Alright then, I've had this story idea bouncing around for almost two years and finally, I'm putting it to paper so to speak. Like Poison Dove and Maelstrom Fox this is another Fate/Naruto crossover, though I'll be clear, it's primarily Fate/Extra. This story takes place after Fate/Extra CCC Caster's ending (with some altercations and portions of Extella and Link) and goes through the entirety Naruto series. It will blend canon, fanon, and some head canon involving both so fair warning.

I do not own anything. Naruto belongs to Kishimoto and Fate/Extra belongs to Type-Moon. If I owned the latter Extella wouldn't have been more character shilling for Nero.

FOX TAILS AND WHIRLPOOLS

Prologue - Lunar Farewell

In light of all things, this wasn't an entirely bad way for things to end. At least, that's what Hakuno kept telling himself as he glared shimmering green water before him. What droplets of blood that had fallen had quickly faded away, leaving only the translucent green that flooded the Main Area up to one's ankles.

In spite of the near burning sensation in his chest, he laughed. It wouldn't have been a stretch to say he came from the sea, from nothing, and here he was about to return to nothing. He coughed in pain, but the pain was good. He'd long since learned to take the soreness in his muscles and bones as proof he was still alive in some form.

Considering what was coming for him, a twisted part of him savored the aching in his chest. There was a chance it was the last thing he was ever going to feel, but that wasn't what he wanted.

At the corner of his vision, a soft hand fell over his gloved left. "Master," That voice, at times it was soft as snow and when the time called for it as cold and merciless as a demon straight out of hell. He'd come to love it and the face attached to it all the same. Sucking in a breath, he turned to his left to find himself staring into a pair of golden orbs he'd gazed into over a hundred times. In them he saw fear and doubt, but the commitment she'd looked at him with when he first summoned her had not wavered. That alone was enough to give him the strength to stand up, taking her with him as he did so.

"Ya' know, I don't think we did too bad." Hakuno laughed.

Tamamo giggled and leaned her head on his exhausted shoulder. "You have a point there, though there was a lot more I wish we were able to do. There were so many dishes I was looking forward to getting you to sample. And shopping, there were so many lovely kimonos I wanted to dress you, and suits! Eh, I guess we'll have to try better in the next life, won't we?" She'd tried putting on a brave face, but the fear was beginning to show through. Tamamo tightened her grip on her Master-turned-lover's hand. Though she hadn't meant to, she sent a signal and he responded.

Despite the immense physical pain he was in, the brown-haired teen drew the fox-eared girl into a tight embrace. Automatically, Tamamo threw her arms around him. It wasn't the first time they'd shared a bloody embrace, but odds were it was going to be the last. Internally Tamamo took some joy in this, hopefully being the last time her Master would have to bleed for her. He'd shed so much blood for her already and nothing she could give him would ever be enough to make up for it. Now he was about to give his life for her…again.

Tamamo tried to tell herself compared to that moment so long ago, this was better. The truth was in a small twisted way…she was more at peace here than she was that day on the fields of Nasu. Compared to those grassy fields the inner sanctum of the Moon Cell wasn't that bad a place, hell, the fact she was within viewing range of the Main Core was a miracle in itself. Originally thousands had fought and died to get to this place, and here the two of them were. An Anti-Hero and her Master, a boy who everyone expected to be one of the first eliminated in the Holy Grail War. Fate truly had a strange sense of humor.

Due to circumstances the Core Area had undergone some rather drastic changes, all of which signaled the critical state the Moon Cell was in. Instead of a blanket canvas-like sky, a pitch-black blanket hung over their heads. Converging and splitting off were hundreds upon thousands of luminous cracks from which light poured in. The sky resembled marble, hideously crackled marble that would give out any second showering them with tons of digital debris. Hakuno and Tamamo actually would have welcomed that compared to what they knew was coming for them.

