Here comes Chapter One! Not much to say other than be prepared for some craziness! Hope y'all enjoy!

Chapter One: Into the Void with You!

Not even three months after her release, Kaguya's retribution had proven to be swift and merciless. The meager remnants of Iwa and Kiri's forces who survived the destruction of their villages threw their lot in with the Shinobi Alliance the instant they caught wind of this 'Akatsuki' organization being responsible for that cataclysmic event.

Kirigakure was swallowed up by the tides; Usagi's sudden removal from orbit had ensured that many an island nation and shoreline would be no more and the meteor shower that followed didn't help matters in the slightest. Only those lucky few who'd taken on missions upon the mainland had escaped the disaster.

Though Iwagakure had escaped these tidal effects thanks to her elevation, she still suffered the greatest from the following shower. A massive chunk of Usagi, larger than a skyscraper, hit the village dead center. Five more followed; though they were smaller, these meteors still wreaked havoc upon the village and surrounding landscape. No one therein survived.

Thousands more died in both events; Nami no Kuni, Umi no Kuni, Cha no Kuni, Ta no Kuni, Yu no Kuni, Nagi Island, O'ozu Island, Haha Island, Kika Island, Jiro Island... The list went on. Every last one of them and more were lost to the waves, alongside several coastal cities and the like. Others like Shimo no Kuni were turned into island chains, Kaminari no Kuni was cut off from the mainland, and several villages fell victim to the meteor showers that followed.

Only two thirds of this continent's inhabitants survived and only the gods themselves could say what became of the world's other three major land masses. (1)

Needless to say, there was no shortage of men, women and even children out for blood this night, but Kaguya and her followers were prepared for them. Seeing how she was the most intact and vindictive standing village amongst their foes, Konohagakure was perceived as the biggest threat to Akatsuki's goals and the forces therein knew it. But, while they had help from Iwagakure and Kirigakure's survivors as well as a respectable chunk of Kumogakure's forces, they were still vastly outnumbered.

Several massive explosions ravaged the landscape surrounding the village in the dead of night. Thousands of men died to the boobytraps scattered throughout the woods in preparation for this very siege.

Unfortunately, they hadn't accounted for one of Kaguya's sky cities surviving to this day…

A foreboding shadow loomed over Konohagakure as Soragakure, the sky city once known as Rabo in Kaguya's time, took her position above the Hokage Monument. Perched atop a spire overlooking her target as the battle raged on, Kaguya played her part in observing these gnats who dared take up arms against her. If nothing else, she had to admit they were rather clever. Her all-seeing eyes scoured the field for the biggest threats when the combined forces of Akatsuki started struggling. (2)

While the anti-personnel devices like spike pits and explosive traps were certainly taking a toll on their forces, they were but one of the issues. Kaguya frowned. There were… ten individual soldiers in particular who were giving their forces a hard time.

That simply would not do, would it...?

Down in the in the village itself, one of those very people stood in the center of the village, perched atop a particularly tall building, and barked her orders to the combined forces. This woman was the obvious leader. Tsunade, was it? She certainly fit the description. Regardless, she was the first to go. Kaguya reached out with one hand and a black void opened up at the blonde's feet. Before she could react, she was sucked in, much to the dismay of the team of masked ninja protecting her.

A team of three were her next victims: Samui, Omoi, and Karui of Kumogakure. According to their reports, these three were elite ninja who answered directly to the leader of their village, the Raikage. As one would assume from such a position, these three were proving to be among the more troublesome combatants, hacking away at Soragakure's flying units, so dealing with them was vital for a swift and decisive victory.

The redhead was the first to go, letting out a distressed cry as she was was thrown into the aether. Her twin brother, Omoi tried to pull her out of the portal that Kaguya had opened, only to be sucked in himself. Before Kaguya could give Samui the same treatment, however, the busty blonde was swiftly overwhelmed by the Soragakure forces—rendering such action unnecessary.

