Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Elfen Lied… if I did then Lucy wouldn't have died!

THIS IS A REPOST SINCE THE ORIGINAL ONE WAS UNDER ANIME X-OVERS, SO I SHIFTED IT UNDER NARUTO/ELFEN LIED SECTION! AND I SPEAK FOR A LOT OF FELLOW AUTHORS WHEN I SAY THAT IT'S ABOUT TIME THEY FIXED THE WEBSITE!

Before you guys go on a rampage asking why I started yet another story before I even finish the others but don't fret for I haven't abandoned them! This has just been sitting in my head ever since I finished reading Elfen Lied two days ago; don't ask me why I never read it sooner… fine, I just discovered it a few days ago due to a YouTube video! So this has been running around my head for a few days and I JUST had to write it out or I might explode!

READ THIS CHAPTER PROPERLY, it lays the basic ground information for the rest of the story…

The pairing will be Naruto x Lucy, this will MOST likely turn out to be a DARK Naruto story with a dark Lucy as well. My reasons for writing this are because I was unsatisfied with the ending of Elfen Lied and how Lucy died in the end. So in this story, Lucy will be born in the Narutoverse instead of the Elfen Lied universe and will meet Naruto at the orphanage. Also because of the overwhelming response of 'yes' I got from the poll on my profile… still can't believe some people voted for me to eat an ice-cream cone…

Well enough about me, let's get on with the story!

Prologue: Alternate reality

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu! (Summoning technique!)" The Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato, called out as he slammed his palm onto the ground causing a giant seal matrix to appear. A giant cloud of smoke enveloped the immediate area before the wind blew it away, revealing that Minato now stood on the head of a giant rust-red toad.

"Minato, why have you summoned me?" Gamabunta asked as he took a large puff from his pipe.

"Sorry old friend but I could use some help against that." Minato replied and pointed at the rampaging monstrous figure of a nine-tailed fox.

"Minato have you gone off the deep end from all your paperwork? You do know that is the Kyuubi no Yoko (Nine-tailed Demon Fox), strongest of the Biju (Tailed-beasts) right?" Gamabunta looked at the human on his head in disbelief.

"No I haven't gone crazy but I might if I spent any more time filing paperwork." Minato chuckled before switching back into his serious personality. "I don't need you to defeat him, just stall for enough time until I can perform my jutsu."

"I can try but… how did this happen in the first place, last I heard from you was that the Kyuubi was still sealed inside Kushina!" Gamabunta grunted.

Flashback no Jutsu!

"OH GOD, IT HURTS!" Kushina's pained cry came from inside a small cave entrance, outside of it were several ANBU that were stationed at strategic locations to prevent any entry.

"I, uh… have never heard Kushina in so much pain, are…are you sure she's alright?" Minato asked worriedly as he held both his hands over his wife's stomach, on which was a complicated seal matrix.

"She's fine! Just keep your eyes on the seal and make sure that nothing goes wrong with it!" Sarutobi Biwako snapped in annoyance as she got ready to pull the baby out.

"B-but she looks like-"

"Get a hold of yourself! Good lord, you're the Yondaime Hokage! Don't panic! This is why women are the ones who get pregnant, you men can't handle the pain!" Biwako reprimanded Minato.

"Hang in there Kushina, hang in there Naruto!" Minato was concentrating so hard on preventing the Kyuubi from escaping that sweat had started pouring down his forehead. 'Damn it's so strong, I can feel the fox trying to break out!'

"Mmnnnn!" Kushina clenched her jaws shut as tears leaked out the corner of her eyes as she felt the pain in stomach area increase.

"The head's out, almost there Kushina!" Biwako shouted to inform the redhead.

"Keep going Kushina-san!" The medical helper added her own encouragement.

"Naruto, get out here right now! And Kyuubi, you stay right where you are!" Minato squeezed his eyes shut in concentration as he felt the Kyuubi use every inch of its available strength to try and break out of the seal.

