Enter the Nexus

by Nukefox19

The Fourth Great Shinobi War is finally over. Madara and Obito stand victorious in the outcome, but Madara grows bored. Before deciding to unseal his last amusement, the three get summoned to a different dimension. Once they arrived, they notice that their summoner is a stuffed bear? MASSIVE Cross-Over (too many to list). Slight Humor. Must know what Dangan Ronpa is. OOCs

4. You're not Alone

WARNING: Naruto goes through a dark/hurt tunnel in this chapter. Maybe the title for this chapter could've been better. Sorry about that. Talley hoooooo!

Chapter 3: You're not Alone

The continuous amount of people screaming before their deaths ringed in the blonde's head. Naruto was standing in the middle of a battlefield watching large fireballs rain down from the clouds above. One by one he'd see the fireballs strike down on a group of shinobi and hear the screams of what he's been hearing. His eyes were wide open and his body was trembling at the sight of another group being incinerated.

"Naruto!" The blonde snapped his head to the right and saw Team Guy coming towards him. Before he went to go join them, a massive fireball came smashing down on them. His body froze the instant he saw his friends being burned alive.

"Help us Naruto!" The blonde turned to the voice and saw Ino and her team. Again, a fireball came down on them.

He looked around seeing the rest of his friends being burnt to a crisp one by one. His gaze locked onto Sakura that wasn't too far out in front of him, "N-Naruto…" She was on the ground lying on her stomach. The pinkette raised her arm up as if she was trying to reach for Naruto, "Please…" Naruto began to run to her, "Help…" Then the blonde stopped to see her being struck by a fireball.

Naruto fell to his knees watching the fire burn his first love. He couldn't believe this was happening to him. All his friends had been taken down right in front of him and not to mention, his home village was completely obliterated. He had failed to protect everyone from the destruction of this war. Looking up, he saw a fireball coming down straight for him. He just sat there and closed his eyes once it got closer.

A pair of eyes shot open to show their blue color, "Well, it's about time you woke up."

That voice sounded all too familiar to the boy. He leaned up on the bed to see a man with long red hair. With a confused look on his face, he questioned, "Kurama?"

Kurama smirked and closed his eyes, "Yep."

Naruto narrowed his eyes after being confused from what he was seeing, "But… how are you a human?"

"There are still some things you don't know about me." The blonde tilted his head a bit and quickly placed his hand against his forehead after feeling a strike of pain in his head, "You ought to get some more sleep."

Ignoring the pain, he waved at Kurama with his free hand, "No. I'll be fine."

Kurama sighed, "Do you know what you just went through?"

After feeling the pain subside, Naruto leaned back up and looked at the Kyuubi, "I remember…" An image of some new faces and a talking stuffed bear flashed in his mind, "Some people freed me. Then I felt Madara and Obito's presence nearby, so I went after them. When I found them, I saw a talking stuffed bear trying to talk to me. And then…"

His eyes widened remembering Madara telling him the situation they were in, "We are no longer in our world. Only you, Obito, and I are here. Because everyone back in our world… is dead."

Naruto's lips curled downward into a frown and his eyes remained halfway opened. He looked down at the sheets. This caused Kurama to frown as well seeing his host feeling this hurt. The fox-like man saw a tear drop to the sheets, "I'm sorry, Naruto." Kurama walked to the door and grabbed the handle. Without turning around, he said, "I'll let you have some time to yourself." Pushing the handle down, he walked out and closed the door behind him.

The tears continued to drop and soak the sheets a bit, "I… couldn't protect everyone..." Little did he know that the window was open and that there was a black cat sitting on it, watching him, "I failed… pervy sage. I failed you and everyone." He shut his eyes closed to hopefully stop the tears, but failed. After feeling something soft and warm entering his lap, he opened his eyes to see a black cat lying on him. Wiping the tears away, he gently pets the cat. His sobbing was starting to ease down slowly. The cat looked up at his face and saw his frown turn into a straight look showing some seriousness, "I will avenge you all. Madara and Obito… will die."

Kurama

When the Kyuubi had walked out of the room, he ended up sitting in the hall to think some things through. He sat there, one leg over the other, arm resting on the armrest, head resting on his hand, and his eyes closed. Inside, he was hurting. He never really liked seeing Naruto hurt like this.

