Here goes another chapter. Let's find out what that white thing is! And how did it get to this dimension. So enjoy the story. Well, I have nothing else to say. So let's start.

I don't own Naruto.

I don't own Tokyo Ghoul, too.

Chapter 9: Calm Before the Storm

"Naruto Uzumaki, nothing is impossible ..."

"B-But you do not belong here."

"Hmm ... you still don't know anything, Naruto Uzumaki. Soon you will find out." the white thing said as it dissolved into the roof and disappeared.

"Naruto Oni-chan, what is it?" asked the confused girl.

"Well, um ... it is something from my home village. Don't worry about it. I will always protect you."

She just nodded. He then gave her something from his pouch.

"Hey keep this and if something happens do this ..." he then whispered her what to do in her ears.

"Alright?" he asked.

"O-Okay" said the confused girl.

"Come on, let's go back to Anteiku" he said as he picked her up piggyback style and ran back to the Anteiku.

"Naruto, when did you learn that technique?" Kurama asked,

"Well, Before I could use your chakra, I received a scroll from Tsunade ba-chan. I also had plenty of time so I learn that technique."

"Oh, Why didn't I even know this?"

"You might be busying taking your eternal sleep. By the way Kurama, how did Zetsu get to another dimension?"

"I don't know, kit. But, this might cause a big trouble in future."

"Do you think it is the only Zetsu or there might be many more?"

"At the 4th Shinobi War, we killed most of them. So maybe he is the last one or there might be more than one."

"I also sensed some kind of large chakra reserve when I was in sage mode. But normally, people from here are not that large. Could it be that someone from the Elemental Nations is also here?"

"How can I know? Stop asking me what I don't know. We both see and know what each other knows only. SO STOP ASKING TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS WORLD!"

"Stupid oversized furball, ... " he said.

"You little ..."

Naruto then cut the metal link between them.

Back at the Anteiku

"Where did you take her, you idiot?" she said as she saw the two of them walked into the cafe.

"Well, um ... having some fun?" he said.

She just sighed.

"I have been looking for you everywhere. Where have you been?"

"Well, nowhere special. And why are you looking for me?"

"You have to go to school tomorrow or you are gonna get expelled."

"Oh O-Okay. Thanks for informing me. And you are troubling yourself just to inform this to me."

"Y-Yeah, So what!?" she shouted with a red face.

"Nothing, Nothing. So see ya tomorrow. I am gonna sleep." he said as he walked upstairs.

The Next Morning at Anteiku

"Don't you go to school, Naruto?" the manager asked.

"Nah, I don't want to go today." he said as he continued washing a dish.

"Oh, Naruto-kun, I am letting you a day off for today. I've asked Kaya-chan to take over."

"Oh, Okay."

"Naruto-kun, why don't you check up on Touka-chan? She is feeling a bit unwell today."

"She doesn't even go to school and she told me to go yesterday." he said with a pout.

"Well, she doesn't go only one day while you don't go for about a week."

"Yeah yeah, you are right. Anyway, I am going upstairs to see her. See ya old man!" he said as he waved at the man and ran upstairs.

He then saw a young woman when he opened the door.

"Oh hello, you must be Ryouko Fueguchi. I am Naruto Uzumaki."

"Oh you must be the one that Hinami talked about riding a human airplane yesterday."

'Really? Human airplane? What is airplane anyway?' he thought.

"Please take care of Hinami while I am away, Naruto-San." she said as she bowed at him.

"H-Hey, you don't need to be like this, Ryouko-san. Don't worry about that. I will take care of her."

"Thank you, I am going to take my leave." she said as she walked away from him.

He then walked into room and saw Touka and Hinami.

"Hey Touka-chan, Hinami-chan" he said as he waved at them.

"Good morning Naruto-Oni-chan" greeted Hinami.

"Naruto, why don't you go to school?"

"Well, um ... I don't want to. You don't even go to school."

"You baka, I just don't go one day. You don't go to school for about a week by now"

"Whatever, ... Hey Hinami-chan, reading some boring books again?"

