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Chapter Fourteen: The Next Step
Master Bedroom
The room was obscured in darkness, only furniture and a large bed barely visible in the low light. In the corner two different colored slit eyes glowed, staring across the room at the sleeping form of a white-haired boy.
Yugito sighed softly, it had been 2 weeks since Naruto passed out. The children were worried, specifically Hanabi who'd broken down in tears many times. She herself could admit being concerned and worried about their young leader.
Everyone had been taking shifts in looking after the comatose Kaminoki, praying silently for him to awake. Kokuō had reported several groups of Shinobi around the nearby islands in search of what caused the giant beam in the sky. They'd all been forced to hide inside when teams began to investigate Demon Island, and even fight each other on it. She'd been for going out and killing all the ones on their island, but Itachi-sensei had shot it down. It would only draw more attention to them when they needed to stay hidden.
"Wake up Naruto-kun… we need you…. I-I need you… we need your guidance, your leadership…." Yugito whispered, slowly rising to her feet and gliding with feline grace out the doorway. The truth was that they did, they needed Naruto to direct them, guide them. They couldn't stay much longer, Itachi, Kai, and Kazumi were worried about Orochimaru coming back to his base with all the activity in the area.
The door latched shut behind her as she walked down the dark hallways. It was late at night, and she'd been watching over him for several hours. She reached her room before sliding through the doorway and to her bed.
Her colored eyes reflected the low light as she shifted and got comfortable, closing her eyes a moment later and drifting off to sleep.
Next Morning
Everyone was seated once more around a large table, including Itachi and Fū. The table was abuzz with conversation, Kankuro was chatting with Kai about chakra manipulation. Yakumo was talking to her grandmother about Genjutsu, and a possible solution to her bodies inherited fragility.
Rei was using her eyes power to create small little people that started to build homes out of rocks they found around the table. Hanabi directing what to make, where to put things and commenting on how cute the little people were.
Gaara's sand flowed over the table in small streams, weaving in-between the bowls before latching on too the spices and sliding it to him. Itachi watched in amusement as the family just ate breakfast together, Yukimi bursting into smoke randomly and attempting to scare someone by appearing next to them suddenly. Mostly she was trying to scare Fū and him because they weren't as used too it. It didn't work on him as he could see her chakra in the air before she formed again.
Suddenly Gaara froze, followed by Yugito freezing, Fū, and then Kai. Itachi's eyes darted across their blank, frozen faces quickly before he also froze, his senses being overwhelmed with suffocating power. 'This feeling… so oppressive… so… powerful…'
"Naruto-sama's awake!" Yugito suddenly yelled, breaking the trance everyone was under. A moment later the suffocating force receded, allowing everyone to breathe once more. Yugito and several others shot out of their chairs before running down the halls toward Naruto's room.
Yugito burst through the doorway to find Naruto holding his head on the bed, the lower part of his body still covered by the blankets. Yugito came to a halt, Yukimi, Yakumo, Rei, and Hanabi all stopping around her.
Naruto's hair shifted out of his face as he looked up, his eyes a beautiful violet, rings rippling out from his pupils. They watched in amazement as the ripples receded into his pupils, his eyes becoming once more his customary pale pupil-less white.
"Hey everyone, how long was I o-" Naruto was cut off as the next instant he was slammed back into the bed as Hanabi collided with him.
"DAD! YOU'RE OKAY!" Hanabi cried happily as she held on tightly to him, crying into his chest. Naruto smiled, holding the young girl in his arms and rubbing her back.
"Yes, I'm okay Hanabi-chan, I'm so sorry for worrying you," Naruto said, rocking his daughter slowly, waiting for her to calm down as she repeatedly told him how much she'd missed him.
As this happened, everyone else had arrived at Naruto's room, funneling in through the doorway and standing around his bed. He smiled as his eyes gazed over everyone, happy to see Kankuro okay and smiling. He next spotted the mint-haired 7-tails host who he didn't know the name of, he nodded to her and smiled.
His eyes shifted to the unknown raven-haired man standing behind some of the children, his red Sharingan staring back at him impassively.
