Hello everyone TKOD here with my first story! So excited to get this underway! :D

Now, I am going to warn you all beforehand this will have dark themes with the biggest of them all being reality smacking you in the face with a spiked baseball bat, you will get what I mean real soon. Character Deaths will also occur. This will also be AU, and Naruto is the FIRST Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi just getting that out there and there is reasons for that just stick with the story to learn why that is. Also the History of the Bijuu and Juubi has been altered massively because in cannon...their history makes me want to horribly vomit blood.

Seriously...

Anyway let's do this shall we?

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto for it belongs to Masashi Kishmoto, I also don't own any techniques, references or people used from games or anime in this story only those of my own design.

''I was once a naïve boy that knew nothing about the world, about how truly dark and twisted it was. Of the dark forces and corruption that plagued these lands. However I soon learned what I had to do...to make all the pain, sorrow and hatred go away...it started the day I died and began when I was reborn...''-Uzumaki Naruto

The Rise of The Emperor

Prologue: The Prophecy Foretold

The Valley of the End, a historical landmark if there ever was one a land once bloomed of trees had been cultivated into a battlefield by two legendary shinobi, the strongest of there age. It was a land that stretched on for miles, carved and shaped as such by the battle of these two shinobi which was so great the result was the Valley being created which was an ominous result of these two beings of such great power.

Two statues stood on opposing sides dedicated to the two shinobi, one stood unrelenting and fierce as if it seemed to stand guard while protecting the border of Hi no Kuni. This statue was that of a man wearing the armor of the old shinobi with the symbol of Konoha engraved into said statue's armor. This statue was that of none other than Konohagakure's First Hokage and one of its very own Founders, Senju Hashirama.

The other statue however seemed to give off a feeling of pure unadulterated ferocity and rage was what was opposing the statue of Hashirama while it stood infront of the border into Oto no Kuni. Like the first, this statue bore the same armor with slight difference to that of the old shinobi from the Clan War's and First Shinobi War, yet unlike the first statue the symbol engraved into its armor was that of a fan like symbol. This statue represented the appearance of the Uchiha Clan's Greatest Clan head and Co-Founder of Konohagakure's formation, Uchiha Madara.

All of which both statues held in one hand seemed to be unsheathing there weapons while the other was formed in the representation of Tairitsu no In (Seal of Confrontation). Coming down between the two was a river made by the battle they once had ever raging forth like a timeless river.

Only now the sounds of battle echoed once more across the land mark, the river rippled as metal clanged and explosions were heard a small cliff side was smoking whilst it showed the result of a intense katon ninjutsu from the molten lava melting the very earth itself. Every moment, every passing second the water would explode as if something impacted the water with extreme force causing one of many pillars of water to erupt into the blackening skies.

A storm was coming, and it was in the midst of this a battle of monumental proportions was taking place. Those with the untrained naked eye would be unable to see the fight that was taking place or the devastating techniques destroying all that was in the vicinity. Sundered rock, molten earth, and lethal explosions at their finest echoed across the valley in a short symphony of battle.

However those with the trained eye would be able to ascertain the damage and see the two combatants facing off against one another. If one were to look at the two statue's you would see two distinctive figures crouched at the base of both statue's. Going in closer one could make out an aura of purple whilst streaks of lightning engulfed the first figure at the base of Madara's foot, whilst the other was giving off a fiery aura of crimson and orange intermixed with one another, as streaks of blue and red swirled around the second form.

The first form was that of a girl around the age of 13 standing 5'0, crouched from where she stood the girl's skin was a sickly grey as blood ran down the side of her face as her chest heaved erratically as she glared directly as her adversary with disdain along with a smoldering glint of respect. Her eyes however were deformed or changed as a black four-pointed star between her eyes which were also changed as the whites of her eyes were pitch black whilst her pupils were a shade of a red as three commas blazing and spun in anxiety of the fight before her showing it to be if different, the famous doujutsu, the Sharingan.

