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People speaking – "Mina"

People thinking – 'Mina'

Bijuu/Summon/gods speaking – "Kurama"

Bijuu/Summon/gods thinking – 'Kurama'

CHAPTER FIVE

Unknown Palace, the gods' realm

Within a dark, mysterious palace (ha!), resided a very pissed off god. He was busy …throwing stuff around in a major temper tantrum. Why? It's because he could no longer see the future events pertaining to his plans. "Those bastards ruined my perfectly laid out plans. Now I would not be able to rise above those bastards called my siblings", stated a furious god.

He is known as Tsukiyomi-no-Mikoto; a dark-haired, pale-faced god with a superiority expression. He was the second son of Izanagi and ascended into the title as the god of the moon and ruler of the night. He and his siblings were very close. It wasn't until his one very day on one of his mood swings; he killed his sister's best friend, Uke Mochi the goddess of food, during one of her trips to cheer him up for his sister's sake. He was so angry that day that he killed her when she tried to feed him with food jokingly produced from her mouth. He realized his mistake but it was too late. His sister saw what happened and was angry. The entire gods and goddesses of Takamagahara (the gods' realm) were angry with him. Inari, the god of foxes and industry, was murderous for killing his wife.

If it wasn't for the pleading of Susano-o, he would have been dead. He was exiled to one of the borders of the realm never visited by his siblings, occasionally taunted by the other gods that it continued to grow the hate for his siblings. So what he killed an insignificant goddess like Uke Mochi, it wasn't his fault for her to be so disgusting. He didn't deserve to be treated like a criminal. So he planned and waited only for their father to pass on his and his mother's title to Amaterasu and Susano-o. That had been a blow to his pride to be passed over to his little brother Susano-o.

Here he was thousands of years later, forgotten and alone. He would never be a memory. With that he made his plans, a plan to have the other gods to dethrone Amaterasu and Susano-o as the primary gods and the head of Takamagahara. With the fall of their Ninja Empire under their jurisdiction, it would have left a lot of doubt to their leadership under his siblings. With the extermination of all life would have given an automatic impeachment of them and him being the next in line would have the throne. Only those of the blood of Izanagi can be the head.

Tsukiyomi had stopped his temper tantrum, sitting on one of the closest undamaged chair. He thought of how he can rectify his plans. He almost gave up when he decided on doing the same thing as his siblings did. He smirked in glee as he spoke in his mind, 'Uchiha Obito shall be my champion. His already half mad so getting him to fulfill Madara's plans would help speed up the recovery of Otsutsuki Kaguya. Only she can help me attain my goals.' With that in mind he went ahead to look for the soul of the mad Uchiha.

Morning, Mina's hotel room

Mina was sitting in her bed staring outside her window with a thoughtful expression on her face. She thought of her childhood in the Namikaze home, the pain she endured. She was three when she first experienced her first cruel punishment in the hands of her parents. Naruto had been in the process of some pranks meant for their parents when she had tried to tell him to stop his foolishness. In the process, he had fallen some of Kushina's boxes containing new kunais and shurikens meant for Naruto's training, not hers. It literally fell on him and he got injured. Luckily he sustained minor injuries when Kushina and Minato ran into the room to see the ruckus. They saw her above her bleeding brother and they seemed horrified. They had shouted at her, already concluding that she had pushed the boxes at Naruto. Naruto did not want to be caught with his pranks and carelessness, had fully agreed on what his parents said.

He had no idea that his father had taken Mina to her room and had beaten her for her 'attempted' murder. He called her a destined monster and a disappointment. She had tried to tell them that Naruto was lying but they didn't listen. The next week was horrible for her. Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kurenai and Kakashi started treating her like a disease after they heard of what she did to her brother.

Said brother was looking at her guiltily until he noticed their behaviour towards Mina. In his three year old mind, there was nothing like murder. He didn't know that what he had done had instigated neglect and maltreatment against his sister. He thought it was for something else and proceeded to copy his parents' attitude towards her. He started his brand of terror with his best friend, Inuzuka Kiba and some male civilian children that led to them using her as a scapegoat.

She was slowly losing her smile, becoming cold and quiet until she just stopped caring altogether. She trained hard and hoped for salvation which came in the form of Haruno Mebuki, who saw firsthand their treatment towards her and helped her leave her hell. She slowly started to get her smile back. When she met her sensei, she started to laugh. When she met Izumo and Kotetsu, she started to play. She became a child once more in their presence. She never lost her cold exterior amongst people she didn't know but let it go when she was amongst her make-shift family or around children under her age. They were innocent.

She smiled at the thought of her new family. She would do anything for them in thought as she got off the bed to prepare for her training

Mount Myoboku

In the home of the Great Toad Sage, Gamamaru was currently experiencing a new vision, a prophecy. The words of Kami recited in his mind, 'The child of prophecy shall build herself from scratch without the support of blood. As a chosen by the blessings of the gods, she and her companions shall be the one to decide the fate of the world.' His eyes cleared in sorrow for the Namikaze family. "Oh! Jiraiya and Minato, what have you done?" he bowed his head in shame as he kept the prophecy to himself for the next two months by Kami's instruction.

