The Fox-Eared Spiral Surge Ninja from the Land of Fantasy

Disclaimer: Masashi Kishimoto is the owner and creator of the world of Naruto, and all of its official characters, locations, history, concepts, and etcetera. ZUN and Team Shanghai Alice are the owner and creator of the world of Touhou Project, and all of its official characters, locations, history, concepts, and etcetera. I don't own the characters Sakura, Hokage, and Shimon crafted by Alice Margatroid (the former two dolls made for Naruto). I also don't own any cameos made referenced by Yukari Yakumo during the making of this tale. All I own is any Original Character use, Sekai Ishtal, and this plunny I skinned and turned into a plotted story.

Author's Note: This is based off the story The Seven-Colored Puppeteer in the Land of Fire by Shareon. It's a very unique and well-written crossover story of Naruto and Touhou. It's a really great story to read, dood. The final chapter's omake couldn't stop taunting me, therefore after getting permission to write this piece, I have decided MY take on what would have happened regarding Naruto (and Kurama) having left their world entirely and moving to Gensōkyō with Alice. Credit goes to Shareon for the final chapter's omake being the basis for this entire story.

This story will have Yukari mentioned, because let's face it; that gap hag likely has the power to break the boundaries (or barriers/walls) of dimensions considering her powers of boundary, to pierce through veils, and teleport distances almost instantaneously, if she's not lazing about. This story will feature some shipping of Naruto Uzumaki and Alice Margatroid. Considering Naruto abandoned Konoha because Konoha never desired his existence, he would have eventually bonded with Alice, have seen the world of Gensōkyō, and enjoyed his new life.

And finally, this story will feature a minority of Sekai Ishtal, although only in an alluded passing...

To think that in five years, he's changed from an annoying hyperactive brat, to a semi-mellowed, but calm and collective young teenager. Ever since he joined Alice in crossing the boundary and left behind Konoha to go to Gensōkyō, Naruto had grown up considerably. Yes, he may still look a bit young, but that was due to the part in deciphering the seal that contained the nine-tailed fox, or Kurama.

It was a bit of a surprise when Naruto, Kurama, Alice, and Yukari had dove into the seal, and when they broke it triggered a fail-safe that projected a sealed soul fragment of Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage whom had cursed him with the fate of being forgotten and shunned by Konoha. What makes his anger worthy of having is that Minato was his father, and he cursed his own son with such a heavy burden that growing up left him knowing nothing but hatred and disgust from the village, parents telling their children to stay away from him, or to ridicule, shun, or outright beat him up.

In his rage, he tapped fully into Kurama's chakra, or his yōkai essence, and killed the fragment of Minato for cursing him at his birth. This had the side-effect of transforming Naruto's DNA, making him a sub-species of kitsune yōkai. He still looked fairly human; however he lost his human ears, and gained blond-furred fox ears in place that blended well with his similarly-colored hair. The whisker marks on his cheeks became more pronounced and thickened in appearance, his pupils were now like a fox, and his fingernails were sharpened. The final change was the growth of nine fox tails.

Kurama was able to be free from his imprisonment now that the seal no longer holds him, and accepted living in Gensōkyō alongside Naruto. He no longer towered like a monstrous beast, and since had obtained a more human form, similar to Ran Yakumo. Of course, as Naruto had a father, Kurama reluctantly told Naruto who his mother was, and what his last name truly inspired. It was a surprise that while Minato would seal a part of himself into the sealing matrix, and he made an appearance when said seal was tampered with, there was however no trace of Kushina to be found, considering as she was present too during the sealing process albeit dying.

Today, however, he was distracted as there was an incident recently solved, and per the rules of Danmaku, tea was served. Said tea serving turned into a party inviting all of Gensōkyō's denizens to Reimu's shrine much to the miko's dismay. Some blame can be put to Suika Ibuki whose drinking habits often got the loli oni buzzed enough to blab about parties held at Reimu's residence that got everyone to crowd her place. Over the five years living in Gensōkyō, making the Land of Fantasy his new home, Naruto had grown out of wearing clothes that were mostly bright orange.