Moving his head upwards, he glanced at the gigantic cube-like structure behind them. .PH, the digital world that had become humanity's new frontier had seen better days, and for proof of that all one needed to do was look at the main core nestled tightly within the blue-colored cube. The pulsating mass of data and energy was supposed to be yellow, but now it was yellow tinted with blood-red spots. It was as if the core had been infected.

"Tamamo, I know we've been through a lot, but we can't let Scorn or Comstock get their hands on the core. Do you still have some fight left in you?"

Immediately breaking away she summoned her mirror, the Eightfold Blessing of Amaterasu. It was somewhat amazing how in spite of the various cuts and injuries that had torn her already revealing kimono apart the mirror remained pristine and clear. He liked to believe it was a representation of Tamamo herself. "Why of course, Master! So long as you are able to stand, I promise your cute little shrine maiden will be there to fight with you!"

"Seriously, what is it with you two? Is there some invisible power cable connecting you two to each other?"

While Tamamo pouted, Hakuno laughed at the voice's statement. To his left appeared several holographic plates. Though the images were fuzzy and unclear, the caller ID showed the names of his allies. Those they lay just beyond the black marble ceiling above him. "How's it going out there?"

Gazsi snorted before answering. "Bad, horrible, and fucked up, oh, and did I also forget to mention fucked up?" The freedom fighter's communications line went dead, alerting Hakuno until it came back. Through it he could hear his Iranian ally's heavy-breathing. "Listen, I'm gonna try to open up a hole to get you and Caster out. Take it!"

The brown-haired teen looked to his pink-haired Servant. Tamamo's usually flawless face was grim and her pupils had narrowed into animalistic slits. Clearly, she'd already prepared herself for the next and possibly last battle like him.

"Sorry, Gaz, we're staying."

There was sigh on the other end followed by a chorus of laughter and groans from the other monitors.

"You really are an idiot, aren't you?" A female voice bemoaned. "Just sit tight and try not to get yourself killed, we're coming to you. Math man is almost done hacking a portal into the Main Area."

"Good to know, Emily. Now then," Hakuno began, his face hardening. "Who's the closest to us?"

"Who do ya' think?" Snorted a thick Irish-accented voice. "Tamamo's bitchier evil twin and Prince Kenelm the Arse and ole' Red Face."

The pair shared another look of concern and acceptance. It was only natural Scorn and Team Carlyle were the closest to them. The only question was which one of them got to them first. Hakuno didn't relish the idea of turning the Main Area into a battlefield, Archimedes had lectured them all over would could have gone wrong they started a battle in the heart of the Moon Cell. The results in his words would be, "uncanny". Despite nodding his head in acceptance Hakuno knew somewhere in his heart that was what it was going to come down to, so too did Tamamo.

Reaching down he withdrew his knife and twirled it in his hand. Though his arm was sore, he had enough strength left for a swing or two. "Okay then, we'll make a stand here."

"Just hold out until we get there!" Came the voice of Zia. In the distant, he could the sounds of arrows flying and explosions blasting stadium-sized holes in the surrounding area. He didn't want to get his hopes up, but if Zia and her Archer made it to them then they could have had a chance.

"Hah! You're making it sound as if I'm not capable of protecting my Master on my own! I should be insulted." The kimono-wearing Servant scowled, doing her best to look offended.

"Oh, trust us, it's not you we're worried about. Hakuno on the other hand is a different story, and the Main Core, that' something else to worry about. You won't blow that up, will you, Fox?" Came the sarcastic voice of England's most famous archer.

"I also seem to remember a time when you actually needed help, namely when you attempted to fight your older, nastier sister and I had to catch you when she swatted you through a couple of buildings." Responded a gruff voice filled with humor.

Swiftly turning her blushing head, Hakuno chuckled. Even with the threat of death and destruction hanging over their heads, he was happy they were still able to laugh and crack jokes like this. Once the laughter passed Hakuno looked towards his left hand, or more precisely his ring finger. Tamamo caught his gaze and did likewise. Focusing their minds, they attempted to connect to each other, only to be meant with darkness.

