A/N Hey folks. Me and my brother been playing too much Assassin's creed and drinking too many energy drinks as of late and for those of you who've played Assassin's creed you can tell that this story is based loosely on it. The plot bunny's that live in our brains decided to wake up after hibernating for a while so we can write again.

Anyway, we unfortunately don't own Naruto or any of the other characters in the story but there are some characters we wouldn't want to own anyway won't name any...*cough* Sakura *cough*... Anyway please enjoy.

Chapter one: The End At The Beginning.

Sand 1500. Age 22

The figure ran along the cobbled streets of Sand in blind panic and desperation. He turned a corner and skidded to a stop as he reached a dead end. He swung round in the hope that there was still time to back out of the alleyway and came face to face with what would be his end.

Backing up against the wall the figure sighed, well, if he was going to go down he was going to take some of these bastards with him.

Drawing his sword, the figure faced his demise with courage, an explosion of metal filled the air as swords were swung at the figure. He dodged an attack and cut a deep gash in the man's lower back causing him to fall in agony onto the blood washed street. The figure lent against the wall to try to catch his breath and out of the corner of his eye he could see the next lot of guards coming his way. He disposed of them easily, however his luck would not last. The figure lost the grip on his sword and a guard knocked it out of his hand, which flew onto a body lying not too far away. The figure stepped backwards, tripped and fell to the ground in a tangle of bodies.

He hissed as he was grabbed by his hair by a large burly guard who spat at him, "I've been waiting for this day boy," and flung him forward into the awaiting jail cart.

The cart jumped and bounced over every cobble as it made its way to the tower which was to be the last place the cloaked figure would ever see. The cart juddered to a stop and a pale hand reached in to grab the boy's hair only to come close to his mouth, and the boy taking his chance to escape bit down hard enough on the man's lip to draw blood. The hand retreated as the figure jumped up and made for the door and dodged a fist that attempted to connect with his chest.

As the figure sprinted away he didn't notice the dark figure behind him that caught his arm and sent him flying into a wall. Coughing blood the figure tried to get up but found himself constrained as on either side were two guards that held him by the arms, preventing him from escaping. As he struggled the dark figure stepped out of the shadows and walked up to him.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here then? A little fox that lost his way?" With a smirk plastered on his face he lifted a fist and slammed it into the struggling figure's stomach before grabbing his face so that he could see the fear in his eyes and was surprised when he saw they were calm and collected. Infuriated, he raised his hand and brought it down hard on the boy's scarred cheek.

"You could of been so much more than this, a petty assassin... you could of been a king! But no you had to go and run after that raven haired bitch which is why I had to have him killed!" At the man's words the figure started struggling again. "No point struggling your done for...take him to the cells."

The guards nodded before dragging the struggling figure to his cell kicking and screaming all the way. The man smirked as he watched the struggle before turning to the smaller man beside him and raised an eyebrow.

"I was wondering if I could torture him before he's hanged sir," said the dark figure.

"No," said the smaller man defiantly.

"Why he killed him? He killed my lover!"

"No. He may of killed your lover but he did it quickly and he would've felt no pain."

"And that makes it alright?! He still killed HIM?!"

"Listen to me snake because I'm only going to say this once!" The man exploded. "Kabuto went against my orders so he was already a dead man walking, you should feel grateful that he offered him a quick death unlike Kabuto did to his lover!" The man spat out the last word and turned away back his carriage.

The plain grey ceiling was the first thing the figure's azure eyes saw when he awoke. He groaned as he rolled over and tentatively touched his head, grimacing when he felt the bloodied clump. Damn guards, he thought.

Sighing, he clambered to his feet and looked around the plain cell. It was nothing special, just four grey stone walls on which one had bars which highlighted the prisoner's predicament but gave an amazing view of the city.

He bent down and picked up the three legged stool which was one of the few pieces of furniture in the room along with a cot filled with straw and a small wooden box on which stood a glass of water, half a loaf of bread and some cheese.

He took the stool and placed it by the window and then carefully retrieved the food from the box. He sat down and ate slowly, devouring and savouring the food, taking measured bites to make it last longer. If he was right he only had a couple of hours before the hanging. Suppose it could have been worse, he thought.

After eating he just sat and stared at the city beneath him and began to recall all the happy memories he had back when everything was easy and carefree in his life. When there was no trouble and he was just a normal boy doing normal things.

He sighed as he stood up and began to pace the small room in the hope that it would stop him remembering his old life. He didn't want to remember, it hurt too much. Remembering meant thinking of everybody that had sacrificed their life to save him. So many people dead because of him. "Well, if I don't face them now I'm never going to get another chance," he said in a moment of clarity.

He returned to the stool and continued staring out the window. As he did this he began to go back to the time when his friends were alive and so were his teachers. Back to a time when everything was simple and it was just him and his friends and family living their lives together...

A/N

E- What d'ya think? Please review, god knows we need all the help we can get and I wanna thank my friend Katie for being my human spellchecker I can't thank you enough buddy.

H- chapter two will be up soon to satisfy you hungry readers!

E+H- Till then folks.