I'm finally back guys, I told you that I wouldn't abandon this story. I've got an extra long chapter for you, consider it compensation for the ridiculous wait time. 10,423 words, that's twice the size of the first chapter. Anyway, this chapter is where events are going to start to take off, this chapter actually started off at 1,000 words and I got it up to 5,000 words within a couple days. I'm so happy to finally be able to write to my hearts content and I'm incredibly sorry for the wait.
I also feel like this chapter is of much higher quality than the other one's I've written, I'm gonna assume it's because I no longer have to worry about anything else while I'm writing.
Bijuu/Pissed off human/ Legendary Pokemon: "You insufferable brat!"
Bijuu/Pissed off human/ Legendary Pokemon thoughts: "I wonder what that was? Let's go check it out."
Human thoughts: "What's going on here?"
Human speech: "I'll finish what I started last time!"
Chapter 3: Dawn of A New Adventure!
Wind pounded against Naruto's chest as he leaped seamlessly from tree to tree.
It hadn't been too long ago that Naruto had visited Professor Rowan, he had been.. different than what he had pictured in his head. Naruto had expected some middle-aged adult with an impatient attitude, Instead he had gotten the complete opposite. Rowan had been very calm and hadn't asked many questions. This worked out for the blond as he already had to lie about the questions he did ask, that being his place of birth, but the shinobi had been forced to do things much worse than lying due to his previous occupation as a Shinobi.
Naruto scoffed, "What was I supposed to say? 'Hey, I just got sent here from another dimension where I fought madmen bent on world domination, I also fought a goddess, can you give me supplies?". He'd probably have recommended me to the nearest mental hospital." Naruto thought to himself.
Seriously? Who would have believed something as ridiculous as that without proof?
"No one, actually, I bet your past counter-part would have believed It. I'll settle on a retard on par with your past self." Kurama commented.
Naruto blinked his eyes and shook his head.
"So.. Was that meant as an insult?" Naruto asked the large fox.
"Yes. Yes, it was." Kurama replied in a matter-of-fact tone.
The blond nodded at the statement, "Oh.. You aren't very good at those, are you?" Naruto asked the kitsune.
Kurama was livid, "Hey! Fuck you, you goody-two shoes douche-nozzle!" The fox roared in response to the insult.
Naruto snickered at this, "You know? If I wanted a bitch, I'd have bought a dog." He replied, before immediately closing the mental connection before the fox could object.
If he'd have left the connection open a little while longer, he'd have heard the nine-tailed kitsune screaming and the sound of three female Bijuu making death threats.
Naruto couldn't take it anymore and he erupted into laughter, he laughed for a minute or two before calming down so he wouldn't bust a spleen.
"Oh kami, that was golden! I should probably get moving again." The ninja thought to himself, still chuckling a bit.
He and Kurama would have these arguments every now and then, they both found it rather amusing when they made the other mad, If anyone would have seen one of these arguments, they would probably label the friendship as 'Volatile'.
Naruto snickered at that thought, "Volatile doesn't even begin to cover it, though it's still a friendship nonetheless." he thought to himself.
He had just realized that he hadn't heard from the other Bijuu in a while. He quickly made a mental note to go and visit them later on.
The nine Bijuu were enjoying the freedom they had within his mind, freedom that the blond shinobi had no doubt was overdue, he had already decided that he would release the Bijuu upon his death or even earlier if they so wished, they had all insisted upon staying with him, Naruto had decided on making a seal to ensure their freedom would not be taken away when they were released. The Bijuu had been sealed and treated like mindless monsters for thousands of years, treated as nothing but power sources for the villages war machines, they deserved peace just as much as anyone else did. Naruto remembered when he had first encountered Kurama, the fox had shown nothing but hate, as if It had already decided that all humans were trash, this was unacceptable to Naruto and he quickly resolved himself to show not only Kurama, but all the other Bijuu as well, that there were good people in the world and he had succeeded many years later and now he found himself here in this new but amazing world, a peaceful place he could call home.
The ninja continued to pump chakra into his feet as he jumped from tree to tree. If someone were to look for him, all they'd have seen was a yellow blur passing through the upper canopy of the forest. Naruto really wanted to get to the mountain before sun-set and he intended to do just that, he could have decided to fly but that would have no doubt drawn unwanted attention considering this world had something called 'Satellites', on top of that there was always the risk of some random person spotting him, he had decided it was better to be safe than sorry and decided to be very covert on how he traveled and utilized his other-worldly abilities.
Indeed, Naruto had decided to utilize the most important tool of the Shinobi, deception.
He was drug out of his thoughts by the place of interest he had been thinking about just moments ago.
A grin spread across the ninja's face, "Oh? This is Mt. Coronet? It's everything I imagined and more.. Let's get this show on the road!" He exclaimed before beginning his trek towards the summit.
Time skip - two hours later
Naruto put a hand above his eyes to shield them from the snow flurry currently pounding against his figure. He could not see three feet in front of him or in any direction for that matter, the weather on Mt. Coronet was extreme, to say the very least. He trudged forward deeper into the mountain as well as going deeper into the flurry. Naruto shivered, the breath emanating from his mouth visible thanks to the extremely cold environment. He was in no danger of dying from the cold as he had the nine Bijuu and he was heating his body up with fire Chakra.
The blond had quickly learned in the war that Chakra could be utilized for many other things besides shooting of A-ranked techniques. Wind Chakra could be used to slice through things, Earth Chakra could be utilized to strengthen the areas of the body it's channeled through, Fire Chakra could be utilized to light camp fires, manipulate body heat, and many more things. Water chakra was often used to extinguish forest fires or to water crops back in the elemental nations, and lightning chakra could be used for some of the same things that fire chakra could due to lightnings extreme heat. Chakra really was an amazing tool to have in one's arsenal.
Naruto's senses shot to life as he was startled by the sound of a humanoid figure flying towards him from behind.
His reaction to the situation was swift.
Naruto jumped over the attacker and landed in a combat stance with one hand pushed outwards palm-first to prepare for blocking, grappling, or to launch a palm strike while his other was pulled back in a fist for pure offensive purposes.
