Tailed beasts are gigantic monsters of chakra that have existed in this world for just as long as shinobi have. They all are strong enough to take out entire villages or even an entire country alone. Only the very best shinobi have a chance of battling against them, but few of those people existed in this current era. In order to control these monsters they were sealed inside of humans so they could be imprisoned, and sometimes controlled. These humans are known as jinchuriki and they have the potential to use the tailed beast's power to become incredibly strong. The tailed beasts and jinchuriki are treated as weapons of war, even though that a jinchuriki is actually human. Since the tailed beasts are a weapon of mass destruction, each of the Five Great Shinobi Countries has their own tailed beast to keep the balance of power between the countries. If a country or hidden village loses their jinchuriki and tailed beasts then other countries could use this opportunity to destroy the village. This is why the balance of power between the countries is important.

These jinchuriki try to live normal lives in the villages they are raised in. Unfortunately however, other people see these jinchuriki as something not human because of the tailed beast they house. These jinchuriki are usually isolated and treated unfairly by the very people they are protecting. Only a jinchuriki can understand the pain and suffering of another jinchuriki however they are never able to meet each other as allies. The life of a jinchuriki is a sad and lonely one.

Konohagakure is one such village that has a jinchuriki in order to protect its villagers. The leader of the village, the Hokage, ensures that the jinchuriki is well treated and cared for. The other villages knew that Konoha had a jinchuriki, but only a handful of people in the village knew who it was. This is the reason that they were surprised by the sudden attack on the village by the Nine Tails. The village shinobi took up arms against this beast, while trying to protect normal civilians and children. The retired Third Hokage led this defence while his successor the Fourth Hokage was nowhere to be seen. The Third was one of the few people who knew the identity of the host, and he had no idea what had happened.

The name of the host was Kushina Uzumaki and the Nine Tails was inside of her until a few minutes ago. But that was not the only thing recently removed. She had just given birth to a baby boy, her first child, when a mysterious masked man attacked, and unsealed the Nine Tails from her. Her husband, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze had defeated the masked man in battle and chased him away. Normally when a jinchuriki has their tailed beasts removed they die, however Kushina was from the Uzumaki clan who had increasable longevity and was still clinging onto life. Minato had used his signature jutsu, Hiraishin (Flying Thunder God), to teleport Kushina, himself, their child, and the Nine Tails to a fair distance away from village.

In between his failing attempt to regain air in his lungs, Minato told Kushina "Gotta put up a barrier…" Minato was a very tall man whose back would be able to give any shinobi who followed him courage, but currently this back was slumped over with exhaustion. He had just fought against one of the strongest opponents he had ever faced, teleported away two large balls of explosive chakra, the giant lump of chakra that created the two balls, and teleported a few more times for his family, all in order to protect the village which gave him the Hokage coat he was wearing.

Kushina was also puffing hard. She was holding onto life with sheer willpower. It was impossible for her to survive this ordeal but she could not leave this monster loose. "My chakra's almost drained…" She forced those words out as she used her special ability. Chains started flying out of her body. Half of the chains surrounded the nearby area, sealing them all inside a barrier, while the other half wrapped around the Nine Tails and forced it to the ground.

"Kushina!" Minato watched as his wife used some of her little remaining energy holding down the beast. The sound of the chains woke up the sleeping child who was resting in Minato's arms.

"Sorry Naruto…" Kushina was barely managing to hold these sentences. "I didn't… mean to wake you." Minato just watched in shock as his wife was the weakest he's ever seen her. She was usually the pillar holding him up, but now she was as fragile as a leaf, if the wind was too strong she could disappear from his sights. "I'll drag the Nine Tails … back… and die with it inside me… That'll… prevent it from… coming back… for a while… It's the only way to save you both… With the little bit of chakra I have left. Thank you… for everything…" Kushina was pushing herself long beyond her limits to deliver this message. It was then that Minato realised what she was saying.

"Kushina… you…" Minato finally gather his thought. "You made me your husband, you made me into the Fourth Hokage, you made m this boy's father, and I…" Minato's face became more depressed the more he spoke.

"Don't look so sad, Minato." As weak as she was, she could still comfort her husband. She had finally regained her breath and was ready to use it. "I'm…I'm happy. Happy that you loved me. Happy that it's… our son's… birthday. If I try to image surviving, and the three of us living together, I can't think of anything beyond 'I'd be so happy.' If I had any regrets. It would be that I won't see Naruto grow up." Minato had started crying throughout Kushina's proclamation.

It was then that Minato finally resolved. He quickly thought about his encounter with the masked man, the village which he swore to protect, and his teacher who taught him everything he knows. "Kushina… you don't need to take the fox down with you. We can use our last bit of chakra to see Naruto one more time." After a quick pause to wipe away his tears Minato turned off the family man within him and became a Hokage. "I'll seal the last of your chakra in Naruto, as well as the Nine Tails with an Eight Trigrams Seal. This will let you see Naruto when he's older, and will keep the balance of the tailed beasts between villages."

"Are you serious?" Kushina was in a state of disbelief. "Our son. Our SON, and you want him to become a jinchuriki? The village will know that the Nine Tails is within him, so he cannot be announced as your son. He will be left alone as a jinchuriki. You don't understand if it wasn't for you I would have broken under the weight that this beast IS. AND YOU WANT TO PUT IT ON YOUR OWN SON."

"LOOK!" Minato finally took a demanding tone. "Jiraiya-sensei spoke of the world undergoing a great revolution, and with it, a great disaster. Tonight I've confirmed two things. The first is that masked man, the one who attacked you; he is the harbinger of that disaster, and Naruto will be the one to stop him. The jinchuriki who will blaze the trail to our future. I just know it."

