Reading Chapter 1: Touring the New World
"I want to read the next chapter." Tails said waving his hand.
"Sure." Tsunade said giving Tails the book as he opened it.
"Okay. Chapter 1: Touring the New World" Tails said.
"Kit, hey Kit wake up!" shouted Kurama.
Naruto groaned a bit as he opened his eyes before getting up to look around. He was currently standing in a sewer which he recognized to be his mindscape, where he often meets Kurama. He turned around to see a giant fox with rustic orange fur, long ears like a rabbit's and nine tails.
"Wait the inside of your mind is a sewer?" Amy asked.
"I didn't have the best childhood." Naruto said rubbing his head as everyone from his world looked at him sadly.
"How come?" Cream asked.
"Because Jinchuriki's aren't seen as people, but demons in human skin cause of the Bijuu's sealed inside of them." Kushina said.
"That's stupid." Sonic frowned.
"Indeed. Just because you have something sealed inside you doesn't make you that thing." Shadow said.
"Hehe, thanks guys." Naruto said with gratitude making both hedgehog nod as if saying 'your welcome'.
"Hey Kurama, so what's happening right now?" asked Naruto.
"We're currently floating in a void between dimensions and are on our way to one of them, but I don't know which one," said Kurama. There was silence in the mindscape until Naruto spoke up.
"Kurama, are you sure that there's no way for us to return?"
Kurama looked sad for a bit before he replied "I'm sorry kit, but the old man told me that if I or the other bijuu were to use the Trans dimensional jutsu, there's no chance of returning to our original dimension as there are many others for us to pinpoint,"
"Then I guess my dream of becoming Hokage won't come to past," said Naruto with tears building up in his eyes.
"I won't have any of that Naruto! Don't forget that it was you who united us bijuus, won the war and saved countless lives. That is far greater than any other Kage, and all of it was done by a ninja named Naruto Uzumaki, so quit it with the water works!"
Naruto looked at the fox in surprise before he wiped his eyes and smiled warmly at Kurama "Thanks Kurama, I guess I needed that,"
"Don't mention it kit, we're friends aren't we," asked Kurama to which Naruto nodded happily *Naruto and Kurama grinned at each other and fistbumped* "Good, anyway there's something that I wanted to talk to you about?"
"Really, what's up?"
"I discovered something interesting, turns out that you have a Kekkei Genkai two to be exact,"
"What?! I have two Kekkei Genkais?!" shouted Naruto in confusion.
"That's surprising." Shikamaru muttered.
"Yes, the first one is called the Swift release which give you the ability to move at high speeds, you must have inherited it from your father which makes a lot of sense as he could move at such speeds even when not using the Hirashin kunais,"
Minato puffed his chest out in pride.
"But then why couldn't I use it until now?"
"I don't know but it must have activated when you merged your chakra with mine, that's the best explanation so far. The second is your Uzumaki blood, but that was active the whole time as it gives you high levels of stamina and the ability to heal quickly,"
Kushina puffed out her chest in pride.
"But I thought my ability to heal came from you?" asked Naruto.
"Not really, it was your Kekkei Genkai this whole time but you being my jinchurriki simply enhanced it to higher levels," said Kurama.
"That explains so much." Everyone from Naruto's world thought except Naruto, Kurama, Kushina, and Minato who knew Naruto and how he was always able to recover so quickly.
Naruto placed and hand on his chin with a thoughtful look on his face "So let me get this straight, I can move at high speeds like my dad and as well as take hits and heal like my mom," then he smirked "I sound so badass right now!"
"Heck yeah you are!" Kushina cheered making everyone laugh.
Kurama simply sighed in exasperation before he chuckled softly "But I noticed something else, I sensed something infuse itself in your body some time ago, every time I try to locate it, it hides itself from me,"
"Is it harmful?"
"So far it hasn't done anything bad to your body, but the weird thing is that it had a bit of your chakra before it infused itself in you and I heard something like 'I have returned to you master," before I lost trace of it,"
"Sounds like that mysterious thing from the last chapter." Ino said.
"We might know what it is later on." Asuma said.
"That sounds as if I met it before, but I don't remember being a master to anything. I guess we'll just have to wait and see,"
"Kit, you might wanna wake up. It seems like we've arrived, and just to let you know the Trans dimensional jutsu could have certain side effects on the user so let's just hope that it's not too bad,"
Naruto simply smiled and waved him off "Relax Kurama, it's not like I would look a fox that walks on two feet," then he disappeared to find out about this new world that they're in.
Naruto opened his eyes and there first thing he saw were blue skies, then he slowly got and looked around to find himself standing in a lush forest with animals running around.