"It's not good, we still need some time before we can use Moon Crux mode."

"Then you two will have to improvise until the rest of us can get to you. Try to stay alive until then."

Beside him, Tamamo scowled. She truly wished Shinmen was already with them in person so she could reach out and hit him. "Pray tell, what exactly do you think we've been doing so far?"

"Just save some of that red-faced blowhard for me, Fox." The Saber Class Servant grunted.

"I'll see what I can do, samurai. If you want a piece of him then hurry up and get here."

Right before the Master and Servant pair, the air cackled and exploded outwards. Visible cracks like those in the "sky" appeared before them followed by several flashing red warnings. Hakuno tested his arm again while Tamamo fashioned her mirror into its arm-guard form. Whoever got to them first, they knew it was going to be a tough fight.

Unknown to the pair, the spherical mass within the cube-shaped structure began to radiate bright multi-colored light. The spinning mass of energy that had for centuries spun in one singular direction began to steadily slow down until stopping completely. Then its rotation began, but in the opposite direction. Hakuno and Tamamo were too busy preparing themselves mentally and physically for the coming battle to notice the Main Core was not only spinning in the opposite direction but had grown three silvery rings around it, all of which had begun to rotate in different directions. As they did so, the red splotches that once plagued the core began to sizzle and crackle like liquid on burning hot metal. Arcs of bright blue electricity began to jump about before shooting outwards to the inside of the cube. From there, the black-lines in the multi-cubed structure lit up like a series of neon lights.

Feeling a sudden glace behind them Hakuno and Tamamo briefly turned back, at first expecting it to only be their imaginations, but found it was now something more. What they were seeing was enough to make both of them go bug-eyed.

"Archimedes…" Hakuno began opening a viewing lens so the Greek to see what he was seeing. "Is…that supposed to happen?"

Ever since encountering him, Hakuno had come to deeply trust the word of the Greek mathematician. When he smiled, he was able to breath a sigh of relief and when he frowned he knew things were about to get bad.

"N…no…no, that's not."

And when he sounded scared he knew things were about to go from bad to worst.

As Systems Administrator, it was Archimedes' job to know any and all functions of the Moon Cell and predict the best course of action to ensure .PH maintained its functioning capabilities. Naturally, this lead him to being reputed as an "all-knowing" Servant even amongst the philosophers and old magicians summoned in the wake of Tamamo-no-Mae's rebooting of the Moon Cell. Not even the conquest of the Moon Cell by the Tamamo Nine and the resulting war against them had been enough to shake the Greek's cool head.

So of course, the minute he started to panic was when everyone knew their situation was about to get hundred times worse.

"No! No! No! No! This isn't right! THIS. ISN'T. RIGHT!"

"Yes, I know, sure Gucci was evil, but I should have taken her offer and bought those pants and that blouse." Emily drily replied.

"You mean that a lowly fox is upstaging a great archer like myself?"

"Hey, don't I count for anything?" Robin Hood cracked.

"Um, do I come in anywhere in this?"

"I think I got it, you finally released-"

"NO, NOT THAT YOU IDIOTS!" Thundered the ancient Greek. It was the first time any of them had truly heard Archimedes sound angry, and not just comically angry. "The core, the core's readying itself to…to…to…"

"To what?" Hakuno asked, fearing the answer before glancing back at the ever-growing crack.

"It's about to warp!"

"HUH?!" Screamed the alliance of Masters and Servants that had assembled at the heart of .PH.

"What hell do you mean 'warp'?! Last I checked, this wasn't Star Trek!"

"When you say warp, you don't mean that kind like go hyper speed to galaxy far-far away, right?"

If Archimedes had been calm he probably would have chastised them for their ludicrous fantasies, but there was no time for that. "I mean Second Magic warp! Dimensional warp!" The urgency in his voice conveyed the very real danger all of them were in.

