Ok, so by now I am sure people are getting a little tired of me rewriting old fics, but in my defence I have a good reason for this one.

You see when I started writing 'Firestorm' I hadn't actually watched season 3 (I think that's the right one anyway, unless season four has been out for a while without me knowing), which meant I didn't know certain things such as the four Maidens. As I am sure you can imagine it got little confusing for me when people were bringing them up in reviews.

There is still a lot that is yet to be explained, but what I do know now makes it a little easier to write what I want as I have more to work off of.

I will however warn you that there will be a few things different in this fic from the original, such as the fact I am changing Naruto's Semblance. Not going to say what it is as you will see in this chapter anyway. This is also why the name is being changed from 'Firestorm', which had originally been a play on Naruto and Cinder's Semblances.

Cinder will still be paired with Naruto, and it is still not going to be a harem. However, that does not mean Naruto will not be with other women before they get together. ;)

Also so he has time to get a name for himself, Naruto will have been 16 when the fight with Kaguya happened, meaning he was fifteen when he was sent to Remnant. You can just assume the ages for the rest of the timeline before he is sent to Remnant is different too.

Last thing is that this chapter is the more or less the same as the original, but will change to new content as it goes.

Anyway I don't want to keep you, so enjoy the chapter and let me know what you think.

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Disclaimer: I Own Nothing :(

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Summary: The fight with Kaguya didn't end so well, in her last moments before her defeat, the Rabbit Goddess was able to open a rip in dimensions. Being the closest to it before the last attack, Naruto was sucked in, trapping him in the world of Remnant. Have lost everyone he cared about, his home and even his chakra, Naruto creates a new life for himself in this new world of soulless monsters, animal/human hybrids, and Dust. Ranted M for violence.

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Chapter 1- A Soldier Without Purpose

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The last thing Naruto remembered before arriving in his current location was the glaring white eyes of Kaguya as his hand hit her, a mix of anger, sadness and betrayal on her face as he and Sasuke were finally able to seal her away again. If it wasn't for the fact she was bat-shit insane and trying to enslave the world, he would have felt sorry for here, but that was neither here nor there.

After that there had been a pulling sensation that was slowly getting stronger, and the next thing he knew Naruto's world had turned black and full of pain. It was as if he was floating in water, boiling water, and instead of water it was boiling acid. It felt like something was being pulled out of his body, very slowly, very painfully.

Naruto could breathe, though it hurt every time he pulled in a breath as if liquid fire was being poured down his throat, but every time he tried to open his eyes there was nothing but darkness. He was still being pulled by some invisible force, he could feel it even through the pain but couldn't tell if it was dragging him up, down or any other direction.

Then it was like he hit some kind of wall and the sound of a loud roar of pain and sadness echoed around him before fading into the distance as he continued to be dragged.

The pain stopped all at once, his body suddenly feeling almost…empty, as the last of whatever was been pulled from him was taken. It was an odd experience, feeling so empty, yet knowing nothing was actually wrong with his body. Naruto felt cold without whatever it was he was now missing.

That didn't last long as before he seemed to hit another wall, a new wave of pain filled him. But this time instead of something being sucked out, he could feel something different being forced in. It filled his body to the brim, filling every inch, every cell of his being, and when he was full just kept going. Through the pain Naruto was just able to wonder why he hadn't exploded yet, because surly whatever was being forced into him his body wouldn't be able to take much more.

But then he hit his third…or was it the forth, and final wall and the pain was gone. His mind finally shutting down as he passed out from the pain.

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Naruto didn't know how long he had been lying on the ground, or even where he was for that matter as his mind slowly crawled back to conciseness. He opened his eyes to see a clear night sky through a thin canopy of trees, full of stars he didn't recognise and a broken moon. His body felt numb after everything he had experienced, his mind still a little fuzzy around the edges.

Having been taught how to use the stars in the sky to help locate his potion if he was ever lost by Iruka when he was at the academy, and being familiar with the feeling of being summoned even if it was longer and painful, it only took Naruto about ten seconds to realise he was not in the Elemental Nations. Not only did he not recognise any of the star constellations, but the moon, while broken, was at least three times larger than the one he was used to.

Groaning, wanting nothing more than to just lay on what he could only assume based on the ruff and uneven surface was the ground, Naruto slowly forced himself into a sitting position. His muscles ached from the small movement, though whether that was from what he had just experienced or the fighting before that he wasn't sure and forced him to grit his teeth to stop himself from gasping.

