It's one thing to enter the world of heroes and villains, it's another thing entirely to find your way back out again. That's a bitter truth to swallow when you want no part of the life to begin with. A hasty decision from a young man with his back against the wall sends him down a path of which there is no return. OC main character.

A storm is brewing. Casting a black shadow over the world, threatening to incinerate it and scatter its ashes to the winds. Humanity's only hope lies with a young boy. A boy sacrificed for their protection, yet condemned to a life of hatred and abuse. Will the pariah become the savior? Or will mankind be cast into oblivion by a monster of their own creation?

The life of a young mutant is perilous enough on its own. Follow the experiences of a student entering the hallowed halls of the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, learning just what it takes and what it means to count himself as one of a race that is feared and targeted by many. Welcome to the X-Men, Bellamy Marcher - Hope you survive the experience.

Mizuki never got to shoot his mouth off at Naruto the night he took the Scroll of Seals. Other than skipping a half-manic monologue from him what exactly did this change for everyone's favorite blonde ninja? Who knows? Rated M for language/later events.

Never underestimate the power of good advice. A few wise words into a pair of young ears leads a young would-be ninja to a decision; the Leaf will recognise him, but not as the fox... now separate from Win Some, Lose Some!

Uzumaki Naruto was born to be a shinobi. He was supposed to be a killer; a protector of unparalleled skill. His lineage and the demon in his gut ensured that. In canon, his growth was stunted. In here, he had a reason to be strong. He has to survive. AU.

On that day years ago they put their faith in him, Naruto made a promise that he would be the best ninja he could be. Either all alone, or together with friends he was going to make his family proud. Whether the ninja underworld wanted him to or not he'd either die trying, or become the strongest shinobi in history. AU.

Naruto's age has passed him by as his time is over. Now he attempts to seek out a place for himself in the new world, and it's bigger than he ever figured it to be! Will be epic in length, NaruHarem

Naruto is banished to the Unknown Lands to the West of Konoha. There he forges a new path for himself, a path that will make him new friends, more enemies, and a new destiny. No Time Skips, AU, Post-Sasuke Retrieval Arc

No way home? Maybe so. But one Uzumaki Naruto doesn't believe that. This world is strange, filled with interesting people and things, but no matter where you are one thing never changes; with a strong will anything is possible. A few clones never hurt either.

Whoever decided it was a good idea to leave Naruto alone with three twelve year olds for a YEAR should be stabbed. Repeatedly.

A little bit of misdirection was needed to coax Naruto into Jiraiya's infamous three-year training trip... but was this really the kind of 'training' that was supposed to happen? Rated for language and possible situations later on.

AU in a more modern urban setting. Will be EPIC in length. Things aren't as they appear in this world. With a normal life out of reach, can Naruto figure out the mysteries that surround his existence and survive long enough to cash in on the potentially lucrative (and dangerous) career path of the mercenary? ...Either way it beats actually working for a living. NarutoxFem. Kyuubi

Taught from a young age to fight for his village, Naruto thought he knew what combat was all about. In the chaotic world he now finds himself in it won't take long for him to find out that he has absolutely no idea. There are no heroes on the battlefield.

Naruto, at 26, has lived through 10 years of war. At the end, with nothing left to call home, he sends himself back to the beginning, to the day of his younger self's graduation, in an attempt to change it all. Time travel AU.

What would happen if Kakashi started reading out loud passages from his favorite book? The idea for this just occurred to me and I wrote it up. Very light hearted please don't take it too seriously!

Our heroes did not come from a future where everything has gone horribly wrong. They did not travel back in time to save the world from a bleak or miserable fate. As a matter of fact, all they want to do is find a way back home as soon as possible. [cracky, epilogue-compliant time travel fic] [Now has a TV Tropes page!]

The old man survived the invasion and acknowledged Naruto's services to Konoha. How would the shinobi world cope with a Naruto who realises his full potential and becomes the splendid shinobi only few believed he could be?

Namikaze Minato expected to be the Shinigami's dinner, not his judge of the dead. Now he must spend his days judging those that have died and file the paperwork when he is done. Maybe he should have stayed in the Shinigami's stomach after all. A humorous take on the life of a legend after his death, and what he finds as the years pass. Finished after nearly ten years!

