Assigned on a mission to capture Mukade a missing-nin Naruto Uzumaki sets out for the once glorious historic ruins of "Ouran" where he pursues and corners the rouge ninja. Mukade's goal is revealed to be a dormant leyline within the ruins; he unleashes the power of the leyline causing a light to envelop Naruto sending him into the past 20 years before the series began. When Naruto awakens he comes into contact with the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze.