A/N: Hello everyone here again with my first rewrite of my Naruto and Akame Ga Kiru crossover fanfiction! This story was one of my most popular and I was determined to get back into it. Now I know there are many questions, so I'll answer a few right now.
Q: Will Akame be one of the love interests?
A: Undetermined at this time. I like Akame, but I'm still unsure of her place right now. If all of you want her back then things can happen haha.
Q: Naruto's power scaling?
A: He'll be at his best. Six Paths mode and all. Plus a few new goodies added along the way.
Q: Will Uzume/Oni make a return?
A: Yes but Oni may have a new name.
Q: More Esdeath?
A: Yesssss. She'll be pushing more for the main love interest now.
Anyway, those are some of the important issues for this and the last chapter. So next time if any of you have any questions either pm me or post it in a review and I'll post it in the next chapter.
So without further ado on with the fanfiction! Don't forget to review!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Akame Ga Kiru. I do not take credit for any of the authors' hard work and devotion. This is merely a fan-made story because I like both series tremendously! Please enjoy!
Inheriting the Will of Fire Chapter 2: Revelation
"N-No! Don't touch her!" Naruto suddenly jolted out, immediately sitting up in a simple bed. Throwing the covers forward as he panted loudly, "H-Huh?" He asked a second later, catching his breath and looking around. He was in a small room, with what looked to be wood walls a closed door at the other end of the room, "Where am I? Kurama?" He asked, looking down at his stomach.
"K-Kid! You alive?" The voice of his tailed beast echoed through his mindscape.
"Y-Yeah? What happened? Where am I?" He asked, the connection to his tailed beast, fading in and out in his head.
Kurama seemed almost like a staticky voice or tv, as he began to speak, "Y-You been out for so long. I'm surprised you're alive. Listen my connection still needs some time to readjust. But it's been over-" And just like that the foxes' deep voice faded away into nothingness.
"Huh? Kurama? Hey, you there?" He asked, beginning to panic as he felt the tailed beasts energy return to the seal. This wasn't normal at all. He was about to head into the mindscape himself, but the sudden sound of a creaking floorboard caught his attention.
Naruto darted his head to the door at the other end of the room, only to see the head of a small old man poke inside "Ah. Finally awake young man?" He asked, a humble smile soon filling his face.
"Uh Yeah?" Naruto asked partially stunned, as the older man began to walk to his bedside. It was at this point that all his physical features became apparent to Naruto. He walked with a severe limp and with the aid of a worn-down cane he was able to keep his balance, "What am I doing here old man? Did you save me?" The blonde asked, raising an eyebrow.
The man chuckled, as he scratched his balding grey hair, "I'm afraid I did boy. Not the person you were expecting?" He asked, looking up at Naruto. The man's pale blue eyes covered by a simple pair of glasses.
Naruto shook his head, Well no….I wasn't expecting anyone honestly. How'd you find me? What is this place?"
"I found you up at the cooled lava crater. About 20 miles north of here." He revealed, placing a glass bottle filled with unique looking pills onto the table next to Naruto, "As to where you are, you're in the Northern Tribes my boy. Far away from the Empire."
Naruto's head began to spin upon hearing this. Northern Tribes? Empire? Where was he exactly? Another country? That was a possibility, something he certainly couldn't rule out. He had to dig deeper first. The last thing he remembered was sinking into the molten rock after throwing Sasuke into the portal. He should be dead right now. Sasuke had have sent them to another country. He certainly wasn't capable of sending them anywhere else. Especially at his power level. Or could he? The blonde just had to find out, "I-I'll try to make sense of this. More importantly where exactly was I when you found me?"
The old man seemed to chuckle again at this, "It's quite interesting my boy. I seemed to have tripped over your hand as I was walking across the hardened rock. It took a couple of hours and more than a few of my very best tools to get you out, but when I did." He trailed off laughing, "Oh the haircut I had to give you. You would not believe."
