Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Tenchi Muyo. All rights to characters belong to the publishers and distributors. Creators as well so please do not sue.

Author Note 1: This is my second attempt at a Naurto story so please give me lots of feedback so I can improve.

Author note 2: It's me again folks with a new story. I will be continuing "A Fox of Fire and Ice." Once the rewrites are done I will post them. I hope you enjoy this story too.

Author note 3: This is a story I have been thinking on for a while and it may become very AU. Also, I need suggestions on pairings if any.


Summery: She ran away from them or maybe simply became lost. A child that has known no truth shall find that the universe is bigger then he has ever imagined. An empire will discover that which they lost and what should have been theirs. To escape from pain, he may deny his father and only embrace the legacy of his mother. The stars beckon a child home.

Now on with the Show


A Crimson Star

Chapter Two: Family Reunion

The magnificent ship continued to hover even after the booming words of Naruto. Many of the gathered had already tried using the Kai technique to dispel what they thought was a genjutsu only to realize that the sight before them was real.

The air in front of the gate was distorted for a second and suddenly a figure was standing there. He wore a white flowing kimono usually reserved for members of an honor guard or elite samurai. The material, while light and baggy for comfort, didn't restrict movement at all. It took Tsunade a moment to recognize the man standing there.

"Jiraiya-baka what the hell is going on and why are you wearing that!" the blonde Godaime demanded, her notoriously short patience already gone because of Naruto.

The perverted hermit jumped up onto the gate crouching so he was in front of Tsunade and balanced on the wall.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you. Gather the jounin instructors and their teams and we'll go to the tower and I'll try to explain things until the brat gets there," Jiraiya stated, his voice staying all-business, which left his fellow Sannin unnerved.

"What's happening Jiraiya-baka? Is Naruto-kun all right?" she asked, growing scared for the kid who had become like a son to her.

"Tsunade-chan, make it clear to everyone to not make a hostile move against him. Naruto may not retaliate but there are sources at work that will protect him. The brat's fine. He just has that luck about him." With those words, the toad Sannin was gone in a swirl of leaves.

"Sakura-chan, Shizune, gather the people and meet me at the tower. And spread the word!" She ordered, vanishing an instant later.

"Hai, Tsunade-sama!" both students replied and went to work.


Yosho-Oh

Naruto stood in the same spot he had since they departed Wave, watching the different screens. The difference now was that on either side of him was a floating log slightly taller then him. The one to his right had the kanji for "Misaki" drawn over its front in blue. The one to his left had a kanji in red that stood for "Funaho". Both were Juraian guardians the ship awakened when he decided to go down to Konoha.

"Oh, this is so exciting! We're going with Lord Naruto! Imagine the interaction we can observe, Funaho!" Misaki exclaimed, the voice high pitched and female.

"Misaki, don't forget— we're going to protect Lord Naruto, not observe people. Besides, these people might be threats," Funaho responded in a logical sounding feminine voice, almost like someone used to doing research or thinking things out.

"Of course I won't forget! I'll protect Lord Naruto with my life. No one hurts a member of the royal family, especially the one I'm supposed to protect." In comparison, Misaki seemed hyperactive and impulsive.

"It's time to go, both of you calm down and stick close," Naruto spoke up for the first time and took a deep breath, while straightening his royal attire. These manners were seriously starting to cramp his style.

"Right!" both answered.


Konoha

The guards standing in front of the east gate tensed as the air distorted in front of them. Naruto appeared there, flanked by a pair of floating logs, his face impassive and his eyes simply expressionless. Both chuunin were speechless at his clothing and lack of obnoxious behavior.

Naruto walked calmly the logs keeping up until he stood before the guards at which time he bowed slightly.

"Will you please open the gate? I need to get to the Hokage's office and this is my home," he spoke with respect, letting his manners do the talking for now.

One of them looked ready to deny him but the other just turned and ordered the gates opened. Once they were open, the blonde continued ahead, already ignoring the glares many of the villagers tossed him but his pair of guardians seemed unable to ignore it.

"Show respect to Lord Naruto!" Misaki sent out loudly.

