The Cosmic Odyssey (Red Version)
Prologue: The Awakening
Naruto was sitting at the top of the Hokage Mountain, particularly that of the Fourth Hokage whom he admires out of all four and soon to be five in the future. The blonde Genin gazed upon his home with a sad look in his eyes as he thought back to what had happened earlier before he came here.
**Flashback Start**
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto come bounding into room in the infirmary as Tsunade and Shizune had gone ahead of him but he soon caught up before excitedly approaching the pinkette "I finally got someone who can make Sasuke feel better now!"
"Really?" Sakura turned towards the bed where their third member of their team Sasuke Uchiha laid there unconscious.
"Absolutely!" said Naruto with a foxy grin.
Tsunade walked past the two towards the bedridden Uchiha when she noticed the vase of flowers near the window and the flora's condition "Those flowers were picked the same day, looks like she's been visiting him for a while now," she thought then noticed Sakura speaking to her.
"You must be the one Gai-sensei told me about. Oh please if you can save Sasuke-kun, I would be most grateful," Sakura bowed with her request.
Tsunade smiled in response "Well I'll see what I can do," she placed her hand on Sasuke's forehead as green radiated from it and began to heal the Uchiha, Sakura watched with fascination as she watched the Sannin at work. Soon there was a reaction as Sasuke slowly opened his eyes with a look of exhaustion.
"Hey Sasuke, you're awake!" said Naruto happy to see his friend/rival finally awaken.
"Oh Sasuke-kun…," tears gathered at Sakura's eyes as they watched Sasuke sit up from the bed.
"W-What happened to me?" Sasuke muttered to himself.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura went over to embrace him.
"Yo Sasuke, I'm glad to see that you're…," anything that Naruto was about to say halted when he saw Sakura crying in joy as she held Sasuke in her arms, at first he thought that she was happy to see him well just like he is…but something was nagging the blonde, telling him that there is more to this than he was seeing at first. Soon the realization come upon him like an ocean wave, a small sad smile graced his lips as he turned round and silently left the room.
This didn't go unnoticed by Tsunade who recognized the look on the blonde's face, she remembered seeing that expression years back when she was introducing her fiancé Dan to Jiraiya, the Toad Sage had that same expression when he congratulated them before walking away. Seeing this now feels like déjà vu all over again "I guess you and Jiraiya are more alike than I thought…hm?" she looked to see Naruto beckoning her to follow him.
"Come on Tsunade-baachan, you need to help Kakashi-sensei next," said Naruto.
**Flashback End**
Naruto let out a depressed sigh as he sat on the ground "I guess that deep inside, I've always known that Sakura-chan wasn't just having a crush on Sasuke but really loved him but I was too stubborn to accept that and sought to get her attention by trying to be better than Sasuke. She really does love him huh?" the blonde placed a hand on his chest where his heart is, he felt a twinge of pain from it "I'm not supposed to complain but just what does she see in him?" unable to come up with a viable answer, Naruto stood up and patted the dust off his pants "Maybe some training and several bowls of ramen ought to clear my head,"
Naruto began making his way down the mountain through the normal pathway, not really feeling like rushing anywhere for the meantime. He was walking past several trees when his ears picked up a sound somewhere close by which was rather unusual around here…it was the sound of metal clanging. With the blonde's curiosity getting the better of him, Naruto quietly made his way through the trees to the other side where he reached the edge of a small clearing and saw something completely unusual to him.
"What the heck is this thing?" Naruto slowly and cautiously approached some sort of tall artifact which to him appears to be made entirely out of giant building blocks which he used to see kids playing around with back in the orphanage, he walked up to it and thumped a few times with a hand to get a feel of it
"Hey what was that?" a voice suddenly spoke up then there was the sound of footsteps coming around the artifact and reveal the source to Naruto whose eyes widened comically. Standing before him is an anthropomorphic rabbit with black fur, he wears s short-sleeve jacket with white lining. The top half of the jacket is black while the bottom half is blue, and there are two yellow straps dangling in front of it. His pants are blue and sport a zipper going down the front of each leg. Each pant leg has yellow pouch with a black strap that partially cover the zipper, as well as a blue strap on the outer side of each pant leg. The rabbit was also wearing a pair of very large yellow shoes with grey backs and two orange intersecting straps attached to the front of each shoe "Who are you?"