At those words Hakuno and Tamamo looked to each other while their allies further exploded into shock and arguments.

"What?! But that's impossible!"

"How the hell can a computer use the Second Magic!? Hell, there shouldn't be any magic anywhere left!"

"Well, guess it's a good thing I packed all my things before we went fox-hunting."

"Now's not the time for jokes, muscle head!"

"Archimedes, what do you mean Second Magic warp? Can the Moon Cell do that?!"

As their compatriots continued to argue, the liberators of the Moon Cell jointly turned their heads backwards to find a truly wondrous sight. Silver light outlined the cubic exterior of the Main Core, and ethereal blue coated the sphere at the center with a number of rainbow-colored rings orbiting it, all spinning at light speed. Hakuno, still a novice compared to other wizards, felt the sheer energy build up. Simply looking at it made him feel as if he were watching the birth of a star.

"Archimedes," Hakuno began. He felt the hairs on his skin beginning to shift, as if they were being pulled towards the blazing light that had become the core. "Where are we about to warp to?"

"I…I…I…I don't know."

Behind them, the sound of glass breaking chilled the human and Servant's blood.

"TRAITOR!" Thundered a female voice so eerily similar to Tamamo's, only lacking any of the usual sweetness. Hearing it made Tamamo wince.

"KISHINAMI!" Came the male voice. Accompanying it was a wintery chill that nearly turned all of Hakuno's sweat and blood into ice.

"Fox! You and I have some finished business! Prepare yourself!" Echoed a second male voice. With it came a freezing gale that almost had Hakuno wincing in pain.

Rather than look back at their adversaries Hakuno threw his arms around Tamamo, who did the same. The core pulsated again, and then came the light burst.

Blazing whitish-blue light exploded outwards, first consuming the storm-tested duo then their attackers. In seconds the oceanic inner sanctum was swallowed up by the luminous surge, but it didn't stop there. The residents of the upper levels felt the ground beneath them shake before they too were consumed by the expanding light wave. Many cried out in panic and alarm while others simply resigned themselves to what they believed to be oblivion. Whatever their reactions were, they didn't last long.

Outside the hundreds of faces ceased and stared at the wonderous dome of light that had risen up around the central tower housing the Main Area. Weapons fell by the wayside, mouths stared agape in awe, and eyes widened in an attempt to fully grasp the scope of what was happening.

Standing out amongst the spectators were two warriors who'd previously found themselves back to back. One was a white-haired male clad in red, a pair of black and white swords held tightly in his arms. His left limb was badly burned to the point the muscle seemed a repulsive mixture of red and black yet the grip on his short-sword remained firm. Beside him stood a woman, somewhat short, yet the silvery armor that adorned her blue gown spoke volumes of her position and mind, as did the shimmering golden longsword in her hands.

"That…isn't…supposed to happen." The girl spoke in a somewhat unsure voice that clearly she wasn't used to speaking in.

The male looked at the light with a mixture of fear and awe, the former slowly beating out the latter. He'd felt this feeling before, though he couldn't quite place where and why. "You don't say." Something in his bones was telling him somewhere someone was about to have whatever plans or dreams they had majorly screwed with. Further confirming his worries was the mass of light suddenly condensing into a perfect dome. In the short span of one breath, the dome exploded upwards as a straight pillar of light that stretched further and further into the digital sky. "That's definitely not supposed to happen."

Just barely visible all onlookers saw the sky above the light beam contort into a vortex, a portal, of swirling light and sparking bolts of electricity. In a strange way the only comparison was watching water drain from a faucet into a sink, a giant possibly interdimensional sink. Truth be told, it was beautiful in a way. And then it was over.

What began a thunderous boom was quickly muted as the pillar of light evaporated and the vortex dissipated, leaving a literal hole in the digital sky. Puffy white and stormy gray clouds lingered around the hole for a few seconds before slowly beginning to drift over it as if it had never been there at all.

