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Prologue - A past retold

The battle field was littered with corpses, leaving hardly enough space for a foot on solid ground.

Naruto looked around, tears freely running down her face. She and Kurama were completely depleted of chakra, but she redied herself to charge Madara anyway. It was a futile attempt, but she wouldn't just give up. If there was even the smallest hope for a victory, she would grab it with both hands. As expected, she was flung aside like a bothersome fly.

Madara already had control of seven of the bijuu... and he was half way with number eight.

Bee's mouth was open in a silent scream, his back arched and hie eyes seemed to bulge from their sockets as his tailed beast was pulled from his body. Naruto's heart clenched, it couldn't take the pain anymore. Bee and Gyuuki were like family to her, closer even... seeing them both in so much pain... it was too much to bear.

"Kit... We have to do something." her partner in crime urged her from the shadows of her mind, "I refuse to be sealed to that red eyed bastard."

Naruto was struggling to stand up, trying to wipe the blood out of her eyes and mouth. Her long golden hair was caked in blood and mud, no longer tied up in its usual neat high pony tail, chunks it was missing from various katon and fuuton jutsu she'd gotten caught in. Her clothes were torn, her ninja sandals were missing.

"Kurama, it's hopeless. He is simply too strong." Naruto whispered, "Just look at the pain Octo-pops is in..." her breath hitched , "That's going to be us in a few minutes..."

Her legs couldn't bear her weight any more, a feeling far worse than exhaustion was setting in... She fell down to her knees just as Bee's Body landed face first into the mud.

It was over, there was no hope left.

She was the only person still breathing other than Madara.

The Uchiha was now walking toward her, a crazy grin on his face and a victorious glint in his eyes. He knew that he had won.

Weakly she tried to move backward, struggling in the mud and tripping over a discarded limb she fell backwards. The soggy ground softened the landing, splattering everywhere.

It was hopeless

SMACK

"Bullshit!" The mighty fox growled, standing to his full height in her mind-scape. It took Naruto a second to realize Kurama had just slapped her across the face with one of his tails.

"Since when are you the type to give up kit?" he shouted at her, pacing up and down. "I thought it was against your Nindo? What kind of weakling have you become willowing in self-pity like this?" Everything about the mighty beast's posture indicated his irritation. His tails were twitching, teeth bared and ears pulled back.

"Kurama... if you have any ideas as to how we could survive this and still save the world from his rule then I am all ears."

Naruto was sitting in the usual ankle deep water, hugging her knees, tears still trailing down her face... Everything she had ever fought for was gone... Every person she had ever cared for was dead.

It was over... she had lost.

"There is a way to stop this... but it would still have happened... It is hard to explain" Kurama's facial features were marred by a frown. His jailor was not even listening to him… the nerve. The fox was suddenly still, a serious look in his eyes as he looked at his host, if he did this, there would be a serious price to pay.

As annoyed as the fox was at the blond female for not listening to him, he still felt sorry for his kit... and he was enraged that his brothers and sisters were enslaved. Kurama flat out refused to share the same fate. With a sigh he squared his shoulders to prepare himself for what was to come.

His host was still in a pitiful position, hugging herself for comfort. He had seen that picture too often when she was younger. He would change this no matter what. He had always the strongest of his siblings anyway.

He was going to save them all.

"Hold on Naruto..." He mumbled, but he doubted that she had heard a word he had said... "So much for being all ears..." he thought with a little annoyance. Here he was, making this brilliant sacrifice and she wasn't even listening to his speech.

He started with the hand seals for the technique, his hand-like paws flashing through them with ease.. It was surprisingly a short sequence for such a powerful technique.

He called the technique's name, because if he was going to do this he was allowed to be dramatic. He felt himself get ripped in half and passed out, utterly and completely exhausted.

It was done.

On the battlefield, Madara had just taken hold of Naruto's hair. He forced her head back and placed his palm on her forehead. A wide smile of the utmost satisfaction spread apon his lips. Naruto growled at him with her red eyes narrowed.

"Wouldn't let your friends die ne?" he smirked "Good job."

"Bastard" Naruto sneered and spat at his face. Saliva mixed with blood ran down the man's cheek. With a disgusted grunt the Uchiha tugged her hair with enough force to rip some more chunks out.

Naruto closed her eyes and hissed with pain. A new tear ran down her cheek as she waited for death. As much as it irked her, she had no more strength to fight. As much as she hated the fact that she could no longer fight back or do anything to defend herself, one could not simply summon energy from nowhere. Even sage chakra would be of no use, everything was dead... there was nothing left to draw the chakra out of. She could no longer protect her precious people, they were all gone.

