Astral:Hello guys here's my first story written in coop with OracleSight! the one who wrote Lost Family so don't worry if there are elements from lost family

Oracle:yup and do not worry even if Astral is a NaruKiba yaoi fangirl there won't be any in this story!

Astral:But what if some want it?

Oracle:I said no, no coltcuddler unless peoples ask for it massively.

Astral:*sigh* okay you win. We only own our OCs and plotline but nothing else anything else belong to their respective owners (Hasbro or Masashi Kishimoto(who fucked up his manga big time)) if I had owned Naruto there would have been no 4th shinobi war and SasUKE would have been a background character just like the rest of his clan because they took too much importance. I mean the series is called Naruto not Uchiha Legacy for crying outloud beside Naruto is still a secondary character of his own manga in the Gaiden chapters!

Oracle:Anyway we hope you will enjoy this story

Prologue:

A new beginning

King Sombra was beyond angry, he was furious. How could he, the tyrant of the Crystal empire, the King of Shadows, fall because of an insignificant dragon baby and his caretaker! the last thing he felt was an unbearable, agonizing pain as he was blown apart by the sudden and massive wave of magic that resulted from the Crystal Heart being returned. He could not believe he had been at last killed by those weaklings, the crystal ponies were meant to suffer under his reign as they deserved! But alas he had been defeated.

After the bright flash of light there was only darkness. Not that he would complain, he had always lived in the darkness. where others would not see him, after all that was the only place where he would be left alone, where they did not see him.

Suddenly, he felt like he was falling and was met by a hard and solid floor. he opened his eyes and took in his surrounding, it was a massive room which's floor was made of some sort of red stone that almost reminded him of polished marble, the pillars in the room were thick and strong, made of the same stone as the ground and had gold statues of japanese dragons curling around them. the walls were made of a reddish very dark wood decorated with golden designs that represented chrysanthemums and Lilies. The room was deemly lit, the ceiling was to high to be seen due to this lack of light and as such disappeared in the shadows. at the end of the long room was a fancy desk made of ebony wood with a matching chair on which sat an old man with a long white beard. the man wore fancy yellow robe and his hat featured the kanji for king. He looked stern and his very presence was enough to impose some kind of pressure in the room that was most likely his office. on the desk there was three neatly arranged piles of files and three stampers one was labeled Jigoku, the second Tengoku, and the third which was the only one Sombra could understand was labeled Elysium.

An office that was completely empty beside him and King Sombra, which only served to make the dark unicorn uncomfortable as he had never seen a human before. But something could tell Sombra that this man was clearly not just an old man, he felt a terrible power that scared him beyond belief.

"So you are finally dead, King Sombra, the Tyrant of the crystal empire...I suppose you thought you would be judged by Hades, but luckily or unluckily he had too much work and asked a favor of me, so I judge some of you ponies" the old man said.

"And who do you think you are to judge me?!And what do you think you are going to do?!" Sombra demanded loudly and aggressively.

Sombra suddenly felt a terrible pressure on his back, it felt as if the entire office was collapsing on him "Silence..." the elder said coldly with a voice that was so cold and empty of emotion that Sombra shivered as if this voice had actually carried a blast of cold air colder than the most freezing blizzard "To answer your question I am Enma, judge of the dead...and I know exactly what is to be done with the likes of you" he said taking a stamper that had a kanji that read "Jigoku" which was the hell Enmas used to get rid of the evil souls like Sombra. But it was unlike Hades' Tartarus which no living ponies had seen the depths of; which were a cold dark pit were the evil souls were just left to rot and be tormented by their regrets. No, Jigoku was a real "Hell" were the evil souls paid their crimes with eternal pain,a pain beyond what could be imagined. Enma did not bother with a Tartarus stamper, after all why bother when it comes to evil souls.

Enma was about to stamp Sombra's file when his arm was stopped. Someone had caught his wrist stopping him in the middle of his gesture. His eyes trailed up the arm to finally meet the face of the one who dared to stop him. It was a tall and skinny woman with long black hairs, pale amost pure white skin and blood red eyes. she wore an onyx black kimono with silver butterfly on it, along with a crimson belt.

The Judge of the dead frowned as the pressure in the room became suffocating signaling the god was furious even if he only frowned "Yami...what are you doing here?Why stopping me from doing my work?" Enma asked coldly.

Yami smiled mischievously "Well...how can I put this...I just can't let you do that, that would stop me from getting the entertainment I longed for" she said.

