AN: I'm not a professional writer, English is not my first language. So, this story probably won't be 100% correct grammar-wise. Other than that, I hope that you enjoy reading. I will try to update at least once a week if possible.
"Begone" – Kyuubi Form speech
"Begone" – Normal speech
'Begone' – thoughts
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto, Highschool DxD, nor any other anime I may mention in my story.
Potent chakra filled the air as a fierce battle between Naruto, Sasuke and Kaguya raged on. The shinobi pair followed Rabbit Goddess across many dimensions attempting to seal her. Currently, they fight on a tiny planet barren of any life.
Naruto barely dodged another volley of all-killing ash bones 'this fight is getting nowhere' he thought. They've been fighting for what felt like an eternity, yet still, not a single attack thrown at Kaguya connected. "We have to do something quickly kit, if this continues, she will easily outlast us" muttered Kurama inside the seal 'I know, Dattebayo! If this fails, we're screwed' thought blonde shinobi noticing Sasuke preparing to charge in. Both boys simultaneously blitzed toward their opponent waving between barrages of ash bones, throwing salvos of kunai in direction of Kaguya. When the Rabbit Goddess started preparing to teleport away, they substituted with pair of kunai closest to her, outstretching their hands to mark her with their seals. Just as the synchronous dash was about to connect, Kaguya opened two portals releasing an enormous chakra wave shortly afterward. Sasuke was able to escape the chakra shockwave thanks to his Rinnegan eye, meanwhile, Naruto was sent flying straight through the open portal, last thing he saw was Sasuke stabbing Kaguya before it all went black.
"Kit" no response, "KIT!" still nothing, "WAKE UP YOU MONKEY" roared Kurama. Naruto jumped awake, still in a battle mindset, a moment later the boy realized that instead of torn up wasteland he was in his sewer-like mindscape. "So that's it, huh, we lost." Naruto glared at the water-covered floor. "Where did that portal send us?" depressed Naruto turned to the fox.
"We are drifting in the gap between dimensions. Your body is not able to withstand torrents of the void and is slowly being torn apart." A frown appeared on Kyuubi's face "We can take a gamble, well you can, I won't be going on, but there is a chance that you make it."
Naruto looked at Kurama with a curious look on his face "What do you mean?" Asked the blonde. He was depressed, but it was a basic instinct for humans to want to live. So, a choice between certain death and a chance at living, no matter how small one was simple. Then his brain caught up to the rest of Kurama's sentence "What do you mean you won't be going on? What about you?" He was worried. The fox was his constant, always with him, the thought of being completely alone was not a nice one.
"What I have in mind, will use tremendous amounts of my power. Father is bound to be able to sense it. He will be able to reach this place and because I am made of soul and chakra, he should be able to pull me back to Elemental Nations. During our fight with Kaguya, I was able to Store some of your sun seal power. Once I'm back I will help the Uchiha brat deal with the Rabbit." By no means did the fox seem to enjoy having to help Sasuke, but Kurama was not going to let Naruto's work go to waste. He may have been a ball of hatred before the blonde boy changed him, but still not even he was that heartless.
Naruto visibly relaxed after hearing that "So, what exactly is that gamble of yours?" Naruto may not be the smartest, but he knew when he was in a bad situation, the current state of things was beyond bad. He didn't have a miracle eye to open a portal and get out, and he sure as hell did not know any other ways to cross dimensions.
Kurama shifted his position preparing himself for a long explanation "I can kind of merge our powers, you won't become a gigantic chakra construct or anything, the process will turn you into something very similar to me. You should be able to freely shift between human and Kyuubi form, and …." The last part was mumbled.
"What was that?" Now Naruto was miffed, Kyuubi sounding shy and meek was something so out of character, it was hard to comprehend.
"You may turn into a female. Bijuu, when they are sealed for the first time take on some characteristics of their first host. My first host as you know was Mito Uzumaki so after my first sealing, despite being a chakra construct I was technically a female. As a result of this, there is a high chance that you will turn into a female." By the end of Kurama's proclamation Naruto's jaw was hanging so low it almost touched the ground. Not giving the blonde chance to collect himself the fox got straight back to his exclamation. "You may also gain some Otsutsuki qualities, your sun seal contains chakra that is very closely aligned with Father's. It will probably cause you to develop unique power of visual qualities"
"Ok, hold on just a second." Naruto could not hold back any longer. "Is me giving up everything that makes me myself necessary?" The part about turning into a girl didn't lie well with the blonde.
