Next chapter is here! Heyo! We now begin first with a few minor crossovers just to get Naruko used to the whole new world. She does this when that happens. She does that when she meets those guys. Stuff.

Disclaimer in chapter 1

"Talking"

"Biju/Demon/Various other higher plane beings"

'Thoughts'

Tokyo, Japan

Unknown Date

The sun was high in the sky. Its rays bouncing off of the Tokyo highrise. Its people moving with their usual hurried pace. Tokyo Tower stood in all its glory, not backing down against all the new tall buildings.

This was the scene that a certain crimson-haired, sapphire-blue eyed, whiskered woman saw the moment she opened her eyes.

She has already seen this place before through the eyes of the Jyuubi. But it was nothing compared to seeing it first hand. The splendor of a vast metropolis stretching out for kilometer after kilometer in every direction. Its people going on with nary a care in the world for the dangers and mysteries it contains.

"I hope you have a plan gaki." A deep, throaty voice asked inside of her mind.

'Of course I have a plan Kurama, I'm not the same as I was when I was young. I'll simply henge as people I see down there and try to pick up some information. From what the Jyuubi saw, this place was similar to the Elemental Nation's culture enough that I shouldn't have much problems.' She replied back, forming her hands into a cross before several bouts of smoke erupted from around her, revealing clones just like her.

"Alright girls, you know the plan. Lets get to it." She announced, before they all erupted into more smoke and henge'd into random people they saw below and jumped off into various alleyways.

As soon as she landed into an alley, she was hit by the noises of this strange new world. The honking of the metal wagons, the language spoken by the people, similar, yet not at the same time, the noise from the boxes with the moving pictures. She heard it all already on the rooftops, but it was muted, all converging together into one cacophony of noise.

But now, she could truly feel how new and strange this new world was for the first time, and all that could go through her mind, was how this was going to be a new start for her.

3 Years Later, October 3, 2021

London, England

District 9

Screams and loud reports of gunfire echoed through the area as a warehouse was turned into a battlefield. This wasn't an act of random violence, no, this was simply what London has fallen to. Ever since the catastrophe that turned the once thriving city into a pile of radioactive waste, criminal organizations from all over the world converged here attempting to continue their work without police interruption. Alas for them, with the fall of the city, came the waves of private military contractors who were called in by the government to police the now dead city.

Only minutes after the firefight began, the gunfire died down, leaving only the mercenaries who attacked alive. As they advanced forward, they shot any criminals still alive, leaving no survivors for they deserved none. Arriving at what would have been the foreman's office, the quickly kicked down the door to find what they came here for, intel about this particular group's movements and plans.

A certain blue-haired mercenary was stuffing papers into a bag when a shout came from one of her compatriots. Quickly she and those who came with her moved towards a room at the end of the hall the office was located at, where another of her fellows was looking around. Seeing their female comrade aiming a gun into the room, they all readied their weapons as she jumped back to join the group.

After a few minutes, two people came out of the room, one was a woman with crimson hair armed and geared similarly to them, while the other was a woman with bruises on her face and was covered in a blanket, with nothing else underneath, the one armed was standing in front of the other. After a few tense seconds of both groups aiming their weapons at each other, the crimson haired woman spoke up.

"I take it you were the ones who started up all the noise downstairs?" She was dressed with a black undersuit that hugged her body, showing off all her curves with dull black, thin armor plates attached onto her torso, legs, and arms with a swirl symbol on her pauldrons. She was wearing a ceramic white mask that depicted a fox. Her hands both holding a machine pistol and standing protectively in front of the other along with the hilt of a sword on her back, although they couldn't see what it was.

From the group of mercenaries, a man wearing a blue vest with lots of grenades clipped to it and carrying an LMG stepped forward, his weapon aimed down, but ready to be brought up quickly. "Yes, we were. I take it you're not part of those bastards who were the previous owners of this warehouse?"

"Indeed not, mercs?" She replied back.

