Gaara sat in the center of the desert where they had landed just instants before at the request of Aiko and Katashi to help them find their brother.
"We can't leave Naruto to fight Ishida by himself!" Sasuke said angrily
"We would only be in the way." Gaara said calmly as Sasuke shot a wicked glance towards him
"What do you mean Gaara?" Sakura asked intently
"All of our attacks did nothing to him and the only reason we are still alive is because he shared some of his chakra shroud with us. The Kyuubi is resistant to the flames while we are not." Gaara said pointing towards Sasuke's burnt arm.
"Sasuke!" Sakura said looking at the burn having just noticed it. She ran towards him and immediately started applying first aid and Medical Ninjutsu, "This burn has some strange characteristics. It doesn't seem to take to easily to healing Ninjutsu." She said
Sasuke pulled his arm away but Sakura grabbed it and held it still as she continued to apply first aid.
"Our only hope is to find Yagami whose element quenches the fire within Ishida!" Aiko said turning to Gaara who seemed to be meditating.
Gaara's senses coursed through the sand of the desert poking and probing at every cave or hole from the boundaries of the land of wind to himself. It had taken him years to spread his fine chakra infused sand from one end of the land to the other but he did manage to accomplish the task and now had the ability to feel every footstep across the desert.
"Hmm…" Gaara said to himself as Aiko finished checking the wind. Katashi couldn't check the earth as the sand was all too loose without any solid earth in sight.
"What is it Gaara?" Sakura asked having finished putting a wrap around Sasuke's arm
"I believe I've found him." Gaara said opening his eyes
"Could you sense him!?" Aiko asked excitedly
Gaara shook his head.
"Then how do you know you found him?" Katashi asked
"My sand allows me to sense every subtle change in the desert from the wind on the dunes to the insects burrowing into it. My senses are complete from one end of this land to the other but there is one area now that I can feel nothing." Gaara responded
"Ishida must've set up a barrier!" Sasuke said looking around, "Which direction?" He asked Gaara
A line of sand rose from the ground leading into the distance. The group immediately set off at top speed running along the line of sand. They ran across the desert and eventually arrived at the old hideout where Orochimaru had trained Sasuke when he was perfecting Jutsu's. It was here that the line of sand stopped completely at the entrance.
They ran into the opening and looked around, "Sasuke isn't this…!?" Sakura started
"You all need to follow me I know this place well and I know that no sensory techniques will work within these walls." Sasuke said and darted off in one direction. There were torches lit up in every square inch of the cavern causing it to be incredibly hot though still cooler than the outside.
They ran through what seemed like endless mazes underground and eventually came to an open door and entered inside.
"Yagami! Brother!" Aiko yelled seeing his blue skinned brother hanging from shackles looking incredibly dehydrated.
Aiko used a blast of wind that sliced the shackles that were meant to keep only water at bay. Yagami fell to the ground and Sakura immediately rushed over and started applying some Medical Ninjutsu connecting torn muscles and damaged organs with chakra. Sasuke leaned over the man and grabbed a small water pouch from his side and poured it into the man's mouth.
Immediately upon the touch of water to his lips the man's appearance became healthier and his face became fuller and stronger. Soon he opened his eyes to see himself surrounded by the group.
"Aiko!... Katashi!... My Brothers!" He said happily and tried to stand but wound up falling and needing to be supported by Katashi.
"Yagami we need to get you to Ishida, Kurama is fighting him!" Aiko said
"What!? No we must get to Kurama NOW!" Yagami said and they started to head towards the door but were blocked by Sasuke.
"No one's going anywhere until you tell me what the meaning of this is!" Sasuke said pointing to the wall where a charcoal drawing of the ninetails with the symbol for hate (Kirai) was enscribed on the chest.
"If you think you can stop us…" Kitashi said squaring up to Sasuke
"Don't make this difficult!" Gaara said from behind Sasuke and walked to Sasuke's side. This visibly deterred Katashi who stepped back a little, "Naruto has saved my life as well as the lives of all those who live in the Shinobi world. We want to know what danger is facing him now that has even the Alchemists worried for him."
