at the work of art. He watched as she slowly broke off a piece handed it to him, "Here try it." she offered enjoying the attention.
Naruto bit into the meat and bread combo and moaned in pleasure. Though it tasted like any other sandwich, there was something special in it that he couldn't exactly pinpoint. He swallowed it saddened that it was gone so soon. "Sasuke you have got to try this. One of the best sandwiches ever constructed." he praised the sandwich at his friend.
The dark eyed boy stared at the foot long from across the room. He grunted in disagreement and put his head down.
"Come on Sasuke you know you want to. I know your hungry over there." Naruto added with a smirk as the girls giggled at hearing his stomach growl.
Sasuke let out a long sigh as he rose from his feet. "Fine I'll taste the sandwich." he said as he noticed that Rukia was currently dragging Ichigo out of the room. He rose an eyebrow at the weirdness and kept his senses open for any unusual activity. He accepted the piece given to him and silently ate it.
Naruto looked at him apprehensively waiting for a small hint that suggested that he liked it. "See its just a regular sandwich. Now I'm going to buy a small lunch somewhere." he said walking out of the class.
Everybody frowned at him. "I knew he would like it." Naruto said with a large foxy grin.
The girls looked at him in disbelief. "What do you mean, it was obvious that the moody bastard didn't love Orihime-chan's delicious sandwich." Chizuru said wrapping Orihime in a tight hug. Tatsuki then struggled to remove the lesbian from her friend, it was an amusing sight.
Naruto smirked and rose a finger as he began talking like a teacher. "You see I know Sasuke so much that its surprising that we aren't blood brothers. He doesn't like to show outward affections for something he likes. He likes to keep a stoic appearance to everything like his older brother, who sadly isn't here with us now. But if your attentive enough you can spot small, very small, expressions on his face that he cant hide, because its more instinctual." he said finishing his speech loving their wide incredulous eyes. "Now wait." he said opening his hand and begun counting down.
When the blonde hit zero Sasuke walked back into the room. "Uhh, I don't know how to put this… can I have another piece?" Sasuke asked with his head down in shame.
Naruto put on his smuggest smirk and leaned back in his chair. "Told you." he said as a large spike of energy erupted outside and steadily oozed energy. The two shinobi unnoticeably tensed ready for some hollow killing, but relaxed when they didn't sense any evil.
After that their day went by without any relevant events. The two shinobi just opted to return home, though at different times. Naruto wanted to walk Orihime home. He soon learned that she live not very far from wear he and Sasuke's apartment was. But Tatsuki lived in their complex as Sasuke learned when they walked home, their obvious common issue being martial arts.
It was weird but Naruto sensed some feelings developing in Sasuke. Maybe coming to this world was better than he realized.
The monsters gave him an occasional dose of adrenaline, it was too bad he could never just run at it and kill it himself. They always seemed to disappear a few minutes after appearing. They'll appear again a couple minutes later but then they'll completely vanish. In the back of his mind he knew it had to do something with Ichigo and Rukia, but he didn't have any proof, maybe Sasuke knew what was happening.
"Alright bye Naruto-kun, thank you for walking me home." Orihime said giving him a quick bow before she quickly ran up her steps.
Naruto stood amazed as she gracefully bounded up the steps in her skirted uniform. A blush was adorning his face as he began his journey home.
A meow sounded near him and he looked down to see a black cat mewing near his legs. "Hey kitty. You want some milk?" he asked the cat as it tilted its head to the side and mewed again. "I'll take that as a yes." he laughed. "Follow me." he said as he began jogging to his shared apartment with the cat running behind him.
Naruto bounded up his staircase, taking two stairs a time. He slowed to a walk as he passed his neighbor's doors, before reaching his own. "Here's my house, apartment 18." he spoke to the cat, happy that the cat answered back with a meow.
He reached into his pocket for the key and silently cursed when he remembered that Sasuke didn't have a copy made for him. "Hmm change of plans kitty, we'll be going through the window. Here hop on my shoulder." he said bending down so the cat could jump onto his shoulder, where it wrapped its tail around the blonde's neck. He rose really amazed, wow you're the smartest cat I've ever encountered." he said not noticing the cat puff out its chest in pride, because he was having faint memories about the Fire Daimyo's wife's cat, who only knew how to evade danger.
