The Shinobi Visitor

Chapter 4 - The Unexpected...

(Naruto's Universe)

-The Island-

The silhouette of the beast and its tails is vague because of the shadows of the mountain towers over it, but its eye pierces through the darkness. The beast lowered its right hand and dug one of its claws into the ground, channeled its demonic chakra and retracted the claw.

Moments passed until the chakra exploded from the hole, disappearing from the Ten Tail's sight. A few minutes later, the energy returned to the hole with someone supporting itself on one knee and its head facing down as if it was bowing before the demon. The body resembled an old man as his skin was frail and his hair was white.

The Ten Tails chuckled as it told its follower to rise as the latter did. His body was surrounded by black chakra as a result from the Ten Tails' chakra. The chakra was configuring the figure's body as it was restoring its youth. A few moments later, the chakra disappeared revealing the follower. The man was tall, had brown hair, wearing arm bracers with spikes and the gloves were the same. He also sported a flak jacket similar to the Hidden Leaf's and a forehead protector with the kanji 'Ten Tails.' His eyes were closed until he opened them, revealing no pupils, all black and the man was flexing his hands as if he felt stronger and looked up at his new master.

"Henchman, I have a job for you to accomplish and you will not fail," said the Ten Tails with a menacing grin on its face.

(HSD Universe)

-With the Group-

The group was in their new vehicle, courtesy of Shizuka's friend, as they were crossing the river to get to the other side. The busty doctor was driving the Humvee with Saya in the passenger seat and Rei, Takashi, Naruto and Saeko in the back with Kotha poking his head out of the hole on the roof with Alice, keeping watch.

The blonde jinchuriki was sleeping along with the dog sleeping on his lap as well Saeko was sleeping against his left shoulder. Rei and Takashi were sleeping with the former leaning against the latter's right shoulder until she heard Saya chewing out Kohta for teaching Alice an inappropriate song before returning to the car seat.

The slender martial artist looked at her childhood friend, and blushed as she watches him. Then she looked at Naruto and Saeko sleeping together with the former snoring and the latter drooling on the boy's jacket, prompting Rei to wake Takashi in a teasing way. She pulled the boy's cheek and let it go, slapping the leader out of his sleep.

"OW! Rei, why'd you do that?" asked Takashi rubbing his cheek. Rei turned his head to Naruto and Saeko and both were out of it. "They'd make a nice couple, don't you think?" Rei agreed as she stared Takashi before waking the blonde ninja in the same manner she did to her friend.

"OW! Okay, who's the wise guy that did that?" asked Naruto rubbing his cheek. He saw Rei with a smirk on her face and a tick mark appeared on his head. "You're the one who did it?"

"Must be nice, huh?" asked Rei teasingly, confusing the ninja.

"Huh?" Naruto looked to his left shoulder to find a drooling Saeko sleeping on him and a blush appeared on his face. Soon the woman woke up groggily and was confused until she found herself leaning close to Naruto and a blush appeared on her face as well. The duo stared at each other for a few minutes until they simultaneously looked away from each other. "G-Good Morning, Saeko."

"Good Morning, Naruto," said Saeko wiping the drool from her mouth, still blushing. Then they both heard barking from the dog with smiles both on their faces until Naruto looked at Saeko again.

The ninja was about to say something until he heard Kotha call his name. "Yeah, what'd you need?" The gun lover retracted his head from the hole with Alice following him. Kohta stretched out his right arm with a closed fist facing upward, then opened it. Naruto saw a weird black device on the boy's palm and picked it up, taking a closer inspection and realized that it tells time as well the date, month and year. "What is it, Kotha?"

"This, my ninja friend, is a watch, but not just any watch. This is a G-Shock, one of the best watches in the world and it can help you keep track of your staying here, plus it can be a souvenir for you," replied Kotha, surprising Naruto of the device's features as well putting it on his left wrist, which was a perfect fit.

The Jinchuriki smiled as he looked at his new watch, then he and the others felt the Humvee reached the other side and stopped. The group got out of the vehicle to stretch out their weary bones, then the males carefully climbed up the hill with their heads poked out. "Okay, it looks clear on my end, what about you guys?"

Takashi looked at him, "It's clear."

