this is a challenge that Igot from Tensa Zangetsu1. if you don't like it, don't read it.
"hello" normal speech
"hello" kurama/kami speech
'hello' normal thoughts
'hello' kurama/kami thoughts
"hello" jutsu/attack/digivolution.
"Sasuke!" Naruto ran over to his fallen friend. ignoring the various fireballs, water bullets and even one of the juubi's tails getting in his way. his emotions were a mess, and his reaction time was going into overdrive. "crapcrapcrapcrap! Sasuke!" he kept calling out to his last living friend, his brother in arms, but even more so, his first true friend.
Sakura, Ino and Tenten managed to take down a few of the juubi's copies, but lost their lives in the process. Kakashi and Gai wounded Obito, but were eventually overpowered by his mokuton abilities. Kiba, Lee, Shikamaru and Shino died fighting a massive army of white Zetsu's. Hinata and Neji both died while protecting Naruto from a hail of wooden spikes, and chouji managed to hold the juubi down for a few valuable seconds, critically injuring the mighty demon, but found himself impaled by it's tails. this left Naruto and Sasuke alone. the last of the konoha twelve. the five kage then managed to injure Madara uchiha, before they perished too. engulfed in the flames of Madara's susano'o. Sasuke entered at that moment, and was able to defeat the gargantuan spirit with his own. he then proceeded to use the izanami, sacrificing one of his eyes, to eternally seal Madara's soul, but not before Obito cut him down with his scyte.
"Sasuke! OI TEME! STAY WITH ME, MAN! STAY AWAKE! DON'T YOU DIE ON ME TOO!" Naruto kneeled down. Sasuke had a deep wound in his stomach. even without medical knowledge, Naruto could see that it was fatal. Sasuke coughed, and wheezed.
"o...oi dobe. (cough) I...I did it... I killed him..." Sasuke coughed up some more blood. "what's wrong? y-you scared? (cough)." he smiled.
"IDIOT! DON'T SPEAK! YOU'LL MAKE IT! I PROM-"
"NO! don't promise me that... we both (cough, wheeze) know... you won't be able to keep it... HOWEVER! promise me... you'll take that Obito bastard down... kill the last uchiha... and purify my clan..."
by now, Naruto was crying. his face stained with tears, blood and dirt. "but how?! I...I can't even take him down. EVEN WITH Kurama'S HELP!"
Sasuke's hand went up to Naruto's face, and stopped at eye-level.
"s-sorry, Naruto... this'll hurt like a bitch..." he moved his hand forward, and dug three fingers into Naruto's left eye-socket. Naruto roared out in pain, screamed in agony, and convulsed as Sasuke pulled his eye out. he then proceeded to pull his own good eye out, hissing at the pain. by touch, he found Naruto's empty socket, and forcefully pushed his own eye inside. thanks to Kurama's fast paced healing factor, the nerves connected immediatly, and the wound healed in no time.
Sasuke -now completely blind- grinned. "make good use... of my eye ... old buddy o' mine... now... I'll see you in hell... brother..."
with that, he went limp. he relaxed, after a final cough. a smile on his face, and a peaceful expression. Naruto took out Sasuke's old hitai-ate, and placed it over his eyes. put Sasuke gently on the ground, and grabbed the young uchiha's katana. in his mind, Kurama looked sadly in his cage. though he HATED the sharingan eye, he actually took a liking to the brooding ball of emo-ness called Sasuke.
"farewell... my friend." he felt Kurama's sadness as well, so he knew that the fox put their link up. 'Kurama... let's use that jutsu to finish this once and for all.' the kyuubi nodded. "are you sure kit?" Naruto nodded. 'I have no other choice. are you prepared?' Kurama chuckled sadly. "there's no other way... you're right. let's finish all this nonsense."
Naruto hiraishin'ed across the battlefield, stopping in front of the gargantuan demon, known as the juubi, and it's master. he opened his eyes. one sky-blue, and the other red with three tomoes spinning lazily around the pupil.
"Obito UCHIHA! YOU. WILL. PAY!"
Obito simply laughed, and replied as if insulted.
"AS IF YOU COULD EVER STOP ME! I'M THE LAST LIVING UCHIHA. THAT PATHETIC ABOMINATION YOU CALL A SHARINGAN IS NO MATCH FOR A PURE ONE!"
Naruto sighed. while running through a complex series of handsigns. one shadow clone poofed in existence, doing the exact same.
