A/N "Grenfell does not own Naruto or Hellsing"
Konohagakure
Naruto slowly woke up, once again, in a familiar hospital bed. This pattern had repeated itself enough that the higher ups in the hospital had reserved a room specifically for him. Has he became aware of his surroundings, he noticed a warm pressure against his chest and side. As he looked down, he noticed a pair of blond ears sticking out of a blonde head. Not thinking much of a 'cat' lying against him, Naruto absentmindedly scratched the cat behind the ears.
The figure purred and began to move itself around, "Nya.. Naruto-kun, ze ears are sensitive, nyah." The accented voice complained.
The talking coming from the cat quickly woke Naruto fully up as he jumped out of the bed, landing hard on his backside, "Ooow," he began as he stared at the mischievous face of his blonde haired savior, "W..what were you doing in my bed -ttebane!?"
His shouted question attracted the attention of the ANBU guards outside of his room. As they burst into the room, they quickly spotted the blonde cat-man and prepared to attack, "Vait, vait! Ze Hokage vetted me zi?" Schrödinger stated as he held up his hands in surrender and gestured to the Konoha hitai-ate strapped to his left arm.
The ANBU studied the hitai-ate for a moment before nodding and returning to their posts.
"And why were you in my bed?" Naruto repeated, still slightly angry at his personal space being invaded.
Schrödinger smiled good naturedly, "Vell, I vanted to come check on ya after ve spoke to ze Hokage, but vhen I arrived, you just looked so warm and peaceful, so I decided to take a vittle cat nap while I vaited for you to vake up." he explained like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Naruto stared back at the odd cat, "Uh, huh.. wait what happened to the black haired guy?"
Schrödinger pouted, "Vell, ze Butler decided to prepare your apartment, zeeing as how ve are living vith you now." he replied somewhat flippantly.
Naruto stared at him in shock, "What do you mean, you will be living with me?!"
"Vell, we had no vhere else to go really, and ze Hokage agreed to let us stay here. All ve have to do, is ensure zi little Naru's safety."
Schrödinger watched as Naruto raced out of the hospital in a panic. He simply sighed as his body faded away.
Naruto arrived at his apartment in record time. Just as he opened the door Naruto was met with an amazingly clean room. Over in the kitchen, he could see the black haired Walter, smoking while he dried a now clean plate.
"You know, Runt that your place was a serious pig sty." Walter said as he placed the plate into a cabinet.
Naruto quickly grew angry at the mark against both his size and his cleanliness, "Hey who do you think you are! It's not my fault that stupid people make a mess of the apartment. And I'm not a runt damnit -ttebane!"
Walter merely raised an eyebrow at the whiskered blonde as he twitched a finger, causing one of his wires to wrap around Naruto's leg and pull it out from under him, "First off, don't be so loud it's annoying," he began as he puffed out a plume of smoke, "Secondly, you are short, get used to it. Finally, the villager excuse might work for the damage around the apartment, as well as the various objects being thrown around, but I am fairly certain they didn't leave all the dirty dishes in your sink, or the bed messy, nor the empty ramen cups on the counters."
Naruto simply blushed in embarrassment at being called out on his laziness.
Walter took another quick drag on his cigarette, "Not to worry though, Runt, I'll be around to help you keep this place clean and the villagers away. Along with the Cat over there." he stated as he motioned towards Schrödinger who was resting in the nearby window seal, a big grin etched on his face.
Naruto finally remembered the things he had watched the two figures before him do earlier and to a lesser extent, a few minutes prior, "Umm, how do you guys do the things you do, the glinting and disappearing thing? Is it a Jutsu?"
Walter smiled as he made his wires gently dance around the room, "Not at all Runt, I utilize a special mono-molecular wire that, with enough training, one can control the wire to do anything they wish. When enough force is applied they can carve most things to pieces."
Schrodenger appeared to be thinking about how to answer the whiskered boy's question. Suddenly he snapped his fingers as he jumped off the window seal and landed directly infront of the startled child, "Vell, it is a bit more difficult to explain my ability, vut I shall give it a shot. Az I explained earlier, I am everyvhere and novhere. Vhat this means is that I exist and I don't exist at the same time, kind of like your imagination in a vay, little kit. Zo long as I am spotted, I exist, but ze moment you take your eyez off of me, I'm gone. Even if I were to be 'killed', zo long as I have my prezense of self I can exist anyvhere zat I choose."
Naruto stood in awe as the two explained themselves. Naruto suddenly came to a decision, "I don't want to be hurt by those villagers anymore, I don't want to have to worry about being able to protect my friends when the villagers get too drunk. W.. would you two please teach me to be as strong as you?"