He exited his apartment building and searched for his apartment's window. 'Stupid Sasuke not being in the apartment.' he mused feeling Sasuke's signature in some other apartment. 'Always thinking about fighting.' Naruto added as he looked around. Not seeing any people he glanced at the cat, "Hold on." he said jumping towards his open window, thankful that they left it open.
He gracefully glided through the window and landed on Sasuke's bed. "Hm, I didn't know this was Sasuke's window." Naruto mused as he grew pale and immediately jumped off the bed. "Uh oh, if Sasuke finds out I was on his bed, with my shoes on no less, he'll kill me." Naruto said promptly removing himself from the room right after he wiped off the wrinkled bed.
The blonde went to the kitchen and opened the fridge. "Ah hear goes your precious milk. Now kitty you have to promise me you wont tell Sasuke I was in his room, ok?" he asked the cat.
The cat seemed to be ignoring him in favor of licking its paw. "I'll take that as an okay." Naruto said grabbing a medium sized saucer and filling it with milk. He watched the cat hop off his shoulder and start lapping at the milk.
It was at that moment that Sasuke walked through the door. He and the blonde locked eyes for a quick second. "Oh hey, I thought you'll still be Orihime… how did you get in here without a key?" he asked narrowing his eyes.
Naruto scoffed as he rose to his full height. "I'm insulted, I mean seriously. I was a leader of an entire village of shinobi. Getting into this apartment was effortless." Naruto said unzipping his uniform shirt and removing it. Now the blonde was wearing a plain white shirt. He then put his fingers in the classic cross seal and summoned a clone. "Now I'm going to shower. You do my homework, and no complaining." Naruto grumbled as he briskly walked away.
"Drama queen." Sasuke muttered as he sighed and looked at his counter to see a cat staring at him. The two looked at each other until the sound of the shower starting filled the apartment. "Loser where'd this cat come from?" Sasuke yelled through the rush of the steaming water.
"I found her outside on my way home from Orihime's apartment building. She's a very smart cat." Naruto added.
"You checked its gender?" Sasuke asked with disbelief.
"No I didn't check its gender." was Naruto's reply.
"Then how do you know it's a she?"
Sasuke could hear Naruto sigh as he sat at his counter, his eyes still on the cat. "I have a feeling. Now can I take a shower in peace?"
"Yeah whatever, don't use all the hot water." Sasuke said hearing Naruto's grunt in reply. "So you're a smart cat?" he asked the cat and received a mew in reply.
Sasuke stared intensely at the feline looking for anything of worth. Nothing interesting popped out at him in the five minutes he spent staring at it. He rose his head and looked at the towel wrapped blonde. "Are you sure this cat is smart? Its done nothing but stare at me for the past five minutes."
The blonde looked over the shoulder of his blonde to make sure it was doing it's job before he looked at Sasuke. "From the sound of it, you've been looking at it for the past five minutes. So are you saying your not smart?" Naruto snickered as sped to his room before a plastic cup could hit him. "You're lucky that that was plastic." Naruto yelled from his room.
"Whatever." Sasuke scoffed as he got ready for his shower, leaving the cat on the counter to lick itself.
=Ichigo's House=
Ichigo entered his house with a heavy sigh leaving his lips. "Hey Ichigo-nii your just in time for dinner." Yuzu said happy to see her brother.
Ichigo looked at his sisters in the kitchen and gave them a small smile. "Hey you two how was your day?" Ichigo said with a new found respect for life, when it concerns his family.
Karin narrowed her eyes for a second at the weird behavior exhibiting from her brother. She shrugged after a few seconds and said her day was like any other. Yuzu didn't have any kind of resistance and told her brother about the chores she did, which was basically the only thing she did after returning from school.
"Where's dad?" Ichigo asked just realizing that he didn't get a surprise sucker punch from his father. The answer to his question came in the form of Isshin appearing behind him and putting him in a headlock.
"Here I am Ichigo. I'm surprised you dropped your guard. What did I tell you about th-AT!" Isshin said yelling the last part as Ichigo threw him at the wall before he stormed up the stairs, his appetite gone.