Kazumi watched nervously as Naruto and Itachi entered into a staring contest, Naruto's eyes evolving into the Sharingan, a second later both their eyes changed in unison to their Mangekyō. Neither moved as they stared at each other, other people in the room now noticing the intense staring contest.
A second later Kazumi watched in awe as Naruto's eyes narrowed before rings began to expand from his pupils. The spaces between them filling with violet, Itachi looked away.
"Hello everyone, I believe I've missed a lot. What is your name, container of the 7-tails?" Naruto said as he made eye contact with Fū, who was still staring in awe at his Rinnegan.
"Fū…" He nodded in greeting, "I do apologize, but I need everyone to leave, for now. I need to talk to Gaara-nii-san, Kazumi, and Kai." Everyone nodded respectfully before filing out of the room, Hanabi going reluctantly.
"Don't worry Hanabi, I will come to talk to you next," Naruto reassured, getting a happy nod from his daughter before she hurried out after her friends.
"Glad to see you're okay Naruto," Kazumi said warmly, Kai and Gaara nodding in agreement.
"Hai, how long was I out?"
"Around 2 weeks,"
"I see, tell me everything that happened." The next moment all three of them felt Naruto connect with their minds, his request for information coming through the gateway in their minds loud and clear. All three of them willingly pushed their memories of the last 2 weeks through the link to their leader.
With Naruto
Naruto's new violet rippled eyes gazed out across the ocean, strewed around him were the bodies of a dozen shinobi, all from Kumo. They'd all been sent to investigate the massive beam into the sky, and potentially capture it if it was a Bijū.
He sighed, the ocean breeze whipping his hair across his face, his long cloak fluttering to the side. It had been 2 days since he'd woken up and immediately stepped back into command of the family. The first thing he had to deal with was a significant amount of Shinobi crawling across the island, missing-nin, Kumo, Kiri, Konoha, Iwa, and Kiri shinobi as well as several small groups from other villages.
The islands were at war with each other as these groups battled, all intent on finding what they believed to be a Bijū. They'd torn up most of the terrain on the island, the civilians from the islands long gone as their home turned into a battlefield. That's when he'd entered into the playing field.
Using primarily his new Rinnegan he'd massacred over 200 shinobi in the space of an hour. During his two weeks of unconsciousness, his parents had been teaching him how to use his Rinnegan. While he still had much to learn, he was strong enough to easily massacre them all.
Naruto sighed, a black chakra rod sliding out of the body of the Kumo jounin under him before disappearing into his palm. He cracked his neck before exploding into smoke, flowing rapidly across the island toward the ocean. As he reached it, he shifted into a helix, speeding up and darting across the ocean surface.
He frowned as he arrived at the base that his family was staying in. He needed to find his brother Zetsu and move his family to the moon soon, they would be safe from attacks there. 'Kankuro almost died… if I didn't have the Jiongu, I wouldn't have been able to save him…' Naruto regretted deeply that his family had been put in danger. He was infinitely thankful for Itachi saving not only his family but specifically his daughter.
'I refuse to put my family in danger anymore, I will become stronger...' Naruto swore.
He reached the island a few moments later, seeing through the rocky terrain into the base. His family was moving around, packing, cleaning, and making sure to remove any trace that they were there.
Naruto arrived at the front entrance, shifting into his human body, though taller now. He looked about 14 years old now, even though by human years he was around 8. He'd decided to make the most of being able to shape-shift, he didn't have to look like his human age if he didn't want too.
"Musuko, you okay?" Kaguya asked worriedly, feeling Naruto's rampant emotions. They'd become much closer over the last two weeks, having many conversations about his plans for his village and life. How to use his Rinnegan and other powers and she'd also shown him other Rinne-Sharingan techniques. Though he wasn't allowed to use them except in dire circumstances until he gained all 9 tomoe.
'Yes, I just regret not being there to help everyone.' Naruto replied, walking quickly down the snake-themed walls of Orochimaru's hideout.
"Naruto-kun, you need to focus on the positives. You have strong friends who didn't freak out when you were unable to lead; instead, they stepped up and looked out for the family." Naruto shook his head, 'You're right Kaa-san, thank you.' She smiled at him before lessening the connection.
Naruto steadied his rampant emotions before walking through the doorway into the main room.
