People talking, "Hello everyone."
People thinking, 'Tried a new idea for this chapter.'
Demon/beast/other talking, "I will eat you."
Demon/beast/other thinking, 'I loved writing this chapter!'
Jutsu/Unknown names, "Suiton: Mizudeppō no Jutsu."
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Italics can be used for certain kinds of emphasis or snide comments.
Bold can be used for forceful yelling/shouting/screaming.
Chapter Thirteen: Destruction and Survival part 2
Continuation
"I mean you all no harm," Itachi spoke calmly, and he was relived as the Bijū seemed to all calm down. All three of them began to shrink rapidly, the Hachibi shortening to about 12 feet tall, the Gobi doing the same.
The Ichibi dissolved entirely, the sand falling away to reveal an emotionless blank-faced redhead. A large gourd of sand attached to his back that was swiftly absorbing all the nearby sand into it.
"I do not know who you are, or why you are here. But if you are here to help, then please come with me." The redhead said emotionlessly, but Itachi clearly got his meaning. The boy was only trusting them because he'd helped them, any sign of being a threat and they would attack him.
"I am Itachi Uchiha," Itachi replied in his usual monotone, getting a nod from the Ichibi jinchuriki.
"I am Gaara," With that Gaara turned before quickly heading toward the massive compound that had several crushed holes in the roof and walls. Itachi watched as the Hachibi began spraying water at all the large fires nearby and on the building, the Gobi beginning to clear the ground of all the debris and trees with his horns.
They entered the large home, Itachi following behind the boy. He watched as a brown-haired youth dropped down in front of Gaara.
"Gaara-san, Kankuro is alive." Itachi couldn't visibly observe any reaction, but he got the impression the boy was relieved. Gaara nodded, and the brown-haired boy turned to him.
"Who is that," Kai asked curiously, keeping calm and making sure not to threaten the newcomer.
"Uchiha Itachi, he helped us defeat the man in red," Gaara replied in a monotone. Kai nodded, his attention coming back to Gaara.
"Master Naruto is out, and I don't expect him to regain consciousness for some time. Yugito is wounded but healing, all the girls are okay though Kazumi is in dire need of rest. Temari is with Kankuro in his room, I expect him to make a full recovery," Kai reported. It was an accepted fact that Gaara was Naruto's second in command should Naruto not be present.
"Understood, I will go see my brother. Then we need to have a meeting with Kazumi-sensei, this location is unsafe, and even with Naruto-sama unconscious we need to move." Gaara ordered, Itachi was amazed by the professionalism of these children. The brown-haired boy nodded before jumping up to the 1st-floor balcony and disappearing down a hallway.
"Uchiha, stay here until I return," Gaara ordered, Itachi nodded before moving to a non-burnt couch. He'd fought Fūka in this room and had accidentally set several things on fire. He guessed that someone had already extinguished the flames.
He watched as Gaara disappeared into a 2nd-floor hallway after leaping up too it. He waited patiently for some time, knowing that everyone was recovering from the attack. He could sense the massive power of the two Bijū moving around outside the large compound. 'This place is impressive, I wonder if they built it or found here and fixed it up,' Itachi mused.
Over a couple of minutes, Itachi watched as several kids ran through the vast hallways of the building. He observed a moment later the older lady he'd protected walked down the stairs, along with a brown haired girl and a younger blue-haired girl both supporting her.
Walking behind them was Gaara and a blonde girl with different colored eyes. Itachi waited as they helped the older woman down the stairs to a couch that was in decent condition across from him. Itachi knew they all didn't trust him, it was apparent as Gaara and the blonde girl stood emotionlessly on each side of the couch.
He knew if he made any move both of them would attack immediately, and Itachi no desire to find out if he could defeat them. He had a suspicion that there were at least 5 Bijū here, and if all transformed he would be toast near instantly.
"Hello Itachi-san, I've heard much about you." Itachi's attention was drawn back to the lady, who after coughing had gained some composure. Sitting on her left and right were two children. Itachi only nodded in greeting, waiting for her to continue.
"I thank you for protecting my family and me earlier, I am Kazumi, and these are my two granddaughters," Kazumi said as she gestured to the two girls next to her. She then turned toward the blonde girl behind her.
"This is Yugito, and you've already met Gaara."
Kazumi sighed deeply, her blank eyes taking in the destruction of their home, many things were burned, and there were many holes. A moment later a pink smoke filtered through one of the holes before solidifying next to her. Itachi was surprised when a freckled girl in a pink kimono appeared.
"Gyūki-san has put out all the fires, Kokuō-san has cleared most of the field. He also say's that there are villagers on there way here." The girl reported, her voice was serious.
"Thank you Yukimi-chan, please go inform Kai." Yukimi nodded before bursting into smoke and disappearing down yet another hallway. Kazumi turned back to Itachi, who was staring at her calmly with his Sharingan.
"I am sorry for the distrust, but you are an S-rank missing-nin. Thankful as we are for your help, we are severely weakened…" Kazumi trailed off, getting an understanding nod from the Uchiha.
"I've been tracking you all for some time, I wish to speak to your leader." Kazumi was about to reply before Yugito cut her off with a snarl.
"And why would you want to do that?" Her slit eyes narrowing as her claws elongated. Gaara didn't react, but the cork on his gourd moved slightly.
"I was assigned a mission by my home village to track the Shiroi Oni, if possible bring him to Konoha. But after seeing this place that he has created for you all, I wish to talk to him before making up my mind." Itachi replied in a monotone. Yugito wasn't satisfied, but she backed down.
"If you are going to stay here until Master Naruto wakes, you must accept chakra restriction seals," Kazumi said warily, Itachi didn't react as he figured out why they were all so tense. At that moment he could feel the Bijū outside stop moving. Gaara and Yugito tensed, the two girls on the couch tensing as well.
"That is fine, and please drop the Genjutsu," Itachi intoned, the next moment everyone on the couch phased out. Instead, he found himself encased in sand, Yugito prepared to burn him to a crisp with a blue fireball. At his neck was a blade of water, Kai standing right behind him.
"Very well, I suspected you'd notice. You're famous for your talent in Genjutsu after all." Kazumi commented, walking into Itachi's vision before placing her palm on his forehead. A moment later there was a slight burning sensation, and he felt his chakra being moved out of his reach.
"You can let him go now," Kazumi said as she backed up, the sand dropped, and Yugito dispelled her fire. Kai removed his water blade before dissipating it.
