Hey guys. I'm making this new story in hopes of succeeding its predecesor, Bond of Steel. Now, some of you may be asking, why am I making a new story? Well, I'm doing so because, Bond of Steel, didn't go as well as I had hoped. I made way more mistakes than I could count with five hands and six fingers each. Hopefully, this one will be a whole lot better. In short, Bond of Steel will be scrapped. Fortunately though, I will keep it there as future reference and I may be taking some ideas from there. I really hope this one will be better for all of you because I really wouldn't like to start a new one.

Summary: Does Naruto's strength really come from the Kyuubi? How does he get so strong in such little time? Is it really because of the Kyuubi, or something else? Inspired by "The One," featuring Jet Li.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Jet Li and his movies.

In a lawless world in the distant future, a fugitive is on the run, trying to step on the toes of God himself. He is one man, born like any other, but has discovered something that can grant him ultimate power. Mankind has stated that they are alone in a vast universe with no one else sharing it with them. What this man has discovered is, that there exists more than one universe, a multiverse, a dimension where exists the same of every person that lives in his universe. Inside each person, lies a tiny fragment of power that belongs to man's divine creator, God. By itself, it lies completely dormant, sealed away into the body that protects it. But once unleashed, incredible power can be achieved. The only way it can be unleashed, is by destroying the body and releasing it. But a condition must be met. The target must be killed by the person that contains the exact same DNA, in other words, a person from another universe that lives the same life as the target. When the target is killed, the tiny fragment of power that is held inside his body, is divided into the others from the different multiverses who share his same identity. What happens if this person travels to every universe, killing those that live the same life as he did? What if all of those tiny fragments of power, was contained into one body, one entity? The power of God, unleashed in human form.
In a jail cell, far into the future, was a captive prisoner, accused for something that he did not commit. He had a set of blond spiky hair and the usual overall wear that the other prisoners wore. He had bright azure eyes. The gates that imprisoned him opened, revealing several guards that had futuristic armors and weapons for heavy duty combat. They entered his cell and placed a sturdy looking body armor over his torso. The blond prisoner didn't even look at them, as they did their job, as well as whispering to him that he was going to be free. The prisoner smirked a bit, finally, some justice around here. They pulled him up from his seat and strapped his head with a head protector, made with similar materials as the body armor. They allowed him to stand as they rushed him out of the prison. On the way out, an angry prisoner threw a knife at the blond, unable to kill him due to the armor he wore. The blond rushed to the bars that separated him from the other prisoner, and merely kicked it, placing a heavy dent on the bars and flinging the inmate to the wall. The guards continued to quickly escape from the prison room.

They arrived at a parking lot where they would take the prisoner to an armored car, and take him to court, where a trial would take place with one of their finest lawyers, freeing him from the misleadings that they the government thought that he committed. When they walked further into the parking lot, the blond stopped walking, looking around him as if sensing another presence nearby. But not just any presence, a familiar one.

"Someone's here..." he said, continuing to look around. Happening very quickly, a bullet appeared from the ventilation shafts above and pierced into the face of the blond prisoner. The blond slumped on the floor, dead. The guards around him fired a flurry of bullets into the direction, where the original bullet that killed their prisoner, came from. After a few seconds of firing, the unit leader ordered them to stop.

"Private! Cover me!" said he unit leader, as two other guards walked behind him, as he proceeded further into the parking lot. Without warning a figure appeared from above and slammed his fist at the unaware unit leader, knocking him out cold. He glanced at the fallen body of his target and smiled, feeling the unseen particles of power enter his system. He wore an attire that could match a SWAT member, minus the guns and the armor. Instead of the usual SWAT member's gun, with him was his trusty .50 calibrate desert eagle. He had spiky blond hair and azure eyes that matched the fallen prisoner. The guards raised their guns at him.

"Who the hell are you?" one of the privates asked. The figure in black smirked at them.

"Since I'm around to kill you all, I suppose I can grant this request," he said as the guards surrounded him. "My name... is Kaze!"

