In a universe where chakra allows for almost everything to be possible, this story is a concept exploration of the ultimate extreme of personal power. Watch the harsh realities of ninja life push a young orphan on the path to becoming the true God of Shinobi.

Can Uzumaki Naruto really be a cheerful ray of sunshine in the light of his treatment in Konoha? Our hero has cracks in his psyche. When they are forced out of the darkness, he will never be the same again. Was previously a one-shot. Now expanding this fic on popular request.

Voldemort's rebirth and Cedric Diggory's death, instead of reducing Harry to a guilty, pathetic mess, unlocks his Slytherin cunning to support his Gyffindor courage. Find out how and see the Boy-Who-Lived become the Man-Who-Conquered. Rated M just in case