And this here is the first of the story ideas I'm posting. You'll notice rather quickly that it's a Naruto/Avengers crossover idea. This is something like a challenge, since I honestly don't know all that much about the Marvel avengers world apart from the movies. I don't see myself finishing this into an actual full length story!
So feel free to read and see if you want to try and turn this into something bigger!
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Tony Stark was a man of many talents. Some would have referred to them as psychological disorders… but that really wasn't the point. He was rich, owning by far the largest technology company in the world. He was smart, actually that didn't quite cut it. He was a genius with almost no one coming close to him. He was a playboy…. er… ex playboy. Pepper had put a stop to that particular hobby.
Oh and he was a super hero. Couldn't forget that now could we?
All in all he was indeed a man of many talents. But… among many others… there was one thing he most certainly didn't have.
Patience.
Tony Stark was not and would never be what he (or anyone else) considered to be patient. He liked to do things fast and efficient. Efficiency above speed, but if there was a shortcut he would take it. So one might not have been too surprised when he found himself somewhat less than forgiving when a strangely dressed blond boy fell out of thin air and landed on top of him.
Yes… that's right. A blond CHILD, or well, maybe that was a stretch. He looked to be sixteen or seventeen. But still a human child fell out of LITERALLY nothing and knocked him down a flight of stairs… through the glass wall of his workshop, and into his standing suit of armor.
Did he mention that the suit fell on them, his illustrious self being on the bottom of this impromptu dog pile!?
No he didn't, but he was. Or at least he had been under the boy and the armor.
Now he was leaning against his drink bar, tumbler in hand, as he watched the same blond boy try to communicate with him. It wasn't working. Tony Stark's scowl deepened as he massaged his jaw which was sporting a long gash and glared at the blond, who was gesticulating wildly.
Unfortunately he couldn't understand a word of what he said. It sounded oddly like Japanese, but all the words were different. It seemed to work along similar lines and certainly the pace was the same… but he just couldn't comprehend them. And the boy wasn't any happier with it. Tony sighed and huffed.
"It doesn't matter what you say if I can't understand you."
The boy sudden froze. He started to speak rapidly in his own language. Tony just raised a hand in the universal 'stop' gesture. The boy halted with the breakneck speaking and let his arms drop. He patted down his orange and black jacket… and sat down in a nearby chair looking annoyed.
Tony sighed and turned the stop sign into a finger, pointing to the center of his chest… just to the right of where his miniature ark reactor glowed dully under his shirt. He said slowly, "Tony Stark…" Then he gestured in a 'well then?' way to the blond.
He pointed to Tony and repeated. "To..ny… Stark…" Then he pointed to himself hesitantly. "Naruto, Uzumaki…"
A small smile stole its way onto Tony's face. Now they were getting somewhere. He gave the stop signal again and spoke to the room at large. "Jarvis, I want you to run a language diagnostic on everything he says. I'm going to start pointing to objects. You record what word he attaches to them."
From around the room an oddly British kind of voice answered. "Of course Sir. I will begin immediately. Would you like me to cross reference this with all known languages as well?"
"That would help… I think." Tony sighed and moved across the room and placed his hand on the chair. "Chair"
The blond opened his mouth to answer but was interrupted.
"Sir… I have finished cross referencing his speech with all known languages in my data base. Nothing matches, however when I tied into the internet I hit upon several matches."
Tony, keeping his eyes on the confused blond asked, "And?"
"I have positively identified his language. It is an ancient variant on the Japanese language dating back to only slightly after recorded history in Asia. The records for the language are mostly incomplete, however I did find three ties that seem to identify a correlation between this young man and those references."
"What are they?" Tony stood straight and moved to one wall. "Bring up a diagram for me."
"Of course Sir."
In front of Stark, a three dimensional holographic image appeared. Although as of now it was only a list displaying characters in an archaic language. "What are the cross ties? I don't get much from him at first glance. He's dressed like a punk, although for some indiscernible reason he's speaking ancient Japanese."
"Well sir, I ran a diagnostic on him shortly after he appeared, attempting to discern how he appeared within the house. Even now he is radiating a powerful energy field that easily eclipses the most powerful energy source on the planet… barring the Tesseract."
Stark blinked and swiveled to look at the blond boy, who was staring right back at him. "Uh… care you repeat that last bit Jarvis?"
"Even now he is radiating a powerful energy field that easily eclipses the most powerful energy source on the planet… barring the Tesseract."
"Right…" Tony nodded as though this were just an everyday thing with him. "And how does that tie in with the historical records on this old variant on Japanese?"
"Well sir, there is an excerpt from a translated text that speaks of nine individuals who had demons sealed inside them at birth. These children then had access to nearly infinite amounts of power. They were compared to natural disasters made human."
A sinking feeling in his chest informed Stark that more alcohol was called for. He walked back to the bar and poured himself another shot. "Alright then… is there enough on the language to carry on a conversation?"
"According to what I've found sir… barely."
"Then run a second continual diagnostic on everything he says from this point on. Improve on the old record of the language, making a separate file under… Naruto Uzumaki. While that's going on translate for us."
"Right away sir. Would you like me to ask him about his energy readings?"
"No. Save that for later. I don't need him becoming suspicious of me and pulling a Hulk on me. For all we know he's Bruce Banner's bigger meaner cousin. And the hulk buster is still being repaired."
"Understood sir…"
Stark nodded to the boy and raised his glass, pointing in the general direction of the speakers in the ceiling. He didn't need the kid freaking out about the disembodied voices either. "Jarvis, tell him what you are going to be doing in his language and then we'll start."
