Ok this is the rewrite of Sennin no Arcades.
I Do Not own either Pokémon or Naruto: Pokémon belongs to Nintendo while Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto with that out of the way...
"Did I die?" a weak voice asked as a young man laid on his back feeling exhausted. Around him was no noticeable landscape he recognized as he seemed to merely be drifting into the void, the stark white room both terrifying, yet relaxing at the same time...
"No... at least not yet brat" a voice echoed from his mind before he looked up and saw a large orange fox with red eyes and nine flowing tails looking at him in a mix of anger and uncertainty.
"F-fox, wait, why are you-where are we?" he asked, trying to get up and looking at the large beast with undivided attention. The fox itself merely looked on before answering honestly to his former host.
"This is your mind, Idiot. Though I think I almost prefer the pipe works and sewers over this place" he said, placing on hand under his chin to think. "That old bastard, Danzo... his shinobi blindsided us after the battle with Pain. Remember?"
The boy froze, trying to remember what the fox was talking about, only growing whiter with each second. "No..." he started to mutter before he was going into hysterics. "No-no, just... Damn-it" he shouted.
He remembered now, those Anbu. They ambushed him after he talked to Nagato and Konan. He subconsciously placed his hand on his neck and grit his teeth.
"So... this is it then... I can't become Hokage. Ero-Sennin... Tsunade Ba-Chan... everyone in the village..." he failed. He felt like breaking...
"I'm sorry brat" the fox said surprising him. "Just to set the record straight, I don't like you, in fact I wanted to see this day for myself." Naruto glared at him and was about to retort before what the beast said next surprised him.
"But you were one of the few good ones... someone who truly believed in the old man's dream. You had potential, much more than anyone else I've had the discomfort of knowing."
"...Thanks... fox" he said, unsure on how to take that before they looked around. Seriously, a void? To him it seemed clichéd... Kurama frowned as he tried to find a way out. Killing the brat wouldn't do anything now... Personal satisfaction at best...
"So now what?" Naruto asked before a voice answered.
"That is your choice to be honest" a woman's voice echoed out as Naruto turned to face a woman with raven hair with a single eye showing. Her style of clothing matched something Ten-Ten or Temari might have worn but he couldn't help but look at her with a bit of caution.
Even here, he could sense her power and Kyuubi remained quiet as well.
"W-who are you supposed to be... an angel or something?" Naruto asked bluntly but cautiously as the woman merely smirked.
"For many years I have been referred by many titles and names... Angel is a new one to be honest" she replied amused as she placed her weight on it. "But for the record, you may call me... Arcades."
"Arcades?" Naruto asked as Kyubi looked at her curiously. Seeing the large beast, she smirked before snapping her fingers, reducing the Bijju to that of Akamaru, much to Naruto's shock and the fox's anger. Before he could try anything, another voice interrupted.
"Kurama... please try to behave" an old man said as the fox turned around and froze, seeing a man with three eyes and a long beard floating around him.
"O-old man?!" he cried out as Naruto blinked.
"H-huh?! Wait, old man? Kurama? What's going on here?!" he screamed out confused as Kurama glared at him, the old man looked blankly at him and Arcades merely smirked.
"My... aren't you cute" Arcades teased before addressing the old man. "Hagaromo-San, perhaps you like to inform them about your identity?"
"Hey, respect him you damn brat-" Kurama started before he was stopped by Hagoromo laughing.
"It's quite alright, She means no disrespect. The Arcades and the Ootsutsuki have... a history, so to speak" he said as Arcades shrugged him off but smiled politely.
"Am I the only one who doesn't know what's going on here..." Naruto muttered as Hagoromo cleared his throat.
"Now, Naruto Uzumaki... I am a monk, one who has been watching over the world of the shinobi for a very long time... I am the creator of Ninshu, the first Toad Sage but you may call me... Hagoromo Ootsutsuki. Otherwise know as the Rikudou Sennin."
"Huh?! Wait, you're that old guy that Ero-Sennin and Nagato talked about?!" he screamed as he fell on his own butt in shock as Arcades shook her head.
"Yes... however we are not here to discuss me or Ninshu... at least not right now. To be honest, I was rather shocked when she approached me with this knowledge..."
"What are you talking about?" Kurama asked as Arcades spoke up.
"Simply put... I require some assistance. Naruto Uzumaki... Kurama Kyuubi... I wish to recruit you two... for a mission so to speak. This mission is a very important task that I have decided to trust upon you two."
"Mission?" Naruto asked as Hagoromo sighed.
"Tell me, what do you know about the origins if chakra?" he asked as Naruto looked at him confused even more.
"Didn't you come up with that stuff Great-Grandpa?" he asked as Kurama restrained himself for respect he held for the old man.
"I did not... long ago, chakra was a concept that was held within a great tree. This was the Shinju... a tree that contained a special fruit. My mother, Kaguya Ootsutsuki ate that fruit... obtaining the powers of chakra.