Next to go was a one-eyed, bearded man in a turban wielding a massive sword covered in runes. One of the few survivors of Kiri, this man was Munashi Jinpachi of the prestigious Seven Ninja Swordsmen. He was quite the thorn in Akatsuki's collective ass, using an alleyway as a chokepoint to butcher their forces. The instant he was sucked into the void, their remaining forces in the area rushed forth and obliterated his allies in mere seconds. (3)

Another to bite the dust was a scarred man with a black ponytail and a tattered, brown jacket over his regular uniform. This man was Nara Shikaku, the general of Konoha's military. With Team Samui gone, he was swiftly felled in a hail of shuriken.

One more to be chucked into the void was a woman with purple hair and scandalous attire by the name of Mitarashi Anko. As the former apprentice of Orochimaru, she was a powerhouse—wielding fire, earth and wind like they were her playthings and sadistically dropping the enemy soldiers like bricks. She needed to go… and go, she did as another portal sucked her in.

When the woman fighting alongside her suddenly vanished, a black-haired ninja by the name of Shizune felt a sharp pain as several shuriken found home in her back. Like Anko, however, she was trained by one of the legendary Sannin, specifically Tsunade, and would simply not go down that easily! Taking a deep breath, she expelled a corrosive, purple cloud of poisonous gas that decimated Akatsuki's remaining forces. But alas, her efforts were in vain as she too fell alongside her comrades.

Hatake Kakashi was next, dying heroically in a blaze of glory, surrounded by the corpses of five-hundred men and women. The light faded from is mismatched eyes as he used his last breath to spare his comrades a short prayer. It was a hefty loss, but it saved Kaguya the effort of dealing with him. The lanky man would have been hell to catch with his speed.

His colleague, Maito Gai, a man donning a green jumpsuit with a bowl cut and thick eyebrows, followed him to the grave soon after. His only consolation being that he took down 1,000 enemy soldiers before kicking the bucket.

Then, something happened that thoroughly took the Rabbit Goddess by surprise.

A massive, nine-tailed fox the size of a mountain with long, rabbit-like ears suddenly appeared in the middle of the village and let out a demonic roar. From Zetsu's memories, Kaguya recognized the beast as Kurako, the Nine-Tailed Fox—better known as Kyuubi no Youko. Apparently, her vessel, Naruto, had somehow learned how to take on her form and did so in a last-ditch effort to quell the invasion, starting with Soragakura no Sato. A massive, black ball of youki started collecting in Naruto's mouth and then, he blasted a destructive, black beam at the flying structure along with a cluster of sky ninja. The flying soldiers were vaporized and the village groaned and shook at the force of impact; several explosions following thereafter. (4)

"Well, someone just became number eleven," Kaguya mused aloud. She'd better get rid of that before it became an even bigger problem… so she did. Once again, Kaguya opened the door to another world and sucked the demon-fox-rabbit-thing into the portal. But, before he was sent away, Naruto opened his maw in one last act of defiance and released another black beam of death upon the sky city.

One last explosion wracked the vessel, ripping it in twain. Kaguya hastily took flight and reached out with her hands to stop the falling structure before it could crash into the ornately-carved mountain beneath. She gently set it down and immediately barked at one of the remaining teams of sky ninja to lend aid in fishing out survivors.

Meanwhile in a wooded area of Sutare, north of Staff, a trainee of the Organization was bathing in a particularly large lake.

The girl's name was Sylvia. A fairly petite, young woman, this trainee had just come of age by the standards of this world. She stood at five-foot-two with a lithe, athletic frame. Her most outstanding features were that she had pointed ears, no eyebrows, and faintly-glowing, silver eyes. Her white locks were arranged in a feminine, side swept mohawk. (5)

Having passed the final test, this young woman was essentially guaranteed to join the ranks of her sisters in arms once a slot opened up for her to occupy. Until then, all she had to do was train, so train she did. As such, she'd been dropped off in this wooded area for an extended survival exercise. In short, she was stuck here for three weeks to learn how to live off of the land.

Sylvia sighed heavily. Not even three hours in and she was already bored out of her mind! She sincerely hoped beyond hope that something exciting would happen.

Apparently, the gods heard her wish as something very interesting caught her eye. Lifting her gaze to give it a second look, Sylvia could only stare with wide eyes and a slowly opening mouth as a black, gaping wound seemed to open in the very sky itself. Then, a giant, red blur fell from the hole in the sky and landed it the lake. Whatever it was that fell in was absolutely huge! Sylvia yelped as the resulting tidal wave washed her ashore.

