Hey everyone, its been sometime now huh? Well, I'm still not finished with this story and I have a long way to go but I decided to upload the prologue at least. This doesn't mean I'll upload any other chapters soon, because I won't. College messes everything up -_- But anyway, I'm trying my best to work on the sequel and as soon as I'm half done, I'll upload the next chapter, promise. The prologue is very short but I hope you guys can grasp the feeling of how this sequel will be. I will only say this once for the whole rest of the story: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR ITS CHARACTERS OR AM ASSOCIATED TO THEM IN ANY WAY, THEY BELONG TO MASASHI KISHIMOTO ONLY! I ONLY OWN MY OWN ORIGINAL CHARACTERS ^^

Distance

Prologue: Crossing Back

Sapphire-blue eyes opened slowly. What happened?

He could swear there were voices just a second ago but now, everything was dead silent. That didn't mean he was alone of course. He could feel it, the strong chakra around him. The same chakra he had lived his whole life with.

As his eyes opened, all he could see was darkness. The air around him was fowl, just as every time he had been in this place was. Soon he felt the water underneath him and the sound it made as he started to stand up.

By now he started to differentiate the colors as his eyes adjusted to the darkness. He looked up front and saw the familiar dark corridor that led to the source of the dark chakra. Then, he could hear the breaths far away followed by a growl.

Sighing, he started walking.

"Look at those eyes! It's impossible!" They all watched in amazement at a bundle of blankets gasping.

"This is proof we needed! We cannot allow it to live!" Someone else shouted.

"NO! I will not allow it!" A woman grabbed the bundle with great speed and started running away. Immediately everyone started to follow after her. She was able to reach the forest and secluded herself far away in the trees.

The woman was panting and just when she was about to continue her escape, she froze.

"W-Who's there?..." She whispered. There was no answer. Her head spun to her right and then to her left, searching for some movement in the shadows of the trees. Nothing.

"Show yourself!" She insisted and this time, there was something that moved. She got out a kunai and before she could throw it, it was taken from her hand. Just as the kunai hit the floor, she was pinned against a tree. A hand clapped at her mouth, not allowing her to scream. She held on to the bundle in her arms as tears welded in her onyx eyes.

"Trying to escape?" A voice whispered in her ear. Her eyes widened as she recognized it. The shadowy figure looked down at the bundle in her arms and the woman felt the owner of the voice tense.

"So it is true. You dared to betray me?" Now the hand that was on her mouth moved to her neck and squeezed.

"N-No…Please…" She whispered. But the figure only tightened the grip more and her knees started to give in. She fell to the ground slowly, her arms loosing the hold they had on the bundle until her body touched the floor. The figure laid the woman's body down and grabbed the bundle in her arms.

The shadow removed the blankets to reveal little eyes staring back.

"Hn. What will I do with you?"

Then the face of the figure became clear as it smirked and its crimson blood eyes shone with dark intent.

Lavender eyes shot open.

It was a dream… But it felt so real…

Ari sighed as she started to get up. Her eyes scanning the area she did not recognize.

"Where am I?"

The growling got stronger as he approached the cell in front of him. The seal was still there, attached to one of the iron bars. He stopped and looked up, waiting for what he knew would happen.

The red bubbles started to join together and materialize inside the cell but as the form grew, it emerged out. The feeling of the dark chakra becoming much stronger, surrounding him. At last, the face of the Nine-Tailed Fox was visible, its red eyes staring back at him.

"Naruto… You are such a fool. Falling right in their hands. You cannot let them have me. Without me, you will die…" The deep, growling voice of the demon said.

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked but suddenly everything started to disappear until it was completely dark again.

Whispers started to become audible. The blonde ninja stirred and opened his eyes slowly, feeling the presence of other chakras.

He stood up, stumbling a little and opened his eyes completely. Before him was a giant statue with big hands on front. Then a cold voice made him look down at the foot of the statue.

"What a surprise, Naruto Uzumaki."

Hehehe little cliff there huh? But that's all for now. Please let me know what you think and leave reviews! The more you leave, the more motivated I'll get and probably finish sooner. Thanks for reading, See ya!