"The Kyuubi brat has brought demons with him! Hurry before he attacks the Hokage!" a villager yelled, rallying the older generation against Naruto. Stones began to rain down at him only to bounce harmlessly against a shield of Juraian energy.

"They're attacking Lord Naruto, Funaho, we have to do something!" Misaki said.

"I know, Misaki, let's implement risk prevention."

"Right!"

The two Juraian guardians surged forward firing off blue beams into the attacking crowd. Whenever one of their beams struck the person felt a powerful electrical shock run through them, in some cases making the body numb or partially paralyzed. The pair were dodging jutsu and weapons while still firing.

"Misaki, Funaho, that's enough!" Naruto suddenly yelled.

"But Lord Naruto, they're attacking a member of the royal family!" Funaho stated.

"Yeah! And they aren't even apologizing for throwing rocks at you!" Misaki added.

"These people are not worth the trouble. They can't hurt me— in fact, they never could unless I stood by and took the abuse. Now, let's go and you are not to harm anyone unless they pose lethal danger to me, understood?" The two logs floated back to his side quietly.

"Yes, Lord Naruto," both replied in slightly dejected tones.

The trio continued walking Naruto looking ahead and ignoring the glares of the quieted people. Misaki & Funaho were sparking with barely contained energy at the complete disrespect given to the young blonde.

"Lord Naruto, why won't you allow us to discipline these malcontents for their disrespectful behavior to you?" Funaho asked, finally seeing the massive tower grow closer.

"Yeah, the big jerks deserve it," Misaki added.

"Because they have a reason to hate me or at least they think they do. If we just hurt people who hurt us then we become no better than they are and I hold myself to a better standard of behavior. Besides, Tsunade-baachan would kill me if she found out I was shocking people for fun."


Hokage's Office

Tsunade arrived to find her teammate pulling out a jug of sake from her desk and taking a long draw from it. This wasn't a new sight as both Sannin enjoyed getting drunk quite often but she could see a look in his eyes that made her heart clench. Jiraiya had been through many things and it had hardened him just like her experiences had made her cold until she met Naruto. The look in the perverted hermit's eyes was one of apprehension, confusion and fear but not for him; instead, it seemed focused on his young student.

He didn't say a word and just turned, holding the jug and looking out towards the Hokage monument. The silence stretched on for minutes until the room filled with four jounin and their ten students, two of which had already advanced past genin level.

"All right, pervert, everyone is here now so stop stalling and tell us what is going on!" Tsunade demanded, hoping to get a rise out of him and failing miserably.

"Well, I suppose I should start with our training trip, since that is what led to everything." Jiraiya then began outlining there travels. Nothing spectacular seemed to occur except for Naruto's genius level of growth.

"Finally, I remembered to give the brat a bracer Sarutobi-sensei had left with me to give him when he was old enough. We now know it belonged to his mother. I wanted to test it so I charged at him with a full power Rasengan and the bracer protected with a shield stronger then anything I've ever seen. I then tried to take it from him to examine it and it shocked me with enough energy to nearly knock me out. I sent the kid on one more mission after that and I don't know what happened but when he got back, instead of wanting to come here, we went to Wave country."

"What happened in Wave?" Sakura asked, slightly worried about her blonde teammate.

Jiraiya laughed and explained what he knew of the story giving everyone a good laugh imagining Naruto being dragged around by his bracer. The laughter died when Jiraiya explained about the ship and the information Naruto found out about himself and his parents.

"This has got to be a joke!" Sakura was the first one to break the silence but before anyone could add to it the doors opened allowing the last member of this meeting entry.

"It is no joke, Sakura-san. I actually wish it was but it's my past and future," Naruto spoke, his voice quiet and seemingly cultured.

Those gathered openly gawked at the blonde and his changes, both physical and due to the download mental. A few of the females present even had to suppress a blush. In Tsunade's case, she had to keep tears in check at the resemblance the boy had both to the fourth Hokage and to a pair of men from her past. Another factor was the pair of logs floated at either side of him.

"I apologize for the abrupt entrance and the prank earlier but I felt it would help break up the mounting tension," Naruto continued and moved forward, actually bowing to Tsunade.

