HunterX097: Alright guys, this is another crossover with Naruto and Sekirei. I know many people want me to update other fics, and I'm really doing my best to do that. In this fic, I combined many fanfictions that are abandoned and rewrote a little, so it will have many familiar details. I like those fanfictions and feel pretty sad as they are discontinued, so I decide to do something and I hope you guys will enjoy it

For three other fics: 'Uzumaki and Uchiha: Journey of Love', 'A New Past' and 'Shinobi and Assassin', I'm still writing but you guys will have to wait a while for their new chapters.

Anyways, let's have fun with reading and don't forget to leave reviews for me _

Disclaimer: I own nothing. All rights go to Masashi Kishimoto and Sakurako Gokurakuin.

Naruto stared down Madara's defeated body, not feeling the rush of satisfaction he had always expected to feel with this act. It was all over. The elemental nations were safe from this evil. An era of peace would come just as the Sage of Six Paths predicted. He had achieved what they had all wanted. Jiraya, Nagato, Konan, his parents. He had finally done what he promised them.

He didn't understand why he still felt so hollow even as everyone cheered around him. Why were they all being so happy? The war was over but so many were dead. Tsunade and Gaara died in their first confrontation with Madara along with the other Kages. Sakura and Shizune were killed by White Zetsu. Kakashi had fallen against Tobi who was Uchiha Obito and was killed by Madara then. Sasuke and Killer Bee had died protecting him from a suicide attack of Black Zetsu. Hinata and Neji died protecting Hanabi from a horde of White Zetsu. Akamaru was killed while protecting Kiba from a resurrected shinobi. Team 8's parents had all died when the headquarters were destroyed. Kurenai-Sensei had later been killed protecting some civilians, taking her unborn child with her...

Naruto could go on and on. No one had been spared from the war. The price for his dream, the price for a peaceful world. He found himself questioning if it was really worth it when everyone he knew was dead or suffered.

His introspection was stopped cold as he suddenly felt cold. He looked down and saw a blade running through his chest. As he registered this he looked down further to see a heavily bleeding Madara smirk even as he died.

" You really were something else boy. I…acknowledge your power… that's why… I'll do everything in my power to make sure I take you with me!" The old man said as he coughed up blood

Naruto fell to his knees as he coughed up blood. He was dying. He could feel the cold embrace of death.

"Damn you Madara! I won't let you!" He dimly heard Kurama's voice in his head. Even as he was dying, Naruto felt a smile creep onto his face. A few years ago if anyone had told him Kurama would become one of his closest friends he would have laughed at them. Seeing Kurama work so hard to save him was heartwarming in a way.

Madara's smirk widened," I won't let you interfere Kyuubi!" His eyes then morphed into the Eternal Sharingan.

Naruto felt the pain in his chest increase as he suddenly felt Kurama's power recede. The last he heard from his partner was a loud roar of frustration and he then saw Madara's eyes morphed back into his normal coal black ones as he coughed up more blood.

"I guess this is goodbye then huh Namikaze-Uzumaki Naruto...You were...a worthy...opponent..." With those final words, Uchiha Madara died once again.

The blond ninja could feel his body being jostled around by the no doubt frantic shinobi forces as he felt himself get weaker. It was a testament to his Uzumaki Blood that he was still alive after receiving such a wound. He tried to speak but nothing but the blood would come out of his mouth. He could not feel Kurama anymore. No doubt the fox was under whatever spell the Uchiha had placed on him.

His last thought before he died was that he was happy Kurama would finally be able to experience freedom after almost a hundred years of captivity.

Naruto woke up with a gasp. He wiped the sweat from his face. It had been a while since he had had that dream. The dream of his rebirth in this timeline, the future...more than 2000 years from his original timeline

He checked his Casio digital wristwatch and saw it was almost noon. At a quick glance, he found himself sitting at his desk which had a pile of paperwork. Look likes Naruto happened to fall asleep while doing with his manuscripts. Sighing deeply, he got up and looked out the window, thinking over his life since he had come here so many years ago.

He had somehow appeared in a back alley as a child of four at that time. From there, Naruto had been found by the security forces of the city known as the police and taken to an orphanage. When he had been asked, he had only given his name. Thankfully, he was not pressed for more details as he had been a child.

After a year in the orphanage, an old couple that had no children of their own adopted him. They had respected his wishes to keep his family name. He had called them 'mother' and 'father' but truthfully if he had to think of a more accurate way to describe their relationship it would be distant relatives. Of course, they had loved him in their own way but he was an adult in a child's body perhaps even more mature than they could imagine.

