[AN: This is a continuation of the flashback from the first chapter and I aged up Naruto by a year so it'll be more… believable.]
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any character in the Naruto-verse. Just the OCs.
Naruto woke up in his room in a cold sweat, the sun's rays beaming down on him from his window. He took a panicked breath in before looking about the room before realizing he was in bed. His body shivered when he thought back to the room with the odd symbols and the mysterious lady. Shaking his head, he left his room and closed the door quietly, so as to not attract attention and headed to the bathroom. Glancing lazily at the clock, it read 8:23 AM as he flicked his eyes to the mirror.
Naruto jumped in surprise as he saw the same eye on the moon on his own two eyes. Curious, he leaned closer to the mirror and inspected it, moving his eyes around.
What the hell is wrong with my eyes? Naruto thought, using a finger to pull his bottom eyelid down. It looked intimidating, with the royal purple coloring, not to mention the black rings and the occasional swirl of the 3 tomoe in each ring. It honestly scared him a bit.
Did you appreciate my gift, Naruto-kun? A female voice echoed from his head, and Naruto jumped in surprise again. The voice giggled pleasantly in amusement.
"Who're you? And where are you!?" Naruto said aloud until he felt a sharp pain in his head. He crouched and clenched his head with both hands, wincing in pain.
Don't be so loud, idiot. Just use your thoughts to communicate with me. Naruto could visualize the voice crossing her arms and rolling her eyes in annoyance. Better yet, I'll talk to you face to face. Just stay still. Naruto felt a pulling sensation before he blacked out once again.
Naruto woke up in a lush forest with flora growing around him as he started to get up. The sky was bright as the sun hovered overhead with clouds lazily crawling across it as the sounds of crashing waves filled his ears not too far away. A rabbit appeared out of the foliage and stood on its hind legs, seemingly to greet him as its nose twitched. Blinking, Naruto tentatively reached out to touch it. The rabbit didn't move as Naruto started to pet the rabbit on the head and felt an unknown tension in his heart ease slightly. The rabbit pressed into his palm before coiling itself around his arm as it made its way to Naruto, trying to get all of Naruto's touch. Naruto smiled softly as a grin stained his face and continued to watch the fluffy rabbit sit on his lap.
A rustling from the bushes around him diverted his attention as more rabbits hopped out towards Naruto. Eyes wide, Naruto watched in awe as a horde of bunnies came into view and picked him up, acting as a means of transport and moving him deeper into the forest. Naruto giggled in joy at the softness of the rabbits as they eventually came across a clearing. Naruto noticed a lady with two protrusions from her head as her long white hair spilled over her back and across the grass. She was dressed in a silky white kimono with red colored cuffs and tomoe shapes above it. Much to Naruto's amusement, her gracefulness was broken when he noticed that she was prodding a rabbit in the face with a carrot.
"Cmon… eat the damn thing already!" She whined in frustration, her prodding becoming more quickly. The rabbit just wiggled his nose as it was assaulted by a blurring carrot. Reaching the pinnacle of her frustration, she threw the carrot at the rabbit, before the ball of fluff exploded into smoke.
"." Was her facial expression [AN/ Can't really describe it without looking like a sack of potatoes.] and Naruto giggled, catching her attention. Her face went through a range of emotions until it settled on a blush as she rubbed her arm in embarrassment.
"You didn't see anything." She said sternly, closing the distance between her and the fluffy horde, which dispelled as soon as she picked Naruto up. She narrowed her eyes at him as she held him up by the armpits. Naruto got a better look at her face, as her oval shaped eyebrows, pupil less eyes and rose colored lips made her look mysterious to him.
Naruto smiled and moved a hand to her nose, giving it a light squeeze.
"Honk."
Kaguya could only smile at the little boy's antics and scrunched her face.
"Someone's being a little silly, aren't you?" She said, teasingly. Naruto could only bloat his face, making an (:I) expression before Kaguya hugged him. Naruto was hit by the familiar scent from before and instinctively snuggled deeper into the fabric, murmuring.
"Kaa-chan…" He said quietly, before snapping his head back in embarrassment. Kaguya stared at the boy, her eyes wide before her eyes lidded a bit.
"It's ok, Naru-chan. I'll be your kaa-chan…" She said quietly, her eyes moist as the two silently embraced. The two stood there in each other's embrace until Naruto wiped the remaining tears out of his eyes and looked at Kaguya, who smiled and ran her fingers through Naruto's hair.
