Seeing Naruto's reaction, Alaya decided to act. She knew that her enemy would find her sooner or later. Unlike Naruto, she didn't have the patience and she couldn't stand seeing him alive. However, she wasn't strong enough to fight him. The only path left was to get someone else to do it.
Looking through the list of the strong beings on the planet, Alaya settled for Merlin. The man had been alive for a long time and controlled powerful demons that served him. He was a powerful magician with access to the underworld, so it shouldn't be a problem for him to defeat Naruto.
Without hesitation she sent a puppet to her target who was living in London. Merlin was a charming and strong looking old man so he was hard to miss. He was sitting in the park with a beautiful lady with long blonde hair as they watched the swans and ducks move around the pond.
The duo seemed lost in thought but they noticed her presence once she cancelled her ability. Being under the old man's gaze, Alaya felt his overwhelming power. It felt like her body was about to disintegrate from being under his gaze.
"Please listen to me before you take action. I believe you will not regret it."
"Young lady, I am hurt. I am not some barbarian that would kill without rhyme or reason. So, please take a seat and let us talk peacefully." Merlin showed nothing but gentlemanliness and observed the little girl. She gave him a feeling of déjà vu.
He looked at his companion, Artoria Pendragon, and back to Alaya. Merlin could see that Artoria was also feeling it.
Snapping his fingers, Merlin covered up the area with a barrier so they weren't disturbed.
"Thank you for your time, I will always be grateful for this favor."
"No need for such formalities, it is our duty to keep this world safe. Please, speak before we cast our judgment." Artoria spoke in a calm manner. Her eyes looked cold and her body hid enormous power. Just like Merlin, she had been living for thousands of years and wasn't exactly human.
Hearing her voice, Alaya would have been compelled to speak and follow the command if she had been a weaker being. Regardless, Alaya spoke and shared her memories with the duo.
Her memories showed Naruto's world and how it achieved peace through the forth ninja war. Everything seemed to be going perfect but then things started to take a weird turn. Naruto started to show his true color, his greed.
Hiding his cruel nature, Naruto slowly took over the world and barely anyone put up a resistance since he was the hero of the world. Plus, he was the strongest being on the planet and the second strongest along with the other strongest beings were his friends.
Naruto taking over the world should have sent alarm bells, but people were blinded by the heroic tales and by their own expectations. Regardless, Naruto did an excellent job and brought the world to a better future.
However, there were things going in the shadows. Naruto started killing every being that was powerful and too intelligent for their own good. Starting with his own bother, Sasuke, and continuing to Shikamaru. He didn't even leave aside his one and only love, Hinata Hyuga.
Killing his loved ones wasn't the only terrible thing, Naruto indulged in betraying his wife and impregnated many women. Most women accepted it willingly, but some resisted and he forced them. Alaya's mother was forced by Naruto and she was the same age as Boruto, meaning he had done it during his honeymoon period.
Naruto liked strong women as he wanted to create strong children. He made the world better to create strong people, and all that was for his own selfish needs.
Alaya's mother was Naruto's strongest enemy, Kaguya Otsutsuki. Naruto unsealed Kaguya and allowed her to regain full strength.
Defeating her in combat, he trapped in a palace where she could never leave without his permission. It was where Alaya was born because Naruto put fuinjutsu seals on Kaguya to stop her from undoing the pregnancy.
She was born from a hateful act and was unwanted by the mother. However, Kaguya didn't hate her and gave her the affection that she deserved.
"It seems that you have been deceived, young lady. It is clear that the Naruto you hate is not the one in this world. Not just that, it seems that your father is possessed by someone else. Did you ever see your father summon Kurama?" Merlin took in the story and the memories before going silent for a moment to digest them.
"Deceived? How can that be? My mother was killed by him and she would have told me if he was possessed." Hearing those words made her agitated and extremely angry. How could they question the facts? How dare they thing that she was stupid?
