*I really wanted to post this as a full story but I pretty much lost all my inspiration due to heckling of one particular individual. On the other hand it was generally well received review wise so maybe someday.

Enjoy!

Naruto: Razor's Edge

Blanket disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Claymore

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

This is a Naruto/Claymore crossover featuring Uzumaki Naruto, "Mud Hair" Clarice (Number 47) and "Blood Eye" Miata (Number 4). This story that takes place in the Claymore universe. If you aren't familiar with the Claymore Manga you're going to be a little lost. This takes place seven years after the Claymore Anime is over. It is an AU that takes place after Kaguya is sealed in Naruto (Chapter 690) and after Clarice and Miata are sent out to hunt down Galatea (Chapter 72) of Claymore. Most of the information involved can be found in the Naruto and Claymore Wikis if you haven't read the mangas but this story is written with the assumption that the reader has knowledge of both series.

A couple of caveats; I've made both the languages the people speak in the World of Claymore and Naruto's the same with the exception of honorifics. While I think realistically there should be some kind a massive accent difference or even a full language barrier I don't want to spend five to ten chapters with Naruto learning a new language. (For some reason I've always pictured the spoken language in Claymore as being old Germanic or Norse personally). Naruto also doesn't have a "language learn no jutsu." He'll have his hands full enough learning about a new world. Also, given Naruto is the strongest shinobi in existence once he reaches the Sage of the Six Paths mode I see no reason he wouldn't be as powerful as the Organization's Number 1 warriors if not more so.

Character ages, strengths/ranks:

Naruto: 17, Six Paths Sage Level

Clarice: 16/17, Low Chunin Level/Number 47 Warrior

Miata 10/11, Elite Jonin Level/Number 4 Warrior

Chapter 1

The Final Sealing of Kaguya

Sasuke, Kakashi and Sakura were retreating from the collapsing dimension of Kaguya now that she was sealed away forever. "What Happened to Naruto?!" asked Kakashi.

Sasuke was moving fast. "He said he still had to take care of something and went off on his own…." answered Sasuke.

With Naruto….

Naruto decided to confront Black Zetsu for the last time. The blonde said, "So, you never wanted to leave your Mother's side, did you?"

"You… You Bastard!" screeched Zetsu. He saw what Naruto was doing by forcing him into the seal forever with Kaguya. Zetsu made one last attempt at escape but Naruto blocked him and in the process Naruto was caught up in the dimensional collapse and his surviving friends and the Sage of the Six Paths came to the sad realization that Uzumaki Naruto was forever lost to them. He had sacrificed himself to put the threat of Otsutsuki Kaguya forever to an end.

The "Child of Prophesy" had fulfilled his destiny and would be revered forever after in ninja circles….

But the story of Uzumaki Naruto did not end there….

Sutare, the Eastern Lands, Forest

Clarice was running hard and breathing harder. She was being chased by an awakened one and had barely dodged the strike. She rolled over and looked up to see it closing in for the kill. "Wh-Wh? Why can I barely read Yoma energy at a time like this? No…."

Suddenly Miata descended on the creature and destroyed it utterly. The child kept stabbing the bloody remains with her sword as Clarice got up and shakily walked over to her. Clarice said. "Mi-Miata. That's' enough! It's already dead…."

The young girl quickly turned around and hugged Clarice while murmuring "Mama….Mama." quietly under her breath.

Clarice sighed. "It's alright; I'm here. Now let's go finish the job."

Later….

Clarice and Miata had a smaller argument over Miata taking her aura suppressant pill for the night but eventually the unstable young warrior took her pill once Clarice reminded Miata she had promised to take it. Miata again grabbed onto Clarice in a hug. She was crying. "Sorry; I'm sorry Mama. I'll keep my promise. So please don't hate me Mama."

Clarice let out a relieved sigh. "It's alright. I could never hate you Miata."

"Really? Really really?" asked the child.

"Really really." answered Clarice. "Trust me Miata."

It was at that second that Miata's eyes widened are she shoved Clarice backwards much to the young woman's shock. Miata's incredible fighting abilities once again were made evident as she snatched up her claymore in the blink of an eye and bisected a yoma attempting and aerial attack.

