Ok everyone, after racking my brains for three weeks, I have finally type up the first chapter of my story, I would recommended to everyone who haven't the prequel to do so as to fully understand this story, the first chapter is kind of rushed, and I promise that I will make this fic very enjoyable.

One month later after the battle.

Magistrate court

Hidden leaf

2: 40 PM

With great effort, Naruto opened his puffy eyes and raised his pounding head, he slowly came to his senses and he realized where he was, in the middle of the magistrate court, forced into a kneeling position by the short chains that shackled him to the floor, he slowly casted around the large rectangular room, staring at the fuzzy faces in the stand, slowly, his vision slowly swam into focus and he looked at the feudal lords who, sitting on high podiums, were looking at him with fearful eyes, he looked below them and saw the five Kages, sitting on slightly raised podiums, giving him cold stares, except the Raikage, whose eyes flashed angrily and Naruto could see that he was holding himself back from shouting his head off, the Mizukage's eyes looked at him with sympathy and pity, the short old man, tried his best not to look at Naruto and avoided all eye contact with him, the Hokage had her head held down, her shoulders gently shook and he knew she was crying, he shifted his gaze to the Kazekage who had grown more mature the last time Naruto had seen him, Gaara eyes were filled with worry, his blue eyes scanned his body and Naruto felt revolt build up in him, he didn't want anyone to look at him like that, not after what he did.

"Uzumaki Naruto"

The Raikage said in a angry voice and Naruto smiled coldly at the man and he saw his eyes narrowed deeper with anger, from the periphery of his senses, Naruto could feel unnaturally cold eyes on him, their gaze flickering over his pale, bruised body.

"Looking at your current state, it's safe to assume that the Kyubi took over your body and forced you to commit the acts you did a month ago"

Naruto stared at the man and blinked to moisten his eyes, the slit pupil contracted and dilated quickly and he saw behind the steely eyes, the slightest bit of fear, the fear of having to know that the most powerful man in the fire country had turned evil

"No"

Naruto said and a murmur ran through the crowd on both sides and the feudal lords looked at each other with worried eyes, he looked to the left and saw several Anbu standing in the back, one was wearing a white dragon mask and had nape long brown hair.

"Konohamaru…"

Naruto looked to the right and saw more Anbu black ops, one of them, wearing more armor than the rest of them and had the fire kanji symbol branded into his breastplate was staring at him, the holes in the bird mask seemed to draw him in and Naruto forced himself to look away.

"Sasuke…"

"Silence!"

The Raikage shouted and the crowd fell silent at his angry bellow, Naruto's smiled turned into a grin and he stared at the Kage's, Tsunade looked up at him and saw that her eyes were red.

"Think carefully before you speak, if you take responsibility for what you did, then, you will be executed right here on the spot"

"Executed?"

Gaara said with a panicked note in his normally calm voice and everyone stared at him.

"Please refrain from interrupting me when I am speaking, Kazekage-sama"

Gaara stared at the man with obvious dislike and Ey returned the same look to handsome red-head

"Stop it, both of you"

Mei said, her blue eyes flashing angrily at the two men who slowly calmed down, the Tsuchikage looked at his hands and closed his eyes, another murmur was running through the crowd and Naruto looked closer at their faces, and soon realized he knew some of them, the rookie nine, the sand siblings, his teachers he knew from his Genin days, he spotted Kakashi's face in the crowd and their eyes met for few seconds and Kakashi looked away.

"Regardless of the fact that you trying to protect Sakura-san from harm, the fact still remains that you killed 30 Anbu black ops and tried to leave the village, what is your reason for doing this?"

Mei asked calmly and Naruto racked his brains for the right words.

"Because, there is nothing else left to do in this world"

The stands erupted into angry shouts, the feudal lords began whispering to each other, the Kages looked at him in disbelief, Gaara was obviously the person who was more shocked, and Naruto saw how pathetic and fake he looked when he showed his emotions, more tears ran down Tsunade face and she hid her face again, he looked into the crowd for his sensei and saw that the man had long left the stands.

"Silence!"

The Raikage yelled again and the shouting immediately stopped and Naruto spoke

"What is the sense of living in a world of Shinobi, if there isn't any fighting, any blood spilled or any war?"

Mei, sitting between the Raikage and the Kazekage whispered something in their ears, Gaara eyes narrowed in anger and Ey nodded slowly.

"As it is now, Naruto, you have taken full responsibility from you crimes without the least sense remorse"

Gaara slowly got up and walked towards Naruto, everyone watched him with angry eyes, the handsome redhead looked down on the bruised and beaten body of Naruto and tears ran down his cheeks.