"Yeah, but it's quiet. Too quiet," said Kotha to himself. He heard screaming and looked to his left in time to see Humvee tower over Naruto who dodged out of the way and comically shouting at the blonde doctor until he calmed down. "Hehehe, he's definitely going make things real fun for us." The males went back to the muscle vehicle with Takashi sitting on the back with Rei before driving into the distance.

-(A Few Hours Later)-

The vehicle transporting the survivors was making tons of noise and yet, there was no sign of the walkers or the living and that made Naruto uneasy as they continue on their path. He was sitting next to the window behind Saya, Kotha was sitting next to Alice playing a game with and Saeko was on the other side of the vehicle. "It's been hours since we've seen a walker and I have this…unfortunate feeling that something is going to happen…and soon."

The ninja was brought out of his thoughts when he felt a presence sitting next to him, and looked to see the female swordsmen there smiling at him. "Hello, Naruto." Saeko still smiling with her eyes closed with Naruto smiling back.

"Hey, Saeko, how's it going with you, besides the chaos with the walkers and the deranged people?" asked Naruto as he looked at the purple hair girl, trying not to divert his eyes on her bosom and waiting for her answer.

"Besides killing the undead, I'm doing fine and you?" asked Saeko as she waits for the blonde's answer. She found Naruto's eyes to be very attractive and shook her head to stop herself from getting lost to them.

The Sage responded back. "I'm doing fine, thanks to that nap I took and…other things." Saeko was confused, then a blush appeared on her face when she realized about the 'awakening' in the morning.

"Hahahaha, don't feel embarrassed, Saeko. I admit that it was a surprise, but you are beautiful and you shouldn't be ashamed of that," said Naruto smiling while staring at the girl who was blushing more after the comment and quietly chuckled to himself.

"He isn't afraid to express his opinion and integrity to anyone, especially towards women. Plus, he faced so many hard obstacles in his childhood and he could've succumbed to the darkness, but he didn't. He's a strong man and a warrior," thought Saeko after controlling the blush. She opened her mouth to say something, but the car suddenly swerved, stunning the duo. They see Shizuka trying to frantically control the vehicle, then felt the car making a sharp left turn as if she thought it would stop the vehicle, but that made it worse. The Humvee was skidding sideways, heading towards to a wall and fast with the sage opening the door.

"We're heading towards that wall. Got to stop this before—" Naruto widen his eyes when he saw Rei falling over the car with her face terrified and quickly Shunshined.

The girl closed her eyes as she got closer to the ground, preparing herself for the pain that comes after the impact, but strangely she didn't feel anything but something soft yet hard. Rei opened her eyes to find Naruto carrying her bridal-style with a small blush appearing on her face, so she slightly looked down to hide it.

Naruto, however, looked to his left to find a huge group of walkers slouching towards them. Then he saw the group, except Shizuka, get out of the car and prepared to fight them. The blonde ninja set Rei down and stood up, drawing Tenkaichi followed by the girl readying her bayonet-equipped rifle, then he, Rei, and Saeko charged at the walkers while Takashi and Kotha provided long-distance cover-fire.

The purple hair swung her wooden sword at the first walker's head, then spun around it to thrust her weapon into another lunging from her left side and quickly pulled the weapon before she jumped over a third one while stabbing the wooden sword into the head and hurled it over her head after landing on the ground, hurtling it through its fellow walkers. She heard a whistle and looked to her right to see Naruto staring at her with a look saying 'Not bad', before swinging his black sword in a overhead to a walker in his right without looking and charging towards another walker with Rei on his left side.

Takashi fired another round at one of the walkers, still providing cover-fire for three hand-to-hand combatants while a sadistic look until he heard tires screeching coming from behind the fence wall and looked back to see someone in a firefighter's outfit and a hose. The person rushed toward the wall, pointed the hose at one of the walkers and released tons of water, pushing back a row of walkers to the end of the street.

"Whose that?" asked Kotha.

Takashi shrugged. "I don't know, but…" he fired another shot, "I'm glad they're on our side." As he fired another round, the leader of the group continued to watch the warriors tearing apart the walkers.

The person with the helmet set the hose down, then took off the device revealing a beautiful woman with long, light purple hair and matching color eyes. The latter gasped when she saw the woman and ran out of the Humvee, surprising Alice, Shizuka and the dog now named Zeke when she jumped over the fence and hugged the woman.