"A band of yoma?! What are they doing here?" asked Clarice in shock as she too picked up her sword. Miata was surrounded by yoma and sliced four of them into mincemeat in the blink of an eye. "Incredible…." said Clarice but soon found herself ambushed by two yoma while she was distracted watching Miata. She tried to fight them but found herself overmatched. Clarice missed her opponents and wedged her Claymore into a tree trunk as her enemies closed in for the kill. Suddenly Miata threw her claymore to slay the yoma and left herself unarmed.

"Miata! Your sword!" yelled Clarice panicking. The yoma swarmed the unarmed Miata and Clarice called out Miata's name desperately before she saw the child stand up and literally rip the horde of attacking yoma apart with her bare hands….purple blood and gore drenched the girl as she ripped every remaining yoma apart.

Miata was completely covered from her head to her toes in purple yoma blood before she came over to the shocked Clarice and hugged her again while murmuring "Mama…." repeatedly again. The frightened Clarice reached out and gently stroked the young girl's blood soaked hair before she felt a massive wind and blacked out….

….

There was an immense explosion in the forest that blew several trees down and left a twenty foot crater. Miata's lightning quick reflexes allowed her to react in time and catch herself but poor Clarice was sent sailing and was knocked out by impacting with a tree behind her. Miata knew her Mama was alive and wanted to go to her but sensed a enormous amount of power from the crater. She grabbed her claymore and went to slay the creature that caused the explosion. It didn't feel like a yoma but the aura was massive. In Miata's child-like mind protecting her Mama was paramount so if this….whatever it was could be a threat to her Mama then the blood soaked young warrior would cut it down with extreme prejudice.

….

Naruto came to feeling like hell. That damn Black Zetsu tried to pull Naruto into the seal with him and Kaguya forever. He'd failed but the dimension they were in trapped Naruto as it collapsed. Naruto felt himself being compressed and knew it was over but he was satisfied. He'd felt like he was having an out of body experience and was hoping to meet his parents in the pure land but suddenly his psyche was violently shoved back in his body and he felt himself launched out of whatever place he was in at incredible speed. Realizing he was alive Naruto called on Kurama's chakra and formed a barrier around himself. He was moving far too fast for his eyes to keep up and suddenly felt the impact that left him stunned but awake for now. Frankly Naruto was exhausted….He saw he was sitting at the bottom of a crater about twenty feet across and saw a path burned into the ground behind him that was nearly a hundred feet long….

Looking behind him all Naruto could think was 'DAMN! That really could have hurt.' He sensed a strong energy source nearby and hoped it was a ninja that had come to rescue him.

….

Peering down into the crater Miata saw a man glowing like an orange yellow fire with black patterns on him. She didn't think he was a yoma….was he some sort of warrior? The unstable energy she sensed around warriors wasn't there though. His aura was smooth and even. But he had hurt Mama so he HAD TO DIE!

Naruto looked up and saw the head of a child peering down at him. She was filthy and coated in something. It looked like blood but the light was low and he couldn't see very well. Noticing the child had very long hair he guessed it was a girl. "Hello…? Are you okay little girl?" asked the ninja. The next thing he knew the little girl came roaring down upon him holding a sword that was way too big for and looked to be aiming to cleave him in half. Naruto flared his chakra and formed a stave out of a truth seeking ball to defend against the blade.

When the claymore impacted the stave it was like an unstoppable force hitting an immovable object. The shockwave was tremendous but Naruto did not move. Inside he was shocked that a mere child had so much power but said calmly. "I don't want to fight you. Why are you attacking me?" in a stern tone.

'He….stopped my blade…? He is strong….really strong.' thought Miata in shock. She'd hit with the force of a juggernaut and this man wasn't even staggered. Her eyes grew wider as he stood up and pushed her blade back.

"Why did you attack me?" asked Naruto losing his patience.

Suddenly Miata's silver eyes burned with rage. "You hurt Mama!"

Naruto suddenly felt guilty. Had he hurt this girl's Mother when he crashed here….wherever that was? "Where's your Mama? We have to help her!" said Naruto very worried. 'Maybe I can use these new healing abilities to heal her Mama up like I did Kakashi's eye. I hope so….' "Take me to your Mama so I can check her over!" he said in a commanding tone.

Caught completely off guard by Naruto's command; Miata said, "Mama is this way." as she hopped out of the crater with Naruto following closely behind her. They walked over and found Clarice unconscious at the base of a tree Naruto looked to see if Clarice was hurt and saw a gash around the left side of her waist.

