Going on dates seems really fun. That was Jaegu's assessment. He only had second hand information about these relationships and this was his first time.

It was something he always wanted to do since it would lead to his marriage life and then kids, and then training successors.

So it was a very important stage of life.

Many people talked about it like it was the best thing in the world, love and romance bring color to your life and such.

Now Jaegu didn't really get that feeling since he felt like hanging out with a girl friend but maybe he will understand in the future as they interact more.

It was better or different than hanging out with the guys since it was with his first girlfriend, a beautiful girl.

Something he won't share with the guys back home.

Just like everything romance had also its bad parts. He had seen and heard many disastrous scenes. Ives were ruined and even snuffed out because of the matters of the heart.

In the ninja world monogamy wasn't a thing and many times marriage wasn't a thing either. Ninja were strong and such qualities would attract females from the normal world.

Even from the female ninja side, if you were strong more of them will join you. They didn't mind sharing and such.

Jaegu had seen relationships build and burn, and many people had also warned him and told him to stay single.

Enjoy life, drill the bitches and just chill.

'I still prefer having a proper relationship than such a pointless bond.' Jaegu thought as he looked at the matching key chain they bought

It was a fun day and he wished things would only get better.

The future was unknown but he will hold tight and never let it spiral out of control. There was only one path he wanted and he was going to get it.

The top of the Murim where power to step into the ninja world can exist.

With such thoughts, Jaegu remembered that most of his friends and family would have died with him. When he will get back it might be a wasteland.

The memories and conclusions brought by it were gut-ranching but Jaegu had built up resistance and grown from the experience.

Looking away from reality would only make things worse as he might miss some vital information and build up wrong expectations.

Jaegu had questioned how he got here and made some conclusions from what he remembered. His body had passed through a portal created by Minato.

The portal would send the attack far away but the barrage of attack was too much for them and Jaegu's dead body passed through it.

With so much wild chakra in the atmosphere, the jutsu must have malfunctioned and caused him to arrive in this world.

The original body should have been destroyed in the process and his soul entered Sun Mi's body when she was pregnant.

To him this was what happened until someone tells him another answer.

"Welcome and thank you for coming" Shi Woon said as he stood outside the gate of his house

Jaegu had given him a call that he was coming before walking to his place.

Looking at him Jaegu could tell his body was good healing from damage as he couldn't see the dark spots from morning.

"No problem, I just want to make friends and this is something that can help us both." Jaegu said as he shook his hands and Shi Woon hugged him

"Right, I was also thinking like that. Let's go, I hope you don't mind if my friends are present."

Jaegu shook his head and they entered through the gate to see a wonderful house filled with class and finesse.

It was the most attractive house he had seen in this modern world yet.

They had guard dogs on the side but with one look they didn't dare bark at him.

"I was going to apologize for the dogs but it seems they are acting welcoming today or they like you." Shi Woon said with a chuckle but inside things were starting to move

He was the student of a dangerous man. Master Han never told him the identity but warned him that people will kill him if they knew about it.

Cautiousness was the game since that day and Shi Woon was a very perceptive person when he was trying so things didn't miss his eyes easily.

The dogs will always bark whenever a new comer arrives so there was no way it was normal.

There was something weird about Jaegu and most likely he was someone from the Murim.

'Is he after me or is he actually just a nice guy?'

"Animals have good instincts so they already accepted me as their superior."

"What?" Shi Woon didn't expect such an answer and looked at him

Jaegu smiled, "I have fought wild animals before and my stance shows that they will suffer if they attack."

"Do you hate animals?"

"No way, I actually like animals."

"Man, this is such an unusual conversation. Let's just get inside." Shi Woon shook his head and they walked inside the house

Jaegu took in the sight carefully and walked downstairs to the gym where three guys and a girl were present.

The dog thing wasn't on purpose as he was still new to the wild cultivation method so the aura was sticking to him.

People that were sensitive would notice it immediately.