AU: In the toss of a coin destiny is changed. Instead of a demon's might the power of science is born. Read on as Naruto the scientist, son of Minato, apprentice of Orochimaru, brother to the Kyuubi's jinchuuruki live out his days. Now M-rated.

Sun-dappled glades, ash-coated worlds: a retelling of Majora's Mask.

The Chunin Exams have come back to Konoha and the Hokage has decided to recall all her ninjas, including one Naruto Uzumaki. Too bad she doesn't know that she'd probably be better off without him.

When Naruto learns of his heritage the night of the scroll, he decides to forge a new path. A path that will let the world know the name Naruto Uzumaki. With a new team, new sensei, and a created jutsu, the blonde shinobi will have all the support he needs.

One night, falling stars streaked across the sky. When Naruto accidently came into contact with one of the craters where the stars had fell, he found a device that contained all the knowledge of an advanced civilization. Technology, Mokuton Naruto.

With enough time anyone can call themselves a master of life, but no matter how much time goes by one cannot truly understand existence as a whole without first having experienced death. How will one blond handle his brush with it? - "Wait... what?"

Naruto is determined to bring Sasuke back to Konoha. However, someone he didn't expect wants to help. NarutoxTayuya.

The world of ninja is a fickle one, filled with political machinations and too much backstabbing to be considered an accident. So what happens when one ninja village decides to place the safety and happiness of its youngest recruits over the general safety of the people they serve? You get a village with two demons, taught to kill, and the only thing holding them back is humanity.

Naruto finds some scrolls that contain Fūton jutsus. When he goes to ask the old man about them, the answers he gets will change his life. Naruto modled after Jin YuYu. NarutoHinataAnko

Naruto Uzumaki, one of the greatest heroes of Konoha, but somehow he disappeared and now finds himself in the DC Universe with no memory of how he got there. Out of options, he decides to aid the heroes and join the Justice League to save their world.

Ichigo and Rukia have a run in with what is quite possibly the weirdest Hollow ever. The problem? It won't leave them alone! Rated T just to be safe.

What if Naruto were to be raised by the Joker? Such an idea is so wrong, and yet so right. Not to be taken too seriously.

Join in the adventures of Hunter, Smoker, Boomer, Tank, and Witch as they try to stop the survivors from leaving the city and maintain a good home life too. Chapter 15: They survived, now they're just going to have to survive each other if they want to make it out of the city in time.

Naruto has failed the third attempt at his genin exam. Mizuki offers to pass him if he steals the Forbidden Scroll from the Hokage Tower. Things go wrong and Naruto is captured in the act. Chapter 25 A Mission to Sand Part 3 Resolutions

Tears of liquid silver will be shed as Naruto struggles to master a new Bloodline Limit that surpasses all, even the Rin'negan. Look into his eyes, the shattered mirrors of the soul. AU, Epic Length, pairings undecided.

After dying at the end of the Sand-Sound Invasion, Naruto finds that his life is governed by a strange set of rules that he is still trying to figure out. VideoGame!Naruto

Something happened, and Now Naruto hates Kushina, but yet she loves him...eventual NaruKushi, Minato bashing, NO HAREM!

What if something made Naruto the dead-last that everyone sees him as? What if he really wasn't as weak as he seemed? The true Naruto, unleashed upon the shinobi world! AU Story starts at Invasion of Konoha arc and continues onwards.

AU. Desperate and rushed, Minato Namikaze is forced to rely on the Death God's seal, a seal he doesn't fully understand, and his son pays the price with his life. So who is the blond-haired kid running around Konoha? M for language and violence.

Most know of the so-called messiah of the Capital Wasteland, the man known only as the Lone Wanderer. To the righteous, he is a saviour. To the evil, he is a nightmare made manifest. And to those who actually know what he's like as a person, he's a dangerous nutjob with some serious psychological issues.

As a new era approaches, the great clan of the Namikaze is gone. With only one remaining member to carry on the art of assassination and the Creed, will the clan be doomed to fail..or will it become stronger than it has ever been? NaruxSakuxRedHeadHarem

Naruto is known as being hopeless in the case of Genjutsu. From the beginning he is told he could never become a Genjutsu user. What would happen if those people were wrong and he had friends and a sensei who helped him to achieve that goal?

