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I've read some reviews and decided to answer them.

Sceonn told me that 10 thousand years is too much, but since when the sage was active is unknown, I can decide how long it is. And even though the sage was real and did incredible things, his legend is considered far fetched and unreal. And Ashura? Practically no one will know who he is. And for why civilization has lasted for long, the answer is chakra.

Yabas said that Naruto had the yang Kyuubi, not yin. Well shit. I gave Naruto the yin side on accident. Well screw it. Ashura messed up the sealing and Naruto received the yin side. He might even get different powers if they ever get along. Which might not happen at all. Yin Kurama might also have a different personality, which can explain why he is different then canon.

Transcending

Chapter 3

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EIGHT year old Naruto Uzumaki made his way down the streets of Konoha, he ignored the few stares of resentment being sent his way, he didn't even know why they disliked him. His pranks where hilarious, especially the wild chicken rampage he just caused a few days ago.

He had a plastic grocery bag in hand, he had just gotten a few supplies from a small store. The store was very far away from the blondes apartment, which was why he was currently walking home in the dark. The reason he went so far was because the lady who owned the store was unbelievably nice, she gives him sweets every time he went there.

Naruto turned left and made his way into the alley, it was an effective shortcut.

"Hey! Blondie!" A slurring voice rang behind him, Naruto turned around.

It was some drunks. Some might think that the blonde is about to be beaten, cut, and have his jingles ringed by a bunch of completely straight men who think having pedophilia tendencies is perfect punishment for a small boy. But Naruto actually smiled as he saw them.

"Yo Naruto! What is up?"

Naruto shook his head amused, "You guys are a bit too drunk. Nothing is really happening, just walking home."

Naruto had no idea why people think drunks are bad, yes some might do some things without thinking, but you really get to know someone when their drunk. The good, the bad, and the ugly all came out.

Even though they had scruffy beards, dirty faces, and ripped clothes it didn't matter because they where honest, nice people. And they have helped Naruto a fair share of times.

Naruto waved to them as he walked away, the drunks tumbled around, probably looking for another bar to raid. The blonde looked around his apartment as he entered, it was a small two room living space. One of the rooms was the bathroom while the other was his living, dining, sleeping, and cooking room all in one. The apartment wasn't really suited for a grown man, but for a small boy like Naruto it was perfect.

He set the groceries down on the table and took out a styrofoam cup of instant ramen, the blondes favorite food.

Eat then sleep. Naruto had school tomorrow and he didn't want to miss it.

"So, 'we're' is a conjugation of we are."

"Yes, you are getting slang a lot easier then I thought."

"What? Did you think that I was going to be like 'Thy thou slay thou you foulest beast! Now cometh hither to your demise!' Or something like that?"

Kurama snorted, "I remember a lot of people saying that to me, and if I'm right most of them were from your time."

"Yeah, it was called 'Noble Speak'. Just a bunch of asshole rich people trying to act even higher then the working class. Actually Indra spoke like that a little..."

The fox rolled his eyes,"They always taste the best, all the perfume and exotic food gives them a very sweet taste."

Ashura raised his eyebrows at his brother, yes Kurama was a little intense, but eating someone?

"That... that sounds like something Shukaku would do. I don't even think Son would eat humans and I remember his appetite from Father's barbecue like it was yesterday."

Kurama chuckled a little," Yes, the eating contest... father sure knew how to have fun. He was a good family man."

Ashura nodded somberly, he looked down for a moment to see what Naruto was doing, said blonde was furiously slurping down noodles. Ashura sighed at the boys obsession with the strange food, ramen wasn't around in his time, and he'd rather have a good fish then... that.

Naruto finished his meal and went to prepare for sleep, it seemed like a pretty typical night. But Ashura felt something, he felt like something was off.

"Kurama... I... I have a sense of foreboding."

"Yes. I do too."

Ashura's mouth was a thin line as he examined the mirror, something might happen to Naruto and he had to be sure.

"Kurama, keep your eyes open."

He didn't get an answer, but he knew Kurama was fully intent.

Naruto got into his sleeping clothes, he put on his snug night cap and turned off the single light in his room. The blonde was a heavy sleeper and was out in moments, completely un-tuned to the rest of the world.

THREE HOURS LATER

Noises.

Naruto heard noises.

The blonde slowly opened his eyes. It was still dark in his room, so it was still late. Naruto was confused, he never woke up this late. Actually he considered himself a very heavy sleeper.

Naruto sat up and rubbed his eyes, he turned his head to look out his window, he could see the moon still high in the sky. It was probably around midnight, maybe a little later.

But what caught the blondes attention was a rooftop across from his apartment. A shadowy figure ran across the rooftop, it was probably a ninja since they lived in a ninja village. But something just seemed... off.

