I've decided that this won't be a one shot. YAAAAY! Also, I need a new summary- I hate the one I have now. PM or review me and give me a fantastic summary!
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Accidental Child: Yeah, I'm sure no one else has written about Minato (I cannot say the next few words of this sentence) in front of his son. In Soul Society.
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Hanipman: Naruto was 13 (and a half). Yes, I know he was all sad about Sasuke back then, but you're forgetting- he's Naruto. He can be mentally retarded and still be awesome. And I can make it that Naruto won at Valley of the End. That would be easier. And no, he isn't wearing orange. Soul Society wouldn't allow him to. He's wearing what all other soul reapers wear.
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Naruto has always hated school. It just seems like a waste of time, learning about unnecessary things that didn't matter. Why should Naruto listen to some old guy drone on and on about the first shinobi war and the why we carry a kunai with us. The answer's so obvious. So you can cut people. It's easy to figure out. And yet, in the room where he sat with Rukia, he began to like it. Sure, they were only talking about hollows and a shinigami's job, but saving ghosts and fighting monsters? School suddenly got a lot more interesting. Well, interesting apart from Rukia's drawings. It's either a cross between a rabbit and a small bear or a chibi mutant bear.
"So that's why we fight hollows. Do you understand everything?" Rukia explained. Naruto nodded.
"I think so. We use the handle of our zanpakuto on the forehead of the ghosts in order to let it pass on, and use or zanpakuto to fight the hollows and purify them of their sins. Got it," Naruto said. He felt so proud of himself. It was the first time he got something right in school. Imagine if Sasuke saw him now! He would be so jealous.
Rukia smiled. She may of hated Naruto at first (He insulted her drawing! Who on earth doesn't love Rukia's drawings?), but he was growing on her. Once you sit down and talk to him, Naruto is actually a really nice person. "Correct, Naruto," she replied. Naruto punched the air.
"Yes! I got it right!"
"Yeah, you did," Rukia said.
Naruto suddenly stood up. His eyes widen and his mouth turned into a small 'o'. Rukia raised an eyebrow. "What is it?" she asked. Naruto's eyes shifted towards Rukia. "I-If there's h-hollows in the world of the living, then would there be hollows in the shi-shinobi world?"
Rukia stood up as well and walked to Naruto. She whispered in his ear, "I don't know. We never actually go there. My brother only went there for Minato. Even he hates it there."
Naruto bit his lip. "Why?" he questioned. Rukia shook her head. She wasn't going to give him the answer. Who knows, she might insult him. But, he needed to know all he could about shinigami.
"I can't tell you," Rukia began. "I have to show you." Naruto grinned widely.
"You mean like an excursion?"
"Yes," the Kuchiki replied, walking towards the door. She opened it and gestured Naruto outside. To Naruto's amazement, it was night time.
"We've gone the whole day learning about all of this?" Naruto questioned, his eyes widening.
"Well, we also discussed zanpakuto…"
"…Shikai and bankai…"
"…the captains and the gotei…"
"…and other stuff as well," Naruto finished. Rukia sighed. "Naruto…did you even listen to the bits about the world of the living and Heuco Mundo?"
Naruto laughed. "Of course I did! I totally listened when you talked about Hocue Mondu!" Rukia shook her head and pinched the bridge of her nose. "Dobe," she chuckled. Naruto smiled for a second, remembering someone else who used to call him a dobe.
Rukia held out her hand, telling Naruto to hold it while they go to the shinobi world portal. Naruto took it gladly. He wouldn't admit it to Rukia, but the only reason he wants to go to the shinobi world is so he could see his old friends and tutors. I wonder how much it has changed. Naruto thought, as he walked quickly with Rukia. I wonder if I've changed.
They passed hundreds of buildings and what not. Rukia led Naruto so far out that the time they stop they were well out of the Seritei, and in an overgrown forest. Naruto looked around in amazement at the ominous trees and the vines that hung loosely over their heads. "So where is the portal?" Naruto asked, looking around. Rukia pointed to a small tree nearby. The tree was the only thing that wasn't dark in the forest. "That's it?"
Rukia rolled her eyes and drew her sword. Naruto jumped back, eying the sharp blade. "What do you think you're doing with that? You could seriously hurt somebody!" He exclaimed. Rukia ran toward the small tree and stabbed at the air. Naruto widen his eyes as he saw the blade disappear from his view. Only the handle was visible. Rukia turned the handle like a key, and, like magic, a door appeared in thin air.
"H-how did you do that?" Naruto gasped. Rukia pulled out her sword and placed it back in the hilt. "It's basic zanpakuto technique. No biggie," she shrugged.
"…Awesome."
"Thank you," Rukia replied, playing with her hair like an innocent little girl. "Come on, let's go."
Naruto opened the door and was almost blinded by a white light. He raised his hand shielded his eyes. Rukia merely strode past Naruto and entered the light. Naruto slowly advanced after her. He hesitated for a moment, wondering what would happen when he went beyond. "Don't worry," Rukia reassured. "I'm sure that everything will be all right."
