AU= note if Naruto isn't "your thing" and you don't like the direction this series is going, skipping this volume is okay to do... This Volume is just a bit of fun and experimental in nature, as such, skipping this volume will not hurt your enjoyment of the over-arching story as most of it will be explained by Ainz to Nazarick (there will be a "catch up" chapter that will sum up this whole volume if you choose to skip it but still want to keep reading the series)

So with that in mind, if you still want to read the series but 'cross over' isn't your thing then I hope to see you in Vol.5 where things go back to "Just OVERLORD stuff"

Also if you are new to this series I would suggest reading the first 3 volumes, but if you don't want to this volume will not rely heavily on past events as they are in naruto verse for this volume, so welcome to the series if that is the case.

CHAPTER ONE: A Different World

Ainz stepped through the portal and stood in a lush forest. It was the same one he'd seen on the other side of the doorway.

But first things were first. He tried to cast [MESSAGE]... nothing. No matter who he tried to contact hs spell [MESSAGE] would not work. But this was to be expected. He stretched out his hand and tried to cast [GATE]... it would not work, sadly this also was expected... but it would have been nice if he could have used [GATE] to connect to his old world in this new world. This was not the last of his tricks to get home... these would have just been the most convenient.

He looked at a tree and stretched his hand out.

"[MAGIC ARROWS]" Ainz cast a tier-one spell to see if magic even worked in this world. Several ling white magical blades flew from his hand and pelted the large tree with a barrage of magical energy. He nodded in the satisfaction that magic worked. He attempted to cast [GATE] just right next to him and the spell worked.

"So I can use [GATE] but it cannot connect to my old world..." Ainz looked up at the blue sky, it certainly looked like the world he had come from...

"So I am in an entirely different world than before?" he muttered. He became worried, like a feeling a child gets when he's lost when he realized he may just be stuck here.

"Damnit... I was too hasty... perhaps I've made a huge mistake?" Ainz pondered as he looked around. He was in a world with a blue sky and a green forest... that's all he could see so far. He was going to think about what to do next when some leaves fell from a tree behind him

I'm not alone...

He turned to see a man with grey and black padded armor. His face was covered by an animal mask that was very "Japanese" in nature. As soon as the man realized Ainz has seen him he drew a long curved blade... no two ways about it... that was a katana!

"You are deep in a restricted area of the Hidden Leaf, Remove your skull mask so I can see what village you are from!" the man with a white and red fox mask asked. Ainz had the feeling he was not alone... in all likely hood, he was probably surrounded by more of these, ninja? Yes, The man that stood above him was defiantly a ninja class.

"Um, sorry to worry you... I am a caster from a far off land and..."

"You arn't a contestant are you? A caster? What is... So you admit to being from an outside village?" The man asked gruffly. Ainz took a step back... that term wasn't used here...

"Uh... that is to say I use some ...magic?" Ainz said hoping at least this world understood that term. But the man readied his weapon.

"No... no participant would be here, you are extremely suspicious... and I don't know what this "magic" is... but I have deemed you a threat to the Hidden Leaf village... under the authority of the ANBU security forces...surrender or prepare to die, intruder,!" the man said.

Damn, this is going poorly... if I could just talk...

"Please, there is no need for this! i am only lost and seek..."Ainz was saying but the man scowled and tried to blink out of Ainzes field of vision. However, it was just speed... and Ainz could follow his movements perfectly, as well at the three others that leaped out to engage him.

"Hostile already? Well, this will be a good chance to test the strength of this different world..." Ainz figured he'd try an old favorite.

"[AURA OF DESPAIR III]" Ainz used a weak AOE spell that would stun weaker enemies around him. Instantly the four ninjas dropped out of the air and landed with a thunk...

Thunk? Bodies don't... Ainz was thinking when he realized there were four chunks of wood around him where bodies should be.

A switch spell? Or, damage redirection? Interesting... Ainz mused as the shadows moved around him.