"Mercs." With that one word, both groups lowered their weapons, some even going as far as holstering them and going back to what they were doing previously. "So, what were you doing here? Something to do with her I take it?"

She nodded, "Yeah, I got a job to bring her back to her family. Seems like they kidnapped her and was planning to ransom her back for a shit ton of cash. But her family feared that they weren't going to hold up their end of the bargain, smart choice if I do say so myself, and hired me to get her back." She then holstered one of her weapons, while keeping the other in hand before turning around to whispered some things to her protectee.

Nodding the man turned to leave before he turned back, "If you want we can help transport you guys back to the safe zone. We have some seats empty in our vehicles."

Thinking it over a few seconds, she nodded before putting an arm over her protectee's shoulders, leading her out before she turned over her shoulder towards the man, "I guess I'll be seeing you around." Before turning back around and walking out.

"In that case call me Fragger!" He called after her as she went out the door.

XxBreakxX

As the days went by, Naruko decided to stay in London and earn some (read: tons of) cash. It's better than hopping around the globe anyway. She and the rest of the mercenaries she encountered at the warehouse turned to be good friends, especially with Proxy, the one who opened the door into the room Naruko was hiding with her VIP in.

Both their personalities just meshed perfectly, Proxy, was quick-witted, competitive, and impatient. Naruko, was impatient as well, along with the ability to think on the fly and competitiveness and love of pranks (which she got Proxy to love as well) made those two the most troublesome of pairs.

Today though, every mercenary that wasn't on duty was gathering in the central plaza of the safe zone. Why? Because today, was the once in a few months, long-awaited, open-air bazaar for everything a mercenary needs. That and the fact that Koko Hekmatyar arrives to sell some of her merchandise only around this time of year, every year, and that she carries some things that you can't find elsewhere, makes this bazaar very popular.

Today, Naruko was walking down the street, already fully geared out towards the plaza. Even this far out she could see the lines of stalls of various arms dealers that set up shop there, selling everything from bullets to a Barrett .50. As she was window shopping through, she was suddenly glomped on from behind, "Naruko ~!"

Tipping forwards slightly, she steadied herself before she looked to who just tackled her from behind. When she did though, she was met with the smiling, pale face of one Koko Hekmatyar. Funny story there really, which included, but was not limited to, an Italian mafia, the city of Roanapur, explosions, and loud squeals.

"Naruko ~! Funny meeting you here! I thought you had a job in Roanapur with Hotel Moscow!" Koko said, still clinging to her back like a koala bear.

"Well, I kinda finished that job a while back actually. I took another one after that which took me here and I kinda decided to just stay here. I get magnificent amounts of cash plus I don't have to jump all over the globe just looking for work." Naruko replied, grabbing Koko underneath her knees and holding her up. She then looked behind and saw her bodyguard team, along with a new face belonging to a kid, a child soldier. "Yo guys! Who's the new kid, literally?"

A few of them chuckled, then Lehm spoke up, "This here is Jonah. Koko's brother picked him up a little bit ago and had him join our team. So far he looks to be a good addition to the team. Isn't that right guys?" Which was followed with various affirmations.

"Huh, he's cute. Although he could go without that fish-eyed look. But he's a kid who has fought and killed before so I'm not going to fault him for it. Hey Valmet, you still good with your knife yeah?" Naruko asked, turning the conversation a full 180.

"Of course I am Naruko. You looking for a spar?" Valmet asked, having already been asked to spar by Naruko multiple times before.

"Hell yes. You're one of the few people I know that can actually use a blade and can actually give me a run for my money." She scoffed, sure Phantom used a katana, but he wasn't exactly a master at it, unlike Naruko herself and her clan's style. "Oh yeah, Koko, is it possible for you to do R&D stuff? I mean you do have the bigger company you belong to."

Koko hummed in thought, then she said, "Well… Normally I wouldn't, but then again I still owe you for Roanapur so I guess I'll take your request this one time…"

A foxy grin appeared on Naruko's face before she cheered, "Yatta! Can you come by my place after the bazaar ends? I'll give you the details then. I got something really cool recently and I want to use it but I just don't have enough of it."

