Hi this is my first story on fanfiction, so please be nice. I redid this chapter with the help of a friend. Please review and comment. If you have ideas for me to have happen in this story I'll be happy to hear them. If i like them enough I minght put them in the story. Enjoy

I don't Naruto or Bleach their creators do.

Prologue

He had been running none stop for about three or four hours now, he didn't care right now. All that mattered was that he had to get there before it was too late. He had to find him before it was too late. He had been beating himself up over this the whole time he had been running. For seventeen years he had been doing his job perfectly. Now because he went to visit an old friend to remember that old friend and a promise he had made to him, he was about to break that very promise.

Flashback

He was sitting by his best friend's grave thinking of how close the man's son was to making that goal. "I wish you could have seen him taking your move to the next level, defend the village against that 'Pain' guy or whatever his name was, and more" He got up to a crouching position in front of the grave and looked at it. "Minato, why did you have to do it? Why did you feel it was what had to be done? I'm sure we could have stopped that stupid fox without using that jutsu." The man sighed as he muttered to the grave itself. "But you wanted your son to get to play the hero of the village. If only it had played out how you made it sound, with everyone loving and cheering for Naruto, calling him the greatest hero of all time before he defeated Pain. But sadly, only the few people who knew what really happened that day thought of Naruto as a hero from the very beginning."

The man started to cry remembering that fateful day. "So, many people wanted him dead that it was sickening. Was it not for the fact that we did what we did it to help the village I would have killed every single one of them." He paused, still staring at the grave. He couldn't speak anymore to his friend, the memories of that day were rendering him unable to speak through the tears that fell. He remained there, crouching at the grave as he continued to stare at it, as if it was supposed to be looking back. He remained there for several minutes before a man with raven-black hair appeared next, who appeared to be worried about the one who watched the grave. Before the raven-haired man could speak, the other man looked up at him and scolded him. "Itachi, I told you not to release the Genjutsu, it's too dangerous for you to be seen alive."

"Sorry, sensei," Itachi replied, bowing out of respect to his master. "but we don't have much time. Sasuke was sighted around the area and Naruto caught word of it. He took off after my brother about ten minutes ago."

"What?!" The man yelled as he jumped to his feel, his eyes locked on Itachi. He knew exactly what was going on: the Akatsuki was using Sasuke to lure Naruto into a trap, and Naruto was too focused on bringing Sasuke to the Leaf Village to consider the possibility of a trap. "Which way did they go Itachi? I have to get there before it's too late!"

"It's this way, follow me." Itachi said as he jumped up onto a near by tree and began jumping from branch to branch, leading his sensei to where the Genin went. But without delay his sensei was close behind him, he was almost breathing down his neck. Only one thought was going through the man's mind: 'Naruto, please stay alive till I get there!'

Flashback End

As they continued running the signs of battle grew more vivid. Soon they began to follow a path of destruction; it was clear in which direction the battle had begun and where it had gone. As they followed the path sounds of clashing metal echoed through the forest. Just as they realized they were getting close they finally found a clearing through the trees, and it was through that clearing that they saw Naruto and Sasuke running at each other with their signature moves.

"Rasengan!"

"Chidori!"

"Noooooo!" The man screamed as he watched the two former teammates collide. He watched as both Genin fought to push their jutsu through the other. He watched them push with all their might, trying to get the other to give, then he and Itachi began running out to try and stop the battle. Naruto looked off in the corner of his eye and saw the two men coming at them, but it deterred his focus and Sasuke noticed it. Sasuke gave one last push to end this fight, and that it did. The Chidori in Sasuke's left hand lowered down and struck through Naruto's heart, but when Naruto's body bent forward from the force the Rasengan in his right hand, no longer being pushed back by the Chidori, came forward and drilled through the left side of Sasuke's neck.

