I didn't know what I was doing. All I could remember was fighting the darkness that was coursing through me, trying hard not to let it control me. Yet, when Hinata… when I hurt Hinata I lost control and now I feel like I'll never break free… will I remain this way forever?

Naruto just smirked as he stared at the red haired woman before him. He didn't care what he did, so long as he could spill her blood and finish her off. Flexing his claws he said "how should I kill you? Disembowelment? Ripping your heart out from your chest? Oh so many choices yet I can only pick one." He threw his head back and cackled, only for it to turn into a dark bone chilling laugh. It seemed that Naruto really was enjoying the idea of killing people.

"Naruto snap out of it!" shouted Kurama.

Turning his gaze to the small Pokémon, he narrowed his red eyes before he kicked the small Pokémon into the wall. He didn't give a shit about weak Pokémon, Pokémon that refused to battle were of no use to this version of Naruto Uzumaki. Kurama went flying and slammed into the wall, whimpering out in pain. Kushina and Minato stared in shock; they didn't know what to do. What were they to do now that Naruto had fully crossed over to the darkness that had tried so hard to consume him?

"Minato, go wake up Hinata, I'll try to get Naruto to come to his senses!"

"You two stay out of this fight. This is between Uzumaki's." said Kiyoko, shocking both Kushina and Minato. How was it that she could understand them when… no, she had to be an Uzumaki, no one else but Uzumaki's could understand and speak to Pokémon like that. Though, either way, it was better that someone did try to stop him but why would this woman care when she was the reason for this in the first place?! Yes, she's an Uzumaki but she's helping the bad guys!

"Why should we trust you!?" shouted Minato with a growl.

"You don't have much of a choice at the moment. Naruto is completely consumed by darkness and he has to fight it on his own. He can't rely on people his whole life. This is the will of his parents!" shouted Kiyoko with a glare before she rushed at Naruto. Knowing that she had to stop him at all costs. It was what 'they' had wanted and she was going to keep that promise… even if she had to hide the truth from him for now.

Kushina and Minato didn't look like they trusted her as of yet. But for the time being, they didn't have much of a choice, not while Naruto was still in that form. The longer he was in there, the harder it would be for him to break out of. Taking a deep breath, Minato and Kushina rushed to Hinata, hoping to get her to wake up while Kushina also tended to Kurama who was knocked out.

"Enough talk bitch! I'll rip you apart and feed you to the beasts!" Naruto said with a crazy deranged smile on his face before he charged at Kiyoko. Fist rose as he looked ready to punch her in the face. But, this woman was a lot better than she looked. But was it enough to stop Naruto and get him to come back to his senses?

Kiyoko easily stepped out of the way, her hands shot out, one grabbing his wrist and the other his elbow before throwing him over her shoulder. Her expression was calm and emotionless, as if she had gone into some kind of fighting stage where she could easily lock away her emotions. Naruto growled before jumping back up onto his feet and charged. Throwing fists, and trying to send in kicks. Though each and every time, she would dodge as if everything was in slow motion.

Kushina stared with wide eyes at the battle as it unfolds before her eyes. It seemed that her mother's side were top ranked fighters that fought on pure instinct alone rather than using tactics through the mind. Kiyoko twirled her body out of the way in time as Naruto was preparing to send in another punch. And in return, the blonde haired man got a swift kick to the face, sending him falling and sliding on the floor until he hit the wall. Though, that wasn't enough to stop him, far from it.

Growling, Naruto pushed himself to his feet again as he said "I will kill you, you stupid bitch!" He screamed out in rage before he charged at Kiyoko once more. Only to freeze at what came out of her mouth.

"If your parents saw you, they would be very disappointed." Kiyoko said with not a hint of emotion. Naruto just stared at her with wide red eyes for a brief moment. As if the old Naruto had reached the surface of the darkness that had consumed him. Only to shake his head and glared at her once more. It was obvious that Naruto wanted to have information about his parents more than anything but would it be enough to get him to escape this darkness until that girl woke up?