Side by side the red Archer and blue Saber stared at the gaping hole where they were sure their allies and enemies had just been hurled through.

"Archer?"

"Yes?"

"What do we do now?"

The nameless warrior looked across the battle-scarred field where dozens of combatants were still staring in shock at the event. Shifting his eyes to the tower, he found it had gone disturbingly silent. Gripping his swords, he began to walk forward, the sword-wielding knight following close behind him.

"First we check to make sure the Main Core is in intact, and then pray wherever Hakuno, Tamamo, and the others were sent is a whole lot better than here."

"And beyond that?"

Find the nearest bar and drink ourselves drunk.

When people said they wanted to "cruise the stars", Hakuno was pretty sure what he was experiencing wasn't what they meant. First off, he was more or less floating along like a rock passing through a stream. Since this wasn't the first time he'd been through something like this he didn't panic, matter of fact, he felt almost a little calm. The hundreds upon thousands of flickering lights around him reminded the brown-haired youth very much of stars in the night sky. If he could he would have reached out to teach some of them, alas, his entire body had gone slack.

Don't tell me this is what real death feels like. Or maybe I've just gotten so used to almost dying that the whole "passing on" thing has started to lose its appeal. Struggling once more, he found he was at least able to move his head. Staring backwards, he saw a bluish-white light at the far end of the stream he was traveling through. He knew immediately it was the Moon Cell. Heh, I wonder if this is how astronauts felt looking at the Earth from orbit. Shaking off the amazement of what he was seeing, Hakuno looked to his left and right finding he was all alone. Tightening his left hand, he reached out with his mind. You said you'd always be with me, no matter what. Wherever I'm going, I want to go there with you…Tamamo!

His left hand throbbing with fiery pain that he welcomed. Shifting his eyes up, he saw it-a blazing orange star that seemed to grow closer by the second.

"Tamamo! Tamamo!"

"Master!"

Seemingly out of nowhere he watched her materialize, her right hand grabbing his left and holding it in an iron embrace. Their eyes briefly met and all the joy they felt at seeing each other once again was conveyed.

Neither had the chance to speak as an all-encompassing roar blasted their ears. Given her highly sensitive animal-senses, it was harsher for Tamamo then it was for her Master. Briefly shutting his eyes Hakuno looked ahead to find they were now speeding towards a swirling mass of light, almost like a white black hole. For a minute fear and panic registered on his face before he felt a sudden ache in his chest. Gripping it with his free arm, he grunted in pain; it felt like he had a wild animal clawing at him with all its might. Tamamo's voice was a far away thing as a powerful ringing assaulted his ears.

Looking back to the Moon Cell, he saw the radiance had grown brighter and was getting closer. "What the-"

In recognition for what you have done, this will be your reward. As the forty-fifth Victor of the Moon, you shall receive one half and he shall receive the other.

Hakuno had heard that voice exactly four times before, each time was usually when his life took a dramatic and often dangerous turn. Impossible as it was, he saw clearly for what had to be almost an entire mile. He saw a perfectly white cube with shining blue lines. Three clicks preceded the cube splitting into two almost yin-yang like halves. Then one of the halves headed straight for him.

Tamamo couldn't clearly make out the object, but she knew it was heading straight for her Master. She tried to summon her mirror only to fail; forcing her lungs to work, she swung her arms out attempting to intercept the speeding white projectile.

Right before the Caster's eyes, it flew by and impacted Hakuno square in the chest. He gasped for air while his eyes flew wide open. "Master! Master!" Cradling him she attempted to gauge the severity of the wound only to find there was none, only a glowing circular-shape in the center of his chest. Reaching for it resulted in a surge of electricity that had her yelping in pain. Hakuno regained control of his body and threw his arms around her. "M-Master! A-Are you hurt?!"

He didn't answer her, he couldn't, the ringing in his head was giving him migraine, and that was without the feeling of air-sickness as they picked up speed. Wherever they were going, they were about to reach their destination.

