New chapter yay!

Disclaimer: I don't own naruto

Chapter 2: Those Beyond

Prologue Arc

Part II of III

Indra stood and stared the woman, completely entranced in her image. The boy stayed silent though as his onyx eyes locked with her violet. He kept his hands wrapped around Kimiko and held her tightly. As weird as it was, he wasn't intending to let her go. The girl looked at him with a slight blush forming on her face, but she was feeling a bit uncomfortable being gripped by some stranger; a stranger who killed almost thirty men no less. Kimiko pushed herself away from the boy and stood straight, only to collapse to her knees once again.

She looked down to see that her leg had been completely burned with the flesh gone and blacked. She could even see that parts of her bone were singed to an obsidian color. She groaned softly as the pain was finally realized. Kimiko gritted her teeth as she tried her best to ignore the raging agony that had begun to sear into her leg. Her violet eyes slid over to look at the onyx eyed boy staring at her with a worried expression spread about his face. Indra was kneeling beside her with his hands on her leg as he tried to spread his chakra over her wounded leg, unsure if it would even help.

Indra shut his eyes as he tried his best to unlock her tenketsu and start healing her body, knowing full well how to spread the knowledge of Ninshū. Kimiko moaned softly as the chakra and its warmth began to spread across her burned appendage and rise to a cool soothing wave that spread throughout her body. Kimiko wiped away a stray tear and ran a hand through her red locks of wavy hair. She took a shaky breath before getting helped up to her feet by Indra once more.

Kimiko was suddenly hoisted up into Indra's arms. She was immediately surprised by the muscles the boy had and how hard his chest was, despite being a darned preteen. She was curious about who this boy was. Indra wasn't moving for a moment and that moment turned to nearly a minute. Clearly he was lost and quite confused about where he was supposed to be going. Kimiko sighed and gave him a look. Indra took a deep breath and looked left and back around to look right. In all directions were abandoned tents, dead soldiers and trees.

And this wasn't some beautiful, fantasy forest, no, this forest, the trees looked the same in all directions. Indra hadn't been this far to the northeast and felt a tightening feeling in his gut. He looked to the girl and looked back towards the most plausible direction that home is. At least he managed to defeat the army that he thinks was on its way to his kingdom. Indra sighed and looked to the girl with a sunken face.

"My home is easily two hundred miles away." Indra sighed. "I did a lot of running last night."

"My home is just about thirty miles in that direction." Kimiko replied. Suddenly it hit her. "Two hundred miles?! All in one night?! How?!"

"I'll explain it on the way to your place." Indra sighed. "Ms. Uzumaki."

Hours later…

"So…where are you from?" Indra asked politely. "I've never heard of the name Uzumaki before."

"Oh, I'm not surprised." Kimiko replied. "I've never heard of Ootsutsuki before either. We Uzumaki live in a harsh place known as the Uzu Islands."

"Uzu…Islands?" Indra asked.

"Yup." Kimiko replied. "There are whirlpools everywhere, surrounding every island, archipelago…and some are harmless while some…heheh…let's not talk about those."

"Are there others that live in the Uzu Islands?" Indra added, completely intrigued by this new land.

"Yeah!" Kimiko replied. "We have the Yamagawa Clan, Tsuyari Clan, Kiyuri Clan and most importantly, the Uzumaki Clan! There are at least two hundred minor clans-"

"T-T-TWO HUNDRED?!" Indra nearly dropped the girl from the sudden revelation. "Why so many?! How big are these damn islands?!"

"They're fairly large Indra." Kimiko said with a stifled laugh. "Uzumaki have been ruling those lands for centuries."

"Do you have a name for your village?" Kimiko asked innocently.

"Erm…no?" Indra said with a wry look on his face. "I never really knew a name to call my home. What do you call yours?"

"Uzushiogakure no Sato." Kimiko smiled brightly. "The Village Hidden in the Whirlpools."

"That sounds pretty awesome." Indra laughed.

"Your turn." Kimiko smiled. "Give your kingdom a name."

"I dunno what to call my home…" Indra sighed.

"What's something that is very noticeable around the village?" Kimiko asked. "What's the most prevalent feature of your home?"

"Trees." Indra sighed. "Hence why I got lost."

"That's perfect!" Kimiko laughed. "Konohagakure no Sato. The Village Hidden in the Leaves."