Naruto was not a very happy person…

Having turned back to normal, he quickly swam up to the surface and spat out a gob of water. The blond coughed before he pushed himself out of the water and stood on it like it was solid land. With a deep scowl pulling at his lips the blond was glaring viciously up at the sky; he wouldn't get a chance to go back since the tear in the fabric of reality started to close up as soon as he was spat out of it. He couldn't fly... and even if Naruto could, the young man would not be able to get there in time. The hole was barely wide enough to fit him in now anyway.

And so, Naruto was helpless to watch as the tear sealed itself shut. Leaving him wherever he had been sent to while his village fell.

He shook, grit teeth baring with barely restrained rage. His knuckles turned white as he tightly clenched his fists. His nails digging into his skin was almost drawing blood. But he caught himself and took in several shaking breaths to soothe his building anger before it got to far out of his control. It took several attempts but the blond managed to stop himself from losing his cool completely. So many people dead… so many worthless deaths… and for what?! For some bitch who thought she can control everything?!

No! He will not go down that path! Naruto viciously shook his head to dispel those negative thoughts before they could take root. He will not lose himself to his anger. Everyone is… probably dead, or worse, right now. As much as Naruto did not want to admit it, as much as he wanted to deny this, there was nothing he could do. He was… separated. Trapped. For all he knew, he was on another world, entirely!

But, still… the last thing he wanted to become was another Sasuke!

While he was having an internal argument with himself, Naruto had not taken notice of the young beauty that was sitting, buck ass naked on shore and staring at his back with wide, piercing silver eyes.

Who was this man? Where did he come from? How the hell was he standing on water of all things?! Whoever he was, his youki was… immense! It was almost suffocating!

Sylvia took a deep, calming breath as quietly as she could to avoid attracting his attention, but to her shock, he perked up. Did he hear her from all the way over there?!

"That girl behind you is… strange," a voice in Naruto's head muttered thoughtfully. It was booming, deep and otherworldly, yet still feminine. "She doesn't seem hostile, but do try not to startle her; we don't know what she's capable of." This voice, clearly, belonged to his tenant, Kurako.

"Got it," Naruto replied mentally. Letting out a sigh, he turned around and without looking at the girl the blond started walking to shore; Naruto made damn sure to not come off as threatening. He didn't want to scare the poor girl after all. "Sorry if I startled you," he called out. Then, he hopped onto a rock and started shedding his soggy garments so he could dry them off.

Unfortunately, Sylvia didn't understand a word he just said, having never heard something of the like. Still, for the life of her, she couldn't help but be curious. Scrambling to fetch her clothes so as not to scare him off with something… nasty on her torso, she quickly got dressed and scampered on up to the new visitor.

"Hmmm…" deep within the recesses of Naruto's mind, Kurako perked up, tilting her head curiously. "That girl houses a demonic energy of some kind… but it's not hers… and yet it is? Hard to explain."

"What? Is she a demon vessel?" Naruto mentally asked.

Kurako narrowed her eyes in an attempt to get a better 'feel' for Sylvia, "No… there's no demon…" the fox paused momentarily; her eyes narrowed until they were slits, "Or rather, not anymore. It is literally part of her… I think she's merged with it somehow. Either that, or it was added to her artificially. Either way, most of it seems to be in her torso."

"Um… excuse me," Sylvia called out, trying to be polite.

Both Naruto and Kurako perked up, not at all knowing what she said as it sounded like utter gibberish. They could tell, however, that she was being cautious. The blond stopped what he was doing and looked in her direction. He blinking owlishly at her.

"Do you have any idea what she said?" Naruto mentally asked. Outside however the blond said, "Uh… I don't understand you."

"It's... different. I've never heard such a language before, but what she said appears to be a greeting."

Sylvia frowned thoughtfully, the wheels in her head starting to turn. This young man fell from the sky, and was—from her point of view—speaking utter nonsense. Was he even of this world? She looked at him dead in the eyes, gestured to herself and said one word.

"Sylvia." she told him.

Naruto cocked his head. That sounded awfully like a name to him. Was that her name?

"Syrufia… Syrubira…Syrifa…?"

