The End Is the Beginning Is the End

Seven years before the events of Naruto Keishō, a great battle decides the fate of the world.

The desert wind was picking up again, sand was everywhere, as was blood. Yoruichi Hyūga looked at the battlefield all around her. Upon learning that the Giji Bijū were massing here for some reason the Kages had decided to carry out an all out attack to finish this bloody war once and for all. As Hokage she was chosen to lead the Allied Shinobi forces. Nearly half of the total forces of the Shinobi Alliance was gathered here and they were near victory. The Giji Bijū were almost defeated and their numbers were rapidly decreasing. But there was something wrong about all this. She could feel it in her bones. Suddenly she noticed a large mass of chakra appear in the sky appear above them. Looking up she saw a cloaked figure floating in the air. The staggering amount of chakra he was gathering sent shivers down her spine.

''Floating in the sky, looking down at all the bloodshed a monster waits to awake. To change the world. To destroy it.''

Floating in the sky, his cloak gently fluttering with the wind a hooded figure looked down. Looking down at the battle, the cloaked man battled with his thoughts. This was what he did not want for the world, more pain, more bloodshed. In that instance he made up his mind. Calm and confident he raised his hand and spoke silently, Shinra Tensei.

On the ground.

As soon as it began it was over. Yoruichi got up from among the ruble, barely alive. She looked around to see her forces completely destroyed. The moment she had noticed the cloaked man everything had ended. Looking up she saw him standing in front of her. "Who are you? Wh...Why did you do this?" she asked. The cloaked figure stared down at her from behind his hood. Slowly he started to pull back his hood, revealing his face, "You had your chance Hokage, and you failed." As he said this his face was finally visible. Yoruichi's breath caught in her throat. His eyes, those eyes. She was stunned. "You have all let the world rot while you lived your comfortable, safe lives. Now I will change it all. Finally the world will know real peace." Saying this he directed a kunai lying on the ground to shoot through her heart. As she died she breathed out, "So this is how it ends, the peace we fought so hard to protect." "End? Your peace? No Hokage, this is just the Beginning, the beginning of the end of your age."