"Rei, I need you to go deal with the approaching villagers, take Kokuō. Yakumo, go with Yukimi and start a meal, everyone is going to be very hungry shortly. Kai, you are in charge of packing everything, we cannot stay here long." Kazumi ordered, standing straighter and her voice stern. Those addressed nodded before running off to complete their tasks.
"Gaara do you know how long Master Naruto will be out?" Kazumi asked, Yugito also curious and concerned for their leader. Gaara shook his head, "Shukaku believes it might be several weeks before he wakes up."
"Did you find the 7-tails host?" Kazumi inquired, her blank eyes still carefully on the impassive Itachi.
"Hai, she's in one of the spare bedrooms. She's unconscious, and I don't know when she will wake up." Gaara's replied his voice monotone as always.
"I will check on her in a bit. Yugito go help Kai with the packing, we need to be out of here in a couple of days at max." Kazumi ordered, the blonde girl quickly disappearing.
Kazumi sighed before dropping onto a couch, "Itachi, I do not have the right to make decisions for Master Naruto. But I believe Gaara will agree with me when I ask that you help us, we cannot stay here. The battle will most definitely have alerted anyone within hundreds of miles."
"I will do the best that I can," Itachi replied emotionlessly, Kazumi narrowed her eyes at him, 'What is your goal Itachi, what is it you want?'
2 hours later
Almost everyone was seated together around the dining table of the compound. Gaara had temporarily taken Naruto's place at the head of the large table, also seated was Kazumi, Hanabi, Rei, Yakumo, Yugito, Yukimi, Isaribi, Kai, and Itachi.
"Thank you for the meal Yukimi-chan, Yakumo-chan," Kai said politely before beginning to eat his food. Both girls nodded with smiles on their faces, everyone was stressed from the recent attack, but they'd managed to all come together to eat.
"Yeah, it's terrific!" Isaribi chirped from her spot at the large table, shoveling food like she was starved. Yukimi giggled at her before continuing to eat her own food.
Gaara watched impassively from the head of the table. Everyone was handling the attack well, they were all also extremely happy that Kankuro had been somehow revived by Naruto. He didn't know what his nii-san had done, but he owed him even more now. Naruto was still unconscious on his bed upstairs, the 7-tails jinchuriki had been looked at by Kazumi, and she'd guessed the girl would be out for a couple days. Kankuro was also still unconscious, but his battered body had begun healing, Temari was watching over him.
Gaara made eye contact with the coal-eyed Uchiha, without his ability to use chakra Itachi's eyes had faded back into his actual black colored eyes. Both of them stared at each other for several moments before their attention was pulled away by Hanabi.
"Ne ne, Gaara-sensei… Is dad going to be okay?" The pale-eyed girl asked, her voice full of worry. Itachi's eyes widened slightly in shock, who was the girl calling dad?
"He's going to be fine Hanabi-chan, you know he saved Kai's life," Yugito reassured, but also making sure to get a tease in at Kai who only gave her an annoyed look.
"You sure? He didn't look so good…" Hanabi whispered to herself, only a few people able to hear her.
"Cheer up Hanabi-chan, your fathers the best. Nothing is going to keep Master Naruto down!" Rei said, giving it her best attempt to raise the now dark atmosphere around the table. It seemed to work as Hanabi wiped away her tears.
"O-okay…" She said before returning to her food, Gaara stared at the girl for a few moments before shaking his head. Turning to Kai, "How long before we can move?"
"A day, but where are we going to go?" Kai inquired, but quickly realized that Gaara didn't know. 'Gaara is doing his best to protect us all, but he doesn't know how to do Master Naruto's job.' Kai mused.
"I don't know…" Gaara trailed off, returning to his food.
"I-I have an idea," Surprisingly it was Isaribi that spoke up, raising a hand into the air and drawing the entire tables attention to her.
"What is your idea dear?" Kazumi said kindly, seeing the girl becoming shy as everyone looked at her. Usually, that didn't bother the girl, but there was a stranger at the table she didn't know.
"W-we could go to Orochimaru's old base, I know that's terrible but it's not far and could hold all of us and it's hidden." Isaribi rushed to explain, seeing the look of horror on Yukimi's face.
"That's not a bad idea, I've been over there several times, and it would work." Kai mused out loud, getting a look of outrage from Yukimi.
"How can you even say that! That place is vile!" Yukimi yelled, standing to her feet.
"Yukimi, enough," Gaara's monotone order effectually knocked the girl out of her anger.
"Yukimi-chan, we all understand your dislike of that place. But we have to move everyone away from here, and it's the closest, safest place for miles. We don't have way's like Naruto-sama to move entire groups across the ocean." Yugito said, calming her friend down. Yukimi took deep breaths before nodding.
"It's decided then, we move tomorrow to Demon Island," Kazumi said. Getting a round of nods from everyone besides Itachi, and Hanabi who was talking in whispers to Rei about something, ignoring everyone else.
Next day
Isaribi woke with a yawn, stretching she rubbed her scale covered arm sleepily. She noticed a moment later the hole in her ceiling, the memories of how it had gotten there flowing into her conscious mind.
The purple haired girl collapsed back on the lush bed, enjoying the plush mattress. She didn't want to get up yet, all her things were already packed in scrolls anyway.
'So much has happened… but I am glad to be apart of this family.' Isaribi thought happily, even with the destruction of their home she was happy. She was still with her family, and everyone had lived, yes she was sad that Naruto-sama and Kankuro were hurt. But everyone was doing their best to keep a clear head, she had to thank Kaguya-sensei for all the training.
"Isaribi-chan, I know you're up, let's go!" She heard Hanabi's voice from the other side of her door, sighing dramatically she 'flopped' out of the bed, the blanket falling away and fully showing her fish-like features.
"Come on Isaribi-chan! We're leaving soon!" Hanabi yelled, then the sound of the excitable little girl running down the hall was clear. Isaribi shook her head before grabbing the cloak Naruto-sama had made for her, throwing it across her shoulders and bringing the hood up. She walked over to the pile of scrolls before putting them in a satchel and moving briskly out the door.
She didn't have all that many things of importance to her, as she really had nothing before joining the family. But over the months she had started a collection of seashells, and that had been the first thing she'd packed.
She slipped out the doorway of her ocean-themed room, closing it behind her before moving quickly down the red-carpeted hallways. Not all the compound had been damaged, in fact, most of it was okay.