"Mmnnh-" Kushina pushed with every ounce of her will when suddenly the sound of a baby crying filled the cave.

"Get the hot water!" Biwako ordered.

"Yes mam!" The helper replied as she went to retrieve a basin of hot water and Biwako quickly washed the new-born before wrapping him in a piece of cloth. "Congratulations, it's a healthy baby boy!"

"Hahaha! Look at me, I'm a father!" Minato smiled as he used a sleeve to wipe away his sweat and tears of joy that escaped from his eyes.

"Naruto…I finally get to meet you…" Kushina whispered to the whiskered baby that was held in front of her.

"Okay Kushina, I know you're exhausted from the birth but we have to get the Kyuubi completely sealed!" Minato told his wife seriously as he prepared to reseal the Kyuubi.

"Right…" Kushina gave him a small smile in acknowledgement when two sharp cries suddenly came from behind them causing Minato to spin around to find Biwako and the helper on the ground.

"Biwako-sama, Taji!" Minato shouted and looked up from their bodies.

"Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato… back away from the Jinchuuriki or else your son dies at the ripe old age of one minute." A man wearing black hooded cloak and strange orange mask was holding Naruto in one arm with his other poised to strike over the baby's head.

'How the hell did he break through our reinforced barrier seals? Who the hell is this guy?' Minato thought as he shifted his foot to get into a better stance when Kushina suddenly grunted in pain and the seal bulged slightly. 'Shit! Kushina's seal still isn't done!'

"As I said, back away from the Jinchuuriki… or do you not care if your son dies?" A kunai appeared in the masked man's hand and he held it beside Naruto's head.

"H-Hold it, just calm down!" Minato gestured for the man to not make any sudden movements.

"You should really take your own advice Minato, for I'm perfectly calm." The masked man stated as he tossed the baby up into the air.

"NARUTO!" Kushina shouted in worry and she saw her husband's eyes take on a steelier gaze, something she referred to as his Hokage mode. As the masked man was about to plunge the kunai into the baby's body, Minato vanished from his spot and appeared behind the intruder with his feet firmly planted on the wall and Naruto in his arms.

"You really live up to the 'Yellow Flash' moniker, but what now?" The masked man asked as Minato heard several hissing sounds before finding that there were several exploding tags attached to the cloth around his baby son.

"Minato! Naruto!" Kushina shouted as Minato quickly slipped Naruto out of the cloth and used his legendary Hiraishin (Flying Thunder God) to transport him and his son to an abandoned shack somewhere outside in the forest where he had left one of his special kunai.

The shack exploded sending Minato tumbling out with Naruto firmly shielded in his grasp and finally skidded to a stop and found a crying Naruto in his arms.

"Thank Kami that you aren't hurt…" Minato breathed a sigh in relief before wincing at a pain his leg, he looked down and found a piece of the wooden shack had embedded itself into his leg.

'Whoever that masked man was, he was after Kushina… he forced me to use my Hiraishin no Jutsu to separate us.' Minato thought as he pulled out the splinter before vanishing in a yellow flash and reappeared inside a house, where one of his special kunai was hanging on a piece of string.

"You'll be safe here… you'll have to wait on your on for a little while Naruto, I've got to go save your mother before it's too late." Minato whispered to the already sleeping baby as he tucked him into a bed before vanishing in another yellow flash.

Minato reappeared on top of a tree with Kushina in his arms, he had managed to get to her in time to save her from being crushed by the Kyuubi's paw.

"Looks like I made it just in time…" Minato sighed in relief before a weak tugging on his sleeve caught his attention.

"Minato… stop the Kyuubi…" Kushina wheezed out as blood trickled down the side of her mouth.

"Don't worry Kushina…I won't let the Kyuubi harm our village or our son." Minato promised before teleporting both of them to the house and placed Kushina beside Naruto on the bed. "Stay here with Naruto."

Flashback no Jutsu KAI!