Yagami looked at them and then looked down closing his eyes, "Tell them Aiko."
"But Brother!" Katashi started
"Enough! They deserve to know after all it is our fault that their friend is in danger." Yagami said looking angrily at Katashi
"Do we even have time to talk! If Naruto is in danger it's best if we go help him right away!" Sakura said worriedly
The three Alchemists looked at each other and nodded. They made a few hand signs and said in unison, "Yin Release Time stop Jutsu!"
Suddenly the world was still and even the flames stopped dancing entirely.
"What's going on?" Sasuke asked not turning his head from the three Alchemists
"Once the Sage of Six-Paths mastered chakra control he taught us Alchemists all of his techniques and Jutsu's one of which is the Time Stop Jutsu which halts all time and motion outside the immediate eyesight of the casters. It takes an incredible amount of energy and if we are to still fight Ishida we need to hurry to tell our story."
"It started with Aiko informing the Sage of Six Paths about the Creation of All Things." Aiko Began
(Flashback to where Aiko first mentioned the Creation of All Things to Sage Namikaze)
"For the head of an elemental nation you sure have a big mouth!" Yagami stated disgusted that Aiko was about to inform the Sage of their most highly treasured technique
"I said let him speak!" Sage Namikaze said allowing the ten tails cloak to fall upon him which caused everyone in the room to stop speaking, "Continue Aiko!"
"It is a technique passed down through the Elemental Nations since the Almighty entrusted his creative powers on man. It was the same technique that was used to create the ten-tails."
"AIKO!" Katashi yelled angrily
The ten tails cloak reached out and grasped the Elemental and shook him wildly before slamming him on the ground, "So help me! If one more of you attempts to silence this boy I will silence you! Permanently!"
"So much for peace!" Yagami said under his breath
"You're saying the ten-tails was a product of the Elemental Nations?" Sage Namikaze asked
Aiko nodded, "It was originally meant to be a symbol of peace and harmony among the nations as each element had all of its power poured into the creation of the creature, unfortunately each nation also tried to secretly pour its desire for the destruction of the other nations in the creature as well and it turned and started to destroy all the nations. This was how our war started as each nation blamed the other for poisoning the ten-tails against their respective element."
"And how will this help me?" Sage Namikaze asked
"We can still use the Creation of All Things to create bodies to fill with power and intent, if we used it to build separate houses for the ten-tails chakra we could also fill them with your intent for peace and potentially never need another Jinchuriki." Aiko responded
"Very well! We shall do as such!" Sage Namikaze said and the other Alchemist glared hatefully at Aiko.
"Do not fret my friends, my brothers! I want you to help me find the perfect houses for this powerful chakra as this time they will be the symbols of peace to this Shinobi World that we have helped to create." Sage Namikaze said with a smile looking to each of the Elemental Heads of the Nations.
They looked at each other and then to Sage Namikaze, "Very well we will assist!"
They spent that day speaking amongst themselves and looking at all sorts of flora and fauna that surrounded the structure from where they were stationed. Each element was speaking excitedly about what creatures and powers would go well together and how each one would differ vastly from the next. Yagami, Aiko and Katashi worked together forming the ideas for eight different creatures but Ishida stayed withdrawn from the group drawing and redrawing his idea for a beast to house incredible amounts of power and, unknown to his companions, his intense hatred and hunger for destruction.
At the end of the week Sage Namikaze returned, "Have you found worthy vessels for the power of the ten-tails?"
"We have Sage Namikaze!" Aiko responded, "Behold the 'Nine Tailed Beasts'!"
