AN: So this Story will be the second fanfiction for me. Give me any advices you can give, since I really want to improve my writing skills in English! Thoughts about the story is appreciated too. :-)

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You know the drill better than me.

~Story Start~

Part 1

When Naruto Uzumaki visited the Kyoto, the first thing he noticed were the countless shrines and temples. He felt just like being home in Konoha when he walked through the historically preserved disctrict of Higashiyama. Flashbacks of his pranks against the Hyuga Clan came back to his minds as he marveled the priceless structures like Sanjusangendo, Ginkakuji and Nanzenji Temple that survived the World War II. He chuckled at the thought of the mainbranch knowing it was him who colored their hair pink but having no proof to verify it.

Now reminiscing about his home he started to really missing it. It has already been half a year when Naruto found himself stranded in this new world. Right after him finishing off Kaguya and Kuro Zetsu he felt a powerful Jutsu imploding from within his body. Kuro Zetsu, with the last ounce of power from his master pushed him like in the previous fight to another dimension. Altough this time without a way back. Not without him knowing a way back that is. And up until now Sasuke, Sakura or Kakashi haven't found a way to reach out to him. Kurama wasn't a help either. How could he when he used all his power for Naruto. Without the old fuzzball he wouldn't have even survived the transmission into this dimension.

But now he was all alone. Kurama wasn't there anymore. Just a giant ball of golden chakra like he had access to when he first succeeded in controlling the bijuus chakra. Without any direction to take he made the best of his situation and checked where he was back then.

~Flashback~

It was the soothing sound of waves crushing against the cliff near by Naruto heard when he first regained consciousness. The sky was clear and the sun was shining on his face. He didn't know anymore how long he layed in the soft green grass, but he stopped when a shadow was cast upon him.

"Boya, are you alright?" asked a old sounding voice of a male. Naruto was immediately startled awake to the fullest. His instincts kicked in and all soggyness flew away. He had to calm himself down when he had the sight of the voice. It was just an man in an blue overrall. He wore a straw hat over his graying brown hair, had a pair of black horn rimmed glasses and a fishing rod over his shoulders and seemed in his late 50s or early 60s.

"Shouldn't ya be in school? Like ...right now?" the old man asked with a raised eye.

'School?', Naruto thought.

"Ahahaha, sorry old man but I'm already out of the academy for years now. I'm a full fledged Ninja, see see?" Naruto said as he pointed at his headband. "Actually, what are you doing here? We're in the middle of a war dattebayo! Shouldn't you be in the civilian shelter or something?"

The reaction of the old man wasn't exactly something Naruto expected. First there was starring. Then sighting. "Boya, aren't you too old to be a chuunibyou?" he said with a deadpan. "I know you youngsters love those animes and mangas but you shouldn't neglect your studies, ya know?"

'Chuunibyou? Anime? Mangas? What the heck is this geezer talking about?' through Naruto as he listened to the rambling of the old man.

"..I know there isn't anything interessting here in Nemuro, but you shouldn't waste your time in fictional stuff.." he continued until Naruto interrupted his speech.

"Wait Nemuro? It sure looks like Nami no Kuni for me."

"Land of Waves? Stop beeing stupid boya."

A thick mark appeared on Naruto. "Oi old geezer, you really should go and take shelter now" he said

'if Kaguya doesn't get you, I might'

"I really gotta go back and assist Sasuke fighting Kaguya and..."

*Twack!* He got hit by the rod on his head. It wasn't like it hurted him but still. "Oi, what the hell old man?"

"Stop beeing stupid brat. I'm giving you a life lesson here. And you're in Nemuro. Speak after me NE-MU-RO." the old geezer said with a serious face.

"Ok ok," Naruto obliged. "And where is this so called Nemuro? Never heard of it."

Now it was the time for the old man to raise his eye. "Huh? Not from here boya? Nemuro is in the farthest east of Hokaido."

"Huh? Hokaido?" Naruto asked. 'Where the heck am I?'

"Oi, did you grew up in the wilderness? Doesn't even Hokaido ring a bell in ya? Please tell me at least you know you're in Japan!" the old man said agitated by the fact the the youngster in front of him seems to have delusions and amnesia.

He was only met by silence... and then the sound of sweat dropping from the now very nervous looking Naruto.