"Jaegu these are my closest friends and my girlfriend Sae Hee. We have been training together since last week." Shi Woon said as he walked towards Sae Hee

They already expected him and analyzed him since they were told he was strong.

"My name is Sung Jin Woo and I am his best friend and care taker. I am looking forward to sparring with you since Shi Woon was impressed by your strength."

"Un Wol here, we are friendly peeps so you can chill and relax with us from now on."

"Rohit"

Sae Hee nodded to him as he took them in. They were all positive looking guys and seem to have been in fights.

He could see traces of damage on their bodies except for Sae Hee.

"You are training for fights, are there people bullying you? If you need help I can get someone to handle it."

"No no, we are clear from bullying. These are war trophies from beating the bullies at the school. We are building up strength and experience so such things don't happen in our area anymore. I can't allow such injustice to go on when I have the power to make a change."

Jaegu was surprised at those words as he hadn't expected Shi Woon to be so passionate. These words itself reminded him of Naruto and himself.

He was also the type person to go out of his way to help other when an opportunity arose.

There were times he put his life on the line for such things.

"I understand and I will help you out but remember this one thing, you will never be able to beat me in a fight so this will be more of a one sided beating. I just hope that it doesn't demoralize you."

Jinwoo looked at Jaegu and smiled as he turned to Shi Woon, "We aren't weak minded people so fight without any concerns."

"Good"

Jaegu changed his clothes and sparred all of them after stretching his body. Just like he said, it was a one sided fight.

Today they learned what a real fighter looked like instead of those street fighters and found how weak they truly were.

Jaegu had expected something more from Shi Woon but the boy knew less martial art than Jinwoo and Un Wol. The only thing that stood out was his instinct and stamina.

It was really a lot like the young Naruto who was just starting on his path of fighting.

There was also his Ki reserve that stood out. Shi Woon had yet to tap into them but his body had already built up Ki somehow.

Jaegu could see that there was more to Shi Woon than expected and even the boy was unaware of such things.

His girl and best friend were very careful around him like something was wrong.

It reminded of the Kurama clan girl that had mental trauma. That was the feeling he got especially since Shi Woon's personality was a mess.

He was a nice guy but when he got hurt and felt pain, Jaegu could see rage and excitement in him. Shi Woon didn't look like person that enjoyed fighting but he gave of that feeling after getting hurt.

'He is repressing something from the past.' Jaegu concluded, it wasn't the first time dealing with such people

Regardless of Shi Woon's problem, Jaegu enjoyed the time with these people and it was a start of a good friendship.

Jaegu hadn't seen his parents and was told they were usually late or not at home but when leaving at 10. 30 P.M the father made his appearance.

The man was not normal like he had expected.

"Who sent you?"

"I am working under Charles." Jaegu answered honestly as it wasn't a secret, he was already registered in the Murim association.

Looking at the large man in a suit wearing glasses with a classy look, Jaegu could tell his body was well trained and he was someone below Leena but above his current self.

"Charles Wilde, I see. I have no problem with your presence but don't mess with my son and his body. Understood!"

"I never had such intentions, we are just sparring partners."

"Keep it that way and thanks for helping him." The man showed a gentle smile and patted his back before walking back inside leaving Jaegu in the street

'Just like I expected, more than what meets the eye.' Jaegu thought as he walked towards his house

A.N Hope you enjoyed

Today was another tragic day for Konoha, it lay in ruin and its hero defeated. Pain looked at the unconscious Naruto and carried him with one of his paths. The battle was intense but Naruto was not strong enough to compete with such a foe.

'There is only one more target left and soon the world will know pain.' Pain thought as he flew while Konan joined him

Naruto didn't even get to wake up as he was put into suspended animation and the Kyuubi was taken from his body forcefully, which killed him instantly as they were tied too close.

"Where am I?" Naruto muttered as he woke up

He was feeling dizzy and something was unusual in his head, like a chuck of his memory had been erased.