"How is he?"

Kurama removed his head from his hand to see Roy, Ichigo, Nel, and Edward. The Kyuubi turned his attention to the side, "He'll be fine. He's just… going through a hard time right now."

Ichigo scratched the back of his head, "What's your name?"

The Kyuubi blinked slowly and then looked at the teen, "My name's Kurama."

Roy cupped his chin with his pointy finger and thumb, "Kurama, huh?" The red haired man lowered his head, not being able to bear what Naruto's going through right now. However, Kurama saw a hand in front of his vision. He looked up to see that Roy had extended his arm out, "It's nice to meet you, Kurama."

Kurama looked at the Colonel's hand and grabbed it to engage in a handshake with him, "The same goes for you, Colonel."

Roy was about to ask how he knew his name until he remembered back at the front counter when he told the lady who he was. Kurama saw another hand reach out to him and saw that it was Ichigo's, "I'm Ichigo Kurosaki."

The Kyuubi shook his hand as well, "You're the boy that tried to take Naruto on alone."

A sweat dropped down the back of the teen's head. He closed his eyes and laughed sheepishly, "Yeah. Sorry about that. I just wanted to wake him up before he ended up hurting someone."

"I'm Nel!"

Kurama turned to face the greenette, and then looked at the short blonde that had his thumb pressed against his chest, "And I'm Edward Elric."

"So, would we be a bother if we'd ask what exactly happened back in your world?" Roy asked.

The Kyuubi glanced over at the Colonel and began to think if it was best to share their end or if Naruto should be the one, but he remembered that Madara had already spilled it. Letting out a sigh, he said, "Well… as you all know, everyone in our world is dead. The cause of it was because of…"

"Okay." Kurama and the others looked down the hall to see Izaya approaching them, "The paper work is done. And I see that everyone's settled with their rooms."

"Ah yes, thank you." Roy replied.

Izaya's smile turned into a straight look, "There's just one thing." He saw the group look at him curiously, "Try to not show off your abilities in the city."

Roy cocked an eyebrow, "How did you know that we…"

Izaya waved the Colonel off, "Don't worry about it. You and everyone else should try to keep from…"

The door between Izaya and the group slammed opened to reveal Naruto in the same clothes, not to mention still shirtless. Kurama shot out of his chair, "Naruto, what are you doing?" The blonde glanced to his left to see Kurama with a few others, which the Kyuubi saw his host's eyes were in the Rinnegan state. His eyes widened, "Naruto!" He watched as the blonde walked their way. Seeing how that the blonde was going to walk pass them, Kurama stepped in front of him, "What do you think you're doing?"

Naruto blinked and tilted his head up a bit, "None of your business."

Kurama's eyes widened to see that he spoke, "The Rinnegan, is it controlling you?"

The blonde shook his head, "I'm in control."

"So you know how to activate it now. But do you know how to use…" Kurama was interrupted when he felt Naruto place his hand against his stomach. Next thing he knew was that he was sent crashing against the wall at the end of the hall.

The others were busy looking at Kurama at the end, while Izaya just sighed, "…Revealing your powers." He finally finished saying.

Everyone saw an astonished lady come from the side hall where Kurama was at. The lady looked down the hall at the others and saw the blonde with his arm extended out. She pointed at him seeing that he must've been responsible and wondered just how he managed to send the red haired man this far down the hall, "I'm calling the cops!"

Izaya sighed and placed his hands in his coat's pockets, "This is why you all should not show off your abilities."

Naruto ignored him and ran down the hall after the lady. Ichigo was right on him and quickly grabbed his shoulder before he turned the corner, "What do you think you're…"

The blonde snapped his gaze to him and sent him flying back to the others. Izaya rubbed his forehead, "Hasn't been in Ikebukuro for no more than a couple hours and he's already going to be the most wanted."

Naruto ignored the statement and turned the corner. Kurama shook his head and quickly got up to his feet, "Are you okay?" Roy asked, coming up to him.

The Kyuubi nodded, "I'm going after him." Before Roy could say anything, Kurama had already taken off. Kurama turned the corner down another hall and saw his host at the end of it, "Naruto!"