Kushina thought for a bit. "I'm sorry Minato, I can't let him feel this pain. But it has to be done… I am a ninja too." Minato's face became relieved. He finally had her approval. "But on once condition. We don't let him live in the Elemental Nations. I want him to live happily in a world where they don't know what a tailed beast is, or what a jinchuriki is, it'd be nice if they didn't know what war was either." Minato was about to object. "I can't let him be hated for something we did to him…" Once again Minato's face softened.

"We don't even know if that world will have shinobi." Minato still had protests. "Then what. The masked man will go after him. He won't be able to fight back."

"But Naruto needs to have a life. I don't want him to suffer." Kushina was now pleading.

"WE ARE A FAMILY OF SHINOBI!" Minato was having an internal turmoil. He needed to protect the village, but he also wanted to protect his family.

"WE ARE A FAMILY FIRST! PROTECT YOUR SON!" Both of them remained silent. The Nine Tails wasn't resisting anymore, he was interested in the direction of the conversation. "Minato. Take this gamble with me. I want our son to live happily in a world without war. This is the only way."

"But Kushina. We are the only people who know how to send people to this other dimension. It's an Uzumaki technique after all. If we do this, our son will not know about our world. He will have no family; he will have no one from his home world. He will be alone."

"Even if we leave him here, he will be alone. A jinchuriki is always alone." Kushina looks down in sadness. "I'm out of time Minato. You need to decide."

With a simple nod of his head Minato decided to complete his wife's last wish. He decided to save his child in an unconventional way. He sealed the Nine Tails inside the child named Naruto and then did a space/time ninjutsu to send herself and the child to another world.

Struggling for breath, Kushina was laying on a patch of grass in the middle of an unfamiliar place. Minato's jutsu worked. In her arms was Naruto, her newborn son. A shadow approached.

"What an unusual power surge. I wonder what it was." A shadow approached the dying woman and her child. Fortunately the spoken language was the same. Kushina tried her best to sit up but she couldn't. The shadow now stood over the woman.

"Please… Care for… my son…" The shadow remained silent. "Please…"

The shadow bent down and picked up the boy. "What is his name?" Kushina smiled as she forced out her last two words.

"Naruto… Uzumaki…"

XxX

"This is by far the weirdest dream I've ever had." A young boy stood in the centre of an unusual room. This room was the size of a castles guest hall which was meant to house over 100 people comfortably. However, unlike the castle hall this room was dark, gloomy and had water resting along the bottom. It was comparable to a sewer. Preventing anything from approaching one of the walls was a giant gate. This gate had a lock halfway up with a piece of paper over it. This paper had a word on it that was unfamiliar to the boy.

The boy himself was around 12 years old. He had bright yellow hair which complimented his deep blue eyes. His hair was untamed and went in every direction possible. There are three whisker-like marks on each side of his face, giving him a more animalistic look. He was currently wearing his bright orange pyjamas. The boy believed he was in a dream since the last thing he remembered doing was going to sleep. What added more to this thought was the fact that he was talking to a giant fox creature with nine tails who was on the other side of the giant gate.

"So let me get this straight. I, Naruto Uzumaki, am in fact a visitor from another world. And this other world is full of ninjas who are using giant beasts like you as weapons. Not only that, but my parents sealed one of these beasts inside of me for my own protection, and you are this beast. Am I correct so far?"

"That is correct." The giant fox nodded his head.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" Naruto raised his fist in annoyance. Then he finally thought about it and calmed down. "This is just a dream. Don't get angry at a dream."

"I assure you this is not a dream." The giant fox once again spoke. His loud booming voice echoed along the walls. "This world you are in now is not the one you are born in. You are from the Elemental Nations."

"Um… no." Naruto started rubbing his temples. "I am not some ninja from this Elemental Nations. I am a mage from Earthland. This is facts, I need to wake up."

"What about that picture? The one that you have hidden. It has a language on it you've never seen before. The written languages of these two places are different but the spoken one is the same." Kurama was equally as annoyed as Naruto.

"Look. You are just some delusion I have conjured up so let's just forget about this dream so I can get some proper rest." Naruto started to walk away.

"Okay, get some rest. But you will come back tomorrow."

XxX

The Next Night

"Why am I here again?" Naruto once again opened his eyes to find himself lying down in water.

"Welcome back." The fox just grinned at the boy. "Now are you ready to believe me?"

"I felt exhausted today because of this dream. I can't get a good sleep if you keep talking to me." Naruto picked himself up and trudged towards to cage. "Look. I will make you a deal. I will believe that you are not a figment of my imagination but are in fact a monster that was sealed within me. But in return you will let me get enough sleep so I can train properly the next day."

"I can make that deal. But why are you making a deal with your imagination?" The fox started to laugh as the boy grumbled to himself. "Alright. Now listen carefully brat. The people from this world, Earthland are slightly different than the people from the Elemental Nations. A person will have a type of power infused with their life force, and as this power depletes so does a person's energy. Now as you know in Earthland the main source of power is magic. Every person has it but not all of them can use it. In the Elemental Nations the main source of power is called chakra. It is similar in its function, but the main difference is what it can do. From what I've seen some of the things magic can do chakra can't and some of the things chakra can so magic can't, and there are some things that they both can do but are done differently."

"Hold on a second. If you are a monster trapped inside me form this Elemental Nations then how do you know about magic." Naruto thought he had found a flaw in his imagination.