Something about it just rubbed him the wrong way. He felt something in his mind stirring, making him more awake.

'Follow him.' A gentle but firm voice rang in his head.

What?

'Get up and follow him.'

Naruto had no idea why an adult voice rang in his mind. But he felt complied to follow it. He got up and made his way out his door.

He took a deep breath before jumping onto a rooftop by his apartment building. He lost the figure and started to look around.

'Left.'

The blonde looked left and saw the figure before it went out of sight.

Dorobo Hiretsuna was a shadow, nothing but a faint flicker of movement as he carefully made his way across Konoha.

He couldn't fail his country.

Kumogakure needed him.

The Hyuuga had a new child, the wife was also recently deceased.

It was the perfect time to snatch the child and bring her back. Giving Kumo the Byakugan they have always wanted.

"Kurama. Do you feel that?"

"Yes. It can't be."

"It has to... It can't..."

"I know only two people with a feeling like that... and we saw one of them die."

Ashura didn't know how to feel."But-but he... he died too."

"We don't know if he died. Hamura and father were never really understood."

Ashura tried to reign his racing thoughts. Hamura... Hamura. He could feel Hamura's chakra coming from the unknown ninja.

He started to take deep breaths.

"Ok Kurama. We need to find out who or what is giving out Hamura's chakra. I can sense another chakra from the figure so it's not him. But how? I'm sure Hamura died after he sent me here."

"No. I would of felt Hamura die, I would feel such a powerful chakra fade."

"Did he go back to the moon then?"

"The amount of chakra it takes for the jump that distance is immense, I would have felt that too."

"If he didn't die or go back to the moon then... he was wandering the earth?" No realization came to Ashura's eyes, only more confusion.

He started to pace back and forth, thinking extremely hard about the prospect.

"Ashura, the boy is nearing."

Ashura snapped out of his thoughts, the best way to find out whatever was emitting Hamura's chakra was to get it in his hands.

Naruto held his breath as the figure turned his head around, the blonde stayed still, trusting the shadows to cover him.

Naruto knew he was pretty good at hiding, he pranked ninja all the time. If he could throw a paint balloon at the Hokage with all his guards present without being seen then he could follow a man.

They were in the more expensive parts of Konoha, the man entered the village in the more... affordable section of the village. And was making his way across towards the more private and luxurious homes that nobles and highly successful merchants lived in.

Naruto continued to follow the man as he made his way towards a majestic white mansion.

The Hyuuga compound. Konoha's most noble clan.

And in Naruto's opinion a bunch of assholes.

Naruto stopped a safe distance away, he was never in good terms with the clan, and he didn't wast to be spotted by them.

But he felt complied to follow the figure, he felt like he absolutely had to.

He watched from the closest tree possible as the man started to near the Hyuuga compound.

Dorobo smirked as he walked down the hallways of the Hyuuga compound.

They were so arrogant, they don't even have guards patrolling, even after the kidnapping attempt 4 years go. Their 'all seeing eyes' does not work if they're not open. And their status wouldn't protect them from a Kumo ninja.

He slowly opened the door of his target, he slowed his breathing as he approached.

Hyuuga Hanabi was sleeping peacefully, not suspecting a single thing that is about to happen to her.

Dorobo got to the foot of her bed before slowly reaching for an insulated pouch at his waist, he opened it and pulled out a soaked rag.

Quicker then lightning he pushed the rag towards the sleeping child. Her eyes snapped open in alarm and she let out a small, strangled cry as the narcotic drug on the rag started to spread through her three year old body. Her eyes unfocused and she slowly lost consciousness.

Dorobo put the girl into a bag and heaved it over her shoulder, he went over to another side of the room and opened the window.

Smirking, he jumped out.

Naruto saw the man jump out the window, he was going into a forest.

But why? The only thing at the end of that forest is the wall. And if he jumped that then he would be out of Konoha.

Wait. Naruto's eyes widened. A thief!

The man must have stolen something from the Hyuuga, one of the richest families in the village. But the question was what?

Naruto decided to find out for himself as he jumped after the man, looking for a confrontation.

"Get ready Ashura. We might have a fight brewing."

"Oh I'm ready... that man will never know what hit him."

The man stopped in a small break in the trees, he opened the bag and peaked inside for a moment. But before he could continue on his way he stiffened.

He turned around, expecting to see an ANBU member or a member of the Hyuuga clan. Hell, he expected to see the Hokage more then this...

A boy. A small boy.

Dorobo stared in mild shock, he never noticed the boy following him.

Naruto opened his mouth, "Excuse me sir... what are you doing?"

Dorobo couldn't express himself. How was he going to explain this? What was he going to do to the kid?

