Hello everyone! This is an idea that I've had stuck in my head for quite some time that I just haven't had the gall to write yet. But now that I've had a few chapters written down, I've decided to post the first chapter. I just want to say that I DO NOT own either Naruto or Highschool of the Dead. And I hope you like the book. Please Read and Review!

Pairings: NarutoxHarem

"Speaking." Kyuubi speaking

"Thinking." Kyuubi thinking

"Speaking." Person speaking

"Thinking." Person thinking

~~o0O0o~~

Deceiving The Apocalypse

CHAPTER 1

~~o0O0o~~

The sound of flesh hitting flesh filled the abnormally quiet air. Splashes of water followed shortly after. Pants and heavy breathing were nothing but a whisper, hanging tiredly in the red sky of the evening. Onyx hairs stared into the sky blue eyes, both of them swollen. Bruises, scratches, and blood littered the two boys' bodies as they used the weight of the other for support. As usual. The blond had his fist on his counterpart's forehead, resting there. The brunette had his fist resting on the blonde's chest. Nothing was said between them, but words were spoken.

The last of their strength gave out, and they fell to their knees in the water under them. Both wet, cold, beaten, and broken. They refused to relent. They leaned on each other even more, trying to willed themselves to move, but it seemed impossible of a feat. Slowly, a band across the blonde's forehead finally came untied in the back and slipped away. It fell into the water below them, a metal plate surfacing showing the engraved pattern of what looked to be a leaf.

"Hang in there, Naruto!"

Naruto's eyes remained trained on his best friend, unwilling to look away. It was common for him to hear his lifelong partner inside of his head now. The Kyuubi no Kitsune. His friend. If Naruto wanted to respond the entity sealed inside of him, he made no outward expression.

"It's not much but I've finished infusing some more chakra–!"

Kurama was interrupted. He saw the brunette's fist was pulling the chakra that he had just finished compiling for Naruto's use, and converting it into his own chakra. Naruto looked down at his hand, seeing Kurama's red chakra encasing his best friend's hand. It seemed to suck out the remainder of Naruto's strength, as even standing was too hard for him now. Slowly, he painfully gasped as his whole body gave out, dropping down to the murky, muddy waters below.

"This is one of the abilities of the Rinnegan. As someone who possesses the eyes of the Uchiha… My victory is inevitable."

Naruto arms were the only thing preventing him from dropping his head below the water. He couldn't say anything in response. The brunette stood up, having now gained enough energy. He held his hand to the side and the sound of electricity filled the air. A bright blue light flashed briefly before bursting into lightning, the sound of chirping birds ringing all around the valley. Naruto still couldn't move.

"Farewell…"

The brunette stared down at the blond. His unclosed onyx colored eye blended into a red, three black tomoe swirling around the pupil stared down again at the blond.

"My one and only…"

He raised his lightning induced hand back, ready to stab.

"Friend!"

Thrusting his fist forward, timed slowed down. Naruto watched in his own headband, the reflection of the brunette lurch forward. He raised his head quickly, staring into the eyes of the Sharingan. His blue eyes calm, and watched as the brunette flinched, the power of the Sharingan faded away. Right before the lightning encased fist would pierce through Naruto's head, he leaned to the side, bringing up his left first for an uppercut, infusing the tiny remainder of chakra into it, and attempting to put as much force into as he could in his current state.

His fist collided with the black haired teen's chin, sending him flying backwards and into the rocky wall of the valley. Naruto panted, using the small burst of adrenaline through his body to stand up. Every single inch of his body felt like lead. Ready to collapse at a moment's notice. The pain he has received throughout the day was nothing but a dull throbbing, numbed by his own exhaustion. It was a battle just to keep his eye open, due to the other being swollen shut. His lungs felt like they were on fire, his throat parched, and he felt nauseous. But none of these things were enough to make him stop. If he had to fight until he was on his death bed to prove this boy in front of him. His best friend. That this world was fine the way it was…then so be it.

Naruto growled lowly, thinking about it for a second. "Sasuke…" His voice was but a whisper, but it carried so much.

He stared at the subduing dust in the distance, Kurama's voice in his head speaking up again.

"That was a great counter." The fox praised. "You didn't miss the fact that his visual prowess is weakened!"

Wordlessly, Naruto bent down and picked up his beloved headband floating in the water and gingerly put it in his back pocket, securing it there. He watched as Sasuke grabbed the edge of the crater he was in and pulled himself from the back, growling in irritation.

"Over and…"

Sasuke got on his knees, voice slightly louder. "Over and…"

He lifted his head, staring at Naruto. "Over and…

He stood up snarling at the blond, voice now getting louder and louder each time he said it. Until he was yelling. "over and over and Over And OVER AND OVER AGAIN!"

He was clutching the clothes on his chest, glaring his unhidden contempt in his eyes at his best friend.

"Just give up and let ME CUT YOU DOWN ALREADY!"

His voice was laced with emotion, frustration being the key factor. It echoed in the valley. The two teens stared each other down. Sasuke just wanted to end this, he wanted it to end. He wanted to be alone. He couldn't afford to have someone like Naruto live.

Quietly, Naruto chuckled, exhaustion seemed to seep out of his voice. Sasuke couldn't understand how he was still going. Naruto had been fighting continuously for so long. How can he keep this up? WHY would he keep this up? Sasuke grit his teeth as Naruto looked up at him with only compassion and determination.

"Can't do that. 'Cuz I'm your one and only friend."

Sasuke grit his teeth, then took a deep breath. Trying to calm his frustration. This is it. This will be the last attack. He pushed his chakra into his eye and hand, opening them both to stare down at Naruto. His eye now whirled alive with the Sharingan. And a bright blue light filled his crater as a scream pierced and reverberated through the rock. His Chidori active.

