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Naruto: Rebirth of Destruction
Prologue:
The Elemental Continent. Located on a planet called "Shizenkai", or "Nature". Home to the five Great Ninja Villages, Kumogakure, Kirigakure, Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Konohagakure. One of many worlds in the universe.
These 5 villages, as well as several smaller villages in the smaller countries, employ Ninja. The military of the countries.
These Ninja undertake missions, from clients across the continent, whether it be: Protecting a client, while they travel; Transporting valuable goods, or messages; Or protecting smaller villages under their protection from bandits or out-laws also known as Missing-Nin or Nuke-Nin.
What most don't know, is that underneath that village-facade, is in actuality a Military Nation.
These "Hidden Villages", as they're called, are a military base, lead by the Kage, or "Shadows" of the village. These Kage will do whatever it takes, to keep things from threatening their home, whatever the cost, whether that cost be economical, moral, or even the lives of their own people or allies.
This wasn't how it was supposed to be. The first "Great Village", Konohagakure, the "Village Hidden in The Leaves", thought to be the greatest of the five, was founded by two Clans. The Senju, and the Uchiha.
Before the era of the "Great Five", was the Warring Clans era. Hundreds of Clans of Ninja battled and slaughtered each other daily, across the continent. To be born in the Warring Clans era was to live a life of constant war.
The Uchiha and Senju Clans were the greatest rivals among the clans. They had a rivalry dating back hundreds of years. The leader of the Senju Clan was Senju Hashirama. The Uchiha Leader, Uchiha Madara.
These two men were heralded as the greatest Ninja since the Sage of Six Paths, who founded the ninja world. Him teaching the people of old of "Chakra", and founding the art of Ninjutsu.
The two Clans, the Uchiha and the Senju, were at a state of constant war for years, until Hashirama, and Madara, formed an alliance between the Clans, and gathered other Ninja Clans in the Land of Fire to unite under one banner. Konohagakure.
This union of Clans, was noticed immediately by other clans. Prompting them to create their own villages. The first ones being the remainder of the Five Great Villages.
Hashirama meant for Konohagakure to stand as a role model for the other Clans. A Monument that stood for Peace. His Dream, to end the seemingly endless war of the era.
Unfortunately his dream was not accomplished. The Continent still warred with each other, still slaughtered any who stood in their way of more Power. More Prestige. More Land. The only difference was that instead of battles being fought across the nations, it was more organized warfare. Smaller skirmishes all over the continent, that were growing over time, with tactics and strategies due to the many different clans fighting together.
Hashirama, and Madara, seeing this, knew it was only a matter of time, before all out War and Slaughter once more began. Only now, it was five great Nations, as well as many smaller nations, instead of singular Clans.
Eventually, Hashirama, came up with a plan. With his unique power of Mokuton, or Wood Element Release, he gathered the Nine Tailed Beasts of legend. Beings of incredible power, able to cause destruction to anything in their path.
The Nine Tailed Beasts were Nine constructs of pure Chakra, that take the form of certain animals with one to nine tails. Nine-tailed being the most powerful, One-Tailed being the least.
After Hashirama gathered the Tailed-Beasts, or Bijuu, with his ability to subdue them with Mokuton, he distributed the beasts throughout the villages, keeping the Nine-Tails, Or Kyuubi no Yoko, the Fox Bijuu, in Konoha, hoping that the threat of having a Tailed-Beast attack would be enough to discourage any of the nations to fall back to War.
This worked for a time. The villages using a technique called Fuuinjutsu to create Jinchuriki's, or "Power of Human Sacrifice", by sealing the Beasts inside Children, and training them to be the Ultimate Weapon of the Villages.
Able to utilize the power of their tenant Bijuu to fight for their village, Jinchuriki's were feared and despised in equal measure, both foreign and domestically.
Eventually Madara gained control over the Kyuubi no Yoko, using his Doujutsu, the Sharingan, an Eye Technique Kekkai Genkai, or Bloodline Limit, of the Uchiha Clan.
Fearing that the Uchiha Clan was going to become ostracized by Konoha if Senju Tobirama, Hashirama's brother, became Hokage, he attacked Hashirama, vying for the title of Hokage, or Fire Shadow, of Konoha, after failing to convince the rest of his Clan about what was happening. Madara and Hashirama had battled, Madara using the power of the Kyuubi, Hashirama using Mokuton.
Eventually Madara lost, said to have died, in the battle that marked the landscape, creating what would be called the Valley of the End. Hashirama's wife, Uzumaki Mito, of the Uzumaki Clan, a distant relative of the Senju Clan, sealed the Kyuubi inside herself, becoming the first, ever, Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko.
