With the departure of the girls, Naruto didn't stop and stepped through space to arrive on the other side of the globe.
He had just received a call and answered it.
From the Land of fire to Antarctica, Naruto arrived in a landscape of pure white. The temperature of this place had decreased even further after the increase in the mass of the planet and its nature energy.
From the average of negative 10 degree Celsius, it had ended up reaching negative 100 degree Celsius. The atmosphere wasn't the only thing that had changed as the beasts living in this area had always been big but now they were gigantic and went through further mutations just like the humans.
Mutations happening since five years were being monitored and species with great potential were being collected and given the chance to rise to their potential. This was just the beginning since Naruto would soon unleash another dosage and increase the size of the planet again to force everything to adapt to it.
The process wasn't easy on Naruto since he had to connect to every living being on the planet to keep them safe and help them adapt. Without this, majority of them would die from the sudden increase of gravity and everything else.
Fortunately his mental capacity had increased so he could easily go through the process and it was made easier with the help of Gaea who had ended up becoming the planet itself.
In the start she was just nature and didn't want to represent the planet as that would mean getting stuck in one place, and tying her life with it but with the rise of the new dawn she saw the potential and decided to help out.
"Nemesis, did you find anything?" Naruto asked as he walked on the pure white snow leaving no trace and looked towards his companion.
"I finally managed to capture someone from the cult. He was a high up in the hierarchy unlike the normal followers…." Nemesis replied calmly as she moved like dark smoke and covered Naruto in her presence. She materialized behind him and hugged him close.
She was a woman with long black hair and dark eyes. Her clothes pure black, an upper section that covered above her belly and lower section that left her legs bare, and she wore black lipstick.
She was a woman of beauty and finesse. She was a woman of power, power of vengeance and retribution.
She was a woman of justice and represented the hopes of the weak to get their desired dreams of vengeance.
She was one of the first ones to accept Naruto among them and extended her hand towards him. Just like how humans feared him, the immortals also feared him in a way.
People feared things that were too far above them. They were scared when power was concentrated in one place. Naruto saw it and felt it.
Everyone had fear in their hearts, even people that were his friends. They feared it because they would be unable to resist when he strayed away.
Taking many wives was one of the solutions as these different women were connected to different regions and gave some assurance to the leaders there so that the people got assurance from their leader being comfortable with it.
That was only the beginning of the saga, now people loved him unconditionally except some rare cases but it was brought through a lot of hard work and if he had taken things casually than he knew things would have gone wrong along the way.
It applied to the immortals as well since he had tied the knot with Nemesis, Gaea and Amaterasu. Nemesis pledged her service to him if he would comply with her request. It was for the bond between the mortals and the immortals.
Just because most of the immortals were neutral towards mortal, it didn't mean they liked having such powerful beings around them. It made them feel uneasy.
Most of them would have killed Naruto long ago if they knew what the future held. Unfortunate for them, Naruto had become too powerful by the time they noticed.
Amaterasu was one of the main Immortals, one of the strongest as she represented the sun and life, and he support finally put any unease at rest between them.
Before this relationship got established there were undercurrents of war on the horizon. The Immortals were getting ready to go to war with him and annihilate him before he became a bigger threat.
This was the most peaceful method to achieve harmony so Naruto complied with Amaterasu's request.
Gaea was in a similar position as she wanted a guarantee from him, she wanted his companionship and only then would she become the planet.
This was an option for him. Naruto could have declined but it would have weakened his relationship with Gaea and it would have weakened the world.
With her becoming the planet, Naruto had more confidence in their survival and could feed the planet more power without having to worry about destabilization.
Unlike his relationship with the other girls, his relationship with the three immortals was mostly platonic. They just enjoyed his companionship. They had lived for a long time and had no one to share feelings with.
Just like others, it all started as a political deal but changed into a real relationship over time. With all of them on his side, Naruto was able to enter the Immortal Realm where all of them lived and converse with them properly without having a wall between them.