Walter and Schrödinger looked at each other briefly before a small smile broke out of Walter's face. He slowly put out his cigarette and walked towards the young Naruto, "Well, I suppose we can give it a shot, though we will need to find you some wires. It would definitely make keeping you safe from those fuckers a lot easier and maybe we can work on your manners while we are at it, eh Runt?"
Schrödinger nodded his head enthusiastically, "Yah, yah ve can give it a try, though I doubt you vill be able to mimic my ability perfectly, though ve vill zee if chakra can at least help you disappear."
Naruto smiled brightly at the acceptance as he tackled Walter and Schrödinger into a hug, "Thank you, thank you, thank you." he began repeating towards them.
Walter had a slight aggravated look on his face, but a small smile could be seen, 'Well, I suppose things could be worse. But this is another thing that will be corrected in his manner training.'
2 years later
A nine year old Naruto was walking down the street at night, with Schrödinger. The two had decided to go out for a small walk as they waited for Walter to get back from shopping. Naruto had discovered a few things about his new roommates/bodyguards. Schrödinger was a cuddler and would often times, sneak into his bed when he was asleep and rest against him. At first Naruto was extremely embarrassed but, he quickly grew to except the inevitable. Walter also surprised him by being very good at sewing. In fact the clothes he was currently wearing were sewn by Walter.
Naruto's new outfit consisted of long black pants held to his waist by a black belt, tucked in white long sleeve shirt, with a sleeveless black vest and a black tie, tied slightly loosely around his neck. They had also managed to get him a pair of black combat boots for his feet and black fingerless gloves for his hands.
Naruto's training over the past couple of years had given him a slightly calmer personality. He no longer shouted when it was unnecessary and he was almost obsessed with staying clean. Walter had focused his most of his time on improving his speed and flexibility, only recently having started him on controlling the ninja wire they had purchased for the whiskered blonde. While not as strong as Walter's wires, they were more malleable and could create a more intricate dance. Currently Naruto was only able to fully capture a single person with his wires, rather that cut them to pieces.
Sadly, his training with Schrödinger hadn't gone quite as well. While they had gotten down a basis for utilizing his Chakra to disappear, his current level of control only allowed him to blur slightly out of existence, rather than disappear. The previous year Naruto had been questioned on if he wanted to join the Academy, he quickly declined, stating that he would rather keep training under his two guards.
Suddenly, Naruto and Schrödinger found themselves surrounded by a mob of civilians, "Well, well if it isn't the Demon and his freaky little minion." the apparent leader of the mob sneered.
Schrödinger glared at the gathering before a twisted smile appeared on his face and he unsheathed a long combat knife, "Vell, if it izin't more fools to the slaughter. Are you sure you all vant to test ze Hokage's patience with zis little stunt?"
While outwardly looking confident, Schrödinger was sweating on the inside, 'Damnit, I am not built for ztraight up fighting, zat damn Butler better arrive soon or Naru-chan vill be in trouble.'
The leader of the mob grimaced momentarily before finding his courage once more, "Who cares what that old fool thinks! He's blind if he wants to protect that monster. Now die!"
As the man shouted the villagers brought out various weapons and started to approach the pair. Schrodenger quickly met the villagers and began to slice his way through the mob. He blocked or dodged various strikes, cutting long slashes into his opponents.
Behind him Naruto was dancing around his own opponents, wires glinting in the night, as he wrapped them around weapons in an attempt to redirect them towards his opponent's allies. Finally he managed to wrap up one of his opponents, however this had the side affect of leaving him exposed.
From behind a lucky villager snuck up on the occupied Naruto, quickly grasping his shoulder, he viciously brought a knife across the boy's throat and jabbed him in the stomach several times, before letting him drop to the ground, coughing up blood. His life essence pooling out around him.
Schrödinger had looked back to check on his ward, just in time to see the act. As the whiskered blonde fell, something within Schrödinger's mind snapped and a dark chuckle began to erupt from within his chest, "You are all going to die here tonight."
One of the villagers took the opportunity to stab the cat-like man in the back. As they took their eyes off the body, Schrödinger quickly reappeared behind the mob's leader and slit his throat, eye's shaded by his hair. Once again one of the mob members tried to kill him, this time bashing his head open with a metal pipe. Like before the former Millennium member appeared behind a villager and slit their throat. This action repeated itself over and over until only one whimpering villager lay on the ground, still holding the bloody knife that he had stabbed Naruto with.
"Ve are going to play, yah!" Schrödinger simply told the man as he began using his own knife to slowly peel off the skin from the now screaming man.
Naruto's Mindscape
After he collapsed onto the ground, Naruto found himself within a sewer, staring before a large barred gate, "Am I dead?" he questioned to himself.
Suddenly he was surrounded by a dark echoing chuckle, "Not yet, little one but soon, you will be."
The darkness behind the gate cleared revealing a giant, orange furred, nine-tailed fox.