"Where's your camp little one? I need to fix up your Mama." Miata pointed over towards her left and Naruto gently picked up Clarice so as not to aggravate her wounds and followed Miata over to a ruined campsite where the yoma battle had taken place. Naruto saw it was a sea of purple blood and created some shadow clones to gather up the stuff from the campsite and carry it to a new one.

Miata looked at the shadow clones with wide eyes and then back at Naruto. "Don't worry; they are just shadow clones to help me. They won't hurt you or your Mama. Is there a stream nearby?" Miata nodded and led Naruto there. After they sat down by the stream Miata watched carefully as Naruto made a campfire and then cleaned and bandaged Clarice's waist. Naruto was very careful since he didn't want this girl or her Mother to think he was a pervert or something. Turning to Miata he asked the taciturn girl, "What's your name? I'm Naruto. I can't just keep calling you girl."

Miata's silver eye that was visible through her bangs showed surprise. "….Miata; my name is Miata."

Naruto smiled tiredly. "Alright Miata-chan, I'm going to set up a tent for your Mama to sleep in so she can rest peacefully. It's dark enough that we'll have to wait till morning before I can really fix her up properly. Is that okay?" Miata nodded and drove her sword into the ground to lean on it while she stayed on guard. Naruto looked puzzled. "My clones can stand guard Miata-chan; don't you want to get some sleep?" Miata shook her head 'no' and Naruto set up his shadow clones to watch over them for the night. He had one guard over him personally in case Miata decided to kill him again in his sleep. Naruto sensed that little Miata was damaged and unstable in some way.

Two days later Clarice woke up inside a tent in a warm sleeping bag. She was puzzled as to how she got there and heard Miata outside talking animatedly with someone which was unusual in and of itself. Clarice had been dreaming of all the horrors she'd seen so far on this mission to hunt down Galatea and how much she feared Miata deep down. Miata was a lost child and she genuinely wanted Clarice's affection. It was sad in a way. Clarice wanted to protect Miata because she was still a child but at the same time Miata's strength and fighting abilities terrified her….Clarice heard a man's voice outside.

"I always feel better after I take a bath Miata-chan and you should too. You were so covered in blood I couldn't even tell that your hair is blonde until I scrubbed you clean yesterday." said the man.

Miata replied, "I don't like taking baths, I hate the water!"

"Well, you should be happy." said the man. I was able to close that awful scar down your middle and stabilize your energy. Now your power isn't so unstable and it flows through you body evenly. If you hadn't taken a bath I would not have seen that terrible mark and wouldn't have been able to fix it. I hope your Mama wakes up soon so I can heal her up. Her injuries don't seem severe but I want her awake when I check her over. I'm still new to this healing stuff."

"Can you make Mama's stigma go away too?" asked Miata hopefully.

"You mean your Mama was cut open that way to?" asked the man. "That's terrible! Of course I'll heal her stigma or whatever you call it."

Clarice slid open the tent just enough to look outside and saw a young blonde man about her age in some very torn up orange and black clothing. He was wearing some sort of armored mesh under it and was tossing something around in his hand. Clarice saw it was some sort of throwing knife and he was skinning and animal for cooking as he sat by a campfire. He was talking in a friendly and animated way to Miata who seemed to be responding well to him. Miata was actually smiling! She heard the man say, "I think you should check on your Mama and see if she's awake yet Miata-chan. I'll have this rabbit roasting in a few minutes and we can all eat together."

Clarice sat back and waited for Miata to pop her head into the tent. "Mama, you're awake!" said Miata joyfully as she hugged Clarice tightly.

Clarice winced and said, "Not so tight Miata; I'm still hurting."

"I'm sorry Mama." said Miata with a hurt puppy look on her face.

The brown haired warrior said. "I like your hugs Miata but you need to be gentler when I'm injured." She gathered the younger girl in her arms and gave her a gentle hug which Miata returned. "Is that better Miata?" Feeling the girl nod against her Clarice asked quietly, "Who is that man outside Miata? He isn't with the organization so I'm guessing he's a normal human. Why is he here?"

Miata tilted her head to one side as if confused. "He's Mister Naruto. He fixed my stigma and said he'd fix yours too! Does that make you happy Mama?"

