Not much to say, just know that this is sort of a multi crossover fanfiction that takes elements and characters from Tokyo Ghoul, Attack on Titan, Fate/ Grand Order, and pretty much that's mostly it. I might include other characters if they're OC or requested, I love collaborating and such lol.
If you have any smut requests or just ideas, leave a review, message me, or don't lol. This story is an AU that combines both Naruto and Boruto, and is set in a 90's era style Konoha, sort of like how Boruto is lmao. Anyway, the author's notes are at the bottom. I'll try to go over some reviews that I got from my smut collection there. Okay, that's it, please enjoy lol.
(EDIT 14 OCTOBER 2022: Kaneki now has black-hair, and just as a reminder, this is a Naruto x Sakura fic)
'The world was on fire, those who were of heaven and hell had made it their battleground. The moon fell, and angels and demons fought, as did the remaining mortals, humans and ghouls alike, who pursued the same goal as their invaders: The Holy Grail. The Earth was torn apart, and fabric of time and space tore at the seems once 'God Almighty' and 'Satan' were at one another's necks. In the end, everyone had sacrificed themselves for their beliefs, and devils and angels alike fell once the 'Holy Grail' liberated herself, and the souls who fell for the sake of helping her take a bite of the 'forbidden fruit'. Time collapsed in on itself, the universe fizzled out like a dying bulb, and then there was only darkness— the alpha and the omega.'
As Kaneki read those cryptic sentences within the pages of the latest book he received from the care package he got from the delivery man, the young black-haired man furrowed his brows. 'The alpha, and omega'…? Is that supposed to be referring to the Bible? Darkness… Holy Grail and forbidden fruit? What the hell even is a 'ghoul'? Wait… This isn't what I ordered!' Kaneki thought to himself, before immediately setting the book down.
"… Those morons sent me the wrong package… Again. Knew I should have just walked to the bookstore— this is what I get for trusting technology…" Kaneki muttered frustratingly to himself, before getting up to make his way to the house computer, so he could begin filling a refund request through the website where he ordered the book from. Once he was done filling out the electronic forums and sending on the necessary pictures he would need, Kaneki tossed the book into the opened cardboard box that he had set on the coffee table.
Double checking his online account again before getting up from the office chair to check the time on his computer, the nineteen year-old made sure that the request went through while still keeping track of time, due to him wanting to make every minute of his day off count. 'It's about ten… I suppose having breakfast late is better than never… Really don't want to cook right now though… Still waiting to get paid, so… I suppose I'll have to ask Haise to spot me, again,' Kaneki thought to himself with a guilty feeling in his gut, due to just how often he had to rely on his older brother to help him financially.
Knowing how late his older brother slept in compared to him, which was primarily due to Haise's work schedule, Kaneki felt guilty for having to wake him up. Climbing up the flight of stairs so he could get to the second story of their three-story house, Kaneki felt like an anxious child who was about to wake their parents up as he approached Haise's bedroom door. Before he decided to knock, Kaneki took in a deep breath and felt his heart racing within his chest. Once Kaneki was mentally fortified and prepared for whatever was about to happen, he knocked three times in short intervals before letting himself in.
Walking into his older brother's master bedroom, Kaneki couldn't help but chuckle from how messy Haise's white-and-black hair looked while the twenty-two year old man laid face down against his pillow. Opening his bloodshot eyes and immediately being greeted with the small pool of drool that had accumulated over his pillow, Haise grumbled and whined as he rolled around in his sheets.
Letting out a loud and dramatic yawn while stretching in bed, Haise rolled around some more in his bed before repositioning himself so that he was staring at Kaneki while still laying on his side. "*YAWN*…. Hey, Ken… *YAWN*… What's up?" Haise asked with an exhausted and groggy voice, as he smiled softly at his younger brother to show that he wasn't upset.
Smiling sheepishly, Kaneki stared down toward the carpeted floor of Haise's bedroom and let out a nervous chuckle before building up the courage to voice his request. "Good morning, uh… I don't get paid until tomorrow, and money's a little tight right now, soooo… Could I trouble you by asking to borrow some cash for breakfast? I'll pay you back tomorrow, of course… Please, and thank you."