"Huh? Haircut?" Naruto asked feeling his head. His eyes widen in an instant. Something wasn't right. He needed to find a mirror immediately. Throwing the covers forward Naruto began to jump out of bed, "Do you have a bathroom old man?!"
"Why yes. Directly to your right as soon as you leave the room." He said, raising an eyebrow.
"Thank you so much!" Naruto shouted, running out of the room at inhuman speeds.
"Boy must need to go bad." The old man said to himself, before shrugging, "Eh but I would too if I was under there that long as well."
Naruto nearly slammed the door to the bathroom shut before drawing his attention to the sink & mirror at the other end of the room. He rushed over to look at himself trying to figure out what was wrong only for his own eyes to widen in shock when he saw himself, "I-I don't understand? What's going on?" He stuttered to himself. Before him in the mirror still lied his normal self, although something seemed off. His chin was more defined than it used to be. As well as the bangs on the right side of his face drooped down moreover his bruised & battered headband than the other side. Did he seem ...older?
"Finally noticed? Did ya kid?" The sudden low voice of his tailed beast asked. His presence flooding back into Naruto's mind.
Naruto's face brightened up with a smile, "Kurama! You're okay!"
"Heh. Worried about your old fox were ya?" The fox asked with a deep chuckle, as the blonde rubbed his chin. Seeing this Kurama rolled his eyes, "Moving on Naruto. I assume you would like to know what exactly is going on."
Naruto let go of his chin and mentally nodded, "Yeah I'd like to know? And why do I look like this? How long has it been?"
Kurama sighed aloud. Knowing that telling Naruto this would certainly shake him up pretty good, but nevertheless, he had to do it, "It's been approximately two years since your fight with the Uchiha." He revealed.
Naruto held his breath, as his eyes went as wide as the moon, "I-I'm sorry…..what?" He asked an audible stutter heard in his tone.
"The battle Naruto." He began, "It was not just fought in the physical dimension. But also the spiritual dimension. The old man watched the entire thing go down. He had the final say on what to do with you after it was all said and done."
"By old man...you mean?" He asked, trailing off as he continued to look at himself in the mirror.
"The old sage. Hagoromo…" Kurama growled. Slightly annoyed that Naruto could forget about one of the most important figures for all of shinobi & tailed beasts.
"I-I don't understand?" Naruto shot back, gripping the sides of the sink and looking down in confusion & frustration.
"With his fleeting words, he asked us to make sure you stayed in this world. Sasuke's eyes beamed in on Kaguya's nexus. Her home. This was no chance transportation. You were brought here for more than a simple fight with the Uchiha. Hagoromo sensed something when we arrived. Worse than his own mother." Kurama revealed.
"How has it been two years though?" The blonde asked, looking up at himself in the mirror. His younger teenage self gone.
"You can thank us tailed beasts on that one. Normally you would've died falling into that molten rock. But we were able to form a protective chakra barrier around you until it cooled, but once that happened you were already buried, and we were all low on chakra. So we used everything we had to keep you alive in a coma-like state for the past two years. You continued to age until that man found you and was able to nurse you back to health." The 9 tails explain, with a low grumble.
Naruto looked down one more time before pushing himself off the sink with a sigh. Seemingly coming to terms with their current situation, "I see Kurama ...Do you think we'll ever be able to see home again?"
"Can't tell you that kid. Hagoromo didn't tell me and none of the other tailed beasts know...Maybe one day." Kurama revealed.
Naruto turned from the sink and headed back to the door, "Yeah. Maybe one day. Now let's figure out why we're needed here. I can try to sort everything out later."
"Oh? Maybe it isn't just your body that's age." The fox chucked, as Naruto mentally raised an eyebrow.
"What do you mean? If I got here, then I can find a way back. I owe it to Itachi, Nagato, and Obito get back. I'm not going to give up here. Believe it!" He cheered.
