Act I: Prologue Part II
"This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper."-T.S. Eliot
Opening theme: High And Mighty Color – Ichirin No Hana
Kimi wa kimi dake shika inai yo
Kawari nante hoka ni inainda
Kare naide ichirin no hana
A flower was seen blowing over the darker screen when suddenly a huge Rinne Sharingan appears, and the Title card displaying NARUTOナルト appears
Hikari ga matomo ni sashikoma nai kimi
Marude hikage ni saita hana no you
Nozon da hazu ja naka tta basho ni ne
Harasarete ugokezu ni irun da ne
Toji kaketa kimochi hakidaseba ii
Itami mo kurushi mi mo subete wo uketomeru yo
Dakara naka naide waratte ite ichirin no hana
Ai is seen with a scared look on her face her blue dress is covered in blood in her hands is a blooded lion themed ANBU mask and she is crying tears. A teardrop falls slowly to the ground as it splashes into a pool of blood. She then raises her head up dazed as memories flash through her mind and an image of Naruto's childhood. She reaches for Naruto and falls into a river of blood as the Jūbi and Gedo Statue flank her on opposite parallel sides she then rises
Ima ni mo karete shimai sou na kimi
Mujaki na sugata ga mou ichido mitakute
Kimi no chikara ni naritainda
Tatoe kimi igai no subete no hito wo teki ni mawasu
Toki ga kite mo kimi no koto mamori nukukara
More memories flash an image of Saki appearing smiling with her headband then it changes to an image with Saki supporting a battle hardened expression and her headband has a slash through it. Junko is crying being comforted by Sakura and Hinata. Ai continues to rise and grips her hand. Images depicting the events of Naruto and Boruto flash through her mind, Ai then clutches her head in pain.
(Rap)
You should notice that there is no other.
You should notice that there is no next time
You should notice that there is no other.
You should notice that there is no next...
Time notice that you should notice that
Notice that there'S no other
She then screams in pain as the area turns into an introverted color scheme of white, black, and red. The Jūbi then opens its mouth and slowly descends onto Ai as she thrashes around violently. Imagines showing Naruto being attacked by the villagers as a child surface and of Tobi with his Mangekyō Sharingan spinning appear. The Jūbi is then introverted sideways and Ai is now falling into its mouth as the hands of the Jūbi start to intertwine with that of the Gedo Statue.
Kimi wa kimi dake shika inai yo
Ima made mo korekara saki ni mo
Tatoe kimi igai no subete no hito wo teki ni mawasu
Toki ga kite mo kimi no koto mamori nuku kara
Make naide ichirin no hana
Repeat
Ai closes her eyes and accepts her fate. Then an image of Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki appears with his hand outstretched and Ai tries to reach for it as hundreds of Jūbi arms start to reach out and grab her, dragging deeper and deeper into the pitch blackness. Then Black Zetsu's signature smile appears as an image. Ai grunts her teeth and grabs Hagoromo's hand and a bright light engulfs her as she opens her eyes revealing the Rinne Sharingan and she ties her Konohagakure head and stand on top the Jūbi with the Gedo Statue to her right Hagoromo behind her with Black Zetsu. Hagoromo nodes to her when Ai looks back and she looks forward with eyes of determination as she faces off against the masked man standing upon the Kyūbi. Then the title card appears again NARUTOナルト
Love is subjective, it has different meanings to different individuals to some it's a powerful force. To others it's meaningless and has no meaning toward their cold dead heart. Several months have gone by and turned into years and Ai had a happy childhood she had loved, however like all things it doesn't last long. The cold cool winds begin to blow ferociously and with a violent vigor. Ai was crumpled up by a tree, she was crying and she was surrounded by older kids. "Aw...what's the matter? Ehh? Dual eyes?" taunted the lead, an older girl with brown hair in two pigtails. "So much for the feared Uchiha clan!" snickered another girl with glasses similar to Sarada. The girls kept taunting and taunting for hours until one girl started punching Ai. Blood squirted out of her mouth as a fist collided with the side of her face. Ai in a dazed state tried to stand only to be kicked in the face, sending her flying and smacking her head against the wall.
