Hello all Storm here with a new chapter! Here we'll be seeing the aftermath of Naruto saving Naruko and Satsuki, along with getting a look into Naruto's life before becoming The Shredder. So, without further ado.
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Naruto, now ten-years-old, looked around with wide eyes at the death and destruction around him. Having been out training late at night to improve his Ninjutsu and Shurikenjutsu, only to hear what sound like fighting. Leading him to go investigate, only to be shocked when he came across a battle being fought between different groups, all of them wearing attire of different nations.
What shocked and saddened the Ōtsutsuki was that the people were using Chakra to fight, using the Ninshū his father taught and the Ninjutsu he and Indra created. Something that confused Naruto, since why would they be using Chakra in such a way when it was given to connect everyone and promote peace.
He had ended up staying frozen as he watched the battle rage on the entire night, only ending when everyone was either dead or injured to the point they couldn't move anymore. The whiskered boy headed down to the battlefield once the fighting ended, not being able to do anything but look around at what had happened, wondering why it happened at all.
"W-water! Water!" Someone suddenly shouted getting Naruto's attention, seeing one of the still living soldiers looking at him pleadingly.
Seeing someone still alive, Naruto quickly rushed over to them while opening his water container and held up his head to let the man drink.
"Here, drink it slowly, I'll see what I can do for your injuries." Said Naruto, setting the water down before holding his hands over the man as they were covered in green Chakra to start healing his injuries.
"Th-thank y-you." The man said in relief as his vision started clearing up, allowing him to get a better look at his savior.
Only for his eyes to widen when he saw Naruto, being able to recognize him as one of the sons of the Sage of the Six Paths, both by his appearance and his attire. Something that would have him set for life if he brought the kid to his lord, knowing how valuable he'd be for their purposes. Either to be conditioned as a weapon or used as breeding stock to create their own soldiers with the Sage's power.
Naruto continued healing the man, only to be shocked when he shot up after regaining his energy, pulling out a dagger and went to grab the whiskered boy. With his eyes widening at the sight, not expecting the man to suddenly attack him like that. Even more so when he saw the greed and eagerness on his face, no hesitation, no gratitude for potentially saving his life. Only looking as if he'd found some great treasure he could take for himself.
Though suddenly everything started moving more slowly for Naruto as he saw the man moving to grab him, he acted on instinct and pulled out a kunai before slashing it across his throat. The Ōtsutsuki watching the greed and eagerness turn into shock, horror, and realization of what just happened before the man fell over dead.
With Naruto only able to look at his body in disbelief, not only at what he tried to do even after he helped him, but that he'd really just killed someone.
"Indra…why did he try attacking me, even after I helped him?" Naruto asked as he sensed his brother appear behind him, with Indra looking down at his younger brother before looking around the battlefield with his Sharingan.
"Because this is war. War between nations that will kill each other senselessly, even complete strangers. But you are a son of the Sage of Six Paths, which would make you valuable to those that'd seek to use you for their own gain and desires, not caring what you do or don't do." Said Indra before looking at Naruto who'd turned to look at him.
"You did the right thing Naruto, there will others just like this man who will try to take advantage of your kindness, you will need to learn to sense the intentions of others and be better prepared. And with your eyes, you will be able to do just that." Indra stated before turning to leave, while Naruto looked at him in confusion.
'My…eyes?' Thought Naruto holding his kunai up, only to be shocked at seeing they were now crimson red with a single tomoe in each of them circling the pupil.
Lowering the kunai, Naruto looked around the battlefield one last time before catching up to Indra, all while wondering how Ninshū can bring peace if people will simply use it to fight and kill each other.
*Real World*
Naruto opened his eyes and sat up, shaking his head at the dream/memory he just had, not remembering the last time he thought of that day.
'The day my eyes began to open to the truth of the world.' Naruto thought, having never forgotten it since that was the day that started him on the path to become The Shredder.
Getting out of bed, the white-haired boy looked down at his body with a frown, annoyed that he's thirteen-years-old again, something that'll definitely take some getting used to.
'The fact I have to go through puberty again certainly doesn't help matters.' Thought Naruto with a shudder.
He guessed that he was de-aged with the loss of his power, both from his fight with Isshiki and then being sealed away before he could fully heal. And while he's still strong in his own right, he can't currently access his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, Rinnegan, and Six Paths Sage Mode. Nor was his body as strong and powerful as it was in his prime. Thankfully he still has access to a good portion of his Jutsu arsenal, while still being able to use his Sharingan and regular Sage Mode.
