Yup, I'm back! And welcome to the rebooted version of KH: Rise of the shinobi! Now renamed as KH re: Hurricane chronicles!

Audience: meh.

Ouch. That's cold but then again, I have been missing for awhile but if you must know, I made my return a few months ago with a Pokemon fanfic, called 'Break the limits'. Check it out after you're done with this installment if you're still hungering for more of my work. (it already has six chapters by the way) ;)

Alright, shameless advertisement aside, let's get down to business.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto or Kingdom hearts. They belong to Masashi Kishimoto of Shonen jump and Tetsuya Nomura of Square enix.

CHAPTER I: A new champion has risen.

Everything was surrounded in darkness. It stretched on for miles and miles with no end in sight. Not even a spark of light to help guide the way.

'W-Where am I…?'

This was the sight that greeted a young spiky haired blonde with odd whisker marks on his cheeks. He was also wearing a gaudy looking orange jumpsuit that was torn in a lot of places.

"You are at the abyss, the place all worlds go to once they are consumed by the darkness."

Jolting a bit from the unexpected voice, the young teen never really expected an answer back. 'W-What the?! Who are you? What are you talking about?,' The blonde then felt a small migraine as he tried to recall certain memories from his mind. 'Darknesss…? Arrrgh…Just what on earth happened to me? Why am I here?'

"You mean, you don't remember? Hmmm…"

The young man then let out a small growl as he felt his presence grow stronger and blue eyes opened to see the darkness around him. "tch. You're not making any sense! Just tell me what happened! I need answers!"

"Patience young one. You have the answer inside you all along. Think long and hard for the answers you seek."

Grumbling a bit from the mysterious response, the whiskered blonde complied for now at least.

Closing his eyes, the young teen was then surprised to see the darkness around him slowly transform into a familiar sewer of all things.

Surprised by the change of surroundings, the young blonde began to trace one of the many pipes that lined the walls. He made sure to steer clear from the pipes that were glowing an ominous red color. For some reason, the very sight of it unnerved him…

'It almost seemed demonic…'

Shaking his head, the whiskered teen continued his trek by following the pipes that were glowing a peaceful blue.

It wasn't long until he reached a seemingly empty room where all the blue pipes were connected to a strange spiraling leaf symbol of sorts.

Suddenly, the young blonde teen was compelled to touch the odd symbol on the wall. With every step he took, the desire grew stronger.

A split second later, contact was soon made and before he knew it, the whiskered teen was assaulted with a barrage of memories.

He remembers his name. His village. His life…

The blonde then dropped to the ground as he clutched his head in absolute pain.

"It's him. The demon…"

"I'm glad he didn't pass again this year. Can you imagine if he became a shinobi?"

The whiskered teen then tried to block the noise. He remembers it all. The hurtful whispers. The pain of being alone. He remembered everything.

"Did you ever wonder why they hated you so much?"

The whiskered blonde's eyes widened in horror as he recalled his most latest memory to date. 'No…'

"Why they avoided you like the plague?! Why all the whispers behind your back?!"

"No…!"

He remembers a dark forest. He remembered a smug-looking grey haired man. He remembered the sheer betrayal he felt on that night…

"You are the Kyuubi no kitsune reincarnated! The very demon that took the lives of many innocent villagers! It was all your fault!"

The young man then clenched his fists as he tried to deny the evidence presented before him. "No! no, no, no…!" The same man from before then flashed through his eyes and he felt his resolve falter. "NOOOO! It can't be! It can't be, damnit!"

"No he isn't!"

Blue eyes then widened in disbelief as another memory slowly began to surface. Memories of an older man came to mind. His most notable features were his brown hair that was styled into a high ponytail and the large scar running through his nose horizontally.

What really stumped the blonde was the image of a fatherly smile being sent his way. The sheer care and warmth was enough to leave him momentarily speechless.

"Naruto is a lot of things! He's lazy! He's brash but he is no demon! "

Tears then started running down the recently revealed Naruto's cheeks as he slowly felt a strange warmth, spreading inside his chest.

"He is Naruto Uzumaki! A proud shinobi of Konohagakure no Sato and future Hokage!"

Smiling softly, the blonde teen finally felt the weight of something tied to his forehead. Growing inquisitive, Naruto curiously took it off and began inspecting the small piece of cloth.

It had the same leaf symbol embedded on the wall and the whiskered teen felt more empowered as he stared at it. "Iruka sensei…"

Naruto then slowly clenched the forehead protector before tying it back onto its rightful place. "Thank you. Thank you for always believing in me…"

"So have you found what you were looking for?"

Not even batting an eye at the mysterious voice, the young blonde simply nodded in response.

The whiskered teen then gritted his teeth in frustration as the last of his memories played out for him to see.

After the fight with Mizuki, everything was engulfed by darkness. His village, consumed by an unknown threat.

He remembered how everyone was eventually overwhelmed by the never-ending horde of black monsters. Their soulless yellow eyes also left a lasting impression on him. "W-What were those things?"

"Heartless. They're called Heartless."

Testing the word a couple of times on his mouth, Naruto then felt his anger spike now that he has a name to call those…things. "Heartless, huh? Just…Just what the hell are they?!"

The blonde then bit his lip as he tried to get to the bottom of things. The least he could do is try to be a better shinobi. For Iruka's sake at least. "They…They come in and destroy everything! W-Why…" His teacher's face then flashed through his mind before he was consumed by them as well. For all his self-control, Naruto couldn't hold it in anymore. "Damnit! Why Konoha?! Why Iruka-sensei?! WHY?!"

