An Unknown Space

Darkness. The encompassing black void wrapped around him like a cocoon. He couldn't see anything. He couldn't hear anything, and above all else he could not feel anything. His limbs were no where to be seen while there was no way to look around without his neck.

Despite being lost in an unknown space, Naruto Uzumaki could only feel a great sense of accomplishment and pride. He had save everyone including the Tail Beast and had finally got one up on that bastard of a emteme./em A chuckle escaped his lips as he thought of the event, or he thought it escaped not that he could feel his lips. Anyways back on teme, ohh the expression on his face was absolutely price-less haha, he had never seen it coming even with those freaky eyes of his. His smartass trick got used on himself haha, suck on that bastard.

Naruto felt nothing before his vision slowly returned as he blearily blinked his eyes. "Where am I?" Naruto wondered looking around. "Am I dead? the blonde shinobi asked himself.

"Not completely." an elderly voice replied.

Naruto turned around to see the legendary creator of Ninshu, the Rikudo Sennin Hagoromo Otsutsuki. The old sage wore a white robe with 9 black magatama surrounding his collar and back. He sat on 9 Truth seeking balls while his staff was held across his lap.

Hagoromo wore a small smile upon his weary visage as he watched the blonde youth. The jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi took the opportunity to observe his surroundings and was surprised that they were now standing on water, or in the sage's case floating above water.

Oddly enough, the scenery reminded him of when he had first met Son Goku after the four-gorilla ate him. Of course he was able to make the gorilla vomit him out, but that was a new experience in itself. Ah, good times.

A reminiscent smile appeared on his face as he recollected all the horrible and disgusting events he had been subjected to in his lifetime. "My life really has not been great. But still..."

He wouldn't have traded those experiences for anything else in the world. His first mission C to A rank mission where he ran into Haku and Zabuza, his rivalry with Sasuke, his training with Jiraiya, his meeting with Nagato and the Akatsuki, they were all precious experiences that he wouldn't trade for anything.

"You have beaten the Juubi, sealed away my mother, save your friend from walking a path filled with darkness and have saved the world. You are truly worthy of the title, Child of Prophecy." Hagoromo spoke in a grandfatherly manner.

Disrupted from his inner musings to hear the sage's congratulations, Naruto could not prevent the smile that made its way across his face. "It was nothing I couldn't handle!". The shinobi gave the sage a thumbs-up as well as his signature grin.

The sage's disposition fell at that statement and he sighed knowing what he had to do next.

"Naruto during your last battle... the explosion of chakra killed you and Sasuke." Hagoromo solemnly said.

Like he had anticipated, Naruto's expression turned ghastly white while shock had yet to fully hit him.

For the blonde jinchuriki, it was like the old sage had cast a spell. Just as he had regained his senses, it was as if they were mercilessly ripped away once more.

The sage waited for the information to sink in while Naruto's heart sunk upon hearing his words. The blonde shinobi's face contained a mix of emotions anger, sadness, but a strange sense of calm. Strangely, he couldn't find it in himself to scream in anger or curse the world. All he felt was acceptance as if subconsciously he knew that he couldn't change his situation this time no matter what. Naruto's entire posture seemed to drop as a mirthless smile replaced his previous grinning one.

"So that's it huh? I'm really dead? What happened to Kurama and the others?" Naruto weakly asked.

The sage smiled at the last question. Truly, what a kind child, even in death worrying about his friends safety. This only made the old sage more sure of his decision.

"All your friends and comrades of the allied are safe and have been freed from the Infinite Tsukuyomi thanks to your efforts while battling Sasuke. You really are the most unpredictable ninja." Naruto grinned at the statement."As for the Tailed Beasts they are also freed due to Sasuke's death, as the effects of the jutsu wore off without a constant source of chakra." Naruto's mood slightly improved upon hearing the good news, but remained in despondent silence.

"And... what about Sasuke?"

The silence between Hagoromo and Naruto was palpable. It existed as an invisible fog between the ancestor and descendant. The first son of Kaguya cleared his throat before finally answering.

"Sasuke Uchiha has chosen to move forward."

Naruto's blue eyes slowly widened in disbelief. "Sasuke... gave up?"

Hagoromo nodded before speaking once more. "He was the last of his clan and he informed me that he no longer possessed any ties to the Elemental Nations with you dead as well."

Naruto punched the watery surface which was surprisingly more solid than it looked. A mirthless smile spread across his lips as he stared into his own reflection. He looked completely worn, the tiredness of his gaze a reminder of how brutal his final battle had been. His clothes that Jiraiya bought him were in tatters. His jacket was practically torn in half, his pants barely held on, and a mesh undershirt was his last line of defense.