Hinami just nodded.

"Hey, stop spoiling her, Naruto."

"Hey, ..." Then the door bell rang.

"I will go check it." Touka said as she walked to the door and opened the door.

"Y-Yoriko? What's up?"

"Sorry for suddenly showing up like this. I was worried since you missed school today, Touka-chan."

"Oh, so you came to see me?"

"That and ... "she then saw someone behind her.

"Naruto-kun? No way! Touka-chan, you said he wasn't your b-... you couldn't possibly be ..."

Touka then looked back and saw Naruto standing.

"Uh ... It is not like what you th-"

"Touka-chan, I made this for you. Share it with him." she said as she gave her a pot.

"Hold on, you've got it all wrong."

"Hey Yoriko, y-"

Before she could finish, she closed the door and left them.

"Eh, what happened?" Naruto asked confusedly.

She just sighed. "You idiot,..."

She then put the pot down and opened it.

"Are you sure you are going to eat it?" he asked.

"Of course, Yoriko made it for me." she said.

"But that will worsen your condition .."

"Thanks for the food" she said as she started eating.

"Hmm... I wonder where Kaneki is."

With Kaneki

He was just walking around the town and saw two men beating up someone.

"U-Um, excuse me..."

The three men then looked at him.

"Don't you think he had enough?"

"Is this piece of shit called Nishiki a friend of yours or something?" one of the men asked.

"Can you do us a favor and get lost? We are going to cannibalize him." the other man said as he walked towards him.

The man then punched at him. But Kaneki dodged his punch and punched him back in the face. He then grabbed a nearby iron bar. Aimed it at his stomach and hit him.

The other man then came and kicked him. He just dodged him kicked him in the face. He picked up a wooden bat and hit his head with it. The bat broke and the men fell down to the ground.

He then went to Nishiki.

"You alright?" he asked.

He then helped him get up and carried him to his home.

When they reached his home, a red haired girl then said "Nishiki-kun, where have you been?" as she carried him to his room.

"You're all beaten up again!" she said.

"I'm so hungry it's driving me insane" he said.

She then looked at the boy with anger.

"Let it go, Kimi."

"But this guy is, ..."

"I know ... The shitty little brat who turned my insides out..."

He then fell unconscious.

"Kimi-san, you're a human, right? What are you doing with a ghoul?"

"I want him by my side." the girl replied.

"Even through he takes the lives of other people?"

"As long as he doesn't harm my parents or siblings, I'm sure ... that my feelings won't change. He needs to eat after all."

"I... see."

"Kaneki-kun, is there anything I can do for him?" she asked.

"If he doesn't eat any flesh, then he'll most likely ..."

"But what am I supposed to do about that?" she asked as she cried.

"Kimi-san, ... I will do my best to help him."

"Thank you" she said.

"Excuse me, I am going to take my leave" he said as he left the room.

After he had left, she went shopping to buy somethings needed for Nishiki. After she had bought what she needed, she left the shop. But on the way home, someone grabbed her from behind.

At night at Anteiku

He locked the door and sat on a couch.

'I guess there really are humans who choose to stay with ghouls, despite the risks.' he thought.

He then saw a letter and picked it up. 'A rose and a note?' he thought.

'Dear Kaneki-kun let us share a most enjoyable dinner at midnight the woman you were speaking with earlier will certainly delight in your company. How does a pleasant evening with just the three of us?' the letter says.

"Kimi-san"

He then heard the bell rang and saw Nishiki.

"Kimi still hasn't come home..."

He then gave her a note he received earlier.

"Damm it, ... why would Tsukiyama... Why did this have to happen? Why?"

"I am the one Tsukiyama-san is after. I will accept his invitation and bring Kimi-san back with me."

"I am coming with you." Nishiki said.

"Don't be ridiculous. You are in no condition."

"I have to go"

Both of them went to the place where Tsukiyama asked for.

"Kaneki-kun, are you a fan of Beethoven?"

