Namikaze Naruto, formerly known as Uzumaki Naruto, groaned as he slowly came back to consciousness. The headache he instantly felt was not helped in the least by the dark-haired figure, who was hovering above him, shaking him and repeatedly trying to wake him. A fist to the face quickly solved that issue.

"QUIT IT ALREADY!" The blonde Hokage snapped as he sat up, his fist still extended. After a moment the war veteran took in his surroundings and not a moment later was he instantly on the other-side of the room he had found himself in, back pressed against the wall and a tri-pronged kunai held defensively in front of him.

"Who are you people and where have you taken me?" He demanded in a calm, but dangerous tone.

The person who had been trying to wake him was getting back to his feet while rubbing his jaw, a slight grin on his face. The young man appeared to be a few years younger than Naruto; he'd say about twenty-eight years of age. He had short black hair, brown eyes, and a thin, wiry, body frame. He was also wearing a pale yellow shirt and a pair of light blue pants.. Despite his body size, Naruto could easily tell the man was a born fighter. It was in the eyes. Naruto had seen those eyes before, every time he looked in the mirror. Those, were the eyes of a person who had seen too much too soon and had resolved to deal with it with his fists rather than his words.

"Man. You sure do got a heck of a punch you know that?' The man half-mocked. He had lowered the hand that had tended to his jaw and Naruto's eyes narrowed when he didn't see so much as a bruise left behind. The man had noticed this apparently and had said as much. 'Heh. Surprised there's no bruise? I have my demon blood to thank for that. So anyway, what's your story? Oh and by the way, we're in the same situation as you. We were all taken from our homes or lands and ended up here, you were just the latest one to arrive."

Naruto eyed the man for a few moments, his senses revealing no deceit. After another moment he straightened up and cast an glance around the entire room, taking in it's occupants, before turning back to the dark-haired warrior in front of him. The comment about having demon blood had, of course, caught his attention. Seeing as he was speaking the truth, Naruto had only one possible solution in mind about why he was in the same room as the person before him.

"Before I answer you, first allow me a question.' Naruto stretched out his senses discreetly towards the others in the room before continuing, not waiting for an answer. 'Does the term 'jinchuuriki' mean anything to you?"

The man frowned for a moment, his face scrunching up in thought before replying a minute later.

"I think I heard of something like that a long time ago. That has something to do with demons possessing humans right?"

Naruto shook his head. "It's the other way around. It's the act of a human sealing a demon inside either themselves or another human. Usually a newborn child."

The man's eyes widened before quickly hardening. Naruto could easily see the disgust in his eyes.

"Who the fuck would do something like that? You better hope you aren't that type of guy; from your punch earlier I got a good read on you and I can tell you're strong. So don't go letting me down by saying you do shit like what you just said."

Naruto blinked in surprise at the animosity the man had for an act that he had previously never heard of, or at least, never heard of correctly. The blonde shook his head and held up his hands in a placating gesture. He had noticed that a few of the other occupants, who had chosen to remain silent, were also turning a narrowed eye upon him.

"I would never be such a hypocrite as to do what has been done to me to another. I was working a theory I had as to why we are all here, if what you have told me is true." At his words, the man's eyes widened a bit in understanding before he dropped his hostile stance. He eyed Naruto, gauging him either for honestly or to search out his intentions by Naruto's guess, and when he had apparently found what he was looking for the man nodded with a slight grin.

"So, you're a demon then? Forced into it huh? I hear that. Was just a regular human until the day I died, bunch of stuff happened after that and just when I was getting used to everything BAM! Some old guy comes up and basically says 'Congrats kid! You're a demon!' yea, that was a real riot. My name is Yusuke Urameshi, by the way. Twice King of Demon World. Former Spirit-Detective and before that I was just a punk kid who couldn't be bothered to get to school on time much less do the school work or stay out of fights." At the end of his introduction the man held out his hand towards Naruto.

Said blonde blinked at the lengthy title; was definitely surprised at the claim to being king of the demon world and that the man had already died. He shook off his shock before laughing boisterously and reaching out and grabbing Yusuke's hand, shaking it firmly.