"Sure thing. When do you want that spar with Valmet by the way?"

"Whenever you can spare her basically. I don't have anything to do today but shop around and I already bought ammo and stuff earlier today."

A thinking face then appeared on Koko. Her lips pursed and her eyes squinted before she replied back, "Well, the stall is being taken care off by my employees, so I guess she's available now. You don't mind an audience do you?"

"Naw, I don't mind. You thinking of giving your FNG a good show?" Naruko asked, quirking an eyebrow.

"Yep! Since this is the first time he met you I want to show him something good, what better way than a spar between you and Valmet!" Koko said, grinning.

"Ya hear that Valmet! We've been demoted to stage performers!" Naruko called out, turning around and walking backwards looking towards the rest of the group, causing everyone to chuckle.

"You two can duke it out on the ship. Since we're selling all our stuff right now, the deck is clear." Koko said, giving a place for the both of them to spar.

A few minutes passed and they were soon on the ship. Koko and the rest of the team were sitting on folding chairs they brought up from below with Jonah and Koko sitting in front. Both Valmet and Naruko had taken off most of their gear and outer clothing, leaving only their bladed weapons and in tank tops and pants, Naruko with her katana, and Valmet dual wielding two knives.

Naruko stood with her Katana sheathed in it's scabbard on her left hip, her left hand holding the scabbard at it's edge and her right hand holding the handle of the katana in an Iaido stance. Her body lowered towards the ground, he left leg bent behind her and her right in front, her foot pointing towards Valmet.

Valmet was holding her knives in front of her, her right hand holding the knife backhanded in front of the other, blade pointing to the right and slightly down. Her left was holding her knife closer to her chest, also backhanded, the blade almost horizontal. Her body was also lowered but not as much as Naruko along with her legs, which was set in a way to provide quick movement.

They both stood on the ship's deck this way, staring into each other's eyes. After a few seconds, at an unseen signal, they both charged at each other. Naruko at a certain point pulled out her katana with her right hand, her left hand angling the scabbard in a way that would allow the sword out faster, the thumb pushing against the guard. With her katana out, she aimed to move past Valmet, the last inches of her katana aimed to cut against the left side of Valmet's chest, just below the breast.

Valmet when she charged, instead of going for an offensive move, brought up both of her knives in front of her, knowing what Naruko planned to do from her stance. In the middle they met, knives clashing with katana. She had both her knives pointed down, the blades meeting Naruko's katana with a loud 'CLANG'. They both pushed against each other, both giving no ground to the other, before they jumped back, getting into another stance.

Naruko held her katana in both of her hands, the guard right next to her right cheek, the blade pointing straight up. Her legs set somewhat in a horse stance, except it was vertical in accordance with her body. Her body leaning more forward on her left leg, the foot pointing towards her opponent. Her right horizontal and her foot pointed out to her right.

Valmet stood with her knives being held forehanded, the left arm extended in front fully with the blade facing Naruko. The right behind her pointing slightly down but towards Naruko. Her legs also the same like Naruko. After another unseen signal they charged once more. This time, Naruko aimed a basic shoulder-to-opposite hip slash, but Valmet easily blocked it with her left knife, her right moving in with a stab. Naruko seeing the knife turned her body left before kicking Valmet with her right leg in the stomach separating the two.

As Valmet was sliding backwards, Naruko pushed forward, driving Valmet on the defensive as she cut and slashed at Valmet. Valmet in turn could only keep blocking and parrying Naruko's advances before she manages to sidestep an overhead slash by Naruko and slashed her left arm. Naruko managed to pull her arms back, but not before getting a somewhat deep slash.

But only seconds after she received the cut on her arm, it quickly closed and healed itself right in front of Valmet and their audience. Having the momentum, Valmet pushed forward, throwing a stab towards Naruko's core which was parried before twisting past the parry and extending her right arm towards Naruko's neck with her right arm, blade heading for her neck.