"Right away sir." Jarvis's voice recalibrated into something that sounded rather similar to Japanese, but was slower paced and had less consonant sounds. The boy perked up and turned his head up to the ceiling listening. After a few moments Stark figured that Jarvis had gotten the message across because the boy answered enthusiastically. He smiled, gesturing to himself and forming a circle with one hand… It seemed as if he was trying to describe falling through the air onto Stark.
A moment later Jarvis switched back to English. "Well sir, you may have some difficulty believing this, but this young man, Naruto Uzumaki, tells me he is from a place known as the Elemental Nations. His description of the continent doesn't match anything I know of. However from what he tells me, he is somewhat of an important figure."
"Details Jarvis…"
"He calls himself a Jinchuriki, which roughly translates into, "Strength gained from sacrifice". He is also curious as to how we could possibly not know this. He says that he just helped win a war that spanned the entire continent." Jarvis paused for a moment as the boy started speaking again. "Apparently he is the strongest of the nine Jinchuriki and played an important role in the war, alongside someone known as Sasuke Uchiha. This secondary individual I believe is a close friend of his."
"Okay…" Tony scratched his chin in thought. "Ask him how he came to be here."
Tony observed as Jarvis started again, obviously putting the question to the puzzled blond. It took a while and there was a long back and forth that lasted almost five minutes, but eventually "Naruto" quieted down with a sullen expression and crossed his arms with an indignant expression.
"Um… Jarvis...?"
"Well sir, it appears as though he knows a great deal about how he came to be here. He says that He was battling with a celestial being known as Kaguya Otsutsuki with the one named Sasuke Uchiha. The battle apparently dragged on for the better part of a day with the entire landscape being altered. Then at one point this Kaguya individual opened a rift in the fabric of the dimension and pulled both of them into a pocket dimension."
"That…"
"Furthermore he says that they managed to defeat her, but in the process his friend Sasuke was mortally injured, resulting in the Uchiha giving him what remained of his power in order to finish Kaguya off. But in one last act of defiance this Kaguya, in the moment of her own death, sent him into the void."
"The Void? That sounds decidedly ominous."
"Indeed sir. However that is not the end of it. He goes on to say that he survives this and finds himself on another world in which he was trapped for quite some time. Eventually he managed to open a portal out, but instead of appearing at his home… he appeared here. He professes some amazement and not a little distress that he was so far off target."
Jarvis went silent for a moment. "He seems to be under the impression that he is now on his home world, merely in a different location. Should I tell him he is mistaken?"
"You did say that his language matches up with an ancient for of Japanese. Is it in any way possible that he is from this world?" Tony leaned back. "I mean it's not every day we meet someone capable of dimensional travel… and this kid isn't one of the Asgardians… Perhaps he's using something with a large time gap involved. Thor did mention once that traveling between worlds sometimes required centuries… even if it only felt like seconds."
"I would assume it is possible. But I do not know whether it is likely or not. Currently I would assume that millennia would need to have passed for that to be true."
"Ask him what method he used to get here. Maybe it will tell us something about that."
"Of course sir."
Jarvis continued to do just that. What happened afterwards was the most intense debate he'd ever heard in a language he didn't know. Naruto was practically shouting as he became ever more agitated while Jarvis himself seemed to be attempting to reason with him… if the AI's tone was anything to go by. Tony scratched his chin and attempted to puzzle out some of the words. But after a minute or so he gave up. Obviously he'd need quite a bit of time to learn this new dialect. It was honestly a pity that this kid couldn't just speak English. Hadn't Thor been able to speak perfect English from the get go?
That in turn caused Tony to scowl. Was English the default language in Asguard? No… that couldn't be it. That was ridiculous… but at the same time Thor had never spoken in another language in his presence, even to other Asguardians like Loki… so maybe English was the Language they used in Asguard… And if that was the case…
"Sir… It appears that he is using a method of dimensional travel that is derived from Fuinjutsu, which he defines as the art of sealing. It sounds quite similar to the pseudo magical arts that the Asgardians use. Save that instead of controlling some manner of divine power as its base he is using his own vital energy to power it. The best comparison I have for it would be… the traditional Japanese use of sealing tags and mantras in their rituals."
Tony digested this information for a moment. Then he drained his glass and slammed it down on the table. "So… is he some kind of dimension hopping Shinto priest?"
"No. He has quite clearly identified himself as a ninja."
"A… ninja? Really?" Tony glanced towards the blond for a long moment then sighed. "Jarivs… translate for me."
"Of course sir."
Tony stepped towards Naruto and started to speak. "So… What's your game plan kid?"
"Sir? Should I paraphrase that?"
"No."
"Very well."
Jarvis lapsed into the boy's language for a moment, earning a frown from Naruto, who then proceeded to stare at Tony with something akin to annoyance. There was a moment of silence as the boy seemed to consider his words and then he spoke again, just one sentence as far as Tony could tell. And again Jarvis translated.
"He has asked me to tell you to stop treating him like a child."
Tony blinked owlishly. "Okay. Then allow me to rephrase it. What are you planning to do now that you're here?"
The boy tilted his head to the side listening to Jarvis then replied in the same tone.
"He says that he will return home and that there is nothing more to say." Jarvis paused. "Should I tell him now that he isn't on his home world?"
"Yes. Go ahead."
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Sorry for the abrupt ending to this part, but I just couldn't come up with a good clean ending for the scene. And since I wasn't planning on posting this as a serious fic... I wasn't about to put a ton of effort into it.
That being said... if I had finished this story it would have gone a little like this.
Action/Adventure/Romance - Pairing Naruto x Black Widow - about 80-90K... probably 10 chapters plus an epilogue.
Other than that there's not much to say. I really didn't have much planned for this story when I came up with the idea. No grand plan. So take it or leave it! Review if you have any ideas of your own, thoughts you might want to add, or if you're going to try your hand at adopting it!