"I've been inside you for 12 years. The person who picked you up is a powerful mage. I have seen just as much magic as you have you brat." The child grumbled to himself. "What I was going to say before you interrupted was that this is the best way for me to show you that these two worlds exist. You were born in the Elemental Nations so you should have had an affinity for chakra, but since you have been learning magic that also became heavily intertwined with your life force. So you have the ability to use both chakra and magic. I can teach you some chakra based moves while you continue to learn magic based moves."

"This sounds like a pain in the ass… Why do all this, can't I just train magic only and get strong the normal way?"

"You don't want to get stronger faster?" Kurama asked a question he already knew the answer to.

"You know that's not what I mean." Naruto scratched his blond hair. "I can learn magic, and that should be all I need."

"Listen brat. Chakra can do things magic can't, so why not learn both and become amazingly strong. This way even if that masked bastard appears we can defeat him."

"Wait…" Naruto interjected when he realised something. "Didn't you say that my parents were the only people able to transport people between the two worlds, then the masked man won't be able to come here. So there is no need for this chakra training."

"But he will eventually make his way here. He wants me for something; I don't think attacking Konoha was a part of that plan, but for a more personal reason. I don't know too much, but since he will eventually come for us, we should be prepared."

"Eeeh… This seems tiresome."

"Shut up and deal with it. You should get some actual sleep now. You'll be back tomorrow." Kurama said as Naruto fell into a deep sleep.

XxX

The Next Night

"Hey Nine Tails."

"My name is Kurama brat. Remember it."

"Hey Kurama brat." Naruto kept speaking ignoring Kurama's roar. "Why are you doing this? Would you normally talk to your hosts like this?" Naruto asked as soon as he arrived. He had gotten use to this transition from lying in bed to lying in a sewer.

"Actually no. I didn't have any of these conversations with your mother." Kurama honestly answered. "But this is different. We are currently in a world that I am unfamiliar with, and my host is learning a power that I am unfamiliar with, so I am doing things a little differently."

"Hmmm… Okay then. I still don't trust you though."

"Good. Because I am not trying to be your friend. Let me warn you about something. I am not your friend, if anything I am your biggest enemy." These words surprised Naruto a bit. "The first chance I get to escape I will take it. That is half the reason I am going to teach you chakra. The more you use it, the weaker this seal keeping me here will get. And if you keep using it I will eventually get free."

"Then why would I want to learn it?"

"Because you will be strong. Really strong. You can defeat who you want to defeat. You can protect what you want to protect. You can save who you want to save. This will be your ultimate weapon, but it will also be your ultimate weakness. This is a risk you will have to take in order to win against the masked man when he arrives. If he is who I think he is then you will need it."

"This is just annoying. I really hope this ends up being my delusion." Naruto rubbed his temples. "I'll start trying to learn this 'chakra' tomorrow. Gnight."

XxX

A week later.

"So it looks like it wasn't a dream." The blond Naruto was wide awake and wearing his normal attire, consisting of black pants, an orange shirt and a black jacket. The wind blew through his hair as he stood at the peak of a tree. He managed to climb the tree with only the sole of his feet, using chakra to stick to the side. He even asked the master, but there wasn't any known magic's that could make a person walk on walls quite like this. Flying was possible, so was sticking to walls, but there wasn't anything quite like using magic power to grab onto the wall for you.

"What are you doing up there? Let's go." Naruto looked down to see the master waiting for him.

"Sorry. I was just trying something." Naruto jumped off the tree and landed beside the taller man. He had long straight black hair which could barely be see past his purple jester hat. His high collared cloak that matched his hat makes him stand out in any crowd. His pointed tip shoes further this image of a jester; however this man was far from it. Around the neck of his plain white shirt was a medallion given only to members of the Ten Wizard Saints. His green eyes were covered with the shadow of his hat, and he also has a thin moustache that almost reaches his chin. Probably the most unusual part of his outfit would be the bat wings on the back of his cloak.

This man was Jose Porla, and was the one who found Naruto and his mother around 12 years ago.

"What magic did you use to get up there?" Jose asked as he started walking to their destination. "Was it that stick to the wall with magic thing?"

"Yeah. I can't explain it properly though." Naruto had to occasionally jog to keep up with Jose.

"Interesting." That was all Jose said before the two of them fell into silence. Jose may have been the one to find and look after the infant Naruto, however Jose had told Naruto from day one that he was not his father, and that he found him as a child. Jose wasn't the caring type either. He had made sure Naruto grew up healthy and strong but that was it. Other members of Jose's guild Phantom Lord, were told that if they had time to look after Naruto they should be out there completing requests. Naruto had to mostly fend for himself, but Jose was always nearby watching. And so the two of them had a bond no one else could understand.

"So what is the mission today?" Naruto casually asked. As soon as Naruto was old enough, Jose started teaching him magic, and Naruto was very eager to learn. It didn't take long for Naruto to learn the basics, and as soon as he did, Jose started getting certain members of the guild to take him on certain missions. He believed the fastest way to learn was in the field. After a few years, Jose started taking Naruto along with him personally. As the guild master he rarely went on requests, but when he did they were of reasonable importance, or they were difficult enough to require a Wizard Saint to complete. Today was a day where Jose was going on a mission and wanted to bring Naruto along.

"This is a job from the Magic Council. A dark guild is threatening a village. Supposedly they are strong enough to ask the strongest guild to take them out. We're going to deal with them ourselves." Jose smiled. They were underestimating his guild, so he would go out and deal with it himself. Dark Guilds are guilds who disobey the Magic Council by taking on requests that are considered illegal, such as assassination. But there was also a law from the Magic Council stating that fights between guilds are also illegal, even if one of the guilds are a Dark Guild. This is why a request like this is rare. This is a good opportunity for Naruto to get some battle experience in a life or death scenario. This was Jose's intention, even though he would never say it aloud.