He took a moment to examine his surroundings, confirming that he was indeed in a forest, but he didn't recognise the trees. They were tall, as tall as some of the trees that surrounded his village, but were also a lot thinner and he branches didn't seem to stretch as far as the ones back home. If he had to guess they would be able to support his weight for tree hopping, but only as long as he kept moving. Some of the thicker branches should be able to hold his weight without braking though.

There was also the fact that everything seemed to be very dull, from the trees to the ground, almost all colours seemed duller then he was used to. The leaves in the trees were green, though a lot darker then they should be in his mind, along with the grass he was sitting on. Everything just seemed a little dull to his eyes, as if the colours of the world had been slowly bled out, a disturbing thought.

After making sure he wasn't about to be attacked, Naruto finally took the time to examine his own body. His clothes were all but destroyed, his shirt and jacket were a lost cause and were hanging off in little more than rags, though his pants seemed to have thankfully held up better than the rest. The cloth from his headband was useless, though the metal plate was fine, and his sandals were nowhere to be seen, leaving him barefoot.

He quickly slipped his headband into his kunai pouch for safe keeping.

His actually body seemed to be fine, in about the same condition it was before he was sucked into whatever had brought him here, other than the stiffness and slight ache in his muscles.

Letting out a tired sigh as he slowly ran a hand over his face Naruto forced his body to stand up, and after taking a moment to stretch the kinks out he ran towards the closest tree with the intention of getting a better view of his surroundings from the top. His feet hitting the bark, Naruto had only taken four steps before his eyes widened and he fell back to the ground with a dull thud.

Frowning as he rubbed the back of his head where it had hit the ground, Naruto got back to his feet and stared at the tree he had attempted run up. Slowly lifting his right foot up and placing it on the tree, Naruto tried to focus his chakra into his foot to make it stick, only for his eyes to widen again.

Instead of sticking like it was supposed to, Naruto's foot started to actually glow, as some kind of dark gold coloured energy that was definitely not chakra coated it. He could tell that it moved like charka, at least to some extent, but the actual feel was different. Naruto didn't know how to describe it, whatever this new energy was, it wasn't chakra.

His frown increasing, Naruto quickly moved his hands into his most used Sign, closing his eyes for a moment in silent prayer.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu"

Nothing happened.

No loud popping sound, no burst of smoke and no solid copy of himself.

The only thing that actually happened was that his hands started glowing like his foot had, with the same gold energy, before fading when he stopped trying to push chakra into them. Starting to panic at this point Naruto sat down in a meditative position on the floor, his hands held in the basic seal for concentration as he closed his eyes and tried to find his chakra.

It wasn't there…any of it…

There wasn't a drop of chakra in his entire body, all he could feel was the strange new energy…

He tried entering his mindscape, hoping Kurama would be able to explain what was happening to him, but after ten minutes nothing had happened. Because the fox wasn't there anymore…he couldn't feel its chakra either.

He was alone.

Eyes slowly going dull as this final realisation hit him, Naruto picked a random direction and slowly started walking. He didn't know where he was going and didn't much care, he just needed to move. Without realising it his waling turned to jogging, which then became running before the blond found himself at a full sprint.

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Naruto didn't know how long he was actually running. All he knew was that he needed to get away. The fact that he was still able to move as fast and for as long as he normally could had been a relief, with everything else happening Naruto had been worried he would be stuck at a civilian pace.

But as luck would have it, sometime after the sun had replaced the broken moon and was high in the sky overhead, Naruto suddenly realised that he could see something in the distance that looked like a village. At least he thought it was a village until he got closer, because as he ran towards it the building seemed to just get bigger and bigger, and the whole thing was larger than any village he had ever seen.

It looked to be almost four times the size of the Leaf Village, almost all of the buildings were taller than the Hokage tower and seemed to be the same square shape. It almost looked like the people who built the place had started to just stack new buildings on top of others after they realised it was getting too big or something, at least that was what it looked like to Naruto.

Then there was the fact that he seemed to be stood in some kind if ruin.

While most of the buildings seemed to be intact, several had large chunks missing out of them, and he could see weeds and vines that had made their move and most of the windows he could see were shattered. The roads, while not simple dirt like he was used to, were creaked and had chunks of stone and glass scattered everywhere. Then there was the lack of people, no one was anywhere to be seen or heard in the entire village.