The Uzumaki Clan were from the nation of Uzushio, an Island Nation surrounded by treacherous Whirlpools. They were known all across the Nation as one of the strongest Clans alive. On par, or surpassing, the Senju and Uchiha.
The Uzumaki had formed Uzushio before the era of the Five Great Nations. They were known, and feared, for their incredible life force, as well as their prodigious skill at Fuuinjutsu. The Uzumaki are said to be the only Clan capable to "House" the Kyuubi No Yoko, for this reason.
Eventually The first Great Shinobi War would occur. All the villages Slaughtering each other in battle. Hashirama Senju is said to have died in one of the many wars before this war, leaving his wife, children, and Granddaughter, as well as his brother behind.
His brother, Tobirama, became the Nidaime Hokage, The Second, lead Konoha through most of the First War until it ended, by way of an armistice treaty, as all of the villages were greatly damaged.
Relative peace reigned over the Great Nations, for the next 20 years, until Iwagakure, Kumogakure and Kirigakure, fearing the power of Uzushiogakure, destroyed it with their combined forces.
Somehow the three great villages, figured out how to transverse the defences of Uzushiogakure, including the incredibly powerful sealing arrays and giant whirlpools that surrounded the island nation, undetected, until it was too late, and it was destroyed. The remnants of the Uzumaki Clan scattered across the continent.
Before it was destroyed, Uzushiogakure had sent one little girl to Konoha, at the request of the Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, after realizing that Uzumaki Mito, would perish soon, after a very long life, due to the longevity of the clan.
This little girl was Uzumaki Kushina. Secretly, she became the next Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko. Soon after, Mito died of old age. Sarutobi wanted to have Kushina trained in the use of Kyuubi's Chakra, but Kushina was not able to access the Kyuubi's Chakra due to the nature of Mito's seal, almost completely separating the two's Chakra.
Eventually, the Second Great War started. Konoha, lead by the Sandaime Hokage, was at war mostly with Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Amegakure. This is the war where the "Legendary Sannin" were born. The 3 students of Sarutobi, himself.
The Sannin, consisting of Tsunade, the granddaughter of the Shodaime, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, infiltrated Amegakure, where most of the battles were fought.
There, they fought against Hanzo The Salamander. All three were beaten, seemingly easily by Hanzo, and retreated, but not before Hanzo gave them the moniker the "Legendary Sannin", meaning Legendary Three Ninja. Later, this team would be become known across the nations as the best team ever conceived, because of unparalleled teamwork during the war.
Konoha seemed to have come out the least scathed in the Second Shinobi War, but the war never really truly ended, it simply slowed down to countless skirmishes along the borders of the nations.
Unfortunately, around 15 years later, all of these skirmishes came to a head, after Iwagakure infiltrated Kusagakure, to attack the border of the Land of Fire, officially starting the Third Shinobi World War.
The Third War is where Minato Namikaze made a name for himself as "Konoha no Kiiroi Senko", Konoha's Yellow Flash.
Minato decimated Iwa in minutes with the use of his technique, Hiraishin, "The Flying Thunder God", that allowed him to teleport to special kunai with seals on them, instantly. Hundreds of Iwa Ninja were slain, and thus, along with the rest of the Konoha Ninja's support, they pushed Iwa back.
Soon after, The Third Great War ended.
Eventually, years later, we find ourselves in the apartment of Uzumaki Kushina.
Our Story Begins...
Sleeping in her bed, a woman with long dark red, almost crimson hair, splayed out around her, rolled restlessly in her bed. She was in the bedroom of her apartment, there were clothes strewn haphazardly about her room.
The woman rolled over in her bed, her hands gripping the sheets as unfamiliar images appeared in her mind's eye. She grunted softly, sweat dripping down her brow.
There was a man, with slightly long spiky crimson hair, shades darker than her own. She could just make out that he had a long tail with short reddish brown fur, that twitched in agitation as it swung. He was fighting someone, but Kushina couldn't make out who it was. The image blurred whenever she tried to focus on it.
'Raaagh!' the man yelled as he sped forward towards the blurred enemy, a reddish-white aura surrounded him as he threw a punch. The man swept the punch to the side, spinning on his heel and with a 'Crack!', an elbow crashed into the crimson haired man's face, sending him flying back at impossible speeds, crashing into a rocky cliff.
Debris flew out from the impact, as dust billowed into the air. The blurred image of the man turned to face the pile of rock and dust clouds, with a scowl barely seen through the blur, 'You're not strong enough yet...' the image said, in montone.
Suddenly the pile of rocks exploded outwards with a reddish white aura, as the red-haired man stood back up, hunched over, a dark blue eye glared at the blurred image. The other eye bruised and swollen shut, as blood from his furrowed brow trailed down his face.
Kushina rolled over once more, gritting her teeth in seeming pain, as the images blitzed through her head.