Naruto tried to repeat what she said and was failing miserably at the pronunciation. In his language, there was simply no such thing as a V or an L. His attempt drew a giggle from her. It was pretty cute. Adorable even.

The blond smiled and introduced himself in the same fashion.

"Naruto." he told her back.

To Sylvia, that R sounded rather strange, like nothing she'd ever heard. The closest thing she could liken it to was... an L, maybe? (6)

"Naluto!" Sylvia chirped cutely, drawing a smile from the blond. If nothing else, this new friend looked like a hell of a consolation prize.

As the campfire crackled and the two awkwardly did their best to exchange words of some kind, Naruto and Sylvia shared a chuckle in amused exasperation at their shared struggle. Several fish were cooking on the fire and Naruto found himself rather thankful for Kurako. She'd ensure that if the fish of this world was poisonous to him, it wouldn't hurt. Also, she was immensely helpful in discerning what one word or another meant as Sylvia tried to communicate with her vessel.

"Heartwarming as this may be, it's taking too long," Kurako pointed out. "We've spent hours trying to communicate with her and have a 10-word vocabulary to show for it, at best. Let me try something."

Naruto blinked at that. "Uh… sure? What do you want to do?"

Kurako hummed. "I want to try and read her thoughts… see if I can learn her language directly and serve as your translator."

"You can do that?!" Naruto was very surprised to say the least; he never knew Kurako could even do that! Then again he didn't know much about the Bijuu, other than what was told during his time in the academy. And even then what he was told in class was woefully wrong… Kurako was not a mindless beast of destruction for one. (7)

"I can read your thoughts quite cheerfully," Kuraki pointed out with an amused roll of her eyes. "The tricky part is reading hers… I'm inside you, so that's easy. But with her… Let me have control. I'll see what inviting her here can achieve."

Naruto chuckled internally.

Kurako blinked. "Naruto… what are you laughing for?"

"Heh heh heh… inside me… Heh heh heh heh…"

The fox sighed with amused exasperation, "Oh, get your mind outta the gutter, you! Save that for later. Right now, we have something a little more pressing to deal with."

"Alright, alright," Naruto replied. "I'll step aside, then. Try not to scare her."

"Oh, don't worry; I'll slip into something more pleasant before she gets here," Kurako cooed, drawing a blush from the young man. He knew exactly what she meant.

Though she had long since stopped trying to seduce him into letting her out so she could wreak bloody vengeance upon Konoha for having the audacity to seal her away for a third time, the form she'd taken in those attempts has haunted his dreams to this day… the 'wet' ones, especially. (8)

Sylvia, meanwhile, started looking a bit worried, as Naruto went silent and got all flustered. Did she accidentally offend him?! Then, to her shock, his eyes turned a bright, glowing orange with demonic slits as he put his hand on top of her scalp and then… everything around her started to melt away.

Deep in a dark cavern, Sylvia let out a groan as she found herself lying face town and wondering what the hell happened. She pushed herself up and looked around. This place was… huge! Was she in a castle of some kind? The black stone chamber was easily five stories tall, with catwalks and balconies hanging overhead in all directions but one. In front of her, there was a metal gate, impossibly tall. She couldn't help but contemplate the unfathomably-massive forge it would have taken to achieve such a feat of engineering… the damn thing was four stories tall and easily thirty meters wide, for fuck's sake!

A giggle brought her train of thought to a grinding halt and Sylvia looked into the gated chamber before her to find a girl…?

A quaint, little hearth crackled behind Kurako as she sat on her heels in a far more human form.

She was shorter than Sylvia, standing at four-foot-nine with a slender build. Her youthful, heart-shaped face was quite regal in appearance, like that of a princess—the strange, whisker-like marks on her cheeks only adding to this girl's beauty. Unknown to Sylvia, this body bore the best traits sifted from the collective appearances of every girl Naruto found sexually attractive in his younger years—both fictional and otherwise.

Because of his... preference for one girl in particular, though, this meant she was flat as a washboard. Of course. But, her robes made it hard to tell.

Finally from just above her little rump flowed nine fox-like tails and upon her head were vulpine ears, both bearing the same color as her hair, which cascaded down to her shoulders in a wild mane of bright, fiery orange.