"Shut up! You don't know shit! They died, abandoning me! I could care less about what they think of me!" shouted Naruto as he threw punches at Kiyoko, his eyes hard as stone but within their depths, there was a consuming sadness, Naruto truly thought that he had been abandoned. Yet, he still searched for answers about where he came from and who they were. "You don't know anything!" shouted Naruto.

Kiyoko and Naruto both charged at each other, as if to catch the other off guard. But that was far from it. Instead, they grabbed each other's hands and tried to shove each other away. Naruto's face was twisted in what assumed to be a glower and a crazy grin. As for Kiyoko, she just gave him a calm smile, no matter how much he would threaten; it seemed that nothing would get through to her that would cause her to be afraid of him. Kiyoko on the other hand, was holding back on her power, not wanting to hurt Naruto any more than she had even if it wasn't planned on the girl getting knocked out. She only wanted him to get a grasp on the darkness that was coursing through him so he wouldn't lose control again. Well, not all plans are perfect.

"I know enough about you and your family Naruto." Said Kiyoko, her voice and posture still calm. Though, that of course only served to piss off Naruto all the more. If this woman knew so much, maybe he should keep her alive… for now. Once he gets his answers, then well… heh… He'll kill her.

Just thinking about it made him smile with glee. Narrowing his eyes at her, he calmly said "what do you know about my family…" It wasn't a question, but a demand. He didn't care about this woman so long as he got the answers that he had been seeking for, for so long.

Kiyoko just stared at Naruto like he was nothing more than a bratty child. To her, that was all she was seeing. Naruto was nothing more than a child that couldn't control the shadows in his heart. At this rate, he might lose himself to this darkness forever and showed no sign of being able to fight it. Maybe, it was pointless to allow Naruto to live. Shaking her head, Kiyoko pulled out a dagger from her leg, concealed by her pant leg before charging at Naruto. There was nothing that she could do… but to end him.

Naruto groaned… wondering where he was. Looking around with weak eyes, he frowned a little before pushing himself up onto his shaky legs. Where was he? He never knew this place, hell he doesn't even know where he is! The whole place is surrounded by a strange fog, was this place clouded by some mysterious force or something? Tilting his head a bit, the young man shook his head before walking on ahead. Maybe if he walked further into this place, he would find out more about this place. There had to be at least some sign of where he was… anything at all. Though, for some reason he felt like he wasn't going to find any kind of answers.

"Minato come on please?! I want to name our son!" shouted a female's voice. Naruto blinked in shock and confusion. He knew that the people he knew didn't have that voice and yet, it sounded so familiar to him for some reason. Without thinking, the young man started to walk on ahead toward the source of the sounds. He wanted to know who they were, who these voices belonged to.

"Kushina, we can't give him a girl's name. I want to give him the name of the hero in Master Jiraiya's book…"

"The name is nice Minato… and he is a hero in the book…"

Naruto started to run toward them. Wanting to see who these people are, to see what they were talking about? And most of all, why it felt like he knew these voices enough that it almost broke his heart hearing them. His eyes started to pool with tears as he ran toward what appeared to be a tall tree. No, it wasn't just a tree… it was… a house that was built into the trunk of the tree? Strange.

Sitting outside of it, were the blurred images of a tall man and a woman. The woman had long hair, and the man had spiky blonde hair. That was all he could make out about them. Everything else was just too blurred for him to make any real definition of who they are. But, what he could make out was the small bundle of blue blankets in the woman's arms. His eyes wide with shock, wondering if this baby… was this baby really him?

Gulping, Naruto tried to take a few steps forward, but found himself unable to. It seemed like something was preventing him from doing anything but to stand and watch. Staring with wide eyes, Naruto tried to scream, tried to get them to listen to what he was saying. Though it seemed that it was not meant to be heard, for they kept on with their conversation.