Naruto looked back behind him by the corner of his eye and ignored him. He turned another corner and crashed into someone, causing him and the person to fall to the floor. Shaking his head, he saw that he had bumped into a beautiful young woman that had blue hair and was wearing some sort of uniform that he's never recognized before. Once more, he shook his head seeing that he had no time to waste. Using the floor for support, he pushed himself up to get back onto his feet. Before he could take off, he had managed to fall to the floor again. Realizing that this was no accident and that he felt something cause him to fall, he looked back to see that the bluenette woman had tripped him, "Where do you think you're going Naruto?"

No matter how confused the blonde was, he couldn't waste time. He ignored her and attempted to get back up to his feet again. For the third time, he was prevented from getting away. He was pinned to the floor on his back and saw that the bluenette was sitting atop of him. She had pinned his arms to each of his sides and remained staring down at him. Naruto was starting to get pissed off and glared up at her, "Listen, I don't know how you know my name, but I suggest you get off me now before I force you too."

The woman showed no reaction to his threat, but inside she knew what he was capable of to where she was beginning to regret her actions, "Naruto!"

Naruto's body loosened after hearing Kurama coming up to him. Keeping his glare fixated up at the bluenette he said, "Thanks a lot bl…"

"Xenovia." The bluenette finished for him.

The blonde rolled his eyes and leaned his head back to see Kurama approaching him, "What do you want?!"

"You need to realize the mistake you're about to make."

Naruto decided to test the woman's attention and tried to get up, but she still had her strength keeping him down, "No! After what they've done, they don't deserve to live!"

Xenovia looked at him with a now confused look on her face, "What did they do?"

The blonde looked back up at her, "It's none of your business."

"Listen to me Naruto, I know what they've done is leading you to this, but now's not the best time."

"Not the best time?! Since when does it matter when? Now that everyone's dead! Why does it matter? I don't care where we are, I will kill those two!"

"And all these innocent people?" Naruto's eyes widened, "We're in a different place now. If you were to engage in a fight with them, not only will you kill them, but you'll be killing everyone that can't defend themselves in this city." Both Kurama and Xenovia saw the blonde falling silent. His eyes narrowed and his lips formed into a saddened frown. Kurama felt that feeling earlier when he was sitting in the hall waiting for his host to calm down, "I know I've said this quite a bit, but I'm sorry Naruto. There's nothing we can do to bring everyone back."

After hearing the statements between the two, Xenovia was wondering just what happened in their world. Her site caught tears escaping the blonde's eyes, "…You don't understand. My friends… they were like a family to me."

"I do understand Naruto. I've known you since you were born and watched you grow. I watched you work long and hard for whatever achievement you aimed for. I got to watch you become one of the strongest shinobi alive. Hell, you can even put up a fight against Madara." The Kyuubi saw that his host had his eyes closed knowing that he was trying to keep the tears from escaping, "You're no longer dead last like you were back in your academy days. Everyone got to watch you pass them up, while they did missions rather than train their ass off like you. Although, that trip you had with the pervy old man, some of your friends became Jonin, while the rest went up to Chunin. Leaving you to be the only Genin left of your group. But who cared? You were still stronger than any of them, despite their rank."

Xenovia felt the blonde's strength fade and saw that he was no longer going to try to resist, but she still remained pinning him down just in case. Hearing all this was still getting to her, although she was getting to know a little of his past, she still wanted to find out just what exactly happened.

"You're parents are extremely proud of the young man that you've become and you know it. They both even told you themselves when you met them. But think about it, if you chased after those two to do everything you could to bring them down, would your parents be proud if you succeed in taking them down even after having innocent people killed off during the battle?"

Kurama and Naruto ignored the footsteps they heard, but Xenovia looked pass the red haired man to see Ichigo and a few others with him, "Is everything okay?"

Kurama didn't take his attention off his host, "Yes. He's just…"

"Freeze!" Xenovia turned her head to the side and saw a group of cops behind her with their guns out, "We heard that some blonde was…" The officer looked at the bluenette and noticed her sitting on top of the boy they were looking for, "Oh." He and the other officers put their guns away, "Good job on stopping him." He said; ignoring the position she was in on him.