Naruto stared. Understanding what Sasuke was unconsciously asking. This will be the last attack. In his mind, Kurama spoke again. "I figured as much…He's assimilated the chakra I created and infused for you, and made it his own…" There was a pause and Naruto noticed something different about the Chidori. He studied the black flames that were discretely hiding underneath the Chidori. To combine two elements into the same jutsu while keeping them separate at the same time… Sasuke, you truly are a genius. "And now flame control…"

"He intends to finish this with one last blast. Listen…"

In his mindscape, Naruto turned around to stare at his giant friend. "I'm giving what remains of my own chakra…Once I do that, it's going to put me to sleep. Don't unleash your jutsu until the last minute, so he doesn't absorb anymore chakra from you. Well, not that he can use his newly awakened Rinnegan to absorb chakra while putting out his own jutsu…"

His thought process was paused when he noticed Naruto was smiling at him. Almost as if to say good bye for now. He noticed that Naruto was holding out his fist, waiting for Kurama. The giant fox smiled sadly, amazed that Naruto was able to keep surprising him. He didn't want to see his container…no…his friend die today. But they both had used so much chakra…this is literally the only way to keep him alive. After this last attack he won't be able to heal his container. But he at least will allow Naruto to live. Slowly, he raised his on fist and as gently as he could, bumped knuckles with Naruto.

Naruto smiled sadly was well, not meeting Kurama's eyes. Kurama watched him turn and walk away from him, his thoughts returned to the days of when Naruto was considered his enemy. When Naruto had declared he would get rid of all of the hate inside of himself. He felt his vision fading into black as he gave Naruto the last of his chakra. His eyes lingering on Naruto's back. And with that, Kurama the Kyuubi, fell unconscious.

Naruto stood facing Sasuke. Heeding Kurama's warning, and waiting until the last second to create his Rasengan. At the same time, both of them used their remaining strength to leap at each other. While in the air, Naruto brought his hand to his side and subconsciously, he could feel all of his friend and family help create his last attack. This attack will determine the fate of the world. One attack that has collided with the almighty Chidori before. One attack that has never failed him. His blue chakra swirled in his hands as he finished creating it. He looked up at Sasuke and couldn't help but give a battle cry.

One falling…the other, rising.

Visions of their childhood flashed before the both of them, before finally settling on their current selves. Sasuke shouted as well, using as much of his strength as he possibly could to thrust his hand forward, Naruto doing the same. The two techniques collided, one trying to overpower the other, but only ending in a stalemate. The glared at each other, trying to get the upper hand but neither jutsu relented. Suddenly, a white light exploded between them, capturing them and the surrounding area in destruction and rubble.

They only watched each other. Sasuke, disappearing from Naruto's view. And Naruto, disappearing from Sasuke's view.

~~o0O0o~~

In Sasuke's mind, he watched visions of his own memories. Then he proceeded to watch visions of Naruto's memories. He watched his brother converse with Naruto. He watched Naruto's struggle. He couldn't help but smile, admitting to himself that he had lost this battle. He could feel tears sliding down his face, and he could feel himself slipping into darkness. Thinking the worst of the situation. He smiled contently.

"I'll be seeing you soon…brother."

The sound of complete silence, except for a dripping caught his attention first. And he groggily, and slightly painfully, opened his only good eye. The first thing he saw was the night sky. Moon hanging above him, almost mockingly. He wasn't dead? Huh, how strange. He blinked a couple of times, not sure where he was. He looked around, in search for his best friend that he knew had beaten him. He grunted and flinched in pain, from his left arm. Or should he say…lack of left arm…so that's where the dripping was coming from.

"You've finally come to, eh?"

Looking past his arm, his eyes widened in shock at the sight of his best friend was what looked to be in a black bubble of sorts, laying on a ground, surrounded by concrete. He couldn't say anything as he stared at Naruto, who stared back with a slight smile on his face. Sasuke couldn't say it was a bubble as it appeared flat, but maybe more of window of sorts.

"I'm not sure what this is Sasuke…"

Naruto started but stared at him, his smile is gone and with a serious expression on his face. "But I don't think I'm in that world anymore."

Sasuke studied it, "How did that happen?"

Naruto sighed, "I'm not sure, but before you woke up, it was much bigger than this, it seems like it's gotten much smaller over time. If I were to guess, I'd say we only have a couple of minutes before it disappears all together."

Sasuke gaped, but was confused. "No rest for the wicked…huh?"

Naruto chuckled, but flinched and then coughed in pain. "Seems like it. And as you saw, if we move around too much we'll both bleed out and die."

The brunette grit is teeth in frustration. "Can't you get through?"

Naruto shook his head. Sasuke could now see the window shrinking in size. As if life was giving them the okay to each other. To say goodbye. "I can't even move enough to crawl over there. I'm in so much pain. It seems that whatever it was that transported me here has completely messed my chakra system for now."

Sasuke's eye widened. He couldn't bring himself to talk. Now that Naruto mentioned it, he looked like shit. Bags were under his eyes, and his wounds were serious. One eye swollen short, but what shocked him the most was how pale and sweaty Naruto was, probably from his chakra network being damaged. Naruto chuckled again.

"Nothing Sakura-chan couldn't fix though."

Naruto looked at Sasuke then. All sense of mirth disappearing from him. "Sasuke…before we miss this chance. Release the infinite Tsukuyomi."

Sasuke couldn't say anything for a second. But could feel tears welling up in his eyes as he realized just how much he had messed up. "Why do you keep involving yourself with me?"

Naruto studied him for a second before smiling, "You already know, don't you?"

Sasuke glared, but Naruto continued, "Now that your body can't move, your mouth sure is moving a lot."

Sasuke cut him off, "Just answer already, there's no time!"

Blue eyes turned towards him, serious this time. But Naruto smiled. "Because you're my friend."

"What does that mean though?"

Naruto didn't anything at first, but they both saw the window now was about the size of a balloon ball. "You ask me to explain it, but I really can't put it into words…It's just that…when I see you take on stuff… and you get messed up doing them… it kinda hurts me."

Sasuke's eye widened in shock. Naruto continued, looking sad. "It hurts so much inside, that I can't just leave it alone, y'know?" Sasuke almost chuckled when he heard Naruto's verbal tic rear its ugly head. But he was in too much shock. "Thought right now, I'm in a lot of pain all over, and I can't do anything about it."