"There you are... [GRASP HEART]." Ainz reached out to the closest shadow. This was no clone, he could feel the target's heart beating in his hand, then Ainz crushed the magically cloned heart in his hand. At once a real body landed next to him, the man was already dead.

"High deception and stealth... but no death resistance..." Ainz muttered as hundreds of meatal blades flew at him from all directions. He would have to teleport to avoid the black knives that flew at him from all directions.

But Ainz chose to take the barrage instead. As expected, the blades bounced off him harmlessly. He was protected by his trait of damage immunity to anything under level 60.

"Not even level 60 huh? Well, that's good," Ainz nodded as he grabbed at one of the shadows that moved to backstab him. He caught the shocked man by the neck.

"[PARALYZING TOUCH]" The man would be kept alive but he'd be unable to move. Ainz dropped him to the ground. The two hidden attackers realized their position and fell back immediately.

"We have to report this intruder to the Hokage... one of us will have to buy time for the other to..." one ninja was saying to the other.

"Escape?" Ainz said. He had teleported behind them. One wore a cat mask and was female the other had a bear mask and male... the male was attempting to buy time for the female to leave it would seem.

They are comrades then... he cares for this one.

The two ninja looked shocked to see the skeleton standing behind them. There was a flash of silver and both ninja had drawn their blades and instinctively slashed at him. But their swords could not penetrate the magical barrier that protected Ainz.

"Well, I have one of you already... and it would be a hassle if you escaped..." Ainz was saying. The female was already leaping away in an attempt to escape as the male was following up another attack. Ainz ignored the male ninja futilely hitting him with his sword.

"[LIGHTNING]" Ainz stretched out his had at the fleeing ninja as an arc of white energy crackled past trees and struck the ninja in the back. She cried out in pain and landed hard, smoking but barely alive.

"So you have some lighting resistance do you?" Ainz mused as he looked at the man.

"Monster... take this!" The bear masked man said he made a series of weird hand symbols incredibly fast. Suddenly the man blew a blast of fire at Ainz.

Ainz was weak to fire as an undead, but he could barely feel this... it was maybe on par with a third or fourth tier spell... not enough to deal any real damage.

When the fire dissipated the man was trying to run away... he knew the fire attack would not be enough and was making his way toward the settlement Ainz had seen through the door.

"So you are from that place then... sorry I'd like to make peaceful connections with them... and this misunderstanding will ruin that... [GRASP HEART]." Ainz said as he instantly killed the man by magically crushing his heart, this was an effective spell against rouge type classes as he could tell if the target was "alive" or not.

He then walked over to the woman who was trying to crawl away in pain, but he had destroyed most of her body with the lightning. Ainz really did not like to see humans suffer for no reason so he put this out of her misery with a swift stomp to the back of her neck.

"Now then..." Ainz said as he gathered up the three dead bodies. He used [CREATE UNDEAD] and turned all three bodies into Death Knights. They appeared from the black goop his magic turned their bodies to. From the goop stood a large and imposing figure. he then went over to the one alive ninja and took off his mask. The man looked unremarkable, maybe even vaguely Japanese... The Death Knights would provide protection while he did this next part...

"let's see what you have to tell me..." Ainz said smugly as he put his hand over the mans head and began reading his memories. Oddly enough his spell had some trouble penetrating his mind...

"So you have high mental resistance?" But it wasn't enough and before long Ainz was looking through this mans life.

"A whole ninja city? No... everyone in this world is... The Hidden leaf?... Works for a secret security division called ANBU... he's considered strong by the average ninja/soldier but... there are some out there that terrify him... " Ainz nodded.

If this guy was considered "above average" but nowhere near the mark of this world's level of "hero" then he would have to be careful... there were people here that could very well kill him it seemed like.

In terms of level this man would probably be Adamantite ranked... maybe even a little weaker than... Clementine? Level 30 or so I'd place him...

Clementine was considered one of the strongest physical fighters in his old world, she was almost a legend. But in this land, it seemed her level was obtainable by the ones just a little more skilled than their comrades...