"You make it sound so dramatic." Indra giggled with Kimiko. "Hey…I'm ah…sorry about your leg earlier. I didn't mean to kill them either…I was just trying to protect my home."

"No worries Indra." Kimiko smiled. "When we reach my home, we can rest in peace. Then you can return home and my leg will be fine by then."

"About me returning home." Indra stifled a laugh. "I uhm…can't return home."

Kimiko gave him an estranged look. "Why not?"

"I kinda attacked my own people with my powers just so I could get some intel on the army that the Northeastern…Uzu Islands had sent this way." Indra said. "It was a secret mission, and not only was I supposed to gather Intel, but I was also intending to kill all of them to send a message to your king not to overstep into Ootsutsuki borders."

"I see…" Kimiko was silent.

The two stayed silent and didn't murmur even the slightest of sounds to one another. As awkward as it was, they both realized that they were gonna kill each other should Indra not had scared off the others. Kimiko stared at the leaf covered sky above her with a slightly bothered look marring her face. Indra was carrying her back to her village for what? Was he intending on killing her when he was finished? Kimiko wrapped her other arm around Indra's neck to ease the strain on the boy's shoulder she was probably causing. Carrying someone bridal style is kind of a mess if it's for far distances.

"So…" Indra said after nearly twenty minutes of complete silence. "What're your favorite colors?"

"W-What kind of question is that?" Kimiko asked with a weird look on her face. "Why do you want to know?"

"I uhm…erm…I was just trying to make conversation." Indra laughed awkwardly, only making him seem dumber than he was intending. "It's a conversation starter I guess?"

"Apparently not." Kimiko replied. She sighed and leaned her head back with her arms still wrapped around Indra's neck. "Why are you helping me?"

"It's a courtesy?" Indra asked. "I don't think leaving you to die with a burned up leg is a good idea. Nor is it kind."

"Judging by your powers you don't seem like the 'kind' type of person." Kimiko deadpanned. "You killed almost thirty battle-hardened men and women in less than three minutes. 'Kind' people don't do that kind of shit."

What's with the sudden change in mood? Indra looked at the girl with a strange look; mirror imaging the girl in his arms. She's like some sort of bi-polar little thing. But I guess she has reason to…I did kill her people like they were flies. But what other choice of action would she have had me do, let them come and ransack my home? I don't think so. That doesn't matter. I'll drop her off at her home and then I'll just tale off on my own way.

But where the hell am I gonna go after this? I mean, I might not even see her leader. As far as I'm concerned, this girl is just a simple girl that is a part of a big clan. What if she was just a peon in the clan, a lesser; but there's that possibility that she's an important clanswoman. Oh Kami that would be a bit of a bind for me to be in. Hopefully, that's just my mind being paranoid as usual.

Indra walked off through the forest as the sun's rays began to poke through the green canopy covering the ground below. With the Uzu camp far behind them, Indra decided that it was a good time to rest and set the wounded Uzumaki onto the ground below and reached into the bag slung to his back and pulled out a pair of flavored rice balls wrapped in banana leaves. He dropped one in Kimiko's hands and bit into his own, not saying a word to the redhead.

"How much farther till we reach Uzushiogakure?" Indra asked suddenly.

"We should be there within the hour." Kimiko replied with a small smile. "Don't worry Indra-kun; we'll make it there safe and sound."

"Good…" the boy of the two sighed as he leaned his head against a tree trunk behind him.

The two ate in silence, save for the various animals skittering around the forest. Bamboo was knocked and trees creaked as monkeys and gorilla's jumped around. The world was alive around the two, but they seemed to have conversations that were easily comparable to a madman talking to a sandal. Indra stayed silent, but his onyx eyes could only stay away from the redhead's face for so long. Indra, while not driven to look at beautiful women, he couldn't help but see Kimiko in a light that he hasn't seen any other in.

Maybe it was the red hair, or maybe it was the way that she held herself, despite being injured. Indra decided not to dwell, looking up to feel the heat and warmth of the sun's rays beating down on the two. Shadows danced as the winds wisped around the pair, shaking the leaves and causing the bamboo to flow. Indra's eyes looked, slowly pacing back and forth, taking in the colors around him for once. There were hundreds of colors, colors that Indra hadn't even seen before, but they all matched so perfectly together.

