A/n: Okay so I finally got up to posting my Naruto fic. Well I have a ton of ideas flowing through but the actual groundwork is pretty much done. Please don't go demanding pairings because that has also been decided as well.

I will post this disclaimer only once.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

'So it finally ended.' Naruto stared sadly at the ruins of Konoha. After a year of fighting, The leader of the oto-nins surprised everyone by revealing who he truly was, Uchiha Madara possessing the body of Uchiha Sasuke. Everyone was completely devestated and all of Konoha was sent ablaze in a few hours. Even reinforcements from Suna with Gaara in the lead had not been able to stem the destruction. Konoha burned just as its namesake withered away.

Naruto closed his eyes from the sight but his tears still leeked from his lids and dripped to the floor. All of his friends had died as well. Not one of them lived out the war.

Jiraiya. The old pervert had faced off the oto-nins with a group of strong konoha-nin a few miles away from Konohagakure no Sato. However, he was easily taken away from Madara's sight as his Sharingan had turned Jiraiya's attacks into slow moving slops.

Kiba. He died not long after Akamaru was impaled by a sound-nin's air vaccum. His last wish was to be buried with his dog.

Shino. He was forcibly taken by sound forces in an attempt to extract information. He came back with his eyes completely clawed out. He died soonafter from blood loss.

Lee. He was forced to use six gates just like his sensei and they both killed swarms of nins before finally succumbing to Madara himself.

Tenten. She was completely overwhelmed by a sound kunoichi who kept redirecting weapons back towards her. She managed to kill her but not before dying herself, being impaled with multiple kunais.

Neiji. He died in the worse way for a Hyuuga. Somehow, the sound-nin knew all about the Hyuuga curse-seal and used it on Neji. He died from the overloading pain that slowly destroyed his brain.

Chouji. A suicide sound-nin had grabbed on to Chouji and completely detonated every single exploding tag on his body. The only thing that remained of the young leaf-nin had been his burned scarf.

Shikamaru. Devestated with the lost of his friend, he fell victim to Madara's sword while protecting his clan. No one survived the massacre.

Ino. She had tried to use her mind techniques but her body was impaled with multiple shurikens while she was in the other body, effectively leaving her bodiless and without chakra, lifeless.

Sakura. She had stayed with Tsunade protecting the sick and injured in the hospital. They had all died from Madara's onslaught. No one was spared.

Kakashi was wracked with grief and self-guilt. He couldn't bare fighting against the body of his former student and soon enough, Madara had killed him with his own Chidori.

Iruka. He died defending the academy, falling victim to a sound-nin's air wave. All that remained were bloody body parts and his bloody forehead protector.

Hinata... Naruto's body suddenly hunched over as he held onto the necklace in his hand, a beautiful necklace with black strings fasten around a amethyst pendant. 'Hinata.' He clenched his teeth as more tears escaped him. 'Why did you have to give your life for me?'

He had been fighting a possessed Kabuto only for the traitor to severe most of his tendons. As he layed unmoving on the ground, Kabuto walked calmly forward to finish the kill but instead of hitting him, his scapel had struck Hinata, who blocked the blow. Naruto had killed Kabuto right after, channeling a large amount of Kyuubi's chakra. Afterwards, he immediately rushed over to Hinata's side.

-Flashback-

Hinata coughed blood and her body shuddered with pain as Naruto held onto her tightly. "You fool! Why did you do it?" Hinata smiled up at Naruto. Despite the pain, her smile was as radiant as ever. "B-Because I love you Naruto-kun."

Naruto stiffened. All the memories of Hinata suddenly flooded his mind and he cursed himself. "Please Hinata." His voice choked from his sobs as tears flowed down his eyes like rives. "Please don't die."

Hinata gave him a soft smile and reached to her neck. She then gently pulled her necklace and gave it to him. "I always wanted to give you this Naruto-kun." He numbly took the necklace and held her hand as well. "I always wanted to show you how much I loved you."

Her body suddenly shook violently as she coughed even more blood. "Hinata!" She gently shook her head. "I-it's okay. I know I am dying and I'm happy that I died to save you like how you did for me." He was so close. Hinata, with the last of her strength, raised her head upwards and with a soft. "I love you Naruto", kissed him fully on the lips.

Naruto, although surprised, quickly returned the kiss and held on to her closely. As this kissed, he suddenly noticed how hers was losing strength rapidly. As he broke it, she already had her eyes closed and her face set in a peaceful expression. Naruto really cried that night. Hinata was dead.

-End Flashback-

She died in his arms and he had been heartbroken. He found someone who loved him deeply and yet, she was taken soon after. His rage that night had cost the lives of hundreds of oto-nins and kumo-nin reinforcements. Yet even with that many dead, konoha-nin were still losing badly. The battle finally ended with Madara obliterating the Hokage monument. Those that used it as a haven were crushed by the crumbling rocks.

Satisfied with his victory, Madara took away the survivors and headed back to Oto, where he planned to take over the other hidden villages. Only Naruto remained as no one had even stepped ten meters before being impaled with chakra tendrils. Now he stood on top of the ruin Hokage monument and gazed at the destroyed city in sadness. The smell of burning buildings and rotting corpses stung his nose heavily but he wouldn't look away from this sight. Not when it was the last he had to remember the village by.

"So you're here Naruto."

He turned his head and regarded the visitor with a nod. "Gaara." The Kazekage stood along with Naruto and gazed at the village with impassive eyes. He then turned his head and stared right into Naruto's blue, slitted eyes. "Do you wish to leave it all behind?"

Naruto stared at Gaara. Did Gaara mean for him to take his own life? Naruto certainly felt like commiting suicide but he also felt that he had to live to take his revenge on the hebi-teme.

Unaware of Naruto's mental ranting, Gaara began channeling a mass of yellow youki all around him. The air began to hiss with the stinging power that is a bijuu's might.

"Shukaku is a demon of the sand and therefore, a master in manipulating time to his wishes. Although he has been taken from me by Akatsuki, I still retain a portion of his youki. I can use that portion to create a vortex that will allow you to jump back in time."

Naruto stared at Gaara in surprise. "This is..." Gaara nodded. "You prevent Sasuke from ever defecting to Oto. With that, his power cannot grow as quickly and if needed, you may kill him before Madara can take control of his body."

Shocked soon gave way to hope and the light flickered for a moment in Naruto's dead blue eyes. Gaara nodded. "Very well." He held out his arms and around them, sand began forming a shape. A build up of sand clumped together and forumed collumns. Then, other sands heated and hardened to form glass. Naruto stared in surprise at the sight before him. The sands had formed and created a hourglass.

"When the glass and sand within shatter, a portal will be in it's place. It will only last for a few seconds so you must get in as fast as possible."

Naruto nodded his thanks to the red head and Gaara gritted his teeth in concentration. Suddenly, the glass shattered. The sands within began warping until a gate of some sort appeared. Dark red swirls of energy appeared in the gate and immediately began flickering.

"Now!"

Naruto lunged forward and leaped through the portal, dissappearing through its vortex. The hourglass began crumbling and turned back to sand. Soon, his form was completely engulfed in the swirling energies.

Gaara sighed and slumped to the ground, completely exhausted. For once, the demon's shrieks have fallen silent and Gaara felt glad. "Do your best Uzumaki Naruto... I will... expect no less." With that, Subaku no Gaara, the Godaime Kazekage, gave his last breath and died.

A/N: Tired as hell but I'm kind of happy that I actually posted this. Please review and tell me what you think of the story. Granted it's just the prolouge but your views would still be nice.

Laters until next week.

-HolyPhoenix