The guards pulled on the triggers of their guns, aiming at the target. Kaze simply snickered. Moving at inhuman speeds, he kicked up the unconscious body of the unit leader that he knocked out earlier, and used is as a shield, guarding himself from the barrage of bullets. After his safety from the bullets was secured, he charged at one of the guards with speed that matched the bullets from before, and slammed his fist into his face. The private was hurled into the air. Before his feet was removed from the ground, Kaze grabbed his ankle, snatched his gun, and threw him at two other guards. As his body was thrown at the direction of the guards, Kaze removed the bullets from the gun and placed them on his palm. He threw the bullets at the faces of the two other guards before the body collided with them. Kaze turned to face three more guards, who threw grenades at him. The blond simply kicked them back at their owners and ran out of the building. The last thing that the passed through the minds of the guards before they left the world was, "godlike..."

Kaze sprinted out of the facility and triggered some wires that set off the alarm. He didn't even bother to turn around and kept running. Several guards hopped into their vehicles and chased after the running fugitive. They followed their target to the main road. One of the vehicles were about to catch up with him when he picked up his pace, easily outrunning his pursuers. The driver of the vehicle looked to his scanner and grimaced.

"Holy shit, he's doing sixty!" he exclaimed, as Kaze blurred out of sight. Kaze ran through several houses and hid out of sight. He checked his watch.

"Sixty seconds before another wormhole opens eh?" he said as he took a second glance at the machine. "And I'm pretty close to it."

As he proceeded several paces to the proper coordinates of the wormhole, a jeep came out of no where and slammed into him, crushing his body at a wall of a house. Had he been a normal man, his guts would have been crushed, but since he possessed near godlike power, the house behind him was battered instead. Kaze jumped up from the ground and up into the ceiling. Just as he did, two men came out from the jeep and readied their weapons. One of them, a pale man with long black hair that stretched all the way down to his waist. He had a black trench coat over his shoulders, a black tee, and a pair of black leather pants. His partner, a semi-tanned looking fellow with a clean bowl cut of hair on his head. He had the same attire as his partner. Both men held their guns to a ready position.

"Stay on your toes, Shin," said the long haired man. "He's around here somewhere."

"Got it, Rai," he said, nodding to his partner. Both men slowly made their way into the house, looking for their target. Out of nowhere, Kaze jumped down from the ceiling and knocked both men on the heads, as he ran out of the house. Rai and Shin got up and followed him. Kaze stopped running after a few yards. He stood at the middle of a cul de sac and glanced at his watch.

"Thirty seconds more..." he said, as Shin appeared from behind him, holding his gun ready.

"Hands up, now!" Shin shouted at the blond. Kaze closed his eyes and smiled, as he raised his arms.

"So, you must be the new guy huh?" he asked as he turned to face him. "Nice hair cut... anyway, where's Rai?"

"Behind you, asshole..." said a voice behind him. Kaze memorized the familiar voice. "Two years Kaze, it's been two years since I went looking for you."

"Has it been that long, buddy?" he mocked. Rai closed in on him, his gun touching Kaze's neck. "I'm not your buddy anymore."

Rai turned to his partner. Just as he was about to say something, Kaze slammed his elbow at the long haired man, knocking the gun from his grasp. Kaze made a break for it, having only fifteen seconds left for the next wormhole. Shin aimed his gun and fired a bullet, straight for Kaze's skull. Senses kicking in, Kaze tilted his head to the side to dodge the flying piece of metal. Rai pulled out a different gun and shot it, aiming for the legs. From the gun shot out a pair of clips that tied around Kaze's ankles, causing him to trip and fall. Rai and Shin darted towards Kaze, who was desperately trying to escape. Rai picked up Kaze and was about to sprint the other way, when a bright blue light emerged from below them.

