Hello there, DelTheAUO here!
Thanks for the positive response on the first chapter! I didn't expect this crossover to be as popular as it is, considering nobody has written a fanfic about it.
Without any delays, let's get to it!
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"So…what's his condition?" asked the aged Hokage as he looked at the bed that the boy that he considered a grandson lay on. The doctor in front of him let out a sigh as he faced the man.
"It's…difficult to say right now. He was terribly ill for the past few days, but he has recovered for the most part from it. Internally, however, is a whole new case." said the doctor. "His chakra…I'm not even sure what it is anymore. It is a lot denser than before, and manifested itself as lightning occasionally during our testing. Luckily, nobody's been hurt severely by it. As for that red mark on his back, we still don't know what it is. It seems to be connected to Naruto-kun's new lightning abilities, since it has the same level of density as his new chakra. We haven't been able to examine it very much since it fires off bolts of lightning if we try to get too close to it."
The Hokage put a hand on his chin and began to think about what had just happened over the past week. He had been flooded with work and meetings, so he didn't have time to check on Naruto every day. So, it was a big surprise to him, when he found some free time to visit the boy, only to find Naruto's apartment empty, and with no sign of anyone having lived there recently.
Fearing the worst, he went to the academy to enquire about his attendance. His fears grew when he found out that Naruto hadn't gone to the academy in a week. Without a moment's haste, he summoned every single ANBU in the vicinity and ordered them to search for the boy. Just as the search was about to begin, a pillar of white light erupted from the heavens, and crashed down on the ground with no mercy, causing the entire village to shake.
Noticing the point of impact being right outside the village, he quickly rushed out. The ANBU could handle something as finding Naruto, but if this was an attack by an enemy, then this could spell major trouble for the future of Konoha. Having such an attack in the middle of the village would cause some major damage.
After noticing Naruto's prone body with that glowing red mark on his back, he wasted no time and took him away from the ruins to the hospital, and demanded for the boy to be treated immediately, the results of which is in front of him.
The once completely blond boy now had shades of black in the tips of his hair, his skin had grown a little paler, but most importantly, the whisker marks on his cheeks had all but faded away. Only small remnants were left behind to remind the world of their existence.
He was broken from his thoughts as the boy started to scream once more, with violet lightning arcing from his body. The dark tips on his hair began to grow ever so lightly with each passing second. The Hokage was quick to act, placing a chakra suppression seal on the boy's head, causing the screams to stop. However, sparks of electricity continued to zip across his skin. The Hokage took a few steps back, in case the boy's new power went out of control.
The shock of the pain seemed to have awoken the boy, who sat up on his bed while panting heavily. Another change that Hiruzen noted was the change in the boy's eyes. Instead of the bright blue that reminded him of his successor, they were now an unusual shade of violet.
"Leave us." the Hokage ordered the doctor in the room, who promptly left to avoid being struck by any more lightning.
"Ji…Ji…" said Naruto with a hoarse voice, and then began coughing, causing the Hokage to quickly stand up and bring the boy some water, who greedily gulped all of it down. After catching his breath, he opened his mouth once more.
"Where am I?" he said with a blank, yet slightly hoarse voice, the pain and lack of nourishment for that unknown period of time made his head spin and dulled his senses. The water helped though, and he could feel himself returning back to normal. "And how long have I been here?"
"You're in the hospital right now, and you've been here for 2 days. How do you feel now?" said the Hokage, in genuine concern for the boy.
"Why?" said the boy, with a pained tone "Why didn't you come? The pain…" he said, as tears started to come out of his non-violet eyes. Hiruzen brought a hand to wipe them away, but it was swatted away by the boy's.
"How long has it been since the day I joined the academy?" he asked, with slight anger in his voice. Hiruzen's eyes widened at the implication. The boy that he had considered his own grandson had been taken away for so long, without him keeping an eye on the boy to take care of his wellbeing?
"…a week before we found you. It's been almost a week since we brought you here.", said Hiruzen with a sigh. Looks like the boy was not pleased by his answer.
"A week… I was kidnapped for a week with neither you or your ANBU having noticed my disappearance?" said the semi-blond boy, the slight anger and hurt still noticeable in his tone. "So… you really don't care about me all that much huh…"
"No! That's not true at all, my boy. I do care about you a great deal. But I have my duties as Hokage- "the man responded before being interrupted. "Your duties could at wait for a few minutes so that you could visit me once a day. Your smile and presence used to make me happy. Now, I'm not so sure."
"Naruto, I truly apologize for the circumstances that you had to undergo through for the past week, and I wish for you to have faith in me, for I truly care for your wellbeing" said the Hokage, trying to calm him down.
"If you care about my wellbeing, the please tell me. Why do the villagers hate me so much? Why do they treat me as such?" asked Naruto.
After a short pause, Hiruzen sighed. "I cannot tell you know Naruto. you are still too young to know about this. I will tell you in the future. That, I promise." said the man. Revealing about the beast to the boy at this age might cause some panic.
