Chapter 2

"She also understood there was a hole in her heart where her son should be, that she was a wicked, selfish woman for wishing him back."

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Kaguya Otsutsuki went out into the world with her new son held tightly in her arms, feeding him her own chakra every day, to keep him alive and healthy. So Kaguya continued to travel across the land, ripping chakra out of anyone that crossed her path and fed it to her growing son, who was beginning to take on some of Kaguya's characteristics. When you actually eat someone's chakra, not that anyone has ever tried to before, you will slowly begin to look more like them the more you eat. After several weeks of eating mostly Kaguya's own chakra, baby Naruto began to change in appearance.

Gone were the bright blue eyes that baby Naruto had gotten from his father, who had no doubt been buried by now, and they were replaced by pure white, just like his new mother's. His bright blond hair had began to change its color, becoming almost completely white, and he now had small horn-like protrusions on the top of his forehead, right on his hairline. Kaguya could only smile down at her baby Naruto, now that he really did resemble her child, except for those whisker-like marks that didn't seem to want to fade away, like they should have weeks ago.

Walking through her another forest, still somewhere in the Land of Fire, Kaguya was humming a soft toon to the barely awake infant. Baby Naruto looked so much like her first two children, who were now obviously dead and faded to the sands of time, but the thought was still there. Little Hagoromo had always been Kaguya's most gifted child, although Hamura was a close second in skill. It saddened Kaguya when her two sons rebelled against her, which ended up nearly killing both of her sons and destroying most of the landmasses around the fight. It was on that day that Kaguya had supposedly been sealed away by her two sons but a small fragment survived in the outside world.

"Mama!" the baby in her arms sudden shout was enough to draw Kaguya out of her deep thoughts and look down at him. That had been baby Naruto's very first word, which brought a bright smile to Kaguya's face.

"Yes, my little Naru-chan, I'm your mama," she knew that he couldn't understand a word she just said, but Kaguya felt a motherly warmth spread through her body when she heard her new son call her his mama.

Continuing down no particular path, Kaguya found herself arriving at a naturally made hot spring with a variety of plants and trees to keep them hidden from anyone passing by. Making a cushion out of several leafs, Kaguya set baby Naruto down, making sure that his blanket was snugly wrapped around his tiny body. The Rabbit Goddess then removed her own hime-kimono, leaving it in a neat pile. If Kaguya was considered a goddess normally then she was the most beautiful creature ever created, when she had her hime-kimono removed.

"Come little Naru-chan, you need a bath," Kaguya said happily to her son as she picked him up and walked over to the hot spring.

Noticing that the hot spring water was just a little too hot for an infant, and since Kaguya didn't want her new son to be burned by the water, the Rabbit Goddess used her special chakra to cool the water. Once she stepped into the now slightly cooler water, her long pure white hair seemed to stretch out behind her in an almost majestic way while she held Naruto close to her chest, also keeping her modesty from anyone who might wander by. Raising the ground from underneath her, Kaguya made a small chair for baby Naruto to sit in while she cleaned him.

"Now don't fuss Naru-chan, mommy needs to make sure you stay clean," Kaguya found she hadn't acted like this since her own two sons had grown up, the mother inside of her severely missed the happiness that a son's laughter could bring.

Slowly cupping some water in her delicate hand, Kaguya raised the water above baby Naruto's head and slowly let it pour out, wetting his pale hair and making him giggle like a mad child. Kaguya did so several more times until Naruto's naturally spiky hair completely flat against his head. The Rabbit Goddess then gently ran her fingers through his hair, pushing it until it was messily slicked back and his two horns were a little more pronounced, not blending in with his hair. Once she was done cleaning her child, Kaguya picked him up and gently began to spin around in the hotspring, singing a song that was from her own homeland, which no one from this land could ever hope to understand.