'Grrrr… What do you want with me?!' the tailed man yelled as he once again blasted off from his spot in the rubble, sending more debris flying behind him.
He seemed to flicker out of existence for a moment, before appearing behind the blurred image, his hand cocked back, fingers curled around a reddish white ball of energy.
The blurred image spun around fast, his hand coming up and palming the energy ball, before squeezing.
'Boom!'
The Tailed man's eyes widened as he brought his other arm in front of his face, protecting it from the blast. Smoke obscured his vision for a moment, before he suddenly bent forward at the waist. Coughing up blood as the blurred image, retracted its fist from his stomach. The Tailed man collapsed to his knees, eyes wide, coughing up blood.
The blurred image grabbed the arm that had had the ball of energy in it, catching the man from falling all the way down.
The blurred image lifted the tailed man, until he was eye level, glaring into the redhead's eyes.
His jaw was clenched in pain, but he glared back, eyes changing slightly to a lighter blue, before darkening again.
Kushina, almost drenched in sweat, rolled over again onto her back as her head twitched and turned.
The blurred image stared at the tailed man for a few moments, holding him aloft by his arm. The Image spoke, again in monotone, 'You are not strong enough..'
The redhead growled as he grit his teeth, 'FOR WHAT?! What are you talking about?! Strong enough for what?!' He yelled at the image's face. The image didn't seem to be fazed for a few moments, before it seemed to narrow it's eyes.
Moving its head forward, so it was looking directing into the tailed man's eyes, the image spoke.
Kushina moaned in seeming pain.
"The approaching Darkness…"
Kushina woke with a scream. Bolting upwards at speed, hands clenching the sheets of her bed, taking huge gulps of air, as sweat poured down her brow and neck.
"W-What… What w-was that…?" She whispered softly to herself, 'That wasn't like the others..'
Her bedroom door creaked open as a head with dark purple hair popped in, "Kushina? What was what?" a woman with black eyes, asked with her brow furrowed in confusion. Kushina jumped, her head spinning to look at the woman at her bedroom door with wide eyes.
"W-what?" Kushina asked, startled, "Mikoto-chan? what are you doing here?"
"You alright..?" the woman asked, "You don't remember? We were supposed to go for breakfast. You said you'd meet me at the compound.." she looked at her watch, "...An hour ago." The woman, now known as Mikoto stated slowly, brows still furrowed in confusion. Kushina slowly turned her head to the window.
'Another dream…?' Kushina thought slowly. She turned back to Mikoto, "Sorry Mikoto-Chan. Just had another one of those weird nightmares.. Hehe" She said, raising her hand and scratching the back of her head sheepishly grinning with a small laugh.
Mikoto frowned worriedly for a moment before stepping fully into the room, taking in Kushina's state. She sighed in exasperation, "You should lay off the ramen for a bit.." she said with a chuckle, "I swear it's affecting your brain."
Kushina mock scowled in indignation, crossing her arms under her chest, looking away, with a slight blush "Hmph.. You just don't understand the awesomeness that is Ramen.. ttebane!" she said, before moving her eyes towards Mikoto, who was trying to stifle a giggle. "Don't even say it!" Kushina yelled, pointing at Mikoto, her blush growing.
Mikoto failed to stifle the giggle, "Hehe, whatever you say, Kushina-chan!" she said, with a grin. Kushina lowered her hand, looking away again with a huff.
Mikoto's face slowly turned concerned again, "...Are you sure you're okay..?" she asked softly, making Kushina look at her. Her brow furrowed as she looked back towards the window, seeing the sun shining over the village of Konoha.
Kushina pursed her lips, recalling the dream. She used the back of her hand to wipe the sweat off her brow, "Yeah.. I think.."she said with a sigh, looking back to Mikoto.
Mikoto was silent for a moment, "Maybe... You should go to a Yamanaka..?" She asked hesitantly. Kushina head snapped over to Mikoto, with a glare.
"No.. Way...Am I letting some blonde haired bastard traipse through my head like its their personal playground..!" Kushina said with scowl, "My mind is mine.. private!"
Mikoto put her hands up in surrender, "Hey, Hey! It was just a suggestion..!" she said, "Only trying to help, don't bite my head off..!" Mikoto said with her arms crossed.
Kushina sighed, her face melting into an apologetic one, "Sorry.." she apologized, "I'm just so high strung lately.." Kushina said looking at Mikoto with a thankful smile, getting up, and walking towards her dresser, pulling out some clothes, "Doesn't help with that Blonde baka hounding me all the time.." she said with a scowl, as she turned back towards Mikoto, clothes in one hand as she walked towards the door to her bedroom.
Mikoto followed her out, "Still won't leave you alone?" She laughed, "I thought he'd give up after last time." she said giggling.
