AN: Hello there once again friends. Zamrok, back to once again try an idea to put onto the fanfiction here. Been a few years huh? Well, I have an idea again, and hopefully it's not crap, and I can actually do it. I've been trying to think of something for a while now and so… here we are. Not sure what I've got (what with typing this before anything goes down lol) but I hope you enjoy.

Prologue

Long ago, the world was engulfed in war. Heroes and villains alike fell in these great battles, but in the end, all hope seemed lost. It was the end of the third age of man that the most horrific evils were awoken. Even one of these unspeakable beings could end the world as it was known, yet all nine evils were set upon the world. Not even the pantheons of gods could stand to these monsters. So a group of men and women, chosen by the gods of good, and even of evil, were chosen to stop these Elder Evils before they could start.

Eight were stopped, suppressed, and sealed away. But one was summoned. Atropus, the World Born Dead, was summoned from the far reaches of the cosmos. As it came closer, life began to recede. Crops died in instants. Children given a spark of life had it snuffed out in an instant. Soon, food would grow old and spoiled in a fraction of time. The gods grew weak and weary, as the lesser of them vanished from time. And hanging over the heads of men was the pitch black moon of a comet, which spelled doom for all.

And so, like so many times before, the Heroes of Men would rise. Unheeding of their masters calls, unhearing of the fruitless effort they would have, they prayed for a chance. And with the collective power for all that remained of the deities, good and evil, they were brought to the face of the Dead World.

Days later, the moon that killed would lose its power, but would still have its day, as it pulled close enough that the world would never be the same after its crash.

But, life continued after that day. Men had won, but at what cost? The gods of old dead and all tomes destroyed. Faith, lost. Order lost, as people raged against each other in hate, need, and desire. Chaos reigned for the lost Dark Age. But soon, order was restored. And life truly began again.

It has been many ages since that time and now we find ourselves here: in the now called "Elemental Nations." We find ourselves in the land of wave, where a young boy, no older than thirteen, knows not the true burden he bares. All he knows now is the start of that burden. And that his Head was killing him...

A Chance Wave

The waves rocked gently as a boy lay unconscious on the shores of a forgotten island. He groaned as the waves gave him another splash.

"Ooohh… My head…" he groaned, pushing himself up onto his hands and knees. "Where am I…?" he looked around un knoing for a moment before it all came back to him.

~flashback~

"EAT THIS!" a blonde boy dressed in orange shouted as he rocketed from the fight. In his hand, a kunai, now flung toward the assassin holding his teacher in a water prison. This (as we all know ;]) is Naruto Uzumaki, new genin of Konoha.

He had just pulled off a spectacular move, tricking the killer with his advanced transformation for a Windmill Shuriken. Now with his plan, Zabuza HAD to free his sensei! Now free, Kakashi could finish the so called, "Demon of the Mist."

"You Brat!" Zabuza shouted as he began to make his way toward the boy, now treading water, while running atop it. Before getting too far though, he was intercepted again by Kakashi.

"Thanks Naruto. Now stay out of this," he said in a stern and focused voice, eyes bearing down on Zabuza, and his Sharingan spinning wildly. The two began their battle anew, the water techniques causing wave after wave, knocking the orange clad boy senseless.

"Hey! Whoa! Stop it Sensei! Ahh!" As he battled the waves from the Jonin level clash, Naruto could just not win. Having been knocked out quite a ways, it would be a hard swim to shore, but that's when he heard it.

"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!" both Kakashi and Zabuza yelled. Above them clashed two water dragons that fell to the sea with a mighty splash, sending a towering wave Naruto's way.

"N-n-no way…!" he whimpered at the massive wave. It came crashing down on the little orange boy, sweeping him out further to even more danger. For unknowing to him, he would be hurtled toward a small island surrounded by whirlpools.

"Aaaah! SENSEI!" he screamed as he was drawn ever further away. The sound of rushing water caught his ear both above and below water, as he soon saw the massive whirlpool.

"No," he thought. "I-I still need to become Hokage…! I still need to earn their respect! I can't DIE HERE!" And with that thought, he swam as hard as his tired body could, but in the end it was fruitless. And so Naruto Uzumaki would be dragged to his death in the depths of the sea…

Or so he thought.

~Flashback end~

"Wow… what are the chances of that…" he smiled, a chuckle escaping him. "That's right! You can't kill the Future Hokage that easily –ttebyo~!" he shouted jumping up… and immediately fell on his weakened legs.

"Damn…" he thought. "Gotta take it slow." He righted himself and pushed up off the ground, taking slow steps.

"Ok… Now to find the others."

~Hours earlier-With Team 7 and Tazuna~

"We can't do this any longer Tazuna-san. I'm sorry," The cycloptic sensei of Team 7 spoke remorsefully. He had just a few hours ago lost his Teacher's son, and now couldn't risk his other two charges. For the past few hours Sakura and Sasuke had taken Naruto's death quite harshly. While annoyed with him most of the time, the three did begin to form a bond. The orange enigma was always so loud and bright…

Sakura had yet to stop crying, clutching to Sasuke for comfort. Oddly, he allowed it and was in denial.

