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'normal thought'"normal whisper""spirit speech"'spirit thought'"spirit whisper'chapter 1: Arrival in a new world

Standing directly in front of him was a person he was familiar with. "Jiji?! Where are we? Where's the old rabbit lady?"

The man chuckled as he held a hand up for silence. "Relax my child and allow me to answer your questions."

Naruto nodded and stood up straight, he knew instantly that this was not Hiruzen Sarutobi but he didn't know who it was or why they had him in this place of pure white.

"As you may have already guessed i am not Hiruzen Sarutobi, i chose this form as it is one you are familiar with and comfortable around, my real name is of course Kami, we are in the realm of in between or the place all who die go before they are either sentenced to eternal damnation or placed in a world of peace and prosperity, and the woman you speak of has been defeated by the combined efforts of you and your two teammates who are alive and well."

Naruto seemed to think about it and sighed. "So what happens to me and Kurama now? Eternal damnation or peace and prosperity?"

The deity snickered. "That's where things get interesting, i have recently been speaking of your accomplishments to the spirits in another world and they want you to be reborn in their world and to join up with the Hawke family when the proverbial shit hits the fan."

The blond shinobi spoke with Kurama. 'What do you think Kurama? Do you think i should do this?'

Kurama shrugged. 'It's up to you kit as I'm not going to be allowed to go, i made a lot of enemies in the world he speaks of especially in the strongest spirit of justice when I was younger.'

Naruto nodded. "Alright, what family will i be reborn into?" He had to know how far away he was from this Hawke family he'd have to work with.

"You'll actually be put into the world at the age of 16 where you will 'wander' into town and ask for a job as a farm hand, i suggest trying for a offer of work for shelter."

Naruto had seen the logic in this and nodded. Kami was obviously pleased. "Good, now you may want to prepare yourself because I'm going to make you a dreamer, give you knowledge on the world I'll be sending you to, knowledge of agriculture, and knowledge of your new abilitiesas a mage. I'll also be changing your body to be fit for whatever life throws at you before unsealing Kurama from you."

It seemed that the warning was just a formality because as soon as the words left the man's lips Naruto felt inhuman amounts of pain all over. His head felt like it was going to explode from the rush of knowledge, his body felt like it was on fire and being electrocuted because of the link being formed between him and the fade along with all of the body modifications being done to him.

When all of that was done Naruto felt nothing physically as Kurama was taken from the seal. As soon as he was able to stand up a full length mirror rose from the ground.

Naruto had crimson red hair that was to his shoulders, eyes just as red as his hair, tanned skin, and his whisker marks had faded away. The teen looked at his body which was fully exposed because of his 'growth spurt'. He was a good 6'2, lightly muscled, and tattoos down his arms. The tattoos were intricately designed lines that intertwined from his shoulders to his wrists that gave off a blue glow as he flexed his fingers, there was also a large wolf face tattoo on his chest just over his heart that was baring it's teeth menacingly that was glowing an eerie crimson.

"The final details of your look are entirely up to you but the hair and eye color, body type, and tattoos are to stay as a way to show any spirits you meet who you are."

Naruto nodded then started making the appropriate changes. His hair shortened and tied in a bun that showed off his slightly pointed ears, (look up Corey Scherer to see his man bun) a sleeveless black civilian shirt and a pair of black pants with black boots appeared on him that showed off his arms proudly, and a black bow materialized in his left hand with a quiver of arrows on his back.

Naruto got an approving nod from kami and Kurama before he started fading away. "Good luck kit and don't come back here for a very long time."

When the teen could see again he was standing just outside of the town of lothering. He could see a farm to the right side on the other end of the town so he just kept on walking over until he was just outside of the property where he was standing in front of a tall buff man in a sleeveless dirt brown shirt and ragged brown pants. "Who are you? Why have you come to my farm?"

Naruto gave the man a kind/disarming smile. "Well i was looking for work and saw that your farm had little to no farm hands so i seen the perfect opportunity for a mutual benefit and would be willing to work for shelter."

The man seemed to think about it then looked Naruto in the eyes as he spoke. "You understand that I can't just hire you, i don't know who you are,what your like, etc. I'll tell you what, I'll give you a trial run and if you pass my inspection then I'll take you on as a hired hand, for now we'll set you up in a insulated shed that we'll clean up and put a few essentials in so you can live there comfortable enough to be humane."

Naruto nodded gratefully. "Thank you sir, you won't regret this." The man nodded as they walked to the back where there were two large sheds that were big enough for a particularly large qunari to live comfortably in, right beside one two teenage boys were cleaning and repairing their blades. "Daniel! Carver! Help me and this boy clear out the unused shed so he has a place to sleep."