Blinking a few times while processing Kaneki's request, Haise laughed softly to himself as he rolled over onto his back. "And here I thought you wanted to tell me how good of a brother I am… Yeah, that's cool— and you don't have to pay me back, just get me something too, alright?"
Although Kaneki already knew that Haise wasn't going to say no to him, he still felt relieved after hearing his older brother's response, and how cool he was with giving him money. "Thank you, Haise, I really do appreciate it… I'm going to get a breakfast sandwich with a hashborna and a cup of coffee, did you want that as well?"
"Hmmm… Depends on where you're getting it from," Haise replied back, as he pulled an arm out of the covers before pointing a finger directly at his computer desk in the corner of his bedroom. "Tamamo, go give Ken my wallet, please…" Haise instructed, and both he and Kaneki awkwardly waited as nothing happened.
Clearing his throat, Kaneki decided to try to intervene by offering, "Haise, I-I could go get myself if-"
"-No, no, you're enabling her bad behavior if you do that, Ken," Haise interjected in a patronizing voice, as though the two of them were discussing a dog. "Tamamo, please, I would really appreciate it if you—?!" Before Haise could finish his sentence, he was sent flying off the bed the moment the kitsune-human hybrid materialized bedside him.
Having kicked her 'master' off of the bed so that he would have to do it himself, Tamamo immediately wrapped her curvy body within the warm sheets— turning her covered back and tail to the two brothers as she nestled herself in the warm spot where Haise had been sleeping. "Ken… Can you be a dear, and get me a breakfast combo too…? Make mine a large, and I want a Dr. Pepper; I don't like coffee," Tamamo lazily requested, before beginning to snore loudly while Haise picked himself off of the carpet.
"Uhhh… Y-Yeah, sure thing," Kaneki said with a small bead of sweat running down the side of his face, as he watched as Haise rose to his feet with a disgruntled look on his face. "Should… Should I get three breakfast combos then?" Kaneki asked, as he watched Haise passive-aggressively march over to his desk to retrieve his wallet himself.
"Ugh… Just get like, four or five please— she eats a lot," Haise said with a frustrated look on his face, as he handed Kaneki four twenty-dollar bills before considering the risk of throwing the wallet at the back of Tamamo's head of messy pink hair. Deciding that he wasn't ready for the consequences that would have come with that action, Haise let out an elongated sigh as he tossed the wallet onto his bedside table.
"Will do— I'll leave your and Tamamo's stuff in the fridge… Good luck getting back to bed," Kaneki said half-jokingly with a soft and amused smile spreading across his lips, and watched as Haise chuckled back in response to his joke.
"Thank you, I'm going to need it…" Haise muttered anxiously with a hint of dread in his voice, as he slowly turned his head over his shoulder to glare at where Tamamo was hogging the bed.
Leaving Haise alone in his bedroom to try and reclaim his spot from the kitsune, Kaneki went to his bedroom and slipped out of his pajama bottoms. Heading over to his dresser, Kaneki took a moment to look down at the desktop picture he had framed up on top of his wooden piece of furniture. Taking a moment to reminisce on all of the memories he'd made with the rest of his family back home, Kaneki stared down at the photo he had of his parents, Haise, himself, and of his little sister, Ichika, who was still in the 'Village Hidden in Rain', otherwise known as 'Amegakure, with their mom and dad.
'Things are a lot different here than they are back home… Although Amegakura will always be my home, I really should stop thinking that way— it's just gonna make me miss everyone all that much more,' Kaneki thought to himself with a low groan, before opening the drawers of his dresser to begin dressing himself appropriately for the heat outside. 'This village should have been named 'The Hidden Heatstroke Village', Kaneki thought sarcastically to himself, as he wasn't quite used to how hot it got at Konoha. Although Kaneki wasn't as picky with his clothing as Haise was, he still had enough sense of fashion to not put on a plain white t-shirt and call it a day.
