"This world shall end, and I shall guide you into the world of the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Come Naruto, don't let your family stand in the way of what you want. It's a simple choice, a world where everything is peaceful and perfect, or this reality with it's failing ninja system."
The Ten Tails Jinchuriki, Obito Uchiha, extended his offer to one of the two hosts of the divided Nine Tails. Naruto himself was about to answer when an unbelievable pain attacked the back of his neck, where his skull joined his spine.
"Arghh! Make it stop! It burns! Please, make it stop!" Naruto cried out, clutching his neck, a bright blue glow emanating from beneath his hands. Obito flew over and knelt next to Naruto, pulling his hands away. His face quickly changed from mildly concerned to shocked to fury in the course of 5 seconds.
"SENSEI!"
He roared. His form flickered out of existence and reappeared next to Minato. The Fouth Hokage was sent flying by a backhand from Obito.
"What kind of a sick monster... Puts a Loyalty Seal ON HIS OWN SON?!"
The entirety of the Ninja Alliance was shocked silent. One by one the Five Kage turned on the Yellow Flash of the Leaf. No one was more enraged than the Fifth Kazekage.
"How. Dare. You. To think, that this whole time... My first friend was controlled by you Namikaze. Even Madara wouldn't stoop that low. I'LL KILL YOU!"
The famed 'Absolute Defence' sand lived up to the legends told about it's speed and ferocity as it shot forth and engulfed Minato, trapping his kunai inside the forming Sand Coffin.
"Naruto was never meant to befriend you Gaara. He was supposed to kill you after I got there and extracted the One Tail. You only lived because he resisted my long ranged commands and only defeated you."
"You were right, young Kazekage..."
Everyone looked up and saw Madara on the next ledge of the crater created by a rampaging Ten Tails before it was brought under control.
"... Even I would even stoop as low as to control my own son. Isn't that right, Minato?."
No one spoke.
"Truly, you are a disgrace, my son. And you wondered why I took your eyes and replaced them with your mothers. I didn't want you abusing the Sharingan.
"In any case, please continue to... How is it kids these days say it? Oh yes, continue to kick Obito's ass, if you can."
Said Ten Tails Jinchuriki blurred back to Naruto and placed his index finger against the glowing blue seal and discharged a single spark of chakra into it. An unholy looking black and purple glow replaced the blue one and the seal burned away.
On the back of his right hand, a sickly green seal glowed and Obito recognised it as a seal that transformed any active chakra being utilised by pulling it down to the seal and converting it to toxic chakra. Said chakra would make the chakra pathways in his body burn, how far beyond the seal depended on the amount of chakra transformed. And of course, it was remotely activated by the creator.
That seal too burned away, leaving the Jinchuriki of the Yin chakra of the Demon Fox, the darker half, free for the first time since half of Nine Tails was sealed into him. Obito turned to the Ninja Alliance and continued his preaching of a new world.
And for the first time, Naruto saw everything through his own eyes.
'What Obito said is true, this world is failing. But his vision for its salvation is corrupted by years of loss and solitude. I have committed terrible crimes. The fact I was controlled means nothing, I committed them so...'
Reaching into to his mindscape for something he hoped would be there. It was. He raised his hands and let his instincts tell his body what to do. His hands blurred as the seal sequence was performed.
Ram. Dog. Boar. Monkey. Dragon. Ox. Horse. Jin. Snake. Tiger.
'I must atone for my actions, and make amends!'
Bright yellow chakra with an orange tint engulfed his body. A cloak manifested around his orange and black jumpsuit that had been covered by the yellow chakra. Six yellow magatama markings appeared around the base of his neck in the black that resembled an underbelly, his hair was drawn up and stood, waving, on end with the bangs that partially framed his face extended, appearing to be horns. Black swirl designs similar to the Uzumaki clan symbol faded into existence on his shoulders and the back of his hands. Another one, yellow this time, was mirroring the seal on his stomach with a thin yellow line leading to it from his neck. Various thicker black lines extended along his body. The whisker marks on his cheeks were prominently black too now.
The giant flare of chakra receded and a Chakra Mode Naruto was standing in the place of Minato Namikaze's former slave. The whole of the Ninja Alliance felt a rush of hope as a new figurehead appeared to lead them in battle against the overwhelming force of the Akatsuki.
'Thanks for helping me Nine Tails, sorry about before. I wasn't myself.'
'Don't sweat it kit, I've been controlled too. And call me Kurama.'