"He fixed it?" asked Clarice obviously puzzled. "Let me see your front."

Miata undid her uniform and rather than the gaping wound from inserting the yoma flesh in that The Organization crudely stitched back together; Clarice saw fresh, baby soft skin there without even a scar! Her eyes goggled and she whispered, "How…?" Clarice quickly checked Miata over and found she seemed to be in perfect health. The girl also seemed much more stable mentally which puzzled Clarice even further. Miata also pointed out Naruto had been taking care of Clarice since she was knocked out two nights ago. Looking herself over Clarice found her injuries were neatly bandaged and obviously had been cleaned. "I need you to tell me exactly what happened while I was knocked out Miata…."

Naruto was quietly cooking the rabbit he'd caught and heard Miata and her 'Mama' talking in low voices in the tent. The young women didn't look any older than he did and the idea that she was old enough to be Miata-chan's Mother was rather ludicrous to him. An older sister maybe but Miata-chan's Mom? There was just no way. At any rate, Naruto soon saw Miata crawl out of the tent with the young lady she called 'Mama' crawling out behind her. In spite of her disheveled state Naruto found the brown haired girl to be very attractive. She was nice and curvy but very slim and physically fit like a kunoichi. It was obvious that she was trained for speed and power from her muscle tone. Looking at her in more detail he saw she had the same silver eyes as Miata so maybe the two were actually related in some way or other….

Clarice was a bit sore but stood up and saw all her equipment and her claymore were safely nearby. She looked at Naruto and sensed he was some sort of mercenary or fighter by his gear and in his movements. Veteran warriors in the Organization moved like he did. Every movement was done smoothly with a minimum of effort to conserve energy. Clarice was the weakest of the 47 warriors of the Organization but she was smart, clever and very observant. While the man in front of her was making no signs he was anything but a normal human or even remotely hostile her keen mind disseminated one thing. This man is dangerous.

Naruto turned to the two warriors and said, "Good morning Miss. I hope you are all right. Miata-chan was up the last two nights worrying about you. How are you feeling? I'm Uzumaki Naruto by the way. Just call me Naruto." He gave Clarice a concerned but friendly smile. "There's food here and you must be hungry. It will just be a few minutes until it's done though."

Miata said happily as she took Clarice's hand, "Come on Mama, Mister Naruto is nice."

Clarice bowed slightly and said, "Thank you for tending my injuries while I was unconscious Mister Naruto. My name is Clarice and I'm the Organization's Number 47 Warrior. This area is pretty dangerous with all the yoma around. How did you end up here?"

It was obvious to Naruto that Clarice was on the defensive but he didn't blame her. From what he could tell from his discussions with Miata ninjas were very foreign to this land….wherever it was. "Well Clarice-san, it's nice to meet you. As you can tell I'm a foreigner here and as to how I got here….I'm really not sure. I was involved in a war and thought I'd died but when I came to my senses I was at the bottom of a crater and Miata-chan found me. She was very concerned for your health so I brought you here and have been watching over you with Miata-chan hoping you'd wake up soon. From all the fighting you went through and the impact that crater made you were awfully beat up. I'm glad to see you're moving around okay and nothing seems to be broken. Are you hungry?"

In spite of the fact warriors required very little food Clarice was absolutely famished and her stomach growled. She blushed a bit and Naruto chuckled. Soon the three were sitting together and eating. Clarice ended up eating a lot more than she planned but Naruto just laughed and said there was plenty. Deciding her body probably needed the nutrients to heal properly Clarice decided to finish off what was left. Naruto asked, "So what's the name of this land? Miata-chan just said we were in a forest in the east but she didn't have a name for it."

"The eastern part of the world is named Sutare. Are you saying you've never heard of it?" asked Clarice.

Naruto shook his head 'no.' "Nope, I've never heard of such a place. I'm from Fire Country in the Elemental Nations. I wonder if this is a different continent."

'A different continent?!' thought Clarice. "I've never heard of such a place in our world Mister Naruto but we were taught there are no other continents than our island one. What is this 'Fire Country' like?"

"Just call me Naruto. The Mister makes me sound old." said the blonde ninja. "Fire Country is mainly warm year round and everything is green. There are forests and plains there. Does that sound familiar?"