His new clothing consists of a sleeveless priest's short robe/jacket with an over layer of a square lapel that drapes over the upper torso area, with the wrapping of black binding cloth securing the two fabrics together tied in a long ribbon-style bow in the back. The collar of the sleeveless jacket was lined with black raven feathers, and he also wears a type of jeweled broach with a blue gemstone set in the center, and a dark reddish orange tassel on the bottom. Leather-pressed detached sleeves adorn the arms with white cloth sleeves and red-orange sleeve collars, secured by gold bands. The white cloth extends over ending at the middle fingers via red rings.

Black form-fitting shorts are worn, with the jacket's bottoms extending down to form a skirt with double-split short coattails in the rear. It made him a bit girly, but he didn't let this bother him. There was enough room for his nine fox tails to extend out freely and not feel constricted. Brown sandals adorn the feet with white tabi socks that reach to the knees, with black leather bands at the ankles with three black feathers. He had two earrings with short leather ropes dangling from the silver jewelry, each end having an orange magatama jewel bead. His orange-polished fingernails trace invisible patterns on the table, the other hand reaching forward for his cup of sake and taking a long sip.

He no longer wore those hideous orange jumpsuit pants and jacket with the kill-me orange coloring (the only things the villagers reluctantly sold to him, in a likely attempt that he'd be easier to spot for mob attacks). The other yōkai and few humans around him were busy partying away to notice his distracted mood.

"Hey, Naruto! What's with the long face, ze?"

Well, almost. Marisa plops down in a free spot next to him, taking a swig from her own glass. Her witch's hat was missing.

"Just a bit out of it today, is all, Marisa," he replies, his right ear twitching each time Marisa would tickle the tip of his furry appendages.

"It's a party, fox boy. Lighten up," Marisa exclaims, blowing at his fox ear, giggling as he twitched at the feeling. One of his fox tails snap at her with a light whip over the head. But the Monochrome Witch would ignore this and drain the rest of her drink.

"Hey, where's Sekai Ishtal? I don't see the elf here."

Marisa scoffs, hearing the name of the Combat Butler of Remilia Scarlet.

"He decided to go explore the Outside World again after getting Yukari to gap him beyond the Hakurei Barrier," Marisa answers. "Something about a professional wrestling company he works at under a human alias... I wasn't paying much attention."

Naruto nods off, as Marisa searches for more sake off Suika.

The only time he had ever gone to the Outside World, was when Yukari played a prank and gapped him into the middle of the human city called Hong Kong. Luckily, Sekai was in the area and kept him from causing too much chaos for being surrounded by so many humans, and such very tall glass and metal buildings. Buildings that would outshine Konoha completely...

Lately, however, he had been wondering to certain drifting thoughts that came to him. Thoughts that largely were annoying voices in his head that would remind him of Konoha, the lush green forests and the village surrounded by the wooded land, a mountain with four faces, and filled with humans who bathe in the seven deadly sins pretending to be the greatest peaceful village in the nation.

Damn these thoughts...

"Naruto? Are you well?"

Alice takes a seat next to the blond nine-tailed yōkai.

"Oh. Yeah... just some interesting and rather entertaining thoughts that flitter about in my mind lately," Naruto answers.

Sakura and Hokage float over. Sakura, whose pink hair had since turned into shoulder-length locks of beauty pulled into a braided ponytail, squeezed herself in-between Alice and Naruto, while Hokage, whom retains the short but feminine-styled orange haircut, sat on the opposite side of Naruto.

Sakura wore a two-tone light purple Victorian-era coat with double-folded cuffs, secured by twin gold buttons with a flowery design, with a double lapel secured by two buttons, pink collar with white lace frills lining the borders, a white undershirt and a brown leather-pressed and layered white frilly skirt, with decorative gold designs lining the hem shaped like vines and petals. The coat has short coattails that end in the shape of a fountain pen's tip along the back, with gold white bordered designs. A type of light brown leather belt adorns the doll's waistline, with an attached furry white tassel on the left side attached with a trio of gemstones (green, red, blue). She takes to wearing short comfortable brown shoes, and silk thigh high socks.