"I should be asking you that! Who are you? What are you doing here and what is that thing?" asked Naruto, ready to take a combat stance at the least provocation.
"Oh geez, just my luck. Hope I can turn this around," the rabbit muttered before looking at the blonde "The name's Oswald, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. What's your name since I gave you mine?"
"…my name's Naruto Uzumaki, a ninja of the Hidden Leaf village," said Naruto with a hint of pride.
"A ninja? With that getup, I'm not really seeing that," said Oswald with a quirked eyebrow.
"Hey, don't make fun of my clothes! I'll tell you that orange is cool and I've completed high-ranked missions while wearing these!" said Naruto with a tick mark.
"Oh yeah? Why don't you show me what you can do? Talking the talk but can you walk the walk?" asked Oswald tauntingly.
"I'll show you!" Naruto crossed the middle and index fingers of both hands together "Shadow clone jutsu!" there was a puff of smoke which dissipated to reveal about ten of Naruto, the clones and original smirked upon seeing the rabbit's jaw comically drop to the ground "What do you think us now?"
"W-whoa, I was expecting stuff like smoke bombs and stuff but nothing like this," said Oswald in wonder "I haven't seen Donald do anything like this with his magic, I guess Yen Sid could do it though,"
"So do you still doubt me? I can make more than other ninjas of my village," said the Narutos with a foxy grin.
Oswald raised his hands in surrender "Alright alright, you've proven your point,"
"What are you doing here and what is this thing?" asked Naruto pointing at the thing in curiosity after dispelling his clones.
"Oh this here is a Gummi ship which can used to fly around to different places, and let's just say that I'm not from around here and I can't tell you where I came from as it would go against the rules," Oswald explained, while gesturing at the ship which he identified it to be the Highwind model.
"This thing can fly? That's so cool, it reminds me of the one I saw back when I was on a mission with my team over at the Land of Snow which is now called the Land of Spring," said Naruto with a look of amazement.
"That's right, but the reason why I'm here is because there was a slight fault and I'm trying to fix it so I can leave," Oswald held up a wrench for emphasis.
"Can I lend a hand?" asked Naruto, wanting to hang around with the rabbit for a bit longer.
Oswald smiled in response "Sure, I'd really appreciate it. Come on over," the rabbit led Naruto around the Gummi ship to an open panel with a toolbox lying on the ground nearby "I'll be needing you to pass the tools over to me from time to time,"
"Got it," Naruto nodded in affirmation.
The duo took to repairing the ship with Naruto having mild conversation with Oswald as time went on. Naruto came to learn that Oswald has a love for pranks which enticed him to tell the rabbit about the pranks he had been pulling off before he became a ninja and got him to laugh hysterically. Oswald also told Naruto about a brother whom he used to be jealous of but later came to like him despite not being related by blood.
"Hey Naruto, I've noticed that you've been looking a bit glum. What's bothering ya?" asked Oswald in concern for his new friend.
Naruto was hesitant but then he decided to speak "You see…there's this girl whom I really liked since my academy days and wanted to be more than friends with her, but she along with other girls liked a guy who's a prodigy. I was very jealous of him and sought to be better than him in everything since I thought that I would be able to earn her affections, it was really tough for me cause he always seem to find a way to be all cool and stuff and it got even tougher when all three of us were placed in a team,"
"Whoa, that sounds rough," said Oswald.
"Yeah, then something big happened which put him in the hospital and the doctors couldn't help. So I went to find a healer with help from an old pervert and brought her back to heal him. He got healed today but when I saw Sakura hug Sasuke while crying, it made me realize…she truly loved him and that I can't contend with that. It was why I went to sit at the Hokage Mountain to have a peace of mind," Naruto looked a bit glum.
"I see…if you'd like some advice, I think you should move on and be friends with her. Surely there's someone out there who would like to be more than friends with you. All you gotta do is look," said Oswald.
"But how? I don't really know that many girls around here," asked Naruto.
"Then you should get to know them, know their likes and dislikes with them doing the same in your case. That way you can see if you can get along well,"
"Okay, but how do you know about this so well?"
