The defense system reacted properly to Fred's attacks at the start and pushed back against the shadow legion but the nightmares won the first round.

Naruto failed to stop it and didn't realize as millions suffered from insanity inducing nightmares. His golden chakra and the defense system saved them from developing a trauma or paranoia but those people were unable to sleep as the nightmares kept them awake.

None of them thought it was anything special and didn't give a call to the emergency center. The night passed by without any other issue as Fred wasn't acting without thought but taking it slow. He knew not to target the strong, as they could influence their dreams and fight back.

"I felt a disturbance last night. It seems Jashin didn't like my counter-measure." Naruto said as he stretched his body in his dimension while Sasuke stood on the other side.

He wore a white shirt and black shorts while Sasuke wore a red shirt and black pants.

"Was the demonic legion the only thing, I feel like we are missing something?" Sasuke nodded and asked as he was thinking about what really happened.

"There was a reaction from the mental barrier. It seems that was the real aim but it was too weak to breakthrough Ino's creation." Naruto jumped in place as he got ready for their spar.

"You don't sound too confident."

"Heh, I would be naïve to believe that my enemies were so simple at this stage. There is something fishy, so I got people on the job. Let' see what really went down." Naruto smirked as he cracked his knuckles. He had felt many people around the world experience distress, which shouldn't happen in this setting anymore but there were no signs of any trouble.

Naruto closed the distance between them and tackled Sasuke, who tried to knee him. Naruto slapped the knee and headbutted Sasuke.

That was a distraction as Naruto punched with his other fist and sent Sasuke reeling back because of the immense speed increase.

The stat difference between Naruto and the others wasn't small anymore.

"You got faster." Sasuke felt his rib cage shatter from the impact as he was unable to react properly on time. Naruto's attack was like a wave that grew in strength and it ignored the outside defenses.

But it didn't matter much as Sasuke's damage disappeared instantly because of the high level of regeneration.

"Yes, the project is coming along so the results are showing… Go ahead and boost." Naruto said with a happy expression because it meant such great power will be given to others soon and their chances will increase.

Sasuke shook his head, he was happy for his friend to stand above others but he dearly wished that they could always walk together. They missed that chance in childhood because of his choice and now reality pushed them away.

Just one fruit or just one Otsutsuki and he might stand closer to him.

Sasuke didn't like Naruto sacrificing himself either but understood it. It was natural for the leader. It was natural for them to choose it.

Most people thought his emotions were still very much non-existent but Sasuke was just good at controlling his expression and didn't like exposing them.

He was a logical person. He put logic above emotions. His wives were certainly part of his heart but sometimes he really didn't wish to see them because they acted too emotionally.

The only person who was good at not overwhelming others and understanding others with emotion was Naruto and even then Sasuke got annoyed sometimes with him.

Naruto knew him the best and seemed to play him. Sasuke didn't know how it happened but Naruto had developed a natural tendency to control everything. He didn't seem to realize it but Naruto liked things moving according to his directions.

It wasn't bad. It was something that Sasuke liked, as it was the way of the ruler. Not everyone knew what to do and what was good for them.

Super perception

Dragon Body

With those two skills, Sasuke's mind operated at ten times the normal rate and with the other skill his body was boosted in the most optimum manner.

Before this skill was formed, it was just body enhancement that was dependant on chakra control and quantity. Now, this skill allowed a boost that was unimaginable before as it copied the physical properties of the dragon kings.

"Here I come!" Naruto smiled as he moved at full speed, reaching 20 times the speed of light while gravity around Sasuke increased to dangerous levels that space around them collapsed on itself.

Naruto's base body was now Otsutsuki not human. It was always in six paths mode now and he could increase the level of power by taking more from nature or combining with Kurama.

He was faster than light in the fight with Madara and it had been so long, and so much had been done. Reaching this level wasn't even his best as he could go a lot faster and his mental ability was even faster.

Sasuke knew Naruto's go to moves, his rinne-sharingan spun as he fought against Naruto's gravity control while cutting him with the blade.

Naruto saw the lighting charged blade that was giving off immense heat and the electrocution power of millions of lightning storms.

He leaned back and kicked straight.

Sasuke saw though the move and stabbed down with a Susanoo arm coming out of his rub area, forcing Naruto to react as he pushed against the ground and kicked the blade while the other leg hit Sasuke's leg.

Sasuke pushed with telekinesis to break Naruto's balance and the blade spun in his hand towards the head of his target.

Naruto cancelled the attack and used earth manipulation to spin Sasuke around while going for a kick to the ribs.

Sasuke quickly reacted by covering his body with Susanoo. Naruto's nature manipulation was too high to break, the reason for this blunder.

