Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto/Karin

A/N: I edited somethings in Chapter I to suit the story a bit so I recommend reading it so you won't get confused.

Naruto continued to stare in shock. There were many things that he thought that made this dimension weird, but this was by far the weirdest thing he found out about there. He shifted a little.

The branches beneath him shuffled a bit, making him curse. To his relief, no one noticed him. 'Of course no one will notice me; I'm a ninja for goodness' sake.'

The man dropped down, looking a little woozy and surprised. Suddenly, a girl dropped beside them with a bat on her extended right arm. Amusement entered him as he looked at the dark clothes that the girl wore and the creepy-looking doll she held. No one ever wore such gloomy clothes back in his dimension.

'Something worse maybe…' He shivered involuntarily, his thoughts wandering to the two self-proclaimed 'Green Beasts of Konoha'.

"Go." The gothic young girl pointed her finger to the confused man, and the bat in her arm flew to his head. His jaw dropped when he saw the previously precarious and sullen man stand up with renewed determination.

"W-What am I doing here?" Naruto heard him ask himself, the man looked at his arm and looked shocked. "Damn! It's late! I've got to get to the office!" With that, he ran, not even minding the two girls near him.

'What the f-' His thought was cut off when an annoying nagging voice opened, and it belonged to a male. As far as he knew he was the only guy there. He looked around, but saw no one.

He looked down once more, and he saw the doll that the girl held was moving his mouth, and from the looks of things, reprimanding Karin on something.

He sat down quietly in surprise, it wasn't because of the weirdness of the situation, he had been through weirder stuff, but what made him weak in the knees was the fact that the weirdness followed him.

"Life, thy name is cruel…" He mumbled before letting out an irritated sigh. "Oh well…" He stood up a bit too abruptly and pumped his fist with a huge grin on his face. "I'll take on any challenges you throw at my way –ttebayo!"

"What was that?" The gothic girl asked. In alarm, he paled and kneeled down.

"What is it Anju?" The girl, now named Anju, shook her head. A bat approached her.

"It's nothing." Anju turned towards Karin and gave a stoic nod. "The person got back to work safely, the bat said so."

"… Really." Karin stated with a dry, deadpan expression.

Naruto held his breath and decided that he had already seen enough. He stood up as stealthily as he could and dashed back to the school where Iruka will pick him up. Where Iruka will…

'Shit! I completely forgot!' He sped up, scared of the possibility of what would happen to him. He may be the strongest person in his world now, but it doesn't mean that he would like to face an older brother's wrath.

He looked at the closed gates of the school and saw no Iruka. He jumped over the gate and leaned on the tree that he rested on earlier.

"Ok, he's not here yet…" He was about to release the breath he had been holding on when he felt a menacing aura come up from behind him. Fearfully, he turned around, already knowing what was behind him.

"Where. Have. You. Been?" It was Iruka with a deadly look. He gulped and gave a nervous chuckle.

"Around?" By Iruka's darkening appearance, he figured that it wasn't a very good answer. Iruka seemed like he still wanted to continue the conversation, but instead gave a sigh and just flicked Naruto on his forehead.

"Fine, I won't pry you for the moment, but you are going to tell me later." He said jumping over the gate. Naruto gave a relieved sigh and followed soon after.

"Iruka-sensei, are we there yet?" Naruto asked for the third time as the annoyed Iruka looked all over the place.

"We are, but we aren't!" He said looking all over the place. They went to a very isolated location in a mountain. It was heavily veiled by some kind of illusion, but thankfully, they were experienced in that department, so when they dispelled it, they saw a creepy-looking mansion on top of the hill. Right now, they were near the old mansion, just behind it actually, and it made Naruto annoyed that he wasn't seeing anything.

"So what does that mean?" Naruto quickly got an irritated glare from Iruka. "So it's another illusion?" Iruka nodded. Naruto sighed and tapped his older brother figure's back, making him turn around. "Then why don't you do this?" Naruto held his hand up to hold up a single hand seal.