"That bastard's always going ahead and doing what he wants. Sakura's probably going to be pissed." he chuckled with an air of melancholy.

"There's a reason why you're still here." the sage continued. The elder's voice held a tone of hope to it as Naruto's gaze looked upwards to meet his own. "I wanted to offer you another chance at life in a new world considering your current one was spent fixing the mistakes of an old fool."

Naruto was surprised by the offer. "A new... life?" he tentatively asked.

The Sage nodded and tapped the bottom of his staff on the water's surface. The ripples created altered the endless bottom into a live image of a vast land. Villages, towns, mountains, forests, numerous objects such as houses, a fortified city with a castle in the center were shown. Oddly enough the city looked like a hidden village. It was as if Hagoromo had used Gaara's Sand Eye Jutsu to peer into an entirely different world.

"This place is known as The Clover Kingdom. It is a world similar to our own except with a difference. Chakra does not exist but standing in its place is Magic."

"Magic like those parlor tricks in the Elemental Nations?"

"No, not like that kind of magic." Hagoromo amusedly chortled. "The magic the people of this world use allows them to accomplish feats similar to Ninjutsu. Manipulating the elements, creating Runes, or even transformations. The possibilities are endless over there as they are here."

Naruto was left in silent awe. Not only was he being granted a once in a lifetime opportunity, but a chance to actually live his life. But...

"Old man, I... I don't know if I should go. It's just—"

"What are you waiting for?"

Naruto's eyes widened upon hearing a new voice while Hagoromo chuckled knowingly.

"Don't worry about us." a distinctly familiar and female voice added.

"Those voices... no way..."

Naruto slowly turned around, hoping with all his might that he hadn't hallucinated those voices. Turning to look behind him, Naruto's hopeful gaze met two different pairs that he had only gotten to see on very rare occasions.

"Mom... Dad..."

Appearing in a blue, long-sleeved shirt and a pair of black pants, Minato Namikaze looked the same as ever with his trademark blue eyes and yellow hair. Standing by his side, his wife Kushina Uzumaki wore the same green dress that Naruto first met her in as the bright smile adorning her features could put the stars to shame in terms of radiance.

Standing both proud and elated, the two forms of Minato and Kushina approached and embraced their precious son. For the first time in 17 years, the Uzumaki family was reunited.

Naruto could feel them. Their scent, their warmth, it was everything that he had dreamed of growing up alone.

"Happy birthday, Naruto." his parents congratulated through tearful eyes.

"The hell, you're gonna make me cry too." Naruto sniffed. His arms pulled his parents even closer not wanting to let go for even a moment. "I made sure to eat a lot every day. I made sure to bathe every day like you asked."

Warm tears began to sting the corners of his eyes while he struggled to keep his voice together.

"I-I slept a lot too and I made friends. I had a little trouble but..."

"Shhh... it's okay, Naruto. We're both proud of you." Kushina hushed gently stroking Naruto's hair. Her vision was blurred by the tears that were already falling, but she didn't care. Kushina simply continued her maternal ministrations as held her baby boy close.

"You truly are a kind child." Minato softly smiled. "It's okay to be selfish, Naruto. You've spent too many years of your life worrying about the well being of others, so it's time you worry about your own."

"But you guys—"

"We'll be waiting for you with open arms only after you've lived the life we couldn't give you." Kushina gently spoke soothing her son.

The Fourth Hokage and his wife released their son who wiped away his tears with the sleeve of his jacket. Hints of redness trailed along the edges of his eyes but the smile he sported was as bright as his mother's and the confidence in his gaze mirrored that of his father's.

"I guess I'm not ready to move on yet, old man Hagoromo." Naruto said with a wry laugh. "I want another chance and this time I'll make sure to live each day the way I want to."

Hagoromo smiled and nodded approvingly.

The whiskered shinobi turned to meet his parents' eyes once more as both father and mother held onto one of his hands.

"Guys?"

Before he could ask what they were doing, a scroll appeared out of thin air before it was grabbed by Minato. The former Hokage of the Leaf created a seal on his son's right wrist as the scroll he was holding disappeared with its creation. The black lettering of the seal disappeared without a trace leaving Naruto utterly confused as to what just transpired.

"Those were the Fuinjutsu, jutsu and my personal taijutsu I was able to master in my lifetime and that also contains Hiraishin or The Flying Thunder God jutsu. Hopefully you'll be able to learn and master them before creating sealing jutsu, jutsus and taijutsu of your own." Minato chuckled with slight grin./p

From his mother's hands, Naruto watched as chains of gold with a white glow emerged from Kushina's palms before entering his own. While he half-expected it to be a painful process, the chains entered without a hitch before he watched the final link disappear into his body. And like with his father a scroll appeared in his mother hand, but soon vanished into his father's seal.