"Everything's okay officers, we got it under control." Ichigo addressed to them.

"Though it might be, we still have to take him in."

"What? Why?" Xenovia asked.

"Not only did he cause an act of violence, he caused some damage to the hotel."

Kurama slapped his forehead and started to rub it, "Is there any way you can let him go this once?"

The officer sighed, "If he apologizes to the hotel owner and pays for the damage he's made, then yes."

Roy and Kurama both had a sweat drop down the back of their heads remembering that they had no money, "How much is the damage?" Edward asked.

"You'll have to ask the owner for…"

"There's no worry. I've taken care of it." The officers heard a voice from behind them and all turned around, "I've paid off the lady at the front desk to give to the owner. You can all go check with her if you don't believe me."

"Izaya." Roy said.

"T-Then we'll be on our way then." The lead officer shook it off and walked pass the man that had notified them.

Xenovia looked back down at the blonde to see his tears had started to stop. Seeing the last bit of them on his cheeks, she gently wiped his cheeks to remove the tears. She noticed the light blush spread across his cheeks, "You're lucky I was in their line of sight. If they saw your eyes, they'd most likely come up with some excuses to take you in just to get some answers out of you."

Naruto's eyes reverted back to show his oceanic blue ones after imagining the attraction that they could draw. Xenovia's eyes widened slightly at how beautiful his eyes were. She adored them so much that all she could do was keep staring into them. Her body felt so relaxed from the beauty. The blonde's blush slowly darkened due to her continuing to stare at him, "Mind letting me up?" Snapping out of her thoughts, the bluenette shook her head and got up off him. Naruto too got up to his feet and turned to Kurama, "I'm sorry."

Kurama smiled slightly, "Don't worry about it. But, before you get all relaxed, you're going to have to meet everyone and introduce yourself."

Naruto sighed, "Do I really have to?"

"Hey, I already went through it when you were sleeping."

"But they all know my name for some reason."

"Yeah. That'd be because of me when I fought you."

"Then why do I have to introduce myself?"

"Because it'll be more formal if they heard it from you."

Again, Naruto sighed, "I don't care about being…" The blonde was cut short when he felt himself being pushed forward, "Hey!" Before he turned around, he was being forced to continue walking forward.

Xenovia was the one causing this since she kept pushing him, "Quit being a stubborn ass and let's go."

After being pushed once more, Naruto found the chance to turn around and face her, "Hold up!" Even though he had his front side facing her, that didn't stop her, "I barely even know you and you're doing this to…"

"That's enough blonde." She said and gave him one hard push around the corner leaving the others behind.

Everyone, except for Kurama had a sweat drop down the back of their heads, "I like her. She'll definitely be a tough one for my host."

Elsewhere

Monobear and the two Uchiha were back outside of the same coffee house they were at earlier. Only this time, Madara now wore black jeans with black shoes and a red short-sleeve shirt. Obito wore blue jeans, dark brown boots, and a green long-sleeve shirt.

"Okay, you two look much better. You shouldn't draw that much attention anymore."

Madara had his arms crossed against his chest, "Obito."

Hearing his name, he turned to look at the ancient shinobi, "What?"

"Earlier, did you feel Naruto's chakra?"

Obito closed his eyes, "Yes."

"What?! Where?!" Monobear shouted, demanding to know, "We should go after him and kill that…"

"No."

Monobear looked at Madara with a 'are you kidding me' look on its face, "Why not?!"

"Because, now's not the time. We need to come up with some plans since he has the Rinnegan now. And since we failed in killing him before it awakened, it'll just take more time."

Monobear narrowed its eyes and waves its arms, as it stomped on the table angrily, "I want to kill that blonde now!"

"Quit your ranting. We'll get him within due time."

Obito sighed due the bear being so focused on wanting to get revenge on Naruto, "You really are one impatient stuffed bear."