Sasuke could feel some tears spring into his eyes. Naruto, just how could you be so good to him? Sasuke could relate. He knew all too well the feeling that Naruto was describing. He himself had felt the same for Naruto. Without a word, Sasuke grunted in pain as he leaned onto his wounded stump. Reach across him with is good hand.

Naruto looked confused at Sasuke, "Oi, what're you doing?"

"Just shut up and do it."

Naruto knew what Sasuke wanted to do and stared in shock for a second, but slowly a grin appeared on his face. Naruto grit his teeth and forced his body to move despite the pain of both the battle and his chakra network. Through the interdimensional window, they both clasped hands and formed the ram sign. Smiling as they instinctively felt the release the of the genjutsu Kaguya had placed the world under. Release their hands and falling back onto their backs with more pain they finally relaxed. The window was now only the size of plate and quickly shrinking.

Sasuke turned to Naruto, "I've lost."

Naruto didn't know what to say, only staring in shock. Sasuke smiled at his best friend. "But this isn't over, Naruto. Stay alive."

The window only being a size of a fist now, Naruto nodded. "I'll find a way home. That's a promise."

Sasuke felt his consciousness slipping. "I'll find a way to get you home."

With that, the two of them watched as the void between them slowly closed. The last thing either of them seeing before they passed out was the determined face of their own best friend.

~~o0O0o~~

Miyamoto Tadashi was walking home from work, sighing heavily. He had been investigating Shido Ichirou for a long time now, and in the results of this, his own daughter Rei had been held back a year in high school by Shido Ichirou's son, Shido Koichi. It frustrated Tadashi to no end, knowing that his daughter, his own flesh and blood, had suffered because of his own incompetence. If only he could bring down Shido faster, if only he had done it sooner. If only those bastards didn't involve his daughter. He'll never forgive them…

His thoughts were interrupted when he stepped in a puddle. He could only blink, immediately thinking about how it hadn't rained at all in the past couple of days. His eyes travelled down, and stared at the puddle his shoe was currently soaking in. His eyes widened.

Blood.

He took a step back immediately, staring at it. Undoubtedly, it was blood. His eyes followed the small stream of blood, which seemed to go into an ally way. He cautiously set his briefcase down and pulled out his hand gun. He crept up to the edge of the building, body tense and ready for anything. He pulled out a flashlight and looked out into the ally. He couldn't see any movement, so he turned on his flashlight, flickering it for any possible threat.

The light looked back and forth before settling on a bloody body. The only thing he could really see was the bloody, dirty, and shredded orange pants of this person. He gasped and walked forward carefully and quickly, noting how much blood was lost. He knelt by the body and noticed that it seemed to be a teenager, who by all means looked like he went through a blender. Injuries of all shapes and sizes were littered across his body, blood seeping from countless wounds. The most notable wound would have to be the missing limb that should have been his right arm.

Tadashi gasped, pulling out his cellphone and quickly called for an ambulance, noticing that this child was breathing, although it was ragged. He checked for a pulse as well and noticed that it was still strong somehow. As his phone rang he quickly took note of the boys other features. Such as three whisker marks along his cheeks, giving him an exotic look. His bright blond hair, appeared to be natural, going all the way into the root of his hair and his eyebrows matched. If his hair wasn't as dirty and matted down with blood and mud, he was sure that it would be a very vibrant color.

Finally, someone answered the phone. Tadashi almost yelled out at them. "Hello? Yes, I need an ambulance ASAP down here, it looks like someone is on the verge of death…What?...No I have no clue what the hell happened, I just found him….Okay…Okay… thank you. We are in an ally way, on the corner of block 62…yes…thank you."

Tadashi hung up the phone and took his tie off, going to the other side of the blonde, quickly tying his tie around the stump as tight as he could, affectively halting the bleeding. Tadashi took this moment to grab his briefcase on the sidewalk and bring it closer to the blond. He put his gun back in his halter, but kept the flashlight on, shining it deeper into the ally, making sure nothing suspicious was there. Nothing was.

He looked back at the blond, noticed scorch marks in the ally way, looking like there was a ball of fire blasted right where the unknown person lied. He inspected the rest of the teen in front of him, noticing the mesh shirt, which was all torn up as well. He noticed something tied to his thigh and looked inside of it, surprised to see that it was a holster for weapons. Knives more like, he pulled one out and his eyes widened when he recognized the ancient weapon known as a kunai. Only this one was different. He pulled out the remainder of the kunai and counted a total of six.

One kunai however was different than the others. Its handle was wrapped and had odd kanji going all the way around it. It also had three prongs, seemingly impractical. Tadashi was relieved when he heard the sirens of the ambulance suddenly break his thoughts. Quickly, he untied the weapon holster and place it in his briefcase. He'd give it back eventually, but having the paramedics finding that wouldn't be the best for the boy. He quickly searched the rest of his body for any more weapons, finding that he couldn't find anything else.

He sighed in relief when the ambulance found them and parked on the side walk. Tadashi stood up and let them take over. He glanced down at the blonde. When he recovers from his wounds, he'll have to have a talk with this strange boy.

That's one thing he knew for sure.

~~o0O0o~~

Naruto groaned slightly, hearing silence. His eyes flickered open, seeing a white tiled ceiling above him. The first thought that came to his head, was that he was thirsty. Naruto tried to swallow some saliva, but it just wasn't enough. He turned his head to the side, and stared at an open window, the sun was shining outside. He blinked.

"Where am I?"

Naruto closed his eyes, recalled the events of the past few days, remembering the war, the fight against Madara, the fight against Kaguya, him talking with the Sage of the Six Paths…His fight with Sasuke…his goodbye with Sasuke. He opened his eyes again, well only just the one eye really.

"Oh. So I'm in a different world, huh?"

His whole body was sore, but he looked down and stared at himself. His right arm hurt. Or should he say that his stump hurt. He noted that he was in a hospital gown, but almost every inch of his skin was covered in bandages. Oh yeah, that's right. That bastard Sasuke gave him a good beat down. Naruto smiled, despite the situation.