Susanoo had been mastered to a new level by Sasuke so that it was now human sized armor, so all of its power was compressed and increased to a new level.

Naruto's kick was extremely dangerous and seeing the armor, properties of sub-atomic dismantling and chakra cancellation were applied.

With the armor on, Sasuke was able to block the kick easily as his mind was faster than Naruto's speed and his chakra armor could follow his thoughts.

It was something Naruto found out while experimenting and realized that they could fight even better with just chakra instead of their bodies. The mind moved faster than the body so if they just made chakra follow thought.

With this in mind, even senses were tied to it.

Naruto's danger sense allowed his body to react even when the speed was beyond his reach because energy didn't have a limit.

It was much better than everyone else because his connection to the world was very high, even allowing him to even fool people's other senses.

Naruto saw the armor coming and his response was fuinjutsu. Sasuke felt the signs cover his body and it was chained down while also getting broken.

With that Naruto jumped and gave an axe kick to the kneeling Sasuke. It hit the shoulder region and the planet fully collapsed from the collision.

It was already done for after the small skirmish and Naruto's use of high level of gravity but this was a killer.

Sasuke felt his shoulder region shatter but got his freedom before he was hit by the Rasenshuriken. Teleporting behind Naruto, he was saved from the attack and retaliated in turn with a dark energy slash.

It was the mixture of soul attacks, Amaterasu and his chidori.

It was an attack that stuck to the target until it was completely erased from existence. The damage done to him was undone by reality warping and Sasuke even tried de-buffing Naruto with his ability.

Naruto cancelled it instantly and disappeared from sight as Sasuke was hit by the Rasenshuriken that teleported on to his body.

Naruto's attacks don't miss unless you can cancel his space manipulation.

Sasuke realized his senses had been fooled into believing that he had cancelled the space function. Naruto had blocked space so he was unable to teleport and had to block it.

Using the chakra barrier, Sasuke tried to absorb the attack and managed to cancel it out before it overwhelmed his defense.

Naruto's chakra had anti-absorption qualities so it was extremely harsh when trying it during battle.

Suddenly Sasuke felt that Naruto's speed increased and realized it was time acceleration on his body. Before he could register anything, Sasuke felt Naruto's spear pierce through his body instantly and left a huge hole on the left side.

His heart was destroyed along with the lung and the healing had been blocked. People at their level only used the body as a vessel, as the soul was the most important thing.

Sasuke activated his lightning mode, turning his body into black lighting that was hotter than the sun. It had electrocution property, burn property, atomic dismantling property and erasure property, making each touch dangerous for any opponent.

Turning into lightning, Sasuke was still covered by his Susanoo armor that got boosted and fuinjutsu seals appeared on the body. Shining with a golden glow, these souls improved the durability and resistance of the armor.

Beside him Ouryuu appeared with his metallic body, glaring at Naruto and engulfing him in the dragon aura while boosting his partner.

"Let's start for real now." Naruto muttered as he was covered in golden energy and more nature energy was absorbed. He smiled and spun his red blood like spear called the Gae Bolg that never missed, blocked healing, did soul damage, boosted his powers, boosted his attack speed, blocked energy and poisoned energy.

It was the Ultimate weapon made for Naruto with the skills of all the experts combined and it was heavy as the planet, but Naruto swung it like it weighed nothing because of his immense strength and weight control.

Naruto stabbed forth while giving the spear a spin, he was far away from Sasuke but distance meant nothing to him.

Sasuke and Ouryuu saw the attack coming, and quickly acted.

Ouryuu flapped his metallic wings that had sharp edges to push away the spear attack that covered them up.

The spear covered them from all directions and it as one of Naruto's strongest attacks, though it was lacking some of the dangerous qualities since it was a spar.

With Ouryuu covering him and the lightning body reacting by itself to avoid damage, Sasuke focused on breaking Naruto's attack.

It was not a single attack as it just went on repeat without a single space in between. There was also the space lock that blocked teleportation attempts.

Just as Sasuke broke the attack and Ouryuu released a breath attack with the destruction quality, the dup felt danger.

Sasuke's Susanoo detached from his body and covered them both as they were bombarded with silver energy balls and petals of roses.

It was Naruto's new three partners, Lilly, Rose and Rafflesi. Naruto was someone who liked nature and even had a hobby of growing plants from a young age.

These three were raised by him and mutated from normal plants. Some summoned beasts grew on their own and made the contracts while some were started by humans, Kakashi was a clear example of that.

Naruto had a huge pile of these monstrous plants but these three were the top crop along with the planet sized monstrous cabbage.