"Naruto is a nice name…" whispered the woman. So he had been right, this is a memory from his past… but, how could he remember this in the first place? If this memory was right, it was most likely that he was only a day or even a couple days old in this memory. So, how was he able to remember this in the first place? Then again, nothing made sense at this point. Staring at the image before him, his eyes filled with nothing but sadness that this was the only memory that he could… wait a minute… that woman called the man Minato… wasn't Minato also the name of Arashi's son? Not to mention his Umbreon… and, the woman… she had the same name as his Espeon. What's going on? Why… why did they share the same names as his two Pokémon?! Why?!

"The same reason you're falling into the darkness." Said a mysterious voice.

Turning around, Naruto stared into the eyes of a tall man with long red hair, strong facial features, red eyes and a strange red kimono. That was a little strange; this guy must really like red. Though, what Naruto had also noticed was that he had fangs, claws and swishing tails behind him and of course, the twitching fox ears atop of his head. The hell?! "What the fuck are you?!" shouted Naruto.

"Watch your mouth mister. I'll answer you if you ask nicely like a gentleman. Jeez, youth today lost everything that was around thousands of years ago." Said the man as he crossed his arms over his chest and shook his head.

"Fine… please strange fox man."

"Good enough, my name is Kurama. I am your ancestor, and a demon."

"Demons aren't real."

"They did, but were wiped out. My bloodline along with a few others has survived into the generations of today like yours. In fact, my blood is the reason for you to be able to speak and understand Pokémon."

Naruto stared at him with wide eyes. He was a descendant of a demon that could… How? Why? Damn it this was all so confusing to him and he just couldn't figure this stuff out at all! Shaking his head, Naruto pointed a finger at Kurama… wait, he named his Eevee after this guy or was it just pure coincidence? Screw this! "Look, just tell me what is going on alright?! I don't know where I am, or how I even got here!" shouted Naruto with rage in his voice.

Kurama just stared at Naruto for a moment, as if he was trying to figure something out himself. Or, maybe he was trying to think of a way to explain this to him in words that he could understand. Kurama took a few steps toward Naruto, his eyes stern, a way of saying 'just shut up and listen or else I'll beat your ass'. This, of course made Naruto gulp out of fear as he just stood there to listen to whatever it was that he had to hear from this guy.

Kurama took a deep breath as he said "when I was alive, there was a legend about the end of the world." Naruto stared with shock. "And my bloodline would have a hand in it even if it was against their will. My whole life, I had vowed to protect humans, and I had made sure that my family had that belief drilled into their heads… But I knew that it wouldn't be enough."

"What do you mean it wasn't enough?" asked Naruto with a frown.

Kurama stared at Naruto for a brief moment, carefully picking his words as he tried to explain what was to happen next in this tale of what is to come. And why he was able to understand Pokémon would be helpful as well.

Taking a deep breath, Kurama calmly said "my bloodline has always been able to speak and understand Pokémon, but we could also connect with their hearts… but that wasn't all we could do. Because of our connection to Pokémon's hearts, we could become one with them. Use their attacks and reflect on those emotions and act upon them. I feared that the legend would happen after I was gone, so I placed a spell upon my bloodline to never appear and let the power fade into history and legend, leaving my bloodline to only speak to Pokémon. But sadly, that wasn't meant to be for the spell had weakened over time once it reached you."

"What?"

"Listen carefully to me Naruto. You mustn't allow yourself to be pulled into the darkness that are caused by the Shadow Pokémon. Or the fate of the world… the fate of the world will be nothing but destruction and death."

"No… I don't believe you! There is no way that could happen! Come on, it's impossible for one human to have that kind of power and to use it to destroy the world." Shouted Naruto, not wanting to believe this. Which, was true… he didn't want to believe this. There was just no way that he wanted to believe this at all. But what if it was true? What if it was true? Would he… could he really do all of that? No! "No I don't believe you! I can't believe you!"

"Well believe it Naruto! This is your future if you remain in darkness! If you fall so easily to the darkness!" shouted Kurama, with a flick of his wrist the fog started to disappear. As did the faded images of his parents… and what he saw in their place was enough to make his blood run cold. He saw the cities and towns from above, there was nothing left. Smoke rose from the remains of buildings, like they had just been destroyed just moments ago.