He heard footsteps and looked up towards the door, seeing an attractive lady walk in, not noticing he was awake, and walk to the edge of the bed. She was wearing pant scrubs and a scrub top, both of them being black and looking comfortable. Her dark brown hair was in a ponytail, keeping her hair out of her face from her work. Naruto watched as she walked to, what looked to be a computer. He had seen very few of them in the science labs in Konoha. But this time it seemed much smaller, more compact. He frowned as she typed away at the computer then finally turned her attention to him.

As she turned to him, she squeaked out, noticing that he was watching her. Her face got red and she put a hand her chest. "Oh my god, you scared me to death."

She calmed her breathing as Naruto blinked, registering quietly to himself that he understood what she had said. What are the chances that this world speaks the same language as his? Naruto cleared his throat, although quite painful for him to do even that.

"A-ano."

She looked at him, smiling gently. "Ah, I'm sorry. Good afternoon. I'm Miyamizu."

Naruto stared at her, "Naruto…Uzumaki Naruto."

She smiled brightly and Naruto couldn't help but think that it was a pretty smile. Unburdened. Polite. "Uzumaki-san. Alright. Do you remember where you are?"

Naruto looked around, of course he knew he was in a hospital, but there was no way he could admit that he was from a different world. And of course, BECAUSE he was from a different world, he couldn't tell her where he was. He shook his head no.

Her smile never faulted. "Do you know what year it is?"

Naruto shook his head again. He wasn't sure how this world dated itself. "I-" He had to clear his throat again, getting rid of the dryness "I don't remember anything."

Of course he lied. He didn't want to be seen as a loony in this world!

This time however, she frowned. "Oh, really? Your chart didn't mention any concussion or head injury…" She muttered the last part to herself more than anything.

Naruto decided to ignore that however and spoke up, "I'm sorry, but I'm really thirsty, could I get some water?"

The lady smiled, and nodded, leaving the room for a minute than walking back in with a mug filled with ice and water. Naruto tried to sit up but her hand on his shoulder held him down. He winced in pain, accepting the truth that he was probably stuck in bed for a while. He was surprised to see a straw appear in his face. He looked over at Miyamizu, surprised.

She was smiling again, holding the mug and straw in front of his mouth. "Here, drink."

Naruto tilted his head to the side and drank the water, sucking it down. It was cold and delicious. It felt good on his throat. He kept drinking until he needed a breath of air. He sighed in content, leaning his head back against the pillow. He absently noticed that there was some sort of instrument inside of his arm. It was connected to tubes flowing up to some bags hanging on a pole next to his bed. He blinked. The hospital at home didn't have something like that.

"Ano. Where am I?"

Miyamizu set the mug down, "You're in Tokonosu Hospital. This is currently the Intensive Care Unit. You've been here for two days now."

Naruto blinked in surprise. He should have expected to be tired, since he literally just finished a way back home. His thoughts were interrupted. "Uzumaki-san, do you remember what happened to you?"

Naruto frowned, of course he remembers how he got all of his injuries. But once again, telling her that fighting, basically to the death with his best friend to prevent him from killing the five Kage of his world and prevailing in saving world peace was the answer to how he was so damaged, would frankly be a bad idea. He decided to half tell the truth.

"No, I have no idea how I got here."

She nodded, "A man found you in an ally way. Quite honestly, you shouldn't even be alive right now, with the extent of your injuries and the amount of blood you've lost." Naruto smiled faintly, sweat dropping. "I've heard that before."

Miyamizu waved her hand, "Anyway, I have a few things that I need to do in here, but first, seeing as you're hurting, how would you rate your pain right now?"

Naruto frowned. "I'm not sure what you mean?"

She looked at him from the corner of her eye, "Your pain right now, 0 being nothing and 10 being the worst pain you could possibly imagine…where would your pain fall under? I can get you some pain medicine to take the edge off."

Naruto smiled gratefully, if he could move his arm, he'd probably scratch the back of his head. "Um, I guess sitting still I'm like at a 4, but when I try moving I'd say…6?"

She blinked, studying him for a second. "Uzumaki-san…"

Naruto grinned at her, "Ah, just Naruto is fine."

This seemed to pause her for a second. Finally, she smiled, her first genuine smile since she's been in there, "Alright…Naruto… You have quite a high tolerance for pain don't you?"

Naruto shrugged, ignoring the pain that doing that caused him. "Never really thought about it, y'know?"

She giggled, and started to walk out of the room, "Alright Naruto, I'll go get you some pain medicine, okay?"

He nodded as she left and he leaned his head back again, resting it. He stared forward with a blank expression on his face. He finally let himself think about the situation. Kurama is currently sleeping for an unknown amount of time recovering. He is in a completely different world, not knowing a single thing about it other than they somehow speak the same language as him. His chakra network is currently completely messed up and he's recovering unusually slowly (for him) from near fatal wounds that has left him hardly able to move, much less walk. He sighed. And to top it off, he has absolutely no clue HOW to approach the topic of even attempting to get home.

This situation sucks.

He felt…weak. Not a feeling that he has felt recently. Especially since getting back from his training with Ero-sennin. From the bare minimum that Naruto has seen so far, he can assume that technology in this world is more advanced than his, and the ONE person he has come in contact with seemed to have no chakra other than the bare minimum to survive. But even she could probably kill him if she wanted to, at least while he's in this state. He sighed, closing his eye. His energy that he had seemed suddenly depleted, and he decided that it wouldn't be a bad idea to go back to sleep…

~~o0O0o~~

"-ki-san…Uzumaki-san."

He felt his shoulder shake gently, someone was doing it. His sole eye fluttered open, groaning slightly. Drearily he looked around, noticing Miyamizu was standing next to him again, smiling politely. He swallowed the drool in his mouth.

"What is it?"

"Naruto, you have a visitor."

This caught Naruto's attention and he suddenly felt very awake. Who on earth could be visiting him? He doesn't know anybody, he didn't say anything as she turned towards the door and gently called for the person to enter.

