Chapter 12 - Understanding
As Naruto and Nagajo were running at high speeds towards their next target. Naruto felt incredible pain shoot through his body and he fell down to the ground. It felt like his chakra network was burning up.
Nagajo quickly stopped and rushed to his side. "Naruto-sama, what's happening?" She could see he was in alot of pain and did not understand why. She saw some fluctuation in his chakra, but nothing that could describe the state he was in.
Naruto grit his teeth and closed his eyes, he never felt this kind of pain before. He felt like a prisoner in his own body as he could not move a finger. He faintly heard someone shouting his name in the back of his mind. But he could not make heads or tails of anything at the moment. "Naruto!" someone shouted again and again, and he could not understand where it was coming from. Only thing he understood at the moment was pain. Insufferable pain. It felt like his whole body was being ripped apart.
Nagajo was worried as she could not do anything but watch as her summoner looked like he was dying. He was sweating hard and thrashing on the ground, as he gasped for air. It looked like he was screaming, but no sound came.
Suddenly he stopped moving, and Nagajo almost thought he was dead except that she could feel his chakra. His chakra felt different, it was still the chakra she was used to, but it felt more potent but also darker, more sinister even. Then his eyes opened and he shot up as he took a big gasp or air.
He groaned as he sat up and looked utterly confused. 'What was that?' he thought, still in pain. But the worst of it is over now. He could still feel some lingering pain moving around his chakra network. Almost like a burning sensation.
"Naruto-sama! What happened? Are you okay?" Nagajo asked, clearly worried. And she bent down to inspect him to see if there was any damage to his body. As she scanned him over he did not look physically hurt. But his pain clearly told another story.
"I'm not sure. I have never felt pain like that before" he said, clearly confused. "My chakra," he said as he touched his stomach. "Something is wrong," he added.
Before Nagajo could say anything, Naruto heard Kurama speak to him "We need to talk Naruto" and he suddenly stood in the all too familiar sewers of his mindscape.
"Kurama?" Naruto said as he looked up at the big fox who was giving him a strange look. And then he saw that Son Goku and Kokuo stood besides Kurama. And they looked down at him in a strange way. Almost like they were sorry for him. 'What's with those looks' he thought.
"Hello Naruto-sama" The big ape, Son Goku spoke to him. "Kurama told us all about your plan. We have agreed and will help you as best we can. But something happened with your seal" he said.
"What do you mean something happened to the seal?" Naruto asked as his shock from the pain was now wearing off and his mind started to work again.
"We are not really sure Naruto. But it seems our chakra is fusing with yours at an alarming pace" Kurama said.
Naruto just raised an eyebrow at that. "That's how I designed the seal" he said matter of factly. "Your chakra has been absorbed and fused with mine over the years, you know this Kurama" he added.
"Yes, that is true Naruto. But when you sealed these two, it sped up this process by a lot. It almost fried your whole chakra network. We all had to do everything we could not to flood your system with our chakra." He looked down at Naruto with a serious expression.
"Sealing more of us, will most likely kill you or leave you a cripple" he said worried.
"Are you guys sure about this?" he asked, now worried. 'I have to come up with something. I need their power. I can't stop now!' his mind was racing.
"We can't be sure, Naruto-sama" Kokuo answers. "But it's not only that" the five-tailed horse like Bijuu looked down at him. "You didn't really think this through, did you?" it said and glared, almost like a parent scolding a child. He also glared at Kurama, as he should have figured this out long ago. To Kokuo it was all too obvious.
"I will look at the seal and fix this problem. I know it can be done. It must work! I can't stop now" he said with conviction.
"Have you ever thought what will happen once you absorb all our chakras?" Kokuo said, looking at Naruto.
"I will become the ten-tails Jinchūriki. That is the plan" he said back with a raised eyebrow.
The five-tailed beast scoffed. "You won't become the ten-tails Jinchūriki. You will become something resembling the ten-tails yourself. And there is nothing telling what that would entail" he looked at the small human.
"What?" Naruto said, utterly confused. After a little thought he added "I should have known this to be a possibility" he added with a sign. 'Of course. How could I and Kurama not think of this? How stupid am i' he berated himself.
