A/N: Here is my fourth chapter. Sorry, I know that in the previous chapter I said I wanted you to give me some ideas, but this one is just too good to pass up.
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Naruto opened his eyes. He noticed his vision was very blurry and his ears were ringing.
'Damn. What a weird jutsu. Takes my chakra, a lot at that, and then leaves me completely freaking disoriented just waiting to be attacked by an enemy.' thought Naruto.
He stretched his arms out and put his hands to his sides so he could support himself.
He had a weird taste in his mouth.
'Probably this mornings breakfast.'
Naruto sat up and studied his surroundings. He was in a hospital bed? Well he was in a hospital gown.
It was then that he realized his arms and one of his legs were bandaged. The cloth straps were painted with blood. 'Well that's odd, I don't feel a thing. Must be the Kyuubi's doing.'
He yawned and looked over at the window to his left. The sun was a bright orange coloring the whole room. 'Looks like its morning.' he thought. He then looked to his right to see a. Bulletin board lying across a table. He stretched his arm and grabbed it. 'Patient— Health: Excellent; Wounds: Critical— ID: Unknown.'
'Well that's odd. I thought all the doctors in Konoha knew me.' he thought.
Naruto then closed his eyes and lay back down. The second he shut them he was pulled in unconsciousness.
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...drip...drip...drip...
Naruto opened his eyes.
There he was again, in the maroon tinted sewer. He just lay there staring at the ceiling of the place before deciding to get slowly got to his feet and walked toward the gate. He knew what this meant. Why he was here.
"Ah, well speaking of the devil, there he is now." said the Kyuubi pointing towards Naruto.
Naruto could hear a group conversation as they all turned to face him. He couldn't quite make out their faces. They seemed to be holographic. They were all human though, so he guessed that wasn't such a bad sign. But how did they get in here?
"Did someone get a few playmates while I was gone?" questioned Naruto.
The Kyuubi laughed, a dark and evil laugh. As did some of the people from the small crowd. "Yes, I guess you could say their our friends, you'll be seeing them shortly." the Kyuubi said, still half chuckling.
"What do you mean. What kind of setup is this, if its to kill me—"
"Don't be so foolish, killing you means killing me." said the Kyuubi. "You are here to because there's a topic I wish to discuss with you."
'This can't be good.' Naruto thought.
"You see, being trapped in a vessel for a long time can be very, boring. So I've created a game. Nine contestants, only one winner." He then looked towards Naruto. "You will be known as the Ninth."
"Ah, so this is him" "He's a lot younger than I expected" " I look forward to meeting you Nine" "I kinda feel bad for him." came the voices from the crowd.
'Nine, huh. I'm not liking this.' Naruto thought.
"So, a free for all. I get that. But what does the winner get exactly?" Naruto asked.
"Simple, immortality." the Kyuubi stated bluntly.
Naruto could see the nods of agreement along with a few maniacal laughs.
"You don't have that kind of power." said Naruto.
"Actually, I do, my little vessel. If you haven't noticed, that scroll you used made alterations to me and to you. It gave me unbelievable power. I feel as if I could take on the world five times." said the Kyuubi.
'What does he mean I've changed too?' Naruto thought.
He then glanced down at himself. He didn't notice it when he was in the hospital bed, but he had gotten taller. His arms and legs longer. He was at least 5'7 now. He also felt a bit more powerful.
"So I have changed." Naruto said.
"Now let's get this little game started." said the Kyuubi.
"Contestants, do you all have your devices?" asked the Kyuubi.
They all nodded.
"Good, now leave."
All except one of the contestants left.
"Need something?"
'Looks like a girl.' Naruto thought. 'Wait! She's staring at me!'
"No." She shook her head nervously.
"Well get out of here!" Kyuubi yelled.
"Eeep!" She screeched before disappearing.
"Finally some quiet, wait, what are you still doing here?"
"Where's my device?"
"Oh don't worry, I'll cover for that."
"Wait, it's still not clear, what do these devices do?" Naruto asked.
"Ok, listen carefully, I'll start over. There are twelve contestants, you are Nine. Each contestant has a device, in this dimension, their called cell phones. They can tell your future, whether it be bad or good. If there is danger it will alert you. Not all cell phones have this power, only the ones I've rigged up. Now, are there anymore questions? asked the Kyuubi, turning towards a horror stricken Naruto.
"What's the matter, you seem a little, panicked." said the Kyuubi.
"Kyuubi, do you mean to tell me I'm in a different dimension. Just where the hell am I? What happened to Konoha?" he asked, still shaking.
"Ok, slow down, as for your first question, Konoha is partly destroyed. As for your second question, we are in Tokyo, a city inside Japan." Kyuubi told him.
Naruto tried to sink in this information. 'Ive never heard of these places, they don't sound like other villages I've heard.'
"Well, now that we have that covered, it seems we have a guest."
Naruto's eyes suddenly got very droopy. He fell to the floor and seemed to disappear from sight.
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He opened his eyes. He felt well rested now. He slowly turned his head to his right, there was indeed someone with him. The first thing he noticed was a head of pink hair. He instantly knew who it was.
"Sakura!" he screamed as he embraced her. "Boy am I glad to see you. I was being chased by some weird ninja in dark cloaks, I think they had some red clouds patched onto them as we'll." he pulled away from her to see it wasn't Sakura. Instead there was a girl who was taller and more filled out. She looked pretty fit, she looked to be around 5'2. Her hair was the same color as Sakura's, cotton candy pink. Her eyes were a little darker shade than her hair. She looked cute and her face was very red.
"Wait, your not Sakura. Who are you?" he asked.
"My name is Yuno Gasai. I found you inside a crater outside my house. What happened?"
Naruto thought about it, what did happen?
"I can't remember." he replied.
"Maybe it was due to your concussion. It should come back in some time." Yuno said, starting to smile.
He stared at her. She seemed very considerate.
"Oh, and in Naruto Uzumaki, by the way." he introduced himself. "Nice to meet you."
She smiled and stared at him.
She then asked, "Well do you have a place to stay?"
"Not at the moment." he replied.
"Well would you like to stay at my house?" she asked.
"I couldn't possibly ask you fo—" he was cut off.
"Oh I don't mind at all. I would be delighted if you were to stay at my house."
He thought about it. 'Where else am I going to stay?'
"I guess I don't have any other option." he said.
"Well I'll go home and get things ready, you should be released out of here in about a week or so. I'll see you then." Yuno said before leaving.
"Alright, see you then." She left, closing the door behind her.
Naruto sighed. 'What have I gotten myself into now?'