"So what did they do to piss of the Council?" Naruto just wanted to make small talk with the person who raised him, but Jose ignored him. It was a stupid question. All Dark Guilds have done something illegal which makes the council want to destroy them.

Jose stepped into the backseats of the Magic Four Wheel Car while Naruto sat in the front and attached the SE plug to use his magic to power the car.

[I wonder what happens if I use chakra to power it instead.] Naruto thought to himself before he took off. He thought it was worth a try and started to flow it into the SE plug. Kurama had told Naruto that it normally would have taken a lot longer for Naruto to become so adept at using chakra, however since he was already use to magic, the process was greatly shortened. Mastering both will be difficult, but he could successfully use both for the most part.

The Magic Car suddenly jolted forward as it begun to accelerate at an unbelievable rate. But then it suddenly stopped sending Naruto forward. If Naruto didn't grab the seat with chakra he would have went flying. A loud noise rang from behind Naruto.

"NAAAARUTO!"

"SORRY SORRY SORRY!" Naruto started yelling as he used his magic to start driving properly.

[Note to self. Do not use chakra with an SE plug. It doesn't work.]

XxX

"Hey, Master." Naruto had been driving for a few hours to their destination. Jose hadn't said a word since they took off. "Can you tell me about how you found me again?"

"Again? I've told you about this before."

"Yeah, it's just that I would like to know more since I am older now."

"You are half a year older. I don't think it'll make a difference." Jose spoke without emotion. Naruto knew he had a point, there wasn't anything he could gain from it, but Kurama had told him about how he ended up there and it made him want to hear it again. Without being prompted Jose started speaking.

"I had just finished a job. It was a rather easy one, but it finalised the Council's decision to make me into a Wizard Saint. So I started to head back to the guild that I was a part of at the time, it is long since gone, so it's not important. As I was on my way I passed through a grassy meadow. It was peaceful and there was no one around. But suddenly I felt a massive spike of power. It was something that I had never felt before. I quickly ran towards the source and found a beautiful woman lying on the grass. She had dazzling long red hair, and violet eyes. I noticed how beautiful she was even though she was so worn out. It looked as though she had gone through a lot, so I assumed she was the source of the power I felt.

"So I approached her and asked about the power, but as soon as I looked at her eyes directly, I could tell that she didn't have long left to live and none of my magic would have helped. She held up a bundle of cloth and I wondered what it was so I reached forward and grabbed it. It turned out to be a baby boy, it was you. With her dying breaths she asked me to care for you, no not asked, she pleaded me to care for you. So I asked what your name was, and she replied with Naruto Uzumaki.

"I wasn't able to learn whether she was the source of the power or not, but I had agreed to raise you. But first I had to bury her. I carried her and you to a nearby town. I was close to the coast so the first town I found was Hargeon. I sought food for you and a place to bury the woman. They did consider me suspicious; after all I walked into town holding a corpse, but they made sure you were alright before calling the Rune Knights. I was fairly renowned so calling the army wasn't an over exaggeration. But once I told them how I found her they believed me. After all no one can be stupid enough to walk into town holding a corpse and a child if you were the one to kill them. Also they saw that is was an internally caused death, and none of my magic could do that, the Magic Council was investigating me as a candidate for the Wizard Saint at the time.

"So I made sure you were comfortable and hired a wet nurse, after all I have never raised a child before. I only used her for two years so I would be surprised if you remembered her. And I also arranged a funeral for your mother. I had her dressed up into a nice dress, of course I didn't dress her myself, but I looked through her belongings. I found a photo of your father with her which had words from an unfamiliar language on them, as well as a few other things that belonged to her. I talked with the church there and we agreed that this should be held onto until you are of a suitable age. We agreed that 20 was a good age except we couldn't leave you with nothing so I kept the photo that you now have. And so we buried your mother in the cemetery and the church is holding onto your mother's belongings until you turn 20.

"So that is the story again. Happy?" Jose asked to finish his story.

"Yeah. Thanks Master." Naruto said with a smile. He had heard it before but always enjoyed listening to it. Naruto knew that Jose really cared for him, but wasn't the type to show it, but this story goes to show how much effort Jose puts in for Naruto behind the scenes. On multiple occasions, Naruto could have sworn that he saw Jose watching him complete a job, but could never get a good look.

"Hey do you feel that?" Jose spoke out loud. He seemed to be alarmed for some reason. "Naruto look at the smoke." Naruto had been driving the whole time but didn't see any smoke, until he got a little further and saw a large amount of smoke arising from the horizon.

"What the…? Isn't that…"

"Yeah. That's where our mission is."

XxX

From that point Naruto flooded the SE plug with as much magic power as he could, reaching the max speed the Magic Car could go. When they got close Jose, swung himself out of the main carriage and stood on the roof of the car.

"This is close enough." Jose calmly said as Naruto reached 100 metres of the village entrance. You could see quite a few people running around some held weapons and others appeared to be running for their lives. Blasts of magic were sent flying towards those running away killing them almost instantly. Naruto was starting to get angry at the sight. They weren't even fighting back.

"Calm yourself boy." Jose jumped off the car and placed his hands together. "If you walk into a fight angry, either your senses will be dulled or you use your anger to increase your strength and completely destroy your enemy." Naruto could see the veins pulsing on Jose's head. He was pissed. Jose released his hands creating an army of shades that charged straight for the village. These shades looked like a liquid shadow trapped within a black cloak.

