Naruto felt like he was floating, in a black abyss. He wasn't able to see a foot in front of him. There was nothing but darkness around.

"Where am I?" Naruto said. He was talking, but could feel that his lips weren't moving and it seemed like his voice echoed through this world.

"Naruto…" a voice called to him. The voice felt like it was coming from everywhere, but nowhere.

"Who's there? How do you know my name?"

"I'd be scared if I didn't Naruto, I have been with you your whole life."

In a moment, Naruto found himself in a damp room, standing in front of a giant cell. In the cell was nothing but blackness, but in the cell was two, giant red glowing eyes. They were the eyes of a fox, that much, Naruto could tell. He took a step back in fear.

"W-who are you?"

"That hurts Naruto; it wasn't that long ago that I told you my name."

All Naruto could do was stare. He was paralyzed with fear, but somewhere deep down; he felt a feeling of comfort.

"Naruto, your memories have been stripped from you, but the one who did it didn't bother to take the memories of the one who lives inside you. I have the same memories as you, I will share them with you."

A giant fury fist emerged from the Shadow. Naruto stared for a moment than studied his own hand then made a fist himself. He touched his fist with the fox's fist. His eyes widened and his head felt like it was on fire. Memories of his past started to flood his mind. The battle with Zabuza and Haku, the Chunin exams, Pervy Sage, and Squad 7. Then he saw a waterfall in the middle of two giant statuses. At the bottom of it, he saw a boy with long hair running down his back, with grey skin. Black lighting began to form around his hand. It crackled with bitterness. Then, he saw himself, with a red, fox shape aura surrounding him. He put his hand out and a purplish sphere, with a red glow, of spiraling chackra began to form in his hand. The air filled with the hissing of Rasengan. They stared each other down, then, almost in-sync, they lugged at each other.

"Narutooooo!"

"Sasukeeeee!"

The two Justus collided, causing the air around them to thrash and whip around. Then the space around them began to turn black. Then, the scene flashed white, and he was back in the room with the fox.

"That's all I can give you for now, anymore and I may damage your mind."

"Thanks Nine-Tails," he said with a compassionate smile.

"Come now Naruto, you know my name."

His mind didn't know it but his soul did.

"Thank you… Kurama."

Ichigo stood there, on the side of a vertical skyscraper. There were skyscrapers as far as the eye could see. He was having no trouble though; gravity didn't apply in this world. His sword was strapped to his back; he looked around but couldn't find anything. Then, a man appeared. This man had a very ominous feeling to him.

"Who are you?" Ichigo asked.

"Come now, Ichigo, you know who I am," he said starting to walk toward him. His voiced echoed through this world.

Ichigo studied the man for a moment.

"Zangetsu…" he said.

"Good Ichigo," he said and was now standing directly in front of him.

"Well, where am I Zangetsu?"

"This is your soul, Ichigo."

"Don't play dumb, you know what I Meant. The world I've been transported to; with all those people, what is it? And why are my memories gone?"

"I don't know the answer to either of the questions, but I can restore some of your memories."

Zangetsu raised his hand and place it on Ichigo's forehead. He looked uncomfortable about it for a moment but decided to dismiss the feeling.

"Now try to hold still, you may feel some pain."

In a moment, Ichigo's head began to burn, he remembered being able to see the dead his whole life, he remembered trying to save Rukia, the Bouts, and when the Espada came to kidnap Orihime, he especially remembered how helpless he was not being able to save her. Then he saw himself, standing over Rukia. She was wounded but was holding her sword up. In the back was a hollow, who screeched, but Ichigo didn't cringe. It began to charge them.

"Give me that power Shiningami." He said griping the blade and putting the tip to his chest.

"My name is Rukia, Rukia Kuchiki."

Then, in a moment, he was back with Zangetsu. He removed his hand from Ichigo's forehead.

"Why'd you stop?"

"Due to the strength of your soul, I was already able to place a large amount in our head already. Anymore and we risk damaging your mind and soul. For now this will be enough. For now you should rest."

"Alright, thank you Zangetsu."

Natsu Dragneel found himself in a volcanic region in front of a giant cave. From the shadows of the cave appeared a dragon.

"Igneel…"

"Natsu…" he said sympathetically, but then that sympathy turned into aggression, "Take your memories back."

His head felt like it exploded and he dropped to the ground pain. All his memories; up to the battle with Zero; came back at once.

"Ahhhh! Owwwww!"

"Now wake up!" The dragon stomped his foot to the ground, and the moment it made impact he, he woke up.

He sat up in panic, breathing heavily. The moonlight was shining down from the sky. He examined his surroundings and saw he was in a forest area. He looked over and saw that he was in a sleeping bag and next to him was Ichigo and next to Ichigo was his sword, and next to that was Naruto; all passed out. He looked in front of him and saw someone's back, crouched, silhouetted against the fire that was in front of him. The stranger turned around and greeted him with a kind smile. He had hair similar to Naruto but it was somewhat longer. He was wearing a Hidden Leaf, Jounin outfit. Natsu jumped up and took a battle stance.

"Who are you?" he said aggressively.

"Whoa," he threw his hands up to show he wasn't a threat, "I'm not the enemy here, I could've killed you when I had the chance if I really wanted to."

Natsu studied him for a moment then eased up a little.

"Alright, I'll believe you. Anyway what happened to that masked guy?" Natsu asked.

He looked up and scratched the back of his head, "Heheh, well I'm not too sure, I didn't stick around too long," he stopped scratching his head and looked back at Natsu, "but he will be back, I can almost guarantee that much."

Natsu nodded his head in agreement.

"For now though we should probably get some rest, we'll discuss this when the other two wake up." The stranger said.

"Wait, you never told me your name."

"Oh, my name is Minato Namikaze," he said with another kind smile, "pleasure to meet you."

Later that night, after Natsu feel asleep, Minato sat in front of the fire, thinking to himself. That masked man had a Rinnegan and the Sharingan…. and that boy... He looked at Naruto and felt a bond between them. What's going on here?

Naruto's eyes slowly opened. The sunlight was shining brightly through the partially cloudy sky. He sat up and rubbed the sleep away from his eyes. For a moment his vision was blurry, when it cleared he saw Natsu, Ichigo and… and….

"The fourth Hokage!" he yelled with utter shock.