The blond sighed, "I always get attacked in the most inconvenient places, like that time Itachi and shark face decided to visit my hotel room.." the ninja reminisced, instinctively activating his Rinnegan to get a look at his attacker.
His vision quickly changed and he could not only see things more clearly, he could also see the chakra in the figure before him. Naruto looked at the figure's body shape and his eyes widened not long after.
The figure in front of him was a bipedal and canine-like Pokemon, It had fur that was predominately blue and black. It possessed a short, round spike on the back of each of it's fore-palms, in addition to a third spike on it's chest, the Pokemon had a long snout and ears. It's mouth was open in a snarl and Naruto could see that It had two pairs of sharp teeth, one was in the upper jaw while the other was on it's lower jaw. It possessed cream-colored fur on it's torso and blur fur on it's thighs that resembled shorts, It's tail was medium-length and blue in color just as it's fur. When Naruto looked closely, he noticed that the Pokemon stood on it's toes rather than it's whole foot, It's most interesting feature, in Naruto's opinion, was the four small black appendages on it's head. They were currently raised as if reacting to something.
His lips were pursed in thought, "This Pokemon.. It fits the description in that book we read in Sand-gem town perfectly. Yes, no doubt, this is a Lucario, the famed Aura Pokemon. It's a rare Pokemon indeed, but why is it here of all places? They usually don't reside in cold places like this." Naruto asked himself.
There were multiple reasons the Lucario could be there for, Naruto had considered the possibility of it just passing through the mountain, but If that was the case it would likely want to avoid any conflict and it was certainly aware of his presence considering that this specific Pokemon could sense people from miles away, yet the Lucario still decided to go down the path with potential conflict on it. The other possibility was that this Lucario had sensed him and was intrigued about something. He figured that perhaps the Lucario wished to test him, If that was the case then this Pokemon was going to get much more than it could ever imagine.
Naruto was thrown out of his deep thoughts as he saw the Pokemon crouch in preparation for an attack.
The Pokemon rushed forward and engaged the blond with a lightning-fast barrage of punches, kicks, and jabs, Naruto responded to the attacks by dodging and parrying the strikes that got close, the Lucario quietly growled at this before finishing it's barrage by launching a simultaneous palm-strike with it's paws, the blond countered this by blocking one strike and grappling onto the Lucario with the other, Naruto spun around once and threw the Pokemon backwards. The Aura Pokemon was not deterred by this and responded by performing a simple fall-break to roll back gracefully onto it's feet before engaging Naruto once again.
Lucario attacked by once again launching a unrelenting barrage of attacks, Naruto sighed at this and began to once more dodge and parry the Pokemon's attacks, if there was one thing he knew, it was that failure begets anger, and anger begets mistakes. The blonds thoughts proved true, Lucario's attacks failed and as the fight dragged on, the Pokemon got frustrated and it's attacks grew wilder. The Pokemon must have realized that it's current strategy was not working as it blurred out of existence at a speed that most would consider amazing, and re-appeared behind Naruto whilst launching a punch towards the Ninja's back that left it's arm covered in a blue-colored outline. Despite what the Lucario may have thought, Naruto had seen his movement quite easily, while the Pokemon's speed was impressive, it still paled in comparison to someone like the Raikage's or even his own. Naruto moved to the side while moving his arm away from himself, allowing the Lucario's fist to travel under where his arm would have been situated before bringing his arm back to his side, effectively trapping the Lucario's limb and preventing any movement.
Naruto took advantage of this moment of weakness and swung his head backwards into the Lucario's face causing it to reel backwards in pain before launching a spin-kick into it's side that launched it backwards and caused the Pokemon to lay sprawled upon the ground. The blond let out a sigh and saw the Pokemon had gotten up and leaped backwards knowing that it couldn't win against the Shinobi in close-quarter combat. The Lucario growled slightly as it's body became outlined with a blue aura, the Aura was then channeled to the Pokemon's palms before it manifested itself in the form of a pulsing orb of energy that the Lucario was currently holding in it's hands.
"That attack looks similar to my Rasengan, If I catch this thing, I'm almost positive I can help it improve it's techniques.." Naruto quietly analyzed.
Unfortunately, there wasn't much time to continue his thoughts as the attack he immediately recognized as Aura Sphere was chucked at him at an incredibly fast speed. Naruto just channeled chakra into his fist and threw it straight at the incoming attack, his limb made contact with the Aura Sphere and sent it straight back towards it's origin. Lucario's eyes widened as it barely managed to dodge it's repelled attack. The attack traveled past the Pokemon with white spirals of air flying behind it. The Aura Sphere continued it's journey and crashed into the mountain wall, creating an explosion of which Naruto could feel the shock-wave from.
This when Naruto decided to stop toying with the Lucario in front of him.
The Pokemon blinked before it's eyes were wide in shock, Naruto had blurred out of existence and re-appeared silentily behind the Aura Pokemon. Lucario's breath hitched as it felt a familiar aura behind it.
"That attack might have caused some damage had I been a normal person. Unfortunately for you, I'm far from normal.." Naruto whispered into the Lucario's ear.
The Pokemon turned around only to be met with a quick and powerful punch directed towards it's face, Lucario was sent flying backwards before it landed on it's feet and then fell to it's knees immediately after. The Pokemon waited for the follow-up attack, Lucario had accepted this human as it's superior in power, It's eyes clutched shut in apprehension, but it never came. Lucario looked up at the blond with shock apparent in it's eyes.
"I only wished to test you and I can sense your energy dropping fast, I have no reason nor intention to let an innocent Pokemon freeze to death, I need you to sit still, I'm going to heal you now, understand?" Naruto asked the Lucario.
Lucario flinched in pain and nodded affirmatively.
The war-hardened Shinobi began to check over the Pokemon for injuries before he began to fix the Pokemon up with medical ninjutsu, It was taking a lot of concentration as emotions were flowing off of the Pokemon like nothing he had ever felt before, the most prevalent of these were the Lucario's appreciation and confusion, If Naruto had to guess what these were about, he'd have to assume it was thankful for him healing it and confused about how he was so ridiculously strong. It was understandable considering most humans in this world were weaker than even the civilians in Naruto's old home.
