Chapter Twenty Six:
The Family Reunion …
The Rasenshuriken That Defeated God!
The boy stood before the two adults totally stunned and speechless.
"So it's you… I should have known you'd be capable of showing up here!" The beast stated immediately recognizing the man who essentially would end up trapping him inside of Naruto.
"We'll take it from here…" The man identified as the Fourth Hokage replied only slightly turning his head so that he could see the beast.
"I had originally designed the seal so that we could appear if the eighth tail every emerged. Though I will say looking at the state of the seal I'm surprised we were able to appear," The man said now looking at the almost completely destroyed seal. "Please forgive me but we're going to change scenery for a little bit," The man added and then then snapped his fingers and Naruto, and the two adults were now in appeared in a vast field of white.
"D-Dad… I…" Naruto started as tears fell from his face. Naruto then suddenly shocked the two adults as he punched the older man in the guy. "What the hell were you thinking? You sealed a giant fur ball in your own son… are you freaking crazy!" Naruto yelled. "Hell I don't even know if I should be happy or pissed right now!"
"I told you he'd react like that," The woman told the man with a snicker. "He's definitely my son…"
"Naruto, I'm sorry for all the pain I've caused by sealing the Kyuubi inside of you…" Minato told his son.
"I'm the son of the Fourth Hokage, I can take it…" Naruto replied wiping away his tears.
"You certainly are our child…" Kushina said softly only to be momentarily startled as Naruto embraced her in a hug.
"Mom…." Naruto cried. "I've always wanted to see my mother, and hug her. "I've always wanted to experience what it was link to have parents and to talk with them, there were so many things I wanted to do with you guys…."
"Naruto… I hate to interrupt but our chakra won't last forever. I need to at least tell you about the seal and your mother I'm sure wants to tell you how everything came to be…" Minato interrupted sadly. "I had sealed the beast inside you because of what happened the day you were born." Minato told the teen. "Someone was lurking in the shadows and he is the one who controlled the Kyuubi and forced the beast to attack the village. He is also the one most likely controlling everything. He was a shinobi of incredible power and I'm sure he's the cause of everything going on right now.
"But the village is already is a bad state…" Naruto replied.
"We know… we could see everything. I even know about Jiraiya-sensei…" Minato replied.
"Naruto-chan, don't go giving up hope of that beautiful girlfriend of yours either. She's a strong one, so I'll bet you she's still kicking," Kushina added causing Naruto to look up at her, hope shining brightly in his eyes.
"So… was it this Pein guy that attacked the night I was born?" Naruto asked.
"No… he wasn't," Minato replied.
"Naruto-chan I think its best you hear everything concerning the night you and your sister were born…" Kushina told the teen getting his attention. Kushina began her story and explained how she was brought over from her country and how the Uzumaki and Senju clans were related. She also told the teen about how the Uzumaki clans specialized in sealing and how she taught his father many different seals as well as how the four element seal on Naruto came about because of the Uzumaki clan. From there she began to explain about the night he was born and how an unknown assailant attacked Minato and herself while they were focusing on Kushina giving birth. Kushina explained to Naruto how the child birth was going to take place in a secret location rather than the hospital for risk of enemy attack. The elders as well as Minato and Kushina agreed it was for the safety of everyone. It was immediately after Akina was born that gave the assailant the brief opportunity to capture Naruto and distract Minato. It was in that struggled where Minato retrieved his son that enabled the man to summon the Kyuubi who was under the man's complete control.
"Who the hell was this guy if it wasn't Pein?" Naruto demanded.
"He wore a mask, and he is most likely the leader of the Akatsuki. I believe he had hoped of killing me and my family the night you and your sister were born, to keep us from causing him trouble down the road," Minato replied. "This man was more than a match for me… I'm positive he's the one giving Pein orders."
"No way! Pein hates everything Konoha stands for. His own village and family were destroyed because of something we did when he was a kid," Naruto told the man.
"I see… that is all the more reason why he's being used," Minato replied.
"That's crazy… some masked dude is hiding behind Pein giving him orders. Why? What the hell for?" Naruto asked.