"Naruto-kun . . . . . ." Tsunade breathed out, looking at the boy and watched one of his foxy grins spread out.

"You didn't forget about me now, did you, obaachan?" he asked with a glint in his eyes.

"BRAT! How many times have I told you not to call me that!" Everyone watched the Godaime slam her fist into his head before pulling him into a hug.

"Funaho, I'm confused. Is she happy to see Lord Naruto or upset that he called her old?" Misaki asked, not even noticing everyone staring at the duo of wood.

"I believe it is a show of affection between the two as a show of familial bond. I would theorize this is how they show love for one another," Funaho responded.

"Well, since they have already spoken up let me introduce everyone to Misaki and Funaho, a pair of Juraian guardians awakened with my ship," Naruto stated like it was an everyday thing.

"If I hadn't already used a jutsu to sober up when that thing appeared, I'd think this was all some strange dream brought on by a bad bottle of sake. . . . . . A really bad bottle," Tsunade commented.

"Drop the act, Naruto-baka! No one is buying this joke!" Sakura said loudly, her eyes narrowing.

"Sakura-san, this is no joke. Aliens are real and I am the child of one of them as well as the Yondaime. The only reason I am here right now is because we have a ship coming this way and I wanted to warn everyone in case they are aggressive," Naruto explained with a cold clipped tone.

"Brat, tell her the rest," Jiraiya ordered.

"There's more?" everyone said together and watched Naruto rub the back of his head nervously.

"Oh... that reminds me... we sorta had...err...a 'little' accident on the way over here..Nothing too serious, mind you... At least Stone country doesn't have that one mountain making their travel harder from Fire country... You know... they say toys are dangerous and... that... was the... low setting."

"What did you do?" Tsunade demanded.

"He blew up a mountain with the ship's weapons."

"YOU WHAT!" everyone yelled at the blonde.

"Well I needed to test the cannons because all I had was what a first generation Treeship should be capable of."

"Just what is your toy capable of, Naruto-kun?" Kakashi asked, letting his emotions fade.

"Funaho, please explain," Naruto ordered.

"Yes, Lord Naruto," the log replied and waited for everyone to give her their fully attention.

"The Yosho-Oh is a first generation Juraian Treeship. Because Lady Minaho used the remains of her land rooted ship to insure the ship's development, it has mimicked the exterior wall unit and design. Records indicate that Lady Minaho discovered a seed left here by Tsunami years ago and planted it under the best of conditions for her son. A first generation Juraian Treeship is second only in power to the great Zero ship Tsunami herself and carries enough power to wipe a planet clean of life or with continuous fire completely destroy the planet."

Naruto laughed nervously as he watched everyone stare at him like some sort of science specimen. Jiraiya evidently hadn't paid as much attention to the briefing as he thought because the white haired toad summoner was joining the others. No one spoke a word but perverted hermit suddenly took a deep drink of sake before passing the bottle along.

"You're telling us that you have a something capable of destroying the world AND YOU PARKED IT OUTSIDE THE MAIN GATES!" Tsunade snapped.

"Obaachan, I know this is a rather weird situation but if you lose your temper, all you're doing is crippling the only defense we have if this is a hostile threat," Naruto placated.

The blonde Godaime gritted her teeth and took several deep breaths listening to the unusual amount of logic in something Naruto said. She watched the young ninja exhale a breath, safe for the moment from her wrath.

"D-do you n-ne-need hel-help, Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked shyly, her face flushing at seeing her crush and falling for him all over again.

"Well, the ship is pretty much self-run but I could always use my friends with me. Plus, none of my new knowledge includes anything to help me through a battle like this. Tsunade-sama, may they accompany me if they so choose?"

"I'll have to convince the council and I doubt you have time for me to discuss things with them, so, yes, they may go as ambassadors of Konoha."

"So who wants to be in?" Naruto asked flippantly.

"You're such a troublesome guy but someone has to make sure you don't get us all killed," Shikamaru said first.