Minutes later Ichigo laid in his bed completely oblivious to his surroundings. He was just mindlessly staring at the ceiling while thinking of what happened today with the hollow attacking the little ghost boy. He remembered the declaration he made about only fulfilling his duty as a substitute Shinigami, not because he had to but because he wanted to. He couldn't sit back and do nothing while an innocent soul was in danger, he wasn't built like that.
He went to sleep thankful that the next day was Saturday.
=The Next Day=
The morning flew by without problems. Naruto was resting on the couch reading a book while the cat slept on the armrest behind his head. Sasuke was out with Tatsuki at the dojo, where the blonde was sure that Sasuke was humiliating the group of civilian fighters.
Naruto yawned as he felt and heard his stomach growl. With that interruption, the blonde marked his page by folding the corner and closing the book shut, with an unnecessarily loud clap. The blonde looked up over his bangs and saw the black cat staring hauntingly at him, as if asking him why he did that?
The whiskered blonde just grinned at it, "Its lunch time." Naruto said as if he understood it's unasked question. He rose with a stretch and a loud yawn, watching as the feline did the same. He walked to the kitchen and retrieved the fish themed cat food and poured the meal in a medium sized bowl, along with a saucer of milk. "Now that your accommodated, I'm on the road for my sustenance." Naruto said walking to his room for a change of clothes as he was still wearing his sleeping attire. That and he had put his book on his bed.
A few moments later he exited wearing a pair of plain black jeans and a black shirt with a design of an orange dragon going from the bottom of the shirt and wrapping around it twice and had its head going over the blonde's left shoulder. When he, I mean, his clone seen it in the store he lit up in excitement loving the brightness of the orange it displayed. Maybe he didn't fully get rid of his love for the color after all.
On his feet was a pair of black sneakers that went perfectly with his current attire. He looked down at his chest and gingerly lifted the necklace Tsunade had given him years ago. He smiled thinking about his predecessor and tucked the piece of memory in his shirt.
He looked around the house and lifted an eyebrow at not seeing the cat anywhere. He shrugged and left the residence. A half hour of blindly walking around the city looking for a suitable place to eat was starting to grate on his nerves. Mostly because he was so bored. His eyes lit up when he noticed Orihime walking in front of him, waiting at a crosswalk.
He quickened his walk and lightly tapped her shoulder, causing her to slightly jumped. "Oh Naruto-kun, kon'nichiwa." she said with a bright smile as she gave a short bow. She was wearing a long and colorful dress. The top of it was purple whilst the bottom half was a mixture of orange, yellow, and other light colors.
"The same to you Orihime-chan." Naruto said giving her a bow in return. "So what are you doing this wonderful Saturday?" the blonde said with a large smile never leaving his face.
She smiled in return and giggled a little. "I'm just walking around, enjoying the warmth the sun brings me." she said as the light turned green.
They started walking across the street with Naruto looking amazed at how she didn't have an agenda. "So your just wondering around aimlessly. Well how about I change that." Naruto said loving the confused look she gave him.
"What do you mean Naruto-kun?"
The blonde kept his eyes on her the entire time they were walking, never having his pupils deviate from her face. "I was just on my way to find a place to eat. Maybe you would want to join me?" he said growing flustered as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Sure I'll join you. Now that you've brought it up it up, I'm pretty hungry." she said quickly grabbing his hand and practically dragging him into a nearby sushi bar. There they talked about tons of things, in which some they shared a common interest.
=Karakura #1 Dojo=
Sasuke stood off to the side of the rural Japan looking room. He was dressed in a white karate outfit along with a sixteen others, both male and female. The lone Uchiha had the pleasure of 'sparring' with about a dozen of them. Some of them were competent fighters for civilians, but against an elite such as him, poor.
But Tatsuki, though she had the same training as them, her ferocity in sparring was acceptable in his eyes. If she had chakra and knew the right ways to use it, she'll be as strong as any Chunin or even Jonin in Oto.
He looked in the center of the room where said girl was busy sparring against some taller dark haired guy. She was so graceful the way she dodged and struck punches. He was half tempted to activate his bloodline just to record this forever.