"Ugh...nevermind." Kurama groaned, rolling his eyes again.
Naruto was about to make another snarky comeback just as he opened the door but quickly jumped in surprise as the voice of the old man echoed beside him, "Um, excuse me. Young lad are you alright? Were you talking to someone in there?"
"U-Um. No. Just trying to get my bearings. Still a bit shaky from waking up." Naruto said, scratching the back of his neck as the old man began to walk towards the front room.
"Haha. Well, I'd be too. Don't worry about it." He chuckled, turning back to Naruto, "Say why don't you take a seat at the table and I'll prepare some food. You must be starving. Then you can tell me your story."
Naruto nodded with a smile, his stomach sudden rumbling causing him to give off one of his cheeky smiles, "Now that you mentioned it. I am. Thanks, old man."
"No worries lad. Now my granddaughter should be home any minute. She'll be excited to see that you woke up. She helped me take care of you after all." He smiled walking over to the stove, "Her names Y-"
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Both of them drew their attention to the door, as the old man began to walk towards it, "Oh that must be her now. Excuse me for one second." He said with a soft smile, walking up and slowly opening the sturdy wooden door, "Yukari you know you can always just walk in. This is your home to you-"
"NARUTO THE DOOR!" Kurama shouted out inside the blonde's mindscape.
"Huh?" Naruto asked, turning his head towards the just as the bright spark of light filled his eyes, followed by a massive rush of air. He covered his eyes, as all around him was engulfed in flames. After a couple more seconds, the flames died down and Naruto slowly uncovered his eyes. But what he saw before him was something he wished you could unsee. "O-Old man?" Naruto asked stuttering in shock. Before him, the entire front of the house was blown & burned to a crisp. And at the very front laid the old man. Heavily burned and bruised on the ground. Naruto immediately rushed over to him. Supporting his head, "H-Hey old man! You okay! Hey!" He asked, shaking him, "Hang on. I can help." Naruto said reaching his arm out towards his burns & cuts. But sadly the old man stopped him.
"N-No don't. T-Those men will kill my granddaughter if you don't stop them, I've lost too much blood. I'll be dead within minutes." He coughed out as blood started to flow out the side of his mouth.
"But. I can-" Naruto began but was quickly silenced by the man.
"My time has come kid. You can't deny me this...but before I go I do have a favor to ask of you." He coughed again. Blood splattering on his seared shirt.
"Y-Yeah sure anything." Naruto clenched his fist. Angry with himself for not being able to detect the explosion in time. He failed this man, he had let him die! "F-Find my granddaughter for me...Take care of Yukari ...please. I'm the only family she has left. Now She'll have no one." The old man stuttered weakly. More blood began to soak the wood below them. "Yeah, sure old man you can count on me," Naruto said with a sad smile.
T-Thank you...now when you f...find her go to the Imperial capital. It's your best bet to find some h-help against those b...beast.
You got it, old man. You have my word. He clenched his teeth in pain, griping Naruto's hand tightly. "Now go! We found you for a reason! D-Do what you meant to do." The old man said, as his eyes began to close. Naruto slowly let go of the older man's hand and got up from the floor. He walked up to the remains of the cabin doorway that lead outside. Hearing voices advancing towards them, Naruto began to focus his chakra around him and looked back to the man, "I give you my word. I'll find her and protect her with my life." He announced, his chakra flaring as he walked out of the cabin. Towards the threat. "Haha! Good shot Daidara! That old fuck never saw it coming!" A high pitch voice cheered out, as Naruto walked onto the smoldering porch.
"Well, that's what he gets for collaborating with the Rebellion and Night Raid!" A much deeper voice responded as Naruto zeroed in on the culprits. A few hundred feet away stood a group darkly clad men, "Search the remains! A little girl supposedly lived here too. If she's not in there, then she must be nearby." A tall man with a larger build barked. He had long, spiky blond hair and pure white, pupil-less eyes and a devil-like headdress.
