Outsider Chronicles: To Fly High

Getting reborn as everyones favorite blond knucklehead was an...interesting experience. I already knew I was in for one hell of a fight in the future, but this...stopping Kaguya will be even harder than I thought.

Sooo yeah, this is an odd one. You can probably guess some of what I have in mind right off the bat, so lets dive right in. Don't worry, I have no intention of stopping ABC, I just wanted to get this down. Enjoy!

Chapter 1

"What the..?"

I blinked my eyes, but was unable to see anything in the darkness around me.

"Where am I?"

I could feel something surrounding me, pressing in from all sides. Normally such a situation would send me into a panic attack, but for some reason I felt safe and content, as if I was in the embrace of my mother.

"What happened?"

The last thing I remembered I was leaving the Sports Center in the break between rounds to get a drink and then...nothing. At that moment, I was broken from my confusion as my surroundings suddenly compressed, pushing me in the direction my sense of balance told me was down, head first.

"Whats going on?"

The compression hit me again and I caught a glimpse of a flash of light and was suddenly filled with a desire to get out, as well as the familiar indications of a panic attack brought on by claustrophobia, making me even more desperate to get out. It took a while, but a combination of squirming and whatever was pushing me allowed me to finally get out and into the light. At first my vision was a little hazy and I could only make out blurred blobs and my hearing wasn't much better, only able to pick up garbled sounds. My nose was working a little better allowed me to smell that I was in some kind of hospital, although the scent was a little different from what I was used to in medical facilities. Nothing overt, just a very slight difference that indicated that they used something slightly different to sterilize the place.

Then, something impacted my behind, making me cough up liquid I didn't know I had in my lungs.

"Hey, whats the big idea!" I shouted.

Or rather, tried to. Instead the shout came out as a babys wail.

"Oh shit."

I felt someone pick me up, wrap me in something and pass me to another person. I blinked a few times, clearing my vision as best I was able to and looked up at the two gigantic faces looming over me. Well, gigantic for me anyway as I had apparently just be reborn. Well, this is going to take some getting used to.

I...have no idea what to make of this. It had been about an hour since I had been reborn and I found myself in my father's arms...on top of a gigantic toad facing down an equally massive nine tailed fox. Aww shit, this is gonna blow…

Sooo yeah, to summarize, I got reborn into the world of Naruto...as Naruto! How...how am I even supposed to react to that? I guess I can only hope this is a world where the idiot Civies only ignore me or things could get very messy.

Welp, messy it is! It took less than three hours after the Hokage's ill thought out announcement of my Jinchuriki status for someone to try and kill me and things only got worse from their. I'm sure you can guess what happened to me, just go read some other Naruto fics to get the idea. They did all that to me and more. I spent more time in the hospital than out of it once I was old enough to walk. The fact that a good number of my ANBU guards also seemed to be conspicuously absent when the mobs started to form didn't help and I'm sure I saw some of them as part of the mob on a few occasions, especially on my birthday.

Then, on my fifth birthday, I suddenly found myself with the power to fight back...and a realization that the entire world might well be more fucked than I ever believed possible.

The day was like any other, doing my usual attempts to go unnoticed, only to be spotted by one of the Ninja with it out for me, which led to me getting chased by a mob, caught and given yet another beating. However, this time was worse than ever for some reason. Normally, they stopped when blood started to flow, but this time they kept going until I stopped feeling the blows and my vision began to fade. I was dying and I knew it, but I honestly couldn't bring myself to care. I'd died once after all, so what difference would it make? Whether I ceased to exist or was reborn again, I didn't care anymore. I just wanted it to end…

NO!

NO, I didn't want to die! My life might be shit and unbelievably painful, but...I couldn't just give up! It wasn't for any noble reason like to save the world, not at that moment, instead it was just the basic desire in all living things to LIVE! Besides, I didn't want to give the bastards the satisfaction of killing me! I had to live, I couldn't die! Even if it meant drawing on the Foxes power, I would not di…!

I saw something vast beyond measure.

I saw gleaming shards falling.

I saw a glowing fruit and the vast thing shudder as it was changed into something new.

I saw a gleaming crystal fall towards me.

I saw a vast, purple eye glaring down at the world from the Moon.