"Wow this place is beautiful," Naruto raised his hand to scratch the back of his head only to notice that his arm was covered with orange fur, then he felt something waving behind him and turned to see nine tails wagging "What the heck?!" seeing a nearby stream, he quickly ran over to look at his reflection. There he saw an anthropomorphic fox with black whisker marks and his hands were possessing claws that retract and come out upon his command.
Everyone blinked at Naruto's new look.
"Oh my." Tsunade mutters.
"That's something." Shizune agreed.
"When you think about Naruto being a fox fits him to a T." Sakura said.
"True." Tenten said.
"Plus I look cool." Naruto grinned.
"I'll say." Rouge purred getting Naruto to blush as Sonic and Knuckles snickered.
"I guess that this could be the side effect," said Kurama from within the mindscape.
"What do we do now Kurama, I can't go around looking like this! Who knows what kind of reaction we would get if someone sees us like this!"
"Kit calm down, we'll know what to do when the time comes, I have noticed that your chakra system has been seriously strained due to the constant battle without rest. So I'd advise that you don't use high leveled jutsus, sage mode, Chakra mode and even your Rasengan and shadow clones,"
"You mean none at all?" asked Naruto.
"Well you can use the Rasengan at half its power which is without a shadow clone and you create no more than five shadow clones. That's how much your chakra system can currently handle while I fix it,"
"Well that sucks." Naruto pouted.
"It's kind of to be expected in your in constant battle and took no rest." Kurama said.
"That is true. I was up for days on end helping the war and push myself to the very limit." Naruto said.
"How many days?" Amy asked.
"I think six days straight." Naruto said.
"Whoa you must have quite the stamina." Blaze said impressed.
"Who you telling?" Everyone from Konoha smirked.
"Got it Kurama, so only quick Rasengan and five clones are my limit. Now let's check my inventory," Naruto looked at his forearm and was relieved to see a seal which is a storage seal to keep his tools and other items. He bit his thumb and swiped a blood on the seal to release the items as they lay on the floor for him to look. So far he has a stack of explosive tags, a hundred kunai and shuriken each, empty scrolls, a brush and ink for drawing seals, and a couple of his father's Hirashin kunai.
"I remembered to pack all the necessary tools but I forgot to pack a change of clothes," Naruto muttered in annoyance.
"And this is why everyone calls you an idiot!" said Kurama while laughing, Naruto's eyes twitched.
"He's right about that!" Kiba snickered.
"Oh yeah?! Need I remind you this idiot has accomplish many things! Like help save a country from a tyrant, defeat Shukaku, help bring back the fifth Hokage, mastered the Rasengan technique in a week that took others years and or months to do, save a princess while saving another country and bring it peace, master sage training when others couldn't, help turn the tide of a war, and defeated a goddess! All the while I have yet to reach adulthood while you haven't done much but reach Chunnin!" Naruto said smugly crossing his arms.
Kiba tried to retort, but couldn't say anything as all Naruto said was right.
"Naruto's got a point Kiba." Sakura said.
"Well at least I rank up in status unlike you!" Kiba shouted.
"Yeah and what kind of success do you have to show for it beside helping in the war?" Naruto smirked.
Kiba couldn't say anything after that.
"Honestly with everything I've done I should've been promoted to at least Jonin." Naruto said.
"True, but you don't act like a professional shinobi half of the time." Tsunade smirked.
"Like you or anyone else has a right to talk." Kurama scoffed.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Tsunade frowned.
"No one these days shows the professional of a shinobi. I mean Sakura was a hopeless Sasuke love girl, Guy and Lee were exclaiming about the wonders of youth, Shikamaru is lazy, Choji eats a lot, Ino is a gossip queen, Kakashi reads smut in broad daylight, Jiraiya was a super pervert, and you were wallowing in sadness drinking and gambling when Naruto found you. None of you shinobi were professional yet you want to call Naruto out on his flaws and not admit your own. Please! Can you say hypocrites?!" Kurama said.
"Hey that's right! None of you guys acted like proper shinobi! And some of you were worse than I was!" Naruto frowned looking at his comrades.
Everyone but Naruto's parents and Hinata bowed their heads in shame realizing how true that was and how hypocritical they were. (And seriously NONE of the ninja fit the category of professional ninja, yet they want to call Naruto out of his flaws? Where's the justice in that?!)
"Well I feel like a jerk." Ino mumbled.
"Indeed." Rock Lee agreed.
"Maybe we were the problem and not Naruto." Kakashi sighed.
"I'll promote you to Jonin as soon as we get back, Naruto. And sorry." Tsunade apologized.