"Mommy, it's really you!" said Saya crying on her mother's chest. The woman patted her daughter's head, comforting with tears in her eyes as well since she found her daughter and her friends.

"There, there, sweetheart. I'm here now," said the woman still comforting her genius daughter while her companion was opening the wall.

The brown hair swung her rifle around, slashing the walkers surrounding her and spilt-kicked two more in the face but her confidence got the best of her when she looked behind to watch Naruto slice a walker, cutting it in half in the waistline before charging at another one and Rei followed the same action by swinging her rifle in another 360 circle, severing the heads of seven walkers before changing at more walkers.

After a few minutes of fighting and exterminating the undead, the three warriors walked back to the Humvee and their favorite gun lover was about to say something, but a portal suddenly appeared. It looked similar to the one that Naruto arrived in this world but it was black and purple instead of white. The electricity surrounding the portal started reacting with the environment, hitting everything but the teenagers and their vehicle.

The blonde ninja narrowed his eyes when he sees someone approaching, and gripped Tenkaichi as he prepares for whoever's coming, but his eyes widen in surprise as he didn't expect to see one of the people who hated him during his childhood.

"Mizuki," Naruto hissed as of the name was poison.

Everyone felt fear when they remembered about their conversation about Naruto's past, recognizing the guy in front of them as one of the people who despised the blonde and tried to kill him when he was younger as well meeting one of the latter's people.

"T-that's Mizuki? Didn't you say that he turned into an old man, Naruto?" asked Rei slightly trembling her weapon.

"That's right. He did turn into an old man…so why is he young again? Wait…that chakra…" thought Naruto as he continues looking at the emotionless ninja in front of him, whose eyes were covered by his silver hair. "No, it can't be… Kurama, can the Ten Tails restore one's youth or revive someone because I can feel its demonic chakra emitting from Mizuki."

"Like I said before, the Ten Tails was the creator of our world. It seem logical," replied Kurama, although Naruto detected a hint of doubt in the beast's voice. He was about to say something when he sensed killing intent from his former ally and held Tenkaichi in front of him.

"Guys…get out of here now. I'll hold him off while you go with Saya's mother back to the house."

Everyone protested, but they were silenced when their blonde friend glanced over his shoulder with a serious face before facing forward. So they got on the Humvee with Saeko entering last while she was looking at Naruto's back as she closed the door.

The blonde jinchuriki heard the two vehicles leaving, then he hear nothing more, but a chuckle from his enemy and that chuckle soon turned into laughter. Mizuki raised his head slightly, looking at the blonde and said, "Well, well, well…if it isn't the Nine-Tails himself, Naruto Uzumaki."

The said Jinchuriki narrowed his eyes and sighed while rubbing the back of his head with his free arm, "Like I said back then; I'm not the Nine-Tails. I'm his Jinchuriki, but I don't care what you think of me," the Uzumaki member realized something, "How did you get here anyway?"

"Hehe, my master used his chakra to open the portal, allowing me to travel…but he could've done it two months earlier since he felt a portal opened," replied Mizuki with a menacing grin.

Naruto was shocked when he heard that it had been two months already in his world, but he arrived in this world two days ago and so he decided to have a chat with his partner. "Kurama, did you hear what he said?"

"Yes, I heard and the answer to your question… yes, it is possible. We're in a different dimension, Naruto, so that means time is either slower or faster in each dimension. Haven't you paid attention to the old man's teachings on that?" asked the fox.

Naruto blinked owlishly before he laughed nervously, "Uh, I don't think so."

Kurama growled, scaring his partner slightly, "And what do you meant by that exactly?"

"I…well you see…I sorta slept through that lesson," replied Naruto nervously, but the ninja was careful not to show it in front of Mizuki who was standing with a bored expression.

"…"

"Um, Kurama?"

"…."

"Bud, you're creeping me out with your silence. Say something!"

"…I'll give the rundown about the dimension and time later. Wait until I tell the old man about this when I get the chance. He'll be sure to give that 'exercise' for falling asleep during his lessons," replied the Tailed Beast smugly. Naruto slightly paled as he unconsciously put his left hand behind his butt before retracting it back to his side.