"Why? Naruto, what happened to you?"

Gaara sorrow stained voice made him look up and he stared at the pale face and his grin vanished to be replaced by a grim look.

"Pain happened to me, you of all people should know what I am talking about, the both of us are jinchuriki, and how knows how it feels like to suffer at the hands of people who feared and hated us"

The atmosphere was still as Naruto words floated throughout the courtroom, the people in the stands looked at each other with guilty eyes as Naruto reminded them what his life had been like and the way how they had once treated him"

"Every now and then, I have to ask myself if it was worth saving the lives of people who hated me in the past, then I soon came to realize that…"

And he looked up at the man towering above him, a movement in the periphery of his vision caught his attention and Sasuke appeared on the concrete ground with his arms folded.

"It wasn't worth it at all, trying to earn the acceptance of the same people who treated me like trash, even though I stopped the biggest threat in the Shinobi world during the war, i am now chained and ordered to be executed like a common criminal"

Gaara walked passed Naruto, he glanced at his sister and brother and they nodded, they got up off their seats and vanished, only to reappear beside their kazekage's side and they reached the door and opened it and stepped out into the cold weather.

Sasuke slowly walked in front of Naruto and stared down on him and drew his sword and raised it over Naruto's head, all eyes were on the silver blade, and one tear ran down Hinata's face as she looked at the two of them, trying hard not to break down as Naruto's best friend prepares to execute him.

"Don't look at them"

Kurenai said to Hinata and she looked at the woman beside her and saw that tears were building up in her red eyes, more tears flowed down her face and Hinata covered her face with her hands and sobbed softly.

"It's all my fault"

Hinata sobbed and she felt Kurenai hands going around her and sunk into the woman's embrace, crying silently like a soul that has been condemned to hell.

Kakashi footsteps were slow and sluggish as he ambled on the road, the hot tears blinding him, not caring where he was going, his chest heaved with suppressed sobs and he could feel his mental strength failing him, he pulled down the mask covering his mouth and nose and let out a large stream of breath through his trembling lips and looked up at the fourth Hokage stone face.

"Minato-sensei, I have failed"

Kakashi sunk to his knees and let the sobs out softly.

"What will happen to Sakura?"

Naruto asked and closed his eyes.

"She will be imprisoned in the medical facility where she will dedicate herself to teaching medical Ninjutsu for the rest of her life"

Naruto digested the news slowly, realizing that Sasuke had managed to keep her out of prison and found himself silently thanking the Uchiha as he prepared to die, the sword came slashing down, the blade whistled in the still air coming at his neck, then suddenly, stopped mere centimeters from his neck., Sasuke turned to face the feudal lords and Kages and dropped to his knees.

"What is the matter, Uchiha?"

The Raikage asked impatiently.

"I don't think it's necessary to execute him here"

"And what makes you say that"

Ei eyes had started to flash again and Sasuke knew he had to choose his words carefully next time.

"I don't think it appropriate for the audience to see their Hokage being beheaded in front of them, if nothing else; it should be done at a more appropriate location.

"Like where"

The man stared at the smooth white bird mask and narrowed his eyes in suspicion

"Prison"

Two years, six months later

3: 15 AM

Konoha military prison

3 mile below Konoha

The cold air swirled around the two figures who were walking down the long corridor of the military prison, the smell decaying flesh of was strong in the air as a tall Anbu wearing a white bird mask and a burly warden swept past the holding cells, the Anbu turned his head slightly to look at the skeletal figures in rag clothing huddled in the back of their cells, away from the yellow tungsten light that showed a small part of their gray, concrete cells, rats, bloated from the flesh of dead prisoners scurried from cell to cell, silently checking who was still alive, a few unlucky prisoners who had died from either starvation or disease were already stripped clean of their flesh, their bones glowing yellow in the bright glare, the prisoners who were still alive in the cell sobbed silently in sorrow, knowing full well what awaited at the maws of dozens of rats when they died, the dehumanized Anbu walked on without missing a step or feeling the slightest pity for these condemned souls, for they were men and women who used their own Ninjutsu for murdering scores of innocent people on their own whim and was now forced to live out their remaining life in the cube shape cells, the Anbu looked away from the body of a man who had recently died sprawled off on the dirty floor, his eyes had already glossed over and his lips had turned a light shade of purple, the rats were already at work, feeding ravenously, yet silently on the man, already they had bored a large hole in his side and were running in and out of him, a woman who was sitting in the back with frightened eyes, stared at the creatures feasting on the inmate, the Anbu appeared in front of the cell and she made a mad scramble to get up, she stepped through the seething mass and grabbed the bars of the cell.