Unlike the other monstrosities, these three were actually very beautiful and they all treated Naruto as their father. They all had fed on his blood and flesh.

Lilly was a fairy like humanoid-plant that wore a pink flower for a dress, a bud of the same flower with a yellow stamen on its head, and its hair was made from vines. It wore green boots with flower decorations and green sleeves that ended in flowers at the wrists. It had four leaf-like wings on its back allowing it to fly.

Lily had a childish personality and loved to play around. She was always positive and needed constant attention.

Rose was a beautiful rose humanoid with long blonde hair. It wore a red strapless leather suit with red detached sleeves, a hairclip with two red roses and green leaves, black boots with high heels that were flower-shaped at the top, a red flower-shaped mask, and a green and white petal-shaped cape with a yellow "D" on each petal. It also has a yellow vine-shaped whip that wraps its arms and forms an "X" on its chest. It carries the "Tifaret" jewel on its breast. Its leather suit had a long arrow-shaped cut on the front.

She was haughty and proud. She was cold and serious. She was very competitive and yearned to surpass Rafflesi. She had the appearance of a beautiful woman, and desires to remain beautiful forever. Its personality is more or less that way, and though it is excessively self-conscious about such things.

Finally, Rafflesi was based on a queen with royalty attire that's been colored red. It was a miraculous flower and the strongest summon under Naruto, created from the mixture of the most beautiful flowers in the world. It was one of a kind, the Queen of all flowers.

Its appearance was so beautiful that it enraptured all who lay eyes upon it and the smell it emitted was out of this world.

Rafflesi never expresses any pessimism about anything, constantly yearning to live a normal life and dancing elegantly till it's very last. It utilizes the large flower petals that dance around it as reflectors, reflecting its shots so that no enemy can escape.

She was the ruler of Naruto's Plant world. She was warm and kind hearted. She yearned to take away all of Naruto's worries and danced for him every time he visited, so he would forget the problems of the real world.

Sasuke had visited the Plant world and faced all of them many times. With Susanoo covering them up, Sasuke and Ouryuu escaped the encampment through space.

Golden chains split space and covered the world, reflectors and petals on the outside. Once again, Sasuke felt trapped.

"Heads up!" Sasuke heard Naruto warn, and only a moment later a focused laser covered them up.

The golden bijuu ray that was spinning and was filled with anti-energy qualities speared through space and appeared directly near them.

There was no escape.

'Partner, it is time.' Ouryuu spoke in a calm tone. Even though they were being man-handled, he wasn't furious and just acted with logic.

His personality matched Sasuke, who had brought him up. Ouryuu was a one of a kind dragon, from a solar system that had died long ago.

He was lucky survivor after an Otsutsuki harvest and Sasuke found him as an egg. Naruto felt the potential and advised Sasuke to nurture him.

Sasuke took care of the egg and fed it Senjutsu chakra, immortal energy from Zeus and Susanoo along with his blood and flesh.

Besides Ouryuu, Sasuke also had Snakes and Eagles as partners but they paled in comparison to Ouryuu.

Sasuke really didn't like the fact that he was so easily cornered by Naruto. The power seemed to have increased by a factor since the last spar.

With a though Ouryuu fused with him and became his armor while Susanoo was superimposed on him. Sasuke activated his bond with Zeus and Susanoo to increase his power even more.

The increase in power allowed Sasuke to easily break through the blockade while throwing his counterattacks.

'Come here' Sasuke thought as he pulled over all the foes.

Everyone was able to resist except Lilly and she got pierced by a lightning lance that nailed her to the moon, frozen in place and getting shocked continuously.

She only survived because of her connection to Naruto.

"Girls, take your leave." Naruto muttered as the battle entered this stage. He sparred with the girls personally so their skills were very high, this spar was his spar and they were part of his arsenal.

Rose glared at Sasuke and left while Lilly had no choice.

Rafflesi looked at Naruto, "Father, I can still provide support."

"Not yet, now go and rest." Naruto said as he patted her face while time was slowed down around them, forcing Sasuke into slow-motion.

Rafflesi knew it was not good to argue so she nodded and disappeared. She didn't like it but they were still not on Sasuke's level to provide support.

She was jealous of Ouryuu as he could always combine with his partner for a boost in power.

Naruto understood her feelings but just like his summons, she had yet to grow to a level where true support could take place.

The Ultimate weapon Nu 13 was meant to be his partner in combat and ideally, stand above him to lead the charge.

Looking at Sasuke, Naruto felt happy for his brother that he had grown once again. Ouryuu seemed to have grown larger from all the kills and Sasuke's power had also grown.