She was garbed in an elaborate kimono of black, white and orange, decorated in tribal-looking flame patterns. Her eyes were a piercing orange that seemed to peer into Sylvia's very soul.

Kurako was quite satisfied to note that she was right to bring this girl here. She could peer into her mind as clear as day and read her thoughts like a book. The fox girl grinned toothily, "I'm glad you and my vessel are getting along so well," she chirped. Her voice, while soft and smooth, had a tinge of power to it. "He needed that after what he's been through."

Sylvia was visibly surprised to note that she understood this 'little girl' perfectly. Her pronunciation was a bit off, but what she said was clear as day. "I'm glad to help," the white-haired girl replied. "So… what happened? Where am I?"

"I brought you into his mind so we could have ourselves a little chat," Kurako chirped, the toothy grin never fading from her lips. "I wanted to see if I could translate for you until Na-ru-to learned your language." The fox girl made it a point to emphasize Naruto's name, just so Sylvia can pronounce it correctly. Then, she let out a sigh. "At this point, it's clear that he has been banished into another world entirely."

Sylvia gave the fox girl an odd look. What? Another world? Then again, remembering that hole in the sky quickly dashed any disbelief she may have had. That wasn't at all natural, so this girl and Naluto—no, Naruto—could have... must have been from another world entirely.

"What happened?" She asked, her brow creased with curiosity.

"He was trying to defend his home from an invasion… and failed. A woman of immense power, one who should never have been released from her prison, sent him here because he was getting in her way." Kurako shrugged helplessly. "It's bound to be a sore subject to him for some time, but it would appear that he met you at just the right moment. He was understandably livid... and very close to losing himself to his anger."

Sylvia frowned sympathetically. "I see... " She knew damn well what it felt like to be rendered helpless, unable to protect her loved ones. "I'll do my best to help."

At that Kurako's grin became decided more… foxy. "Good. Very good. Naruto likes you, y'know. He normally has trouble making friends and it's very,very rare for him to befriend someone this quickly. Don't be surprised if he starts acting shy around you… or blushes. He has a thing for petite women, you see. He doesn't mind the other types, but it's the petite ones who quite often catch his eye." (9)

Sylvia turned beet red at that. "Oh… uh… I see." The poor thing had no idea how to react to that, though she had her doubts that such a relationship could get very far with what she had to hide.

"I know about that, too, thanks to your presence here," Kurako pointed out. "Don't blame him," She swiftly added upon seeing the white-haired girl looking like she was about to panic. "I'm the one that took control and brought you here. However, I can safely assure you that he will not judge you for that… blemish."

Sylvia winced but nodded. "Most people find it repulsive," she said. "I was afraid it might scare him off."

"He's seen worse, actually," Kurako assured. "His best friend had the word 'love' carved into his forehead down to the bone and he never allowed it to heal, and Naruto himself had a hole blown through his own chest a few times. I had to heal him from that or else he would have died. To this day, he still has one of those scars. Trust me, that so-called Stigma of yours is nothing new. If anything, he's more liable to call you a 'badass' because of it." The fox girl giggled and shook her head with a fond smile on her lips. "He's such a kind, young man… you'd better take good care of him."

The young warrior in training felt a shiver run up her spine at the thinly veiled threat. In that moment, she knew damn well that this girl was not someone to be trifled with. "I will." an awkward silence filled the 'room' after that, before it was broken by Sylvia herself. "So… is there any advice you can give me?"

Sylvia did not like that look in the fox girl's eye. "Oh, I have plenty," Kurako chirped with yet another vulpine grin.

Several days later, in the city of Staff, a woman with short hair and pointed ears stood before a council of men in black, hooded cloaks. She was garbed in a similar outfit to Sylvia, but with the addition of spaulders, vambraces, sabatons and a fauld. A short cape flowed behind her, attach to a backplate with two slots in it and resting in one was a massive sword.

This woman was Cassandra, the Number One of the Organization—their strongest and highest-ranking warrior. She came here as swiftly as she could upon hearing that there was a disturbance in one of the training areas and proved eager to help in any way she could. The thought of a youma or Awakened Being potentially attacking their trainees sent shivers up her spine; how could something like that sneak so far into their territory, though?! (10)

Her train of thought was abruptly cut off as she heard one of the elders clear his throat. "I trust you've been informed of the situation?"

