So, as my first story on this site, I hope to do well… but no promises. As I have read hundreds of stories; (my favorite being Naruto especially) My biggest grievance was always seeing the author's change nothing about either the canon story or the character themselves. I get it there are tons of canon warriors out there, but this is fanFICTION. This is the place to change it up, make it new and interesting or at least tweak the character for goodness sakes.

Okay rant over… to begin this will be a crossover between Pokémon and Naruto as you read when clicking the story. There will be some darker themes but nothing to make you hide under your bed at night so do not worry!

Summary: After the end of the 4th Ninja War, an exhausted Naruto is sent through the dimensional void as last vindictive middle finger from Kaguya. While he is traveling Palkia discovers him and with some words from the Kyuubi and seeing his memories, realizes that Naruto may be the key to eliminating the darker aspects of his father's world.

"Bold" text is Kyuubi, Higher-Tier Legendaries, and Attacks

'Bold' is Thoughts of Kyuubi or Higher-Tier Legendaries, and attacks

"Talking" is regular speech. Ex Naruto, Ash etc...

'Thoughts' is regular thoughts. Ex Naruto, Ash etc...

Scene Change

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Pokémon in any way, shape, or form. If I did, then we would not be having this discussion, would we?

Always Playing Hero

Chapter One: The Offer

"Naruto!"

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That was the last thing Naruto heard as he was pushed through a random portal accompanied by a cruel but defeated laugh of Kaguya, letting him know how he ended up seeing millions of colors before blacking out from a combination of fatigue and the G-forces surrounding him.

As he was traveling past thousands of potential destinations, a very large, bipedal entity felt a strange power enter its realm of influence. The majority of its body has a light pink-grey-white coloring with linear sections on its body being purple. Its arms and shoulders are covered by large, armored plates, and each hand holds five nails. This being is called Palkia, and he is referred to as the God of Space.

'The power is unbelievable…' thought the dragon. As he made a Beedrill-line towards the new energy.

As Palkia closed in on its target, the Kyuubi thanked his lucky stars he got his other half back during the war or keeping his vessel alive would be more of a struggle than it was.

'No wonder the brat isn't waking up, I have felt his body break and tear almost everywhere, the pain he must be in...' the Kyuubi trailed off as he felt a humungous energy source that he cannot identify, and this causes him to worry knowing they were in no condition to contest with something of this magnitude.

Shock was the first emotion to plaster across Palkia as he reaches his target, followed closely by confusion 'How is a human traveling through space, and what is this energy?' thought the dragon confusedly as he feels the energy react to his presence, and cautiously accepts the mental connection he felt forming in the back of his mind.

"Where am I?!" shouts the startled god at the abrupt change of scenery as he looks around the dingy sewer, he notices the pipes on the walls are cracked in some places and leaking blue or yellow energy in certain spots. He floats down one of the paths leading to the energy and finds himself in an open field surrounded by huge trees with symbols he does not recognize adorning the bark.

The Kyuubi roars out his frustration at the boy on the floor, "Don't you die on me you little bastard! I finally have some respect for you, so you better be around to appreciate it!" as he continues to heal the boy showing that it's a wanning battle from the skin tone and labored breathing.

The young man in question is 6'3" with a Caucasian skin tone, the hair seems to be fading from a sunshine blond to a snow white the longer he travels though space as he is affected by the stress that his body is going through. His only visible scar is the one above his left eyebrow. His outfit consists of Red sage coat with a dark grey short sleeved shirt with a white Uzumaki swirl starting of his heart like a bullseye for his heart. He wears standard AnBu pants with his kunai and shuriken holster on his right leg. On his left arm he has Konoha headband as long with an Uzumaki one right beneath it, green and red for each country respectively. On his feet are Black combat sandals with toe coverings made of metal.

Palkia hovers over to the duo wondering why they were here and how he went from approaching a comet to being in a forest, "Giant Ninetales, where are we right now?"

Kurama startled by the voice, whips around and yells, "Finally! You arrive, I have sensed you for quite some time, and seeing how you accepted my invite, I assume you are not here to blast us to oblivion." The Kyuubi states, ignoring whatever a 'Ninetales' is to get to the point.

Palkia's eyes widen before getting serious while heatedly asking, "Will you become a threat? I could show you why that would be unwise." His gem in his arm flashes a dark pink to purple in correspondence with his threat.

Kurama Sensing the energy build up quickly clears it up, "No! No! We need assistance as the brat's body isn't capable of handling the vacuum of space, and the speed we are traveling isn't making this any easier." Ending with a sneer, hating to sound weak in front of anyone, be it man or monster.

"So where are we currently" asked the dragon in honest curiosity never seeing any landscape like the one around him.

"The boys mindscape, shaped by him after numerous strenuous and hectic situations." Explained Kurama simply.

"Then whe-"

"WE DON'T HAVE TIME!" Kurama cuts in sharply. 'I give him another 15 minutes tops out here, even with my help' seeing the hair turning even lighter shades of blonde-white and the coughing becoming strained.

"Look, I will explain in detail everything about us, if you can pull his body into a safer area so I can fully heal him, I promise it will be worth, and like this brat beneath me says, 'I never break A promise.'" Karuma says while glancing at his host fondly for a second before returning to his tough guy façade.

Palkia debates this quickly, 'They could be dangerous, or they could be an amazing asset if the power output is even a fraction of this feeling. On the oth-'

'Let them in'

'Father? But they could be a dange-

'Let them in now, Palkia'

'As you wish… Arceus'

Scene Change: Hall of Legends

As they exit a portal created by the Space dragon, whose name Kurama already forgot, their environment was one of elegance and grace, to Kurama, (using Naruto's body to move and interact) it reminded him of the concept of afterlife with the Golden gate and marble white columns. The place was in a pocket dimension with numerous chairs designed in weird shapes and a long obsidian black table to fit them all. The most interesting part was the fountain that was beneath the head chair that Kurama assumed belonged to the leader.

