Copyright notice: I do not own Naruto or any character associated with the anime or comics. The only things I own are the characters I create and the story idea.

Authors notes: This is would be my newest attempt at another story. Does not mean I am giving up on my other one, just need to get inspiration for the next chapter.

Chapter 1: When you feel pain

The class broke out in laughter as they saw the spectacle that stood in front of them. In front of them stood a blond hair boy who tried and failed at performing the Jutsu that would allow him to graduate the Academy. "Quiet down now!" the proctor of the class screamed at the class. The laughter died down slowly as the students listened to their teacher. The Proctor turned towards the blond boy, "Naruto I am sorry but you did not pass the exam, and I doubt that you ever will. I must make the recommendation to your parents that they take you out of the Academy." The Proctor told the young blond.

A look of complete horror came over Naruto's face as what the Proctor told him took hold in his brain. Naruto turned and ran from the Academy room and out of the building. The young blond boy ran to his favorite place to sit and think, the swing outside the Academy. As he swung on the swing two figures walked out of the Academy and towards the young blond. "Are you done pouting loser?" the pink haired figured asked in a feminine voice. "Shut up Sakura, it isn't my fault I can't get the Jutsu down. I practice every day…" Naruto answered the girl as he cut off his words. Laughing together the other figure started to speak, "You hear this Sakura? It isn't the little babies fault!" the red-haired figure said as he and Sakura laughed together. As Sakura left the boy stayed and as he whispered hateful words to Naruto, our hero's face fell even farther than it was before.

A figure stood in a dark room. They held a kunai in their hand, as they moved the blade towards their wrist they thought of the words that were whispered to them earlier, "Why don't you go end yourself, that way you won't ruin the honor that are family has." Blood trickled from the vein as the Kunai slid across the wrist. The door behind the figure opened. "Naruto!" a female voice screamed through the room.

The Hokage of the Leaf and his family stood in a hospital room listening to what the Doctors were telling them. "What is wrong with my son Doc. I stopped the bleeding so why isn't he awake yet?" Naruto's mother asked the Doctor. "Well Mrs. Uzumaki I don't really know, the only thing I can tell you is that something inside of your son must have broken when he made the attempt on his life. Until whatever broke heals itself then your son may not awake." The Doctor told the upset couple. With that the Doctor turned and left the room, leaving the family to mourn for their hurt child. "Minato how are we going to get him back?" Naruto's mother asked her husband.

"Kushina, I do not know. We just have to wait for his body to heal itself." Minato told his wife. A cough brought the two parents out of their focus on their injured child. Minato and Kushina turn to the coughing figure. A red hair boy who looked just like Naruto but was completely opposite in nature stood facing his family. "Why do you even care about that useless piece of garbage? He isn't even able to access chakra, he did us all a favor by trying to kill himself. At least this way he would have been able to gain the honor back that his existence has lost our family." The boy spat at his parents. As the words left his mouth a hand came flying at his face, a slap could be heard echoing in the room and throughout the whole of the hallway.

Minato eyes flashed as his anger could be seen seething in the orbs of his eyes. "Don't you dare talk about your brother as if he isn't as important as the rest of us!" Minato roared as his anger came tearing through his body. Naruto's brother held a look of pure hate on his face as he ran from the room. Kushina turned to her husband. "Minato! Tai is just as much as our son as Naruto is. You can't go slapping him when you get angry!" Kushina told her husband with venom laced in her words. Minato's anger seemed to slip slowly from his eyes as he looked at the retreating figure of his son. Minato looked up at his wife with eyes that resonated with sadness. "I know my love…" Minato spoke to his wife.

Naruto stood in white chamber like a room. In front of him stood a man that was wearing an outfit of all black. Naruto looked at the man with confusion. "Where am I sir?" Naruto asked the man grimly. The man looked at Naruto as if he was staring through his body and into his soul. "Well child we are in a place whose name you cannot pronounce, but you may call this place limbo. It where those who take their own lives go for us to decide which realm we will send you to." The man told Naruto with a voice that seemed to speak directly into Naruto's mind. A sad look came over Naruto's face as his ordeal finally seemed to come to him. "So, I am dead?" Naruto asked the Gate Keeper for the dead.

