This story picks up right at the end of Naruto's and Sasuke's fight at the Valley of the end and everything that happened in the anime before the battle is to be considered cannon.

Bold indicates Kyuubi speaking in Naruto's mind

Italic indicates a persons thoughts

______________ indicates scene or time change

Chapter 1_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

August 22, 525

"They aren't too far away now, just on the other side of this clearing." A small pug said as it jumped from branch to branch following a scent that only he could smell "ETA is about 5 minutes"

Kami please don't let me be too late. The silver haired Jonin prayed while following the small pug ahead of him. He didn't need the pug to tell him that they were close, and that his two students were fighting since he could feel the power emanating from his two students in there demonic forms. The pressure of the Chakra made him feel like an academy student walking up to a Kage battle. Even though he knew that this fight was out of his league he would still go in and try to stop his students from killing each other. "Just through that tree line is where they are fighting." the small pug said while gesturing at the thinning trees in front of him with his head. Just as Kakashi jumped through the trees he heard the sound of his one original jutsu Chidori. As Kakashi hit the ground he did not slow in the slightest, heading for his students at top speed. He could see Naruto covered in the Kyuubi's chakra standing on top of the statue of the First Hokage with a Rasengan in his hand facing his other student, Sasuke who is standing atop the statue of Uchiha Madara across the river with his jutsu chirping in his hand covered in a black aura from his corrupted chakra, then without any warning, both ninjas jumped at each other leaving Kakashi there to watch as his students techniques collided together causing a huge explosion of energy that sent both ninjas flying back into the cliff faces on either side of the giant waterfall and the shock waves caused Kakashi to be sent back in to the trees that he had just come from.

Once Kakashi gained his feet he ran over to the shore of the river only to see his blond haired student laying on the ground with a gaping hole straight through his chest, immediately he knew that his student was dead, but he went up and checked while harboring some hope that his student would once again break all laws of nature and survive, but unfortunately when he put his fingers to the young man's neck, he felt no pulse. Kakashi stood there, and for the first time since Obito's funeral Kakashi cried, mumbling the same line over and over again

"I am sorry Minato"

"It isn't your fault," came a sudden voice from behind him, Kakashi spun around Sharingan exposed and kunai in hand. Then when he saw the new comer he slowly returned the kunai and turned back to the body. "If I wouldn't have ran away after Minato's death I could have raised him and he would have been stronger instead of having to struggle by himself." "We both failed him."

"Yes we did Jiraiya-sama" Kakashi said without looking at the toad sage behind him.

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Time and Date???

Naruto awoke in a dark room standing in ankle deep water, he was looking around trying to figure out where he was, it looked extremely familiar to him. Then it dawned on him that he was in the room that held the Kyuubi. Naruto gazed around the room and realized why he didn't recognize where he was at first, the huge bars that usually held the Kyuubi were missing, as he was gazing where the bars used to be he noticed some movement and soon the full form of the Kyuubi came into view with no bars or seals holding it back. Naruto stood there frozen in fear just staring at the beast in front of him knowing that if the beast was free these were his last moments of life.

"Hello Kit" the giant fox said in an unusually kind voice.

"How did you get out?" Naruto asked finally regaining enough control over his fear stricken body to speak

"My master set me free"

"Who is your master?"

"Kami" Kyuubi replied in a completely even, calm voice.

"Don't lie to me baka fox. How could something as evil as you belong to Kami?"

"What if I told you that I am not evil?" The fox asked causing Naruto to laugh.

"I am not the smartest person, I know that, but I am not stupid. You attacked my village and killed a lot of good ninjas for no reason, you are evil."

"I was only doing what my master had ordered."

"Ha you are trying to tell me that Kami ordered you to kill innocent people ya right."

"Kit do you know why the tailed beasts exist?"

"No you are all just demons."