Yusuke smirked, then looked around the room. "Well, you guys gonna stop being so anti-social and introduce yourselves? Damn wall-flowers."

Of the four, the two females and the younger looking male moved forward. The older, dark-skinned, man whom was dressed in all black stayed where he was, leaning his back against the wall. The first to step up to Naruto was a young woman with lavender hair which caused Naruto to immediately think of the Hyuuga clan's eyes. Her eyes were arctic blue and held a hint of playfulness that hid the warrior that the blonde knew the woman was. Her outfit was quite out of place when compared to the others in the room. A tan and dark-brown skirt that was entirely too short to be considered appropriate -not that Naruto minded at the moment- that was mostly covered by a baggy white sweat-shirt with blue sleeves. The most interesting feature the Rokudaime had noticed was the lollipop the girl had in her mouth which she didn't remove even as she spoke.

"Hello.' The girl had greeted kindly. 'I am Shirayuki Mizore. I was born a demon, more specifically I was born a Yuki-Onna. My race is always on the edge of nearing the endangered-species list because of the fact that all of my people are female. We learn from an early age that we are to one day find a suitable mate to reproduce with to further our race's survival. All Yuki-Onna give birth to females which is both a blessing and a curse. When I was a teenager I attended a school for Yokai, there I met a pleasant boy whom I thought was the one I would one day mate with. Unfortunately this did not occur, seeing as how he was more enamored with another girl. They are married now I believe, though I heard she cheats on him. I was on an expedition with my mother when I suddenly found myself here."

Naruto smiled as he took the young lady's hand in his own and laid a small kiss on the back of her knuckles. He grinned mischievously when the faintest of blushes spread across her cheeks. Mizore stared up at him for a moment before taking a step back. Her hands moving behind her back, her head tilted slightly to the side and the stick of the lollipop moving from one corner of her mouth to the other. He gulped and suddenly felt like his collar had become a little too tight, ignoring the fact that he wasn't wearing a collared shirt.

Suddenly another person moved towards Naruto and the blonde's gaze turned towards him. Black messy hair. Green eyes that seemed a bit too on the eery side to be considered normal. What appeared to be a cloak but was more flowing and baggy than normal; a robe, fit the description better. Also, just above the wire-thin spectacles the young man wore was a faint scar, it ran up under the locks that nearly fell into the man's eyes so Naruto wasn't able to see it clearly.

"Harry James Potter. I'm a wizard from the British community. When I was born a prophecy was made that I was somehow going to be responsible for the fall of a Dark Lord.' When Harry saw the blank look on the blonde's face in front of him he paused and went back and clarified. 'A wizard is someone who can do magic, a female magic-user is referred to as a witch. Sometimes there are wizards and witches who decide to use their magic to harm others or to simply cause destruction. Eventually they'll gain a leader who will usually be stronger, magically, than everyone else. These types are usually called "Dark Lords". The one that I was supposed to defeat because a prophecy said so was a particularly powerful wizard. He had heard of the prophecy and came to my home when I was one years old. He killed both of my parents before turning to me. Some form of magic that I'd rather not get into caused the killing blow to turn back on him and ended his mortal life. Somehow he was able to come back again and again due to soul anchors he had created when he was younger. There was a long and nearly-fruitless war that I was smack in the middle of and at the end, I felt like I hadn't truly achieved anything when I finally was able to defeat him. It was some years later that I found myself to be the owner of three rare and powerful artifacts that led to my immortality. Everything I have attempted and anything that has been done can not rid me of these artifacts and I have since been re-named as the 'Master of Death'."

Naruto blinked a few times as he stared at the man before him. Slowly, but surely, he took a deep breath and regained his composure before taking Harry's hand and giving it a firm shake, then said with a completely serious look on his face.

"I have absolutely no clue as to what you just said other than your parents were killed for reasons out of yours and their control, you were forced into a war at a young age and now you can't die."

Harry blinked back in surprise before giving a lop-sided grin in return to Naruto's suddenly cheerful appearance. This guy reminded him a lot of Sirius and the twins. Serious one moment, then laughing and joking the next. He, like it had been said about Harry during his later years at Hogwarts, had a way of calming those around him. Something to do with the eyes perhaps Harry thought, unknowing that he was repeating Naruto's earlier sentiments about Yusuke.