"As long as this current shinobi remains in place, there might never be peace. Pein asked you for your resolution earlier… but figuring out an answer will be one of life's long and hard roads that must be traveled down. Wars breed from our desires to protect what we hold dear to us, as long as love exists, so will hate. While this system remains in place and unchallenged, hatred… such a monstrous hatred, will eventually give rise to another Pein…" Minato told the boy. "Pein… he might be sensei's killer but if you think about it and realize that he was created by the chaos and strife that is in our world today. To be a shinobi you must always be at war against hate. That's the truth for all of us. Jiraiya-sensei had made it his mission to end the hate. With him gone, it is now your mission,"
"B-But I can't just let Pein go… I can't let him get away with everything he has done," Naruto replied sadly. "Mom… Dad… what am I supposed to do?"
"Naruto… that's something you have to figure out on your own. You're the only one who can come up with an answer to that. Naruto, we believe in you, you have to know that," Minato told his son.
"Yes, we do," Kushina said with a smile. "Now I'm going to finish the rest of the story where the Kyuubi was sealed…" The woman stated and began to go over the fight Minato had with the fox leading to the man freeing the Kyuubi from the masked man's control and then summoning Gamabunta and Kushina and the two babies' arrival on the battlefield and how Kushina was holding the Kyuubi at bay for Minato to prepare the seal. Kushina then went over how Minato summoned the demon seal and how Minato put his and her chakra into the seals design and how it was her own weakness and distrust for the village that lead her to take Akina away from the village and how she used her own life energy to convert to chakra to push her as far away from the village as possible and that with the last of her strength she had traveled several days' worth in a matter of minutes only to arrive at the door of an old friend who ended up being the one who took Akina in. It was upon Minato's death that she fled and that she deeply regretting leaving Naruto, in telling all of this to her son, Kushina cried uncontrollably at the thought that she abandoned one of her children. Naruto hugged the woman and then Minato hugged them both.
"Mom… you don't have to worry. I'm fine and so is Akina-chan. We'd never hold it against you. You did what you had to do. I'm just so happy I got to finally meet you two. But I feel kind of bad…. Akina-chan… she'll never get the same chance I'm getting right now…" Naruto said sadly.
"Never say, never Naruto," Minato told the teen.
"Minato and I left something behind for Akina as well, hopefully she'll never have to worry about it… but it's there just in case," Kushina added.
"Naruto I must add to the story, it's about the man in the mask… I'm almost certain it was Uchiha Madara," Minato told the teen.
"Uchiha Madara?" Naruto replied in confusion.
"Yes, I don't know how he has survived all these years but I'm sure it is him as he was the only one who could control the Kyuubi the way he did…" Minato told the boy. "I wish I could talk for much longer but our chakra is starting to run out and it's more important we fix your current situation…. Although I must say I'm not sure how to fix it with your seal already being almost gone.
"I believe I have a solution to that one…" Kyuubi interrupted bring the scenery back in front of the familiar cage.
"Kyuubi?" Minato said looking shocked, as did Kushina and Naruto.
"Redo the seal entirely… that should be within your power. With the seal fully back in place neither Naruto nor I can be tempted like this again…" Kyuubi stated.
"Why would you want that?" Minato asked.
"This child intrigues me; let us leave it at that!" Kyuubi replied.
"Very well then, I'll redo the seal then…" Minato stated and then placed his hand on Naruto's naval and reapplied the seal. "Naruto… Konoha will continue to grow and now we leave it all in your hands my son," Minato said as he started to fade. "I'm very proud of you,"
"Naruto-chan, take care of your sister and of course take care of Hinata-chan, she's very good for you," Kushina said giving the boy a wink. "We're so thankful to have had a son as wonderful as you and we're both very proud of you and your sister. We love you with all of our being…" The woman said before the two adults completely disappeared leaving Naruto alone standing before the cage containing the Kyuubi, and the seal now whole again sitting in place.
"Thank you for everything mom…. And dad…." Naruto spoke quietly, and then opened his eyes. Back in the real world, the teen was now staring downward, from atop the giant boulder that was hovering in the sky. Naruto was now in Sage Mode once again as he prepared to confront Pein again.
"It would seem there is no longer any hint of conflict or doubt in him. I wonder what has happened," Pein said softly.
