Chapter 1

[Unknown location]

In a dim-lit cave, a statue was placed. A blindfold to its head, both hands tied together with chains. Ten figures stood. Eight of them were holograms, the other two solid bodies. Both dressed in slightly tattered cloaks. One of those two had a giant three-bladed scythe. The other had half of his face covered by a mask.

Before them, a female with green hair and dark skin levitated in front of the statue. Eyes wide, mouth open with a silent scream. A large amount of chakra leaked from her body to the statue until it dimmed. Her body falling with a solid thud.

"Phew... that took longer than Yonbi. Guess these fucking monster powers were really measured by their tails," complained Hidan, tightening his grip on his scythe.

"We would have been done sooner if you had defeated the Nanabi in jinchuuriki quicker," Kakazu said, surly. "Time is money, and I don't like to waste it on some second rate, undead rookie."

"Fuck you, bastard." Hiden gritted his teeth, glaring. He moved his free hand with gestural aggression. "It's always money this, money that. She was strong. That's why we should enjoy the pain together." Hiden lightened his expression with his disappointment. "But damn. It's such a shame. She would have been a glorious sacrifice for Lord Jashin."

"We don't kill a Jinchuuriki before extracting its Bitjuu, Hidan," said a hologram, its eyes with ripples spread across its eyeball.

They were Pein, the leader of an s-rank criminal gang, Akatsuki.

Pein addressed the others in the cave. "Now, only Ichibi, Sanbi, Hachibi, and Kyuubi remains. Ichibi is currently appointed as Kazekage. Attacking him would paint a meaningless target on our back. The same goes for Hachibi since he is under the protection of Kaikage."

"Meanwhile, Sanbi's whereabouts are still unknown, and Jinchurki of Kyuubi is traveling with Jiraiya of Sannin." Pein paused, turning towards Zetsu. "Zetsu has been keeping track of them. Deidara and Sasori, you'll be sent to the hidden mist to further investigate Sanbi. Until more is known, everyone will remain on standby."

With direct orders given, Pein's hologram disappeared. The others followed suit, like blowing out candles to a Birthday cake, leaving Hidan and Kakazu left in the cave.

[Somewhere in village hidden in the spring]

In the middle of a destroyed forest, two humans and a humanoid-sized toad were hidden under a decayed tree by the spring. One human bleed profusely, the other unconscious. The toad worked to tend the injured man.

"Shit!" the bloody man groaned as the toad touched his wound with medical healing jutsu. "That was terrible."

"Terrible is undermining. You nearly died, Jiraiya-sama," the toad said grimly. "Naruto-sama is not yet ready to tap into Kyuubi chakra. Even by other Bijuu comparison, it's chakra is too sinister. I don't think a human can control it!"

"I know it's sinister, but in the past, others had controlled it. Shodai Hokage and Madara Uchiha had. And Minato believes he can control Kyuubi's chakra. Otherwise, he wouldn't have left the Kyuubi sealing key with me," Jiraiya remarked.

He grabbed the bag of water, gulping it down his parched throat. A groan of pain expelled out of him from the liquid searing his aching chest.

"Jiraiya-sama, please remain still!" The toad tried steadying Jiraiya, concentrating on healing him some more as his mind wondered with an idea. "Jiraiya-sama, why don't you try using one of Naruto-sama's clones? Just like you'd taught him sealing jutsus and elemental Ninjutsu with his clone?"

Jiraiya scoffed. "Do I look like an idiot, Gamahiro? We've already tried, but it's just like sage jutsu. His clone consciousness in Kyuubi chakra state comes back to him when dispelled. It's a double-edged sword."

While Gamahiro continued to treat Jiraiya, far-away, Zetsu had watched the whole confrontation take place, only to shrink back into a rustling pile of leaves.

[Mist Village]

In the mist village, thousands of people gathered at the renovated Mizukage head office. Thundering cheers erupted in the festive air, consuming the entire village.

Today was the Coronation of the fifth Mizukage.

Villagers rushed into the street to see the new Mizukage, who had been the resistance force leader. The one who killed Jinchuriki of Sanbi, formerly the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura. The previous mass murderer and the most hated Mizukage in the history of the Mist.

Standing on the tallest building roof in the village, a figure with a spiral mask watched the Coronation.

Suddenly, a black/white Zetsu emerged beside him.

"Are you angry?" Black Zetsu asked. "The Mist isn't under your control now!"

Tobi looked over at Zetsu, unamused. "What do you want, Zetsu? You know I don't care for this temporary peace."

Zetsu flashed a grin. "We have information on that Kyuubi brat." That caught Tobi's interest. "Jiraiya of Sannin has been training him to control his beast charka. Apparently, he let loose the fourth seal on the boys, and he's now gravely injured. We might have the perfect chance to obtain the Kyuubi."

"Hmm... Where are they at the moment?"

"Hidden in the spring, on the outskirts of the village in the Northwest."