Plus, having access to the Mokuton now thanks to him having begun training in it prior to his sealing after seeing Asura use it and how powerful it was. While having completed his training in his mindscape, after he was sealed, as he'd still been conscious while he was sealed, but simply trapped in his own body.
Overall, according to the girls, Naruko and Satsuki, he was at what they called Kage-level at the very least. Especially with what they told him about those people he killed, Kakuzu and Hidan, and the organization they were a part of. With Naruto frowning at the thought of this group called the Akatsuki, that from what Naruko and Satsuki told him were hunting Jinchūriki, people with the Bijū sealed inside of them.
'And there's only one reason anyone would be hunting the Bijū, but how did this group learn about the Jūbi and how to revive it?' Thought Naruto, wondering how anyone could have learned about the Jūbi, knowing that there would be no recorded or information about the beast.
'That is, if any of them even realize what they're doing.' Naruto mentally added, as he'd think no one would be foolish enough to try and revive the Jūbi, which would in turn revive his grandmother.
That thought making him realize that this was likely the work of Black Zetsu. Before he killed him, the parasite must've done something that'd set his plans in motion even if he somehow died. As by reviving the Jūbi, they'd be reviving Kaguya to initiate the Infinite Tsukuyomi again and "reclaim" her Chakra. Something Naruto knew he'd need to stop, not needing to also deal with his grandmother trying to take over the world.
'Then again, Isshiki's likely still running around, hiding in the shadows and making plans. And even in my prime I couldn't beat him; I was lucky to even injure him as much as I did. So…perhaps it'd be necessary for her to be revived and help finish the job this time. After figuring out a way to keep dear grandmother from "reclaiming" her Chakra from everyone, me included.' Thought Naruto while dragging a hand down his face, knowing he had a lot of problems to deal with.
Shaking his head, Naruto to get cleaned up and dressed, since his armor wasn't the most inconspicuous attire and would draw too much attention. With him now wearing a black shirt, a grey-blue jacket with a fur collar, fingerless opera-length black gloves wrapped in studded red-brown leather straps, baggy black pants, and red-brown sandals.
'Clothing has certainly changed the past thousands of years, but it does look good.' Naruto commented mentally, admitting this era had a wider variety of attire to choose from before he looked into the mirror, taking in the sight of his icy blue eyes.
"It's been so long; I've actually forgotten what my eye color really was." Muttered Naruto, having kept his Sharingan activated most of the time since it provided an intimidation factor, something he couldn't do now, unless he wanted to draw attention to himself, a non-Uchiha having the Sharingan.
Exiting the room of the rest stop he and the girls had found the other day to rest and give the latter two a chance to recover from their injuries. While sensing they were already outside, with his mind going to what the girls, mostly Satsuki, told him on what they knew about history after he was sealed.
And everything he heard either had him angered, disgusted, or wanting to laugh at the foolishness and naivety. With Naruto being disgusted when he heard of the Warring Clan Era, where the average lifespan was less than thirty, while children were sent to fight and die or kill if they're, debatably, lucky to survive. While the Ninja Clans were hired by nations and constantly battled over land, money, and opportunity. Even worse when this period ended and was replaced by the Hidden Village System, something that he saw as even worse.
Concluding that the Warring Clan Era must have resulted from the power vacuum that would have occurred from his disappearance and then Hagoromo's death not long after. With no one left to keep order and stability, everyone would have scrambled to take power for themselves or splintered off to start selling their abilities to whoever paid the most.
'Years of hard work, fighting, eliminating threats, and uniting the Elemental Nations, being so close to achieving total unity and it's completely destroyed.' Thought Naruto, feeling rather sore that all his efforts of unifying the Elemental Nations, while being so close to achieving his goal, collapsed entirely like it did.
Especially since back then, Ninjutsu and the Shinobi System was still in its infancy, so it allowed him more opportunities to establish a status quo and empire. But now with the establishment of the Ninja Clans during the Warring Clan Era, and then the development of the Hidden Villages. There is now a system and traditions he had to deal with, which have been around for hundreds, if not thousands, of years and all but set in stone.
Meaning his conquest in this era will be much more difficult to achieve, which will no doubtfully leading to far more death and conquest than in his era. Given how he's essentially going to be opposing and taking down a set status quo, one he'll potentially have to destroy entirely to get results. Not to mention how he'll need to use much more force as from what he's learned, most of the people of this era aren't exactly known for their common sense and rational thinking.