Kushina continued walking, looking back with an exasperated face, "You'd think he'd take the hint when I threw my bowl of ramen over him..!" She said, throwing her hands up, "..But noooo, of course not.." She said scowling, "...Self-righteous prick… What a waste of perfectly good ramen…!" she yelled walking towards the bathroom, "I'm going to shower, you can wait on the couch if you want.. I stink.." Kushina said, scrunching up her nose, as she sniffed herself.
Mikoto giggled again, nodded, and left Kushina at the bathroom, before walking to the couch and plopping down, putting her feet up on the coffee table, a frown coming to her face.
Staring out the window of Kushina's apartment, looking over the the village, her frown deepened. 'At least Kushina gets my mind off my troubles lately..' she thought, a hand running through her purple hair.
Her face developed a scowl as she tracked her eyes across the village, seeing the flicker of Ninja racing across the rooftops. 'This village is not how it appears...' she thought darkly, seeing the people of the village smiling, as they went about their day.
She knew, or at least had assumptions, that Konoha was not as "goody-goody" as the rest of the world liked to think.
When she was a child, going to the Shinobi Academy, she was taught of the history of the villages. She wasn't a fool, she knew now that history was written by the victor. She knew that what was taught to her, that Konoha was a beacon for peace, a role model for everyone to aspire to, a light in the darkness of the world, was not true.
There is always darkness in the light, no matter how bright, but thats what she was worried about. 'What is Konoha hiding in their darkness..?' She thought, narrowing her eyes.
"Mikoto-Chan?" Kushina asked, coming into the room, fresh clothes on.
She was wearing an orange T-shirt with her clans trademark swirl emblazoned on it, and black shinobi pants taped off at the ankles with red tape. Kushina was rubbing a towel over her long hair, drying it off. Mikoto snapped out of her reverie with a small smile before she stood up.
"Ready to go?" Mikoto asked.
Kushina grinned, throwing the towel onto the back of a chair, "You bet! I'm always ready for ramen!" She exclaimed before heading over to put her sandals on. Mikoto sighed exasperatedly, before walking over to do the same, "No ramen this morning," she stated, making Kushina pout, reaching for a bento that was left by the door of the apartment.
"I made breakfast for us.." Mikoto smiled, before her face turned more serious, "We have to talk." she said, making Kushina stiffen slightly. Losing the pout, and looking to Mikoto, she only nodded slightly, not complaining like as usually would.
"Same place?" Kushina asked. Mikoto nodded, turning and walking out the door. Kushina followed.
Outside, Kushina lead Mikoto down a familiar path through the village, towards the Hokage Monument, making small talk, Kushina asking how Mikoto's son, Itachi, has been doing. Mikoto gained a slightly troubled look on her face, "He's been quieter lately.." she said, looking down the trail that went up the Monument.
Kushina raised a brow, "He's always been quiet." she stated matter-of-factly. Mikoto cut her eyes towards Kushina, mouthing "Later".
Kushina nodded slowly, face melting into concern.
The rest of the journey was relatively quiet. The two women reaching the top of the monument, before walking into the woods.
There was no discernible trail, but Kushina, leading the way, seemed to be walking as if it had been a clear road.
Mikoto followed for what seemed to her like hours, until they made it to a clearing in the trees. Looking at the familiar ruins of an old temple. There were steps leading up to a larger building in the ruins, the roof hanging sideways. The Uzumaki Clan insignia of a spiral was emboldened on the front of it, "I hate the trip here.." Mikoto complained, rubbing her hand against her temple, as the actual amount of time that passed, being around an hour, seeped into her brain as soon as she stepped out of the forest.
Kushina lead them towards the steps, smiling apologetically at her, before sitting down on one, brushing a hand through her hair and leaning back, elbows resting on the steps. Mikoto followed suit, and opened the bento box and handed Kushina a bowl filled with Soba Noodles with bits of egg, and other flavorings in it. Kushina smiled, taking it, and thanking Mikoto, before both started eating, Kushina paying no heed to manners as she almost inhaled it.
After eating, Kushina rubbed her stomach, turning towards Mikoto with a grin, "That was great, Mikoto-Chan!" she exclaimed, then pouted, "I wish I could cook like you."
Mikoto giggled as she ate the last bite, remembering the first, '...and last,' time Kushina tried to cook for them both. It wasn't pretty. 'How does water even set on fire?!' she thought before remembering what she asked Kushina to take her here for.
Turning towards Kushina with a serious look, making Kushina start, and straighten up. "I may aswell just come out and say it.." She said, looking towards the trees of the forest on the outskirts of the ruins. She wasn't worried about anyone hearing her.
These ruins are covered in intricate seal arrays, allowing only Uzumaki blood, and those they allow, into it, which is why she had to follow Kushina through what seemed like an endless trail through the forest.
