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Summary: Yet again, the Chosen of Samsara died. Once more, They were forced to return to the world of living. Their Master, Their friend has died and yet the Curse remains. This time, the Sage was prepared, to fight once more for Their world of Peace and Order. However, Heaven seemed to have other plans. Rikudō x Female Naruto.
This chapter has yet to be Beta'd.
Still an idea, I might revise it later.
Samsara: The Sage's Journey
Chapter 1 Curse of Samsara
A world of darkness.
A familiar world.
"So, Naruto died," Rikudō stated without any emotion.
They were used to this. The Chosen of Samsara would die and They would return to this prison. As the new Chosen was born, They would be called once more.
"...Naruto, a Mortal God worthy of Our respect." To think that the boy who had trembled before him would be able to achieve what he could not. To achieve a world of Peace.
"Our Salvation would be proud of him..."
Naruto was one of the few Rikudō would call friend. One of the few Rikudō would entrust with Their Salvation's dream.
"And yet, the world continues, even after his death." He knew that in the end, a mortal life did not matter to the universe.
Even if the greatest hero had died, the world moved on.
Then Rikudō smiled, "while he has died. We will not allow his world to end. Our Dream must continue. Our Peace shall exist for eternity."
When They saw a small light which gradually grew bigger, Their smile widened.
"Once more, let Us return. To the Cycle of Samsara."
The Six of One opened His Eyes.
"...We must admit, this is unexpected," the Six stated as He looked around him.
He had returned to the Desire Realm, yes. And yet, there was one difference compared to His previous advent.
He possessed a body. A body which was completely the same as His first mortal body. The body of the Sage.
"How... interesting," the moment He stated that word, He recalled how Naruto would react.
"How... amusing."
Yes, that was how the Son of Man would react. It seemed that He and the Chosen was indeed similar.
Then the Sage scanned His surroundings. Everywhere around Him were filled with trees.
However, He recognized where He was. Naruto's memory, Nawaki's memory, Madara's memory, all recognized this place.
"The village built by Uchiwa and Vajra..."
The village built by the descendants of His sons.
His eldest who had always favored the symbol of fan, the symbol of Uchiwa.
His youngest who had chosen the Vajra, the thunderbolt as his mark.
"Konohagakure..."
He began to walk towards the village.
He saw the massive chakra barrier hiding Konohagakure and walked into it.
He had to admit, the descendants of His sons were quite bright for being able to design such protection.
However, against the White-eyed ones and Him, the barrier was useless.
Just as He was about to reach the walls, He sensed three mortals near Him. One of them is dying.
Curious, He walked towards the mortals.
Uzumaki Shio wanted to be a ninja.
As far as she could remember, she had been ignored by everyone. No one wanted to speak with her, no one paid any attention to her. Except for one person, the Hokage.
The Hokage gave her everything she needed to survive. He taught her what she needed. He gave her home, clothes, foods, money.
He also gave her, a dream. She saw how everyone would bow and listened to the Hokage. She wanted that.
She wanted to be as great as him. She wanted to be respected, she wanted to be heard.
She wanted it so much and yet, she failed the genin exam. She failed to become a ninja for the third time. She believed then that her dream was over.
But then, her teacher, Mizuki told her that she still can become a ninja. She listened to her teacher's words. He said that she could become a genin if she stole the Scroll of Seals from the Hokage residence.
Mizuki is kind. He always helped her in the academy. He taught her many things.
She believed that he would not lie to her.
She did it. She didn't know how she managed to sneak past the Hokage but she did it.
After she took the scroll, she waited for Mizuki, her teacher to meet her and pass her.
He didn't.
Instead, she was found by her other teacher, Iruka.
Iruka. He was kind, like the Hokage and Mizuki. But, He was strict, he always told her to study harder.
How could she do that when she did not even know where to start?
At least he cared about her enough to be angry at her.
When Iruka told her that she was chased by shinobi from the village for stealing the scroll, she didn't want to believe it.
Because that meant Mizuki lied to her. One of the few people who she thought cared about her lied.
Mizuki then appeared, stabbing Iruka from the back.
"Run... Shio..." was all Iruka could say before he fell to the ground.
Disbelief and fear filled her eyes as she stared at the sight of Mizuki standing over Iruka's fallen body.
She tried to move her limbs but failed.
She was scared.
'Someone... please... anyone...'
When Mizuki leaped towards her, she screamed.
'Finally!' Mizuki thought as he moved to kill the demon.
After a year filled with suffering of being unable to kill the demon, even though he saw it everyday, he finally had the chance to vanquish it.
He pretended to help it, he pretended to be kind, just for this day!
When he felt his kunai stabbing through a flesh, he shouted in triumph.
"...and what, exactly are you doing, mortal?"
He froze.
That was a man's voice.
Then the whole forest was washed with killing intent.
Shio opened her eyes which had been closed when she saw Mizuki about to stab her.
She saw the back of a man who stood at the same height as Mizuki is. The man had grey hair that shaped two 'horns' on his head.
She could not see his face nor his eyes.
Hearing the sound of his voice, she knew that he was younger than Mizuki. Perhaps about seventeen years old.
Suddenly, she found it difficult to breathe as the man seemed to radiate a cold presence.
"...did you not hear Us, trash? What do you think you are doing?"
Seeing the man frozen in fear, Rikudō decided to turn towards the girl He had saved.
The Eyes of God met the dark blue eyes.
A girl with blue, almost violet eyes and long red hair. '...an Uzumaki...' He knew that instinctively.
Now that He thought about it, the man who tried to kill the Uzumaki looked similar to the man Naruto had met long ago.
What was the mortal name? Mizuki, was it?
Then He heard a shout and He turned towards the source.
The mortal in front of Him jumped towards Him, his fist raised.
"...learn your place, mortal."
He opened His palm and swung His hand upwards.
The silver haired fool was instantly sent flying to the sky. Higher and higher.
He clicked His fingers and the mortal exploded.
Holding back a sigh of disappointment at the mortal's weakness, He turned towards the girl.
"Are you unharmed?"
The moment Shio saw the man's eyes, she was mesmerized.
Divine, was all she could think to describe it.
When the man asked her a question, she blinked.
"...I'm sorry, I can't hear you..."
The man gave an amused smile and asked again.
"Are you unharmed?"
Uzumaki Shio believed that she had met her Guardian Angel.
Don't expect this to be updated as often as Game of the Gods. I plan to finish it first before continuing this.