From there, Naruto had entered the school and was always at the top of the class. He couldn't make friends with such immature children no matter how hard he tried. He was always the awkward one out. By grade school he had discovered he still retained the ability to use chakra. It was both helpful and frustrating: it helped him too much in daily activities and even studying, but he needed to work way too hard to master controlling chakra at the beginning as he lost most of all powers after he had arrived at this timeline.

With his physical ability, the blond always stood out from his peers.

Everyone liked him and he was well respected but still, he had no FRIENDS. He had no one he could relate with. The matters of children seemed so petty to him no matter how much he tried to fit. A young, hot teaching assistant, he was told by everyone he had a bright future ahead of him.

At the age of fifteen, his foster parents had died in a car crash. He had been genuinely devastated. They may not have been as close as he would have liked but they had been his caretakers for over a decade in this world. The loss hit him hard. It was also when he truly realized how fragile humans were in this timeline. He had been thrown around amongst a few relatives before he finally made a deal with them to let him live on his own that they had agreed immediately once he had expressed the idea.

Naruto was snapped out of his thoughts as his stomach grumbled. Realizing that it was lunchtime, he breathed out a sigh before getting ready for going out as he was too lazy to cook even for him now.

Sekirei No.08, Yume, also called the Sekirei of Fate, leaped from rooftop to rooftop as she a bolt of lightning. It wasn't ordinary lightning but the product of the ability of Sekerei No.11 and No.12. who had been pursuing her almost since she had left MBI Tower.

'This is absolutely ridiculous. If I had an Ashikabi, those two would be absolutely nothing to me, but as it is, all I can do is run and hope I either lose them or somehow find my Ashikabi.' Her life goal had been to find her Ashikabi. Now she would possibly die when he was just within her grasp at the hands of the same Sekerei she had protected so fiercely as a member of the Disciplinary Squad.

No, she couldn't think like that! She had vowed to live! Live and find love both for herself and No.88 whom she had failed to protect from the Black Sekirei - Karasuba all those years ago! With a great show of determination and willpower, she forced her body to move faster and put some distance between herself and the Sekirei twins.

Her thoughts broke and she stumbled, almost taking a shot that hissed past her head once again. Her chest…so warm…she held her left hand over her right breast, feeling the pounding of her furious heartbeat even through the not-insignificant amount of flesh. The feeling grew more intense as she continued in the same direction, and her mind flew even faster than her body had been.

'Amazing! I'm reacting. This warm feeling in my chest, the beating of my heart! There is no doubt, the one that I shall love now and forever is near! I must get to him!' Stretching out with her senses, Yume easily identified the human that her soul had chosen to be her lover and her Ashikabi.

Leaping from the edge of the building, Yume arrowed towards him only to be shocked as a bolt of lightning caught her at last. Instead of landing agilely before her Ashikabi, as she had planned, she instead went plowing into a fruit seller's stall. Grunting in pain at the impact, she rolled out of the wreckage and staggered to her feet, holding her left shoulder.

"Hey, are you alright, miss?" The Sekirei heard a soft yet strong voice, filled with concern, come from behind her, and she turned towards it.

Time seemed to stop as Yume met the gaze of the young man who had just spoken. Spiky blond hair that reached into the middle of his back tied in a ponytail and bangs that hungover in front of his forehead framed a kind face while two cerulean blue orbs met her own amber ones in concern. He was dressed in dark blue jeans and a white-orange hoodie with a blue jacket over it.

It was him, the one she had sensed! She moved towards him but stopped when an angry voice called out from behind her.

"Hold it right there, number 08! You're not getting away!" Yume mentally cursed as she was interrupted before glaring at her pursuers angrily.

Meanwhile, Naruto had a confused expression on his face as he looked at the girl who just fell from the sky in front of him. Following her gaze and looking up towards where she was looking, only to see two beautiful women – twins from their looks – in leather bondage costumes.

"You can run all you want, but nothing will come of it." The one on the left said. She was wearing a dark purple leather suit.

"So just get this over with quickly." The other one said. This one was wearing a red suit of the same make.

Naruto promptly sweatdropped, 'I think I did just step into some kind of manga. Dominatrix twins that can shoot lightning... great, I thought I stopped dealing with violent women after Sakura-chan...' He thought as he was looking at both of the girls jumped down to stand on the ground.

"I won't fight you two until I find our Ashikabi despite the fact that I would prefer kicking both of your asses No.11, No.12." The girl with the amber eyes spatted, staring at her attackers with defiance, despite the pain she had to be in.

'Ashikabi? What is that? And why does she call them by numbers? Man, everything is becoming more and more complicated.' The blond thought to himself as his head started aching.

"Too bad because we're not stopping until you go with us." Electricity began to form on the two girls' hands, light purple sparks that crackled as they shot off their hands in miniature bursts.