Isaribi reached the main room of the compound, her room was on the third floor, so she could see most of her family gathered together on the first floor below. Kazumi, Gaara, Kai, and Itachi had stayed up late planning a way to move them all to Demon Island. Isaribi wasn't all that happy with going back there. But she knew it was safe, and after Naruto went through the place, killing the man who'd tortured her and painlessly killing the still living tortured experiments, there was nobody there.
Isaribi waved at Hanabi who was looking up at her with an activated Byakugan, the veins around her eyes bulged. Naruto and his mother had been giving Hanabi training in her Dōjutsu over the last few months... Kankuro had fun teasing the girl about spying on people with it.
She jumped off the 3rd-floor railing before dropping gracefully to the ground below, landing on her feet with ease. The next moment Yukimi-chan materialized next to her out of pink smoke.
"Boo!" Yukimi yelled, though Isaribi didn't react, only raising an eyebrow. She was used to Yukimi's prank scares, as she would often appear out of nowhere and see who she could scare.
"Aww, you're no fun Isaribi-chan," Yukimi complained, Rei and Hanabi laughing at her pouting face. Yakumo stood near her grandmother, silently watching everyone. Isaribi frowned as she looked at the brown haired girl, she understood Yakumo's shyness, and she was doing her best to break her out of it. Having been the shy one, scared of her family herself when she'd first become a part of it.
"Yakumo-chan, you okay?" Isaribi said, walking up beside the Kurama heiress who smiled, "Yes, thank you Isaribi-chan. This is all just so scary." She said, her eyes moving across the room to Gaara who'd just come out of a hallway, his sand carrying 3 people behind him carefully.
"Do you know who the new girl is?" Isaribi inquired, getting a nod from Yakumo, "Obaa-san says she's the 7-tails jinchuriki, no one knows what her name is, and she's been unconscious since Naruto-sama brought her here."
Isaribi nodded, looking in concern at the sleeping forms of Naruto and Kankuro. Even while asleep Naruto radiated power, his aura warning all nearby that he was not to be trifled with. Kankuro had been kind to her since she'd arrived, spending time with her and talking to her about all sorts of things, and when she'd been told he'd died, she'd cried. Yugito at the time had rushed to assure her that Naruto had somehow revived him. Isaribi gazed around the room, her dark eyes alighting on the other new person in the room.
Itachi Uchiha, the man who'd protected them against the weird redheaded woman. She didn't entirely trust the black-haired, cloaked shinobi. But she was thankful for his help, and if he meant them harm, he could have just watched.
"Let's go, everyone!" Kai called from the broad doorway of the compound, getting a large chorus of 'Hai!' in return. Isaribi walked out with her family, at the front was Kai and Yugito. Toward the back was Gaara carrying three people with his sand and Itachi. After a lot of conversation last night Gaara had decided along with Kai to trust the raven-haired Uchiha. Kazumi had removed the seal and Itachi had regained his chakra.
As the procession left the building, Kokuō appeared in a blur of white next to them on the right. Isaribi along with Hanabi, Rei, and Yukimi all waved to the horse like Bijū who nodded in return, vanishing in a burst of speed the next moment. She heard a slam on the left and twisted her head around, smiling widely at the giant form of Gyūki.
She waved and saw Gyūki wink at her, the next moment one of his tentacles moved through the air, she jumped up on it before running up her friends back. She and Gyūki had gotten along very well when they first met, having had a real conversation when she'd gone swimming like she usually did in the lake.
Gyūki had been intrigued by her fish-like form she'd turned into in the water, and they'd found they had many similar interests. After that they'd hung out quite a lot, Isaribi truly enjoyed her time with the large ram like Bijū.
"Hello Isaribi, have you heard the plan?" Gyūki spoke in her mind, having made eye contact with the Bijū a moment before. Below and in front of them was the large group of her family as they moved through the destroyed forest toward the ocean.
'Nu-uh, what's happening? I was sleepin," She replied, gazing out happily at the water. She'd come to embrace her difference from normal humans, her love of the water and ability to move through it with ease. She'd changed her mind about being 'fixed.' Instead, she decided that she wanted to stay as she was.
"Everyone is riding on my back too Demon Island, though you will probably swim there knowing you," Gyūki said in amusement, Isaribi nodded before spreading out on the large Bijū's head.
"Why does Isaribi-chan get to ride Gyūki-kun?" Rei complained dramatically, not really upset. Isaribi watched as her friend's expressions shifted too one of amusement before a tentacle moved over the ground, wrapping around Rei before lifting her upside down by her foot.
"Hey! Let me go, I was just kidding!" Rei yelled, laughing as the tip of Gyūki's tail began tickling her. A second later Kokuō appeared next to the group, Isaribi laughed loudly as Gyūki tossed Rei onto Kokuō's back lightly.
"Whoa!" Rei cried, landing softly on the smooth fur of the horse Bijū. Kokuō snorted before his tails moved up and began to tickle Rei mercilessly, drawing massive giggles and laughs from the girl.
Kai, Yugito, Kazumi, Temari, and Yakumo all smiled at their families antics. Yukimi got a smirk on her face before she exploded into smoke, rising in the air before appearing next too Isaribi on top of Gyūki's head.
"Hey! This is my spot!" Isaribi cried, pushing the freckled girl off. Yukimi only giggled as she fell dozens of feet through the air. Itachi's eyes widened as the girl fell, no one nearby reacting. He was about to jump to catch the girl when he saw her burst into pink smoke which curved before hitting the ground.
A moment later the girl reappeared from the smoke next too the girl he'd been told was Yakumo, the heiress of the Kurama clan from Konoha. Itachi was watching all the families interactions expressionlessly, but inside he was amazed at the way this huge family interacted.
He'd spent several hours last night talking to Kai about this group that Naruto had formed, learning that it was more of a family than anything else. Among other things he'd learned how brilliant Kai was, never giving him anything that he could use against them, but still telling them about their family.
Itachi was surprised when the Hyūga girl slowed down until she was beside him and Gaara.
"Mr. Itachi, thank you for saving us!" Hanabi said politely, remembering her manners that Aunt Kaguya had taught her. Itachi stared at her blankly for several moments before responding.
"You are welcome," his voice monotone, he was still processing what to do. He didn't feel any more loyalty to Konoha, and as such he didn't feel the need to complete the mission he'd been given in secret. After murdering his clan, he'd felt empty. The despair settling in, strangling him in his sleep.
