It was a dark and cloudy day filled with death and destruction. The war had caused it. The war had caused a lot of things to happen. Terrible things. When the war started the Elemental Army had a strong start. They had one battle after battle and for a while it seemed like they were going to win. They had the numbers and the skill. They had the leadership and the strategies to win. They had two fully capable Jinchuuriki, the two strongest, the Hachibi and the Kyubi. That was nearly a year ago.
After almost four months of fighting Madara had been able to get to the secret training ground that Naruto and Kirabi were at. Naruto managed to get away, but only just. That day the Elemental Army had lost the Hachibi. The Raikage was of course furious that his brother had been taken, again. It was also a great loss in morale for the whole Army, especially to those who were from Kumo and most specifically Team Kirabi.
Two months later, in the biggest battle since the start of the war, Madara launched an attack on the main camp with the bodies of the Jinchuuriki of the Nibi to Hachibi. Throughout the long battle that lasted nearly a week, the Elemental Army had lost a good portion of their forces while they did take out several of the former Jinchuuriki. Nii Yugito had been taken out by Team Kirabi, the Hachibi and the Raikage took each other out, Mei Terumi took out Yonbi and assisted Oonki in taking out the Gobi, though due to age and his injuries the Tsuchikage died soon after, and Tsunade along with Gai and Kakashi died taking out the Nanabi. The final words of the Hokage were:
"I may be dying but, when one generation dies another, stronger one, will replace it. You cannot let this loss affect you so. You must persevere and crush the Army of the dead and the Zetsu's. Naruto, you are the HOKAGE! LEAD YOUR COMRADES WELL!"
With that the blonde busty Hokage died in the hands of said person. Naruto, though racked with pain and grief, he took his new position in stride. He quickly showed that he was not just an idiot, but was quite the strategist. He led groups into completely impossible odds and brought them out with little loss. He had brought a new ray of hope to everyone. Thoughout his time as the new Hokage he had earned several nicknames because of the battles he fought. He was called many things though the most common was Chi-fū no Kitsune(Bloody Wind Fox). For a while it looked like they would win.
Though that soon ended. After nearly a year of fighting, and countless losses, the Elemental Army had all but been destroyed. The land had been turned into a wasteland, the people were mostly gone, the largest groups had fled the countries to Snow country and across the ocean, as they were the only ones not affected by the terrible war. The Konoha 11 had decided to end this, and if they couldn't they would go down fighting.
Now we find ourselves at a very familiar place. On both sides were two giant statues and a river flowing between them. On the left was a statue of Madara Uchiha, one of the founders of Konoha and former leader of the Uchiha Clan, with his hand in the rat seal. On the right was a statue of Hashirama Senju, the second founder of Konoha, former leader of the Senju Clan, and the Shodaime Hokage.
Atop the statue of Madara stood the very man himself. He had on a navy blue shirt that was torn to shreds, blue pants, that weren't doing much better than his shirt, his mask had been completely destroyed in the last seven hours of battle with his current opponent. His fan had long ago been broken. He had cuts all over his body, there were bruises too, and he was breathing rather hard. His opponent wasn't much better.
On the statue of the Shodaime stood a very tired, but familiar, blond with three whisker marks on each cheek. He stood bent over with his hands on his knees breathing hard, just like Madara. When he was named Hokage he had changed his wardrobe to match his position. He now wore a crimson red shirt, black cargo pants with plenty of room for scrolls and weapons, black sandals, and a orange cloak with the kanji for Rokudaime Hokage and Chi-fū no Kitsune, though none of that could be read as, just like Madara, his clothes were in shreds. He didn't have a shirt at all, his cloak had been lost hours ago and his pants had basically been turned into shorts. He stood up to a full height of 5'11" and put his left hand over a seal on the inside of his right wrist. A small poof and out came a very familiar three pronged kunai. Madara saw this and, with as much strength as he could, began laughing at Naruto.
"What's…so funny?" Naruto huffed.
"It's just that… we both know…you only have …a Fuuton affinity…and to use that Jutsu…you need a Raiton affinity. Something you …don't have." Madara said though his own exhaustion and laughter.
"Yea I've got a Fuuton…affinity, but who said it was…my only one."Naruto smirked. "We both know…that we don't have…all that much chakra left. Now let's end this. I'll make you pay for what you did to Sakura-chan." Yes it was a sad fact but only two hours into the fight Madara had pulled a dirty trick and used a Kawarimi with Sakura when Naruto threw a Rasenshurriken at him. That made him the sole survivor of Team 7, with Sasuke having died when Juugo had lost complete control just a month prior and attacked him.
"I believe… it was you…who killed her. But yes let us finish this. With this I will create the perfect world."
Naruto threw the Hiraishin kunai, disappearing in a flash of yellow, and reappeared behind Madara with a kunai already in motion to stab the crazy Uchiha though the heart. He was stopped however when said Uchiha phased from existence and appeared a few feet away from Naruto preparing to hit the blond in the head. Naruto ducked and did a sweep kick and knocked the Uchiha over and followed up with a right hook sending the old man into the side of the cliff. Madara back flipped and landed on his feet, creating a small crater, and then launched himself at Naruto again, performing a few hand seals and fired Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu. Naruto barely dodged the fire dragon with only minor burns on his left calf.
"Damn, that used a lot more chakra than I thought. I'm gonna have to end this now, but the only way would be to use a Kamui big enough to take out that entire cliff, but if I do that I won't survive the chakra exhaustion. Damn that Namikaze! My plans were first ruined by his father and now him. Damn them both! I have no choice but to use it. Damnit." Madara thought as he activated his Eternal Mangekyo Sharringan.
"I may die using this Jutsu Namikaze, but at least I'll take you with me KAMUI!" Madara shouted.