"Wait, Kaguya... What do you mean?" Naruto asked as Kurama looked confused, Hagoromo continued.
"Kaguya... used the power of chakra to bring an end to a war, however she soon became corrupted by her power. After she had me and my younger brother... Hamura."
"Brother?" Kurama asked as Arcades took over.
"Hamura Ootsutsuki... the founder of the Kaguya, Ootsutsuki and the Hyuuga clans. Hagoromo, the founder of the Senju, Uchiha and everntually the Uzumaki and the Sennin clans" she clarified as Naruto looked shocked.
"Wait... that means that me... that Sasuke and Hinata... and Tsunade Ba-Chan are... what?" he mumbled as Arcades smirked.
"During that time, Hagoromo and his brother fought a beast... known as the Juubi, the Ten-Tailed beast that the tree took on as Kaguya's Will."
"Juubi...?" Naruto asked before he was told more about it.
"The strongest creature in existence... not even I could win against that thing... it's the complete form of the Bijju..." Kurama spoke with narrowed eyes as Hagoromo nodded.
"On my quest to spread Ninshu to the world, I created the nine Bijju, I gave them a name and saw them like my own children... like my sons. Indra and Asura... And you know of Kurama, and Shukaku." Kurama smirked as he thought more about it.
"He was swallowed by Isobu... and met that container for Saiken..." he brought up as Naruto looked confused.
"He means the Sanbi... Isobu and Utakata... the Jinchuriki of the Rokubi... Saiken" Arcades clarified.
"Wait, he was a Jinchuriki?!" Naruto asked as Hagoromo continued.
"As my children grew, I imparted the ways of Ninshu on them. Indra... my eldest was a prodigy... Asura was... rather worthless in a way. While Indra could do anything on his own, Asura always needed help from others... but that was something that I truly respected. Ninshu was created to unite the world as one. Asura's power was given to him by those bonds he made. He obtained power to rival his brother, Indra... and became my successor of Ninshu."
"Asura... Indra... I remember them a little... annoying punks" he muttered as Arcades smirked.
"Wait, so what happened then?" Naruto asked as Hagoromo sighed.
"Indra... could not accept that I had chose Asura over him, thus he started a feud with his own brother. As time went on, their bodies decayed... their chakra would manifest itself into another host, one to continue the battle again and again..."
"Huh?"
"You have heard of Madara and Hashirama. They were both were incarnations of Asura and Indra... and you Naruto... are Asura's current incarnation." No one said anything as Naruto froze... He was an incarnation... of Asura.
"...That explains a lot" Kurama mocked as Arcades shook her head amused.
"Going on that, little bit of history, you are important to the World of Chakra. Thus this little trip of death... was something that was not supposed to occur. But with this situation, I am not one to overlook opportunity."
"What do you mean, Arcades-Chan" Naruto asked as Arcades blushed slightly before regaining her composure.
"As I said, there is something I need assistance in and I wish for you two to help me. That being that my world... the world of Aura is facing a crisis... one I thought would never come to be. The Ootsutsuki Clan... they seek my world's Shinju."
"Wait, hold on. Your world's Shinju?" Kurama asked, almost demanding as Arcades sighed.
"The Ootsutsuki had a habit of stealing Shinju of other worlds... those that came here seeking that... were disposed of" she said simply as Naruto looked confused.
"W-what do you mean by that?" he asked nervously as she merely smirked.
"Don't worry about it... they were brats that had their techniques backfire on them..." she said with a smile as she snapped her fingers as the four of them were transported to a stadium, seeing a purple creature and a similar colored ghost creature...
A Nidorino and a Gengar.
"In my dimension, we have no chakra; instead we utilize a source known as Aura. These creatures you see before you are what you would call Pokémon. Creatures who have full access to Aura, which most humans do not."
"Ok, wait, Pokémon? aura?" he asked as she nodded.
"Aura would be a parallel to your chakra. While chakra is the mixture of the body and mind, aura is a manifestation of one's very soul. Humans train rigorously to harness their aura while Pokémon naturally are blessed with it."
Ok, so they understood that part. It was like shinobi working hard to achieve their own abilities, people like Hinata, and Shikamaru who it could come really easy for... while others like Lee had to struggle for it with blood, strength and tears.
"Pokémon on the other hand are similar to both summoning creatures and Bijju. Humans work alongside them, sometimes for pets, sometimes for guardians and other times for battles."
"Battles?"
"The best way to describe it would be like your Chunin Exams. Where Pokémon would spar against one another to gain strength. The trainers also grow alongside them, yet there are those who would abuse them for nothing more than selfish glory and riches."
Turning to Naruto, she let out a smile. "This is one of the reasons I decided on you. Unlike most others, you hold a pure heart, despite your rashness and recklessness; you would truly make a remarkable trainer."
"So that's what I'm here for, to be a trainer?" he asked while Arcades nodded in conformation.
"Yes, but only in part of your true mission. you see, Something even worse than the Ootsutsuki has turned up lately... something which is proving to destroy the multiple worlds under my protection.
