She spun her scythe with ease, taking out nano copies of Grimm. Her black hair with red highlights danced with her momentum. In motion, slicing through a Beowolf, she then activated her gravity dust rounds which launched her forwards. She spun rapidly midair, the twelve-year-old sliced her way through more of the copies. Her score to beat was nearing, the Proving Grounds would her kingdom to rule!

In her heated moment of hyperfocus, she left her side open. A Nano Beowolf tackled her, knocking her into a wall. She struggled up, barely dodging another. Activating her semblance, she turns into red petals that scattered around the arena to give herself distance. Flipping forward, her red cape fluttered in the air as she blasted herself around the arena. Reforming her weapon into its scythe mode, she charged, slicing, and dicing multiple wolves. Flipping forward, she brought her blade down vertically, slicing that nano copy in half from top to bottom. White dust flowed around the arena, her headphones blaring her favorite song. The girl spun her scythe around, striking a pose before cutting another Nano Grimm copy in half as the small group surrounded her.

Pole-vaulting away from multiple Grimm copies, she backflipped at the end. Turning her weapon into its rifle mode, she put practice rounds down range. Killing more, and more copies. She smirked as the Beowolves kept coming, after all she is playing the arena on survival! She ran straight forward, dodging their strikes by using her semblance, alternating it between it and attacking! Heads rolled, limbs flew, and all those practice Nano Grimm became dead!

Watching her, from on high, her older sister. She was eating some barbeque chips, jamming out to some metal. She hummed as her sister killed several more Grimm copies. She whistled, activating the Ursa switch. It took a moment, but the large Ursa formed in the arena. She leaned forward, watching as her sister got batted back a few times. Until finally, she started shooting it from range to stun it, and then leapt forward to slice its head off! A perfect Ursa execution!

"Wassup Blake?" She greeted a cat faunus as she entered.

The blonde watched as she presented pizza, which she drooled over a little. She didn't waste any time, opening her box to see the meat lovers. She looked at Blake, smirking, and then grabbing the first slice. Blake simply grabbed a paper plate, lowering her slice on it, eating like a civilized being. Her friend, meanwhile, found that wolfing down the slice like a beast was acceptable.

"Yang," Blake spoke up, "How is Ruby doing?"

"She's kicking their asses in there, but then again they are just Beowolves." Yang replied as she leaned back in her chair, "She's about to beat her personal record of thirty."

"Not bad," the faunus girl commented, "second year in The Proving Grounds and getting thirty? She's a prodigy."

"Yeah, but I worry about her sometimes Blake, more than ever. She's been thinking about mom, Salem, and the fact the council have been preparing us more." Yang observed her sister getting knocked about again, her aura levels lowering into the yellow "She's going to burn herself out if she keeps pushing too much."

"Weiss is still the leader in the class," Blake pointed out, "But then again her semblance something broken."

"You're telling me, mine in general just sucks. I got to get hit to hit harder, sounds awesome! Not so much if you're my opponent." Yang stated, grabbing another slice.

Blake chortled at the comment, "You got to be faster, Vegeta."

"Hahaha, screw you too, Goku." Yang said while making a sour face, "I can't believe my semblance is like that."

"Well, I can make clones, but they're stationery and just mimic dust elements." Blake retorted lightly, "Kind of useless unless you're fighting and need a quick escape."

"Jaune is going to graduate," Blake told Yang as she looked at Ruby dodging back. "Hard to believe, he's not that great of a fighter."

"Jauney boy has heart, I've yet to see him not take up a challenge. Pyrrha keeps him in check, he's passable for a fighter because of it." Yang said, watching as her sister's aura level fell into the orange.

Blake frowned, "She's nearing her limit."

"Yeah," the blonde agreed as she got up, "Alright I'm hitting the stop button."

The big red button was slammed down by Yang's hand, the arena below turned red as Ruby fell back. She was covered in sweat, breathing hard. She looked at her personal score, she had killed several more Grimm than last time, including her first Ursa. She lowered her head, red energy coursed around her, and aura indicator beeped to indicated that she was back to full strength. She transformed her weapon into a compact mode that allowed her to attach it to magnet holders on the back of her corset.

She looked up at the control tower, "Yang I can go again in about five minutes."

Yang looked at Blake, pressing the comms button, "Uh no can-do sis, your round in the arena is done."

