Parallel Uzumaki: Soul Slayers

Hey guys, it's Rocker1600! This here is one of the fics that was scrapped by HurricanGohan94 a while back (I have also adopted another of his fics, "Guardian Maelstrom" which will have a new title soon enough). His chapters will all be posted today and, with the exception of some changes, they're the same as they were before. In fact, almost all the major changes are in the 2nd chapter, except for one brief detail in this chapter, which I will note at the end of the chapter(s).

With that, here's chapter 1. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Bleach, or any of the other series which appear/are mentioned in this fic. Any characters and other related items are the property of their respective copyright holders.

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Opening Song: "Harukaze" by SCANDAL (Bleach)

Ending Song: "Hitohira no Hanabira" by Stereopony (Bleach)

Chapter 1 - A Mysterious Savior

It was fairly warm, the post summer weather was a welcome change compared to the scorching temperatures from earlier in the year. Outside homes children played in the street, families spent the day with one another exchanging details about various subjects ranging from the mundane to the exhilarating, and young couples enjoyed each other's company. Yes it seemed that it would be a fairly enjoyable day in Karakura Town.

Too bad looks can be deceiving,

In Karakura Park many individuals were NOT having a good day, none more so than the three teens who were currently fighting for their lives.

"Tch, is that all you have?" a fairly large man sneered toward the teen dressed in black. "And here I thought Aizen-sama sent us to take out a threat."

"B-bastard," The teen said through grit teeth while clutching his face in what appeared to be pain. "Of all times for my Hollow to interfere, damn!"

Kurosaki Ichigo couldn't help but feel a level of dread as he stared up at the giant man who, at the moment, was soundly beating him down and he couldn't do a damn thing about it as long as his Inner Hollow continued to mess with his body.

Behind Ichigo, his friends were in no better shape than he was. Inoue Orihime continued to heal her friend Yasutora 'Chad' Sado who was previously beaten by Ichigo's current adversary who called himself Yammy. She too was also fearful of the two individuals that were apparently after her friend and crush especially the pale and stoic green eyed man who continued to stare at her, analyzing her movements. She had tried and failed to fight Yammy, even losing her power to attack, Tsubaki to defend herself and Chad and it was only thanks to Ichigo's timely interference that she was still alive right now.

Yammy continued to beat on Ichigo, breaking bone and spilling blood as the young substitute Shinigami cried out in agony. Yammy grunted in disappointment as Ichigo fell to his knees, his breathing ragged and body battered.

"Hey, Ulquiorra, can I finish him off? This kid ain't nothing special." Yammy mumbled

Ulquiorra scrutinized the teen before making a sound that sounded like a scoff. "This boy is mere trash, do what you wish to him Yammy."

The giant grinned savagely, rearing his fist back to crush the boy's skull. Orihime watched in horror unable to focus for her defensive barrier due to her dread.

"NO!" she cried in defiance and watched in slow motion as the fist came closer and closer to making contact.

That's when it happened…

The strike made contact…

…With a wall of sand?

Everyone looked on in confusion; none of them had words to explain what just happened.

"What the hell!?" Yammy growled in irritation, clearly unhappy that his victory was taken away. "Who did that!?"

The sound of crunching grass under foot was heard becoming louder, as the individual approached the battlefield.

"Gotta say, I cut it pretty close there, a second longer and that guy's head would've been paste." Everyone turned to the voice and each had varying degrees of confusion and wariness as the figure stopped in front of them.

The figure was clearly male who appeared to be 19 or 20 years of age; he was fairly tall, appearing to be around 5'11, and fairly muscular build. He had blue eyes and short, spiky blonde hair the reached his neck, with two strands framing each side of his face that reached just below his ears, and had a tan complexion the only blemish appearing to be three whisker-like marks on each side of his face. He wore black pants taped at the bottom, a pair of strange black sandals that cover everything but the guy's toes, a mesh shirt worn under a burnt orange t-shirt over which the boy wore a black combat vest, with said combat vest having an orange spiral pattern emblazoned on its back, as well as black fingerless gloves with metal plates fixed onto the backhand. He was clearly geared for battle, varies pouches were strapped to his pants, along with two black staffs strapped to his sides. Around his forehead was a black headband with a metal plate that had a stylized leaf carved into it.

Overall, the young man appeared to be an intimidating individual.

"You got to love Shukaku's Jiton jutsu, great for defensive barriers." The young man said with a foxlike grin

Yammy just stared at the boy in confusion before turning to his equally confused partner.

"Uh, Ulquiorra, is this guy a target?" Yammy asked pointing at the young man.

Ulquiorra gave the boy a once over, he couldn't pick up any sort of real power coming from the blonde that Aizen would label worthy. As far as he could tell, this boy was no issue.

"No he is not, Yammy." Ulquiorra stated "The boy is not a threat, get rid of him."

Yammy's savage grin returned full force as he stared down at the smiling blonde. The brute opened his mouth, gathering power in the form of a red sphere of reiryoku.

Ichigo and Orihime watched in shock as Yammy fired the Cero with the blonde just standing there without a care in the world.

"Are you insane!? Get out of the way!" Ichigo shouted at his savior

But he didn't move, he smile turned into a frown as he watched the technique approach him.

Then he moved…

In a blink of an eye, the mysterious boy was behind his much bigger opponent, brutally kicking him into the air, and following closely after him.