"What do you mean?" Kurama asked as Arcades smiled sadly.
"Someone is destroying my worlds... taking the Aura Cores similar of the Chakra Fruit that your world holds. I need you to confront this or else... the entire multiverse of my dimension will colapse"
"Huh, it's that bad?!" the blond yelled as she returned them to the white void and pointed upwards, only for the sky to darken and multiple stars to show up.
"Whoa" Naruto breathed in amazement as Hagaromo nodded in agreement as Arcades smiled softly.
"Yes it is rather breathtaking. Each star you see represents an alternate universe. A person could be born either male or female, their first Pokémon... the Pokémon they catch, even the ways they interact with others all vary on the world. There are worlds where there are no humans, worlds where certain Pokémon may exist where others of their kind do not. Every world is both unique and different. And that is what I'd like to save."
Turning away from Naruto, she finished her story. "And this threat... is something that is currently destroying these worlds. They are getting erased one by one... like a game file being corrupted by a glitch. This is why I need to fight fire with fire. I need to locate this glitch taking out these worlds with one of my own."
"You mean... I'm a glitch?"
"You are both anomalies, ones that should not by all means exist in these worlds yet you can and you shall. I need you to fight this threat... for me... for my worlds and do so what I cannot and when you do and are victorious... I shall return you both to your home return you to your life and leave you in peace."
Naruto stared at her in thought, So he was offered a chance to return to Konoha... after saving another world as Kurama frowned.
"And if we don't agree?" he asked as Arcades smiled faltered.
"I will return you back to your afterlife... you will be brought back into the realm of death..." she said bluntly as Naruto frowned.
"Well I'm in" he said without a problem as Hagaromo smirked. Just like Asura, never hesitating even once. Arcades looked at him in shock as Kurama stared at him dumbly.
"Are you serious..." Kurama asked as he looked at Arcades and frowned. "I really don't have a choice... do I?" he asked as Arcades let out a smile.
"If one goes both go" she said as Kurama shook his head...
"Fine... but only because the Old Man is here and I don't want the idiot to die" he said as Naruto smirked.
"That's nice of you, Kurama" Naruto said, referring the fox by his name as Kurama glared. Before he could retort, Hagoromo smiled.
"Thank you Kurama... I hope you both luck in your adventure. The road will be long but I ask you this. Humans have deeply hurt you... but do not let such hatred judge your views on the humans or Pokémon of that world..."
"Hmm... fine. But only if they don't fuck with me first."
Naruto laughed as he looked at Arcades and smiled. "Well, I guess that's that. If Great Grandpa trusts you enough and this is the only way back, then we'll both help. And that's a promise" the blond said as he was caught into a thankful embrace by the woman.
"You have my thanks Naruto Uzumaki... Kurama, I will be in hoping for your success... but there is something I need to point out."
"Huh?"
"Sending you there will have some... side effects... you won't fully remember me, you won't remember why you're there until later and when you do then your mission will officially begin"
"...Anything else?" Kurama asked as she smirked.
"Also... your chakra will be converted into aura. And that will be a little different than chakra... but you should be alright" she said as Naruto looked worried.
"Anything else" Naruto asked as she shook her head.
"No, that's it" she said with a smile before she snapped her fingers. "Once you wake up, head to a town called Pallet and look for a man named Professor Oak, he will get you started on your journey as a trainer."
"Got it, I'll remember... wait, what if I forget... and what do you mean once I wake up" he asked but was ignored.
"Plus this will only hurt for a moment so try to keep that egg safe until it hatches ok." she said as his eyes widened in fear.
Egg? Wake up? Hurt for a moment... what the hell did she mean by-
Naruto screamed in pain, as his body felt like it was being torn apart piece by piece before from his stomached, came a bulge. And from that bulge formed what looked like to be an egg the size of Akamaru several years ago. Naruto also changed as his body started to shrink, reverting back to that of a twelve year old child.
Kurama just stared before he was sealed back into Naruto. Arcades smiled as she picked up Naruto with telekinesis and the egg with her hands; she placed the later in a backpack for the blond child.
"That egg contains your partner, created from your strong will and heart. I know you two will do great things together... so I wish you both the best of luck."
It didn't take long after for the boy to vanish from her domain, it took even less time for her to address Hagoromo, who looked at her with a stern expression.
"They will be alright?" he asked as she nodded.
"They will face things as strong as Kaguya... they will help guide my Chosen One on his destiny... and once this threat... this V.O.I.D has been dealt with... I will return them back to their own world" she said as she felt the man disappear back to his world. She smiled before walking to what looked like a chess board.
Instead of pawns or knights... or anything else, she had four pieces, each one with a different Kanji. She hoped that they would be enough...
Alright so this is going to follow more of the Anime than the games but references will still be made such as Daisy, Green and so on. Also I plan on having a few chapters up to make up for the whole rewrite. Finally I will be leaving the original Sennin no Arcades up for anyone who prefers the Pokémon Manga version better.