Indra wiped his hand of any rice that had stuck itself to his hand onto his kimono and armor. The Ootsutsuki ran his clean hand through his dark black hair and smacked his lips feeling satisfied. His onyx eyes scanned the area watching for signatures of life or chakra, or both. Being the son of the man revered as the god of Ninshū, Indra had become somewhat paranoid of his surroundings. His onyx eyes suddenly bled into red as the three-tomoed pattern of the sharingan came to life.

Kimiko sighed and shook her head at Indra. She let out a resonating burp, while pulling her body up using the tree as a clutch. Her violet eyes stared deeply at Indra as his sharingan scanned the trees and surrounding area. She continued to clutch the tree trunk and straightened her back. While Indra obviously couldn't tell where they were, Kimiko was about to give the Ootsutsuki a wakeup call. Kimiko could easily see five archers in the trees above with ten spearmen waiting around the pair for the signal.

Indra was a daft fool to believe that Kimiko was really helping him. The Uzumaki smirked and tried her best to try and not laugh out at her luck. The boy was completely off-guard and kept watching the trees for the supposed enemies that he imagined. Well enemies for him at least. Kimiko bided her time and waited for the boy to walk into the middle of the clearing. Indra was completely unaware. For someone that could kill nearly thirty Uzu soldiers, one would have to be skilled; how disappointing to find that skill doesn't always mean brains.

Kimiko let out a bellowing now and five arrows were shot down, surrounding the Ootsutsuki in a pentagon formation. Ten spearmen jumped from the trees with their weapons held steady at the Ootsutsuki, but Indra didn't budge. He turned to look at Kimiko with a small look of hurt mixed with surprise. He was stunned by her response; apathy. Kimiko was smiling at the fact she had just caught him in her trap.

The moment he finally realized that he was surrounded, the five archers were just a few feet away from their arrows and slammed their palms into the ground. Indra watched in confusion only to see kanji shoot out from beneath their hands and combine with the arrows embedded in the ground surrounding Indra. The boy roared out as the seals began to spread over him like a dome, shutting off and absorbing the sunlight above. Indra roared out as his Mangekyō activated, only to prove useless as the seals shot out and shut down his doujutsu. Indra collapsed to the ground below as the seals shot up and bound his arms together and bound his legs. Once everything started to come together, darkness consumed him.

Later…

Indra was paraded down a cobblestoned street. The boy was amazed with what he saw. The people of Uzushiogakure were beyond advanced. Compared to Konohagakure, Uzushio was like a gleaming city; by all respects, it was. Uzushio had tall buildings each with the same pagoda style, with roofs of blood-red tiles and plates. People dressed in the same color scheme; red, black and brown. Many of the people were watching the black haired boy as he was viciously dragged through the street.

What really had their attention was the fact that the boy wasn't even angry with them; if anything, he was awestruck. They could see it in his onyx eyes, despite their depressing color. Indra was dragged along with a rope around his wrists which were bound in seals. The people followed after the boy confused and curious at the same time about whom he was and why he was captured. So much so, a massive crowd of easily three hundred civilians and clansmen alike had gathered.

Indra, while aware of the crowd building behind, was too concentrated on what was to come; the palace of the king. He was already shaking in anticipation. He'd seen its silhouette on the way towards the village and to see that it was finally closing in, made Indra completely forget that he was bound and a prisoner. The palace had massive doors made from what seemed to be metal and wood. The walls were large and made from grey stone and sandstone, with pagoda topped guard towers with the banners of the blood-red swirl of Uzushiogakure no Sato.

One of the guards grunted at the Ootsutsuki and motioned for the prince to head up the stairs with caution, surprising the boy of their kindness. Maybe it was another or maybe it was genuine concern? Indra didn't care enough to question. He was entering the palace of Uzushiogakure! He had no time to worry about the squalor of emotions of his captors. His eyes watched the pillars as they came by, his eyes glued to the various engravings on the pillars, curious as to what they meant. He was suddenly snapped from his trance as another pair of doors shuddered open, echoing through the marble halls of the palace.