"I have," she replied with a nod, before asking to verify. "Something massive in training ground... five, yes?"

"It was there for but a brief moment," the man confirmed. "But, yes… according to Neideen, it was roughly on-par with Isley of the North."

Cassandra frowned. Something that powerful slipped in without their notice?! Such a thing shouldn't be possible. Sutare was the most secure region on This World because it's where the Organization itself is stationed. But this just proved that their contingency is not absolutely foolproof.

"Has the youki aura been detected in another location after its appearance in training ground five?" Cassandra figured she'd might as well get as much information as possible before leaving. Many a warrior had been killed in the past due to a lack of information after all. (11)

"It has been several days since it first appeared there," the elder replied. "It hasn't been detected since, despite Neideen's best efforts. One of our trainees is in the area, partaking in a training exercise, and hasn't reported back to her handler. She seems to be actively avoiding him, in fact."

Cassandra's frown deepened. "Is she perhaps being held hostage by whatever appeared?"

"We don't know, though it is certainly possible that she has become its plaything," one of the other men chimed in dispassionately. "It wouldn't be the first time that happened."

Cassandra shook in righteous, female fury at the thought. "I will do whatever it takes to bring her back safe and sound, then."

"The swiftest way to reach that training ground is by boat," the elder pointed out. "Unfortunately, in the absence of favorable winds, you may have trouble getting there in less than two weeks. Good luck."

Meanwhile, back on training ground five, Naruto was sitting cross legged on the ground. The blond had no idea why, but for some reason he couldn't help but feel a cold shiver run up his spine, like something dangerous looming over the horizon.

In front of him, Sylvia stopped what she was doing to turn back and stare with concern, "Something wrong?"

Naruto took a moment to reply as Kurako told him what she meant and how to respond. "It's nothing," he said. "I just felt something... off is all."

Sylvia stared at him oddly and shrugged. "If you say so…"

With that, she went back to putting out the fire, before popping a squat before him. Unknown to the young woman, Naruto's eyes were firmly on her ass when she was still busy with that. "So… tell me more about this home of yours… I still find it hard to imagine, but it sounds very nice. Warriors being able to use the very elements and all… I'm kinda jealous." She'd sell an arm to be capable of such feats, in fact! It sounded awesome!

Naruto chuckled warmly at that, the look of childish wonder she gave him when he lit that first campfire with his breath of all things was just so cute! She still had a hard time believing it, and he's performed it several more times since!

"It was a nice village, though the people there were mostly assholes," Naruto replied with a shrug. "They weren't all bad, though. The Ichiraku's were very nice. Damn, I miss their ramen." He sighed depressingly. He can count on both hands the amount of people that were nice to him. Which said a lot.

"I can relate, somewhat," Sylvia replied, scooted closer. "I was always seen as a bit of a weirdo, acting too boyish for a little girl and all." She shrugged. "Kinda silly if you ask me, but I didn't have a lot of friends either as a result."

"That just proves they're a bunch of wusses. You'd fit right in, back home." Naruto chuckled warmly. "Heck, if anything, I find it kinda cute."

Sylvia giggled. "You're cuter," she teased. "It's so refreshing having someone to talk to about that. though."

"I'm here, if you need me," Naruto replied, drawing a blush from the young woman.

"I'm... here for you, too," she said nervously. In all honesty, she was actually a little disappointed that Naruto hasn't come onto her yet… and equally relieved. Despite Kurako's reassurance, she was still very nervous about showing her stigma to him.

And apparently the reason why he hasn't come on to her yet, is because he has no concept of love thanks to the way he was treated. Granted from what Kurako said he has laid with girls in the past but that was mainly because he was either roped into it against his better judgement or they came on to him. Kurako even said something about a movie… whatever that is. Long story short: even if there was some sexual tension between them, Naruto wouldn't even understand it unless it was pointed out, despite his experiences with other women.

In Kurako's words, "If you want him to know you're interested, you'll have to make the first move. Despite having laid with a number of women in his lifetime, Naruto is as dense as a brick when it comes to girls that are interested in him. Half of those women had to beg him to plow them, because he was that ignorant… though he has gotten better."