"Did you tell Nagato about this?"

"No."

"Good! I want to attend to this one myself," Tobi grinned. He wrapped himself in the time-space ninjutsu to the exact location, leaving Zetsu to himself.

"Cause he's like a reflection of a young you, right?" Black Zetsu whispered slowly after the fact. Without an audience to answer his question, he shrunk back onto the building.

Gamahiro brought Jiraiya and Naruto back to the inn for the time being. Naruto was still unconscious; Jiraiya wore a bandage around his chest with most of his wounds healed.

"That's enough, Gamahiro." Jiraiya poked at the toad's head from his futon. "Thank you for healing me, but you can leave now!"

"As you wish, Jiraiya-sama!" Gamahiro bowed, puffing away in thin air. A transparent cloud of smoke lingered in his place for a passing second.

Jiraiya sighed, looking down at his chest. "That's going to leave a nasty scar." He smirked, a giggle escaping from his mouth. "But it will make a great story to tell the women. I'll just have to exaggeration a little."

'Oh, Jiraiya-sama! You're so brave! They'll say to him, surely to drool over his oh-so-manly scar.'

Jiraiya giggled again at the thought.

"I'm such a big fan of yours, Jiraiya of Sannin. You would write such an excellent novel," said a voice that definitely wasn't Jiraiya or the womanly voices from his imagination.

With a hard glint in his eyes, Jiraiya sprung up in a reflex, Rasengan in hand. He charged towards the source of the comment, only to phased through them.

CRASH!

Half of the room exploded from the impact of Rasengan. Out of the rubble of the destroyed section of the building, Jiraiya saw Naruto wasn't there. Instead, on his futon stood a guy with an orange, spiral mask.

"Where's Naruto?" Jiraiya demanded fiercely. "Who are you?"

Jiraiya hadn't even sensed this guy. His attack had just passed through, almost like this person had used a body flicker technique. Could that be possible?

No, that wasn't it. The intruder had only stood in place, statuesque, simply inviting for Jiraiya to attack him.

His instincts knew. Whoever this person was, they were dangerous.

Jiraiya felt sweat develop on his skin, standing still enough to start gathering the natural energy around him.

"Who am I?" Tobi parroted blithely. "Didn't I just say I'm a big fan of yours?" His lips curved into an oily smile. "And as for Naturo, don't worry about him. He's unharmed. For now."

"Fan of Mine?" Jiraiya rebuked. "I didn't know my Icha-Icha series following even reached the Akatsuki members!"

Dammit! What kind of technique was he using? All Jiraiya knew was he needed to stall this man until he can go into sage mode.

Tobi chuckled. "How informed you seem to be. And I'm not talking about your porn book. You know the one with the gutsy ninja named Naruto." Jiraiya felt a wave of heat burning in his cheeks as Tobi tilted his head. His expression inscrutable. "Do you really believe in peace like such?"

"I do!" Jiraiya said without any doubts. "Now, you know my answer, leave Naruto here, and I will let you go unharmed!" Jiraiya's tone went from intimidating to a bit sheepish, adding, "I might even give you my autograph too."

"You're mistaken, Jiraiya. Peace cannot simply be achieved like that! It's not like a page of literature!" The air around Tobi grew tense swiftly, stealing Jiraiya's breath just a little. Tobi's Sharingan shone brightly under his mask. "The peace you dream of is merely an illusion!"

Jiraiya's muscles were as taut as a bowstring, staring at Sharingan in Tobi's right eye. He swallowed roughly, asking through clenched teeth, "Are you Madara Uchiha?"

To Jiraiya, it made sense. That was how he couldn't sense him. It explained how this stranger must be fearsome.

Connecting the dots in his head, Jiraiya's eyes widened. "You're the one behind the Kyuubi attack on Konoha?" He accused with a sneer to match his tone. "Aren't you? That Minato. He must have dealt you a considerable amount of damage since you didn't show all these years. Minato isn't one to go down without a fight!"

Finally realizing his killer's intent, Jiraiya formed a Summoning Jutsu hand seal in seconds.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu." A small smoke formed on the ground.

"Kid!" An angry, high-pitched feminine voice called out. "Why'd ya always summon us while I'm in the middle of cooking!"

"Now, calm down, Ma. Jiraiya-chan always has his reason to summon us," a soft voice said in attempts to calm his wife.

"Fer cryin' out loud! Shut up, Pa!"

Ignoring Ma, Pa asked, "Jiraiya-chan, weren't you always complainin' that the way form affects yer face will chase them dames?"

"Not like I can help it! My opponent is Madara Uchiha!" The name brought both to stiffened.

Every summoning animal knew who Madara Uchiha and Mashirama Senju were. They both had a reputation of being Bijju tamers and also know for their incredible strength.

"He's got Naruto! He's using some kind of space-time ninjutsu."