The removed a cloth where nine young looking creatures stood in a row made of clay, lifeless yet seemingly alive. The first creature resembled a raccoon with a large tail that came out from behind it. The second resembled a tiger with two tails protruding from behind. The third looked like a large tortoise with three tails, and the fourth a large ape with four tails. The fifth and sixth appeared to be horselike and sluglike respectively with five and six defined tails protruding from behind. The seventh seemed to be an insect with one defined tail and six wings and the eighth appeared to be an octopuse with a bull head and build with eight octopus legs protruding from the bottom and two arms.
Finally the sage turned to Ishida whose creation lay concealed under a cloth still.
"And of your creation?" The sage asked
Ishida smiled and pulled the cloth revealing a small nine tailed fox kit with large ears and small paws.
The sage looked at the creation intently almost thinking it had already taken life and was about to open its eyes, "This one is special!" He said, "This one more than any of the others will change the face of the world as we know it!" Sage Namikaze said looking down the line of the tailed beasts.
"It is what I am hoping for!" Ishida said with a bow smiling malevolently to himself
"Now explain to me what I am to do with these creatures?" the Sage turned to the four
"First you have to give them actual physical bodies with blood and skin this is coming from nothing so you must use a spiritual creation first on them. Then you must breathe life into them and give their form movement through physical energy. After they have bodies and life then you must give them energy in the form of chakra. This is where you can permanently input the ten-tails chakra into these forms and each of us will add our power to the mix as a sign of peace to the nations." Aiko explained the process
"Then I know what I must do." Sage Namikaze said and had them place the creatures around himself in a circle. He put his fingers below his chin and allowed his chakra to build up eventually filling the room with a blue glow of his chakra.
"Yin realease Spiritual Creation!" he yelled and a blue fire started in his one hand as his eyes glowed brightly with the Rinnegan. The fire lept from his hand in all directions striking one after another the creatures. Fur grew and slime flowed as the physical bodies of the creatures were formed from nothing but the mere thought of the Sage. Finally each one had a body but no life.
"Yang Release Breath of Life!" Sage Namikaze yelled and a red fire started in his other hand. This fire wisped through the air in a smoke-like fashion snaking its way through the room as the Alchemists watched in wonder at the ancient art that was unfolding before their eyes. Soon they could hear each of the constructs as they started to breath slowly and fall to the ground with their eyes shut.
"Yin-Yang Release Infusion!" Was the last that the Sage of Six paths yelled and the room lit up in a black chakra that emanated from the Sage like a flowing fountain.
The sage walked to the first creature and filled it to capacity with chakra until he couldn't put any more into it. He then walked to the second touching it with his index finger and filling it to capacity with his chakra as the elemental Brothers followed suit each adding their power to whichever animals they helped to invent. Earth and wind for the one tail, Wind and water for the two tails, water and earth for the three tails, earth for the four tails, wind for the five tails, earth and water for the six tails, wind for the seven tails and water for the eight tails.
Finally the Sage of Six Paths walked to the Nine tails he still had a vast amount of chakra, more than what he'd been able to fill up in the other eight vessels combined. He put his finger to the head of the Nine-Tails and started to fill it with chakra. To his surprise he put more and more of the ten-tails chakra into the vessel and it still wasn't near full. As he emptied the last bit of Ten-tails chakra into the Nine tails Ishida unleashed a massive amount of elemental energy that latched on to the ten-tails energy and began to get pulled into the creature.
The fox kit with nine tails somehow managed to absorb that incredible amount of energy just reaching its capacity as the Elemental head of Fire dropped to the ground having placed all of his reserves of energy and quite a bit of his desire to crush the other elemental nations into the heart of the Nine-tailed beast.
The sage looked around and could see that they were alive and soon one by one from one to nine the tailed beasts opened their eyes.
Thanks for reading I know this has been a long chapter and I'm sorry if it was boring in any way but believe me when I say that the next chapter will be the last in the sequence of Kurama's origins. Hope everyone is enjoying it seeing as I haven't received one single review yet a few fav's. Remember, just a few clicks of a keyboard or mouse can tell me a lot about how well the story is going and if I should change it up a bit or not. Ultima S. Next Finale, Kurama Origins!
