Chapter 1.
"Finally, I'm back." Sasuke said approaching the village. He finally killed his brother and avenged the clan, except it was a lie. "Itachi, I will protect the village and redeem our clan." Itachi told him the truth before he died and apologized to Sasuke for the lies. In his dying breath, he asked Sasuke to protect the village and revive his clan. "But first, I have to find my old teammates."
As Sasuke walked through the village, he looked around to see if anything changed but he was more focused on finding his best friend and teammate so he decided to head to the Hokage's tower.
"Is that Sasuke?" "Uchiha-san is back." "He must have killed his brother and avenge his clan." Sasuke seethed since Itachi hid the truth about his clan's betrayal, no one hated him. "This is what Itachi wanted." Sasuke thought to himself.
On the other side of the village, Naruto was reading his father's scroll he received from Jiraiya before the pervert disappeared to who knows where. He became a higher seal master than his sensei and was working on his father's ace jutsu. As he was studying, he couldn't help but think about his Sasuke. When he returned from the last encounter with the Uchiha, he slowly started to question his motives for bringing the Uchiha back. At first he thought Orochimaru curse-mark was the reason the boy acted like he did but after studying seals and finding out that Sasuke killed Pedomaru using the same curse-mark, he realized it was Sasuke's free will. His mind then drifted back to all the fights they had and multiple times whenSasuke tried to kill him. If it weren't for the kyuubi, he would've been dead, in fact. The fox saved him more time than anyone in the village. "I'm not sure if you can hear me fox, but thank you for everything. I know we always don't see eye to eye but at least you were honest with your attention with me."
"What brought this on? You have never been this deep before."
"I'm not sure, when I thought about everything. I always wondered, why have I put so much effort into Sasuke. Was it worth it, kyuubi. Can you be honest with me? Have I been a fool?"
"Kit, I'll be honest. You seek to keep your bond with the Uchiha because you are an orphan and he was made an orphan. But situations are not the only thing that matters, it's the heart. You are afraid of being alone and because of your crush on the pink monkey, when she asked you, it gave you another reason to pursue him. Listen Naruto Uzumaki, joining your two teammates was always selfish, since they joined the team they have not done one thing with you, for you or anything that benefits you. I might be a demon but I even know that those two are not worth your friendship."
"I see.. So what should I do?"
"Next time you see them, tell them how you feel. The Uchiha should apologize to you for the three times he tried to kill and the girl should grovel for trying to manipulate you. And if they don't, tell them goodbye. Give up on your crush towards the pink vermin, you're way too good for her. There's way more vixens in the world."
"I'll try, I know I don't say this much but thanks Kyuubi. For being more of a friend than those two." Kyuubi nodded before going to sleep. He was snapped out of his conversation when heard a knock on the door. When he opened it, Kakashi was at his door. "Hey Naruto, Tsunade wants us in her office ASAP."
Naruto nodded and proceeded out the door and the two shunshin away to the tower.
Naruto and Kakashi arrived and walked inside the Tsunade office. When they opened the door, their eyes widened when they saw Sasuke. 'What's the odds I run into him and why is he here?' Naruto thought.
"Hey dobe, not going to say anything?" Sasuke asked but the blonde remained silent.
"I'm here Tsunade-shisou." Sakura said, walking in the room. When she saw who was there, she gasped. "S-Sasuke-kun?"
"Hey Sakura." Sasuke said, calmly.
"Now that you are here, I will begin to explain a couple things. Sasuke Uchiha had killed Itachi and Orochimaru, so he decided to rejoin the village. We had a meeting on what we should do with him and came to a decision. He will be on probation for a month and after that, because of his accomplishments, once the probation is up. He will be promoted to chunin and rejoin team 7." Tsunade said, analyzing the three.
"That's great, welcome back Sasuke-kun." Sakura cheered, with tears of happiness.
"Welcome back, Sasuke." Kakashi said. Then everyone turned to Naruto, waiting for his reaction.
