I do not own Naruto.

A story has no beginning or end; arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

He was floating; floating in a dark abyss he didn't exactly remember how he came to be here but what matters is that he was here right? Though the question really was where was 'here'? Gasping he opened his mouth in order to say something, to scream something but he shocked as the only thing that met his efforts were bubbles, he then realized that he was under water. Quickly he started panicking, flailing his arms around as he tried to obtain as much oxygen as possible, he had to breathe he seemed to struggle for what could have been a minute or even two before it was evident that he didn't need to breathe, he was just moving about in a retarded manner. A bright light flickered as it slowly came into his view, he watched in fascination as it got closer and closer until it was just in front of his face.

"So why do you want to be Hokage?" a voice came from within the light which was now just in front of his face.

"Because... It is my nindo! It is my ninja way" he replied

"Why do you want to be Hokage?"

"I already answer..." he replied

"NO! that is not a real answer why do you want to be Hokage, why do you want to protect those that hurt you, why do you want to help those that if put in the same position would only kick you?"

Seconds flew by which then turned into minutes which all went accompanied by nothing but unbelievable silence, he then started to take in more of his surrounding probably due to the now present light. However now he could see books and scatter pages wrecked due to the water floating around aimlessly, no knowledge could be obtained from them. He looked down only to see his leg chained as if he was some sort of prisoner. He looked back at the light; it seems to have no form just a blinding light.

Then there was the voice, this strange voice that seemed to vibrate the very water itself, it barraged him with questions, they had all been pretty simple but he just didn't get it. What answer did it want, he already told it, He kept thinking and then it struck him, he really didn't know.

"Why do you want to be HOKAGE" it repeated with a raised tone.

"I, I d-don't know" he finally said.

"That is what I thought, all your life you have had this ideal that you want to become Hokage, but do you even know why you want to become Hokage. I can tell you here and now that this idea didn't come from your own head"

"T-Then who?" Naruto asked

"Ah, now we are getting somewhere, you are beginning to ask the right questions Naruto. You are close but you have to start thinking, things are not how they seem. People are not who they seem, even the ones you trust most."

"So I can't trust anyone?" he questioned

"That's exactly what I'm saying you are just a means to an end to some, a tool to be used until broken and rusted to others, you must improve yourself Naruto, I will help you, and I will guide you"

"Why should I trust you then" Naruto asked

"You are finally thinking, asking more of the right questions, but I do not expect you to trust me, I don't want you to trust me, I'm going to help you either way. First is first though, you have got to start using your head more. Currently you are quite stupid..."

"HEY!" he shouted

"I wasn't finished. You are quite stupid but you have such potential not just in ninja arts or physical prowess but also in mental capabilities, you just need to start thinking. As your trainer, I will make it easier, I will reset your mind, and I will clear it of all this water. You might have noticed we are surrounded by water that shows that you are drowning Naruto, drowning in your own stupidity, your own ignorance. You might not be able to walk but that is a sacrifice you must be willing to make."

"What if I don't want this" he said

"You don't have a choice; I am not letting so much potential go to waste. Doesn't it bother you that none of your current ideals are yours! Doesn't it bother you that your whole life has been stripped of free will! Doesn't it bother you that you have just been a pawn to someone, a tool and nothing more! You think it is normal to forgive everyone after they have beaten you, stabbed you, and burned you?" he let the question sink in the boys head.

"I will tell you right here and right now, it is far from normal. They have never done anything for you but yet you feel that you owe them? They wish for your death, they even try to take your life yet you think that you should protect them from losing theirs? You may think it's normal because that's what they have made you feel, they have corroded your mind they brainwashed you, playing with your mind.. If anything I am setting you free! START THINKING NARUTO!" continued the voice as the water started spiraling downwards it was if like a drain someone had pulled out the stopper.

Naruto himself was stuck, unable to think, unable to move. It had hit him; he never actually knew where his ideals came from. He didn't develop them through trials or through his own logically conclusion but they were predetermined, someone had done this to him.

"I see" was all Naruto said it had made sense everything that had just been said made sense; he would never be tricked again if he could help it. He would get to the bottom of who filled his head with such notions and they would PAY!

"Think Naruto, Knowledge is power in the essence that it will help you attain all that you could wish for." the voice spoke just in time for everything to go black and Naruto himself joined the water and spiraled only but darkness, and in this darkness, in the space the voice had occupied, in the space where Naruto's ideals had been removed, a deep red smile flashed

That was two years ago, that was the day he started training himself and strengthening his resolve. Konoha would suffer but first he had to take out the person who brain washed him but it wasn't so simple he had to figure out who it was and quickly. One second out of place and his whole plan would fall apart leading only to his death. That thought scared him but even so, Konoha's fate was sealed but fate is feeble and in one fleeting second it can be changed, in one action and definitely in one single event it can all be changed and that thought also scared him.

It's not that Konoha itself was a horrible place but in fact if you were to see it you would realize that it is a beautiful place, a beautiful place indeed that is until you dig a little deeper. When you first enter you feel the sun grace your skin as a warm wind flows ever so gently through the city streets, as kids play together laughing as caring parents gaze from a far studying their children's cheerful faces, everything seems truly beautiful. However if you were to look closer, peak behind the veil they show you and you would find something far darker. Anything goes for them; the end justifies the means but is it truly worth it? They seem to think so and Naruto knew that if he was to beat them he was going to have to play by their rules which essentially meant there were no rules!

Human experimentation to further your own power, Brain washing young minds to have loyal subjects, Stripping them of their humanity, In one instance even ordering the deaths of a whole clan, mothers, fathers, brothers, uncles, aunties, nieces and even children. All for what? Just to make sure they had no opposition in keeping the power in the village, just to make sure that no one goes against the running order of things? The clan wasn't wiped out for solely wanting to change things, it could be justified as they were lusting for more power as they were already a prestigious clan but it wasn't simply about stopping a coup it was about sending a message to other clans. It was to show that we can easily wipe you out too, a simple but effective way to keep everyone in check, the only act of mercy that had happened was leaving a few of the children alive as you couldn't expect them to be part of the coup. So besides Sasuke there was 2 more girls and one more boy all in all equaling 4 Uchiha children left alive through the 'kindness' of Konoha's council. Even worse men, women and even children taken at young ages and were stripped of their emotion, stripped of their humanity to do the bidding of deranged old men.

In essence this was the true Konoha, the one that not every one saw, even someone who was simply a civilian could show you some true horrors that humankind is able to perform, now imagine what the ninja could do..it was truly and utterly dark. The whole village was under the cover of darkness, some seemed to relish in the fact being pleased and loving the sensation of darkness. One in particular Danzo,a war veteran who was rotten to the root and was corroding the very core of the village itself under the guise of protecting the village but what was unknown to him was that in the darkness, in the deep darkness that he seemed to relish in standing behind him peering, watching, wondering, dreaming dreams of the day he can end this darkness was Naruto playing a darker game that he couldn't imagine.

While darkness cannot be driven out by darkness Naruto's plan involved absorbing it, absorbing the darkness within Konoha and purify the village itself. However he knew he could not do it alone after all the most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone. So he knew had to find some allies, allies who could help him bring about the destruction of Konoha. The moment Naruto realized who he really was Konoha had signed a cheque that only promised it's own desturction because all mistakes must be accounted for!

"Let the games begin"

Well that was the start, hope you like it.

Next chapter: Seeds that we sow!