Naruto started to panic. He remembered Kakashi-sensei using this Jutsu on Deidara, the results weren't pretty. He quickly searched for a way to escape this as he felt his left arm being turned and twisted while being sucked into a black hole like thing. He spotted his Hiraishin Kunai near the feet of the Shodai's statue and thought that one space/time Jutsu could cancel another out. So with his remaining chakra he used the Hiraishin. The results were catastrophic.
The entire valley suddenly erupted in an explosion. Debris and bodies were flung all around. Dust clouded the scene and nothing could be seen. A few minutes passed and the dust settled. What was left was nothing. both of the statues were gone, the valley caved in on itself, and there was no sign of our favorite blonde anywhere.
###Woohooo###
Naruto could feel his body being stretched in all directions. He was in so much pain. He should have known better than to try to use a space/time Jutsu to counter another, but it was his only chance at survival. Right now though, he would take being hit with Kamui. He didn't know how long this had been going on, but he knew it had to have been for a while, as after some time his whole body became numb and he could no longer feel the pain.
What seemed like hours later Naruto could see a light. He didn't know what it could be. Was it a way out of here? Was it Heaven? Or maybe Hell? Right now he didn't care, it was his best chance of leaving this Kami forsaken place. With that he willed himself toward it. He was engulfed in the light and then nothing. He felt the wind in his face, which felt really good, though it was dark and he couldn't see a thing. He realized that his eyes were closed after a few seconds and when he opened them he wished he hadn't. He was free falling towards land. Normally he would have tried to stop or slow his decent by using a Fuuton Jutsu, but his body was in too much pain to move, let alone use a Jutsu.
###WooHoo###
(Four years or so before cannon)
At a certain guild the afternoon was much like it normally is. Natsu and Grey were bickering; Erza was threatening them to stop, only to be dragged into a fight with Mirajane. Lisanna and Elfman just sighed at their behavior. Many of the older members were drinking and playing games. The master of the guild, Makarov, was watching them from the balcony where the S-class jobs were with his grandson Laxus.
"Well, this is quite the fun afternoon. Isn't it Laxus?" Makarov asked the blond next to him.
"Whatever. I think I'm-" he never got to finish.
BOOOM
A loud crash was heard from the distance and an earthquake soon followed. People all over Magnolia fell over. Windows and glasses fell and shattered. Buildings were knocked over and turned into rubble.
"Wha…What was that?" Natsu shouted standing up from falling on top of Grey.
"Yes, I would like to know that too."Makarov said, losing his cheerfulness from earlier.
"Laxus, come with me. We're checking this out." The short old man said as he jumped from the balcony, followed by his blonde grandson.
"I wanna come too." Natsu asked, getting between the Master and the door.
"No, Natsu, you and everyone else will stay here. That is an order." He said as he and Laxus ran out the door. Everyone just stood there, shocked at the fact that Makarov had actually given an order. He never did that unless something was seriously wrong. They became worried for the two and hoped they would come back.
Thirty minutes later both Makarov and Laxus were searching the outskirts of Magnolia for whatever caused the earthquake. They searched for nearly an hour and were about to give up when Laxus found something.
"Oi, old man. I think I found who caused that earthquake." He said as he stood at the edge of a crater.
Makarov ran over to his grandson and looked at what Laxus had found. He stared, breathless, at the destruction in front of him. There was a fifty foot crater and at the center was what looked like a child. Quickly getting over his shock he jumped into the crater followed shortly by his companion. When they got closer they could tell he was really hurt. His clothes were in shreds, there were cuts and bruises littering his body, and it looked like he had several broken bones. He had blonde spiky hair, or what they thought was blond with all the blood, whisker like marks on his cheeks, and a strange headband like thing on his forehead with a piece of metal attached and a symbol that looked like a leaf.
"Laxus, take him to the guild immediately. I'll be there in a little bit. Try to patch him up as good as you can until then."
"Shouldn't we take him to the hospital instead?" Laxus said carefully picking the blonde boy up.
"No. can't you feel the magical aura surrounding this boy?" Laxus never was one to feel a person's magical aura easily so when he focused on the kid for a few seconds his eyes shot open in amazement.
"There…immense." He finally said.
"Exactly. So either he was fighting someone who was stronger than him or he did this to himself. Either way someone is going to try to hunt him down and try to kill or capture him. He'll need all the protection he can get until we are sure nobody will come after him." With that the short old man ran off to the East forest.
"I just hope Porlyusica will heal him." Were his thoughts as he ran.
While he was doing that Laxus made his way to the guild, being careful not to hurt the kid anymore than he already was. As he walked through town he was stared at because of the bloody kid he was carrying. Whispers followed him everywhere he went. Soon enough though he made it to the guild and kicked the doors open and began shouting orders.
"Erza, get a bed set up. Mirajane get the bandages. Lisanna, Natsu, Grey, Cana get the medical supplies from the back, some clothes, and disinfectant." Everyone just stared at him wondering why they would need all that. When they saw the bloody mess in his arms. They stood there shocked, wondering what was going on. Laxus saw them just standing there and got irritated. "NOW!" he yelled, causing everyone to come out of their stupors and get to the tasks he set for them.
###Several hours later###
Makarov and Porlyusica were in Makarov's office discussing the blond boy they had found earlier that day. It was close to sunset.
"So…is the boy going to be alright?" The old man asked.
"He should be. His wounds were already healing when I got to him. The only thing that concerns me is that he hit his head pretty hard doing whatever he was doing to cause that earthquake. Other than that he was just exhausted so he should be fine in a few days maybe a week. But I don't believe he'll wake for at least two weeks. If he does at all." And with that the elderly woman left back to her tree house in the forest.