"Dad! You're back!" Hanabi yelled, running toward him and knocking over a pile of scrolls before leaping into his arms. Yukimi sighed dramatically before beginning to restack the scrolls rolling across the floor.
"Yes, I am, how's everyone?" He inquired of the pale-eyed girl in his arms, his pale pupil-less eyes looking into Hanabi's equally pale eyes with warmth and love.
"Everyones good! Fū-chan, Yugito-chan, Yakumo-chan, and Rei-chan are all cleaning up. Everyone else is packing everything, oh and Gaara-sensei wanted to talk to you." Hanabi listed off, pausing as she remembered Gaara saying he wanted to talk to her father.
"Thank you Hanabi, now go help your friends." She nodded excitedly before dropping to the ground and running out a doorway.
"Itachi," Naruto greeted the raven-haired Uchiha as he walked in through the doorway. Both of them stared at each other for a few moments before Itachi nodded in greeting, carrying several supplies over to the pile to be sealed.
Naruto smiled, he'd had a long night talk with the Uchiha the day he'd woken up.
Flashback
It was late at night, and Naruto was sitting on a couch in the main room, most of the large family had gone to bed, Gaara sitting silently on another sofa. He'd just woken up this morning and had been busy catching himself up on everything and making sure everyone was okay.
Naruto stared blankly at Itachi's Sharingan as the Uchiha waited for him to speak. The Ōtsutsuki wasn't currently focused on him, recalling his conversation with Kankuro earlier that morning in which he generally explained what the Jiongu was.
Naruto shook his head, focusing on the missing-nin in front of him, their eyes meeting. Naruto's eyes shifted into the Sharingan, staring impassively back into Itachi's own.
"Why are you here Itachi?"
Naruto watched as the Uchiha didn't respond for a couple of minutes, gathering his thoughts before once again raising his eyes. Surprisingly Itachi's Sharingan deactivated, showing his coal black eyes. Naruto's eyes faded back to his Byakugan, giving the Uchiha the same respect. There was an ingrained code within all Sharingan, having ones activated constituted a challenge, a threat. When Itachi had stared at him earlier, Naruto had felt the challenge, and returned it. Itachi had eventually forfeited as Naruto's own ocular prowess overpowered his own.
"I must first explain how I became a missing-nin," Itachi sighed, his voice full of regret. The Ōtsutsuki remained silent, waiting for the Uchiha to continue.
"My clan was planning to overthrow the Hokage… I was against this for many reasons and acted as a spy within my own clan to the Third. I was eventually ordered to wipe out my entire clan, which I did, only sparing my younger brother." Itachi's voice was monotone, but both Gaara and his brother could tell there was a lot of emotion being locked up.
"I thought I was doing the right thing, I only realized after, that Konoha was using me. If I had not been blinded by my loyalty, I might have only killed those that wanted to overthrow the Hokage… Instead, I killed them all… every man, woman… and child." Itachi's voice cracked slightly, tears threatening to overflow. Naruto could visibly see the memories playing across Itachi's eyes.
"After that Konoha threw me aside like trash, sending hunter-nin after me. Something Sarutobi had promised not to do… The Thirds advisor, Danzo took dozens of my clansmen's eyes, and I was unable to stop him as ANBU chased after me… I was lost, drowning in pain and regret. In an attempt to ignore it all I followed my last order, to track down the Shiroi Oni and spy on you." Itachi sighed before continuing.
"And after months of searching, I found all of you, being attacked. I felt the need to step in and help, so I did. After that…" Itachi trailed off, something he wasn't used to doing. His emotions were fighting to control him, overwhelm him and even with all his ANBU training he was still human.
"You were accepted by everyone, no one cared about your past." Naruto filled in for him, getting a nod from the Uchiha.
"You are welcome to stay with us as long as you wish Itachi. I thank you for looking after my family and even training them." Itachi's eyes widened in shock as the 14-year-old looking boy actually gave him a bow.
"Itachi, your past does not matter here. All I ask is that you do not judge anyone else, and to look out for your family." Naruto smiled and surprisingly so did Gaara.
"Welcome to our family,"
End Flashback
Naruto focused back on the world around him, seeing Kazumi scolding Rei for attempting to nail Isaribi with yet another water balloon in the back of the head.