Her hair though slightly spiky fell past her neckline giving a shade of dark grey with a few bangs falling past her forehead. Her body was like her eyes deformed as two giant bat-like wings came out from her back spread outwards whilst her lips carried a small sheen of light purple which gave off a small smirk towards her opponent further enticing him and angering him. Her clothing of choice or remnants of her old clothing being a dark blue short sleeved high-collared shirt with the red and white Uchiha Clan crest embedded in the back of his shirt. Only it was shredded in places that showed the biding around her chest showing a sizable B-cup. Her once white trousers were now resembling shorts as torn burnt ends showed the intense heat of her opponents attacks while placed on her feet was a pair of blue shinobi sandals.

This young girl was none other then Uchiha Yumiko, daughter to the late Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto and sibling to her elder brother and man her slaughtered her clan Uchiha Itachi. The Last of the Uchiha Clan, and now rogue shinobi of her home Konohagakure. Her eyes stared upon her foe with a calculative gaze even as her chest thumped painfully at the sight of her enemy.

And best friend...

'He's going so far to bring me back, but why...why does he go so far? So far for me?' Yumiko thought with a small mental frown.

Her opponent on the opposite end of her crouched at the base of Hashirama's foot was in the form of a boy at the same age of Yumiko only shorter then her by 2 inches. Blood ran down his body profusely from the giant hole in his chest and multiple lacerations and burns covering his body. His left arm completely limp useless from the chakra network connected to the limb was severed from the battle. Blood dripping to the ground the boy's stared back at Yumiko with such ferocity and anger any lesser person would have taken a step back.

His appearance was that of a boy with tan skin caked in blood and mud while his frame was lithe form held much strength and speed. His eyes glared ahead of him bloody crimson slitted daggers full of rage, anger, betrayal and so much more. His right hand resembling claws flexed as a swirl of energy started to gather up in his hand. His hair spiked up in multiple directions in a shade of pure gold, his clothing consisted of a torn, blood soaked orange jumpsuit and blue shinobi sandals. His pouches of Ninja Tools forsaken during their battle leaving him and herself with only their fists and ninja techniques. However the most familiar part of this boy though was the six whisker marks on his face now darker and more feral then usual, it was these marks that people that knew him would remember him instantly

This boy giving off such anger and rage was none other then Uzumaki Naruto, Genin of Konohagakure Orphan and Village Pariah of said Village, best friend of Uchiha Yumiko and lastly the first Jinchurriki of the Ninth and strongest of the nine legendary Bijuu, the Kyuubi no Yoko. It was this boy whom she stared at and he to her that they glared at one another readying their final attack for their inevitable final clash.

Now one may wonder why these two were fighting, best friends at that well it was because Yumiko had been offered a chance to take a step forward to her goal to kill her older brother Itachi, a way she could get the power to do so. Offered training under the Hebi Sannin and number one enemy of Konohagakure Orochimaru, at first she refused completely, but the second time she was offered and after a small spat she had with Naruto at the time due to his immense growth during their career as genin made her wish to become stronger to catch up with him.

She was reluctant, but after she heard her brother Itachi had come back hunting down Naruto she had gone out to chase down Naruto and make sure he was kept away from Itachi however it only ended up with her meeting said elder Uchiha. Admittingly she lost her original goal and became lost in her rage and attacked Itachi on sight before she was soundly beaten and from what was told to her placed into a Tsukiyomi induced coma where she had for the week relived the nightmares of her clan being slaughtered.

It was only after she had awoken torn away from her never ending nightmares with the help of the legendary Medical-nin Senju Tsunade. She awoke at the sight of her two teammates looking over her form Naruto showing concern for her which had caused her to become more angry then anything.

Did he think of her as weak at losing to Itachi? Did he pity her? No! Yumiko Uchiha if anything despised pity for she'd been pitied all her life after her clan was slaughtered and was treated almost like royalty due to being the last loyal Uchiha in Konoha. Yet she reminded herself at the time if anyone Naruto wouldn't pity her for he was in a sense just like her.

He had no parents, he didn't know the warmth of a mother, the pride of a father nor the love of a family, he was alone something she could understand. But why had he shown so much concern for her at that time and why had it set her off like it did? The very next day she issued a fight against him on the hospital rooftops. Was it out of Anger? Jealousy? Spite? she wasn't sure, even now. But it was there as his and her attack were about to clash and there third teammate trying in vain to stop them and almost getting killed did she come to realize on that day.

