Naruto: Hour of Darkness

Battle history in the ninja world

Prolog: The Deciding Factor

Four figures stood around a table, looking down on a map. One had blue hair in an amazingly unlikely style, the second was a scantly clad redhead, the third was a cheerful-looking blonde girl, and the fourth was…a penguin.

The Overlord of the Netherworld, the great king Laharl, looked at the area circled on the map. "So this is where he ran off to?"

Etna nodded. "Yep. The information gathered by the Prinny Squad indicates he was last seen here…twelve years ago, it looks like. Since then, nothing."

Flonne tilted her head to the side, her red ribbon swaying gently. "Laharl? Why are you going after him, anyway? He left a long time ago, right?"

The antennaes of Laharl's blue hair stiffened as he said "I'M THE OVERLORD! I won't have a single subject fail to realize that!"

The head spy of Etna's Prinny Squad spoke up. "So what's the plan for getting him back, dood?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Laharl said. "We show up and demand they turn him over, of course!"

Etna sighed. "Somehow, I think it's gonna be a little harder than that to find the Kyuubi, Laharl."

Laharl grunted. "Fine. YOU think up the plan, then. But you better hurry! We leave for Konoha in a week!"

End Prolog