Assigned to a mission to capture Mukade, a missing-nin, Naruto Uzumaki lays out for the glorious historical ruins of"Ouran", at which he pursues and corners the rouge ninja. The goal of mukade is demonstrated to be a dormant leyline over the ruins. He unleashes the strength of the leyline, inducing a light to envelop Naruto, sending him to the past, twenty years before the series began. He's in touch with the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze After Naruto awakens.