Greetings fellow readers ! And as promised , the second chapter . Hope you enjoy and don't forget to review .
"You are dead."
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"What !?" Said a shocked Naruto aloud in a comical fashion , while quickly scanning his environment . "Stop jocking old man , this isn't funny ! Let me out of here !" He demanded.
"Hush down a bit Naruto , your loudness will awaken even the spirits that reside in the other world ." The old man chuckled .
'Man even his joked are dry.' Naruto thought with a bored expression on his face .
The mood between them soon changed afterwards however as the old man took a more serious tone and expression .
"Naruto , do you remember how you ended up here ?" Asked the old man .
"Uhm , we were fighting this guy with the mask and -" Naruto paused , as it sunk in what he did to end up in the dimension he was with the old man . "I sacrificed myself and saved Sasuke." He said with a frown on his face while looking down. "That's how I ended up here right ?"
"Indeed you are correct Naruto , under normal circumstances you wouldn't have ended up here ."
"What do you mean ? I'm in heaven right ?" Naruto asked.
"Hahahahaha ! Everyone in this age assumes doing a good deed takes you to heaven ." The old man laughed aloud , " you forget you are a shinobi Naruto , a heart as pure as yours may end up being corrupted or even broken in this world . You have yet to truly see the reality of this world and the system of shinobi."
With an expression of dreariness , Naruto looked at the old man and asked him ," Is there any way I can go back ?"
With a smile on his face , " You indeed wish to go back , as you feel your task on that world is not complete yes?" The old man asked Naruto , and soon after the dark tone soothed and something in the atmosphere was different .
"Yeah old man , I've wanted to be Hokage for all my life , I want people to acknowledge my strength and respect me . I can't explain it , but I feel like I'm going to do great things one day , and it's because of that feeling , that I feel like I can change the world !" Naruto responded with earnesty .
"Well then , considering you are still a child and anyone would want to say that , there's something different about you , deep within your heart that flame burns."
"Tch , you could say that old man . " Naruto responded , but something clicked in his mind regarding the current events ." Hey ! You haven't told me who you are !"
The man simply laughed aloud , even amused at this revelation .
"Hey ! What's so funny ?"
"Hahaha I'm glad you deduced that I have yet to introduce myself ." The old man said as his eyes narrowed on Naruto .
"I am the one who established peace in the ancient times , the founder of Ninshu and the first being born with chakra , I am Hagoromo Ootsotsuki , the Sage of the Six Paths ."
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Naruto stared at the sage with a blank expression , having not fully processed all that was said to him.
"Have I said something that uneases you ?" Hagoromo asked. " Uhm , no ... well uhm ... it's just that , YOU SAID TOO MANY THINGS AT THE SAME TIME !" Naruto shouted .
A question mark appeared on the sage's face , very confused as to what Naruto was talking about . "Have you failed to grasp my introduction ? Honestly I belived this manner of introduction to be quite fitting , unless your intelligence is below average Naruto."
Naruto became irritated , he'd been called an idiot while living and even so in death he is stil mocked . " Repeat what you said please , and in a not so fancy way ."
Hagoromo looked at Naruto , for a moment everything went quiet , then he preceeded to speak while looking downward . "You remind me of my younger son Ashura . " Naruto looked at the old man with surprise . "He was full of life , was never a genius to start off with and he always relied on others for help . Haha he was even as loud as you so to say ."
"Tch , thanks for the compliment old man Sage ." That kinda made me feel better .
"It's a pleasure Naruto , my rephrased statement is that I am a sage , who once brought peace to the world a long time ago . The first person to be born with chakra as well and establish a idiology known as Ninshuu."
"Wow ! No wonder why you're a spirit and look weird , you must be over a thousand years old ." Naruto responded ."But wait , aren't you an alien , with the purple eyes and horns ? Plus your skin looks weird , you don't look human at all."
"Hahaha well it can't be helped , but I'm not here to explain my origins , I'm here to help you Naruto." The sage said.