"Hmph!" Naruto pouted turning his head away as Minato, Kushina, and Hinata tried to calm him down.
"Stop laughing and let's get a move on!" Naruto sealed the items back in the storage seal but then he noticed a tattoo in the shape of an azure dragon on his other forearm "I wonder what this is, could I have something to do with whatever infused itself with my body?" he shrugged his shoulders and started walk through the forest.
Along the way, Naruto came across something that caught his interest. It was several golden rings that were floating just a few inches above the ground. He walked over and cautiously picked one of it up to observe closely, he could sense a slight pulse of energy from it.
"You guys have floating gold rings in your world?" Choji asked the animals.
"Yeah they have many purposes, but mainly they're used for currency." Tails explained.
"And they're everywhere on the planet. You can find them anywhere." Cream said.
"Huh, that's an awesome way to earn money." Tsunade mussed.
"Dang right it is." Asuma said.
"What do you think of this Kurama?" asked Naruto.
"I don't know but I think you should gather more of them, maybe you can trade them for the currency in order to buy the things we need," said Kurama.
Naruto nodded in affirmation, then he took out the brush and ink to draw a storage seal on his palm, then he grabbed the rings that disappeared into the seal.
"How about I try out my dad's Swift release as well as get myself back in shape?" said Naruto, receiving a grunt from the fox. Then he crouched low before taking off leaving a small crater at where his feet were.
Music Start: Sonic Generations OST; Green Hill (Modern)
A add popped on the screen that said 'Play Song' confusing everyone.
"Ok right!" D-nasty said getting everyone's attention. "On certain parts of the story songs will appear that will let you listen to them as the story progresses."
"Sweet! How do we listen to the song?" Sonic asks.
"With this remote." D-nasty said waving his hand making a gold remote appear before tossing it to Sonic who caught it and hit the play button making the music play as everyone nodded their head to the tune.
"Hey I like it." Sonic grinned.
"Yeah, cool song." Naruto smiled.
Naruto was tearing through the forest a speeds which he had never gone before outside the Tailed beast chakra mode which even surprised Kurama himself.
"Whoa this Kekkei Genkai totally rocks, dad must have had a lot of fun running circles around his enemies all day!" shouted Naruto excitedly. "Hey, what's that up ahead?" Naruto a flat panel with endless treadmills on the ground. When Naruto stepped on it, he felt himself thrown forward with a small burst of speed "Whoa, I guess that boosts my running speed for a short time," he kept on running until he came across a cliff face. Smirking slightly, he started running up the wall without applying chakra to his feet and soon felt himself slow down until he saw more of those flat panels which he now calls dash panels, he ran on them to regain the speed lost and kept on going till he reached the top.
Naruto ran along the edge of the cliff and there was a gap between it and another cliff "I doubt that I can jump that far," then he saw a metal ring with a glowing inner rim with three plates showing arrows pointing into them. Without thinking, he jump high into the air and through ring and felt himself launched further until he landed on the other side "And that would be the aerial version of the dash panels.
He found himself in a craggy area with two mountains on both sides, Naruto was vaulting over the rocky obstacles and soon came upon a ledge too high for him to reach and no dash panels to help him out "Now how do I get up there?"
"Hey kit, follow those trails of rings," said Kurama who was looking through his eyes the whole time. Naruto followed the trail and came upon a red platform with a blue circle and yellow star in the center, and he could see a grey spring underneath it. Naruto looked up to see more of them placed in different areas and got the idea, then he stepped on the first one which bounced him into the air to another one and continued to do so until he reached the top. He started running downhill and heard rumbling from and looked behind to see large boulders rolling behind him "Whoa, a rockslide!" He ran faster with the rocks getting closer, then he saw a spring to his left and quickly jumped at it and bounced into the air and away from the rockslide.
"Phew, that was a close one!" said Naruto wiping sweat off his eyebrow.
"You were lucky kit, if you hadn't used those springs to get away, you would have gotten crushed by those boulders," said Kurama "Now get going, we should be close to a town or city from what I'm sensing,"
"Okay furball, I got it," Naruto took off again, not before hearing Kurama grumble about being called a furball.
Music End
The song ended but everyone was impressed with how the story Naruto got a handle on his new speed, with the original Naruto and Minato's chest swelling with pride, one on how the story version of him got use to his speed so quickly, and the other cause he got it from him.
Along the way, Naruto was getting used to the Swift release and even created a few moves with it. Then he finally skidded to a stop in front of a cliff which was overlooking a city next to the ocean with boats floating through canals within it, Naruto also saw people walking on the streets wearing clothes that are different from the ones that the civilians from his own dimension wear.