...e here, trapped in this never ending loop!

I jolted, just as a villager approached me, a length of wood in his hand and a flush on his cheeks from the drink I could smell on his breath.

"THIS IS FOR MY DAUGHTER YOU DEMON!" he screamed as he brought it down, "DIE!"

CRACK!

Instead of cracking my skull, the wood instead splintered, shattering against my head, leaving me unharmed as all of the injuries vanished between one moment and the next. The villager wasn't so lucky. I felt my field pop from the impact, dumping the force from the impact back where it came from and hitting the villager full in the face, shattering his skull from the impact. Wait…

I looked down at my hands, just as a faint shimmer like a soap bubble flickered over them, indicating that my shield had just recharged...wait, WHAT?!

I shook my head, hard, but that did nothing to change the fact I now had knowledge in my head of a brand new powerset that had fuck all to do with anything Naruto. Instead of standard issue Bloodline bullshit, magic or whatever, I now had a barrier that could protect me from anything, vastly increase my strength to the point that I was stronger than Tsunade and allow me to fly, not to mention the power to absorb any impact it took to be released later. What the fuck.

Then, my mind stalled and rewound my thoughts slightly to land on one that made me both gape and want to jump up and down in glee. I could FLY!

It took me a while to work that realization out of my system, awhile I spent flying around above the cloud layer at about twice the speed of sound. Eventually though, I calmed down enough to settle into a leisurely glide as I considered what my new abilities meant. They...weren't normal. I don't care if flight isn't totally unheard of in this world, one does not simply unlock such a power at complete random. The barrier I could feel just over my skin certainly supported that conclusion. The question was, where did they come from?

I don't think it could be a Kekkei Genkai since I'd never heard of either of my Parents being able to fly, although it wasn't completely out of the question that they could have hidden the power. Another option was that it was the Foxes doing, although I didn't think that was likely. If it was, I probably would have heard from it by now. The problem was that the combination of powers didn't seem like something from Naruto, it was more like something you'd see in a super...hero...sto…

My thoughts suddenly screeched to a halt as I came to an abrupt halt, my eyes wide in utter disbelief. Flight, superhuman strength stemming from a forcefield and the ability to absorb and release Kinetic energy, all gained in a moment of desperation. That sounded suspiciously like a Trigger Event and Worm-verse powers to me, but how did I…

My thoughts slammed on the breaks again as, out of nowhere, the memory of the Vision suddenly slammed into my mind with enough force that I actually rocked back in mid air. Then, I went white.

"Oh...shit."

That...was not good. It was bad enough when Kaguya was just an overpowered, omnicidal alien, but if she was an Entity...well, she was still an overpowered omnicidal alien, only now she was basically indestructible unless we could punch through into her pocket dimension. Although I would like to know how the FUCK she was able to have kids if she really was an Entity, that was mostly academic at the moment. Instead, I had to put my mind to the task of figuring out how in the hell I could beat her, short of just not letting the Akatsuki get their hands on Kurama. That meant that I needed to be STRONG. I couldn't afford to just coast by on my power, I needed to get as strong as I could as fast as I could. Unfortunately, I couldn't see the Villages taking to kindly to that. Welp, guess its time to put on a mask!

I sighed deeply as I turned in the direction I somehow knew the Leaf was (huh, guess i got a built in compass as well. Thats cool) and started flying towards home. However, before I'd gone far, the soft sound of a scream floated up to me from below. Surprised, I looked down and saw that I was flying over a small village that was well hidden by mountains, cliffs and trees, dominated by a massive tree. Huh, guess I'd accidentally stumbled on the Hidden Waterfall. Neat.

I shook off my interest as I slowly floated down, scanning for the source of the sound. It didn't take long to find it.

The sight was unfortunately familiar to me since I'd been in a similar situation more times than I could count. A large mob of villages and Ninja had cornered a small child and was clearly about to beat her bloody or worse. Well, that wouldn't fly! I was about to drop down and kick some ass, before I paused. While I couldn't leave someone else to suffer like I had, I wasn't dumb enough to just drop in as I was. This wasn't a world where random people dropping in would be brushed off, if I wasn't careful, I could spark a war. I needed something to hide my identity.