"That's a long story Bunta and we don't have the time for it, just keep the Kyuubi still long enough for me to teleport it out of here." Minato told the boss toad.

"I'll see what I can do…" Gamabunta kept his pipe and jumped at the Kyuubi with a strong kick that knocked it back slightly, enough time for Minato to leap onto its head and teleport them away from Konoha. Minato had managed to get Kushina and Naruto out of the shack before the Kyuubi destroyed it.

"My chakra is almost drained… but I can still do one last thing…" Kushina whispered to Minato before several chains made out of chakra short forth from her back and formed a crisscross pattern over and around the Kyuubi. "Sorry Naruto, I didn't mean to wake you…"

"Kushina…" Minato stared at his wife, whose entire body was shaking from the exertion of keeping the Kyuubi pinned down.

"I'll drag the Kyuubi… back… and die with it inside me… that will… prevent it from coming back… for a while… it's the only way to save you both… with the little amount of chakra I have left…" Kushina managed to give him a small smile despite her condition. "Thank you… for everything."

"Kushina… you… you made me your husband… you made me the Yondaime Hokage… you made me this boy's father! And I…" Minato struggled to keep his composure as tears threatened to fall from his eyes.

"Don't look so sad… Minato. I'm…I'm happy. Happy that you loved me. Happy that it's… our son's birthday." Kushina still carried on smiling as she spoke. "Like… if I try to imagine surviving and the three of us… living together… I can't think of anything… beyond 'I'd be so happy.'"

Minato's will finally crumbled during the speech as tears started leaking out the corner of his eyes and trailed down the side of his face, he didn't even bother wiping them away and just let it flow naturally.

"If I had any regrets… it would be that I won't get to see our son grow up… into the fine shinobi that I know he will be…" Kushina looked at Naruto lovingly.

"… Kushina… you don't need to take the fox down with you. We can use our last bit of chakra to see Naruto one more time!" Minato suddenly said as he wiped away his tears. "I'll seal the last amount of your chakra into Naruto with a Hakke no Fūin Shiki (Eight Trigrams Seal). Then I'll seal the Kyuubi away with a seal that only a non-Jinchuuriki like me can use, the Shiki Fūjin (Dead Demon Consuming Seal)."

"But that… the user will be-" Kushina gasped but was cut off by Minato.

"But I'm only able to seal away half of the Kyuubi's power… it's just too great, it's physically and conceptually impossible to completely seal it all. I can't let the Kyuubi no Yoko be revived without a Jinchuuriki, the balance of Biju (Tailed-beasts) will be destroyed."

"Then how… are you going to seal it?" Kushina asked.

"Originally I planned on sealing half of the Kyuubi's chakra in me permanently and the remaining half inside Naruto with a Hakke no Fūin Shiki but I changed my mind. Instead I will seal the Kyuubi's soul inside of me while all of its power will be sealed into Naruto, which will essentially turn him into the next Kyuubi." Minato cringed when he saw the look on his wife's face.

"Minato-"

"I know what you want to say… but Jiraiya-sensei spoke of the world undergoing a revolution, and with it a great disaster. Tonight I've confirmed two things. The first is that masked man, the one who attacked you… he is the harbinger of that disaster. And Naruto will be the one to stop him… I just know it." Minato smiled at the baby in his arms just as the Sandaime Hokage landed in the area.

"But…Minato." Kushina began but Minato had already begun the seal sequence for the technique.

'Snake → Boar → Ram → Rabbit → Dog → Rat → Bird → Horse → Snake.' Minato formed each seal perfectly before clapping his hands together.

"Shiki Fūjin!" Minato shouted as the Shinigami appeared behind him, it has tendrils of its white hair wrapped around an image of Minato's soul. "Have a little faith! He is our son after all!"

"After I finish the Shiki Fūjin, I'll place the remainder of your chakra into Naruto as well. You'll be able to meet the grown-up Naruto sooner than you think; I've set a timer so that we'll be able to meet him on his seventeenth birthday." Minato explained.