Naruto continued to pump Chakra into the Lucario's injuries before stopping a few minutes later as it's injuries had been fully healed.
"You're healed now, but before we do anything else, I've got some important questions to ask." Naruto told the Lucario sitting in front of him.
The Aura Pokemon looked at Naruto with confusion apparent within his eyes before it motioned for him to continue with his questions.
"Thank you, I suppose I'll start with the most obvious question. What was your reasoning for attacking me, I know for a fact you sensed me, you must have known I wasn't hostile. Were you testing me or something?" Naruto questioned the Lucario.
The Lucario sighed and nodded it's head affirmatively and used it's Aura to project it's feelings to Naruto more clearly.
"It sensed something unfamiliar? That's almost definitely my chakra, and it had been searching for someone to test it's strength on? Well, I wasn't completely wrong when I wondered about it testing me, It was looking for a strong opponent and it happened to sense that within me" The blond thought to himself.
Part of Naruto wanted to be mad with the Lucario, but as much as he may want too, he couldn't deny that he enjoyed the spar with the Pokemon.
"Maybe Madara rubbed off on me a little bit? Nah, I'm nowhere near as bat-shit crazy as he was, I hope I never live to see the day where another person like him appears." Naruto thought to himself.
Naruto unfortunately realized that his hopes would not come to fruition as he was pretty much immortal due to the nine Bijuu residing in him and the newly-formed union of the yin-yang six-paths power. The blond realized that he would not die of old age, and anyone would be hard-pressed to injure him, at least he could use his yang abilities to grant longevity much like his own, meaning he wouldn't have to worry about those precious to him dying before his very eyes, he would never force it upon them though. If someone wished to die then he would not take that right away from them.
Naruto looked at Lucario, "Well, I hope you're satisfied with the fight I gave you, I wasn't going full strength but I can tell you already know that. I suppose my last question is what will you do now? Will you continue to wander in search of strong opponents?" Naruto asked the Aura Pokemon curiously.
Lucario shook it's head negatively before pointing towards one of the six poke ball's he had strapped to his cloak.
Naruto raised an eyebrow at this, "You're saying you want to come with me, right?" the blond questioned, wanting some confirmation.
The Pokemon nodded affirmatively at the question. Nothing more needed to be said between the two, the Shinobi grabbed one of his Poke ball's before holding it out to the fighting and steel type Pokemon. Lucario reached forward and tapped the center of the storage device before disappearing in a flash of red light. The Pokeball shook a few times before stopping for a couple moments, the device then made a noise signifying the Lucario's capture.
"I've finally captured my first Pokemon, I doubt many people can claim a Lucario was their starter.. Heh, I'm awesome." Naruto thought to himself.
He began to reminisce about the war before he remembered something helpful, Naruto pulled up his right sleeve and noticed that he still had a storage seal seared into his arm. This was quite convenient as it meant he had virtually endless storage, although it did have limits. The bigger the object, the more chakra it takes to seal and unseal it, this wasn't an issue for Naruto as his reserves were endless. The only stipulation for Naruto regarding the storage seal was that he had to be careful on how much Chakra he used with the seal. He could store pretty much anything and have no damage to his own health but he might end up overloading the seal with the Chakra needed to seal the houses.
Naruto's thoughts wandered back to when he had become a seal-master near the beginning of the Fourth Shinobi War.
Roughly one moth before the war had begun to get serious, Naruto had come across his father's notes, these included all of his theories on sealing as well as his techniques, this was perfect for Naruto as sealing was just what he needed to stop the reanimation jutsu. The reanimation jutsu had to have been the most vile technique ever created, family members were forced to fight against deceased family, friends, even lovers. The Edo Tensei cared naught for morals, it was a technique designed to kill by using the revived individual to strangle opposition with their own heart-strings. Not only that, you cannot kill what's already dead, an individual revived with Edo-Tensei was immortal and had limitless chakra, their only weakness was Fuinjutsu. This was why Naruto had been training so hard in the art of sealing, this travesty needed to be stopped and he would be the one to stop it.
The blond had eventually mastered the Hiraishin, It had not taken any time at all for the Jinchuuriki to reap destruction upon his foes. Those who underestimated him payed the price, an example of this arrogance was Obito Uchiha, he had decided to pull Naruto away from a battle with an army of White Zetsu hoping to incapacitate him and finish the war. Unfortunately, Obito had not counted on the blond's strength to be so great, and he was given a giant scar down his chest due to the Jinchuurki's usage of the Hiraishin Jutsu. It was actually quite funny, Minato had injured Obito using the same technique when he decided to try and destroy Konoha when he had ripped the Kyuubi out of Naruto's mother, Kushina Uzumaki.
Sadly, Obito did not die that day as he managed to warp away using his Mangekyou Sharingan, the next encounter with the Uchiha would be the Juubi's revival, It would also happen to be Kakashi's last stand, the two fought against each other in Obito's pocket dimension, they fought hard but Obito ended up winning. Kakashi was out-matched and anything Obito suffered, he came back from it easily due to the implanted Senju DNA. The famed Copy Ninja died from the Rinnegan's signature chakra rods, Obito had stabbed one right through his gut and Kakashi ended up bleeding to death, Kakashi Hatake died with a smile on his face knowing that Naruto would pull through like he always did.
Naruto could still remember the day when he had seen Kakashi bleeding to death in the Kamui dimension.
Short flashback - One Month into the Fourth Shinobi War
The blood of fallen comrades ran down his face as the blond shinobi continued their fight against the Zetsu. Naruto hacked and slashed at the plant-like creatures in anger for all of the pain and suffering they were causing, the Zetsu never stopped coming, for every Zetsu he killed, two would come and take it's place. Three Zetsu decided to rush the blond, one of them took underground while the other two decided to flank him from the sides. Naruto watched this in slight disappointment, he waited for the two Zetsu to get close before jumping into the air and slamming his feet into both of them simultaneously, he then landed back down on the ground just in time to stab a kunai into the last Zetsu's neck as it came up from underground.
