Do not own Naruto

This story was inspired by a one-shot Half and Half by Seo Kouji

Enjoy!!!

Sealing was an extremely complicated and hazardous branch of shinobi art

It needed an extensive and in-depth knowledge about the art, from the meticulous use of the brush to the exact dose of chakra being channeled to the seal

Everything must be precise and flawless right down to the microscopic detail. A mistake, even a miniscule one often proved to be disastrous, and most of the case, lead to the death of the maker. Added the fact that it was much cooler and flashing to utilize ninjutsu or taijutsu, hell even genjutsu was much more attractive than fuuinjutsu, granted that being a shinobi was not about how awesome the jutsu was but, unfortunately, that factor was what most fresh-out-of-the-oven genin think about

That was the reason, why there was not many of seal maker...

That was also the reason, why there was even less of seal master...

The amount of concentration, work and risk were simply not worth it for many, and it was not counting the amount of chakra reserve and control needed. The rate of death of the seal maker was almost as high as ANBU operative

It was not really an overreaction saying that the art of sealing was a one way ticket to meet Kami-sama

Naruto found out the accuracy of it the hard way. He did meet his creator on that day, literally

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The blond shinobi blinked as he took in his surrounding. Everything was bright like he was in an almost corporeal light, it was blinding but oddly, he could see perfectly. He felt like he was being there but not there at the same time. In there the time seemed stop, there was nothing but white light, surrounding him from everywhere. It felt almost similar to being trap in genjutsu, only in this one, everything was real and vivid. He perfectly knew that no genjutsu could be this surreal, not even the epitome of genjutsu, tsukuyomi

What had happened to him? The last thing he remembered, he was making some explosion seal in his shop, he missed some drawing and then, he was in here

In his reverie, he saw something from the peripheral of his vision. Turning to that direction, he was taken aback as he found an absolutely stunning woman, standing not more than 5 feet away from him

She had a flowing fiery red hair which looked like silk. She stood about 5.7 feet and wearing a white one piece dress that hugged her heavenly figure perfectly. There was a hint of annoyance in her piercing crimson eyes as she stared at him. Her smooth and unblemished pale skin gave her an aura of beauty even inside this white light. Her regal oval face etched with a small frown but seemed to made her even cuter. All in all, the most beautiful woman he ever met

"You..." she hissed

A bit surprise, he replied dumbly "Me?"

"Yes you, idiot!!! Is there anyone else in here?"

He frowned at her "What the hell is your problem woman?! I don't even know you and the first thing you do is insult me?"

She snorted "You know me alright... and what do you think my problem is? It was your fault, we are here. You and your nonexistence brain of yours!!!"

"What?!" he looked at her incredulously "I don't even know where I am and you're blaming me for this? Are you out of your mind?!"

"Typical of blond idiot... Fine, I'll enlighten your pathetic self what just happened to us. We are-"

"Simply dead" a deep baritone voice boomed from everywhere, it demanded authority and respect

"W-what? Who?" Naruto stuttered before looking around for the source "What do you mean dead? What kind of place is this?"

"This place is the boundary of life and death. From now on your souls have been invited to the underworld"

"What!!! If this is a joke, it really is bad. There is no way I could die in this place" he yelled vehemently

"I second that!!! That was not what the agreement is, I should be free by now. There is no way I was sent here just because of that idiot" the crimson haired woman voiced out

The voice was silent for a while "Very well, in that case, I will let only one of you to live"

"Eh?" the woman sounded her surprise

"O-one?" Naruto questioned

"Not just today but I will give you seven days to talk amongst yourselves on who shall live"

"W-wait, cut this out!!! That's not what supposed to happen!!!" the woman shouted

The voice simply ignored her "By that day you two... your entire life will be shared"

A blinding light suddenly flashed, forcing the two to cover their eyes. He was then felt like he was being yanked away from there with powerful force from behind, dragging him away and away from that place

"Be sure that you do not..." the voice now seemed to be from far away

"... leave the other's side"

As that being said, the sensation finally stopped. Naruto slowly opened his eyes. Adjusting his eyes from the light, he then looked around. He was in his shop again. The smell of the ink and wooden drawer invaded his nose

It was a small square shaped shop, all the wall, except the wall where the entrance was, was stood against a drawer filled with various tag and scroll. In the middle of the room was a single cashier table with a lot of seal making equipment littered on it. At the corner of the shop, there was a staircase, leading to the second floor

The blond then shifted his blue eyes to the woman at his side. Both had a shock and daze expression across their faces

"W-what just-?" he started

"..."

