AN: Hello to everyone! This is my very first fan fiction I have made, and although I've wanted to make one for a while now, I never had the inspiration to write anything. Lately, however, I have found that writing has brought a kind of peace to my hectic days and gives me time to think and allow my creative side to come out!

For any questions about the story or other constructive criticism, please contact me! I also don't care too much for flaming, but I would rather it be intellectual than just raving incessantly. Like this quote from Mark Twain "I refuse to enter a battle of wits with a man who is unarmed." You send me an intelligent flame; I will look at it and respond intelligently!

IndomitableSoul

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of Kishimoto-sama's characters, except for the ones I create.

So, without further ado,

The Calling from Heaven

Chapter 1

The Awakening

Sunlight poured out of the sky onto the green grass on one of Konoha's training fields. It was a hot spring day, with a myriad of different blooming flowers and greenery. Wildlife would have been found in this area, too, were it not for a loud noise continuously scaring it away.

A young boy was training by a large tree, and after continuously failing to destroy it with a strange ball of energy, he would yell and scream at the tree for not being dead by now. Uzumaki Naruto was certainly not in the best of moods. In fact, you could say that he was downright angry, for he was tired, sweaty, and frustrated.

"Stupid thing! Stay in a ball!" He yelled at the swelling ball of chakra in his hand. Once again, for the umpteenth time that day, he threw it at the tree, in hopes of it shattering like toothpicks. And once again, he found himself cursing his ineptitude at making it work.

After several hours and several upon several times trying to make his technique work, he headed back to his house exhausted.

'Man, this new Rasengan technique just isn't working! As soon as it leaves my hand it dissipates! What do I have to do to keep it in one piece through the air?'

He sighed as he waked into his apartment. He would have usually gone over to Ichiraku's Ramen stand, but he had run out of money after his binge there the day before.

He was about to head into his room when he felt a stir in the air behind him. He turned suddenly to feel a spark of pain shoot into his head. Groaning, he got up off the floor to see an ANBU standing there with a badger mask. The ANBU chuckled to himself as he stared a Naruto.

"So, fox boy, where are your friends now?" The ANBU then let out a full laugh as he kicked Naruto in the side, causing him to grunt in pain.

'Why do I deserve this? I didn't kill their families and friends!' Naruto thought painfully. As the ANBU continued his beating, Naruto displaced his mind from his body, allowing the pain to dull itself under the constant barrage. After 10 minutes of the brutal beating, the ANBU spit on Naruto's beaten body and sneered.

"You stupid fox! I wish I could kill you right now! Were it not for the Hokage's order, I would have killed you long ago!" With these as his final words, the ANBU disappeared with a poof of smoke.

Naruto came back to full consciousness and moaned miserably. Pain was shooting through his body in ways that words would not describe. Luckily for him though, the fox's chakra began to heal his battered body from its horrendous ordeal and the pain slowly started to ebb away. After five minutes, he gradually crawled to his feet and stumbled over to his bed, to lets a peaceful sleep overtake his broken body.

As he fell asleep, a single tear rolled out of his cerulean eyes.

'Why?'

Naruto opened his eyes to find himself knelt down on the top of a mountain. He looked out over the valley below to see the incredible beauty around him. He closed his eyes and took a deep, cleansing breath as a light wind blew through his golden hair. As he was resting like this, he felt a small presence next to him. Unconcerned, he looked up slowly to find a man with long flowing brown hair and golden eyes wearing strange robes staring down at him. The man smiled and then looked out in the direction of the valley. Naruto followed his gaze and stared off into the distance.

After some time, the Naruto looked back up at the man and said, "May I ask who you are? You seem like a nice person. "The man smiled and replied. "My name is Michael, and I am a servant of my liege, Kami-sama."

Naruto nodded, as though this was a common place meeting. "My name is Naruto," he said looking into the mans golden eyes.

Michael smiled again as he looked at Naruto "Yes, Naruto, I know your name. In fact, I know all about you, from the day you were born. You could say that I was assigned to watch your life."

Naruto stared at the man questioningly. "You mean you were stalking me?"

Michael let out a roar of laughter, which even made Naruto smile sheepishly. "No, you see, I'm an angel." Naruto nodded at this then took a double take.

"What? An angel! But, I didn't even know you were real!"

The angel smiled sadly "I know; not a lot of people still believe in us and our Kami."

Michael then knelt down and looked Naruto straight in the face.

"There is a reason that you have been called here. There are things that have been put into motion must faster than Kami might have guessed, and his plans have had to be altered accordingly. These plans involve you."

Naruto stared at Michael "Huh?"

The angel let out a sigh, then replied. "Naruto, since your birth, yours has been a life marked for destiny, a path set to lead many. You have been chosen, and only you can heed the call that has been set for you."

Naruto just stared at the mad, uncomprehending. Suddenly his words dawned on min and his eyes widened.

"But-"

Michael interrupted "I'm sorry, Naruto, but we have no time. You must be taken to the realm of Heaven to be trained for the times that are coming."

"B-But what about my friends? My Team? What will happen to them?"

"You will be gone for some time, and like I said, this would not have happened if things had gone according to plan. I am truly sorry, but there is no time"

Naruto thought back to his friends, Kakashi, Sakura, Jiraiya, and Sasuke. He thought for a minute before replying.

"Ok, let's go."

Michael smiled and they both disappeared.

AN: Ok, guys and gals, what did you think so far? If your worried about various characters and events being shown, lets just say that Naruto will be back in full force to Konoha sometime later (after training in Heaven and what-not) also, this fic will have some difference in its time jumps. For instance, this is After the Chunin Exams, which is where Naruto would have learned the Rasengan. So, also, in other words, we have met Tsunade but Sasuke hasn't run off with the Sound Four yet.

In other words, expect this to be a totally different story, in some respects.

Hope you enjoyed the first Chapter!