"So the "heroes" of my old world would be just be considered "above average" here..." Ainz did some calculations... he could expect plenty of level 100 opponents here it would seem, but these would be the "champions" of this world.

"No magic but... looks like ju-jitsu is used in place of it... those hand gestures, are how... fascinating!" Ainz immediately wanted to learn the secrets of this Ju-Jitsu art... if he could take this knowledge back to Nazarick and they could replicate it... the potential was incredibly high for a huge power increase... especially if he could use thie without tapping into mana...

"No wait... chakra... physical energy and spiritual... nope, as an undead I won't be able to tap into these aspects of it... shame... maybe Sebas could, however, this sounds a lot like the "ki" he uses." Ainz nodded. His mana was running low but he needed to know more, he kept looking through the mans life.

Has a daughter and wife... boring... boring... ah! Hokage...the village leader, he's one of the ones I need to be careful of... Suddenly Ainzes black eye sockets flared up!

Some kind of event is happening... something called, a... Chunin Exam? It, seems like a test of some kind? I'm in a place called 'Forest of Death' that sounds nice. There are kids coming this way... There is one that...

"What?... what is a... tailed beast?" Ainz said out loud. Other than an outside from another village attack, the man was more terrified of this... Nine Tailed Fox that lived in the village than anything... why would they let something this terrible walk around freely? But just as Ainzes mana ran out he got a name from the mans mind...

"Naruto."

A boy in the village has this monster sealed within him? All I would need to do is get this "Naruto" back to Nazarick and we could figure out a way to extract the thing! Probably could do it without killing the child... I might be able to even resurrect him as he seems rather strong for a child...

This was it! Other than the promise of this "ju-Jitsu" this 'Nine-tailed fox monster' was the thing Ainz came here for, and it was already conveniently wrapped up for him! The man began to try and say something.

"Oh right... sorry." Ainz had forgotten about him and delivered a fast, fatal, strike to the man then used his body to make a fouth Death Knight. As the fourth warrior stood next to the other three Ainz nodded.

"At least you four will get to remain in the same group right?" But the four Death knight just looked at him in silence. Ainz clicked the tongue he did not have. He reached into his pocket and looked at the stone figurines. These were similar in nature to the 'switch stones' from YGGDRASIL but they were used to summon team members. In YGGDRASIL they could summon friends from a different world... in theory, they should still work. He had two in his hand.

"Shalltear... or Albedo... or both?" These were his choices. He could summon them but they would be stuck with him in this world. Also when one of them vanished they would know Ainz was alive and had summoned them.

"Shalltear then!" Ainz said as he crushed the figurine in his hand. He felt the magic work and a summoning circle appeared before him. Within the circle, the figure of a young girl appeared. But the one who stood before him was not Shalltear.

She was a young girl of about nine years. She had short blond hair and large glaring blue eyes. She wore a kind of uniform that resembled something Pandoara's actor would wear, it resembled an old german uniform from his human world. On her back was strapped an ancient-looking firearm... a 'rifle' it was called.

She looked around, scanning her surroundings quickly. Her eyes fell on the aspect of death that stood before her. They immediately were filled with hate.

"YOU! So... you've finally come to face me... Being X!" The young girl announced before swinging the rifle over her shoulder and pointing it at Ainz. Before Ainz could piece together what was happening the girl began to pray... was she so scared of him that she was praying to her god, thinking she was doomed?

"Oh Lord, hear my voice... and give me the power to destroy the enemies of my fatherland..." her blue eye's turned golden... and magical energy crackled all around her.

Shit, this brat is using a spell! Ainz realized this too late as magical energy was released from her gun and exploded in his chest. The spell was infused with holy and was also fire in nature... it easily penetrated Ainzes defenses and the explosion sent Ainz flying away.

He felt a good portion of his life get chunked... this girl was much higher in level than the ones he'd just killed, she had to be from another world or she was one of these "legendary ninjas" the man feared... yet her firearm and clothes looked very "not ninja". By the time Ainz had landed on the ground, he decided she was probably not from this world either...