Mikoto sighed, looking back towards Kushina, "The clan is getting restless.. Fugaku's been holding more, and more meetings lately.." Mikoto stated seriously, making Kushina raise a brow in confusion, silently urging her to continue. Mikoto sighed again, before looking away.
"They're planning an uprising." Mikoto stated in monotone, making Kushina's eyes widen.
'..An uprising?!' She thought in shock. Voicing her thoughts, "What do you mean, an "Uprising"?!" Kushina asked, in shock.
Mikoto looked back towards Kushina, "They are tired of how the Powers of the village are treating the clan. Ever since Madara went rogue years ago, even though the rest of the clan refused to believe what he said, the Uchiha have slowly been set aside from the village.. Setting up the compound, separating us from the rest of the village, the "Uchiha Military Police Force", reducing most of the clan to mere patrolmen, even almost outright ignoring us in council meetings, recently." Mikoto explained.
Kushina's eyes narrowed, "But Itachi.. Didn't he make it as an ANBU Captain recently?" Kushina asked, wondering why the village would all of a sudden promote an Uchiha to one of the highest positions in Konoha's forces, reporting directly to the Hokage himself.
Mikoto sneered to herself, before looking at Kushina with an almost deadpan, making Kushina's eyes widen even further in shock and understanding. Standing up Kushina started pacing around, "They're using him.." Kushina whispered with a growl. There was no doubt that Itachi deserved the position. He was a Prodigy of the shinobi arts. A genius unseen since Minato Namikaze, or, the "Blonde Baka", as Kushina called him, '...But, ...'
Kushina stopped and looked to Mikoto with concern. "Does he know?"
Mikoto scowled as she looked up to her, "He knows.. Fugaku, the bastard, has him spying on them as well, of course. Why I married that man, I'll never know." Mikoto looked towards the ground again, as she put a hand to her stomach, rubbing it softly.
Kushina's eyes widened, taking this in, before noticing Mikoto's hand on her stomach. She almost stumbled as she recognized the familiar gesture. Kneeling down, Kushina grabbed Mikoto's hands gently, as she looked up towards Mikoto's face, finding tears building up in her eyes. She sighed softly, "You're pregnant again." Kushina stated staring into Mikoto's eyes.
Mikoto jumped, her eyes flashing towards Kushina's in shock. "H-how did you know?"
Tears falling down her face now.
Kushina smiled a bit, and pointed towards her stomach, "You rubbed your stomach the same way you did before you had Itachi." she said, pulling Mikoto to her feet, and into her arms. Mikoto slowly relaxed, tears still falling, she hugged Kushina.
"What am I going to do? I can't let another child be born into war!" Mikoto cried desperately into Kushina's shoulder. Kushina frowned, as she rubbed Mikoto's back, thinking of something to say.
"We'll figure something out Mikoto-Chan.." Kushina whispered softly, making Mikoto start crying even harder, gripping Kushina tightly, "There must be something we can do." Kushina said, with a frown.
Mikoto slowly stopped shaking with sobs, as she stood with Kushina, head still buried into the crook of her neck.
"We can leave." Mikoto whispered, suddenly breaking the hug and gripping Kushina by the shoulders. Glaring into her eyes, "We can leave this place!" she said louder, almost yelling.
Kushina's eyes widened, looking at Mikoto's still tearing eyes with shock. "W-what?"
Mikoto stood back, pacing a bit, thinking, before looking back to Kushina's shocked eyes, "We could do it." she stated with confidence, "Run away. Go to the ruins of Uzushiogakure. They'd never be able to get to us there. Not with the defences they had."
Kushina frowned. She was not so sure of that, thinking of the dreams she had been having. She turned towards the forest, in the direction of Konoha. Her eyes narrowed. They weren't all about the Crimson haired man, with a tail, or the blurred image of a man.
Many were about her Home village. Uzushiogakure. In these dreams, Konoha, had betrayed them. Sold the secrets of their defences to Kumo, thinking them a threat. The trust between the villages of Uzushio and Konoha had disappeared. At least for Konoha, in these dreams.
'These dreams aren't just normal dreams..' Kushina thought, gritting her teeth, as her hands tightened into fists, 'They're too vivid. Too real. Connected too many dots.'
Kushina flickered her eyes towards Mikoto, seeing her still staring at her with desperation, but also confusion. "That won't work.." Kushina started, looking away.
Mikoto's eyes widened in confusion, "What do you mean?! How wouldn't it?" desperation still clear in her eyes.
Kushina looked back towards the way of the village, "The dreams I've been having..." she continued, making Mikoto even more confused, "I don't think they're simple dreams. They're too realistic to be. Too intense to be nightmares.."