"Pathetic.. These plant bastards really are nothing more than cannon-fodder." Naruto thought to himself while rushing into the army of Zetsu.
Naruto punched the clone in front of him before using the Zetsu's body as a catapult to launch himself further inward, the blond Jinchuurki's landing caused a shock-wave that sent several of the plant-clones flying. Naruto quickly pulled out his Katana's once more and began to slash his way through the countless enemies in front of him whilst dual-wielding his weapons. The Shinobi then threw both of his Katana's high into the air whilst simultaneously pulling out an explosive tag and slapping it into the chest of a Zetsu and sending it flying backwards into a crowd of it's familiars. One plant clone had thought it to be a good idea to attack the blond right then only to be struck down by the swords that had just landed back down to Earth from their throwing earlier. Naruto yanked the swords out of the corpse of the Zetsu and immediately began to dodge and counter the incoming hordes with an amazing show of foot-work, he continued the slaughter of the plant clones before he decided to finish the job.
"It's time to end these freaks, they've lived long enough, It's actually been too long for my tastes." Naruto thought to himself before channeling Chakra into his blade.
Naruto's blade began to light up with sparks of electricity and the steel began to turn crimson from the massive increase in heat, the Shinobi then stabbed the blade into the ground causing the sky to darken and also causing arcs of electricity to flow around the perimeter of the blade. The darkened sky began to tremble with the sound of thunder coupled with the visual of massive lightning bolts arcing across the sky. The next sequence of events would be seared into the mind of all of the blond's enemies.
"Sandadoragonzu no Sakebi!" called the blond Jinchuurki, and nature heeded his call.
Immediately after these words were spoken, the lightning arcing across the sky above began to increase in intensity as well as quantity before it slammed downward into the sword below that was serving as a conductor, the blade began to glow as the energy from the lighting blasts piled up, after a while the sword had turned completely blue just like the lightning that had struck it. That was when hell was unleashed, the sword unleashed all of the pent up energy stored up from the lightning that had struck it, gigantic arcs of electricity flew from the sword and crashed into the hordes of enemies whilst also tearing up the landscape, the lightning carved out the landscape like it was an artist's canvas. It is said that lightning can strike within 1/1000th of a second and the temperature from the strike can reach up to 30,000 kelvins or 53,540 degrees Fahrenheit. The Zetsu were helpless to do anything as the swarms of lightning strikes burnt and destroyed them, It was almost impossible to see for the longest time due to the numerous flashes of light, deafening bursts of sound emanated from the blast radius, this continued for a little while before the onslaught halted and the dust began to settle.
"I'd say that jutsu was a success, that's another S rank Jutsu in my arsenal." Naruto told himself quietly.
Once the dust had cleared completely, the blond Shinobi was treated to the sight of complete and utter devastation, the Zetsu were rendered to nothing but ash by the Lightning's intense heat, the landscape's beautiful features had been turned into a depiction of hell itself, the lightning had created deep trenches in the ground and had transformed the mountains into nothing but rubble.
"What incredible power.. I must have a knack for creating powerful Jutsu, first the wind release :Rasenshuriken and now Lightning release: Sandadoragonzu no Sakebi.." Naruto thought to himself.
He was then brought out of his thoughts by the feeling of a hand on his left shoulder, Naruto realized the chakra of the person grasping him, It was the masked man! Naruto moved to turn around but was too late in his reaction, the man utilized his signature technique and they were both warped away to an unknown area, the only proof of their existence was the black wisps left behind from the unknown man's jutsu. Naruto opened his eyes and leaped away from the man once they had fully re-formed at their new destination. The man chuckled at this.
"Why do you bother resisting? The Yondaime resisted and he fell, the Kyuubi itself resisted my control, and he fell. What makes you any different? Why don't you just save yourself the misery and surrender so we can have true peace." The man asked rhetorically.
Naruto's mouth moved to respond but he suddenly paused as the man's words passed through his mind and the implications of said words hit Naruto like a train.
"I see.. Now then.. For what reasons did you choose to slaughter my parents? Depending on your answer, I'll send you to join..No.. You don't deserve to stand alongside my fallen family! YOUR ONLY SOLACE FROM MY WRATH WILL BE DAMNATION!" Naruto exclaimed with fury tainting his voice.
The man chuckled at this before laughing outright at the blond.
Naruto chuckled in deathly calm tone, "That's right, Obito. Get it all out. Live boldly.. Even if it for only a few more moments!" Naruto snarled.
The now revealed Obito's eyes widened in surprise, not having expected Naruto to figure out his true identity. Naruto noticed this look and leveled a smirk at him.
"Obito. Come on now, did you really think I wouldn't notice the similarities between my Sensei's eye technique and yours? They're virtually the same, the only difference is the destination of the technique." the blond asked the Uchiha.
Obito growled in annoyance at the taunt before he took of his mask knowing the futility of keeping it now that his identity was revealed, the face the mask revealed was scarred from the boulder in the Third Shinobi War and was covered in wrinkles and adorned with a Mangekyou Sharingan identical to Kakashi's in his right eye and the famed Rinnegan in his left eye. His face maintained an impassive look as he stared at the Jinchuuriki before him, seeing the Rinnegan only ticked off Naruto even more.
"Tch! Not only are you a traitorous bastard, now you're a grave robber too? I know for a fact that Rinnegan is Nagato's! Speaking of that, what happened to Konan?" Naruto asked rhetorically.
Obito's look did not change, "Konan? I thought you killed her? Didn't she die with Nagato?" He asked mockingly.
Naruto growled at this blatant attempt to play innocent.
"Hmph. There really is nothing like watching fools dig their own graves, especially when that fool is an arrogant Uchiha whose too stupid to see what he's doing. I've humored you long enough, I'll ask again, Obito. What happened to Konan, and I want the truth." Naruto told the man.
The Uchiha giggled hysterically at the question and began clutching his sides, Naruto's posture straightened at this and his eyes hardened.
Obito finally calmed himself, "She was offed by yours truly, congratulations Uzumaki, you've finally found your culprit." the Uchiha responded before he began laughing once more.