I shouldn't attack her, we need to talk first... However...

"GAH!" the girl cried out as a golden staff was suddenly in Ainzes hand. It was the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown... or rather a fake version of it... but it had many of the same battle functions that the real one had, including a function that would automatically return damage back to the attacker of whoever holds the staff. A large blast of holy energy was released at the little girl. She managed to block the attack with a barrier, but that attack had stopped her a follow-up attack.

Did she call me Being X? Who or what is that I wonder...

Ainz got to his feet easily. The girl was already readying another spell...

"I pray unto God... Lord help me smite the ones that would do harm to my fatherland..." Ainz used [GREATER TELEPORTATION], appearing right next to her, he laid his hand on the glowing rifle.

"[BREAK GREATER ITEM]" Ainz cast on the girl's rifle. And suddenly her rifle exploded in her hands. But the explosion was not large, it simply had destroyed her weapon.

"Eh?" She blinked as she realized her rifle had vanished. She turned and looked up. A violent sneer appeared on her otherwise cute face as she spun a step away from him and unsheathed a combat knife. The knife looked like it could be from his original world and was not magical in nature. She held it up in front of her with her other hand reach to grab anything... it was a soldier knife fighting stance! He recognized it from old movies. This girl fascinated him.

Whoever this girl was, she wasn't from this "ninja world" and he felt he should find out who this "Being X" was as well.

"Stop your attack! I am not this person you think... my name is Ainz Ooal Gown and there is a misunderstanding here..." He called out. She glared at him for a second she looked at her knife then again at Ainz. She was figuring out it was pointless to fight... could she be reasoned with?

"F...fine... if you're not Being X... what the hell are you? You're clearly not human!" She spat in defiance. How could such a young girl have such a thick killing intent!

"I am undead...but that isn't important... and I think we should talk..." Ainz said. She seemed to be thinking and decided it was okay to talk. Her large blue eyes squinted suspiciously at him.

"Well... you... why am I here?" her eyes then darted around, looking for other dangers. She noticed the Death Knights and tried to hide her surprise.

"I er, um... well I was attempting to summon a comrade of mine when you showed instead... using magic," Ainz honestly admitted. She looked him over and nodded.

"Well, you have a weird crystal... but if this is a mistake... then send me back!" She demanded. Ainz shrugged and shook his head.

"I'm sorry... this summons was one way, for lack of a better term... you are stuck here with me until we both find a way back. The girl then looked warily at the four death knights who stood in a silent watch. She realized had he ordered these things to attack her, she would have been flanked and killed.

"I am sorry... for what it's worth... Again allows me to introduce myself... I am The Sorcerer King, Ainz Ooal Gown," Ainz admitted. She glared then dusted herself off and looked around once more.

"King? Um, well I am Tanya von Degurechaff of the Imperial Army 203rd Air Mage Battalion." She straightened up like a soldier upon saying her title. But her eye's never left him or the staff he held.

"I see, thank you for hearing me out, Miss Degurechaff," Ainz said offering her a respectful bow.

"Just call me Tanya..." She said backing up and keeping her distance from Ainz.

"Very well uh, Tanya... You may simply call me Ainz," She cocked an eyebrow at him but seemed to decide he was not a threat.

"Very well... Ainz... So then, tell me what's going on..." She said. Ainz nodded.

"Like you, I do not belong in this world... upon coming here, by my own free will, I fought and killed four inhabitants from this world... their city is that way... I think they will be peaceful if we approach them in the correct fashion... but I am new here and know very little about this world..." Tanya thought for a second, then decided he was not lying.

"Well, it seems we're stuck together then... assuming you're telling the truth!" Her glare pierced his undead soul.

Crap! What's with this girl? just her gaze is more terrifying than her spell was!

"I am telling the truth and, we probably should work together as we are both strangers here," Ainz said timidly, her gaze felt like a million tons was pressing down on him!