"Crap baskets," Ruby cursed as she walked out of the arena. "Hey Jaune, its your turn!"

Jaune, a blonde-haired teenager with bright blue eyes smiled. He readied his sword, and shield. Walking into the arena, he motioned toward Yang. Yang responded by looking at Blake, giggling a little. Jaune watched as the arena filled up with Nana Ursa. He took a deep breath, looking at the tower.

"You sick, twisted, daughter of a…" He muttered as he got ready, but then suddenly got besieged the clone, Ursa.

The duo watched as Jaune somehow survived the first wave. Dodging them, slicing a few apart. The door opened, revealing Ruby. She sat in the chair, watching as Jaune somehow kept going despite getting batted into the yellow nearly at the start. She whistled as he backstepped, then lunged forward with a turning slice which lobbed the head off an Ursa.

"You know, Yang, you may make fun of him a lot. Jaune does has some talent," Ruby commented as she watched her friend still keep alive despite an arena full of Ursa.

"I know, but hey this builds character," Her older sister pointed out.

"He's about to graduate, if he can't handle this, then I think him being amongst our as beginning Huntsmen is an insult." Blake stated, finishing her first slice of pizza. "Oh, Ruby, there's a meat lovers pizza."

"Say less," She replied to Blake, grabbing a slice much like her older sister.

The alert came on as Jaune's aura went into the red. Rolling her eyes, Yang hit the stop button, checking his progress. She stopped reaching for her third slice as she noted that Jaune managed most of the ten Ursa in the arena. There was just one left this time around, she had to get with Pyrrha for some sparring. Stopping for a moment, she watched as he dragged himself out of the arena. Yang would be lying if she didn't think he wasn't a little hot with all that sweat pouring off him. She barely noticed the snapping of her sister's finger.

"Remnant to horn dog Yang, hello!" Ruby got her sister's attention, "Seriously for all the jokes you two like to tell about him, Yang sits here and drools over him."

"Pfft, one day my little sister, you'll understand our attraction to boys," Yang patronized Ruby lightly for her comment.

Ruby grumbles, "Don't patronize me, uncle Qrow does that to me a lot."

"Speaking of your uncle," Blake interjected while grabbing a second slice, "Is he doing alright?"

"Yeah, they just been working over the clock, he didn't come home last night. I caught him sleeping in his office, I dropped him off some coffee. I worry about my uncle, but I think they're what they can for us all to find a new home. Plus, where we're going, we may never have to worry about Grimm ever." Ruby told Blake, she looked away though. "I just kind of wish mom was here with us…"

"I know sis," Yang put her hand on Ruby's shoulder, "But whatever mom did she did for us."

Ruby nods, leaning back in her chair, "I had a weird dream last night."

"Oh, do tell, I'm curious as to what my sister has seen in her visions!" Yang joked lightly but made Ruby frown.

"Yang I don't even call them that, they're just weird dreams!" Ruby replied emphatically, a light blush on her cheeks from her sister's joke.

The blonde snorts, and simply shrugs, "Guess they just weird dreams like the time you swore up, and down that you saw some weird boy with a foxlike shadow."

"Okay fine, I'll tell you the stupid dream!" Ruby yelled as she crossed her arms, looking away.

"It all began with me overlooking battlefield." Ruby started, taking a deep breath afterwards.

"I was standing in a new world, a world with tall forests. I saw a boy, and he had these weird whisker marks. He wore this smile on his face, it was warm, welcoming even. Behind his eyes he held such a sadness, but then I saw deeper. I saw this ugly rage burning inside of him," Ruby then bit her lip, "He reminded me of mom in a way, but that rage reminded me of Salem…"

Blake hummed, "Yeah that's pretty weird, Ruby."

"It gets weirder because I saw him standing against Salem, but not as a human, but as a monster. This giant fox with nine tails." The silver-eyed girl told them, "I can't tell if he's human, faunus, or just something else entirely."

Yang laughed, "Okay sis, no more strawberries before bed. Sugar does something wild to you, because now you're dreaming of aliens."

"See you, I told you, just weird dreams." Ruby bemoaned telling her sister, "It's just that I feel something coming."

"On that note, lets hope you're wrong," A newcomer said making the trio look over toward a white-haired girl with offside ponytail.

"Weiss!" Ruby yelled in joy, running over, and hugging the girl, "Congratulations on joining the officer program!"