Naruto calmed himself before responding.
"You're telling me that you killed Konan? I doubt a dumb-ass like you could pull that off." Naruto responded.
Obito chuckled at this, "Dumb-ass? Who's the real dumb-ass here because I don't think it's me!" he replied, whilst performing a perfect henge of Naruto.
He grinned, "I prefer that label for someone who falls for a base ploy like this!" Obito stated.
Naruto's face morphed into a terrified look as the weight of what she experienced crashed upon his shoulders, Naruto and Konan had gotten in a relationship after Nagato's death, she realized that it would be suicide to return to Ame after Nagato's death, she then turned to the blond for help and he managed to get her safety in the village in return for her willingness to tell them everything she knew about Akatsuki, which was quite a lot. She told them everything she knew and they had gotten in a relationship that lasted a few months until Konan had disappeared on a mission she was deployed to. Naruto had spent many months grieving and blaming himself for her death and here stood someone with the very Rinnegan that only Konan knew the location of, this told Naruto everything he needed to know, Obito had used his appearance to get the information from her and then killed her, he couldn't even imagine the betrayal she must have felt at that moment. Needless to say, the blond was pissed.
"Oh Kami! You should see your face! That's the same look she had on her face when I shoved my arm through her chest! The utter shock, the dumb confusion! You could see every emotion on her face as her boyfriend stabbed her! It was marvelous!" The Uchiha continued.
Naruto growled in pure unbridled anger at this.
"Not yet! There's more! Her last's words were 'Why Naruto.. I trusted you..' Her last moments were spent cursing you to the deepest depths of hell!" Obito was going to rant more before he was interrupted.
Naruto's eyes held no mercy for the man in front of him, "Interesting.. I'd like to hear more about this subject.. in between your screaming!" Naruto exclaimed as he blurred out of existence at Kage-level speed.
Obito's eyes widened as he barely had time to use Kamui to avoid the blond's strike, Naruto's punch would have gone right through his gut like a Raikiri had he not been able to avoid it.
The Uchiha could not keep track of the blond even with his Sharingan, all that was visible to him was the massive chakra fluctuation from Naruto moving from place to place within a split second. Naruto then re-appeared behind Obito with his Katana in motion to decapitate the man. The Uchiha only managed dodge on pure instinct, he dodged a couple of strikes before catching Naruto's wrists. He was hard-pressed to keep the blond still considering that he had chakra to enhance his limbs, Naruto smirked as the Uchiha fell into his trap, the blond used his other hand to 'counter' the grapple whilst covertly placing a Hiraishin seal on his wrist. He leaped backwards and sealed away his Katana. The two ninja sprinted at each other for a final clash of wills.
Obito activated Kamui to let the blond's attack fly through him and Naruto channeled wind chakra into his hand causing the air around it to distort due to the change in air pressure and fluctuation, the two ninja reached each other and Naruto flew through the Uchiha just as he had anticipated. Obito would not have much time to celebrate, Naruto kept his attack going while preparing to launch a wind-style jutsu with no hand-seals.
Naruto inhaled whilst mentally calling out his technique, "Dai Abare No Bofuu!" He called out silentily before exhaling a gigantic burst of wind that visibly altered the landscape.
The blast of wind flew forward across the landscape whilst also throwing Naruto and his spear-like attack back towards Obito who had just used up the last of his intangibility, Obito looked over his shoulder in horror before he was assaulted with the worst pain he had ever felt.
"Kaze no yari o wakeru!" Naruto exclaimed as he stabbed his wind coated hand through the Uchiha's chest cavity causing the psychotic individual to cough up copious amounts of blood onto the ground below. Naruto yanked his hand out of the man's chest before he looked at the man's chest in shock as the wound began to close up, Obito began to laugh at this.
"I'll let you win this battle, but you won't win the war! It's been fun but I've got places to be, people to meet.." The Uchiha stated mockingly as he began to disappear with his signature technique.
Naruto looked at the man impassively knowing that he couldn't do anything to stop him from getting away at this point.
"Make no mistake, the next time I see you, you're a dead man. I swear it upon my Uzumaki blood as well as the blood of everyone you've made suffer." Naruto told the man.
Obito just laughed at this before he disappeared in a swirl of black.
Naruto merely grunted at this before walking in the opposite direction.
He was needed in more important places than here.
Time skip - Many months later into the War.
Naruto stared at the monster before him, it's ten massive tails swinging behind it and wiping out countless lives with minimal effort. It was said that Kyuubi could cause earthquakes and tsunamis with a flick of it's tail, this beast could probably destroy a country with it's tail if it wanted to. They were throwing everything they had at it yet it just swatted them away like they were nuisances. This was the Juubi that the stories told of, the creature that the Sage of Six Paths fought and then split up to create the nine Bijuu. Naruto could easily say that none of the stories did this beast justice, one could not describe something like this without having seen it themselves.
Naruto went into full-Bijuu mode once more and charged at the beast before jumping into the air and charging up a tailed-beast bomb.
"Here! Take this!" Naruto/Kurama exclaimed simultaneously before firing the massive attack towards the beast's eyes.
They looked on in anticipation hoping that the attack would cripple it's eyesight. Unfortunately, the Juubi was not having any of that. It brought up one limb and simply flicked the attack back at a tremendous speed and straight into Naruto's gut, knocking the breath out of him and sending him flying a great distance backwards before he was enveloped in the explosion caused by his own attack detonating.
Luckily, Naruto had managed to get his guard up and avoid fatal damage but getting hit by a Bijuudama was still nothing fun to experience.
The blond was panting in exhaustion, "Damn.. I know I'm strong, but even I'll die if this keeps up.." Naruto thought to himself.
The panting shinobi was brought out of his thoughts by a loud screeching sound that shook the whole battlefield, he looked at the Juubi and his eyes widened.
"That thing's huge, I can't allow that to hit the alliance or else it's all over!" Naruto thought while throwing a Hiraishin kunai in front of the area the attack would hit.