"Excuse me Naruto-sama," Yakumo said politely, needing to get by him. He apologized before moving out of the main walkway. He quickly walked over to Itachi and Kazumi a second later.
"Itachi and I will go to Amegakure tomorrow to retrieve my brother, then we are all moving," Naruto said, getting nods from the two adult members of the family. Naruto nodded in return before moving off to tell Kai and Gaara their orders while he was gone, he was not going to risk them being attacked while he was gone again.
"Hey, dad?" Naruto was distracted from his destination as Hanabi yelled at him, "Yes Hanabi-chan?"
"Why are you older?" She asked curiously, breaking away from her friends who were carefully sweeping the halls. Naruto smiled, the next moment his form became hazy, and he shrank somewhat, returning to his younger body.
"Whoa! You're shorter now!" Hanabi shouted, drawing the attention of her friends in the hall.
"Hai, I can change my age, so I decided to be older." Hanabi's eyes widened in amazement, "Can you teach me how to do that? She begged with wide eyes.
"When you're older," Naruto teased, getting a pout from his daughter as he shape-shifted back into his older body, gaining several feet over the young girl.
"But I wanna be older now…" She complained, he crouched down to her height before placing both hands on her shoulders, pale eyes looking into equally pale eyes.
"You are getting older Hanabi, and I'm so proud of you. Thank you for looking after everyone while I was asleep." Hanabi's smile was massive, giving her dad a hug before she rushed back to her friends and picked up the wipe she'd dropped, returning to rapidly wiping the walls and door handles.
Naruto smiled at his daughter, getting a smile from Yugito who was sweeping. Nodding to her and getting one in return he continued on his way to find his nii-san and Kai.
Next Day
If one looked up from the ground, narrowed their eyes and blocked out the sun with their hands. They would be able to see a large black bird flying across the sky, and if they looked really carefully, they would be able to see a man wearing a black cloak riding on the bird. But only for a couple of seconds before it would disappear.
Naruto screeched loudly and picked up speed, his destination Amegakure. He knew to go directly into a kage's village and trying to reach the cousin of the Amekage was madness, and Kazumi had said so herself.
'It doesn't matter, I need my brother. I need to be able to move my family to the moon. Enough playing around, I will get what I need.' Naruto thought firmly, he was concerned about Orochimaru eventually arriving. He was done playing around, he had power, and it was time to step up and take his responsibility seriously. He'd given everyone a glass ball as a precaution, within it a pattern that resembled his fathers Rinne-Sharingan. If they broke the ball, he would immediately return regardless of what he was doing.
'I will not let my family be in danger again!' Naruto swore as he beat his massive black wings, pushing himself through the air faster. On his back was the stoic Uchiha Itachi, his Sharingan gazing impassively at the land as it quickly shot by below them.
Before long the Village Hidden in the Rain came into view of his powerful Byakugan, screeching loudly Naruto beat his black raven wings faster.
Within Amegakure
Amber eyes watched as a redheaded boy sparred against his sensei. Nagato felt that a spar with his cousin was required, and after the standard early morning training, they had begun a long drawn out fight.
Nagato wasn't going full out, but he was impressed with his cousin's improvements. Nakada ducked under one of his chains, his fully matured Sharingan spinning as the whiskered boy leaped toward his cousin.
Next to Konan stood Yahiko, watching intently with a bucket of popcorn as he stuffed it into his mouth. She sighed at her loves antics, shaking her head before returning to the spar. Nakada had gotten within Taijutsu range of his red-haired clansman, both of them beginning an intense bout of blows.
Nakada's Sharingan gave him a much-needed advantage to keep up with his Sensei, allowing him to see Nagato's attacks coming and with all his speed training he was better equipped to dodge or block them.
Nakada's expression was focused as he blocked a strike with his wrist, leaning back and dodging a fist. Then leaning forward and attempting to punch Nagato who merely tilted his head to the side. Yahiko's and Konan's eyes widened as Nagato suddenly grabbed Nakada's wrist, stopping him as he stared up at the ceiling of the large dojo.
"Enough Nakada, we have intruders." Nagato declared, letting go of Nakada's wrist before turning to his two friends.