Naruto was at her level maybe above that and for some reason that sent her off the edge and in the dead of night after getting spoken to by their sensei. She was confronted by Orochimaru's men called the Sound Four whom offered her the same chance to become Orochimaru's student. When all that days events came rushing back to her she couldn't stop herself from accepting and thus led to where she was now. Facing off against Naruto in the one place where the founders of Konoha had their very own last fight.

On Naruto's end the young shinobi despite all his mortal wounds and exhausted state he still kept his glare dead even with Yumiko's, his face set in a snarl as his claws dug into the stone,bones popping and knuckles turning white. His blood red slitted eyes bore back into fully matured Sharingan orbs with such intensity Yumiko held down the shudder from her body. The emotion in the young Uzumaki's eyes were running rampant in a raw wave of anger, betrayal, sadness, confusion all swirling in his eyes.

Narrowing his eyes Naruto spoke his voice much different from his normal as it held a deeper baritone and somewhat gutteral tone.

''Yumiko stop this nonsense already! If you continue on you will only be used by that sick fucking hebi-teme! Let's go back home to Konoha, everyone is there waiting for you!'' he spoke yet Yumiko merely closed her eyes for a moment to hide the flash of pain in her eyes. It pained her to do this, but her status as the Avenger of the Uchiha Clan and ambition to kill her Older Brother outweighed anything else even the possibility of going back to Konoha in her best friends presence and the only person that could possibly understand her was secondary to her at this point.

''Like I said before the time for talk is over Naruto...'' her words came out in a monotone fashion, and in doing so she was rewarded with Naruto's eyes if anything glowed red before she was pierced by the slits of his eyes. She watched as the strange red chakra enveloping her best friend seemed to react to his anger. It whipped wildly in the air and destroyed much of the cliff side near the blonde as if the very chakra itself was alive.

Crouching down Naruto growled in a feral manner before he merely raised his right arm and without so much as giving it a second though blue and red chakra swirled about the palm of his right hand mixing in unison to form a perfect violet Rasengan. Clenching the orb a few times to stabilize its power Naruto glared down Yumiko as she readied her attack which was her gathering Raiton chakra in the palm of her hand with the chakra of her Curse Mark infusing into the attack made the Chidori change where it was shooting off bolts of gray and white.

Coiling his muscles Naruto and Yumiko stared at one another, and with a silent sign of ignition the two disappeared in two blurs before they reappeared high in the air closing in on one another. Rearing back their attacks the two combatants let loose a loud battle cry.

''Chidori!''

''Rasengan!''

When the two titans clashed the Valley itself seemed to rumble as an earth sundering quake erupted from within the middle of the valley. Chakra of different variations lashed out against one another shades from; purple, red, blue, violet, gray, and yet the anomaly was the two fighters kept in a deadlock in midair Rasengan and Chidori trying to overcome the other. Violently clashing with one another the river below them shook and ruptured by the intensity of their clash, and just when it seemed to end.

A sphere erupted before the two enveloping them entirely whilst the sphere grew in size before it held back the waterfall of the Valley and with just touching the two statues vaporized whatever it touched. However it was in the sphere that was important for as the sphere pitch black as the ebony midnight sky stopped its increasing size a white spark appeared in the middle before lines started to run within the sphere before the giant ball shifted slowly from void less black to a glowing white.

The two combatants vision went white before they just found themselves floating inside the giant white sphere. The rest of the outside meant nothing to them as both stared into each others eyes. Black and a fully matured Sharingan met the menacing Kyuubi influenced crimson slit orbs. The anger and betrayal, the sorrow and pain was gone and only impassive empathy was all that remained in their eyes.

Their hands reached out inches apart but to both it felt like the two were apart miles, upon miles, worlds upon worlds away from one another. Closer and closer they got, but to them if felt as if the distance kept growing until in that single moment. It was an instant moment but Yumiko's eyes widened when she saw Naruto's hand lower which she lowered her head. Naruto's eyes widened when a single tear fell from Yumiko's eye. Her mouth moved and her words barely reached them as he was too stricken by the pure raw sadness in her eyes.

''I am so sorry Naruto, forgive me...''

'What is she...'