"I'm going too." Naruto started to run after the shades. Jose quickly caught up to him.

"Don't kill them until you confirm they are a member of the Dark Guild. Don't kill anyone else." Jose ordered. "Asuras Wing's emblem looks like that." Jose pointed at the nearby Dark Guild member. He was even taller than Jose. The mark on his neck was visible thanks to the flames. The mark looked like two faces surrounded by a square made up or arms. Naruto had no time to comment on the design as he shoved his knee into the guys face, forcing him to stumble backwards. One of Jose's shades ran a shadow sword through the man.

Naruto ran further into the village looking for more members of Asuras Wing. Naruto soon saw a white haired child of about 5 years old crying while clutching a burned corpse. He was surrounded by five men.

"We could fetch a good price for this kid, kekekeke." A man with the emblem on his forearm said as he pointed his spear at the child.

"ORDERS STATE TO KILL THEM ALL! WE WILL FOLLOW THOSE ORDERS!" Another man said as he saluted.

"Shut up. You're loud." The man lying down beside the corpse's voice could barely be heard by those around him. The child was shaking from fear. He couldn't do anything to the men around him. He was entirely at their mercy.

"ORDERS STATE YOU NEED TO SPEAK LOUDER!" The second man spoke again.

"I said shut uRGH!" The man lying down was interrupted when Naruto planted his foot in the man's gut.

"Hi there." Naruto formed a sword shaped thing around his left hand. It was magic that Jose taught him. Darkness Magic. Those who use Darkness Magic will have their own colour that distinguishes their darkness. This colour had no real impact on the spells themselves, but it merely mirrors the darkness within the user. Whenever Jose used darkness it was accompanied by a purple tint. Whenever Naruto used darkness it was accompanied predominately by an orange tint, but also had tints of red and yellow. So Naruto had an orange darkness sword. Naruto instantly plunged his sword into the face of the man he stood on.

"What is this magic?" One of the men spoke as he jumped back. The other four soon followed. "It feels… disgusting."

"Of course it is." Naruto smiled as he made the sword vanish. "After all, it is my darkness."

"ORDERS STATE KILL HIM!" The four of them charged forward swinging their weapons. The first guys sword lit on fire, while the second guy's knuckles were encased with shadow. The other two both had daggers that radiated a light.

"Although, you are more disgusting than my magic." Naruto said as he waved his hands. A whip made out of orange darkness formed on both his hands and Naruto swung them all around him body. The first two didn't see it coming and got their necks broken. The second had enough time to catch it in his hands preventing him from getting hurt and the other used his dagger to block it, but the dagger shattered.

"What the… Who are you?" The one who hadn't spoken until now asked.

"ORDERS STATE THAT MARK BELONGS TO PHANTOM LORD." The loud one pointed at Naruto's right forearm.

"Shit. This won't be easy."

"I will not show mercy to you who attacked this village and would harm a helpless child. I will kill you with my own hands." Naruto bent his knees slightly taking a fighting stance.

"ORDERS STATE YOU TRY TO CHALLENGE ME TO HAND TO HAND COMBAT! ORDERS STATE YOU HAVE NO CHANCE AT… BLEGH!" He didn't even see Naruto move but Naruto had his fist dug into the man's gut. Not only that but a line of orange darkness shot out of his fist opening a hole in his gut. "Orders… state… I lose…" The man crumpled as Naruto turned around.

"What orders was he talking about anyway?" Naruto asked no one in particular as he turned to face the last guy.

"Eeh.. eehh eheehh… hiiiiiiiiiiiiii." The last man started to run away.

"Tch." Naruto clicked his tongue as he pointed at the back of the man's head. "Bang" Naruto said as a bullet of orange darkness shot out of his finger. The man collapsed. "Are you alright?" Naruto leaned down and offered his hand to the kid. The child didn't say a world.

"It's fine. You don't need to speak to me. You can stay here if you want or you can come with me. The safest place right now would be beside me." The child nodded and grabbed Naruto's hand.

"Is this your mother?" Naruto asked the child who nodded in response. "Alright then." Naruto then placed his free hand on the ground causing the ground to rise and completely cover the corpse. "This way you can bury her later." Naruto could do more than just Darkness Magic, but not at the level where it would be useful in combat.

XxX

Jose had his shades in groups. Some were patrolling the area looking for more members of Asuras Wing, others were looking for survivors and bringing them to a safe area which Naruto was protecting. The rest were putting out the fires with their own bodies. After a good hour, the fires had finally died down.

Naruto had quite a few burn marks on him from running through fire to save some villagers, and also had a couple of cuts from stronger members of Asuras Wing. But he could still fight another round if he needed to.

"There are no more members of Asuras Wing here." Jose said as he approached the survivor area. "However my shades saw a number of them escaping back to the direction of their guild, so our mission is still active."

"This leaves a bad taste in my mouth. If only we were here earlier we could have prevented this." Naruto said as he looked down. With the way he fought, it was sometimes hard to remember that he was a 12 year old.

"Don't blame yourself. There is no point dwelling on the past. Let us make sure they can't do this again." Jose said as he walked towards the survivors. He was going to explain what he was going to do, as well as leave some shades behind just in case. As soon as he was done he started to walk off and Naruto followed. "Let's get this done by night time. We have to be back with the villagers by then just in case."

"If they're all in the same place, it won't take more than an hour." Naruto kept on an emotionless mask, but it was clear that he was still just as angry as when they started.

