Naruto slowly came round, his head spinning as drops of water hit his cheek. As he opened his eyes all he could see was blurs rushing past him, and muffled sounds that seemed to echo from all directions. He slowly got to his feet, before closing his eyes and slapping his cold, wet hands across his face before opening his eyes again and seeing the world around him clearer.

The blurs and muffled noises were people running and screaming around him in panic and terror as the stadium that he'd been playing in moments before fell all around them. He looked up, trying to find the spot that he'd fallen from only to find the roof he'd been clinging onto no longer existed. Feeling thankful that he'd landed in a pool of water that had cushioned his landing, rather than the cold hard floor; he started walking, following the crowds of people out of the stadium.

He followed the crowds past fallen walls and smashed shop fronts, being knocked about as people bumped into him, caring only about their own safety. Suddenly something caught his attention. A small child huddled up at the side of the path beneath a broken window, covered in glass. Worried that they were hurt, he made his way over and shook the person.

"Hey you ok kid?"

No reply.

"Hey kid you..." he continued but stopped as he rolled the child over. It was the young girl who earlier that day had begged him with her friends to teach them how to play blitzball. The constant blush that usually adorned her face was instead replaced by several deep cuts from the broken glass.

"No, no, no, no, no!" He panicked. "Someone, please help." He called out, yet while he tried to resuscitate the child nobody came to help, too concerned about themselves to help others. After several minutes of trying unsuccessfully to revive the girl he reluctantly gave up. Upset that he couldn't do anymore, his hands stained in her blood he looked around himself, and realised that the girl wasn't the only one who'd been hurt as all around him lay bodies across the ground. And while a few people had gathered around the bodies, those who weren't fleeing in fear were instead looting the stadiums shops and stalls.

"At times like these, the true nature of a person is shown." A calm voice from behind the blonde spoke. Turning around he found the owner of the voice, a man dressed in red with while hair.

"Kakashi." Naruto called out as the man approached.

"Yo." He simply replied, raising this hand to wave at the boy.

"Kakashi we have to do something, we have to help these people." The blonde said and started to make his way to check on another body, but was stopped when a hand grabbed his shoulder, turning him around to look into Kakashi's single eye.

"There's nothing we can do for them, they're already dead." He said, his voice showing no emotion, just like his face as the stadium shook. "We're better off leaving here before any more of this place falls on top of us." He then turned and slowly walked towards the entrance leaving Naruto by himself once more. He looked down at the motionless body of the girl on the floor and silently said a pray. When he finished, he opened his eyes and took a deep breath before turning around and chasing Kakashi, calling out for him to wait.

Naruto ran between the statues at the entrance way of the stadium as people rushed around in the mayhem.

"Kakashi, Kakashi." He called out trying to find the red clad man unsuccessfully in the sea of people, their cries of panic drowning out his voice. "Kakashi where'd you go?" he called out again when he was knocked down to the floor by someone from behind. Picking himself up, he expected to see the back of the person who'd pushed him down, running away. Instead what he saw was every person around him all stood still silently He crept around the man next to him, looking at him stuck in mid step as though frozen in time, showing no reaction as he waved his hand in front of his face.

"It begins." A single voice called out, over the silence, causing Naruto to spin on his heels to come face to face with a boy who hadn't been there moments before.

"What?" the confused blonde asked the boy dressed in a pale green jacket with a blue scarf wrapped round his neck that looked somewhat familiar. Instead of replying though the boy turned around and walked away from him. Sure the child had something to do with the strange events that were happening he quickly tried to put his foot on the end of the scarf that trailed along the floor to stop him leaving, only to pass straight through it.

"What's going on? What are you?"

"Don't cry." The child spoke on last time before a white flash of light blinded Naruto and when his vision had cleared people were running and screaming all around him again as though nothing had ever happened. He looked around even more confused than he was before trying to understand what had just happened. Had he been seeing things, an affect of banging his head after his fall, maybe he was concussed. But before he could contemplate those possibilities, he saw the top of Kakashi's head poking out the crowd and he quickly chased after him.

Catching up with the one eyed man they walked silently together through the crowds as the sounds of explosions echoed all around them, Naruto deciding not wanting to mention what had just happened knowing just how ridiculous it would sound. They passed through the streets, past fallen buildings, and through broken glass and prone bodies that lay on the ground for several minutes before they finally spoke.

"Kakashi what's happening?" Naruto asked before dodging out of the way of falling rubble. "Where are we going?"

"There." Kakashi simply said pointing ahead of them and what Naruto saw terrified him. There stood towering above the tallest buildings in the city stood a gargantuan black creature stood on four legs, with ten long tails swaying in the night sky. Its huge single red eye watching over the city and the destruction it was causing.

"What, what the hell is that thing?"

"We called it Jubi of Sin." Kakashi said unfazed as another blast caused the ground to shake.

"Jubi of Sin?" Naruto repeated as he looked up from behind his arms protecting his face from the blast only to see Kakashi continue on his way. "Hey come on wait up." He called out before chasing after the man again.

Finally they started to make their way to the great bridge that crossed the river that split the city in half. As they made their way across Naruto looked over the side to the ground below, seeing smoke rise from the rubble of the fallen buildings that he use to go to while people in the streets scurrying around like insects trying to find somewhere safe. And along the riverside, one of the few tall buildings that remained standing had a monitor covering its side showing the image of Minato smiling, while music played that was much better suited to the party atmosphere from earlier in the day then the carnage that was now taking place.