Naruto watched closely, on edge, as the man walked into the room. He had dark brown hair, orange eyes, and a brown mustache. He looked to be around 185 cm tall, and was decently built. Maybe he was around his mid-40s as well. Naruto studied him, he didn't seem to be a threat and had no aura of ill intent. He relaxed slightly. But for the love of god, he didn't recognize this man at all.

"Hello." He bowed slightly, and Naruto gave him a nod of his own, seeing that he couldn't bow currently. "My name is Miyamoto Tadashi, I am the one who found you and called for an ambulance."

Naruto's eye widened in surprise. He definitely wasn't expecting that person to come back to see him. He watched as the man, now known as Tadashi nodded to the nurse. "Could we have some privacy please?"

She nodded and headed out the door, closing it on her way out. Naruto watched as he pulled out a chair and sat next to Naruto's bed. Tadashi offered the teen a small smile. "You know it's proper to introduce yourself as well…"

Naruto felt himself blush in embarrassment, he chuckled awkwardly. "Ah, sorry, I was just surprised. I'm Uzumaki Naruto."

Tadashi frowned, "Surprised? At what?"

Naruto sheepishly looked away, "I really didn't think that anyone would visit me."

This caught the middle aged man off guard. He voiced his questions, "Why would you think that? Do your parents know you're here?"

"Oh, no. My parents are dead."

Whatever Tadashi was expecting; it certainly was not that. He felt extremely awkward now, coughing slightly into his hand. "Oh. I'm sorry to hear."

Naruto waved him off with his only hand, "It's no big deal, they've been dead since as long as I can remember."

"No foster parents?"

"Nope!" Naruto grinned at him. "Just me."

Tadashi stared at him, long and hard. Thinking about something, but Naruto wasn't entirely sure what he could possibly be thinking of. Naruto squirmed a little under such an intense stare from the man.

"Naruto."

Naruto gulped, he almost felt like he was in trouble for something. "A-ah, yes?"

"Do you have somewhere to live?"

He blinked. Not at all what he was thinking that the old man would ask him. It was surprising indeed. "Uh, no? I guess."

I mean, technically he would be homeless in this world. Naruto just realized. He has no money, no shelter, no source of income and currently no food or water except what was given to him at the hospital. He realized that his situation suddenly seemed worse now. Shit.

"How old are you, Naruto-kun?"

Tadashi was sincerely asking, a small smile on his face. It was a kind face, full of warmth. He couldn't help but smile back. "17."

"Would you like to stay with my family and I for a while? Until you get on your feet that is?"

Naruto gaped, opening and closing his mouth several times. What kind of person would just offer their home to a complete stranger? What kind of world is this? Naruto felt suspicious, there had to be another reason, right? He narrowed his blue eye at the man.

"What's the catch?"

Tadashi seemed to have expected that, because his smile widened. "I just want to know what happened to you."

Oh. That seemed plausible. Not like the man would believe him anyway. Naruto grinned at him. "Sure! Thanks for having me, Jii-san"

Tadashi suddenly felt his eye twitch. This brat. He forced a smile. He stood up, "Good. Naruto-kun I have to leave now, but I will visit every day, and when you are released in two days I will be here to pick you up to live at my place. Do you have any possessions?"

Naruto shook his head, he really only had the clothes off of his back with him. He really seemed like a mess here. But how could anyone blame him? How was HE supposed to know that he'd suddenly be teleported into another world? Naruto scowled. How unfortunate.

"I'll get you some clothes too. Nothing fancy. Do you know what size you might be?"

Naruto scratched his head, tilting it. "Um. I'm not sure. The nurse said I'm 180 cm though. Does that help?"

Tadashi sighed. While it only helped a little, he assumed Naruto was around a size Medium. He'll only get him a few things, not a lot, but enough. "A little. I'll be back tomorrow Naruto-kun. Behave while you're here."

Naruto nodded and grinned at the man. "Thanks, Jii-san! It means a lot!"

The middle-aged man left the room and walked out of the hospital. Leaving Naruto alone with his thoughts. Naruto was glad that out of anyone he could have been helped by, it was that guy. He was nice. Naruto looked out of the room, smiling slightly. Worrying about his situation wouldn't do much right now. Especially since his chakra network was so messed up, he couldn't even start to attempt to figure out a way home. So he'll just have to enjoy the ride for now.

Two days came and went quickly, Naruto finally healed enough to be able to move around easily enough. Which surprised almost everyone. Naruto was an incredibly quick healer, but the extent of his injuries should have put any normal person down for at the bare minimum…a month. Or in fact it should have just killed a normal person. But Naruto was no normal person, that they weren't aware of.

He currently wore the clothes that Tadashi had bought Naruto, somehow fitting comfortably. He was wearing a pair of grey sweatpants, with socks and tennis shoes. He had a plain black t-shirt on and a plain black zip up hoodie over that. The zipper was red, and it had two pins stripes going down the sleeves that were red. The pocket linings were also red. It was simple and comfortable.

Naruto, surprisingly enough, found it difficult to dress himself with only one hand. Much to his embarrassment, the current nurse, who wasn't Miyamizu since it wasn't her shift to work today, had helped him get dressed. And bringing in a wheelchair for him to be wheeled out. Naruto accepted gratefully.

When Naruto left the hospital, he was surprised to see what this world was like. He watched as several people walked into the hospital, talking on small square devices in their hands that they had up to their ears. He blinked and saw a metal…carriage in front of him. Several more of these carriages had…wheeled(?) by. He was shocked as well at how tall most of the buildings were in this world.

Tadashi watched as Naruto looked at everything in awe. He could feel deep down inside of him that Naruto wasn't normal. That something about him just was…off. He had no idea what it was at this moment, but he was hoping that Naruto could elaborate once they got to his house. He had talked to his wife, Kiriko, about Naruto staying with them and she had accepted the proposal, fully aware of her husbands need to help people. It doesn't help that Tadashi had become slightly attached to the young male. He's always wanted a son, and now here is one that needed help. Fatherly help. Tadashi had to take responsibility.