Kushina turned back to Mikoto, "..Some of them.. They show Sarutobi with that bastard Raikage," Kushina scowls, "..Telling him how to get through Uzushio's defences, how to get around the whirlpools, the seals surrounding the island, how to stay undetected by the barrier!" Kushina is almost yelling at this point, "Everything! They betrayed my home! Sold them to slaughter, all so they could keep the Kyuubi no Yoko under their control, and get rid of the threat of the Uzumaki, once and for all!" Kushina yelled furiously, tears falling out of her eyes as she shook with repressed rage. She once again glared back towards Konoha, eyes flashing red for a moment, before returning to their natural violet. Mikoto was beyond stunned.
"W-what..? Why.. Why didn't you tell me this..?" Mikoto whispered.
"I've known it for a while.." Kushina answered, looking towards the ground, "I didn't want to believe it! 'How could they do it?! How could they have destroyed a centuries old alliance with the Senju? How could that bastard betray the First and Second, his own Sensei, so easily?' I'd think to myself.." Kushina whispered lowly, looking towards the ground.
Mikoto, now with understanding in her eyes, walked slowly towards Kushina, hoping to comfort her.
'Snap!' a twig snapped before Mikoto made it to Kushina, making them snap their head up towards the forest in fear. Someone heard!
Kushina and Mikoto exploded into action, dashing towards where the noise came from, noticing a hint of yellow and white, dashing through the trees.
Kushina grit her teeth, 'Its that Blonde Bastard!', "NAMIKAZE!"Kushina yelled in rage, and panic, Mikoto chasing him right behind her, red eyes of the Sharingan activated as three tomoe spun around her pupil. Minato stopped on a branch, throwing kunai all around the area, and turning around, staring at the two women, with a frown.
Kushina launched herself from a branch, flicking her wrist, a kunai appearing in her hand, as Mikoto started doing hand signs.
Kushina slashed her kunai at Minato, but he disappeared in a flash of yellow, making Kushina growl as the kunai stuck into the wood of a tree.
Minato appeared an instant later, crouched on the limb of a tree, grabbing a kunai that he threw before, from where he landed. "There's nothing you can do, Kushina. You know can't beat me." Minato stated with narrowed eyes, staring down Kushina, "Surrender now, before i have to use fo-" He was interrupted by Mikoto appearing before him, Kunai stuck in his chest.
"Force?" Mikoto asked, with a smirk of her face. Minato's eyes widened, looking down at his chest in bewilderment. Suddenly coughing up blood as his hand reached up, gripping the kunai.
'Genjutsu!' Minato thought, frantically. Gathering his chakra, and releasing it in a pulse, his vision wavered to show Kushina mid-lunge, kunai in hand, about to stab him in the chest for real.
Thinking quickly, he disappeared in a yellow flash, just in time to avoid Mikoto, from behind as she slashed a kunai, where his neck would have been. "Damnit!" Mikoto cursed, as Kushina landed beside her in a crouch, growling back a Minato.
"Almost had him, Mikoto!" Kushina said with a frown. Mikoto nodded with a scowl
Standing straight, Minato waved the tri-pronged kunai in his hand, before smirking, "Nice try there, Mikoto, almost forgot about you." He said with a grin, causing Mikoto snarl.
Face turning serious again as Kushina used a Shunshin to appear above him, sending chakra chains through her hands. Mikoto, already going through hand-signs, ending on the tiger sign. She took in a giant breath, holding her hand to her mouth.
The chains heading towards Minato wrapped around him, digging into him.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" Mikoto yelled, sending a giant ball of flames, streaking towards the bound blonde.
Narrowing his eyes, Minato once again disappeared in a flash of yellow, appearing behind Mikoto, a ball of swirling blue chakra in his hand. "Hiraishin Level Two: Rasengan!" Minato yelled, shoving the rasengan towards Mikoto.
"Mikoto!" Kushina screamed in panic.
Mikoto could see the attack coming with her Sharingan, 'Move!' she thought, but she wasn't fast enough, the Rasengan drove into her back and expanded, sending her flying back towards the Uzumaki shrine.
Mikoto landed with a grunt on her shoulder, before rolling over the ground to a stop by the steps of the main building. She tried to stand back up, but she couldn't move her leg, it was bent backwards at the knee. "Ahhhhh!" Mikoto screamed in pain, as she collapsed back to the ground.
Kushina, seeing Mikoto down, growled, her face etched with worry. "You bastard!" She yelled, turning back to Minato. Unfortunately for her, Minato appeared before her, another Rasengan spinning in his hand.
"Rasengan!" Minato yelled, once again shoving the ball of chakra forwards, into Kushina's stomach, sending her towards the same fate as Mikoto.