The blond shinobi narrowed his eyes, 'I can feel chakra flowing through them. But that shouldn't be possible! Humans in this timeline don't have the ability to use chakra and that's definitely no jutsu...' He glanced at Yume, sensing her unease before looking up at the twin, 'From the level of chakra reverse, she's more than capable of beating the hell out of the two, but why doesn't she do anything?' He analyzed in thought, 'Whatever. Let's find a way to get out of here at first.'

Naruto then slowly walked towards Yume until he stood next to Yume while letting a sigh escape his mouth.

"I don't know what this girl did to you two or if there are any problems between her and you..." He started calmly as he stared at the twins with a serious look, "...but you could have hurt her and other innocent bystanders with your bolts of lightning you know. How about we talk this over and try to come to a solution that's better than fighting?"

"And why do we have to hear you!?"

"Yeah right! As if a human could make us do anything!"

After the words of the girl with the red suit, a massive blast of pure electricity shot towards Yume and Naruto. When the blast hit where they were in, the twins grinned at the thought that they had roosted them with that attack. They would wait until their attack died down and brought the Sekirei to their Ashikabi, and the idiotic human...they didn't really care too much.

However, their grins immediately dropped off their faces and their eyes widened in surprise at what they saw then. Once the electricity was gone and the smoke had cleared there, Naruto and Yume...disappeared from their positions.

"What the fuck!?"

"Where the hell did they go!?"The girl with the purple suit yelled in surprise as both of them looked around, trying to find any sign of their prey, but Naruto and Yume weren't seen anywhere in sight.

Not far away stood Naruto who was carrying Yume bridal style while looking over at his shoulder, "Alright, looks like I manage to cut them loose." He muttered to himself. Shunshin just proved greatly useful to get away in such situations in a split second, he supposed he should have thanked his silver-haired jounin sensei as he taught it to him.

Even if Shunshin didn't work out, Naruto still had countless ways to promptly flee away, and one of them was his favorite technique that had renowned him all over the Shinobi world in the Fourth Great Shinobi War.

Meanwhile, Yume was still dumbfounded while staring at her Ashikabi dumbly. She was still computing in her mind what had just happened. She had been terribly afraid when the lightning twins had shot out their attacks into her Ashikabi, and she had quickly stood up and grabbed a hold of his hand, intending to drag him away with her, only for the blond man grabbing her instead and when she hadn't already gotten what had been happening, Yume found herself in somewhere she didn't see or sense the presence of No.11 and No.12.

This really surprised Yume when she fully knew that Sekirei was able to sense around them within a certain radius, belongs to their powers. In her case, Sekirei No.08 was able to find her fellow Sekirei's signatures within a radius of about 1km, which meant that her Ashikabi had just run than 1km, getting away from two Sekirei in...about 30 seconds!

"Hey lady, are you okay?" Yume was snapped out of her train of thought as she heard the voice. She then looked up and met his caring eyes with a faint blush.

"Yes, I'm fine...thank you very much, ummm..." She replied, trailing off.

Naruto smiled at her, "Naruto. Namikaze Naruto." He introduced with a friendly tone as he put her down.

'His smile...it makes me feel so warm and tingly inside!' Yume shyly thought as she felt s blush creeping up on her face.

"Anyways, take care! Avoid violent lightning maniacs in the future, yeah?" The former shinobi stated as he started to walk away, and Yume started panicking.

'Oh, no! He's leaving! He can't leave!' She thought frantically, "Wait, please, Namikaze-sama!" She called loudly, running after the blonde and tugging lightly at his jacket with her hand.

"What is it?" Naruto asked, curiosity mixing in his voice.

"Please, don't leave me! I don't feel safe alone, and I have no money to go to the hospital!" Yume said after quick thinking. She had to get him to take her home so that she could kiss him in private. She wasn't about to get winged in the middle of the street!

Naruto glanced at her shoulder that Yume was hugging with her right hand. That looked like it hurt. Man, and he nearly forgot that as he had already seen her fall and he was about to be a jerk and leave her alone on the street.

He was silent for a very long moment, and Yume looked down, fearing he would brush her off, but instead he smiled and nodded.

"Come with me then. I'll look at that shoulder and you can hide out at my place for a few nights." Yume looked up again, hope shining in her eyes.

"Thank you so much, Namikaze-sama!"

"It's Naruto, and no -sama, please. I'm not a fan of formal, and I'm not yet so old that you're so formal to me." The blond scolded lightly. That was the truth as he was just 23 years old, and this girl was perhaps in her late teens or early 20's.

Unknown to Naruto, he was sadly mistaken. But he would soon know it, and many other interesting things from the girl in front of him and how much his boring life would change in the future.