The second female moved forward with a neutral look on her face. She stepped in front of Naruto and locked eyes with him. She had hair that was a darker shade of red than Naruto had ever seen on a person. His mother's hair hadn't even been that dark. Her eyes were dark, he'd say black but wasn't sure. She wore a black leather outfit that hugged her body rather firmly. Naruto held the woman's gaze, frowning after a moment when he felt an attempted intrusion into his mind. After years around mind-readers such as Yamanaka Ino and her father as well as being around certain Uchiha who liked to take over people's minds with their cheap doujutsu, Naruto and Kurama had learned to combine their efforts to keep intruders out. When it was something like what the Uchiha could do, Naruto had the force of will backed by yokai to block their attempts. When it was like the Yamanaka's way, actually appearing in his mind, Naruto would use his mind to force the intruder into Kurama's cage and slam the door shut. He suppressed a smirk when he noticed the woman's features darken.

"Why can I not read your mind? There is no one in any galaxies who can keep me out." The woman bluntly asked. Her tone more curious than apparently outraged.

Naruto shrugged. "That's my little secret, but I might be tempted to tell you if you tell me why you were trying to read my mind in the first place."

"I have been able to read the minds of everyone in this room. I did it in order to assure myself that I was not amongst enemies. It seems that no one here, including myself, knows why we are all here or anything that was happening when we were taken. Now you appear, and I cannot read your mind."

The woman's tone had remained the same throughout her blatant accusation and Naruto didn't miss the suspicious looks on Harry's and Mizore's face. Yusuke simply stood back with his hands behind his head with a knowing look on his face and the man near the corner of the room didn't so much as twitch.

Naruto stared down at the woman for a moment before shaking his head. He could argue his case but it was only logical, 'Dammit, who am I? An Aburame?", that he do what he did next.

"Very well. I'll lower my defenses and allow you access to my thoughts. However, there is a presence in my mind that you'll feel almost immediately, or so I'm told. Do not go towards that presence. I can not guarantee your safety nor your sanity should you decide to do otherwise."

With that Naruto relaxed his body and gave a short nod to the red-headed woman. She didn't respond to it, only staring back at him. Instantly the pressure returned and Naruto thought of everything he had been doing this past week and even gave up a few more memories that went back at least a year. After a while the pressure pulled back, he had noticed that she hadn't even attempted to move anywhere else in his mind and for that he was grateful. With a slow nod and the faintest of smiles the woman stepped back.

"I am Jean Gray. I am also an entity known by some as the Phoenix Force. Where I'm from, I am as a mutant. A mutant is a person who was born with the X-gene which gives the individual person a unique ability. My abilities were along the lines of mental powers such as telekinesis and telepathy. When I was young I had poor control over my abilities and a good friend and mentor of mine named Charles Xavier put blocks on my abilities until I was older so that I could better control myself.' Jean paused for a moment as a memory passed through her eyes. 'Recently, a human by the name of William Stryker kidnapped many students from Xavier's school, all of which are mutants who are at the Institute in order to help learn control of their abilities. Stryer hates mutants and had plans to wipe us all out. After we rescued the children and stopped Stryker, we were making our escape when the dam nearby broke sending an entire lake full of water crashing towards us. I stayed behind and used my powers to help the rest of the group get away but I wasn't able to do so myself. The last thoughts I had were being crushed by the water. The next thing I know I was here. At the moment, I seem to have two identities in my mind. One is Jean Gray, the other is The Phoenix. We both know that we should be trying to fight for who is in control but for some reason beyond us, we are at peace with each other...at least, for the moment."

Naruto smiled as he shook the woman's hand. He would've been polite with her as he was with Mizore by placing a kiss on her hand but something told him that she wasn't the type to accept something like that. Mizore on the other hand seemed quite pleased that a hand-shake was the only physical contact between Jean and himself. Inwardly he shrugged, he dodged a bullet twice in one move.