Naruto to a deep breath and walked forward. He took one long, last look behind him before everything disappeared from his view. He couldn't see anything, he could only hear and feel. He could hear Rukia breathing softly; he could feel his heart pounding and Rukia's warm hand grasp his own. Naruto opened his mouth to say something but no words came out. Rukia squeezed his hand.
"You can't see, can you?" She whispered. Naruto gave a small nod.
"I was like that at first, too," Rukia replied. "I was just a kid back then; fifty years old."
Naruto turned his head to where he guessed Rukia to be and gaped at her. Or he gaped at nothingness. He couldn't tell. "Fifty…" he muttered. "You must have had a hard life so far."
Rukia was silent for the next moment. Naruto tilted his head to the side. He heard something nearby. He tried to recall what the sound was, and then he remembered. It was the sound of someone crying. "Rukia," Naruto began, "are you…crying?"
"Y-yes," came Rukia's reply. "Sorry, it's just…I've had many friends. And sometimes they…"
"They disappear," Naruto said, finishing Rukia's sentence. He understood Rukia's pain. He remembered the time when Sasuke tried to run away. Naruto closed his eyes and remembered what Sasuke had said back then.
"Don't make me laugh," Sasuke said. Naruto paused for a second. "WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLEY KNOW ABOUT ME, HUH? YOU WERE ALONE FROM THE BEGINNING! My pain is from my bonds. How could you know what it's like… to lose EVERYTHING?"
Naruto almost lost Sasuke. But Rukia… she might have lost someone entirely.
Suddenly a strong wind went past Naruto. "What the…" He said, looking around him. "What was that?"
"It's the wind coming from the shinobi world; the world we are in doesn't have wind, so when you get closer to the shinobi world you get more sensitive to the wind. It feels like a hurricane," came Rukia's reply. Rukia sprinted forward, dragging Naruto behind her. "This way! I can see the trees, we must be here!"
Naruto tried to look straight ahead, but he was still blinded. He blinked, and to his surprise he saw a window ten metres ahead of him. Naruto could see that it was day time, and that he was in the Konoha training grounds, because he could see the three posts, one of them he himself had been tied on on his first training exercise as a true shinobi. Naruto couldn't help but smile at the memory. So many of my memories are here, Naruto thought, gazing around. If I'm lucky I would be able to find my friends. It would be nice to talk to them again…
Naruto shook his head. I keep forgetting, I can't be seen.
Naruto shifted his eyes over to Rukia, who was staring back at him. "What?" Naruto snapped. Rukia got an annoyed look on her face. "You've got an idiotic look on your face. You're thinking of going to visit your old friends, aren't you?"
Naruto raised his eyebrows when she said this. She read him like a book just now. It's like she could read his mind. "Yes," he said, looking away from Rukia.
Rukia simply nodded. "It's ok. Anyway, we're here. We're only going to be here for five minutes, ok? Five minutes. Anymore and we'll pass out."
Naruto frowned slightly. "Why?"
"I can't tell you why, but just to warn you- it's not a pleasant experience."
Naruto gulped and leapt through the window. He shivered as his body went past, the sensation was so cold. It was like he was passing through some jelly. The blonde gasped as he dropped down a few feet, and found himself on a patch of grass. Konoha's grass, with Konoha trees and Konoha people…
Naruto started laughing with glee, and rolled over on the grass. "Woohoo! I'm back~!" he yelled. He looked around the training ground. Everything was still the same, like he remembered. He stretched out his arms and gazed at the sky. Shikamaru's probably doing this right now, knowing him. I wonder what the old team's do…
TH-THUMP.
Naruto gasped and clutched his chest, right over where his heart is. He could feel something in the air, something dark…
"Can you feel it?"
Rukia had just landed softly next to Naruto. She, too, looked like she was in pain. "That's why we don't come here. Because of the Bijuu."
Naruto opened his mouth slightly. "Bijuu? You mean… the tailed beasts? Why are they a problem?"
Rukia glanced at Naruto. "When we first discovered the shinobi world, we thought he needed protecting, just like the world of the living. But… the hollows didn't come here. A, because the only way to get to here is through the portal that we just came through, and B, because even- ugh!- even they are affected by the Bijuu."
She gritted her teeth and grimaced. "But… the amount of spiritual pressure… has gone down… since I was last here. Why is tha…?"
"It's because the Kyuubi is dead," Naruto interrupted. "Now only… eight Bijuu remain." Rukia nodded. Of course, Naruto was the Kyuubi's container, so when Naruto died the Kyuubi died as well.
Rukia bit her lip. She focused her attention on a little lady bug near her, and didn't notice when a certain blonde crept away. Rukia turned to Naruto to say something, but was met by a log.
"Crap!" Rukia cursed. "Where did that brat go?"