"It's the Shiroi Oni, his chakra is much stronger than the last time he was here. I believe he is here for Nakada-kun…" Nagato's voice was steel, and both of them understood their orders perfectly.
"I want to fight too!" Nakada yelled, his Sharingan spinning violently.
"No! You will go with Konan, you are not strong enough, and I will not risk your life." Nagato ordered loudly, Nakada reluctantly nodded, realizing that his cousin was not in a debating mood.
"Yahiko with me, he's circling around the city in the sky." With that, they both disappeared in two water Shunshins. Nakada turned impassively too his sensei, he wanted to fight the demon who'd killed his friend… but he would obey his cousin. 'Get him for me Nagato-sensei…'
"Come Nakada-kun, we need to get you to safety," Konan said, getting a nod before they both ran out of the Dojo.
Amekage tower rooftop
Rain poured infinitely from the black cloudy skies upon the metal city of Amegakure. The walls and rooftops soaked in water as it slid in waves off the metal roofs toward the massive sewers below, eventually draining into the enormous lake around Amegakure.
The red-haired kage of Amegakure glared up with anger filled violet eyes at a barely visible creature in the sky. A massive black bird circling around the city, occasionally disappearing as it flew behind a building. Nagato and Yahiko could only barely see the midnight bird, and they only knew the Shiroi was here due to Nagato's rain jutsu.
Nagato and Yahiko began rapidly going through hand signs before they both took aim ahead of the swift giant raven.
"Suiton: Suigadan! (Water Fang Bullet)" They each spat out 2 high-speed water drills, the projectiles flying through the air in an attempt to bring the large bird down. Nagato narrowed his eyes as the bird dived under the attacks before screeching loudly, his ears hurting even though the bird was so far away.
"CAWWWWW!" Two swords of water formed in Yahiko's hands, 6 ethereal chains bursting from Nagato's back and writhing through the air. The raven banked in the air toward them, opening its beak as chakra began to collect in front of it.
"Look out!" Yahiko yelled, erecting a massive wall of water in front of them as the massive bird screeched again before firing a beam of white energy. The attack reached the double reinforced wall of water near instantly, drilling several feet into the defense before exploding.
Water sprayed everywhere as a giant hole opened up in the wall, Yahiko and Nagato rolling out of the way as the massive bird dived through the hole and slashed at them with its talons before rising off into the air again.
Nagato's chains lashed out and attempted to grab the bird, but they weren't fast enough, the chains wrapping around nothing.
"What does he want! Why is he here?!" Nagato yelled over the loud drum of the rain, his chains coming in front of him and wrapping around each other, forming a barrel in front of him.
"Suiton: Suiryū Kōbaku! (Explosive Bite of the Water Dragon)"
Nagato rapid fired hundreds of water bursts down the barrel made of chains, the end of it pointed toward the giant bird pivoting in a wide arc. The high powered beams of spiraling water shot toward the bird, like machine gun bullets.
Yahiko's eyes widened as the bird somehow twisted in mid-air, its giant wings behind it and somewhat wrapped around in front of it. Before his very eyes, the bird shifted into a teen boy, cloaked in white. The large black raven wings attached to the boys back.
"Fūjutsu Kyūin!" The giant black raven wings wrapped entirely around the Shiroi Oni, a substantial see-through spherical barrier forming around him. The next moment Nagato's rapid barrage of water bullets collided.
"How?!" Yahiko yelled, watching as all the bullets lost their momentum against the barrier, dropping harmlessly to the streets thousands of feet below. Once Nagato's attack was over, the still falling Shiroi turned around, his wings snapping open before beating against the air powerfully.
He dived then rose quickly into the air, turning and flying toward the two Ame shinobi. Yahiko let loose several more water bullets toward him, but he dodged them all and reached the roof. His wings snapped open, slowing his descent as he gracefully landed on the roof.
"You are not welcome here…" Nagato growled as the Shiroi's large wings folded into his back and disappearing entirely.
"And why is that?"
Yahiko snarled, his blades of water once more forming in his hands as he rushed the boy, who was considerably taller than the last time he'd been here.