The combination was stronger than ever but still not close to his level.

"You have improved."

"But, it's still not enough." Sasuke muttered as he covered the whole region a thunderstorm and all the lightning bolts targeted Naruto while the whole place was put on fire that blocked space and pulled Naruto.

This wasn't enough, Sasuke went ahead and released lasers from his armor before his eyes spun releasing an ominous glow.

'Mental maze' It was the highest level of genjutsu that put the target inside a maze from where they could never escape as they were blocked by their fears, regrets and all the negativities of life.

All of this was just the appetizer as Sasuke charged up his arrow and filled it with immense energy. The Indra arrow from the war had become Sasuke's super move.

Now this arrow had more energy and other concepts added to it, making it hax and powerful.

Naruto stood there and tasted the new level of power with his barrier. He had used the physical enhancement technique and mental enhancement.

The barrier wasn't the low level one but one made through expert skill and it was multi-layered. It had the ability to disperse the energy and power of an attack.

Seals on his body showed up and Naruto eyes shone gold, blocking the mental attack as well.

'Hmm, I wonder how strong they will get when the serum is done.' Naruto thought about the future. The serum won't make them his equal since he was naturally stronger than them but it would definitely bring them to his level.

Naruto expected that it should allow Hinata, Kaguya and Sasuke working together to defeat him.

But that was the ideal result and only time would tell, what was the result.

Indra arrow was released and it traversed million of miles within a nano second, getting stronger as it travelled by absorbing nature energy from the world.

This was what they learned from Kaguya's ultimate attack.

You don't have to provide all the power for the attack, as you could absorb from the world and make the attack surpass your level.

Just as the arrow arrived near him, Naruto waved his hand and it disappeared. Reality warping was an insane power and since Sasuke's level of ability was lower, he was unable to block Naruto's attempt.

Sasuke's attempt amounted to nothing as Naruto just erased the attack out of existence.

Sasuke's eyes bled from the effort and he lost quarter of his energy.

"Here I come." Naruto spoke as he flew towards Sasuke.

Sasuke focused on the target and accelerated to the same speed as Naruto was holding back now.

Naruto blocked the sword attack with his left arm while golden hands captured Sasuke's other limbs as they broke through space.

Taking aim, Naruto hit Sasuke in the abdomen with a glowing fist that was covered in fuinjutsu signs that travelled onto Sasuke on touch.

Fuinjutsu was Naruto's specialty and he had fused it into everything about him. His touch, his breath and his look all contained it.

Naruto's body was littered with them and he had personally drawn it onto the bodies of all his comrades. When a fighter arrived at a high level, Naruto personally undid all the previous work and started his work.

Fuinjutsu using his blood as the material was of the highest quality at the present and his skills were the top.

Naruto utilized energy blockage, energy absorption, energy disruptor, and space blockage along with gravity seals.

Fuinjutsu was Naruto's support and he weakened his foes with it.

Just as planned it weakened Sasuke, and the punch directly attacked the insides. Naruto hit him in a way that the outer defense mattered not and it was like a wave that started small and grew.

With the golden arms holding him in place, Sasuke was unable to reduce the damage and he was hit with the full force.

Sasuke's full body disintegrated from the impact that he wasn't even able to scream.

Rewind

Naruto thought and time reversed in front of him as Sasuke's body was remade before the attack even took place.

"I am sorry that I was unable to provide enough challenge." Sasuke could have done it personally since the attack hadn't harmed his soul.

Only his body had been destroyed and it would have healed with a command, once Naruto's anti-regeneration field had been recalled.

20 meters around Naruto there was a field called the Death Domain or the Immortal's Aura.

It put insane pressure on others, it caused insanity, it caused confusion, it caused the regeneration to stop, it caused loss of time awareness, it erased everything around him, it absorbed energy, it disrupted energy, it caused soul damage and it caused atomic bonds to collapse.

Meaning, it was a clear cut death field.

It was mixture of all the strongest abilities and one of Naruto's strongest abilities.

Ouryuu didn't like the sound of it, his partner worked so hard that this was disservice to himself.

"Don't belittle yourself as we will definitely stand together on the same level soon. I also miss those days, standing alone at the top has never been my goal." Naruto patted his shoulder and gave Ouryuu a wink.

Sasuke was not the only one who fought him, as Naruto fought all the strongest fighters on the planet at the same time with his clones. They fought him one on one and one vs all.

Sasuke looked at him and realized that his words sounded too pessimistic, "Thanks, but I was just making a statement and not really putting myself down."

"And, I was just giving you a reminder. Do you want to take a short break or?" Naruto knew but it was better to pull up before they actually descended into those thoughts for real.