Kurama suddenly was alerted to the biggest presence he ever felt, eclipsing his de facto father by a decent margin. Kurama first thought when seeing the ginormous creature, was that it looked like a qilin, but what was confusing was the ring like structure around its gray body. He could feel multiple energy signatures that he could not recognize but could sense that some related to the dragon like being that led them here.

"Kurama, the nine-tailed fox Kyuubi and Naruto Uzumaki, I welcome thee to the legendary council and my home." Arceus announces gracefully.

Kurama, A little unsettled that he knew not just their names, but also Naruto's last name and his title chose to answer cautiously, "A pleasure to meet you and thank you for allowing us safety."

The god of creation laughs, "There is no reason to be nervous now, I notice the body of young Naruto is severely damaged, allow me to assist you." As he closes his eyes, Naruto's body glows a brilliant gold and the body quickly heals, but the tips of his hair stay a frosty white.

Kurama, feeling the healed body of his charge finally relaxes and asks/demands, "What do you want?"

Arceus smiles, "Smart, you realize nothing is free, and after reviewing young Naruto's life and seeing his loyalty to a place that did not deserve such a benevolent person, his struggles with acceptance, the betrayal of his best friend, losing his first love, and sacrificing everything in the war… but never losing his will, truly a man like no other."

"Get on with it" Kurama snarls, not liking the reminders of the abuse his host suffered.

"Very well, I have a proposition for the both of you and accepting is your choice, but I have a feeling that Naruto would accept after hearing about the darker side of my world." Arceus says a little somber at the end.

"What problems exactly." Kurama answers snidely, not knowing at this moment Naruto has awoken and is listening to the conversation, quietly to not alert Kurama yet.

The Creator takes a breath, "Abuse, Kidnapping, Thievery, and so on... things that you think I should handle, but it has always been my faith that humans can settle their own faults, but recently the incidences have become too high, with no proper person or group doing enough to make a dent let alone resolve the issue."

"Again" Kurama says sternly, "What do you want?"

"A harbinger, a peacemaker, a champion." Arceus stands to his full height. "Someone who doesn't think about public opinion, someone who does the right thing even if it isn't the easiest choice or is frowned upon, someone who can turn the tides with his presence alone… I need a Naruto."

Kurama seeing this as another way for someone to screw his host over gets angry, "So saving one world wasn't enough? He must clean up more messes, So he can suff- "

"KURAMA STOP!" says a shocked Naruto, not realizing how much the Kyuubi cared about him till now, and is deeply touched but knows what he most do.

'I am taking control Kurama, thank you for keeping us alive my friend, I will handle it from here, ya know?' Naruto said in gratitude.

'Whatever brat, hope you know what you are getting into' Kurama replies a little embarrassed that Naruto heard him.

'I knew you were just a big softy' Naruto chuckles hearing the roar in return.

Naruto smiles to himself before his eyes change from the blood red of Kurama to his shining blue but, they also changed Now with a permanent orangish pigment around the irises, a combo of sage mode and Kurama's chakra while being sent through dimensions, giving a stunning contrast.

"So, Naruto I am glad to see you awaken, so after hearing my offer, what do you think?" Arceus asks knowing exactly when Naruto awakened in his mind.

Naruto a little shocked by the statement, "So you noticed hmm? You certainly are powerful, but I have no idea what this energy is, and doubt you know mine. Care to explain?"

Arceus smiles, "Aura is the life energy of this world, something I see we have in common, and the other is psychic energy or energy of the mind, and energy of the psychical. These two energies make up all the Pokémon and a very few humans of my home."

"So, if you accept my offer, I will have to transfer your ener- "Chakra" Arceus grunts being interrupted while Naruto sheepishly rubs the back of his head, "yes, your 'Chakra' will be converted as long with Kurama into Psychic and Aura energies, making you the first to posses both simultaneously as a human."

Naruto's eyes widen, but can only think about Kurama, 'But what if this doesn't work and I lose him, or he dies, or is sent back or-

Kurama growlshearing this, 'Brat quit thinking so loud and just accept already!'

'but-t-t Kurama'

'The Naruto I know does not hesitate, so why now? I'll be fine you brat.'

Naruto sighs, 'fine, you are right after all.' Naruto looks up with determined eyes, "We accept."

Arceus glows bright gold, "Very well, I will integrate the info you need into both you and Kurama when you awaken, but you will need to scout the world and research more to properly assess the problem. Good luck, my champion."

Naruto suddenly feels pain everywhere and as his vision fades, the last thing he hears is Kurama's pain filled roar and then silence.

Later that Evening – Hall of Legends

Papa, do you believe this one man can truly impact the world? A small creature with to small fairy like wings, a green body and two big blue eyes asks with innocent head tilt.

"Time will only tell, as you are aware of." Arceus replies with a small smile looking at his giggling daughter.

She covers her mouth while giggling happily, "I cannot wait for the future he will bring."

"Yes, a storm is coming, a Maelstrom to be exact."

So that's the introduction, Naruto's arrival is a little different but this is post 4th war Naruto so he will be strong, and in this story, he will not be a buffoon as dense as a wall and not be a womanizer that goes after anything with 2 legs that breathes.

So, let me know what you thought, it wont affect me, so just lay it on thick.

Till next time, Jetsu Homura