Then it happened in the single blink of an eye the sphere vanished and he felt excruciating pain erupt from within him and through his back. He gurgled and coughed with the taste of iron filling his mouth. His eyes began to widen as blood began to dribble down from the sides of his mouth, he looked down only to see Yumiko's arm impaled into his chest. The sound of her Chirodi echoed in his ears as its lighting chakra struck his backside.

He could feel it, her entire arm went through him and all the way through his back...

Yumiko...had pierced him...

''Y-Yumik-Cough'' he coughed up blood which splattered all across her body, but as he began to fall Yumiko suddenly ripped her arm from Naruto's chest. At that moment Naruto felt complete numbness as his body began to fall.

Splurch!

His face met the cold unforgiving ground his blood splattering across the ground with the giant hole that ripped its way through his torso and completely through his back. His battered, defeated and crushed form laid down at the feet of the victor. His blood soaked gold hair fell flat as the remnants of his clothing began to darken crimson with his increasing blood loss.

Uchiha Yumiko at the moment dared to look down as the sound of Naruto's body hit the ground made her heart begin to break. And once she saw his dying form before her she felt the numbness return, the familiar cold feeling of loneliness return to her as she looked upon the form of the only one that could ever relate to her. Her best friend, her only true friend in the entire world.

The very same she had killed...

Her Sharingan eyes began to morph into an intricate manner, it began too stretch at the edge of her iris and the commas soon formed into three intersecting ellipses. But soon her body began to tremble under the pouring rain, and her head was lowered as she looked down at Naruto's body. She gazed at her arms only to begin to sob when she not only her hands, but her body covered in Naruto's blood.

''W-what have I done?'' it was a whisper, warm red liquid began to streak down the sides of her cheeks which was mixed in with the rain.

'To achieve the same power as mine...you must kill...your best friend...'

''It...this...no...this wasn't...this wasn't worth it...'' she fell to her knee's as the rain began to increase causing her hair to fall flat. Her bloody hands went to Naruto's unmoving body only let out another sob as her bloody tears increased. The pain was nothing to the emotional pain Yumiko felt at that exact moment though.

''A-ah...ah...ah..'' she began to sob and once her hand hovered over the hole through his body-the hole she made-and she flinched back as if stricken.

The hole...went straight through his heart...

''No...Naruto...no no no no...come back...please..I'll go back just please...no...no...'' Yumiko began to sob louder and louder as her salty tears began to mix in with her bloody tears. She looked up only to feel the bitter pelting rain hit her in its downpour. The sky was black and seemed the very heavens were weeping for this single moment. Memories began to flood her hazy mind, through the anger and hatred and the Curse marks influence over her mind. Memories of when she was younger and the times she played with an equally younger Naruto. The day they first became friends, all the way to when they were put on the same team.

Naruto's smiling face began to appear in her eyes only to be destroyed by the flash of lightning and she soon realized when she glanced back down. The cold hard truth...

Naruto was dead...

Yumiko Uchiha at that moment screamed, she let it out all of her pain, anguish and sadness in a wail of despair.

''Nooooooooooooooo!''

Boom!

Lightning struck at that moment drowning out her scream thus she didn't the single bolt of lightning strike the top of the waterfall causing it to explode causing the river to rush down in a giant wave ready to crush her. However the sudden sensation of being hefted up made her flinch only to look up to see a sight that made her feel even worse. That lone coal black eye was frigid as ice, filled with contempt as it gaze down at her for that moment. But soon his eye looked back up. She knew this man and his appearance made her feel sorrow flood her body.

It was her sensei...

Kakashi Hatake...

''….I was too late...'' his words confused her only to look only to see where she was once, the battlefield she and Naruto once fought in was now flooded by a rushing river.

''Naruto...? Where's Naruto!? He was there with me!'' she croaked, but Kakashi's silence made her uneasy more so when he closed his eye in anguish.

''I could only save you in time otherwise all of us would have been crushed by the river...Naruto...I couldn't get to him in time...he was pulled in by the river and drug under by its currents...'' he could barely finish his words for it felt like each word was a sword stabbing into heart with each word.

For Yumiko, when she heard this her eyes went blank as realization came crashing down around her looking at the river's rushing current and the way it hit crushed even the bedrock. And the rushing current was incredibly strong and with Naruto's condition-that she caused-there was little to any chance of him getting out.

That was it...

