Ok well this idea sturck me there a few months ago but I never actually got around to doing it up. So the timeline's a bit off bear with me .

This story takes place before Akatsuki attacks Konaha, and after Jiraiya died.

The sounds of fighting reverberate throughout the dark, dank forest. Bodies lie, strewn about everywhere amid the numerous headbands there also cloaks, bacl with red clouds. . .Akatsuki. Blurs fly through the woods , disappearing and reappearing at alarming rates as the metallic clang of kunia's and shuriken bounce around like bird's chirping. There is a huge "clearing" after bein cleared by the fighting. Suddenly 2 groups of people appear on oppisite sides, and group of 5 dressed in cloaks and and huge group of younger ninja's on the other side. A dismembered head, full of piercings, falls with a thud to the forest floor and the rest of the body soon follows. *poofs* are heard as a man in long black cape with orange flames, along with the kanji for 6, lands in front of the larger group and strikes a taijutsu stance. His messy blond hair falls over his headban and covers his eyes. The whisker marks on his checks seem to twitch as his mouth curves into a feral grin. Naruto, the Rokudaime Hokage has taken out another of Pein's bodies. Low cheers and grins are given off by the group behind him. This is the last stand against Pein and his forces. The Konaha 11 and team Garaa will do what ever it tkes to stop this menace.

In another part of the forest another group of ninja's stop to calculate their next move. "Where did he go?" they all wonder. Shuriken suddenly fly in from all angles and the ninja's disperse. A katana connects with a swirling mask and sends in flying into oblivion, as the 2 owners disappear again in swirls of wind and leaves.

2 figures are watching the fights unfold on a dark, swirling pool in front of their cloaked being's. "It is almost time. . .my child." The larger one then waves his hand over the pool, changing it into a spilt "screen" of both fights. The smaller one then looks to the larger one, "I know, and I will not let you down Master," she glances down into the pool, "such weak-minded fools, do they know how easily we observe them? How obvious their thoughts are? Yet, still they think they can beat us. . ." "No, Ryuu it is not we anymore after today it is just you. After the time spent training you, you have come to be like a daughter to me, so it is with great pleasure that I hand off this reponsibility to you." He then grabs her and points to something in the pool, "There you must go now, before he can finish that technique," he gives her a hug and then backs off, while hauling a giant and magnificant black blade from off his back and thrusts it into her waiting hands. As soon as she grabs it he gives her smile and a lone tear falls into the pool disturbing the water. "It's in your hands now, goodbye daughter." The girl puts the blade on her back before "goodbye father", then they both dissapear in a blinding flash of light.

Meanwhile, the group of ninja's are trying desperately to reach Pein as he starts an intricate set of handsigns. Naruto notices this and retreats to the rear of the group, as he retreats he seems to be memorising his friends, trying to ingrain them in his memory. When he reaches the back he promptly sit's down and throws scroll's with intricate designs and seals all around him. The he create's as many clones as he can to ward of enemy nin, before going into a deep trance like state. Seconds later he is surrounded be red, hot flames. Then the unthinkable happens as the 9-tailed fox bursts from Naruto's body and leaps away destoying everything in it's way, however he didn't get very far. A blinding light enveloped everything. . .

Next thing anyone knew they were standing on top of Hokage mountain staring down at the village. It was a beautiful day even if the village was more than half destroyed, and starting to get re-built. However standing at the very edge of the cliff in the middle of the group, was a lone cloaked figure with a huge sword. The figure suddenly turns around a faces the stunned ninja's, with her eye's closed. "Welcome to the. . .," and then she opens her eyes and her smile turns to a frustrated frown, "oh fudge. . ."

Ok, there ya have it Chap.1, a bit different but whatever. Anyways C & C. . . and ya flames are welcome..