Naruto didn't know what was going on… his body hurt, felt like the burning had stopped though. Groaning, tried to push himself around though only curled himself up in a ball trying to protect himself from the pain… though that did little to nothing. He could still feel the pain that was coursing through him. It felt like he was in some kind of outer body experience, a very painful one at that.

"… p…"

'Who is that? Who's talking to me…?'

"… up…"

'Up? Up what? What the hell are they talking about? What's up? Is there something above my head or something?'

"Wake… up…"

'Wake up, but why? I'm already awake aren't I? If I'm not awake then… how am I asleep? And what was I doing before? I have to remember… it was important…'

"You have to wake up, or you'll fall into the darkness here…"

'Darkness? What darkness is this person talking about? What darkness could possibly make me fall into it? None of this is making sense at all!'

"Don't you want to save your friends?"

'My… my friends?' Just like that, images flowed through Naruto's head… memories of his childhood, memories of his friends, his family… looking after the three little children that looked up to him as their brother, their protector, their master.

The images of his father, training him… teaching him how to be a leader, teaching him how to be a protector… the sounds of swords clashing, the sounds of battle cries… The sounds of the rushing water as it flowed past him and his father. The smell of homemade cooking wafting through the air and penetrating his sense of smell…

Rushing into the house and seeing his mother's long red hair as she made his favourite food. So many memories flowed into Naruto's mind like a dam had broken down that once held back his memories as they came rushing out and into his mind once more. Naruto had felt like he didn't know who he was anymore before… now… it was as if he was getting to know himself once more… for it wasn't just the memories of his life in the village that came rushing toward him, but memories of past lives, past heroes that had protected the lands of Hyrule…

Suddenly, Naruto's eyes snapped open… he tried to lift his head only for everything to start spinning. Shaking his head, Naruto looked and wondered where he was… for it seemed like he was in some kind of… jail cell? That didn't make any kind of sense to him at all.

"Don't move… you were in the darkness and it has drained you mentally to regain your memories…" whispered a soft voice, which had confused Naruto greatly… who could possibly be talking to him right now? Shaking his head, Naruto took a deep breath and twisted his head around and stared at a small creature standing behind him, staring at him with big a lavender coloured eye… Naruto never knew eyes could be that colour before… it was the only thing that he could stare at…

He felt like he could get lost into this creatures eye…

The creature had long blue hair pulled back into a ponytail, skin black as the night, her face (or what he could see) was white and the white seemed to flow down to the center of her chest only to swirl around her belly, then it curled itself around her side and went down to her right leg… green swirls running down her shoulders, lavender rings around her wrists as they swirled up her arm ending at her elbow. The same with her ankles as they ended at her knees… or, where her knees would have been, then, there was the blue on her palms ending at her finger tips, the same shade of blue at the tips of her pointed ears.

Though, what really caught Naruto's attention was the strange stone hat on her head. It had was straight on the top of her head though it opened on the center at the top of her head where her hair could come out at the top. Though, her hat also went straight up as if trying to reach the ceiling.

The sides of the hat seemed to try to cling to her ears and part of the hat seemed to cover her left eye, as if it had been broken off of something. Finally, on the forehead of the hat and making its way to the left and right side of the hat were orange flames…

Whatever was going on though, he didn't have time to figure out what this creature was at the moment. Right now, he had to get out of here and save his mother and those kids.

Pushing himself up… Naruto tried to stand on his own two feet only to fall over. The creature yelped and grabbed him again. "Please… don't do that… you're not human anymore. Not when you're in this world…" Hearing that had confused Naruto, what did she mean by that he wasn't human in this world? He was just fine until that creature had pulled him through that weird door… What could have possibly have happened? "You're a beast now… you became what your spirit reflected."

"Can you read minds or something?" Naruto growled out which, had caused him to yelp and cover his mouth… only to see that his hand, wasn't a hand, but a paw. "Ah! What the hell happened to me!" shouted Naruto, unsure of what had happened to him. It felt like this was a dream, yeah that had to be it; he had to be dreaming still! That just had to be it!

"Please calm down… you're hurt."

Naruto frowned… why did she sound like she was scared? Shaking his head, he narrowed his blue eyes at her as he said "please just tell me what happened. I don't know why I have paws!" He growled again and wondered around the room hoping that would calm him down… though; he didn't know if it would work not when he was stressed because he was some kind of animal… he can't see himself so he can't say what he had become…

"You entered the Door of Twilight. Most humans from the world of light turn into spirits, while you… you turned into a nine tailed fox."

"I'm a fox? Great…"

Hinata frowned as she whispered "I can help you get out of here. There is someone that can help you… But you have to trust me… please?" She looked up at him with sad eyes… err… eye… He has to really remember that her one eye is covered by that stone hat of hers. Sighing, he nodded and stared at her, wondering what she could possibly do to help him. The little creature smiled and jumped in the air, floating to the gate only to end up phasing through in a swirl of bubbles.