Ai felt like she was floating...and wet. Her eyes strained opened as she saw nothing but pure never-ending darkness. She sat up with a splash and a slosh of some unknown liquid. {Water?} she thought as she lazily brought her hand to sniff and she immediately felt repulsed by the strong Iron smell of pure blood. She started gagging and vomiting, she was unaware of a huge eye appearing behind her. It appeared as a Sharingan with what appears to be nine tomes, and a huge animalistic roar rang out. In the real world the kids surrounding her had huddled up. "This bad…" spoke one of the girls, "What do we do?" added another girl. The leader was rubbing her head feeling an oncoming headache. They were unaware of Ai rising up, her injuries healing rapidly and her head hanging down.
One of the girls looked backed and noticed Ai and had a bad feeling. "Uh...hey Duel eyes woke up." she said. The group then turned and noticed something was off but the leader kept up the act albeit more unnerved. "What...y..you trying to scare us?" she said with a hand on her hip. Ai mumbled something incoherent in response the lead girl scowled and stomped over to her. "QUIT IT!" she roared annoyingly as she raised her hand to punch Ai. Ai remained motionless as time seemed to slow down. The girl launched her fist forward as time slowed down even more. All you can hear is the bum bump of Ai's heart slowly beating then beating more and more and more. Ai then caught the fist which surprised the girl. "Hey...GAH!" the girl screamed in pain as Ai started crushing the girl's hand with unnatural amounts of strength.
The girl collapsed onto her knees as Ai completely crushed her hand causing blood to gush everywhere. The girl screamed louder and louder as her friends backed up fearfully. Ai stood still while occasionally rocking back and forth on her heels. Ai then had enough of the girls screaming and grabbed her head with an amount of speed never seen before. Time slowed down again as Ai glared at the girl with her eyes, the eyes of the legendary Rinne Sharingan. The girl looked in fear and began to mumble as her brow was glossed with sweat from the pain and fear. She smashed her knee into the girl's face killing her instantly as blood again gushed like an untapped water main all over the pavement. The girl crumpled forward with a soft thud.
The girls huddled together crying in fear, until one girl unleashed a blood curdling scream that rang out across Konohagakure. A feeling...a sensation, an uneasiness grew and covered the entire village causing everyone to stop what they were doing and look around. Everything went deathly quiet, Kakashi the current 6th Hokage was in an annual council meeting and suddenly alearted himself, stunning everyone as he went wide-eyed. "It can't be…" he never finished that sentence. The entire Apartment block exploded in dust and debris, people screamed and were swept away the shockwave spread across the entire village causing windows to explode and shake. The air became still again and quiet. People recovered and began to wonder what was going on. Shinobi quickly responded and evacuated and rescued people from damaged buildings.
Shinobi who had responded were evacuated people from the area surrounding Ai's apartment block. Saki and her team arrived along with several academy students including Boruto Uzumaki, Sarada Uchiha, and a new student from Otogakure named Mitsuki. Saki broke from her team ignoring her team leader and found her mother being comforted by Hinata and Sakura. "Okaa-san!" she cried as she pushed past several shinobi. Junko looked up, "Saki!" she cried as the teenage girl embraced her mother. "Oh my goddess, I'm glad you're okay!" exclaimed Junko as she examined her daughter like a hawk inspecting her nest for intruders. "Am fine okaa-san." responded Junko as she tried to pull away. She then looked around and became worried "Where's Ai?" she asked. As Junko looked away, Sakura then spoke for her. "They haven't found her yet...I'm sure she is…" she was cut off by a massive monstrous and familiar roar. The lingering dust cloud that had settled had been blown away by a massive gust of wind.
"What the hell…." started a shinobi who quickly backed up in fear as he spotted a huge red dot that revealed itself to be a massive eye. "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!" he screamed which drew everyone's attention as they too stood in fear. The Shinobi was petrified in fear and pure unadulterated terror. Sakura and Hinata looked up in fear, "It can't be…" muttered Hinata. There stood before them in all its glory was the infamous and feared Jūbi. Saki looked up with fear as her mother clung on to her for dear life. Saki then noticed something and squinted her eyes before exclaiming in a low whisper "Ai…." Sakura, Hinata, and Junko then looked at her then back at the Jūbi. "SHE'S THERE ON TOP OF THAT THING!" screamed Saki as she pointed her finger to the head of the primordial beast. Sakura gasped as Hinata activated her Byakugan and Junko her Sharingan. Junko then collapsed from stress and a horrible realization.
