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Rise of the Azure God-

Normal Talk: "What's it like seeing everything?"

Bijū or Celestial Talk: "Why do you ask?"

Normal Thoughts; Well I thought being omniscient would give you a headache!"

Bijū or Celestial Thoughts; "Of course you would think that, you are not a God."

Jutsu Incantations:"Katon: Gōka Mekkyaku No Jutsu!"

Chapter Eleven: Perception

The next 4 dreary days after the group of Shinigami revealed their presence were tedious and saturated with frustration. During the first 2 days of this 4 day period and despite being gifted with Azura's Seiki (Sacred Aura) and the Ōzora Izō (Heavenly Legacy)from the Kyūbi Originator; Naruto failed to manipulate or influence either energy to any extent whatsoever.

Both of these exotic energies were exquisitely intertwined with his own chakra making their resonance perfectly aligned. This made his chakra, Seiki, and Ōzora Izō completely indistinguishable to even him. The only sign his Seiki and Ōzora Izō were even present was the distinct aura they exuded and their notable effect on jutsu. This made it impossible to isolate the 2 energies from chakra in a conventional sense. Luckily, Naruto wasn't conventional by any stretch of the imagination and was accustomed to failure so wasn't easily discouraged.

Still when he got too frustrated with his research he began to blow off steam by messing with the Shinigami that tailed him. He was particularly playful with 1 singular Shinigami since the reactions he got from her were always fun.

One particular dreaded event that Naruto had been waiting for in silent turmoil was set to occur during the first hour of the third day. It was the day that his body began showing the noticeable signs of the coming metamorphosis into the guise that pleased his goddess; the body of a female. It was something that he was secretly afraid of since inside he knew that he identified himself as a male at heart.

His body had been slowly producing chemicals and hormones for a female while cannibalizing the same chemicals and hormones for a male body all last week. Now his body was at a critical point. The balance between his goddess Seiki and the Kyūbi Originator's Ōzora Izō had been ever so slightly leaning in his goddess favor. It would take close to another 3 weeks for the process to crystallize in a transformation. Still there was nothing he could do about it so he tried his best to put it out of his mind, his goddess got annoyed at him when he worried about things he couldn't change.

In the first hour of the third day Naruto changed tactics. Seeing that his Seiki and Ōzora Izō were so thoroughly and completely intertwined he decided to see why that was and exactly how they worked. The results were immediate and very enlightening.

By utilizing an Iryōjutsu (Medical Technique) he created from medical theoretical text he had once been allowed to read, Naruto made his first breakthrough. Even though he had poured over theoretical text concerning chakra and how it was made for years what he discovered astonished him. Chakra as an energy was normally produced when cells in the cardiovascular system metabolized certain protein. This was the reason the chakra pathways was superimposed on the cardiovascular system. These protein carried trace amounts of heavy elements and minerals found in all animals, plants, and insects in the Elemental Nations.

Normally that would have been the extent of energy production for normal humans besides the biological energy needed for the body to function. However after careful study of many cells throughout their lifetime he discovered 2 other energies unknown to ninja. Normally this observation would have taken 2 weeks at the minimum to complete, since even the cell with the shortest life cycle took 2 weeks to cycle. However by using the only Iryōjutsu he was actually taught known as the Shōsen Jutsu (Mystic Palm) invented by Lady Tsunade; he was able to encourage cell growth and decay in a matter of seconds.

The first thing he discovered was a mutation in the way certain cells performed mitosis. The mutation in the cells caused them to use chakra to power the process instead of the chemical energy they normally used. The byproduct of cell separation and division created a special protein. This chakra created protein was stored in the cell membrane of the capillaries, blood vessels,arterioles, and the blood cells themselves. The protein emitted a unique radiation that was highly poisonous to other chakra sources and exceedingly erosive. This was part of what gave his blood its acidic qualities.

The radiation saturated his body and interacted with the Yang aspect of his chakra as it melded together with the Yin aspect as it was produced. This created a new energy that was elegantly intertwined with the chakra his body produced as a whole. This new energy was the elusive Ōzora Izō. The Ōzora Izō increased the overall volume of chakra through his body by a process of inflation. This aligned the normal chakra particles evenly which made his chakra far easier to draw on and allowed for far easier circulation. However it also made finding the Ōzora Izō a pain in the ass.

He had only begun to discover the basic dynamics needed to manipulate the Ōzora Izō for jutsu just in the past day. Even the very laws of chakra physics were radically different. Unlike chakra which mainly used rotation and circulation to generate an effect, his Ōzora Izō seemed to use a form of frequency harmonics. It was like playing a stringed instrument for different combination of sounds to create different songs.