The boys jumped to it opening the door to the shed they were sitting beside and started clearing it out. Once the four were done Daniel brought out a big bedroll, a big cover, a bucket of water, and a ladell. "This is what we're able to spare for you at the moment, tomorrow we'll show you to the pond we use for bathing and give you a set of work clothes to wear. For now you're going to be doing the smaller things such as fetching water from the town well, feeding the farm stock, and cleaning/repairing the tools after each day." said the buff man. The young red head nodded his head.

"For your services we'll provide you with a roof over your head, clothes on your back, and food in your stomach. My rules are simple, be up by 5:00 in the morning, dressed for work by 5:30, don't harm my children or wife, don't look at my daughter or wife in any kind of sexual ways, stay vigilant for bandits or thieves to which you'll have my permission to kill if necessary, and be in bed asleep by 10:00 at night."

Naruto nodded once more. "Simple enough, anything else?"

The man nodded and put up two fingers. "Yes, 1: you will be allowed to practice with your bow each morning and just after supper and 2: no matter what do NOT do any extra work without my say so or Daniel's, Carver may attempt to pass his work on to you if you aren't careful."

Naruto nodded with a snicker along side Daniel at Carver's grumble. "Now to start the real introductions, follow us inside the house where we'll get to know each other."

When they walked in Naruto immediately smelled that someone was cooking and saw a teenage girl and an older woman in a kitchen area."

"Leandra, come meet our new farm hand." said the large man. From the corner of his vision Naruto could see two staves, one with a blue crystal on the top as a focus, the staff itself was made of a dark polished wood that had an itracicy to it, this staff also gave off a faint cold chill. The second was taller than the first made of a golden wood with the image of andrastate on it that gave off vibes of being made from a small piece of the fade itself.

Naruto gave a grin that confused the others. "Thank the maker, so which two of you are mages like lil ol me?" The teenage girl gasped. "Y-you're a mage?"

Naruto nodded as he reached his hand out for her to shake. "Yep, name's Naruto by the way, Naruto Fire-bird."

The girl took his rough and calloused hand in her soft and smooth one and shook it gently. "Bethany Hawke, if i may ask… how did you know that any of us had a connection to the fade?"

Naruto smirked as he lazily pointed a thumb at the two staves. "Those things aren't exactly what you would call inconspicuous out in the open, especially to a fellow mage who can easily feel the ice and latent spirit magic coming from each of them."

The largely built man chuckled sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head. "Guess i should have put them up huh?"

After everyone introduced themselves (the big guy had introduced himself as Malcolm Hawke and a fully trained mage from the circle of Kirkwall) they had a supper of roast chicken and freshly baked bread and promptly fell asleep in their own beds.

Naruto layed down on his new bedroll shirtless as he thought about what he'd have to do next. 'When the blight happens we'll have to flee but I'll have to act like i know absolutely nothing about what's going to happen… shit i both hate and love this chance i was presented.'

(Scene change)

The next morning Naruto was awake at 4:00 and started stretching for a good 30 minutes before going outside and shooting arrows into a group of trees.

(Bethany's POV)

I awoke as always at 4:00 and went down into the basement of our house where i did basic stretches for 4 minutes then sat in the lotus position and meditated for 20 minutes to learn to control the power that i could call from the fade, and finally for the next 6 minutes i did basic mana manipulation for fire, ice, and lightning.

When i went upstairs i heard the distinct sound of arrows hitting and piercing wood. I looked outside and saw that boy that father hired and was surprised to see him nocking another arrow shirtless! I blushed as i looked at his muscles that weren't too big nor too small.

Once i looked closer i had noticed something that i had not last night which were his tattoos. Something in the back of my mind told me that they were significant but i couldn't figure out how.

(3rd person POV)

Bethany jumped in surprise at the hand that touched her shoulder. "You've noticed as well, haven't you Bethany?" Malcolm was staring at the boys marked skin intently as he attempted to decipher what it meant and how it would affect his family.

Soon the others were awake and Naruto had already strapped his bow and arrows on his back for quick access if necessary.

Daniel had brought Naruto a sleeveless linen shirt and linen pants before leading the younger male to the bathing pond and looked to him. "I didn't get to say it yesterday but welcome to the farm, i am in charge of the milking of the cows, watering the plants, and harvesting crops, my father is in charge of the slaughter of the cattle, nugs, and any other animals, and Carver helps where he can while going on trips into town with my mother and sister when needed. And speaking of my sister you have caught her attention from being like her and my father and interested her even more by being able to use a bow but do NOT look at her in any way other than as a friendly face or else i will have to intervene."

Naruto chuckled. "No need to worry, I'm not looking to date anyone nor do I attempt to get into a women's undergarments without both the consent and that woman's hand bearing a ring on it that connects her to me through marriage."

Garrett was confused. "Have you been married before?"

Naruto shook his head in the negative. "No, though i have proposed but the girl didn't want anything to do with me because i had been forced to kill my best friend because he had turned traitor and tried to kill both me and the girl. She had refused to believe that he did it of his own free will."