"I am ready. This time the equal stats, I want to see where we stand skill wise." Sasuke said calmly but Naruto could see the challenge in his gaze.

It put a smile on his face. It was these small things that brightened up his life.

"Let's go!" Naruto clapped his hands and he was covered by his golden armor with a helmet that had two horns and a red visor.

Gaea Bolg was back in his hand and all of Naruto's techniques were activated limited to Sasuke's level.

The girls were back and this time they had backup, Wargreymon, Metal Gabu and Sakuya.

was a humanoid cyborg in dark blue, lupine armor emblazoned with neon red lights, including several making up his talons. He was equipped with many firearms, and had futuristic VTOL-style wings stretching from his back that generate yellow holographic rotor-wheels. He had a dark blue mane under the helmet. He had the Crest of Friendship on the chest.

He was a magical wolf from Irene's world that part of one of the strongest race beside the dragons. Metal Gabu had taken a liking to Naruto when he was looking around and Naruto saw potential in him. The little pup grew under his care and grew to adapt to the high-level tech.

He was a friendly guy with a gentle touch and loved to play around with tech in the Cold World as he specialized in ice style. He was not human sized but a giant being of 30 M.

Wargrey was a tall reptilian dragon with a humanoid body structure. He had orange scales covering most of his body; the only exception was the face, which was covered in grey metal, with one spike on its nose, two spikes behind its eyes, and spiky red hair on the back of the head. The shin guards, cuirass, and spiked yellow shoulder pads he wore were held in place by thick, red cable-like ropes. It held two large, yellow three-clawed gauntlets in his hands. The Brave Shield he carried on the back was emblazoned with the Crest of Courage.

He was part of Irene's race and one of the low class dragons that looked like dinosaurs but Wargrey showed potential and he had a mutation.

He grew under Naruto's care and ate his flesh and drank his blood along with his energy to become the beast he was today.

Wargrey was as his namesake, war like. He loved to fight and fought with honor. He protected the weak and fought the strong. His appearance was dangerous but he was so gentle that most people would never think that he enjoyed sitting in the middle nature to enjoy the sights and the weak creatures.

Sakuya was a tall humanoid nine tailed fox summon. Most of her body was covered in black, skin-tight fabric. She wore knee-high, purple and yellow boots with the yin-yang symbol on the instep, and purple and yellow gauntlets with the yin-yang symbol displayed on the backs of the hands. She also wore a yellow cuirass and shoulder guards (the latter of which had the yin-yang symbol emblazoned upon them), and a yellow, traditional kitsune-style half mask which obscured her human-like face. She also had ankle-length silver hair tied into pigtails, and carried a long, gold staff with several rings adorning the tip called Kongou Shakujou. Its gloves bear the Zero Unit.

She always carried four pipes on the belt around her waist, within which lurked four kuda-gitsunes (pipe fox) that possessed the attributes of Fire, Water, Wind, and Thunder, respectively. She was able to use these kuda-gitsunes for everything from attacking to gathering information.

She was from the Ninja world. Fox summons were used by one of the hidden villages and Naruto visited them, and found Sakuya.

Sakuya was a fox with two tails and the head of the Foxes. Kurama thought it was fun idea so he asked Naruto to take her and nurture into a powerhouse.

It turned out to be a great decision as Sakuya continued to mutate into a nine tail fox, a real one unlike Kurama who was a chakra beast.

Sakuya then turned humanoid and power grew even more.

It wasn't just the power. Sakuya was beautiful and wise. She was extremely talented in fuinjutsu, barriers, illusions and jutsu.

Sakuya liked Kurama and was grateful to both of them for this honor. She was the wise Queen of the foxes and the fox summons grew under her care.

Naruto had stopped using Toads since the war. They were not his style but they had helped him grow so he never let them down.

The Toad's were the strongest summons outside the plant and dragon summons.


A.N Hope you enjoyed

You guys are in luck. I found out that I am terrible at focusing on this when I am not uploading it. Going by how I was doing, it would take me longer than I wanted to focus on a single thing.

I dislike that more so here we are.

I was not joking about being busy since I am and it means no daily posts either. I am an adult so you know what kinds of things that might keep me busy. It could be a single post in a week or none in a week depending on the situation.

Writing fiction has nothing to do with my work and is purely a hobby to pass time.

If you like how this story is written then good news since I will do the same to the other stories. All of them will be a lot longer.

This story will be at least 1 million words. We are close to 180 k and it's just the second arc. This story has more than 10 arcs. I will explore other characters as well since I actually liked Naruto when other characters were relevant.

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