Summary: A young Naruto stumbles upon an abandoned base in the Forest of Death. Discovering an ancient legacy, he takes the world by storm.

I do not own Naruto or Megaman Zero.

Chapter 1: The Resistance Base

The Hidden Leaf Village. Created by Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, it was made to be a place where children could grow up happy regardless of their station of birth. Where everyone was family and treated equally.

"Aaaaaaah!"

Oh, how they would be rolling in their graves if they saw this. You see, 5 years ago, a Tailed-Beast known as the Nine-Tailed Fox attacked the village. The Fourth Hokage gave his life to defeat the beast. He did so by summoning the Shinigami and sealing it inside of his newborn son Naruto at the cost of his soul. Unfortunately, instead of honoring his dying wish to see him as a hero, the village saw him as the fox. The third Hokage had made a law punishing those who spoke of the fox to Naruto's generation or harmed him with immediate execution. Sadly, he never followed through and several villagers have subsequently grown bold, forming a mob to hunt him down. This leads to the current situation: Being chased into the Forest of Death.

Naruto isn't stupid. He figured out that he was Fourth's son and the host of the fox. How? Simple. He looked in a mirror, then at the Fourth's picture in the Hokage's office. He combined that realization with the knowledge that a host is always related to a Kage and presto! He's the son of the Fourth Hokage and by extension, the Fourth's only ethically viable option to be the host of the Nine-Tails! Of course, he couldn't go around shouting that. He has enough problems as it is, and if the villagers here are stupid enough not to see his heritage, then his parents' enemies are stupid enough to hold a grudge.

Now if he wasn't panicking, he might have used that intellect and figured out why his pursuers had stopped chasing him*THUD*or avoided the large hole in the ground.

"Owww..." he whimpered. He would be feeling that for a while. Naruto stood up slowly, a bit dazed from the fall. When his vision cleared, his eyes widened. He was definitely not in a forest anymore The walls had wires and pipes attached to them. Large boxes with screens like a TV were in different places. Several tables were covered in papers with writing on them in an unknown language. Walking up to one of the boxes, he saw a wire that had an ending shaped like a hole in the wall near it. Shrugging as it was just as big a risk going back outside right now, he plugged it in. The screen lit up with what he assume to be a recording. It showed a old blonde woman with pink and white clothes. She had blue eyes that looked familiar to him. She began speaking.

"To whoever finds this place, I pray you have good intentions. I don't have much time so I'll make this quick. My name is Ciel Namikaze.(At this Naruto's eyes widened) Several years ago I created a copy of X, a repliod who had saved the world countless times. However, Copy X began sending innocent repliods to concentration camps to convert them into energy. I formed the Resistance to combat this threat, but we were quickly overwhelmed. Banking on a legend, we discovered the remains of the Original X's partner, Zero. When Zero awoke, he aided us in our efforts, defeating Copy X. Eventually, a criminal named Dr. Weil gained control over the human utopia, Neo Arcadia. A caravan of humans fled the utopia-turned-nightmare. The Resistance aided them, ultimately resulting in Zero sacrificing himself to destroy Weil. I salvaged many of Zero's parts. Recently, one of our own has gone mad, intent on destroying the world. I have sealed all of my work and records here in the first base the Resistance made. I pray that the time comes when a new hero rises with the same convictions and beliefs as Zero: To fight for those precious to them."

Naruto was silent. This was a recording of his ancestor, from a time well before shinobi existed. Looking around, he felt...small. It was humbling to know that his family line was part of several world-changing events. He had VERY BIG shoes to fill.

Walking over to the desk up against the back wall, he picked up a photo. In it was the old woman, though she was clearly younger in it, and several people in green suits and goggles, but one person stood out. He wore red and gray armor with a blueish-green triangular crystal on the helmet. What stood out the most was the long blonde hair that reached his knees. Naruto noticed a 'Z' painted on man's shoulder.

"That must be Zero." he mused. Well, time to get to work.