"You massacred our shinobi, you killed our friend!" Yahiko leaped into the air, his blades slicing around him rapidly as he dropped toward the boy. "You are trying to take Nakada-kun away from us!"
"You attempted to keep me against my will, that is not my fault," Naruto replied smoothly, bursting into smoke before reappearing a couple of feet away. 'I only need to distract them for so long, Itachi will find the 9-tails jinchuriki soon.' Naruto mused, his Byakugan was not efficient here, everything a constant white blur from the Kage's chakra in the rain.
"Why do you want Nakada!" Yahiko yelled as Nagato's chains shot past him and attempted to wrap around the masked boy. They watched as thick vines burst from the roof and wrapping around each of Nagato's purple chains, getting in a tug of war with them as Nagato attempted to push past them and impale him.
"Why should I tell you?" Naruto asked calmly, walking up to and absorbing the parts of Nagato's chains closest to him, dissipating the ends of them. Nagato growled before disappearing in a massive burst of speed, Naruto was able to see behind him, the rain only blocking long distances.
Nagato's palm and fingertips glowed with Kanji, 'He's trying to seal me!'
"Shishō Fūin! (Four Symbols Seal)" Nagato yelled as he slammed his hand toward Naruto's back, noticing for the first time the beautiful depiction of a massive tree with tomoe fruit on the back of Naruto's cloak.
Before Nagato reached the Oni, he somehow immediately turned 180 degrees around and slammed his own palm into Nagato's. Yahiko watched in amazement as a blinding white light appeared between their hands, their chakra clashing against each other violently.
Yahiko rushed forward, a giant sword forming in his hands that he swung down to slice the intruder in half, taking advantage of Naruto being distracted.
"Shinra Tensei!" Yahiko felt a massive force colliding with him painfully, sending him flying through the rain before he slammed into the side of a nearby skyscraper. He dented the wall, but he stuck to it with chakra, not wanting to plummet to his death.
Nagato watched the boy's jutsu from the corner of his eye as he continued to force his chakra into his seal, attempting to overpower Naruto's own in their clash for dominance. The next moment 6 chains burst from the kage's back before whipping forward to entrap Naruto. 6 thick vines broke from behind Naruto, wrapping around the chains as they got into another clash of strength.
Nagato growled, angry that he couldn't overpower this boy. Bringing one hand up he began rapidly going through one-handed hand seals, seeing Naruto's pale eyes widen at his actions.
"You won't win! Katon: Gōka Mekkyaku!" Naruto immediately exploded into smoke before rapidly rising into the air. Nagato forcing his hand into his smoky form, attempting to seal him as he faded away. The next instant Nagato unleashed a sea of flames, directing his mouth up toward the floating mist form of Naruto.
Naruto grimaced, forming back into his body and rising slowly through the air as he summoned his brother's fan, "Bashōsen: Mizu no Maki!"
The sea of rising flames engaged a massive wave of falling water, only strengthened by the constant rain of Amegakure and gravity. Both met in a gigantic explosion of steam, the water overpowering the fire before cascading to the roof below. Nagato slammed his chains into the metal ground, holding himself down as the water rushed in massive waves across the roof.
Before the fight
Itachi stared impassively at the rapidly approaching Amegakure, surrounding it for miles was the massive ever-present rain cloud that it was famous for.
Naruto screeched, and he got the hint, taking a bit of a run-up he leaped off Naruto's back. His black cloak whipping in the air as he fell thousands of feet toward the ground. His objective was to locate the 9-tails jinchuriki and alert Naruto when he did.
He had to wait until after Naruto engaged the kage otherwise he would notice when Itachi entered the chakra laced rain. Itachi narrowed his eyes as he fell from the sky rapidly, the ground rising to quickly meet him.
Itachi began pumping massive amounts of chakra to his legs, as well as going through hand signs as he got closer to the ground. Twisting in the air so that his feet were under him, he fired his jutsu at the ground.
"Fūton: Shinkūha! (Vacuum Wave)" Massive gusts of wind rushed toward the ground, slicing deep gashes into it. It also pushed back against Itachi violently as he purposely messed up part of the jutsu. The force of the strong wind was enough to slow most of his momentum, and he crashed to the ground a second later.