"Well that's because I have a doctorate of human behavior and relationships!" Oswald held up an unrolled scroll while puffing up his chest with pride, causing the blonde ninja to laugh.
"Okay Oswald, I'm willing to give it a try," he glanced at the now closed panel "I guess it's time for you to go now that the Gummi ship is fully repaired,"
"Yeah, but I had fun though. Maybe I'll come by again and see you," said Oswald held a hand out for a shake which Naruto took and shook.
"Me too, I hope to see you again Oswald," said Naruto with a smile.
"Same here Naruto,"
Oswald climbed into the Gummi ship and started it up as the craft slowly hovered into the air with a low hum, he looked through the cockpit and waved at Naruto who waved back and watched as he rapidly ascended to the air till he saw a twinkle in the sky, seeing as now the sun was setting.
"Man that was a cool ship, maybe he could give me a ride when he comes around again," Naruto's stomach rumbled loudly "Yosh, time for some ramen since I can always train tomorrow," he walked away with a skip in his step and felt that his heart wasn't hurting anymore.
After twelve bowls of ramen over at Ichiraku's, Naruto made his way back to his apartment and went into his room. He figured that he would go around the village to check up on the others since he just arrived at the village today and only ran into Shikamaru, Sakura and Rock lee. Naruto took a bath and put on his pajamas before going to sleep, unaware of the dream he was about to have.
Naruto found himself floating in a dark void with no light in sight, he attempted to speak only to discover that no sound came out when he opened his mouth, his feet finally landed on something solid as he began to look around for something or rather anything. He took a step forward there was sudden burst of blinding light which spread out with doves taking flight as Naruto watched them disappear into the darkness.
Naruto looked down to see that he was currently standing atop a large circular pillar with a stained-glass design depicting a woman with short brown with a red bow, wearing a blue and yellow dress and she appears to be holding a red apple which had been bitten into and is fast asleep. There were portraits of seven men surrounding them. He was about to ponder over it when a voice suddenly spoke in his mind.
So much to do, so little time…
Take your time, don't be afraid
Naruto looked around to locate the source of the voice but couldn't find it.
The door is still shut
Now, step forward.
Can you do it?
The blonde shrugged and proceeded to walk to the center of the pillar, all the while couldn't help but think that this has got to be the weirdest dream he ever had or rather having. His ears picked up the sound of rumbling from behind and slightly to his left as Naruto turned around to see a silver crown like podium rising up from the ground, then something appeared over the podium; revealing itself to be a red and black shield with a red circle with two smaller circles on top as the design.
Power sleeps within you.
Another podium rose opposite to the first one as a green rod with the blue ornament with similar design to the one on the shield appeared.
If you give it form…
A third podium bearing a broadsword with a yellow curved guard and blue felted hilt with the same design on the center of the guard appeared opposite to the first two.
It will give you strength
Choose well
Naruto looked at the weapons in mild confusion, so he has to choose one of them? He might have to check them out first. He jumped up to the podium bearing the sword and held it in his hands as the voice spoke up
The power of the warrior
Invincible courage
A sword of terrible destruction
Naruto put the sword back and went to the podium bearing the staff and held it.
The power of the mystic
Inner strength
A staff of wonder and ruin
The blonde still hadn't made the choice yet and so put the staff back before approaching the podium bearing the shield to hold it.
The power of the guardian
Kindness to aid friends
A shield to repel all
Naruto put the shield back and went to stand in the middle of the pillar and pondered on his choices. Should he take the sword? With it he could stand against enemies in the future, but the thing about terrible destruction reminds him about the Kyuubi which he is still coming to terms with and so isn't too keen about it. The staff? Naruto can readily admit that he isn't as book smart as Sakura or experienced like Kakashi-sensei, but once he knows what needs to be done then he'll focus everything he has on it. The shield? The power to protect his friends truly enticed him. With it, he could prevent anything from harming his friends and help accomplish his dream to be Hokage since he would need to protect the village, plus he recalled Haku's words when they first met which pretty much solidified his choice. Naruto went back to the podium bearing the shield and took it.
Is this the power you seek?
Naruto nodded in affirmation and the shield was absorbed into his body.
The path is set
Now, what will you give up in exchange?
Naruto went to the podium bearing the staff and held it.