'Killing them all was wrong, I should have just killed those wanting to overthrow Konoha...' Itachi thought, it was a reflection that was haunting him. He regretted killing all of his clan, he regretted agreeing to do such a horrible deed. Only for his clan to be taken advantage of after death, he knew Danzo had taken dozens of Sharingan that night, but he'd been forced to flee the ahead of time ANBU.
Konoha had betrayed him, used him, then threw him away. Sending hunter-nin after him, something Sarutobi agreed not to do. 'Damn him, damn Konoha!' Itachi fought to keep his emotions under control, walking along with the group, but not really paying attention to anything around him.
He'd been lost, not knowing what to do with his life he merely followed his last order, to track down and spy on the Shiroi Oni. He'd found them after weeks of searching. He'd observed them being attacked and he'd seen how they all jumped to defend each other, they cared about each other. Something had snapped into place for him, he was able to see the world through Naruto's eyes at that moment.
'If one looks at everything the boy has done across the Elemental nations through the lens of defending and looking out for one's family. Everything he has done has been to help or save someone from oppression, hatred, and scorn.' Itachi thought, and his conversation with Kai had only reinforced this belief. When Kai had explained the recent attack by Naruto on Kumo, his immediate launching into action to save Yukimi. Itachi realized that he wanted to be apart of this family, he hoped to talk to Naruto about it when he woke up.
'If he refuses, I don't know what I will do…' Itachi thought, most likely he would go back to Konoha and turn himself in. He saw no purpose in anything else, he was slowly dying, and he knew it.
Itachi was pulled out of his thoughts as he heard Kai yelling from the front of the group, all of them just having reached the beach.
"Incoming! Everyone get on Gyūki-san!" Kai ordered, the large Bijū sliding into the ocean and getting level for everyone to climb on. Isaribi made a beautiful dive off the large Bijū's head into the water below, transforming in mid-air into a fish like humanoid form.
"Who's coming?" Gaara asked as he carefully moved the three sleeping bodies up onto the large Bijū's back, Yugito, Temari, and Kazumi carefully taking each one.
"5 signatures, never felt them before. Rapidly approaching from the east," Kai responded, leaping up onto the Bijū before helping carefully move Naruto. Gaara growled, his sand returning to him before he turned east, narrowing his eyes at 5 small black forms racing toward them.
"Go, I will deal with them." Gaara turned slightly, looking into Itachi's Sharingan. He narrowed his eyes before relaxing, his sand flowing quickly into his gourd.
"Understood, Kokuō-san will come back for you afterward." With that, the tanuki container leaped up onto the Hachibi's back. The massive creature moving quickly out into the water. Itachi watched them from the corner of his eye, everyone on the large Bijū's back.
He faintly heard Hanabi's anxious question as to why they were leaving 'Mr. Itachi-san,' behind. He found himself strangely touched by the girls worry, but he pushed it aside and dropped into his ANBU mindset. The next instant the substantial form of the Gobi disappeared, a faint line appearing on the water as the speed demon ran across the water.
Itachi stared impassively as the 5 black forms arrived around him, landing in a circle around him. His sharp darting eyes quickly took in that all of them were Hyūga.
"Itachi Uchiha, what are you doing with them?" One demanded as they all dropped into the Gentle Fist stance. Itachi said nothing, not deeming their question worth an answer.
"You will come peacefully Uchiha," One growled, the next moment shooting forward and attempting to Jūken Itachi's shoulder. He effortlessly weaved out of the way without actually moving his feet. His hand shot out and gripped the Hyūga's wrist.
The next moment he flipped in mid-air, dodging another strike from a different Hyūga. He pulled the first one up into the air with him, his wide Sharingan eyes making direct contact with the Hyūga's. The next moment the chunin's vision became filled with blackness, two glowing Sharingan staring at him.
He collapsed to the ground as Itachi twirled before kicking one of the shinobi in the side of the head. Itachi twisted and dodged until eventually, he caught the four remaining Hyūga in a Genjutsu. Shifting it from reality to an illusion for all of them at the same time he alighted gracefully on the ground behind the now immobile shinobi.
Drawing his tanto, he decapitated all four at the same time with one smooth swing. Walking to the last one as the four bodies fell to the ground with a thud behind him, he picked him up by the neck before staring intensely into the man's eyes. A couple of moments he dropped the man, slicing off his head in mid-air.
'They were here for Hanabi, and from this man's memories I can see why Naruto took her away from there…' Itachi thought, staring blankly as he went through the stolen memories. The branch family was treated like garbage, tortured regularly, and even the heiress was beaten by the Clan head, all in the name of the clan's reputation and strength. 'I wonder how long it will be before the Hyūga are eradicated…'
He hadn't originally planned on killing the last one, but after seeing their punishment for failure was a long, painful death. He felt it would be better to spare the man the pain. Itachi stood impassively as he stared at the ocean, his eyes fading to black as he became lost in his thoughts.
He stood there for several minutes before he was distracted by a large gust of wind. Near him appeared the smaller form of the Gobi, who was looking at him expectantly. He nodded before jumping up on the Bijū's back, and they both disappeared from the beach in a massive burst of speed.
With the group
Yakumo stared quietly as they all approached Demon Island on the back of Gyūki. Holding on to her grandmother's hand she watched as her friend Isaribi dived in and out of the water next to them, launching high out of the air and waving before diving under again.
She smiled, she was still shy around most of the family. But she was genuinely happy to be apart of it, and her Obaa-san did care about her. She remembered waking up in their home after Naruto-sama brought her. The very long conversation she'd had with her grandmother, she had cried when she'd learned that she did have family that cared about her. On top of that, neither her Obaa-san or anyone else judged her for accidentally killing her parents.
'There is no judgment here, everyone looks out for each other regardless of each other's past. All Naruto-sama asks is that everyone respects and cares for each other.' Yakumo thought, her emotions more at peace then they had been for a long time. She'd learned over time backstories of different family members, and in comparison to ones like Gaara's and Naruto-sama's. Yakumo didn't think hers was that bad, she still grew up in safety, and no one tried to kill her.
"We're here," Kai's voice came from the front where he was carefully holding onto and supporting Naruto-sama's unconscious body. She felt Gyūki shift under them as he moved up onto the beach, Isaribi coming out of the water gracefully and shaking.
Everyone began to disembark carefully, Gaara taking great care to not harm the three members who were out of it. Yakumo hopped down with her grandmother, followed after by Rei and Hanabi both being carried by Yugito as it was a long drop to the ground.