"Tsukiyama!" shouted Nishiki.

"Nishio-kun, I don't recall inviting you."

"Give Kimi back to me"

"Unfortunately, that's not possible. She shall add a dynamic spice, here at tonight's banquet. I want Kaneki-kun to devour her and I will devour him. That's want I want!"

"You queer piece of shit..." said Nishiko.

"You're sick" said Kaneki.

"Sick? I must say, this is quite a shock. Well, if that's how you really feel, Kaneki-kun, everything I do is entirely your fault. Take responsibility for your actions." he said as he rushed towards Kaneki.

"Do you realize how delicious you are?"

Nishiki pouched him but he blocked and uppercut his jaw. He flew up and crashed on the bunches.

"You can take it nice and easy over there." he said.

Kaneki tried to punch him. But he kept dodging every of his punches.

"Still clumsy, I see"

He then caught his fist. "Let me show you how to fight." he said as he punched him. Kaneki was sent flying back to the door.

"That's call a punch."

Kaneki then rushed at him and kicked him. He just dodge and kicked Kaneki back. He was sent crashing to a bunch.

"And this is call a kick."

"Let's see now ... what kind of attack would you like to next?"

Then someone jumped and sliced him at his eyes. "How about this one? Your plain, old, sneak attack." the newcomer asked.

"Touka-chan!" shouted Kaneki.

"My my, Things are certainly taking a turn for the worst" said Tsukiyama.

"Oh, it has been so long, since I've gotten a scratch." he said as he looked at the girl.

"I'm gonna put my foot so far up your ass that you won't be eating for a week, Tsukiyama." she said as she stretched her hands.

"What a dirty mouth you have there, Kirishima-san" said the man as he cleaned the blood around his eyes.

"He is not hurt!" shouted Kaneki as he got up from the floor.

"You used to be as sharp as a blade. But it seems you're a dull blade now. Otherwise, this injury would've taken longer than ten seconds to heal."

"That was just a friendly greeting. Instantly crushing you to a pulp would be extremely boring, right?"

"My goodness, you sure area handful. Through ... "

"I suppose that's what makes you so cute." he said as he take off his jacket.

He then rushed to her and kicked him. She dodged it and his kick crashed the bunch behind her. She kicked him back but he blocked it with his hands. "Your reactions are as quick as ever." She then constantly tried to hit him but he just kept dodging her punches. At last, one of her kicks hit his face and he fell down.

"You sicken me." she said as she raised her leg for the final blow. But suddenly Kaneki kicked him in the jaw and said "I refuse to be eaten as someone's fancy meal. I am taking Kimi-san with me."

"A splendid kick, Kaneki-kun." Then both of them kick him from both sides.

"Oh dear me ..." he said as he caught Kaneki's leg with left hand and kicked Touka in her stomach before their kicks could hit them. He then broke his leg. Kaneki fell to the floor in pain. He then punched him in the stomach. And his hand went through his stomach. Blood started to pour from Kaneki's stomach.

He then licked the blood and shouted "Absolutely outstanding! What a divine flavor this is! Oh God, it exceeds even my wildest dreams! At last I seek even greater pleasure. Finally the time has come."

Then Touka tried to kick his head from behind. He just blocked it. "With the power you possessed. You were breathtaking back then. Now you are just a flickering flame. Something has ignited the heat in your eyes." he said as his Koukaku kagune appeared from his back and twine around his right hand. He then stroke his weapon into her chest.

Before it could pierce her chest, someone grabbed it. "I think ... that's enough." Blood started to drip down from his hand. "N-Naruto? said the girl. Naruto then kicked him in the face and sent him flying back to the bunches. He looked at Touka and asked "You alright, Touka-chan?" She just nodded. "Well, from the look of it, Kaneki isn't really fine." he said as he looked at the lying boy.

"Didn't I tell warn you not to eat Yoriko's cooking, Touka-chan?" he asked the girl.

"Don't worry. I will handle him." he said.

"Are you sure, Naruto? He is an S rank ghoul. He is not like the boys you fought about two weeks ago."