Back with Naruto and others

The blonde found himself surrounded by nearly everyone. He was sitting on the foot of a bed with people in front of him and some sitting on the bed behind him. It was making him feel a tad uncomfortable to have this much attention from people he's never met before. Well, actually, let's say people that he hardly knows. They've already introduced themselves to him and he's introduced himself to them thanks to a certain bluenette that was sitting next to him. The questions they kept asking him were getting to him. Most of them asked him that one question, 'What happened in your world?' Every time he heard that, his body would tense. His eyes widened slightly feeling a soft hand being placed on top of his. He looked to his side to see the bluenette. Why was she acting like this to him? This was only making him confused. She barely knows him and she's trying to keep him calm. Shockingly, it was working, but it was strange.

Rias and Akeno took notice of Xenovia's behavior and began to wonder just what was up with her. The red head leaned towards her queen's ear and whispered, "Do you have any idea what's with Xenovia?"

Akeno placed her hand against her mouth and giggled, "I don't know, but it seems like she has a thing for Naruto."

"But why? We all just got to know his name."

"Maybe she just wants to help him feel welcome."

Naruto looked down at his feet and sighed, "I'm sorry, but I can only answer questions that I feel like answering." The boy felt like he was some famous person being bombarded with questions from paparazzi.

"I got one." Everyone fell silent and saw Laxus stepping up, "Just how powerful are you?"

The blonde kept his eyes on his feet, "Obviously not strong enough to protect everyone."

Laxus narrowed his eyes, "Hey, I asked a…"

Naruto looked up at the muscle head, "I guess you can say I'm close to achieving god."

Everyone then began to mumble to one another from that answer, "I got one." Naruto looked to the side a bit and saw Edward, "When we were going up against you, that red haired guy, Kurama came out of you. What is he exactly?"

Immediately, Naruto replied, "I'm sorry, but I can't answer that question."

"How old are you?"

He looked to the opposite side and saw Mirajane had asked him, "I'm twenty."

Mirajane clapped her hands together, as her eyes turned into hearts, "You're perfect!"

"Those two bodyguards," Naruto looked next to Mirajane to see Jellal, "What is your relationship to them?"

Naruto instantly clenched his fists and again, felt Xenovia's hand being placed on top of his hand. Like before, he seemed to ease down, "They're enemies of mine."

Jellal sighed, "Clearly, but what's the story? That Madara guy said something about everyone in your world is dead."

The blonde's body tensed again from hearing that. Thinking back to what Kurama had said to him earlier, he knew that he had to keep a cool head, "Yes. Back in our world, we were in the middle of a war."

"War?" Winry asked.

"Again, yes. Obito declared war on the nation since we wouldn't hand him…" Naruto stopped and thought that if he were to tell them, that he would have to explain what Kurama is, "The Kyuubi and Hachibi. Then…"

"What's a Kyuubi and Hachibi?" Naruto closed his eyes hearing that question and then looked to the other side at Issei.

There was no avoiding it now. What he had hoped to not be asked came right at him when he mentioned them. Letting out a sigh, "Kyuubi… is what lives inside me. Or so… use to live inside me."

"Hold up! You mean Kurama is the Kyuubi?"

Naruto nodded, "Yes. He's a demon fox with very great power. Everyone feared him in our world. Kurama was sealed in my body when I was born. As I grew, I eventually met him and I too was really scared. But as time goes, I slowly began to understand him. Although it took quite some time, during the war, he finally began to loosen up to me."

"Wow. He must be powerful if everyone's afraid of him!" Natsu shouted.

The blonde chuckled and narrowed his eyes, "He is."

"But wait, how was he sealed into you?"

Naruto's eyes shot open and looked over at Rias. The poor blonde just couldn't get a break. They were asking questions that he didn't want to answer, but now that he decided to tell them about the war since Madara spilt the beans back at the stadium, he had no choice but to tell them everything. But, an idea came to him. There was only one way to avoid the next set of questions they had for him that he might not want to answer. That was to lie. He didn't really like to lie at all, but he just can't keep avoiding the questions. If he were to lie, then it would stir up trouble and it would make it hard for them to trust him in the future. He had no choice and said, "My dad sealed him into me by sacrificing his own life. And not only that, my mom was also killed."