The sage sighed. "I guess I deserved it, but let's put that aside now. I got an enemy to crush and I'll send him packing." He held up his sword horizontally and flicked it to get the blood off before sheathing it back to its resting place on Naruto's back, confusing the former Leaf jonin before the latter glared at the former.

"Why did you put away your weapon, demon? Are you surrendering to me?" asked the smugly Mizuki.

Naruto scoffed. "Yeah right, like I'm going to surrender to anyone especially you. I put away my sword because you are not worth it, so I'll give you a choice; you can leave me alone and enjoy whatever pathetic life you have or you can face your end right here, right now." Moments passed by before the follower of the Ten Tails laughed maniacally before drawing a kunai in the reverse grip and charged at the Uzumaki jinchuriki.

Naruto quickly drew a kunai from his sleeve and charged forward, ready to put his training with the Sage of the Six Paths to good use and what better way than to fight against one of his old enemies. Both shinobi swung their kunai when they got into close range resulting in a clash before breaking it and swung their kunai, causing sparks and resulting in another clash.

The two shinobi were pushing against each other, trying to gain the upper hand on the other, but the younger shinobi was showing no effort and pushed back with force, causing his enemy to skid backwards until he stopped a good 30 yards. Mizuki threw his kunai that was aimed for the blonde's head, but the latter countered it by throwing his own kunai before disappearing from sight, surprising the former.

"Where did he go?" He sensed a presence coming from his right side and put up both his arms to block a roundhouse kick from the reappearing blonde ninja, but the former was sent skidding again. "Curse you!" Mizuki angrily making hand-signs after stopping himself for another 30 yards, "Take this; Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" He exhaled a huge ball of fire hurtling towards the blonde who jumped to the air, avoiding the jutsu's trajectory and made rapid hand-signs of his own.

Naruto made the last sign, "Water Style: Giant Vortex Jutsu!" The fire hydrant and pipes on ground level creaked before huge amounts of water exploded and gathered below looking like a waterfall with the Sage directed the attack towards the more surprised Mizuki. The latter jumped high into the air as well, dodging the attack and prepared another attack as he landed on the ground, but he heard a familiar voice.

"Too slow," said Naruto as he appeared behind Mizuki once more and roundhouse-kicked the latter, who recovered after stumbling a few feet and prepared to release another technique at the blonde, but he was gone.

"How can this be?" thought Mizuki as he searches for the demon, instead the young Uzumaki appeared in front of him and hit him with an inside punch. The former Leaf ninja felt a severe pain in his stomach and doubled over as he never felt this before. He slowly raised his head while gritting his teeth and blood leaking from his mouth, looking at the towering figure of the jinchuriki who glared at him. Mizuki let his anger get the best of him and launched a straight punch, only for Naruto to catch it by grabbing his wrist and effortlessly spun him around before hurtling his opponent to the air, heading to a building.

"What strength!" thought Mizuki as he crashed in the building's wall, creating a hole as a result.

The former ninja jumped out of the hole in the building and stick to the wall a few feet from the hole, looking for the demon. "Behind you," Mizuki spun around to see Naruto with his arms stretched out, "Wind Style: Divine Down Current!" A vortex of wind blasted from his hands and plummeted the former ninja to the ground, kicking up dust. The jinchuriki crossed his arms with a serious face, standing on the wall.

Meanwhile in the now-revealed crater, Mizuki was lying with bruises and scratches on his face, hands and clothes as well as water soaking from the broken pipes that resulted from the impact. He opened his eyes and anger took over as he processed that the demon kid has both Wind Style and Water Style ninjutsu in his arsenal. "This kid is a lot stronger than the last time we fought," the former Leaf ninja smirked evilly, "but I've gotten stronger due to my master's chakra within me and I think it's time to raise the level of this battle up a bit."

-With the Group-

Saeko poked her head out of the window along with Takashi and Rei at their window and Alice with Kotha looking out in the roof hole when they heard the explosion in the distance and became concerned for their blonde ninja friend.

"I hope he's all right," said Saeko concerned.

"Hey, don't worried," Kotha entering inside the Humvee with Alice and so did Takashi, Rei and Saeko as they look at him. "From what Naruto told us about him-self, he won't be beat. He's super strong, thanks to his training with that ancestor of his."