As for the Hidden Villages, Naruto actually had to keep himself from laughing at the illusion of peace it gave, since at best these "peaceful" times were merely a cold war to replenish their numbers. While the wars that were fought now are much more focused and organized. Leading to far greater death and bloodshed, Naruto was honestly surprised that the ground isn't permanently stained red at this point.
'Oh, if only you could see what you helped cause Sage of Six Paths, I would revel in your despair at seeing what your precious Ninshū has led to. Right before I cut off your head and leave your corpse impaled on a spike.' Thought Naruto, just imagining what Hagoromo would think if he saw what's become of the Elemental Nations, before then thinking of all the ways he'd then kill him again.
Walking outside, Naruto was met with both Naruko and Satsuki waiting for him, the Ōtsutsuki taking the chance to finally get a good look at the girls now that nothing was happening. The two having also changed into spare outfits they had with them to replace their destroyed ones.
With Satsuki having onyx black eyes, pale skin, and long wavy black hair with a blue tint in a two-side-up hairstyle, which consists of part of her being made into twin tails tied with black ribbons. With her wearing blue Ninja sandals, black spandex shorts that went halfway down her thighs, a short white skirt, a navy blue turtleneck with the Uchiha Clan symbol on the back, and a forehead protector around her forehead.
And Naruko had long bright blonde hair tied into twintails, lightly tanned skin, three whisker marks just like his own, and cerulean blue eyes. With her attire consisting of blue Ninja sandals, orange, baggy shorts that stopped halfway down her thighs, black spandex shorts underneath, a black crop top with a matching fishnet top that left her midsection exposed, and an open blue and orange jacket with a white swirl with a tassel on the left side, and a red swirl on the back that ended above her ribs.
Though one other thing on the Uzumaki was a gauze wrapped around her left eye, covering the transplant that was performed on her.
*Flashback*
Naruko and Satsuki could only look at Naruto with wide eyes after he introduced himself, both his name and the title.
"Are you going to introduce yourselves, or is common courtesy no longer a thing in this era?" Naruto asked impatiently with how they were just staring at him, with his words snapping the girls out of their shock.
"Uh, I'm Naruko Uzumaki. Nice to meet you?" Introduced Naruko, while sounding unsure with the latter statement, since they still weren't sure if he was an enemy.
"And I'm Satsuki Uchiha, we're Genin from Konohagakure." Satsuki said, looking at him warily and skeptically, while Naruto raised a brow at their names along with where they came from.
"Are you really The Shredder? As in the original and first person to take the name?" Questioned Satsuki, making the Ōtsutsuki narrow his eyes at them.
"You speak my name yet you do not know me. Have neither of you heard of The Shredder, of my empire?" Naruto asked since he would have thought people would know who he is, given how he nearly single-handedly united the Elemental Nations.
"We have heard of The Shredder, but not who he was or if he was even real. Any written records about who he is was stricken and destroyed, now he's just seen as a legend that's told by some of the Ninja Clans. Some seeing him as a demonic warlord that tried taking over the world, and other saw him as a great unifier that brought peace and prosperity to the lands he conquered. There have even been a few that have tried taking the name for themselves to inspire the same fear and loyalty." Replied Naruko, with The Shredder having been one of the few things she paid attention to in the Academy, seeing him as a badass and powerful Ninja, something she wanted to become.
Much to Naruto's anger and annoyance, that his name and deeds had been wiped from history, leaving him as just some legend. Even worse that there would dare be those that'd pretend to be him, to take the name of The Shredder, his name, and pervert it for their own selfish ambitions!
'Not enough you seal me away, but you also try to erase me from history!' Thought Naruto, knowing exactly who is responsible for this.
"The Uchiha Clan are actually among those that were in the latter category, seeing him as a unifier. Though that opinion became mixed in later generations, after Konoha was founded and established." Satsuki added, getting Naruto's attention as he looked at her in intrigue before being surprised when he saw her eyes, which were black with a red design that resembled three overlapping ellipses.
'Mangekyō Sharingan?!' Thought Naruto seeing she had the Sharingan and awakened its advanced form, now recognizing her as being one of Indra's descendants.
This making Naruto smile, seeing his older brother tried to make sure that he wasn't remembered as how their father saw him.
"And what about you two? What's your opinion of The Shredder, of me, now that you've met the original?" Naruto asked, wanting to know what they thought, since they're likely the only potential allies he could have at the moments, wanting to know what their opinions of The Shredder were.
With Naruko and Satsuki trading a look before looking back at the Ōtsutsuki who had just saved their lives.