Hinata then clutched her friend as Sakura examined her. Hinata then spoke stuttering for the first time in years. "I...I..I..t..think...A...A..Ai summoned...t..t..the Jūbi." Sakura then jerked up and looked in her direction. "Now way…" she whispered, Hinata looked away and then spoke again "Their chakra have mixed similar to Naruto-kun's and Kurama." Sakura then gasped again and looked back at the Jūbi.
Meanwhile on the Konohagakure border
Kenji and his ANBU squad were camped out and discussing random topics when a random Chunin stumbled onto the camp and presented Kenji with a letter. He then looked up grimly at his teammates as they raced back to Konohagakure as fast as they could. Konohagakure was on fire, as the Jūbi ran rampart. Ai just sat calmly and quietly on its head as it smashed buildings and swiped Shinobi who attacked like they were bugs. A massive kunai landed next to her. She briefly looked at it and noticed it had a huge explosive tag. She just looked back at the destruction all around her. Dozens of smaller hands begin to wrap around her protectively like a mother wolf protecting her cub. The Jūbi grabbed the huge kunai and tossed it in a random direction causing it to implode midway.
Naruto tried to reach her with aid of Sasuke who had stopped by randomly, but they were swatted away as were Tenten, Rock lee, and Kiba who hilariously declaring himself to the next Hokage before being smacked into a nearby skyscraper mid speech by the Jūbi. Ai sat on top the creature cross legged. She was seen plucking the petals off a flower, her eyes were closed. When she reached the last petal, her eyes suddenly snapped open revealing the Rinne Sharingan. "Show them….despair…" she stated in a low monotone voice void of all emotion, meaningless, and care. Imagines flash of her family, as Kenji rushed after hearing what had happened.
He ran as fast as he could dodging debris and the random smaller hands of the ten-tails. He had to do something, for his princess, for his daughter as he loved her like a child with a kitten. She was his kitten and he would do anything for her, even die for her. "Ai means love" the memory was embodied into his mind. He pumped chakra into his legs as he started to think about his family and a tear exited his eyes "Sorry Junko-san...I won't be able to enjoy your wondrous cooking anymore." he said with a hint of sadness in his voice.
Ending Theme: Tsukiakari - Rie fu
aoi aoi sora ni tsuki no hikari wo tomosu
amaku awaku omoi sonna mono ni torawarete
A small breeze blows through the land of Fire. A brown leaf is blowing as the scene changes between Future and Past Konohagakure. The scene changes to the construction of the Hidden Lead and Madara and Hashirama overlooking the construction. The scene then changes to Junko and Kenji getting married. The scene then changes to Ai's birth as Black Zetsu appears hiding in a wall with his signature smile.
kono tsukiakari no shita hitori shirazu
kimi no namae dake wo yondeita
itsumademo mirai wo sagashiteta
kono hikari no naka ni…
Ai wakes up in the middle of a beautiful forest and then stares at the Shinju in wonder and amazement. Black Zetsu is shown in Ai's room wearing his hooded coat, and looking at photos of Ai as a child. A now adult Hokage is seen looking at a photo smiling as Hinata rests her head on his shoulders.
itsumo itsumo soba de shinjiteyuku chikara ga
tooku moroi mono wo ugokashiteru ki ga shiteta
Ai is playing with a younger Naruto, as the Jūbi, Kyūbi, Gedo Statue, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, Madara Uchiha, Mito Uzumaki, Tobirama Senju, and the rest of the Uchiha and Senju clans watch from a distance
kono tsukiakari no shita hitori shirazu
kimi no namae dake wo yondeita
shizukana aijou wo shinjiteta
kono hikari no naka ni…
Scenes flash back and forth from Ai and Naruto's childhood highlighting their similar struggles
nani mo tsukamenai you na yoru ni ha
kimi wo omowanai toki ha nai
every single day I don't think about it
mayou kokoro ga kimi ni todoku you ni
Ai and Naruto along with Iruka are seen getting Ramen and laughing as Naruto is choking on hot ramen
kono tsukiakari no shita de watashi no namae wo yonde
tashika ni ainiyuku yo doko he demo
kimi no soba ni
Kakashi is being chased by the Gedo Statue throughout Konohagakure
kono tsukiakari matataki hitotsu sezu
shizuka ni watashi wo mitsumeteita
kimi to no mirai wo sagashiteta
kono hikari no naka ni…
Team 8 along with Ai sitting on the Jūbi are shown relaxing by a river. Naruto is laying over Ai's lap and she is showing Hinata how to comb Naruto's hair