Rolling up the sleeves of a maroon-colored and button-up dress shirt, Kaneki made sure to put that on first before slipping into a grey vest— leaving it completely unbuttoned and the top button of his collared shirt open, as to go for a more casual look. Slipping into some dark denim-jeans and the Gucci belt that his mother sent to him last Christmas, Kaneki made sure to wear his favorite pair of Timbs before being satisfied enough with his outfit to head out the door; but not without covering his right eye with an eyepatch, just like how Haise had to do every time they left the house.
With a wallet full of borrowed cash and an appetite to boot, Kaneki took a step outside his upscale three-story house and looked outside at the rest of the gated community homes within his privileged neighborhood. Due to his father having only provided enough to keep both him and Haise comfortable for when they first moved to Konoha, just enough so they could provide for themselves without relying too much on their parents for financial assistance, Kaneki really felt out of place.
Compared to everyone of his neighbors who were either mooching off the success of their successful shinobi relatives, or considered themselves to be cut-throat businessmen, Kaneki and Haise were a lot more humble than their peers. Even though their father was a highly successful shinobi who was married to the leading engineer of their village back home, and thus had been familiar with the lifestyle of the rich and famous, none him or his siblings ever thought of themselves as above anyone else— which is why the two brothers were more ostracized by their neighbors than they would have already been.
And while a certain black-haired Japanese man was on his way to reach his destination, elsewhere in Konoha were a group of young adults who were gathered at the booth of their favorite coffee shop. The three childhood best friends ate their breakfast while each doing their own thing on their Saturday morning away from the academy.
Eren Yeager sat beside Armin Arlet, who was reading the newspaper while sipping on a cup of coffee— something Eren himself found to be posh. But even so, the young German man knew better than to give his best friend a hard time by teasing him over it, so instead he finished taking a gulp of his soda before asking, "Whatcha reading there?"
"Well, I mean… You got your usual menagerie of depressing headlines; even in a time of peace, humanity still proves itself to be fully capable of evil," Armin said with a disappointed tone, before beginning to re-read what he had already covered in the newspaper. "Let's see.. Another young woman was reported as missing," Armin informed, as he flipped the page of the newspaper to continue reading more on the missing woman. "Her name's 'Rize Kamishiro'… Was last seen… Oh… Oh wow, that's pretty close, actually."
Having been distracting herself with the health and wellness article she had on her phone, the tone of surprise in the blond femine boy's voice caught Mikasa Ackerman's attention. "What? What were you gonna say, Armin?" Mikasa asked in her usual stoic voice, even though she admittedly was somewhat bothered by the news of another girl having gone missing.
"Oh, sorry!" Armin quickly apologized, all while still fixated on the paragraph on the opened page. "You know that coffee shop we went to last week? :re?" Armin said with a worried tone in his voice, and lowered the newspaper to see the looks on the faces of his two friends. "That's where Ms. Kamishiro was last seen at… Nobody's been able to come forth to shed any light on the case, and her family is probably terrified right now…"
"That's… Concerning," Mikasa said with an upset look on her face, as the fact that they lived near the coffee shop meant that there could be a possible kidnapper or worse in her neighborhood. "If that's the forth one this month, and the police aren't doing their job right… That means either the police are incompetent, or that this means that whoever is responsible for taking these women is a… 'Summoner'…" Mikasa whispered, while trying to be subtle as she spoke of a term that might paint them as targets, if the wrong person were to hear it.
"… Or, she could have had a fucked up life and ran away from home; that happens all the time too, ya know," Eren rationalized, while not really giving the matter much thought. "Sucks to say, but sometimes people only have themselves to blame… Anyways, come on Armin— give us something really interesting, not this buzz feed crap."
"… Eren, I don't think you know what 'buzz feed' actually means if you're using it to describe a missing person's report," Armin muttered, before sighing as he went further down the page to search for something that his best friend would find interesting. "Ah, here we go… Yakumo Oomori, an executive of Akatsuki, back when those guys were around, was released this morning, due to the evidence used in court having been discovered to be obtained without a warrant. Yakumo, better known as 'Jason', was arrested over the charges of thirty murders, forty rapes, undisclosed amounts of torture, possession of twent-million dollars worth of illegal contraband, sexual assault against twelve minors… His lawyers were able to get off with only a month of mandated community service…"
"… Oh my God, that's… Th-That's terrifying," Armin said with an uneasy look on his soft face, as a chill ran up his spine. "That guy's a monster, and yet they're letting him walk free?! That's… Th-That's incomprehensible! T-That shouldn't be allowed!" Armin said with a look of outrage and fear in his voice, as the thought of such a criminal being released within the same county as him made the blond boy feel extremely unsafe.