"Tamamo! No matter what, I-"

They hit the river's end, and likes pebbles they fell over the edge into the swirling light.

In her time as Hakuno's Servant Tamamo had taken some nasty falls, but without a doubt this one was the worst. "Ahhhh," The fox groaned, rising to her knees with swirls in her eyes. "Why couldn't I have absorbed Cat? At least then I would land on my feet more often, or at least into Master's arms…Master?!" Shaking her head free of cartoonish swirls she scoured the surroundings for any for her brown-haired Master. So far all she was seeing was forest, greenery. "Master?! Master?! Master?!" Jumping to her feet, she turned around and around until she heard his voice. Her fox ears twitching, she took off through the bushes until she saw him lying on his backside. "Master!" Tears gathering at the corner of her eyes, she threw herself onto the still stirring teenage boy sending him back to the ground. "I was so worried about you! I thought I'd lost you!" She wailed, practically burying Hakuno's face in her sizable bust…again.

"Hyhat's fhine, bfft, cfhn youfh lefhy go ofyf mf?" Really, if this were hell he didn't think he had much to worry about. Finally, his Servant relented allowing him to sample air, clean breathable air. It might as well have been days since he'd tasted such a thing. Following a deep breath, he looked upwards to see a bright blue sky dotted with snow-white clouds. Hitting his skin were hot rays of pure sunshine that made his hair tingle in ways they never had. "Um, Tamamo…where are we?"

"I…I…" The look of worry crumbled as did the attempted look of composure. Confusion colored the Caster's face as she helped her Master to her feet and looked around them. Immediately they each took in the fact all their injuries had been healed and their clothes repaired. Glancing around them they were in a forest, but beyond that there were no other landmarks. "Master, I honestly don't know. Speaking of which, do you feel…different?"

"Actually I… do." Placing a hand over his heart, he noted for the very first time he could feel it beating. To say it was strange was an understatement. All the times he'd danced with death and walked away and yet he'd never felt quite like this. He sucked in air through his nose and found himself smelling all sorts of different things, things he knew were in no way virtual or constructed with data. When he looked back at Tamamo and opened his mouth to speak, he saw her eyes flash with recognition. Barely catching a twitch of her foxy ears, she disappeared in a sudden burst of air. By intuition alone he looked to his far right, eventually he was rewarded with the sound of scuffling and voices. "Tamamo?"

"Right here, Master. Apparently, we are not alone." Pushing through the bushes, the blue-clothed Caster returned to his line of sight…carrying someone in her arm.

It was a boy, probably no older than six or seven by his estimates. Firstly, he had the spikiest hair Hakuno had ever seen, almost like a porcupine. Second were the whiskers, he'd been around enough foxes to know their facial expressions when he saw them. "Huh?"

"Yes, it seems this child was watching us." Tamamo stated in a somewhat cold tone.

"Hey! Hey! I wasn't watching you! I just happened to be walking by when you two fell out of the sky." The boy said, still struggling against Tamamo's grip on his shirt. Turning him over, his struggling ceased as he finally got a good look at the Servant. His sky-blue eyes widened upon immediately noticing the fluffy fox ears positioned atop Tamamo's head. "Lady! You…you…your ears! They're fox ears!" Subconsciously, Tamamo's tail swished behind her catching his attention. "And your tail! You have a tail!"

"Yes, how kind of you to recognize one of your own kind." Tamamo drily replied, narrowing her eyes. Something was…off about this child. All her supernatural senses were sounding the alarm as she held him close.

"Hey! I'm not a fox! I'm a human!" He pouted, going back to his struggling.

"Hah! Your shape-shifting isn't half-bad, but it still needs work." The pink-haired shrine maiden arrogantly laughed.

The child continued to struggle against her grip until Hakuno coughed into his fist, signaling for her to release him. Gently, she set him down. Once on his feet the boy turned his head to Hakuno, who stared at him with equal wonder. "Um, hello."