She quickly climbed up the tree closest to her.
"Naruto Uzumaki… WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?"
SHINIGAMI FOX
Naruto sat on top of his father's mountain head, gazing at the village he grew up in. He could already see so many familiar faces; Choji, Lee, Ino, Shikamaru, Gai, and Kiba. All were walking around with their heads down. They were depressed for some reason. "I wonder why- oh right, I'm dead," Naruto laughed casually. "Suppose does happen when you get killed by the enemy."
Naruto jumped down onto the top of the Hokage mansion. "I wonder if I can still do this."
Naruto made a familiar hand sign, and a Naruto shadow clone appeared. Both Naruto smirked. "COOL!" they yelled. Naruto held out his palm and the clone hovered his hands over Naruto's.
"RASENGAN!" Naruto roared, smashing the ground below him. To Naruto's surprise, a crater form where the rasengan had hit. "This. Is. AWESOME!"
"Who is there?"
Naruto turned around. Standing at the top of the stairs, looking rather annoyed, was the fifth Hokage, Tsunade. Aka the women with the biggest cups in the world, according to Jiraiya. "Who is there?" she repeated. Naruto waved his arms and jumped as high as he could. "It's me! I'm here! Tsunade!"
The Godaime narrowed her eyes and turned around. "Probably some kids," Naruto heard her mutter. Naruto stared at her back as she walked down stairs. "No matter how loud I yell," Naruto whispered, "my voice will never reach them..."
The blonde started to drag his feet down stairs as well. "Might as well make the most of this here. The spiritual pressure of the Bijuu is bad but… I can't feel it anymore…why is that?"
Naruto tried his best to work out why he couldn't feel the Bijuu spirits anymore. Is it because they've somehow died in the past five minutes? Is it because I'm so strong that they don't affect me as well as they did a moment ago?
"Kakashi-sensei, you can't honestly expect us to report missions if you're three hours late every time!"
Naruto looked up. Standing a few feet away from him, looking as lazy as ever, was Kakashi. To his left was Sasuke, who had his hand in his pockets, and in front of him was Sakura, raising her fist and yelling at her sensei. Kakashi raised a hand and said, "Yo!"
Naruto rolled his eyes and smiled. Nothing much changed, apart from Naruto not being there. Even Sasuke had the same blue shirt on… doesn't he ever change?
"Don't you dare 'yo!' me! You're always late!" Sakura shouted. Kakashi sighed and placed his hand on Sakura's shoulder. "Look, I was only late because I saw two poor defenceless children who were stuck on the top of a tree. Naturally, I helped them."
"Naturally, my eye!"
Sasuke walked past the sensei and student and glared right over Naruto's shoulder. Naruto looked over his shoulder and saw nothing. He frowned in confusion then stared at Sasuke. "What is it, Sasuke?" Kakashi asked. Sasuke continued glaring. Naruto walked up to Sasuke's face and waved.
"Can…can you see me, Sasuke?"
Sasuke turned around. "It's nothing. I just thought I saw something."
Naruto hung his head down. He had hoped for a minute there that Sasuke could see him, that he could talk to his old comrade again. He better not get his hopes up again.
"Well, we better not dawdle here anymore. We'll get our mission reported, and then we'll go home," said Kakashi. Sakura and Sasuke nodded. They walked inside. Kakashi almost stepped inside, then stopped and gazed where Sasuke was staring. His eyes widened in surprise. "Is that…?"
Naruto bit his lip. Kakashi would never see him; he couldn't get his hopes up. "…Naruto?"
Naruto gasped and looked up suddenly. Kakashi shook his head and turned around. "That can't be him, he isn't wearing orange."
And with that sentence, the jonin walked inside the building too.
"He… he could see me… and if he could see me, than maybe he could hear me too! Maybe I could talk to Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto said to himself. "Maybe I can still be with these guys after all!"
Thank you all for reading this!
Also, I totally annihilated classic Sasuke in Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate ninja 5. I was recreating the Valley of the End scene, so I was playing classic Naruto. It took me nine seconds to do it, according to the time thingy, and I lost NO LIFE AT ALL! Plus I was on insane! Whoop whoop whoop!
This is a note concerning my fanfic Sand Wizards:
I will not be updating for a while. I will write like, ten more chapters and publish them around January/February 2012, if the world has not ended by then. But till then, feel free to review this and the remaining chapters!
Well I am bored. What else is there to say…? Oh yeah! One of my dear friends Ariel (Her account on is Accidental Child) has published a new story called Tobi's Son, and I seriously recommend it! It's only got one chapter now, but I sure as hell laughed all through it. Tobi's such an idiot.
Say 'Doctor!' if you love Doctor Who, say 'Naruto!' if you love Naruto, say 'shinigami!' if you love Bleach, say 'L!' if you love Death Note, and say 'DATTEBYO MOTHER F*CKERS!' if you love all of the above :3.
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