A/N: Hi. Yeah. I know. It's been a while. And I'm posting a multi-chaptered story. I won't abandon this one, although it may take a while between chapters. After reading so many stories that got abandoned, I have resolved to never write a story that doesn't get an ending. Yes that is quite the promise, but I'll do my best to ensure this story is completed. I will say that getting reviews is a nice motivator. Yes it's the same excuse used by everyone else, but it is rather nice seeing that I'm not wasting several hours of my time for something that no one cares about.

This story is rated M for safety. Partially because I enjoy writing bloody death scenes, and it's always better to be safe than sorry.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or The Legend of Zelda. Guess I shouldn't go purchase a life size replica of a goron. Oh well.

Kakashi grimaced as he watched an enraged Naruto pummel Deidara relentlessly. His hand gravitated towards his pouch to grab a suppression seal to suppress the Kyuubi's power. Kakashi kept his eye on the battle, waiting for a good time to interrupt the fight.

'This seal won't help if I'm dead. I just hope Naruto can control the Kyuubi,' Kakashi mused.

Deidara substituted himself with a log and landed on a tree branch.

Naruto's body was now covered in a red cloak of Chakra and had a single tail of chakra behind him. He bared his teeth at Deidara, who smirked in return.

"If only your little friend had this kind of power, he may still be among the living, Hm!" Deidara mocked.

Naruto's eyes widened as a second tail formed behind him. Wasting no time, Naruto jumped at Deidara, poised to rip out his throat.

Upon seeing this, Deidara's smirk turned to a full grin as he welcomed the angry Jinchuriki with open arms. Naruto's clawed hand gripped Deidara's throat, as Deidara grabbed onto Naruto with a bear hug while Naruto ripped out his throat.

In Naruto's hand was clay.

Kakashi's eyes widened in shock. 'That is not good!'

The clay clone of Deidara started to bloat as it let out a wispy laugh.

"Art is a blast!"

Deidara's clone exploded with great force.

Kakashi fled as the explosion flattened the forested area. He felt a tear come to his eyes in anger. He was unable to use his Kamui to save Naruto from the explosion, as he would have risked losing Naruto to the dimension forever. He returned to where they had placed Gaara's body and created a shadow clone.

Kakashi picked up Gaara's body as the clone left to search around the forested area for any signs of Naruto.

'Naruto was covered by the Kyuubi's cloak. Surely he would survive,' thought Kakashi as his ANBU training kicked in and prevented him from panicking.

After adjusting Gaara on his shoulder, Kakashi headed towards the Suna. They would want the body of their young leader back.

Sakura looked around the clearing for any sign of Kakashi, Naruto, and Gaara. They had been missing for a long time, and she was beginning to worry.

"Don't you agree, Sakura?"

Sakura blinked and looked to her right to see Lady Chiyo looking at her.

"Ah sorry Chiyo-sama, I was checking to see if my team was back," replied Sakura apologetically as she turned to face Chiyo.

"Bah they will be fine. The son of the White Fang won't fall that easily, and that teammate of yours is no slouch either," Chiyo replied.

Sakura smiled and was about to reply, when suddenly Chiyo's eyes widened in surprise. Sakura looked behind herself and saw Kakashi carrying Gaara.

With a smile on her face, Sakura started to run towards her sensei. As she neared him, she realized something that shook her to the core.

'Where's Naruto?'

Kakashi frowned as he kneeled down and gently put Gaara's body on the ground.

"Kakashi-sensei, where's Naruto?" asked Sakura in a worried tone.

Kakashi's uncovered eye looked up at Sakura, and quickly turned to the ground.

"Deidara tricked Naruto into rushing him," Kakashi explained, "Naruto went to kill Deidara for revenge. However, Deidara had replaced himself with a clay clone."

People all over the camp started paying close attention to Kakashi's story.

"The clone grabbed Naruto in a bear hug, and started to expand. Because Naruto was right next to the clone, and I haven't had practice with my new abilities, I was unable to get rid of the clone. I was forced to flee as the clone detonated. I grabbed Gaara's body after leaving a clone to search for any possible remains, and well, here I am."

Tears came to Sakura's eyes as she fell to her knees. As the tears fell from her eyes, she felt a hand on her shoulder. Looking behind her, she saw Rock Lee and the members of Team 9, all of whom had shocked expressions on their faces.

Sakura's head snapped back at Kakashi as she felt her anger rise.

"You could have saved him with your eye!" yelled Sakura, "It was a risk, but it would be better than losing him!"