Smirking, Eren smiled as a look of determination and excitement crossed his face. "… You're right, Armin. A sick sonofabitch like that bastard doesn't deserve to walk free, let alone be allowed to live," Eren said in an ominous voice, before quickly finishing the rest of his soda so he could feel justified before paying for his meal. "But that's what happens when the government goes soft, and so does the legal system… Those deplorable pieces of shit get off easy, just because they got the money to save their own asses… It used to not be like that— back when things were more straightforward."
Having already listened to Eren's rant about how much he longed for the way that the world used to be, before the fourth Hokage brought forth an era of peace, Armin couldn't help but to roll his eyes and let out a frustrated sigh. "Eren, that was over twenty years ago… None of us at this table were alive for that— you're just romanticizing the backwards culture of back then, to suit your own uneducated way of how you think the world should be…"
"See Armin, that legal sissy-shit is why pieces of crap like 'Jason' are allowed to walk a free man," Eren argued with gritted teeth and furrowed brows, as he was already getting heated up over their conversation. "Levi said it himself, 'Back then, if someone did you wrong and words weren't enough to solve it, you'd pick up a sword and apply some justice yourself'," Eren recited with an arrogant smirk on his face, before Mikasa finally had enough of her crush being an ass.
"… You're forgetting to include the part where my uncle mentioned how people often used that as an excuse to murder people over the stupidest things… Which was illegal back then too, Eren— it just wasn't enforced very well as it is now," Mikasa countered, as she glared intimidatingly at the German boy. "But… I have to agree with you on this one, Eren; we should do something about this— having a man walk amongst us whose ex-Akatsuki is one thing, but someone who targets children? That is something that I cannot allow."
Worried now that Mikasa was onboard with wanting to dish out some of her own Konoha justice, Armin swallowed back the lump in his throat while tightening his grip around the sides of the newspaper. "You… You aren't actually thinking about comitting a murder now, are… A-Are you, Mikasa?"
"It's not 'murder' Armin; it's putting down a sick animal," Eren interjected, while already planning out how he would get around to comitting the dark deed.
Although Mikasa did want to see Yamoori suffer for what he had been convicted of, she was level-headed enough to not jump straight toward the most extreme option. "I want you to scoop up whatever you can find out about that guy's lawyer, and see what else you can get about Yamoori… If the bastard who he hired to bail him out of his mess was willing to take his case, then Yamoori might just be the surface of something worse…"
While the three best friends were planning their next step on how to handle 'Jason', the son of the fourth hokage himself, Naruto Uzumaki, was stuck having to take his little brother, Boruto, to the mini-mart with him. Even though their father and mother were both highly respected and famous all across the Land of Fire, Naruto and his younger brother were seen as 'different', due to the incident that centered around the older son's birth seventeen years ago.
Having grown accustomed to not letting the judgemental and anxious stares of those who he grew up around get to him too much, Naruto gave an awkward wave to the store clerk who was staring at him as though he had just seen a ghost. "We're just, uh… We're just making a snack run is all; we'll be out of your hair in no time," Naruto said with a sarcastic laugh, before suddenly letting out a yelp the moment Boruto shoved his way past him. "Hey! Watch where you're going!"
"Watch where you're standing!" Boruto shot back at his older brother, before sticking his tongue at him.
Furrowing just brows and letting out a disgruntled sigh, Naruto had to restrain himself from socking his little brother in the shoulder; the last thing Naruto needed was Boruto crying crocodile tears at their mom, and getting him grounded. "I'm gonna beat you up when mom and dad go on their trip…" Naruto growled out with a glare in his eyes, all while Boruto smiled a shit-eating grin at his older brother.
"No you won't; you're going to forget about it, just like how you forgot to check in with mom," Boruto pointed out with an amused look on his face, and started cracking up as Naruto's face changed from one of anger to one of horror.