Hokage's costume consisted of a white puffy shirt with stiff cuff sleeves, a brown sleeveless vest that is left unbuttoned, and a frilly white cravat worn around the neck, neatly tucked and pressed. A thigh-length brown leather skirt compliments the vest Hokage wears, with pressed leather borders lining the hips and hem, the hem having a bordered dark brown piece of reinforced leather with a decorative design on its surface. She is wearing all black leggings, and knee boots of a two-tone brown and off-white color, with dark laces. Fingerless black gloves protect the hands of the doll, and completing the overall look was a white gold-bordered cape secured by a short chain and ruby broach clasp, with the inside lining a velvet wine color.

"Would you like to talk?" Alice asks Naruto.

Naruto brings his cup up to his lips, about to take a sip of the remaining liquid of sake. But he sets it down.

"Konoha... the village... our leaving of my world..." At Alice's questioning glance, he starts explaining.

Alice listened intently. The worries, the drifting dreams he had over the past two years since the thoughts first started showing up. He would often place them in the back of his mind in order to focus on the here and now; to be with those he called friend, to tend to the care of Sakura and Hokage. And even though he tells Alice that he had no regrets leaving Konoha behind to join her in the world she called home, the thoughts would often make a return in his dreams, playing upon his emotions.

"It sounds like your curiosity is running, Naruto," said Alice, after Naruto finished telling her his problems.

"So, what do you believe I should do, Alice?"

She thought on it. It's been five some years since Naruto and Kurama powered Shimon to drill through the boundary, to pierce the veil that opened the way back to Gensōkyō. They left behind everything. The puppets that she had tending to her home were forgotten as the portal was opened for them to take, only Sakura, Hokage, Hourai, and Shanghai the only four dolls, along with Shimon, to return to Gensōkyō. Yes, it had hurt her just a bit having left behind everything, even the good tea and cakes...

"It is your world, originally," she answers carefully, "it is the place that forgot of your existence. It is the place where the humans, the shinobi, mistake me as someone who was infiltrating their land, their village, when I had no such intentions. Especially the other Hokage, the one you call Old Man."

"The old man," Naruto mused. The person he once affectionately called Hokage-ojisan. Someone who knew of Kurama's existence, and lied to his face regarding the many reasons why he questioned the villagers' hatred they seem to pile upon him at such a young age.

"I am still upset the man refused my polite invitation to tea to settle our brief Danmaku Fight we had all those years ago."

"Yeah, he was rather rude about it. But then again, he's a village leader, and a ninja to boot. He was likely paranoid about it. I mean, the old man doesn't even know what Danmaku was. But, then again, the bastard had the gall to tell me never to speak with you again..."

His hand slid over and rests upon Alice's hand. His eyes gaze towards hers, both blondes staring at one another.

"You gave me a friend. You offered me a form of friendship. Like hell I'd abandon you..."

"Naruto," she speaks up, "maybe you should sate your curiosity, less it gets you killed."

And hearing this, Naruto scoffs.

"Like I can die easily..."

His tails flickered.

He's an yōkai now, just like his Alice...

"Figure of speech, Naruto."

He smiles back, some of his worries melting away. There was a tone of affection in Alice's voice. He looks around now, trying to spot a certain blonde woman and her Shikigami, but amongst the group, he does not see her at all.

"I think I'll go and pay Yukari a visit, Alice."

The hand slowly leaves Alice's hand that rested on her lap. A fleeting touch tried to make last longer, until the contact is parted and he stands to his feet. He bends down, and gives Alice a quick peck on the lips.

"I don't know how long I'll be gone, though. But I suspect I won't stay away for long. This is my home now, after all."

Alice's cheeks flushed a light red at the affectionate kiss Naruto gave her. Sakura and Hokage follow Naruto as the blond fox eventually leaves the shrine's grounds.

"So, the brat's going back to the Land of Fire?" said a male voice.