"By taking me back to the living world ?" The blond asked .
"More than that , I wish to depart a gift to you Naruto ." said the sage . "A gift , wh-what kind of gift ?" Naruto replied .
"My chakra , the chakra known as Six Paths chakra . It is the ultimate and most divine chakra that exists , it can give you the strength needed to overcome a disaster which I sense coming in the near future ."
Naruto's eyes were wide open , he could not belive what he had just heard , he would be recieving the chakra of the man said to be the god of shinobi .
"You serious !? Damn that sounds awesome ! So when do we start ?" Naruto asked eagerly like a small child recieving a birthday present for the first time.
"Calm yourself Naruto " said the Ootsotsuki , "I have to explain a few things ."
"Oh uhm sorry , I just can't contain myself old man sage." he said with embarrassment.
"Now then , let us begin , I don't have much time left ." Hagoromo said in a serious manner.
Meanwhile with the battle between Sasuke and Haku ...
"Firestyle : Fireball jutsu !" Sasuke roared , as he exhaled a large and powerful sphere of fire that jettisoned toward Haku , who was free falling in midair having taken a serious blow from Sasuke earlier on.
'If that attack hits me , it'll deal too much damage that I cannot afford . I must retaliate and counter before it's too late!' The boy thought , as he went through a few handseals .
The fireball jutsu hit Haku dead on , and Sasuke smirked at sight of having his comrade's murderer punished . However all was short lived as the figure in the blaze of fire , slowly melted and soon evaporated .
'Dammit ! He must've substituted himself with a water clone . It doesn't matter , for the Naruto's sake , I'll avenge him and punish this trash !' Sasuke cursed . Narrowing his eyes and scouting the area , he spotted his foe dash from behind him at a blazing speed . Thanks to his newly formed 3-tomoed Sharingan , he was able to see Haku's next movements before they were made , taking this into advantage he dodged the attack just in time and rotated his body swiftly to the right with a Kunai in his left hand and managed to inflict a deep wound in Haku's lower abdomen .
For a moment time seemed to slow down for the hunter-nin as the pain from the puncture wound grew intense with every millisecond ."You like that huh ? Feels good to have a part of your body impaled , doesn't it !" Sasuke roared . Forming a first with his left hand , Haku forced his body to move despite the pain , and attempted to uppercut the Uchiha , thankfully Sasuke saw it coming and stepped back while also taking the kunai with him .
'Damn , this boy ! It's as though he can see my movements before I even make them . Something's different , ever since his comrade died he's somehow become more fluent and agile yet aggressive as well . His speed's still the same if not more sluggish , he must be running out of chakra .' Haku concluded , as he jumped away from Sasuke and grasped his wound .
'I made an opening for myself , now's the time to use it !' Sasuke declared as he slid backward from the leap , and then dashed toward Haku .
"Trying to take advantage of this situation won't work ." Haku declared as he made a single handseal and an ice mirror liquified and formed behind him .
"No you don't ! " Sasuke shouted as he neared Haku . "I won't let you get away !" Roared Sasuke as locked fists with haku before he could enter his ice mirror . "Dammit , why won't you just stay down ! I don't have time to deal with you , my master needs me ." Cursed Haku as he blocked oncoming attacks from Sasuke .
The two shinobi engaged in a taijutsu battle , Sasuke's Sharingan vs Haku's Haku's speed . Both combatants threw punches at each other , and each was capable of dodging the other's attacks . They seemed even for a moment , as they gracefully darted around the battlefield while turning , ducking , kicking and rotating . That deadlock however . was broken by Haku who increased his speed drastically while aiming for a jab at Sasuke's neck .
'So fast !' Was all a shocked Sasuke could process as Haku's fist collided with his neck and he felt a searing pain around the very area where his oxygen supply flowed . Sasuke made a horrible sound as he fel short of breath for an instant , his body became numb and his vision blurred . The pain within his throat was unbearable and he was unable to breath , thus he lost balance aswell and Haku knew that he had won .