"Please, I beg of you, I am sorry for what I did, now let me out of this place!"

The Anbu stopped and slowly turned to face the woman who was crying uncontrollable, yet no tear ran down her dirty face, and the Anbu realized her body simply would not let any liquid go to waste, her dry sobs racked her frail body and she seemed close to falling to the ground.

"Who is this?"

The deep measured voice erupted from behind the mask and the woman finally fell to her knees, sobbing pathetically, the warden came to stand beside the tall man and he spat on the corridor as he looked at her features.

"Akina Inoue, age 31, sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering 182 people in the outskirts of the fire country, I heard she gave the Anbu a rough time apprehending her, killed three of them before she was finally captured"

The woman looked up at the Anbu with sorrow filled eyes, the Anbu calmly studied her features, she had large, dark grey eyes and waist length brown hair that was haphazardly done in a ponytail, even with the dirt on her face, the man could see that she was really beautiful.

"Sorry"

The Anbu said and started to walk off, her eyes opened in panic and she reached out and grabbed his foot, looking into the two dark holes of the mask, the warden made an angry noise and the Anbu put up his hand to silence him, the woman felt hope washing over as she looked up at him, silhouetted by the tungsten light, it was as if an heavenly being had come to her aide, the man slowly knelt down to her level and stared at her silently, she could feel her heart jolting with joy as he reached out to hold her chin and a light blush appeared on her cheeks, his other hand reached up and his gloved fingers gently held the bottom of his mask and ever so slowly shifted it away and Akina felt her hopes dash to pieces as she stared into the leaf's Anbu chief emotionless face, his fingers suddenly went for her thin throat, she feebly clutched at the vice like fingers, and Sasuke slowly stood, lifting the woman like she weighted nothing and the warden smiled demonically, the Uchiha fingers tightened and Akina started gasping in pain, utterly powerless against the strength of the Anbu chief and he spoke calmly.

"You shouldn't have touched me"

Sasuke other hand went for the sword at his side and he slowly drew it, the other prisoners in their cells watched with terrified eyes, Sasuke raised his sword and slowly ran it through her skin, there was a wet sound as it entered into her and her eyes screwed up in agony as the blade slowly traveled through her rib cage, punctured her lung and slowly pierced her heart, her feet kicked the air as the steel pierced the beating muscle, soon her movements slowed as the life slowly slipped from her fragile body, the fingers released her and her body fell to the ground in a crumpled heap.

"Stupid bitch"

The warden said and Sasuke replaced the mask over his blank face, he sheathed his sword slowly and the two strode off as if it what had happened never happened.

The musky odor of fresh blood floated down the corridor on the cold air to the last cell in the underground prison, the bulb flickered on and off, casting eerie shadows into the cell where a sitting on the ground was a prisoner with his back turned to the flickering bulb, the smell seeped into the nose of the person and the eyes opened, slowly, the black lips curled into a rare smile, along the air came the scent of someone waltzing down the corridor , their footsteps well-paced and even, the tip of a black tongue slowly pushed through the black lips and slowly ran over them, Sasuke's chakra floated down the corridor like a silent, invisible tidal wave, crashing down on his senses, a pale hand covered with chakra seals reached up and fingered the collar around his thin neck, the heavy chain connected to it had been fitted into the gray wall and he had to struggle stand up on thin legs, the soft footfalls reached his cell and Naruto turned to look, there standing in front of his cell was the person he hated the most.

"Uchiha Sasuke"

Naruto said, even though his body was slowly dying down, his voice had gotten more deeper during his incarceration two and a half years ago, the man wearing the bird mask watched him with unnatural stillness, something was terribly different about the Uchiha, not only did his aura suggest that he had gotten more dangerous, but his personality seemed oddly off, then Naruto realized he sensed no emotion from Sasuke, the light behind made his shadow jerk in morbid fashion, if he was just a mere human he would have been afraid of him, but, things have changed,

"Uzumaki, Naruto"

Sasuke said calmly, his voice equally deep, he surveyed the Shinobi inside the cell who was fitted with a collar and a heavy looking chain, his eyes moved downwards in their sockets to look at the floor that was littered with rat bones, and in the back of the cell were several human skeletons, piled upon each other obscenely, he zoomed in and saw that some of the bones bore teeth marks, his gaze shifted to Naruto who was giving him a deadened look and he relaxed his body.

"So, what brings you into the distant corners of hell?"