"Maybe. I was told that the masters are strong. What do you know about Asura's?" Naruto shrugged his shoulders. He didn't know anything. "The myth is that they are beings who can fight against gods. I don't know if they are real or not, but they have multiple arms, and faces. I've never heard of them having wings before though. There are three 'faces' or masters in this guild, each of who have two 'arms' or second in commands. This is where the Asura comes from. Supposedly these masters are all high S-Class level in strength."

"Meh. You are one of the Ten Wizard Saints. An hour at most." Naruto confidently spoke. The two of them walked towards the Dark Guild.

XxX

"HELLO! ANYONE HOME!" Naruto yelled as he blew the door of its hinges. "Oho… There are a lot more of you then I thought there would be." Naruto honestly said as he walked into the room. The members of Asuras Wing created a large circle at the centre of the room, but they left a gap for someone to walk into the centre.

"I didn't expect a brat." One of the three men in the centre of the circle spoke up. He was incredibly thin man wearing a potato sack rather than clothes. "I was told that one of the Ten Wizard Saints were here."

"It's not him." The man to his right spoke next. This man wore a yukata and had long black hair reaching his knees. A sword dangled around his waist.

"Jose Porla from Phantom Lord was supposed to be here as well." The man on the left wore a stray jacket and white pants which highlighted his bright orange hair.

"The Master stayed back with the survivors. We thought you would be going after them." A lie. Jose was sneaking around from a different entrance trying to find as much information as he could about Asuras Wing. He wasn't sure whether all three faces would be here or not, so gaining information for the council would prove useful. It was Naruto's job to buy time.

"Heh? Do you think that low of us? We had a party prepared for one of the Ten Wizard Saints and everything." The potato sack man seemed a little disappointed. "Oh well… My name is…"

"I'm sorry but what is up with your look? You are wearing a potato sack. A FUCKING POTATO SACK!"

The man seemed a little taken back, but answered nevertheless. "It works well with my magic. Anyway my name is…"

"Hold on a sec. What could your magic possibly be that wearing a potato sack help? It seems a little stupid to me." Naruto was legitimately asking the question, but was intentionally annoying the man who he thought was a 'face'.

The man was getting annoyed. "My magic uses the smell from the sack. Anyway my name is…"

"Can't you use the smell of something else? Like it's a potato sack. You look like you're homeless. I'll feel bad if I have to fight you."

"Doesn't matter my name is…"

"IT'S A FUCKING POTATO SACK!"

"YOU'RE FUCKING DEAD!" The potato man (Naruto never got his name) disappeared from Naruto's sight after yelling. Naruto felt a kick collide with his back sending him into the circle. The circle closed up and the potato man was standing in front of Naruto.

"AS I WAS SAYING. MY NAME IS…"

"If you haven't noticed yet I really don't care." Naruto said as he stood back up. "Are you the three 'faces'?"

"So you know about us. Impressive." The man in the stray jacket answered Naruto's question with a kind smile. "My name is Yuusuke. And this samurai here is Kuwabara. We are Master's 'arms'."

"Pleasure to meet you. My name is Naruto." Naruto bowed slightly as you would when meeting a higher ranked person than yourself. Something he completely ignored when talking to the potato man. And it was clearly pissing him off.

"Getting angry at a child. That is quite sad." The samurai names Kuwabara spoke as he drew his sword. No emotion rose to his face, but the potato man was silently crying. "Naruto-kun. We mean nothing personal by this, but we will kill you here then go and kill Jose Porla."

"Let me ask you two things first if that's okay." Naruto said as he bent his knees taking a stance. From what he was told, the 'face' should be a high S-Class, but not quite SS-Class level of strength, and his two 'arms' should be low S-Class. Naruto had no chance of winning this fight, so he had to buy some time.

"Sure." Yuusuke had kept his kind smile on the whole time. "I will answer any question, but as soon as you do you will be attacked."

"That's fine." That wasn't fine. There was only one thing that Naruto could do. "First question, are all of the men in this circle members of your guild?"

"Yes. Every single one, so off target spells won't hurt any innocents, if that is what you are worried about." Kuwabara answered the question and readied his blade at the same time.

"Okay one more question. Give me a second." Naruto said as he closed his eyes. He started to speak under his breath so he couldn't be heard. "Darkness that dwells within me. Become my weapon. Let my pain become their pain. Let my torment, torment them."

"It seems as though he is chanting a spell. Should we stop him?" Kuwabara waited for orders, but he was ready to kill.

"We did say two questions. Let's see what he can do." Yuusuke asked. Naruto's gamble seemed to have paid off.

"Hey. Aren't I meant to be the boss?" Potato man asked. His character seemed to be getting ignored.

"Create for me a nightmare. A never ending nightmare for my enemies to fear. Let this nightmare be the place of their demise. Black Battlefield." Naruto finished his chant and a large magic circle formed with Naruto at the centre. The audience moved back so they stayed outside the circle. The magic circle soon turned into a circle made of orange darkness. "This is my battlefield. Step into it and my attacks can come from the ground. Thank you for letting me chant this spell."

"Oh no problem." Yuusuke seemed to be sickingly sweet. "You still have one question before we kill you."

"You said that this fight with me wasn't personal. What about the village? Was that personal?" Naruto asked the three men who were in his battlefield.

"No." Yuusuke's sweet smile remained on his face as he answered. "That was strictly business." With that Kuwabara leapt towards Naruto swinging his sword.

"You disgust me." Naruto lifted both of his arms. A wall of orange darkness rose shielding Naruto from the strike. "Black Battlefield is a spell that cannot be used in combat. The cast time is too long and for the duration your eyes need to be closed and your body unmoving. It is completely useless in an actual battle so it normally isn't used."

"What's your point?" Potato man appeared behind Naruto and launched a kick at him which missed as Naruto ducked under. Yuusuke was still smiling from a distance.