'Okay. Let's do this Kurama.'
"Naruto? What happened to you?" Naruko asked.
"Kurama happened sister." Naruto said and walked up to her. He was taller than her.
"Forgive me."
That was all the warning Naruko got.
Naruto thrust his hand forward, ripping her top open, and placed his right palm against her seal on her stomach. He formed a half tiger seal with his left hand.
"Eight Trigrams Seal Release!"
The Yang half of Kurama roared as he was released. Finally, he would be whole again. The fusion of the two took less than minute. Now that he had the full power of Kurama, Naruto was definitely on Obito's radar in terms of power. The container of the original Tailed Beast, incomplete as it was, turned to him. Naruko dropped to the ground, close to death from the extraction.
"Naruto, I see you are free. And control the Nine Tails power too. Now then, what is your answer?"
"Obito, I agree that this world is doomed, the system set up by the first ninja, The Sage of Six Paths, is failing. The age of ninja is coming to a close. But you don't see the merits of the ninja order, you see only the negatives. This is why the world is doomed. As much as I desire harmony for the world, as much as I wish for a utopia, I cannot join you!"
"Then you shall not be granted a merciful death."
The Eight Tails Jinchuriki rushed to Naruto's side. "Naruto, Eighto 'n me'll join ya, let's rock this place, my bro!"
Killer Bee held out his fist and Naruto bumped his fist against it. A link was formed between their mindscapes and the two beasts met again.
"Nine Tails, finally agreed to help your Jinchuriki, you stubborn fox?'
'Knock it off, now isn't the time. I believe Naruto is the one Old Man Sage spoke of. We have to stop Mother, Gyūki!'
The Octo-Bull was shocked. After a moment he managed to choke out,
'You... Called me my name.'
'Of course I did Gyūki, it's your name just like mine is Kurama. Now let's deal with Mother!'
'Right!'
Tentacles grew out of Killer Bee's tailbone as he went into Tailed Beast State. In no time, he was in Tailed Beast State, a perfect incarnation of Gyūki, even down to foremost left horn with the tip sliced off by the Fourth Raikage.
Naruto used his enhanced agility to jump onto Bee's head in one leap. Obito glared at them and they faced off.
Bee started off by swiping with his tentacles, trying to swat Obito out of the sky. Time after time he missed. Frustrated, he began to fire off Tailed Beast Bullets. Each one missed it's target.
"RAHHH!"
'Bee, fight him defensively but don't let him hit you, he still has the near full power of Ten Tails, he's not the Tsuchikage.'
'Got it. Now let swat it.'
Naruto jumped down into Bee's hand and was hurled straight at Obito's present course, ahead of him.
They collided and Naruto gave him a powerful strike to the face. When the Ten Tails Jinchuriki flew backward, a fist of chakra was still connected with his face. Realisation that Kurama was helping him in his new state came over him as the fist drove it's passenger into the actual final form of the Ten Tails. The Shinju Tree.
When he rose, Obito was unharmed.
'How?!'
'Sorry kit, I forgot that he retains the hide of Ten Tails.'
'Then how do we hurt him?'
'I only have one idea but it's not even barely plausible at best.'
'I'll take it. What is it?'
'When I was forced to fight against Hashirama by Madara, he couldn't do lasting damage to me even with his Wood Style, which can suppress and even combat the power of Tailed Beasts, thus being one of my weaknesses. When he went into Sage Mode and used Nature Energy to augment his attacks, he severed all but one of my tails. Those took decades to regenerate let me tell you.
'My point is: maybe, just maybe, Nature Energy can harm that Obito brat.'
'And how am I supposed to use this Nature Energy?'
'I have Fox Sage Mode, but it'll take a little while to charge.'
'How long?'
'2 minutes minimum.'
'Get started, I'll try to keep him from activating his jutsu.'
Naruto retreated from the mindscape and returned to the battle, landing on one of Bee's tails which lifted him back onto his previous position.
"So, we just gotta keep this fool entertained for a few, yo? Then we can hit em hard high and low, bro?"
"That right. Let's go."
Naruto released Chakra Mode and moulded his chakra and made two half Tiger seals and crossed them, right hand vertical, left horizontal.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu."
4 clones appeared in a line, two either side of him. Each did their own seal sequence. All 5 performed their respective sequences.
Clone 1 did: Dog. Tiger. Snake. Dog. Rat. Snake.
Clone 2 did: Ram. Snake. Tiger.
