One Ring to rule them all. One Ring to find them. One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them in the Land of Mordor, where the Shadows lie. Sauron's Ring was his life. It is what kept him alive, but when Frodo cast the ring into the fires of Mount Doom the story did not end there, even if perhaps it was supposed to end. Fate had another plan. The Ring survived, although Sauron did not. So, the ring would wait for a new Master to arrive who would one day take the Dark Throne and the Iron Crown.

Naruto was fleeing the village. He could not take it anymore! All their name-calling and distain of his very existence. He would show them what he could do, one day. He ran deeper and deeper into the forest surrounding the village. The sun grew faint as the canopy of trees blocked it's rays. He began to slow and look around. He didn't recognize where he was. The forest looked far older than any he had seen. Then, he heard a whisper of a voice in his head. "Come to me boy. Find me and I will give you the power you seek." Naruto was rooted to the spot while the words echoed in his mind.

Suddenly, before he knew what he was doing, he was running towards where he felt the voice had come from. He found a spot in the dirt where no grass was growing. No life was evident in that spot- even the soil was gray. "Dig boy, for your power you must uncover what was lost." The voice whispered to him.

Naruto started to dig without thinking and after several layers of dirt, he found a simple golden ring. "What? This is supposed to make me powerful?" he exclaimed in disgust. "Such a small thing its so….. Beautiful." As he spoke the final word, Naruto had picked up the ring. His eyes had changed. Where once they had been filled with disgust, now they filled with longing. He NEEDED the ring.

" Put me on. Become powerful and gain the respect and fear you deserve." The voice whispered to him. Naruto, with new determination and a lust for power (the Ring is already messing with his mind), put the ring on his right hand. His body began to emit a soulless black aura that covered him, although it was invisible to the human eye.

Kakashi was on Naruto's trail. He had to find him and bring him back- after all Naruto was on his newly passed team. As he found Naruto's trail, he felt a trembling of energy being released. He found Naruto on the ground, writhing in pain. As the black aura wrapped around his body, he was growing in size. He finally stopped at around twelve feet in height. By then the black aura had became a visible armor that covered his body (Sauron's armor). The armor was demonic. Kakashi could literally feel the energy being pulling at him, making him feel weak. Kakashi immediately realized that his student was unconscious, so he made a sled out of some fallen trees and summoned his ninja dogs to pull it.

Somewhere else, nine figures cloaked in black and riding black horses were brought forth into the world. The one in the center spoke in ominous tones. "A new massster hasss appeared. We must find him." So saying, he motioned the others to follow in his wake.

In the mountains, a lone orc shaman was sitting on a stony outcropping, letting the darkness cover him when he felt it. THE MASTER HAD RETURNED. He jumped up and ran all the way back to his camp where the last of the orcs lived (in all about 70 Uruk-hai, 90 orcs, 250 Goblins and 30 Warg mounts). "Maggots! Listen up. Master has returned!" the orc shouted gleefully. The camp immediately went into a frenzy of packing and preparing to march.

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