The man suddenly came to a stop and watched in horror as both jutsu finally stopped and both boys fell to the ground, Sasuke's hand still stuck in Naruto's chest. They were both dead. He panicked and began crying as he ran up to where the bodies lay. The faces shared the same look; a look of regret. "I'm so sorry!" He screamed, grabbing Naruto now-lifeless body. "I never should had left you alone, I'm so sorry!" Itachi started looking around at the war zone that Naruto and Sasuke created in the battle. Trees were snapped in half, others were burning; some with red flames, other with black. Itachi was disappointed his last plan to stop Madara didn't work. At least he had made sure Naruto was safe from that jutsu. Funny, it was the famous Chidori that killed Naruto, the one thing he couldn't give him protection from.

"Kaisen-sensei, look over here!" Itachi yelled in shock as he looked farther into the battleground. Laying on the ground next to a crushed boulder were the bodies of Hinata Hyuga, Sakura Haruno, and Shikamaru Nara, a squad Tsunade had sent to chase after Naruto to prevent this very thing from happening. "Foolish little brother, why did you throw away the lives of your friends like this?" Itachi asked his brother's corpse as he gathered the bodies together to give them a proper burial. But just as he was setting them down he saw yet another in the distance, one covered in sand and blood within a crater that had be made during the battle; Itachi recognized it instantly. "Even the Sand's Kazekage fell today."

As Itachi gathered the last body his sensei laid Naruto's body beside the three that were sent after him. "He should be by his real friends." Kaisen said without looking up at Itachi. He merely pushed Sasuke's body away from those of the others to emphasize his point. "The friends that were willing to throw away their lives to protect him." Suddenly he pounded the ground with his fist as hard as he could. "I promised Minato I would be there... I was supposed to be there! I promised I would protect Naruto till he could protect himself! Why, Itachi? Why did this have to happen? Why is it that good people must suffer for the good of the Leaf Village?"

"Sensei..." Itachi interrupted, trying to clam him down.

"Let me finish, Itachi!" He growled. "First, the Fourth Hokage decided that giving his life was the only way to save the village from the Nine-Tailed Fox's rampage. But just before he did that we found out the Nine-Tails' attack wasn't a random event, so he sealed it into Naruto so as to create a way to fight against the true cause of the the attack. By holding the Nine-Tails locked within his body, Naruto was to be deemed a hero, but the villagers couldn't even see the difference between a boy and a monster! For what Minato and Naruto gave up to protect them, Naruto's gift from them was nothing but a life of misery! And then there's you, Itachi, made to murder your entire clan."

"I would gladly do it again if it meant preventing war." Itachi replied. He was a little scared, he had never seen his sensei like this. After he had completed his mission he joined the Akatsuki to follow the movements of Madara Uchiha and to keep from being found by anyone, as were his last orders as an ANBU. He had run into his sensei not too long after he and Kisame tried to captured Naruto after the Sound and Sand's attack on the Leaf 5 years ago. He somehow knew his sensei knew of his last orders, or at least that he hadn't betrayed the Leaf Village.

"Don't worry, Itachi. I'm not going to do anything to the Leaf Village." His sensei spoke, seemingly calm. "I just needed to blow off some steam. Sadly, I still need to..." He added as he rose to his feet. "Since it's your fault Sasuke caused all this death, including Naruto's death, I can't help but think you deserve some of this blame."

"Not again." Itachi mutter to himself. His sensei always did this when they were on a team; after the Fourth Hokage died, Itachi was the only one around with the ability to fight his sensei without dying in the process. And it was because of this that his sensei picked fights with him out of nowhere to ensure his own skills remain sharp, even with mundane reasons such as this. Itachi merely readied a single hand with a kunai and stared at him as he came at Itachi with a kunai of his own.