"I don't even know you and yet I feel safe around you…" He trailed off, looking away from her eyes. Kaguya smiled and continued to stroke his hair.
"It's alright, Naru-chan… my sochi." She said lovingly. Naruto didn't say anything in an effort to keep his emotions from running astray as Kaguya set him down.
"My name's Kaguya Ootsutsuki, The Rabbit Goddess." She said as Naruto looked up at her in awe. "I am the one who gave you those eyes." She said, snapping a mirror out of thin air and put it to Naruto's face. The tomoe spun slowly in the ring's path as he got a good look at it again. Kaguya pulled the mirror away and laid on her side, patting the grass beside her.
"We need to talk, sochi." She said, summoning pillows for their heads to rest on. Naruto fell onto the grass with an audible POMF.
"What are we going to do on the bed (of grass)?"
[AN: You get a cookie and an imouto if you get the reference.]
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Having told her entire backstory to Naruto, Naruto was stunned by how old Lady Kaguya was and gave her a hug from time to time, "Because she's a big softie." Naruto said, earning him a carrot to the head.
Needless to say, he was attentive when she got to describing the ocular powers she gave to Naruto.
"I gave you the Rinnegan, the most powerful of doujutsu known to the shinobi world currently. However, yours is a more flexible one." Kaguya said, donning a school teacher outfit and a pair of secretary glasses at one point. A blackboard also appeared during her presentation with a stick of chalk. Kaguya drew the Rinnegan on the board to help explain it easier to Naruto, who was seated behind a desk.
"Now, what do I mean flexible? Simply, it means that you can evolve your Rinnegan and set levels for each doujutsu power." She pushed the glasses back up her nose before drawing 3 other circles underneath the Rinnegan. In one, she drew 3 tomoe in a ring, in the next she colored it lightly with the white chalk and the last one was left blank, until she drew an odd seal on it.
Pointing to the first circle, she explained the powers of the Sharingan and drew another circle underneath, with a different design. Explaining that it was the Mangekyo Sharingan, she drew yet another circle underneath it with a small addition to the Mangekyo Sharingan, and described the effects of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. Naruto sat dumbly during the whole presentation but didn't say anything, letting her finish before he bombarded her with questions.
Moving onto the second circle, she described the effects of the Byakugan and drew a second circle underneath it. This one had three rose shaped flower petals in it.
"This is the evolved version of the Byakugan, the Piasu Byakugan (Piercing Byakugan). This version lets you see blood flow and bodily functions such as heat production down to how many tears the person's eye is making. The Piasu Byakugan also grants ocular powers, like the Mangekyo Sharingan. It allows the user to summon Suijin, the God of Water with his lance and shield. The user also gets an alternate version of Susanoo called Hachiman. At most, the difference will be the color scheme and instead of being a giant construct like Suijin, it'll envelop the body in wrathful chakra for close quarter combat, granting large amounts of strength. Finally, the last ability granted is Ooh Oyamatsumi, a combination of Suijin and Hachiman. Since the Gentle Fist was derived from the fluidity of Suijin's attacks and the powerful strikes from Hachiman, Ooh Oyamatsumi stacks Hachiman's strength and Suijin's speed, as well as an additional effect of healing the user during their frenzy." Kaguya finally paused, letting it all sink into Naruto's mind, which he totally didn't get but didn't say anything. Drawing a third circle underneath that, she drew the same design only the pupil was half white and half black.
"Like the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, the Eternal Piasu Byakugan lets the user prone to drawbacks from using the Piasu Byakugan. Blindness won't be a problem and attacks are boosted. Physical defensive attributes are added and an Aegis is granted to those who unlock the third stage and the ability to nullify elemental attacks. Now, when I said it was flexible, it means that you can use a level 2 sharingan in tandem with the Piasu Byakugan, or a plain byakugan with an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan."
"However, you do need to unlock these dojutsu powers before you can use them, otherwise you'd be a broken character and we can't have that at the moment." Kaguya finished, glancing at the reader before it flashed back to Naruto. He nodded slowly in confusion before Kaguya returned to the black board.
Kaguya drew a the third circle with the seal drawn on it came into play. She waved her hand over to Naruto, who slowly got up and made his way to the third circle.
