The Future World
Prologue: Awakening
Naruto awoke on the cold cement of an alleyway completely unaware of where he was or how he had gotten there. He blinked a few times to remove the darkness from his vision and then sat up and looked around trying to get his bearings. Still tired he yawned and stretched before standing up and turning around to get the full view of his surroundings. Not finding anything of importance he began to think to himself.
'Okay, so I wake up in some weird alley and I can't remember how I got here.' Naruto looked down at himself and noticed that his jacket was missing leaving himself only his black undershirt and orange pants, he also noticed his weapons pouches were missing. 'And I'm missing my jacket and gear. Might as well get out of this alley.'
Naruto walked out towards the street and when he finally emerged from the alley he immediately noticed something.
It was nice.
It was really nice.
The sky was clear without a cloud in sight the temperature was a nice comfortable degree and as Naruto looked around he noticed how clean everything was. The street in front of him was devoid of trash and the park across the way was filled with healthy trees.
After noticing that Naruto realized something else. The buildings were weird.
They looked to be made of metal and cement and as he looked into the distance he could see ones that rose much higher than any he'd ever seen in Konoha.
Naruto decided that if he was going to find out where the hell he was he needed to find someone to ask where the hell he was. He crossed the street and walked over to the park where he was certain he would find some people.
As Naruto walked into the park he stopped mid-step. Something about this place was eerily familiar, the trees looked familiar the layout of the park was familiar but he just couldn't place it. He looked over to his right where a large slide with several children scrambling to go down it was placed.
Suddenly an image of Kakashi standing in front of the memorial stone flashed through his mind.
"That's it!"
"Huh what's it?"
Naruto spun around to see a middle-aged man sitting down on a bench, probably the parent of one of the children.
"I… I just realized something."
"Huh? What do you mean."
"Mister what city is this?" Naruto asked only a little frantically.
"This is Yamata City of course, the capital." The man responded as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Are… are you sure it's not Konoha?"
"Uh, yeah I'm pretty sure. This is Yamata City, I've never heard of any Konoha."
"You've never heard of Konoha?" Naruto started to panic. Where was he if someone didn't know about Konoha?
"Youngster, youngster!"
Naruto turned around to see an old man, seventy or maybe even eighty years old, hobbling towards him with the assistance of his cane.
"Uh, yeah?" Naruto replied to the old man with a little confusion in his voice and on his face.
"Did you say Konoha?" The man asked with a hint of surprise.
"Yeah."
"I thought so. Well that's what Yamata City was called back when I was a little kid, before Emperor Orochimaru came into power."