Naruko seeing the threat leaned back and with her momentum slid on her knees forwards under the knife before planting a foot down and turning around. As she turned around though Valmet was only half a meter away, her knives already in a slashing motion from either side. Quickly thinking, Naruko stepped into Valmet's guard and body-checked her and using her body's momentum did a low-sweeping kick towards Valmet's legs, forcing her to quickly peddle backwards.

Then the two entered into their stances once more. Valmet in the same stance as last time, while Naruko had the same leg stance, but had her blade horizontal and the guard at her cheek and the blade pointing towards Valmet. With one last battle cry, both charged forward. Both knowing it to be their final move. With both moving at a blur, the dust going flying behind them they both stopped in the middle. Valmet had Naruko's katana right on her neck while Naruko had a knife just above her groin, ready to gut her. Valmet's left arm was extended outwards to her left, Naruko's right elbow having pushed her arm out of it's trajectory and away from her.

After a few seconds, the audience threw up a round of applause, before both Valmet and Naruko disengaged from the other. Naruko had a full blown grin on her face while Valmet had a small grin on hers. "Seems like you've been keeping your skills sharp Naruko." Valmet complimented.

"Ah, well you know. There's sometimes nothing to do and I just train for a few hours." Naruko replied, her right hand scratching the back of her head, her katana already been sheathed. "So, how did the FNG think of our little spar there?" She said, turning towards the audience, which made everyone turn towards Jonah.

After a few seconds, Jonah spoke up, "It was good. But then I don't really know much about close quarters combat."

This surprised Naruko, seeing as Valmet was on the team, she thought that they would at least train him in the basics, "You haven't trained him in the basics at least?"

This time Koko answered, "We haven't had the time to. We've been moving from place to place that we just didn't have time for Valmet to sit down and teach him."

Naruko shrugged, they'll get to teaching him when they can. He has enough people that can cover him anyway. She then looked up to the sun, seeing it just at its zenith, she surmised it was only about noon. "Well, you guys planning on doing anything today?" She asked, while putting her clothes and gear back on.

Everyone basically just shrugged, at the same time. Sweat dropping at the unusual moment of synchronicity, Naruko put on a large grin on her face. "Sucks for you guys, I'm going out to eat somewhere! Have fun with shitty ship food!" She said, before she jumped off the side of the ship, prompting everyone to rush to the side thinking she was going to seriously hurt herself. But much to their surprise, Naruko smoothly landed onto the pier and started running into the city.

Koko and her team was by now sweat dropping so hard, before a groan from Koko grabbed everyone's attention, "Ughh… Goddamn it Naruko… You and your crazy ass stunts are going to kill you one day…"

"Does she pull these stunts a lot?" Jonah asked blankly.

"Eh.. Well, back in Roanapur she did blow up that one bar sky high. With her still inside it. I have no clue how she made it out of that one unscathed… Then there was the time she jumped off a five story building before landing on a parked car to get away from that one Italian mafia which I conveniently forgot the name of. So, I guess so." Lehm explained to Jonah.

"I agree with Koko. She's gonna die one day." Jonah deadpanned.

XxBreakxX

Naruko, after running into the city, started walking towards the commercial district. This was where most of the stores and restaurants were. One restaurant in particular was called the Silver Sake, and it was where she and Proxy was planning to meet for lunch before going out on a patrol into the city.

The restaurant wasn't located on the main road in the commercial district, instead its located inside the little streets that branches off the main street. It was nestled out of sight in a little hole that if you didn't know was there, would have missed completely.

Walking towards the door, she nodded to the various mercs that were standing outside smoking, you weren't allowed to smoke inside. Entering the restaurant, she saw Proxy sitting at their usual spot, a little table situated in the corner that could see the whole room. Walking to the table, she could see that Proxy was going through her phone. Probably looking through the job listings as usual.

As Naruko stood just behind Proxy, she was surprised that Proxy hadn't noticed her by now. Usually she would have been waving to her by the time she stepped into the room. Deciding to surprise her, she quickly hugged her from behind, her face right next to Proxy's and arms crossed in front of her chest. "Earth to Proxy!"