"Seal shop?" the woman asked

"Looks like it" he simply replied, still had not recover completely from the stupor

Both looked at each other with scrutinizing gaze

"I wonder who that was? A god?" he said

"That is just stupid" she shrugged "Oh well, it's good we're still alive"

The woman glanced at him before heading towards the exit

"O-oi, wait a second..."

She did not stop and that was when, an sudden pain struck their hearts. Both fell to the floor, clutching their chest in pain. The pain was unimaginable, it felt like their very souls was being torn into half

Be sure you do not leave each other's side

Naruto widened his eyes at the memory. He then gathered all his strength to crawl towards her. Gritting his teeth, he finally managed to come to a certain distance from her before the pain vanished

"I-it stopped..." she said, a hint of relief laced her voice

"As I thought..." Naruto began

Standing up and looking down at him, the woman demanded "What?! What is up with this?!"

"He said so earlier, 'Your entire life will be shared', so probably our two lives have become one. We can't separate ourselves..."

She frowned at that "What?! So you believe in the after seven days who will die thing as well?"

"..." he looked away "Looks like I have..."

"Don't joke around!!! I have a lot things to do so you just go and die!!!" she shouted

She then launched herself to him. Her legs wrapped at his waist and both her hands gripped his neck. She pushed him to the floor and proceeded to choke him "Just die already!!!"

Naruto was about to counter when the choking stopped. He widened his eyes when he looked at the strangle mark on her neck. She was also a bit surprise at what just happened

"I see..." he said contemplatively "So you do feel the pain as I am. Come to think of it, the voice did say 'share everything', didn't it?"

The woman blinked before smirking seductively at him "Does that mean stimulation as well?"

"P-probably..." he replied, feeling a bit comfortable seeing her smirk " This is also probably to prevent us to killing off each other"

She 'tskk'ed in disappointment "That's a shame..."

"Just now, I just received a murderous thought" he deadpanned

"Murderous?!" she stated in surprise

"Yea... looks like even our emotions are shared"

"You pervert!!! Die!!!" she hit him

"OWWW!!!" both voiced their pain

"Stop it!!! I don't want this either!!!" Naruto shouted

"Then if I do this, I wonder what'll happen to you?" a mischief glint twinkled in her red eyes. Smirking, she then squeezed her own breasts

"Owaaa... What's this?" he moaned a bit

"Hahahahahaha... so you are a pervert. I always know you're one"

"You idiot!!! Stop that..." he yelled

"Fine, fine..." she released him and stood up

"Hey, since we're stuck for another week. I guess we need at least to know each other's name. My name is-"

"Uzumaki Naruto. Loves ramen. Self proclaimed the next Hokage. Container of Kyuubi and had used its power several times, example? summoning Gamabunta the first time, defeating the Hyuuga in the chuunin exam... do you need me to continue what I know about you?" she grinned, but unlike her playful grin. It was evil and full of malice

Naruto narrowed his eyes "Who're you? How do you know about all of that?"

Her grin widened "Me? I'm just no one important. I just your average gorgeous woman"

"Don't fuck with me?! Who. Are. You" he growled

"Ara... impatient aren't we? to answer your question, my name is Shinobu. I've been with you in your entire life"

Shinobu's disturbing grin widened if it was even possible as she watched an epiphany struck across his face before slowly turning into horror

"Yeah, you're right... I am Kyuubi no kitsune"

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