"Hi!"

"Hi, um, would you…mind telling me your name?"

"It's Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki." He said, looking a little proud of himself. "Who are you?"

"My name is Hakuno, and this is…" Shooting his Servant a quick glance, he said, "She's called Caster. Naruto, could you tell me where you-"

"I found him!"

While the blond child recoiled in horror, Hakuno and Tamamo went on immediate alert. Out of instinct, Hakuno reached for his combat knife and was glad to find it was still with him. Tamamo summoned her Eightfold Blessings and took on her battle stance. From the greenery came five shadows. Once they landed, they stood up in the noon sunlight to reveal themselves to be…people, adults dressed in some sort of flak jacket with arm guards and gloves. The animal-masks they wore troubled him almost as much as the sword handles. Without a doubt this men were trouble, though their attention wasn't on them.

Glancing downwards, he wasn't surprised to find Naruto had hid himself behind his leg. "Caster, think you can…"

When he saw her, Tamamo was inhaling through her nose. She was calm, so incredibly at peace Hakuno would have liked nothing more than to bask in her serene beauty. "Yes, whatever this place is…I like it." Opening her eyes he saw the darkness that existed within Tamamo-no-Mae, a being who took pleasure in exterminating those who stood before her Master and eliminated them without a second thought. "Nonlethally, I presume?"

Placing a hand over Naruto's head, he nodded. Faster than any human could blink, Tamamo manifested three talismans and threw them with near perfect accuracy. The five men just barely had time to react before multiple violet and pink-colored whirlwinds exploded from each talisman. Their screams went wide as they rose upwards then were promptly tossed far away into the tree line.

Moving out of Hakuno's grasp, Naruto stepped forward to look at the sight where the five had just been, then turned back to Tamamo. "That was…that was awesome, lady!"

"Hmph, that was merely a test of what I am capable of, little kitsune." She responded proudly with traces of a blush on her face. The look of pride was quickly replaced as her hears picked up more footsteps and voices. "More are coming."

"Please, you gotta get me out of here!" Naruto wailed, looking backwards expecting to see another one of strange-dressed men.

Hakuno looked to Tamamo who held up her left hand. To his immense relief, the Regalia still shined on her ring finger. He got off one quick breath before his felt his body dematerialize into particles of light that were quickly transferred into the ring. Not wasting a second, the foxy witch took the blond child into her arms.

"Hold on tight, little one."

Naruto gripped Tamamo's sleeves tightly as she took off at what he could only describe as breakneck speed. Burying his face in her chest, he felt the air rush past him as if he were a bird soaring through the air. Tamamo for her part kept one arm around him while her free arm manifested four more talismans. Kicking off the ground and propelling herself upwards, she hurled them outwards shouting the incantation needed. Startled cries were swiftly cut off by the sound of ice spontaneously erupting and enveloping everything in range. Still in mid-air, Tamamo looked around her finding forest stretching outwards in ever direction save for one.

"There, go there!" Naruto shouted, moving his head free and pointing his finger at the massive orange wall in the far off distance.

Telepathically, she levitated six talismans in a circle behind her. At her command the combined whirlwind propelled the fox forward like a rocket, her young charge screaming his fear and joy all the while. Hundreds of feet were crossed in an instance, yet it still wasn't enough. Calling forth her mirror, just as she began to descend her left foot touched down upon the slick silver surface, and then she was soaring upwards once again.

Her foot hit the binge-colored wall, leaving imprints. From there, Tamamo put one foot in front of the upwards as she scaled upwards until one last kick off she was over the wall and standing on a set of railings. "H…huh?" She muttered looking at over the massive village, no, city, that stretched outwards before her. It was…it was…expansive, modern, yet at the same time classical looking. Sticking out from the rows upon rows of buildings were several tree tops. In the far off distance, her golden eyes focused in on the carved mountain formation. Four sets of faces, all set in stone.

"Is that…Mount Rushmore?" Came Hakuno's voice from the silvery accessory on Tamamo's finger.

