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
Month later
The sun streamed down onto Konohagakure. In particular, in a particular apartment. The sun beamed through the window. AI slept in the messy covers as her long spiky black hair covered her back. A cry caused her to stir. She slowly opened her eyes and sat up rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. "Naruto is awake," said Black Zetsu, which caused the girl to jump in shock.
"Q..quit doing that" she stuttered in embarrassment. As she got up , the soft padding of her bare feet could be heard as she made her way to Naruto's room. Zetsu followed close behind. "More ANBU, most likely Root members" hummed Zetsu. AI nodded as she cuddled the now awake Naruto. "Aww…are you awake?" Asked AI in a babyish voice to which Naruto responded happily.
"Come on let's get breakfast" AI carried Naruto into the dinning room. She held him tightly and she paused as she felt someone was there. This person wasn't friendly nor hostile. She tilted her head and carried on. She however had stealth performed a jutsu "Mokuton: Sashiki no Jutsu" she whispered as she held her free hand down and a wooden blade formed wrapping around her wrist.
"Zetsu" "I know" the black artificial humanoid responded, as he took a now confused Naruto and used his Mayflower technique to vanish beneath the earth. AI calmed herself, taking shallow breaths she was a mother now Konohagakure's demoness. She whirled around her Sharingan blazing revealing three Tomoes. The root ANBU was caught off guard by Ai's sudden action "Wha!?" He cried as AI slashed his chest.
"Tell Danzō Shimura…if he wants my son…my child…my precious one he will have to take it from my cold dead hands…if he can't I will do the Sandaime Hokage a favor and burn the Root of the tree to the ground." AI closed her left eye and the Root shinobi chuckled "Lord Shimura isn't afraid of some…little girl" he coughed up blood and bent himself down one knee to catch his winded breath.
AI smiled and revealed her right eye revealing the infamous Rinne Sharingan in its full glory. "I didn't ask" the ANBU's screams were heard from a mile away. So far in the Council room of the Hokage office Danzō just shuddered as a wave of terror overcame him. He managed to keep it down {"Perhaps I will just monitor the girl for now"}.
AI slumped back down into the dining room chair. As Zetsu appeared out the ground holding a still confused Baby Naruto who just babbled at the young teenager. AI sighed and took his son and held him close and instructed Zetsu to find some food. As blood dripped from the table. Mikoto was walking down the street at that moment with Itachi to her left.
"You said this is where the girl lives?" She asked as she looked at her older son. Itachi nodded, "Not exactly an ideal place to be." He observed his surroundings and stayed close to his mother. He picked up on civilians passing about some screaming from an apartment. He had a bad idea he knew what apartment that was.
"Which apartment was it?" His mother's calm voice brought Itachi back into reality as he shook his head. "You alright?" She asked as her face became full of worry and concern. "I'm alright, I think it's…" he was cut off by a voice to his left. "Down the street it's the green building, and the second door to your right." Mikoto and Itachi were caught off guard by the inhuman nature of the voice.
Mikoto still turned to face the person who gave them directions. She found a figure wearing a purple kimono with light sleeves and a straw hat reaching down to its ankles. "Uh..thank you" she said as she bowed in respect, Itachi followed suit after eyeing the figure up and down. {"Kakashi-Sama mentioned a black humanoid figure who is with AI and Naruto"} he eyed the figure wearily before asking "Apologizes for being rude. But what's your name? I've never seen you around her before." "Itachi" Mikoto silently hissed.
"It's Zetsu. AI asked me to get her and Naruto food." Replied the figure with a grunt and an uncaring attitude. He then turned and left blending into the ever growing crowd. Itachi and Mikoto were left just standing there as they turned to follow Zetsu's directions. They finally arrived at the apartment and found it unlocked.
Itachi went in first, it was a small apartment with a living room, two bedrooms, a kitchen/dining area and a small fenced in backyard. Itachi wrinkled his nose as the smell of iron entered his nostrils. Mikoto frowned "Someone was in here…" she whispered, noting a half opened window next to the couch and TV. Itachi looked at each room finding a crib and baby toys in one an indication that it was Naruto's and a simple bedroom across it an indication of Ai's room.