Yume's smile grew happily, 'Handsome, caring, noble, and humble! He is the perfect one to be my Ashikabi!' She thought to herself, "My name is Yume, thank you so much for saving me!" She bowed low, forgoing using his name. If she couldn't use the suffix he deserved, she would wait to use his name until he understood what was going on.

10 minutes later, Naruto's apartment

Yume was gazing around the interior over her Ashikabi-to-be's apartment, impressed. It was well-kept, everything in its proper place, every surface clean and shiny.

"Yume, I got some clothes for you to change into." Naruto said, coming in with a pile of folded laundry in his arms. If someone asks the reason why he had girls' clothes in his apartment, it was for some 'special mission' he had got a few years ago, "I'll be in the other room until you're done changing, alright?" Just like that, he was gone, leaving Yume frowning a little. She wouldn't have minded revealing herself to him.

'One step at a time, Yume. Become his Sekirei, and then become his lover. This is good, this is proof that he is a gentleman. One step at a time.' Sekirei No.08 kept repeating that mantra in her head as she slowly and carefully pulled on the new clothing. Her arm smarted when she moved it, but she knew it would heal once she was winged.

"I'm dressed." She called towards the room the blond man had vanished into, and he then reappeared with a box that had a large red cross on it.

"Good, now I can get to work on your shoulder." Naruto stated, gesturing for her to sit before kneeling beside her. He gently rolled the right sleeve of the t-shirt up, baring her shoulder to him, and he eyed it with a professional air, "Well, it's not too bad." He murmured as his hands gently prodded and moved over the injury, as he assessed the damage, "Just looks like you lost some skin, probably sprained it, and have a deep bone bruise. It doesn't feel broken, so you don't have to worry about that."

"You're very knowledgeable, Naruto-sama." Yume said quietly while taking a look at his caring face as he focused on tending to her arm. 'He looks so…nice, and cute, with his focus so intense on taking care of me. And his hands…strong and firm, but gentle as a dove.' She thought to herself with a small smile.

"I had teachers who were masters of martial arts, and they taught me how to fight and how to do First Aid." Naruto replied he thought of Iruka, Kakashi, and Jiraiya - three great teachers of his past life, especially the first one, while his eyes flicking up to meet hers with a warm smile that made Yume's stomach flutter like it was filled with butterflies.

"Had?" The Sekirei asked, fighting the desire to jump on the blond and claim him as her Ashikabi right then and there.

"Yes, they died a long time ago. All three of them." Naruto quietly answered with a sad smile.

Yume drooped. She hadn't meant to bring up something sad! She hoped he wasn't mad at her, she didn't know if she could handle being turned away or rejected by her Naruto-sama. Her heart ached at the mere thought of it.

Her internal pain must have shown on her face because Naruto smiled reassuringly at her.

"Don't worry, it was a long time ago. I'm not mad at you for bringing it up." Yup, how could Naruto get angry with such a beautiful lady as she didn't know anything about his past life? Looks like his words made her feel better as Yume smiled at him a little, but he could still see fear and sadness behind her eyes, and he leaned forward. "What's wrong, Yume?"

Yume flinched slightly at the rather impersonal form of address, and looked at the floor, 'This is ridiculous! She scolded herself mentally, 'You're acting like an addled high school girl, not a Sekirei! Pull yourself together!' Despite her internal pep talk of sorts, her gloom was still palpable. She even didn't notice Naruto's hand until it touched her cheek and tilted her face up towards him.

"What's going on? If you need the help, I will help you if I can." He said softly while giving her his caring and concern look.

By this time, Yume couldn't hold herself anymore. She had to get him to wing her now or the warm sensation that seeped into her system would drive her nuts!

"Naruto-sama..." She mouthed with ecstasy in her voice as her hand reached out and touched Naruto on his cheeks.

Such an unexpected act totally shocked the poor young man, a red flush creeping across his face, 'They're so soft...Wait a minute! What the heck are you thinking, Naruto!?' He thought in panic as he could feel the softness in her hands against his cheeks.

"Please...be my Ashikabi." Yume pulled her face toward his, a faraway gaze in her eyes as she brought her lips toward Naruto's

"What…?" Naruto managed to mutter before Yume gently pressed her lips against his, making his eyes go wide.

When they kissed, Naruto felt a tingling sensation all over his body. It was like a strong warm feeling that washed over him, and behind Yume, he could see a strange bird over a Yin and Yang symbol appear glowing on her back, and then wings of light appearing on her back.

"By the Fate of my contract, I shall guide the Fate of my Ashikabi to greater freedom. Sekirei No.08, Yume, the Sekirei of Fate, ready to serve my Ashikabi's desires, now and forever." Yume smiled as she broke the kiss, stepping back.

Naruto was at a loss for words in a while, "What just happened?" He asked quietly.