~Flashback end~

"What a hassle it was" murmured the blond 17 years old teenager as he walked down the large wodden terrace of Kiyomizudera. He remembered that he snucked himself out of the confrontation. The old man just called the police and when he glanced away for a moment Naruto was already a mile down the road running away. It was hours later after panicking about the absence of Kuramas presence and mediating about his situation he decided to travel through this new world.

Sadly nobody seems to know about anything from his homeworld. There was zero similarity with the Five Great Shinobi Countries. No Hidden Villages and even the people didn't have chakra! Naruto still had hope though. So he traveled further even just for the sake of traveling, which leads our story to his current destination: Kyoto.

Part 2

It took him about half a day sightseeing all the stuff in Eastern Kyoto until he arrived at the Nishiki Market in the central of the City. The fresh food market was holding a little festival because of a so called Lunar New Year. 'Really...?A festival for the moon? That's just what Kaguya would've wanted.' Naruto thought. Ever since the fight against the goddess he had a bad feeling when he looked up the moon. It may not be the same, but it's unnerving him.

He wandered down the busy streets full of tourists, local people and stores offering their services without a specific purpose until he saw a little blond girl. She was standing in the middle of the crowd on her geta in a traditional miko outfit. The sleeves of her haori were featuring a giant red star-shaped pentagram on the sleeves. But not only does she stands out by the way she looks but something agitated Naruto by looking at her. He just couldn't point his finger to it.

Then his eyes met hers. When his deep, calm and clear blue met her big golden anxious eyes something happened to him. He felt like protecting her, just like he wanted to protect his precious people. Without a second thought he made his way to her and knelt so he could talk at the same height like her.

"Hey there, little miss. Are you lost?" Naruto asked with a calm voice, trying not to scare her. It's not like he wished to harm her but normally you shouldn't talk to foreign people right?

She nodded with a nervous expression, glancing left and right as if she were looking for somebody.

"Hmm...How about I help you? We could search for your parents together!" he said with a big smile.

She still looked like being on the edge. Sweet was dropped by Naruto but he wouldn't give up as a brilliant idea came to his mind.

"Ahahaha...how about I introduce myself first?" he said.

Then of all things he started the famous kabuki dance of his late teacher Jiraiya.

"Listen up, little miss! Open up your beady little eyes and take a good look!" he proclaimed loudly as everyone in the proximity were startled by him. "Behold, the divine ninja outworldly wild dance! Girls are flocking me! Dudes are avoiding me at any cost! From the north to the south, east to the west, a single glance of mine persuades even the most stubborn priestess. I'm rescueing princesses left and right, protecting the world with all my might! The name is ...Naruto Uzumaki!" he said as he stopped with a dramatic pose. "To your service" he finished with a wink of an eye.

All the people around him were first gawking at him but then turned around quickly to avoid losing their face in public. The little girl however started to giggle. With a tear in her eyes she said with a low whisper "You sure are funny..."

Minutes passed and this time she was looking directly at him with a small smile on her face. "My name is Kunou..." she stated nervously as she bowed lightly. "...and I kinda lost my mother in the crowd. Can you help me finding her?".

Naruto looked again at the short girl, who was really sad. 'She does reminds me of myself in a way' he thought.

He knelt down again and patted her on the shoulder while showing with the other hand at himself. "Don't worry Kunou-chan! We will find your mother! It's a promise dattebayo!" Naruto said while giving her his biggest smile.

"So...how does she look like?" he asked as he wasn't sure how to start.

"Uhm...like me?" she answered him equally unsure.

"Ahahaha... ," he laughed nervously. "How about I'll give you a ride on my shoulders, so you can look out for her hmm? I have yet to see somebody as cute as you here."

"Ah..." Kunou blushed slightly as she nodded to his suggestion.

"Uwah~," she squealed out the moment she was on his shoulders. "You are so tall!"

'Hehe, she sounds quite excited' he thought as he grinned. "So? Can you see her?"

"Hmm...no..." she stated with a sad expression.

"Don't worry too much Kunou-chan! Let's go around here a bit and see if we can find her right?" he said, sounding very positive and full of hope.

"Thank you..." she said with a small smile on her face.

Naruto reached out his hand to ruffle her hair slightly.

"You worry too much Kunou-chan!" he smiled a little bit as he started to walk through the crowd from booth to booth.