Clone 3 did: Tiger. Snake. Ram.
Clone 4 did: Rat. Ox. Dog. Horse. Monkey. Boar. Tiger.
The original Naruto performed a single seal and all 5 launched their jutsu simultaneously.
"Earth Style: Flying Thrown Stones."
"Water Style: Black Rain Jutsu."
"Wind Style: Godly Wind from the Mountains."
"Fire Style: Great Fire Destruction."
"Lightning Style: False Darkness."
All 5 jutsu fired and merged together, creating something new completely.
"Omni-Elemental: Hand of a Titan!"
The vortex formed into a giant hand that clamped around Obito and detonated. A huge dust storm kicked up. The clones dispelled and there was only one Naruto left. It took a while to settle but when it started to Naruto prayed.
'Please let that have delayed him long enough.'
The dust storm settled after about a minute and the ever ominous figure walked out of it. Obito was more annoyed than ever before.
"You insult me Naruto Namikaze. Not using your full strength. Or are you just waiting for something. Reinforcements maybe? They will never come. There are none. Now I'll end you insignificant life here and now."
He pulled one of his Truth-Seeking Orb through a hole through his hand creating a sword that looked like a DNA strand but with spiked endings.
"This is the sword of The Sage of Six Paths. He used it to defeat any who challenged him. It's the ultimate weapon. Now I will use it to defeat you and take the rest of Nine Tails from you. Prepare to die."
Naruto focused on a spiral on his right hand and focused. A spiralling mass of chakra mirrored the pattern on his palm.
'Manifest and spin chakra the way your hair grows.'
Then he ran his hand over the spinning energy in multiple directions repeatedly, increasing the power and spinning it in multiple directions.
'Make it spin in multiple directions at once.'
Finally he cupped his left hand on top of the ever changing shape.
'Contain it into a perfect sphere. Control it.'
Once he had tamed the chakra into the form he wanted, Naruto withdrew his left hand and stood up fully.
"A mere Rasengan will do nothing. Come!"
Naruto leapt off Bee's head toward Obito who was flying at him. They got closer to each other with each passing moment. Closer. Closer.
'Come on Kurama.'
Closer. Closer. Closer. Too close!
'Done!'
A great blast resonated from the clash due to the raw power of both jutsu. It subsided and Naruto fell to earth, hitting the ground.
Obito smirked.
"It's over Namikaze. I'll be taking the Nine Tails now."
"You'd like that wouldn't you?"
Obito's 'ultimate weapon' shattered all the way down through the hilt. The pieces clattered to the ground and dissolved into nothingness.
"How?"
"A gift from my friend. Kurama." Naruto replied as he got his feet unsteadily. He regains his balance and opened his eyes. They were a glowing blood red with black slits for pupils with black shadowing just like the black fur around Kurama's eyes.
Flashback
'Done!'
Jet black pigment appeared around Naruto's eyes which became the same as Kurama's. The bright blue Rasengan turned a deep purple just before it collided with the black sword.
Flashback end
"Fox Sage Art: Vermillion Rasengan."
The Ninja Alliance cheered as the sword shattered. The battle was in their favour now. Gaara had risen above his murderous relapse and simply restrained Minato with a self sustaining sand prison with a chakra seal on it.
'Could have done with that sooner but thanks Kurama.'
'You're welcome kit.'
Naruto turned to resume the fight. Obito, enraged more than ever, rushed him.
'Fox Sage Art: Fox Kumite.'
Using his newly enhanced senses and reaction time, Naruto put Kakashi and his Sharingan to shame as he dodged, blocked and evaded Obito's attacks with his remaining 9 Truth-Seeking Orbs. Each counter Naruto made destroyed another Orb.
The first counter was swift and turned the tide of the battle in an instant. It formed into a spike that lunged for his heart. Naruto pushed his palm forward to intercept it. It struck his palm as shattered just like the sword Orb had. The second was smashed by his elbow, the third and fourth were wiped out with a Vermillion Rasengan Barrage.
The fifth went straight at Naruto's face. Quicker than the Lightning Style Armor enhanced Raikage, he limboed backwards under it and clapped the Orb between his hands, breaking it.
'Kit, I'll help you take out three but that's the limit with this move for the moment,'
'Go for it.'
Naruto brought his right arm back and, as Obito passed over him, swung it up. Three solid flesh and fur tails came from his tailbone and mimicked his arm motion, spearing three.