"Thank you, but I'm not here on a friendly visit, Yang and Blake, I need you two come with me." Weiss ordered politely as she had her hands behind her back.

Yang noticed, and sighed, "You're copying your sister a little much there, Weiss."

"It's urgent," Weiss says while holding the door open, "Ruby, I'll see you later with Blake and Yang."

"Okay, sure thing Weiss, I do owe you a rematch!" Ruby stated with gusto.

She smiled softly, "That you do, Ruby."


The Nova Council were called in an emergency meeting. Qrow, Winter, Oobleck, Glynda, Ghira, and Pietro all arrived nearly at the same time. Winter Schnee had called an emergency meeting, watching as they took their seats, her sweat covered face making them go on edge. She stood by her seat, watching them all file in. She wasn't this nervous, even during The Blackthorn Incident three years ago. Qrow watched as several soldiers filed into the council, top ranking officers.

This seemed more of an emergency, than a council meeting.

"Gentlemen, and ladies, I normally would call for traditional row call. However, time is of the essence, and I am not going to sugar coat the reality. Blackthorns probes, the ones that were lost, started pinging." Winter told the council, she looked at them all nervously, gauging their reactions.

Pietro looked at her, "That is impossible, we're at the very least three years away from any of them. We're traveling at quarter the speed of light. It couldn't be our signal."

"It wasn't," Winter grimly agreed with Pietro, "The probes used lined up like a "connect the dot" graph."

"Oh my God," Glynda realizes as she stood up, "They're pointing at our general direction."

"Yes," Winter numbly spoke as she took a deep breath, "And we've received data."

A hologram of date appeared in the middle of the room. Pictures of radar signatures, very large radar signatures. The more horrifying reality was that those pings came from four Lucius Class Battleships. Lucius Class warships were thrice the size of Manta Cruisers and were only ever deployed on Remnant to counter Salem's Titan Grimm. Each ship could house a thousand soldiers, and that was conservative at best. Everyone knew what this meant, horror filled the room.

"Oh no," Pietro spoke aloud, "This can't be."

"We're now running a new clock," Winter told everyone as she walked toward the hologram. "They're being powered by some sort of dark energy. Dark energy signatures from the probes indicate Grimm."

"Grimm…" Glynda sounded out breathlessly, "After all these years…"

"Four powerful signatures were detected as well, three of them matching known Lieutenants for Salem. Maiden energy signatures indicate Cinder Fall is leading this. We've got Tyrian Callows, and Qrow I'm sorry, but it seems Raven Brawen is among them." Winter told him, watching as his desk cracked from his grip.

"Is Nova Atlas immune to tunneling?" Ghira inquired, well aware of Raven's semblance.

"Yes, to an extent, but if she is just transporting herself, she could easily come abroad." Winter told them all.

Taking a deep breath, Winter looked at them, "Nova Atlas is armed for battle."

"Ambrosius only has three uses left," Pietro told them all, "We've got to make a choice now. Gaian Nightmare incidents have disappeared on preliminary scans."

Ghira nods, and voices up, "That means we may in fact be in a habitable range when it comes to worlds."

"Not exactly, the last six worlds were all extremes. Acidic, lava, ice, gravity, desert, and even an ocean one." Pietro replied to Ghira's observation.

Winter grimaced, thinking, "What if we're close to a habitable world?"

"That's a big IF, Winter, I'll be upping security around the crucial areas today." Qrow told Winter, he adjusted himself in his chair.

Oobleck stood up, sighing, "We've got to come up with a plan here and now. Grimm alone is a disaster but being led by the insane psychopath that is Cinder Fall, the murderer of all four maidens, she's powerful enough to kill us all."

Pietro sighs, looking at the hologram, "Judging by their speed they've already locked onto a general location. They'll be here in four weeks, if we're lucky."

Ghira growls, getting up from his chair, "We did not survive this long only to prepare ourselves for failure! I'll be damned if I'll let my wife's death go in vain, there is a drastic measure that no one here is wanting to acknowledge!"

"What drastic measure?" Winter asked, simply choosing to give a cold stare toward the towering faunus man.

"Ambrosius's last three uses, Pietro's eight probes, we can mount a defense action!" Ghira pointed out as he crossed his arms.

"That'll kill him," Glynda said while adjusting her glasses. "Once he's gone, there will be no going back from any actions."