Everyone's eyes widened to realize that he had grown up with no parents, "My dad was known as the Fourth Hokage of my village, which means leader. My mom was known as the Red Hot-Blooded Habanero since her red hair would fly wildly when she was angry." Naruto's eyes softened, as he chuckled lightly, "Since they died in sealing Kurama into me, people hated me for it."

'Isn't that the Fourth's son?'

'It's that demon boy.'

'Why doesn't the Hokage kick him out of this village for the sake of us?'

'You deserve to die!'

'Die you monster!'

"The villagers would always say that to me if they saw me walking around. Every time I would try to make a friend in my age group, their parents would come and take them away saying, 'You shouldn't be playing with that monster'."

Everyone in the room was dead silent hearing such cruelty. Naruto noticed their reactions and also began to feel hurt. All those villagers that had hated him actually began to like him when he saved them from Pain's attack. Now, according to Madara, everyone's dead. Naruto got up from the bed, "I need some air." A path was made when they decided to step aside.

They all watched him open the door and walk out, closing the door behind him. Outside, Naruto looked down at the floor and sighed, "I'm surprised you went on to tell them."

"I had no choice. I couldn't find myself to lie to them."

A small smile formed on Kurama's face, "I'm impressed though. You decided to be honest rather than lie, which could cause issues."

Naruto looked to his left to see Kurama was leaning against the wall, "Well, it seemed to be the right thing to do."

Kurama's small smile grew, "I'm proud of you."

The blonde smirked lightly, still having that hurt feeling roaming around. The Kyuubi removed himself from the wall and began walking down the hall, "I'm going for a little stroll." He said and waved back at his host without turning around.

Naruto stood there in the middle of the hall with all sorts of thoughts going through his mind, "Mom… Dad… Pervy Sage… Although I failed to protect everyone, I will not fail to protect… the world."

The door opened, which drew the blonde's attention. There he saw Xenovia staring at him, "Xeno…" The bluenette quickly wrapped her arms around the boy's waist, making him shocked.

She rested her head against his shoulder, "I'm sorry for what happened in your world. I don't want you to be alone. That's why…" Removing her head from his shoulder, she looked at him eye-to-eye, "I will be right there with you." The eyes of Naruto were wide. He understood that some people would feel bad for him, but Xenovia seemed to be coming off rather fast, "I won't allow a friend to suffer anymore."

Naruto eased a bit hearing her say friend and slightly smiled. The door to the room was still open to where people could see, "I'm not alone. Kurama has been there with me for my whole life. To me… he's like an older brother to me." Naruto looked at the others in the room, "And please, I don't want anyone feeling sorry for me."

Everyone's feeling went from sorry to, "Hey, Naruto!"

The blonde examined the group and saw Natsu removing himself from the crowd. Naruto saw a serious look on the boy's face. His arms were resting against his sides and his fists were clenched, "Will you spar with me?"

Naruto cocked an eyebrow. His saddened frown turned into a smile, "Of course." Then part of the group all began to come out of the room to crowd around him once again.

"Will you spar with me as well?" Ichigo asked.

"Will you go out with me?!" Mirajane asked.

The blonde was overwhelmed with all the questions that continued to come, but he couldn't help but smile. Down the hall and around the corner, Kurama was there leaning against the wall having heard everything. His arms were crossed against his chest and had a smile on his face. The shocking part was a single tear that slid down his cheek. He chuckled as he removed himself from the wall to make his way to the exit and muttered to himself, "That idiot."

A/N: End! Woo, okay. So, Naruto kind of had a dark moment in this chapter, but that ended as the chapter was wrapping up. Now, since Naruto faced the truth from Kurama, will the two come up with a plan that they both can agree to when it comes to Madara and Obito?

I don't have much to say yet again. But back to the conversation with Naruto and the others, sure he told most of his story to them all, but as said, he thought it would be the best thing to do. However, he didn't tell them 'everything' just quite yet.

Xenovia seems to be moving quick on him, no? Well, when she hugged him, remember what she told him carefully.

So, yes, Kurama seems to have more screen time. The way I ended this chapter got to me and I actually liked how it ended. Admit it though! In the canon, you got to admit that Naruto could honestly be looking at Kurama like that despite the hatred he had towards his host. Anyway, that's all I've got to say.

Until next time!