"Just that only Master Jose has managed to hurt me when I was using this spell. No one else in Phantom Lord is strong enough. Good luck killing me." Naruto said as he launched an uppercut into the air. This produced a spear of darkness underneath the potato man, but that also hit nothing.

"So that's how it works." Yuusuke was watching the fight with intense eyes until just then. He was analysing the spell Naruto used. "We can either break through his shields or be faster than the brat. He has been training with a Wizard Saint so both will be difficult. Let us do this."

Naruto realised that the other two were only testing him, and now they stood beside Yuusuke as he was telepathically relaying a plan.

"If Master was here, you guys would put up an interesting fight. Even though you would lose in the end, it would be fun to watch." Naruto said as he closed his eyes again. The edge of the circle started to form spears that shot out. These orange darkness spears pierced through most of the surrounding audience.

"What the..?" The men who had escaped being punctured jumped further away from the circle.

"You don't fight fair do you Naruto-kun?" Yuusuke mockingly commented.

"You attacked a village full of people who can't fight. You have no right to comment about me being fair." Of course Naruto felt bad for doing a cheap shot like that, but he couldn't fight the three of them alone. He had to run.

"Except I already knew you would do that." Yuusuke sweet smile changed into a mocking smile as a magic circle appeared on his eye. Suddenly the only thing Naruto could see was the roof and standing above him was the potato man.

"What just happened?" Naruto rolled backwards straight into Kuwabara whose sword was crackling with lightning. "This isn't good." Naruto quickly raised a darkness shield, but that was sliced through giving Naruto a nasty cut across his chest.

"You cannot win this Naruto-kun." Another magic circle appeared on Yuusuke's eye. Naruto somehow ended up flying towards the ceiling. He smashed through it and continued to rise.

"I don't understand." Naruto felt a fist dig into his back, it was potato man who somehow got behind him. He was sent flying towards Kuwabara who was still on the ground. His sword was sheathed, but a magic circle appeared at the handle.

"Rapid Draw." Kuwabara intended to pull out his sword and sent a wave of lightning towards Naruto who couldn't dodge. Except a black tendril shot from the ground and wrapped itself around Kuwabara's sword forcing it to stay sheathed. Naruto had finally landed.

"Impressive." Yuusuke commented as he watched Naruto drag up five spears towards Kuwabara. However Kuwabara suddenly disappeared and potato man fell onto Naruto's head with a kick. Naruto raised a cushion of darkness to protect his face.

"This fucking hurts." Naruto picked himself up. He still didn't understand what was happening.

"This is why you are still a brat. Some soon to be S-Class mage you are." The voice came from behind the trio.

"You must be Jose." The potato man turned around ready to fight. "My name is…"

"I see you have been taking care of my guild member." Jose walked towards the three of them without a care.

"STOP FUCKING DOING THAT!" The potato man disappeared, and reappeared behind Jose. Jose bent forward slightly to avoid a punch. He then stepped to the side to avoid a kick. It didn't look like he was even trying.

"You turn something you smell into speed. However it is only single burst movements so it is predictable. I don't know why you chose a potato bag though. Is it some kind of weird fetish thing?" Jose continued to walk forward dodging all of potato man's attacks with minimal movement.

"Rapid Draw." Kuwabara once again tried to draw his sword, but managed to succeed this time. A large arc of lightning was sent straight towards Jose. The potato man moved away. Jose just yawned as he punched the air sending a pulse of purple darkness through the arc and straight at Kuwabara, who barely managed to dodge the attack.

"I was watching Naruto's fight through one of my shades, so I know all about you swordsman-san. Your skill comes from your swordsmanship, not your magic. But you aren't the problem here." Jose continued to walk forward until he was standing in front of Yuusuke. "Go on. Freeze my time."

"Oh so you were watching. It doesn't mean you can avoid it though." Yuusuke had stopped smiling. It seems like he was finally getting serious. "You have seriously underestimated us if you think that was our full strength."

"I know that the 'face' has more to offer, but his 'arms' are nothing." Jose smiled as he stated to release his magic. His hair and clothes blew upwards as if a wind was rising from below. Yuusuke had to tense up to prevent himself from falling backwards. "THIS IS FOR THE VILLAGE YOU DESTROYED!"

Naruto deactivated his battlefield and jumped to one of the far corners of the room. He did not want to get involved when Jose was fighting. The potato man instantly moved towards the corpses. He ripped off some of their shoes and shoved their feet in his nose.

"You're joking right? That's disgusting." Naruto couldn't help but comment. But the speed he showed right after was amazing. He suddenly appeared underneath Jose's chin and launched an upper cut. However Jose punched him in the face before he could. The potato man was sent flying into the wall of the guild.

"IS THAT ALL?!" Jose yelled as he watched a magic circle appear on Yuusuke's eye.

"STUPID FOOL! KUWABARA NOW!" Yuusuke yelled as he jumped back. Kuwabara charged forward with his sword drawn.

"Rapid Strike." Kuwabara quickly jabbed his sword forward around 60 times a second, each of which sent out a small lightning bolt towards he motionless Jose.

"IS THAT ALL!?"Jose yelled as he sent out a ghost looking darkness towards Kuwabara. The lightning all attracted to the ghost which then wrapped itself around Kuwabara's neck.

"How can you move?" Yuusuke said in disbelief. Jose sent Kuwabara flying towards Yuusuke, forcing them both into the back wall beside their Master who just stood up.