Naruto frowned at that until she was able to break the lock which to him was amazing… Walking over to the door, being careful not to fall over on his own paws… Naruto looked up at the creature as he asked "who are you?"

"Hinata…"

"I'm Naruto…"

He chuckled as the little creature grabbed her blue ponytail and twirled her hair between her fingers… he thought it was cute. Shaking his head, Naruto looked up, wondering where he was… though nothing came to mind for the time being. Sighing softly, the young man… fox… started to walk on until he felt something on his back. Looking over his shoulder, Naruto saw that Hinata was now sitting on his back which had caused him to smile.

"You know the way out right?"

"Yeah…"

Naruto was at least happy for that… it would make it so much easier for him to get around this place. Frowning, Naruto felt a little cold in this place… did this world have lower temperatures than his own world?

Frowning, Naruto sighed softly and kept on walking… being careful not to bother some of the animals… whatever they were, they kind of freaked him out. Sighing softly, the fox-turned man looked around a little more and saw that this place also looked… hm… he didn't know the right word for it but spiritual? Was that a good word for it? Shaking his furry head, Naruto looked down at the water and sighed.

He saw that his body was an orange, just a little darker than his shirt… Nine tails swishing behind him as he frowned in confusion. His paws were black as charcoal… as were the tips of his tails and ears. He could also see white on his belly and on his chin and going down to his belly. Sighing, Naruto kept on walking, he knew that he would have to get out of here… the sooner he left the better for him. He didn't know how long this was going to take for him, though what he did know… was that this was going to be a big challenge for him…

Frowning, Naruto walked on ahead hoping to find a way out of this place. He had to get out of here before he felt like he was going to be trapped in here forever. Though, he had a little trouble trying to adjust to his four paws.

He felt like he was tripping over his own feet- uh… paws, for crying out loud! Then again, he had only been a fox for maybe a few hours? Couple of days? He didn't know, though he had the strangest feeling that he had to do something… he wasn't sure what it was but right now, he had to kick some ass, possibly some monsters that he was sensing here…

"Um… you have to go over those spikes over there." Said Hinata on his back as she gently tugged at his ear, hoping to gain his attention… Naruto looked up and frowned, for what Hinata said was right on the ball… there were sharp and pointed spikes sticking up from the ground. Which, he knew would make it impossible to walk on… Hm… maybe that could work? He's only done it a few times in the past but… that was when he was human! Would it still work while he was a fox?

Frowning in confusion, Naruto took a deep breath and wrapped his tails around Hinata. "Better hold on Hinata… I don't know if this will work." He backed away a few paces before running toward the spikes with a quick run. He felt the rush of adrenalin pumping through his body, he felt like he was running even faster than before. Hinata screamed, calling Naruto crazy for trying to do this. Though, it wasn't enough to stop Naruto.

Narrowing his eyes, he jumped up the wall, digging his claws into the wall as it helped him to stay and run along the wall so he could make it over to the other side. He could feel himself slipping and slowly falling down the wall. Naruto could feel himself panic, and the adrenalin giving him more power. Narrowing his eyes a little more, Naruto jumped from the one wall to the other, running a little faster as he pumped more strength into his legs.

'Have to make it… just a little further! I can make it, I know I can.' Naruto thought to himself, hoping that he would be able to make it in time. As he ran, Naruto thought that maybe he would be able to shift back to this form at will? Maybe… though he couldn't be a hundred percent sure… Would be nice though since he was able to stay on the walls a little longer in this form than he was in his other form… Taking a deep breath, Naruto made one last jump as he landed on the other side of the spikes.

He couldn't help but smirk as he breathed heavily.

"What a rush. Believe it." He said with a chuckle before walking down the hall. Hinata pushed out the tails from her body and looked around the room. Naruto looked over at her and moved his tails from her. "Sorry, still not used to the tails." Naruto couldn't help but give a big grin, least as big of a one he could in this body. Soon, he turned his head back to the front and started to walk on ahead.

Only to sigh a little more, for now he had a big tower to climb… and that was something he didn't need right now.

"They sometimes used this tower to help train people." Hinata calmly said, which only made Naruto sigh a little more, that was something he didn't want or need. But he knew that he had to do this to get up the tower... Running up the stairs the young fox would jump when a part of the stairs were missing though he was also glad that they put some ropes here for him to walk on.

It seemed that while in his form, his balance was a lot better in this form, so he was able to walk along the ropes no problem. Hinata though, from what he could tell was looking a little nervous while he walked on the ropes. Was she afraid of heights? But why? She can fly!