"If she's alive, bring her to me. I do like to have fun with them~" A smaller person announced, stepping out from behind the taller man. Naruto could tell that they were a boy from where he stood. But he looked so feminine. He had blond hair and golden eyes. A headdress similar to the tall one, and strange tail for some reason.
The other men around them all began to slowly advance towards the house but all stopped dead in their tracks when their eyes landed on Naruto, "Hey look there!" "Who is he?" Another man asked, looking back to their leader who stood confused at the appearance of the young man. This wasn't in the briefing? Who was he? Why was he hear? And most importantly why was his aura so strong. "Daidara?" The small blonde boy asked, looking up to the large man.
The built man known as Daidara crossed his arms and huffed out, "Hey whiskers! Who are you?"
Naruto began to walk towards them. All of them men tighten their stance. Readying the rifles in their hands. "Did you blow up this house?" Naruto asked.
Daidara raised an eyebrow in confusion, "What? Listen you little shit I said who-"
"DID YOU BLOW UP THIS HOUSE!" Naruto shouted out, his chakra flaring out. Of course, he already knew the answer to the question. He just wanted the murders to admit to their guilt.
Daidara in the meantime was taken back for a second. But quickly brushed it aside as a sinister smile soon plastered his face, "Ya we did asshole! Did the old ding dong ditch technique on the old fucker! Blew him to kingdom come! But that's what he gets for supporting the rebellion!" He snickered, just as another man came up behind him, carrying what looked like a smaller person on his shoulder.
"Boss! I found her!" He said, throwing the person on the ground. Naruto's eyes widen as the person's features came into view. A small little girl laid on the ground. Her hands bound behind her back. She had long flowing black hair, with what looked like dog ear-like flaps of hair on each side. She had big bright blue eyes and was wearing a small jacket with a red scarf around her neck. She couldn't have been any more than six or seven. This must've been Yukari and she looked absolutely terrified.
Daidara snickered again, "Excellent. Throw her here! Nyau wants to get to know her a bit better." He motioned over to the smaller blonde now known as Nyua, who smiled innocently at the little girl.
But at this point, Yukari had regained her senses, just as the man who had thrown her on the ground picked her up again. She quickly began to struggle, "Let me go! Let me go! Nghhh! Grandpa! Grandpa! Help!" She cried, tears beginning to slide down her cheeks.
The man who was holding her chucked her over to Daidara who caught her with ease. He quickly put her in a deadly headlock in front of Naruto and laughed, "Now if you would so kindly tell us who you are and maybe I won't-" But before the man could even finish his sentence Naruto appeared in front of him. Causing him to jump back, just as Yukari was ripped from his arms.
He stumbled. Trying to regain his balance, "Why you little shit! I'll show you!" He roared just as a fist found its home square in his face. Everyone heard his teeth and jaw crack as he flew back into a nearby tree, splintering it in two as he flew back into another one. This repeated a few more times before he came to a stop halfway through a large oak.
All of the men around Naruto began to fire in his & Yukari's direction. "Fuck! Shoot him! Kill him!" A few of them yelled out as Nyua stood there for a moment horrified at the actions he had just witnessed. He took out Daidara in one hit! How it this possible!
In the meantime, Naruto had created used Kurama's chakra to form a shield around him and Yukari. "Damn." He sighed, "I didn't want to kill anyone…but I might have too." Naruto quickly created a clone and directed him to Yukari, "Keep her safe. No matter what. I'll get you when this is over." He told his clone. A bright orange chakra cloak forming around his arms.
The clone nodded and scooped up Yukari before jumping away into the trees. Leaving some of the men confused. Giving Naruto the precious moments he needed.