"As Kokuo said. There is no telling what will happen. The ten-tails was a mindless beast. The only positive here is that you have your own mind and will. But if you will retain your sanity is another question. It may be that you yourself will be the one to consume this world. Or you could be destroyed and the jubi is somehow released on to this world" Kurama said
"This is certainly not what i had planned" he looked down as he was in deep thought. And he stood there for a good while thinking. And the three bijuus just watched in silence as the young human's mind went to work.
"There is no going back!" he finally said with conviction. "I have to try this even if it kills me. It's our only hope in the coming battles." He looked up at them and they saw the burning conviction in his eyes. "Too many people have their hopes in me for me to give up now, there is no way I'm stopping". He said.
Kurama, Son Goku and Kokou looked at him and felt a familiar feeling. He reminded them so much of their creator. And they could not help but smile at his conviction.
"Are you sure about this Naruto?" Kurama asked.
"Yes, I'm sure. I will fix the seal somehow before I seal the rest. And if it turns out that I become some crazed mindless beast when it's all done. I will make sure Nagajo-san and my team have a backup plan to seal or destroy me". He said
"I will not let my friends and family die!" he said with force. "I'm going to make this work, even if it will end with my death. I'm prepared to make that sacrifice" he told them.
"You are a very honorable young man, Naruto-kun. Even if not everyone sees it that way. Know that we will be by your side until the very end." Kurama said as he looked at Naruto proudly. And the other two nodded towards Naruto, agreeing with Kurama. "And remember your promise" he added
"I will never forget that promise Kurama. And the same goes for all the other bijuus. If i can i will recreate you after the threat of Ōtsutsuki Clan is eliminated. You all deserve more than you got in this life. And I have an idea I'm working on to separate your minds from your chakra and seal them in the meantime."
"I have to return to the real world now and go over this with Nagajo. I will be back with a solution to the seal" he said and bowed respectfully towards the three. And they nodded respectfully back. And then he was gone.
"He reminds me much of our father," Son Goku said and smiled.
"Yes. Yes he does" Kurama said with a proud voice.
Back in the real world. Naruto looked at Nagajo with a bit of concern. "There is a problem," Naruto said flatly.
"Oh?" Nagajo raised an eyebrow. "And?" she added when Naruto did not elaborate.
"I made a mistake with the seal" he looked a bit embarrassed at the fact. "The seal is absorbing the bijuus chakra at a much higher rate than I anticipated. Sealing another one will most likely kill me if I can't find a solution to the problem." he said and looked like he was in deep thought. "At this rate, Kurama will be absorbed before I can even seal the last bijuu. And that comes with two problems." he said and looked at Nagajo. "I need to slow down the process, otherwise i will probably die and Kurama and the others minds will dissolve into nothing" he looked a bit downcast at that. He respected the bijuus a great deal. He did not want them to cease to exist.
"How long have you come with the seal then?" Nagajo asked. "And do you have any idea on how to fix this problem?" she added. She was concerned for her summoner. This was the first time she actually could say she respected a human being as much as she did Naruto. She felt connected to him in a strange way. She was not willing to let that bond go.
"I will come up with something regarding my seal," he told her. "And for how I will separate their minds and seal them away. I have an idea. I think I understand now, the balance the masked man was talking about. I'm not sure that was what he himself intended. But I think I know what I need to do to unlock the rinnegan. I have read a lot about the history of my heritage. I have read the tablet from the six path sage himself in Naka shrine. I did not understand it then, but now I do. The rinnegan would solve both my problems if i'm right" He told Nagajo who listened intently.
Nagajo was an impatient creature "Yes, yes. Tell me then" she smiled at him. She was glad he did not give up.
"Everything needed is inside of me. I always thought I had to have balance as in half Asura and half Indra's influence on my own chakra. Now when looking back i have been stupid to think that." he said. Then he continued with his explanation "My emotions were always what triggered the 'influence' of either. I always acted as if I had three different sources of chakra, not including Kuramas. But they were always one and the same. My chakra has changed during the years, influenced by my own state of mind and my body growing stronger. There was never going to be any balance. What I always needed was harmony within myself. There is no need to balance something that needs no balance. My chakra has always been my own. One source, one spirit.'' He looked at Nagajo and saw she came to understand as well.