"I will be fine. Just sit back and enjoy the show." he said as he looked at the man who is trying to standing up.

"Ouch, you really kick hard. Hmm ... I have never seen you before. Who are you?"

"It doesn't matter who I am. Ya know, ... there is only one type of people I don't forgive."

"That type is ... the ones who hurt my friends." he said with Kurama's voice. The room temperature suddenly dropped. Tsukiyama then rushed towards Naruto to pierce him with his weapon.

Naruto just took out a kunai from his back pouch and blocked it. "Huh, ... Let's see if you could heal faster than I can cut." he said as he started to cut him at his hands legs and faces. Tsukiyama just flipped backward to avoid from Naruto's hits. But Naruto threw a shuriken and said "Shuriken Kage Bushin no Justsu". Soon the the shuriken he throw was accompanied by 20 other clone shuriken which were flying towards Tsukiyama. His body was already covered in cuts and bruises. He started to heal his injuries.

Before he could finish his healing process Naruto shunshinned behind him and cut his right hand. "Ahhh ... It is gonna take an awefully long time to heal." he shouted.

Tsukiyama then started to walk towards Kaneki "Kaneki-kun, for God's sake... Just one bite. Just one-" But before he could finished his sentence Naruto kicked him on the back and he fell down. "Well, this will keep him down for now." Naruto said.

Kaneki and Touka were watching him with shock expressions. "H-How did you do those?" she asked.

"Well, I have my own ways." he said with a grin as he walked towards her. On his walk he saw a orange haired man lying on the crashed bunches. "Hey, Why is he lying there?" he asked as he pointed him. He then slapped his face and said "Hey buddy wake up". The man then woke up and shouted "Kimi, What happened to Kimi?"

"Relax, everything is fine. Except the fact that Kaneki has a big hole on his stomach which will heal soon enough"

The orange haired man then got up and rushed towards Kimi. Naruto just walked back to Touka.

"I know what you are thinking, Touka-chan. You don't need to kill her." he said as he patted her shoulder.

"W-What if she will tell CCG?" she asked.

"Ya know Touka-chan, Sometimes you have to believe in each other. You just have be believe in her just liked you believed in me."

"B-But how can you be so sure she won't tell anyone?"

"Well, ... my instinct"

"Huh? you believe in her because of your instinct."

"Alright Touka-chan, I will tell you. I have been following Kaneki today and I found out about Nishiki-san and Kimi-san. Kimi-san accepted Nishiki-san even she knew he was a ghoul. That's why I believe in her."

"Hey, you said you have been following him. And how can you be at the two places at the same time. If my memories serve correctly, you were with me the whole time."

"Oh, crap..."

"You should have thought about it before you told her." said Kurama.

"Shut up, ..."

"Naruto, explain about how you follow him if you were with me the whole time."

"Man,... I guess I have no choice. Come here I will tell you." he said as the girl walked nearer to him.

"You see what I did to the shuriken?"

She nodded.

"Well, I can not even clone objects. I can also clone myself. And everything my clone learns returns to me."

Her eyes widened at this fact.

"What the hell? How do you do this?"

"Well, I told you before, people from our village train to use chakra. I used chakra to perform tricks like that."

She just nodded.

"And hey, don't tell anyone about this. I can't let anyone knows about my clone jutsu. Let this be the secret between us. Alright?"

"Okay, I won't tell anyone."

"Come on, Let's help Kaneki and get out of here." he said as he walked towards Kaneki.

"Let me lend you a hand." he said as he helped him to get up. The three of them walked towards the door. Then someone said "Let me come with you."

They then turned around and saw Nishiki with Kimi.

The next morning at Anteiku

Everything went well after the last night event. Nishiki had talked with the manager and joined them at the cafe. For Naruto, he was still sleeping. He was a bit tired because of the yesterday event or maybe just because of he is lazy.