The Juubi finished charging it's gigantic tailed-beast bomb before firing it straight at the blond who was preparing himself. Naruto was holding his father's signature kunai sideways with both hands with a determined look in his eyes, the attack got close and Naruto utilized time-space jutsu to send the attack away from the battle field by opening a portal between two of the odd kunai. The ninja prepared for the blast wave to hit, the blast-wave hit hard.
The battlefield was filled with the fierce sound of roaring winds and the screaming of Shinobi caught of guard by the blast wave, those who were unaware got sent flying by the immensely powerful wind caused by the explosion. The wind quickly died down and everyone let out a breath of relief, every single one of them were silentily thanking the blond for saving their lives.
"Uzumaki! Look around you! At the bloodied bodies of those you called friends! The very people you swore you wouldn't let die! Look at them and tell me again! They are all dead because of your idealistic nonsense! Surrender and no more shall have to die!" Obito Uchiha yelled.
He looked around as Obito continued to speak, he gazed at the destroyed landscape covered in the corpses of his comrades.
"You say that true peace will occur when everyone comes to understand each other! That is an impossibility! It's human nature to kill and destroy, our very existence demands it! Give up your naive dreams and beliefs and join us! Will you join us?" The Uchiha asked.
Naruto was deep in thought. Could it really be his fault that everyone here was dead? Was the death of his friends really upon his shoulders? Naruto continued these doubtful thoughts before he was snapped out of it by many familiar voices.
The first was a sage who preached peace and was a godfather, "Naruto, I can't think of an answer to the cycle of hatred, but.. I believe that If I die.. You will be able to do what I could not. I'll entrust my dream to you, Naruto." The voice of Jiraiya spoke.
Naruto's eyes became wide as another voice manifested itself, "You've grown up well, my son.. I'm so, so sorry for entrusting you with such a burden, I understand if you hate me, but I also want you to know I gave it to you because I know you'd do great things with it, I'll trust you with the rest.." Minato stated.
The vision of a familiar set of purple eyes and a flash of red, "We studied under the same master.. I told you then that we should be able to understand each other.. I was joking then.. But you're an odd kid.. a lot like my younger self.. I have a new choice.. A choice I'd given up on.." Nagato coughed out.
The visage of Konan, "Nagato believed in you, so I believe in you too." the feminine voice rang out.
Naruto's eyes shot open with a newfound determination apparent in his gaze.
"We will never surrender to you! How could you ever think of us throwing the lives of our friends and loved ones out the window like that! I will not allow their lives to have been lost in vain! I shall not allow you two to deprive the future generations of their future!" He yelled.
Roars of approval emanated from the gigantic crowd of shinobi that was the alliance. Naruto channeled Kyuubi's chakra throughout his body and he began flying through the crowd of shinobi and transferring chakra cloaks to them. The shinobi alliance was stunned at the power they felt. Maybe.. They could actually win with this new power.
Madara scowled, "That coy brat, he's split the Kyuubi's chakra between him and the alliance, Obito!" Madara yelled.
Obito nodded and they both motioned the Juubi to charge the army of Shinobi, the Shinobi grew bold and flew towards the beast charging them. The two Obito had expected the Juubi to crush them but that was not the outcome of the battle, the combined powers of the alliance and Kyuubi's chakra overpowered the Juubi and allowed them to slice the Juubi's limbs right off of it's body. The legendary beast roared in anger and discomfort before falling over onto it's side, as this was happening, Naruto felt the familiar chakra of the past Hokage, he had felt the first and second's chakra during the Chunin Exam invasion, he was alive when the third was Hokage, and he had felt his father's chakra when he manifested himself in the seal.
The blond looked over to Kakashi who was preparing to use Kamui to suck up the body of the weakened Juubi but Obito was not about to allow that to happen, the long lost Uchiha formed behind Kakashi and began to take Kakashi to his pocket dimension.
Naruto smirked at this, "Idiot, I couldn't have asked for anything more, he still hasn't removed that Hiraishin mark I gave him during our last scuffle. I doubt he's even aware of it.." Naruto thought to himself before he knelt down and placed a Hiraishin mark down on the ground and disappeared from the battlefield in a flash, leaving the alliance and the incoming Hokage revived by the Edo Tensei to deal with Madara and the Juubi.
The Uchiha grinned at Kakashi, "So what Kakashi? How is trash like you going to fix trash like me?" he asked the copy ninja.
Kakashi was going to respond but almost had his eyes pop out of his head when Naruto appeared in a flash and grappled onto Obito's arm before throwing him backwards before jumping on his face keeping his back on the ground sliding, causing immense pain. Naruto jumped backwards near Kakashi who was panting from exhaustion.
"What..? How in the hell.. Are you here Naruto?" Kakashi asked his blond student.
Naruto smirked in response, "I had a scuffle with Obito near the beginning of the war, I made a theory about his technique and decided to place a Hiraishin mark on his right arm before he left so I could test my theory the next time I encountered him, turns out I was right." Naruto replied.
Kakashi looked at the blond in amazement, "He really is Sensei's son.. He has the same intelligence and the same looks, although he hasn't exactly inherited his calmness." Kakashi thought to himself with a smile on his face before he became serious once more.
Kakashi looked at Naruto before telling him the plan, they were going to attack him with everything they had, Naruto would be the head attacker, Kakashi would be the support. Naruto sped towards the Uchiha and engaged him in an amazing showcase of Taijutsu, Obito pulled out a kunai and spun it around his fingers as he blocked the blond's own Kunai and knocked it out of his hands before he advanced towards the shinobi, Naruto responded to this by jumping into the air as the heel of his foot hit the kunai which then hit the Uchiha's face, Madara's apprentice retaliated by sending a punch towards Naruto that was blocked but still sent him flying backwards, he got up and ran towards the Uchiha and jumped into the air before pushing Obito down to the ground, Obito got up only to get kicked in the face by Naruto.
The Uchiha grunted as he got up and sent a discreet look towards Kakashi, he seal-lessly made a shadow clone far behind Kakashi. Naruto did not notice this and continued to fight Obito in hand-to-hand combat and was beating him by quite a large margin. Naruto's eyes widened as he noticed the shadow clone, It was too late to do anything. The clone made a chakra rod and tossed it at a ridiculous speed towards the copy ninja who noticed too late to do anything about it. Kakashi feel face forward and began coughing up copious amounts of blood.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto yelled but quickly had his attention pulled back to Obito.