While it still left a large crater it wasn't hard enough to break his legs, his head snapped up, and he saw the much smaller form of Naruto as he flew toward the metal city. Itachi immediately took off at a fast run toward Amegakure, following after the large raven screeching in the sky. (With his arms behind him because it helps aerodynamics.)
Itachi came to a stop a couple of minutes later at the edge of the rain, watching as Naruto entered in and began circling, a minute later 4 large bursts of water were fired from somewhere within the city up at Naruto. Itachi waited a few moments later as Naruto engaged his attackers before entering into the storm cloud.
Picking up speed and channeling chakra to his feet to prevent him from slipping on the wet ground he took off toward the city. His Sharingan blazing in the cloudy darkness as he began his search for the Jinchuriki.
Naruto had told him and the older half of the family; that his father had located his younger brother, Zetsu. He'd somehow ended up sealed inside the 9-tails jinchuriki and was unable to escape even though the seal didn't directly seal him. The plan was for them to break in, distract the kage and the other two powerful signatures in the village long enough for Naruto to extract his brother.
After that they would move to the moon, Itachi had been surprised when Naruto explained his plan for the village. 'The Hidden Spirit village…' Itachi mused as he darted down the dark metal streets of the city, keeping to the shadows to avoid all the shinobi and civilians looking up at the massive battle high above them.
Naruto had discussed in detail about how he wanted his village to be run, they had all given their input on several things that he'd listened keenly too. One of the most intriguing things to Itachi was how Naruto had decided to handle the relationships people would have in the village.
Judgment and despising others was not tolerated at all, period. Those that didn't follow this would be severely punished and if they still did it, eventually thrown out from the village with their memories of the place sealed entirely. 'He's doing his best to find a way to create a place for humans, without bringing human issues with him.' Itachi mused, and Naruto already had one of the most significant issues that came with such a goal solved. It would eventually break down when the leader died, and a new leader took over, policies would change, and the new leader would be different. Naruto was immortal, able to look over his village for all eternity unless he was killed somehow, or sealed.
Itachi shook his head, focusing back on his task as he followed his senses, pursuing two large and quickly moving chakra signatures. One feeling distinctly similar to the other jinchuriki he now lived with.
Itachi followed them for sometime before they eventually disappeared, unable to sense them anymore Itachi went to the last place he'd felt them. It was a large metal bunker of sorts, guarded by a dozen shinobi. At the front of it was a massive metal door covered in seals, 'Those are most definitely Uzumaki seals, I can't hope to break through them…' Itachi mused.
'I'll alert Naruto after eliminating the guards,' That decided he disappeared into the shadows before appearing next to one of the guards, their eyes making contact for only the briefest of seconds before Itachi was once more gone. The guard not even realizing what had happened, just staring off at nothing blankly.
Itachi appeared behind another before professionally decapitating the man, the guard next to him looked over, only to come face to face with Itachi's Sharingan. The guard's eyes glazed over before he turned and rushed a fellow guard.
"Oi, Lwiko… wha-" The guard was cut off as his mind-controlled comrade sliced his head off. Itachi appeared behind another guard before quickly killing them, his two Genjutsu'd guards taking the other ones by surprise. Within 20 seconds all 12 guards were dead, hardly a sound being made to warn anyone inside.
'Naruto, I found the jinchuriki, but he's inside a bunker covered in seals.' Itachi transmitted through the mental link Naruto had opened with him, 'Hai, coming soon' Naruto replied. Itachi's eyes darted around as he made sure no one else was coming and again attempting to decipher the seals.
A couple of minutes later Naruto materialized out of a black and white smoke next to Itachi, staring at the massively intricate seals carefully.
"I can absorb the seals with my Rinnegan, but if I didn't have it, I wouldn't be able to get through this. Tou-san says that these seals have fail-safes built in, absorbing it onto my body would only result in it sealing me." Naruto mused out loud, 'Apparently, Nagato figured out I could absorb seals.'
"Hai," Itachi whirled, his Mangekyo blazing as his eyes began to bleed.
"Amaterasu!"
The black flames shot forth, creating a wall in front of the rapidly approaching Amekage and his friend. Both came to a halt as they tried to figure out how to get around the flames, every second Itachi covered more of the entrance in them, the flames melting through the iron walls with ease.
