(Camera zooms in on GS in a lab coat, Inu, and a figure in one of those thingies you see human experiments put in) (Note: This time it is actually relevant to the story!)

GS: Is experiment DA-1 ready?

Inu: Yes, sir.

GS: Good. How much longer till the other one is ready?

Inu: It could take a while. Pure light is harder to give form to than true darkness.

GS: All right. Prepare for launch.

Inu: (pulls lever)

(DA-1 zooms downward through a hole in the thingy)

GS: …And Operation Whirlpool Fox is a go.

Prologue: Dark Ace

"Die, demon!"

'Why do they hate me?!? I never did anything to them!'

A five-year-old Naruto Uzumaki was up against an alley wall at night, waiting for the mob to overtake him and beat him. The mob was armed with broken bottles, pitchforks, torches, and even – holy shit, is that a katana?!?

"NOW YOU DIE!" Naruto closed his eyes, waiting for the sword to plunge into his heart…

Not far away, a figure groaned, rubbing his neck. 'The Boss could've made the landing softer!' The figure had grey eyes and black hair. He wore black shorts, a gray T-shirt, and black wristbands. The two most interesting parts were that he had a giant, black key with a heart-shaped notch at the end and he had no shadow. The figure stood. "Now then… where's…"

"Die, demon!"

"OH, SHIT!" He ran to the scene, brandishing his weapon.

CLANG! Naruto opened his eyes in confusion. '"Clang?" Since when does a sword through the chest go "clang?"' He saw a strange teenager using a giant black key to block the sword.

The figure spoke. "You okay back there, squirt?"

Naruto blinked, still confused. "Yeah, but… who're you?"

The teen looked back at him grinned. "My name is Dark Ace… but you can just call me Ace. Okay?" Naruto slowly nodded. "Good. Now then…" The stranger turned back and casually slapped the sword away with his key. "Whose idea was it to attack an innocent boy?" His voice was now cold as ice, and carried untold power.

A man with dark hair and black eyes stepped forward. "Why are you protecting the demon brat?"

"Well, somebody has to, ya demon spawn."

The man twitched as a murmur went through the mob. "What did you say?"

"You heard me, Uchiha. The only reason you have the Sharingan is because the Kyuubi was bored and decided to mutate his first jinchuuriki's son's Byakugan."

"YOU WILL PAY FOR SUCH LIES!" The Uchiha made some handsigns. "Fire Style: Grand Fireball!" He breathed fire on the two of them, engulfing them in flames as the mob cheered on.

The cheers died away as the fire abated to reveal an untouched Ace standing there with a strange purplish wall in front of him. "A handy thing, darkness is. Easy to mold if you have the right abilities. For example…" He leveled his key at the Uchiha. "DARK FIRAZA!" A black fireball formed, then slammed into the Uchiha at top speed, reducing him to dust.

Ace then looked at the stunned crowd. "He broke the law. He knew the consequences. Anyone else wanna mess with me?" He leveled his key at them for emphasis and the alley was vacated almost instantly, except for Ace and Naruto.

"So," Ace said cheerfully, slinging his key over his shoulder and turned to face Naruto, "Any questions?" He looked down, seeing that the little boy had fainted. "Okay, maybe we should save the questions for later."

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