"Pietro, launch your probes at the next eight gates. How long do you think it will take for them to travel, and send back data?" Winter inquired.

Pietro looked at the ship's commander, "Two weeks minimum."

"Damn it all," Winter hissed as she got up, "So we're going to gamble either way?"

"It appears so," Qrow got up while talking, "but we're going to do our best damn job of raising our odds."

"This emergency meeting is adjourned, bring Nova Atlas to an orange alert, have all able-bodied men, women, and even children ready to fight. Pietro get those probes going as soon as you can, no delays." Winter ordered, walking toward the door.

"Shall we schedule a news conference?" Qrow asked her on the way out.

She nodded, and looked at him, "Yes."


On a field of grass, a young teenager stood with a white-haired man. He overlooked the outcrop before them, his azure eyes scanning the horizon. He detected no one in the forest below the ridge, they've been on the run long enough. Sakura came up next to them with Sasuke in tow, followed by Kakashi. All five of them stood there, grimacing as they had crossed into The Land of Hot Water.

"Naruto," Sasuke looked at his long-time friend, "Any Leaf Shinobi?"

"No," Naruto answered as he stood up from his kneeling position. "Pervy sage, anything?"

Jiraiya chuckled, "Nothing, looks like Danzo doesn't have proactive means of pursing us into other territories."

"Does this mean we're home free?" Sakura inquired.

"No," Kakashi answered for Jiraiya, "It means we've got a better chance of living."

Naruto took a deep breath, "I just wished that I could've stopped myself that day…"

"You did it to save us," Sakura soft said while placing a hand on his shoulder, "You can't beat yourself up over it."

"He was exactly like me, Sakura, if I didn't have Sasuke, you, Kakashi sensei, or Jiraiya I'd been waging my own war against the world at large. The moment I killed him I could never take it back," Naruto stated as he looked at the horizon. "What hurt the most is that he still had people who loved him, a family."

Sasuke frowns, nodding, "But at the end of the day Naruto, that was a year ago."

"Gaara may be a year for you," Naruto growled a little, "But he was someone who was just in so much pain. Then you have me, a monster walking amongst you all."

"That's Danzo's propaganda," Kakashi says lightly, and smiled under his mask. "You're a hero."

"I killed another Vessel, Kakashi sensei, I don't get to feel like a hero." Naruto stated before stepping down the ridge.

He fell thirty feet, easily landing on both of his legs. Jiraiya, Sakura, Sasuke, and Kakashi followed him down. The quintet marched into the forest of The Land Of Hot Water. They intended to get into further areas of land away from The Land of Fire, and Danzo's new Leaf regime. Jiraiya risked his life a year ago saving Naruto's, because Danzo had a plan to extract The Nine Tails. He called Naruto an unstable monster, someone who lashes out without thought, and everyone drank that water except for very few.

Teuchi would be the first to speak out, the only verbal opponent. He was censured, lost everything, living on the outskirts of The Leaf Village. Ayame was waiting for them in Kettle Village, The Land of Hot Waters' capital. Hopefully Teuchi was there too, the implications of him not being there would be a hard, very bitter pill, to swallow for Naruto.

Orochimaru was also hunting them, for Sasuke, having failed back at The Forest of Death. That snake bastard killed The Third Hokage in cold blood, and in doing so paved the way for Danzo's rise as The Fifth Hokage, and Jiraiya blamed this squarely on Tsuande. A woman he had trusted for years, in one fell swoop, doomed her grandfather's creation to a militaristic dictatorship without freedom. Danzo was absolute scum of the earth, the bottom rung of the barrel, and conveniently everything was aligned his way.

The only plan of his that went awry was Naruto getting away, and Jiraiya took that as the ultimate victory. Talk all that he wanted, Jiraiya knew better, they weren't going to just unseal The Nine Tails, they had a plan for it to be used as a weapon of mass destruction. Danzo was as ambitious as he was manipulative, and it would've only been a matter of time before a Fourth Great Shinobi War broke out.

Down a Vessel, Jiraiya figured that they'd hunt Naruto, but was surprised when they gave a lackluster effort. Perhaps there was some inner turmoil going on. Perhaps the long dreaded civil war would blossom at last, but this time it wouldn't be a simple civilian uprising, it could very well be the founding clans tearing themselves apart.