"Now, what are the five basic elements, Naru-chan?" Naruto put a finger to his chin and adopted a thinking face.
"Uh… Wind, Water, Earth, Fire and Lightning?" Kaguya patted Naruto on the head.
"Good! And the many sub-elements to come with it will be under the Rinnegan's mercy." Kaguya said, cackling. Naruto waited patiently until she calmed down to continue her presentation. "But what's the one thing that people could never control. What two elements happen everyday, but no person can hope to bend its will?" Kaguya prodded Naruto, who thought for a good 5 minutes before his eyes widened drastically.
"Light and Dark!" He exclaimed, to Kaguya's delight.
"Exactly! This seal will show you how much of an affinity you have to Light and Dark elements." She said, proudly, to see a confused look.
"But, if no one can control it, what makes you think I can?" He asked. Kaguya stuck her outer lip out.
"A good question, Naru-pi." Naru-pi? What… "But, do you know who I am?" She asked, leaning into Naruto's personal space.
"...Kaguya kaa-chan?" He said innocently, tilting his head. Kaguya stumbled as she tried to hold all of her willpower to not glomp Naruto and squeal "Kawaii!" Clearing her throat and waving her hand to her face to shoo away the blush, she shook her head.
"I'm a goddess, Naru-chan! Do you doubt my ability?" She asked, a ghoulish face gracing her features. Naruto wisely shook his head vigorously. "Good sochi! Now, place your hand on the seal and think good and bad thoughts." She walked a bit away, giving Naruto space. Closing his eyes, Naruto thought about the pains of being neglected and it filled his body as he shook. Suddenly switching, he thought of the potential of a better day despite the pain and a determined crossed his face. The thoughts of his kaa-chan, Kaguya, made him smile and feel warm inside. After a few more minutes, he pulled his hand away and opened his eyes. Kaguya approached and gasped at the result. One half was completely black, as it seemed to pull Kaguya into an abyss while the other side was completely white, blindingly so as it seemed like staring into the sun. The circle slowly oscillated until it became quicker and quicker until it stopped abruptly. A small circle of white appeared in the black and vice-versa, resembling the Yin-Yang symbol. Kaguya quickly crouched and spun Naruto around, looking him dead in the eyes.
"Sochi… you're going to do great things and be a great thing to the world." She said, her eyes travelling across his face. "Don't let anyone tell you otherwise." She wrapped him in her embrace shortly before standing back up, with Naruto piggybacking on her.
"Now let's go."
"Go where, kaa-chan?" Naruto said as he rested his head on her shoulder.
"We're going to start training, Naru-chan."
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A 20 year old Naruto stood before Kaguya, dressed in a garb similar to Kaguya, only instead of red seems it was orange. Naruto was drenched in sweat and panted as he bowed low to his mother.
"Thanks you for everything, Kaguya kaa-chan." He smiled before fainting, falling backwards. Kaguya smirked as she laid down next to her sochi, stroking his kissed him on the forehead and lifted him to a King sized bed that she summoned. Sighing, she got on the bed and laid next to Naruto and deflated to relax, snuggling into Naruto's chest.
Naruto however, woke up in a different place. More specifically, a bathroom. Naruto's eyes reverted back to their dark blue color and he sighed, cracking his back.
"When you return back to the real world, only ten minutes would've passed. For every minute out there, two years will pass here, alright Naru-chan? So don't be surprised when you wake back up as a seven year old." Kaguya waggled her finger at Naruto, who nodded.
"What about my body here?" He asked, before Kaguya smirked.
"Don't worry, sochi. It'll be fine. Anytime you return to your mindscape, you'll wake up in the body here so no worries. I'll just be using it as a snuggle buddy since the body will be sleeping until you return." Kaguya said, smiling. Naruto shook his head, smiling at his mother's antics. "Besides, my soul will manifest outside of your body so I'll be able to hold you for real, ok Naru-pi? If you train so your body can accommodate the physical strength as your 20 year old self here, I'll be able to come out sooner." She winked. Naruto nodded and hugged Kaguya one last time.
"Thanks again, kaa-chan."
"Welp, 13 years to go." Naruto stretched his body as his sister Naomi pounded on the door screaming for him to get out already.
[AN: Pumped this out right after finishing the first chapter, so it'll be poo-poo at the time being. Make sure to review, it gives me cookie power to write more!]