"Sonofabitch, I knew I was forgetting something!" Naruto cursed out loud before bringing his palm up to his face out of frustration. "God damnit, Mom's gonna freakin' ground my ass…! H-Hey! You! Let me use your phone, yeah?!" Naruto shouted, as he turned to point his finger directly at the terrified cashier, who didn't look much older than him.
"I… I'm not allowed to let customers use the company phone— minutes aren't free, you know," the cashier tried saying in order to excuse himself from having to have the 'cursed child' anywhere near his counter.
Not willing to accept that answer, Naruto quietly grumbled to himself before deciding to use his infamy to his advantage. "For the love of-ugh, fine… YOU, HUMAN!" Naruto shouted in an overly dramatic voice, as his blue eyes transformed into the orange-glowing eyes with crossed pupils, while orange pigmentation developed around his demonic-like eyes. "I AM KURAMA, THE 'NINE-TAILED FOX', AND I COMMAND YOU TO LET ME USE THE FREAKIN' PHONE!"
Truly believing that Naruto was actually Kurama, just like how the rumors around Konoha said to be true, the clerk nearly pissed himself as he reached down to grab the landline phone before setting it down on the counter. "C-Can I g-go on my break, L-Lord Kurama…?!" The nervous teenager asked while violently trembling as Naruto approached the counter.
"YEAH MAN, THAT'S COOL WITH ME," Naruto said, while nearly breaking the illusion as he turned his attention away from the fleeing teenager and down to the dials of the land-line phone beneath him. Making sure that he was no longer in 'Sage-Mode' before he pressed the last dial, so that his mother wouldn't notice the changing tone in his voice, Naruto anxiously raised the phone up to his ear and listened to the dial-tone.
The phone only rang once before Naruto was greeted by his mother. "Uzumaki residence, this Kushina, who is this?"
Doing his best to block out the sound of Boruto aggressively filling up two extra-large slurpee cups with a rainbow of different varying flavors, Naruto cleared his throat before replying, "H-Hey mom! It's me! I-I just wanted to let you know that we made it to the laundromat; safe and sound."
Being met with a moment of silence from the other end of the line, Naruto could sense that something was wrong the moment he heard the sound of his mother sighing on the other side of the line. "… Oh? Really? Are you sure about that?"
Freezing over and cringing the moment he heard Boruto crumpling the bags of chips behind the end cap of the snack aisle behind him, Naruto smiled nervously before replying, "… Y-Yeah! Where else would we be, mom?!"
"Funny you should say that, young man, because according to the Caller ID, you're calling from a '7-Eleven'. Care to explain that, because last I checked the place where we get our laundry done isn't anywhere near a mini-mart," Kushina pointed out with a knowing tone in her voice, while making it clear to her son that she knew that he was lying through his teeth.
"… I-I don't know. Maybe… Maybe…" Naruto muttered with a sinking feeling in his stomach, and let out a sigh of defeat as he leaned forward over the counter to rest himself on his elbow. "… I mean, I-I was gonna go there afterward. T-That counts, right?"
There was a long-drawn pause after Naruto had just tried to weasel himself out of getting caught lying to his mother. "… I'm taking your switch away for a week, and you better bring me a bag of Doritos if you think you're still going on that mission with your friends. I'm going to tell your father about this, and he'll deal with you when you get home."
Stomping his foot down repeatedly against the floor while holding back letting out a defiant groan, Naruto could already hear the lecture that his father, and undoubtedly his mother too, was going to give him later that night. 'My switch?! What the hell else am I gonna do for entertainment when I'm out on the field?! Don't you know how boring it gets out there?!' Naruto wanted to demand from his mother, but he knew better than to test the red-head's thin patience to say that out loud to her. "… Yes, mom," Naruto said with a deadpan expression on his face.
"You should know better by now, Naruto… You're about to turn eighteen, and you're still acting like a child— how are you going to be the next hokage when you can't even be honest with your own mother?" Kushina scolded, while going on a whole triad about the importance of responsibility and honesty— something that Naruto had learned to put up with while not actually listening to what she was trying to say to him.
