Naruto: The Legend Begins

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Prologue

"Chidori!"

"Rasengan!"

Two voices carried through the valley of death. A fight between two humans, two ninjas, two rivals, two friends and most of all two brothers was taking place.

One might ask why?

Simple, it's because one was abandoning the bonds forged through friendship (or rivalry in this case) for power and revenge, the most devastating factor in any relationship.

The two mortals, struggling to overcome each other - One to bring back his friend and fulfill his promise to teammate and the other to defect from the village for power. Unknown to these ninjas the outcome of the event will be bring forth the birth of a god in mortal form.

Currently the two combatants were encased in a black dome, the heat and the power was extraordinary for the two such as them in their current age and battle potency. Thanks to one snake and a fox.

The valley was changed, course of water widened, boulders smashed, and blood splashed walls. No one would say that all this was caused by mere two ninjas of genin caliber. Yet it was a sight to behold.

Inside the black dome, if one were to look, they would see a red being and a black one. Saying that those two looked different would be like saying nine-tailed fox looks different from a regular fox. At this moment the two looked anything but human. One with red-slit eyes, reddish-chakra encased body, elongated nails, ears and tooth. The other one was light black skin, with a shuriken like black mark on nose, two jagged claw-filled wings and jet black eyes, with the usual sharingan. All this definitely indicated something about them being more than mere human.

The two combatants didn't lift a finger to hurt either, instead let their jutsu do its work. The sheer amount of power contained in them was thrashing around wildly, each getting gashes here and there and blood seeping from said wounds. The blackness threatened to cover both of them, and the power of jutsu was starting to diminish. Seeing as how it may end in draw, the red-fox like being known as Naruto, lashed out with his elongated fingernails to at least put a scratch on his counterpart's hitai-ate, Sasuke, to prove him wrong.

Outside, just as the jutsus and their owner's were getting exhausted, the black dome started dissipating and white light was emerging from within or so it seemed.

Finally, after what seemed an eternity the blackness ceased to exist and the two combatants, namely Sasuke and Naruto, emerged from within. Though at first look it seemed a draw, seeing how the two of them were sprawled on the floor, however Sasuke after much determination on his part with revenge on his mind slowly got up. He looked down on the unconscious orange form next to him. Seeing his friend and rival there and realizing how he must have broken his heart, mind, body and soul; he just couldn't bring himself to kill him at the moment. Not intent on following his brother's footsteps, Sasuke decided to let Naruto live on his whim and started marching forwards towards his new sensei, namely Orochimaru, one of the sannin.

Naruto on the other hand, with a smile on his face, was unconscious blissfully unaware of the actions of his so called friend. His breathing was becoming shallow, slow and uncoordinated. The wounds and hole on his chest which was almost healed started showing signs of slowing down. The healing prowess of kyuubi seemed ineffective for some odd reason. As for Naruto, the look on his face seemed content, like he welcomed death over betrayal. Beside him lay Sasuke's hitai-ate, scratched. It proved that Sasuke valued the blonde to some extent, and it also proved him wrong that Naruto can scratch his forehead protector. On a much deeper level it sadly signified him becoming a missing nin of Konohagakure, as missing nin's have their hitai-ate scratched as a symbol of treason and defection.

Meanwhile:

In the forests on the outskirts of Konoha, Hatake Kakashi and his dog summon, pakkun, were making their way through at top speed to reach Naruto and Sasuke. Hatake Kakashi, a former ANBU captain and now the jounin sensei of ex-team 7 which once consisted of Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura. Kakashi's brain was going haywire from thinking about his two star pupils. He didn't want either of them hurt or worse killed.

"Pakkun, how much farther?" voiced Kakashi with concern to his summons. Being a dog, now of course we all know they have great sense of smell especially ninja dogs.

"Not much further Kakashi, but I fear we may be late. I no longer hear or smell the scent of battle."