"Very well, Ainz... what was your plan on getting us back to our homes?" She asked, crossing her arms but walking up to him in a somewhat familiar manner. Demiurge had actually given him quite a bit of advice about what to do under various circumstances... either way, attempting a friendly encounter was always the best, especially since he wasn't the biggest fish in a small pond any longer.

"Well um... I learned there is a creature of incredible power in that city... and it's laying dormant inside a boy, I figure that's our best shot," he lied. There were other methods he could try to get home but he did not want to leave with this "Naruto" and the power that lay within him. Tanya nodded.

"Very well... I will accompany you until we are able to leave... but as I am here thanks to you, this is your show... understand?" Her soul-crushing glare weighed Ainz down once again.

"...W, Well I am a King after all..." Tanya looked at him and Ainz caught a glimpse of a predator... she clearly was thinking of a way to use him to her own ends... well, that was comforting to him actually.

"So... we should try and make contact with this "Hidden Leaf Village"... but my appearance might throw people off..." Ainz said as thought about donning his traditional mask he would use to hid his undead nature, as well as the metal gloves. Tanya looked at him with a smirk. But he figured a different look would be better in this different world. He used some old 'cosplay gear' he had. It would change his appearance of that of a Hanzo without affecting his stats.

"Well, you look like a ninja, that's for sure," she snorted then looked at the Death knights.

I never used the term 'ninja' and she recognized it... she might be from Earth as well... that German looking outfit is also suspicious. Ainz figured he'd try to ask her about her world casually as they traveled.

"What about them? Those things look menacing and I don't like the way they are glaring at me..." She spat looking at the four dark guards. He nodded... they did actually pose a problem.

"Hmm... true. Well, I will order them to follow us from very far behind... they will provide a good rear guard for our march." Ainz said nodding. Tanya seemed to understand that concept and nodded.

"If we are followed by any enemies I can have the Death knights help us lose them... I do not think they can easily kill the ones like I fought earlier, however... so they will only be a distraction. But whatever this exam is... I'd like to stay out of it, but it may provide us a good excuse to be in this village." Ainz informed her as they began their trek to the Hidden Leaf Village.

"I don't know what any of that means, but this is your show, as i said," Tanya said shrugging in a smug manner.

"There is some kind of test... or tournament being held in this town, we can blend in with the participants, but I'd like to just wait and see what this event is all about first, also the boy we are looking for should be there... seems a good place to start," Ainz said.

"Won't we just be seen?"

"I can make us invisible and fly. But as outsiders are supposed to be around, if we get out of this "restricted area" we could just blend in. Oh, can you do either of those spells?" Tanya shook her head 'no'.

"I could fly if I had my gear... as it is..." She grumbled. Ainz handed her a necklace with a wing on it.

"Use this to cast [FLY]. And if we run into anyone else just act like we are participants from "another village". so long as we don't gain the attention from any of the officials of this exam we should be okay," She seemed satisfied with that and followed him.

As they walked Ainz looked at the other summoning statue in his hand.

If Shalltear's summon figure summoned Tanya... who would I get if I tried to summon Albedo? He decided now was not the time for that and put the figure away.

"So, what's your plan to sneak in?" Tanya asked. Ainz looked ahead.

"I think we need to head to the tower in the center of this forest, now that we are out of the restricted zone (according to the memories of that ANBU agent) so we will need to get a set of scrolls from other teams... based on the skill of the guards these kids should be no problem for us."

"So... are we killing them?"

"Well... we don't really need to... but if it can't be avoided... are you fine with that?" Ainz looked at Tanya suspiciously and caught the sneer of someone who did not care about life or humanity.

"If it's easier to kill them we should," She said coldly.

She would fit in perfectly back in Nazarick...

"Well even still, let's try to avoid that if we can," Ainz suggested. Tanya gave an uncaring look and looked ahead, pointing.

"I think that might be what we're looking for..." She whispered as they ducked behind some bushes. Sure enough, a group of three walked out. Their guards were up but they didn't seem to be sneaking around. One had a series of straw umbrellas on his back. His partners wore cloaks that covered their bodies. the three of them seemed to be in their late teens. Ainz was thinking about how to engage them when...