"Obaa-san, we are all going to be okay right?" Yakumo asked worriedly, she didn't like seeing Naruto-sama in such a state of vulnerability. She watched as Naruto was lowered on Gaara's sand, his sleeping face utterly blank as his white cloak spread out around him.
"Yes, Yakumo-chan, everyone is going to be okay. Our family is looking out for each other," Kazumi assured, then turning and calling back the two excitable girls who were running down the beach looking for interesting objects.
The group led by Isaribi and Kai began moving up a rocky path toward a hidden entrance to what used to be Orochimaru's base. Yugito stayed at the beach to talk to Gyūki and wait for Kokuō to return, who'd left a few minutes ago.
"Here it is!" Isaribi called from the front, Yakumo saw her disappear around a large boulder, slowly followed by the members of her family in front of her. Kai was standing to the left, directing people through and pointing out sharp places.
Before long Yakumo rounded the corner with Kazumi and saw a large metal double door, carved with intricate snake patterns. The right side was open, and everyone was entering, the lighting low within the base.
"Kazumi-san, if you would." Yakumo heard Kai behind her, in the darkness she heard her grandmother announce a fire jutsu, firing off dozens of fireballs at many nearby torches lining the walls. Kai, Gaara, Temari, Isaribi, and Yukimi all grabbed a torch before they began to move forward through the tunnel. Lighting up more as they went. Behind Gaara sand flowed out of his gourd, holding the three sleeping forms.
Before long they came to the sleeping quarters under Isaribi's guidance, while Kai had been here before he spent most of his time in the laboratory and library. This base was where they'd learned more about Orochimaru, the cursed seal, and one Mitarashi Anko.
"Here's the room arrangement, there are four beds in each room. The master bedroom will be for Master Naruto. In the first is Yugito, Hanabi, Yukimi, and Isaribi. Second is Kazumi, Yakumo, and Rei. The third is Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara. The fourth will be Me, the 7-tails jinchuriki, and Itachi." Kai ordered, getting several affirmatives. Gaara started by moving his brother Kankuro into his room before putting the mint-haired girl in Kai's dorm. Both of them walked farther down the hall before carefully laying Naruto on the master bed.
"He awoke the Rinnegan…" Kai said quietly as both he and Gaara stared at the sleeping form of their leader.
"Hai, from all the stress he is in, it's surprising he didn't awaken it before now," Gaara commented, Kai nodded before they both turned and walked out, shutting the door quietly.
"Can I go in and see dad?" Kai turned to see Hanabi's pleading and sad look. He nodded before opening the door for her, and she rushed in, "Be quiet through Hanabi-chan, he needs to sleep peacefully."
Kai and Gaara began walking down the hall back toward the group, "We can't stay here for very long, among other factors we don't know when Orochimaru will return." Kai pointed out, getting a nod from Gaara.
"The Uchiha?"
Kai sighed, understanding his friend's question, "I believe he truly wants to help us, I think he is conflicted with his loyalty to Konoha. Which is why he want's to talk to Naruto-sama, he will help us until he talks to Naruto." Kai responded calmly, the next moment they reached the assembly which was mostly conversing in a meeting like room.
Kai clapped a couple of times to get everyone's attention, a moment later Itachi and Yugito walked through a doorway. Kai nodded in greeting before turning back to the group.
"All right everyone, this isn't our normal home. So I must ask that everyone try to stay in this area, while Master Naruto did clear out anyone else here, it's still unsafe in some places." Kai said, getting affirmatives from everyone and an annoyed nod from Rei, who he was pointedly looking at.
"Okay, Yakumo, Temari, and… Isaribi, you are going to help me make lunch." Kazumi ordered, getting mock playful groans from the girls before they began to help unload supplies from the scrolls.
"Yugito, your room is that one, and Itachi you are in here with me and the 7-tails jinchuriki," Kai said, getting a nod from both of them before Yugito went off to set down her scrolls.
Itachi watched as the family moved around, settling in and preparing a meal. Kai walking off down a dark hallway with a torch a moment later. Itachi was surprised but hid it easily as the girl in pink appeared out of smoke next too him suddenly, "Heyo! My name is Iburi Yukimi, I'm the heiress and last of my clan." She said in a friendly tone.
"I am Uchiha Itachi, missing-nin of Konoha and one of the last Uchiha," Itachi responded after a few moments of silence.
"Hey, you know you don't have to be so stiff. I know how you feel, it was awkward for me when I first got here. But don't worry about it, everyone is really cool and cares about each other." Yukimi declared happily, before dodging a water balloon thrown across the room by Rei.
Itachi watched as the girl burst into smoke before taking off after the blue-haired girl. He had to admit the girl's words took him off guard, its like she had already accepted him as apart of the family. Itachi didn't know what to think, what to feel… but he could feel himself already becoming attached to this family.
He didn't know how many of them knew his past or who he was, but he was starting to understand that here... no one cared. One's history is not something one brought with them here, you came into this family for a new future with people who would look out for you, and you them.
'I hope Naruto will allow me to stay…' Itachi thought, watching as Rei got scolded by her grandmother for trying to prank while everyone was settling in. He was amused to realize that the old woman had nothing against the girl pranking, just when.
3 days later
Amber eyes shot open in fear, the owner shooting up into a sitting position on the bed. Their eyes darting around and taking in the room around them, looking for any danger. The first thing they noticed was that the walls were grey and drab, and they were on a decent sized bed, 3 other ones also in the room.
The next thing they noticed was a girl in a pink kimono with smoke designs on it sitting in a chair, peacefully reading a book while humming. The mint haired girl tried to move as silently as possible off the bed, freezing when the short fair-skinned girl with wavy, long brown hair looked up at her. She noticed her freckles for the first time as the girl's black eyes looked at her kindly.
"Hello, my name is Iburi Yukimi, don't worry, you're among family," Yukimi said, setting her book down as she stood.
"Where am I? What do you mean family?" The mint haired girl asked as she tried to subtly get to her feet to run.
"Hey, running is unneeded, there is nothing to run from." Yukimi sighed as the girl apparently didn't believe her, the next moment she threw a pillow at her before rushing toward the door. Yukimi burst into pink smoke before flowing out the door alongside her.
The mint haired girl opened the door frantically and rushed outside, freezing immediately as several people turned to her, their eyes showing their interest.
"Seems Chōmei-chan's host is awake," A boy with brown hair commented, "Hello, my name is Kai... Calm down, and we will explain everything," Kai added, seeing that the girl was freaking out. The next moment the girl rushed past them down the hallway, trying to escape.