"We'll form our own opinions for the time being." Replied Satsuki, with the whiskered blonde nodding in agreement.
"While you did save us, we still don't really know you." Naruko added, as while they don't fully trust him, the fact he hasn't tried attacking them showed he didn't mean them any harm.
Naruto nodded at this, knowing it's understandable they wouldn't instantly trust him, which did show both of them were smart enough to not instantly trust people, even someone that saved their lives.
The two girls then left to return to where Kakashi's and Sakura's bodies were, with Naruto following after them after he sealed away Kakuzu's body to collect the bounty on his head. With them soon arriving, finding the bodies where they'd last seen them while making Naruko and Satsuki look at them solemnly, still reeling from the fact they're actually dead. While Naruto took notice of Kakashi's Sharingan, seeing he must've had it implanted into him after losing his own eye. Before he then looked at Naruko, seeing the eye she lost was the same eye as the eye her late sensei had his Sharingan implanted.
"If you want, I can implant his Sharingan into you." Offered Naruto, shocking the Uzumaki at the sudden offer to have Kakashi's Sharingan implanted into her before she looked at Satsuki, given it'd be an eye originally from a member of her clan.
"It's fine Naruko, take it. I'd rather you have it than let someone try taking or destroying it, and I'm sure Kakashi-sensei would say the same thing." Satsuki said, giving her blessing for her friend to take the Sharingan, much to Naruko's joy to have something to remember Kakashi and Sakura with.
"Yes, please do it." Naruko said to Naruto, who nodded in response before going over to the deceased Jōnin and carefully removed the Sharingan while Naruko laid down on the ground.
Once he had the eye, Naruto went over to Naruko and removed her destroyed eye, while his hands were covered in green Chakra to repair some of the damage. After doing that he placed the Sharingan inside her eye socket and began healing it and having it connect with her nerves. Though just as he was finishing things up with his Medical Ninjutsu, the two were surrounded by red Chakra before feeling their consciousnesses being pulled away.
*Naruko's Mindscape*
Opening their eyes, Naruto and Naruko found themselves standing in what looked like a sewer, with the Uzumaki recognizing it as her mindscape. Making her pale that she'd somehow been pulled in here, with Naruto being pulled along with her.
"Huh, thought I sensed something familiar." Naruto stated before turning around to face a gigantic cage with a sealing tag in the center of it, while within was the Kyūbi no Yōko who was currently glaring at both of them.
"Naruko…it wasn't enough you were considering letting yourself be taken, but now you dare to have a Sharingan!" Kyūbi roared, angry that its Jinchūriki was gaining a power that wasn't its own, even worse that it was a damn Sharingan as well.
"And you…if it wasn't for this cage, I would tear you apart after what you did!" Said Kyūbi, turning to Naruto and glared at him in pure loathing and hatred, with Naruko being surprised that the Bijū somehow knew Naruto.
"You two…know each other?" Questioned Naruko, looking at Naruto in confusion.
"Not personally, but we do know each other. Isn't that right, Kurama." Naruto said while looking up at one of his younger siblings, in a way, with this really shocking Naruko.
"The Kyūbi's name is Kura-" Said Naruko, only for Kurama to roar loudly at her.
"NEVER SAY MY NAME!" Kurama roared, only further enraged that its name was now revealed before glaring at Naruto again.
"You should have stayed in that coffin for the rest of eternity! You're the reason the old man died the way he did and lead to Ninshū collapsing!" Said Kurama, hating Naruto for essentially killing their father and setting things in motion for Ninshū to collapse.
With Naruto scoffing at the fox's words and returning the glare.
"Ninshū was already on the verge of collapsing with Ninjutsu fully taking its place! The injury I dealt that lead to the Sage of Six Path's death only accelerated it!" Naruto retorted, refusing to see Hagoromo as his father anymore, not after he was so eager to seal him away the moment he showed even the slightest hint of weakness.
All while refusing to listen to him when he tried telling him about Isshiki, knowing any damage he's caused from within the shadows and when he reveals himself, it'll be on Hagoromo's head.
"And do you think you have any right to judge me, Kurama?" Questioned Naruto as he smirked at Kurama, with the Bijū narrowing its eyes.
"What do you mean?!" Kurama demanded while still glaring at the white-haired boy.