He would go so far as to say they were ancient ruins, it was clear the place had been abandoned a long time ago and based on the damage Naruto didn't think it had been voluntary. This place had clearly been attacked and all the people living in it had either been killed or evacuated, he could only hope it was the second option.

Before Naruto had any more time to take in the sights around him, his thoughts were interrupted by a deep, low growling sound coming from behind him. So spinning on the ball of his right foot and getting into a low stance, the blonde ninja locked his eyes on something at the other end of the street he was stood.

It looked like some kind of weird bipedal wolf covered in black fur, with white bone armour growing in mostly random place over its body. It was hunched over though even then it still looked over a head taller than him, leaning forward on slightly too long arms. Its head was covered by a bane mask with read patterns, with glowing red light come from the eyeholes instead of eyes, and had bone spikes forming a ridge along its back, forearms and one in each back knee.

Even though it didn't have normal eyes, Naruto could tell that it was glaring at him, its teeth bared and claws digging small trenches into the ground.

Without taking his eyes away from the creature Naruto moved his right hand towards his kunai pouch, only to cures silently when he found it empty, having used everything he had before coming to wherever this place was. He was unarmed, lost, had no chakra and was about to be attacked by a giant wolf thing…how could this get any worse?

Not five second after this thought crossed his mind, three more wolf creatures appeared around a corner to join the first…apparently they hunted in packs…crap. They were slightly smaller than the first with less armour, but none the less stilled looked dangerous

Gulping, not daring to take his eyes off of the creatures for even a second when he didn't know how fast they could move, Naruto widened his stance slightly in preparation for the fight. It seemed this movement was all the four wolves needed, and with a deep howl from the first that was quickly followed by the others, they charged at him.

They were fast, closing the distance between them and him in less than ten seconds, but not too fast that Naruto couldn't keep up with them. The moment the first wolf was within range the blonde ninja jumped up, his foot whipping out and connected with its bone like masked face. The creature was sent flying back and into the wolf behind it, knocking them both down and out of the fight for a moment.

The next wolf, instead of charging straight at him, stopped just out of his range and used its longer forearms to its advantage. It swiped at him, the white claws barely missing his skin as he stepped back, but unfortunately it was at that moment the fact his feet were bare came back to bite him in the arse. His left foot landed on a piece of shatter glass, cutting into it and getting stuck, forcing the blonde to release a small grunt of pain.

Before he could even think of pulling the shard out, he was hit in the side by a backhanded strike from the wolf creature, sending him into the side of a building where his body left a dent. Quickly shaking his head, Naruto recovered just in time to roll out of the way of the fourth wolf's claws, the creature having tried to take advantage of his momentary daze and jumped forward.

Getting to his feet, making sure not to put any weight on his left foot as he leaned against the wall behind him, Naruto glared at the four wolves as the two from before finally recovered and moved to join the others. They were clearing trying to box him in, and with his injured foot it was working.

Gritting his teeth, Naruto bent down and ripped the shard of glass from his foot, grunting in pain. It was actually larger then he was expecting, just large enough to use as a weapon, and fix in the palm of his hand. Which was just as well, because in the time it had taken him to pull it out of his foot one of the wolves had jumped forward.

Waiting until the last moment so that it would be in range, his hand bleeding from the tight grip he had on the glass cutting into it, Naruto stabbed the sharp end of the shard into the side of the wolf's head just below where the mask fused to the skin. It was dead before it hit the ground, but now Naruto was once again without a weapon.

Thinking fast the blonde ninja broke off several bone spikes from the dead wolf, and spinning on his uninjured foot threw them like he would kunai. Most hit their mark, taking out another two wolves, but it seemed the last one was smarter than the others and had hidden behind the other two, using them as a shield to avoid the spikes.

It was the first wolf that appeared, the large one with more armour.

Matching the glare being sent at him Naruto slowly limped away from the wall so that he was standing across form the remaining wolf, which swotted the bodies of its pack away without a care. This only proved to make the blonde angrier, seeing the way it treated its friend's bodies, and his body started glowing as he unconsciously tried to channel chakra though his body only for the new unknown energy to move instead.

Then he felt it, something different. It was a part of the energy, but at the same time separate. There was something hidden deep inside his body, hidden in the energy. Before he had time to really process the feeling however the wolf leapt forward, quickly closing the distance between them as it let out a primal roar of victory.

