Naruto opened his eyes slowly, the light blaring into his eyes made him slowly blink. He was in the middle of a huge circular throne room, with huge imposing, monstrous entities that were emitting amazingly high levels of power and wisdom. With a start he realized that he recognized these were gods, the ones he saw in pictures in his old mythology text book, God and Goddesses of the New Era.
He saw the Head Goddess Kami, her children Amatseru, Susanoo, and Tsukiyomi. He saw the goddesses of life Fate, Chance, and Destiny. He saw Shinigami, Jashin, and Yami. The first four were seated above all others, with the Sisters of Life seated below them, and the Death Gods had their thrones on the floor. He noticed an empty chair beside Kami and was confused about its purpose.
Naruto suddenly remembered the last thing he saw before a flash of white was Sasuke descending upon him with his Kusangi, with Yamato, Sai, and Sakura helpless to save him. He looked around, and then raised his head to the gods.
"What am I doing here? Have I died?" He was answered by the head goddess her self, Kami.
"No young child, you are still the living, we have brought you here to see how you have progressed in your life so far. You are a very important figure in the times to come."
"What do you mean?"
"What she means, child, is that you have a powerful role to play in the future." Answered Fate.
"So I am not dead? I'm not going to hell?" He inquired apathetically. The gods were actually surprised at how guarded he was. This was not the boy they had seen down in the Elemental Nations.
"Why are you so adamant that you are dead, and why would you think that you would be damned to Hell? Are you not happy in life?" the question surprisingly came from Yami.
"How am I supposed to know why you all gave me my hellish existence…perhaps you can tell me oh mighty Kami-sama?" He practically spat the honorific out like it was a bad piece of food. Instantly Shinigami was holding him up in the air, not allowing him to breathe, he stared straight into Naruto's eyes and growled out to him.
"Apologize. Now. Or I will be forced to-"
"To What! Kill me? Wipe me from existence? Banish me to hell? Well sorry kind sir…I live there." The two of them continued to glare at each other until Shinigami was ordered to let him down. He just scoffed then dropped Naruto, and sat back in his throne.
"Are you not treated as a hero, as your father, the Yondaime, requested?" All of a sudden Naruto stopped moving and started a Killing Intent that startled even the most belligerent god Jashin. They could not believe that the young man in front of them could contain such a hatred.
"That bastard…is my father? I wish I could go and meet him IN HELL!"
Kami turned to Shinigami and said,
"Didn't you get his soul? That was the payment for that jutsu."
The Shinigami started to sweat then said,
"Well…he kind of high-tailed it before I had a chance to complete the ritual. He ran towards Uzugakure, with his wife and eldest daughter in tow."
"I HAVE A FATHER, MOTHER, AND SISTER STILL LIVING, AND THEY STILL ABANDONED ME? Maybe… I really am just a demon; I can't seem to ever be loved. I guess that I should just go and die someplace-SLAP" Naruto blinked as the pain from the slap registered in his brain. Standing above him was Amatseru with her hand held in a slapping position.
"Are you listening to yourself? What happened to your nindo? Where is your never give up attitude?"
"I can never hope to match Akatsuki, Sasuke, Orochimaru, or even my dad's skills alone, what more can I do?"
"Accept my gift of one free Celestial Kekkai Genkai. Any one bloodline you can think of is yours but make sure you make a wise decision, because once you choose there is no going back."
Naruto tried to think of a good choice, when a very recent memory came to mind.
(Flashback)
Naruto stood before the Kyuubi's cage in his mindscape, about to accept its help, when out of nowhere, Sasuke showed up. He and Kyuubi had a stare down, that ended with Sasuke distorting Kyuubi's control, but before he left Kyuubi gave one last scathing remark.
"OHH YES YOUR EYES REAK WITH AS MUCH VILE AS UCHIHA MADARA'S EYES. TELL ME HAS HE BEEN TEACHING YOU YOUNG NINGEN?"
(Flashback End)
Naruto raised his head and said with full conviction. "I want the Mangekyou Sharingan of Uchiha Madara."
There was a shocked silence; the gods could not believe their "Chosen One" would request the one thing that may keep him from fulfilling his destiny. Tsukiyomi stood and he sent a gust of power towards Naruto, amidst many protestations, and said. "I hope you know of the full power of what you have requested young ningen. You have now the eyes of a brother forcefully taken, and a cursed immortality. Now you shall never fulfill your destiny-"He was cut off before he could finish, but the damage was done, Naruto started backing towards the entry way, and asked, "What destiny?"
Amatseru sighed and said, "You will join us in council and become my husband." Naruto was shocked, and turned his full attention towards her and choked out, "Your…husband?" Amatseru smirked and said, "Yes, and maybe if you are good I can actually love you, and respect you." She failed to see the other god's warning glances as Naruto's fists clenched and his hair shadowed his eyes.
"Why can I not find love on Earth?" Amatseru scoffed and said without thinking, "You are too powerful, and besides who could love you?"
Naruto started shaking in rage, then yelled at the assembly of gods. " I HOPE YOU ALL REMEMBER THIS AS THE DAY YOU MADE ME YOUR ENEMY! I'LL SEE YOU ALL IN HELL!" with that he leapt out the door way before he could be stopped.
Amtseru realized what she had done when all the gods glared at her, she could only whimper at his retreating form, "Naruto…I-I didn't mean… Mother is there no way to get h-him back."
Kami leaned back and sighed at her daughter's mistake, she sadly looked down towards the Elemental Nations and said, "Only time can tell daughter, only time can tell…"