"I'm not blind, even in my current state I can still sense your Chakra and it's changed, it's now borderlining demonic in nature. Something I'm certain that most, if not all, of the other Bijū's have as well. Thousands of years of experiencing humanity fighting and killing each other, seeing you all as monsters, then sealing you all away in human hosts to be used as weapons I'm guessing. I bet you all wouldn't hesitate to wipe them all out if you ever had the chance." Naruto said, with the Bijū growling furiously at the fact he was right.
"Tell me Kurama, if the Sage was so quick to seal away his own son for straying away from the path of Ninshū to, in his mind, become a tyrant. What would he do to you if he was still alive and saw you now?" Questioned Naruto, causing Kurama to freeze as it didn't have an answer to that, at least not one that wouldn't only further prove Naruto's point.
"Uh hello, still here! And would someone please explain what the fuck is happening?!" Naruko screamed, reminding the two of her presence, with the Uzumaki freaking out over everything she's just heard.
That not only was the Sage of Six Paths real, but that Naruto was his son and the one who killed him, the Bijū knew the Sage and were apparently his children as well, and that Naruto had been sealed by his own father.
"I'll reveal some things to you and Satsuki once we leave your mindscape. Though I'm sure Kurama will keep trying to interfere with the operation of implanting your late sensei's eye into you." Naruto said while looking at the fox, who only growled in response as it definitely would.
"Then what should we do?" Questioned Naruko since she'd like to have the eye to remember her deceased teacher and teammate, along with so she'd be able to still see with both eyes.
"This is your mindscape, your own mind. You're basically a god, or goddess in your case, here. Anything you want to happen will happen." Stated Naruto, much to Naruko's shock that she could actually do that before she looked at Kurama with narrowed eyes.
"You won't interfere in the operation!" Naruko said, with Kurama roaring in anger as shackles appeared around its wrists and neck, with chains attached to them and the floor.
"You'll regret this Naruko, I swear it!" Said Kurama, only being further enraged that it was now collared and chained, while Naruko smirked at the fox.
"Oh don't worry, I'll get rid of them after the operation and my eye has properly healed. But…I think you need to learn some manners, Kurama-chan~." Naruko said teasingly, with Kurama's eyes widening as it felt its body began shrinking before remembering how mischievous it's Jinchūriki is, with how she tended to pull pranks that had even elite Ninja like the Sandaime Hokage and the Anbu running around like chickens with their heads cut off prior to becoming a Kunoichi.
"What are you doing? What are you doing?! Naruko, I swear I will murder you!" Kurama shouted only for its voice to become higher and more feminine, while its body continued shrinking and becoming more human.
With it not being long before in Kurama's place was an eighteen-year-old girl, long red-orange hair that went down to her shapely rear, with two matching fox ears sticking out the top of her head, fair skin, jagged whisker marks on her cheeks, crimson red slitted eyes, two small fangs poking out the top of her mouth, that made her look rather cute, with a curvy and mature body that was perfect for her appeared age, and large D-cup breasts.
While her attire consisted of a dark orange, kunoichi top with a red swirl resting right between her breasts, black detached sleeves, an orange miniskirt, and black Ninja sandals. All while her midriff was exposed, showing that the eight trigram seal now resting on her stomach, like with Naruko as well as Kushina and Mito before her. Not that her current Jinchūriki was aware of that little fact.
The sight making Naruko grin triumphantly, with Naruto smirking, and Kurama looking down at her new body in disbelief and annoyance.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, NO! Change me back right now!" Kurama demanded, refusing to accept being stuck in such a weak, human form.
"Hmmm, let me think about it…nah! Besides I think I actually like you more like this Kurama-chan, you look so much cuter! Plus, at least the cage is now gone since I moved the seal to your stomach. But don't expect that you'll be able to harm me with the intent to kill or cripple, once I removed those binds when the transplant is done and I've recovered from it." Said Naruko, grinning at the Bijū.
"I'm not sure if cute is the right word, but this is a certainly much more pleasing form." Naruto said while looking Kurama up and down, making the new vixen blush in embarrassment and try to cover herself up.
"We're technically siblings, you pervert!" Said Kurama, with the Ōtsutsuki shrugging in response.
"Not by blood. And I am now thirteen-years-old again, with all the hormones of a boy just entering his teens. So you wanna blame someone, blame the Sage and the side-effect of the seal he used on me. But we should be going as I still have an operation to finish, until next time…sis." Naruto said with a smirk as he and Naruko exited the mindscape.
*Real World*
"Are you both alright?!" Satsuki asked as the red Chakra vanished, having not tried touching them in case she messed up the operation and not wanting to risk damaging Naruko.