Everyone's hopes rose when they heard of this, but Saeko couldn't help herself to worry about her new friend and fellow swordsman, "Please, be okay, Naruto. Please..." The convoy continued its route to the Takagi estate.

-Naruto vs Mizuki-

"He's taking too long…what could he be planning?" asked Naruto to himself as he waits for his enemy. His eyes slightly widen when he felt a burst of chakra emitting from the crater below and it felt familiar. "That's the Ten Tails' chakra and it's stronger than the last time I felt it. He just might give me a warm-up after all."

The Toad Sage smirked and slipped into a taijutsu stance as he waited for his enemy to climb out of the crater until his senses alerted him from behind where Mizuki prepared an upward kick, leaving Naruto to block it with his open palms down but the attack had too much force than he anticipated.

The boy was sent flying through the air before he fixed him-self in mid-air and bend his knees to soften the landing on the building, creating spider-cracks on the wall and shattering the glass of several floors. "Damn, wasn't expecting that." Naruto shaking his hands before back flipping up to dodge a thrust kick from Mizuki, then he leapt backwards to the roof followed by his enemy. The sage took one last step on the edge, leaping high into the air as he prepares to make his next move, but the former Leaf jonin covered in the dark chakra appeared in front of him, surprising the latter.

Mizuki had a malicious grin and kicked Naruto who barely managed put his arms in a 'X' formation to protect his head and upper chest, sending him to the roof. The latter gritted his teeth as he was sent skidding across the roof and looked back to see the edge of the roof coming fast.

"Darn, still going too fast," Naruto drew Tenkaichi and stabbed the blade to the ground to slow the pace that he was going, but it was too late. The blonde jinchuriki was already off the roof, causing pieces of the edge of the roof falling to the ground. He was currently in the air and looking for his opponent across the building from him, but he was gone again. "He's faster than before as well his strength increased to the point of rivaling the Initial Jinchuriki Form, but I need to wait him out a bit more."

As the ninja was being pulled by the gravity with his sword at the ready to counter, his senses warned him of danger from behind again and spun around to see Mizuki propelling himself from the building across the street and already cocked a left straight punch. The side of the building exploded, with dust covering the two combatants, soon the wind push the dust away, revealing Naruto in a body-outline crater on the wall while holding Tenkaichi horizontally, currently in a stalemate between weapon and arms as Mizuki was standing over him and a surprised look.

"Hm…I'm surprised that you managed to block this attack and I never expected that you would learn Kenjutsu," Mizuki smirked as he put more force in his left arm, causing Naruto's sword arm to be pushed back before the latter putted the same amount that led to another stalemate, "it doesn't matter to me. I have my master's chakra within me and after all this time, you're still weak." He launched a punch with his free hand, but it was grabbed by the jinchuriki's free hand as well.

"So…you think I'm weak, then I'll spice it up to prove you wrong!" With that, Naruto raised his chakra level a little, surprising his enemy with the energy output before pushing him off and slashed Mizuki in the chest, causing blood to spurt out and leaving a gash, "You want to see who the weak one is? Do me a favor…and keep using that chakra from now on." The blonde disappeared from sight, and reappeared in front of Mizuki in mid-air, shocking the latter of his increased speed before swinging his blade for an overhead, only for it to be blocked by the former ninja's forearm.

The impact from the clash of the sword and arm created a small shockwave and the two warriors sent death glares at each other before using their increased speed to disappear and reappear in different locations away from their initial battleground while clashing their weapons that caused craters in multiple buildings.

After several minutes, the two ninja reappeared on a building a few miles away, standing 15 yards away from each other on the roof with the blonde holding his sword. The latter's clothes had dust on them and he didn't look exhausted at all. As for Mizuki, it was a whole other story; he was panting heavy, beads of sweat were present of his face as well cuts on his arms from the boy's sword and his muscles was flinching, much to the latter's discomfort before slipping into a taijutsu stance.

"I must say I'm impressed that you can keep up with me while I'm using my master's chakra, but that won't last for long," said Mizuki boosting with confidence.

After a few moments of silence, Naruto lowered his weapon. "You're right, it won't last long…at least for you." The statement confused his opponent before angering him.

