Hey guys. So, my first Naruto fic. I hope you guys like it, because I'm working really hard on it. I've got a bunch of chapters ready for uploading, but I'm going to update the story sparingly so I don't get ahead of myself. It's all in my trusy notebook. SO NEVER FEAR. Now, there is no specific idea behind this story besides the game of chess, which I love. The Queen, which is the most powerful piece, is kind of the inspiration for my MC. Don't bash her right away. I'm working on my character development skills still, but I quite like her.

Anywhoodles, please, enjoy the story, and don't forget to tell me how horrible the prologue was. Because yes, I suck at introductions.


Darkness is easy to fall into. It's like a blanket, covering you so completely; it's like a prison. It's an escape. Nothing can be free from darkness. In my dreams that is all I know; it is merely a dark and cold abyss. it never ends; there were no walls. There was simply nothing. It is true oblivion. It is the peace I have sought since my life began.

For what seems like forever, I have been a pawn, a toy; a piece in the game. Used and played, over and over again. The players have no sense for rules and fairness, but I have no voice. I sit. I watch. I listen. I follow orders. I do not question authority. Those who have questions are tossed away and forgotten. We never hear from them again.

Some days go by where I am just a space-keeper. I do not leave my darkness; my confines; my shackles. I am alone, but I am not lonely. I have never known anything but solitude and structure and rules. It has always been and always will be my life. I could recite all the rules as though I were reading them from a book. I had always believed this was never going to change.

And then the rules were broken.