Shikigami Dance: Naruto/BNHA Crossover

Special Chapter AU

Here it is guys! A 13000-word special chapter! Yay! My ghost shall return to its body for an official chapter ASAP!

As thanks to Neni for pointing out a major mistake and for also picking up on one of my first little secret Easter eggs, I made a special chapter of their choice. The timing and ages may not be completely accurate due to vague timelines, but I did the best I could.

I will give a couple of sneak-peeks at Haru's powers plus a couple that will only exist in the Naruto universe.

(AU) What if Haru was successfully reverse summoned to the Hidden Leaf and grew up there?

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It had been fifteen years since the Fourth Great Ninja War. The world was at peace and there was nothing to fear.

Well, mostly...

A small village on the border of the Land of Rain and the Land of Fire was suffering heavily from bandits. The villagers were terrified, unable to call for help from the Hidden Rain because all roads there were blocked.

For the past few weeks, the bandits had had their way with things, but now things had escalated drastically.

"C'mon! Hurry it up!" the leader ordered, as his men rounded up all the villagers to the open space that acted as the village's market and gathering place.

The bandit leader, a rogue ninja from the Hidden Leaf and a veteran of the 4th shinobi war, stood with his sword jammed angrily in the ground. Someone had defied him and he was going to set an example. Neither the rain nor the early morning was going to interfere.

"Where's the village leader?"

One of his minions pulled an old man out of the crowd and shoved him to his knees.

The old man was trembling, but only from cold. Fear was the last thing in his mind.

The rogue ninja glared down at his victim, "What do you have to say for yourself?"

The elder looked him calmly in the eye, "What would you like for me to say?"

The shinobi's sword was instantly pointing in the old man's face.

The bandit leader gave a low growl, "Don't play games, I know what you tried to do," he raised his voice so the whole village could hear, "Several days back. One of you went missing. I dispatched a few of my men to bring him back. Late last night, they returned."

He motioned with his hand and a pair of bandits stepped out of a nearby building he used as headquarters. Between them, they were holding a young man of about eighteen. The villagers stared at the teenager with dead eyes, not giving any sign of emotion. The village leader, however, gave the boy a single look, receiving a hidden message in the escapee's eyes.

The bandit leader held up a note, "They found him lost on the road, carrying this," his eyes hardened, "A distress message requesting help from one of the Hidden Villages."

The villagers met his glare unflinchingly.

There was a hum of steel as the rogue ninja held the sword to the messenger's neck, "Now before I decide a punishment, I want to know which village you tried to contact. Sand? Valleys? Grass?" his face turned into a sneer as he spat out the next word, "Leaf?"

He received no answer. Only the patter of rain responded to his questions.

Getting impatient, the former shinobi raised his sword, "You won't answer? Looks like I'm gonna have to kill a few of you."