Dorobo steeled himself, the shinobi life included killing all, age didn't matter.

"Kid, I'm sorry. But I can't let you leave here... at least not alive."

Naruto's eyes widened as Dororbo rushed at him, katana drawn.

'Duck!'

Naruto felt himself instantly comply to the voice in his head, the blade barely missed and his nightcap was thrown from his head, landing a few meters away.

'Lean left!'

Naruto felt his body shudder as he dodged yet another strike, one that would of cut him in half vertically.

'Left!'

'Right!'

'Jump!'

'Now! Kick him!'

Dorobo wasn't dressed in any body armor, he couldn't be identified by the Kumo white, so he wasn't protected as the surprisingly strong kick from the blonde impacted his stomach. He took a few steps back and let out a pained breath. He must of been underestimating the kid, this was no situation to hold back.

Naruto was scared shitless. All of the blows he dodged was from the voice in his head and luck. But even Uzumaki Naruto can run out of luck, it was just the matter of when.

'Ok Naruto. When I say go try to rush the man. If you punch him I can super power your fist.'

Who was he? Who is speaking?

'It doesn't matter."

He could read minds?

'I am part of your mind.'

Naruto wanted to ask more questions, but Dorobo rushed at him again, Naruto felt his legs start to move. He felt a tingling sensation in his feet before he was launched towards his enemy. The sheer speed made it difficult to breath and see as the blonde seemingly approached his doom.

'Lower your head.'

Naruto fought the winds and lowered his head so he was face down, his body seemed to move on its own and his fist extended.

Dorobo's sword was right above the boys head, while Naruto's fist was in the thief's gut.

Some sort of shock wave sent the older male hurling back into a tree, he grunted in pain.

Naruto walked towards the downed man, his fist had a yellowish white energy surrounding it. And to Naruto it felt like his arm was being inflated like a balloon.

Dorobo growled, how was he beaten? How could a kid move so fast? Who had yellow chakra like that?

A strange glow started to shine from the thief's jacket, he reached in and pulled out a strange circular tablet. Naruto stopped walking and examined it from a distance.

Dorobo seemed just as perplexed, "What... why is the good luck charm the Raikage gave me glowing?"

Wait... maybe it was a chance. Dorobo held it towards Naruto in a moment of desperation. Suddenly a bright light shined from it and a white energy shot towards the blonde, knocking him over.

Naruto felt his entire body go numb, his vision started to fade.

"What happened?"

Silence reigned.

"Ashura... Hello? Ashura what is wrong."

Kurama looked towards his half brother, his stiffened form was pale.

"K-Kurama... you don't feel that?"

"No. What is it you feel?"

Before Ashura could answer wind started to spin in the sewer, the wind started to form a mini tornado.

The tornado converged to a side of the sewer and started to condense smaller and smaller until both Ashura and Kurama had to look away from the raging winds.

And when they looked back both of their jaws dropped.

It was Hamura standing there, he was staring forward, but not looking directly at either of his nephews.

Ashura took a tentative step forward, "Uncle?"

Hamura's form started to flicker before it spoke.

"Ashura. At least I hope it is Ashura. I cannot communicate for long, but I must warn you. I am sure you made it to the future... I should start."

Ashura slowly took his hand and swiped it through the image of his uncle, the figure flickered rapidly before returning to normal.

He looked at Kurama,"This isn't real, it is some sort of image being projected to us."

Before Kurama could comment the Hamura figure spoke again.

"It all started after the battle with Zetsu. After I sent you to the future I manage to heal myself to the point of surviving. I did not have enough strength to return to my home on the moon so I did some looking around Zetsu's base. And what I found terrified me. Zetsu somehow found text from the gods, the very gods that planted the Shinju tree. He was planning on retrieving artifacts to give to my mother if she were revived. I decided that I could not allow him to get something touched by the gods. I decided to find them myself and hide them."

The Hamura figure stayed quiet for a moment, most likely to give the onlookers some time to absorb the information.

"My time is running out. I thought I would have more. This artifact that you found is an identical image of a 'key'. I manage to recreate this artifact from my knowledge with them. There are twelve keys hidden around the land, safe from Zetsu's reach. You must find them to uncover the godly artifacts. And you will also learn the truth of the Shinju."

The form started to flicker rapidly.

"Ashura. I know you are out there. And I know that you can find them. Ashura... the things I have found out... amazing. Simply amazing. My time is ending soon and I cannot help you anymore. The fight with Zetsu is up to you and your transcendents now. Ashura you have a long road ahead of you, but I believe in you and I'm sure that Hagaromo does too. Good luck."

The form of Hamura suddenly vanished, leaving the circular artifact on the floor.