"y'know why the uzumaki clan was so feared during history?" Obito quirked an eyebrow at that. Naruto performed the last seal, while his sharingan spun at full speed. "BECAUSE OF OUR PROFICIENCY WITH SEALS! TAKE THIS! "FUUINJUTSU NINPOU: SHIKI FUUIN!"(sealing ninja art: reaper of death seal). behind Naruto, a large creature with white clothes, white hair, black eyes and teeth, wearing a purple oni-mask appeared. it looked at Naruto in a questioning manner. Naruto nodded. the shinigami nodded back, and pushed his arm into a blue humanoid figure behind Naruto. on Naruto's stomach, his seal became visible, and a spectral arm came out. it extended towards the humongous beast, and pulled the juubi's soul out. the arm, now holding the soul, retracted back into Naruto's seal, and the boy felt a burning sensation.
"YOU FOOL! DO YOU REALISE WHAT YOU JUST DID?! SIXTEEN YEARS OF PLANNING, COLLECTING AND EXECUTING FOR NAUGHT!" Obito went red with rage, veins popping on his forehead. Naruto hacked some blood, as he began to feel the backlash of the shinigami's seal. regardless of that, he had a shit-eating grin plastered on his face.
"yeah... I just killed your pet... and you're next." his clone spread his arms, and let the shinigami's claw potrude from his stomach. as it made it's way to Obito, the man tried to jump out of it's course. suddenly the kyuubi came out of the seal, and pinned the man to the ground. "Naruto, NOW!" the arm sped up, and a knife potruded from the hand, running through his body and destroying Obito's soul.
Naruto fell down. feeling his life getting drained away. he smiled nonetheless.
'finally Jiraya-sensei... nagato-san... dad... I did it... peace...'
he closed his eyes, and let the shinigami take his soul away into sweet uncounciousness.
"-un.. na...-un... naru... un..."
a sweet voice echoed in his head.
"Naruto-KUN!"
his eyes shot open, as fear took hold of him. he frantically looked around for the voice's source. he found himself in a white vast nothingness. the voice belonged to a little girl sitting next to him. she had yellow eyes, white hair in a bun, and wore a pure white kimono. she smirked at his reaction.
"am I dead?" he asked the young girl hoarsely. she smiled, but nodded nonetheless.
he pushed himself up until he could stand. he looked down to see that his shirt was torn, covered in dirt, blood and sweat.
"yes you are" the girl said. the girl looked at him with a warm smile before speaking.
"I have always wanted to meet you Naruto Namikaze. you have always been spoken off very highly and I wanted to see for myself what the new god of shinobi was like" she said.
"just who are you?" he asked calmly. "and where the hell am I?"
"you have entered dissidia. chaos, or as you humans like to call it, purgatory. you're here because quite simply you're dead."
"If I'm dead then why am I not stuck in te shinigami's stomach? did I do something wrong?"
"no, quite on the contrary. you have done nothing wrong. in fact there is a very special place in heaven just for people like you. but to answer your first question from before, my name is Kami."
Naruto's eyes widened and his jaw hit the floor. "Y-You're Kami? you're the creator of the universe?"
Kami chuckled at the expression on Naruto's face.
"Yes pretty much." she chuckled out.
"I never thought Kami would be such a cute little girl" he spoke truthfully.
"Why thank you Naruto, you are very sweet. Most think I'm some kind of old man" she said pouting.
Naruto chuckled before getting serious again. "so why am I here in purgatory then if I'm dead?" he asked.
"that will be explained very soon however first there are some people here that would like to see you. I'm sure you would be delighted to see them."
"Really? who?" he asked before he felt his hand gets gripped from behind. he slowly turned around and as soon as he saw who it was, tears came streaming out of his eyes and down his cheeks. standing there in front of him was none other than his mother, Kushina Uzumaki.
"I've missed you so much," he said through his sobs.
"And I missed you," she said. "I love you so much sweetheart."
Hearing his Mom say she loved him made Naruto smile the biggest smile he could muster.
"now," she said putting him at arm's length. "Let me get a good look at you" she stared at Naruto for a good minute in silence.
"oh you are just so handsome" she suddenly said, getting a laugh from both Naruto and Kami.
"he is our son, did you expect anything less?" came another voice. Naruto looked over and saw his father Minato Namikaze standing their smiling proudly at him.
"DAD!" Naruto yelled as ran over to his father and tackled him into a hug which knocked the two down on to the ground. this made everyone chuckle at the excited Naruto as he now had his parents standing by his side.
standing up again Minato looked at Naruto and saw how much he had grown. "you've made me very proud my boy" Minato said placing his hand on top of Naruto's head. "I always knew you were destined for great things."