"Now to finish this !" Haku blitzed Sasuke with a punch to his gut in an instant . "Did you honestly think you could possibly match my speed boy ?" Haku asked before vanishing in a blazing speed and kicking Sasuke from behind . The young uchiha coughed up blood and was sent flying , Haku however; caught up to the boy and appeared in front of him with a scissor kick aimed at the oncoming Sasuke .
The young Uchiha could do nothing as the kick connected with his face and the world around him went dark . In a blazing speed from a kick of sheer power , Sasuke was sent flying and crashed into one of Haku's ice mirrors nearly 20m away .
It was finished , Sasuke layed on the ground bloodied and beaten .
"I needed to conserve my chakra because I must go tend to Zabuza now . I'm surprised you lasted as long as you did considering I was only using a portion of my true speed . Indeed you have a fine bloodline boy , had it not been for that eye , I wouldn't have needed to use my full speed in the end , but with you out of the way I can finally go serve my master."
Said Haku , to the broken boy who lay 20m away from him . Certain of his victory , Haku turned around and prepped himself to go the Zabuza and Kakashi .
"Where do you think you're going !?"
If Haku's expression could be seen through the mask he was wearing , it would've been one of a pissed off and shocked face . The hunter-nin turned around slowly to glare at the boy whom he had just defeated . Sasuke managed to raise his upper body while balancing it with his right arm and his lower lay on the ground . He had spirit , the spirit of a vengeful foe that won't rest until his enemy is defeated . Haku knew this very well , he was somewhat amused that the Uchiha still had the guts to challange him .
"Don't even think for a second that is over , cause it's far from that !" Sasuke roared with fire in his eyes .
"Your mind is willing , but your body is weak !" Haku shouted , "I don't wish to hurt you , but I think I better put you to sleep for good , you've been a bothersome one for far too long ." Declared Haku as he prepared Senbon in each of his hands and dashed toward Sasuke .
Reality hit Sasuke hard , when he realised he couldn't move . The blow Haku dealt to his back and the impact with the Ice mirror ealier on caused significant damage to his spinal cord , he couldn't get up he was literally a sitting duck .
Haku neared closer and closer with every split second and every heartbeat , for Sasuke , the odds of surviving Haku's attack were dim , hope was dim and his life was on the line .
While those two neared the end of their confrontation , Naruto on the other hand was in the final phase of divine empowerment .
A purple chakra encased Naruto as it flowed into him and illuminated his soul . "Old man sage , this chakra ... It's like nothing I've ever felt before ." Said Naruto while looking at his palm . The chakra flared up even more and electricity soared all over .
"Your body is still developing and has to mature to a ripe stage to handle all this energy , so I'll put most of it into a seal which will only be unlocked when you access the knowledge of a sage and how to use the energy of the earth ." Said the Sage of the Six Paths with a buddha-like spiritual figure of chakra encompassing him with it's palms connected into a prayer form .
The Sage of the Six Path's staff was beneath Naruto , spinning and projecting a circle of energy and seals onto Naruto who was recieving the power of the Six Paths . When a small ripple pattern seal formed in the center of his palm , he closed his hand and formed a fist .
All the chakra was absorbed into him and he closed his eyes briefly before opening them again . Gone was the blue eye color of his pupils , along with the normality . There now were 2 full metallic purple eyes , with concrescent rings expanding from the eye's center . With 6 Tomoe in total , 3 in the first ring and 3 in the second ring in each eye - with a Sharingan resemblance , Hagoromo looked at Naruto as the remaining chakra dispersed and said unto him , " It is done Naruto ."
Naruto narrowed his eyes and looked above . "Hold on Sasuke , Sakura , Kakashi sensei , I'm coming back for you guys !"
Lol , I'm glad this chapter came out the way I wanted it to . Sasuke's had his shine , now it's time for the underdog to show his canine ! Until next time folks .