"Kushina! No!" Mikoto screamed, watching as she tumbled, along the ground landing in front of her, who was still on the ground gripping her thigh, to quench the pain of her broken knee.
Kushina, lifted her head, glaring at the approaching Blonde. "Give up Kushina, you can't win. Surrender," Minato stated flicking his eyes to Mikoto, "Both of you."
Kushina growled, as she started to stand up weakly, "No. I don't give up, I'd die before I would." she said, making Minato's eyes narrow. He stopped in front of her, Kushina and Mikoto still glaring at him.
"You should have stayed ignorant Kushina.." Minato said, looking disappointed, "You would have lived longer. Unfortunately, you didn't, and for the sake of Konoha," Minato paused, losing his disappointed look, turning emotionless, "You must die, before you become a bigger threat than you already are."
Kushina frowned, "What about My village! My Home!" she yelled, tears falling down her cheeks as her legs gave out and she fell to her knees, fists digging into the ground.
Minato's eyes actually softened, for a moment, "They were becoming a threat." Minato answered her, face becoming emotionless once again "A single Shinobi Clan, as strong as one of the great Nations? It couldn't be allowed." He stated, "So, Sarutobi-sama, who learned through Shodai-Sama, about Uzushio's defences, figured out a way to circumvent them. You've figured out the rest."
Mikoto was shaking in both pain and panic, as she held her arm in front of her stomach, futilely trying to protect the growing baby within. Tears fell down her face, as she looked to Kushina, hoping she could somehow get them out of here.
Kushina, tears still in her eyes, looked to Mikoto, seeing the desperation in her eyes. She glanced towards Mikoto's stomach, then glared back to Minato, "You would kill an unborn child, all for your traitorous village?!" Kushina yelled.
Minato's eyes flickered to Mikoto, seeing the panic in her eyes. He grit his teeth and for a moment, closed his eyes.
Kushina was silent, glaring at Minato with hate in her eyes, too tired to move, She didn't stand a chance as she was now. Mikoto, too panicked, and injured to move, simply stared at Minato, hoping against all odds that she and Kushina could somehow get out of this.
Minato's eyes finally opened, and narrowed at Kushina, "Sacrifices must be made. You of all people should know this." He said, flashing forwards, intent to end this.
Kushina's head hung, 'So this is how i die..' she thought, more tears flowing down her cheeks, as images of her little time with Mito as a child, coming to see her as a grandmother, her time in the academy being bullied as the "Tomato", until she learned to fight back, becoming friends with Mikoto, and now this. Realizing that everything in her life has been a lie, and that she was going to die.
'I still have things I want to do!' Kushina cried, in her mind 'I can't die, yet!'
A gust of wind blew Kushina's hair, and Kushina started,
'NO! Not Mikoto! Please!' she thought desperately. Turning fast, Kushina snapped her eyes open and looked towards Mikoto. Her eyes widened. Mikoto was fine.
Mikoto was fine? 'W-what?' Kushina looking to Mikoto's face, seeing her staring in complete shock towards where Minato was. "M-Mikoto..?" She asked, slowly turning her head.
There standing in front of her, was a person in a black cloak, billowing in invisible wind. Hands by his side, with a hood over his head shadowing his face.
The cloaked man was facing Minato, who took a step back from shock. His eyes widened, 'I… Didn't even sense his presence! ..Wait.. I don't sense.. anything from him..!'
Kushina and Mikoto were having similar thoughts, 'I-Its like.. He doesn't even exist!', Kushina and Mikoto thought, looking at the cloaked man, afraid to hope that they were saved.
The cloaked man took a step forward, a mysterious cold wind blowing through the clearing, filling Minato with dread. He got into a fighting stance, readying his tri pronged kunai.
"It is not their time.." A deep voice spoke from within the cloak in monotone, as he lifted his head slightly showing a regal face, pale and emotionless with long black hair. The man had an intricate knife held in his teeth, which had elongated fangs.
Minato stiffened at the voice, feeling the cold wind once more, sending chills down his back, "Who are you?" he growled, backing up a step.
The cloaked man suddenly appeared in front of Minato, palming his face. Minato froze, unable to move, frozen in horror, as he jerkily swiveled his eyes towards the face of the cloaked man, who was staring behind Minato.
Almost imperceptibly, the man turned his head towards Minato. The cloaked man's eyes locked onto Minato's.
"Death.." the man answered softly, before Minato was propelled backwards at incredible speeds, crashing through trees before landing on the ground, tumbling to a stop, unconscious.
The man stood straight, before turning his head towards Kushina and Mikoto, his eerie black eyes locking onto Kushina's for a moment, before she started.
"I-Its You!" Kushina yelled, in shocked recognition, making Mikoto snap her head towards her.
"You know him, Kushina?" Mikoto asked, bewildered and nervous. She still sensed nothing from him.