"It is, I will try to use my power to breach the barrier separating dimensions and send you across the opening, without the merging, you will not survive the stress of such a journey. Besides, gender or looks do not decide who you are, you will always be yourself, I cannot change your personality." Naruto visibly perked up at the fox's words. Just like he thought, Kurama was a nice guy once you got past the whole hatred issue.
"Well…. a chance at living sure as hell beats dying in a dark void." The blonde looked thoughtful for a moment. "If this plan of yours succeeds, where will I land?"
"That I don't know. You could end up back in Elemental Nations, or in one of Kaguya's dimensions where Uchiha could pick you up or a completely different dimension." Naruto sighed, this was not the answer he was hoping to hear, but well, a drowning man will clutch at a straw.
"Okay Kurama, let's do this, look out for everyone for me, ne." Naruto saw Kurama throwing him a sad look before it all went black.
"Ugh…" Naruto woke up with a groan, for a moment he wondered what hit him, then his talk with Kurama caught up to him. Slowly he sat up and doing so caused a long strand of white hair to fall into his field of vision. 'Huh, is that one of the Otsutsuki traits Kurama was talking about?"Getting off the ground Naruto decided to look over himself. Yep, he was a girl, with long white hair, white fox ears, and nine white fox tails. He, well she, stared blankly at his, ugh..., her hands. Naruto's mind seemed incapable of producing an appropriate reaction to being in a woman's body. 'Okay, let's not worry about that now, I can freak out once I know where I am.' After looking around for a while Naruto was able to confirm that she was in a huge forest and that there was a cave nearby. That was good news, caves were great natural shelters 'Looks like this cave will be my home for a while.'
Night in a cave was surprisingly comfortable, with a fire providing warmth and scaring away whatever creatures may live in the forest Naruto was able to sleep peacefully. After a good night's rest, the ex-blonde was relaxing in a nearby pond. 'If I'm a girl, can I still call myself Naruto?' The sudden thought almost caused her to freak out. After contemplating her dilemma for a while, she decided to go by Naru. A girl introducing herself with a boy's name would rise many questions, that she wouldn't want to answer and Naru was close enough to Naruto to not feel strange.
Living in a cave for the past week had not been difficult, there was a lot of fish in the local pond and nights were peaceful. A week of relaxation had great effects on Naru, the exhaustion and aches from battling Kaguya and her tumble across the inter-dimensional void were gone. With her reserves back to full she was finally able to test her powers.
That led to several interesting discoveries. The shifting between human and Kitsune forms that Kurama mentioned was surprisingly easy, it felt almost like instinctual henge. She could still feel and draw in Senjutsu, but it felt different, there was quite a bit of negativity in the energy of this place. That revelation confirmed her sneaking suspicion that the forest she resided in was not located in Elemental Nations. Nature chakra back at her old home was not capable of inducing emotions in its users. While Senjutsu worked in a very familiar way, her chakra was for a lack of a better word, strange. When Naru tried to form a Rasengan, instead of a spinning ball of chakra she was used to, a blue fireball appeared in her hand. The strange blue flames were way easier to manipulate than chakra, as she found out when her attempt to form a shield out of the fire was successful. Next up the young kitsune attempted to use whatever powers she remembered the Old Man Sage possessing. As it turned out Kurama was correct in guessing that she may develop some Otsutsuki-like powers, the Rinnegan techniques were an obvious no-go. Thank heavens for that, she liked her blue eyes and the purple godly eye looked freaky. Unlike the Rinnegan, the Gedodama was a total success, she was still able to create and control the black orbs of doom, as she dubbed them in her head. Another surprising success came from an attempt at the Creation of Everything, Naru honestly did not expect that technique to work, but it did, she was able to successfully create a pair of chopsticks. Unsurprisingly, creating items from thin air was not an easy task, the amount of concentration required to perform the technique was immense.
Almost a month had passed since Naru arrived in this dimension, thanks to heavy usage of the Creation of Everything, she was able to transform her small cave shelter into something akin to an underground house. It was quite comfortable, and she probably would not have a problem living there for the rest of her days. If she was not bored out of her mind that is. The quiet and solitary life she had been living for the past month was not enough for Naru and her boundless energy.
Having packed all her possessions Naru bid goodbye to her cave house and started her trek through the forest. And so started the story of Uzumaki Naru, it began with a journey, to explore all this new world had to offer.
So, that's chapter 1/Prologue done. Let me know what you think. If I made some huge grammar mistakes, please let me know, I will appreciate it.
Hauteclarie signing out.