Tobi observed the interaction between the two small toads and Jiraiya, uninterested in seeing more of it. "This is your trump card, Jiraiya? Two toads?" He let out a sigh, rubbing a hand to his temple and holding out his other hand. "Just give me the key to Naruto's seal. Then I'll consider letting you—"

Pa shot an incredibly thin jet of water from his mouth, interrupting Tobi, watching as the water only phased through him.

Tobi noted how fast the measly toad was.

"This is futile. You can't beat me," Tobi boasted breezily. "Even if you refuse to give the key to the seal, I can extract the Kyuubi from Naruto by force instead." Wrapping himself in his ninjutsu, Tobi continued, "It was nice chatting with you, Jiraiya of Sannin. Even if our opinions differ from one another."

"Wait!" Jiraiya charged at Tobi, but in the blink of an eye, he vanished. Even with his sage mode, Jiraiya couldn't feel his energy anymore. "Dammit! He got Naruto," he grumbled through his teeth.

Jiraiya couldn't help but feel a failure. He always was to his students. First Nagato and Yahiko, Konan and Minato. Now, Naruto.

"Jiraiya-chan, wait a moment!" Pa said. "I think you're forgettin' something important." Jiraiya tilted his head towards Pa. "Naruto-chan had signed a contract with us."

Jiraiya's eyes flared. "You mean—"

"We also have the means to travel via space-time ninjutsu," Pa finished for him.

"What are we waiting for? Summon him," Jiraiya nearly shouted.

Ma shook her head. "Don't ya use tha' tone with us, boy!"

"It's alright ya woman," Pa waved off. "He's worried 'bout the Naruto boy."

In a flash, Pa formed the required hand seal for the reverse summoning.

"Kuckiyose no Jutsu."

As smoke erupted around them, they slowly began to realize something was terribly wrong.

They couldn't feel Naruto's energy.

"What's happened? Where's Naruto?" Jiraiya shouted desperately. His tone too reverbing, Ma punched him in the cheek for it.

"Quit shoutin' in ma' ears already," Ma barked at Jiraiya. She turned to face Pa. "Lemme do it."

With the hand seal now, Ma used the summon jutsu once more. Smoke came again. The results were not much different.

Still no Naruto.

"Okay, what the heck is going on?"

[Meanwhile, in Tobi's Dimension]

"Huh? What happened?"

Tobi glanced around his dimension, confused. One moment, he's checking out the seal on Naruto's stomach; the next, he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Dumbfounded, Tobi continued to look for any clues. "Okay, what the heck is going on?"

But there was nothing to give him the slightest clue.

[Somewhere on Earth Land]

"Hmm," a blond ninja yawned. He sat up from the rigid ground, his eyes closed as he rubbed the sleep out of them.

Naruto stood from where he laid, stretching his sore joints. All without opening his eyes.

A sudden burst of wind hit him with such an explosive force, sending him flying into the air without any precautions.

"Woah, What—? What happened?" His eyes widened with shock, coming to the knowledge he was free-falling off of a cliff. "Huh? Oh, shit!"

With panic and confusion twisting together in him, Naruto applied chakra to his legs. He used more chakra in desperation to kick off the air. Naruto hoped it would reduce the speed of the fall and propel himself towards the cliff.

The quick-thinking worked in his favor as Naruto dug his hand into the rocky terrain of the cliff, applying his chakra to his grip.

"What the fuck was that? I swear if this is an Ero-Sennin idea of training..." Naruto ran to the top of the cliff, his heart beating erratically. That was too close. "Ero-Sennin, that wasn't funny—"

His words died in his throat upon being greeted by the intimidating sight of a strange creature. Its skin was black as coal, with round scales and blue marking etched all over its body. It was flying in the distance with the help of two gargantuan wings.

"Dra... Dragon!" Naruto stuttered, gobsmacked by the majestic creature. "I'm not seeing things, right?" He slapped a hard hand to his cheek—the sting of it burning his skin. Naruto hit his other cheek to further his point. "It hurts, so I must no be seeing things!"

Naruto observed his surroundings. "More importantly, where am I? And where's Ero-Sennin?"

The last thing he could recall was Jiraiya losing his seal for Naruto to get better access to Kyuuba charka.

"Did I?" Naruto's chest felt heavy as if it was filled with lead at the horrifying revelation he couldn't remember anything else. "Did I do something when I'd used Kyuubi's chakra? What about Ero-Sennin? Did I do something to him?"

Naruto shook his head at the thought. He couldn't be sure if such happened.

"But seriously. Where am I?" Naruto mused. "As far as my eyes can see, it's all brazen rocky mountains. No signs of trees at all."

Where the fuck is he?

The end

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This is my first Fanfiction. So please overlook some of my mistakes.

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As you may have noticed. In this Fanfic Jiraiya has already taught Naruto about his clone jutsu advantage and Naruto is also somewhat knowledgeable in Elemental Ninjutsu along with sealing jutus.

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