"Namikaze Naruto, also of the Uzumaki clan.' Naruto started, deciding it was time to introduce himself.' Last of both clans. Forced to bear the burden of having a demon lord sealed in me at birth, so I'm not exactly a demon Yusuke more like half of one. I became a shinobi at the age of twelve and went on to defend my village from countless threats, many of which were so far out of my league it wasn't even funny. Promoted during the Fourth Great Shinobi War for various reasons, mostly of which is the fact that I was at the lowest rung of our military system yet I was one of the strongest people walking the nations. Declared Rokudaime Hokage, unanimously, by my entire village; happiest day of my life. I was sitting in my office, last I knew, and didn't even realize something was amiss till I awoke here. As far as the demon inside me, we have come to an understanding and our relationship is much better than what it used to be. However because of that, my life-span increased beyond what it already was and according to him I might be near-immortal."

The others nodded their heads in acknowledgement and Yusuke seemed

Looking past the red-head, Naruto eyed the dark figure against the wall. Said man slowly turned his head towards Naruto. He was wearing a cloak that covered his body from shoulders to just above the ankle. Despite covering most of his body, Naruto could see the black vest beneath it, metal buckles and leather straps criss-crossing along the man's chest. Black leather boots and gloves covered feet and hands. Black sunglasses covered the man's eyes. The one thing that really stood out to Naruto was the silver handle of a sword that poked up directly behind the man's head. It's sheathe was apparently under the cloak but there was obviously an opening near the neck-line that allowed the hilt to pass through.

"His name is Blade.' Harry revealed, gaining not only Naruto's attention but Jean's as well. 'I just wanted it to be known that I have a few mental abilities as well. That's why it wasn't so easy to access my mind Jean, I recognized what you were doing and let my shields down before you reached them. Anyway. That guy's name is Blade. He's a vampire, or at least a form of one. His kind doesn't exist amongst the vampires from my world. While they aren't like the blood-ravenous fiends from horror books, they are pretty dark when they want to be. Mostly they leave mortals alone, only going out to feed on those who cross into their territory, I hear they have blood-banks set up to slake their thirst but it's all legal and willing donors."

The man who had been looking at the wizard just like everyone else stepped away from the wall. He rolled his head, getting a few cracks for his effort. He then took a few steps forward until he was closer to the group. Naruto, Yusuke and Mizore could sense the predator within the dark-skinned man. He was a coil ready to spring; a switch ready to be flipped. At the same time, he seemed relaxed. It was then that Naruto and Yusuke both reached the same conclusion, the man was always in a state of readiness that it had become second-nature for him to be ready to fight at the drop-of-a-hat even if he was "relaxed".

"You know my name, so I'll tell you this. I'm a Daywalker. I hunt vampires. I don't do teams." With that he went silent and seemed to be waiting for someone to challenge him. Before any of the other, bemused or annoyed, occupants could speak their thoughts the room was filled with static. The six quickly looked around the room for the source but found nothing. The static continued on as it lowered in sound until it cleared up altogether. Then a voice spoke.

"Blade. The Daywalker who has made it his life mission to eradicate all vampires, even though he's made a friend or two amongst them in the past. His mother was pregnant with him when she was attacked by a vampire that sent her into premature labor. The doctors were able to save his life but his mother died on the operating table...or did she?' The voice chuckled darkly even as Blade simply stood unperturbed. 'Despite the benefits of being what he is, Blade loathes the fact that he is a vampire. In fact, he goes so far as to imbibe a genetically created serum that will suppress his blood-thirst, though as of recent months his immunity has been becoming to great to overcome such substitutes."

The others watched as Blade's lip curled in apparent anger yet he did not move from his spot. Naruto wondered what it would've been like to have this man's willpower when he was a genin. To be insulted, to have his secrets revealed so casually and to not react? It was inspiring.