"Wow, this place looks so beautiful and it's close to the sea. It kinda reminds me of the land of Waves, don't you think so Kurama?" asked Naruto as he enjoyed the view.
"It does, doesn't it." Team 7 thought remembering their time on their first official mission.
"I have to admit it Kit, it certainly does. Now you should go and gather information so that we can find out where exactly we are and how things are done in this dimension," said Kurama.
"Sir, yes sir," said Naruto with a mock salute, then he jumped off the cliff and skidded down the wall until he reached the bottom and walked towards the city.
As he walked along the streets, he noticed people were giving him looks but was surprised that he didn't sense any trace of negative emotions with his sensory abilities that he got from Kurama. "Hey fox, you have any idea why they're looking at me like that, I thought they would be disgusted with the way I look,"
"I think it might have to do with the fact that you just walked into the city, wearing clothes that make you look like you just came out of a warzone?" said Kurama.
Naruto looked at himself and realized that his favorite orange and black jumpsuit are so ragged that they made him look like a hobo "You're right, I'd better head to a clothing store and buy some clothes. I hope they have some with orange there," *Everyone from Konoha snickered at that* After asking for some directions from the citizens, Naruto was able to locate a store that sells clothes and entered it.
"Hello there, how may I help you?" asked a man who standing behind a counter.
"Hello sir, I was hoping to buy some clothes here since my old ones are much too ragged," said Naruto.
"Of course, feel to browse through our collection and when you're done, you can complete your purchase here with rings,"
"I guess those rings are a form of currency around here, it's a good thing that you collected a lot on the way here," said Kurama with Naruto nodding in agreement.
"Just imagine what I could do with all those rings." Tsunade grinned.
"Knowing you you'd probably gamble it all away." Kushina smirked.
"And get herself in even more debt." Naruto smirked.
"So mean." Tsuande pouted as Kushina and Naruto laughed while giving each other high-fives.
"Wait I'm confused." Silver said.
"Lady Tsunade loves to gamble, but she's terrible at it. And loses so much money she winds up in debts." Shizune said.
"Hence why her nickname is 'The Legendary Sucker'." Asuma snickered.
The animals(except Shadow) all began chuckling at the news.
"Don't you think that's a sign to stop." Knuckles laughed.
"Seriously hon, with luck like that you should've quit a long time ago." Rouge chuckled.
Tsunade pouted harder at her hobby(addiction) was being teased.
After looking through the clothes, Naruto came wearing an orange and black flak jacket with multiple pockets and a hoodie with the zipper open, black cargo shorts with red flames and orange high top sneakers with dragon designs on it. Naruto was able to salvage some stuff from his old clothes which were his headband, ninja pouch and his kunai holster which he wore with his new clothes. Naruto headed back to the counter and paid for the clothes which was a cost of 500 rings before he left walk around the city.
"500 rings for just a pair of new clothes?" Ino said in disbelief.
"Well remember there rings all over our world where anyone can get them. So things tend to be a little pricy." Tails said.
"I wonder if my story self would be able to collect enough rings so where he won't have to worry about money?" Naruto hummed.
"Knowing you Naruto and your luck you would be set for awhile." Kurenai smirked making Naruto chuckle sheepishly and rub the back of his head.
"Wait a sec, how lucky is Naruto?" Blaze asked.
"To the point where he bankrupt four casinos." Might Guy grinned.
The animals were gobsmacked hearing that, even Shadow blinked in surprised.
"...Dude." Sonic said.
"That's insane." Silver said.
He walked by a shop and saw a brochure that caught his interest "Maybe this will give us some information," He took one and read it for a while. He read that he was in a city called Soleanna which is a constitutional monarchy with an economy dominated by tourism and precision machinery, they worship a sun god who goes by the name Solaris. The brochure also states that the city falls under the rule of Princess Elise.
"Hey Kurama, it also says that there's an event called the 'Soleanna Sun Festival where the citizens give their thanks to the sun by honoring the sun god Solaris, and it's going to be held tonight plus the princess will be there as the main attraction. Think we can hang around and see it?" asked Naruto mentally.
"Well since you humans celebrate an event once every year, I don't see any harm in it," said Kurama.
"Come on buddy, what could possibly happen?" said Naruto with laugh, what he didn't was that he was in himself into the craziest adventure with certain people whom he'll form a bond that will last a lifetime.
"The question is, how crazy the adventure would be?" Kurama said.
"Trust me, everyone one of you would not expect it how the adventure comes out. Even I was knocked for a loop a few times." D-nasty said making everyone intrigued of how the adventure would turn out.