"The Uzumaki were known for four things." Kushina began with a mischievous grin. "The first was their red hair, the second was their longevity, the third was their Fuinjutsu and the four was their kenjutsu. There aren't many people who know about the fifth trait, the Adamantium Sealing Chains. Unfortunately I can't pass down my hair color to you, but the least I can do is pass on our clan's renowned jutsu, fuinjutsu and kenjutsu knowledge and our caln's taijutsu style ."

Naruto was left stunned. He felt a great deal of gratitude, but he also felt undeserving.

"Is this really okay?" he chuckled jokingly. "At this rate I'll be a spoiled brat."

"And you'll always be our spoiled brat." Kushina giggled placing her hand on his cheek. "Listen to your father, Naruto. Be a little more selfish with your choices. Ah! But don't be too selfish now. I don't want my son turning into a rotten apple, y'know?"

Kushina continued to rattle off a mental checklist of reminders and do's-and-don'ts, yet with each rule spoken her frame began to tremble and her voice began to fade. An arm belonging to her husband wrapped over her shoulder, soothingly stroking her back as Minato tried his best to ease his wife's heartache.

Naruto wiped his eyes and laughed, giving his mother one last hug as he felt her tears of pride wet his cheek while her trembling began to quell.

"I love you Mom. I'll be fine on my own, okay? I promise."

"You better." Kushina managed to whisper as she struggled to contain her sobs while holding on to Naruto for dear life. Her baby had grown up so much in the time she last saw him, and it broke her heart to know she would not be able to see him again for a long time. Gradually loosening her hold, she felt the warmth emanating from her son fade as he let go to have one last exchange with his father.

Clasping the hand that was hanging by her side, Kushina interlocked her fingers with Minato surprising him. "Sorry, it looks like I didn't give you much time to talk with Naruto again, huh?"

Minato simply smiled and shook his head, instead choosing to hold on to Kushina's hand tighter. Facing Naruto's steady gaze, Minato grabbed a hold of Naruto's shoulder, the strength in his grip and firmness of his expression an indication of how proud he was.

"Naruto, my advice as your father is mostly the same as your overprotective mother." Minato spoke with a fatherly chuckle. "Just make sure to find someone as amazing as her, okay?"

Naruto laughed mirthfully, wiping the stray wetness stinging the edges of his eyes before nodding much to his mother's embarrassment. "I will Dad, thanks."

"Turning to the last occupant of the room who had been quiet out of respect, Naruto, features brimming with conviction once more, faced the Sage of Six Paths with an expression mimicking that of his past reincarnation.

"If that's all, I think I'm ready, old man."

An amused chuckle escaped the elderly sage as he raised a single hand indicating he wasn't done. "I apologize for the delay Naruto, but there is one more who would like to speak with you and I also happen to have something for you."

"One more?" Naruto mentally repeated. "Who else is there?"

As his way of answering, Hagoromo tapped his staff onto the watery surface as one massive being materialized out of a golden light. His predatory eyes glowed with the deepest crimson red imaginable while nine flowing tails swished in the air behind him. Although the being had the form of a kitsune, he had the upper body shape of a human complete with five dangerously clawed fingers on each hand.

Although the last time the Uzumaki saw the creature wasn't too long ago, the first son of the Sage, Kurama, had managed to double his size as he completely towered over his former jailor.

"K-Kurama?!"

"Seeing as it was finally his turn, the strongest of the nine biju gave a vulpine smirk towards his partner./

"Y'know, at first I was still unsure about my decision to share my power with you but after hearing your chat with my father it made me really glad to work with you, Naruto."

"He he I'm not that good." Naruto said while scratching his head.

"Yeah that's true though you are not That good." the fox carelessly shrugged while putting special emphasis on that.

Naruto lightly chuckled to himself. It was quite nostalgic being able to talk with Kurama again. Back then, the large fox was completely hell bent on taking over his body. If someone had told his younger self three years ago that he would befriend the giant fox, he would've laughed in their face before giving them the bird. He couldn't help but smile remembering his journey through life with the chakra incarnate by his side. Their tales and adventures would make quite the story if it was written.

"Hey Kurama..." he quietly greeted. "I guess this is goodbye, huh?"

The Kyuubi blinked doing a double take. "I'm coming with you."

This time it was Naruto's turn to blink. "What?"

The Bijuu simply smirked displaying each razor sharp canine in his mouth.

"After all, someone has to keep you out of trouble. I don't want my partner dying because he didn't have me with him."