She didn't make it very far before being wrapped in sand and lifted through the air, "Let me go! Please just let me go…" The girl cried as she tried to escape.
"Calm down, no one is going to hurt you. Yugito is going to talk to you and explain everything," One with red hair said in a monotone, the Kanji for Love on his forehead and a large gourd of sand on his back. She watched as the sand deposited her back in the room before it released and flowed back out the door.
A moment later a girl with blonde hair and two different colored eyes, one green and one yellow walked through and shut the door.
"Okay, first I want you to know that no one here means you any harm. Our leader went to great lengths to rescue you from where ever you were, just like he did for me." Yugito started, getting the girl to calm down if only slightly.
"Who are you? Where is this?" The girl demanded, backing up against one of the beds.
"Sit down, and I'll explain, what's your name?"
"Fū…"
"My name is Yugito Nii, and I am the jinchuriki of the Nibi." Immediately the girl calmed down, hopping up on the bed and looking at her.
"Ahh so you know about your Bijū, I didn't know when I first met Naruto-sama," Yugito commented, getting a nod from Fū.
"Yes, Chōmei has helped me escape many times," Fū replied, calming down tremendously.
"Where you currently are is with your family, we had to move from our normal home to this place because we were attacked. Naruto-sama after rescuing you returned to our home and helped fight off our attackers."
"Can I meet Naruto? Why… why does that name feel familiar?" Fū asked, trailing off toward the end.
"Ahh, that's because your Bijū knows who that is." Yugito watched as Fū's eyes lit up in shock, "Yes, Naruto Ōtsutsuki is here," Yugito smiled at seeing Fū's excitement.
"You're serious? He's actually here?"
"Yes, but he's currently unconscious and has been for several days, he used a jutsu that was extremely taxing, as well as gaining his Rinnegan in the space of a couple of minutes," Yugito explained, getting a confused look from Fū, but it switched to understanding a few moments later.
"Now, allow me to explain who we all are…"
Outside the base
Kankuro stared out at the ocean, he'd woken up the day before. Then almost passed back out again from being unable to breathe, Temari was really strong. Gaara didn't express many emotions, but it was clear from the ones he did that he was very happy that he was okay.
'And I am okay, yes I feel different with whatever it is in my body now. But Naruto-sama saved my life,' Kankuro thought, having taken up the habit everyone had of calling Naruto with 'sama.' He didn't understand this thing inside of him that had stitched the hole in his chest together and brought him back from death.
'When Naruto wakes up he will probably be able to explain it…' Kankuro mused, smiling as Temari came up beside him and sat down.
"The 7-tails jinchuriki woke up a bit ago, freaked out and tried to run away," Temari said as she sat down, Kankuro raised an eyebrow.
"Really? How'd that go for her?"
"Sand," Kankuro chuckled, of course, his brother would be the first to react, very few things surprised or shocked Gaara.
"What do you think is going to happen now?" Temari asked as she leaned back, dangling her legs over the cliff they were sitting on. In the ocean far below one could see the Hachibi swimming beneath the surface, the Gobi was somewhere on the island.
"Well, I'm not sure, but apparently Naruto want's to build his village on the moon," Kankuro said, having heard parts of talks between Naruto and Kazumi as well as Kai.
"You're kidding, how the heck are we A. Going to even get there. B. Live on another planet?" Temari asked in disbelief, Kankuro shrugged.
"No idea, but are you seriously questioning whether or not Naruto can figure out a way?" Kankuro said amusedly, getting a dramatic sigh from Temari before she laid down.
"Fair enough, he never fails to surprise."
Kankuro nodded in agreement, turning back toward the ocean. He absentmindedly raised his hand, looking at his open palm. He wasn't sure how he did it, but somehow he called something out of him, several black threads broke through the skin of his palm before wiggling around. Temari watched in fascination as the threads receded back into her brother's hand.
"What did you say it was called again, Temari?" Kankuro asked as he stared at his palm.
"Jiongu, I don't know anything about it as Naruto-sama passed out right after that." Kankuro hummed to himself as he directed his attention to the clearing below, Rei and Isaribi playing a game of throwing water balls at each other.
Next day
Kazumi sighed as she checked on Naruto, his pulse was normal. But then again she wasn't entirely sure what was normal for someone who wasn't even slightly human. They had to have faith in Naruto and his parents to heal him.
'I was surprised when they told me Naruto had awoken his Rinnegan, but he's going to need more actual training. Perhaps Itachi-san would be willing to help with that.' Kazumi mused. Besides her, Kaguya-sama was the only other teacher the children had. Naruto did his best, but he also didn't have much knowledge to impart.
'That's a thought,' Kazumi decided, leaving the room she walked down the hall in search of the raven-haired Uchiha, along the way passing Yugito and Yakumo talking to Fū about something. She came to the room that the Uchiha was staying in, knocking.
"Come in." Kazumi heard Itachi's usual monotone from the other side of the door. She pushed open the door before walking through, finding Itachi resting on his bed reading a book. As she walked in, he set down the book and stood up respectfully.
"You can sit down Itachi, I just wanted to suggest an idea to you," Kazumi said, getting a nod from the missing-nin. They both sat down on different beds, "I wanted to ask if you would consider helping me teach, as well as teaching Naruto specifically."
Itachi's red eyes widened, "Are you sure?"
Kazumi smiled, "Quite sure, I trust you, and I believe everyone else has come to as well. As you may know, Naruto is extremely powerful, but he lacks substantial training in traditional shinobi arts. I also don't want the kids to slack too much, and I believe you could be an excellent teacher." Kazumi said, getting a slightly less stiff nod from the Uchiha.
"It would be my pleasure,"
Kazumi nodded, "I am going to begin regular training tomorrow, I think today we ought to have an introductory lesson. Meet me outside in an hour?" He nodded, and she walked out of the room. Itachi watched her go, every day he was here his conclusion that this was a real family of people that cared about each other was reinforced.
Watching the 7-tails jinchuriki, Fū, get introduced to everyone and greeted was an eye-opening experience for him. Several of the group offered to hang out with Fū and show her around after having just met her, everyone was amiable and caring in their own ways.
'Naruto truly has created something good, even though there are arguments and disagreements, no one holds on to the negative emotions.' Itachi thought, staring up at his ceiling.