"Mmhm… Yes, mom… Oh, you're right, I'm sorry… Yeah… Yes… No, no, I do, I do…" Naruto absent mindfully spoke, as he turned around with the phone still held up to his ear to see who was walking into the mini mart, after the electronic bell had alerted him of someone else's presence. Always being alert of his surroundings, the tall and somewhat muscular man who was dressed in a pink business suit and a black tie over his green dress shirt didn't ring any alarms in Naruto's head.
'He didn't even look at me… That's new. Huh, he must be new to Konoha too… And he kind of has that loner vibe, but… Yeah, he's just minding his business, looking at those sandwiches,' Naruto thought to himself, before turning his attention to his younger brother and the entire hand-basket of snacks that he was trying to get him to pay for. "Hey you butthole! Do you think I'm made of money, or something?! I'm not Jiraiya, alright?! Go put some of that crap away!" Naruto scolded his little brother, only after he made sure to cover the microphone of the phone with his palm.
Rolling his eyes at Naruto, Boruto quietly called his older brother a 'broke-ass ninja' under his breath, before putting the bag of chocolate he wanted to take with him away where they didn't belong. "When I grow up and become rich and open up my own business, I'll remember how stingy you were to me, Naruto— BELIEVE IT!" Boruto shouted with fire in his eyes, after unintentionally reminding Naruto how little his father actually made as a hokage.
With the only thing really keeping them afloat with their comfortable lifestyle being the savings that both his parents had accumulated over their lifetime of service, Naruto knew that aside from being well of, his Godfather, Jiraiya, would never let his family suffer financially; making Boruto's petty comment invalid. Still, it did slightly bother him that one of the most prestigious jobs in the world paid a lot less than what a medical ninja would earn as their starting salary.
"Naruto?! Hey, hey were you even listening to a goddamn word I said?!" Kushina demanded, after she hadn't heard Naruto say a word after he went into a deep state of thought.
Snapping back to reality, Naruto let out an unintelligible, "… Huh?"
Letting out a frustrated sigh that Naruto could hear over the phone, the shinobi could hear what sounded like his own mother stomping her foot down aggressively in a repeated manner, trying to not blow up on her son as she let out some steam. After biting back her tongue and calming herself down for the most, Kushina took another deep breath in, before exhaling it while telling her son, "Just get your damn snacks and then march your ass to the laundromat, okay? You have fifteen minutes to get home— don't be late…"
Having wanted to hit the park to enjoy his snacks in peace while Boruto had something to do, Naruto was, again, annoyed that his hard-ass mother was getting in the way of his secretive plans. "Ughhhhh… Alright, we'll be home in a bit," Naruto said with a disgruntled tone in his voice.
Before Naruto could even lower the phone down toward the receiver, Kushina yelled over the phone, "HEY! Tell me you love me!"
Feeling embarrassed while taking a peek over his shoulder to see the well-groomed blond man waiting patiently behind him in line, Naruto swallowed what dignity he had left and sighed. "… I love you mom, can I hang up now?"
"I love you too, and actually, no— I wanna say hi to my other baby," Kushina said with a better mood, as unlike Naruto, she couldn't fathom Boruto being the brat that his older brother knew him to be.
Knowing how much his mother loved babying his little brother, who Naruto knew to be a total mommy's boy already, the shinobi quickly thought of an excuse as to get out of holding up the line longer than he already was; which actually didn't matter, because the employee who was supposed to be checking them out had fled a while ago. "Uh…! B-But mom, minutes aren't free— I don't wanna be rude to 7-Eleven, ya know?"
"7-Eleven can suck my dick— I want to talk to my children, goddamnit!" Kushina insisted back with a heated tone behind her vulgar words, as the hot-headed woman was beginning to go back to the way she used to be.
"M-Mom?! That's freakin' gross!" Naruto shouted back on the phone, while letting out an immature laugh at his mother's sense of humor. Not wanting to hold up the line any longer, Naruto scooted the phone to the side and handed Boruto the phone while he opened up his wallet to leave enough cash and then some to cover the costs of their haul. "H-Here man, you go ahead of us— I don't think that the cashier's coming back though; I'm pretty sure he just walked out on his job."