"you stayed true to your word Naruto and finally managed to bring about a world of peace. something most thought could never be done. with the five great nations united, an era peace can finally begin" Minato said speaking very proudly at the accomplishment that Naruto had made the one accomplishment he wished he could have brought about himself.
"now Naruto its time for me to explain why your here" Kami said now approaching the group. "your parents both know of what I'm about to tell you and they agree that it's for the best as it gives you a chance to have what you missed out on."
Naruto looked at her before nodding.
"Naruto unlike most, you have had to go through things that no one should ever go through. the hardships that you have faced when you were a child and a teenager was so horrid, so monstrously cruel, that it took away your childhood and caused you many years of suffering. although there are those that have suffered similar to you, none have had it to such a horrid degree then you have" she said with everyone nodding in agreement. Naruto even noticed that his mom and dad had tear going down their cheeks.
"the villagers turned their back on you for something that was out of your control. when humanity was born I never imagined that humanity could be so cruel."
Naruto held his hand up.
"please don't be angry at those people, Kami. they didn't know any better."
"Naruto we know you mean well and yes you may be right, if thing didn't turn out as they did then perhaps those certain events may not have played out. But that's an IF. we can't find out what would have happened and can only speculate what could have happened."
Naruto nodded.
"true. and if Minato-teme hadn't put me inside the kit, he would'nt have been able to get rid of my hatred towards humanity." Naruto looked behind him, and saw Kurama, Nagato, Konan, the third hokage, Jiraya, Tsunade, Kakashi, Gaara, Haku, Zabuza and Killer bee. the other kage and the konoha twelve stood around them.
Naruto's eyes filled themselves with tears again.
"EVERYONE! I...I...I...I'm so sorry... if not without me, you wouldn't have had to die..." he finally broke down, and started to wail. Kushina, Minato and tsunade all wrapped their arms around him. kami walked up to him, and put her hand on top of his head, playing with his golden locks.
"mom" Naruto whispered drawing Kushina attention.
"yes sweetie what is it?"she asked while placing her palm on his cheek lovingly.
"It hurts." he said. Kushina had a look of confusion on her face before Naruto finished his sentence.
"my heart. It hurts so much. I'm so happy to be reunited with you guys again, but at the same time. I feel sad that you all died for my sake."
Hashirama and Tobirama stepped forward. placing their hands on his shoulders.
"that's a true leaf ninja for ya' loyalty to a fault." Hashirama spoke proudly, while Tobirama nodded. hiruzen joined them. "he's always been like that. just like his parents."
Kurama touched his forehead with his nail. smiled, and Naruto felt a familliar tug in his mind. when he blinked, Kurama was gone. "I'm gonna take a nap in my cage, kit."
Killer bee, Gaara, Zabuza, Haku, Kakashi and Nagato put their hands on his back. Konan, and the rest put their hands on his chest. suddenly he felt himself pulling chakra from them.
"wha-what's happening?" he asked Kami, who smiled.
"your second chance, namikaze-kun however, I believe some people wish to give you a parting gift."
Haku slapped him on the chest, and the kanji for ice appeared on his skin before vanishing. Mei did the same, and the kanji for lava, and steam appeared. Sasuke did it, and blaze appeared. Konan did it, and paper appeared while Onoki made dust. Nagato caused the five elements, and gravity to appear. Gaara made sand appear while Zabuza made sword and Minato made seal appear. Hashirama placed his hands on Naruto, and smiled. he shot a pulse through Naruto, and the kanji for wood appeared.
"these gifts are their individual powers. each kanji stands for the affinity they have given you. now... it's time for you to go. live your new life, in a new world."
"bu-but, how about them? I- I don't want to leave them already!" Kakashi eyesmiled at him while uncovering his sharingan.
"don't worry Naruto-kun. we'll be waiting for you..."
before Naruto could respond his parents, friends and teachers smiled and waved at him. Jiraya grabbed the big scroll on his back, and hung it over Naruto's shoulder. he smiled. "this is a collection of all the jutsu I've ever seen, or learned. use it wisely kid. learn it all, and make me proud." Tenten threw him her big weapons scroll and winked at him. as Kakashi started to use kamui on Naruto, his parents gave him one last hug.
"make us proud Naruto. live, love and learn every day. we'll miss you."
as Naruto completely vanished, they could hear his voice echo. "miss you too..."
then everything went white.
Naruto woke up in a small patch of grass. he looked around to see a large sign, that said: WELCOME TO ODAIBA: FAMOUS FOR IT'S MONSTER-SIGHTINGS!
he picked his scrolls up, and scratched his head.
"now where the hell did I end up?
a/n. like, hate? review! as I said before, this is a challenge.