But it was the figure in the middle of this all was what caused him to stare in shock. It was him, and he was laughing like a mad man. His body looking just like Hinata had described to him once on how he looked… but this time, he looked more feral. More dangerous, more like a wild beast that wanted to shed blood. He was laughing like a crazy man and shot out strange blasts from the palm of his hand. Shaking his head, he said "no… no this can't be happening! Why is this happening!?" Suddenly, his eyes widened for a moment as he looked around at the surrounding area.

Looking over at Kurama, eyes wide and filled with fear of what the answer was going to be. But he had to ask anyway… "What happened to Hinata, Kushina, Minato and… and Kurama? My Kurama…" He asked softly, he had to know; he just had to know what had happened to them. Why weren't they out in this vision to stop him? To try to get him to come back to his senses! There had to be something, anything that he could do to get him to return to normal!

The look in Kurama's eyes was filled with grief and horror. Just the look was enough to make Naruto regret his question. Kurama took a deep breath, his arms falling to his sides as if just the answer drained him of all of his energy. "You killed them all when they tried to save you. Naruto, they were the first of your victims… you enjoyed killing them."

Naruto remained silent before falling to his knees. No… how could that have happened? Why? Why did they have to…? Damn it… Damn it! Naruto wanted to stop this from happening; he wanted to prevent this future from happening and to keep his friends safe from this happening. Narrowing his eyes, Naruto looked up at Kurama as he tried to ask what he could do to stop this from happening. Though, it seemed that he couldn't bring himself to allow this from happening.

"Naruto… the necklace that you found has magical properties. So long as you keep it with you, and the other half is near you are able to stay you for it keeps you balanced. That is how you'll remain yourself Naruto. Humans are to have inner balance. You though, you're losing that balance. Your body is only being infused with the shadows or other known as the Yin… and the girl holds the Yang piece of your necklace. When both pieces are together you'll find your inner balance. Believe me on that."

Naruto looked down for a moment. Wondering if there was something that he could do that could prevent that future from happening. Was there another part of the prophecy that would give him a hint to prevent that terrible future from happening? Though, maybe he just wanted to be hopeful, hoping for a chance to have a positive future instead of a negative one. Taking a deep breath, Naruto slowly pushed himself up onto his feet wanting to keep himself calm and relaxed but it almost seemed impossible at this point. Though, Kurama's words stopped him.

Kurama calmly said "there was… one last piece of the prophecy that I didn't understand…" Naruto stared up at him with shock. Okay, it was a little weird that he was just wishing for more of the prophecy and now just hearing that there was more that was sure strange, that was for sure. "Two must unite, Yin to Yang, light, and darkness. Love shall save, while hate shall destroy."

"Wow… that didn't rhyme…"

"It isn't about rhyming all the time Naruto. Focus… look, the main point is that you must be careful. For whatever that means, one choice will save the world while the other destroys it. You must be careful or everything shall end." Great… what he needed… pressure. Shaking his head, the young man knew that this was going to be a tough thing to deal with. Now… how was he going to get out of this?

"Naruto, you have to snap out of it." Calmly said Kiyoko after punching Naruto in the face. It seemed that no matter what, he just wouldn't return to normal. In fact, the shadows were getting stronger and stronger the longer he stayed in this form. But, what would be enough to get Naruto to snap out of his control in the first place? Shaking her head, the young woman charged once more. She had to hurry up before it was too late, and before it got to the point where she had to kill Naruto just to save the world before it was too late to do anything.

Meanwhile, Kushina walked over to Hinata and licked her face. Hinata just grunted for a moment. It seemed that she really was starting to come around. Though, it was weird how Minato tried just about everything to wake her up, and yet she was able to wake up the blue haired woman with just a simple lick? That… that was just sad in a sense… though it seemed that Hinata was slowly starting to open her eyes.

"I'll rip you apart bitch!" shouted Naruto.