Completely unamused by the whimsical and goofiness of the Uzumaki family presented before him, the blond man remained stoned face and didn't appear to feel strongly about the news. "Ah, I see… Well in that case, I'll go elsewhere for lunch— I'm in a time crunch, and I need to be back at work in exactly twenty-two minutes," the man said, while speaking in a calm and deep sounding voice.
Waving his hand to dismiss the serious demeanor of the blond man's dilemma, Naruto cockily pointed a thumb over to the cash that he had out on the counter. "Nah man, you don't gotta do that! Just leave it on the table, and someone else will get to it— we do that all the time around these parts!"
Raising a hand up to show that he wasn't interested in Naruto's advice, the blond man shook his head before saying, "While I do appreciate what you're trying to do, I must decline. No respect intended, young man."
Caught off guard by the fact that someone other than a close friend or family member has actually shown him basic common decency, unlike those who were native to Konoha, Naruto couldn't help but to chuckle under his breath while nodding back. 'Wow, this guy really is new to the village, ain't he?! Shame he's kind of a wet blanket though…' Naruto thought to himself, before cooly replying, "Eh, suit yourself man; have a good day though, alright? It's supposed to be bright and sunny all day— just the way I like it!"
Smiling more so as a courtesy than actually finding Naruto's friendly words endearing, the blond man gave the shinobi a nod before walking out of the store— not paying any mind to the odd fellow who was standing outside of the mini mart, wearing a white business suit and a black-opened up button shirt.
Keeping his eye on the blond man, and waiting until he was out of the vicinity of the parking lot, the white-suited man smirked sinisterly as he performed a subtle jujutsu with his hands— marking the spot beneath the outside of the mini mart's exit with an invisible and explosive rune. Knowing that there wasn't anyone else inside the 7-Eleven, except for his targets, the young blond man with red eyes and black bags beneath his manic-looking gaze quickly reached into the suitcase he was carrying to pull out the large-bulky cell phone that was reserved only for those who could afford such a luxury.
Dialing the numbers needed to reach his boss, the blond man excitedly started to walk away from where he had set his trap, while keeping the phone pressed up against his ear. Once the man on the other line had picked up, a deep and forboarding voice asked through the transmitter, "Did you set the 'fox trap' up, like how I asked you to, Naki?"
Nodding his head excitingly, even though there wasn't anyway for whoever was on the other line to see that, Naki giggled like a psychopath as he hid behind the corner of nearby building that led into an alleyway— keeping his crazed eyes transfixed on where he had set his chakra rune. "Kekekeke…! Y-Yes 'Big Bro', the 'fox trap' has been set, TEHEHEEEEEH!" Naki laughed maniacally, after reporting back to his boss. "As soon as those pesky little 'foxes' step foot on the 'trap', then their shitty little parents are gonna RUE the day they FUCKED us over! Do you hear me, Yamoori?! DO YOU HEAR ME—"
"— Shut the fuck up, or I'll send someone down there to take care of you and those two shitty little 'foxes'; and don't ever fucking say my name out loud again... That's going to be the last warning you get from me, you hear miserable little ass-wipe?" Yamoori said with a cold and emotionless tone, as if he had no qualms about killing his most loyal capo. "Now shut the fuck up, and keep yours eyes on the prize— it's either those 'foxes' asses, or yours; don't call back until they're taken care of."
Hanging up the phone before his idiotic capo could respond to his ultimatum, Yamoori placed his cellphone down on his luxurious mahogany desk. Having been away from his mountain-side white-ivory mansion for far too long, Yamoori lit an exotic cigar that he had been saving from his top drawer. Placing the fat joint between his lips, the ex-Akatsuki executive poured himself some top-shelf brandy into his ice-cubed filled shot glass.
Swiveling in his chair while puffing out the inhaled smoke, Yamoori let out a relaxed sigh and made a cheering gesture with his shot glass toward the panoramic view he had of the ocean down in the horizon below. "This one goes out to you, Nagato— Rest In Peace… You stupid motherfucker, hmhmhm~!" Yamoori toasted sarcastically with a throaty chuckle, before taking the cigar out of his mouth to sip and savor the exquisite taste of his aged brandy.