Naruto's eyes finally could see right and he found himself in the woods, he felt that it was a mountainous region.

'Where is this place? These trees are too small to be close to Konoha or anywhere I have been to.' Naruto thought as he stood up and looked at his surroundings and found the trees too small.

He extended his hand and just put slight pressure, the tree cracked under that minuscule force.

"Definitely not close." Naruto confirmed as he didn't remember the trees close by, breaking with such ease. They had been blessed with the abundant nature energy and grown durable beyond normal, which was what he had learned from Jiraiya.

"I really shouldn't have jumped after Mukade." Naruto muttered in an annoyed tone as he remembered following a target through a portal

He looked around and decided to leave the mountain to see if he could find any clues. The mountain was quite small unlike the ones he was used to seeing, which did seem weird in a way along with the fact that his body felt a bit lighter.

'Maybe I am just stronger now or something.' Naruto thought as he exited the mountain and arrived outside.

Naruto still couldn't find anything that looked much different until he saw people climbing the mountain from the other side.

Somehow he could extend his senses for 40 m and could tell their life force along with their current emotion vaguely.

'They have very weak life force.' Naruto thought but he didn't conclude that he was in a different world from not sensing chakra as not everyone or thing had chakra and it needed to be molded.

He saw unique clothing they were wearing and thought he was in a different Land or something since he had never seen such in the places he visited.

Naruto walked closer to them and called, "Hello, can I have a moment of your time."

Naruto asked in a friendly tone and the couple turned to him, "Yes, how may we help you?"

Naruto was happy that they didn't react in a rude manner and decided to ask, "Can you tell me where the Land of Fire is?"

Naruto decided not to be straight forward as it could cause problems for him, "I have never heard of such a thing but maybe someone else will know."

The couple took him as weeb, one of the worst kinds of foreigner to set foot on their land. They excused themselves and left as they didn't want to handle his kind, they were impressed by his language but it didn't mean they were willing to listen to his nonsense.

'What just happened?' Naruto was confused but decided to move on instead of causing an issue from nothing

After several minutes of walking aimlessly, Naruto stopped and muttered in a confident tone, "Come out, I know you are there."

He could feel a person had been following him for awhile and unlike the others, this person had strong life force.

'A shinobi' Naruto thought from his mannerism and was curious, and hopeful

Naruto saw a man appear several meters from him. The man was tall with black hair and wearing a sleeveless red Gi.

"Apologies for my rude actions but your appearance caught my interest." The man said in a calm tone without a change in his expression

"What caught your interest?"

"You are not from here and from your mannerism I can tell you are a ninja. So are you one of those foreign ninjas, USA or some other country."

"USA?" Naruto pronounced the words awkwardly surprising the man

"You said Land of fire but no such place exists, is it a code word or are you serious?"

Naruto looked at the man and decided it was better not to share his life with others; he was getting strange feeling about this issue.

"It is a code name. I want to ask where we are now."

"Japan, near " Guy responded as he analyzed the kid who was the same age as Ibuki

"Thank you, my name is Naruto. What is yours?" Naruto replied in a friendly tone

"It was nothing and my name is Guy, if you need anything just look for me around here." Guy said as he left at his full speed, which didn't look much in Naruto's eye

'He has a strong body but the speed is just terrible.

From his words I can assume that I am not in the same world as he seemed to imply that he knew the rest of the world but just to be sure, I need to see a map.' Naruto thought as he decided to be cautious, he turned his appearance into one of the people he saw and walked out of the woods

'He looked really strong and dangerous. The moment I thought of attacking him, I saw death. He seemed too nonchalant about this. Is he even aware of his strength? It seems he might have memory issues from his questions.' Guy thought as he went back to his training area, where he practiced art of movement

He was not tricked by Naruto's attempt as he was used to ninja work for several years and lying, gathering information was the usual deal.

'I should inform master about him. He could cause problems in the country so we should prepare to end him if he shows signs of evil.' Guy mused as he took out his phone