He opened the front door for Naruto, watching as the recently recovered teen easily climbed into the seat, looking at the dashboard with wonder. He couldn't stop a smile from stretching his lips. This boy is either been living under a rock or is an idiot. Could be both.

He walked over to his side and climbed in, turning the car on. "Ready to go home, Naruto-kun?"

Naruto grinned excitedly. "Of course! Take us away!"

Tadashi pointed at Naruto, "Put your seatbelt on first."

"Seatbelt?" The blonde muttered and looked behind him, confused. Tadashi shook his head and leaned over Naruto, grabbing the strap.

"Put the metal part into this buckle here." He pointed at the separate contraptions. Naruto did as he was told and his mouth shaped into an 'o'

"Ne, Jii-san?" Tadashi raised an eyebrow, signaling for Naruto to continue. "What does this 'seatbelt' do anyway?"

Sighing Tadashi put the vehicle in drive and took off. "In case we crash, it protects you from flying out of your seat and dying. It's a safety precaution."

Naruto nodded, adjusting the strap so it wasn't resting on his stump. "Oh, I see." He smirked at the brunette. "You're not gonna crash are ya?"

Tadashi shot him a playful glare, "Don't doubt me, kid. I'm a very good driving."

Naruto chuckled softly, opting to not saying anything else but to study his surroundings more.

The ride was quiet, Tadashi amused by watching Naruto. And Naruto amused by the world around him. His initial assumption was correct, this world was far more advanced than his world. Something he'd have to get used to. The overall ride took about 25 minutes. Stopping at various lights, Naruto studied every single person who was pulled up next to them. He was surprised to see so many different people. He couldn't stop the giant grin on his face. From excitement. Some people were talking on those square devices, some people looked to be singing to something, and others just stoically looked a head. There was once where Naruto was spotted by a child and they proceeded to make faces at each other for their short stop.

Tadashi couldn't stop his own smile from his face, seeing Naruto's reactions to everything was just amusing. It was clear that he has never seen something like this. Something so ordinary to the average person, was so amazing to someone like Naruto. He couldn't help but think to himself how he had taken it for granted. But Naruto's reactions had only confirmed his suspicions more. Naruto was clearly not from around here. And was from an area that was limited technology. He spoke perfect Japanese, so he wasn't sure if there really was a place in Japan that was like a Third World Country. It raised many questions on how Naruto could have even gotten into the city. Or how Naruto had arrived broken and beaten in the middle of an ally, knocking on death's door.

Tadashi pulled into his neighborhood and drove up his driveway. He unbuckled his seatbelt and helped Naruto do the same, since Naruto didn't know how to operate it. Naruto nodded in gratitude. Both of them walking up to the door. Tadashi opened the door and took off his shoes, slipping into his house shoes. Naruto blinked and followed suit.

"I'm home."

Tadashi had called out, ushering for Naruto to follow him. Naruto did as he was told, looking around the house and couldn't help but smile. It was warm, friendly. It comforted him. He turned the corner into what appeared to be a dining room and blinked as Tadashi walked up to an attractive woman with light brown, shoulder length hair. She smiled at him, and Naruto noticed, that she had dark brown eyes that looked serious, but warm and full of life. He couldn't help his own smile on his face.

"Oh darling, you're home. I just finished preparing dinner." Her eyes looked past her husbands and landed on the blonde. She smiled at the teen walking up to him. "Ah, you must be Naruto-kun! Tadashi has told me everything about you! You poor thing, being that injured and losing an arm on top of that, you must be pretty devastated."

Naruto was surprised, and slightly embarrassed. He blushed slightly at the attention. "Ah, thank you for having me, your husband is a very nice man. I'm lucky he found me." Naruto laughed and scratched the back of his head.

She held out a hand, the left hand, for Naruto to shake. "I'm Kiriko, pleased to meet you."

Naruto shook her hand, "Pleased to meet you."

One thing that Naruto has noticed about this world that he can honestly say surprised him, was how much tradition and politeness was enforced in this world. He'll never understand that, and he tends to ignore that step. But even so, not many people were like this back home. It definitely was a change of pace.

Kiriko started to lead Naruto to the table, which had four plates set on it. "Hear have a seat, conserve your energy. Dinner will be ready in a minute. Darling?"

Tadashi, who was at the counter, caught red handed holding a piece of chicken in his mouth, blinked in surprise. He quickly stood up straight and hid the chicken behind his back. "Y-yes?"

Kiriko suddenly developed an evil aura around her as she gave a very polite smile to her husband, hand covering her mouth slightly. "Have you washed your hands yet since coming home?"

Naruto felt fear creep up his spine and he shuddered, glad he wasn't on the receiving end of such a frightening presence. However just as he was thinking that, Kiriko turned her malice to Naruto.

"Ah, Naruto-kun, don't think I would leave you out. Please go wash your hands."

Suddenly all of the malice was gone and she blinked. She blushed, embarrassed. "Um, I'm sorry that was inconsiderate of me."

Naruto stared, confused. "What was inconsiderate?"

She frowned, "Of your arm…"

Naruto looked down at his stump and realization dawned on him. He laughed. "Oh this? Don't worry about it, I completely forgot. It's no big deal anyway." He grinned at her, trying to comfort her.

It seemed to work as Kiriko smiled apologetically before nodding. "I'll just go get Rei-chan then for dinner then we can feast."

Kiriko walked out of the room, and Naruto turned to Tadashi who was wiping his hands now, and munching on another piece of chicken. He sat down at the head of the table. "She's a wonderful person and I love her to death, but she is more terrifying than being held at gun point."

Naruto laughed, "I can see that. She seems lovely though."

Tadashi smiled at him, "Thank you."

A minute of silence later, and two sets of feet were making their way into the room, Naruto looked at the entrance to see Kiriko walk in, and began to set the table with the food. Naruto however was focused on the form of the girl behind her. He couldn't help but gape.