Both sides had a similar goal, they wanted to survive. The Otsutsuki were their enemies and their nightmares. They had run with their lives barely after a fight with few Otsutsuki so working together was good for them.
It was from them that Naruto confirmed what could happen if they repel the initial squad. Once the first group is defeated, there will be scout and then an appropriate force would be sent to cleanse them.
One thing was important, the Otsutsuki were arrogant so even the first force would not be able to handle them and another one would come that would actually have more than enough power to kill them.
From this information, Naruto decided to keep the battle away from his planet so they wouldn't target it and target some other place.
Which was why, he had put down decoys in other solar systems that gave the signal that it was a place with rich energy for the Shinju tree while masking the energy of their own world. This is where Gaea came into play, as she was the world so she had power to block her signal.
Life was strange and Naruto knew if things had been normal, he would most likely go with Hinata alone and no one else.
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"And…" Naruto asked as she didn't finish her sentence.
"But, I still didn't find anything. Jashin was always good at hiding and very smart. He found a way to avoid any detection by making these followers give up their freedom. Their minds do not contain anything, no memories at all. Jashin is using some kind of hive mind method so that his followers are actually connected to his mind and that's where there memories stay.
It was difficult to even find this guy but he died the moment I captured him." Nemesis replied as she became tiny and sat on his shoulder.
Working with Naruto like this was entertaining for her since she had been locked up in the Immortal realm for too long. The fear by the big four had caused them to shut the realm up and none was allowed to go down to the mortal realm.
Only when Naruto came to them, did it open and she could finally roam free. She could finally do what her instinct told her, vengeance and retribution.
It was the reason Naruto used her as the hunter. Nemesis represented these two ideals and she could find connections.
She could locate the culprit through the connection to the victim and the victim's close family. It had always been an easy job but Jashin had made things difficult.
He slipped through Naruto's senses and everyone else as well. He was hiding in his personal dimension and he was still increasing followers, even if they were low in numbers.
"How did you locate him?" Naruto asked and walked closer to the corpse. Just like Hidan it had taken a dark color with white marks.
This person had a stronger body than Hidan as even Jashin had grown with the world and fed on the dark feelings of the people. He was moving with the times and adjusting the power of his followers.
Hidan had been good enough in the old era, not the top but somewhere close to it. He should have been buried but when people went to check upon him, Hidan was nowhere to be found.
It seems the other members had found him and helped him.
People joined Jashin for one reason, he gave them power and he encouraged violence. He preyed on the people's desire for blood and sadism.
Not everyone could put effort to gain power, many people succumbed to this desire and if not for Naruto's efforts to put a stop to it this could have become a lot worse. People joined even after knowing that they were required to sacrifice a person every day, if they wanted to continue living.
That was the cost of his powers.
Jashin had profited from this business and with each follower they managed to kill, he grew in power as he took back what he gave along with what his followers gained.
His stealth skill was top notch like Ishiki and he had never appeared in front of Naruto.
"The person he killed knew him personally so there was strong reaction. Jashin was unable to block my powers from overpowering his skill. But, he managed to cancel the connection before I captured the puppet." Nemesis replied in an annoyed tone. She had chasing Jashin for years now and the result was nothing.
They should have killed him when he started acting crazy but their unity with each other made them dismiss his deeds.
"Gaea, do you have anything to add?" Naruto asked as the snow rumbled and took shape into snow fairy that landed on his other shoulder.
"Just like that monster, Jashin's followers do not register to my senses and Jashin hasn't stepped out of his domain. He is patient and he doesn't react to his dwindling reputation. I have tried thinking back on what could get to him but there is nothing. Jashin was a magical warrior that enjoyed the bloodshed. He chose torture and blood as his domains because of it.
His mind started to collapse after we lost the battle and sadly we didn't help him find balance. By the time we noticed, he had already fallen and become an abomination. His appearance was vile and his power had reached the top because of his extreme methods. He wasn't afraid and corrupted humans into sacrificing people for him and feeding him their life force.