"What do you mean by that? Explain!" demanded Mizuki before feeling excruciating pain all over his body, falling to his knees with the dark chakra dissipated, leaving him very confused and terrified.

"That's what I meant. Since you started using that chakra, I sensed that it was putting too much strain on your body and I knew you'd eventually deplete it and now it leaves your body in severe pain," replied Naruto as he started walking towards his downed enemy who sat on his knees with his head. The ninja was within arm's reach with his sword arm and free arm by his sides, his shadow looming over the enemy who lifted his head and sent a hateful glare at the blonde.

"Curse you, demon brat! You think this is over? I'll kill you!" exclaimed Mizuki as he lunged at the teenager, ignoring the pain. He attempted to head-butt the blonde, but he stopped when he felt a sharp pain in his chest and looked down. The black blade pierced him in the middle, straight to the heart and soon, darkness surrounded his eyes and felt nothing after that.

Naruto withdrew Tenkaichi from the former Leaf ninja, causing the lifeless body to fall to the floor and flicked his blade to get the blood off and sheathed it. His eyes widen in surprise when the body turned into dust, similar to what happened to the Uchihas and his former jinchuriki friend. "I have a feeling that this isn't over, Kurama."

"Far from it, kid…far from it," replied the fox, "You should get moving to the others to let them know you're safe. It's almost night." Naruto nodded after seeing the sun waning in the distance and ran to the edge of the roof while channeling chakra to his feet and leapt across to the next building and continued leaping from building to building.

-With the Group-Takagi Estate-

Night soon arrived and the group had finally made to the Takagi mansion on the hill. It had tight security with men carrying variety of weapons, standing watch over the walls. The teens, Alice and Zeke met Saya's father, the leader of the organization in the mansion and they felt an intense aura surrounding the man as well being intimidated by him. After the greetings, the group ate and took a warm shower and head to bed for another night of sleep, but one was still up.

Saeko was in her pajamas with her knees close to her chest and the moon's light shines in her room through the window, causing her shadow to emerge from her body. She looks out the window with a certain blonde male in her mind, worried about him. "I hope you're all right… and safe." After that, the swordswoman pulled the sheet over her and went to sleep.

-Back with Naruto-

"Hm? Felt like someone was talking about me," said Naruto as he was looking out at the city with its streetlights on. He was sitting on a building close to the street, so he can rest for a bit after his battle with Mizuki. He felt proud of himself that the training with Sage of the Six Paths paid off and that the former jonin gave him a decent workout before ending the fun.

After 10 minutes, courtesy of the watch on his left wrist, Naruto channeled chakra to his feet and leapt from the building to the next, heading for the Takagi Estate on the hill. He could see it every time he leaps to the next building and couldn't wait to see his friends again.

"LET US IN!" shouted a voice.

"HONEY, GET BEHIND ME!" shouted another voice, followed by a gunshot.

The jinchuriki turned his head to the left and landed on his intended building and sprinted to the origin of the sounds, eventually stopping at the edge of a building. He looked down to see three women and a man with guns except the one banging on the door, demanding entry into the building to escape a few walkers that were starting to surround them.

Naruto quickly jumped down in front of the group, surprising them of his presence. He drew his blade and swung it while channeling his wind chakra, sending a wave of blue energy towards the walkers, cutting the undead at their heads and dropping dead this time. The ninja ran to the group's other side, repeating his action at the last group of walkers before turning around to look at the survivors.

"Everyone all right?" asked the boy as he sheathed Tenkaichi. He received no answer as silence filled the air and Naruto assumed that they're either shock of his actions or they have trust issues. After a few minutes, the man in the group broke it.

"We're fine, thank you. Who are you and how did you do that?" asked the man.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki and as for what I did…I'll explain later. What are your names?" asked the sage, waiting for an answer from each of them.

"My name is Asami Nakaoka," replied the small woman. She has short, light brown hair and blue eyes, and was armed with a pistol as well sporting a blue skirt that goes with her uniform.

"I'm Kiriko Miyamoto and this is my husband, Tadashi Miyamoto," the woman pointed at her partner with her free left arm, then pointed at the woman with black hair and brown eye that was near the blonde ninja, "And she is Myra Komuro." Naruto's eyes widen in surprise when the people introduced themselves as his friend's parents and he remembered them talking about finding their parents.