Before the Kunai could clash, a sliding door from what seemed to be straight out of feudal era Japan appeared out of nowhere, and was in midair! Both ninja thought the same thing as they stared at the door, 'what in the world is that?' Before they could take a moment to examine the door further, it opened and two people walked out, a woman and a man. Both wore black kimonos and carried a sword. The only difference between their outfits was that the woman also wore a white coat over her kimono with the kanji for "2" on the back of it. "Come on, Kisuke, we need to find the soul that is causing the dimensional rift before any more damage can be done." The woman spoke in a commanding tone.

"Yeah, yeah, I know, Captain Yuroichi," The man deemed "Kisuke" replied. "What was the soul again? A fox with nine tails or something like that?"

"Yes." the woman answered when suddenly a kunai were at each of their throats.

"Tell me, what do you want with Naruto?" Itachi's sensei demanded as he held the knife closer to the captain's throat.

"Is that the name of the Nine-Tailed Fox demon?" She calmly replied, clearly not intimidated at all by the fact that she had a kunai at her throat. Her 3rd seat was not so calm about what was going on.

"Wh-what?! You guys can see us?" He asked as he shook with fear.

"Of course we can see you. Why wouldn't we?" Kaisen answered. Something was off about these two. 'Only someone at or near Kage level wouldn't be worried about this predicament, but this girl seems not to care at all. And the only thing that worried the other is the fact that we could see them.' He thought when suddenly the woman in front of him disappeared. Acting purely on reflexes and instinct he spun around and…

KLANG

"Impressive, I've never seen anyone able to react to my speed like that before." The captain said as the two starred down each on opposite ends of their weapons, a kunai and a katana.

"You shouldn't be too impressed," He said pushing a little with his kunai, testing her strength. "An old friend of mine is just as fast as you. I've had practice with that level of speed."

"Really,?" She responded. "Then you could see my movements?"

"I wish I could take credit for that," he answered, "but all you're doing is bringing back memories. My old friend used to attack just like that, though the weapon is different. I merely reacted on instinct as if I was trying to block him." To say she was shocked would be a understatement; never before had she never met anyone who could react like that to her moves, let alone a mere human. "I've answered your question, but you have yet to answer mine. What do you want with Naruto?"

"Fine, I'll tell you. But first, please tell your friend to lower his weapon." The captain responded. Itachi, seeing the sign from his sensei, released his captive. After that she sheathed her sword and continued. "About 17 or so years ago, a Nine-Tailed Fox demon attacked a village in this dimension. The leader of that village created a technique, one meant to seal the demon into a newborn child."

"I know the story well," He interrupted. "I was there when the Fourth Hokage sealed the demon."

"I see. Well, then that just makes this explanation that much shorter." She continued. "The technique he created summons a reaper that comes to aid in the sealing."

"That still doesn't explain why you want Naruto." Kaisen interrupted again.

"I'm getting to that." She said, narrowing her eyes at him. "The demon's power was so great that after it had been sealed into the child its power began to leak into our dimension. At first nothing had happened, but after a few years the power created a dimensional rift in Hueco Mundo, and the hollows there started to become stronger by the demonic power and the rift it had created."

"If these 'hollow' things took a liking to its demonic power, I can't imagine them being any friendly."

"Correct. It was decided by Central 46 that since the demon was sealed with power from our dimension that we would send it to the Soul Society to seal the rift caused by its power."

"What do you mean by 'power from our dimension?' Minato sealed the Nine-Tailed Fox into Naruto himself. Like I said, I had a front row seat."

"We of the 13 Court Guard Squads of the Soul Society protect human life and keep the balance of souls on earth and in the Soul Society, and when the demon appeared we took action. When your precious Minato summoned a reaper for his technique, it was Captain of Squad 1, Head-Captain Yamamoto, who was summoned to perform the sealing."

"But then why did you have to wait until Naruto died before you came to take him?!" Kaisen demanded to know. All of the information was a lot to take in. Hollows, Soul Society, Court Guards? But he wasn't going to stop till he got the information he was looking for.

"As I said, the 13 Court Guard Squads protect human life and keep the balance of souls on earth. Removing the boy from this dimension before he was to die would disrupt that balance, so it was decided that we would wait tell the boy had died before we would bring him to the Soul Society ."