Ashura looked to Kurama,"W-what... what do we do now?"

"First we help our host because he is going to die. Then we try to find these artifacts."

"Host? Shit! Naruto!"

Naruto groaned on the floor, all of his previous energy was gone and he felt terrible.

Dorobo slowly made his way towards his fallen foe. He was going to finish the kid off, but he had other priorities first.

Namely the Hyuuga girl he kidnapped, the drug wasn't going to last much longer and he needed to get out of the village. He looked around trying to find the brown of his bag, he spotted a small part of it behind a tree.

He walked over and picked it up, and when he did fear sprung through him.

He opened the bag... nothing.

The girl woke up and escaped.

He was seething as he faced the boy, he stomped forward.

"Boy! I... I will kill you! You ruined my mission!"

He pulled out a kunai and prepared to finish the blonde boy, he lifted Naruto by the neck and held him up.

"Your pretty strong kid, but you signed your death warrant when you ran into me."

He saw the fear in the boys blue eyes. Dorobo swallowed the lump in his throat, killing was never easy, and killing a small child was immensely difficult.

But suddenly the boys blue eyes flashed red, and a strange red chakra bubbled around him. Dorobo felt his hand burn at the boys touch, he let go of Naruto and jumped away, clutching his arm.

A voice rang in the distance.

"Over there! He's a hundred meters that way!" Shit. Konoha ninja were approaching, and no doubt the Hyuuga were coming too.

Dorobo looked to the boy laying infront of him.

"I'll be seeing you kid."

He jumped away moments later.

Naruto woke up in a sewer. A damp, dingy, and unwelcoming sewer.

Luckily it didn't smell.

Naruto could hear voices at the end of the long hallway he was in, one of the voices was vaguely familiar. He started to walk, at the end the hallway opened up into an absolutely massive room.

In the middle of the room was a man.

He had short, spiky black hair and a slightly angular face; very deep brown eyes that made Naruto feel safe; white clothing that somewhat resembled a monk; a magatama, basically a bunch of beads shaped like a comma, necklace that was orange.; and in his hand he had a shakujo.

He smiled at the blonde, "Hello Naruto."

"Umm... hi?"

The man chuckled,"You do not remember my voice?"

Suddenly it clicked in Naruto's mind.

"Your the voice from my head!"

"There you go."

"But... where are we?"

The man looked around, there was complete blackness behind of him and Naruto swore he saw some movement.

The man cleared his throat, snapping Naruto's attention back to him.

"This is your mind, or at least an imagination of your mind."

"My mind is a sewer?"

The man laughed again,"No no. It's not a sewer, it is anything you want it to be."

"Oh." He finished rather lamely.

The man started to walk forward, "Let me introduce myself."

He got infront of Naruto and extended his hand.

"My name is Ashura Otsutsuki."

Naruto gulped as he extended his arm, he slowly shook Ashura's hand.

"My name is Naruto... Uzumaki Naruto."

"It's a pleasure to meat you Naruto."

Naruto merely nodded.

Ashura let go of the hand shake, Let me explain why I'm in your mind."

Ashura explained a slightly paraphrased version of his story.

Slightly paraphrased, not much.

"So your uncle and you fought some crazy guy trying to rule the world and you ended up in the future. And now you must find the crazy guy to save the world."

Slightly paraphrased. So only about 10% of the story is told. "Basically."

"Wow... so COOL!" Naruto's eyes sparkled.

Children... so impressionable.

"So Naruto, make sure you keep me a secret. People won't like that I'm in here and may take me away."

"Don't worry! I'll keep you a secret! I pinky promise!"

Ashura smiled as he locked his smallest finger with the boys, he had no idea what a 'pinky promise' was, but if it meant he stayed hidden then it was fine.

"Well Naruto you need to go rest. Your body must be very tired from the fight."

On cue Naruto yawned,"Yeah, I am pretty tired. Umm... how do I leave?"

"Just leave. It is your mind."

Naruto faded away moments later.

Ashura's face turned grim,"Kurama, where is he?"

"Hopsital, the Hokage is there."

"My chakra was too strong right?"

"Yes, your chakra inflated his tenketsu largely, if you would have channeled any more his tenketsu would of popped with the amounts running through him."

"Are they alright?"

"Yes, but they are expanded beyond a normal eight year old. He will probably have absolutely huge chakra reserves."

"Turns out he can't handle my chakra, it seems like the potency of chakra has died down since our time. I'm going to have to induce small amounts into his system before he becomes a ninja, my power is something we need against Zetsu."

"Oh, and speaking of power. I'm not helping the boy again, twice now I have saved him. Next time I will not do anything."

"Yeah yeah, you are so grumpy."