Alice turns her head to a man with dark orange-ish red hair at waist-length, clad in a blood red jacket with black sleeves, collar, and decorative black linings along the hem of the coat, wearing a pair of black pants and a red leather belt with the buckle of a silver fox's head (purchased from Rinnosuke's shop), and black knee boots. This man wore no shirt under the unbuttoned/unzipped jacket, showing the impressive muscle build of his six-pack abs and defined upper torso. However, he had nine red fox tails, and long rabbit-like fox ears of similar fur coloring, with lining black markings.

"Seems so, Kurama."

The yellow-eyed yōkai turns his head to face Alice, and gives her a wicked smile.

"I wonder how the foolish bastards of that wretched cesspool of a village would react knowing their so-called human weapon of mass destruction is devoid of yours truly."

He gives a dark chuckle at such a thought that entertained him; knowing the foolish ninja were stripped away of their so-called precious weapon to be used against others that disagreed with their power. He's tempted to follow his former Jinchūriki partner, but then that thought to lay waste to Konoha would just make him grow bored quickly. But then another thought came to him. Seeing the death of any remaining Uchihas, and the one Uchiha that enslaved him when he was torn from Kushina's seal all those years ago...

"Naruto will be fine on his own," Kurama finally decided, crossing his arms and falling back to the floor, eyes closing.

As delightful it would be to kill off the remaining Uchiha spawn and their accursed red eyes, the ninja of the old world his father once believed could live an era of peace would never have the power to break the boundaries. The old man's dream was just that, after all; a dream. The humans of the ninja world were greedy arrogant pieces of shit that desire more power to spit in the face of gods and goddesses. Their knowledge of creating Jinchūriki proved that much, thanks to the First Hokage's power.

"I have no need to return to a world I no longer call home," he says, mostly to himself.

He gets a rather puzzled glance from Alice.

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Now, finding the location of where Yukari actually lives is a mystery. Some say she actually lives outside Gensōkyō's border, blending well with the Outside World much like how Remilia's Combat Butler, Sekai Ishtal, the magical elf yōkai born in the 1600s or so (according to rumor), would serve much of his time in Gensōkyō serving Remilia, but on certain dates leave for the Outside World. Some would say that the house known as Mayohiga was Yukari's home; this is likely not true. The only way one would find Yukari is to seek out Chen or Ran. Mostly Ran, as Ran was the closest to Yukari.

"Hm... maybe if I wish for Ran or Yukari to show up, they will?" he suggests to Sakura and Hokage.

The two dolls shrug in response.

It has been only an hour's passing since leaving the shrine, and he was pretty much wandering the country, after a short flight through the air initially. He was somewhere in the fields now, away from Yōkai Mountain.

"Oh? Wishing for the Eternal Dragon?" Yukari spoke up, popping her head behind Naruto via a gap.

Naruto turns around, and glares.

Why does she always spook him like this?

"Like you can be called a dragon, Yukari," he retorts.

She laughs a bit. "Maybe... it's a quote from this manga I once read a few years ago."

"I can see that," he says sarcastically. "Yukari, can you invite me into your home? I need to speak with you about something."

She made a showing of making up her mind, before she dived back into her gap... and it seals itself shut.

"Yukari!"

Another gap opens, this time revealing the interior of a living room, where Yukari is seen sitting at the table, drinking tea served by Ran. Chen is seen in the background, lazily asleep. Naruto does not hesitate entering the gap, Sakura and Hokage quickly following close behind. The gap seals up as the trio cross the border.

"Oh hush, Naruto-kun," she playfully chastised the fox yōkai.

Naruto gives her an annoyed look, but takes a seat at the table.

"So, what is it you wish to talk to me about?" Yukari asks Naruto, after sipping from her cup of hot Darjeeling tea.

"Konoha. Land of Fire. Those ring any bells?"

She smiles.

"Maybe. I recall it's originally your home before you and Alice broke the boundary using Kurama's power long enough to jump through, and left with our Seven-Colored Puppeteer to Gensōkyō. It was a place that forgot you..."

"I know that you likely had a hand in all of this; Alice ending up in Konoha, at a time when I was a gullible brat of a human child seeking desperately for human affection."

She responds by sipping her tea, her rather calculating eyes staring down Naruto who does not back down in staring back at her.