Enma's frown became even more pronounced "You are truly his daughter...Amaterasu will-" Yami cut Enma in the middle of his sentence "Ameterasu is the one who approved my idea and gave me the green light" she said with a smirk "And don't you dare bring my father into this, he might have sired me but I'm nothing like him" the goddess of darkness looked at Sombra "It's really going to be fun" she snapped her finger and before Sombra had the time to understand what she meant a he was suddenly grabbed by hands made of shadows that dragged him into his own shadow making him disappear.

"Still...you are trespassing in my realm there...bringing the dead back to life is unacceptable." Enma said still frowning. Yami knew for fact that he would complain about it in front of Amaterasu that was for sure. But she simply did not care about it nor did she care about the insults he grumbled under his breath afterward.

"Shut up oldman you still have many dead to judge so get back to work" Yami snapped before disappearing in the shadow of a pillar.

Sombra was finally dropped unceremoniously in a place that reminded him of a sewer "Hugh...Damn it!...even gods seem to hate me!" the dark unicorn shouted. as he took in his surrounding, he noticed that there was a cage near not far from him, it was massive.

"Who are you?" bellowed a booming voice from the inside of the cage.

Sombra looked in the cage, it contained a massive nine-tailed fox. Sombra could feel that the fox was really powerful "I am Sombra King of the Crystal Empire. And you are?" he said.

"Most would call me the Kyuubi but it is only a title, since you are not a human and don't seem to be one of their summon pet I guess you may call me Kurama" the fox answered very curious about the unicorn "How did you end up here? I don't remember you being around when I got sealed" he said.

"I don't really know. I got killed and next thing I knew I ended up in front of a god named Enma who was to judge me, then another goddess interfered...I think her name was Yami she mentioned having the permission of a certain Amaterasu" he answered.

Kurama's eyes widened "Yami brought you back to life? And was allowed to by Amaterasu...now this is something unexpected" he said getting more and more curious.

"Just one question though, who are Amaterasu and Yami exactly?" Sombra asked as he could still not make head or tail of what was currently happening.

Kurama sighed thinking that Sombra was definitely not from this world if he did not knew who they were "Amaterasu is the goddess of the sun and queen of the gods, the ruler of the Tenkai(Celestial Realm)" this made Sombra scoff as he pictured a human version of Celestia being the same annoying know-it-all, hypocritical kind of ruler that always acted nice, kind and merciful in front of everyone. "As for Yami she is the ruler of the Makai(Demon Realm) the goddess of darkness and mischief and daughter of the evil god Amatsu-Mikaboshi" he explained to the unicorn that seemed even more confused.

"So I got saved by an evil goddess with the permission of the queen of the gods?" Sombra asked being quiet unsure if this could be even believable.

"Yami is not really evil..just...how can I put this... Chaotic, she likes it when things are in total just love breaking the rules" Kurama replied.

Sombra was face hoofing, he had been saved by a female Discord "So just like she said she put me in the same prison as you for fun?!" he exclaimed with disbelief remembering what the fox said about a seal.

"A prison? well you can call him that but I simply call him my host" Kurama replied surprised that Sombra had been so slow to react to the news.

Sombra's widened, he was sealed in a living being, and this offered a lot of possibility if he could find a way to communicate with his host "Interesting" he said with a wide grin. Sombra closed his eyes and began to try to find a connection to his host's mind and he found it quiet easily and just connected to his senses allowing him to see through his eyes and hear through his ears, he could even hear the person's thought.

Naruto was alone,again. He was all alone in a playground that was none the less filled with kids, because as usual the parents watched their kids and told them to stay away from him. The adults glared at him "Why are they always like that to me?" he thought, the poor ten years old boy could not understand why, they never talked to him, they just ignored he had done nothing to earn their scorn and indifference or even the hatred and mistrust he could see in their all acted as if he was a monster while he had never done anything that could potentially harm them or even so much as offend them.

He finally decided to try an approach the other kids, but alas their parents suddenly decided it was time to leave. The playground slowly emptied leaving only a lone,small,blond boy alone.

Naruto stood there for several minutes before deciding to head at his apartment he ate and went to bed.. The boy cried himself to sleep while thinking "I never done anything to them!I don't even know them!So why?! why?!"

Back in Naruto's mind Sombra had seen more than enough to understand the situation of his host "They are hating for something he has no control on...something he had since birth...and they all leave him alone...just like they did to me" he thought angrily remembering when he was a colt. Oh the night Naruto just had was just like those oh so many night that Sombra had spent crying when he was a colt.