Suddenly she felt herself get ripped backward, a blinding pain seared all through her body, and she passed out.

Kakashi was standing in front of the memorial stone like he usually did. Lost in the memories of his old team and all of the other familiar names engraved on the stone.

A gentle breeze caused the blades of green grass to sway slightly. The silver hair of the jounin also shifted slightly as the wind seemed to play with the individual strands. It wasn't a silent scene, but it was peaceful.

He had already been standing there for about an hour and he would probably stand there for an hour longer. There was nowhere particularly important that he had to be, not that it really mattered, he wouldn't show up anyway.

The man was about to sigh but within a fraction of a second he was on guard. His muscles were tense as he fiddled with the kunai that had appeared in his hand in an instant. Suddenly there had been a shift in the atmosphere. A heavy presence shattered the peace that was drifting around just moments before. He had felt it once before, on a day he wished to forget more than any other.

It was close…Did something happen to his sensei's legacy?

Before he could move there was a loud bang, not unlike dozens of explosion notes going of simultaneously, yet it had the same feeling as the way lightning caused thunder.

It came from the direction of the training posts. He turned his head to look, his posture completely on guard, sharingan exposed, kunai in each hand... If this was what he feared, there would be no holding back.

Both eyes widened as the lone man took in what he was seeing. There, right in front of the stumps, a crater had formed... but that was not the strange part. The crater was created when a girl suddenly appeared out of thin air, about twenty feet off the ground and slammed into the earth with a force that could not be explained by normal means. She hit the ground so hard it was forced to ripple outward. It was an even bigger crater than the great Tsunade-sama could create with one of her chakra enhanced punches.

Kakashi approached the scene cautiously as the dust settled, keeping on full alert. The heavy presence seemed to have disappeared for the moment but one could never be too sure with foxes.

He was sure ANBU would be here soon, but it was his duty to check it out first.

The girl was in the middle of the crater, limbs twisted in awkward angles. Kakashi guessed her age to be in the early to mid-twenties. She was wearing Ninja attire, similar to what every Konoha Ninja wore during the war. A Konoha forehead protector gleamed proudly in the sun from her right forearm...

"Wait... Konoha?" Kakashi's mental study of the female was interrupted by confusion. He had never seen the girl before and he was quite sure he had seen all of Konoha's ninja at some point, especially those that were close to his age.

Was she a comrade?

Or was she a spy?

It would be a good ploy... sending an injured female.

She seemed to be completely unconscious.

He approached her position, hyper alert of his surroundings. This could very well be a trap... but how had the enemies gotten inside the barrier?

He checked her vitals... She wasn't breathing, heartbeat failing, completely covered in blood. Whether she was a spy or not, she was going to die if he didn't do something. She could be worth some information even if she was a spy...

Kakashi quickly attempted first aid but it wasn't working. The girl was still not breathing.

Where were the ANBU?

Kakashi clicked his tongue in irritation. He couldn't waste any more time, her heart had stopped completely. He slung his prisoner over his shoulder and preformed a couple of shunshin to reach the hospital.

There was no time to think about an explanation. The female in his arms required medical attention ASAP.

"Please let me make it in time..." The silver haired Jounin found himself thinking desperately. He was not about to let a possible comrade die in his arms.

He could finally see the hospital. He pulsed his chakra to let them know he was coming with an emergency. No more than 40 seconds could have passed since he started his journey but he was completely out of breath and chakra; shunshin was definitely not meant to be used so many times consecutively over such a big distance.

Not for the first time in his life the Copy Cat Ninja wished that he had learned the Hiraishin from his late sensei.

He rushed through the double doors.

"Kunoichi, affiliation unknown, seriously injured, no pulse, first aid attempted and failed" Kakashi relayed the important information as calmly as possible, handing the woman to the first med-nin that reached him.

A hospital bed seemed to appear out of nowhere and within 5 seconds they were wheeling the kunoichi down the corridor, two med-nins standing on the railings, green healing chakra already working on the girls heart and lungs.

An ANBU with a Cat mask moved forward, now standing next to Kakashi...

"What happened, Senpai?"

"That's what I'd like to know..." Kakashi replied with a sigh. This was way too much

A.N.

Hey guys, this is my first time writing a fanfiction... Please review, I would like to know what you think and all :)

Regards

Namikaze Kakashi