There clear as day, inscribed clearly for his Kyuudou Rinnegan to see was the key to Uzushiogakure no Sato's greatest secret. But before they could access it, Naruto knew he had to come clean to his companions.
"Mikoto, Kushina, there's something I need to tell the both of you, but, please, don't interrupt me. Wait for me to finish."
Red and black haired kunoichi nodded in unison as they waited for Naruto to speak about his harrowing tale.
Staring at the both of them, Naruto sighed tiredly before reverting his eyes to crimson orbs of the Sharingan. "It's better if I show you instead."
And with that, he caught them in a genjutsu.
Kushina landed, looked around her, and shuddered. The battlefield she found herself in was shrouded in darkness, so dark that she couldn't see anything even with the kyuubi bolstering her senses. Moments later, Mikoto joined her, dropping out of the air as though from a cloud, her Sharingan active and alert.
The two shared an apprehensive look, themselves being the only things visible.
There was a sudden bask of light, the both of them rubbed the spots from their vision before taking multiple steps back. Kushina beginning to quiver and Mikoto sending even more chakra to her eyes, enhancing them to mangekyō state as if disbelieving what she was seeing.
On the opposite side of the battlefield, stood the heir of the Uchiha clan himself, Madara Uchiha, tall, spiky black hair falling in droves to the small of his back, red armour caked with blood, red eyed and poised. His visage in a permanent dark sneer, the type of face given when you were assured of victory.
It was a massacre. Bodies strewn everywhere. Children as young as seven missing their eyes. Blank faced ANBU cruelly ripping babes from mothers. All the while Madara hardly batted an eye. Only focusing on the two jonin and one Jinchūriki genin in front of him.
The very air screamed as a wormhole opened, the singularity ending with an audible pop, but not before depositing a masked man wearing purple. Only one of his red eyes visible. The aura he gave off was prominent killing intent as he stared down at the two jonin.
The two didn't say anything, just stepping forward and raising their hands, moulding their considerable chakra's in unison, and blowing out torrents of liquid fire. Separating the combatants.
The flashback distorted and changed, showing a different vision of the past.
A grown Kushina, battling with a battalion of shinobi, skin crackling, and eyes dead. Adamantine chakra chains cutting a swath through the fodder shinobi, water jutsu flying through the air, as shinobi fell. Fuinjutsu neatly preventing attacks, before the katana on her waist made short work of the rest of them. Ending the resistance.
The flashback distorted and changed, showing a different vision of the past.
An old Hiruzen sat behind his desk, hands holding his frail chin upward as he gazed at his most faithful and loyal ANBU captain. Itachi Uchiha himself.
"Hokage-Sama, it's with great regret that I must say this, but the Uchiha clan plan to revolt. They're tired of being kept at arm's length, the seeds of hatred that Madara planted have finally born fruit, they refuse to listen to reason. Something has to be done, or Konoha will be plunged into civil warfare! Other nations will capitalise on our weakness, leading to the fourth shinobi war! We can't allow that to happen!"
"What would you have me do Itachi-Kun? My hands are tired…"
"I believe I can help with that. Rip the root before it corrupts the great leaf. Annihilate the Uchiha clan before anything untoward occurs."
The scene shifted and now Mikoto and Kushina followed the fledgling Uchiha into the district which clearly had signs of being violated. Screams coming from inside.
"Nooooooooooooo!" A man was kneeling on the floor begging as a screaming and flailing young women was being dragged outside by masked figures. "Please! Don't!" The man begged. "Take me instead! She's done nothing!"
Itachi blank faced stepped in front of the man, who looked up at him in terror and salvation. "This is the price for betraying Konoha." And with that he brought his Tantō down, cleanly separating the father's head from his shoulders.
Mikoto and Kushina screamed themselves hoarse as the atrocities continued, until there was silence.
Scene after scene, on and on it went. Mikoto's face dripped with tears. Her body trembled and shook. Kushina clung to her so tightly that wisps of the Kyubbi's chakra began to seep out of her.
Eventually, it was done. The genjutsu ended as suddenly as it had begun.
"Naru—to… What was that?" Said Mikoto as she hiccupped.
"That was the future. The end of a prestigious clan, terminated on the orders of old fossils."
"That boy, who was he?"
"Itachi Uchiha. Your son, that was poisoned to become a soldier for the leaf without his consent nor knowledge. That's what they do. Indoctrinate and use before discarding. They did it to the Uzumaki clan, they did it to the Uchiha, and they did it to me…"
"But, how can you be here from the future…?" Said Kushina, still providing emotional support to her best friend.
"I was sent here to change the wrongs of the past. Starting with the both of you. Saving our clans and rebuilding Uzushiogakure should put us on the map, enough for the other nations to see we mean business."
"But, what about Madara? Where does he fit into all of this?"
"He orchestrated events that led to mutual destruction. He had a foolish dream that cost the lives of thousands. Including my brothers and sisters."
"You have brothers and sisters?" Said Kushina, surprised.
"I had… Not blood brothers and sisters, but people who understood. The nine Jinchūriki they called us."
"My own son killed the Uchiha… A kinslayer… How could the Hokage be so callous... He—"
Naruto pressed Mikoto into his chest, his hands resting on her waist as he provided her with warmth, gesturing to Kushina, he invited her into the embrace as well. Sniffing their combined scents, he gave off a sigh.
"I promise you both, that future won't come to pass. Not as long as I have breath in my body. We'll change everything and to do that, we just need more time."
Naruto stared at the seal engraved innocently on the Uzukage's desk. Knowing what he had to do to win the war that was coming.
AN:
Short chapter, sorry about that, the next one will be long.
Naruto's finally revealed he's from the future. [That won't be the last of that, Kushina and Mikoto are more shocked. It'll sink in soon, and who knows what's in store for Naruto] Except for me of course. ^-^
How do you think Kushina and Mikoto will react?
So, I've given a hint at what the seal could be. But what does it actually do? :v
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