"Our son… That's why I don't want him bearing such a heavy burden all on his own!" Kushina glared at him but he just looked at her sadly. "But why… why the Shiki Fūjin? There's no reason for you to die… just so I can meet him for a few minutes when he's older! I wanted you to be there for him… I wanted you to raise him!"

"…"

"Why…why are you sacrificing Naruto just to preserve the balance of Biju… to save the village… and the country… why are you sacrificing yourself for me?" Kushina slumped as her rant had tired her out.

"Turning your back on the country, on the village is just as bad as abandoning a child. You should understand… you saw your own country fall apart. You know the pain of growing up without a home of your own… and you know that we are a family… of Shinobi." Minato said as he ignored the glare she sent his way. "Besides…even if I lived, I could never substitute for you."

"…?" Kushina looked up in confusion at the statement.

"There are things Naruto needs to be told, things I could never say myself. That's the mother's job, and I need you to carry it out even if you only have the briefest of moments to do so. This isn't just for you… this is for Naruto!" Minato told her as they both glanced at the baby in his arms. "Dying to make a better life for his son… that's the stuff you let the father handle."

"Those markings… it can't be… the Shiki Fujin?" Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Sandaime Hokage of Konohagakure, exclaimed in shock.

"What's happening Sandaime-sama?" A fellow Konoha shinobi asked as he and his partner landed beside the retired Hokage.

"We're too late; they've already put up a barrier around the Kyuubi! Whatever they're doing, they're doing it alone!" Hiruzen shouted as he slammed a palm onto an invisible barrier. 'Minato… what are you doing?'

"Curse you Yondaime Hokage!" The gigantic chakra entity roared as the Shinigami reached a hand through Minato and grabbed a hold on the Kyuubi's front paw.

"Seal." Minato whispered causing the Kyuubi to roar in agony as its soul was forcefully removed from its body and sealed into Minato. 'What an evil presence…I can feel its taint even through the seal…'

Minato and Kushina watched as the solid form of the Kyuubi suddenly turned into a mass of bubbling demonic red chakra, apparently this was what happened if you removed the soul.

"Now for the Hakke no Fūin Shiki, I'm going to seal this chaotic chakra into Naruto." Minato performed several more hand-seals and a strange ceremonial-like throne rose out of the ground and he placed Naruto on it. The bubbling mess of chakra in the loose shape of a nine-tailed fox was running on pure instincts at the moment and those instincts were telling it that the baby was a danger. So when the chains around it suddenly slackened, it used the opportunity to raise a chakra claw and thrust it in Naruto's direction.

However, Minato and Kushina had jumped in the way causing the claw to pierce through both of them but forcing it to stop a centimetre away from their son. They both clenched their teeth as they held onto the claw to prevent it from withdrawing, the bubbling chakra would have normally affected them but they were both almost completely numb already.

"If the father can do this job… then the mother should be even better… right?" Kushina gave a small chuckle before coughing out some blood as the Shinigami grabbed the dagger-like sword from its mouth.

"It's almost time for me to go, Kushina…I'm going to perform the Hakke no Fūin Shiki… and leaving a bit of my chakra in Naruto as well. We don't have much time… so if you have anything to say to Naruto…" Minato trailed off as he let Kushina speak to their son.

"Naruto…don't be a fussy eater… eat a lot and grow up to be a big boy! Take your bath every day…go to bed early and sleep well! Make friends… it doesn't matter how many… just make sure they're real friends… people you can trust…even a few is enough. And study you ninjutsu… I was never very good at it, maybe you will be…" Kushina chuckled weakly as more blood leaked down the corners of her mouth.

"Everyone has things they are good at and things they are bad at… so don't feel bad if you can't do it all. Make sure you listen to the teachers… at the academy. And remember, avoid the three vices of shinobi… don't borrow money if you can help it, save what you earn from missions… don't drink alcohol until you're twenty, and don't overdo it or you'll ruin your body." Kushina's voice was getting more strained as the time passed.