Instinct took over, and without thinking Naruto grabbed hold of the feeling and pulled it to the surface with a roar of his own to match the wolf's. There was a brief flash of pain from his back that made him close his eyes for a moment, but it was gone as soon as it came. The sound of metal clicking together reached his ears, and the roar of the wolf had turned into muffled growls.

When he opened his eyes again Naruto was a little shocked to see the wolf's face inches away from his own, its fowl breath hitting him and crawling up his noise. However, no matter how hard it tried the wolf could not close the last few inches between them. The reason for this was the numerous Golden glowing chains that were tightly wrapped around its body, stopping all movement and holding it in place. There was even a chain wrapped around its mouth, holding it tightly clammed shut even as the wolf struggled and growled at him.

His eyes slowly following the chains, Naruto saw that they were actually attacked to his body, having shot out of his back and circled around to get at the wolf.

Blinking slowly as he took the seen in Naruto's eyes narrowed as he followed his instincts again and the chains slowly started moving up, taking the wolf with them and they followed his mental command. Now that he was focusing on them, Naruto realised the chains felt almost like an extension of his own body.

Sweat started to grow on his forehead as he stained to move and lift the wolf in his chains, almost like a muscle that hadn't been used enough. But eventually he was able to lift it completely off the ground.

Then, for reasons he would never understand, a memory flashed in Naruto's head. Of one of his most trusted friends, using sand to completely crush someone trapped in a cocoon. Still struggling, Naruto swallowed the lump in his throat and grit his teeth in effort as he concentrated. The wolf started struggling even more as the chains binding it started to slowly move, tightening and digging into its exposed skin. The bone like armour covering it started to groan and crack, before with one finally squeeze the wolf was crushed into pulp and fell to the ground with a wet thump.

The moment the wolf fell to the ground in pieces, Naruto let out a sigh, before turning his attention to his foot to see the damage. The chains fading away as he lost his concentration on them. He was just in time to see the wound close before his eyes. Apparently he still had his healing factor even if his chakra had been replaced with this strange new energy and chains.

Unfortunately, before he had time to think about this new knowledge Naruto turned to see what looked like some kind of giant boar glaring at him with the same red glowing eyes and bone like mask as the wolves he had just killed.

Letting out a sigh, the blonde turned to face the new threat, already building up the new energy in his body as more chains came from his back.

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Naruto spent the next three months in the abandoned village, or whatever it had been. He lived off of the animals that called it home and anything he could scavenge from the abandoned homes. It would have been easier if the weird masked animals that kept attacking him had been edible, but after seeing the bodies disintegrating into black smoke he had thought it better no to risk it.

He had even been able to find some new clothes. A pair of dark brow pants, grey sleeveless shirt, some boots and a long, full body black cape with a hood. It wasn't much, but they were better than what was left of his old clothes, and kept him warm when the weather took a colder turn. He had set up camp on the top floor of one of the abandoned giant buildings, making sure to barricade himself in every night to avoid the masked creatures and stay away from the windows to avoid the sight of the masked birds.

He didn't know what they were and there seemed to be all different types, with the main thing they had in common being the fact they all seemed to try and kill him on sight. But at least they gave him plenty of opportunities to train in this new energy running through his body, after all he always did learn best through fighting and no matter how many of the masked beasts he killed there were always more.

He learned that like chakra, it could be used to make him faster and stronger, though he couldn't use it to stick to walls or water walk. It also seemed to make him more durable, something he had learned after a masked bear creature had slashed at his chest, only for its claws to bounce off as if it had hit steel. He wasn't indestructible, but anything that did get through would quickly heal, meaning he was good to go in minutes. Naruto had even been able to relearn how to use it so he could roof hope, spending hours just running over the buildings, refinancing his skill and dodging masked birds that tried to dive bomb him as he passed under them.

But it had been time for him to move on, to try and find actual civilisation, so picking a random direction Naruto had started walking again.

It had taken him a week before he found anything, and he was attacked several times by the masked beasts, but he was happy to have found the first sigh of living human life since his arrival. It was another large village, but unlike the last it was surrounded by a giant stone wall and looked as good as new. Maybe whoever these people were had learned from the mistakes of the people that once lived in the ruin and made the wall.

It was also good to see people again after sneaking passed the ones guarding the entrance, and just the sounds of life in general was a nice change from the near silence he had gotten used to.

There were only two problems.

The first was the fact he had no money, and the smells of food coming from different restaurants was making him hungry. The second was that he had no idea where he was going. This place was like a maze!