Dropping to his knees, the whiskered teen suddenly felt tired. So tired, so exhausted. He just wanted to wake up and find this was all just a horrible nightmare. For all of its faults, he still misses Konoha. He misses his home and most importantly, the people who became precious to him. 'Iruka, Teuchi, Ayame, old man Hokage…' "Why…? My home, everybody…all of it, gone..."

"It's in their nature…"

"W-What?"

Naruto didn't know if it was just his imagination or not but the mysterious voice's tone seemed to have changed. He swore, the voice sounded equally tired as well.

"The Heartless. It's their Nature. Creatures born out of mankind's darkness, they seek to fill in the void of what was once there."

The blonde's eyes seemed to widen a bit as he connected the dots in his mind. 'Heartless…' "They need…No. They want hearts."

"Indeed. And they will stop at nothing to get what they want. Countless other worlds have fallen to their insatiable hunger as well."

Naruto lowered his head even further at the new piece of information. "So those things have been at it for a long time huh? So there's nothing we could do against them?" The blonde then clenched his one fist in frustration before banging it onto the floor in one swift motion. "We're just supposed to live our lives in bliss until they come knocking and tear it all down?! There has to be something I could do! Anything!"

"But there is."

Naruto's blue eyes then widened as he immediately jumped to his feet in astonishment. "W-What?! No way! You gotta tell me!"

Then much to the blonde's shock, his chest started to glow with a bright orange aura. "What the? What's happening?!"

The mysterious aura then shifted into a more spherical shape as it slowly manifested in front of the whiskered teen.

Then the more he looked at the strange phenomena, the more it became familiar. The strange warmth it emitted, reminded him of the sun. Bright and full of life.

"This. This is your heart."

Naruto couldn't help but raise his one brow in confusion at the new piece of info. "My…heart? What good will that do against the heartless?"

"Plenty. The heart is one of humanity's greatest strength. It is the 'key' to the universe's greatest weapon. The only weapon truly strong enough that can vanquish the Heartless menace-The Keyblade…"

Letting out a gasp of awe, the spiky haired blonde shifted his focus back to the small orange orb that was floating in front of him. "Whoah…sounds awesome! So I just have to grab this thing if I want to get the Keyblade, right?"

"I should warn you, young one…"

Due to the timely warning, Naruto's fingertips stopped mere inches from touching the small sphere.

"W-What? Why? What's the big deal anyway?"

"The path you are about to take is a harsh one. It will not be easy. You may gain unimaginable power but at what cost? Wielders of the Keyblade are also like magnets to the Heartless, they attract them in spades. You may be forced to a life of fighting until this cycle of evil meets its end one day."

The voice's ultimatum was more than enough to seeming stop the blonde teen in his tracks.

"Can you really make that sacrifice?"

Four different faces that were engraved in a large monument suddenly came to the young man's mind. Without knowing it, the blonde subconsciously clenched his fists as a certain fire began gleaming in his blue eyes. "…"

"Hmmm? Do you finally understand the gravity of the situation?"

"I said…Just who the hell do you think I am…" whispered the blonde.

"What…did you say?"

Taking a deep breath, Naruto then proceeded to roar towards the heavens and without hesitation, he quickly grabbed onto the small orange sphere with all his might. "I SAID, JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?! I'm Naruto Uzumaki, shinobi and future Hokage of Konoha! If the fourth can sacrifice his life for the village then as his successor, I'll gladly lay down my life on the line!"

For a split second, the blonde swore the mysterious voice sounded almost…pleased?

"Heh. Then I wish you luck. You're going to need it young one."

Then before the blonde's very eyes, the small sphere started to form into a more blade-like appearance. As the hand-guard slowly materialized, Naruto then proudly showed off his fearsome grin as he vowed to make things right. "Heh. Don't underestimate me!"

The bright light then began to grow more and more until it slowly engulfed Naruto's form.

"Then good luck Naruto Uzumaki. You and the other champions of the Keyblade are our only hope against the heartless. Go forth and fulfill your destiny!"

And everything went black once more.

-(scene change)-

Naruto's blue eyes then snapped open and came face-to-face with a girl his age. Her most notable features were her vibrant shoulder-length hair.

The blonde teen then felt himself flush a bit due to the close proximity and could only stammer jibberish in response. "W-Who da what?"

The auburn haired girl then giggled a bit before she extended a helping hand to the whiskered teen. "Hi, I'm Kairi! Are you alright?"

CHAPTER I: END

Aaand cut! That's a wrap. Feedback, is appreciated if you're new by the way.

Anyway, here are some notes before I pack it up:

a.)Yes this is pre-shipuuden Naruto. Just about after he learns that he has Kurama sealed inside his gut. Why? It's to balance out the cast in a way. With this, Naruto also has plenty of growth to develop alongside with Sora and the rest.

It doesn't mean he's going to be weak or completely helpless by the way.

He still has his shadow clones for one thing. Just imagine the kinds of havoc you can do with clones in the KH universe with that one technique.

b.)Naruto, Kairi, and Sora are currently twelve. (with Riku being thirteen) There will be a small timeskip somewhere down the line where they will be fourteen and the events of KH 1 will finally take place.

It'll happen after I finished writing Sora, Riku, and Kairi's chapters. These chapters will be pretty short and their purpose is to show how Naruto bonds with the main cast of KH. Sort of like doing Social links in Persona games.

c.)For you pairing hounds then I'll just confirm things for a bit. Yes this is Naruto x Kairi.

No. I will not rush the romance. If anything the romance will take a back seat since KH is all about the convoluted plot with its many enemies. Not the romance.

Damn you Nomura…then again, cheers for KH 3 :D