"You're Takashi's and Rei's parents?" It was the parent's turn to be surprised when the blonde teenager said their children's names and they quickly asked him where they are.

Naruto held his hand up, silencing them before speaking. "I'm part of their group. We got separated from each other due to…unexpected circumstances. I know, for sure, that they were heading for Takagi's mansion on the hill and they're probably over there right now as we speak." He saw the light of hope and happiness in the parents' eyes, then heard growling behind him.

The group turned to their right, except Naruto who looked over his shoulder, to see a new group of walkers slowly slouching towards them. "Come on. Let's get out of here and find a safe place to crash in for the night, then tomorrow, we'll head to the mansion." He faced forward, receiving nods from the parents and ran past them, leading the new group of survivors to a temporary safe haven.

After 15 minutes of dodging walkers and running through the streets, Naruto's group found an apartment that didn't look to be perpetrated with the undead and settled into the building. They secured one of the rooms that resembled a presidential suite, according to Kiriko's observation. As they settled in, the parents and the patrol officer asked the young Uzumaki about the strange energy he used. The latter explained his origins to the parents, knowing he could trust them like he trusted their children. He saw the parents' eyes widen, then their expressions turned in to admiration for the boy.

"Thank you for helping our children and their friends, Naruto," said Myra, bowing her head.

Naruto shook his head. "You can thank me when we arrive at the mansion tomorrow and you're holding your son." After that, the group went to bed with the ladies sleeping one room, the male Miyamoto is sleeping in the other room and Naruto sleeps in the couch.

-(Morning)-Takagi Estate-

Takashi and his group were in their usual clothes and eating breakfast in the dining hall, which was huge that can fits the lifestyle of a king. One thing is for sure, they're worried for their blonde ninja friend since he didn't arrive yesterday and Kotha assumed the worst scenario, but the rest pushed that thought out as their faith for Naruto's survival and safety.

Suddenly, they heard a loud commotion from the halls as they saw men with rifles running past the dining doors, heading towards the main gate and became concerned about the situation.

"What's going on?" asked Alice, scared by the action. She was pulled into Shizuka arms, who showed fear as well.

Takashi stood from his chair. "Let's check it out." The group nodded and ran out to the plaza, near the gate where they saw the men putting their rifles and swords up as if they were waiting for something. The group leader walked a little closer just behind one of the soldiers and put his hand over his eyes to block the sun to get a better look.

Five shadowy figures were walking towards the mansion and continuing walking, ignoring the sniper giving orders posted on one of the towers. Rei walked beside her childhood friend to get a better look at the figures and widen her eyes when she recognized the blonde spiky hair. "Naruto!" Everyone looked at the sojutsu martial artist with her friends looking at her in surprise and got closer to the gate and they cheered when Naruto came into full view and stopped in front of the gate. Takashi and Rei widen their eyes when they saw their parents and a patrolwoman stop beside him, armed with weapons.

After persuading the men and Saya's father that the five people were not infected, the gates opened with Rei and Takashi sprinting to their respective parents and hugged them. They explained to their kids about Naruto rescuing them, and Rei and Takashi looked at him.

"Thank you, Naruto!" said both teenagers simultaneously.

Naruto looked at them and smiled. "It was no problem and I'm glad that you and your parents are reunited." Then the boy was surround by the rest of group, including the dog, with Alice pulling him into a hug and the former carried her, expressing happiness for his return. He smiled at them in response. "Come on, let's get inside because I'm hungry."

Everyone smiled at the boy's cheerful personality and walked inside the compound with Saeko walking next to Naruto behind everyone, asking him about the man that he fought.

The blonde sage replied softly, "I'll tell you and the others about it later." Saeko nodded and continued walking next to the boy still carrying their youngest member while silently thanking God for his return.

(Naruto's Universe)

-(Noon)-The Island-

"This will be interesting." The shadow-covered Tailed Beast chuckled to himself as he was watching a small portal on his palm, viewing Mizuki's battle with the Uzumaki member that he thought was dead. The Ten Tails flicked his right hand, and a shadow-covered figure with a large weapon on his back flickered out of existence in front of the beast, bowing towards it. "Very interesting, indeed."