Chapter 1 - A chance encounter

"character dialogue"

"Kyuubi talking"

'Kyuubi thinking'

'character thoughts'

(Flashback/Scene change)

Jutsu

Hope you guys enjoy...

(The Valley of the End)

BOOM!

The power struggle ended in a spectacular explosion, sending debris and chakra in all directions as well as violently shaking the Valley of the end.

When the smoke cleared, the central part of the valley was now a large crater that was slowly filling with water. In the center of the crater were two people. Sayuri Uchiha stood victoriously over the downed form of her former teammate, Naruto, who now had a nasty hole on the right side of his chest. Muptiple points all over his body were bleeding, mainly his chest, head and mouth. He was barely clinging on to his life, even with Kyuubi trying to heal him.

Sayuri looked down at Naruto, her Sharingan staring right into Naruto's half open, cerulean blue eyes.

"Nothing will stop me from killing Itachi and avenging the Uchiha clan. Not even you, Naruto," began Sayuri.

Naruto was in pain all over. He could barely move.

"S-Sayuri..."

She then began charging up another Chidori in her hand."At last. Now, I can complete the next step in getting my revenge." She kneeled down over him and lifted up her lighting-filled hand.

Naruto's eyes widened.

"W-Wait!"

STAB!

The second Chidori, this time, nailing the left side of his heart.

"Gaaaahhh!" he screamed and began convulsing on the ground, his eyes showing a look of pain and betrayal. After a few seconds, he stopped moving and his eyes began to slowly close.

No...Sayuri...I t-thought...we-?'

Through his slowly closing eyes, he saw Sayuri walking away from the crater and off to find Orochimaru and the Sound Village. He slowly lifted his arm up, almost like he was trying to reach for her but to no avail. His arm soon dropped back down after a few seconds...

Meanwhile, Kyuubi was trying to heal all of Naruto's wounds but to no avail. His heart was slowly giving out and despite Kyuubi's healing powers, it wasn't enough to save him from certain death. The damage has been done.

'Damn it all! Looks like this is the end, kit. I hope you knew what you were doing.'

Soon, darkness took over them.

Unfortunately, neither of them noticed the tall, shadowy figure approaching them...

(1 hour later, with Sayuri, en route to the Hidden Sound village...)

Slowly making her way towards Rice country, Sayuri was calmly walking through Fire country's surrounding forests, contemplating what had happened the last few hours since her defection from Konoha. She left the Village after Sakura tried to convince her to stay, which she ended up getting knocking out in the process. She had already made a lot of ground before Naruto and some of her other fellow rookies intercepted her. However, most of the rescue team ended up falling behind to deal with the Sound 5, save for Naruto, who continued to chase after her, eventually leading to their battle at the Valley of the end and finally, Naruto's death by her hands.

'Finally, I gained more power and I'm out of that worthless village. Now there is nothing to stop me from coming after you, Itachi. (Sigh), at least Naruto's death was worth it.' Oh if only she knew...

She may have succeeded in finally defecting from the Hidden Leaf, BUT, there was still one single thing she hadn't accomplished yet and If she had just taken the time to check and make sure back in the Valley of the end, then she would've realized what she had ultimately failed at acquiring... her normal Sharingan didn't morph into the Mangekyou Sharingan like she thought it would...

That means that Naruto's death was all for nothing...

And it would come back to haunt her in the years to come...

(Several hours later, just outside the Valley of the end...)

Running through the raining forest, Kakashi and his dog summons, Pakkun, were trying to reach the valley fast as they can to try and find Naruto and/or Sayuri,if she was still in the area. They made there way though the surrounding forest and eventually reached the entrance to the Valley of the end. What they found was not what they were expecting. Fallen and uprooted trees, cracks in the earth and a rather large crater in the center, the valley looked like it had a bomb go off from within.

'The hell happened here?' Kakashi thought. They walked towards the crater, wondering what had caused it and all the damage around him. Kakashi was also wondering,where was Naruto and Sayuri in all this?

"Pakkun, can you sense anything here?" asked Kakashi."I can't really sense anything," said Pakkun,"The rain is making it really hard to pick up anyth...wait...I can sense someone, in the crater. It's Naruto! he's down there in the crater!" yelled Pakkun.

They made their way down the side of the crater, looking for Naruto. Kakashi was concerned that Pakkun sensed Naruto down here in the crater. If he was here, then it could only mean something was wrong. Kakashi then noticed a figure in the middle of the crater. Fearing the worst, he and Pakkun slowly walked towards it. When the figure came into full view, Kakashi's eyes widened in horror. There, lying in a pool of blood-tainted water was the motionless form of Naruto... broken, beaten, dead.

"Naruto!" yelled kakashi. He ran over to naruto's side and put his fingers to his neck. There was no pulse.

'NO. Naruto! Dammit! I was too late.' Thought kakashi.

He looked at the rest of Naruto's body and saw just how banged up he was. Parts of his jumpsuit were shredded, were deep cuts were found. His head was bleeding from the side. His chest had not one but TWO fist sized holes on it, the center one undoubtedly piercing his heart. Kakashi was trying to hold back his tears. he knew that the holes in Naruto's chest were caused a Chidori, the same move he personally taught to Sayuri. Seeing the damage done to Naruto made him realize how terrible of a sensei he was to Team 7. He completely ignored both Naruto and Sakura in favor of teaching Sayuri, having only taught the two of them only basic team exercises and tree-walking. He taught Sayuri some advanced fire jutsu, chakra control exercises and finally the Chidori, an A-ranked assassination technique. He had intended for it to be a last resort attack against Gaara back in the Chunin Exams but instead Sayuri used it to kill Naruto, her own teammate.