Naruto bit his lip, remembering that fateful moment…


Gaara Of The Sand roared as he launched sand spears at Naruto. The demonically charged boy had managed to dodge them all. He heard Sasuke screaming in pain in the distance along with Sakura as the sand continued to constrict them. He didn't have time to think, but act, he felt himself slip away as something primal took over him.

Gaara screamed, "Naruto Uzumaki, show me that you're a demon just like me!"

"Stop!" Naruto screamed, cocking his fist back, "Please!"

"I'll never stop, not until I have my fill of blood, not until I show that I exist!" Gaara laughed, his demonic form taking over him.

Naruto growled, dodged more shaped sand as he closed the distance. Both Vessels locked eyes with one another, with Naruto acting first. He punched Gaara hard enough to send him flying through two trees. He leapt at him, pinning him to the ground, tearing away the sand armor with his claws. He grabbed a kunai from his pouch, glaring down at him.

"Gaara, please I've been there, don't make me do this!" Naruto screamed at him.

"I'll never stop, we will never stop, Naruto Uzumaki. Not until all these toys are broken, and that they know we exist. You're a no different than me, I can make you exactly like me in one minute!" Gaara screamed back at Naruto's face, squeezing his right hand.

Naruto heard Sasuke, and Sakura scream out, he bit his lip. Tears started to form at his eyes, he glared down at Gaara. Ten seconds had by, and he took a deep shuttering breath as he placed the kunai at Gaara's neck. He begged Gaara with his eyes, watching as tear drops indented the sand armor that wasn't cut away with his claws.

"Don't make me do this," Naruto pleaded with Gaara, "Please Gaara there's still hope for you. Just let them go, I can help you, we can get through these demons together!"

"There is no, together, Naruto Uzumaki." Gaara chuckled out as he continued squeezing his right hand. "We both may be Vessels, but demons don't partner together because they can't."

"Please Gaara, I felt them, you brother and sister, they care for you!" Naruto screamed, sobbing as he pressed the kunai further. "Don't make me do this, you can go home with them!"

"There is no home for me, there never was a home for me, just like there isn't one for you. I can see it in your eyes, Naruto Uzumaki." Gaara continued squeezing, eliciting another scream of agony from Naruto's friends.

Naruto growled, "I'm telling you one last time, stop this!"

"Ten seconds."
"Stop!"
"Nine seconds…"
"Please!"
"Eight seconds!"
"Gaara!"
"Seven seconds!"
"No, please!"
"Six seconds."
"Please…"
"Five seconds…"

Naruto bit his lip, "I'm sorry…"

He pushed the blade into Gaara's neck, the rust-colored haired preteen's eyes widened. Blood leaked from his lips, and he continued squeezing his right hand. However, Naruto seeing this slammed the embedded kunai to the side, severing his fellow Vessel's spine. He sat there on Gaara's chest, sobbing as he heard the sand releasing his friends. He got up, placing Gaara's hand over his chest, dropping the kunai. He watched as his fellow Vessel's brother and sister dropped into the clearing.

"Gaara!" She screamed, running over to him, "No no no…little brother, no no no…"

His brother glared at Naruto, who had blood on his hands, "You are a fucking bastard…I'm going to kill you!"

Naruto didn't even move as Gaara's brother charged at him, only to get intercepted by Sasuke and Sakura. His sister wailed to the top of her lungs as she tried to futilely tried to staunch Gaara's bleeding, not accepting that he was dead. Sasuke, and Sakura looked ready to fight, but Naruto held them back. He looked at them, their hate filled eyes staring right back at him.

"Let them go," Naruto says as he looked at them, "They're owed this much from us…"


"Naruto…" Jiraiya called over to him noting that he had stopped walking, "You okay?"

The blonde shook his head, sighing, "I guess there's only one way to feel about what I've done."

"You did what you had to do," Jiraiya told him, watching as their group continued forward. "If you didn't Sasuke, and Sakura would've been dead."

"What if my transformation into the same monster is just slow," Naruto told Jiraiya as he stared into the sky. "The Nine Tails keeps making me relieve that dream, I killed one of my own kind, Pervy Sage."

Jiraiya sighs, putting a hand on Naruto's shoulder, "We can't live life in regret…we can only move forward."

Naruto took a deep breath, following behind Jiraiya, but he felt something fall from his eye. He noticed that it was a tear, he silently cried a little. Just trying to imagine a way that he could've reached Gaara, saved him from his madness, but each time he thought about it, it always ended the same.