Part 3

Minutes passed and the hours came. The day came to it's end as the sun began to set on the horizon. The once blue sky turned to our protagnists favorite color orange. It was a beautiful scene with all the lights for the festival set and the Sakura trees in full bloom. The only thing nagging at Naruto was the feeling of guilt. Even after all the time walking around looking for the mother of Kunou the duo have yet to find any traces of her. They were literally walking around in circles until they sat down on the next best bench they could find.

"Yaaah, gomen Kunou-chan. Even the booth stands didn't see your mother around." Naruto sighted, sounding very tired even if he wasn't physically. He could still go on, but he felt the little girl tiring on his shoulder.

"No, it wasn't your fault! Thank you for trying," the short blond began, rushing her words as she tried to make excuses. "You did more than anybody I know would."

"Ahahaha, don't worry Kunou-chan. I'll stay with you until the end." Naruto said with a smile and his thumps up.

"Until the end?" She answered right away with big eyes. 'Huh? What made her so excited?' he asked himself while nodding to the short girl.

"Sure I do! I promised you right? Naruto Uzumaki never breaks his promises and never goes back to his words dattebayo!" he said proudly but was then interrupted by a loud noise.

*Grumble grumbble grumble*

Kunou's face cheeks flushed high as Naruto clearly could hear her hunger.

"Ahahaha," Naruto laughed lightly. "How about me buying you something to eat? My treat of course."

At his prompting, the little blond blushed again, and the smile on her face reminded him of the same euphoria he saw back on his own face when Iruka first treated him Ramen. "Hai!" she declared, a little too loud but obviously happy. "I-I mean...please." She bowed down a little bit ashamed.

"Yotto..." Naruto said as he stood up from the bench. "Would you like anything specific? Anything goes for me so you can decide what you want" he asked sheepingly while scratching with one finger on his whiskered face. 'Even though I'd love some Ichiraku Ramen'

Upon hearing his question her eyes seems to shine with happiness. Kunou jumped up and grabbed with her little hand two of his fingers to drag him a little bit outside the festival.

"Cmon Uzumaki-san! I know the best Takoyaki around here!" she said excitingly.

'Heh~ I guess the prospect of her favorite food made her all fidgety. Guess that's what we have that in common haha.' he grinned as he let himself get dragged through several booths until he came to a stand with the name Tomekichi Takoyaki labeled.

"Yokoso! Welcome to my humble stand my dear...oh well if this isn't little Kunou-chan! Oya, you came with your dad today instead of your mother?" The chef grinned as he saw his favorite costumer at his booth.

"Endo-san!" Kunou eeped, blushing slightly when her favorite Takoyaki Chef claimed the unexpected. "Ah, this is...um, that is..."

The sight of Kunou, acting so shy and demure around the chef was a really cute one. Still Naruto felt like stepping in to help her out a little.

"Heya," Naruto began with a smile, bowing to a respectable level to the other man. "Naruto Uzumaki at your service. I'm just the caretaker of little Kunou until her Mother comes to pick her up"

"Hoh? Are you really now? Here I am swearing you could be our princess father, since you both have the same shade of hair, haha!" Endo-san laughed loudly. "Well, come in! Seats just became free for you to sit at my little establishment."

The Duo sat next to each other while the Chef asked:" Well Kunou-chan, what can I offer you today? How about my daily special - today with daikon and tsuyu!"

Naruto looked at her expression to find pure bliss.

"Yes, please!" she said

"And what can I have for you Uzumaki-san?"

"I'll have the same as our...little princess"

"Yosh, two servings of daikon and tsuyu coming!" said Endo-san as he started to put the batter into the pan.

"T-thank you again for treating me Uzumaki-san. And helping me of course a-and..." Kunou started to stammer

"Naruto."

"...huh?"

"Just Naruto Kunou-chan! I was never a fan of honorifics" he said while giving her a smile.

"O-okay...Naruto...san." Kunou face was beet red.

"...Well it's a starter I guess" he said with a sweatdrop.

The two of them ate their food later on while chatting about trivial things - not knowing that it was the start of something wonderful.

AN: Aaaand cut. about 2,5k words? Heck, how does Fairy Tail Dragon Slayer writes so much...gotta appreciate him much more from now on I guess.

The next 3 parts are written but not really fleshed out.

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