"Ah, I suppose that is enough of that. Know this, all of you. Like Blade's history, We know all of yours as well. You are six amongst thousands that have been chosen to compete for our curiosity. To not compete is to die. To compete and advance to the final stage is to be able to return home. To win, however, is to be granted a single wish. To clarify, each member of your team will be granted a single wish. Nothing is out of our power. Jean Gray or Phoenix, do you wish to have you situation permanently settled? Perhaps create peace on your home-world between mutant and human. Mizore, would you wish to meet the man who would cherish you forever and raise a family with you? Blade, would you wish to be human? Harry, perhaps you would wish to return to being mortal while those Three are forever lost to mankind? These things and more are easily within Our power to grant"

At this the six all were instantly thinking of how their lives could be changed if they were granted their deepest desire. Naruto and Yusuke found each other's gazes and both realized that they didn't necessarily have anything they wanted. Sure Naruto might wish that the Fourth Great Shinobi War never happened and all those lives hadn't been lost but that was the way of life for a shinobi. They died on the battle-field in the only way a shinobi would willingly wish for and he wouldn't take that away from them. Yusuke thought he might wish that he had never died in the first place and gone through everything he had but he was a better person for it and he had met way too many people to ever wish that he had not done so.

"Yes, you can have your greatest desire. However, you must first win. You also can not do this on your own. Your teammates were specifically chosen, you each either compliment each other's abilities or you are capable of performing the role that no one else can. Any way you choose to think of it as long as you work as a team. Allying yourself with another team is not against the rules, nor is killing another team. Be warned, there can only be a certain number of finalists. Now, make your decisions but do it quickly. This room shall open in exactly two minutes, at that time you will face your first encounter. Should you prevail, make your way through the jungle till you reach the other end. You'll receive your next set of instructions then."

The six stared in silence at the only door in the room before looking at each other. Could they do this? Naruto and Yusuke were already grinning as they stretched out their arms and legs and looked through their belongings to make sure they were prepared. Mizore was suddenly standing to the blonde's right and gave him a smile as she moved the lollipop from one corner of her mouth to the other making Naruto blush. Jean was mentally preparing herself while Harry cast a few spells from the Elder Wand to ensure he still could. Blade casually looked through his gear to ensure he had everything he usually did, he knew he wasn't just going to be able to leave his weapons wherever they fell since he would possibly have no way to re-gear; he would have to use everything wisely. He then moved towards the door and turned back to the group, gaining their attention.

"Well.' He said as a wide-smile appeared on his face, though it was anything but friendly. 'Who's team-leader?"

Well now. This is an idea that I've been messing with for a bit, I was actually thinking over a HP idea when this suddenly popped in my head. I think it had a lot to do with the Avengers. Anyhow, the six have been transported from their homeworlds to fight in what is looking to be some sort of tournament. I'll be using some elements from the Chunin Exams and the many tournaments from Yu Yu Hakusho. There would be other characters, some from the same worlds as our main group while others would be from other worlds that most would find recognizable.

The idea right from the start is that they would find themselves in the middle of a skirmish between two large armies. For example, an army of xenomorphs and an army of orcs. Speaking of Xenomorphs I had toyed with the idea of putting a Yaut-ja (Predator) on the team but didn't want a DEM way of the group being able to understand him or vice-versa, also I doubt he'd seriously play nice with the team and help them.

The first person I thought of for this team was obviously Naruto. After that Yusuke came to mind then Harry. From those three I tried to think of all the things they had in common to help pick the remaining three members. Originally was going to have it as 3 males and 3 females. Naruto, Yusuke and Harry are all immortal or near-immortal due to a certain circumstance. Kyuubi, being a demon, the Deathly Hallows.

I chose Mizore because there was nothing tying her to her universe and I figured after the Yokai Academy, with Tsukune the way he is, she would still be single. Having thought there was no one else, she simply became a warrior of her village, any man that was brought to her for the reason of reproduction had to beat her in combat first. She never left a single would-be-suitor alive. Obviously, I'd like to see her paired with Naruto, even if it's when this story would be completed.

Jean, as stated earlier, is in between the second and third X-Men movie. Going with the film version of her instead of the comic books because I don't really know much about her. Her personality would teeter from Jean's temperament to Phoenix's. Her abilities are also not at their peak yet, so she's not ungodly powerful or be able to just totally ruin someone's day with a simple look.