The second energy he discovered was directly related to the process that created his Ōzora Izō. When his Ōzora Izō and the radiation produced by the special protein interacted with his Yin aspect chakra, a different form of radiation was created. This radiation seemed to actively encourage the creation of specific chemicals compounds in the endocrine system. This chemical caused a particular type of cell to experience rapid necrosis halfway through their life cycle. At the same time the radiation from the special protein rapidly mutated the dying cell's DNA, resulting in cancerous growths.

At that point he had been particularly horrified while wondering why he wasn't dead. As it turned out the cancer cells used his body's chemical energy, nutrients, and chakra to enhance the rate of growth. The blood plasma which was the medium his blood cells traveled through could become a corrosive and potent acid by coagulating around anything deemed a threat. Luckily it considered the cancer a threat and began breaking down the cancer cells the moment they began forming. The balance of growth and destruction leaned slightly in favor to destruction, thankfully. This caused the cancerous cells to slowly disintegrate.

The cancer cells were eventually broken down into unique proteins, chemical compounds, and minerals. The minerals carried trace amounts of the heavy metals the body needed to create chakra. Those same heavy metals gave off a radiation which interacts with both the Yin chakra and Ōzora Izō to create what he knew as Seiki.

The dynamics of his Seiki manipulation were similar to his Ōzora Izō manipulation but focuses mainly on undulation and rhythm instead of harmonic frequencies.

After this discovery Naruto finally managed to figure out how to influence both his reserves of Ōzora Izō and Seiki individual of each other and his chakra. Now that he knew what to look for he was able to disharmonize his chakra, like he trying to break a genjutsu. As he suspected, since both his Ōzora Izō and Seiki were created differently their reaction to dissonance were different from each other and his chakra. Thus, with a copious amount of practice he was able to draw on these 2 energies and his chakra separately.

The problem he faced now was that his control of these 2 energies when used alone was subpar to a standard Genin. If that wasn't enough he was forced to create new control exercises for both his Seiki and Ōzora Izō when used alone. However when used in conjunction with each other and his chakra even the B-ranked Kage-Bunshin No Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique) could be upped to a S-ranked kinjutsu.

His goddess refused to offer up anymore help then she already had, while he didn't even know how to talk to the Kyūbi Originator. On top of that, he had to keep an eye out for the annoying squad of Shinigami so he didn't show anything that could be used against him. Speaking of which…

XXXxxx-In the forest-xxxXXX

Naruto was brought out of his contemplation when he sensed a disturbance appear on the coast of the large pond he sat in. He was once again balancing on the single reed in the middle of the pond, which despite the many attacks was still intact. It no longer served a particular purpose in chakra training. The only reason he was on it at all was because it was familiar in an unfamiliar world. It was actually showing him a flaw he seemed to have developed. His body was using far more chakra than it strictly needed in everything it did which created the strange aura of chakra around him. It was actual very wasteful and he was determined to make himself as economically efficient as possible.

Still that goal was put on hold when he sensed what the 'Source' told him was a Senkaimon (World Penetration Gate) open on the shore around 23 meters behind him, in the tree line where his favorite tail was currently hiding.

The young demigod made sure to keep his eyes closed while his Tetsujin Mōdo (Sage Mode) enhanced senses kept careful track on all the Shinigami's movement and the Senkaimon. He had so far reframed from testing the battle potential of his Ōzora Izō or his Seiki. He had only used his physical strength to take care of the Hollows to avoid giving anything away. He knew just how dangerous and powerful information actually was. Needless to say he was weary.

Luckily during the rare times when he allowed his body to rest he'd been preparing a genjutsu tailored especially for Reiryoku (Spiritual Power) beings. The genjutsu only used his Yin chakra to interact with the Reiryoku of spiritual beings. Since the Shinigami's body was created of Reiryoku they couldn't break the genjutsu without destabilizing their bodies. For this reason his genjutsu was theoretically unbreakable when used on beings created from Reiryoku.

Since Naruto had only been given scrolls on genjutsu theory he had a challenging time forming such a complex genjutsu and was sure there more than a few bugs to be worked out. Still with his advanced perception of time it only took a few seconds to utilize the theory to create a prototype of the specialized genjutsu. It only took another second to puzzle out how to invoke it without handseals, thanks to his mastery and familiarity with his own chakra.

The genjutsu was simple in practice if not principle. It was supposed to simply make the target unable to perceive any skill or phenomenon outside the dimension of Reiryoku and Reiatsu (Spiritual Pressure).

The only down side was that he had to tailor the genjutsu for each individual to account for the different frequency of Reiryoku and the different pressures of Reiatsu for every person he used it on. Normally this would make the genjutsu worthless in a battle field situation. However in this instance where he just wanted to hide the majority of his power and ability, it was perfect.