One hour later
Most everyone was gathered in a large clearing on the rocky Demon Island. Itachi was standing stoically in front of everyone participating in this first lesson. Yukimi, Isaribi, Yugito, Gaara, Kai, Temari, Hanabi, and Rei, while Kankuro, Fū, and Yakumo watched from a nearby rock.
Kazumi said that Kankuro wasn't ready to return to training yet, Fū wanted to watch, and Yakumo had a condition that made her body weaker. Until they were able to solve it, Kazumi had said she wasn't allowed to do anything strenuous.
"I've been asked by Kazumi-san to be your sensei. I do not know all your capabilities, so I will be sparing with each of you individually to judge your skill level, weaknesses, and strengths." Itachi spoke calmly, getting nods from several of his new students
"I'm going first," Yugito declared, stepping forward as everyone else backed up. Itachi stared at the blonde impassively as she crouched, her hands on the ground in a way reminiscent of a cat.
"Hajime!" Kai yelled from the sidelines, the next instant Yugito's eyes widened, and the slits narrowed before she tore across the ground toward Itachi. Twisting through the air and swinging to slice Itachi's face, Itachi easily leaned out of the way before raising his wrist into Yugito's forearm.
In an impressive display of flexibility, Yugito twisted around and brought her heel down, forcing Itachi to move once more. Those on the sidelines watched in amazement as the two opponents got into a rapid taijutsu match.
While they were only moving around high Chunin speeds, too most present it was too fast to follow. Itachi could honestly say that he was quite impressed with the girl's skills, flipping in mid-air he dodged a kick. At that moment Yugito switched off of Taijutsu, her hand bursting into black and blue hellfire as she swiped at Itachi.
Itachi pushed himself off the ground with his hands, dodging the strike, but Yugito kept twirling, her other hand bursting into similar blue flames.
"Yugito is really good," Fū commented in amazement as she watched her new friend leap and kick, flipping in mid-air as it was deflected.
"Hai, she's one of the ones who train the hardest. I think she really wants to be able to protect everyone," Yakumo responded, getting a nod from Kankuro next to her.
"Hai, Yugito was the first Jinchuriki that Naruto-sama found. Honestly, I think she has a crush on him," Kankuro mused out loud.
"Oi, what makes you say that?" Yakumo cried, interested and annoyed. She respected Yugito immensely, and she didn't want lousy gossip spread around.
"Nothing really, just my thoughts," Kankuro said, and the conversation ended as both Yugito and Itachi blew massive flames at each other.
"Enough, I am impressed with your current skills. I believe you should try to expand to other styles, perhaps kenjutsu." Itachi said stoically, though it had been an intense fight he had kept right above Yugito's level. He hadn't been hurt once, and his clothes weren't even damaged.
"Next."
"My turn!" Yukimi yelled, running forward before stopping in front of Itachi, "I'm not the strongest, but I can get stronger!" Itachi nodded, respecting the girls want to improve. Kai once more started the match, both opponents stared at each other.
Yukimi stared in excitement, while Itachi stared at the much shorter girl impassively. The next moment Yukimi burst into smoke before flying rapidly toward Itachi. Itachi was somewhat put off, realizing he didn't really know how to fight someone who could become immaterial.
The next moment Yukimi formed in front of him at head level, her foot aimed for his head. He easily saw it coming and moved just out of the way, too his surprise Yukimi burst into smoke once more before forming directly in front of him, her fist cocked back to punch him in the face.
'Interesting,' Itachi leaned back, the girl missing over him before bursting once more into smoke. Itachi leaped up into the air, his red eyes spotting the pink cloud following him up into the air. Yukimi formed again, this time attempting to kick him in the back.
She was surprised when her kick connected, but the next moment Itachi burst into a murder of crows that screeched at her before flying toward the ground. As she fell, she saw Itachi staring up at her stoically, having not moved from his original spot.
'Genjutsu!' She formed back into smoke before dive-bombing Itachi, flaring her chakra in an attempt to disrupt the Genjutsu. Itachi let the Genjutsu ebb away, realizing the girl didn't have enough chakra to ever break his illusions.
Yukimi formed a dozen feet above him before attempting to drop her heel into his head. He grabbed her foot with one hand and tried to throw her away. She didn't travel a yard before once more bursting into smoke, 'Her way of fighting is interesting, making it hard to land any sort of hit on her. She needs strength, strategy, and ninjutsu training.' Itachi mused, dodging once more as she tried to barrel into him.
"Good, your kekkei genkai grants you a unique way of fighting, I see that you need training in Taijutsu, strategy, and Ninjutsu," Itachi stated, ending the match. Yukimi nodded excitedly before bursting into smoke and reappearing with the rest of the group.
"I will go next," Kai said, holding out his hand beside him as he walked forward, his hooked water staff forming in his hand. Itachi raised an eyebrow at the unique looking weapon, specifically the fact that it was made out of water.
A couple of hours later
The drum of dozens of feet running could be heard across the sandy ground, heavy panting could also be heard over the noise. Around a rocky outcropping came Itachi, followed by all of his new students.
He had decided after sparring against them all that they needed Taijutsu the most, so after the practice, Kazumi had agreed with him to get in some exercise. Currently, he and everyone he'd sparred against were running around the island, this was their 3rd lap around thus far, and many of the students were exhausted, but their determination to get stronger burned in their eyes.
He'd decided too not be easy on the children, using an ANBU style of training method. Train until you literally pass out, then train some more. 'Rei and Yukimi are most likely to pass out first,' Itachi mused, right behind him was Yugito, Gaara, and Kai jogging with him.
He'd long since abandoned his cloak before they began running, and he was feeling a sense of peace in training all these kids to get stronger. He was coming to know them all better each day, and they trusted him, accepting him as apart of their family.
"Quick break," Itachi intoned, coming to a halt where they had started the exercise. Standing there with a lot of water was Kazumi, her granddaughter Yakumo, and Fū.
"Come get some water, everyone!" Kazumi shouted, drawing the panting children's attention to her. They all quickly rushed or walked over, Yakumo and Fū working swiftly to pour everyone a cup of ice cold water, and refill them seconds later.
Itachi walked up, Kazumi walking to him. "Hows it going?"
"Good, they all have extreme determination and potential."
"Thank you for being willing to do this, I know you are undecided about what to do. I can see it in your eyes but know I express for Naruto when I say, you will always be welcome here." Itachi kept a straight face, though Kazumi could see it relax slightly.