Haku just laughed weakly. "Yes. It seems no one ever told him we ninja tend to kill our enemies." How Naruto's life would have turned out, had he a better team and Hayate as a sensei. All pairing types possible here. Parts from canon. Will be rewritten/fixed soon!

The Fourth Great Shinobi War is all but lost. A tip from the Tsuchikage causes a team to travel to Uzushiogakure to find out more. Not knowing what to expect, they come across a seal, but it's one that requires a bijuu to power it. Naruto gets an opportunity to go back and re-write the past in hopes of giving everyone a different future. -COMPLETE-

The Uchiha clan were known as genius ninja. But all clans have that one black sheep. Meet Uchiha Itachi, a born genius and the laziest ninja you will ever find! Abandoned

When Naruto finally had enough, he left Konoha in attempt to get away from it all for a while. He didn't expect to meet someone who would change his destiny and become the one thing he had always wanted, family. Naruto/Tenten, Jagaa(OC)/Kurenai (not Anko. Sorry) 'M' for language and sexual humor. (yes, the start is cliche, but I hope the rest of the story entertains you)

A seal had managed to defeat and imprison the Kyuubi no Kitsune, the strongest demon to ever exist. It was just ink on paper-or a stomach, as the case may be-and it held so much power… 'Yeah,' Naruto decided 'I gotta get me some of that.'

An accident results in Naruto acquiring a unique advantage and a new instructor. Can Ebisu guide Naruto down the path of a successful ninja?

When one song ends, another begins. At the Valley of the End, Naruto makes the decision to leave Konohagakure, a decision that will change his life forever. At the same time, he meets the most unlikely companion.

After graduating from the academy, Naruto starts to reveal his true self. Won't everyone be surprised at what the 'demon' can do?...Powerful Naruto - NaruXHarem - Saku/Sasu/Kiba bashing - Rated M for language, violence and adult themes.

Naruto/Pokegirl crossover. In an attempt to stave off death, The Kyuubi enacts a ritual, ripping open the dimensional portals and sending Naruto into a world where he learns about these strange new beings that inhabit it and discover more about himself

On a night where his dream is put in jeopardy, Naruto must show how exceptional of a ninja he is by bringing an entirely new facet to the world of shinobi. Eventual NaruXOC OCxFemHaku. Will be EPIC in length. *Warning: First Story Written*

Naruto's life the way it would have been if he was placed in a team with a sensei who truly cared for him and teammates that would slowly learn to accept and treasure his existence.

Naruto and TenTen become friends while he's still at the Academy; TenTen helps Naruto graduate, and the two of them join Team Gai along with Rock Lee. Now, Naruto must learn what it means to be a jinchuriki, and how far he'll go to defend his ninja way.

On the eve of his second failure to pass the Academy exam, Naruto is found by someone who has taken a particular interest in his future. Sarutobi has forbidden Danzou from touching Naruto. But could this new person be even worse?

Naruto was touched by the Shinigami at birth. It left an effect, that is both a gift and a curse. How will Naruto deal?

AU, MGS Crossover, Smart/Powerful Naru, Naru/Olga. He was the last of his Clan, the Legacy of the COBRA Unit, the last Remnant of FOXHOUND, he was Uzumaki Naruto, he was codenamed both The Void and Null-Fox... he was many things... and this is his story.

Sakura and Naruto are fleeing from Konoha forces as Danzo takes control of the village. Betrayed and left alone, Naruto and Sakura try to live peacefully amongst one of their nation’s greatest enemies but their past will catch up to them eventually

AU, Xover, NaruX Find Out . Naruto is betrayed by those closest to him. After stealing the Sacred Scroll he decides to leave the village once and for all and find himself a place to truly belong. An Ancient Jutsu in the Scroll may help Naruto do just that

Naruto has gained knowledge of his heritage, and of a bloodline thought extinct. He must now leave Konoha to master his new abilities and bring back the glory of the Uzumaki, and he will have the help of a busty kage with a similar past. NaruxMei

Long ago the world was full of amazing technology, things ninja could only dream of. For centuries this ancient art was lost. That is until a nosy blonde found it in a dusty tome. Now he follows in their footsteps – those of a mad scientist.

The night of the forbidden scroll incident Naruto wasn't alone when he practiced that night. Someone watched from the cabin and it change not only both thier futures but the worlds. NarutoXTenten

What would have become of the idiot blonde if he had intelligence, ambition, and power over shadows and darkness, and all the madness that comes with them?