Blade is Blade. He ages slow and has simply been doing what he always does, and that is kill vampires.

Harry is in the time of post-DH. He didn't marry Ginny, instead he became an Auror alongside Ron Weasley. Ron later was kicked out when a fellow Auror died due to Ron's incompetence and temper (Harry would tell the story later on). Ron and Hermione had already been on rocky ground but after his dismissal he began to blame Harry for not using his title and money to keep him from being fired and then began blaming everyone else for his failings. Hermione eventually left him and moved to America. Ginny was too much into the social life that came with being with the Man-Who-Conquered and Harry grew tired of it and left her before they ever got engaged. After some time Harry became a Hit Wizard. It wasn't until sometime later that Harry realized he wasn't aging. Being the Master of Death he felt more out of place in the world than he ever had before.

Yusuke has been living in Demon World for a long time now. All his human friends have long since died and he stepped out of the lives of his children when they were old enough to understand. He keeps in touch with his demon friends from time to time but mostly he stays in the province left to him by his father Raizen. He has been King of Demon World twice since the inception of the tournament to gain that position and mostly uses the tournament to sees people like Kurama and Hiei. When he became a full demon, Yusuke knew he would have to either start eating humans or let himself wither away like his father did before him. He decided to take a middle-ground and be picky about what kind of humans he would eat, which were criminals and such.

Naruto has been Hokage for a good while. When he carried an injured Sasuke back to Konoha after Madara's defeat, Tsunade had the Uchiha placed in prison. Kumo would accept no less if they couldn't have his head and Tsunade knew that the peace had to be kept, the countries had just gotten out of a war after all. Tsunade then made a small list of viable women who could become artificially impregnated to give birth to Uchiha babies. It would only be done once, so if any didn't take then the clan would be that much closer to extinction, also if any of the children didn't activate the bloodline then it was "too bad". Naruto wasn't surprised in the least when Sakura's name appeared on the list and she agreed. While she couldn't be with Sasuke like she had always wanted in the past, she could at least help him continue his clan. She had tried to remain friends with Naruto but he flat-out told her that he never wanted to speak with her again outside of a professional conversation. A few of the other kunoichi that were asked, refused. The final four women chosen were either retired genin or simple civilians. Tsunade then stepped down and proclaimed Naruto as Hokage, telling him that anything that happened to the village that concerned Sasuke was now on his shoulders. This was to keep him from letting the Uchiha out of prison. Two months before he was taken from his office, Naruto gave the order for a certain fellow jinchuuriki to gain a measure of revenge for their fallen sister who died at the hands of Akatsuki. Killer Bee's only words to Sasuke were "This is for Yugito." And the last member, whether he had remained one in the end or not, of Akatsuki died. Like Yusuke, Naruto doesn't have any true desires, he has three children to carry on his name. Two from Hinata and one from Temari, the latter's daughter remaining in Suna with her mother. None of the children were result of a marriage or even truly out of love. While there is love between the three, it isn't enough for them to be together. Hinata is her clan's leader, she with Naruto's help combined the Hyuuga's clan's two branches and now she raises her daughters while bringing the Hyuuga forward into the future. Temari and Naruto had actually been Gaara's suggestion. He didn't know of anyone else that he would ever trust with his only sister. The two had a few dates to see if it could be possible for them to be together, planning on it being a political marriage should they get that far but it was not to be. Temari was the one who offered to Naruto, in secret, to carry his child so that he would always be apart of Suna and also as a way of thanking him. Reluctant at first, he finally relented when it became clear that the battle-fan using warrior-woman wasn't going to take "no" for an answer. After she became pregnant, Naruto promised that he would always be there for her and their daughter.

Of the Six, only Jean really cares about returning to her home-world. Yusuke, Naruto and Mizore wouldn't care too much how long they are gone because of the peace enjoyed back home. Blade knows that as soon as he returns it's back to hunting vampires and Harry isn't going to put too much faith in the team beating every other team in order to be granted a wish so he knows if and when he returns that he'll still be immortal and he doesn't really want to go back just to see his friends all die of old age while he still looks 25.

think that's enough of an A/N