"Shit..." was the only thing Rai could let out, as his body, along with Shin and Kaze, started tearing up into tiny cellular particles. The pain was excruciating and literally felt like nails were digging into their skin, ripping them to shreds. As they were being torn apart, a vortex from above them opened, sucking them into its hole and sending them off through time. Shortly after being sucked into the vortex, all three men appeared in a white looking room, where several men in white uniforms started performing check ups on them. As they did their job, man in dark attire came into view.

"Take the blond and care for the other two," he ordered, as two of the white uniformed men picked up Kaze and took him away. Rai and Shin tried to stand but he pain from the previous event forced them to stay down.

After a few minutes, Rai and Shin had recovered enough energy to stand. The men in white uniforms were identified as futuristic doctors. Rai stepped up to the dark attired man, who seemed to be the one in charge of this whole thing. He had white hair, which was carefully combed to the left side. His wore an attire similar to a general of the military, except black.

"Permission to speak," the man nodded.

"Permission granted. What is it, Rai?" he asked.

"General Ho, I would like to see Kaze for a few minutes, until you send him away," he asked. The man nodded once more.

"You have ten minutes until he is sent to HADES, so I suggest you two speak your final words. You won't be seeing each other for a very long time," he said as he led both Rai and Shin to the location where Kaze was being held. Kaze was held in a similar jail cell where the previous blond that he killed, stayed in. General Ho opened the door for Rai to enter. Rai motioned for Shin to stay outside. Shin nodded and closed the door, leaving Rai and Kaze alone. Fortunately for Rai, there was a set of reinforced steel that separated him from Kaze.

"This is it Kaze, you've finally been caught. After two damn years of endless searching, it all comes down to this," said Rai. Kaze stood up from his seat and started practicing what little martial arts he could with the chains around his wrists and ankles. He started pacing his way back and forth while punching in mid air.

"The universe, a small and tiny piece of something much greater, the multiverse. We live in this world like tiny ants, ruled by no one. But what if one of those ants could rise up and become the ruler, wouldn't that be something?" he wondered out loud.

"Don't you get it Kaze? It's over," said Rai. Kaze halted his practice and closed into the bars that separated him from his former companion. "What happened to you Kaze?"

"Remember that mission that we were sent on in the Beta Universe? We were sent to retrieve a criminal who was a fugitive of over ten universes. During an exchange of shootings, I accidentally shot someone who was identical to me. I gunned down the "me" of that universe. In turn, I absorbed his energy, becoming stronger, faster, and smarter than I formerly was. Tell me Rai, would you be able to stop yourself if you knew that you could have the power of a god?" he asked his former friend. Rai looked down to the floor. To an extent, he was right. As hard as humans strive to become better, they will always be just what they formerly were, humans. Human hearts are filled with greed and can easily be overturned when the word "power" was entered in any phrase. The purest of men, couldn't possibly escape this fate.

"No, I probably couldn't," he answered as he looked up.

"Then you must understand how I feel!" he shouted through the bars. "One more, Rai, just one more."

"You still don't get it do you? It's over Kaze..."

"Rai, if you were on my side, for the sake of our old friendship, wouldn't you help me out? Just one last time?"

Rai glared at him.

"What you've done is wrong, Kaze. Not only will I not help you, but I'll help them to capture you, which is what had happened. The sooner you're out of here the better. I won't see you ever again, Kaze. You will be sent to the HADES universe, there's no wormholes there. I can only pray that you stay alive and live out the remainder of your days, Kaze, my old friend," said Rai.

"Perhaps it's you who doesn't get it, Rai," said Kaze, as he charged at the bars. "I WILL BE THE ONE!!"

Kaze smirked and turned around, continuing his martial arts practice. Rai turned away as well. Whatever horrible ideas Kaze was plotting, it wouldn't work. In a few minutes, guards would take him away and send his sorry ass to HADES. A single tear slipped from his eyes, the last tear that he would ever shed for his old friend. Rai exited through the door, and found Shin smoking. Rai grabbed the death stick from Shin's mouth and threw it on the floor, stomping on it. Shin left his mouth open in surprise.

"That was my last stick," he said.

