Author's note. Well after reading through so many fanfics on the site I wanted to try my hand at something. So here it is! A Naruto and Is This a Zombie? crossover. This'll be the first fanfic I've written and I'm not entirely sure how it'll do seeing as how there aren't that many fanfics of this crossover or of Is This a Zombie? in general and I'm not sure how interesting it will be received seeing as this just sorta sets up how Naruto got sent here and settled in.

"Human speech"

'Human thought'

"Megalo/Kurama/Zetsu speech"

'Megalo/Kurama/Zetsu thought'

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He was bored; plain and simple. He drowned out the lecture going on in class like he usually did and looked out the window while leaning back in his chair. This young man was Naruto Uzumaki, Naruto had shaggy blonde hair that just reached the bridge of his nose and the nape of of his neck, bright blue eyes, and his skin was slightly tanned marked by faded marks reminst of whiskers. He was 5'10, not overly tall but certainly a fair height, he wore the same uniform as his peers with only slight deviation having his blazer open showing his black t-shirt underneath and orange sneakers with black accents on the sides.

He had arrived here just shy of two years in the tattered remains of his favorite jumpsuit inside a forest, slowly bleeding and losing consciousness. After the initial blackout his body began to slowly heal, with some of his wounds healing and the rest on the way he wandered the forest before coming across an interesting sight. The slight remains of black Zetsu as well as an object he didn't think would have survived the trip; Sasuke's Rinnegan. As the battle with Kaguya drew on Zetsu managed to get the drop on the holders of Hagoromo's yin and yang chakra. He took Sasuke's eye and took hold of Naruto's body. In a last ditch effort to help, Hagoromo sent Naruto and subsequently Zetsu off to a different dimension away from his mother's plans.

After recollecting the events up till waking up in the forest Naruto drew a kunai ready to finish Zetsu off once and for all.

"Naruto, heh. To be taken down by someone who failed so utterly as a shinobi." Zetsu taunted, 'Even though he fought against Madara and later Mother standing his ground.' Zetsu mentally reminisced.

"It was still enough to keep going though." Argued Naruto. He was torn on what to do despite already drawing a kunai. On one hand killing Zetsu would bring him satisfaction but on the other he did have valuable information on the shinobi world and may know a way back home. After much debate he reached down and retrieved Sasuke's eye and used his other hand to bring the kunai to his own eye. He let loose a muffled scream as he cut out his eye and replaced it with Sasuke's own using his half of the Sage's chakra to integrate the eye with himself.

Zetsu watched on in trepidation as Naruto took the Rinnegan for himself, unknowing of what the blond would do. "Argh," Naruto grunted, still feeling the pain of switching his eye. "You're a pain in the ass, causing so much disruption just as much as Madara. However you know things, pretty useful things at that. So it'd be such a waste to finish you off." Naruto sighed reluctantly. "So I'm gonna keep you around." Naruto finished, revealing his plan. Zetsu was rather shocked at this turn of events, so sure that the blonde shinobi would be overcome with his emotions he wouldn't see the merit in keeping him around.

"But!" Naruto added, "There's no way I'm letting you gather back up or stretch your legs." He revealed as he stuffed Zetsu inside his pouch with a kunai. He left the forest with Zetsu snug in his little home as he ventured off to figure out where the hell he was.

After some wandering he came to know he wasn't too far from a town, however it wasn't like any type of town he'd seen before. Buzzing around were metallic boxes with wheels, people wearing strange clothing, and holding bright square objects taking enjoyment with them while walking beneath huge buildings, bigger than the Hokage Tower! "This place isn't like Konoha, or anywhere in the Elemental Nations I've been to for that matter." Naruto noted.

"Your keen observation astounds me," Zetsu sarcastically remarked.

"Oi! You forget I'm not the one in a pouch!" Naruto yelled in indignation. He then crossed his arms holding the pouch, 'Man I've gotta figure out how to blend in and gather info on where exactly I am.' Naruto thought.

"You should capture someone and squeeze the information out of them." Zetsu said with a cruel grin spreading across his blackened form.

"No way! I'm not like madara!" Naruto exclaimed.

Zetsu began to chuckle, "You foolish boy, Madara wasn't the only one to do that sort of thing. Most in the shinobi world have tortured for information, even your father the Yondaime has done so." Zetsu told him, his grin becoming even more cruel.

Naruto adopted a sour expression at that, conceding Zetsu's point. "Its an option, a last one at that," Naruto admitted, "But first I'll try and gain some insight on where we are through the henge." Naruto said as he transformed into an unsuspecting brown haired youth and went to one of the shops.