"Kami, I hope not. I don't want to carry another burden of failing to help a comrade" Kakashi voiced his concern, while thinking back to his dead teammate Uchiha Obito. He remembered the guilt and loss of loosing a friend and thought to himself, "I hope Naruto is alright. I don't want him to go through the pain and guilt of loosing a friend."

Seeing his facial expression Pakkun secretly hoped to whatever god he prays to, that everything was alright. Just to be on the safe side they upped their speed to get to the valley faster.

With Naruto:

Coldness started taking over Naruto's body, while he receded to his subconscious and arrived in front of the cage.

"Oi kyuubi-teme where are you? And what's up with the cage, why is its color blue and silver?" Naruto asked curiously. Seeing how he got no answer he tried to roam around in his mindscape. When he turned towards kyuubi's cage, he saw a light growing larger by the second. In just a few seconds it enveloped the whole cage. Meanwhile Naruto was panicked and had started running. Now we all know light is faster than anything in this universe, but we seem to forget logic when facing a threat or danger. Now that's exactly what's happening with Naruto. After running a bit, which seemed like a marathon for Naruto, he reached a dead end and was panting heavily. The light was just about to reach him when his world went black and he was out cold in his own mind, making him unconscious in both body and mind.

With Kakashi and Pakkun:

"Kakashi I think we better hurry. Im sensing something disturbing, it's unlike anything I have smelled before. Whatever it is, it smells like nothing from this world." Kakashi was growing worried by the second listening to this new revelation. Whatever it was he hoped that he was not late. "Pakkun, how much further?" asked Kakashi, his voice full of concern. "Not much farther Kakashi, I can smell Naruto there, but not Sasuke. I fear the victor of the battle was Sasuke and you know what that means!" Kakashi sighed, "Yes sadly I do. Well let's hope for the best and hope Naruto's alive. What do you say if we take it up a notch?" and with that Kakashi opened his first celestial gate. Knowing and having Maito Gai as a friend and rival has to have some plus points right?

With Naruto:

Unknown to Naruto, who has no way of knowing seeing how he was unconscious both in body and mind, the Earth around him started breaking apart. Dark fog and tendrils reached out from the crack. It kept growing wider and wider the gap was wide enough to envelope Naruto's body. Strange enough Naruto lay on top of it, not sinking. What seemed like minutes was actually seconds, when hideous and monstrous arms reached out from beneath and all around Naruto and started grabbing him. They looked far from human hands, black, rotten and blood dripping from the left over decayed tissues. The fingers were long, flexible and deranged. Whatever they were, they started dragging Naruto's body beneath earth towards whatever lay below.

To Naruto it seemed as if he was being rocked back and forth, but in reality he was being passed from couple of hands to another, which then dragged him further beneath to what seemed hell. His descend was filled with walls which had hands jutting out of them and it seemed like a perfect welcoming sight to hell.

A mighty voice suddenly called out, "Wake up warrior, you are a descendant of a great race and as such you cannot give up easily! It is time to face reality and destiny!! Do not turn your back on it and be called a coward!!" When the voice calmed down a bit it continued, "So answer me, are you a warrior? Or are you a coward like Sasuke?"

Naruto regained a bit of consciousness, though his voice sounded zombie like, "I am…I…" Though he was awake, he still lacked conviction and his confidence was low after the loss of his battle with sasuke. The mysterious voice seeing the dilemma of the young warrior asked the question once more. "Are you a coward gaki? Are you even worth being acknowledged? Or are you worth it?"

"I am…I AM NOT A COWARD!" bellowed Naruto with renewed confidence and ferocity. He tried opening his eyes but found out that he could not. So deciding to use other means he used his mouth and asked his own question, "who are you? And Where am I?"

"You young one, are in…."

A/N: Haha! I know a cliffhanger! How could I?! (LOL) I just wanna say sorry for the cliffy but I wanted to see the reactions! (hehe) Have fun! Oh and I don't know how long it will take between updates, so bear with me. :D