As she spun around, Kaguya's long pure white hair slowly began to wrap around her, and baby Naruto, like some kind of blanket. Kaguya then traced two fingers over baby Naruto's stomach, making the seal that kept the Kyuubi at bay appear, and forced some of its chakra out. Once enough of the beast's evil chakra was gathered into the palm of her hand, the Rabbit Goddess crushed it down to the size of a bean, much like she always did. Kaguya often took some of the Kyuubi's chakra, since it could never even hope to harm her in any shape or form, and fed it to her son, to help his body get use to it much faster.

"Eat up, so you can grow big and strong," the goddess cooed lovingly as the small bean of chakra slipped into Naruto's tiny mouth and simply dissolved away, leaving only a tired baby who wanted to simply take a nice relaxing nap.

Stepping out of the hot spring, Kaguya's hair seemed to dry almost instantly, along with the rest of her elegant body, before she dressed herself and continued on her trip. If she was just traveling by herself then Kaguya would be able to be at her destination in only a matter of seconds, but since she had a child with her, she didn't want to risk traveling as such speeds. So, several days later, the goddess arrived at the edge of an ocean, her destination being only a few miles off the coast.

With a little focus, Kaguya stretched out her free hand while her third eye shot open and power began to radiate off of her in waves. Then, like a speeding bullet, a blast of invisible energy shot out into the ocean, ripping up the water and splitting it right in half. As the invisible force continued to split the ocean right down the middle, Kaguya casually walked forward, stepping right in between the walls of water, which closed right behind her. Kaguya was slightly surprised that her child was still asleep, especially after all that noise she just caused, but she just figured he was tired from the long trip.

Most would find it amazing that Kaguya could literally split oceans with just her power alone, although her two sons could do almost the exact same thing. Still, it was a beautiful sight to see the sea creatures swimming right on the edge of the water, almost as if they were accompanying Kaguya through the narrow pass that she had created. After several miles of walking, Kaguya found herself on a relatively large island, which had many ruins scattered about all over the place.

"Hm, this place seems to be a little run down but what do you think little Naru-chan?" asked Kaguya, while the baby Naruto was still happily asleep in her warm embrace.

"I knew you would like it," with that said, Kaguya continued deeper into the apparent ruins of a once great city, moving large rocks of rubble out of the way with a simple flick of her wrist.

Once she reached the very center of the island, Kaguya commanded the large chunks of rock to form into a new home for both herself and little Naruto. Even amongst the chakra wielding fighters of today's era, none had ever had greater control that the Rabbit Goddess herself, who was able to alter the very landscape with just a wish or desire. Although her current power was only the accumulated energy of other people who had been unfortunate enough to become her target, speaking of which. Focusing just one last time, a black gooey substance oozed out of Kaguya's body before taking half a human shape on the ground, like some kind of little demon.

"Return to the white Zetsu, I'll stay with Naru-chan for as long as this body will hold out," ordered Kaguya to the black substance, which almost seemed to chuckle in amusement before oozing right back into the ground, leaving no trace of its existence.

That's also when Naruto seemed to finally wake up from his nap, if the way his little hands were pulling on Kaguya's long white hair was anything to go by.

"So what do you say Naru-chan, want to help mommy bring peace to the world?" asked Kaguya in a playful tone, while holding Naruto out in front of her with both hands, electing a joyful cry from the infant.

Yes, her little Naru-chan was going to become the strongest being in the world, Kaguya would make sure of that, and then they would finally bring about a permanent peace to the world. Kaguya would make him stronger than both of her other two sons combine. It would take time, and possibly cost the Rabbit Goddess this body she was currently in control of, but once she was truly brought back to the world, both Naruto and herself would be completely unstoppable. Kaguya would prove that her foolish son's dream of bringing peace through understanding was nothing more than just a fantasy. All she would have to do was find a way to stay with Naruto long after this body died and she was forced to return to that abomination one of her son's descendants created.