Naruto calmly stated and walked out into the flickering yellow light, he felt a drag on the chain and he knew he had the limit, he grinned at the Uchiha and Sasuke caught a white flash of sharp canines and premolars.

"Is it finally time for me to be executed like that poor woman"

"No"

Sasuke simply said and looked at the warden who bowed slightly and slowly walked away and Sasuke slowly took off his mask, revealing his handsome face to Naruto whose grin got bigger as he studied the man before him, the Sasuke he faced long ago was skinny in comparison to the muscular man he faced now.

"Training hard I presume?"

Sasuke blinked once and curled his powerful fingers into a tight fist.

"When you have S ranked level Shinobi to deal with, it's necessary to develop your skills to their fullest capabilities"

A long silence followed in which Naruto's sensitive ears picked up the calm beats of Sasuke's heart.

"I know why you are here, it's best if i just continue to stay here"

Naruto said, tugging at the collar around his neck, Sasuke drew his blade slowly and Naruto felt his pulse quicken, ready to fight if necessary, Sasuke slashed at the locking mechanism and the bars swung open and he stepped inside the dirty cell and walked right up to Naruto and stared into his pale dirty face for an entire minute, observing how much he had changed in the space of two years, his hair had grown considerably longer until it reached near the middle of his back which was tied with a strip off his prison clothes.

"I have no qualms about leaving you here to slowly waste away in prison, but, due to certain circumstances beyond my control, you will have to come with me.

"And why should I leave this cell, even if I am to leave, i will still be a prisoner, once the Raikage finds out that I am still alive, he will stop at nothing to kill me.

"You don't have to worry about that anymore?"

"And why is that?"

Naruto asked calmly.

"Ever since we faked your execution, the Kazekage disbanded from the allied nations, then slowly, everyone followed his example and broke off the treaty, vowing never again to join forces, after that, the old ninja system resurged, and we are on constant alert of invading troops from the hidden villages"

"I see"

Naruto said, obviously amused with the situation.

"Then the social order broke down, the number of Shinobi being murdered has increased in the space of two years, the streets of Konoha and other villages have turned into battlefields by renegade Shinobi who have formed gangs and have started using forbidden Jutsus to destroy each other"

Naruto felt excitement lapping at his inside, the prospect of fighting powerful Shinobi was making his corrosive blood boil again, but he managed to keep his face devoid of all emotion.

"What is the Anbu doing about this, surely you have the power to get rid of these individuals?"

"It's not that easy, Naruto, the entire political system has been corrupted, gangs offer money to the feudal lords to keep them in check and to pass mediocre laws to protect such individuals from being annihilated, there is little the Anbu can do right now"

Naruto thought about the situation, considering the possibilities.

"Two months ago, a envoy of hidden cloud officials were murdered inside the walls of Konoha, then we received a letter from the Raikage to give him answers in six month time, or else there will be a massive civil war between the hidden leaf and the hidden cloud"

Naruto eyes opened wide and he turned away from Sasuke and walked to the back of his cell, Sasuke watched him with sharp eyes, noting how thin the Uzumaki had become in such a short period of time

"So, what do you need me for?"

"Recently, we have been finding dead Leaf Anbu in the streets of Konoha, at first we thought It was the gangs, then we got a message from the leader of an assassination organization, requesting that you should be released so he can fight you"

Naruto blinked; impressed that someone would have the guts to seek out a match with him, even in his weakened state, only few person could go toe to toe with him.

"And why should I do what he says, I have no obligation to fight him"

Sasuke smirked and stuffed his hand into his pockets.

"He sent two assassins to assassinate Sakura as the message"

The words slowly sunk into his brain and Naruto felt burning anger clawing in his gut and he slowly made up his mind.

"What am I to do?"

Naruto asked and Sasuke smiled.

"Since the Anbu black ops is under certain regulations, your job is dispose of all the bad elements within the leafs, and when the time comes, kill the leader of the assassins to , and I promise you that you will be greatly rewarded, Sakura will be released from her imprisonment and the two of you can start a family in the leaf, but first"

Sasuke said and the Eternal Sharingan blazed into his eyes and Naruto tried to close his eyes, but he was too slow and he felt his consciousness fading fast and he fell to the dirty floor, as if on cue, the warden appeared at the door and Sasuke nodded at the man and replaced the mask over his face and stared down at Naruto, he hadn't told Naruto everything, he left out some details which the Uzumaki had to see and know for himself when he returned to the surface of the leaf, Sasuke walked out of the cell and turned up the corridor, heading out of the hell like prison.

So that's the first chapter, hoped you liked, and please review and tell me what you think.