"Sounds kind of like the central region of Toulouse or parts of Mucha in the south." said Clarice. "There are a lot of green areas there and it's predominantly warm in both. I've been to the central area but I've never been to Mucha. We're not supposed to go there."

Maita piped up. "Mama, why aren't we supposed to go there? I've never been there."

Clarice raised an eyebrow. 'Since when has Miata been interested in anything but killing yoma? She wants to go exploring now?!' "It's orders from the Organization Miata. You know we can't disobey."

"Who is the Organization?" asked Naruto. "Is it some sort of military outfit? You two do have matching uniforms but I assumed it was the colors of your particular village."

"The Organization is responsible for hunting yoma that ordinary humans can't fight like us warriors." explained Clarice. "Sometimes they call us Claymores because of the swords we carry. Maybe you've heard of us?"

Naruto turned to Miata. "Are yoma those pesky purple blooded critters we've kept having to kill Miata-chan?"

Miata nodded and Clarice looked shocked at Naruto. "Y-you've never heard of yoma before? –And you've been killing them?"

"Mister Naruto is really good at killing yoma, Mama." said Miata enthusiastically. "He's really strong; much stronger than any other humans I've seen. He can sense them easily too."

Clarice turned to Naruto and said, "You can detect yoma but you aren't a warrior of the Organization? How can that be?"

Naruto shrugged. "I'm a ninja which are warriors where I come from but I've never heard of the Organization. Heck; I'd never even seen a claymore sword until Miata-chan attacked me with hers. I thought it was some sort of zanbatou until Miata-chan told me it was called a claymore the next day."

"Miata attacked you and you're still alive?" asked Clarice in disbelief. "How did you dodge her speed?

"I didn't." said Naruto. "When she swooped down on me I didn't have any time so I blocked her. Miata-chan is quite the little warrior." he said as he ruffled Miata's hair affectionately. "I couldn't believe that she had that kind of strength. It took a bit of effort to push her back. Anyway, she thought I was an enemy and that I tried to hurt you. When I explained I wasn't an enemy and offered to help you she agreed and here we are."

Clarice was absolutely dumbfounded. "You're a human and you parried Miata's strike?! That's impossible!" She turned to Miata and said. "Were you even trying to hit him Maita?"

Miata nodded. "I tried to cut Mister Naruto in half from above but he held up a black bar and forced me back Mama. He was glowing bright yellow like fire then with black lines on him."

Clarice blinked once. Twice. After the third blink she said. "Okay, you clearly aren't any more human than we are Naruto. What exactly are you then?"

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Well, I don't get why you call yourselves 'not human' but I'm a Sage level ninja. Miata-chan simply saw me using my sage mode. That doesn't make me any more or less human than you or a civilian person. It just means I have other abilities like using chakra. Chakra is kind of like the energy you posses but you and Miata-chan's energy isn't stable. Well, actually I fixed Miata-chan's energy so she could control it. It was as if someone took a foreign energy source and rammed it into her body like a jinchūriki from where I come from. It was really odd and felt really unnatural to me. I sense your energy is unstable too Clarice-san; do you want me to fix it and that stigma like I did Miata-chan's? I didn't look or anything but Miata-chan says you have that scar too."

"Can you really fix my stigma like you did Miata's?" asked Clarice hopefully.

"I don't see why I can't." answered Naruto. "Miata-chan's was simple enough. I'll have to physically touch the scar though."

Clarice shook her head. "That doesn't matter. Let me bathe myself in the river and then you can do what you need to."

Miata went to guard over Clarice while she bathed and Naruto set about cleaning up any signs of the camp using a minor earth jutsu to hide the fire and bury the bones of the rabbits. He was quietly going over things in his head. 'Clarice-san's energy seems as if it's stuck and too small whereas Miata-chan's energy was way too big and not distributed easily. The basic process of spreading the energy out evenly through Clarice's body should be the same though.'

Naruto heard Clarice and Miata walk up and looked up only the see Clarice completely topless with her impressive bosom on display. She said, "I'm ready Mister Naruto." Naruto was sporting an atomic blush and a raging hard on in an instant and stuttered out. "J-just lie down on your back and I'll get to work."

Clarice was a bit puzzled at his reaction but set her uniform shirt down and laid down hoping this would actually work.