Touka was still upstairs in her bedroom thinking about chakra that Naruto said. Naruto said something about black chakra that he saw in every ghouls. She still couldn't know what black chakra is. She has never seen it before. He said that she had it. But he also don't know how it is different from normal blue chakra. Whenever she finds out something about Naruto, it never ceases to surprise her.

Kaneki was washing the dishes. He then heard his friend,Hide said "Why did you decide to work at Anteiku?"

"I have my reasons." said Nishio.

"Don't tell me you are after Touka-chan" Hide said.

"Like I'd have any interest in that witless girl!"

"Speaking of Touka-chan, where is she anyway?" said Nishio.

"Well I think she is still upstairs with Naruto."

"Huh? Who is Naruto?" asked Hide.

"Well, um ... he also work here. And he is her friend."

They then heard someone stomped and saw Hinami.

"I ... I.. want to be with Dad!" she said as she ran up to her room. Kaneki followed to her room and knocked the door.

"Hinami-chan?" Kaneki asked.

But no reply came.

"Hey Kaneki, what are you doing in front of Hinami-chan's room?" asked Naruto.

"Well, she is still upset that she can't see her dad."

"Oh... I will try to talk to her."

Kaneki just nodded and went downstairs.

"Hey Hinami-chan, It's me, Naruto. Can you open the door for me?" Naruto asked.

"No! I don't want to talk to you I want to see my dad!"

Hinami was just sitting on the floor at the other side of the door.

"Well, Hinami-chan, let me tell you a story."

"Once, there was a boy who was hated by the whole village. He didn't even know who his parents were until he got 16. Almost everyone in the village just beaten him up because of something he didn't have control of since the day he was born. But he never hated the village. He even tried his best to protect it. Ya know why Hinami-chan?"

"No. Why he doesn't hate them, Naruto oni-chan?" she said with sobs.

"Well, it is true that almost everyone beaten him up. But he had his precious persons living in the village. So he tried his best to protect them."

"But this is just a story. So, it can't be true." she said.

"That really happened, Hinami-chan. It is not just a made up story. For you Hinami-chan, your mom ... she is a precious person to you. I know you miss your dad but I believe that he will be back with you guys soon enough. I just know it, so don't be sad. Let's go back to your mother, Alright?"

He then heard the door unlocked and saw Hinami with teary eyes.

"Come on let's go down" he said as they both walked downstairs.

Touka was standing behind the wall near him. She overheard everything that Naruto said to Hinami.

'Is that about himself?' she thought to herself.

At the same time Unkown Location

"Yamori..."

"It's nice and quiet here today, huh?" said the man as he walked into the room and picked a drawing on the wall.

"Take this and get going already" said the doctor as he gave him a medical pliers.

The man then picked it up and said "It is very nice. You do fine craftsmanship. I will catch that woman with this."

"W-Would you mind not coming around here anymore?" asked the doctor while shaking.

"I understand. I wish you'd tell me something first. Since when were you a human's puppet on a string?" he asked as he killed the doctor.

He then left the room holding his medical pliers. Suddenly, a white thing appeared from the ground and said "Hello Yamori-san"

"Who are you?" he said.

"You can call me Zetsu. More importantly, I came here to give you a piece information."

"Why do I need to believe a guy who I just met?"

"Believe it or not that's your part. But my part here is to give you some information."

"Humm so what is it?"

"Rize is dead."

"Huh, just go and lie a fool. It's impossible for Rize to die so easily."

"Give me a good reason why I should lie to you."

"..."

"I also have some good news for you. You can still revenge."

"You said she is dead and how can I still do it?"

"Well, when she died, her organs were transplanted to another boy. He is currently in Anteiku. His name is Kaneki. I already finished my part. I am leaving now. By the way, the Doves are coming this way." Zetsu said as he dissolved into the ground.

"Anteiku huh? Let's pay a visit to that coffee shop ..."

Author's Note:

Well, there goes another chapter again. What do you think about Zetsu? Do you guys think he is with the same side as the old mysterious man? Or he is just working on his own. Find out in later chapters. I will upload next chapter on Saturday.

Ja ne!