"Naruto? Don't you have anything to say? Sasuke-kun is back." Sakura said but was shocked when they felt ki radiating from the blonde. Tsunade, Kakashi and Sasuke were just as surprised, they expected happiness but this was not it.
"Hokage-sama, is this some kind joke?" Tsunade was surprised, Naruto never called her by her title and whenever he did, he was pissed. When she looked into his eyes, it was slit but still blue. "He gets a promotion but I don't?"
"Naruto, calm down, Sasuke defeated two S-rank nin. That's hard to overlook." Kakashi said.
"And? I defeated a bijuu when I was 12 and killed one of the immortal duo, I save princess Shion from a demon and I saved princess Koyuki. Also I save the Kazekage. Why does he get a promotion but not me?" Naruto asked.
"This was something the council decided. Just to let you know, I was against it." Tsunade said, but got even more worried when blood started to drip from his palms.
"The council, the same bastards who have no authority over shinobi? The same council who can't tell a difference between a kunai and a scroll? That council?" Naruto asked.
Tsunade honestly didn't know how to respond. Especially since Naruto did have a solid point, why haven't he received a field promotion from Kakashi, Jiraiya or Yamato? "Kakashi? Do you think Naruto is ready for a field promotion?"
"Hmm, while Naruto is strong. He is far too immature. I think it'll be good to wait a little while. Sasuke is more mature and level headed." Kakashi said but got startled when the room begin to crack under Naruto's chakra.
"What! You said Sasuke, the same guy who left the village for a traitor, stab me through the chest with your signature technique and betrayed us for power is more mature than me, who was loyal to this village even though they treated me like dirt, tried to kill me and sold me garbage. Am I hearing that right?" Naruto asked as his fangs started to sharpen.
"What's going on?" Shizune asked to walk into the office but was surprised when she felt the ki radiating from Naruto. "Naruto-kun, are you ok?"
Naruto turned to her and calmed down. "Shizune-chan, may I ask you something?"
"Umm, sure?"
"If you had to choose me or Sasuke, ignoring our bond, to be promoted, who would you choose?" Naruto asked.
"Huh, well that's easy. I choose you. You mission records are fantastic, you have not failed a mission since I've been here and you've been loyal to the village, you even built trust among your peers. Sasuke betrayed the village and I don't even trust him, so it'll make more sense, why?" Shizune asked.
"Because apparently, the council decided to promote Sasuke after his probation is over because he killed Orochimaru and Itachi." Naruto explained.
"Huh, that's just foolish. They're just kissing up to him again."
"And get this, Hatake agrees with the decision and says I'm to Immature." Naruto added.
"Really?" Shizune responded, turning to Kakashi. "If it's by maturity, Sasuke shouldn't even be a shinobi, Sakura shouldn't ever become one when she was a genin and Kiba shouldn't be a chunin." Shizune said, shocking everyone. "Tsunade-sama, I think Naruto-kun deserves a promotion."
"Shizune, you don't know what you're talking about." Kakashi intervene.
"No, you don't. You are just making poor judgment because of your guilt." Shizune countered.
"ENOUGH" Tsunade yelled. "Every decision I made is final." Tsunade said, but looking at Naruto made her feel heart broken.
"But.." Shizune started, but Tsunade raised her hand to silence the medic.
"Fine, I'll see later. Hokage-sama." Naruto said, slamming the door behind him. Team 7 was surprised by Naruto's outburst but they understood why he was mad.
"I'll go check on him." Shizune said, walking out behind the blonde.
"Shisou, is Naruto going to be alright?" Sakura asked.
"I'm not sure, he never snapped like this before, and to call me Hokage-sama instead of baa-chan is scary." Tsunade said.
"Don't worry, I'm sure he'll be back to normal tomorrow." Kakashi said. Sakura smiled at this and turned to her crush.
"Sasuke-kun, now that you're back. Would you like to go on a date with me?" Sakura asked, shyly.
"You still on about that? Fine, I guess."
