Chapter 19

The Cage for Beasts

Naruto's Mind

"The seal is weakening?" asked Naruto with his eyes wide.

"Yes. However this is not what concerns me," responded the Sage.

"Than, what is it that concerns you?" asked Naruto

"How the jinchuuriki will be affected by the Juubi's arrival," responded the Sage.

"What do you mean 'affected'?" asked Naruto

"As I told you once before, of how I separated the tails of the juubi to create the 9 bijuu's. The last tail, the tenth tail is what I had to seal away only because the other bijuu's were drawn to it. My fear is that if the seal weakens the bijuu's will be drawn to the power of the tail and the separated bijuu will become one again" said the sage.

"What was the Juubi, before you separated him?" asked Naruto

"The juubi was an ancient man-eating dragon who had exceptional powers," said the sage.

"Itachi said that chakra wouldn't be able to work on it. If that's the case then how did you manage to do so?" asked Naruto.

"My chakra is different," responded the sage

"How so?" asked Naruto

"Let me tell you a little bit about dragons and a little about myself" said the sage "Dragons have been around for a while, but before our time."

"What happened to them?" asked Naruto

"I'm getting to that," replied the sage "Dragons were very magnificent but dangerous creatures. However they like human barely recognize the idea of conservation. They used to eat a lot of predators to the point where there were simply no more game to eat. Soon enough they began to eat each other slowly turning into cannibals. Eventually only one dragon remained. The name of the dragon was Majora," said the sage.

"Majora? What's so special about this dragon?" asked Naruto.

"Majora was the first and only dragon to ever have been seen to use chakra. It was never clear if Majora discovered it or if dragons were able to do it for a while. However one fact remains clear, Majora was the mother of the juubi" the sage replied.

"What happened to Majora?" asked Naruto

"That's where the both of us come in. See when Majora was around, human civilization was just beginning. Majora had been terrorizing different human colonies. Armies of men gathered to face Majora however her skills and her scales were too great for them" replied the sage

"Scales?" asked Naruto.

"It's an ancient myth said by those living back then. It was said; that her skin was a big coat of armor. However that armor was impenetrable by any weapon they had made. There was another interesting myth; it was said that Majora's scale would grant anyone's wish so long as they had the scale on them" said the sage.

"Was this true?" asked Naruto.

"I don't know; no one has ever successfully penetrate her armor. Until one lonely traveler had saved civilization," said the sage.

"Who was it?" asked Naruto.

"Some called him a deity since they believed his ninja powers were the powers of a god. However I called him dad," the sage responded.

"What did your dad have to do with this?" asked Naruto.

"He was the one who brought Majora down, though not without difficulty. Somewhere in the middle of all the fighting, Majora had laid a single egg…that single egg turned out to be the juubi. The juubi was given the name Katzien by that same tribe Tae was from" said the sage.

"That still doesn't explain how her tribe was able to posses the power to control these dragons" said Naruto.

"Ah…Now there is where the big question lies. You remember what I said about Majora's armor?" asked the sage.

"Yeah" responded Naruto "Why?" he asked, creasing his eyebrows.

"Well, since I don't really know what happened I can form two theories. The first is that, Majora's armor really did have the power to make someone's wish come true, which I think is unlikely. The second is that the tribe had found remains of Majora's armor from the fight and had studied it well enough to replicate it. I think that they were able to absorb the amount of chakra radiating from the armor and mix it with their own chakra reserves. Therefore that chakra not only allows them to live longer but be able to manipulate the mind of a dragon", explained the sage.

"Back to my earlier question, you said your chakra is different…explain" said Naruto.

"My father, before he died had taken Majora's eyes and implanted their power within my own", said the sage.

Naruto's eyes went wide, "So that means…"

"Yes, the Rinnegan is the power of the dragons. Inside both you and the other Rinnegan user, you have dragon's chakra", responded the sage "However, you have more of it, since you are also a Jinchuuriki"

Naruto creased his eyebrows and said "I don't understand"

"The nine tails" immediately responded the sage.

Immediately Naruto looked upon his abdominal and asked "So the tailed beasts all have dragons chakra?"

"Well why wouldn't they. They were all one being once, but essentially yes. Which is why it worries me so much, since the similarities in chakra will cause the tailed beasts to attract to Katziels chakra", said the sage.

"Would the chakra not be as strong since you split his chakra to create the 9 demon beasts?" asked Naruto

"No, splitting only took barely a microscopic proportion of his chakra but it take some abilities away from him", responded the sage.

"Such as?" Naruto asked.

"His sight" responded the sage

"He's blind?" asked Naruto, realizing the importance of this information.

"Yes, that all the splitting did to him. Which I consider to be a huge advantage for you" said the sage.

"That's where you're wrong," responded Naruto.

"What do you mean?" asked the sage.

"It would be an advantage if I were facing only one dragon. However Orochimaru plans to use an army of dragons cloned from Katziel to take over the world. And I think he plans to clone Sakura in order to have control over the dragons" responded Naruto

"What are we to do?" asked the sage.

"If we can destroy any sample of Sakura's DNA that he might have. Then reseal Katziel's seal, and change the location of the seal", said Naruto.

"We need to hurry Naruto. We need to start the training soon!" exclaimed the sage.

"I know, we will have to start immediately after we get to the village," responded Naruto "Now before I leave I need you to tell me one more thing…"

"What is that?" asked the sage.

"How did your father kill Majora?" he asked.

AN: So what did u guys think of this chapter? I know it was pretty long and kinda boring but I had to try and answer some questions and introduce the new plot line quickly. Now another thing I wanted to ask was what did you guys think of Falling Skies preview. I want some truthful criticism about the preview that I showed. Now I'm also working on another fanfic...(I know not a good sign)...It will be a Harry Potter one (Don't ask girlfriend made me), the title for it is still under works but I will have a preview in the next chapter.