Will you give up this power?
He nodded again for the staff to disappear.
You have chosen the power of the guardian.
You have given up the power of the mystic.
Is this the form you choose?
Naruto nodded for the third time, suddenly the podiums sank back to the ground for Naruto to drop to the floor then he noticed the pillar breaking away like shattering glass leading him to falling into the darkness. He kept falling until he saw another pillar below depicting a woman in a snow white dress and was asleep like the first one, he somersaulted lightly to land on the ground. There was a flash of light which dissipated to reveal the shield which Naruto choose earlier in his hand
You've gained the power to fight
Naruto may have no experience with shields but that doesn't mean that he can't find a way to fight with it, he quickly stepped forward and swung it to strike an imaginary enemy.
All right, you've got it!
Use this power to protect yourself and others
Naruto nodded in affirmation as that's just what he was planning to do, he noticed something rising from the ground and noticed it to be a black imp like creature with a round spherical head, glowing yellow eyes, and two long twisted antennae sprouting out of the top of its head. More of these shadows appeared to join the first one before ambling towards him.
There will be times you have to fight
Keep your light burning strong
One of the shadows pounced to slash at Naruto with its claws but he quickly blocked it with his shield before bashing it hard to make it disperse into black smoke. Two more of the shadows charged in to attack, Naruto blocked the first claw attack and quickly dashed back to evade the second one before charged forward with the shield in front of him and bowled through them then spun round to swing the shield in a wide arc to strike them down.
Behind you!
Naruto quickly turned around and raised the shield in time to block an attack from a shadow before bashing it several times to make it disperse, the remaining shadows melted into pools of darkness which began to spread out on the pillar. Naruto tried to avoid it but began to sink inside and closed his eyes in fear.
Minutes passed as Naruto flailed about to escape when he noticed that he was laying on something solid and opened his eyes to find himself on yet another pillar which is red in color, he stood up and looked around before seeing a finely crafted double door but the oddity was that it was transparent. The blonde approached it for a closer examination when he heard something and looked back to see a chest appear. He went over to open it out of curiosity when an orb emerged from it and went to fuse with the doors, making them appear more solid. He went to open the doors, causing a blinding light to shine through but he went through nonetheless.
The light died down and Naruto found himself standing on the roof of the Hokage's mansion, he looked around to see several familiar figures. There was Hiruzen Sarutobi, Iruka and Jiraiya, then he heard the voice in his head speak again.
Hold on
The door won't open just yet.
First, tell me more about yourself
Naruto first approached Iruka who looked at him and then spoke "What is most important to you: being number one, friendship or prized possessions?"
Naruto thought for a moment then he held up two fingers to select the second option, he doesn't care for the first or third choices as they don't possess such levels of value.
"Is friendship such a big deal?" Iruka responded, Naruto frowned at that. To him, he greatly values friendships.
Naruto approached Hiruzen next though feeling both joy and sorrow at the sight of the man before listening to his question "What are you so afraid of: getting old, being indecisive or being different?"
The blonde had to really think hard on that and it took some time then he raised two fingers again to select the second option. Ever since he began his life as a ninja, Naruto has to make choices over things of great importance which affected his very life. He may be afraid of being different but being unable to make a choice is truly frightening, he needs to be decisive without any doubts or regrets on his journey to becoming Hokage.
"Being indecisive? Is that really so scary?" asked Hiruzen,
Naruto simply nodded before walking up to Jiraiya for his last question "What do you want out of life: to see rare sights, to broaden your horizons or to be strong?"
The blonde thought long and hard about it then he again raised two fingers, ever since his first C turned A-ranked mission he developed a desire to find out more about what else is out there beyond the gates of Konoha and wants to know so that he could get stronger to protect those close to his heart.
"To broaden your horizons, huh?" asked Jiraiya, then Naruto heard the voice speak up in his mind.
You want friendship.
You're afraid of being indecisive
You want to broaden your horizons
Your adventure begins at midday
Keep a steady pace and you'll come through fine.