"Um…Excuse me," the disguised Naruto said with nervousness.

"Hmm?" A gray haired older man questioned, "Yes, what is it?"

"Ah, I was wondering where it was I am, I've been wandering for a bit and seemed to have lost my way," the disguised blonde sheepishly said rubbing the back of his head.

"Hmm. Its no big deal, those who come to visit Kyoto often get lost in its vastness." The old man said with a slight smile.

"Oh thank you mister, you've helped me out here!" The supposed tourist exclaimed while shaking his hand before walking away with a slight jump in his step. He disappeared between the alleyway, taking caution that no one was nearby he dispelled his transformation. "Hmm, Kyoto huh?" Naruto said tapping his chin thoughtfully.

"You just know the town's name imbecile, nothing else." Zetsu shot at the blonde.

"Whatever, its a start," Grumbled the blond. "Ugh I may have to find someone and take some information from them." Naruto admitted reluctantly, much to Zetsu's joy.

"Heh, I knew you'd come around Naruto."

"I'm not going to torture anyone you bastard."

"Oh? Then how are you going to get your info?"

"I've still got Sasuke's eye, that should be enough." Naruto told the black substance, ending the conversation.

After scanning the area for some time our blonde protagonist was approached by a police officer.

"You young man, what are you doing?" Asked the officer adjusting his hat.

"Oh me? Just sight seeing."

"In tattered clothes?" The officer asked disbelievingly.

"Ah, it's a costume ya see."

Realization struck the officer with a loud fist to the palm, "Ohh! you must be a cosplayer, makes sense!"

"Yeah!" Naruto agreed, 'What the hell is a cosplayer!?' Was his inner thought.

"Well have fun cosplaying." The officer said before turning away.

"Oh wait it a minute!" Yelled the blonde.

"Hmm?"

"I need to ask you something."

"Sure, I suppose."

"I need you to tell me everything I need to know about this place." Naruto declared whilst pushing chakra through the Rinnegan. The effect was immediate, the officer's eye developed the same pattern and became distant.

"Now where are we?" Asked the blonde.

"Kyoto," The police officer said with a deadish tone.

"What country?"

"Japan."

"What Continent?"

"Japan is an Island Nation, associated with the Continent Asia."

"Argh, I don't know any of these places! Okay calm down Naruto, being angry won't help." The blonde talked to himself. "Okay is there specific citizenship?" he asked planning on staying here for a bit.

"Yes."

"Great, where do I go for this?"

"A Ward office."

"I see, um where can I live?"

"You need to pay a realtor."

"How can I pay?" Naruto continued.

"Through a job, gaining money."

"Ugh. Great, I need a job to get money to live while not having any way to do those things. On top of that I need to have a record of where I'm from to get citizenship and there's no record of me! Ahh!" Naruto yelled to himself pulling his hair. "Calm down no big deal I'll just use the Rinnegan again to use genjutsu on the Ward office worker to get my papers but before that I'll need some money to do that then a way to have money again to get a place to live. Crap, why is this so complicated!?" Naruto yelled the last part, finishing his tandem. "Hey do you have any money?" Naruto asked the still illusioned officer. Instead of answering verbally the man simply pulled out some bunched up 5000 yen bills.

"What's this equal to?" Naruto exasperated, 'I seriously need a better way to get information, cause honestly putting people in genjutsu la la land to get info isn't the best way to go about it.'

"Thirty five thousand yen."

'Still not clear,' Naruto thought with a deadpan. "Uh never mind, is this enough to register for citizenship at the Ward?"

"Yes, just barely."

"Thank god, at least I won't have to go around putting people under to get some cash for the first step." Naruto sighed

"Oh but Naruto it would be child's play to do such a thing." Zetsu said inside the pouch peeking through the opening.

A scowl adorned his face at that, "Like I said I'm not like that, anyways I've figured out a solution to getting money after this."

"Oh? Pray tell what is this solution?"

"I've got most of Jiraiya's books as well as some of the manuscripts for them. They were pretty popular in the Elemental Nations, so I figure they can't do too bad here." Naruto told the black substance with a shrug.

"Heh, not a terrible idea I have to say."

"At any rate I need to let this guy go. By the way," he said addressing the officer, "where is the closest Ward?"

"Nine blocks East."

"Ugh which way is East?" He reiterated. The officer just pointed left at the corner. "Finally getting somewhere." The blonde exasperated while releasing the genjutsu on the officer before heading in the direction the officer said.