"No, that's the Hokage Rock! The place where all the Hokage have their faces carved!" Naruto proclaimed, looking exciting before confusion rocked his features. "Hey, wait, that sounded like that Hakuno guy, where is he?"

Picking up the sounds of footsteps and shouting Tamamo acted on instinct, grabbing Naruto she took off landing on a rooftop then going from there. She ran and ran, throwing brief glimpses downwards-the streets were bustling with people wearing a mixture of Japanese and semi-modern clothing. In one short glance she could look at them and tell they weren't NPCs, after all, they all acknowledged her existence by pointing and shouting. Manifesting another couple of talismans she threw them backwards, not caring too much for the disturbance she caused.

Rooftop to rooftop, building to building, she ran and ran still carrying the child who directed her. Tamamo was beginning to feel the tiniest bit offended at how things were going; only one man had the right to command her! "Hey, boy, do you mind telling us who those men are?" She barked.

"Oh, those are Anbu, they chase after me all the time!" He stated, still a little high on the wonder and awe of moving so freely through the air.

Tamamo heard the sound of metal slicing through air and reacted accordingly. Gripping Naruto she enlarged her tail and swung it outwards, blasting a mighty gale into the path of the oncoming projectiles. With a feral growl, she heatedly launched three ice-enchanted talismans hoping that would slow their pursuers down.

Rather than frozen missiles, what she ended up with were three massive icy boulders almost as big as her. The so-called Anbu reacted in terror seeing the projectiles heading straight for them and fled on sight. Each ice-ball hit a building and promptly exploded into a cloud of sub-zero air.

Tamamo stared, wide-eyed at the three now half-frozen buildings. "E-Eh, I…didn't mean to put that much power into them." She whispered.

"Obviously wherever we are it's boosting your power somehow, must be a cultural boost." Hakuno sounded again.

"Hey, Mister Hakuno!" Naruto called, suddenly grabbing Tamamo's finger. "Are you in there? How'd you do that? Can you teach me how to use that jutsu?"

"Eh!" Startled, Tamamo shook her head free and stared at the blond child with somewhat accusing eyes. "Little one, have patience and show some respect to your senior!" Immediately, the child's expression became downcast and sullen as he nodded. Tamamo felt a ping of regret shot through her seeing the vibrant child withdrew into himself. "H-Hey, is there some place we can go to be safe?"

"Yep," And like that he was back to his bubbly safe. "Up there," Following the line of his finger to the stone faces, Tamamo wasted no time in moving. The bystanders down below were still in shock from her demonstration of witchcraft. Internally, she chided herself for being so careless.

In what felt like a few short sprints and jumps she was there, standing atop the stone monument the boy had pointed out earlier. The sight from there was…breathtaking to say the least.

Hakuno freed himself from the Regalia to view the landscape with his own eyes, amazement equally shining in his honey-orbs.

The human and Servant stood side by side, the blond child standing between them wearing a wide grin.

"Since you two aren't from around here, welcome to the Hidden Leaf Village!"

A hot summer breeze blew across the land, rustling the village-wide leaves before hitting Hakuno and Tamamo square in the fact. Each of them deeply inhaled the hundreds of smells carried on the wind. Separately they looked across the Hidden Leaf Village searching for any sign of familiarity, and when that failed they turned to the sky.

The clouds were real.

The sun was real.

Steadily, the pair looked to each other.

"Tamamo," Hakuno started, wearing a nervous half-smile.

"M-Master," The Caster whispered.

"I don't think this is the Moon Cell." The Master-Servant pair stated in perfect unison.

No, no it's most definitely not the Moon Cell.

Hakuno and Tamamo are two of my favorite couples and teams in the entire franchise so I decided to give them a story of their own, one where they don't get entirely screwed over. Obviously, they weren't the only pair flung across time and space but more on that next chapter along with some explanations on how they ended up in that odd situation.