"And as for women… well, I'm a woman so I don't know what to say but there are only men and women in this world and you'll want a girlfriend someday… just try not to pick a weird one… try to find someone like your mother… and another warning… watch out for a white-haired pervert by the name of Jiraiya… if you meet him, give him a kick in the balls for me…" Kushina added causing Minato to let out a laugh at the warning.

"…Naruto… you're going to experience a lot of pain and suffering… remember who you are. Find a goal… a dream… and don't stop trying until it comes true! There's so much more I want to say… to teach you about… I want to stay with you… I love you…" Kushina had tears streaming down her face by the end of her speech. "I'm sorry Minato… I took up all our time…"

"It's okay. Naruto… this is your dad. Listen… to your motor-mouth mother." Minato gave his son one last smile before the seal kicked in and the Kyuubi's chakra was pulled into Naruto, leaving both of them to drop onto the forest floor dead.

With the barrier fallen, Hiruzen dashed straight towards where Minato and Kushina had fallen. He quickly crouched down and checked both of their necks for a pulse before sighing in resignation when he found none.

"Minato… what exactly did you do?" The Sandaime whispered the question to nobody in particular before the crying of a baby reached his ears; he looked around and spotted a baby boy lying on the floor. "Naruto…"

Hiruzen froze up when he noticed something that shouldn't be on a healthy human baby… Naruto had a pair of orange fox ears poking out from his blonde hair. It was at that moment that an ANBU member appeared in a swirl of leaves at his side, he hesitated slightly when he saw the fox child in the elderly Hokage's arms.

"Sandaime-sama I regret to inform you that… Biwako-sama has been discovered dead within the secret cave, she died from a stab wound to her abdomen…you have my deepest condolences sir." The ANBU reported before bowing and leaving in a similar manner.

"Biwako-chan…" Hiruzen murmured sadly as a lone tear escaped his eye before turning his gaze towards the now sleeping Naruto. "What the hell happened in there Minato… and what in the name of Kami did you do to the Kyuubi and your son?"

Hiruzen shook his head free of those troublesome thoughts and used a Shunshin to appear inside his office, where he covered his battle armour with his Hokage robes once more.

"Sayuri, call the council for a meeting immediately." Hiruzen informed his secretary over the intercom.

Half an hour later

Hiruzen entered the council chambers to find a nervous and jumpy civilian council along with a tired and haggard-looking shinobi council. Immediately after he entered the room, the entire council burst into chatter about random things from damages to amount of lives lost during the Kyuubi attack.

"SILENCE!" Hiruzen shouted causing everyone to quiet down and turn towards him. "That's better…"

"Sandaime-sama… where's Yondaime-sama?" Nara Shikaku asked the question that everybody wanted to know.

"Unfortunately Minato is dead…" Everyone started shouting out questions but Hiruzen stopped them with a quick burst of his killing intent. "He sacrificed his life to seal the Kyuubi into a baby boy, making him the next Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko."

"Where is this boy Hokage-sama?" Hyuuga Hiashi asked politely.

"Inu (Dog), you can come in now!" Hiruzen called out as a dog-masked ANBU member with tall gravity defying silver hair walked into the chamber carrying an infant in his arms, everyone noticed the fox ears immediately.

"Kill the demon!"

"Look at those ears, it must be the Kyuubi!"

"Let's finish what Yondaime-sama started!"

Those were the various shouts that the Sandaime heard as he rubbed his wrinkled temple in frustration, 'I'm definitely too old for this shit…'

"Sandaime-sama, who exactly is that child?" Aburame Shibi's calm voice cut through the incessant noise as everybody quieted down to hear the answer.

"His name is Uzumaki Naruto, he was the only child that was available to have the Kyuubi sealed into at that time." Hiruzen lied expertly but every single clan head knew the truth about the boy's heritage since there was only one Uzumaki in Konoha and they all knew who she was married to.