After everyone but Tsunade left, Shizune walked in with a depressed look. "Shizune, what's wrong?"
"Naruto disappeared when I left the tower to search for him but he disappeared without a trace. Tsunade-sama, you have to do something. It's not fair to Naruto-kun."
"I know and it gets worse." Tsunade said before taking out some sake. "Sasuke told the council that he wanted to protect the village and his new dream is to become Hokage. They want me to groom him and even if I refuse, they'll ask Kakashi."
Shizune's eyes widened. "THAT'S GOING TOO FAR!" Shizune yelled, shocking Tsunade. "If you take away his dream, he'll have nothing to work for. You have to do something." Shizune said.
"What? All I can hope for is the daimyo denying the request. I don't want this either. Naruto is a son to me and to see him angry, makes me angry as well." Tsunade said, crying. "To hear him not call me baa-chan, it hurts. I know I say I don't like it but it warms my heart when he thinks of me as family."
Naruto was sitting outside the window and heard everything. He was crying, when he imagined Sasuke returning, he didn't think this would happen. Why that no matter what he does, he gets a pass. He stopped his train of thoughts when saw Sakura and Sauke walking together, he had a bad feeling about this and decided to follow them.
"I'm glad you returned Sasuke-kun." Sakura said.
"Well, Naruto didn't seem happy. Not that I can blame him. I'm surprised he wasn't promoted considering he beat me in our fight." Sasuke said.
Sakura looked at her crush confusingly. "What do you mean?"
"Naruto beat me on the retrieval mission but he held back from killing me. He was stronger than me." Sasuke said. Naruto had a small smile when he heard those words.
"Well it doesn't matter, you're back and that's what matters. In Fact there's something I wanted to tell you." Sakura said blushing. "Even after you left, I still loved you and I was hoping you gave us a try."
Naruto's heart dropped and he disappeared. Sasuke looked at the girl questionably. "Why? What have I done to warrant your affection? I left you, always berated you and never respected you. Why do you love me?"
"You don't remember?" Sakura asked. "When team 7 was first formed, you made me feel beautiful."
"What are you talking about?"
"You called my forehead beautiful, we were seated at the bench and you said I had a beautiful forehead and made you want to kiss it." Sakura said with a blush.
"Sasuke sighed. "So that's what he did. Sakura, that wasn't me."
"Huh, what do you mean?" Sakura said.
"That was Naruto, he and his clones jumped me that day and tied me up in the academy. But before he left, he henge into me. I didn't know why but now it makes sense." Sasuke said.
Sakura's eyes widened when she heard this. "W-what but why didn't he ever say anything?"
"Really? You can't figure out why? He probably assumed you would hit him or call him an idiot. You are kinda abusive." Sasuke said.
"Hey Sasuke, do you mind if we cancel the date? I got some things to think about." Sakura said.
"Sure, I didn't want to be here anyway." Sasuke said.
Sakura started to walk home slowly. 'Naruto was the one who said that! Why didn't he say anything, I would've given him a chance. Now that I think about it, Naruto always thought about me and put me first. He thought my forehead was beautiful, this big ugly forehead of mine." Sakura thought as she touched her forehead. 'I should give him a chance, next time I see him.'
3 days later.
Tsunade was doing her usual paperwork in the office but her mind was still on her favorite blonde. She hadn't seen him since his outburst and she couldn't deny she was worried about him. She snapped out his thoughts when Sakura walked in. "Sakura, what are you doing here? I thought you might be Sasuke."
"No ma'am, I gave up on Sasuke when something came to light. I was wondering if you knew where Naruto-kun is? Sakura asked with a blush.
"Are you - you like Naruto now?" Tsunade asked, amazed.
"Remember how I thought Sasuke was the one who complimented my forehead, it was actually Naruto." Sakura said but Tsunade wasn't even fazed by it. Sakura looked at her teacher and it struck her. "You knew?"
"Pssh, of course I knew, when you told me, it didn't make sense that someone who always rejects you would say something like that. You were too much of a fangirl to realize, so I kept it to myself." Tsunade said.