'I'm so sorry Naruto. I was a terrible sensei to you and Sakura. All I taught the two of you were just basic exercises yet...I personally trained Sayuri alone instead of all three of you. I went against my own motto, the same one I told the three of you on our first day. And now you lost your life because of my failure as your teacher.'

"Kakashi, is he..."

"Yes, Pakkun. He really is dead. and it's all my fault," said Kakashi as he picked up Naruto's lifeless body.

"It wasn't your fault, Kakashi. It was that Sayuri student of yours who did this," said Pakkun.

"Yet she used the same technique that I PESONALLY taught her! If I hadn't taught her that jutsu, then maybe Naruto wouldn't have lost his life trying to get her back!" yelled Kakashi.

Pakkun sighed. He knew that Kakashi taught the girl that assassination jutsu, but he wasn't the one who dealt the killing blow to Naruto. But he could see why Kakashi was blaming himself.

"Let's head back to Konoha. There's nothing else left to us here," said Kakashi as he started to walk back to the Hidden Leaf.

"But Wait. What about Sayuri? Shouldn't we go after her?" asked Pakkun, walking beside him.

"No. She chose to abandon her village and comrades. As far as I'm concerned, She is not a shinobi of the Leaf. Not anymore," replied Kakashi.

The two began their slow trek back to the Hidden leaf village...

'I'm sorry Naruto, Minato-sensei. Forgive me.'

He can only imagine the sorrow that would inevitably engulf Tsunade and the others once he returned...

(Location unknown...)

A short, blonde-haired figure was lying on the ground in the middle of an empty field. Suddenly, the figure began moving slightly.

Naruto slowly opened his eyes as he regained consciousness. Kyuubi, within the seal, was also waking up as well.

'Wh-what the? What the hell happened? Where am I?' he thought. He noticed that he was sitting on a field of teal grass surrounded by flora of all kinds. In the distance, he saw what looked like a massive, hollowed out tree sitting in what he assumed was center of this entire area.

'What is this place?' he thought.

He looked up and noticed many spherical shapes dotting the bright pink skies. Everything about this place was a mystery to Naruto.

Now the question is...How did he get here?

The last things he remembered were Sayuri stabbing him in the chest with her Chidori and Kyuubi's last words before everything went dark...

Sayuri...

The very thought of her brought up nothing but sadness and... anger within Naruto.

How could she do that to him? WHY did she do it?! Did she not realize that Orochimaru was just going to use her?! Was she that dead set on getting revenge that she would screw over everyone in the Leaf, even her own friends?!

Naruto clenched his fists tightly. He wasn't mad, no...He was just a little...ABSOLUTELY LIVID!

After everything they've been through, from their first team meeting to the C-turned-A rank mission in Wave to all the times they hung out together as friends, as comrades, and she throws it all away just to gain power?!

Something within Naruto's mind suddenly snapped at that moment. His eyes widened slightly and his jaws clenched tighter then they already were. Blood began seeping from his already tightly clenched hands. The ground around him started shaking. He was leaking so much Killing Intent that anyone who would've felt it would drop dead instantly.

"Naruto! Calm down!"

The amount of killing intent that was radiating from Naruto was starting to affect even Kyuubi.

"That heartless...back-stabbing...traitorous BITCH!" he yelled and the ground beneath him started to crack under the pressure. Dirt and loose rocks around him began to float upwards as his energy began soaring to greater heights...

Naruto was breathing very heavily as the land shook underneath him. His hair even started to float upwards and began to start glowing a much brighter shade of blonde. After a few more seconds, Naruto let out a rage-induced roar.

"RRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

As he let it all out, his hair suddenly glowed a bright golden color and a bright yellow aura began to form around him. KI suddenly erupted from his body in shockwaves in all directions, completely decimating the ground below him. Most of his jacket was burned away by the initial burst of power. His muscles expanded and his hair was now spiked upwards while leaving a few bangs covering his forehead. His eyes also went from a deep cerulean blue to a bright, piercing cyan shade.

A/N- Pretty sure all of you can guess what just happened...

After a few more seconds, the golden aura surrounding him faded away as Naruto slowly reverted back to his old blonde haired, blue-eyed self. He was breathing heavily as he dropped down to his hands and knees.

'What the...What was that power? What just happened to me?.' he thought.

"Interesting. So I was right about you after all."

Naruto looked up and saw a rather tall and thin figure floating not too far away from him. He had long, snow white hair that stood straight up and seemingly defied gravity. His clothing consisted of maroon robes, a black cuirass with white and orange diamond decorations and a bright blue sash around his waist. Around his neck was a large blue halo. He also wore black high-heeled shoes with white spats. In his right hand was a large blue scepter with a golden top that had an unusual ringed gem floating above it.

"Who...are you?" asked Naruto.

The being looked at him with a rather amused expression.

"Ah, Where are my manners? Allow me to introduce myself. My name...is Whis"

To be continued...

(Transmission from Vanishing Flash): Well guys, I promised I would go back and edit the chapters and I did!

(WARNING! IF YOU ARE NEW TO THIS STORY, THEN SKIP THE FOLLOWING SECTION AS IT CONTAINS A FEW SPOILERS!)

I'm just editing all the parts involving Naruto (yes, that includes certain parts of the battle in Ch.5)

Now, some of the changes SO FAR:

- Dialogue has been slightly modified and/or changed as well as some new dialogue thrown in the mix

- (VERY IMPORTANT) As opposed to LSSJ like in the original draft of CH.1, Naruto ascends to regular SSJ instead

- (VERY VERY VERY IMPORTANT!) Naruto has met Whis. HMMMM. I wonder if he'll meet Beerus as well ;)

Stay tuned for the rest of the chapters. Take it easy everybody, Vanishing Flash out. (End transmission)