Chapter 1: Loss

When the mission to find Naruto was sent, The Immortal King demanded that he was a part of it. With Inuzuka Tsume (Initially opposed King joining along, until she saw how fast and agile he was, even in his armor), Kuromaru and three ANBU, they moved through the forest, following the Sasuke Retrieval Team's footsteps. At the Valley of the End, they found that aside from the damage caused by Sasuke and Naruto's fight, they found a crater that looked like it was caused by something dense impacting the ground. Following Naruto's scent, though it was weak, they followed it to an open field where it ended in the middle of it.

"The trail ends here." Said Tsume.

"What?" Asked an ANBU.

"The trail ends here." Tsume repeated. "His scent goes upwards, and unless you can fly, we can't catch him."

"Damn it!" King shouted, slamming his fist on a tree near the field, hanging his head low.

"It's okay," An ANBU reassured, "I'm pissed that he got away too. . ."

The next thing he knew, he was dangling in the air by a metal hand firmly gripped around his neck, with The Immortal King's look of rage hidden by his helmet.

"Don't ever say that again." King threatened, tossing the ANBU to the ground. "Lets head back." He said, walking back to Konoha.

"What the hell is his problem?" The ANBU asked as he got up.

Tsume shook her head.

Three days later. . .

When Naruto woke up, he was on a ship, taking him far away from the elemental countries. To prevent him from escaping, his captors had not only not bothered to properly heal his arms and legs, but they also injected him with something to paralyze his body. Worse, the necklace he won from Tsunade was taken from him by a white robed man in a metal mask that looked like a face. When the ship reached its destination, Naruto was taken onto something the men called a train. After what seemed like hours, the train reached its destination, and Naruto was taken into a castle, and he was placed in a chamber beneath the castle. There, men in robes unzipped his jacket and lifted his shirt, starting incantations that made the seal on his stomach appear. Another man in robes appeared, followed by a man in a black uniform with a badge on his chest. The robed man pulled out a pot with ornate decorations on it and showed it to the man in the black uniform.

"Begin." Said the man in black.

The lead robed man opened the pot and began an incantation, followed by the others. Yet, at the same time, Naruto felt like something was forcing itself out of his stomach. As the man's incantation continued, the other robed men stepped away from Naruto, who was in more and more pain. Suddenly, there was a flash of red light, and Naruto cried out in pain as the Kyuubi left him. He closed his eyes, panting as he heard the man in black tell the men to leave.

"Tell Demi that the Kyuubi has been extracted."

"Yes sir. What about the Jinchuuriki?"

"I'll dispose of him."

Naruto felt someone pick him up, and was thrown onto someone's shoulder. After a few minutes, he was placed on the ground.

"We have watched you for some time, how you were raised, how you interacted with others, how you were trained, and I must say, I'm quite surprised Konoha actually won its last war. But then again, they must have thrown anyone and everyone with brains at the Kyuubi."

Naruto opened his eyes, and saw the man in black light up a cigarette.

"But then again, their training methods, I'm not surprised that the only tactic they know would actually be to just charge at the enemy. But don't worry, when we take over, we'll fix that problem, along with many others."

The man left Naruto's line of sight and came back with a red canister with an X on it. Walking over to Naruto, he poured the liquid on him until he was covered in it.

Tossing the canister aside, he took one last puff from his cigarette before removing it from his mouth.

"Nothing personal, kid." He said. "It's just business."

And then he tossed the cigarette at Naruto.

Three days later. . .

Tsunade answered the door. Outside was a man clad from head to toe in red and black armor and wielding a maul, and a plague doctor. "Good morning Judgement," She said to the man in red and black armor, "Good morning Dr. Shepard." She said to the doctor. "How is King?"

"He's calmed down, but he regrets not coming sooner." Judgement answered.

"He's not the only one." Tsunade replied. Shikamaru, even though Sasuke was brought back, considered the mission a failure due to Chouji and Neji nearly dieing and that someone kidnapped Naruto, Teuchi and Ayame are worried since word got out that Naruto was the only one who did not return, Hinata was seen waiting at the gate when she wasn't at home or on duty, and while she was covering it with her concern for Sasuke (Who was stuck in the hospital, not allowed to have visitors), Sakura was also troubled by her teammate's kidnapping.

Tsunade herself wasn't any better. For the past six days, she had regretted sending Naruto on that mission. And three days ago, she won the lottery, and while that's supposed to be a good thing, for Tsunade, winning at gambling meant that something bad was gonna happen.

Tsunade opened her mailbox and pulled out an envelope. It was addressed to her. Sensing that there was nothing wrong with it, she opened the envelope, pulled out a letter and her necklace. She looked at the letter.

When you look at what's on your desk, remember next time not to deny Demi's offer.

"Oh Kami." She said. Pocketing the necklace and the letter, Tsunade rushed off to the Hokage Tower, leaving Judgement, Dr. Shepard and Shizune (Who had just stepped out of the house) behind. When she reached the Tower, she headed straight for her office and opened the door.

On her desk, was the charred body of Naruto.

"No," She whispered. "No, no, no!"

Rushing up to the body, she started using all her knowledge in medical jutsu to revive the Genin, but it didn't work.

"Please Naruto, let this be a prank, jump up and yell, call me Baa-chan, anything!" She said, tears forming in her eyes as she fell to her knees. She felt a large hand place itself on her shoulder. Looking up, she saw The Immortal King looking at her. "King, I tried to save him, but-"

"It's not your fault." He said.

Tsunade felt a pair of arms wrap themselves around her.

"It's okay Tsunade." Shizune whispered.

Judgement and Dr. Shepard entered the office, the latter closing the door before joining the former in bowing his head.

Uzumaki Naruto, the Number One Hyperactive, Unpredictable Ninja of Konoha, was dead.

Not to worry, he'll get better.

Judgement's appearance is based on the armor set from World of Warcraft (In case you're wondering, no I don't play it). His abilities will be based on the Paladin's from Warcraft III and the subweapons from Castlevania.

Volos: If it makes you feel any better, Sakura is going to lose her fangirlism and extreme Tsuntsun Tendencies (AKA: Hitting Naruto for the pettiest of reasons)