She had light brown hair, which was currently down, flowing over her shoulders and down to her breasts. Her skin was flawless, and she had on the most natural, complimenting make-up, enhancing her already natural beauty. Her hair had bangs that framed her face, but was almost untamable it seemed, seeing as she had two loose strands fly up and forward, like antenna. Her eyes were dark orange, and curious. She was staring right at him. Naruto couldn't help but think that she was beautiful.

He absentmindedly looked at Tadashi then her. "How can this old geezer have a daughter that looks like that?"

Rei on the other hand was also staring at Naruto, in curiosity. Their guest had the brightest, yellowest blond hair that she's ever seen, and she could tell it was natural. He was lightly tanned, with a lean face. On his cheeks were three lines that resembled whiskers, which she couldn't help but think that they were a little adorable. He had a bandage under his left eye, which sported a nice shiner. She couldn't help but notice bandages under his black shirt. But she couldn't help but notice just how wonderfully blue Naruto's eyes were. It was like the ocean. Deep and blue. She's never seen eyes that pure before, and she was getting lost in them. They seemed to sparkle somehow, despite being their color.

"Alright everyone eat up."

Kiriko's voice broke the two of them from their staring contest. Naruto suddenly lit up and Rei blushed in embarrassment. She sat down, next to Naruto, and proceeded to serve herself. Naruto doing the same, as drool almost fell from his mouth. He picked up his chopsticks with is left and struggled to hold them. Over this past week he could honestly say that he's having a rather difficult time learning how to use his other hand for everything. He hasn't even attempted writing anything yet. His struggle wasn't lost on the rest of the family.

Rei, for the first time, noticed Naruto's lack of arm. She could only stare in pity at the recovering blond. She couldn't imagine how much pain he must be in. Kiriko also was taking pity on the blond. She suddenly smirked devilishly.

"Oh Naruto-kun, it looks like you're struggling there! Rei-chan why don't you help him eat his food?"

She smiled sweetly at her daughter who suddenly looked at her, horrified.

"Okaa-san!"

Naruto chuckled and put down his chopsticks, "Ah, thanks for offering Kiriko-san, but I gotta learn how to do this eventually, y'know?" He scratched the back of his head, blushing slightly, "Besides I'm sure Rei-san would want to eat her food instead of helping me."

Rei blushed, suddenly feeling incredibly embarrassed by him calling her by her first name. She glared at her mother, "You heard what he said, Okaa-san. Uzumaki-kun has to learn how to do it himself."

Naruto grinned at her, "Please just call me Naruto, I'm not a fan of formality."

Rei looked horrified however, "I can't do that! People would talk and it would be so embarrassing."

"'People would talk'?" Naruto echoed, tilted his head. He was confused. "What would they talk about?"

Tadashi and Kiriko looked amused between the two of them. Rei however was less than amused. "They'd talk about us of course!"

Naruto frowned still struggling to see the point. "But why would they talk about us? And what would they talk about?"

"They would think that we might know each other on a personal level."

Naruto closed his eyes, "But we do don't we?"

Rei couldn't believe him, she honestly thought that he was cute a minute ago? Is this the same person? "We've only just met!"

"Ah!" Naruto raised a finger, "But we met in person didn't we?"

Rei groaned "Are you an idiot or something?"

Kiriko frowned, seeing her daughter's frustration but it wasn't acceptable for her to be calling their guests names. Or insulting them. She wasn't sure if Naruto was being serious, but even still, her daughter had to be polite. "Rei-chan don't talk about our guests like that."

Naruto giggled into his hand, "Relax, I was teasing. I knew exactly what you meant."

Rei gaped, completely baffled. She heard her father break out into laughter and her mother giggling, while Naruto continued to struggle to feed himself. He noticed her stare and grinned playfully at her. She felt her eyebrow twitch. So this is the person who has raised her father's mood in the past week? She sighed, giving up on this conversation before feeding herself. Out of the corner of her eye though, she continued to watch their guest.

Kiriko proceeded to ask Tadashi about his day, but Rei studied the blond, who was now oblivious to the world. Solely focusing on attempting to feed himself with his left hand. She sort of felt bad for him still. Naruto finally got a piece in his mouth and happily munched on it.

"So Naruto-kun." Her attention was drawn to her mother who was smiling at the blond. "Tell us a bit about yourself."

Naruto finished chewing and swallowed, thinking about what he could tell them. He thought back to when Kakashi-sensei had asked for introductions. "Hmmm, well as you know, my name is Uzumaki Naruto, I like to train, I love ramen, and I like all my precious people." That in turn had earned a few confused stares, especially from Tadashi, who had assumed he was currently alone in the world. Naruto continued. "I dislike the three minutes it takes for ramen to cook, I don't like selfish people, I hate people who lie to themselves and I don't like people who don't value friendship." Naruto frowned thinking about the last three things.

The Miyamoto family however wasn't expecting that. Rei bit her lip and looked to the side, avoiding any looks with anyone. It seems like there's more than meets the eye when it comes to Naruto. That he was just a blonde haired goofball.

Naruto continued. "My hobbies are…I guess training, and spending time with friends. And my dreams for the future…" Naruto paused. He didn't want to say exactly that he wanted to be Hokage because they wouldn't know what a Hokage would be. Naruto decided to settle for a short term goal instead. "My dream for the future I guess would be to get home."

He grinned at the table, picking up some more food and biting it.

"Hmmmm." Tadashi mutter while fiddling with his mustache. "Home, you say? Where exactly are you from Naruto-kun?"

Naruto hummed himself. "A small village, hidden away from people. My friends are all back there probably worried about me."

"As they should be." Kiriko picked up, "Not to mention you suddenly are in the city with life threatening wounds. How did you receive them?"

Naruto paused, not quite sure how to respond. I mean he very well couldn't say that he was in a battle of life and death for the fate of the world, now could he? He swallowed his food and decided to play it off. He laughed sheepishly, "Ah, me and my best friend kind of got into a fight…"

Their reactions surprised him. Rei looked absolutely shell shocked, Kiriko was gaping and Tadashi seemed confused. "Those types of wounds don't come from a simple fight… I mean you lost a limb for Christ's sake."