"YOSHI! I SHALL ACCOMPANY NARUTO-KUN ON HIS YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS!" Gai and Lee agreed speaking in synch.

"I'll go too," Hinata said.

Shino simply nodded with Neji and the same was for the jounin instructors.

"This is crazy but if your all dead set on going, I guess you'll need a medic-nin," Sakura spoke up, smiling faintly at her teammate.

"If forehead girl's going then so am I!" Ino declared then elbowed Chouji, who muttered an agreement through his snacking.

Slowly the last hold outs agreed and Naruto smiled brightly, glad that this had gone so well. Further musings though were cut off as Misaki suddenly began speaking.

"We have a confirmation, finally! The ship appears to be a Galaxy Police patrol vessel but something is odd…it looks to be better armed than a usual Search & Rescue ship. It will reach orbit in approximately two minutes, threat status is zero if combat occurs. Lord Naruto you must be back aboard the Yosho-Oh and into space before the arrival or else your protection might be compromised."

"It is likely that certain factions within the GP will try to force Lord Naruto into Galactic Union space in order to try and commandeer the Yosho-Oh. Another theory is they believe Lord Naruto is too primitive to understand just what the ship is and will try to trick or threaten him into handing it over. In either case, neither outcome is a possibility," Funaho continued with her speculations.

"Then let us return," Naruto ordered, his voice becoming cold.

"Yes, sir!" both replied and vanished with the assembled group.


Yosho-Oh

The troupe of ninja appeared and all but two were overcome with a type of disorientation that gave them pause for a moment. Looking around, once recovered, they spotted the splendor of nature that was the interior of a Treeship.

Naruto stood in a spot putting the central tree directly behind him and Misaki and Funaho settled into the correct spots on either side of him. Kakashi was reminded of his sensei when he looked upon Naruto and not for the first time felt a pang of guilt for ignoring the blonde in favor for Sasuke.

"Somehow, I was expecting something different," Ino commented, looking around.

"Not all things are as they seem. Something beautiful can also be very deadly," Kurenai chastised.

"All systems prepared, preparing to ascend," Funaho announced.

"Ok, everyone look sharp," Naruto ordered and sweatdropped when Kakashi just pulled out his perverted book.

"Lord Naruto, all defensive and offensive measures are ready," Misaki said, drawing the blonde back to business.

"Shikamaru, Shino, Neji, and Hinata please join me up here the rest of you just spread out and try to look dangerous," Naruto called out.

Once everyone was in place, Naruto took a deep breath and straightened his face, becoming cold, baring the face of a proper Juraian noble.

"Ascending. . . . . ." Funaho announced.

"HIGHER THAN THE SUN!" Naruto suddenly shouted as the ship rose.

The ship rose steadily, giving a sight for the world to see and a rocky ride for the occupants. Breaking through the atmosphere, those who caught a last glimpse of it would write that a god had returned to the heavens on this day, breaking the shackles of mortality.

The dome that enclosed the core of the ship shifted around them and instead of mimicking day or night, became transparent revealing to them the first view of outer space for their world's people. Majestic stars twinkled brightly and the moon was close enough to be seen a true sphere. Below, turning ever so slowly was the mass of blues and greens that was their planet. Swirling white clouds formed spirals over the surface, making the planet seem like a giant jewel.

None of the people assembled could speak with the wonders around them and thus, silence reigned. In front of them approaching rapidly was a rectangular ship baring the crest of Galaxy Police, where as the Yosho-Oh was living and organic, the other vessel was cold and metallic. In terms of size, it was dwarfed by the immense first generation Treeship.

"That puny thing is the big threat?" Kiba suddenly called out.

"Compared to this ship, yeah, that one is puny but it has enough firepower to make the Kyuubi incident seem like a picnic," Naruto replied, willing the ship to keep itself between the GP and his home planet.

That shut the Inuzuka up and caused shivers to run through most, the others attempting to imagine such carnage. Naruto himself was included as he now had enough intelligence or focus to understand just what they were dealing with.