"When my chakra grew more corrosive and sinister, I always chalked it down to Indra's influence. But I was me all along. My broken mind, my feelings that changed the nature of my chakra. I can't change who I am. I have to come to terms that it is me and always has been me all along. I have to understand the rhythm of my own chakra and find harmony in body and mind. I have to bring the two worlds together inside of me as the masked man so eloquently put it. The spiritual and the physical being of myself. And now I finally understand." He looked at Nagajo and smiled. A genuine smile of understanding and for the first time in his life he did not question his own mind and feelings.
"I'm glad you figured it out, Naruto-san. But i don't understand what it is you have to do" she raised an eyebrow at him.
"I'm going to meditate" he said and smiled
"Meditate? Is it that simple?" she asked him, not really sure what he was saying.
"Indeed, it is that simple. But then again, it's not really simple at all" he said with a smirk then added "Protect my body as I meditate Nagajo-san. I'm not sure how long this will take. But I have to try" he told her "This is not something I can achieve with physical training. What i need is understanding"
"Very well Naruto-kun. I will make sure nothing happens to you" she looked at him and smiled. She was happy for him. She could even feel his chakra being more calm. It was almost like his chakra bathed her with a warm soothing feeling. But there was also this oppressive feeling of caution. His chakra could burn you at a moment's notice.
She looked at him as he sat himself down in the lotus position. She found it quite funny as they were out in the woods in the middle of nowhere. Then he closed his eyes and sat completely still.
'Well…this is fun' she thought as she looked around at her surroundings and signed. This was going to be one boring bodyguard watch.
Three days later, Nagajo started to get really bored. And she was pacing around Naruto, still sitting down with his eyes closed. She was filled with thoughts on how her summoner was doing. She was not sure he actually knew what he was doing. He was just sitting there. Naruto had made no sound or even a tiny twitch with his body the whole time. She knew the concept of meditation, she had lived for thousands of years so she knew a lot about almost anything. But she never understood how rinnegan worked or how it was unlocked as there were only three people in history at least on this planet that ever achieved such a feat. And one of those people never actually unlocked the rinnegan themself. She had to wonder how Naruto was so sure he knew its secret. She had traveled the cosmos of this reality for millenia and met with all kinds of creatures and intelligent life. She never met someone else with rinnegan though. But that was not to say it was impossible it may exist somewhere else in this infinite universe. She was intrigued by the human race and that's why she has stayed here for almost a thousand years. She regretted she never met the first bearer of the rinnegan thought, she came here a bit after his death. But no one she met was as interesting as her summoner. She was captivated by his drive and how his mind worked. And of course his power and potential. She never saw anyone with his kind of potential in all her travels. Naruto was really special in that way. She could not describe what made him so different from all the others, but there was something about him.
Suddenly Naruto stirred. And Nagajo felt some kind of power deep inside of him coming to the surface. She watched him closely and saw that his chakra leaked out of him a bit and it had a white and black glow to it. It picked up in speed and power and then it was almost like a tornado of black and white chakra circling around his body. Then he opened his eyes. He did not register her or anything else really, he just looked straight ahead and then down at his hands as he flexed them into fists and then released them again. The chakra slowly but steadily entered his body again and the storm around him died down. He turned his head towards Nagajo and smiled in a way she never saw him smile before. It was almost like a smile a father gave his children. And she swallowed hard as she drew in a breath in shock. His eyes did not look like the rinnegan she remembered. They were very dark red in color, almost going black. And they had black rings in them, she remembered the rinnegan had circles as well. But his pupil resembled that of some kind of eternal mangekyou sharingan. The pupil was like two stars overlapping each other and spinning in different directions. It was hypnotic just looking at them. She has never seen anything like it before.
"So, how do they look?" Naruto asked her.
"Well…i can't really describe it, you just have to look at them yourself in that river down there" she said and pointed to the river close by. She was at a loss for words at his calm expression. He had been sitting there for three days straight for god's sake.
"How do you feel?"