With nothing but good intentions for her son, at least in her own mind, Kaguya walked into the makeshift house. She wasn't aware just that the baby in her arms was supposedly destined to bring about peace to the world, but it might not be in the way that she thought.

(One Year Later)

It had been such a normal day when the most amazing thing happened to the little baby Naruto, even in Kaguya's eyes. One day, while in an infant's cries of attention, bright blue chakra, almost white to the naked eye, began to roll off of him in short bursts, surprising his mother ever so slightly. Kaguya had experienced the same thing with her first two sons but had never felt such pure chakra. Her first two sons simply had a slightly more pure form of the Shinju's own chakra, with Kaguya's being the closest to the real thing. Perhaps, as the chakra was being more spread out with each passing generation, it was also being purified by the humans bodies. Yet when she fed Naruto such powerful chakra, it brought it up to her first two son's levels but kept it just as pure.

Even when Kaguya picked him up to try and soothed his cries, she could feel his pure chakra enter this host body of hers, returning some of her lost chakra that she had given to him over the previous year. Once again holding him close to her chest, the Rabbit Goddess noticed that he was giving of a pleasant heat that was actually making her eyes heavy.

"You never stop amazing me little Naru-chan. Why don't you come and take a nap with mommy hm?" Kaguya asked the one year old Naruto, who had stopped crying and looked up at her with his adorable white eyes, which were a contrast to Kaguya's usual cold pure white gaze.

Walking over to the large bed, which was made out of a variety of animal furs along with some other things to make it as warm and as comfortable as possible. Laying Naruto down first, Kaguya placed herself down next to her child, finding it amusing when Naruto somehow managed to wrap himself in her long white hair. While like this, with Naruto's almost pure white chakra still humming around him, Kaguya manifested her own chakra, although it was only on a subconscious level. To some, it would look like Yin and Yang, with the light and dark chakra balancing each other out in perfect harmony.

(Three Years Later)

Naruto, not at the ripe old age of four, was walking through an open grassy plane, holding his angel of a mother's hand. Ever since Naruto first went outside, Kaguya noticed that her son had a deep connection with the earth, possibly more so than Kaguya herself had. Whenever her son was happy outside, the grass would be greener and the sky was free of any dark clouds. There was also the fact that the birds just loved to come and harass the four year old child, often trying to make nests in his pale blond hair when the boy was asleep.

Kaguya never did tell Naruto that her time in this body was limited, or that over the years she had slowly been losing her own power. Now Naruto's more pure chakra had been a great help in keeping Kaguya from fading too quickly, but she sadly only had a few more years with him until she was gone, well gone in a certain way. Then there was the Kyuubi sealed into her son by his biological father, and the beast was none too happy to see Kaguya, not one bit. Her son's little pet even tried to burn through Naruto's little body just to get at Kaguya, but the Rabbit Goddess still had a little bite to go with her bark.

"Kaa-chan, are you ok?" Naruto innocent worry snapped Kaguya out of her thoughts while her son looked up at her with the most innocent expression the world has ever placed on a child, which explained why she was so warm and loving with little Naruto.

"Yes little Naru-chan, I'm just not as young as I use to be," Kaguya said offhandedly.

"But I thought Kaa-chan never grew old?" asked Naruto, having been told that Kaguya would never age as long as she was in this host body, because her life became the chakra she currently had, which was slowly running out, and killing the host body the lower it got.

"Don't worry Naru-chan, Kaa-chan is going to be with you for the rest of your life. Now, how about we head home and you help me make dinner for tonight?" asked Kaguya, watching in amusement as Naruto's worried expression instantly turned into that of childish excitement.

(Two Years Later)

The Rabbit Goddess watched as her now six year old son ran around on the surface of a large lake like it was solid ground, not realizing that many people with chakra took weeks to learn what he was doing. While Naruto didn't know of any Jutsu that these Shinobi had come up with, he was amazing at pure chakra manipulation, just like his mother, just not as powerful yet. There were still some bits of Naruto's first heritage that shown through at times, like the whisker marks on his face and the slight red tint to his hair that had begun to show through just last year, turning his hair pale red instead of pure white.