Crossing one leg over his knee, feeling completely relaxed and carefree, Yamoori took another sip of his fine alcoholic beverage before snapping his fingers together. Having summoned his servant more times than he could count, Yamoori thought nothing as the chakra from his body manifested into the 'servant' who stood at his side, who looked to be a man who was almost seven feet tall, and had brought shoulders beneath the black captain's uniform that looked alien to the him.
"Oi… Columbus… Are you ready to set sail? Do some plundering, some good ol' fashion pillaging, perhaps?" Yamoori asked playfully with a calm demeanor, as the unheroic spirit of the captain made his way over to his side. "That's what you said you used to do whenever you were alive or some shit, right? Enslaved the men, raped the woman, all that jazz?"
Raising his cutlass up to rest it over his shoulder, the white-haired man smiled sinisterly at Yamoori's playful question, and stroked his white-glove over his beard as he thought back to his glory days. "Fufu, fuhahaha! Aye, that there be the way of the sea, 'Captain— she's a miserable wench, who harbors no favor for those who see themselves above the natural pecking order: for the strong take from the weak… It's like I always say: keep pressing forward, and you shall have what you desire."
Finding truth to the conqueror's words of wisdom, Yamoori nodded amusingly before swiveling back around his comfortable office chair. "I'll drink to that, my friend!" Yamoori said with a giddy grin on his face, before downing the shot of brandy while Columbus stared at him with a disloyal and greedy glare behind those vile eyes of his. Confident and oblivious to the fact that he had put so must trust into a servant who had made his fortunes by stabbing others in the back, Yamoori couldn't help but to actually root for the Uzumaki brothers, as he was just dying to get rid of Naki, and send his own summoned servant to do the deed for him.
And that's about it, I'm starting off by giving Naruto and Boruto fresh starts without making them start from the beginning of the series. As a way to see it, Naruto is the second strongest (Boruto Nerf-level Naruto, still strong but not EOA), Minato is the first strongest (Comparable to EOS Naruto), and then Boruto is just as strong as he is in the series (Exception being that he's fourteen in this). And then Kushina retains her power level.
Overall, no one is that nerfed, but the thing is also that there's not an active war or major conflict happening, other than right now we have the last remaining Akatsuki member who's trying to seek vengeance on the Uzumaki clan. The real villain is the one responsible for Rize Kamishiro having gone 'missing'. Like I've said before, just think of this as the equivalent of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4, where it's mostly a slice of life with drama and fighting spread through.
Anyways, it's a pretty chill fanfic lol. Anyways, time for the reviews.
I use Google docs before copying and pasting it onto Fanfic and AO3 before editing them— which is a bitch to do on my phone. If you wanna have a better conversation, then just comment on the AO3 so I can reply to that directly— easier that way. Oh? And you should definitely write that Etoken AU you were discussing— totally got me hooked.
And damn, I forgot that there's hell of a lot of incest vibes with how the Uchiha clan was made to be lol. Considering that in this AU it's only Sasuke and Sarada, I doubt she'd be down for her older brother when she has feelings for Boruto already. And thank you for that idea, and I'll probably give Haise and Kaneki the Rinne Sharingan, just to make them different from Sasuke lol. And thank you for the update and advice, I'll have to check out the Last Prayer when I can.
And shipping Kakashi with Mei Terumi, eh? I'm down for that rare pair, and I'm cool with shipping Levi with Hange too; a classic. As for Haise, I could ship him with Touka, Ryoko's fine too, or honestly, Shizune is cool too, so is Fū, who really does just look like Mutsuki. With that being said, nothing has to be set in stone for him, I'm going to try to make him more like his canon self in this one than how I portrayed him in my last fanfic. And would I piss too many people off if I broke Kurenai with Asuma? Or do people not give too much of a shit about him lmao.
And lastly, before I go, yes, I'll eventually post a Naruto lemon on the Peter Griffin collection; it just so happened that I didn't get to yet, since people really like Kakashi and Sasuke for some reason as the ones who get laid lol.
Okay, that's all for now. Cya.
