The scene started off with two boys, Naruto and Sasuke. They looked around 16, they were both weary and tired but they still looked at each other like they did during their fight in the Valley of the Death when they were young.

They exchanged hits. Sasuke punched, Naruto blocked. Sasuke kicked, Naruto blocked. They were on par with each other.

From here, they slowly moved on to Rasengan and Chidori, the moves they were struggling to use in the previous clips. They were using those like it was a mere test attack, they had surely grown.

"Wow!" "Two strong shinobis going head to head.""

The sky was dark but the scene was darker.

A fireball was making it's way to a glowing Naruto. And Sasuke himself was not any weaker, he was inside his armored Susanno. As they fought, Naruto decided to get a new upgrade and brought out his full nine tails power.

This was not what the people expected to see when they said yes to watching the future.

'So, Naruto knows about the nine tails power', thought Jiraiya.

"The Susanno!"came exclamations of astonishment from the Uchihas.

"I know your heart, and you, mine."

"We're different from the boys who fought here long ago. I have to cut you out of my life."

"So, he wasn't able to bring him back.." Jiraiya muttered sadly.

" You're missing the point! There's no guarantee that the world you'll build after severing the past won't end up just like this one."

"It won't." Ayako spoke. "It would be different. But not necessarily good."

"You know.. The five villages are finally united! "

"The five villages are united?" hummed the current Hokage deep in thought. "The future must be worse that we can imagine. I don't believe Onoki from the Stone would ever agree to this, unless...."

"The five villages had no choice but to discard their grudges and form an alliance in order to survive. I started with the Sharingan and now, I possess the power of the Rinnegan. Reincarnation, immortality... I have many options. To me, that's what a Hokage ought to be."

"The Rinnegan?"questioned Neji.

"It's a dojutsu, only the Sage Of Six Paths knew how to use it. Or at least, that's what I heard..."answered Jiraiya.

"How did he get it..."Wondered most of the people in the room.

"You're planning to return to that hell for the rest of your life, or rather for all eternity?" Naruto questioned him.

"I'm the strongest in this world right now. So right now, right here will be my first step into the shadows."

"What happened.." a mother's voice full of hurt, devoid of joy shot through the room.

Sasuke started preparing himself for an all out match, and Naruto could be seen with the nine tails.

"The Nine Tails?!!"shouts of surprise and fear came from a few kids.

"Why am I...?"Naruto wondered as he held his head. "Is this why people hate me? I am the nine tails?"

"You're not, Naruto."Inoichi was quick to come to his rescue. He could not imagine what it would feel like for Minato if he ever saw his own son like this. Naruto was the same age as his Ino, they shouldn't be burdened by such thoughts.

"Then why...."

"It's ...complicated." came the Hokage's input. "You'll find out when you are older."

Naruto thought he deserved to know what was wrong with him. But he was too deeply troubled to rebel.

"This is bad. He's just as good as Old Man Six Paths. He's merging all the Chakra that's been scattered into one." The thought of the nine-tails could be heard.

Naruto turned into foxes and tried to stop Sasuke from advancing any further but Sasuke attacked back and kicked him into land, as they were midair.

"Sasuke" whispers of concern could be heard. What was wrong with him?

It was a sight none of the occupants would have ever expected to see. Electric buzzing, fire burning. Two giants with unimaginable strength just fighting it out.

"HOLY-"Shisui started only to get hit in the head by Ayako stopping him from continuing further.

Everyone was watching the fight intently, it was greater than any. It was huge, it was spectacular but it was also scary.

" You finally decided to kill me, huh?" Sasuke taunted.

" No. I'll win against you fair and square!" Naruto declred.

A huge tornado was seen.

A worn out Naruto's conversation with the nine tails inside his head, "If my nature energy didn't make it to you in time, you'd have been blow away just now!"

"The nine-tails is taking his side..." Jiraiya pointed out.

"Amaterasu." a command was heard and a black fire clouded Naruto's front. He then shook the fire off, he was protected by the nine tails chakra coating.

"Amaterasu too?" Fugaku mused as he watched his now old son, this was greater than any other fight.

They both kept exchanging hits and punches despite having not much energy left. The fight started when the sun was up.. it has continued on until the sky dimmed and their punches weakened down to a mere poke.

"You both should really stop now. This is so frustrating to watch, knowing that it's happening but not being able to do anything." Ayako commented

"Why aren't we there though?" came Sakura's question. "We could have stopped them."

"In a war, casualties are normal. Not everyone will come out alive."

"So, we all died?"Ino asked with fear evident in her voice.

"Its- a possibility. Or it could just be that we are somewhere else."

"Or those two are the only one alive...." no one spoke after that and heavy silence filled the room.

The both of them fell on their knees in unison only for Sasuke to get back up, and turn his Chidori on looking at Naruto like he was the target.

"NARUTO!" They were all scared that Sasuke might just kill Naruto after going crazy.

As the Chidori was about to hit Naruto, he punched him on his jaw to sent him flying back.

Naruto's relation with the nine tails is shown in which they seem to be buddy buddy.

This made the adults feel a little uncomfortable. No one had ever been this close to the nine tails before.

"Maybe.." Jiraiya trailed. 'The Prophecy Child...?'

The two have a boost in their spirits and suddenly start doing stronger moves yet again.

"Am I dead?" questioned Sasuke as he and Naruto both were not in the battlefield anymore.

"No-no, you can't be." Mikoto's sobs were unbearable. A mother seeing her own child slowly lose his mind and succumb to the darkness.

"Probably" came Naruto's answer.

"Pitiful isn't it? We were both ostracized from the village and treated like outcasts. You had the nine tails and I was an Uchiha. And we resented the village and it's people. You called me your brother.... In that sense, perhaps we were."Sasuke spoke in a heavy voice, one that was tired.. so very tired.

"Sasuke." came Fugaku's voice directed to his son. "Is there anyone giving you a hard time in school?"

"No, not yet I guess...."

"Why would people-" "Times change, Itachi. Maybe something happened." Ayako stopped Itachi from getting too angry. She knew the guy was too protective of his brother.

"You're totally wrong! Damn it, you don't understand. Do you?"
Naruto then runs away.

"What's running away gonna do?" drawled Shikamaru looking up from the desk, where he rested his head on his hand.

"Why would you go that far? And naturally, everyone's tried to cut their ties with me as well, at some point."

"This is one thing we shouldn't let happen as well." Itachi spoke determined to not let his brother fall into darkness again. And promised himself to find out who let him to darkness and turned him into the shell of nothingness that they had just seen.

But what he didn't know was that.. the man responsible was closer than he knew.

The screen goes dark again as it zooms out on the two bloodied and bruised idiots.

After the scene ended, everyone turned towards the two boys who were uncomfortably quiet.

Naruto and Sasuke just looked like they had seen too much, far too much than they should have. It was concerning to everyone. Itachi went to comfort his younger brother while Ayako went to Naruto, hoping the boy wouldn't have nightmares."

Ayako's notes:

The final battle between Naruto and Sasuke (after the war)