The New version. This will be much better, because I actually have TIME TO WRITE! Warning: This may get a lot worse in upcoming chapters....You probably shouldn't read it if you don't like romance! I don't own anything but the plot. SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN A WHILE!!!!!!!! This is the last chapter that will be under 3000 words.

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~Yoshiro Sama~
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"Normal Speaking"

"Normal Thinking/ Flashback"

"Demon/Dark Being Speaking"

"Demon/Dark Being thinking"

"Spell Name/Zanpaku-to Release/abilities"

"Light Being Speaking"

"Light Being Thinking"

Chapter 1: The Judgement Fox

"Deceit is the greatest truth"

Konohagakaru no Sato: Seven years after the Kyuubi attack.

Naruto smirked eerily, going down to visit his Guardian ANBU, Uchiha Itachi. After the incident, Naruto and Itachi had become quite close. The Uchiha also seemed to welcome him with open arms. However, if anything, the Villagers had become more hostile by the day. As Naruto walked towards the Uchiha District, he passed by a large group of civilians all of them looking angry and hateful. Naruto tried his best to avoid them, but they spotted him.

The mob recognized the blond, and their leader smirked. The leader took the nearest sharp object he could find, and pointed at Naruto. "Today, Demon, is the last day your life is stationed on the mortal plane!" Naruto frowned, and as the villager charged, Naruto could feel something...reawakening..in him, and out of instinct, Naruto produced a white sabre from light, and pierced the man's heart.

Seeing it fade, Naruto looked at his hand with shock. It felt normal now, but as soon as all the villager's charged, Naruto felt everything....the truth.

Naruto's bright blue eyes became a dull red, and his frown turned into a scowl. Naruto immediatly knew what to do. He threw seven kunai into the air, clapped his hands, and the 7 kunai became 7000. Altough it was an illusion, and no blood spilled, the villagers were all on the ground, screaming in pain.

As Naruto fell to the ground, returning to normal, he saw the Hokage, and several ANBU Black Ops arrive and scan the area. Naruto closed his eyes, knowing the Sandaime Hokage would help him.

-Unknown Area....-

A man was on a throne, his face and body obscured by a black robe set. However, grey hair and red eyes could be seen. The man's lips curved upward as he felt the Chakra rise to a more recognizeable level, then disappear.

"Naruto....." The man said, smirking, "You never cease to amaze me..." As the man stood, he made way towards the door. "Nine more years until the fateful day...what will you do, Narutooo?" With that, the man exited into a vortex of swirling darkness.

-Konoha Gate-

Itachi Uchiha sat out for his next mission as an ANBU Captain. After hearing Naruto's rage, Itachi needed time to get away from Konoha, and the villagers, before he massacred them all. However, as Itachi exited, he felt several presences following closely behind him. As he got to an open field away from Konoha, four ROOT members appeared from the forests to the north, all glaring at the Uchiha.

"Uchiha Itachi, its time for you to come with us. You are being convicted from treason against Konoha, for being suspected to be in cohorts with the Kyuubi." The leader said, reading from a black scroll. As the ROOT members circled Itachi, more and more appeared.

Steadily, the ROOT members all surrounded Itachi, holding either Tanto, Kunai, or Shuriken. One of them in the back was making handseals for a jutsu. Suddenly, it all happened at once, as the ROOT members flung their weapons, and one of them performed a Katon Gokyakku no Jutsu. As Itachi dodged them all, he proceeded to kill some of the ROOT members.

But more and more appeared, and for every one that died, two more filled the spot. Itachi's eyes flared with the deadly sharingan, and as Itachi took out his own Tanto, but as he began fighting with it, it was shortly broken by a figure behind him.

"Sorry Itachi. But this is only orders. We have moved up the mission. In eight months, the Uchiha Massacre will commence, and you will kill every last UCHIHA. Even the non-Konoha ones." the man, now revealed as Danzo, explained. Itachi's eyes narrowed.

"And if I refuse?" Itachi questioned, before Danzo smirked and replied;

"Then not only will we kill the Uchiha, but you will be executed, and Naruto, whom is healing in the hospital, will be killed too, or sold to a group called Akatsuki. Whichever is more appealing to ROOT." Danzo stated, but then Itachi substituted with a ROOT member and ran towards Konoha, straight towards the Hokage building.

Upon reaching the gates, several fireball jutsus were fired at him, and Itachi had to acrobatically flip through them all, before taking out the three hidden ROOT members in the trees with a kunai. Suddenly, Itachi felt blood escaping from his back, as Danzo cut him with a wind-chakra enhanced kunai. Itachi managed to stand and run into the gates, where Danzo swore and glared, before he and his ROOT members disappeared from sight.

Itachi was bleeding out his back, writhing in pain as the blood seeped out his wound, and right before he made it into the Sandaimes office, he collapsed, and the Hokage himself ran out, gabbing the Uchiha and hoisting him upon his shoulders, and carrying him to the hospital.

-Konohagakure Hospital, Room 307; 9:00 P.M-

As Itachi was set in the bed next to Naruto's own, Hiruzen stood guard. Itachi finally awoke with a headache, and told the Hokage what Danzo said, before Hiruzen halted him.

"Itachi, you don't have to take this mission. Naruto will be okay." Hiruzen explained, before Danzo calmly walked in, with the four ROOT members that attack Itachi.