Naruto didn't know what he could do… only to keep his focus though… maybe he could give her a little more peace of mind? Yeah, that might work. Smiling, he wrapped his tails gently around her waist, being careful not to frighten her from him wrapping his tails… Naruto felt just how small and frail looking her body really was… Frowning, he looked up the tower once more and sighed… it seemed like the tower never ended… Least most of the stairs weren't broken so that was a case…

The walls, cold as stone… okay, they were stone so he shouldn't say that.

Finally, the young transformed man was at the top… though it seemed that the door was locked. Well wasn't that great. Hinata jumped off Naruto's back and held out her hand, blue palm facing the wooden door and launched a strange orb of red lightning and black fire at the door causing it to blast off its hinges.

Naruto stared at the door with wide eyes and his jaw hitting the floor. "How…? What? You…?" Naruto didn't know what to say, all he knew was that he was she had just blasted down a door!

Shaking his head, Naruto felt Hinata sit back down on his back and took a deep breath before running outside. Only for him to be greeted by a giant bird… its wings longer than a hawks… it's body twice the size of a horse… and its face was nothing more than a strange long funnel with some strange red pattern in the center. Naruto gulped, he didn't know how to fight in this form.

"Focus energy… you can easily blast it with the energy of twilight that courses through your fox body." Hinata said with a soft voice.

Naruto didn't know how that was going to work… but what he did know was that at the moment, he had to try or this was it… Taking a deep breath, Naruto's eyes snapped open, the markings on his forehead and cheeks started to glow brightly. The strange kunai marking on his forehead glowed a soft yellow, as the jagged lines on his cheeks started to glow a soft orange. Naruto could feel it… he could feel the energy surging through his body…

Taking a deep breath, Naruto opened his mouth as a ball of yellow and orange energy started to build up… growing from a small pebble sized orb, only for it to keep growing… Naruto didn't know how much energy he could have focused into this attack without any kind of training. His body felt shaky… like he couldn't hold onto this attack… the orb gathered more and more… growing till it out grew his body… "Throw it Naruto, or you'll destroy your body!" Naruto did as he was told and thrust the orb toward the monstrous bird and watched as it burst into dark blue squares before disappearing. Naruto had never felt so tired before in his entire life. But at least he had another thing to use besides fangs and claws.

Shaking his head, Naruto took a deep breath and started to run on ahead. Being careful not to fall down the walls or the roof… Looking around, Naruto wondered what he could do… his body was so sore… he felt so tired that he wanted to just sleep… But if he was going to figure out where he was then he had to find this mysterious person and have them help…

Jumping up onto the roof, Naruto ran along the shingles, hoping that they don't fall or break while he ran along them. Hinata held onto his coat tightly in her hands, not that he could blame her. They were pretty high up and he guessed that anyone would be scared out of their minds.

Finally… he reached the other end of the roof and looked up at the second tower… "Great… another tower." Grumbled Naruto before he shook his head and started to walk on inside, least the door was open, so that was a plus at the least. Frowning, the young man wondered who this person was… would they be able to even help him? Or was there something else that he didn't understand? Sighing, he walked up the stairs, happy that they weren't broken.

"So… who is this person?" asked Naruto hoping to pass some time as he ran up the stairs.

"She is the princess of these lands. And has not just great wisdom but great power. You have to be careful… there is no telling what form she has in this world."

'Form? Like me or something else?' thought Naruto in confusion, trying to think on what Hinata could possibly mean but said nothing. It wasn't like he could say anything in the first place. Sighing softly, Naruto looked up and saw the door… it made him wonder who this person could be… taking a deep breath, Naruto pushed open the door with his many tails and slowly pushed the door open and standing there… at the other side of the room was a cloaked figure.

'Who is this person?' thought the young fox-man before taking a few steps into the room and staring at the cloaked figure… just staring at the figure as if trying to figure out who this could be…

The person turned around and stared at Naruto and Hinata. Hinata bowed after she got off Naruto's back and looked up at the cloaked figure. "I am Hinata… and this is Naruto… we need your help. Please…"

"Hinata… I know who you are. Though this fox… I never have seen it before. Hm?" the cloaked figure… a woman, Naruto figured due to the voice. The figure's head bent down and looked at his paw… the one with his birth mark on it. "You have the mark of the Triforce… it seems that you have the force of courage on your side."

Triforce? What the hell was that? Oh yeah… it was the mark of a hero or something right? The Goddesses Chosen One, like in those stories his father told him as a kid.

"Just who are you? And what do you know of this world?" asked Naruto in confusion, tilting his head to the side as he wondered… hoped that he would be given an answer.

The figure raised her head and nodded as if understanding what Naruto had really been asking her. All he could make out were some lines of her face, nothing more. The woman lifted her hands to the hood that covered her face from view… and slowly lowered it. Naruto's eyes were wide when he saw the woman's face… She had emerald green eyes and long pink hair… atop of her head was a crown with the same marking that was on his hand… paw… whatever! And surrounding the Triforce was swirls of gold and silver.

"I'm Princess Sakura of Hyrule."