"I demand that the boy be given to me so that I can train him to be a weapon for Konoha!" Shimura Danzo shouted out.

"Absolutely not! I will not have him be turned into one of your emotionless puppets, he deserves a normal childhood just like any other kid!" Hiruzen glared at his long-time rival, who merely sneered in response.

"Kid? That thing isn't a kid, it's a demon! Look at those fox ears on top his head!" Haruno Sayano screeched out in the banshee-like voice that all female members of their family seemed to possess.

"Councilwoman Haruno, restrain yourself or I will have you removed from your place on the council!" Hiruzen reprimanded the pink-haired woman, who scowled but remained silent.

"Sandaime-sama… do you know how exactly this happened?" Shikaku asked.

"Unfortunately Shikaku I don't, Minato had set up a barrier to prevent anyone from interfering with the sealing so I have absolutely no idea what he did." Hiruzen sighed as he ran a hand through his hair, Shikaku just nodded in understanding.

"So I assume that you will be taking up the mantle of Hokage once more Sandaime-sama?" Yamanaka Inoichi inquired.

"I believe that it would be in everyone's best interest if I do, at least until a suitable replacement can be found." Hiruzen replied, getting mummers of acceptance.

"Hokage-sama, what is to happen to the boy?" Inuzuka Tsume asked in a worried tone. 'I would adopt him Kushina-chan but I just gave birth to Kiba…I don't think I would be able to take good care of him.'

"Naruto will be placed in the orphanage along with all the other children who lost their parents during the Kyuubi's rampage… and he will join the ninja academy when he comes of age." Hiruzen smiled slightly as he believed that Minato would have wanted his son to follow in his footsteps. The council meeting carried on as usual after Inu had brought Naruto out of the chambers and to the orphanage, most of the topics discussed were the cost of damages and number of shinobi lost during the attack.

With Inu and Naruto

'Minato-sensei… what happened out there? The Sandaime told me that he found you and Kushina dead with Naruto looking like this… that doesn't matter Kakashi, you just have to look out for sensei's son from now on!' Inu aka Hatake Kakashi, sole surviving member of Team Minato and ANBU captain, thought to himself.

Kakashi dropped down from a rooftop with Naruto tucked safely in his arms, he strode up to the lady in charge of the orphanage and coughed slightly to gain her attention.

She looked up from the paperwork to see Kakashi standing there before sighing when she spotted the child in his arms, "That's the fifth one in the past hour… alright ANBU-san just hand him over."

"Sorry mam but Sandaime-sama said to make sure you are clear on one thing…" Kakashi said in the monotone voice he reserved for business only and showed her the pair of fox ears on the sleeping Naruto's head.

The woman's gaze immediately hardened as she hissed out, "And pray tell ANBU-san, what the hell is that?"

"This is a baby boy and his name is Uzumaki Naruto. Sandaime-sama personally wished for him to be left safely in your care… that isn't going to be a problem is it?" Kakashi added a little killing intent to the question as he glared at the woman.

"N-not at all ANBU-san, just leave the boy with me." She stuttered out. Kakashi handed her Naruto before giving her a curt nod and one final warning then left in a swirl of leaves.

And with that we see the start of Uzumaki Naruto's life…

Well my first chapter of Naruto/Elfen Lied crossover is complete, I know it's not much but it is just starting after all and this chapter is just as important as any future chapters. This one explains why Naruto has fox ears and generally why his attitude won't be the same as canon Naruto, he IS the new Kyuubi after all.

Pairing is Naruto x Lucy and will remain so, no amount of begging, whining, complaining and puppy dog eyes will force me to change it! So please review, I would appreciate it A LOT if you spend the small amount of time necessary to type out a review! And also spread word to any of your friends, both online and offline, to read my story since Elfen Lied isn't as well-known as other animes/manga.

Ja ne!