"Good," Rai replied as he walked away. "Let's go, General Ho wants us in the control room when Kaze is sent to HADES."

Shin grumbled but followed his partner.

Five minutes later, Kaze was strapped on a metal chair. The guards that took him in, made sure that his wrist and ankle straps were tightly secured. After the standard procedure was finished, the guards stepped back. General Ho was several yards away from Kaze, glaring at him like the escaped convict that he was. Several men were stationed on the control panels that operated the wormhole. There were a few people that witnessed Kaze's trial but from a safe area. General Ho started speaking.

"Kaze Nimanato, escaped fugitive of the Alpha Universe, convicted for one hundred twenty three illegal universe travels, and one hundred twenty three counts of inter-universal homicide. Have you anything to say in your defense?" asked the general.

"It's only a matter of time you know. I'm going to escape from here and you will be unable to stop me," he replied. General Ho narrowed his eyes at him.

"You are sentenced to a lifetime at the HADES universe, where you will be treated and cared for, just like all the others that have been sent there. A fugitive like you will fit right in with them," he said as he ordered the guards to charge the wormhole. In the corner of his eye, Kaze saw a very beautiful woman with pink hair and a velvet red dress. The woman winked at him. Kaze turned to the General.

"What about you General? Have you anything to say before you never see me again?" General Ho was about to speak when an explosion was heard, distracting everyone, even him. Kaze forcefully removed the straps from his wrists and broke the ones from his ankles. They were all fools to believe that such lame straps would bind him down. Kaze easily dispatched the guards and flung General Ho to a wall, knocking him unconscious. Kaze moved to the control panels, and punched in new coordinates. Rai and Shin raced down to Kaze. They ran to stop him, but the wormhole had opened, sucking him into a different universe from HADES. Just as the wormhole opened, Rai jumped in to follow Kaze, but Shin was unable to follow, as the wormhole was already closing. Shin sighed and walked to the control panel. Just as he was about to reactivate the wormhole, General Ho stood up from the ground and stopped him.

"Soldier, what in heavens name are you doing?!" he shouted at the lower officer.

"Sir, permission to--"

"Permission denied," the general quickly said. Losing his patience, Shin stepped up the the general.

"My friend is out there chasing some faggot that should be locked in HADES. Go ahead and try to stop me, but you know that Rai can't do it alone. He will need my help and you know it," said Shin, as he continued punching in coordinates.

"Kaze has been transferred to the MAGNUM universe, where the last version of himself is located. Whether you are there to help out or not will make little difference in the current situation. Kaze nearly possesses the power of a god. The only thing that can stop him now, is his alternate self," said the general.

"So what do you want me to do?" asked Shin, facing the higher officer. "Find the poor guy and convince him to kill someone who looks exactly like him? He'll think I'm insane."

"Perhaps, but those are your orders. Should you meet up with Rai, go ahead and team up, but your main objective is to find the other one that resembles Kaze, get him to your side, and bring Kaze back alive," said the general.

Shin raised an eyebrow after entering the coordinates.

"Alive? Why?"

"Because if Kaze dies, the other one is granted the powers of a god. Like all power hungry humans, he'll eventually turn his back on those that he cares about and start on a killing spree. Being the only one of his kind left, he may become invincible. Not even we, with our futuristic technology, will be able to put up a decent fight against him."

"So, what if Rai or myself kills Kaze? Wouldn't that break the chain and destroy the power that he collected, thus not allowing the other one to become a god?"

"Yes that could be possible," said General Ho. "But highly unlikely. You and Rai against a half-god? Right... I don't think so, he'd tear you both limb from limb with his pinky. It's best that you have the other self fight him. He is our best chance. Be sure to stick around though. We wouldn't want him to kill Kaze, now would we?" Shin nodded and sat down on the metal chair. Shin nodded to the General, who pressed a big green button.

"Good luck, Shin," was the last thing that he heard before an agonizing amount of pain circled his body, de-materializing him and sending him to the directed universe.

