Chapter 65: Preparations
Nearly two weeks after Naruto revealed that the world was in danger to Kakashi from the moon. Naruto, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Kakashi are traveling in the land of iron to attend the kage summit that Kakashi requested. When they arrive they're greeted by Gaara with his three guards Baki, Temari, and Kankuro that have arrived before them.
"Gaara it's good to see you." Naruto says happily
"It's good to see you as well." Gaara with a small smile
"How have you and the girls been doing?" Temari asks
"They're doing fine and we're looking forward to your visit." Naruto says smiling
"Yo Naruto!" Bee says as he arrives with his brother A, Darui, and C.
"Bee! How're you and Gyuki doing." Naruto asks as he bumps fists with Bee
"Just as well as can be you see." Bee says rapping
"Hello Raikage oji-san." Naruto says calmly
"Hello Naruto" A says
"It appears we arrived on time." Mei says as she appears along with Ao, Chojuro, and Ruka.
"Mei you made it." Naruto says
"I see you made it Naruto." Chojuro says
"Yeah I needed to attend." Naruto replies
"Well it seems we arrived last." Onoki says as his son Kitsuchi, his granddaughter Kurotsuchi, and Akatsuchi arrive at the meeting.
"Tsuchikage jiji you're finally here." Naruto says
"You really should retire grandpa and let someone else take the hat." Kurotsuchi says
"Hi Kurotsuchi." Naruto says
"Hello Naruto." Kurotsuchi replies
As the guards take their seats the kages settle around the table as Mifune appears to begin and open the meeting.
"Hello everyone I'm glad you all made it safely to the meeting." Mifune says
"Let's skip the pleasantries and get down to the meeting." A says
"Yes that would be for the best. We have to get back to our village's soon to deal with handling the aftermath of the war." Onoki says
"Yes adjusting for the lost resources and the few lives lost is a pressing matter." Gaara says
"So, Kakashi why is it that you have called this meeting?" Mei asks
"I have grave news that a new threat has become apparent to us that threatens the existence of the entire planet." Kakashi says gravely
"What's the threat?" A asks
"A man named Toneri Otsutsuki plans to annihilate all life on earth." Kakashi says
"Who is this Toneri?" Onoki asks
"He is the last descendant of the Otsutsuki clan of the sage of six paths and his brother." Kakashi says
"How does he intend to annihilate all life and how do we stop him?" Gaara asks
"It's not as simple as mobilizing for war this time he plans to hit us with something massive that we can't stop with numbers." Kakashi says
"What does he plan to hit us with?" Mei asks
"He intends to have the moon collide with the earth." Kakashi says with grave seriousness
"What?!" A shouts
"That's a real problem to contend with." Onoki says with seriousness
"That really would make all our manpower useless." Mei says concerned
"How does he intend to dislocate the moon from orbit?" Gaara asks calmly
"By using the power of an energy vessel that powers the insides of the moon where the Otsutsuki clan resided along with Toneri." Kakashi says
"How did you find out about this?" Onoki asks
"We gained this information from a reliable source." Kakashi says
"Who is the source?" Mei asks
"It's Naruto who faces Toneri two years from now and is defeated." Kakashi says
"That would mean you gained information from the future." Gaara says surprised
"Yes Naruto was sent back in time by the power of the sage of six paths, his brother, and Sasuke." Kakashi says
"What!?" A says shocked
"It's true because of his actions we were prepared to better handle Kabuto's edo tensei during the war." Kakashi says
"So, Naruto you're from the future." Onoki says
"Yes I am." Naruto says as he steps up to the table where the kages are sitting.
"I can't believe you were defeated. You and Sasuke were the ones to fight Madara on equal footing and managed to seal Kaguya." Mei says surprised
"I was and the most bothersome thing about it was he didn't use his full power to defeat me. I'm certain that he is stronger than Madara was." Naruto says with worry
"How long have you been back Naruto?" Gaara asks curious
"I was sent back to the day I was born." Naruto says
"You mean you have been back for 17 years!" A says
"Yes I've been training as hard as I could to one day face Toneri but it appears training by myself isn't going to cut it." Naruto says
"Why did you wait so long to tell us about this?" Mei asks
"Before the war would any of you have listened to me, let alone believe me besides before the war Akatsuki was at the forefront of my mind to prepare for since I was sent back I tried to change things to better prepare for them but in the end things played out mostly the same." Naruto says sadly
"He has a point we wouldn't have bothered listening to such a story before that involved legends such as the sage of six paths." Onoki says
"Like I said time travel is hard to believe, so I didn't bother to tell anyone until I warned Jiraiya about Nagato's abilities." Naruto says
"It's still hard to believe that the moon being used as a weapon but we just had a war within someone who used the moon as a way to cast a genjutsu." A says
"That's why we need to prepare." Naruto says
"So what should we do to prepare Naruto?" Gaara asks
"In the end it comes down to a fight with Toneri and it won't be settled with numbers, so my only option is to get trained by the best available." Naruto says
"Who do you have planned to help to train you? As strong as you're it will be difficult to find someone who can help you improve." Onoki says
"The best option is for me to travel to your villages and learn what you can teach me to help face Toneri." Naruto says
"What about Sasuke helping you?" Mei asks
"He shouldn't face Toneri with me because if I fail it will come down to him to protect the world or possibly sending me into the past again." Naruto says
"I say that we just destroy the moon along with this Toneri." A says
"It was tried before with a dimension cannon one of you has but, It only sent me and the moon's shell to another dimension, the core of the moon itself collided with earth considering it impacted that means it couldn't be sent away with the weapon." Naruto says
"I wonder which one of us has it?" Onoki says
"I don't know who but it doesn't matter it failed in the end." Naruto says
"Still it's a good question." Mei says
"I know Kakashi sensei doesn't have it." Naruto says
"My village doesn't have such a weapon at its disposal." Gaara says calmly
"Then that only leaves A." Naruto says as he turns to look at A who twitches
"Fine it's me but that thing takes a ton of chakra and the power of a biju along with numerous people to aim and control the damn thing making it impractical as a weapon against most targets." A says
"I guess the moon would be about the only target you could effectively use it on then." Naruto says
"Still you kept such a dangerous thing from us." Onoki says annoyed
"Yes you should have told us about it." Mei says flustered
"Indeed to make a peaceful world we need to move on from such things." Gaara says irritated
"We can discuss it another time with A, so will you four go along with Naruto's proposal?" Kakashi asks
"I'll help with Naruto's training." Onoki says calmly
"I trust Naruto to face Toneri." Gaara says with confidence
"He's our war hero after all so he's worth betting on." Mei says with a smile
"With our option of destroying the moon appears not to be an option I guess Naruto is the only alternative." A says with a sigh
"Very well we can schedule rotations for Naruto among the villages to help him train for the next two years as well as prepare for meteor strikes from the debris coming off the moon as it approaches." Kakashi says
The meeting concludes shortly thereafter with Naruto, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Kakashi beginning the trip back to konoha as they plan for what's to come.