"I feel calm," he said and smiled, "and I never felt this much power before. I can't really describe it. It's like nothing I've ever felt before. I can only describe it as feeling whole" he said cryptically.
"We just have to wait and see then I guess. And test out your new capability as we go" she told her summoner.
"It's strange really, it feels like I have had these new eyes for all my life. It feels like I know exactly what they are capable of and how to use them. It's just that I have to learn to control it." He said as he reached out with his hands and put them in a strange hand seal and whispered something she could not hear.
She felt a powersurge then it was gone just as fast as it came. "What did you just do?" she asked curiously.
"I just changed my seal. The sealing won't kill me now. I got a much greater understanding of its workings now. These eyes let me analyze any seal on a much deeper level than I could have ever imagined before. And it will automatically separate the bijuus minds from their chakra now as well, if i will it. I can't wait to try these out in combat."
"You chakra has changed" she stated the obvious
He stood up and stretched his limbs as he felt kinda stiff from all the sitting down. "This is my chakra as it should have always been. I finally feel complete" he gave her a smirk as he passed her by to walk down to the river.
"These look kinda awesome, do they not?" he said as he looked at his own reflection. "They do not look at all like the rinnegan I have read about".
"No this is something else" she said as she came down to him by the river. "But they do resemble the rinnegan in some ways"
"Well…let's not stay here and waste precious time then. Let's do what we came here to do" he told her.
"It's not far away from here. One day of travel and we should reach takigakure"
"Thanks for keeping watch by the way" he told her "Let's head out" he said and they were gone in a burst of speed.
Before they could reach the hidden village in Taki there was a shimmer in the air in front of them and they had to abruptly stop their sprint. There was a spiral pattern in the air and they could see a person materialize from it. "Yo Naruto-kun," the masked man said. As soon as the masked figure saw Naruto's eyes staring back intently at him, it filled his whole being with fear and shock. 'What the hell are those eyes! It almost looks like the rinnegan' he thought in panic. But he did not let that fact be shown.
Naruto could feel the emotions of the man and he smiled to himself. "Did not expect to see you here mask-san" he said coldly.
"It has come to my attention that you killed Han and Roshi. Where are the bijuus?" the masked man asked.
"And what is it to you?" Naruto shot back. He indulged this man for a bit, as he wanted to get information.
Nagajo whispers in Naruto's ear "let's just kill him and be done with it"
Naruto said in a low voice back to her "He may have valuable information, lets see what he wants"
"I noticed you are heading towards Takigakure. Any chance you are looking to collect their jinchuriki?" the masked figure asked. 'This is bad. What is he doing with the bijuus? And where are they?' he thought. The masked man could not feel any of the bijuus inside of Naruto.
"What I'm doing is none of your business," Naruto told the man. "But I want to know. Who are you and what is your concern with the bijuus?"
"If you join me and my cause i will tell you everything" he said calmly
"Hahahaha" Naruto responded. When he was done laughing, Naruto looked him dead in the one hole of the mask "You are a funny one" he said with venom in his voice. He could never forget that it was this man that killed his father.
They stand there quietly for a little while, studying each other. Suddenly without making any hand seals. Naruto says "Limbo Hengoku" and the masked man gets stabbed with a black katana in his back. It pierces right through him and the masked man shouts in pain and coughs up blood behind his mask. Naruto could clearly see the blood dripping down his throat.
The masked man turns his head around but sees nothing behind him. Just the katana that entered his back. 'Shit, I'm going to die if I don't get out of here' he thought in panic.
"Now tell me your plans and who you are," Naruto said forcefully, not expecting the man to be able to get out of this predicament. Suddenly he hears a chuckle from the man "You are stronger than i expected Naruto-san" he said in a more deep and serious voice now. "I will be back for you" he added and then said "Kamui" and he and the katana disappeared in a blink of an eye.
"Should have figured he would do that" Naruto signed at his own mistake. But he could still feel the connection to his Katana, but that soon disappeared as well. "This man is more dangerous than I thought. Next time i will make sure i finish him off" he said a bit angry at himself.
"I will hold you to that Naruto-sama. There is no reason to play around with that person. He is too dangerous" Nagajo said to him, a bit disappointed that they missed their chance.
