Shadow Games

Summary: When Naruto finds a necklace in the forest he unknowingly releases ancient spirits from the old world and unfreezes a long unfinished death game. In the midst of all this, an organization awakens and they have but one task. Thrust into chaos Naruto must survive... or die trying. For the Shadow Games must continue...until the very end.

Prologue

"Whatever the gods don't finish, mortals finish for them. It is a high task indeed, but a task nonetheless"

There was a time, a time filled with gold that flowed in various amounts and prosperity long ago, the golden age, the time of the gods. The gods chose mortals to represent them in battle. It was to prevent fighting between the gods for a fight between these powerful beings would destroy...everything.

Thus it was agreed, every millennia the gods and goddesses would hand pick a mortal and they would fight. Fight until only one remained, one champion. The god this champion represented would become King or Queen until the next Shadow Game. But the mortals began to become restless and spiteful not understanding why this was done only to them, that blood was shed for the sport of the gods.

Mortals grew to hate and despise their predicament, one mysterious god granted them power and the means to seal the other gods. It was during the last Shadow Game that they struck, The Queen of gods was sealed and the rest with her. The mortals celebrated, rejoiced, with the gods gone and forgotten the Shadow Games were also lost in history but never finished. Until one young boy started what was never finished and just like that, everything changed.

A boy was running through the forest jumping from tree to tree. Not an unusual sight but this boy had more grace and agility then someone his age should have. Black air, violet yes these were his distinctive features and he seemed to be deep in thought. So when his foot slipped and he plummeted down towards the ground from a tree branch, it caught him off guard.

"Whoa!" the boy yelled out as he landed softly on his feet. He chuckled a bit "Maybe dad was right..." he trailed off taking notice of light reflecting of something and shining nearby. Being the child he was, he was curious so he walked forward bent down and reached his hand out to grab...a necklace?

He turned it over a few times. It was a beautiful thing, two half's of a eagle pointed towards the left and right in opposite directions with their feathered wings outstretched and curving forward at the end. On top of the birds head was a crown and on each side of the crown was the small thin gold chain that held the mesmerizing piece up to put around someones neck. It had a very regal look to it, like something a king would wear. Or a queen, he supposed. Either way, it looks very royal.

It was pretty heavy, he noticed. Suddenly remembering he was supposed to be home right now he put it around his neck without a thought and tucked it inside his shirt. He felt a strange feeling, but he quickly shrugged it off and continued his run home.

"Man, I hope it's not too late already..." as he started to run off he missed several things happen. Multiple small multicolored balls of light shot off in different directions from the necklace, there were 8 in total. One black ball shot out of the necklace around his neck and into his chest, he felt nothing. After this happened, his violet eyes glowed crimson before dying down and changing the edges of his iris to red and his pupils into slits. These changes went unnoticed, but they marked him as a host even if he didn't know it.

It wasn't too late when he got home but it was close enough that his mother was curious. A quick "Sorry Mom lost track of the time" placated her and she was satisfied. Many would think Kushina Uzumaki would be a strict parent, they would think wrong. It was mostly due to the confidence in her son and the same amount of trust she didn't pester him with questions. She fussed over him when he gave her a reason to, therefore when she didn't see a reason small details like his eyes and necklace went noticed as he made his way upstairs to his room. He checked on his little sister on the way seeing she was sleeping he quietly closed her door and walked to his room to lay down.

As soon as his head hit the pillow and he closed his eyes he felt the sensation of falling. Wait what? Opening his eyes he looked around with a confused look.

"What the hell" he murmured. he was surrounded by what looked like normal plain rice fields. It was when he looked up however, did he notice that something was indeed wrong with this picture. There was no sky, the usual blue sky. Just a simply black void filled with shining stars and swirling colors. In the middle, was a giant flaming black sun. Suns weren't black...

Now he was really confused. He knew this wasn't possible so what the was going on? Where was he?

"We are in your mind" a soft voice said from behind him and he swiftly turned around and crouched low. Many years of training with his father had sharpened his instincts but even this caught him off guard. Before him stood a woman, a beautiful woman with a very air that shimmered with royalty. Elegent eyebrows, delicate facial structure, white silky hair, & red slitted eyes. Eyes similar to his own, but he didn't know that not yet at least.

"My...mind?" he started cautiously. He still didn't understand what was going on. If this was is mind, why was this lady here? Better yet, who was she. Luckily she seemed to know what he was thinking, which in retrospect was pretty weird.

"Yes, your mind. I used to reside in the necklace you picked up, you are now my host. My name is Amaterasu Ōmikami, goddess of the sun and Queen of the Gods."