Naruto looked at her a little concerned. "Something wrong? You look nervous."

"It's just… I want to… uh... " Sylvia struggled. She knew what she wanted to say but, had no idea what the fuck she was doing! Taking a deep breath and praying to the Goddesses of Love that she didn't scare him off, the young woman decided that if actions spoke louder than words, then she knew exactly what to do. She stood up, marched to the blond and plopped herself into his lap, much to his surprise. "I… want to make you feel better," she said. "I can tell that what happened to your home is still eating at you."

"It's fine, really." Naruto reassured her after getting over the initial shock. "Despite being with you for a short time, I am beginning to feel..." Naruto trailed off, turning beet red when Sylvia leaned in and gave him a peck on the cheek. "U-uh... I'm uh…"

"Do I need to spell it out for you with this one, too, Naruto?" Kurako chimed in, both amused and exasperated by his response. "She wants you. This girl is offering to let you vent your grief by pounding her like a bent nail."

Naruto felt his eye twitch at that. "Uh...huh…" he replied mentally. He took a deep breath and finished what he was going to say before that peck on the cheek, "...I am beginning to feel better with you around."

Sylvia frowned at that. She was beginning to feel frustrated at her failed attempt to tell him she's interested… but, then she gasped when one of Naruto's hands reached up and grabbed a handful of her breast and started kneading it through the girl's top.

"However, if you want to… mess around, I won't object."

Sylvia shuddered and mewled. He barely even did anything and she already felt her loins burning with lust! "F-fuck me…" she whispered. "Go ahead… I want you to let... let it all out… right inside me." She yelped in surprise, feeling something poke her. Was that his…? "Oh, my~!" Her cheeks felt like they were on fire!

Naruto dampened his lips nervously. "S-say… do you want to play a game?"

"A... game of h-hide the sausage?" Sylvia teased; her raging hormones made it rather difficult to think straight.

Naruto blinked owlishly at that. "Uh… yes? No? Kinda? It's more like a role playing game. We both have roles to play in this game," He explained. "It's kinda like acting... but with... sex."

Well, that sounded interesting… "Like... pretending you're a bandit... having his way with the young warrior woman whom he just defeated in battle~?"

"Yeah. Like that. Or you could be a young warrior woman having her way with said bandit."

Her eyes sparkled at that. That type of game gave her so many ideas! "I'd love to…" but then, her excitement deflated rapidly.

"I'm sensing a 'but'..." Naruto looked concerned.

"Something might end up being a bit of a mood killer," Sylvia replied, now looking terribly nervous.

"It's that 'something' you've been hiding from me since we met, I take it?" Though not the sharpest tool in the shed, Naruto could tell she was concealing something. Kurako told him it was a wound on her front. A nasty one apparently that never heals.

"Y-yeah…" The white-haired girl looked away nervously.

"Let's see it, then," Naruto said, nudging her to get up.

Sylvia bit her lip and nodded. She undid the little, leather dickie around her neck before pulling it out and plopping it onto the ground beside her. When she did, Naruto saw what she meant and couldn't blame the poor girl. That nasty, crudely-stitched gash running down her neck was quite the sight. Then, she crossed her arms and pulled her top off, showing off the majority of her stigma.

"It would appear that she was artificially implanted with the flesh and blood of a demon," Kurako pointed out. "A 'youma', I believe they're called."

"Can we stitch it up?" Naruto asked her. "Like with your youki or something?"

"Naruto, it's already stitched shut." Kurako pointed out the obvious to him. Then she giggled and said, "But I know what you mean and it's certainly worth a try…"

"How far down does it go?" Naruto asked, addressing Sylvia once more.

"Just above my groin," she replied, averting her gaze. The trainee would never admit it but she was actually surprised he wasn't showing disgust or anything of the sort. A lot of people tend to sound… well… shocked and disgusted when they see the unhealable gash on a warrior. But Naruto... didn't act differently at all, save for showing concern. It's as if he had seen this sort of thing on a regular basis.

Then she remembered what Kurako had said two days prior: "He's seen worse, actually,"

"I wanna try something… do you mind?"