Before any of them knew it Naruto had already dispatched two of them. He chucked a third into a nearby tree, "Alright three down. Five more to go." He uttered, his eyes narrowing as he rushed the forth. Taking out a kunai just as he began to open fire Naruto dodged every bullet before digging his blade into the man's chest, "If they stoop so low that they'd kill a child then they leave me no choice!" Naruto shouted out, placing an explosive tag onto the guys back and throwing him into another. Blowing them both away in an instant.
At this point, the remaining three men had run out of ammo and brandished their long swords. Charging towards the blonde with no remorse. "Die you murdering asshole!" One of them shouted, just as Naruto appeared in front of the face and landed a critical blow to his neck with his foot. The Uzumaki disappeared again. Leaving the remain two men, going back to back with each other. Both terrified, "W-Where the hell is he?"
"I don't know! I don't know!" He panicked, looking around just Naruto appeared to both of their rights. He grappled both of their heads and knocked them into each other. Smashing both of their protective helmets.
The last two men fell to the ground unconscious, as Nyua stepped up to Naruto, "I don't know who the hell you are but you have no idea who you're messing with! I'm Nyua! One of the three beasts and I'll be-"
"You talk too much." Naruto's voice echoed as he appeared behind him at lightning speeds. A Rasengan fully formed and aimed at his back.
The smaller blonde gasped in fear, as he tried to turn around in desperation, "NO-NO!" He screamed out, as Naruto plunged his spinning yellow orb straight into his back. He screamed in pain as it launched him forward spinning in an impressive rotation until he impacted the ground with a sickening crack.
Naruto sighed looking at his handiwork, "What the hell is wrong with this world?" He asked, turning around only to narrowingly dodged a bullet-like water current fly past his face and impacting into a rock beside him. Boring a hole clean through it. Naruto directed his attention to the direction of the current as another man stepped forward from the treeline.
He tightened the gloves around his wrists and pointed one towards the Uzumaki. Narrowing his eyes in anger, "I have no idea who you are. But you severely injured my team. Mistress Esdeath will be severely disappointed. I hope you made peace with your demons. Because these are the last few breaths you'll be taking." He was a rather tall man with gray hair worn in a long ponytail, blue eyes and a mustache. He wore the same uniform like the other two. Minus the ridiculous devil horns.
The two stared each other down, as Naruto once again focused Kurama's chakra into his arms. Not wanting to waste any more time. He rushed the man, moving faster than evil his enemies water bullet.
The gray-haired man snickered as he shot a barrage of water from his pocket directly towards Naruto. A powerful wall of liquid rushed at the blonde. The man smiled knowing that his enemy had underestimated him like always. But he had never fought Naruto. As the wall approached him the blonde simply rushed through the wall. The water harmlessly splashing against his body. This caused the gray-haired man to growl in angry, looking over to a nearby pond and commanding the water towards Naruto. Who slide under the water effortlessly approaching him. He disappeared just before reaching the man, causing him to panic. He looked all around. Beginning to command more water to him, but Naruto beat him to it. He appeared under the man and socked him right in the chin. Launching him into the air with a strong uppercut, "Gaghn!" He groaned, as Naruto formed a Rasengan in his hand and went after him. Gripping onto his sides Naruto slammed the man back down towards the earth with his orb.
He spun out of control before impacting the ground, just as the force from the Rasengan caused a massive explosion ontop of him.
Naruto had barely broken a sweat as he landed back on the ground. He looked over the gray-haired man, ensuring he was down for the count. Sure enough, he was out cold. His chest slowly rising up and down. "Man he sure talked a big game for someone to go down in one attack. Even still if this is Kaguya's homeworld you'd think people would be more powerful here?" He asked himself. A blue blur suddenly appearing behind him.
"Who's Kaguya?" A voice suddenly asked as Naruto turned his head only to have a sword narrowly miss his forehead. He spun around rocked his elbow into his new opponent's arm. Who caught it with a loud grunt. Naruto raised his eyebrow, before pushing away from them and sliding to a stop, a few feet away from them. Now getting a clear view of his opponent. His eyes widen as he gazed upon….her?