"And frankly, even if you have some sort of plot or manipulation in that particular event in our lives, I wouldn't care unless you speak about it again. You can manipulate the boundaries easily. Unlike where Kurama and I almost killed ourselves supplying Shimon enough energy to pierce the veil briefly to make a quick jump, you can come and go as you wish, effortlessly. Hell, unlike Sekai, you live in the in-between."

She smiles again. "And you're asking me for my help? Does it have to do with certain voices in your head? Thoughts that won't go away?"

"Spying hag," he mutters under breath.

She finds no offense in this.

"I guess I can help," she offers, "after all, you've made Gensōkyō your home. You're just curious of the ramifications your disappearing did upon the village that didn't like your existence. Jinchūriki... Power of Human Sacrifice, a sacrifice you did not want to give them the satisfaction to enjoy when you left and took darling Kurama-kun with you."

"Really? No tricks, Yukari?"

"Nope. It's best you did this anyway."

Naruto stands up, as Yukari makes a gesture, and away from the table, hovering by a doorway leading out of the living room, a large gap opens up like a doorway to another realm. He walks up towards the gap, seeing nothing but the veil of eyes that liter the infinite dark void held open by the glowing ribbons of light. Why did this seem too easy for her to help? Feeling a hand on his shoulder, he looks to Yukari, who with the other hand reveals the item she was giving him: his old hitai-ate that he got from Iruka after the Mizuki Incident.

"I thought you'd like this back ever since you put it away five years ago," the woman calmly says, her smile still present.

Naruto smirked a bit. He takes the headband and looks upon the metal plate with the symbol of the leaf on it. The metal apparently had dulled, no longer holding that polished shine. And the cloth showed signs of moth damage. Still, he decides to tie it loosely around his neck, the headband partially hidden by the feathers which make up his shirt jacket's collar.

Sharpened canines are seen as Naruto's lips twist into a grin. Sakura and Hokage cling to his arms, securing themselves to their master.

"Well... better shut up the annoying thoughts in my head, and pay the Hidden Leaf Village one final visit!"

"Don't worry Naruto-kun, I won't leave you stranded in a world that forgot you," Yukari assures Naruto, "I'll keep an eye on you, so go on and have some... fun."

Then she gives him a swift boot to the rear.

This action causes Naruto and his clinging dolls to tumble right into the gap.

"YUKARI YOU BI-"

The gap seals off before his shout could be heard fully.

"Yukari-sama was that really necessary?" asks Ran, sweat dropping.

"What? I thought he needed a push," she answers, laughing to herself.

Ran face palms.

Yukari didn't give Naruto a push; she gave him a boot to the ass.

Yukari returns to her place at the table, and opening a small gap, she reaches into the void, and takes out a book. The title spelled on the cover of the book reads Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. She opens up another gap, only this one was created as a means of monitoring.

Within the surface of the opened void showed a green lush forest. There was a clearing of green meadows and flowers, and a river ran through this area. And lying in an undignified heap was Naruto close to falling into the small river, cursing Yukari's name blue with swears. She merely smiles with a humorous look in her eyes.

Well... there ya go... an idea branching out from another story. This plot bunny-fleshed story is not canon to The Seven-Colored Puppeteer in the Land of Fire. After all, the author of the original story this idea branches from could very well make an official sequel if he or she so desires to. This was done to get aforementioned plot bunny out of the mind. And it looks like it'll have more chapters than staying a simple one-shot material.

Thus far we have learned some things: Naruto has changed to becoming yōkai. Kurama is free and now has a human-like form. Naruto has met the person that he believed ruined his childhood by cursing him with this unwanted burden and killed Minato's fragment when the seal was undone. It also seems I'm shipping Naruto and Alice if the hints indicate otherwise.

And who is this Sekai Ishtal mentioned in passing? He's not the focus of the story however; Naruto is. Sakura and Hokage's outfit I drew inspirations from the Atelier series when creating costumes for the two dolls. Is it good enough? Do the costumes fit well with the two dolls of Naruto? Does Naruto's new costume change fit him based off the story's avatar?

I believe I'm going to have fun with this...