We shall take a temporary break in the story to explain something.

How did the Mini-Cons get sent into a separate world from the one the Transformers had mapped out? Why do the coordinates read Earth while they are clearly not on Earth?

The question lays hidden within a plot that has been in the makings for over a millennium. Two forces have come together in an effort to do something that will forever change the world.

But what will this change be? Will it be one of good intentions or one of pure evil? Who are the gods or demons behind such a plot? Is it one of complete seriousness or one of comical proportions?

Time is the answer. Time will reveal this duo as well as their plot. Time will allow the Transformers to realize what the plot is and to either assist in completing it, or put all they can into ending it.

But for now, here's a new piece of this puzzle. A new being has entered the world. What are his intentions? Where does he come from and why is he there?

We will soon find out. He is slowly making his way towards the Autobots and the Decepticons and the group of ninjas from the Leaf Village.

And trust me, neither the Akatsuki or Orochimaru have any idea who this new being is either.

Megatron yelled in anger at Prime's arrival, "You will not get this Mini-Con, Prime! Look at this, I already found my old partner!"

Once again he called Leader-1 to his side and took aim at Optimus.

Optimus could only jump out of the way as the blast went straight for him.

The blast missed him by only a foot and it kept going destroying a lot of the forest behind them.

"That's enough Megatron! I will not allow you to destroy this landscape!"

"You're all talk Prime. I'm going to keep blasting until I hit you or you hand me that Mini-Con!"

"I'm going to make sure neither happens, Megatron. Super Mode!"

Suddenly Optimus's trailer appeared and changed into what appeared to be legs. Naruto watched in amazement and Optimus himself then changed form and attached himself to the top of the legs.

Before Optimus or Megatron could make a move, a shout came from near Naruto.

"I'd think twice Prime!"

Naruto and Optimus looked over to where Starscream was now holding Hot Shot hostage with his sword.

"You wouldn't want anything to happen to this young fool, would you?"

Megatron laughed while Prime grunted in anguish, "You see Prime? You can't win this time! Now just hand me that Mini-Con and we'll all be leaving with our heads on our bodies."

Optimus looked at the ground for a few seconds and said, "I guess I have no choice."

"What? Optimus sir, you can't give them the Mini-Con, I'm not worth saving if it means giving these creeps that kind of power!"

Starscream tightened his hold on Hot Shot, "Silence fool, you wouldn't want me to slip up now would you?"

Naruto took over for Hot Shot, "Yeah Optimus, you can't give him that Mini-Con!"

"A life is not worth this."

He bent to pick up the Mini-con plate as Megatron began walking to claim his prize, "Excellent. Now just hand it over and…hey!"

As soon as Optimus touched the plate it began to glow. Megatron let out a cry of outrage as a yellow Mini-Con took shape.

"Sparkplug, my old friend! It's you!"

"NO! You did that on purpose Prime! I'll just take you both out right here and now!"

"I think not Megatron!"

Optimus and Sparkplug combined and while nothing appeared to change between the two of them, Naruto could sense that something was different.

As Megatron took aim, Prime simultaneously reached behind his back and pulled out a huge gun.

They both fired in the same moment.

When their blasts collided the resulting explosion was so great, so powerful at such close range, it engulfed the surrounding area with in a mile radius in a flash of white light.

The explosion heavily damaged both Autobots and Decepticons. Optimus, Hot Shot, Starscream, and Megatron were struggling to get up.

"Ugh. Decepticons, retreat!"

It hurt too much to transform at the moment, so they just ran. Naruto watched Megatron, Starscream, and eventually Demolisher as they ran away before he realized he was unharmed.

He looked up when he also realized he had been sent into darkness.

Hot Shot had used himself as a shield to protect Naruto.

"Hot Shot!"

"Hey, Naruto, you're okay then?"

"Yeah, but you look like burnt ramen! And no one likes burnt ramen!"

Optimus had returned to his original form and was holding an injured Sparkplug in his hand, "Hot Shot, we need to get you to Red Alert, now."

"Nah, I'm fine."

That's what he said just before he clonked out.

Naruto gave a shout and scrambled away to prevent himself from being crushed by Hot Shot's weight.

"Man, this guy's dumb if he thinks he's okay."

"He may be dumb at times, but he's just proven that there's more to him than meets the eye."

While Naruto gave Optimus a complete 'what are you talking about' look, in the sky an eager Cyclonus was taking aim.

"Hehahahaha! I'll take them both out and take those Mini-Cons for myself! TAKE THIS PRIME!"

"Don't you dare hurt Prime!"

"What the…GAH!"

From some of the remaining forest came a giant green wrecking ball, which slammed itself into Cyclonus. His shouts drew the attention of Optimus and Naruto as he went flying off into the distance.

They both glanced over as a giant green robot came stumbling out of the woods and towards them.

On his chest was the Autobot symbol.

"Hey, you're not Optimus. In fact, I don't even know who you are."

'It seems the new guy has made contact with the Autobots. And while he wears their emblem, he claims not to know Optimus?'

'Isn't it obvious? He is from another world. Just like the rest of the Transformers are from a world other than the ninja's. He may in fact know of another Optimus'

'Then this is a sign that our plan is making progress at last. So many new developments in under a day!'

'It would seem that way.'

Cyclonus, by the way, happened to land on Starscream and Demolisher as they were still running away from the fight.

As Cyclonus started complaining about a giant green ball attacking him from the trees, Megatron could only say, "Cyclonus, you got more than your body damaged in that fight…"