"No, you are not dead…yet. Your human body is in a coma while your soul is here. This moment will determine whether you will pass on and your body will die or if you will go back to your body." The Gate Keeper told our young blond. He then continued speaking "I want to know why you tried to take your own life?" Tears streamed down Naruto's face as he thought of what to tell the man in front of him. Clearing his throat Naruto looked up and into the man's eyes, he spoke in such a way that you could tell that the boy suffers a deep sadness, "I did what I did because I brought dishonor to my family and the name of our clan. This was the only way to make up for my great shame." The Gate Keeper made a humming sound as he digested the information Naruto just gave him. Opening his mouth the man spoke to our young hero, "Why do you feel that you have dishonored your family? You are only a child what could you have done that called for this action?"

"I come from a family of Ninja, who all can control Chakra and perform Jutsu. I do not have these abilities and have failed them as I have failed out of the Ninja Academy. The only way to help my family regain their standing would be to end my life!" Naruto told the Gate Keeper while his voice kept getting louder and louder until it finally broke and boomed through the whole of this white chamber. The Gate Keeper stood up abruptly and turned towards a door that manifested behind him. "Follow me young one. There is someone I want you to meet." The voice of the Gate Keeper spoke to Naruto. Getting up, Naruto followed the man cautiously since he was not sure of who or what is on the other side.

The Gate Keeper pushed the door opened and ushered the two of them in. What Naruto saw was the most beautiful yet frightening sight. A woman with long black hair that ran down the length of her back, eyes that shone with a beautiful violet hue, skin of pure white and was dotted with a touch of freckles. She wore a long blue gown that came down past her bare feet. This woman was surrounded by two large dragons and one little one, she also held an egg in her arms. "Ah Gate Keeper what has brought you to my domain." This beautiful woman spoke to Naruto's companion in a youthful voice. The Gate keeper bowed low to the ground before answering the woman. "My dear Queen Umeka Hiro, I have brought to you a soul that could benefit from the type of energy that you and your people can harness and use. I just ask that you access the boy for yourself before you make a decision." The Gate Keeper spoke to the Queen.

"Very well Gate Keeper, I will access the boy's potential and then call for you again if you are needed." Queen Umeka told the man. With that the Gate Keeper left through the door that brought them to this strange realm. Queen Umeka waited for the Gate Keeper to fully vanish through the door before she decided to speak, "Now young one, what is your name and what has happened that you were taken to the Gate Keeper?" With that Naruto went and introduced himself and told the same story of his life that he told the Gate Keeper hoping that this would be satisfactory to the Dragon Queen. It felt like an eternity to the young blond before the Queen decided to speak. "So, in your world you are considered an outcast, even to your own blood." The Queen spoke but not to Naruto. She seemed to be having an internal debate within herself.

Finally, she looked at Naruto. "I am tempted to give you the power to harness the type of energy that we have, but there are a few things that I need to tell you about this process. Firstly, this is not the same kind of energy that you use in your world, in our world of Krystal we use a form of magic that we call Crystal Magic. These crystals each represent an element, and to perform this magic we must insert the crystal into your body which is a highly dangerous process." Naruto gasped as he heard the last few words that she spoke to him, fear and excitement were fighting between each other as he listened to the Queen. "Secondly, this process will change you to your very core, in ways that we will not discuss till you are a little older and lastly you must bond with a Dragon. Which is just as dangerous as the process with the crystal but just as necessary for my people." The Queen watched Naruto's body change as his body fought a war between his fear and his excitement.

"Will I be able to be a Ninja?" Naruto asked the woman with hope in his eyes. "Darling, you will be able to be so much more than that. With our powers, you could rule the world." The Queen told the young blond. Naruto's face became hard as his eyes shone with such determination, "Then I want to become one of you!" Naruto told Queen Umeka. Queen Umeka smiled as she looked down at Naruto, "Then welcome to the Dragon Mage Clan. We will begin your training in earnest starting tomorrow." The Queen told our young hero Naruto.

Authors Notes: I hope you all enjoyed the story. I have high hopes for this one and I hope you all will continue to be there as I develop this story. Please review with your likes, dislikes and general comments. Please feel free to PM me if you would like to talk about the story.