Naruto laughed sheepishly, "Well we got carried away…"

They all understood that Naruto wasn't telling the whole truth. He was stubbornly not telling them. They decided to leave it at that. Rei however picked up a question, surprisingly.

"Uzumaki-kun, was it painful? Your injuries…"

Naruto puffed up his chest, "Well yeah they hurt, but I'm tough as nails! A few scratches aren't enough to keep me down for long." He chuckled softly, closing his eyes and giving his patented foxy grin. Rei blushed slightly seeing it. She closed her eyes, thinking about her boyfriend, and how she definitely should NOT be acting like this to someone she just met.

Kiriko looked at him with interest, "Tough guy huh?"

Naruto nodded enthusiastically, "I have to be! I gotta be strong to protect my precious people, y'know?"

Tadashi tilted his head, "You've mentioned that several times, 'protecting your precious people'…what's that mean to you?"

At this Naruto's face dropped down into a small smile. This garnered the attention of the Miyamoto family. There was silence for a few minutes before Naruto finally decided to speak.

"The first time I was out of my village, I had met a couple interesting people. One was a mercenary, and the other accompanied him everywhere he went. I was in the forest when I had met the younger one, who at the time I thought was a girl." Naruto chuckled, blushing in embarrassment slightly. "I mean I couldn't help it, he was in a kimono, had long black hair and was pretty! No way I wouldn't think so." He shook his head, "Anyway he was telling me about his friend. Who at the time thought of him as a tool. Something to be used, then discarded. He told me that he wanted to protect the person precious to him. He said he wanted to work for that person. He wanted to fight for that person. He wanted to make that person's dream come true, because that was his dream."

The room was quiet, listening to Naruto's tale. Naruto smiled, "He had told me that when a person has something precious they want to protect…that's when they can become truly strong."

Suddenly Naruto grinned at them, "So the people I consider precious to me are the ones I want to protect with my life."

Kiriko was serious, "That's a very mature thing to think about, Naruto-kun. I'm glad you are able to understand such a thing."

Naruto blushed, "Yeah, well it was easy for me to learn since I hold all of my friends dear to me. I never had a family when I was younger, so I was always lonely."

"You were an orphan?" Rei asked, genuinely curious.

"Yeah." Naruto nodded, "They died when I was born."

"Oh." Rei lowered her head, feeling like stuffing her foot in her mouth. "I'm sorry."

Naruto smiled at her, "It's nothing to apologize about, I know that they loved me very much."

An awkward silence fell through the room; even Naruto could pick up on it. He coughed slightly and decided to change the topic. "So Rei," He turned to her, "Tell me about yourself!"

Rei blinked, "What do you want to know?"

The blonde shrugged, "I dunno. Anything you want to share?"

Rei thought for a minute. "Well, I'm a student at Fujimi Academy. I'm a part of the Sojutsu club there. I'm a straight A student, and I spend a lot of time with my boyfriend." She mumbled off at the last second, for some reason embarrassed to mention the love of her life. "That's all there is to it, I guess."

At this Naruto looked interested, "Boyfriend, eh?" He wiggled his eyebrows at her, grinning. "What's he like?"

She actually giggled, slightly surprised that he continued to ask about him. "His name is Igou Hisashi." She smiled, "He's handsome and nice. But he's calm and collected, able to keep a clear mind in any situation." She smiled fondly thinking about her boyfriend. "We've been dating for a few months now. He's very loyal to his friends and to me. I'm very thankful to have him."

She looked up at Naruto and was surprised to see him smiling gently, his attention was 100% on her and what she was saying. Something that threw her off a little bit. "Ehhhh?" He mumbled gently, still staring at her. "Sounds like you really like him. Sounds like you're a lucky girl to get such a good guy."

At this everyone was surprised to hear that. Normally nobody says that about the girl. They always say the guys lucky. But surprisingly they all knew he didn't mean it like he was insulting Rei. It was more of a compliment if anything. Rei blushed heavily, thinking about her boyfriend, and smiling because there was finally a guy who could understand her feelings instead of being jealous.

"So what's this Fujimi Academy like?"

Rei tilted her head, thinking about it. "Well, it's school so…I guess it's like school."

Tadashi chuckled, "Don't stress to hard about it Rei-chan. Naruto-kun will find out shortly for himself."

At this both Naruto and Rei gaped at him, Rei shook her head, "What are you saying Uzumaki-kun is going to my school?"

Naruto looked horrified, "BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL!"

Animated tears started running down his face, while he raised his hand up to the sky crying out. "What have I done to deserve this?!"

Tadashi smiled, "Well we surely can't have you running around with nothing to do, Naruto-kun. Who knows what kind of mess you'll get into."

Kiriko nodded, agreeing. "Darling is right. A teenager's studies should be the top priority of their life. Even for you, Naruto-kun."

He felt like crying. He was sure that somewhere, the Sage of the Six Paths was laughing at him. He was sure of it. He stood up and pointed an accusing finger at Tadashi.

"This is what you've been planning this whole time, hasn't it been Jii-san! I'VE BEEN TRAPT! KIDNAPPED! HELP! SOMEONE SAVE ME!"

Naruto started to run for the door, before I was caught by the neck by Tadashi himself, who was enjoying a healthy laugh. Kiriko and Rei were both laughing, wiping tears from the corner of their eyes from the misfortune of the blond. Naruto cried as Tadashi pointed at his seat again.

"Get used to it, brat. Life's unfair. You'll start school in two days. Got it?"

Naruto hung his head in defeat, not believing his own luck. "yes" he mumbled.

Tadashi raised an eyebrow, holding a hand next to his ear. "What was that? I couldn't hear you?"

Naruto raised his head, still crying. "I said Yes! I understand!"

Tadashi chuckled. To himself. "Good."

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End of Chapter 1. I hope you all enjoy. This is something I've been wanting to write for a long time, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. For whatever reason. I'll be updating all my other books shortly.