Kakashi frowned as he retorted, "The way they were together and from where I was standing I would have ripped out Naruto's chest. He still would have died that way, and I wouldn't be here either as the blast destroyed my body."

"Well what are we supposed to do now? This mission was a total loss. Not only did we not save Gaara, we lost Naruto. What was the point of this mission? To bring us grief?" Sakura growled out as she stood up, fists clenched and ready to strike.

"This will not be a total loss."

Sakura turned towards Lady Chiyo with a puzzled look on her face.

"What do you mean?"

"There is a technique I can use to bring back Gaara. I cannot bring back your friend, but the Sand village needs our leader."

Chiyo knelt down at Gaara's body while Suna ninjas cried out saying that the technique would kill her.

Chiyo smirked. "Bah I've lived long enough. At least this way I won't die some boring death in my sleep. Now I don't have enough chakra I need some assistance."

Chiyo felt two hands on her back, as Sakura and Kakashi started to channel chakra through her.

"Kisho Tensei!" yelled out Chiyo as she went through the hand signs.

A pale blue shine released from her hand as she healed Gaara.

Several minutes later, Gaara's eyes opened as Chiyo's closed. Chiyo started to fall over when Sakura grabbed her.

Gaara sat up and looked around the clearing as people cheered.

"What happened?" asked Gaara.

A ray of light shined through a stained glass window onto the face of a blonde boy sleeping on a cot. Blue eyes flickered to life as the ray irritated him.

The boy let out a groan as he sat up from the cot and turned to stand.

'Ugh what happened this time,' Naruto thought hazily.

He reached towards his head and felt a slightly damp rag on his forehead. He peeled the rag off as he looked around the room.

The small room he was in appeared to be made out of marble, and the walls had strange carvings of what appeared to be birds. Naruto looked back at the stained glass and saw that it was in the pattern of some type of brown rock creature with piercing blue eyes and whitish hair and beard. Naruto raised his eyebrow at the peculiar depicted creature.

Naruto heard footsteps and the squeaking of a door. He reached for a kunai, when he realized that he was shirtless and wearing some type of baggy black pants. Dismayed, Naruto looked up to see an elderly man walk in.

The man was hunched over, but still stood about six feet tall. He had long white hair that flowed down to his back. The whiteness of his hair seemed to clash with his ashen skin. He had long beard that covered his throat and ended just at his collar bone. His eyes appeared to be a nearly golden yellow. His nose was long, somewhat flat on his face, and had flared nostrils. He wore a white kimono that had a red trim and a pattern of a bird on the back.

The old man looked at Naruto with a surprised look.

"Oh my!" declared the old man, "You're already awake? That is amazing!"

The old man walked over to Naruto and examined him.

Surprised at his friendliness, Naruto sat quietly as he was examined.

"Now my boy, what is your name?" questioned the man with a slight smile.

Naruto was about to share his name, when he realized that he didn't know his supposed care taker's name either.

As if sensing Naruto's dilemma, the old man laughed. "My name is Hakkai, and I have been taking care of you ever since you flew in through my roof."

Naruto's eyes widened and his jaw dropped at Hakkai's words.

"What do you mean I flew through a roof!" yelled a bewildered Naruto.

Hakkai chuckled as he motioned for Naruto to follow him through the open door.

Standing up, Naruto followed the strange old man through the door. Naruto's jaw once again dropped as he looked around.

The building was colossal. He walked forwards out of his room and saw that he was on a balcony twenty feet above the ground floor. As he walked towards a guard rail, he felt the ground was covered in a very lush and soft carpet. Looking down he saw that carpet was red and had a gold trimming around the edge of the carpet. Looking across the balcony to the other side, he saw large arched marble walls and carved marble pillars hold the roof up. Naruto leaned slightly over the runway and looked at the ceiling. The ceiling appeared to rise an additional fifty feet up. The ceiling was domed and had patterns made of royal purple and what appeared to be gold. Naruto looked back down from the ceiling and looked to his left, and saw a large archway with a very large door that Naruto presumed lead to the outside. Above the archway was a gigantic bronze medallion that had a pattern of a large triangle comprised of four smaller triangles.

'What is this place? It's amazing.'

Naruto's gaze followed the red carpet leading from the door to stairs that lead to both balconies, as well as leading towards the lower level. The stairs leading towards the level stopped raised platform with a large statue on the edge of the middle of the platform directly in front of the stairs. The stairs continued downwards around both sides of the statue. The statue was carved out of marble and depicted a young man holding aloft a winged sword in his left hand. The statue was holding a shield that had the large triangle pattern on it with what appeared to be the wings and talons of a bird below it.