Only a few weeks ago, Kaguya had begun to teach Naruto about how to control this power of his, since his chakra level was so high and often responded to high levels of emotion. Like when he was really happy, Naruto's now white chakra would make all life around him healthy, even Kaguya's dieing host body. Then there was the time that a wild animal had attacked Kaguya during one of her weaker moments, since she was now at her halfway point and could no longer part the oceans like before. That wild animal had gotten a literal chain of pure white chakra shoved through it, horrifying Naruto that he actually killed something. Kaguya had held him that entire day, trying her best to calm her son down but little seemed to work in his mournful state.

It was then that Kaguya felt her first bout of pain course through her host body, showing that the rejection process had finally begun. The sight of Kaguya falling to her knees and clutching the area above her heart did not go unnoticed to Naruto, who ran over to her as fast as he could. Whenever Kaguya was feeling bad, Naruto would always hug her and the pain would go away, so Naruto figured that the same situation applied at this very moment.

"It's ok Kaa-chan, I'll make the pain go away," Naruto said to his mother, unconsciously drawing upon his pure chakra to lessen Kaguya's pain, which it surprisingly did.

"Thank you Naru-chan, you always know how to make me feel better," Kaguya whispered to her child, wrapping her arms around him to hold him as close as possible.

"I'll always be here to protect you Kaa-chan, that's what son's are supposed to do," Naruto said, blissfully unaware of what was going to happen only a few years down the road.

(Six Years Later)

Six years after her first warning of what was to come, Kaguya had grown slightly weaker with each passing day, to the point that she couldn't even get out of bed without suffering tremendously. This led Naruto to learn many things, including how to take care of himself after the inevitable passed and he was left alone. In fact, the son of the Rabbit Goddess was currently sitting at his mother's bedside, tilting her head up so she could drink some water filled with some tasteless medicine Naruto had made to try and help her.

"Don't worry Okaa-chan, I'm going make some more medicine that will help ease your pain. You're going to be alright," Naruto tried to reassure Kaguya but she knew that there was no point to it now.

"No Naru-chan, stay with me for just a bit longer," Kaguya waid weakly, barely even having enough energy to keep her eyes open and talk to her son.

"Alright Okaa-chan, whatever you want," said Naruto taking hold of his mother's limp hand, pushing some of his white chakra into her body

"Naru-chan, what's today?" the weak goddess asked, feeling almost all of the last of her chakra slipping away, even with Naruto trying to give her some of his own.

"October tenth Okaa-chan, my birthday," Naruto responded, a warm smile managing to sneak its way onto Kaguya's face.

"Sorry, I wasn't able to get you anything," Kaguya whispered before succumbing to a violent coughing fit, to which Naruto tried to help her sit up.

"It's ok, the only thing I want right now is for you to get better, so enough talking and save your energy," Naruto said softly, but his beautiful, still young looking, mother just smiled at him.

"I don't need it Naru-chan," Naruto paused at this, looking intently down at his mother while she took a breath, possibly her last, "I need you to be strong, strong enough to brave this harsh world without me. I need you to do what I couldn't and bring peace, to make sure no sons and their mothers are ever separated again," her voice was all but gone now and her beautiful white eyes had almost completely closed to the beautiful world.

"I am strong Okaa-chan, but only when I'm with you," the pale red haired boy felt a lump form in his throat, feeling helpless as Kaguya's host body was slowly dying right before his eyes.

"I love you Naru-chan," those were her last words to her son before her entire body went limp and one last breath escaped her lips.

"O-Okaa-chan," Naruto whispered, shaking his mother ever so slightly in the hopes of waking her up.

"Okaa-chan!" a thin veil of white chakra surrounded Naruto while it felt like his very heart was being crushed and the air had been sucked out of his lungs.

"Kaa-chan!"