A holographic screen formed in front of him and the others showing the cockpit of the vessel. It was filled with many counsels but the focus was a single chair with a counsel that wrapped around the pilot's lap. The said person was a humanoid of average height with darkly tanned skin, brown eyes, dark hair, and longish ears bearing slight points. He was dressed in a blue sleeveless uniform jacket with a long sleeved black shirt under it and blue paints with a uniform hat resting on his head. A confident smirk dotted his face as he believed this would be the easiest and greatest assignment of his career.

"This is Galaxy Police patrol vessel Blue Stone responding to your distress beacon," the man announced.

"This is the Yosho-Oh, we thank you for answering the beacon but we no longer require assistance and simply await the arrival of a Juraian escort or our family," Naruto responded, speaking in a controlled voice.

"If you would like, I could escort you into Galactic Union territory and you could wait there in a less primitive setting," the officer suggested.

Sakura, Ino, and Kiba all looked ready to explode at the insinuation about their world. Naruto could also feel killer intent rolling off those gathered near him and to a lesser extent, the jounin.

"Perhaps another time. I was born on this world and feel a certain attachment to it. I will wait here and you may return now so that we do not keep you from your duties," Naruto spoke, his manners barely keeping in place, his own anger was ignited.

"I must insist but take a minute to consider it." The screen then went blank and was replaced by others.

"He is beginning to power-up his weapons and sending out a coded message most likely for orders," Funaho announced.

"That bastard, I say you blow his ass away right now!" Kiba shouted in anger.

"Shikamaru-san, do you have any ideas?" Naruto asked, looking to the lazy genius.

"Can you intercept or block his message?" the chuunin asked, tapping his chin in thought.

"Yes," Funaho answered.

"Then do that and then scare him off with a show of force—a slight bluff," the Shogi lover advised.

"Funaho, block the transmission and store it. Misaki, prepare to deploy the Light Hawk Wings and lacking that suitable show of force," Naruto ordered, his foxy grin in place.

The screen returned the officer having an angry scowl on his face.

"On whose authority have you blocked my transmission?" he demanded.

"This solar system is claimed by Jurai and deemed a non-combative sector, yet you have begun powering your weapons and attempted to send a secret message that I doubt will go to the Galaxy Police. I suggest you leave now before you cause an incident," Naruto responded, his eyes narrowing.

"Do not threaten me, you primitive child. You will surrender that ship and all its secrets to me or I will destroy you and your crew of under-evolved cretins and take the remains of your ship!"

Naruto growled and responding to his will the Yosho-Oh spread its Light Hawk Wings.

"If you feel like you can force this ship to do anything—go ahead and try. Then you can explain to Second Queen Misaki just why you hijacked a Juraian vessel. I am sure the Emperor would love to see such a report come to him."


Konoha

Tsunade stood before the village council not for the first time debating their actual intelligence. She had just explained everything Naruto had told her and could see a few of the council fearful, while the rest were split between anger and neutrality.

'Gee, are you finally realizing just how much harm you've caused?' she thought.

"Our course is clear, when the boy returns, he must be killed!" demanded one of the lesser known village representatives.

"Soryu-san, how do you propose to hurt someone trained by a legendary Sannin let alone attempt to harm him when Jiraiya-san couldn't pierce the barrier that protects him? At best, you might annoy him enough to use that ship against us," Tsunade stated, silencing the man.

"We should have never allowed that to happen. It only makes the demon stronger and now we find out he is not even of this world," another voice rose in anger.

"Now, now, let us not act like bigots when one of our own has just discovered a missing piece of himself," Hiashi Hyuuga said, his face calm and impassive.

"I believe Naruto-kun deserves a chance to find who he is but won't go because the loyalty he holds for Konoha. So I propose we give him an S-class mission and a little support as well," he continued.

"What are you proposing, Hyuuga-san?" The Inuzuka clan head asked, though a smile spread across his lips.

"The S-class mission to explore and learn the ways and techniques of his people to spend at least 15 years away from this world among his own species and to learn as much as possible. After all, if he desires to be a future Hokage he must be willing to grow as strong and learn much more. I would even be willing to send a few Leaf ninja with him, specially picked by the council of course."