"What are you talking about?! I can handle myself just fine." Naruto argued as he stomped to confront his partner.

"Did you forget who decided to graciously help you when Obito had seven Biju on his side?" Kurama boasted daring Naruto to argue back.

"Graciously?! It was either me, him, or the end of the world! You only had one option!"

Naruto and Kurama both growled at one another, Naruto's forehead pressed against Kurama's snout as the pair were mere seconds away from brawling. Their spat was interrupted by the sound of Kushina's sweet-sounding laughter as well as Minato's concealed chuckles.

The pair looked towards one another before redirecting their gaze back to the pair of laughing parents.

"What's so funny/ "What's so funny?!" they said in unison.

"It's just that you two make an adorable team." Kushina proudly grinned. "Please take care of my son, Kurama. I know he can be quite the troublemaker."

"Hey!"

Kurama chuckled knowingly while ignoring Naruto's indignant cries of denial. "I'll make sure to."

Then the fox looked at its creator, seemingly understanding the meaning of the gaze the God of shinobi nodded."Come here for a moment Naruto." the sage asked the blonde.

Seeing no harm in complying the teen approached the sage until he was right in front of the elder.

"Now raise your palms to meet mine." The creator of Ninshu ordered while raising his own.

Fulfilling the wishes of the old man Naruto raised his palms to meet the sage's own. A wave of nostalgia hit the blonde remembering the first time the did it. A new energy started to flow though his body the moment their palms met. Upon separating his right palm contain a very familiar light-coloured son mark, but the difference this time was his left hand also contained a black-coloured crescent moon shaped mark like Sasuke. Not understanding the meaning of the second seal the blonde looked up to the source of confusion for answers.

Understanding the blonde's confusion the old sage decided to clear it."Now not only have my yany chakra but also my yin chakra, but that not all you now have Sharingan, Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan (I will be writing EMS for short from now) and 9 tomoe-Rinnegan which grant my abilities like Creation of All Things through which I created Kurama and his siblings and my more you have to explore the other abilities of your Rinnegan as it more powerful than and may have more abilities than my own. You may face some problem in discovering your EMS and Rinnegan, don't worry I have made you this." as the words left his a scroll appeared though much larger than his parents and vanished as a seal appeared on the blonde's left wrist."That scroll contains all the Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, and Bojutsu I was able to create, learn and master during my life time." The god of shinobi said clam tone.

Naruto was doing all he could to not to hyperventilate. He now also had freaky cool eyes like Sasuke!. A many overpowered jutsus from the GOD shinobi himself. After a few moments of self-debating the blonde shinobi finally answered.

"Wow" was all Naruto could say dumbly.

This earned a sweatdrop from everyone, but soon the sage started chuckling before laughing out loud snapping everyone out of their stupor.

After regaining his composure the sage explained the reason of his amusement."Only you can gain godly abilities and answer the feel in one word"

Naruto smiled and nodded.

After confirming his father will say no more The nine-tailed chakra beast turned his gaze towards Minato with an expectant stare. "Is there anything you'd like to add?"

The Fourth Hokage simply shook his head with a small smile. "Be safe you two. The both of you."

With their goodbyes finished, Hagoromo had already finished the necessary preparations as a large Seal formula appeared beneath Naruto and Kurama while Minato and Kushina took a few steps back.

"Good luck, Naruto. May you find happiness in your new life." the sage spoke with reverent pride.

As the light from the seal gradually enveloped him, Naruto looked to his parents one last time to see his father's arm wrapped over his mother's shoulder as they each waved from where they stood.

A large ringing sound filled the air to the point that Naruto could no longer hear anything. Although he couldn't use his ears, Naruto's eyes were still able to make out his parents' final words to him.

"Thank you for allowing us to be your parents, Naruto."

In a flash of light Naruto and Kurama were gone. As soon as they disappeared, Minato and Kushina nodded to one another before waving Hagoromo goodbye as they left soon after.

Hagoromo wearily sighed to himself after having to witness a rather heavy-hearted reunion. Nevertheless, he spoke out to the empty void around him.

"As you can see, he's made his decision. Now the question is, what do you intend to do knowing the choice he has made?"
The only response Hagoromo received was silence. Heh. Coming from him, it was a rather common answer. The sage went silent after that while thinking how Naruto react to his last gifts. An amused chuckled escaped his lips at the thought.

-xox-

Here next chapter done. Didn't think I could finish it today, but alas it is done

what do you think of the way Naruto got new dojutsus please review

Also tell any special rinnegan abilities you want me to give naruto.

Any pairing is not decided yet so tell suggest a name of your liking

Alright that for today see you in the next chapter ... hopefully i can upload in 2 weeks

Next stop clover kingdom.

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