Sombra remembered it all too well. How those hypocritical crystal ponies treated him. It was the same treatment Naruto would get from the villagers. They would glare at him whisper behind his back as if he did not exist. Oh and of course dear Princess Amore who knew what he was while he did not. She let him suffer every year during their damnable Crystal Fair each time the Crystal Heart's magic flared it nearly killed him, and did the Lovely,compassionate, wise Princess did anything to help him? No she let him suffer an agonizing pain every year .Oh How he enjoyed turning her into a statue of crystal then shatter her sending her fragments flying across Equestria.

But now was not the time for remembering the past, he had other things to do. He used his magic to pull Naruto into a sort of dream. He did not want to scare the kid with the Kyuubi, he was not ready to handle that yet.

Naruto found himself in a clearing, in the middle of the night , a beautiful night with many stars in the was surprised, this dream was unlike any he had before. He could move and do whatever he wanted as if it was real and it did not seemed to be a nightmare. He heard something behind him and turned around to see what appeared to be a very dark grey pony whose mane was onyx black but strange thing was it wore an armor and a long red cape with a trim made of white ermine fur.

The stallion had a curved red horn and also his weirdest feature were his eyes. Two blood red slitted irises surrounded by a green sclera. these very eyes exhaled what looked like short trails of purple smoke.

Naruto could tell this was a dream, after all ponies did not wore clothes and things mike crowns, and they did not have horns. And those eyes were certainly not something natural.

"Hello little one, you don't have to be scared of me. My name is Sombra" the strange pony said, having on his face what looked like a small smile. This smile was forced because Sombra was not exactly used to try being pleasant to anyone.

Naruto definitely thought he was in a dream, after all ponies were animals and animals don't talk like human unless they were summons. Beside how could he have ended up in a clearing in the middle of the night while he was sleeping in his bed. "My name's Naruto! Nice to meet you Sombra" he said with a voice that was cheerful,loud,obnoxious and most of all fake.

Sombra sighed, the kid was really like him, though he never exaggerated like Naruto just did, he often put on a happy face in front of...who? who was it? he could not even remember, he was sure he had always been alone, so why did he remember that he faked being alright and happy for someone. Sombra decided to put that thought aside for the time being "You know you don't have to fake in front of me. I know you are not happy, I don't know for who you are faking it but for me it is useless. Especially after seeing how the villagers treat you" he said.

Realization suddenly hit Naruto like a ton of brick, this could not be a dream. If it had been a dream with part of his mind being trying to tell him to stop faking, the unicorn would know exactly for who he was faking "So this is real? this is not a dream?" he asked shyly.

Sombra shook his head "This is a part of your mind that I use to connect with you so we can talk. And do not worry I know how you feel. I had been just the same once. Weak,helpless, persecuted by those who hated me for being different who did not even cared about the pain they inflicted to me. Tell me, Naruto...don't you want to get back at this village? Don't you want to show them what you are truly made of?" he asked with a smirk.

Naruto nodded "Yes, my dream is to become Hokage, the leader of the village and its strongest ninja. with that title they'll be forced to acknowledge and respect me!" he said with determination which got a strange look from Sombra.

The dark unicorn stared at the blond boy for a few seconds "Don't you want more? Don't you want them to pay and suffer for what they did to you?Don't you want revenge for your pain?!' he asked almost angrily.

Naruto took a few steps back with a shocked look "No! that would be lowering myself to their level!" he replied.

That shocked Sombra "That kid just said I lowered myself to the same level as that of those weak hypocritical crystal ponies?! No he did not! I am right! and he is wrong, he is just too young to understand. He has yet to go through the years of pain I went through. After all I also was hopeful at his age...then I lost it...Hope...Radiant Hope? What is this name?! what are these feelings?!" Sombra asked himself as he felt something, emotions he believed to have forgotten that all of sudden came back "What's happening?!" he asked himself not understand why those emotion he had forgotten tried to crawl their way back to the surface.

Naruto was confused by Sombra's panicked look "Tell me...those who hurt you did you...hurt them?" he asked.

Sombra looked at Naruto right in the eyes "Of course I did! They deserved it! I took the power for myself and made them my slaves! They deserved no better than that!" he ranted "They just are lucky that somepony managed to kill me after I returned from my exile!"

This shocked Naruto further "But did you kill any of them? because if so you just went to far and they were merely defending themselves!" he replied.