Naruto said, "I'm going to assume my full sage form so my appearance will change but don't worry because it's not dangerous." Seeing Clarice nod and trying not to gawk at her breasts Naruto entered his Six Paths Sage mode which made Clarice gasp a bit.

Clarice felt the massive power coming off of Naruto's form but after her initial shock she realized the power he had was warm and soothing rather than threatening. He came up beside her and said, "Alight, I'll start low and work my way up to your throat." Naruto carefully touched Clarice's abdomen (making sure not to venture too far south) and began generating healing chakra. He slowly traced his way up to her sternum and stopped there. "This is where the power is stuck." said Naruto. "Let me try to fix it." Naruto closed his eyes to seek out the yoma energy inside Clarice's body. When he found it he realized the energy in it was just stuck there all bottled up.

Gently applying healing chakra Naruto released the energy Clarice had inside of her and she felt the power expanding gently like a lover's caress. As Clarice was bathed in Naruto's energy she found all her aches and pains had vanished. She felt safe and warm like a newborn baby in her Mother's embrace. Clarice moaned in the ecstasy travelling from her head to her toes and fingertips. It took Naruto about ten minutes to redistribute Clarice's yoma energy. When he was done he asked, "Are you okay Clarice-san? I think I've got it now."

Clarice was totally enraptured with the glorious feelings of power coursing through her veins. With come hither eyes she said, "That feels perfect. Please continue Naruto." Clarice was practically purring.

Naruto nodded and started moving his hand up from her sternum, through the valley between her breasts and up to her neck. He quietly said, "Done. How do you feel? I sense your energy is stable now."

Clarice was having thoughts of making love to this man right here and now whether Miata was watching or not. Her lidded eyes fluttered and she said, "I feel incredible. That was amazing Naruto."

"Ummm….great!" said Naruto nervously at the bedroom eyes Clarice was giving him. "Why don't you sit up and get your top on? I'll….stand over there while you get dressed."

Miata piped up, "Mama, your stigma is all gone!"

Clarice sat up and gently examined where her stigma had been. She'd being so lost in the incredible pleasure she was feeling that she almost forget the whole point was to heal her. Running her finger up and down her body where the awful stigma had been; Clarice felt nothing but smooth, unblemished skin. There were no signs that there had ever been a mark there. "This is amazing." she whispered. Clarice then focused on her yoma energy. It was as if she was overflowing with power! "I feel so much stronger Miata. The brown haired warrior quickly stood up and got her top on. Picking up her claymore sword; Clarice swung it a few times experimentally and said. "This feels light as a feather!"

Naruto was watching as Clarice eagerly went through her sword forms. She seemed to be effortlessly dancing around with the huge claymore sword. 'Beautiful….' thought Naruto.

Miata was enjoying watching her Mama. She hadn't ever seen Clarice look so happy and carefree. She said, "Mama, you're so much stronger now."

Clarice nodded eagerly. "Yes, for the first time in my life this sword feels like an extension of my arm instead of a heavy weight!" Clarice ran over to Naruto and bowed deeply. "Thank you so much Naruto; this is wonderful!" being totally caught up in the moment the normally shy Clarice forgot herself and gave Naruto a passionate kiss. Pulling back Clarice blushed and said, "I'm sorry, I….I just got carried away there. I'm just so happy." 'I hope he doesn't think I'm crazy.' she thought.

"Ummm….Wow!" said Naruto. "I-I'm so glad you're happy Clarice." 'So that's what a real kiss is like. That was amazing….'

"Mama, why did you kiss Mister Naruto?" asked Miata with total innocence in her eyes.

Clarice was still blushing. "I'll explain it to you when you are older Miata." Shuffling her feet a bit Clarice asked, "Naruto, if you don't have any place to go would you like to travel with Miata and I? You would be welcome company."

Naruto smiled softly. "I think I'd like that Clarice. Maybe we can explore a bit together…."

Naruto's new adventure was just beginning….

POSTSCRIPT:

I've had this idea for some time and I decided to commit it to paper. We'll see what the response is to it or if anyone even has any interest. It isn't a story I intend to have in my regular update schedule so like Valkyrie, Reign of Fire and Journey to Lyonesse it is an experiment that I'd like to continue eventually but my main stories will take precedence. We'll see how it goes. See you next time. Blue out. 9/12/15