'Maybe that's the owner.'

Naruto could see that the carpet ended and the marble floor was left uncovered. In front of the statue on the lower floor was a hexagonal depression on the floor. The depression was four inches into the ground. Each side of the hexagon was thirty feet long. In the center of the depression was a pedestal with a completely grey sword in it. The pedestal was in the middle triangle of the larger triangle.

From his position, Naruto was unable to see exactly what was underneath the balcony on either side of the building, but he was fairly certain he saw some type of tapestry on the wall. He frowned in curiosity as he looked away from the tapestry. Looking to the right of the room, he saw the building ended in a large marble wall that had a large stained glass window that covered half the wall.

The window had what appeared to be three women lifting their arms towards the large golden triangle. The women were positioned in a straight line underneath the triangle and were facing it. The woman on the left was wearing red robes and had long red hair. The woman in the middle looked identical to the woman on the left, but her clothes and hair were green. On the right, the third woman was a blue version of the others. Above the triangle was the sun giving of orange and golden rays of light. The triangle appeared to have wings, as if it were flying above the three women. On the sides of the women, there was a depiction of mountains, land, and sea.

"And if you look above the glass window, you'll see where you entered the building."

Naruto looked above the window and saw a several large boards covering a large hole in the roof.

Naruto started to scratch the back of his head as he let out a nervous chuckle.

"Ah sorry about that pops, is there anything I can do?"

The old man cracked a smile at Naruto.

"Oh do not worry about it. It gave me something to do in this old temple," Hakkai said warmly, "I have been in charge of taking care of this temple for a very long time, before you, your parents, or even their grandparents were a thought in your ancestors mind."

Naruto raised his eyebrow at this statement.

"Anyways, now that you're awake, you should eat some food. It's been two days since you appeared, and you must be awfully hungry."

At the mention of food, Naruto's stomach growled.

"That would be great!" Naruto exclaimed. His opened as he remembered the part of a tapestry he saw. "But first, could you tell me about the tapestry down there?"

Hakkai smiled at Naruto.

"Well if that's what you want, I'll tell you the story of this temple."

Naruto followed Hakkai down the stairs and past the statue. Now that Naruto was in the middle of the temple, the grandness of it fell on him. He had never seen such a large and amazing building, nor has he even heard of one!

'How in the world was this hidden? It must have been some strong genjutsu.'

Feeling a tug on his shoulder, Naruto looked at Hakkai who had a knowing smile on his face. Hakkai guided him towards one of several tapestries.

The first tapestry was divided into thirds horizontally. On the left of each piece was the face of a woman. The one on the top had red hair and red eyes. It appeared as the she was breathing out fire. At the end of the fire there were lands and mountains formed. In the middle was the face of another woman that breathed out water. At the end of the water there was a copy of the above lands, but there was now plants, trees, and water. All of the land was in grayscale. On the bottom was a green version of the woman. This woman simple breathed on the land, which was depicted as having human and animal life, as well as making the picture colored.

Hakkai smiled at Naruto as he explained that the tapestry represented the three goddesses creating the world. Din, the Goddess of Power created the lands. Nayru, the Goddess of Wisdom, gave spirit and law to the world. Farore, the Goddess of Courage took what Nayru created, and used it to create life to enjoy the lands.

The second tapestry showed the three goddesses above the triangle symbol, which was floating in the sky above the land. Underneath the land were depictions of people worshipping the goddesses and the triangle.

"This tapestry shows the goddesses leaving their golden power, the Triforce, in the hands of mortals. The goddesses then withdrew from the land, entrusting the power to the mortals. The top part of the Triforce was filled with Din's power. The left was filled with Nayru's wisdom. The right was filled with Farore's courage. It was said that whoever was filled with a great and equal amount of all three of these would gain the power of the goddesses."

Hakkai led Naruto towards the next tapestry that depicted a single woman holding a sword and a harp. In front of the woman was a large black figure locking swords with a young man in green. Behind the young man were several large birds and several floating islands. Behind the black figure was the land burning and covered in darkness.

"Now this part of history we know very little about," Hakkai said in a sad tone, "From what I have researched, the woman is a goddess separate from the three. She was said to be in charge of ensuring darkness did not destroy the land. The black figure resembles a demon who hated the Goddess so much that he declared war on her and attempted to kill all of mankind. The young man on the right was possibly the first incarnation of the Goddess' chosen hero. He fought this darkness and killed him, but not before being cursed that their descendants would forever be locked in combat."