Naruto growled and disappeared in a flash before cutting the Uchiha's head off, the last thoughts that Obito Uchiha had were about the death of his former 'comrade'.
The blond having finished off Obito Uchiha, disappeared back to the battle-field where the Hokage and the Alliance were having the fight of their lives.
It was time to begin ending this war.
End of flashback - Back to Present Time
Naruto was brought back to the present as he shook his head and looked down at the Pokeball that now held his newly-obtained Lucario. He smiled at the thought of having a new friend to join him on his journey through this unfamiliar world, he let his mind wander briefly about the possible adventures they might encounter, the different people and Pokemon they would meet. It made him smile, It was so unlike his old home, It was a place constantly filled with blood-shed, this world was a place with peace. Naruto had no doubt in his mind that this was what they had fought for.
"If only they could be here, but that's not possible, so I will enjoy this peace for them, I hope you guys are watching. I'll make you proud.." Naruto thought quietly.
Alas, there were only two more things that needed to be done, the first was to find some shelter, he may be immortal but almost no one likes to be cold. Kurama was immortal yet you don't see him laying in a mountain with sub-zero temperature taking a nap. The second thing was to ask the kitsune about his telepathic technique and how to use it, Kurama had informed him about the technique but never the specifics about how to use it. The technique would no doubt prove helpful in his future exploits.
Naruto sat down in the lotus position and faded out of consciousness.
Inside Naruto's mindscape
Naruto opened his eyes to find himself within the familiar environment that was his mindscape, It looked like the Bijuu had taken the liberty of modifying it further to suit their needs.
Shukaku had made himself a desert with drinking ponds, Matatabi had made herself a common forest, Isobu had made himself a gigantic pond to swim in that was covered in a light mist. Son Goku had made himself a volcanic area that suited his like of hot and rocky environments. Kokou had settled for a grassy plain. Saiken had decided on a humid rain forest that was quite gigantic in size. Chomei had decided on the same area as Saiken as it fit her needs quite well. Gyuki had settled for an ocean coast that was spacious and fit his liking. Kurama had decided on nothing and just decided to stay where he was since he'd grown used to it.
The large nine-tailed kitsune opened his eyes curiously, "What do you need, Naruto?" Kurama asked his container curiously.
Naruto chuckled before replying, "Not much, I actually came to apologize for earlier, and I also came to visit and ask you how I would go about using your telepathic technique." He told Kurama.
Kurama had a look of realization on his face, "Right.. I never told you about that. I accept the apology even though I've said shit ten times worse than what you said and as for the technique, you just need a link between you and the individual you wish to connect with." Kurama replied.
Naruto had a curious look on his face before he asked another question, "Hmm. Say, does that mean I could use a Hiraishin Seal as a link between me and the individual since It utilizes my chakra and would be in direct contact with the person?" Naruto asked the fox curiously.
Kurama thought about it for a moment, "I'd think so. Remember when you first met the old-man?" Kurama asked.
The blond's mind wandered backwards in time to his first encounter with the Sage of Six-paths.
Short Flashback
Naruto released a pained groan as he opened his eyes and analyzed his surroundings.
"Ugh.. Is this the afterlife? The last thing I remember was Madara pulling Kurama out of me into that weird statue.." the yellow-haired ninja quietly asked himself.
Naruto shot up to his feet as he heard a chuckle behind him.
"Relax yourself, reincarnation of Ashura. You are neither dead or in danger." The voice stated calmly.
Naruto gazed at the origin of the voice and was stunned to be greeted by the appearance of an old man levitating in the classic meditation stance.
The man was tall, pale skinned, and had deep wrinkles and a strong jawline on his face. His hair went down to his shoulders and had a very slight red tint to it.
He was wearing a white, full length kimono that had six magatama situated around the front of it's collar. On the back of the kimono were patterns that Naruto immediately recognized to be strikingly similar to the Rinnegan, there were nine of them and were placed in rows of three.
However, the most striking feature of the old man was the horns protruding from either side of his forehead.
"Uhh.. who are you. Old man?" Naruto asked the unknown individual who was currently floating in midair.
"You may call me Hagoromo, though most know me by my moniker, the Sage of Six paths." The man now revealed as Hagoromo responded.
Naruto's eyes were wide with amazement, "You're the Sage of Six Paths? The founder of Ninjutsu?" Naruto inquired Hagoromo.
Hagoromo grasped the Khakkhara in his hand tightly, "It is not Ninjutsu! I invented Ninshu! Ninshu was meant to connect people and create peace, Ninjutsu creates war! Don't get the two mixed up." Hagoromo stated with fire in his voice before releasing a sigh.
Naruto recoiled in surprise at the outburst, "I'm sorry, Old Man Six-Paths. I didn't meant to insult you." Naruto apologized.
Hagoromo nodded in response to the apology, "Your apology, I accept it. However, we have more important things to discuss at the moment. I have a story that must be told.." Hagoromo stated, closing his eyes as he began.
Naruto sat down and focused his attention on the old man.
"A millennium ago, this world was plunged deep into war, a princess in a local kingdom looked on this spectacle with great horror and she wanted nothing but to have world peace. At the center of this war was a tree that people greatly respected." Hagoromo explained calmly.
Naruto listened in surreal curiosity as the Sage continued his tale.
"The woman's name was Kaguya Otsutsuki, the tree had been said to produce a fruit every thousand years and it was forbidden to touch one. Kaguya however, sought to do just that. She ate the fruit and gained power beyond even mine." Hagoromo continued to speak.
Naruto eyes were wide, "The Sage was said to have created the moon, and he's saying that the woman had power that he couldn't even comprehend? What kind of monster was she?" Naruto asked himself in amazement.
The sage took a deep breath before beginning to speak once more, "Kaguya Otsutsuki, my mother, was the first being to contain Chakra. She single-handedly ended the war, creating a time of peace. People came to worship her as the Rabbit Goddess." Hagoromo stated, his eyes opening.