"You are right. Next time I will not hesitate" he said with conviction. "He clearly wants the bijuus for something" he added. Then he looked towards Nagajo "Let's continue with our task at hand"
"Lets" Nagajo said and they were once again on their way towards their target.
In a dark cave somewhere in the elemental nations. The masked man appeared and he looked like he was in bad health. "Zetsu!" he screamed as he sounded angry.
"Yes tobi. What is it?" the strange creature called Zetsu asked his master.
"Get me more of Hashirama's cells, I have been gravely wounded by that damn Uzumaki brat. He has grown way too powerful. We have to change our plans" he finished angrily.
Naruto and Nagajo were now standing outside of the village hidden in waterfalls. They masked their chakras as they did not want anyone knowing they were here. Naruto had been to this village before, so he knew how to get in undetected. "Let's be quick about this, I can sense the bijuus chakra from here already" Naruto said as he turned to Nagajo.
Nagajo just nodded and followed Naruto's lead.
They both entered the village, and none of its citizens or shinobi were made aware of their presence. Both Naruto and Nagajo were masters of cloaking their chakras. If anyone wanted to find them, they had to be extremely powerful sensors. And lucky enough there were none such as that here in this small village. Naruto also put a genjutsu over both of them for good measure. And they could just walk towards their goal as no one even noticed their presence even though they were in plain sight. This genjutsu played a little trick on people's memories. Even if they saw both Naruto and Nagajo, their minds were made to forget the second they laid eyes on them. So no one even gave it a second thought at the newcomers.
Walking through the town was pleasant as Takigakure was a beautiful place. There was forest and mountains and waterfalls everywhere you looked. They did not have a strong shinobi force, but they had great natural defenses for the town. It was hidden between great big mountains and the only place to enter was under a secret waterfall. If you did not fly over the mountains that is. The townspeople looked happy and at peace. But Naruto knew better. He did not like this town. He heard stories about how they treated their jinchuriki. Most humans were like that really, fearing what they did not understand or what they could not controle. That's what made Naruto so bitter towards most people, as he learned it while quite young. He knew this was natural for people, fear brings out the worst in humans. But he could not accept that. He saw them as weak minded fools. Suddenly he made a gesture towards Nagajo with his head and then looked towards a green haired teenage girl sitting alone under a big tree that was quite isolated from the rest of the village. Naruto dropped the genjutsu so the girl would notice them, but they kept their chakra suppressed so as to not scare her.
The girl known as Fū noticed them both as they seemed to appear from nowhere. She did not recognize them. She knew all the townspeople so she had to wonder who these two were. She noticed they were looking at her and walking in a straight path towards her, this made her a bit nervous. The tailed beast inside her stirred at the newcomer's presence but said nothing to Fū.
"If you came here to gloat, you should leave right now before I pummel you to the ground" she said a bit threateningly towards the strangers. She was not well liked in the village and was used to people abusing her in one way or another. But she would not show weakness, she was a young and proud Kunoichi.
Naruto raised an eyebrow at the girl and gave her a small smile. "We are not here to gloat or do anything of the sort young Fū-san" he said as they now stood just a few meters in front of her.
"Who are you and how do you know my name?" Fū asked suspiciously. As she stood up and took a defensive stance.
"We are not here to hurt you. My name is Naruto and my partner here is Nagajo-san" he said in a kind voice.
Fū had a hard time trusting people. So she did not drop her defensive stance. "Naruto huh?..where have i heard that name before" she said and hummed to herself.
Naruto went straight to the point "I know how this village treats you. I actually came here to give you a proposal for a better life" he said to her.
"Straight to the point eh Naruto-san?" Nagajo asked, amused. And Fū looked towards the woman in awe. Her voice was like nothing she ever heard before. It almost sounded like a mix between a normal woman's voice and a snake's hiss, but it was beautiful.
"No use in wasting time. Fū-san here is not so easily fooled with pleasant talk i would guess" He said and smirked towards the girl.
"Damn straight stranger!" she said a bit heatedly.