"That dead-last Dobe… He's supposed to be too stupid to die…" He said earlier.

"I… Understand…" the old man, Tazuna, said. "It's my fault… If I hadn't lied I…" He looked down in tears. "For what it's worth… I'm sorry."

"Yeah," Kakashi responded. "So am I. Team 7!" He called to the mourning students. "Move Out!" And he turned, leading them out of the Land of Waves.

"Sensei…" Sakura began. "Are we… just leaving… leaving Naruto there…?"

He nodded slowly. "It's unfortunate Sakura, but most shinobi never get a proper burial. All we can do is report to the Hokage and see what he wants to do."

The two students looked down again, Sasuke with a contemplative look, and Sakura with a thoughtful, then horrified face. "How are we going to tell the others…!" She whispered, wide eyed at the prospect.

Sasuke only stared ahead, unknowing.

~Back with the not dead Naruto~

"Sensei! Sakura-chan! Hell I'd even settle for the TEME!" Naruto shouted. But once again to no avail. It felt like he was going in circles and nothing was happening. He deduced that he wasn't in Wave any longer, since nothing looked at all familiar. And two, he was close to some sort of ruins.

"Well, I might as well check those out" and so he set upon the ruins. The area seemed to be hundreds of years old. Battle had torn this place asunder and destroyed much of everything. In the back of his mind, Naruto knew he was missing something but it wasn't till he came across a large shrine that he figured it out.

"Wait, is that the symbol on my jacket!?" he gawked at the massive symbol on the grounds of the temple, and then looked around. Hundreds of the same symbols were everywhere. But this temple… Everything else was destroyed, yet the temple was standing strong despite the war seemingly waged around it.

"Well if its answers I want, then there's my ticket! And maybe it'll even get me off this island." Striding forward the blond had yet to notice that as he stepped on the symbol, it glowed behind him. That is, till he got to the center, when the whole field lit up, all the colors of the rainbow and more dancing around him, as if to cheer his return. The wind picked up, swirling around him, and a small heat came to him, asking his acceptance before sinking into his skin.

"What is this?" he asked, closing his eyes to feel everything around him, comforting him. And then a rumbling that sounded like a far off voice.

"Dimension Door," It was low, and powerful. And before he knew it, Naruto was sucked into the dark door. And on the other side, he saw nothing. There was no light to guide him.

"Gah! This sucks!" he shouted in echo. Turning around, he found no trace of the… Thing… That dragged him in. just a dead end. "Man… This really does suck –ttebyo…" He turned from the dead end, raising his hand to his headband. "I really wish there was some light… AH!" he shouted as a blinding light came from his headband as soon as the word Light came from his lips.

"What the hell!? What's going on with me?" He looked at his hand in shock. Did he do that? How? Did he also open the door? What was going-

"Come… Mortal…" The voice was back. So, deciding not to waste the light, Naruto gulped back his fear, and strode forward. As he came forward, he noticed small shrines littered the hall he was in, but for some reason, he couldn't make them out. Soon enough though, he entered a room.

No… The word "Room" couldn't describe what he saw. What he walked into was nothing less than an endless abyss of gold and coin. Piles upon hills upon mountains of treasure and gold. "Wow…" he whispered astonished. He'd never seen anything like this in his life! So much gold could do such good for the people of his village! It could even help Old Man Tazuna and Wave! Maybe he could-

BOOM! An explosion of power came from the center of the chamber, gold spewing everywhere. Every torch within the chamber now glowed brightly, illuminating the figure as it roared out over the world to hear.

~Konoha – Hyuuga Household~

A girl in her dark training gear looks up into the sky, momentarily distracted from her father's latest lecture. Turning back to him she nods timidly before turning to leave. In that brief glance, her eyes glowed, and her father caught it.

"What were all those color?" he thought. He shook his head, dismissing it before going to train his true prodigy.

~Back in the Chamber~

Naruto stood frozen as he took in the sight of the monstrous being before him. It stood maybe two stories tall, though it seemed like it was on all fours, the legs and body catlike in structure. The form was scaled in a magnificent golden color ever so slightly darker than the coins that littered the floor. It's face was short with two magnificent horns jutting backwards and 15 long elegant "whiskers" around its maw. Frills like that of a fish finished its face along with two more small horns jutting from just under them on its cheeks.

A powerful tail seized up before manta-like wings extended themselves from its neck to the tail's tip. Finally, its eyes opened in what could only be described as molten pools of yet more gold. Naruto's hair stood on the back of his neck as the lizard stared into what seemed like his soul.

"Hello there… Little Theif…!"

A/N: Ok well that's that… Damn this was hard. Though I really wanna do this story and I'd like to do it right. Tell me what you think about it! Also I could use a beta. Anyway, later!