It has slowed down a lot after the fourth war but now he is getting high quality meals. The only thing, we can do is focus on increasing our power and keep a watch until he slips or we find a way to cancel his stealth." Gaea replied in a sad tone as she was unhappy at what was happening. It was a mistake from their side and it made them look bad.
It was a shame that even after their species went extinct, they were cursed with someone like Jashin amongst them.
"I do not blame you and you should not either. Things were hard and people miss some things that would have been obvious otherwise…." Naruto muttered as he stood in the cold while his finger rubbed the head of the cute little fairy to lower her negativity levels.
The fact that Naruto was close to the immortal this much was a secret from everyone, only Hinata knew that he had married them. They were his hidden cards.
Enemies wouldn't expect the immortals to place their lives for Naruto but this bond was strong and they would fight for him, taking the foes by surprise.
It was problematic but more people knowing meant that the secret won't last for long. He would have kept it from Hinata as well but it made him feel uncomfortable, so he informed her of his decision.
It was at these times when he wondered if life would have better if he had not walked this path and took the mantle of world leader.
Polygamy was normal for people especially since it would have been expected of him to create powerful Uzumaki babies so that the kids would later marry and recreate the Uzumaki clan. With Monogamy he would have been unable to produce many children and that would have led to a weak Uzumaki bloodline since most of the members would be later generations and not his children.
Regardless, it wasn't something Naruto cared about and wouldn't have bothered with. It was necessity that brought him here and Naruto didn't like doing half assed attempts, he took relationships seriously so he had to love every one of them.
"But, what can we do now? I don't think I can catch him anymore and the longer it takes, the worse it will be for us." Nemesis gave voice to her complaints. She was not one for complaints and was a woman of action but her patience had run out.
She hated Jashin to the core. He had made her feel weak and useless. She couldn't even achieve one task that was handed to her.
"Relax, as this task is something even I am unable to complete. It is the most difficult mission I could have given anyone. But, you are right about the urgency. We can't allow this to go on. Nemesis, guide me to your home world." Naruto held Nemesis on his hand and helped her relax as she was letting stress get to her head.
He could understand how terrible she felt for her continuous failure since he was also failing the same task.
"Our home world?! Are you sure? This could be too dangerous and they might still have some people watching it." Nemesis was shocked that Naruto would bring it up. It was a place that they had never looked back upon as it was a nightmare for them.
They had overcome those dark thoughts long ago but none of them dared to go back to even check.
"We will only send a clone, so we have nothing worry about. The situation is already bad enough and would get worse if don't take any risks. I need to go and see if I can find something that can connect to Jashin." Naruto understood that it was asking for too much but it was necessary and it would help them overcome their trauma.
Their refusal to face it was holding them back and causing a block on their powers because they couldn't fully cover their aspects. How could nature fear someone?
How could vengeance and retribution fear something?
The fear made them unable to fully become the concepts.
Looking at Naruto's confident expression, Nemesis closed her eyes and shook her head.
"Okay, I already promised that we will go through thick and thin so no going back." Nemesis nodded as she turned into smoke once again and part of that smoke flew into space while the other went back to the immortal realm.
Naruto made a clone that put on his golden armor and flew behind the dark smoke, within nanoseconds they had disappeared from the planet to reach the other end of the solar system before passing through a portal while the real Naruto decided to make a visit to the Immortal realm and meet up with the others for any input.
Gaea followed him as a small fairy as her real body was now earth.
A.N Hope you enjoyed and comment
This story wouldn't have been a harem initially but then I took into account the impact of Naruto's power and what he was doing. One man with that much power creates a lot of fear especially when you are from different species or countries.
This is the reason why it became a harem or I would not have added one.
Jashin looks like the Upside down man from Dc: Very ugly and horrendous.
Nemesis looks like Death from Marvel in her human form not the skeletal form.
I don't know why,but the fanfiction website doesn't work for me anymore so I am just using the app now. You can contact me from there.