Suddenly her bijuu decided to tell her "Those eyes! Be wary of him, Fū. To have eyes like that, he must be a very dangerous person". And that made Fū narrow her eyes at the strangers and she backed up to the tree a bit.
Naruto and Nagajo saw the girl get even more defensive. "There is no reason to be afraid of us, Fū-san. We only want to give you a better life. This village is no place for someone like you" Naruto said calmly to her.
"Someone like me?" the girl asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I know you have Chōmei sealed inside of you. And she most likely told you about my eyes. But as i said, you have nothing to be afraid about from us" He said as he tried to calm the girl down.
Fū looked shocked at how a stranger knew that information. "How can you know that!?" she almost yelled at him.
"I know a lot of things" he said to her as he gave her a warm smile. Naruto could understand her fear, and he was not really the best to instill calm in people. "I know how you are treated here in this village. I want to change that. But for that to happen you have to come with us. And I promise to protect you from all the world's dangers." he said and saw she did not really buy into what he was saying. "I'm from Konoha. You could have a better life there, free from all the hate and ridicule. If you want we can be in fire country in just a few minutes" he said then added with caution as he knew his name brought fear in people's hearts when they knew it "My full name is Uzumaki Naruto".
Now she looked up at him in awe. She heard stories about this man before. It brought fear to most people. But she idolized this man known as Uzumaki Naruto. The strength he had. She wanted to be just as strong so she could live her life as she wanted and not have to be afraid ever again.
"You are THE Uzumaki Naruto? The one in the famed team sharingan?" she asked him.
"The one and only" he said back to her with a smirk.
"I heard stories about your strength. Are they really true"? She asked as she almost stammered out her words.
"Mostly i think, but not everything said about me is true" he told the girl.
"You know I can't just leave right? The village's higher ups would never agree to that" she said bitterly, now she wanted nothing more than to hopefully train under this man if she could convince him.
"You don't have to worry about those old fossils. I will handle any pushback they can muster" he said as he decided to walk closer to her and sat himself down in a squatting position right in front of her.
"Could you train me then?" she asked hopefully
"We can work something out. There is a war going on right now. But i could figure something out Fū-san"
"War?" she asked, shocked. She did not know anything about a war.
"Yes. The fourth shinobi world war just started. Which would make staying in Konoha safer for you as well." he told her.
"A world war? That does not sound good at all" she said
"Wars rarely are. But here we are" he told her calmly.
"So if I come with you I would be safe and not hated anymore?" she asked with hope in her eyes.
"Yes, i will make sure of it" he told her
Nagajo decided to speak then "Naruto-san is an honorable man, he will keep his promise to you" she said and smiled at the girl.
Fū had no friends and no one here liked her. She had nothing to lose, she thought. "Okay then, I will come with you," she said.
"Great" Naruto answers happily. "Do you have any belongings you want to bring?"
She looked sad at the question. "I don't really own anything except for the clothes i'm wearing" she said in a downcast look.
Naruto narrowed his eyes on this. Feeling anger towards taki building up inside of him. But he let it go quickly so as not to scare the girl. "You can live with the Uzumaki clan when we get to Konoha. There you can get all the clothes and other kinds of stuff you want." he told her reassuringly.
"Now then" he said to hear and reach out with his hand towards her. "Grab my hand and we will be out of this place" and she did. "You might be a bit dizzy afterwards, but do not worry. Everything will be alright" he said and smiled at her as he grabbed Nagajo with his other hand. Then they disappeared from the spot in a flash of red.
They appeared in one of Naruto's hideouts in a fire country some miles away from Konoha.
"Wohaa!" Fū screamed out. "What just happened!" she yelled but a bit lower.
"I just teleported us to a hideout of mine in fire country," he said matter of factly.
"But how is that even possible?" Fū asked, shocked.
"I have my ways," he said and winked at the teenager. And she just looked at him dumbfounded.
"Now as I said, I will bring you to Konoha. But there are some things we need to talk about first" he said a bit more seriously now. And he started to tell her all about the happenings in the world and his plan for the incoming threat.
Fū listened quietly as dread was slowly building up inside her. Not so much for herself but for the world's fate.
When Naruto was done explaining everything, they just sat there quietly.