"S-sorry, I was naive." Sakura said with embarrassment.. "But I want to give Naruto a chance." Sakura said.
"I see. I'm happy for you but Naruto might still be upset. The fact that he hasn't even been to Ichiraku's is even scary. It's not fair for him." Tsuande said. "I hate seeing him unhappy."
"I think you should ignore the council and promote him. He deserves it, talk to the daimyo and let him know all the accomplishments."
"I know.."
"Hokage-sama!" Kakashi said, appearing through the window. "We have a problem." Kakashi said. He led a familiar headband and a note. He approached Tsunade and handed her the note.
Dear Baa-chan,
I can't take it anymore. This village has nothing left to offer me and I have no motivation to protect this village. No matter how this village treated me in the past, I was still loyal to it and I had no problem risking my life for the people. But I did have patience and ran out. The fact that Sasuke tried to kill me and still gets better treatment than me because of his last name is unfair, I do not want to be part of Konoha just to be a scapegoat and the council expects me to just take whatever they do to me and now they decided to give Sasuke my dream, that's not acceptable. So I resigned from Konoha forces and left the village. I want to thank you for always being a mother figure, I love you and wish you and pervy sage happiness. I already said bye to the Ichirakus. Tell Konohamaru and Iruka that they were like brothers I never had and tell Shizune thank you for always sticking up for me. I'm not sure if I'll ever see you again but you'll always be in my heart. Tell Sasuke and Sakura I'm happy for them. "
Love your Blonde baka, Naruto Uzumaki.
Tsunade started to tremble in sadness. Sakura saw this and got worried. "He's gone…" Tsunade said. "Naruto left the village."
Sakura's eyes widened. "What? But why? He still needs to become Hokage."
"Naruto found out about the council's second decision. When Sasuke informed them that he was going to become Hokage and protect the village. The council backed him up and supported him. Naruto lost his dream and now he has nothing."
"He has me." Sakura said.
"Apparently not, he said to tell you he's happy for you and Sasuke." Tsunade said.
"What? But there's nothing between me and Sasuke." Sakura said.
"But there's a reason he thinks there is. Did anything happen when you left the tower that day?"
Sakura thought about everything that went on that day until it struck her. "I-I confessed to Sasuke."
"He must have heard it and left. That was the final push he needed." Kakashi said with grief. He never supported Naruto or helped him with his training. Now he lost the only person connected to his sensei.
"So kyuubi, where exactly are we going?" Naruto asked.
"The forbidden valley. When Indra and Ashura were alive, they wanted to explore the world and other places. Using the senjutsu and and fuinjutsu, they created a veil or a rift that is supposed to connect to multiple dimensions when they were trying to create a gate to heaven. They test it out by sending kage bunshin into the rift, but Indra's clone was destroyed while Ashura clone met a deity apparently. The deity told him about multiple dimension travel but she's the one who judges you. If your soul isn't pure, you'll die and if you are, she will send you to another world. I thought you wanted a new start, you should check it out."
"A deity huh, I wonder if it would be possible to talk to her."
"It is." A voice said before Naruto disappeared in a light. Naruto appeared in front of a woman sitting on a throne. "Hello there Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, you can call Janus, the goddess of rebirth and second chances." the goddess said.
"Nice to meet you, Janus-sama." Naruto said with a bow.
"Very respectful, I heard everything and saw everything in your life. I must say I'm impressed with your spirit and how pure your soul is. So I decided to grant you your wish. I'll send you to a world completely different from yours but in order to survive in this world, I will have to grant you the power of elements. Unlike chakra that uses physical energy and spiritual energy. Elements using spiritual energy and magical energy. I'm going to combine your chakra and element energy as a gift."
"What world are you sending me to, if you don't mind me asking?"
"I'm sending you to japan where people utilized maken. Also I'll give you permission to come visit me. I would love to hear your progress there. Plus it gets rather boring here."
"Sure, I don't mind and thank you." Naruto said.