At the Ward Office

"Hello how may I help you?" Politely asked a woman behind a desk while wearing a black business suit.

Taking a seat, "I'd like to apply for citizenship today." Naruto told the lady.

"My a tall order there young man, well first I'll need to have record of you and the country of your origin." She said with a smile.

He released the genjutsu on the Rinnegan and ensnared her with its power, "Actually I don't really have either of those," the blonde said just above a whisper so only she could hear him. "so I'll need you to fill those out unsuspectingly."

"Unsuspectingly." She said with a drowsy voice, filling out the form.

"Uhm for the name put down Naruto Uzumaki."

"Okay…."

"For the age put down 16."

"Okay…."

"Anything else that needs to be filled out?"

"Picture identification…" She trailed off lost in her daze.

"Whew, glad that's all that's left." Naruto said as the lady finished his paperwork handing it to him, as he left he released her making it seem like she was dreaming. He headed to a line in front of a counter. 'Ugh this line is so long. How can anything get done here?' Naruto mentally groaned.

"Finally!" Naruto exclaimed once he was next in line. "I'd like to get a picture ID."

"Step over there in front of the camera." Droned the worker tiredly.

He shuffled over at what he assumed was the camera having not seen a camera like that before.

"Choose an expression you'd like to have for your ID."

Oh, okay." Naruto replied before slightly smirking for his picture.

"All done." The worker said as they handed Naruto his ID. 'Alright, now all I have to do is find someone like the first person I hipnotized.' The blonde thought while leaving the Ward. He had deduced that the man he ran into was a police officer based on the uniform, which was similar to the Uchiha guards who acted like the enforcers of Konoha's laws. 'There's another one,' Naruto mentally stated as he spotted another uniformed individual, this one being a woman rather than a man like last time.

"Excuse me ma'am." Naruto called out, catching the officer's attention.

"Yes?" The woman asked curiously walking over.

"I'd like to know where I can gain information." Naruto said, activating the Rinnegan again. The telltale signs of the Rinnegan's influence appeared in her eyes.

"At a library, a school, or the internet." The officer said, a lost look in her eyes.

"Crap, what the heck is the internet?" The blonde cursed.

"It's a worldwide gathering of information accessed through devices with WiFi." Answered the police woman.

"What's WiFi? You know what? Never mind, why don't you show me and then afterwards take me to a library nearby."

The police woman pulled out her smartphone and opened a browser.

"The hell is this?"

"A phone."

"And what's the bright thing?"

"A screen."

"Psh, a screen is supposed to be fuzzy like a TV." Declared Naruto.

"Tvs have screens like this, but bigger."

"I'd like to see that!" He said disbelievingly.

The officer simply pointed up at one of the large screens on a building.

"Okay I see now," Naruto said with his head drooped having not expecting the woman's claims to hold truth, even though he knew this wasn't like his world. "Well what's that thing on the screen?"

"That's the search engine."

"Still confused but okay, what does the search engine do?"

"If typed a question, it will display results on it."

"Could I ask it how to get home?" Asked the blonde hopefully.

"Don't be an idiot, something like that wouldn't be able to give us a way home. If you haven't realized there's no chakra in these humans, there's only nature based chakra around us." Zetsu told the blonde.

"Damn it! Well what can I ask it?" He said addressing the officer.

"Where things are, how things work, news, weather, games, social media, and videos are a short list of what you can find or ask for."

"Alright, take me to the library." Naruto demanded still disappointed at his hopeful thought at going home being shot down by Zetsu.

Library

"Ah, somewhere that finally makes some sense!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Shh!" Was the sharp reply all around to Naruto.

"Sorry!" He whisper yelled. "Alright is there anything else at libraries I should know?"

"There are computers."

"Which are?"

"Like the smart phone."

"Ugh not gonna mess with that for now." Naruto said in annoyance. "So you mentioned school is another place to get info?"

"Yes."

"How do I go about going to school?"

"By taking an entrance exam."

"An entrance exam huh?" Naruto mused aloud, 'The academy back home had something like that, so this shouldn't be that difficult.' "What would I need to know to do well on this exam?" Naruto asked turning to the officer.

"Comprehensive reading and writing skills, math; geometry at the least, history on Japan, and skills in science." The officer listed.