Kushina nodded, slightly narrowing her eyes as the man simply looked at her in slight interest, the intricate knife still held by his teeth.
Kushina nodded slowly, "He's appeared in my dreams sometimes.." Kushina stated, "He was mostly blurred, but i can still recognize him." Mikoto's eyes widened, looking at the man, "Him and another red-haired man, with a tail, were always either talking, or fighting. Their words always came out in gibberish though, except the one from this morning." Kushina said, staring at the man's face. Mikoto raised a brow as she too looked towards him.
The man smirked a bit, around the knife, raising his hand slowly. Kushina and Mikoto stiffened, expecting an attack, but he simply put down the hood of his cloak. showing his face more clearly, as well as revealing two small horns above his temples that curved out from his head, jutting forward and slightly down to a point, shocking both Kushina and Mikoto.
Kushina's eyes widened even further, an image superimposing itself over his face. Snapping her head to look behind her at the ruins, seeing a specific mask hanging off the wall, among many others. The only difference being the face was white and more demonic-looking. She looked back towards the man, shuffling back slightly with fear in her eyes. "Sh-Shinigami?!" she whispered, both Kushina and Mikoto's face going pale.
The pale man grinned around the knife, "Very perceptive, Uzumaki Kushina.." he said, taking a step forward, making Kushina and Mikoto scramble backwards. The man continued walking forward, as if he didn't notice their discomfort, eyes flickering over to Mikoto, and stopping before her.
He raised his hand towards her, face turning serious, making Mikoto and Kushina panic, "What are you doing?!" Kushina yelled, desperately, moving to get up, only to stop when Mikoto was enveloped in a white glow. Her injuries disappeared in seconds, Her broken knee cracked back into place, causing Mikoto to wince, yet feel no pain.
Mikoto, now fully healed, looked at her hands, arms and leg in complete shock, standing up. Rubbing her stomach, she looked to a shocked Kushina, "I'm… Healed?" she asked, looking back to the now identified Shinigami, who turned towards Kushina, doing the same to her.
Kushina stood up next to Mikoto, she clenched her fists, and unclenched them again, with wide eyes, "I.. feel better than I.. ever have..!", she said looking back to Mikoto, who nodded with a smile, before frowning and looking towards the destroyed trees and forest where Minato was sent flying, "...Namikaze…"
The Shinigami looked to the forest, "Namikaze Minato will remember nothing." he stated, "He will awaken hours from now in his home, thinking he fell asleep after training to exhaustion." Kushina and Mikoto sighed in relief.
The Shinigami looked at the two seriously, making them look back at him, "You will be needed in the future.." he paused, looking towards Kushina, "..The red haired man with a tail, from your dreams, will need you, especially." he finished, looking into Kushina's wide eyes.
"What..? Us? ..Me?" Kushina asked, bewildered, "Why? Who is that man?" Mikoto also looked at the God of Death in confusion, wondering her place in all this.
The Shinigami continued staring into Kushina's eyes, seeming to be looking for something, before he turned his head towards the sky for a moment.
Ignoring the questioning faces, he turned around and started walking towards the forest, making Kushina run towards him, "Wait..! I still have questions!" she yelled, "What are these dreams? Who is that man? Why me?!" Mikoto looked to be wanting the same answers.
The Shinigami stopped, turning towards her, and glaring into her eyes for a moment, "Those dreams.. Are one of many possible futures, if everything goes the way it's supposed to." The Shinigami spoke slowly, lifting his hand, an orb of reddish white energy appeared in his hand, looking at it, "The redhaired man with the tail…" he paused staring at the pulsing orb in his hand, making Kushina and Mikoto both stare at it.
"..Is the Savior.." he continued, the orb floating into the air, as he stared at it. He cut his eyes towards Kushina, making her and Mikoto stiffen, the orb flying at speed towards her, impacting her stomach and being absorbed into it, making Kushina's jaw drop in shock, as a numb feeling centered around her stomach. Mikoto taking a step towards Kushina in concern.
"And also.." The Shinigami continued again, staring at her stomach.
"The Destruction of This World."
Chapter 1 END
Well! Hows that for a first chapter? I'm satisfied with it. Took me 3 days, writing and thinking for about 3-4 hours a day to write. Trying to come up with an Original, at least to me, idea and running with it is hard ..
The start is the hardest part i find. I had no sweet clue where i was going to start this, and with the Naruto timeline being so convoluted, and with giant holes in the timeline, with no information, i had to try and wing it with what we were told, and take some creative initiative with the rest, lol
Hopefully you liked it. I definitely enjoyed getting this idea outta my head. I have a general outline how the story will play out, as well as the ending all but written down in my head. This is going to be a long one.
Have a good'n, and leave a review if you want! :)