When Iruka's mind registered what Naruto tried to do, it was already too late to try and stop him. Naruto released a huge burst of chakra, in hopes of dispelling the illusion, and with that, a big depressing house appeared in front of them.

"There!" He exclaimed satisfied with his work.

Iruka bonked him in the head saying, "You idiot!" Iruka gave him a stern glare.

Naruto rubbed his throbbing head while giving a questioning gaze to his former teacher. "What did I do?"

"Just because there's no other ninjas here, doesn't mean that ordinary people can't sense chakra too, especially yours, you chakra freak!" That's when Naruto remembered something interesting about chakra. It's both physical and spiritual, meaning his chakra, which was melded with his new Youki, is very, very, very potent.

"Oh!" He gulped audibly. "So shouldn't we be hiding right now?" Iruka answered by giving him a deadpan stare.

"You think?" A shuffle was heard. They immediately jumped out of sight. Naruto peeked at the person who appeared from up the tree. It was a funny-looking man with a moustache and a pointy beard, but despite his goofy appearance, he had a scary frown on his face.

"Who's there?" The man demanded. He looked all around him, and his eyes landed on Naruto's spot. He narrowed his eyes for a moment before leaving.

Naruto let out a breath of relief. It was a good thing he did his version of henge earlier to turn into an owl. When it was clear, He and Iruka jumped back to their previous spots.

"That was close." Naruto remarked. He felt someone smack him on the back of his head.

"Think before you act, you idiot!" Iruka whispered sharply. Naruto just shrugged sheepishly.

"So who was that guy Iruka-sensei?"

"The owner of that house." Iruka pointed to the house behind him.

"Oh." Iruka shook his head and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Let's go to your new home." Naruto grinned widely and nodded.

Naruto entered the gloomy-looking house with starry eyes. It might be gloomy, but it sure is big. Besides the fact that it doesn't have any electricity or water, it was great.

"Woah!" Naruto immediately explored every nook and cranny of the place and was impressed by its cleanliness and organization.

"Do you like my work?" Iruka asked with a knowing smirk. He didn't even turn, but instead just nodded. "It took a lot of sweat to get it to look like that."

"It was that dirty?" Naruto amusedly asked. He sat on a lumpy chair, looking at Iruka with his trademark grin.

"You have no idea." Iruka chuckled and sat down to a chair opposite to him. They let silence reign over them for a while before Iruka asked, "What happened to Anko-chan and Hiruko-kun?"

Naruto stiffened when he heard of Anko. During the war, Iruka saved Anko and after that, they hit it off. They got married a few months later and after another nine months, little Hiruko was born.

"Anko-nee is…" He trailed off looking to the ground. He heard Iruka clench his fist on the chair.

"H-how about Hiruko?" Iruka shakily asked, seemingly afraid of the possible answer. At that Naruto gave the father a reassuring smile.

"He's fine." Iruka let out the breath he had been holding, but then looked confused.

"Then why did you say that only Tsunade-sama, Shizune-san, Teuchi-san, and Ayame-chan survived?" Naruto grinned at Iruka's confused face. He took out the special scroll where Hiruko was put and opened it.

"Because they were the only ones that were left in Konoha, Hiruko on the other hand," With that said he bit his thumb and swiped the flowing blood on the seal before slamming his whole palm down the scroll. Smoke rose. When the smoke disappeared, it revealed a sleeping one year old boy.

Trembling, Iruka stood up from his chair and approached the sleeping baby boy. "Hiruko." He took the baby slowly from the floor and hugged him gently. Tears started to flow from his face. "I thought I would never see you again…" He looked at Naruto gratefully. "Thank you Naruto…"

Naruto smiled in return as he looked at the touching reunion, even though Hiruko wasn't really responding much, the sleepy brat. The scene alone assured him that his leaving of Konoha was a good decision.

Constructive Criticisms are very encouraged.

A short chapter, but a chapter nonetheless.