Naruto looked at the fox in shock, "K... Kyuubi?"
The Fox nodded his head, "Yes that is one of the names I have been called through the many years. Also Calamity, Shinju, Monster, Nightwalker... but the name I am perhaps the most fond of... was Alucard."
Naruto nodded his head absent mindedly, "So, someone sealed you into me, I suppose this is why the villagers hate me?"
The Kyuubi looked at the boy in surprise, "Hmm, smarter then you look boy."
Naruto looked down solemnly, "So this is it huh, we die here together. I hope Walter and Neko-kun will be okay."
Alucard stared at the child for a second before coming to a decision, "If you are so determined that your friends are safe, perhaps I can offer you a solution."
Naruto looked up in surprise, "Can you keep me from dying?"
The Kyuubi let out a fox-like grin, "In a matter of speaking, I shall transfer my essence to you. All that I am, all that I was shall go into you. All you must do, is follow my instructions when you awaken in the real world. Do you agree?"
Naruto thought about it for a moment, "But, wont that kill you?"
The fox looked almost sad, when he heard that question, "I have lived for too long as it is, those who I knew are long dead... or at least most of them are. It's time I rejoined the few people I cared for, in death."
Naruto slowly nodded, "Okay, I agree."
Real world
Naruto slowly woke too the pain from his neck and stomach. Pooling right in front of him was the blood of various villagers that Schrödinger had killed, so focused on the blood, he didn't even notice the screams.
"Drink the blood and I will begin transferring my essence." The Kyuubi spoke from within his mind.
Not thinking twice about it, Naruto began to lap up the blood. There was a dark chuckle coming from within his mind, a dark red energy began to swirl around his nine year old body.
From within the seal, a tall dark haired man, wearing a red coat and dark suit could be seen with an insane grin upon his face, "Yes, no matter what your enemies bring before you, whether it be swords, knives, siege engines, guns, cannons, spears. None of this is what kills people. No it is giving up that will kill you. Those who refuse to give up are entitled their time to trample upon the weak.* Now rise Naruto Uzumaki, Legacy of Dracula, Last of the Vampires. Rise and prepare to crush your enemies beneath your boot!" And with that, Alucard drifted away into ash.
Schrödinger had finished skinning the man and was now staring in shock at the vortex of energy swirling around Naruto. He suddenly found Walter and Hiruzen standing beside him staring as Naruto continued to lick the blood from the ground, "Do you zink it is za Kyuubi?" he questioned.
Hiruzen shook his head, "Know, this feels much darker then the Kyuubi did? I'm not sure what to think of this?"
As the vortex finally came to a halt, an altered Naruto stood up, blood dripping from his chin. His skin had turned a pale white and his once blonde hair had turned to an obsidian black. He slowly opened his eyes, revealing one of his eyes having turned crimson and both with slit pupils. Despite the wound closing, there was now a wide, visible scar running across his neck.
Naruto stared at the trio momentarily before speaking up, "Heya Jiji, how you doing?" he asked as if there was nothing wrong in the world.
Hiruzen just stared at the former blonde, "Umm, Naruto are you alright?"
Naruto held a finger to his bottom lip as he appeared to think over the question, "Mmm, ya I think so, blood is surprisingly tasty. Didn't expect that when I agreed to the deal."
The Sarutobi had a slightly panicked look on his face, "W..what deal is that Naruto-kun?"
Naruto, who had begun playing with his hair looked over at the Hokage, "Why, the deal I made with Kyuu-chan in order to live." He looked down, slightly sadly at this, "He's gone now."
Before Hiruzen could say another word, Naruto was tackled by an anxious looking Schrödinger, who began looking over his former wounds, "Are you sure you are okay, Naru-chan? Those vounds vere pretty deep."
Walter merely watched as the cat man fussed over the new Naruto, 'I should have been there, fucking twats. If it wasn't for whatever changed him, Naruto could very well be dead.' He thought to himself as he kicked one of the dead villagers.
Naruto quickly grabbed his head as images began to pour into his brain. When the images finally came to a halt, he merely looked at the Hokage, "Jiji, we need to have a discussion in your office about my new changes."
The Hokage looked at the boy seriously for a moment before nodding and leading the trio to the Hokage tower.
A/N Alright that is a wrap for this chapter. I didn't originally plan for this progression for Naru, however as I thought more and more about Kyuu-chan being Alucard, though more I lent towards what came out. I have a plan for Narucard's personality that will hopefully be a nice little mix between normal Alucard and TFS Alucard.
*Yes this speech was largely the one he gives in Hellsing Ultimate when questioned about Seras, usually I don't like using lines like that, but it just seemed so perfect for the situation, as well as Alucard's normal dramatic flair.
I hope you all enjoy the story as it progresses!