"Actually, he has too. the Uchiha are going to destroy Konoha, if they keep gathering power. The coup d'eate is being sped up. Once Sasuke starts his second year at the Academy, and thus having the oppertunity to awaken the Sharingan, they are sending him, along with the rest of the Uchiha children, to attack Konoha first. Then the adults will team up to wipe out the council. If Uchiha Itachi doesn't comply, I WILL Kill him." Danzo ordered, but was surprised when Hiruzen, and Naruto, held weapons to his neck.

"Danzo...you will be killed to save Konoha, AND ITS FUTURE GENERATIONS!" With that, Naruto and Hiruzen performed a Double Lariat, decapitating Danzo. Seeing the lifeless body upon the ground, Hiruzen frowned, and out of instinct, kicked the body. However, Naruto's eyes flashed red again, and used the weapon to remove Danzo's limbs. As Naruto's eyes began to change back to cerculean blue, he whispered...

"It seems that your dream was a burned reality...like a blooming flower in an Apocolypse." With that, Naruto fell on his bed, unconscious. Itachi was silently crying. As for Hiruzen...he knew something was wrong with the corpse of Danzo Shimura.....

-Tanzaku no Gai-

A blond woman with twin pigtails was gambling, while talking with the person next to her. Suddenly, they felt a dark chakra flowing over them, and turned backwards. They left the gambling center, and were shocked at what they saw.

-Land of Rice-

A man with dark hair and yellow eyes looked upon the now blackening sky, grinning madly as dust seemed to solidify, and travel around. He barely noticed his red-haired companion returning behind him.

-Final Valley-

A dark haired man with spikes pointing to his back sat upon a statue baring resemblance to him, as he looked upon the dark skies. With a frown, the man disappeared in a swirl, leaving no trace behind.

-Amegakure-

Hanzo barely noticed as an orange-haired man appeared in front of him, and they both decided to fight under the blackened skies, struggling for power over eachother.

-Mizu no Kuni-

As the Seven Mist Swordsman were walking, they heard news of their Mizukage returning, and they hesitantly walked to meet him on the Holy Mist Bridge.

Suddenly, as they greeted their Kage, one of the dust clouds seemed to slam into the center, while a masked figure henged into one of the Swordsman, and tried to kill the Mizukage, but was stopped by the guards, whom flung the man backwards. Suddenly, the smoke cleared, and the guards were pointing their swords at Zabuza.

"W-W-What's going on here?" Zabuza questioned, as they circled him.

-Uzu no Kuni-

The dust clouds landed in the poor village, marching towards the capital, UzuGakure, to slaughter the Uzumaki Clan. As the march continued, a man obscured with a black coat grinned madly, before taking out a pitch black sword.

"Let this village be struck down...none of them should feel safe. Attack!" With that, the army of masked men and women ran towards the village, while the villagers did their best to hide their children, and save their village. Suddenly, all the masked men were defeated by the Uzumaki Clan Head, Misako Uzumaki, the wife of Sentaro Higurashi. Their leader, whom was still standing, unharmed, smirked even wider if possible.

"Misako, never expected you were still alive. How's Kagome?" The man asked, before raising his sword. "Spread the Underworld, Yami no Kuni Negashi (Dark World Flow)." The sword grew larger. As Misako ran towards the man, she drew her sword too, determined to face the man to the death.

"You monster...you damn monster....I'LL MAKE SURE YOU PAY!" Misako cried out, before digging her sword into the man's gut. However, her victory was shot lived, as she was struck upon the arm by a blade made out of black energy. She jumped back, but the darkness appeared too quickly. It chased her to the ground, and attacked in the form of various spikes. However, the darkness began to recede, as the man smirk grew into an angry frown.

"Your reputation preceeds you....Misako of the Heavenly Winds...however, even winds can be stopped. Final Stab: Underworld Impale" Was the reply Misako got to her agility. The darkness surrounded her, and as it gathered around her, a blade appeared from the ground, and flew towards Misako. However, the blade never made contact. Misako's husband took the hit.

"Honey....we are among the last....take the others and run...I'll stall him..." He commanded, before taking off at the man. Misako couldn't take it all, and the tears flew freely as she dashed to get her father, and unborn child away from the Elemental Lands, heading to the Mainland of Japan. They would be safe there, and free from the man. However, as she reached her father, Misako felt her lover's presence fade away slowly.

"Dear...what's going on?" Her father asked quietly. Misako just grabbed his hand, and headed towards the Secret Uzumaki Chambers. As they entered the Portal Room, Misako input a code, and it opened.

"Father. This will make us safe from HIM." Misako spoke, and grabbed her father, pushing him to the portal, which lead to her lover's abandoned home, a shrine in his hometown, which happened to house the Bone-Eaters Well. As they entered, the doors were blasted opened by the man. Without hesitating, Misako launched fifty explosive tagged kunais at the machine's main-frame, and jumped in at the last second.

The blast however, made the man frown, as a light enveloped the enitre room. Subsequently, explosive tags went off around the Uzumaki Compound, creating an explosion, which was viewed by none other then Jiraiya of the Sannin.

'Oh Shit....' Jiraiya thought, before leaving, knowing that a bad omen across the sky was enough to tell him not to go there alone. However, thousands of miles away, a masked man awoke with a start, heading towards Konoha, ready to set plans into motion. But noone noticed the symbol on his back....the symbol of Uchiha...

And so it all has begun.

End of Chapter 1.

How was it? Sorry, but it wasn't over 3000 words. However, I thought it would be a great place to put a cliffy!Read and Review! Have a nice day!

~Yoshiro Sama~