Startled, Proxy actually jumped in her chair a few inches, before calming down after realizing who it was. "Naruko! Why'd you do that for! You trying to give me a heart attack?"

Sitting in the chair across from her, Naruko started to look through the menu, "Well, you weren't paying attention to your surroundings for one thing, so I just had to scare you a bit. Plus, you looked rather stressed if that crease on your forehead was any indication."

Sighing, Proxy grabbed the menu and started to look through it, "It was some stuff from my family. Some of them wants me to stop being a PMC, or a 'gun for hire' as they call it. Others are saying that I should do what I want to do. It's a total clusterfuck right now and it's really annoying…"

"Don't they realize that you're a grown woman now? Or the fact that you saved your family when London hit the fan?" Naruko asked, calling a waiter over.

"They remember all that, but they probably only care about their popularity and what happens if their friends find out one of their family is a private military contractor." She said, before the waiter arrived to take their order, "I'll have the lunch bento, with grilled teriyaki and gyoza."

The waiter then turned to Naruko, "I'll also take the lunch bento, with tonkatsu and tempura." As the waiter left, she turned back to Proxy, "Then just ignore the people who wants to control your life. It is your life, so do what you want with it. Within reason of course."

"Yeah I know, again, it is really annoying. I've said that already but they don't listen. Anyway, let's stop talking about my life, time to talk about yours! How are those medical classes going?" Proxy asked, changing the gloomy subject.

"Well, it's going good. Just a year left and I'll get my credentials." Then as an afterthought, "Years of cutting people up really helps when you're learning how to fix people. Who would have thought of that." She said.

Proxy shrugged, "Well, destruction is the opposite to construction. It would be common sense that backtracking stuff works."

"True. So, you got the brief on where we're patrolling later?" Naruko asked.

"Yeah, one sec. Let me send it to you. I already signed you up so I just need to give it to you." She said before taking out her phone and sent the briefing to Naruko's phone.

As Naruko was looking through the packet, she sighed before putting her phone down. "When is someone going to make a HUD implant! This is so tiresome! I want to be able to see shit like they do in video games! Least that'll be more convenient..."

Proxy sighed at her best friends childish behavior, before talking in a way a parent would lecture their child, "Well Naruko, we don't yet have the technology to put implants in your brain. Sure we have glasses that can be used, but those things are really fragile. Actually, I'm pretty sure we do have implants, but they're probably still in testing or something."

They quickly changed topics, talking about this and that before their food arrived. Later, after eating they left the restaurant and headed to the motor pool to grab their vehicles for their patrol. Reaching the location, they ran into some people they knew that was coming back from their contracts.

"Oh hey guys! How'd your day go?" Naruko asked Vassili, Rhino, and Sparks.

"Yo Naruko, Proxy! Went great, just came back from a quick safe house raid. You guys heading out?" Rhino replied, his minigun in his hands.

"Yeah, just a patrol around the area, nothing serious. You guys hit the bazaar yet?" Proxy said, fixing her gear.

"Not yet, the job lasted a bit longer than we expected but hey, it's over and still plenty of light left." Sparks said, shouldering her REVIVR."

"Well, later guys. You might want to hurry before everyone buys buys up all of Koko's stuff." Naruko said over her shoulder as the group split. "Lets go Proxy! The faster we get this done the faster we get our money!" The duo then quickly loaded up their gear before grabbing a vehicle and driving out of the gate and into the radioactive city beyond.

Finished! Well, that took some time didn't it. I got stuck on a few parts, especially that fighting part. I couldn't quite get their movements correct but I think I finally got it.

I also finally made up my mind on how to classify this story! From now on, it will be a story SERIES! Hurrah! Since I'm going to be writing this linearly through time, it will be similar to Noodlehammer's current ongoing story series! So, the crossover this story will be revealed in like, one or two chapters. Although you can probably see in the categories...

Anywho, review! Tell me what you think of the story so far and shtuff.