Jose stepped forward revealing a shade was behind him. The shade must have taken the Yuusuke's hit for him. "This was pathetic. Although I give you credit for your teamwork. Most SS-Class mages would lose against you. You were just unlucky I was your opponent. Dead Wave." Jose released a massive beam of purple darkness towards the trio. A massive explosion rang out; the entire building shook and started to collapse around them. Naruto quickly ran outside, while Jose casually walked.

"Can you not destroy a building while I am still inside? I mean common." Naruto complained as Jose somehow made it out unharmed.

"I don't think a bloody mess like you can complain. How could you lose to them?"

"What do you mean? You just said they could fight SS-Class. I'm barely S-Class."

"Only when they catch you in frozen time. That is a strong move that one." Jose acknowledged their strength, but didn't hold back himself. He had no mercy for Dark Guilds. "But you should have noticed. What did you think his eye was doing?"

"I don't know. I only saw it twice." Naruto complained. "You were watching from afar so you weren't affected by it. It was weird; suddenly ending up somewhere you weren't half a second ago."

The two of them continued to bicker as they walked back to the village. This was always what it is like after a big fight. They were filled with a high from victory and forgot about everything but the fight they just completed.

From the nearby tree line, a shadow stood looking over the wreckage. He chuckled to himself. "They were stronger that I thought they would be. I should have interfered. I wonder who is still alive."

"Just me, Master." Yuusuke got onto one knee beneath the man. "Why wasn't I permitted to realise my restraint?"

"You fought as an 'arm', not as a 'feather'." The man said as he turned away from the wreckage.

"Jose had completely searched the base before appearing. Was there any information on you in there Master?" Yuusuke still hadn't got off his knee.

"No. They still have no idea about Asuras 'wing'."

XxX

Naruto was walking through the burned village alone. Jose had gone to talk with the villagers to tell them that the threat was gone, and that Rune Knights would soon appear and look after the survivors. He was deep within his own thoughts. He had stood no chance against the three of them, yet Jose won without breaking a sweat. Was he really so weak?

Suddenly Naruto was hit with a sense of vertigo and suddenly found himself in a familiar sewer.

"Wait what the? How did I end up here?" Naruto asked the giant fox.

"I called you here." Kurama spoke as if what he was saying was obvious. "Now listen brat. You are not weak, Jose is just overpoweringly strong. I feel as though these wizard saints are at the same level as a Kage, the same level that your father was at."

"Is that all? Did you think I don't already know how strong Master is? I don't need cheering up from you." Naruto walked towards the entrance to this room in an attempt to leave.

"Impatient brat." Kurama clicked his tongue in annoyance. "What I was going to say is that if you learn to use chakra as well as the magic you can use, you will reach a higher level than your Master."

"Yeah yeah, you already said that. That's not why I am upset at all." Naruto walked through the doorway, but stopped to yell something over his shoulder. "Don't call me here for no reason. It's a waste of my time."

"What else could he be upset about?" Kurama asked himself as he lay down for a nap.

Naruto continued to walk through the village. He was thinking less about the fight he just watched and more about the conversation after. But before he could get emotional again, he saw a kid sitting on the ground. It was the white-haired boy from before. He was sitting against a mound of rock that Naruto made before.

"Yo." Naruto waved as he saw the kid. "Do you need my help burying her?"

The two of them dug a grave a good distance from the village and Naruto carried the corpse there, burying it without magic. The child didn't utter a single word the whole time. By the time they had finished burying the corpse, and building a small gravestone the sun had long since set.

"What are you going to do now?" Naruto asked the child, not expecting a response. "I guess you don't speak. That's fine, as long as you listen. If you have no place to go then come back with me. I'll look after you." The child looked up confused. "It's up to you. I'll be with the village for the night anyway, so come and tell me your answer tomorrow."

Naruto started to walk away. It was quite obvious why he wanted to look after this kid. Before he could get too far a small hand grabbed his jacket from behind.

"George…" Naruto turned around when he heard the boy's voice. It turns out he could speak, but didn't.

"Can I take that as a yes?" The boy nodded his head in response. "Alright, let's go George. I'll introduce you to Master."

The two of them walked towards the village survivor's camp.

XxX

The relationship Naruto and Jose had changed drastically the next year. Jose had attended a meeting for the Wizard Saints, and lost in a battle against Makarov, which drastically hurt his pride. Soon after Makarov's guild Fairy Tail started becoming more and more well known because a few of their elite members. Phantom Lord was starting to change, and Naruto wasn't happy with that. He wasn't the only one either, over the years quite a few of Phantom Lord's S-Class mages left the guild. Naruto however didn't. He stayed with the guild and completed jobs like any other member. Eventually he became an S-Class member of the guild and shot up in both fame and power.

George travelled everywhere with Naruto. It didn't take long for George to join Phantom Lord and attempt to learn magic. Unfortunately for George, he had absolutely no skill in magic. So he took up a weapon to assist him in battle while focusing only on very basic magic. The two of them destroyed many dark guilds by request of the Magic Council which earned Naruto the title of 'The Phantom of Ruin'. They searched every wreckage created by the dark guilds for survivors, and made sure they were treated. And they took almost every child they found to an orphanage.

Naruto training with Kurama continued for a couple of years. When Naruto was finally at a skilled level of chakra manipulation, Kurama started to ignore Naruto again. Kurama had completed his task of teaching Naruto chakra so he would weakening the seal over time, while giving Naruto a fighting chance against the masked man. He didn't know how strong the man in the mask was, but if it was who he thought then Naruto would need an actual chakra trainer to teach him if he's going to have a chance. And so Naruto continues to live his life in Earthland, while waiting for the perils from his original world, the Elemental Nations to catch up to him.