'That bastard, he is just trying to get rid of Naruto-kun and everyone that supports in one swoop,' Tsunade thought, her eye twitching.


Orbit

The GP vessel still squared off with the Yosho-Oh, which was protected by its Light Hawk Wings. Neither side would back down but the GP officer understood he lacked both the firepower and the time to win an inevitable confrontation.

The only option was to threaten the point from which he detected the ship ascending from and force the surrender.

Aboard the ship, those assembled watched the metallic ship beginning to turn and move away. Kiba cheered thinking it was over, along with Sakura, Ino, Hinata, and Tenten. The ship lurched slightly as it moved, keeping the GP vessel constantly in front of it.

"He's going to try and use Konoha as a bargaining chip," Shikamaru stated, halting the celebration.

"The ship is too strong for him to fight so he has to find a way to make us surrender without a battle. If he gets close we can't use the ship's weapons as the resulting blast might destroy the village," Funaho surmised.

"Extend right-side cannons towards that ship and make sure it is within our line of fire," Naruto ordered, his face becoming a cold mask.

"Yes, Lord Naruto," both guardians replied.

"Naruto-baka, what are you doing? You can't really be considering killing that man!" Sakura yelled.

'So then, Jiraiya-sama taught you to kill, Naruto-kun. But how will you take to this? What is it you're thinking right now and is this the first time you have had to stain your hands with blood?' Kakashi thought, looking up from his book.

The screen suddenly came back to life, showing an open communications window with the Galaxy Police Ship.

"If you move as much as another inch closer to that planet, I promise you, there won't be enough left of you to even detect," Naruto warned with a growl rumbling in his throat.

"You're bluffing, boy," the officer ventured and continued on his path.

"Fire!" Naruto ordered.

Everyone watched in horror as every cannon facing the enemy began letting loose with titanic blasts of energy. The fire was continuous covering every space and setting space ablaze. It took everyone a moment to register that none of the shots actually hit the GP vessel instead passed barely over around or under it. The force of the energy throwing the occupant around like it was in an earthquake. As quickly as it started, it was over. The communications window showed the officer with an obvious and quite large wet spot between his legs and trailing down his pants.

"That was your only warning shot," Naruto stated and closed the window.

All eyes fell on the blonde, who seemed to be trembling and when Hinata went to place a hand on the distraught boy, he suddenly threw his head back and laughed loudly. Blinks passed through the room as Naruto fell onto the floor laughing.

"Oh my God! Did you see his face? And he even wet his pants! Not to mention, you were all scared out of your minds that I had become some psychopath. It was so worth it," he wheezed out, holding his side in pain from the laughing, while everyone else sweatdropped.

He got himself under control as another screen popped up, showing two incoming vessels. Climbing to his feet, he took note of just who they belonged too and smiled a foxy grin.

"GP officer, I know you are seeing what I am so why don't we all just explain to the Emperor why you attempted to hijack the ship of his Great Grandson when he arrives in his ship in like two minutes. Also, you should note the approaching Ryo-Ohki. I do believe the owner of that vessel has a dislike for officers of the law," Naruto spoke as he had the window reopened and watched the officer pale.

"It seems your escort has arrived then and I will bid you farewell," the officer growled before turning his ship about and leaving.

"Bring the ship back down to Konoha. We'll meet the new arrivals there," Naruto spoke aloud and then turned to find everyone but his guardian logs glaring at him. He laughed nervously when he spotted Sakura cracking her knuckles.

"Something wrong guys?" he asked, slowly backing away.

"NARUTO-BAKA!"


Ryo-Ohki

Tenchi Masaki along with his rather large group of family and friends blinked when a communication screen opened on the interior of the Yosho-Oh. They had expected to see someone well mannered like Ayeka or perhaps a scared young man. Instead they saw him blink before he was dog piled by a bunch of people who yelled out.

"NARUTO-BAKA!"

"That is defiantly a grandson of yours, Yosho-kun," Ryoko stated before falling into a fit of laughter.


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Ending note 1: Ok, I need pairing votes beyond one that will occur and also votes on who is going into space.

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This chapter has been beta read on July 10, 2006 by Milky Etoile ;)