Yumiko...had truly...killed Uzumaki Naruto...

''I won't let his sacrifice be in vain, Naruto, I knew he fought tooth and nail to bring you back, and I will personally see to it you're punishment will be severe of that you have my word, Yumiko.'' his grip on her tightened to the point it hurt but she didn't let out a whimper not a word of discomfort. She felt nothing as her eyes went completely blank and dead to the world.

''I don't care...I deserve no mercy for what I have done...I didn't deserve him...I didn't deserve Naruto...I killed him...and as such I should be punished without restraint...''

Kakashi looked down at Yumiko in the slightest amount of pity, but it was crushed by his contempt to deal out punishment. He failed Naruto and Yumiko as their sensei, he failed to stop the fight and failed to save Naruto, his sensei's son from death. He was filled with anger and loathing at Yumiko, but mostly at himself for his failure that were among many, but this being his biggest. His grip on Yumiko tightened though, his black eye hardened to a cold steely edge he would be damned to let Yumiko not pay what she had done. Council and Hokage orders be damned...

Yumiko would see punishment be given...rightfully given...

Looking out at the river one last time as he turned away a lone tear escaped his eye before he vanished in a swirl of leaf's.

'Forgive me Sensei, Kushina and you as well Naruto...for failing you...failing to protect you like I should have.'

However as Kakashi vanished...he nor would the spy master of the Akatsuki that melded away as well never know that on this day, on this night this single event will mark the reshaping of the entire world as they know it.

For the fate of one boy's path has been changed, on this night the path of his destiny has been diverted from what was originally cemented. Now...he shall become something greater then he was ever intended to be.

With the River

Deep in the raging river Naruto's body was hurling, spinning its way through the rivers currents he couldn't breath as water filled his lungs, his wounds restrained him from being able to swim up. He felt his vision begin to blur, pain wracked every part of his body, his legs and arms felt as if they were crushed and his head felt as if it was going to implode.

'So is this how I will die...by the hands of my best friend...'

His blurry vision only saw the shadowy forms of rocks before he felt his hit head on with a couple of rocks. His vision went black as his consciousness faded at that while his body was pulled by the currents, he never knew though the work his inner tenant was doing though to keep him alive.

Within Naruto's mindscape Kyuubi slammed against the cage that kept it restrained his howls of rage and anger were drowned out by the rushing build of water all around it. The great demons eyes were filled with panic for its life being threatened as it was.

''Kit don't you dare die on me!'' the Kyuubi roared again as it fed its chakra through Naruto's system directly at his most severe wound. However that little human girl had done the brat in by completely destroying his heart and severely damaging his chakra network due to the lighting chakra striking every tenketsu cluster in his body.

Simply Naruto's heart was destroyed and his chakra network was damaged beyond repair and was practically knocking on deaths door.

But the Kyuubi absolutely refused to die here, not here and most definitely not anywhere in the future and it was as the water level be to rise that the Kyuubi decided. Its eyes narrowed at nothing in particular, but it was certainly speaking to Naruto as it rose all nine of its massive tails in the air and spoke mentally to itself as it began to draw forth its power.

'Kit, you better be damned grateful for I'm about to defy death for your sorry ass, if you live through this you better kneel before me. For you are now in my debt you stupid mortal.'

Then the Kyuubi let loose its incredible power, its eyes going full red as its massive youkai flooded Naruto's mindscape easily getting through the cage bars as it slammed into Naruto's severe injury and other injuries on his body. Soon his crushed limbs began to heal and his internal organs among others, his heart began to regenerate from what was left of it. Flesh began to knit back together, muscle tissue and tendons growing back before finally all Naruto's wounds had been healed.

That wasn't to say his other injuries weren't healed ones not even the Kyuubi could heal, but all Kyuubi cared for was keeping the brat alive otherwise it would die as well.

Feeling its work done, the Kyuubi let out a sigh before he laid its head down feeling drained at being restrained from pushing its youkai through its cage to save its container from certain death. It was exhausted now and needed to recuperate, but there was only one thing the Kyuubi thought of at it began to close its eyes for a long needed rest.

'Kit I swear to the Gods above you had better stay alive while I rest otherwise I will torture your ass in hell for eternity.'