He had ultimately decided to wait to cast the genjutsu for the first time until he either worked out all the bugs or the Shinigami actually threatened him. While he was definitely curious as to what sort of effect his genjutsu would have in reality, he didn't want to test it on potential religious converts. After all his goddess had indicated that he was only going to be the first of her disciples which meant that she wanted more to join her faith.

Still he was careful to appear to still be mediating. It wasn't that hard either since he was in a constant meditative state. He had to forgo separating his Seiki from his Yin chakra since he hadn't perfected using dissonance while casting any jutsu. However since he theorized that his Seiki could only make his genjutsu stronger he really wasn't all that upset. He was slightly worried about what effect it would have on the overall genjutsu though.

Naruto sensed the new Shinigami step out of the Senkaimon and was able to analyze and record his specific Reiryoku signature and Reiatsu pressure for his genjutsu. Thanks to his discovery and subsequent training he was able to purposely enhance his Tetsujin Mōdo with his Seiki enhanced Yin chakra; while completely removing the Ōzora Izō from his Yang chakra. This allowed him to focus only on only visualizing the different frequencies of Reiryoku and Reiatsu pressure that made up a spiritual entities entire existence. This granted him a form of spiritual clairvoyance similar to his chakra clairvoyance that allowed him to focus solely on Reiatsu and Reiryoku. Essentially he was able translate Reiryoku frequencies into shape and dimension; while visualizing Reiatsu pressure in color, sound, and sensations.

It was in this was that he was able to tell what the new Shinigami looked liked even with his eyes closed. The new Shinigami had the appearance of an elderly man with slate grey eyes, a grey mustache, and strait shoulder length grey hair. He wore different clothing then the Shinigami that had been shadowing him. This Shinigami wore a black Shihakusho (Garment of Dead Souls) with a white short sleeved Haori over it; fingerless gloves that covered the back of his hand which looped up to attach to the base of the fingers, and a white silk scarf around his neck. His Reiatsu was a pale magenta and compared to the other Shinigami shadowing him was absolutely immense and focused with the resolution to kill.

The moment the Shinigami stepped completely out of the Senkaimon he used a form of high movement technique. Naruto knew instantly that the kinds of speed the white drabbed Shinigami moved at was beyond the limits of his physical body, even when augmented with chakra for the Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique). Though he couldn't physically follow the Shinigami's movements, in his mind's eye the Shinigami was just walking briskly. Typically the Shinigami tailing him moving with a similar speed technique seemed to be moving at a snail's pace. Though that was also incredibly fast his body could still keep up with those speeds, if barely.

Surprisingly the white cloaked Shinigami appeared on the edge of the large pond in front of him. He had expected the Shinigami to at least check in with the others to update his information. He briefly pondered on the situation before ultimately dismissing the entire thought process as pointless. Naruto allowed his eyes to slowly open and fixed them on the Shinigami with a steady and intense glare. He really didn't like it when people did things that he didn't anticipate. Naruto blinked once and stated in deadpan tone "Well, this is unexpected."

The Shinigami seemed to appraise him before speaking. "I am the 27th head of the Kuchiki Clan and Captain of the 6th division of the Gotei 13, Kuchiki Ginrei. I have been sent as a representative from the Seireitei (Court of Pure Souls) to divine your intentions in the Gense (Material World) and towards the Seireitei itself."

Naruto could literally sense the hostility bubbling just below Kuchiki's calm façade and decided that a fight might be likely. He briefly contemplated whether he should use his genjutsu or not, since he hadn't worked all the kinks out of it yet. He ultimately decided that it would be best so that even if they did fight he didn't give what could be a vital advantage away.

Quickly and efficiently splitting his chakra into its Yin and Yang aspects, Naruto gathered the 3000 units of Yin aspect chakra necessary for his genjutsu. A single unit of chakra was the absolute minimum of chakra necessary to complete the Leaf Floating exercise.

He quickly and efficiently filtered out any remaining Yang chakra or Ōzora Izō in order to make the aspect of chakra he was working with pure. Even the smallest bit of Yang aspect chakra or Ōzora Izō could ruin the entire genjutsu or worse, tip his hand too early. It was only when he had completely purified the Yin aspect chakra he gathered that he began the delicate process of casting the genjutsu. He had to mold and swirl the Yin aspect chakra carefully in the pattern his genjutsu specified. At the same time he also began undulating the Seiki in his Yin aspect chakra in a specific rhythm to match the frequency of his Yin aspect chakra.

Doing both at the same time and at the proper intervals was actually challenging and took his full attention. Luckily when he wasn't paying attention his perception reverted to its original state which gave him all the time in the world. Because of that particular quirk all it took to finish his manipulations roughly 1/900 of a second, which for him was a bit on the slow side since he took his time concentrating.