"I will tell you but first let me get into a more comfortable form to talk to you in" the Kyuubi said as it's body started to shrink and formed into the shape of a full grown woman with jet black hair hanging below her butt with red tips. She was very slender with the perfect feminine build and all the right curves with a set of voluptuous breasts all covered in a form fitting black dress that hung to her ankles with red trim. "Now how about we get rid of this sewer" with those words the whole room seemed to shimmer then dissolve revealing a large grassy meadow covered in Cherry blossom trees in full bloom. "Have a seat kit and I'll tell you why the tailed beasts exist." Naruto nodded his head and sat down with his back resting on one of the trees while the Kyuubi sat down right in front of him. When they had both found a comfortable position to sit in the Kyuubi drew in a large breath and started talking. "Since the beginning of time there has always been a battle between Kami and the three evils Hatred Greed and Jealousy. For Millions of millennia they all fought in a complete dead lock none ever being able to get the upper hand in any way. After an untold time of this the four gods decided to call a truce and they all went off their separate ways, Kami not having anything to do since the fight ended, created the earth and all the people on it. Kami put a perfect balance of good and evil into this world because, with out evil there can not be any good, life would not exist. Shortly after Kami finished creating the earth, the three evils heard about it, and decided that since they could never actually defeat Kami they would be able to destroy her creation. So they went to earth and started searching for humans who harbored a large amount of evil tendencies and manipulated them to their will, soon they had created an army large enough to destroy the world turning it in to a place of evil. Fortunately Kami discovered their plan and was able to create the Tailed beast to fight against this great army that had been created. We were victorious and completely annihilated the evil army. After the battle Kami charged us to stay on the earth and ensure that no one group of people gained enough strength to ever attempt anything like that again."

"So you are telling me you attacked my village because we were too strong."

"As sad as it is, it is necessary the evil one's are tricky and would have found a way to take over control of your village and bend it to their will if I would not have reduced it's strength."

"Ok I guess I understand that as much as I don't like it I get that it had to be done but why did Kami release you?"

"Because she had Chosen you to be her champion." With this Naruto just gave the woman in front of him a confused look.

"What does that mean?"

"The evil ones are on the move again and they are setting something up that is even hidden to her eyes and all of the tailed beasts are sealed away so she needs some one to fight for her and you have impressed her she knows that you could never be swayed by the Evil ones so she has ordered me to train you to fight for her when that time comes."

"Ok I don't really understand all of this but do you mind telling me what happened in my battle."

"You lost and Sasuke killed you."

"How am a supposed to be this champion if I am dead."

"But you aren't dead anymore when Kami released me she also healed you and gave you a second chance at life." "But now you must wake up, you may tell your sensei everything I have told you, but no one else, then ask him to train you till he feels that you are able to defend yourself against your enemies. I will be in touch."

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In the Real World

The Legendary Frog Sannin stood there with tears running down his face, he had already had to bury his first student and his sensei. He had always selfishly hoped that Naruto would have been the one to bury him and not the other way around. Then through his blurry vision, because of his tears, he could see a bright light in front of him he wiped his eyes then stared at Naruto's chest wound which seemed to have been filled in with pure white light, and the light was slowly being covered by flesh.

"Kakashi do you see this!?" Jiraiya exclaimed. While pointing to Naruto's chest. He immediately had his answer when Kakashi yet again uncovered his Sharingan.

"Yes but I have no clue what it is." the two ninjas stood there in awe as Naruto's skin slowly re-grew over his wound. When the wound was completely healed Naruto took in a sharp breath of air. Jiraiya was instantly down next to the young ninja completely amazed that the previously dead boy was now very much alive in fact to Jiraiya's eye's he only seamed to be sleeping.

"I hate to do this to everyone but this is the best for him right now. Kakashi you are to return and report to the Hokage and tell her that Uchiha Sasuke escaped after killing Naruto. When you arrived you got here just in time to see the Kyuubi's chakra engulf Naruto and destroy his body. You are to tell no one what really happened here."

"Shouldn't I tell the Hokage?"

"No I am doing this to get the Akatsuki off of him and they will be watching and if she knows that Naruto is alive she will not grieve the same and they will suspect that we faked his death."

"I Understand when will you return?"

"When Naruto is finally able to take up his Family's name."

"Then you will be gone for a while, of course knowing Naruto it mite not be that long at all either way I will be waiting for your return good luck Jiraiya-senpi."

"Oh and give this to Tsunade." he said has he picked up Naruto's forehead protector and the first's necklace and handed it to Kakashi. With that Jiraiya picked up Naruto and headed off in the direction of the land of wind. While Kakashi stood there holding Naruto's headband and necklace thanking Kami that Naruto was alive he didn't think he could stand burying yet another comrade.