"However, history shows that even the road to hell can be paved with good intentions. My mother eventually lost her faith in humanity and became lost within the throes of her own power and she eventually came to be feared by the people as a demon." Hagoromo told the blond.
He sighed before continuing the tale, "She eventually became pregnant and gave birth to me and my brother Hamura, Kaguya had all-the-while been enslaving the populace within the Infinite Tsukuyomi and converting them into an army of white Zetsu." Hagoromo stated.
Naruto rose his hand to signal a question, "Wait, what happened after that? She didn't succeed otherwise we wouldn't be here right now." Naruto asked the Sage.
Hagoromo's face morphed into a look of sadness, "When me and my brother learned of this, the result was inevitable. Me and my brother trained for years and eventually clashed with Kaguya in a battle of epic proportions." Hagoromo replied sadly.
He continued the tale with a distant look in his eye, "My mother was god-like in terms of power, on top of that, the Juubi was fighting along with her. The Juubi was merely the God-tree fighting to reclaim it's stolen Chakra." Hagoromo explained.
Naruto's eyes had a faraway look as he realized just how strong the man in front of him was.
"Me, my brother, and our mother fought for a lengthy period of time, but eventually her power was overwhelmed after a month of non-stop fighting, and we sealed her away, thus creating the moon you all know of. However, that is not the end." Hagoromo stated.
The old sage spoke once more, "Before sealing her away, I split the Juubi's power into nine pieces, creating the Bijuu. The only thing that was left of the Juubi was the Gedo Mazu, I believe you called it 'that weird statue'." The sage chuckled.
Naruto sheepishly rubbed his head at the jab.
Hagoromo stared at Naruto, "After Kaguya had been sealed, Hamura left to inhabit the moon and I settled down on earth and eventually had two children who were named Ashura and Indra." The old man spoke.
"Ashura.. That's the same name he referenced earlier.." Naruto quietly analyzed.
"Eventually, It came time to choose my successor, Ashura believed that peace could only be achieved through friendship and hard work, while Indra believed that Power was the only way and that friendship was meaningless. I chose Ashura over Indra." the Sage told Naruto.
Naruto listened on intently as he felt the important part was going to come up soon.
"I did this because Indra came off as too much like Kaguya, my choice formed the Rivalry between two clans you know of, the Uchiha and The Senju. They both were given half my power, Indra was given the visual prowess, while Ashura was given the body." The Sage explained.
Hagoromo spoke again, "You already know of the most recent reincarnations, Madara Uchiha and the 1st Hokage, Hashirama Senju. Look at the personalities and rivalry and then take a guess about who the current reincarnations are." The Sage told the Shinobi in front of him.
Naruto quickly realized who they were, "I know that I'm Ashura's descendant since you called it out, but I'm assuming that Sasuke is Indra's reincarnation? It makes sense considering his attitude and our rivalry." Naruto asked Hagoromo, looking for confirmation.
Hagoromo let a smile cross his face, "You are indeed correct in that assumption, I am here because you will be the one to re-seal my mother upon her revival and one of you two will be the individual who achieves world peace." The Sage explained.
Hagoromo began to glow blue, "Descendant of Ashura, I present to you, the mark of yang." Hagoromo stated.
Naruto eyes snapped shut as he felt a burning pain on the palm of his right hand.
"What.. What is this?" Naruto asked as the pain slowly faded away.
"That.. is the means that will achieve the end.." Hagoromo responded cryptically before leaving Naruto to master the new power that was bestowed to him.
Back to the present time
Naruto nodded his head as he came back to reality, "Yeah, I remember I mentioned Ninjutsu and he got really pissed and started lecturing me about something called Ninshu." the blond told the fox.
Kurama nodded in response to this, "Ninshu, was the peaceful precursor to Ninjutsu. It was intended to use chakra to gain a better understanding of others and ones self. Ninjutsu instead used chakra to connect one's own spiritual energy to their physical energy. That's why the sage was mad." Kurama replied.
Naruto nodded at the explanation, "So you're saying that the technique is basically a form of Ninshu? And that the Sage was mad because Ninjutsu took his Ninshu which was created for peace and turned it into weapon of war?" Naruto asked the kitsune.
Kurama nodded at the blond's summarization of the explanation he had given.
Naruto shook his head before replying, "I see. This has been enlightening, thank you for telling me this." Naruto told the kitsune who just waved him off.
"It's not a problem kit. We owe you after everything you've done for us." Kurama responded in a humbled tone, a tone that was very rare to encounter with the nine-tailed Bijuu.
Naruto smiled at this and waved at the Kitsune before leaving the mindscape.
Back outside - Present time
Naruto's eyes opened and he was greeted with snow assaulting his vision.
"Now then.. How am I going to find shelter? Ah hah! I got an idea!" Naruto thought to himself.
The blond lightly flared his chakra throughout the mountain to emulate sonar, he continued to pulse his chakra while walking up the mountain for well over an hour before he felt an anomaly occur with one of the pulses. Naruto walked over to the left and squinted through the blizzard that was currently in full swing, the blond could faintly see a cave that looked spacious enough to reside in. The shinobi smirked to himself as he walked through the blizzard and into the cavern, Naruto Namikaze had found his shelter and now it was time to begin training. Lucario was sitting in it's Pokeball when an involuntary shudder ran through it's body, the Pokemon suddenly felt like the next couple years were going to be hell on Earth.
If only the poor thing knew.
Chapter 3 - End
That's all for chapter three guys, I hope you enjoyed reading it as I know that I enjoyed writing it. Now that I've compared this chapter to the previous chapter, I'm seriously considering on changing some of the previous chapters to not only make the quality similar to this one, but to also make the story flow more smoothly and correct any plot-holes I may have missed when writing them.
I don't want to get far in the story only to find that it has an unstable base. It won't take too long considering their length and considering that I wrote 7,000 words in two days.
I'm thinking about making the occasional poll for this story to give readers a more enjoyable story as this is what most authors including me want.
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I'll see you all soon on the next chapter.