"Excuse me, gentlemen!" He looked and Tanya was gone, she was in the open walking toward them carelessly.

What the hell is she doing?

Ainz remained hidden.

"I hear that I need the scroll you boys are carrying... please hand it over or my partner will kill you from the shadows!" She announced in a weird voice she hadn't used yet. It was overly cute and matched her nine-year-old appearance... honestly it was the most creepy thing he'd seen.

What the hell? i thought you agreed this was MY show? Ainz grumbled to himself but realized her set up was correct... he could kill the three of them easily if he wanted to.

The three of them froze at the unexpected voice, then turned to greet it. They seemed to relax when they saw her.

"It's just one of the really young ones... sorry little girl, but we need our scroll... in fact, why not hand over yours and we'll let YOU live!" The leader, who had a scar running down his face said with a confident chuckle. Ainz figured he'd go along with this impromptu and readied a spell.

"This is your last chance... hand it over... or else..." Tanya said, losing her cutey voice, now it was serious. She pointed her finger at the one in the back in a 'finger gun' way, liek a kid playing would do. Ainz figured he was supposed to kill that one.

"BANG!" Tanya yelled as she "pulled the trigger" on her finger gun. Ainz cast [DEATH] from his hidden position. Instantly the one she had "shot" fell dead. The two others looked shocked.

"Hey... get up!" His friend in the other cloak yelled nudging his dead body. But the man remained dead.

"Now then... your scroll, or else..." Tanya pointed her finger gun at the leader.

"H...hold on! H...here!" the terrified man said as he took the scroll from his dead partner's body and rolled it along the ground, it stopped at her feet. Tanya smiled smugly and put her hand against her belt as if she were holstering a handgun.

"Now go!" She ordered, pointing her 'gun' at them again. They screamed and ran away. Unfortunately, the two surviving ninjas would run into a familiar face. And a sandy death was all they would find.

Tanya returned confidently to Ainz tossing the scroll up and down. He was about to say something to her but his eyes latched onto the scroll and the mark that was on it... it was kanji.

"That's Japanese kanji!" he remarked. It was clearly the kanji for "heaven". Tanya looked at the scroll and then him with a shocked look.

"Wait... how do you know what kanji is... you know of Japan?" She remarked in a surprised voice.

"I... I was originally from Japan..." he said quietly. Her eyes grew wide.

"What the... then you too were a victim of Being X?" She asked surprised. Ainz shook his head.

"I don't know who or what this "Being X" is... I was transported into this undead body unexpectantly... I do not know how or why... so I suppose it's possible, but I can't really say one way or the other. Tanya sat thinking as she looked at the scroll. This world must have some connection to Japan... maybe she could get home... like "Japan home"!

"Well this is unexpected... we both come from Earth, yet aren't in our original bodies... there must be a connection there," Ainz mussed. Tanya nodded and tossed him the scroll.

"Well, I trust you a lot more now... I was going to kill you and take your stuff the second I figured out how to use it," she admitted with no trace of humor.

You admit that way too easily...

Ainz wondered if she would be trouble for him at some point.

"So... you won't betray me now?" Aizn asked dubiously. She smiled at him, it was a smug smile he recognized.

"I just thought you were some skeleton monster who summoned me to his own ends... but you are basically in the same boat as me... I can trust you if you were once human at least, it helps you were also Japanese... what did you do for a living?

Is she testing me?

"Well, I was just a normal salary-man unfortunately..." Tanya let out a laugh.

"Well then, I really trust you now... we even had the same career," She laughed again.

"I guess we should ponder on these coincidences later... I think we still need one more scroll," Ainz said. Tanya nodded and pointed to a dark section of the forest.

"Bet we'll find another team if we go that way," Ainz nodded as he stashed away the scroll.

Could this Being X be why i was taken from YGGDRASIL? Ainz wondered as he looked at Tanya. he'd ask her more about that later.