Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, I do however own an imagination therefore I own this story I am writing, not the trademarked characters within it however.

The Essence within

Outline

Characters (first name-last name)

Akurei Tamashii (Male-main character for parts 1, 2, and 3)

Reiki Zama (Female- Main character for parts 1, 2, and 3)

Kaichou Uchiha (Male- main character for parts 1, 2, and 3)

This story takes place a few days prior to the massacre of the Uchiha clan; it does not involve many of the leaf village ninja until the time jump between Naruto and Shippuden. There are three parts:

1:the first part is the beginning where the characters are defined, and their abilities are discovered. A tragic scene happens, (sorry no spoilers) followed by a time period where one of the character spends time away from the leaf village.

2: the second part begins at the end of regular Naruto and takes place during the 3 ears naruto is gone training. This part of the storyline has the Akatsuki as well as another main character originally introduced in the first part. This part of the story reveals many of the hidden abilities of these two main characters and how they will ultimately tie in with the rest of the ninja world

3:part three will take lace directly after Naruto defeats Pain, most of the leaf ninjas will be involved in this part. I'm not giving much away so you'll just have to read it and find out.

Timeline- Naruto compared to my characters.

When the Uchiha clan is murdered, the three main characters are 11. at this point in the story, nothing much else takes place in the leaf village

When Naruto goes and trains with Jiraiya the main characters are 13

At the beginning of Naruto Shippuden, one character is 17, the other is 15 and one is dead.