Shin woke up a few seconds after the landing. How he hated traveling like that. He stood from the ground and un-dusted himself. The universal agent took a good look around him. There were trees everywhere. The sky was blue, the birds were chirping, there were actually clouds in the sky. He continued to scan the area when he saw a huge gate, about half a mile from his direction. Shin raised an eyebrow once more that day. That was the largest gate he'd ever seen in his life. He checked his watch, identifying that he was indeed in the correct location. In this universe, Rai was roaming around with Kaze, and he had to retrieve them both back at all costs, and Rai alive, if possible. Shin walked until he reached the gate. When he neared the massive green gate, he was stopped by two odd looking men. They had strange black hair, navy blue overall, a green vest on top, and a strange looking metal head band over their foreheads. On the metal was an imprint of that looked like a leaf of some sort. Shin thought they were just some guys for a tourist attraction or something. Just as he was about to pass through, one of stopped him.

"Hello, Lee-san, how did your mission go?" he asked. "And what's with the strange attire?"

Shin turned to face him. 'What the heck did he just call me?' Shin thought to himself. A second before he was about to answer, a four figures emerged from behind him. One of them had a set of long hair and a white top. He reminded him of Rai. Perhaps this one was Rai alternate self. There was an older man next to him that looked a lot like his father but weirder looking. Next to him was some girl with buns on her hair. She wore what looked like a Chinese set of clothing. To her right was someone who looked identical to him. Bowl cut hair, similar eyebrows, same eyes, same body complexion, but different clothes. He wore the same thing that the two other guys near the gate was wearing. It was also the same as the older man next to the girl, save the green jump suit that scared the crap out of him right down to the core.

The group of odd looking people stopped walking when they met with a man that was the spitting image of Lee, save the complete black attire. The older man of the group pulled out a metal looking knife. Shin pulled out his gun and set it on tranquilizer mode, not wanting to kill anyone.

"Who are you, and who do you work for?" asked the man. Shin lowered his weapon to the ground and raised his hands up high.

"My name is Shin Lii. Who I work for is none of your concern, but I promise you that I mean no harm. I'm simply looking for a guy with spiky blond hair, blue eyes, and a bad attitude. Do you know where I may find him?" he asked. The four people in front of him raised their weapons.

"You came for Naruto did you?" asked the long haired one. Shin took note of his eyes. What was he, blind?

"Um... yeah, I'm looking for Narootuo or whatever his name is. Do you know where he is?" He asked. Before anyone was able to reply, Shin was knocked from the back by one of the men that stood near the gates. The agent fell to the ground, unconscious. The one who was identical to Shin stepped forward.

"Gai-sensei, who was the man? And Why does he look like me?" he asked. Gai, the older man of the group, walked forward and picked him up, slumping him over his back. He bent down to take his weapon as well.

"I'm not sure, Lee, but we're taking him in for questioning. He may be a spy from a different village," he said. Lee nodded. Before they proceeded, the only girl of the squad halted her movements. The rest of them turned to face her.

"What is it, Ten-ten?" asked the long haired one.

"Neji... it's just that, if he's a spy and does have a henge jutsu on, shouldn't that previous attack have canceled the jutsu? Especially now that he's knocked out and lost concentration. Neji nodded and activated his Byakugan. He gazed at the unconscious fellow for a few seconds, then to his sensei.

"Ten-ten is right. This man here isn't in some kind of henge or anything. In fact, his chakra holes are closed, meaning he is unable to perform any jutsu at all," said Neji, retracting his Byakugan. Gai nodded and gave it a bit of thought. Whoever this man was, he came for Naruto, but why? Perhaps Ibiki might be able to help, but first, they had to report to the Hokage. Gai glanced at his team.

"We're taking him to Ibiki, but first, we need to make our mission report," he said as they all nodded in satisfaction and entered through the village gates.

Well, there you have it, chapter one of my new story. So whatcha think? I haven't exactly fixated on a pairing but, I'll let you all know when I do. Later.

Odama Rasendori