Before him stood a tall, beautiful, and slender woman with long, light blue hair and blue eyes. She carried a thin silver sword had a sinister smile plastered across her face, "So you're the one who took out my best squad?" She asked, staring Naruto up and down. Seemingly inspecting him
The blonde nodded in response, "Yeah. They killed an innocent man and almost murdered his granddaughter. His actions are unforgivable."
The woman smiled, readying her sword, "Hehe. I like you... You seem to favor the moral high ground. But even you must know that the strong survive while the weak die!" She shouted rushing towards Naruto, suddenly launching several volleys of what appeared to be ice shards.
The Uzumaki happily accepted her challenge. Flaring his chakra cloak. Causing the ice to melt from the intense heat. The woman's eyes widen as she met him halfway, she stabbed her sword forward, just as Naruto ducked getting into her guard and grabbing the swords handle. He pushed the women to the ground and began to grapple with her in a matter of seconds. Her sword flying off just as Naruto pushed her to the ground, "I don't know who you are! But it's the strongs job to protect the weak! So they can become strong!" He barked.
"C-Call me Esdeath!" She growled, struggling to get out of his grip. But even she had to admit it was vice-like and that it would certainly take a lot of work to even get an inch. Whoever this guy was he might've been even too much for her to handle, and this honestly intrigued her.
"Well, Esdeath! If you believe that the weak are destined to die then you're the dumbest person I've ever met!" Naruto growled, gripping her collar and picking her up. Esdeath's eyes widen in shock. No one had ever countered her words before. She had always believed it was a law she must always go by. But now she had this powerful man she had just met going against it. Saying it was stupid. She had never been more…..drawn in. Who was he? How strong was he? Where did he come from?
The women struggled against his grip, as she shot her foot up into his stomach, causing him to loosen his grip with a grunt. She quickly formed an ice dagger before launching it at Naruto, where it caught him off guard. Hitting him square in the mouth.
Esdeath smirked, expecting his grip to loosen…..why wasn't it loosening? She asked herself. She looked back up to Naruto's only to audibly gasp. The blonde had caught the dagger in his mouth. He crushed the dagger in two with a smirk, "Like I said Esdeath." He bellowed, looking right into her eyes. Mere inches from her face, "If you're strong then it's your duty to protect the weak." He announced. His eyes meeting hers. Warm ocean blue meeting cold ice.
Esdeath visibly blushed, she was at a loss for words for once. Here was this handsome man, appearing out of nowhere, taking out her best troops and manhandling her like it was nothing. Her heart seemed to skip a beat, as for the first time butterflies appeared in her stomach. What was happening to her? This wasn't normal. "W-Who are you?" She asked.
Naruto put on his signature smirk, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki. Nice to meet you."
That was it….that smile. That was the nail in the coffin. The great General Esdeath…had fallen in love with a man she had just met, "W-What is this?"
A/N: Thank you, everyone, for your amazing support on chapters 1 & 2! It was because of all of you that I was able to achieve this chapter! So thank you again.
But first of all, I'd like to address one thing, something I'm trying to push more in this story will be a more mature Naruto. Especially with the time skip he received. He'll process grieve differently and deal with a situation as quickly as he began. There will still be downtime for himself and his love interested. Plus at his core, he will still hold his same values, but he'll now know what it takes to get the job down. No matter what! Hence why he ended fights so quickly and tried to get control of the situation with Esdeath.
Also if any of you are frustrated with Esdeath right now, realize she responds to strength. She always has, and Naruto certainly fits the bill and she'll have more character development this chapter. Just kind of setting her up with some yandere traits, but not making her a full yandere.
Anyway, that's all for this chapter! Be sure to leave a review and answer the author's questions. It keeps me writing. It really does! Thank you!
Author Questions: Should Esdeath be a more prominent love interest in this story compared to the last? And could anyone possibly draw a cover for this story? DM me if you're interested.