A/N: Woo it's been a while since I've written anything, hope this doesn't kill anyone's brain cells! .;;;

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Kotetsu, or Izumo or ANY of the rawkawesome ninja's taken from the anime. I DO own a pair of socks and a kitten named Mister Bigglesworth. Hee... now where was I? OH YEAH! Go read my fic dammit! _ *shakefist*

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Chapter 1 - Prisoner Theta

Deep beneath the bowels of Konoha's Hokage tower there lays a network of corridors. Within these dark (and often dank) rooms, ancient secrets sleep: weathered scrolls, shinobi weapons exuding grim chakra, stone tablets... In one of these dimly lit rooms, something resembling a stone coffin stood and was watched over by a single guard. At a quick glance, a shinobi would find the block of stone was as menacing as a half-eaten sandwich. But then, the watch shifts were rarely short and the flickering torchlight's played tricks on even the most experienced minds...

"Oi, Kotetsu, your shift is up. Kotetsu? Yo! Wake up!" scowled a tall dark haired chunin with a bandana-like hitai-ate. His dark brown bangs covered up his left eye.

"Fnk- Wha-? Izumo? What time is it? Is my shift over?" the drowsy man asked as he stretched. A bandage drooped across his face and over his nose. Wild jagged hair peeked from beneath his hitai-ate.

"Yes, though I doubt you did any guarding and... is that a soda can?" Izumo's eye twitched as he spotted an empty bag of chips and other assorted litter. "COULD YOU AT LEAST PRETEND YOU'RE NOT SLACKING OFF?"

"It's a three ton piece of rock, I think it's safe from being stolen," he grunted and was quickly bonked with an empty can.

"That's not the point. We were assigned to guard this sarcophagus. It could be dangerous in the wrong hands!"

"Aw lay off Izumo. No one knows what half the crap down here is for. Hell, since Danzo died, no one's bothered to come check up on this stuff at all."

Izumo sighed and shook his head. His partner had a point, but that didn't mean he was going to let him off the hook. He turned to glance at the stone block in the center of the room and noticed someone had thrown an old blanket over it.

"Why is there a ratty blanket over the sarcophagus?"

"'Cause the thing gives me the willies that's why," the other chunin replied as he began to clean up after himself, "just look at it."

"You know Kotetsu, whoever's in there has probably been dead for a very long time," came the teasing drawl as he pulled off the blanket.

"Just LOOK at it!" the now fully awakened guard snapped.

Izumo stared at the smooth black granite slab before him. It was cool to the touch and had been polished so that it reflected the room almost like a mirror. It was then that the chunin realized what was wrong. The room was reflected perfectly, from the flickering torch to the leftover garbage from Kitts's snacking, every detail relayed back perfectly except for the two men in the room. All at once, Izumo felt something cold creep into his heart, as if the inky stone were reaching out to devour him. He took an involuntary step back as the feeling grew stronger. The shadows within the reflection warped and twisted like the coils of a snake.

"Creepy, isn't it?" Kotetsu cut into his thoughts and thus breaking the unnerving spell, "You can stare all you want at it, even touch it, but you'll never see it reflect a living thing. It scares the beheebies out of everything, even the rats stay away."

Izumo nodded silently before turning away. "There must be some sort of genjutsu on it."

"Yeah well, all I know is that you and that box are gonna be keeping each other company for the next shift," Kotetsu smirked and brazenly gave the black stone a pat. "Have fun!"

Suddenly, three heavy bangs were heard coming from within the sarcophagus.

"What did you do?" demanded Izumo as his partner darted away from the block as if he had been burned.

"Nothing!"

Muffled scraping, as if that of turning gears soon filled the room and trails of iridescent chakra skirted along the surface of the stone.

"YOU DID SOMETHING NOW WHAT THE HELL WAS IT!" he demanded gripping Kotetsu by the flak jacket.

"I didn't do anything!" the chunin insisted as he ducked away from Izumo's grip.

The sounds grew louder as the chakra finally collected around the hidden seams and the lid began to slide open. A cold fog seeped out from the dark recesses of the coffin and yellow eyes slowly opened.

"Stay where you are!" Izumo ordered as he and Kotetsu took a fighting stance blocking the exit.

"What year is it...? What village is this...?" a whisper of a voice asked.

The two men glanced at each other slightly puzzled as to how to proceed.

"You are a under the jurisdiction of Konoha," Izumo stated warily.

"I see... so some part did survive the war..." the creature murmured.

There was protocol for what to do when a dangerous weapon self-activated; however, no one had ever told them what to do when said weapon failed to attack.

"What are you?" Kotetsu asked as he noticed that whatever was in there appeared to be quite small.

"You have been deemed dangerous. Under order of the Hokage, you are classified as a prisoner and qualify for interrogation," Izumo continued glaring at his partner for the impertinent question.

"I am... your prisoner...?"

"Yes, will you cooperate?" he asked as Kotetsu fingered several shiruken in preparation of a fight.

"I am you prisoner...?"

"Yes."

"By order of the Hokage...?"

"Yes, I have said that already. Now will you cooperate?" impatience began to taint his words.

A second pair of eyes opened and stared at Izumo. They were set higher up than the first and were the dark burgundy color of aged wine.

"Only if you tell me... what my name is..."

"What?"

"What is my name?"

Both chunin froze in place, none of them knew what the creature in the coffin was, much less what its name was. After a few moments of silence, Kotetsu spoke up.

"We don't know your name. It was not deemed essential with our mission."

"Hn. Well then... I'd like you to tell Danzo... I don't speak to his dogs..." There was a blur and suddenly Kotetsu was thrown out of the room and into the corridor.

"Kotetsu!" Izumo called out. The yellow eyes had moved, now they peered at him from the black corridor. There was the light clink of chains as the crimson eyes approached the remaining shinobi.

"You are about to have a very bad day... now... run."

The chunin wasted no time in going through his seals.

"Mizu no Juts-" there was a flash of gold and azure chakra that rippled out of the coffin and struck Izumo squarely in the chest. The man stumbled back as the attack disrupted his chakra and cut off his attack. He glanced down and saw a long ebony hair stick with a crystal dangling at its end. "What are you?"

"I said 'run'... it's not fun if you don't..."

There was a growl to his left and he saw the gold eyes narrow before the creature leapt at him.

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A/N Woo there you go! It's over! Love it? Hated? Bored to tears? Lemme know and REVIEW! Do it! It's better than crack to me! *grin grin*