The next tapestry had the Triforce on the left half, with a white line in the middle of the tapestry. In the middle of the white line was a man holding his hand out to the right. On the right half of the tapestry there were depictions of war and murder. On the left half, underneath the Triforce, there were depictions of peace and prosperity.

"After the demon was killed by the hero, the land entered a time of chaos. The people fought and killed to grab the power of the goddesses. The Sage of Light, Rauru, then sealed away the golden power, which resulted in the land entering an era of prosperity."

Naruto's head was spinning from all of the information that Hakkai was telling him. If he would have known there was this much to learn, he would have at least eaten first! Naruto spaced out as Hakkai described the history of a boy who was able to split himself into four.

"Now this is important, so you should start paying attention now," Hakkai stated.

Blushing at being caught, Naruto nodded and focused on the next tapestry. The tapestry had a child in green pulling a double edged sword with a winged purple hilt from a pedestal in the middle. On the left of the child was the young man in green fighting a very large man with black skin and fiery red hair. The young man held the sword in his left hand, and was depicted swinging the sword to kill the man. To the right of the child was the same child speaking with a young blonde haired girl and a man wearing a red and gold crown. In the background you could see the red haired man being arrested.

"This tapestry depicts the legendary Hero of Time. A long time ago, a young boy came and was tasked with opening the door to the realm where the Triforce was sealed in order to save the land from an evil man. After breaking the seal, the boy entered a room where the Master Sword rested. The boy went to the sword, and lifted it from its resting place. After doing so, he was locked in the sacred realm for seven years until he was able to use this weapon. Unfortunately, this was a mistake," mentioned Hakkai as he pointed towards the left part of the picture. "By opening the Sacred Realm, the child let the reincarnation of the demon enter the resting place of the Triforce. Knowing the legend of the goddesses' power, the Demon King attempted to steal the Triforce, but he did not have equal power, wisdom, and courage. The Triforce then broke into three pieces. The demon gained the Triforce of Power, the hero's reincarnation gained the Triforce of Courage, while the goddess of the realm's human reincarnation was gifted the Triforce of Wisdom. Are you still getting this?"

Naruto slowly nodded his head. "I think so pops, but this is a lot of information. Are you sure this is important at all and not just some way to fill up time?"

Hakkai frowned. "Of course it's important! What if you had never heard of this before, or it had been a long time! I could understand if you already had an intricate knowledge of it, but what are the odds of that?"

Seeing the old man starting to get angry, Naruto raised his hands in front of him.

"Ah I didn't mean anything pops, I really am enjoying this, please go on!" Naruto quickly said with a slight hint of worry in his voice.

Hakkai let out a grunt and mumbled about disrespectful youths with no respect for history.

"Now where was I?" muttered Hakkai, "It seems I lost my place, I guess I should start over."

"No, no!" shouted Naruto, in fear of another lecture, "You were just talking about the square power going to the three guys or something!"

"Ah that's right. Thank you erm. I never got your name."

A sweat drop formed at the back of Naruto's head.

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto, future Hokage of Konoha –tebayo!"

"Well thank you for reminding me where I was Naruto. So the Triforce was split between the three of them. During the hero's seven year slumber, the demon king conquered the land. Upon waking from his slumber, the hero was distraught at the destruction he had inadvertently caused. Determined to make things right, he gathered the six sages to seal the demon king away. After his victory, the hero returned the sword to the pedestal, and was returned to his childhood. As a child, the Hero warned the king and the reincarnation of the goddess about the Demon King's treachery. This allowed the Demon King to be sealed before he accessed the power of the goddesses."

Hakkai frowned as he guided Naruto to the next tapestry. On this tapestry there were two bloodshot orange eyes, and a picture of the hero riding a horse towards them.

"This period of history is strange. We can prove that the Hero left the land in search of a friend, and encountered a being possibly stronger than the demon king, but we have nothing telling us what happened. The only thing that we know is that some red haired man is involved, and that whatever happened in this time is still lurking around."

Naruto gulped at the thought of such a possibly dangerous thing existing.

'When I get back to Konoha I'll have to ask baa-chan or ero-sennin if they know anything about this red haired man.'

He was pulled from his thoughts as he saw Hakkai had led him to the last tapestry. Naruto let out a sigh of relief.

The last tapestry showed the Hero in green holding the master sword outwards to his left. Behind the hero on his right was a skeletal figure facing backwards and looking to the left, where his own sword was pointed. On the right of the hero was a beautiful red haired woman in rather revealing black clothing. Above the trio, a helmeted figure floated. In front of the trio the Demon King was on his knees, while blood pooled around him. Around the Demon King were black beasts with red runes etched all over their bodies.