The blond Jinchūriki cast his modified genjutsu and was surprised when he actually saw it advance from him in a delicate ever expanding spherical web. He felt and saw the delicate chakra construct brush against Kuchiki's Reiryoku and the other Shinigami's Reiryoku in front of him and the others around him and bond to all their Reiatsu and Reiryoku. What he wasn't expecting was for all the Shinigami to drop like a puppet with its strings cut the moment his genjutsu set.

For a few moments Naruto could only stare dumbly at the fallen Shinigami, although he had suspected something to happen this was a bit much. With a troubled sigh he used his perfected Tetsujin Mōdo to sense what was happening in the Shinigami in front of him, even as his lips thinned in distaste.

After looking over all the Shinigami carefully he found the problem which unsurprisingly pertained to the effect of his Seiki in the genjutsu. It appeared that the addition of his Seiki altered the very nature of his genjutsu. The genjutsu was supposed to stop the Shinigami from perceiving any skills or phenomena outside the dimension of Reiatsu and Reiryoku. However his Seiki enhanced genjutsu took this concept and expounded upon it. It essentially prevented the Shinigami from perceiving any form of Seiki, Ōzora Izō, chakra, Reiatsu, or Reiryoku. Since the Shinigami were made of Reiryoku they were unable to perceive anything. He didn't even think they could perceive their own thoughts.

The silver lining in the situation was that the Shinigami were still capable of breathing although their heart beat had slowed significantly.

As he continued to study the effects his genjutsu had on the Shinigami, he noted that Kuchiki's Reiatsu was gradually breaking his genjutsu. At the same time he realized that the Shinigami's Zanpakuto (Soul Slayer) was glowing faintly. He predicted that without his aid the Kuchiki Clan Head would have broken his genjutsu in 2 ½ hours. The young Demigod quickly checked all the other Shinigami and found a similar phenomenon. Although at the rate they were burning through his genjutsu he predicted they would need another 2 or 3 days. The only one that defied that expectation was his favorite tail; although she would still half a day to burn through his genjutsu.

With a barely perceptible sigh Naruto decided that he would use the time he had to work on separating the Seiki from his Yin aspect chakra. He usually worked on dozens of things at once since it took a vast amount of concentration. This helped him alter his perception of time to the point that he could perceive time only a couple times faster than normal instead of hundreds of time. However he decided to focus solely on perfecting dissonance which would help him separate his chakra aspects from his celestial aspects. Such single minded concentration would automatically reset his perception of time but priority demanded that his secrets came first.

He decided to keep the flaws in his genjutsu since they likely saved the Shinigami's lives. Without those specific flaws he had little doubt that the Shinigami he used the genjutsu on would have slipped into a coma and simply died as all their vital organs failed. He didn't yet want to make an enemy out of the Shinigami since his Goddess appeared to have a plan concerning them.

Having finally decided what he was going to do Naruto closed his eyes; since he hadn't moved from his trusty reed he simply stayed there and began practicing his dissonance.

AN: Ragdain here; Before anything else I have to say that though I am annoyed that my muse is so fickle I'm also glad that it's so insistent. Anyway this chapter was to help explain where chakra as energy came from and how it interacted with Naruto's Seiki and Ōzora Izō. This was what was holding me back but luckily inspiration slapped me upside the head in the form of my old biology book. I couldn't even get mad at gravity and momentum for conspiring against me since they got my creative juices flowing.

If anyone has any questions they can either PM me or ask in a review, seriously the more reviews I get the more inspired I get to when writing.

For those of you who are going to no doubt be sputtering over the use of genjutsu, and the effectiveness against spiritual beings; note that there is precedence with Sōsuke Aizen and his complete hypnosis.

Hypnosis itself is a condition that can be artificially induced in which they are very susceptible to suggestions from the hypnotist. Genjutsu techniques manipulate the flow of chakra in the victim's brain, thus causing a disruption in their senses. However instead of using chakra which the Shinigami do not possess; Naruto uses his Yin aspect chakra which is similar enough to both Reiatsu and Reiryoku that it can have the same effect as normal genjutsu. However since spiritual beings are made of spiritual energy the effects of genjutsu would be far more pronounced, almost to the point of altering reality for spiritual beings.

For better understanding imagine it as if Yakumo Kurama, heiress of the Kurama clan used her Ido demon to cast illusions. They would easily be able to alter reality and even kill; the same principles apply with Naruto in conjunction with spiritual beings.

By the way, completely random thought here: Does anyone else think that it was a coincidence that there was a clan named after the Kyūbi's true name that just happen to specialize in illusions; a field that has been historically dominated by Kitsune?

Anyway I had better get this updated so that people actually have questions left, I seem to have a bad habit of answering questions in my notes.

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