The great demon had no idea what would be in store for the young Uzumaki for the days to come...

1 Day later-Konohagakure

Sakura Haruno had never in all her years seen someone so angry before, she had her levels of anger and temper tantrums. She had even bore witness a few times of the current Hokage's legendary temper. However as she was huddled in the hospital room she flinched when another shout was heard and a stray hospital desk was sent hurling into the wall. She trembled when she heard yet again her sensei Kakashi Hatake's yell back and forth with the Godaime Hokage, Senju Tsunade.

She didn't know what happened she had been left in dark the very moment hr sensei arrived she had been immensely relieved to see him carrying one of her two teammates on his shoulders, but when she didn't see Naruto grew worried as to where he was. Yet Kakashi hadn't said a word and just got to the hospital after having sent a message for the Hokage to meet him there. From there she was told to sit out in the lobby as kakashi met with the Hokage as Yumiko was taken to the ER.

''I will not say it again Tsunade! She may be injured but I will see her punished for what she's done! Council's order's be damned!''

''Kakashi Hatake! As you're Hokage I am ordering you to stand down! The order of the Council on this matter is absolute and not even I can overrule them this time!'' Sakura flinched when the hospital room shook before Kakashi's shouted again.

''I will not stand by and let it happen, you can take my status, you can take my rank, but I will not let her go with just a slap on her wrist. Tsunade, Naruto died to bring her back! Do you even know what that means? That boy was the Hero of this Village and he was killed by his own teammate! That is the greatest betrayal of Konoha's own beliefs! That boy was my sensei's son and I failed him and Yumiko. But I will be damned to let it continue so I will only say this once if you stand in my way...you will lose me as a Shinobi and you will definitely lose Jiraiya's support as well when he finds out about this! God knows what will happen when all those people Naruto's helped find out their Hero is dead!''

Sakura felt as if someone had literally just punched her in the stomach as Kakashi's words echoed within the depths of her mind. Her eyes widened as all air just left her, her emerald eyes glazed over as a cold chill went down her back.

Naruto...was dead?

Yumiko...killed him?

''No...Oh god no...it can't be...'' Sakura lowered her head into her arms even as the chaos around her got more frequent. Watery droplets started to fall as sakura began to cry to herself as one last memory of that blonde boy that was her teammate appeared before it began to break apart.

'Naruto...no...'

Same Time-Coasts of Mizu no Kuni

''Oh my God is he okay?!'' the sound of someones voice sounded and male by the sound of it made his ears perk up. The strange sensation of being held onto alerted him but the pain was too unbearable to move an inch of his body.

''My god...the poor boy looks like he's been through hell hurry help me get him back to the Kagami-san's house!'' another voice sounded off another male. Naruto couldn't feel much, his eyes dared to creak open only to see two shadowy figures of males picking him up. The smell of iron, fish and salt filled his nose however that action alone made exhaustion hit him thus his eyes began to drift close. Never knowing where he was or who it was that had him.

He only wanted rest...

1 Week Later-Unknown Location

''It's been a whole week since we brought him here...is he ever going to wake up?'' he heard someone talking over him, but his body felt heavy and unresponsive. His ears were the only ones that seem to work thus he could oly hear the conversation going on before him.

''I don't know, when you and Tenzu brought the boy in I thought he was already long dead. He suffered multiple lacerations, broken bones and fractures. He also seemed to have had a puncture wound from the nasty scar on his chest. Plus he had severe head trauma and he had a severe case of dehydration and his body temperature was dangerously low. Probably being adrift in the water and in this winter season is dangerous to ones health. Truly it's a miracle he's even alive right now let alone breathing, poor boy looked like he was put through hell and back.''

The two men didn't notice the person they were talking about was beginning to shift. The boy in question felt his body was solid as stone, but his eyes began to twitch and creak open ever so slightly.

''Damn I didn't know it was that bad, but I agree outwardly he looked like he was mangled by a group of sharks or hit by some of the Shinobi around here. But with that kind of damage I'm surprised the boy isn't dead by now. Hell even the mayor is asking if the boy's alright, the whole towns wondering if he'll wake up. It is rare for us to get any outsiders with the War engulfing the country.''

''I know, but we can only hope he wakes up soon.''