She finally looked at him with a look of shame in her eyes. "It depends on what it is…"

Naruto reached out with one hand and the girl stared at it aloofly. And then, it was enveloped with a bubbling, red aura. Sylvia had no idea how to react and then… she hissed in discomfort when Naruto's index and middle fingers touched the gash right at the point where it started. Then, he slowly dragged them down along it and the hiss of burning flesh reached her ears. But for some reason, it didn't hurt at all…? It was certainly uncomfortable, but not at all painful. Looking down to see what was going on, her jaw dropped at the sight of her stigma vanishing in Naruto's wake.

"Wha-what the hell?" This was… unbelievable! The Organization tried every method available to them to close this gash and were met with failure. Then this young man comes along and heals it effortlessly? Sylvia wanted to think she was dreaming, but this discomfort was all too real. This was not a dream. Her stigma was being healed.

Even the stitching was being burnt away by whatever he was doing!

Reaching down to the baffled teen's leggings, Naruto decided not to intrude and simply started pumping more of Kurako's youki into her to finish the job. When he was done, Sylvia pulled at her leggings to see that it was gone. She felt around where the stigma had once been and felt… tender, but that was it! It was gone!

"Well… that certainly worked better than I thought," Naruto said; then he let out a very startled yelp when his new companion tackled him to the ground.

"Games later; fuck now!" Sylvia growled ravenously with wild eyes.

Naruto could only reply with a nervous chuckle as he looked up at her and tried to make himself as small as possible. Clearly, his actions had awakened something within her… something primal and very hungry. The young man had no idea if he should look forward to what was to come or dread it. Either way, this was going to be an… eventful night.

Alrighty, we have quite a few changes here to address.

1: Though said land masses aren't likely to be relevant to the story, I felt that Naruto's continent shouldn't be the only one. Mind you, because of the changes I made to the Gelel Empire, Temujin's unnamed continent and the character himself don't exist, but I digress. I figured that at least mentioning them would give this world a bit more believability.

2: The sky cities are among those changes I made to the lore. Soragakure, as shown here, is the last of Kaguya's original sky cities to have survived to this day. Obviously, this implies a change to what happened in yet another movie, but I don't wanna spoil anything too much. =3

3: Yes, Jinpachi's alive… and his 'sword' is no longer that roll of toilet paper we probably all know and loathe from canon, lol. This will be a reoccurring thing in my fanfics.

4: Far as I'm aware, Kurama's a masculine name, so I changed it to Kurako.

5: Any fans of Naruto's Quest remember her? =3 Sylvia was one of my contributions. Fun fact: this fanfic was originally conceptualized to be a oneshot that kinda just snowballed into a dark fantasy epic porno-fic. It was a very interesting experience, to say the least, lol.

6: One of the things that drive me batty about the Multiverse in Magic: the Gathering is that everyone in every plane of existence seems to inexplicably speak the same language. Suspension of disbelief isn't something you should be relying on, damn it! -_-

7: I mean, mountain-sized balls of death are cool and all, but if their powers don't extend beyond the splodies and such, they can get rather boring. Granted, the ability to read minds would make it difficult to seal her away, but not impossible - especially for the likes of the Senjuu Hashirama, I'm sure. His badassery is among the things I shall allow to exist in my fanfics; he is the founder of a village, after all. However, some other characters will be bumped up in power level to help balance that shit out. Seriously, how are some of these people not still genin?!

8: Given the context of his situation in canon, I could easily see a female Kyuubi trying to make contact with Naruto and seduce him into letting her out. Of course, this failed, but she would have likely tried it nonetheless, like say... in the wake of Nami no Kuni, or perhaps the Forest of Death… or during his training trip with Jiraiya. There's a number of opportunities for that kinda thing, actually.

9: Let's be honest, here: he had to like Sakura for a number of reasons to put up with her yelling at, berating, and even beating him. I figured he has a thing for petite girls as but one of those many reasons.

10: Instead of Clare's generation or even Clarice's, I figured transplanting Sylvia into Cassandra's would give me more creative freedom... among other things. =3

11: Youki exists in both worlds, but for very different reasons. It's also distinct from chakra. It's basically what the name implies: demonic power and demons from all worlds and universes utilize it in one way or another.

Aaand, that's all she wrote, lol. See ya next chapter if you liked this and have a good one, regardless!