Naruto nodded in understanding
The day you open the door is both far off and very near
There was a blinding flash of light which then dimmed down to reveal Naruto standing on yet another pillar with this one depicting of a woman with long wavy blond hair and wearing a purple dress as she holds a rose while asleep like the others. He took a couple steps forward when the shadows reappeared and surrounded him, Naruto gripped the shield in his hand to engage them. he bashed them from left to right though he slipped up a few times and was struck by their claws but he refused to give in and kept fighting till there were none of them left
Naruto saw a circle of light on the ground and cautiously approached it, he stepped into the circle and was strangely healed by it. Naruto saw a copy of the light move from the original to the edge of the pillar where panes of stained glass began appearing to form a pathway towards yet another ahead of him. Naruto had a feeling that there was something waiting for him over and so went along the path to the pillar which depicts a woman with long red hair and wearing a yellow dress, he took note of a beast standing behind the sleeping woman.
The closer you get to the light,
the greater your shadow becomes
Naruto quirked an eyebrow at that and looked behind to see that the shadow had indeed gotten larger, it turned to shock when he saw it actually stand up then into fear as it grew larger in size and morph its shape.
But don't be afraid
The shadow has now become a massive and muscular humanoid with black skin. Its legs are short with its feet being very thin and curling upwards, there is a large heart-shaped in its abdomen, and its head is covered in dozens of twisted black tentacles with only its small glowing eyes being visible which were currently staring at the frightened blonde.
And don't forget…
Naruto turned to run away but he skidded to a stop at the edge of the pillar with no way of escape, recalling what the voice said and past encounters with the enemies made Naruto turned towards the giant shadow with his shield clenched tightly in his hand with the light shining in his eyes.
The shadow reared its fist back with dark energy gathering around it then swung at Naruto who quickly backflipped to avoid the attack and the shockwave which followed after it along with a dark pool, Naruto took it up to chance and lunged at the hand and struck it to make it bleed black fumes then continued to strike at it, but then the smaller shadows rose from the pool and attacked Naruto with him switching targets to taking them out as quickly as possible before turning towards the hand only to be too late as the giant pulled it away for the dark pool to disappear.
Naruto stayed focused and targeted a place and soon found as he charged forward and up to the giant shadow's arm and ran along it to the head before whaling at it with the shield but he had to jump off when it tried to reach for him and landed back on the ground. The giant then went on its knees as dark energy began gathering at the center of the heart-shaped hole in its abdomen before firing dark energy missiles which seem to lock-on Naruto. He raised his shield to block the first few then by instinct swung at the next one to send it flying back and hitting the shadow's face, Naruto continued to reflect the other missiles until it stopped firing and stood on its feet.
Naruto was about to attack its face when the shield suddenly disappeared from his hand much to his shock, he hardly had time to wonder as he jumped back to avoid an incoming punch from the giant shadow. Naruto tumbled to the ground in a pool of darkness and was slowly sinking in as the Shadow stared at him intensely.
But don't be afraid
The darkness began to slowly engulf him as the shadow drew closer, Naruto's mind was racing for any kind of solution to this situation but was coming up with nothing.
You hold the mightiest weapon of all
Naruto tried to crawl away but to no avail.
Don't forget:
He turned round to scream but no sound came out, it's getting very difficult to breathe now as he was fully engulfed in the darkness.
You are the one who will open the door…
"AAAAAAHHHHHH!" Naruto got up from his bed while panting heavily with sweat dripping from his face and his heart thumping against his chest "What was that dream all about? I never had anything like that before…so bizarre. Maybe I should talk to Pervy Sage or Granny Tsunade about this,"
Naruto went to rinse his face and went back to bed as it was still late in hopes of waking up in the morning to find answers to questions, that is if he would accept the answers.
This is Hussbek online with the first chapter of a new story, I got hit with some inspiration from several Naruto/Kingdom Hearts stories and decided to put my own take in it. There are two variations set to appear and this is one of the two. Naruto will cross in and out with Sora and his friends from time to time while he goes to other worlds outside canon. Concerning Naruto's Keyblade(s)? You'll just have to wait and see in the future. New antagonists and allies will be added along with the fact that they will follow him to other worlds as well.
There will be a harem as always as I'm well aware that you all would ask about it, I'm adding just TWO Konoha girls with one already locked so choose carefully and respond via reviews or PMs.
Be sure to read and review as always.
This is Hussbek from Ghana
Signing out.