Fortunately, I could see just the thing. I grinned as I flipped in the air and shot down, aiming for a flapping bit of fabric on a roof.

Fu hated feeling helpless. Unfortunately, it was a feeling that was all too familiar to her thanks to the villagers inexplicable hatred of her, a hatred that burnt so hot that they regularly tried to kill her, not helped in the least by the fact a good portion of the Ninja who were supposed to help keep the peace often joined in. Just about the only people in the village who didn't hate her guts were Shibuki and Nanabi, who was the only reason she was even alive after all the attempts on her life. Not that that made them any more pleasant to experience and it looked like she was in for another tonight. She wasn't even sure why she bothered to scream, its not like anyone would…

CRASH!

Fu nearly jumped out of her skin as something small and white suddenly dropped out of the sky and landed with enough force to crack the ground. Her eyes went wide in shock as she took in the figure, swathed in tattered white fabric that looked almost like wings as it settled on the ground. Then, the figure stood up and Fu felt her expectations lower as she realized that the figure was shorter than her, an admittedly short 5 year old. He tilted his head slightly to look at her, allowing Fu to catch a brief glimpse of bright blue eyes above a mask that had been formed by wrapping the cloak (which was actually an old sheet) around his mouth to create a mask and hood combo.

The boy seemed to examine her for a moment and Fu could see a look of surprise and vague amusement in the blue orbs, before he turned his attention back to the mob.

"Who the hell are you?" snarled the leader, a Shinobi who Fu knew for a fact should know better, "Move it, unless you want to join the Demon!"

"Demon huh?" said the white cloaked boy, "I don't see any demons. I just see a pretty girl being attacked by a gang of morons who should know better."

Fu's eyes widened. It was clear he wasn't a local, but even so, to hear someone say that was...rather touching. The complement didn't hurt either and she was very glad the darkness hid the slight darkening of her cheeks.

The Villagers were less enthused.

"Why you little brat!" snarled the Ninja, "Your dead Demon Lover!"

He shot through some hand signs and a nearby puddle suddenly erupted, forming into the shape of a sword in his hand.

"Takigakure Style: Watercutting Sword!" he yelled as he charged, "Take this!"

Fu's eyes widened. She knew the villagers would be angry at the other kids comment, but to kill him…

"LOOK OUT!" she yelled.

However, it was to late and the Ninja swung the water sword as hard as he could...only for it to hit the short figure and splash as a pulse of force blasted the Ninja off his feet and through a nearby wall.

"Huh...neat," said the cloaked boy.

"YOU BRAT!" roared another Ninja, jumping at the cloaked boy.

He responded by turning on his heel and slamming his heel into the Ninja's stomach, sending him after the other on.

"Two seconds recharge," muttered the white cloaked boy, "And my blows don't charge it...this is probably going to turn into a brawl I can't win. Time to go."

Fu wasn't entirely sure what the boy was muttering about, but it sounded like he was planning to leave. For a brief moment, a feeling of betrayal welled up in her gut, before it was replaced by shock as the boy dropped a smoke bomb he'd pulled from somewhere, spun around, scooped her up and shot straight up with her in his arms, screaming her lungs out.

"Oh, calm down, I'm not gonna drop you," said the boy, a grin clear in his tone, "Plus, if you keep screaming, your gonna swallow a bug."

Fu snapped her jaws shut. She might contain a giant beetle, but that didn't mean she fancied eating one at high speed.

"So pretty lady, where do you want me to drop you off?" asked the boy.

Fu blushed despite herself, but pointed in the direction of her home at the edge of the Village. The boy nodded and angled in the direction indicated, landing outside the rundown hut she called home a few moments later and placing her on her feet. She turned to him as removed the makeshift cloak, revealing spiky blonde hair, blue eyes and whisker marks that made him look almost like a fox.

"Who are you?" asked Fu, "And how did you do that?"

The boy grinned.

"Naruto Uzumaki, at your service," he said, "As for how I can fly, the simple answer is a Bloodline, although thats not entirely accurate."

Fu hesitated for a moment, not entirely sure if she wanted to know the answer to her next question, but found herself unable to resist.

"Why did you help me?" she asked.

Naruto's grin faded.