The elder boy nodded and started walking away. "Hurry and get your bath done so you can get to work."

The young 'Fire-bird' washed quickly and got dressed before strapping his bow and quiver of arrows to his back and walking towards Malcolm where he was told to feed the animals, chop wood, and fetch cooking water from the town well. Naruto mentally sighed. 'This is gonna take a while for this guy to trust me.'

(2 years later)

For 2 years the routine was the same, wake up, practice archery and magic, (second one in private away from prying eyes) bathe, eat breakfast, work, eat lunch, work, eat dinner, practice archery and magic, sleep, and repeat. Some days he'd get the chance to talk with Garrett, Bethany, and Carver and while Garrett and Carver were cool and all neither were good for intelligent conversation about magic and the fade like Bethany was.

Malcolm could see that his only daughter had a growing crush on the boy and it warmed his heart to see her open up to someone else outside of the family but he still hadn't figured out what those tattoos on the red heads arms and chest meant and it irked him because he felt they had some kind of significance and he was worried that it would come to bite the entire family on their collective asses.

Right now Naruto was just finishing up sharpening his last arrow head as had finished his work on the farm for the day. His little room in the shed was much better than when he first arrived, it now had a bed, a desk where he would sit and read at when he was finished working and not training, a decently sized bookshelf with all of the books he had either bought himself with the money he earned around here or was gifted by the Hawke family, (mostly from Bethany) a nightstand where he kept a lantern at for a little light at night for some light reading before bed, and a wardrobe where he had a few good shirts and pants along with a scrubber for when he cleaned his boots of mud and manure.

The 18 year old Naruto Fire-bird heard the sound of twigs snapping as at least 6 sets of heavy foot steps could be heard outside of the shed going towards the house. He knew for sure that it was thieves because 1: none of the Hawkes were home but off in town getting supplies and 2: only Malcolm had footsteps as heavy as these. "Are you sure about this boss? I heard that they had a farm hand here that doubles as a guard, plus they don't really have much to their name anyway so it doesn't seem to be worth all of the trouble."

Naruto grabbed his bow and readied an arrow before creeping up on his door silently to get the drop on the thieves. "That may be so but we have been hired to rob them by some guy who was obviously on some kind of official business, plus if one of the women are here we can have a bit of 'fun' with her."

The perverse chuckles made Naruto growl and his tattoos glow in response to his rage. He kicked the door open and let his arrow loose where it pierced one of the men through the back of his head making a distinct squelching sound before the corpse hit the ground with a heavy thud.

Before they could turn around the redheaded teen had already put down 3 more and broke another's neck. Naruto took a dagger off of a random corpse, knocked the only living thief onto his back and held the blade to the guys throat.

The man looked Naruto in the eyes in fear, what he saw was glowing red eyes like two burning coals, as if he was looking into the eyes of a rage demon given a mortal form.

"Who hired you?! What did they want from this house?!"

The man shook in fear at his glare, he was so scared he could just piss himself. "Nothing, they didn't want any physical object from what I was told, they just wanted to 'test something' as far as I know, we were hired by some guy in some kind of fancy armor that i would say was most likely a templars higher ranking armor set."

The young Fire-bird silently cursed. 'If they're doing shit like this then they at least suspect that there are mages here, I'm gonna have to make sure that there is no doubt that these bastards died by physical weapons.'

Naruto turned his burning gaze back down to the fearful thief under him. "Last question, did you truly intend to molest the women who live here? And don't lie because I'll be able to tell if you do."

The man nodded fearfully so Naruto slit his throat before standing up. He dropped the dagger and started dragging the corpses up front where he brought each of them to a chantry official who would prep them for cremation.

When he got back to the farm he grabbed all of the weapons that were all over the ground and put them in his shed/bedroom (i call it the shedroom lol) where he planned to clean and sharpen them so he could sell all of the weapons except two of the daggers which he would teach Bethany to use to help her keep from being noticed by the templars.

XXXAN: Hello everyone and welcome to A new world, same shit, yes this is a Naruto x Bethany story and i will attempt to do better this time and actually see the story through to the end unlike my other stories.Now I have an important message to my readers. I know many if not all of you are going through hard times and think that there's no way out but i know that no matter what you can do it, you can find a way out to a better life.You can survive and do better for yourself, don't take your own life because there's always a better way instead of (and i know that by now this is as cliche as it gets) using the permanent solution to a temporary problem.Know that no matter what you have been led to believe that there is someone who cares about you and loves you dearly.I know what you're going through and would have already done the exact same thing that many of you are thinking about doing if it wasn't for those who care so trust that i know what it's like and know that I care about you all.Every life is precious whether they be black or white, whether they be male or female, we all bleed the same blood, breath the same air, drink the same water, cry the same tears. Takecomfort in knowing that there are people who care and will be there for you.And as always MCL homies