Kushina looked back at Naruto and stared with terror in her eyes. They had to hurry up and wake Hinata before it was too late. If anyone could get Naruto to return to normal, it was her. Kushina yipped and yelped at Hinata, hoping that would get the blue haired woman to wake up faster than ever. Turning back to Naruto, the psyche Pokémon stared at Naruto as he started to slash at the red haired woman. A few cuts appeared on her face and shirt though Kiyoko didn't show any sign of pain. Even Kiyoko could only last so long in a battle even without her emotions showing on her face.

So, Kushina did the only thing that she could do. She gave Hinata a good head butt attack to the face. Hinata yelped and held her face in pain before looking up at the small Pokémon in front of her. "Kushina? What's going on?" said Hinata with confusion.

"Finally! I've got you!" shouted Naruto.

Hinata looked up and stared in shock. Naruto had Kushina pinned down, his hand wrapped around her throat ready to kill. Though that wasn't how he was going to do it… his hand poised high, looking ready to cut her before finishing her off. Gasping, the young woman pushed herself on her shaky legs and ran toward Naruto.

As for Naruto, his smile was wide and dark. His desire to kill grew, as did the darkness. It seemed almost as if he was ready to finish off what he had started… now, he didn't give a damn about finding out who his parents were or where they were. Nothing else mattered but to kill, to spill blood and see the life fade from people's eyes. He couldn't help but laugh at that. "How does it feel bitch?! How does it feel to lose to… oh what did you call me? A child… yes… you called me a child." He smirked before pressing more on Kiyoko's wind pipe.

Suddenly, he felt something on his back, and something wrapping around his body and held onto his chest. Turning his head, he stared at a blue haired woman. He knew her from somewhere but at the moment he couldn't recall who she was. Growling, he released his hold on Kiyoko and tried to get the blue haired woman off of him. "Get off!" shouted Naruto with a growl."

"No! Naruto, I won't let go until you return to normal!" shouted Hinata, tears streaming down her face as she tried to get him to return to normal. Sniffling, the young woman said "Naruto stop this please! You promised that you would make up for your past! You said you wanted to protect me and those around you. You wanted to protect Pokémon and save them from becoming Shadow Pokémon. Please Naruto! Snap out of it!"

Naruto growled more, trying to get Hinata to let go of him, but her arms just tightened all the more. Narrowing his eyes, Naruto screamed out "let go of me or I'll kill you!" He broke free of Hinata and turned toward her, lifting his clawed hands as he got ready to rip her apart. Only to blink in shock when Hinata threw herself at the shocked blonde haired man. The force from her weight had knocked him over causing him to groan slightly before looking up at Hinata for a moment. Growling, he said "get… off of me, if you do I won't kill you."

Hinata slowly lifted her head, staring at Naruto with tear filled lavender coloured eyes. Sniffling, she whispered "Naruto… please stop this. This isn't you… you're kind, caring… gentle… you act tough because you're afraid of being hurt and abandoned like you already do. You're not alone… I know you're not. I'm still here, so are Kushina, Minato and Kurama." He just stared at her with wide eyes, tears started to pool in his own eyes for a brief moment as if he was finally starting to come around.

"H… Hinata…?"

"Yes Naruto… it's me… please… please just come back. You're not a killer, you're not a monster… you're a hero to me, and Pokémon." Hinata said in a gentle voice. She slowly got off of Naruto and helped him to sit up, never once letting go of him. Naruto just stared at him with wide eyes for a moment. His eyes still filling with tears as they slowly returned into their ocean blue colour. "Naruto… you… you came back." She said, happy tears filling her eyes and falling.

Though, as Naruto returned to normal, the feelings and memories of what had happened started to fill his mind. Causing himself to break down. He tightly held onto Hinata and started to cry. He just couldn't… couldn't believe that he had said… and felt all of that. He was disgusted with himself… he knew that he had to go and stop Kiyoko but sadly, she had left while Hinata tried to snap him out of his darkness. For the time being… Naruto just cried while he held Hinata in his arms… and Hinata gently patting his back hoping that would calm him.