"Well writing is good, Pervy Sage taught me calligraphy having wanted me to learn seals and had me read his last icha icha book for spelling and fluidity. Math I'd have to improve and I don't know anything about the last two, guess I'll have to make a list." Naruto said quietly to himself with his hand on his chin. "Hmm, can you look up who can or what company would publish a book?"

"Sure…" The officer trailed off a spaced out look on her face still.

"Alright, time to gather up some books and get the shadow clones to work!" He yelled forgetting he was in a library. After his declaration he was shushed all around.

3 months later

After getting things set up, mainly the publication of "Icha Icha Paradise" and receiving his advance on the book, Naruto began looking for his new home. He found it in a quaint house with four bedrooms, a bathroom with a large bath, a decent sized kitchen, a small dining area, a nicely sized sitting room, and he had a large backyard. Once he saw the backyard he decided then and there that this was the house. A little while after being settled down he was questioned by an officer as to why he wasn't in school; left flabbergasted Naruto was forced into school. He began to make some friends in the form of Taeko Hiramatsu; a shy brown haired girl with matching brown eyes, Kanami Mihara was another brown haired girl with purple eyes unlike her friend Taeko, she had a more scheming and gossip based personality, Ayumu Aikawa; greyish hair tops his head; he's a bit lazy, almost sloth-like, and his final friend although he'd be hesitant to call him that, is Tulio Orito; Orito has spiked brown hair and is a pervert with no luck with the ladies. With these friends school almost seemed bearable.

Present

Naruto let his chair touch back to the ground after his recollection of what lead him to this point. "Mr. Uzumaki!" Yelled his balding teacher, catching him off guard.

"Yeah sensei?" Naruto asked while adjusting himself to sit properly in the chair.

"This is the third time this week I've caught you daydreaming in my class, don't let it happen again." His teacher told him sternly, his nostrils flaring slightly.

"Ehehe, alright. I understand."

"Hmm." His teacher mumbled, turning towards the board to continue.

'I seriously hate school.' the blond thought, a scowl adorning his face.

"Psst, Uzumaki-kun! You should really pay attention in class." A brown haired girl whispered poking his back with the eraser side of her pencil, her face had tinge of red after getting the blonde's attention.

"I know Taeko-chan, it's just this stuff is so boring~" Naruto stressed as the bell rang signalling the end of the school day.

"That isn't how you were last month though, you were all excited about what was going on in History class then."

"True, but that was focused on battles, this stuff is on relations after the battles. A whole lot less exciting than before." Naruto defended while stuffing his book back into his bag.

"Sheez you're always about fighting. You know that?" Said a new voice approaching them.

"Oh, hey Kanami. What's up?" Naruto said turning towards his other brown haired friend.

"Not much just hearing the teacher chew you out again."

He grew sheepish at that, admitting that this was a regular thing. "Well, I'm gonna head home guys." Naruto said. He stretched as he stood up, making Kanami and Taeko blush seeing his toned tanned stomach.

"See you later Whisker-chan!"Kanami called out to the Uzumaki as he left, having recovered from her blush.

"Oh, see you tomorrow Uzumaki-kun!" Taeko said realizing that her not so secret crush was leaving already, she preferred to be more polite in her goodbye than her friend.

Some time after school let out

"Hmm, I wonder what I want from the corner store today?" The blonde murmured to himself approaching his favorite store to get junk from, it was twilight and fast coming to night.

"Hello, welcome to our-Oh, it's you Uzumaki-san." The cashier began politely before realizing who had waltzed into the store. He had nothing against the blonde but they had come to know each other after Naruto's frequent stops.

"Yo, Yoshida. What's up? Got anything new for me to try?"

"Sadly I don't. Eh, same old same here."

"Hmm. If there isn't anything new I'll get some instant ramen and a three melon buns." Naruto said after some thought.

"Okay, you know where the ramen is, I'll get your buns."

"Yosh! Thanks!" The blonde said before skidding over to the aisle with ramen. "Thanks again Yoshida!" The blonde said as he left through the sliding doors. However he noticed a silver haired girl with odd clothes sitting on the curb of the sidewalk.

"Hey, you okay?" The blonde said crouching down to be more level with the mysterious girl.

'Hungry.' was what he got in reply, but it was in the form of a small note being shoved into his face. "Oh, well I've got an extra melon bun if you'd like?" Another quick noted 'Yes' in his face was his answer.

"Uh, here you go." The blonde said, handing the bun to the girl. "Well, I'll be heading off then." He told the girl as he walked away.

'He felt odd, nothing like anyone else has felt. And warm.' The girl thought as she dug into her treat.

Chapter End