Again, this was a lot of information to take in, but this time a smirk appeared on Kaisen's face. The woman who had explained all this, who was supposedly one of the captains of these Court Guard Squads she mentioned, stared at him with a sour look on her own face. "What the hell is so funny? Why are you smirking?" The man continued to take in all the captain had said, the smirk on his face growing to a full smile. Finally, he bust out laughing. Both Itachi and the others looked at him like he was crazy as he laughed for what seemed to be no reason at all. But finally the man stopped and shared his reason.

"The irony is too great." He replied when he caught his breathe. "All the people from this dimension whom Naruto had done nothing wrong to. They wanted nothing more then to make Naruto suffer and make him miserable, they wanted him to just die. They wouldn't even leave him in peace during the times he wanted it. But you people, people from a completely different dimension whom Naruto's sealed demon had created a great problem, let him be and live his life and not take him to fix it till he had finally died. The treatment he received from those who had no reason to hurt him was worse then that from those who actually had a good reason to do so."

At this he begin laughing again. With the information pointed out and him fully understanding, Itachi also gave off a smirk of his own, though he refrained from laughing. The woman herself continued to look at the laughing man like he was crazy. But when he stopped laughing for the second time he regained his serious posture. "If what you say is true, I'll let you take Naruto to this 'Soul Society.' It sounds like he'd actually be able to live peacefully there."

"That decision was never up to you to make human." The captain replied in a demeaning tone.

"You're right, it was up to Minato." He responded to her in the same demanding tone. But then he looked up at the sky and went back to his thought in a clam tone. "It was to him I promised to protect Naruto till he was strong enough to protect himself. So I owe it to him to make sure Naruto is in a place where he can be safe and protected. I've always believed that the only time Naruto would have the power to protect himself is when he became Hokage, but now that he's dead, there's no way he can become Hokage. Thus, we'll be accompanying you to the Soul Society, to ensure that he is in safe hands."

"You cannot come with us," The woman answered. "humans are prohibited from entering the Soul Society."

"What do you mean? Aren't you humans yourselves?" Kaisen asked as he looked at her and the man that came with her. They both looked perfectly human to him, what's the difference between him and them?

"We are actually souls who are no longer alive." She answered again. But she began to grow irritated by the questions of this human. They shouldn't be able to see her, let alone know all this information. Yourichi decided it was time to end this conversation. "That's enough. Kisuke, it's time we left. Gather the boy."

"Yes, Captain Yourichi!" Kisuke answered as he walked over and picked up Naruto's body. But before he could reach the body, Kaisen was already there holding him.

"If it's his soul you're after, why do you need his body?"

This time, Kisuke answered his question, much to the dismay of his captain. "We need the physical seal that was used to seal the demon while he was alive so that the demon won't run rampant or do as it pleases in the Soul Society like others souls can. This way it'll remain within Naruto while in soul-form.

"I said we weren't going to answer anymore question! Let's go, now!" The woman bellowed. Her subordinate noticed the anger in her eye as she spoke, so he tried to get the body from Kaisen, though he refused to hand Naruto over.

"Like I said, I'm coming with you. I'll bring the boy." Now Yourichi was truly irritated.

"And if I recall correctly, you're not permitted to come! You two are staying here!" She commanded. Kisuke unsheathed his sword in order to convince him to hand over the body, but Kaisen and Itachi both back away from him and his captian.

"I've grown tired of your 'High & Mighty' attitude. I can take it from the Main Branch of the family, I don't have much of a choice in that, but I will not take that kind of attitude from anyone else. It's time we showed these two who they're dealing with. Itachi!" Kaisen mentioned as he looked over at his pupil who had kept his left eye closed during the entire discussion, preparing for this moment. Then he opened it and revealed the unique spiral within his red eye and spoke the name of his technique.

"Tsukuyomi!"