"It seems turning into the Kyuubi messed up my chakra. My last clone dispelled, that's why I'm in Sage Mode," Naruto realized as the boulder started to crumble and fall back down to the earth. Naruto surveyed the area and realized he wasn't near the village. "Did I… attack Hinata-chan or anyone else…"
"Naruto-kun you only attacked Pein and pushed him out of the village," The Katsuyu clone told the teen.
"Thank goodness… Hinata-chan is she…" Naruto started to ask.
"Sakura and several others are with her as we speak. She's still alive Naruto-kun," The slug replied.
"Let us finish this Naruto," Pein stated getting the teen's attention. Have you started to understand now, what pain truly is? Unless they endure the same level of suffering, nobody will truly understand one another,"
"Pein… Take me to your real body. I want to tell you something in person," Naruto replied.
"So you've noticed then? I see it wasn't just Jiraiya-sensei… You leaf ninja are all quite formidable," Pein stated. "But the time for talk is now over. No matter what you say, we'll never understand each other,"
"Just let me speak to you face to face!" Naruto exclaimed.
"You can only throw two of those lethal sage mode shurikens… and after that your senjutsu chakra will be gone," The man told the teen.
"So it's the hard way is it?" Naruto asked.
"If both of those shurikens miss, you lose. I won't give you anymore openings… I'll beat you within an inch of your life and then take you away," Pein said to the teen.
"Fine, I'll find your real body all by myself," Naruto replied. As Pein pulled out a chakra rod and charged at the teen only for Naruto to grab the rod and snap it while delivering a hard kick to the man's gut sending him hard into a nearby boulder. Naruto then took the rod and stabbed himself in the shoulder and used the sensation he got to find Nagato's whereabouts.
"He used his Sage Mode to track me…" Nagato stated when he felt the rush of chakra come back to him.
"Alright now that's done… Time to finish things here," Naruto said before summoning his Shadow Clones and formed the Rasenshuriken and tossing a smoke bomb down on the ground.
"Here comes the first one… A smoke bomb distraction won't be enough to trick me this time however," Pein told himself as he watched the smoke rise. The shuriken burst through the smoke and came toward Pein. "Shinra Tensei!" Pein shouted dispersing the chakra shuriken only for a second one to be right behind it. "What? He used a Shadow Shuriken with that?"
"The intervals are five seconds, there's no way this one will miss!" Naruto proclaimed.
Back in the village Sakura was hard at work healing Naruto's fallen girlfriend as team Gai slowly recovered and were now with the girl.
"Hinata-sama, why did you have to be so reckless?" Neji asked softly looking concerned as Sakura continued healing the girl.
"Naruto-kun has managed to suppress the Kyuubi's chakra and is now battling the sixth Pein…" The slug clone told the group.
"He regained control himself?" Sakura asked looking surprised.
"Lee, let's go back Naruto up!" Gai said to the teen,
"Alright!" Lee responded.
"Please, you mustn't. You'd only be getting in his way," Katsuyu replied. "Naruto-kun has a plan so let us all place our faith in him.
The chakra shuriken spun rapidly as it approached Pein. Suddenly a Shadow Clones appeared one both sides of Pein seemingly trying to hold him for the attack. Pein however merely produced two chakra rods and pierced the clones and used them to push himself upward and avoid the attack from the Rasenshuriken.
"You've missed, and now it is your loss," Pein stated. Pein was shocked however when the ground around him changed and turned into an army of Naruto's clones. All of the Naruto's attacked Pein head on. "Shinra Tensei!" Pein yelled as the clones began to dispel. "You're just another fool who has no answers! It's time for you to just give up!" The attack ended and Naruto was now being held up by a few remaining Shadow Clones. "You endured it?" Pein looked on as Naruto formed a Rasengan, his eyes once again their original blue, and the Rasengan was equally just as blue. "The technique can't be thrown, five seconds… I'm too far away,"
"Why don't you give up…" Naruto started to say as he was suddenly hurdled toward Pein. "On making me give up!" Naruto finished the statement as he connected with his Rasengan hitting Pein right in the chest. Pein went flying at a high speed and crashed into another boulder and then fell to the ground.