Obito only had one left. He formed it into a staff, reminiscent of the Sage's, and charged. Naruto waited. Obito swung the staff as hard as he could. Only to have it knocked out his hand into the air, reverting to a ball as it did. The Ten Tails Jinchuriki was kicked flying into the Shinju Tree. Again.
Naruto snatched the last Orb out of the air before it could return to it's wielder. Obito got up on one knee and cursed Naruto.
"Curse you Naruto Namikaze. How do you keep messing up my plans?"
"I simply can't let you destroy this world. That's why I won't let you do this." Naruto replied, unwavering, painfully aware that his sister was near death. He activated Kurama Chakra mode again and crushed the last Truth-Seeking Orb in his hand.
"It's not your plan Obito, it's mine."
Madara flickered into existence behind Obito and thrust his chakra forward through his hand and attempted to rip Ten Tails out of Obito, the other hand going for the Rinnegan in his left socket. Having forced a reanimated Nagato to bring him back to life truly with Gedo Art of Rinne Rebirth which cause Nagato to die again, even in his reanimated state, Madara only had one of his Rinnegan, Obito had the twin.
'If Madara regains his other eye, he'll be impossible to beat! Let alone being the Jinchuriki for Mother! He was one of the most powerful ninja with his Mangekyō alone. With those two powers complete, he'll be a God more or less!' Kurama shouted in his psyche.
'You can't let him get those powers!' Gyūki agreed loudly.
'STOP HIM NARUTO!' Both Tailed Beasts roared.
Naruto grabbed the Chakra that had fully removed from Obito, right next to Madara, who had retrieved his left eye from the socket of his former partner.
Naruto's glowing eyes narrowed. Three chakra arms, formed with Kurama's help, surged forth. The first grabbed Madara's wrist and crushed it with Kurama's full strength, just as strong as his original body, causing him to drop the eye. The second nabbed the eye and retreated, placing the eye in a sealing scroll, as the third came out of Naruto's stomach and gave the Uchiha the most savage uppercut the Nine Tailed Fox could manage, sending him flying into the sky.
Sadly he landed on his feet. Madara wiped the blood from his mouth.
"The power of the Ten Tails is mine Namikaze. Give me that eye!"
Because of Kurama's attack, Madara had lost his grip on the Ten Tails' chakra. Unfortunately it was too much for Naruto to hold onto and the original Tailed Beast escaped into the world again. And straight away it grabbed Killer Bee, in Tailed Beast State. Bringing him to its mouth which had countless giant sharp teeth, it dropped him on them. Chomping down, Ten Tails consumed Gyūki's chakra and devoured him.
Killer Bee fell hundred of feet and thudded to the ground. Naruto rushed to his side and tried to use Kurama's chakra to heal him. It didn't work. Why wasn't it working?
'Kurama! HELP ME!'
'I'm sorry Naruto, there's nothing we can do.'
'I hate this! I'll beat Madara and make him bring Bee back! I WILL!'
'HE'S DEAD. GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD, BRING THE KID BACK WILL ONLY ERASE THE MEMORIES OF THE REAL KILLER BEE. He wouldn't want you to anyway. He's gone kit.'
Naruto rose to his feet but fell again as a vision blocked out his vision.
Minato had broken free of the sand prison, Gaara and the others were fight Zetsu. He pulled out a tri-pronged kunai and swung it. Blood spattered on the ground from Naruko's slashed throat. Kushina lay dead on the ground next to here daughter.
"Stupid girl, letting Naruto take your half of the Demon Fox. I needed it."
Naruto's sight showed more visions of the battlefield as he remained on his hands and knees, devastated. He'd lost everything. The Ninja Alliance was being slaughtered by Zetsu. Only Gaara and a few others remained. Even the others were cut down. The only other survivor fled to his side.
The vision cut off and he came back to reality. In the moment that it took for Ten Tails and Madara to ready and strike, Naruto heard his dark half.
'You can't do this without me. Let me help.'
With that, they joined and became one. His eyes snapped open and the four way strike happened.
Ten Tails stabbed Naruto through with its claws, devouring Kurama and becoming whole again. Naruto punched a Fox Art: Death Claw through Madara's heart. Madara stuck a copied lightning jutsu into Gaara's side, as the only remaining Kage had failed to block Ten Tails' attack.
Madara collapsed dead and the two former Jinchuriki followed, not dead yet. As they lay there, on the cold hard ground, their life force slipping away, Naruto and Gaara reached out and grabbed each other's hand.
