Hurricane: Ka Gay
Naruto breathed in the fresh afternoon air, thinking over the day. Boruto was off training, begrudgingly under Himawari and Hinata's watch. The villagers he watched over were bustling about, trading friendly greetings and commerce.
Konoha was peaceful.
"A fine day," said Sasuke to his left. Naruto smiled, giving a quick thumbs-up.
"You'd better believe it is," he agreed. He lowered his hand, and took on an attentive look. "So what'd you want to talk about?"
Sasuke gave a deft nod.
"I wanted to speak on Boruto; he's been performing exceptionally in mastering the-"
"Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha!"
Naruto tore his gaze away from Sasuke and to the source of the booming voice. The crowds were gasping and screaming, their bodies being blown to either side of the streets. In the center of the walkway, stood a man garbed in a hooded white robe. His face was angular and wry, with two fiery amber eyes piercing through the air to him. Despite their alien color, Naruto couldn't make out any bizarre patterns in the man's irises.
The Hokage narrowed his eyes at the man; he heard Sasuke grip his sword in steely caution.
"Who are you?" Naruto asked antagonistically.
"An interested party," replied the man in a friendly tone. "Seeking to challenge you, and your Supporting Kage, to battle."
Sasuke drew his sword at that, light reflecting off its precise edge. Naruto decided to try employing a more negotiating posture, for once. Not to say he dropped his battle stance.
"And if we refuse?"
The man guffawed at the question, but quickly regained his composure.
"I'll destroy this entire village," he declared with shocking plainity, "As well as those beyond its borders."
Not much of a choice. Then again, he and Sasuke could likely distract this man long enough to gather support from the other Kage, if he really possessed that level of power.
"Fine, but we're leaving the village before we-"
The man started chuckling fiendishly, placing a hand over his mouth.
"Sorry, sorry, I-" he paused to snort with laughter, "-I just came up with something way better than some fight is'all."
"What are you-"
Naruto found himself cut off once more, as the mysterious man lifted his right hand to the clouds in a grasping pose, as if holding a clump of dirt in his palm. For a moment, nothing happened.
Then, a tiny flower to pop from the ground before him; both its stalk and bulb being a sickly white. It took the Hokage but a moment to realize what his eyes rested upon.
"That can't be possible?" he muttered in horror. He heard Sasuke gasp beside him.
"Is that-"
"A God Tree?" answered the man, his eyes carrying cheerful mirth. "Yeah."
A trembling seized the earth, as the plant began to rise. Its stalk morphed and contorted, raising with grandiosity into the sky; great branches bursting and growing from its core structure. White roots tore open the landscape, ripping homes and trees from the ground in swirling clouds of debris. Villagers found themselves caught in the chaos, flung high into the sky or crushed under piles of dirt, wood, and stone. The sky was grey with the destruction, only for black smoke from unleashed fires to add to its depressing hue. Slowly, its white bulb unfurled itself, presenting an oppressive red glow from high above the clouds.
From the east, and in bold defiance of the marred blue sky above, the moon appeared in the sky. It moved to intercept the tree's cylinder of light, casting the red symbol of the Infinite Tsukuyomi upon its grey surface.
An Infinite Tsukuyomi, in broad daylight. How?
The man smiled, his amber eyes glimmering even in the murky light.
"You lose."
Naruto whirled to Sasuke, struggling to form a plan. The village needed to be defended, but this man needed to be stopped first. If this man was able to actually pull off the illusion, then they should be able to reverse it. They just needed to distract him long enough. Yeah, that would work; he could figure out the finer details later.
But he needed Sasuke to pull all of it off. And both they needed Susanoo.
"Sasuke, use Susanoo."
His friend didn't waste time nodding, calling up the purple entity in a flash of power. The great being reached down to cover Naruto, as people began to stare blankly at the moon above and collapse.
The Hokage couldn't bear looking, insead staring squarely at the white-robed man with hatred in his thoughts. They would undo his illusion, but not before he and Sasuke had utterly erased the monster from the earth. All they needed to do was wait, and they could strike him-
"Naruto."
That was Hinata's voice.
"Hinata?" he asked looking about for his wife. The Hokage was back at his home, in its main hallway. He felt unsettled for some reason, but he couldn't place why.
"I'm right here," she called. He rounded the corner into the living room, seeing Hinata doting over the squabbling Boruto and Himawari. He breathed easy.
Why did he feel worried? Everything was fine.
"What's wrong?" Hinata asked, her face puzzled. Naruto smiled warmly.
"Nothing," he assured, "Nothing at all."
Everyone was here, everyone was safe. It was all he'd ever dreamed of.
The nomad overlooked his handiwork, grinning proudly. Naruto and his companion laid limply on the ground, as did the rest of humanity across the world.
"Infinite Tsukuyomi," he chuckled, shaking his head in self-disappointment. "Gotta admit that was a little easy to break. Amazed I didn't think of that in the last four universes."
He strode to Naruto and Sasuke, examining his glazed-over expressions.
Credit where credit was due, it hadn't been a bad plan; using the latter's Sharingan to block the illusion. The nomad had just overwritten that defense.
"Well, gentlemen, thank you for giving me that entertainment," he said politely, knowing full well the ninja could not hear him. "Not very fair entertainment, but fun. Unfortunately, I've got bigger targets from this world."
His gaze turned to the newborn God Tree behind him, its pale roots boring invasively into the earth. Already, it was converting its newfound offerings into White Zetsu; a side-effect of its accelerated growth. The man frowned slightly.
"Though in all fairness, I might need a new world to do it," he mused. "Think I might've broken this one a little too much for it to really work."
He snapped his fingers, and disappeared into the place between realms once more.