You're welcome, and another bonus. You can visit your world twice but after the second time. You will have to make a choice. To stay in the new world or go to your old world." Janus said.
"I appreciate it." Naruto said.
"No problem and just a tip of advice. Majority of your jutsu will be useless there." Janus said. "You see, element is energy from the gods and people in that world use it to enhance their attacks with weapons called Maken. Chakra was created by the god of your world, the sage but he wasn't an actual deity. In terms of power, element is stronger than chakra but your chakra is not useless. You can use it to increase your physical strength and speed but most ninjutsu are not needed. Your clones can be enhanced with element but as you stay there, your chakra will turn to element energy but with physical advantages. You'll be able to use your element without a Maken."
"What is a maken?" Naruto asked.
"Maken are tools and weapons used to channel and control one's element energy. It comes in many forms." Janus explained. "Also I'll give you a few minor talents to make a living." She touched his forehead with her finger and it glowed. "There, now you can cook, sing and learn about women."
"I see. Well thank you everything, Kami-sama." Naruto said.
"No problem my child. Now walk through the portal and you'll arrive." Naruto nodded and went through, disappearing in a bright light.
Kimi was walking to school, reading her favorite Manga, Naruto Shippuden. "Huh? What happened to the rest of the pages?" Kimi asked herself as she turned the pages and it was still blank. The book floated in the air and started to glow as the pages turned fast. Naruto soon flew out the book and landed on the ground. "Huh Y-you're.."
Huh, oh hey." Naruto said, giving the girl a foxy grin. "I'm new here. My name is…"
"Naruto Uzumaki!" Kimi said with stars in her eyes. "But how are you here? And why are you real?" Kimi asked excitedly.
"What do you mean why I'm real?" Naruto asked.
"You're a manga character." Kimi answered. She picked up her book and showed it to the blonde. "See, take a look."
Naruto took a look and read his book. "Wow, this is weird."
"So Naruto-kun, what are you doing here?"
"Well, it's a long story. But some things didn't work out in Konoha. I'll tell you later but I need to find somewhere to live and learn about maken." Naruto said.
"Oh, oh! Why not come to Tenbi Academy? You can learn about Maken and sense you're a fighter. I bet you would be really strong." Kimi suggested, excitedly.
"Sure, it would be helpful… um, I never got your name." Naruto said, rubbing the back of his head.
"Oh, I-I'm Kimi Sato. N-nice to meet you." Kimi said shyly.
Well Kimi-chan. You're my first friend here. May I count on you to help me for a while?" Naruto asked, giving his foxy grin. Kimi blushed.
'There's that foxy smile he always does.' "Of course, anyway we should probably head to school. When Chacha hears about this, she's going to scream." Kimi suggested.
"Lead the way Kimi-chan. I'm too excited, dattebayo" Naruto said. 'He called me Kimi-chan!' the girl thought as she led the blonde to the school. Naruto was looking around Japan and comparing it to his world. "Wow, Japan is beautiful. Never seen so many tall buildings and everyone is dressed better than me. This place is kind of futuristic."
Kimi giggled. "I kind of understand that since you came from a ninja village. I'll be happy to show you around later..i-if you w-want."
"Sure, thank you so much." Naruto replied. Kimi nodded and both proceeded to Tenbi with Naruto asking her questions about Japan. When they made it to the academy, Naruto was amazed by the size but what surprised him was the amount of girls here. "Welcome to Tenbi."
Hey Animeharem here, now the reason for this fanfiction. I made this one because this anime had one of the worst MCs I have ever seen. Plus it was requested. The point of this story is for Konoha to realize their mistake and want Naruto back and he will decide at the end. Obviously it's a harem. My favorite female is Minori, she's basically the Anko of this Anime. For Naruto's Maken, if you have any Idea I'm open minded but I most likely am going to give Naruto dual blades because I haven't seen a Maken with dual blades that I remember. For the Harem so far is Minori, Azuki, Garret, Chacha, Fuan and Aki.