"Kage Buyo (Shadow of the Dancing Leaf)" He muttered, appearing behind Yammy while in the air and wrapped him up tightly, immobilizing Yammy. He wrapped his arms tightly around the giant before dive bombing back towards the ground while spinning wildly. "Omote Renge (Primary Lotus)!"

He slammed Yammy head first into the ground the force of the impact created a fairly deep crater. The blonde flipped out of the smoking hole looking no worse for wear with a large, shit-eating grin plastered on his face.

"Hell yeah, that'll teach you to mess with the almighty parallel Sage, Uzumaki Naruto!" He proclaimed boisterously.

Ulquiorra continued to stare blankly at Naruto, appearing uninterested but inwardly he was wary. This Uzumaki Naruto had soundly defeated one of the Espada in one short combo and with no injury on top of it. He did not appear to be allied with Kurosaki as he appeared to be just as confused as Ulquiorra himself. So did that mean he was part of Soul Society? Again it did not appear so; he didn't fight like a Shinigami. So that begged the question as to who and what the boy was.

"It is best to inform Aizen-sama about my findings." The Espada concluded, finally beginning to move since he arrived.

The pale man used Sonido and found a bruised and dazed Yammy trying to regain his bearings. He grabbed the man by his shoulder and with another Sonido was in front of the Uzumaki who continued to wear his smile.

"Hey there Pasty, you want to go a couple rounds too?" Naruto said enthusiastically, cracking his neck and knuckles

Now Ulquiorra wasn't one to understand human emotion but after hearing Naruto's nickname for him…well let's just say that crushing the boy's skull under his foot was the least he wanted to do.

"How absurd, you actually believe you can defeat me because you have beaten this buffoon?" Ulquiorra inquired stoically. "Do not put us in the same league; I'm far more powerful than Yammy."

Naruto snorted and reached for the two staffs at his sides. "Instead of boasting, why don't you put your money where your mouth is?

Instead of answering the blonde's challenge, Ulquiorra snapped his fingers creating a tear in the air that showed a black void of chaos. "You are an interesting individual Uzumaki Naruto. Unfortunately, I must give my report, we shall do battle next time."

With that declaration, the void closed off, leaving Naruto and the injured alone.

"Well isn't he just a ray of sunshine," Naruto deadpanned before sighing in exasperation. "Why do I always get the stoic and morbid ones?"

The young sage heard a grunt of pain followed by a cry of concern behind him. Turning, he saw the cute girl fretting over the carrot top. He noticed their injuries and immediately went to work, approaching them slowly.

"You guys ok?" Naruto asked in concern; he watched as Ichigo tried to stand but to no avail. "Just sit still, I can help."

Naruto lifted his hand, showing a white circle on his right palm and placed it on the Shinigami's chest. It was only for a second, but Ichigo felt all of his bones mend and wounds close with that single touch.

"H-how?" Ichigo sputtered in shock and awe

"It's a special gift of mine, to tell you the truth I'm still not sure how it works." Naruto explained all the while chuckling and rubbing the back of his head.

Ichigo could only stare at the strange guy as he healed both Orihime and Chad in a similar way and both of his friends seemed to share his sentiments when saying the kid was an enigma.

"Uh hey," Ichigo called gaining the sage's attention. "Not that I'm not grateful but why did you help us?"

Naruto was slightly taken aback by the blunt question but quickly composed himself.

"Well I always help someone in need; it's just in my nature." Naruto responded as if the answer was obvious.

"But why? You had no reason to." Ichigo stated

"I don't need a reason, those guys were about to kill you and your friends so I jumped in. That is enough reason for me to lend a hand." Naruto countered smoothly

Ichigo was left stumped, as far as he was concerned Naruto was ok in his book.

"That's fair I guess but tell us, where did you come from and what is your purpose here?" Ichigo asked sharply

Before the blonde could retort, he felt two new and rather strong signatures behind him.

"Yes, I think we'd all like to know the answers to those questions."

"Urahara-san and Yoruichi-san," Orihime said happily as the two ex-captains approached the group of teens.

"Why are you guys here?" Ichigo inquired rather rudely

Ignoring the young Shinigami's lack of manners, Yoruichi decided to answer his question. "We came to help you kids out when we sensed the danger but by the time we got her, this guy showed up and chased our enemies away."

"Now we'd like to know his purpose here in Karakura." Urahara said, giving Naruto a glance. "I hope you understand, we don't know whether you are trustworthy or not. It be best to figure that out now."

Naruto noticed that he was the center of attention and gave a nervous chuckle. "Well ok so…great I have to explain this again."

The others watched him as he muttered curses under his breath, sweatdropping when he began to pull at his hair.

"Ok so it goes like this," Naruto began and watched as all their attention was increased. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto, I'm 18 years old, I was trained as both a shinobi and sage and I'm a.."

He paused and the others watched as he began to mull over his next words

"Out with it already!" Ichigo shouted impatiently

"I'm a traveler….of Universes."

Silence…

"…Wait what?" Chad asked, saying what the rest couldn't.

Naruto smirked, he loved that reaction.

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto, Multiverse Traveler!"

Next Time - The Journey So Far

Noteworthy change(s) from the original fic:

- Naruto is a little older in this version of the fic; he was around 16-18 years in the original version but I bumped it up to 19-20 years.