He was about to give it a go before he felt a tap on his shoulder. There to his left was most, if not, all of the students along with the sensei. They were bowing quickly, completing ten falls and rises in five quick seconds. "All of us will be honored if you joined this dojo and participate in the fighting tournament next month." The light brown haired sensei said.
Sasuke looked at the middle aged man with the edges of his lips twitching up in a smile. "Hmm, that's a tempting offer, but I would have nothing to gain from doing such a thing." he said as a shriek nearly ruptured his, and everyone else's, eardrums.
"Nothing to gain!" Tatsuki said stomping towards the Uchiha with fire erupting behind her and in her eyes. "There's so much to gain by being in this tournament. Its not just a city thing, no this tournament will judge the skills of all the strongest fighters in the entire country. The winner will get the acknowledgement of his peers and one the prestigious trophy in the country. And in the coming month I will rise above all and become the strongest female fighter in the country." the passionate monologue left her panting to catch her breath. Also by the time she was finished she had the front of Sasuke's shirt in her hand as she was frantically shaking him.
By the end of her speech, her audience shed tears of recognition as well as amazement for her ardent speech. But Sasuke was the one that was most moved, judging from the swirls that substituted his eyes. Her frantic shaking had left him dazed for the moment. He felt lightheaded as he calmed his senses, barely able to recognize the strength every woman gets when angry.
"You misunderstand what I was insinuating Tatsuki-chan. I'm trying to say that I already know I'm the strongest. I'll hate to admit it though, but there is one person that's my equal in strength." he said as he found himself babbling. He shook his head to prevent himself from talking any further. "Never mind what I said. Sure, I'll join the dojo and enter the tournament. I'm sure after you'll be getting a lot of students." Sasuke said standing to his feet.
He took Tatsuki's hand, surprising her as she was led to the middle of the room. "Now lets get you into tiptop shape. After I'm finished with you, you'll start feeling sorry for the other female contestants. Who knows, maybe next year they'll let you compete with the boys." Sasuke said as he dropped into an expert Taijutsu form his clan was known to use.
=With the Substitute Shinigami=
The day was bright and the sun was at its highest in the sky. Ichigo was pleased that such a day wasn't accompanied by Hollow, as of yet. The absence of Hollow allowed him and Rukia a short, but much needed break. Even though it was only his second day for being the substitute Shinigami, he had already killed two Hollows.
The orange haired teen was wearing a white and blue shirt that had a skull in the middle, surrounded by blue fire. His pants being dark blue in color. Whilst Rukia was wearing a matching white and blue dress.
"Don't get too comfortable Ichigo. We both know a Hollow could appear and will appear at any moment." Rukia said ruining his mood.
Now a sour look was gracing Ichigo's face, like any other day. He sighed as he thought about what he wanted to do for the day. He couldn't think of anything, so he just continued to wander around the city, while also giving Rukia a human tour.
One thing he noticed about the short girl was that when she was caught off guard she was blunt, not that anybody noticed. They had encountered two of their classmates earlier and when approached Rukia just asked 'Who the hell they were?' luckily Ichigo was able to distract them enough so that they didn't hear it.
By that time they both heard a loud crash nearby. Up ahead a foot or two in the street was the new blonde guy and Orihime on the floor.
Immediately he ran towards the scene. He slightly gasped when he noticed that Naruto was protectively wrapping Orihime in a hug and possibly took the brunt of the attack. The attacking car was no where in sight, only a pair of skidded tire tracks showed that it was here. That and a pile of various vegetables littered the floor.
"Are you two alright?" Ichigo asked as the two slowly rose to their feet. And like he thought Orihime was without a scratch, whilst, strangely neither was Naruto.
"Yeah Ichigo-kun I'm alright. It was just a little bump." she said comically tapping her skull before she bowed to Naruto. "Arigoto Naruto-kun for protecting me."
The blonde had been deep in thought until he shook his head. He rubbed the back of his head and chuckled, "It was nothing Orihime-chan. It was just a little bump." 'It wasn't anything like Jiraiya's Rasengan or Tsunade-baachan's punches.' he thought content with the contrast.
Orihime then noticed something about her surroundings. "Rukia-san?" she muttered before her demeanor brightened and she bowed. "Hello Rukia-san." she said bowing to her fellow female.
"Who the hell are you?" she said before she was quickly hushed by Ichigo.