But it after turning down yet another dead end ally that Naruto found himself in his current situation, with a frown on his face, and a knife pointed at him. He had been cornered by man with a blank white mask like the once Hunter-nin used, with red glass over the eyeholes, and a heavily brown trench coat.

The knife he held was made from a dark orange metal, with a red handle that the blade could fold into. From the way he was holding it Naruto could tell the man had almost no experience using it, his hands were shacking and his grip was weak. But the knife was orange so as far as he was concerned it was awesome.

With his voice shacking almost as much as the knife, the masked thug jerked it towards Naruto as if to get his attention." Empty your pockets and give me your wallet, don't make any sudden movements for I'll kill you, got it?!" he asked.

Raising an eyebrow at the man as his head tilting to the side slightly, Naruto couldn't hide the surprise he felt at the man's words and actions. "Are you…trying to mug me?" asked Naruto, unsure if he should laugh.

He could see the man was getting angry, and could feel his eyes glaring at him through his eyeholes, but the idea that he as being mugged was just so strange to Naruto all he could do was stare dumbly. Either this man was the unluckiest guy in the world, or the stupidest…probably both.

Seeming to lose his patients completely, the man grit his teeth and spoke through them. "Enough! Just give-what the hel-?!" The sound of rattling chains soon filled the air as they shot out of the wall behind across from Naruto, drowning out the muggers screams as they wrapped around his face and mouth.

With a violent jerk the chains pulled the mugger back into the wall, knocking him out when his head bounced off of it and holding his suddenly limp body off the ground. The knife fell to the floor between them.

This was the first time Naruto had the chance to use his control chains on a person, but it seems they worked just as well as they did on the masked beasts. Good to know.

After taking a moment to consider his options, Naruto bent down and picked up the knife, and after examining it for a moment slipped it into his belt. He then quickly went through the man's pockets, and after taking all his money put the wallet back. He was about to walk away, but stopped and decided to take the mask at the last moment, after all you never know when you might need one.

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Two days later Naruto was sat at a bar in a nightclub, his stomach full, and his ears full of loud music. He watched with a small frown as the people on the dance floor moved, seeming to blur into a faceless mass as he took sips from his drink. The different coloured lights flashing around the dark room were starting to give him a headache, and his drink was so watered down he could taste it more than the alcohol itself.

After his run in with the mugger and getting something to eat Naruto had been able to find a library, learned that he was in a city called Vale, and that the creature he had been fighting were called Grimm. He read about the other cities, the war between humans and the Grimm, and anything else he could get his hands on. It was also nice to finally have a name for the new energy he had…Aura. He was even able to discover the sources of his chains, which he learned was called a Semblance.

But the fact was that, after reading everything he could about the world he was now living in and the people that called it home, he had come to one conclusion…he hated it. He had just left one world full of war, only to land in another, darker world where humans were forced to hide behind walls from masked monsters that killed them for fun. A world where people were discriminated against just because they were born with animal traits, and treated like little more than animals.

It was like the universe had gone out of its way to prove that all those years he spent trying to create peace, the dream Jiraiya had passed down to him, was pointless. Even if he had been able to create peace in the Elemental Nations, there were other worlds like this one that were at war…no matter where he went all he ever found was war…

It was actually really depressing.

Frowning, Naruto pulled the mask he had taken from the mugger from the inside of his cloak and placed it on the table in front of him, before taking out his headband. He had found a black cloth to replace the old one, he even cleaned the dirt and dust that had built up while he was living in the abandoned city, and laid it on the table next to the mask.

What was the point of fighting for peace when no matter what he did, there was always going to be fighting and war, whether it was in this universe or another? Why bother trying to change things at all, when it never seemed to make any difference?

Glaring at his headband, the thing that use to be his most treasured possession but now only seemed to remind him of how useless everything he had done with his life so far was, Naruto growled and used the knife to slash the metal right through the symbol of his old village. His face still set into a frown, the blonde teen then put the mask on over his face, before tying his now slashed headband to his forehead over it.

He was able to get a glance of his reflection in the mirror behind the bar, and between the blank mask, red eyes and hood covering his hair. The overall effect was very intimidating…which was exactly what he wanted.

After all, ninja were mercenaries…cold and unaffected by anything around them. The way he was feeling at the moment, which sounded great to Naruto. And that was what he was, a ninja, a shinobi…a mercenary.

It was time to started acting like it.

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Hope you like it, I know not a lot has changed, but from this point on it will.

Let me know what you think of the changes so far :)