The boy began to get up and unplug himself from all the monitoring devices. The probes were already fried by the discharge of electricity, so they didn't work anyway. "Well then. Until this promise is delivered, I will have very little faith in you. I will respect you as Hokage, and I will be grateful for everything you have done for me until now, but I will never trust you the way I did before." said the boy, causing a stab to the Hokage's heart.
He got off the bed, and began walking to the door, not looking back at the old man. "Whoever did this to me said that this was for the "good of Konoha". He said as he stopped at the doorway. "But after the way I have been treated up until now…" he said as a red glow emanated from his back and his eyes turned a shade of magenta, "…I find no reason to do anything for them." he said, his voice sounding a little more…distorted. Hiruzen tried to move and stop the boy, but he didn't want to make things worse between them.
He then made a promise to himself. He would never let any of this happen again. He had failed the boy too many times now, but he was going to protect this boy for sure this time, Hokage duties be damned. The boy deserved to be treated as a hero for holding the Kyuubi at bay, yet here he was, unable to control his own people. Maybe the boy did have a point there.
"Please do not visit me any time soon. I want some time to myself" he said as he left the Hokage's sight, leaving a saddened old man behind.
(A week later)
It had been a week since Naruto had discharged himself from the hospital. At first, he began to crave for the attention of the aged Hokage, and regretted the things that he had said back then. But he managed to get over that feeling and began to get into a new mindset, where he wouldn't be as reliant on Hiruzen for emotional support.
He returned to the academy after a few days. While some people did not recognize him, unfortunately, the academy teachers did. He kept quiet to himself and maintained a distance from others.
There was also that voice.
That distorted voice, which was very difficult to distinguish in gender. It would constantly speak to him about humanity being worms that treat their own like filth. He thought he was hallucinating the entire time and tried to ignore the voice, but it seemed to speak even more. Now, he had been fed up of ignoring it. On his way back home, the decided to try and communicate with the voice.
'Who are you?' he mentally said, thinking that the voice might not hear him. To his surprise, he received a response.
"Oh, so you finally decided to talk to me. I thought you would ignore me forever." said the voice in a smug tone, not that Naruto realized it. "Since you asked, I'll tell you. I'm-" before the voice could finish, Naruto found himself on the ground, looking up, he saw a large man looking at him.
'Oh, not again' he thought and quickly ran away as fast as he could in the opposite direction. If he had paid attention behind him, he would have seen a cloud of dust in his wake…
(Timeskip)
After about 30 minutes of running, the boy stopped to catch his breath and looked at his surroundings… only to find himself outside the village gates.
'Wait, how did I get all the way here so fast?' he thought in shock. He had never been able to run this fast in his entire life. "Are you calm now?" said the voice in an annoyed tone. "Or will you keep me waiting after you rudely cut me off?"
'Sorry…I was so surprised by what happened and I didn't want a repeat of last time…' he replied as he leaned against the back of a nearby tree, only to hear a voice out of nowhere.
"HONKAI ENERGY DETETCTED."
"STIGMATA SIGNATURE…CONFIRMED"
"OPENING HATCH."
Before the young boy could respond, a hole opened in the tree and swallowed him up before he could react. He began to tumble down the tunnel that began from the hole, towards an unknown destination. He could feel that he was moving downwards, but for how long this would last? He had no clue.
Eventually, he reached the end of the tunnel and landed face first on a mattress. Feeling disoriented from the fall, he regained his bearings to take in the sight that was in front of him.
White light illuminated a small area in front of him, a strange table with a reflective black surface greeted him as he stood up. Curiosity getting the better of him, he got on his toes and touched a dimly lit circle on the table in front of him.
There was an immediate reaction. The entire room lit up in the same white light, revealing its true size. It was a massive area that consisted of more of these black tables, some of which had a glass sheet in front of them. There were a few doors on the side, with some words written over them that was too far to read at the moment. Before he could look around any further, he lost consciousness instantly.
(Unknown Location)
Naruto woke up to find himself in a sewer. He was sure that this wasn't the one in Konoha though. But it had a vague sense of familiarity to him.
"Took you long enough to get here" came the exact voice that had been communicating with him for the past week. He quickly turned to look at a humanoid figure with no distinguishing features. Being unnerved by the presence of this unnatural existence, he began to take a few steps back.
"Oh? Does this appearance scare you? Perhaps my former host's appearance would put you at ease?" said the figure as it began to change in a flash of light. As the light died down, it's new appearance could be seen. It was distinctly a female with long hair, and armor that covered various parts of the body. It still retained the ominous violet colour. (Mei's inner Herrscher in the Crimson Impulse Battlesuit)
"Ideally, I would have preferred to take your appearance." said the being, with a feminine tone in the distorted voice. "But it can't be helped, since I'm her core after all." it said, as it stretched around the new body. It then gained a smirk on its face.
"Now…are you ready?"
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DelTheAUO, Out.