After receiving a time travel jutsu as payment for a mission, the original four members of Team 7 each get a chance to go back to one event in their life and change it. Surely they will use such an awesome power responsibly...right? Don't count on it.

Rating T just to be safe.If you thought that the fight against the new evil in the Digiworld and the human world is over, guess again. Mysteries will be solved as questions will be answered in the sequel to COT: Of What the Future Brings! COMPLETE!

A story of a Witch that was just turned, and a Hunter that still thinks like a Human. What would happened if these two meet? Here is the story. Rate M for some Gore and alot of Sexual.

NaruHarem. Naruto gets saved from death by a deck of cards at age five. He is then taken as an apprentice by the Sandaime. --COMPLETE--

Uzumaki Naruto must admit he never thought he'd be in that spot again. Then again, distortions of time and space weren't really something the academy prepared you for. Inspired by Lionheart. DUE FOR REWRITE. SEEKING BETA.

Summary: After failing to bring back Sasuke, Naruto is attacked and runs from the village. Naruto discovers a blue card and creates a vortex into a different world. What will be awaiting him on the other side? A Naruto Digimon Tamers xover.

They've been there. They've done that. And they didn't even get a shirt to prove it. Reload - because sometimes things are just as they seem to be, and at times they are even more.

There was something different about this Hunter, something strange... It was becoming very obvious that something in the infected was changing. Zoey X Hunter Now with Chapter Titles!

Naruto finds out the horrible truth about his family, leading him to the Kyuubi. Watch as the elemental nations and Konoha are rocked to their very foundations by Naruto who has been under the tutelage of the most powerful bijuu in the world.

AU, Xover with Soul Calibur and others, EVIL!Naru X Harem. Let me tell you a story, a story which transcends even history. A tale of Souls and Swords, eternally Retold. Watch as one Naruto Uzumaki learns what it means to becomes a true NIGHTMARE!

After a near death experience courtesy of a chidori, Naruto meets Kami and she makes him her own personal shinigami on earth. Given a holy warhammer to help him in his duties, Naruto must bring divine justice while maintaining ninja duties. Shippuden

Naruto dies and then wakes up as a twelve-year-old genin. He discovers that the shadow clone technique duplicates his soul each time he uses it, and he is cursed to relive the tragedy that is his life over and over again for every soul he had duplicated.

Rin couldn't take losing Obito. She just wanted to go away. So, the Fourth helps her with that.What will happen now that she's back and is still 12 years old. NarutoRin

Meet Uzumaki Naruto, the number one prankster ninja. He lives in Konoha...and has a dark secret so large that NOBODY knows, not even Naruto.

Every week the most prominent citizens of Konohagakure gather for a game of poker. This time there are three new players... two kunoichi and a six year old Naruto! cowritten with Rift120

She keeps glancing over to the other side of the classroom at him and mentally smiles every time. She often imagines what her life would be like if they were together. She giggles at her thoughts. Summary finished inside NaruSaku, NarutoXSakura, SakuNaru

With help from Ayame, Naruto manages to become closer to the girls, but now he has just one big problem. Naruto can't decide which girl he likes the most. Humor, Romance and Mayhem unfolds as Naruto is trying to find his love. NaruHarem

Naruto had the strength to be hokage a age ten. But something happens and he doesnt' take the job. Instead he quits being a shinobi and becomes a ramen chef. But can a chef with the powers of a Hokage remain a such or will he be pulled back in to save t

What if Naruto was bit by a werewolf and the only thing keeping it back was Kyuubi.What if when Orochimaru placed the seal on Naruto it was released. What would happen? Set during Chuunin exams. NarutoXHarem

Kyuubi offers Naruto power with evil intentions, but Naruto refuses starting a reaction that awakens one of the most powerful bloodlines. Watch him grow a strive to protect everyone. NarutoXHarem

I think the title speaks for itself, don't you? NaruSaku, SasuSaku

[Complete!]After failing to save Sasuke, Naruto escapes the village. Now alone, on the run, and wielding the sword of the Demon of the Mist, Naruto tries to rebuild his life as a ninja. NarutoTemari pairing [Last Chapter: Promises Kept]

COMPLETE! A couple of days have passed since the gang returned to the real world. When they thought their adventures were all over, they were wrong. It was only beginning.