"The last tapestry we have shows the reincarnation of the Hero of Time killing the Demon King. After the aid of the ghost of the Hero of Time, the Hero of Twilight was able to free the Twilight Princess, the woman on the right you are currently drooling over."

Naruto blushed and wiped his mouth to see if he was actually drooling.

"The princess had been transformed into an imp like creature by the helmeted man in the back. The Hero was drafted by the princess to help restore her to her former glory, as well as to save her people. The Hero journeyed to gain a powerful artifact said to be able to grant grand power to the wearer. Along the way, the Hero met with the ghost of his previous incarnation. The Hero of Time was trapped due to his regret for not having a descendant to teach his ways and was unable to be the hero he was supposed to be. After a long journey, The Hero of Twilight had learned many skills from the ghost, and was able to face the helmeted man in combat. After defeating him, it was revealed that he was merely a figure head, and that the Demon King was the true ruler. The Hero rushed to face the man. After defeating the Demon Kings puppet, his beastly form, and besting him in combat twice, the Hero was able to land a killing blow, stabbing the Demon King through the chest. The Demon King attempted to use the Triforce of Power to revive himself, but the power had abandoned him. The Demon King perished, and his evil soul was absorbed into the Master Sword, and remains there to this day."

Naruto mentally let out a cheer as Hakkai finished his tale.

"Eh that was great and I really appreciate it, but could I get some food now? I'm starving!"

Hakkai let out a hearty laugh. As he motioned for Naruto to follow him once again. He led Naruto up the stairs and towards the room Naruto had been staying in.

Hakkai told Naruto to sit, to which Naruto complied. Hakkai then left the room and returned a couple of minutes later with two bowls of a hearty pumpkin stew. Hakkai handed Naruto the bowl, and turned to eat his own. Looking up from his first spoonful, he saw Naruto holding an empty bowl towards him with puppy dog eyes, as if he was asking for more of the stew.

Shocked, Hakkai left the room and returned with the entire pot of stew. Naruto took the pot and started eating the stew at a rapid pace normally reserved for ramen.

Naruto let out a sigh of relief after he finished the entire pot of stew. He looked up and Hakkai and smiled.

"Thanks for the food pops! I feel like I haven't eaten in. Two. Days."

Naruto froze in realization.

"I've been missing for two days! My friends are gonna be worried about me!" Naruto started to rush out the door when Hakkai grabbed him.

Naruto was about to pull his arm free when Hakkai raised his right hand to ask him to wait.

"I understand you are worried, but as I'm sure you've noticed. This is quite the coincidence for you to be here is it not? You fall through the roof of a place you have never heard of after struggling in some sort of fight that you were unable to win."

Naruto looked at the old man as he saw the truth in his words.

"You were destined to be here." Hakkai saw a look of disgust at the mention of destiny. "You may not like it, but destiny exists. That is why the reincarnations of the hero and demon king have met so many times. The proof is here, and I fear I know why you arrived."

Naruto gave a confused glance at Hakkai.

"You are here because a great evil is to return. This temple was blessed by the seven sages to only allow a few people to see it. To all others this temple is just random group of ruins in the forest. It is not a coincidence that you were able to penetrate the magic of the sages. I can understand you are in a hurry so I will not tell you more, but I can sense an even greater power within you." Hakkai watched as Naruto's right hand grabbed his stomach. "When the time comes for you to control your gifted power, return to me and I shall help you realize your destiny."

Hakkai let go of Naruto's arm. Naruto smiled at Hakkai and ran towards the exit of the temple.

"Old man, thanks for your help! I'll definitely come back when I need you to help make me stronger, but first I have to let people know I'm okay!"

Naruto opened the door for the temple and rushed out, the door slamming shut behind him. Hakkai chuckled to himself as he headed towards the kitchen to make some more food. As he got to the kitchen, he heard the door open once more. Naruto was in the door way blushing and scratching the back of his head.

"Ah I um. I forgot to ask which way I need to go to get to Konoha."

Hakkai face palmed and pointed to the Northeast.

A/N 2: Well that was fun. I hope you enjoyed this first chapter. If you have any suggestions for improvement, let me know. I'd really like to know what you thought about the whole tapestry thing. I'm hoping to make this story more accessible to people who have unfortunately not played a Zelda game. Also it may be a bit of time before I release the next chapter because life. That's how I get ya, I don't tell you about the update time until you're invested. I should go be a politician.

If you want to see a somewhat close visual representation of the temple, it is heavily based on Hyrule Castle from The Legend of Zelda Wind Waker. Not the HD version. Yes there are some minor differences.