Once inside of the new room, Indra nearly collapsed in complete shock. It was a throne room with a magnificent chair made from six platinum swords melted to form the back, with golden armrests. One the seat was a curly haired redhead who seemed well into his forties. Wrapped around his head though was a golden wreath made with flakes of platinum and gold. He wore heavy looking plate armor of blood-red color with a large crimson cape wrapped around his body. The man had a large goatee covering his mouth and chin from sight. But what really got Indra was the man's fierce violet eyes watching every movement in the room.

The Ootsutsuki looked around and saw countless other redheads talking with one another and feasting. While some had obvious differences; for instance, there was a group of redheads that had black eyes and brown hair while there was another group with blond hair and green eyes but still had that same look as the redhead on the throne. One the other side of the throne room though, sat another group of men and women, redheaded with violet eyes, while sitting next to them, redheads with green eyes. He examined the Uzumaki clan and the many different subdivisions and nearly felt his brain burst from the information gathered so quickly.

"Kimiko-hime." A deep rumbling voice echoed from the throne. "I wonder why you're here so early."

"I am sorry father." Kimiko bowed at the man on the throne. "It seems we've brought a very powerful prisoner from the ensuing battle."

"Explain." The king said with his voice echoing through the marble hall. Some clansmen dropped their chicken leg or their rice ball in fear of the king. Indra saw this and looked confused for a moment.

"This prisoner came and found us from one of the southwestern kingdoms." Kimiko said with her head still bowed. "He's extremely powerful and dangerous and killed almost thirty of our best trained troops in the western outpost on his own. He is susceptible to fuinjutsu though."

"You boy." The King said pointing at Indra. "Come forward."

One of the Uzumaki clansmen guarding Indra pushed him forward and forced him to his knees. Indra kept his head bowed low as a darkness started to press down on him. The boy began to sweat bullets as the killing intent began to increase. He didn't dare to look up at the King as long as the killing intent was pressing on him; the boy didn't even dare to move. Suddenly though, the killing intent dissipated and Indra took a moment to take in giant gulps of air. Indra repositioned himself once he calmed his heartbeat down low enough.

"What's your name boy?" the King asked with a growl. "For someone who killed almost thirty of my men…you seem a bit young."

"My…name is…Indra Ootsutsuki." Indra said. "Son of Hagoromo Ootsutsuki and grandson of Kaguya Ootsutsuki."

A series of gasps were heard, resounding throughout the hall. Clansmen of the Uzumaki began to whisper amongst themselves as their various pigmented eyes, stayed locked onto him. Kimiko froze once the mention of his name was made. The girl stood wide-eyed when she realized that she had taken a Ninshū follower captive and not just any follower, the heir to the Ninshū as a whole. She looked up to her father only to face fault.

The man was laughing in his throne while slapping his open palm onto his thigh. He continued to laugh and even looked to some of his men, only to have them laugh with him. Clansmen and clanswomen nervously joined in, completely unaware as to why they were laughing. The only two though that weren't Kimiko and Indra, both were silent and watched the people around burst into unwarranted laughter. The king sudden raised a hand and the entire throne room went silent. The redhead wiped a stray tear from his left eye and let out yet another tiny laugh before looking Indra straight in the eyes.

"I can't believe Hagoromo had children." The King said with a satisfied smile. "I always thought the damned monk would stay a monk and not even see the pink of a woman's loins."

Indra felt a blush form on his cheeks as did Kimiko. The Ootsutsuki was still confused though and waited for the older man to continue his story.

"I've known Hagoromo for a long time." The King said. "After all, he is the one that taught me how to seal enemies and weapons. How do you think I sealed the eight-tailed dolphin-shark within me?"

Indra's eyes went wide at the information. The boy stared at the king for a good twenty minutes before realizing that the rumors were true that the King of the northeastern kingdom had a demon within him. A demon! The usage of a demon in combat would had devastating effects on an enemy army; power that was at the fingertips of a king that was spreading through the mainland and into Ootsutsuki territory. Indra fixed his look with bated breath as the king rose from his chair and walked down to meet with him face to face.

"You look a lot like your father." The king said with a smile. "Anything you need of us…is yours, Indra Ootsutsuki, son of Hagoromo, grandson of Kaguya."

"Y-Your Grace." Indra said with his head bowed down. "What is your name?"

"I am Naruto Uzumaki, First of my name, lord of the Uzu Islands, king of Uzushiogakure, leader of the Uzumaki clan, at your service!"

REVIEW!

Ja ne!

gottahavekyuubi