"We're fine, just some problems we took care and we can continue without any further interruptions." Replied Naruto, with Naruko giving a thumbs as well since she couldn't move her head.
With Naruto finishing with the eye transplant before he began using Medical Ninjutsu and some Fūinjutsu, wrapping some gauze around the eye once he'd finished to give it time to better adjust to her body.
"What did you do at the end?" Naruko asked while standing up once her eye had been bandaged.
"It was some Medical Ninjutsu and Fūinjutsu that'll allow to be able to deactivate the Sharingan and activate it at will, so you don't have to worry about having to cover it up all the time. The deactivated form will also have your normal eye color as well." Replied Naruto, much to their surprise before the girls smiled at him.
"Thank you, this…it really means a lot to me." Said Naruko, thankful for all his help, with the Uchiha nodding in agreement.
"Yeah, I doubt we'd even be alive if it wasn't for you, and this means a lot to me as well. So, thank you." Satsuki added, with Naruto nodding at both of them before they had Kakashi's and Sakura's bodies sealed away to be taken back to Konoha.
*End Flashback*
Looking at them both, Naruto could see that while they're doing better, there's still a solemn and mournful aura around the girls. Which was understandable given the losses they've just suffered; it'd be a while before they recovered.
"For what it's worth, I'm sorry for what's happened to you both, it's never easy losing someone you care about, no matter how long it's been." Said Naruto, frowning as the image of a young girl flashed in his mind with a teasing smile.
"You really need to stop frowning Naruto-kun, it makes you look so grim all the time. Unless you and Indra are competing to see which of you can frown the hardest." She said teasingly.
The memory making Naruto quickly shake his head as he looked back at the girls, who nodded in thanks at his words.
"Thanks, that does mean something." Satsuki replied, seeing he meant it and knew what it's like to lose someone.
"Yeah. It's just…hard that it's happened." Said Naruko, not used to actually seeing people she cares about die, while Naruto simply nodded at them.
"So, are you both packed and ready to return to your village?" Naruto asked while changing the subject, with both girls nodding in response.
"We've already got all our stuff packed and sealed away." Naruko replied, both of them eager to get out of the Land of Ancestors and the bad memories it now held.
"But are you really alright coming to Konoha with us?" Questioned Satsuki, given his views on the Hidden Villages, not to mention if the villagers or Ninja give Naruko trouble with his views on the Bijū, Jinchūriki, and how they're usually treated.
Plus, they doubt he'll get that warm of a reception, since Konoha isn't that welcoming to outsiders, even more so how they're returning with a "Ronin" after losing Sakura and Kakashi on a mission.
"I'll be fine, it wouldn't be the first time I've dealt with narrow-minded fools before, and it likely won't be the last." Naruto replied while waving off his concerns.
"Besides, while I plan to eventually restart my conquest, I'll need to figure things out and how to go about it in this current era. And I'll probably need to learn more about the similarities and differences from my era to plan more accordingly." Added Naruto, fully intending to restart his conquest eventually and this time having no intentions of failing and ensuring all threats are eliminated immediately without hesitation.
With the girls frowning at this, not being pleased to learn about Naruto's plan to eventually conquer the Elemental Nations, especially Naruko given her history with tyrants. But he did save their lives, so they won't say or do anything out of respect for their life debt from him saving them, along with everything he did afterwards. While hoping they could convince him to not go through with his conquest as well.
Neither of the girls knowing how events down the line will cause them both to start seeing things from Naruto's perspective.
So, what did you think, good. Yep we see a memory of when Naruto awakened the Sharingan and what started his disillusionment with Ninshū, before we see Naruto waking up and thinking over everything he's learned about this new era and being less than impressed by everything Naruko and Satsuki have told him. Then seeing him meet up with the girls where we get a flashback of Naruto giving Naruko Kakashi's Sharingan, along with reuniting with Kurama who's not happy that he's freed after what he did to Hagoromo, only to be silenced by Naruto pointing out Kurama's near demonic Chakra and guesses what's happened to the Bijū and their own opinion of humanity. With Naruko then making sure Kurama can't interfere with the operation, along with putting it in a female huma body just to mess with her, with Naruto then finishing the operation while making it so Naruko can deactivate the Sharingan with it having her original eye color. Then we also get another hint of Naruto once having had someone to care about in his time before the trio make their way back to Konoha, with Naruto going with them as a means to continue gathering information to eventually restart his conquest. So, for those that like the story, thanks for your support. For those that don't or at least don't like the direction taken, you're more than welcomed to drop the story. But thanks for giving the story a chance anyway.
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