"So…you want Chōmei?" She said in a low voice.
Naruto signed "It's not that I want to seal the bijuus inside of me. It's more that I need them to stop the incoming threat as I said" Naruto told her in a calm voice. And he tried to reassure her as he said "Some part of her will always be with you still. She has over the years formed your chakra to what it is today, that will never change". He signed again as he saw the fear of losing her only friend in her eyes. "And as told you, I will separate their minds from their powers. She will not cease to exist. And when it's all over i will recreate them all in a new image." he looked at her as she looked a bit more hopeful "People were never supposed to be Jinchūrikis. The bijuus deserve to be free of bondage. You can always be her friend and partner, but the days of Jinchūrikis are soon to be over" he told her. "If the bijuus then later chooses to bond with someone in that kind of way, that would be from their own free will. You won't lose your friend" he smiled at her as tears ran down her face.
"I think I understand," Fū said as she tried to wipe away her tears. "It's just that…she is my only friend" she told him.
"Do not fear child. We will meet again. Have faith in this man. I see great power in him, he will do as he promised" Chōmei said to Fū
"You are not afraid?" she asked the bijuu inside of her
"There is nothing to be afraid of, Fū-san. Everything has its end, and then afterwards there will be a new beginning. We will meet again. But when we do, it will be as equals" the bijuu said.
"Thank you Chōmei for everything you have done for me. I look forward to that day" she smiled to herself
"Take care child. And grow strong. And help Naruto-sama win this war" was the bijuus last words to her.
"Are you ready?" Naruto asked
"Yes..i think so..will it hurt?" She asked as she looked up at him.
"You wont feel anything, I promise." he answers her calmly and reassuringly
"Then I'm ready," she said. 'I will miss you my friend' was her last thought to Chōmei.
Both sat in front of each other in lotus position. Naruto smiled at her and said "Just relax, this will be over soon" and she nodded at him. Naruto then did a series of hand seals. When he was done he placed both his hands at each side of her head. Fū saw the rings in his eyes start to move. And then soon after she felt a pull inside of her. She could see and feel Chōmei's chakra leave her and enter Naruto through his stomach. The rush of chakra was enormous and stirred up a small storm around both of them. Suddenly after just a minute everything went quiet and the rush of chakra disappeared. It was done. She no longer had a bijuu sealed inside of her.
"It's all done?" she asked, a bit shocked.
"Its done" Naruto answers her as he could feel the chakra rushing around in him and calming down slowly. "She is back with her siblings again," he smiled at Fū. "And don't worry, I will do as I promised. I will make sure you meet her again someday"
"I don't feel any different. Except I can't feel Chōmei's presence anymore" she said as that feeling left her a bit hollow. She had to grow used to that.
"You have had her sealed into you for so long that her chakra influenced your own while developing. You will retain some of her powers and abilities, and your chakra will still be as strong as ever. You won't however be able to call on her chakra for a boost or transformation. But that's not to say it's only a downside. Now your chakra controle will be better. And her enormous chakra may have suppressed your own abilities somewhat. It remains to be seen" he told her.
Just then Nagajo came back as she had been outside securing the hideout. "It was a success I guess?" she asked as she looked towards them both.
"It went just as I intended," Naruto answered her. "Now we need to head back to Konoha and get Fū situated. "I guess my sisters will be excited to have a new friend," he said as he smiled at Fū. And she smiled back, now very hopeful about her new life.
"Are you ready to go to Konoha Fū?" Naruto said as he stood up.
"Yes..will you do that teleport thing again?" She asked him.
"We could run if you want. It's only about a half day travel to the village" He said to her
"No that's okay, it's just that my stomach got a bit weird. And I know you are in a hurry with everything going on" she said back to him.
"Don't worry, it will get better with time. Now grab on" he told them both and they were gone, heading towards Konoha.
End of chapter.
*Authors note*
Here we go. Sorry it took a bit of time as i have started with some studies now, i got less free time. But I will not give up rest assured. The frequency of chapters will go down though to 1-2 each month.
As always, thanks for all the reviews.
And do not worry, Naruto is immensely powerful. But there will soon be people in the elemental nations that is his match
Until next time!