Sombra thought about it for a moment but no he had killed no one, none of the crystal ponies were dead since they got stuck in time and space making them stop aging until their empire was returned to Equestria, and Princess Amore was not exactly dead. He himself don't know why but instead of turning the statue to ashes, he shattered it making it so she could be restored if all the fragments were found and put together. tough she would still be a statue without his magic no magic beside his could undo it. At the moment he started to feel something akin to regrets but immediately crushed it. "I killed none of those ridiculous crystal ponies. But I swear now that I am back to life, and if I find my way back to the empire...they are going to be wishing the princesses of Equestria never send them help!" he ranted.

"No! Don't you see what you are doing to yourself? tell me, what are you going to gain from their pain? a satisfaction that will last till you get defeated again? you have been between twice! What make you think there won't be a third?" Naruto retorted.

Sombra was shocked, the kid was right. Defeated twice and the second time ended up with his death, what could stop him from failing again? what would make a difference, beside he was stuck in this boy who would certainly not join his side. What could he do?

"React! We are not going to get defeated by a kid! We are the Tyrant of the Crystal Empire!The King of Shadows! The Master of Fear, the monster they created!That's what we wanted all along! You won't ruin everything now?! we can't go back to being weak!" ranted a loud booming dark voice in Sombra's mind. It was none other than Sombra's second personality, the one who sought revenge above everything.

While Sombra was getting scolded by himself Naruto did not stop to rant and one sentence caught Sombra's "What do you hope to do?...Beside jiji told me that if there's something important in one's life it's to be loved...who will love you after what you did?" Naruto said, this triggered something the blond could not have known.

Sombra suddenly had visions of a mare who had a purple coat and a sky blue mane and cyan eyes. She was a unicorn, her name suddenly came to sombra's mind "Radiant Hope..." the only one to have ever accepted him as he was, then suddenly the image of the mare smiling at him turned into one of her running away and crying after she had seen him shatter the crystallized Amore to pieces. "She...I lost her because of my hatred...and...that one who called herself my mother...she made me do the wrong choice" he thought

"Idiot! the next Crystal Fair would have been our death! Beside we are an umbrum! a shadow pony-" ranted Sombra's other personality before being cut.

"Shut it! I'd rather being dead than being what I am right now!" Sombra replied as he now realized what he had done, what this Umbrum made him do. And this side personality of his was a by product of this Ubrum awakening his power. All the princess ever did and she tried to do during their last encounter was meant to help him. He looked at Naruto "You are right...I deeply regret what happened. But it was in my nature I can't change what I am...I won't bother you anymore" he said walking away.

"Wait!" Naruto ran after Sombra and hugged him "Please don't leave me alone" he said.

Sombra did not knew what to say "But why would you want to have me around. I'm a monster" he replied.

Naruto shook his head "You did that just because you were alone and hurt...beside you know what it feels like to be alone...so you just can't leave me" he said looking like he was about to cry "Beside peoples think I'm weird so it would not matter if my friend was weird, we could just be weird together"

Sombra was hesitant at first. But when Naruto said that last sentence he thought he had seen Hope replace Naruto for a short moment. It was the exact same sentence she said when she offered Sombra to be his friend. Sombra smiled he closed his eyes and somehow the purple smoke vanished."Maybe...yes, we...could...I guess" he said still hesitant.

"Awesome!" Naruto shouted with a smile that this once was genuine.

Sombra allowed himself a chuckle "Yes, I could give it a chance I suppose" he thought as he opened his eyes that were now normal, with the noticeable difference of his irises being green instead of red.

"Yes good once he trust us we'll be able to do whatever we want with him. if he ever learn to use the power of the fox he could be a good weapon against the princesses" Sombra's other personality said with a chuckle

Sombra frowned "Don't even think about it" he thought silencing his other self.

Meanwhile Yami was in the garden of a vast palace watching the whole scene that reflected on the small pond in front of which she sat. Right next to her was another goddess with long black hair and blue-grey eyes, her kimono was golden with gorgeous patterns of silver clouds with a few bird, her fair skin seemed to shine with vitality like the sun itself.

"Well looks like your little plan finally turned out well" the goddess said with a smile.

"You knew it would have eventually turned that way...you would not have allowed it otherwise. After all that kid is your little favorite ,right? Amaterasu?" Yami said with a smirk "And I just did that because it will make things interesting"

Amaterasu let out an exasperated sigh "Can't you take anything seriously? you really are the kind who would put the world upside-down just for fun" she said sending a glare at the goddess of darkness.

Yami had a fake hurt look on her face "It happened only once, just once and you won't let me live with it, you are no fun" she said with a fake pout.

"Well someone has to keep you in line" Amaterasu said laughing quietly soon joined by Yami.

End of the Prologue

Oracle: that's all for now! hope you liked it!

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