Mikoto entered the dining room/kitchen slowly and found AI, and Naruto sleeping. Curled up protectively like a snake around it's young. AI held Naruto to her chest and rested her chin on his yellow hair. {"Oh Kushina…if you could see your son now"} a faint dripping sound was heard as she looked around and wondered if the faucet was on. She checked it was off and she noticed a small but growing pool of a red liquid on the table that smelled of iron. She followed the dripping liquid up to the ceiling and dropped the bag of food she was carrying and collapsed to her knees, her voice abandoning her, preventing her from screaming.
Itachi entered the room and noticed an ANBU impaled into the ceiling with wood. He titled his head and raised an eyebrow {"AI has Mokuton!?"} he rushed to his mother and managed to get her out of her shock. They heard footsteps and both noticed the figure from earlier was there the three just stared at each other. The figure then looked up "Oh…I guess she forgot to clean that up" he finally responds nonchalantly as if dead people are a common occurrence here. He places some bags of food on the counter and touches the wood wrapped tightly around the ANBU it retracts to who knows where and the body falls to the ground with a splat.
"Damn Root ANBU" muttered Zetsu as he poked the body. Itachi's eyes widened at this, but before he could say anything. AI started to stir awake "Mhmm…Zetsu I told you to turn the damn TV off….." she blinked and rubbed her eyes at the people gathered in the room. She then looked down at Naruto and sighed in relief she looked at Itachi and blinked. "I'm not here about you joining the clan." He quickly states, as AI opens her mouth then closes it. "Okaasan wanted to bring you some food." He raises his hand in Mikoto's direction who bows her head and places the bag of food on the table.
"Arigatō"AI replies with a simple head bow as Naruto stirs awake. AI instantly rubs his head and bounces him letting him know she is here. Mikoto and Itachi share a smile while Itachi notices Zetsu vanishing beneath the ground under their feet leaving a small hill like wrapping before it too completely vanishes. He raised a brow but decided not to push it for now.
Later back at the Uchiha estate
Itachi entered his fathers office and bows. "Otousan you called me?" Fugaku doesn't look at him and is looking out the window. "You and your mother visited the two Jinchūriki?" Itachi's eyes widened but he recomposed himself "That is correct." "Learn anything?" Askes Fugaku now looking pointedly at him. Itachi nods "She apparently can perform Mokuton also the humanoid figure seems to be subservient of her as she assigned it to perform simple tasks I also believe the figure has some form of Mokuton, also a Root shinobi attempted to take Naruto but AI or the figure killed him."
"She never said anything about it?" Askes Fugaku with a raised brow. Itachi shook his head "No….in fact they acted like nothing happened like it was normal." Fugaku rubbed his chin in thought before speaking again "It's possible due to the tailed beast she is carrying it's through it that she can use Mokuton." Itachi's eyes widened. Fugaku continued "During the attack of the Kyūbi, reports indicated her tailed beast and a statue she summoned both used Mokuton to combat the Kyūbi…that and apparently the thing was scared of her tailed beast which indicated it was stronger. Hokage-sama says it's the infamous Jūbi. We don't know if it has a name besides it's number of tails."
"Name?" Itachi found himself asking. Fugaku nodded "All the tailed beasts are named for their tails but they actually have personal names. However they chose not to, I don't blame them for it." Itachi nodded in agreement. "So now what?" Fugaku sighed "If Root's involved we can't intervene too much we still have the coup to plan…plus she has clearly stated she wants nothing to do with her clan…also the clan elders doubt her lineage due to the fact her mother doesn't appear in our records." Itachi hummed in response "She could have lived outside the village. Plus we don't know where her sister is or if her father is alive all we know is he is an ANBU and he could be from another village."
Fugaku put a hand to his chin in forethought. "That could be that just could be."
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