"Because I know how you feel," he said, rubbing his stomach, "In fact, I activated my Bloodline just in time to survive a very similar event. I could never stand back and watch someone else go through that, let alone someone like me."

Fu frowned. What did that mea...then her eyes widened as she put two and two together. The blonde gave a weak grin and held up nine fingers.

"I know what its like to be lonely," he said softly, "I won't let anyone else go through that if I can help it."

Fu stared at the slightly shorter boy for a moment, feeling ehr eyes start to prickel despite herself. She might often hide behind the mask of a carefree troublemaker, but the fact of the matter was that she, like all Jinchuriki, craved friends and companionship. Nanabi was a good friend of course, but that didn't change the fact she craved the closeness of someone who wasn't trapped inside her. The fact that Naruto was just like her was just the icing on the cake.

With that, her walls came down and she burst into tears as she grabbed Naruto in a tight hug.

Inside Fu's Seal, the vast form of the Beast she contained watched its container interact with the other Jinchuriki with a strange expression on its face. It was glad that Fu had found a friend who'd never abandon her of course, but it couldn't shake the feeling that Naruto's powers had less in common with a Bloodline than he was letting on.

"This feeling…" it muttered, reaching out with the power that no one, not even the Sage himself, knew it possessed, "It feels like...oh no!"

The Tailed Beast was about to call out to its Host, but before it could, it suddenly sensed something latch onto Fu. It was about to blast it with its Chakra, but hesitated when it realized that, although it was clearly similar, it was nothing like what it was expecting. Even the way it was linking to Fu was different. The Tailed Beast hesitated for a moment longer, before relenting. Dangerous or not, the power would only help Fu in the future.

A couple of hours later, after spending hours talking, crying and taking the chance to act like actual kids for a change, the two Jinchuriki said their goodbyes and Naruto took off, leaving Fu staring after him and a promise to be back soon.

"Nanabi, whats it like to fly?" she asked.

The Tailed Beast sighed deeply.

"Its...freeing," it said, "I very much wish that I could have taken more time to enjoy it."

Fu smiled softly as she sat back against the shimmering, crystal-like force field that appeared behind her without her noticing.

"I think I'd like to fly one day," she said, reaching up towards the moon, "Without Naruto's help. I...I want to be free like that to."

"You will," said Nanabi, "With my help or under your own power, I'll make sure you can fly."

Fu's smile widened and she closed her eyes as the phantom feeling of a hug settled around her from the beast within.

"Thanks Tera," she said.

"You are quite welcome," said the Nanabi.

...I regret nothing! That aside, I bet that a few of you will guess what I have in mind for the Nanabi considering what I'm working with. And trust me, Naruto and Fu won't be the only ones to get 'Parahuman' abilities.

Speaking of which, Kaguya's Shards work very differently from the Thinker and Warrior, both because she had a different tactic and because the Chakra Fruit made her something very different from an Entity. Her Shards don't Bud, instead they tie themselves to the DNA of the original host, allowing their descendants to gain the powers of the Shard without triggering, creating Bloodlines in the process. New Triggers are rare because the percentage of those capable of Triggering in the first place are even rarer on this planet than on Bet and the fact the EN is such a small part of the world doesn't help. Oh, and on another note, just because someone has a Bloodline, doesn't mean they can't Trigger themselves because their power comes from genetic changes made by the Shard, not the Shard itself.

Moving on, Naruto's powers are very similar to Glory Girl, if she Triggered around Assault instead of Gallant. The flight, invulnerability and strength all work the same, but his ability to absorb force acts like Yangs Semblance, allowing him to store the energy and use it to increase his strength further, or fire bolts of kinetic force, like how Yang uses the Ember Celica. There is a limit to how much energy the shield can store, and how long it can be stored for, with the energy gathered from a single blow of average strength dissipating within about 24 hours. Obviously, a weaker or stronger blow would last for less time or more respectively. Finally, his own blows don't add to his reserves (although the force from a hard landing would) and, if his shield is broken, all of the force contained is released at once. He can also release it at will, but doing so will also drop his shield.

I have no plans for any characters from Worm to appear directly in (with one exception...sort of), but powers are another story entirely. I already have a few ideas, even if they probably won't get used...eh, its fun to think these things up!

Anyway, time for me to go. Don't forget to leave a review!