"I know you killed your entire clan, though I don't know why. Regardless, when you come here things like that don't follow you. If one is willing to put it behind them and start over, then everyone here is willing to accept you. Many here have things in their past they have left behind, things they hate, despise…" Kazumi said, watching as Rei grabbed a cup before dramatically pouring it all over her head.
"Thank you Kazumi-san," Itachi said, his voice containing slightly more inflection.
"You are welcome Itachi-san, and you don't have to be so serious with us. You are apart of the family now," Kazumi smiled before walking over to her granddaughter and getting her to calm down and drink the water, instead of wearing it.
'Apart of a family…'
Later that night
Fū was lounging on one of the couches in the room, sitting on the ground nearby was Isaribi, Kai, Yukimi, and Yugito playing a card game. Fū laughed as Yugito threw down her cards once more, yelling about how Kai was most definitely cheating.
Fū smiled, she'd only been here for two days. But she already felt like a part of the family, Chōmei had been overjoyed at seeing so many of her siblings together happily. Fū had learned that Yugito contained the 2 tails, Kai contained the 3 tails, Gaara contained the 1 tail, the 5 tails, and 8 tails didn't have a host and roamed around the island.
She'd mostly spent her time with Yugito, Yukimi after apologizing to her, and Yakumo. Yakumo had been one of the people who offered to hang out with her when she was first introduced to the family. According to Yugito, Yakumo was usually quite shy so her wanting to be friends first was new.
On top of that, she'd been surprised when no one had asked about her past. She was here now, and that's all that mattered to them. Her new friends had told her a bit about their history, and all 3 of them had come from terrible lives before eventually being found by Naruto.
"Fū-chan, want to play?" Yukimi offered, Fū happily nodded before sliding off the couch into the offered spot at the low table. Kai twirled a card on his finger before beginning to distribute the cards with practiced ease.
"Check"
"Raise"
"Check"
"I'm definitely going to win this time!"
END CHAPTER - 9,419 words
Heyo everyone! I know it's been a bit, had some extremely computer issues… But I'm back now!
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and that the cliffhanger of the last chapter was good. The new thing I tried in this chapter, was having an entire chapter without the main character essentially. Naruto is there, but he's asleep the entire time. You get to really see the story from other characters points of view.
I hope the stuff about Itachi wasn't disappointing.
On to reviews!
Bosspatywafless: Glad you are enjoying the story mate! Thank you :D
Rajiv456: Will do!
Doomqwer: Glad you enjoy that, I wanted it to be a progression.
Antex-The Legendary Zoroark: Yep, this was meant to throw off the uphill slope progression of the story. Make you go… "WHOA!? What just happened?!" I hope your question about Itachi were answered in this chapter.
Ezeakel: Only two people have the Rinnegan, Chariko Uchiha the son of Madara Uchiha, who stole his father's eyes. Naruto just gained his now. I think there are some plot twists that you will enjoy my friend that are coming :D
Guest: Thank you so much for your extremely nice comment. I really appreciated it and it helped me when I was struggling with my computer umm… dying.
Naruto: Hope you enjoyed this one too ^-^
Shapeshifter340: Hia again!
AllHailTheSith: I'm really confused by your comment, aren't people who are powerful and provide a challenge interesting? The who Byakugan Sharingan Hybrid is not a ability that I invented actually and is actually a Dōjutsu in the show. I mean you can go look it up, but it will kind of spoil some things. Naruto is going to be godlike, but he isn't now, and challenges make the story more interesting and relatable.
Eternal King of Fire: Glad you are enjoying it, I don't think Kyūbi will be escaping. It's kind of a general theme that the Reaper Death Seal is unbreakable.
PhenioxMaster: I uhh… Really can't understand your comment… sorry. About Hans, there is a backstory to him I just haven't written it in yet. But he's dead, just so you are aware.
Roadrunnerto: That is an interesting idea, but the person watching the camp and hoof tracks was actually Itachi. I tried to hint to that by the transition title "Black haired pocky lover."
StrikerTheFallen: I'm hoping to give the concept justice and the "screen time" it deserves for being such an interesting concept. Hope you enjoyed this chapter :D
Eien no henko: Only a few people have stolen chakra from Naruto, and yes while Naruto's chakra is very potent I wouldn't really describe it as toxic. First was Orochimaru, and he was really a soul piece in a seal so I'm gonna just say it didn't really apply there. Next was Hiruko last chapter, and Kaguya kind of hinted at the fact that Hiruko could kill himself doing that. For the sake of future story parts and I think Rinnegan does this normally, I think it converts chakra into something not dangerous to the user. Except for senchakra, as that turned the Preta path into a stone toad in the show. Making another Jiongu… I suppose? But we don't even really know how the Jiongu came to exist, and I haven't really thought up a reason. SO technically yes, but probably not.
TheFoxSummoner Clan-Head: O.O It was that interesting? Glad you enjoyed it that much man :D
Hardpointz: I hope this chapter made Itachi even more your favorite :D I wanted to try a new idea with Itachi, where Itachi is actually used by the village and then abandoned. He's always got it all figured out and in control, the higher ups working with him and he's like a top secret spy etc. I thought it would be a cool play on him to make him like… losing himself.
Another Guest: No need to apologize for writing long reviews, in fact, please. Keep writing them. I was just really tired and I apologize for any rude comments I made to anyone, uncalled for. It's coming through, not sure about Yugito being like… a fan girl… not really her honestly. Yugito is more the one who's going to get out there and kick butt with Naruto.
Icefox: Glad you are enjoying it mate, I wanted an over powered fic that could still have a sense of suspense and tension. That you aren't sure that Naruto is just going to come through and get everything he wants. Glad to see that I've accomplished that ^-^
Drew86419: That's a pretty accurate guess mate.
Skk3: And here's said update, hope you enjoyed it :D
GabPas: Yes, Naruto could ask his parents to deal with all the problems in his way for him. But honestly, they most likely won't unless they really need too, remember they want their son to get stronger on his own and through his own will and determination. Naruto has to become strong enough to fight people who would be able to conquer his world, which means he has to be stronger than anything on the planet. Including his own parents. As to gaining every kekkei genkai, shhhhhhhh Spoilers.
Conrad299: That's a really high compliment and I highly appreciate it! There are definitely some times in the story where realism is thrown out the window, like in chapter 7… Naruto could not have carried Kai away from Hiruko. Kai was around 12 and Naruto is 7, it's not physically possible… But you aren't really supposed to think about that :P
Welp, that's everything. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed the chapter everyone!
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