Days of Future Resurrection 14: The Void: I.
"How long has it been? The creation of time was when I was admitted to this vast wasteland, I was told I would be summoned soon. That was ages ago. Why haven't I been summoned yet? They were all summoned and left this endless void. Why can't I?" A crow sits and ponders these thoughts on a black as coal cliff side. He stares into the eternal, lifeless, purple oceans that grant death to any who touch its waters. The sky is an endless black but still a little light still shines in this dimension. Things didn't used to be this way. This world was created long ago and was bright, full of life, and above all, colorful. Now however, the only light to be seen is the red from the eyes of the crow and only a small sliver from the sun, piercing a small portion of purple and blue clouds atop the final habitable place in this void. "I used to fly everywhere and could always visit new lands in this void. But now everyone is gone. Just me by myself. The waters that have consumed so many lives rise a little bit every day. Soon, I will be consumed by these waters. Should I end it now? No, because what is soon, apparently it could mean 32 million years… Besides, things in the over world are getting interesting. Sometimes the whisper of wind that makes it to these lands carries news of what happens." thinks the crow.
"Wait a second…that chakra...is that?!" exclaims the crow.
"You're still here." Says a bright orange, nine tailed beast.
"Kurama, what are you doing here?" asks the crow.
"I sensed chakra on this plane, and I had to see if it was yours." Kurama says as his tails wag behind the crow. "Why are you still here though? We were all summoned at one point or another after Kaguya ate the chakra fruit." asks Kurama.
"I haven't been summoned yet. I can't leave this plane until I am summoned." replies the crow.
"I've learned a lot since I left. You know, you were the only one of our kind that could challenge my power and intelligence." states the nine tailed beast.
"You've been out all these years getting smarter and better in battle. I doubt that I could amount to a fraction of what you have done." says the crow.
"Did the wind whisper that to you?" asks Kurama.
"Who else would have? No one has ever dared come back to this vacuum of nothingness after being summoned away." cries the crow.
"This place once use to be beautiful for us. But even when we were summoned away, the world was already rotten. I'm truly surprised to see that you are still here." says Kurama.
"Kurama, why have you come back?" asks the crow.
"Since I left, I saw truly horrible things. I was forcefully put under control one of the most disgusting human beings of all time, I witnessed families kill each other in the name of anything, I was split into two entities, I saw children get massacred by weapons of science for a lost cause that would be forgotten a few decades later. I have seen every being from this plane on the one I have learned to call home, all besides you. Why haven't you been summoned yet?" asks Kurama.
"One of us was able to split you into two entities? I thought one was bad enough." replies the crow.
"Smartass! There are beings out there that call themselves humans. These humans have only mere fractions of power compared to us!" answers Kurama.
"Why would I want to be summoned by one of these humans?" returns the crow.
"Humans are interesting. Their intelligence spans many times over ours, as does their courage, spirit, and sometimes idiocy. But if anything, humans are able to be used as instruments." replies Kurama.
"Instruments?"
"Yes. Everything they do, can be learned from. They are malleable to change and to everything that surrounds them. I've seen great tragedies come from these humans and I've also seen them perform great miracles." answers Kurama.
"I thought the voices that the wind whispered to me sounded….alien…" says the crow.
"I'm here because I need you." states Kurama.
"What? You need...me?" replies the crow with hope threading its voice.
"Your creation in this world was confusing to all of us...we all served a purpose, but yours, we never understood. Not until now…" says Kurama.
"The Creator always spoke in metaphors." replies the crow.
"The creator told all of us what purpose we would serve, but what I understand now, is that the Creator did not tell us a metaphor about your creation. I know what he means by 'you will help the Final Endgame.' he literally meant that you will help end the game." states Kurama.
"What game? I don't understand a word that you're saying!" exclaims the crow.
"You got whispers of the Fourth Great Ninja War, correct?"
"That was the most exciting time of my life. I got whispers around every ten minutes!" says the crow with excitement.
"The humans refer to the endgame as the end of a war. The Final Endgame is the war to end all wars." replies Kurama.
"The war to end all wars?" asks the crow.
"I thought that the Fourth Great Ninja War was the Final Endgame but years later I realized, you were never present in the war." says Kurama.
"You have certainly grown humble, Kurama." replies the crow.
"I learned a lot while I was gone." says Kurama, with a haunting look.
"Where are the other tailed beasts?" asks the crow.
"It's me, Gyuki, Shukaku, and Son Goku. Even my other half is dead." replies Kurama.
"So half of you, the One Tail, the Four Tails, and the Eight Tails?" asks the crow.
"That's it. A new conflict is arising, I sense that this time it will be the Final Endgame." replies Kurama.
"How do you know!?" asks the crow impatiently.
"Don't give me attitude! I may only be half as powerful as the last time we met but I will still kick your ass!" shouts Kurama. "His voice is thundering…" thinks the crow. The crow turns and stares out at the infinite sea.
"Where are your Jinchuriki?" asks the crow.
"What?" asks Kurama.
"The wind told me that others like us were sealed inside of humans. These humans were called 'Jinchuriki' am I wrong?" asks the crow.
"No...but why would it matter?" asks Kurama.
"If this 'Final Endgame' is upon us, then I will need the help of these Jinchuriki." replies the crow.
"Their chakra is gone...all of the chakra that my Jinchuriki left me is gone. They're dead and have moved on to better places" explains Kurama as he stares at the dim light that pierces the horizon.
"I don't suppose you have a plan, Kurama?" asks the Crow.
"I have a plan right now. All we need to do is, wait…" says Kurama.
"Will I be sealed inside of a person?" asks the crow.
"No, you will simply be summoned, and you will return to a different world of existence along with the rest of the Tailed Beasts." states Kurama.
"You mean, none of you have jinchuriki?" asks the crow.
"None. Come on, lets get moving. This small sliver of an island won't do us any good. Is there anywhere else we could go?" asks Kurama.
"Can't we go towards your dimension?" asks the crow, a pleading look in his eyes.
"Not until you have been summoned." replies Kurama.
"There is one place, but we will be flying for a long time." says the crow. The crow grows from a small shoe size, to the same size as Kurama. He spreads his darker than black wings to their maximum width, using his three feet to grab Kurama, and starts flying. Leaving the perch that he had sat on for a few hundred years the crow soars high above the purple oceans of death.
"FINAL QUESTION MAGGOTS!" Id yelled at the top of his lungs…
Story: GirrafeAssassin aka Akatsukiswaggerman Editor: Classified