"Calm down, young one. It is clear that you have been manipulated by the enemy. Your mother did tell you about the enemy. Please, remember the lullaby. What does it say?
Hush, child, the darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
Child, the darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
Guileless daughter, I'll shape your belief
And you'll always know that your father's a thief
And you won't understand the cause of your grief
But you'll always follow the voices beneath
Guileless daughter, your spirit will hate her
The flower who married my brother the traitor
And you will expose his puppeteer behavior
For you are the proof of how he betrayed her loyalty
Now, do you see why she sang this? Think about it, does it look like something a normal person would sing to their beloved child." Merlin activated a spell to help Alaya relax as he knew that she was getting extremely agitated. The knowledge was obvious but it was destructive to her mind.
Listening to the familiar lullaby, Alaya saw what Merlin was hinting at. It was so obvious that it couldn't have been missed by a little child.
Kaguya wasn't Naruto's sister, she was his ancestor. And, why would she not understand her source of grief?
Didn't she feel it because of her mother's death?
What was the darkness from the deep?
"It seems that this brother was the darkness and he took over Naruto. The source of the unknown grief should be his manipulation, and your soul knowing it. The enemy sent you here, you didn't escape him. He is using you for something, and it is most likely to kill the Naruto of this world.
Is what I had like to say? However, it isn't exactly true. The brother shouldn't have the ability to cancel Naruto's powers without any resistance. So, you were brought here by someone else and used as a pawn.
Regardless, Naruto isn't your enemy and you should meet him. He will forgive you, as he will understand your position. I will give my support." Merlin saw Mordred in Alaya, and that lullaby was what Mordred's mother would sing to him. It was a curse that would blind Mordred to the evil of his mother and see Artoria as evil, and try to kill her for the throne. Artoria was a woman but Merlin changed her to a man so that she could have a child. However, Artoria's sister, Morgan, used magic to take the shape of the wife. It was one of her methods to spread chaos and she didn't care about the mental health of the child.
Merlin and Artoria had been fighting Morgan for centuries before she fell to the lance of the end. Rhongomyniad: The Lance that Shines to the Ends of the World was the Holy Lance of King Arthur. It was a Divine Construct armament that was regarded as the "spear of the end", the light of destruction coming down from the heavens.
Originally, the Holy Lance was a "pillar of light" that fastened together the two sides of the World itself: the lower layer of the World (mortal reality) and the Upper layer of the World (Realm of the Immortals). It had been said that, in the unlikely event that this was undone, reality would be torn off from the surface of the World to reveal the Upper layer, re-enacting the Age of Immortals.
The Holy Lance was the proof that Artoria was the chosen one belonging to Earth and it allowed her to surpass her limitations, giving her the power to fight impossible enemies. She was also part dragon which was also one of the reasons for her enormous power. Living for so long, Artoria fully realized her abilities.
Hearing Merlin's words, Alaya came to the realization that she had been manipulated and couldn't take it well. Her heart beat became erratic and she felt extreme pain in her head and heart.
Backing away from the duo, Alaya felt a splitting headache when she saw a horrible memory and almost lost her mind.
Before she could collapse from the mental damage, the world stopped and reversed.
Vyn decided to change things and made the conversation go in a different direction. The duo believed Alaya and took Naruto as an enemy while Alaya never found the truth.
"What a pathetic little creature, I am forced to assist. It would have been so much easier if I could erase them all." Vyn muttered annoyed that he almost messed up because his attention had been on Naruto. He couldn't destroy the world without interference. It would summon the Balance and Spectre, not a good idea.
However, he propped up Alaya to an appropriate level. Alaya was strong as Naruto but lacked his skills and with Vyn's interference, she grew equal to him in power.
He could change power levels, but there was a limit. There were many rules set in place so that higher level beings wouldn't mess around in the lower realms. The lower realms were governed by physical laws and were simple places while the upper realms were strange and wonderful.
Getting back to Naruto, he had come to the conclusion. He was about to start a killing spree and leave none of the super human's alive.