Night time, Konohagakure, Fugaku's home, Itachi's mindscape

Itachi was asleep just as a god pulled his mind into his mindscape (the massacre didn't happen for Minato put his foot down when people tried to ostracize the Uchiha clan). His mind was littered with hills, a volcano and forest but the only difference to a normal forest was that plant life was of living flames. He was astounded by the Island. He managed to climb the mountain to get a better view of his mind. The place was extraordinary in Itachi's eyes. Far ahead of him and the forest lied the beach. He felt something tugging him to that direction and he went with it.

As his feet touched the shore, a blue Japanese dragon rose from the sea. Itachi for some reason knew not to be afraid. Though he was cautious but he wasn't afraid of the dragon that was twice as big as Gamabunta of the Toad clan. The majestic beast looked down at him in approval when he questioned without fear, "Who are you, mighty dragon of the sea?" The dragon growled in glee as he spoke, "I am Ryujin, the god of the sea. You can also call me Raiden, little human."

Itachi was stumped but hid his bewildered look with an impassive face. He bowed to the deity in front of him as he asked, "Where am I, Ryujin-sama?" "Hey! Stop with the sama stuff. I gave up on that mushy stuff a long time ago. Just call me Raiden. As for where you are, you are within your mindscape. Beautiful, isn't it?" he grinned at Itachi's slowly shocked face as he gazed around. "I guess so", stated the Uchiha prodigy.

Itachi wasn't stupid as to not believe the dragon when he said he was a god. The power pouring out of the deity was downright scary and he has read up on mytholody and remembered the Japanese sea god. "I have to wonder Raiden-san, as to why you are here?" questioned a stoic but bewildered Itachi.

Raiden grinned at him as he spoke the words that made Itachi to lose his composure, "I have chosen you as my champion, little pacifist" "Ehh!" Itachi was lucky that the only one to see him like this was the deity and not his family, most especially Shisui. He would have teased him for it, for eternity. Itach quickly composed himself as he stared at an amused dragon. "Why did you choose me, Raiden-san?" Ryujin turned serious as he stared at him in intrigue. "I chose you because of your nature, your pacifistic ways despite being a ninja. The choice you had to make in order to make sure your brother would never experience the pressure of your father. He might not know that you strive to be the image your father wants you to be in order for him to live out his life without any burden. Your sacrifice is what endeared me to choose you." 'Also the fact that he killed his family in order to protect his brother and the village in the previous future helped much', the deity thought to himself.

Itachi was not shocked that a god had been able to figure him out. What he was shocked about was the fact that because of it made a divine being to notice him. He was intrigued about why the sea god chosen him, a person with a fire affinity. He stopped his train of thought when Raiden answered him, "If you must know, even though I'm a water deity, I am still a dragon with our three main affinities. Wind for our flight, Fire for our dragon breath and Water for our ability to breathe underwater and our distant relations to sea serpents. I discarded my fire and wind affinity to assume my role as a water deity." "Discarded?" "They exist just in another form. I gave my fire to my friend Shinigami. He wanted it for a pet project of his. When he found out that I wanted to choose you as my champion, I gave me back, said he was done with it."

Raiden seemed annoyed at his friend. "You seemed annoyed with him", asked Itachi. "Of course I am annoyed. The bastard sealed and tweaked my fire into a goddamn sword. Gave me a book to give to you in order to learn how use it. I had a plan of using my fire to epically making you an all power fire bender that can shoot all types of fire", the deity whined in annoyance as he imagined Itachi shooting different colours of flames from his hands and feet. Itachi sweat-dropped at the sulking god.

Raiden came back from his daydream and continued on, "Do you accept to be my champion, Itachi? Lord knows your brother needs the help he can get. He is also going to be a chosen champion of another one of my deity friends." That was all the incentive that Itachi needed to accept much to Raiden's amusement. "As my champion, anything you do or say would be an extension of me. My enemies will be your enemies and you'll have my blessing and a gift."

The deity glowed blue and so did Itachi as he spoke, "Uchiha Itachi, as my chosen champion, I bestow on you the awakening of my fire within your soul. Use it well to achieve your goals." Itachi glowed from blue to orangeas he felt the god's power with a mix of another flowing into him. Before he faded from his mind scape, he heard the deity's last words that sounded a bit devious to him, "Take care of your soulmate too, Itachi-kun. She'll need the support."

Night time, Konohagakure, Fugaku's home, Itachi's bedroom

He woke upright suddenly as he spoke the shocking word, "Soulmate?" He simply ignored the fact that there was a large navy blue box on the foot of his bed.

Meanwhile in Takamagahara, Yami's Palace, Yami rubbed her hands in glee as she watched Itachi. She really wanted to help Itachi have a normal life with a wife and kids to compensate for his non-existent former future. Mina coming into the picture just helped her along the way. Plus they would make a totally hot couple. "Oh many people have forgotten that when I want something, I get it."

She was the Great Persuader. All she had to do was tell Raiden to say some particular words that would help her along the way. She would get her happy ending by force if she had to. She was a closet romance lover after all.