'What are you laughing at?' Naruto thought to himself as he was the image of his father flicker on the screen; to him it almost looked like he was enjoying the destruction. "Why are we heading this way?" He called to Kakashi who was also looking at the image of his father as a small group of people ran past them in the opposite direction.

"We're expected." He replied never looking back at the young man.

"Expected? What you mean expected?" He asked but never got an answer as an explosion rocked the bridge, and the road that had once been clear was suddenly filled with strange creatures. Each creature had a long dark body with four legs, pincers and a set of wings that seemed to flicker a light blue.

"What are these things, giant cockroaches?" He asked with concern, taking a few steps back as he was slowly advanced on. As they drew closer he threw a punch that caused them to back off, then feeling more confident he kicked the next one that attacked, catching it in its head and sending it to the side of the road. But as soon as it hit the ground another took its place, lunging at him and causing him to fall on his backside to evade.

"Here." Kakashi called out tossing a small pouch to him before catching one of the charging creatures by its pincers and throwing it off the side of the bridge, down to the river bellow. Opening the pouch Naruto found it filled with several three pronged knifes. "Hey aren't..."

"Those kunai are a gift from Minato." Kakashi interrupted as he produced his own single blade and slashed through the body of another creature.

"My old man?" He questioned as he looked at one of the blades, turning it in his hand. He remembered his mother talking about how his father use to train using these weapons saying it helped him to improve his blitzball skills. He had one of the kunai at home himself, resting on the mantelpiece but he thought that was the last of its kind, any yet now suddenly he was holding eight of them. Jumping back up onto his feet he tied the pouch to his belt and held the blade in a reverse hold and prepared for the next attack. A group of creatures looked at him holding the knife as the lights of the city shone off it, as if trying to understand what it was he now held before one finally decided to rush him. As it jumped at him he quickly brought his fist down on the creature like a hammer, the blade piercing it in the head between its eyes causing it to cry out in pain before it collapsed and stopped moving. He pulled the blade free and met the remaining of the group head on, weaving and dodging their attacks and striking out with his own.

"Not bad." Kakashi said as he left a pile of dead creatures he'd made at the side of the road, as he made his way towards the blonde who killed the last of his creatures by chopping off its head. "I told you all that blitzball practice would help you if you ever got into a fight."

"Yea but this isn't the kind of fight you were talking about though was it." Naruto jokingly said between panted breaths hoping to see some sort of reaction on Kakashi's face, which he got when the man seemed to smile back to him with his one eye before he suddenly pushed him out the way as another creature leapt at them from behind.

"Now what? More?" he shouted for the whole of Konaha to hear as he realised they were now surrounded on both sides of the bridge by the creatures, flapping their wings as though excited at the prospect of killing the two of them.

"This could be a problem." Kakashi mumbled from under his mask as he and Naruto stood back to back, preparing to strike as they moved in closer. As the two fought off their enemies they kept a look out for any chance they could get to escape but every time one creature fell another would take its place, filling the gap created before they had a chance to flee.

Suddenly one got through Naruto's guard, cutting his arm with one of its pincers before he was able to kick it away. Holding his arm and grimacing in pain he turned to Kakashi. "This isn't working we're going to get killed."

"Agreed." He replied as he put his hand in his pocket and retrieved a tag which he wrapped round the handle of his kunai. "When I say run, run got it?" And before Naruto could ask what he was going to do he threw the kunai off the side of the bridge and into the building close by. As soon as it hit the side of the building the blade suddenly exploded causing it to shake before it started to tip towards the bridge. So surprised by what was happening he never saw Kakashi throw a second blade, causing another explosion cleared the bridge in the direction they were heading, or him yelling to run as he took off as fast as he could. He just stood there as the building with the image of his father on it started to fall on top of him before finally realising he was about to die if he didn't more and took off running.

He moved just in time as it fell on the bridge, the impact causing it to buckle under his feet as he ran. Faster and faster he tried to go, trying to keep ahead of the falling bridge before the section he was stood on collapsed forcing him to jump. He sailed across the bridge as it fell beneath him, wind milling his arms trying to get to the others end of the bridge which was now the only part that was still standing. Finally he reached the other side, clinging onto the edge for his life and slowly dragged himself back up. He managed to drag his chest up onto the side and for a moment just laid there, frantically trying to get his breath back. But when the bridge shook again, the edge he was resting on crumpled away beneath him, forcing him to hold on for his life with his hands once again. Trying to pull himself up again he slipped and was left hanging by one hand as someone stood above him.

Finally losing his grip Naruto would have fallen had a hand not reached out and caught him by his collar. Lifting him up so they could see eye to eye Naruto was relieved to see it was Kakashi, but rather then placing him back down on what remained of the bridge he was held up instead. And before he could question what was going on he looked up realising that the Jubi of Sin was suddenly standing above then, almost as though looking down on them.

"Are you sure?" Kakashi asked but when Naruto looked at him he realised he wasn't actually talking to him but rather the creature above them which seemed to nod its head in approval before opening its mouth as a jet black sphere started to form in it.

"This is it."

Naruto looked back down at the man who held him dangling over the edge, the noise of the Jubi tried to drown out the sound of his voice as the sphere that had been building up in its mouth was realeased and descended upon them.

"This... is your story. It all begins here." Was all he heard before everything went black.

A.N.

Thanks to God of wind4 for pointing out previous spelling errors.