Gaara was rabid, and he had his friends, there was only one way that battle was ending. In another life, perhaps they could be friends, at least he hoped. Gaara didn't deserve his suffering, all he did was being born. No different than Naruto, but in the end one of them took the other out of this world.

Naruto could only pray that Gaara could find peace. His thoughts were interrupted when he heard a loud boom. He saw the cause as a large fireball in the sky made its presence known. It slowed down, forming into a mechanical bird of sorts. Jiraiya and co. looked up. Noting that it was streaking across the sky at mind boggling speeds, not even stopping to look at them. It seemingly was making any noise until they heard the sonic boom.

"What is that?" Naruto questioned as he saw it fly off into the horizon.

Jiraiya stood there, frowning a little, "Could be more trouble."


"Lavender Mirabella here, with an exclusive interview with Winter Schnee."

Ruby and co. groaned as their movie got turned over to an emergency broadcast. They watched as Winter took the stand, but Weiss seemed to be alert. She watched as her sister took a deep breath, and then began to speak.

"Yes, Mrs. Mirabella, but this wasn't to be a traditional interview. Today, at the eight in the morning we've confirmed that Salem's forces have entered The Veil. They've locked onto our general location, I thought I would make everyone aware, because as of the end of today's business, all civilians that able-bodied are to immediately report to a readying station. You'll be given a crash course training, military equipment, a shelter card for your family."

"Holy shit…" Yang breathed as she looked at Weiss, "You were right to say your sister was acting weird."

Weiss nods, looking at the Tv, "We're officially all enrolled in The Nova Atlassian Military."

Blake frowned at this, and sighed, "I thought we left the war behind on Remnant."

"One could've only hoped my friend," Weiss said, placing a hand on Blake's shoulder. "I can count on you to be standing by me, right?"

"Of course, she will, because I'll be standing there with ya!" Ruby said, smiling brightly. "Yang, this is our chance to get one back for mom!"

Weiss frowned, looking at Yang, "Ruby you're thirteen. You're an excellent fighter in the simulations, but we need all Proving Ground graduates."

Ruby's face fell, she looked at Yang, "Yang please let me fight with you."

"Sis," Yang says with sigh, "I promised mom if anything ever happened to her, I'd look after you…I can't look after you if you are fighting monsters."

"Yang," Ruby yelled as she looked at her sister in the eyes, "I can do this, I can fight!"

"Ruby, we may not need to fight, listen…" Weiss pointed at the Tv.

"You heard me correctly Mrs. Mirabella, we've deployed all eight remaining probes into various pockets using Pietro's technology. We'll know something in a week's time, if we've found a home, we'll make do haste toward it. However, we're mustering forces due to the close time frame. Thank you, this'll conclude this public service announcement. Please, people do not panic, we will do our best to ensure our continued survival!"

"There's a chance that we may find a new home," Ruby breathed as she looked at Yang smiling.

Weiss frowned, "Ruby, they've been doing it for years…"

"I know Weiss, but we've got to have hope, we've got to pray that this works." Ruby said to her long-time best friend, "And I hope that we make it…"

Yang smiled, patting her sister's back, "Ruby with your optimism we'll all live all live well into our hundreds."

Blake snorted, looking at them, "Could imagine me, with one canine tooth left looking like an old cat?"

"A little," Yang admitted only to get bopped in the head by Blake, "Ow."

Ruby laughed, and then sighed, "So when do you all leave to report for duty?"

"Tomorrow," Weiss says as she reached over for a gameboard, "We all can play one last round."

Ruby smiled, but then felt a tear fall from her eye, "Sure…everyone in?"

"You bet sis," Yang said, but her smile cracked a little.

No one said it, but they all felt that this would be their last game together. Ruby's hope died off when Weiss reminded her of all the past failures, and Yang's words cut a her a little deep. She felt ready, she wanted to avenge their mother, but she was denied in doing so. Perhaps when everything hit the fan, she could.

Only time can tell…


Chapter end.


So, I hope you all realize what this means for the next chapter. It is time, and I hope you all like this story's darker direction than canon Naruto. I warned you that it would get to this point. As for Danzo, I'm going to pose a question to you all. Do you think in some fashion he had a hand in Minato and Kushina's deaths?

Welcome to Umbra Genesis true start in earnest.

Thank you for your continued support!