That's when both of men flinched when a groan was heard then turned their heads to see the very boy they were speaking about began to wake up. Suddenly to the two rushed over to his bdisde as the young lad began to wake up.

''Holy, he's waking up quick Kai get some a cup of water for the lad.'' Kai nodded before rushing off to get it done. The other man helped the young boy who was slowly waking him, and soon kai returned with the water. Taking the cup the man offered it to the boy.

''Here ya go kid, drink up I imagine your throat feels like a desert right now.'' the young boy could only give a slow nod. With the help of the older man he greedily began to drink in the cool refreshing liquid quenching his throat and thirst. After a few seconds the whole glass was empty and the man took the glass and set it down.

''Hey, kid you okay?'' Kai asked the boy, the boy in question blinked hi eyes a few times revealing a shade of azure both men had never seen. Such a deep shade of azure was foreign to them and they were a bit perplexed at how his eyes seemed to soak up his surroundings with ease.

''Y-yeah...'' the boy said, and it was then Kai one of the two who broughyht the boy in noticed his hair at first the boys haired was caked in blood and dirt and was flat from bein soaked in water. However after being cleaned and healed he and the other man were surprised to see the boys hair was a shade of gold as rich as the sun itself. His hair was incredibly spiky with a few of his bangs nearly covering his eyes. Plus his tanned skin and facial appearance especially those whisker-like marks on his face showed that this boy was not of their country so the boy was definitely a foreigner from the mainland.

Kai swallowed a nervous lump in his throat before asking again hoping he didn't push the boy too far so soon after he woke up. ''Do you remember what happened to you...or how you ended up so hurt?'' he asked as the elder man, Kagami he was named watched with a critical eye.

The young boy blinked again before looking up at the two men his face scrunched up before he raised his hand to his head. ''I...I don't know...Where am I?...What happened to me?...I-I don't...'' clearly the boy was struggling to remember what happened to him and this time Kagami stepped in. His old experienced eyes looked at the boy with a comforting look yet a glaze of pity was there as well.

''I see, do you remember who you are? What is your name? Where is your home?'' he asked and this time the boy seemed to struggle even more.

''...No...I-I don't...where did I come from...who was I I don't remember...I do remember my name though, my name is...Naruto...Naruto Uzumaki...that's all I remember.'' Kagami frowned at this answer, but he expected it nonetheless. Being a trained physician as he was he calculated scenarios to what the boy suffered. His skull had been fractured, but it healed over time, but the damage would present itself in many ways.

However it seemed to show itself as the number one case...

'Poor kid...he's got amnesia...'

''I see, then it would seem you have suffered amnesia, Naruto-san let me introduce ourselves, I am Kagami Rono I am the Doctor of this little town and this here beside me is Kai Izuki he was one of the two that found you and brought you to me.'' Naruto looked at the two, Kagami was an elderly man possibly in his late 50's with graying hair along with a goatee and beard. His eyes were black and were both warm and comforting to the young boy. Kai seemed to be a middle aged man with brown hair and a goatee, his brown eyes looked at him in worry but a bit of pity.

''I...I see...nice to meet the both of you...can I have some time to rest now? I feel very tired.''

''Oh of course, Kai and I will leave you be until you've rested. When you've awoken maybe we can go speak with the mayor and maybe figure out a way for you to live here until you hopefully recover your memory. How does that sound, Naruto-san?'' for the first time the two men were rewarded with a small smile of gratefulness from the young boy who nodded his head.

''I would be most thankful if we could...'' with that Naruto sunk back down and laid his head down as the two men made their way to leave. As they went out the door Naruto let out a sigh before he looked up at the ceiling. Reaching up Naruto looked at his hand and once again tried in vain to pull up any memories. Only to feel nothing, he couldn't feel even the smallest amount of memories he couldn't grasp them because he just didn't feel them anywhere.

''Who...Who was I...Who am I?''

'And...why do I feel so weak?'

There we go that's the prologue of this story any criticism is appreciated, but flamers will be ignored indefinitely.

Does Kakashi seem out of character? It was intended because this is AU and people will be OC somewhat, but more about Konoha, what it goes through with Naruto's death, and Naruto's life will continue next chapter.

Now have a pleasant day and a have a great Halloween everyone!

TKOD