"That's Inoue, our classmate." he said with an angry whisper.
"Oh Inoue-chan, how are you?" Rukia said as her character completely did a one-eighty as she bowed. It was with that bow that she noticed something around her ankle. It was a mark, as if someone or something had grabbed her. "What's that on your leg?" she asked crouching to get a better look.
Meanwhile Naruto had went back into deep thought and luckily he heard all that was said. And so he looked down at Orihime's bruise. A flash of recognition erupted in his mind as things became clear. He didn't voice his thoughts, he just stood there.
Ichigo had been watching Naruto from the corner of his eyes, but he just couldn't get anything from the shinobi.
Naruto felt eyes on him and quickly glanced at Ichigo. They met eye to eye and that contact showed Ichigo something, something he didn't think he'll ever see. It was like a very large spectral fox stood just a little behind him and nine large tails stood poised behind it. The face of the fox was menacing and showed full rows of extremely sharp teeth as it roared at him. He shuddered from the contact and promptly looked at the floor.
The blonde inwardly smirked as that little showing of his power through eye contact might have been too much. It was just a bit of directional KI, but instead of it being outward for a lot of people could feel, it was inward so only one person will feel just a bit of his power. That person was the one he was looking at. He didn't use that kind of technique before the fusion of him and the Kyuubi. 'Now all I have to do is wait for when he starts following me around to spy on me.' he thought.
It was so simple that he mentally slapped himself for no realizing sooner. Whatever this Rukia chick was, she somehow gave that power to Ichigo and now here we are. Whatever it was, it had something to do with the dead and the monsters he had been sensing before they disappeared.
Now back to reality. "Lets go Naruto-kun, we have to head back to the store and get more food for tonight." she said quickly grabbing his hand again and dragging him away.
=Some Odd Hours Later=
The sun had left the sky, only to be replaced by the moon. The luminescent glow provided everyone with calmness and marked the end of the day. Everyone started turning themselves in to the night, awaiting the moment when they can ascend to dreamland and rest their bodies.
Naruto was not one of these people. He and Orihime were at the latter's house, awaiting their guest, that was Tatsuki. Orihime had explained that every Saturday, the two would meet at her house and they would have dinner together. Since Orihime didn't have any family to care for her after her brother died six years prior to the present. She was nine then.
Naruto felt saddened by the story as Orihime had family and lost it. She and Sasuke shared that in common. But Naruto smiled softly when he heard the girl talk about her brother and how he cared about her more than anything. "Sora sounds like the best brother in the world." Naruto whispered softly as he had often longed for the feeling of family, true blood family.
Orihime smiled sadly as she thought about her late brohter, "Yeah he was the best." she said looking at Naruto and seeing his sad face. She didn't know why he was sad but she felt bad that she might have been the cause. "Its okay now Naruto-kun, don't be sad. Here have some sweet rolls." she said quickly running to her kitchen in the small apartment and giving Naruto a sweet roll back in the living room.
The whiskered blonde thanked her and took a bite and reveled in the sweetness. "Um Naruto-kun can I ask you a question?" Orihime asked a bit flustered as she couldn't look him in the eye.
The blonde smiled. "Well you just did, but go ahead." he said giving her a large foxy smile.
She rose a shaky finger at his face. "C-can I touch your whiskers?" she asked shyly with a blush on her face.
Naruto blushed deep red as he knew exactly what'll happen when his whiskers were touched. The blonde found himself in a lose-lose situation. If he let her rub his whiskers, he might do something that jeopardizes their friendship, but if he refused she might get sad, since it was obvious that she wanted to do this since seeing them a couple days ago.
Sighing in defeat he nodded his head and awaited the sensational assault. A soft hand caressed his whiskered cheek. The blonde moaned inaudibly as her fingers went the entire length of his whisker. He couldn't control himself when he leaned forward enough to quickly plant his lips against hers in a chaste kiss.
It was at that moment that the door opened and both Tatsuki and Sasuke walked into the residence. They both gasped in shock at seeing the two kissing.
A/N: Yay I'm finished with the second chapter of this story. It wasn't hard as I had originally thought. It was really flowed, but I guess that's only because its still the beginning of the story. At least the story is progressing, little by little in large chapters.