"This is the end for us Naruto."
"Yes, it is. But... There is no person I'd rather die beside than you Gaara, my brother.
"Heh... Same here."
Ten Tails roared and thrust with it's claws again.
Only to be intercepted by the last person imaginable.
He was a tall and pale-skinned man with deep wrinkles. He had spiky, shoulder-length, pale-red, with a chin-length braid hanging in front of his left ear. He also sported a spiky beard tapered down to his waist. He had horn-like protrusions on his forehead. He had Rinnegan eyes and lacked eyebrows. He also had a light-coloured circle representing Yang in his right palm, and a dark-coloured crescent moon representing Yin in his left palm.
He wore a white, full-length kimono with a pattern of six red magatama around a high collar, beneath which he wore a necklace which was also made up of six red magatama. On the back of his kimono was a larger Rinnegan marking with a pattern of nine magatama arranged in three rows of three beneath it.
It was the Sage of Six Paths!
Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki sighed.
"Even in this age, you cause strife Mother."
Ten Tails roared again. It's tails rose up and gathered around it's head as it opened its mouth and charged a Tailed Beast Bomb.
Hagoromo made a half Tiger seal.
"Sage Art: Gate of the Great God."
He commanded. Fourteen Torii fell from the sky and pinned all ten tails, the humongous clawed hands, the main body and head of the rampaging beast.
"I suppose it must become a passing time loop then."
Two orbs of grey power emerged from his body and touched the two near dead friends, energising them. It was just enough to for them to complete their task.
"Come you two."
Naruto and Gaara rose to their feet and walked over to Hagoromo. He directed them to stand in front of him, the last two on the battlefield.
"As much as it pains me, Ten Tails must be sealed again. It is an incarnation of my Mother, the first human ever to attain chakra, and the Shinju Tree that gave her that power. She was enraged that me and my brother inherited chakra and joined with it to reclaim what she believes to be hers. Before, my brother sealed the result of the incarnation, Ten Tails into me. The same must happen here. But I am too weak to seal it. You two must. But who will be the vessel."
Both the former Jinchuriki thought hard. Gaara spoke after a while.
"Not to push this burden onto Naruto's shoulders, but I could barely handle Shukaku, I will not be able to host Ten Tails."
"I will accept this responsibility. I hosted Kurama and befriended him, I might be able to tame Ten Tails."
"Very well. Gaara must do the sealing, the knowledge is in the power I gave you. I only hope that this world never needs the Infinite Tsukuyomi ever again."
Gaara began the sealing ritual and Naruto took off his jacket and shirt.
First he erased the Eight Trigrams seal. Then he mixed his blood with ink, created by the Sage, and drew the new seal in place of the old one. Then he drew a barrier seal with the rest of the ink, to prevent Zetsu from interfering and activated it.
Finally Gaara did the last thing. Since he didn't have the chakra that the Sage's brother did, he had to comprise.
"Sealing Jutsu: Reaper Death Seal."
The Death God appeared behind Gaara and asked,
"Why have you summoned me, mortal?"
"To seal the Ten Tails."
"You know I require payment for summoning me?"
"Ask what you will of me."
"Your soul."
The Sage interrupted.
"Would the soul of Madara Uchiha, in the restarted timeline suffice, great one?"
"The restarted timeline?"
"Indeed great one, I intend to send Naruto back in time to save the world."
"Very well. I accept. Once you defeat Madara Uchiha, summon me and I shall take his soul as payment, no other, nothing more. But should you refuse to do so, you know the consequences, Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze."
The reaper plunged its hand into the body of Ten Tails and ripped out the soul and chakra of the beast. Then it thrust the entirety into the seal on Naruto and Gaara finish the sealing.
"Sixteen Trigrams Divine Seal."
The new Ten Tails Jinchuriki shrugged of the effect of the sealing and was approached by the Sage. Hagoromo pulled one of the magatama off of his necklace and handed it to Naruto.
"The Time Magatama. Use it wisely. Be warned, on the first travel you must face the trials of Time herself. If you do not know and accept who you are completely, you will fail and lose yourself. The first time you touch Gaara, he will regain his memories from this timeline. Go now."
"Thank you, Old Man Sage."
With that, Naruto channeled his will into the Time Magatama and envisioned where and when he wanted to go.
'My mother's womb, the night Obito controlled Kurama to attack the village, just before my birth.'
A golden light engulfed him and the journey through time began.