'Don't overdo it Itachi, I don't need you going blind' Itachi heard in his mind, deactivating his eyes he began to wipe the massive amount of blood streaming down his face away. Ignoring the excruciating pain in his eyes as he carefully watched the Kage start to seal away his black fire.
Naruto placed his hands on the massive steel vault door, his Rinnegan forming in his eyes. He activated the Preta path and started absorbing all the chakra in the large seals, he sensed Itachi behind him blocking a chain with his tanto.
The next moment all the seals were gone, though Naruto and Itachi had to dodge out of the way as a water dragon crashed into where they were. Naruto leaped in front of the Kage, a sword of water slicing through him without harming him. Yahiko looked at him in confusion as Naruto pointed his palm at the large metal door behind him.
"Banshō Ten'in!" Nagato's and Yahiko's eyes widened as the massive metal vault door lurched forward, straining against the metal beams within it. Naruto's eyes narrowed, and the giant door broke the metal beams, rapidly flying through the air toward them.
Nagato and Yahiko leaped out of the way as the door flew at them and Naruto, Naruto simply phased through the door as it continued through the wall and out into the pouring rain outside on the street.
"You!" Naruto turned, his Rinnegan fading away too his Byakugan as he heard a younger voice yell at him in anger. His hood obscuring his face and preventing others from noticing his eyes changing, 'I ought to get a mask, someone is going to notice soon…'
Naruto stared impassively at the 9-tails Jinchuriki who was glaring at him with spinning Sharingan eyes. The redhead was wearing a black cloak with red clouds like the purple haired woman next too him. They both stood in the now empty entrance to the vault.
Itachi landed next to Naruto, while the Kage and the orange haired man landed next to the 9-tails jinchuriki. Naruto kept his face blank, trying to figure out a way to separate them from the boy. He had a long time before he could use his Deva path again. He only had basic training in the Rinnegan he had around a 15-minute cooldown on both Jutsu.
'Itachi can't take on all three of them at the same time…' The next instant Itachi was forced to dodge as hundreds of paper shuriken spun through the air toward them. Naruto didn't move as the attack phased right through him, though his eyes widened as he heard a sizzling sound.
The next moment the shuriken exploded violently, Naruto exploding into black smoke and blown out of the room into the street outside. Itachi's eyes darted toward his attackers, immediately drawing his tanto as he blocked the orange haired man's water sword.
"You cannot hope to defeat us, what do you hope to gain from this attack?" Nagato demanded, chains digging through the ground before spiking up toward Itachi as he touched down on the ground from a leap.
Itachi immediately launched back off the ground, twirling horizontally as he dodged the chains spiky ends. Itachi's eyes widened as he landed, two fireballs flying toward him, one from Nakada and one from Nagato, the fireballs merging together.
Itachi began to go through hand signs but stopped as Naruto slid into view in front of him, both his palms raised toward the incoming fire. Itachi watched as Naruto gripped both hands in a clawing motion.
Everyone watched in amazement as the fireball stopped in mid-air, floating as the flames raged. Naruto cocked back a fist before punching forward, the fireball going the complete opposite direction back toward the ones who fired it.
Nagato's eyes narrowed, and chains batted the fireball away and into a wall where it dissipated in a fiery explosion.
"Nakada no!" Konan yelled, Nakada already sprinting across the floor toward Naruto. A katana appearing in his hand in a puff of smoke, Naruto raised a clipped eyebrow as Nakada leaped into the air above him, his katana raised high.
The next moment Nakada swung his sword down.
CLANG!
Nakada's sword stopped, a metal bar had extended from Naruto's palm and stopped the katana in mid-air. Naruto flicked Nakada's sword away before his left arm literally phased out of existence, reappearing in another position. His hand gripping around Nakada's neck, holding him in mid-air.
Nagato had already made it to the two boys, his chains lashing forward. He cursed loudly as a massive amount of vines burst from the ground and formed a small thick dome over them, the last thing Nagato able to see was Nakada struggling.
"Let Nakada go!" Nagato yelled, his chains becoming layered in sharp wind chakra. They didn't reach the wooden dome though, as all of them were grabbed by a red astral skeleton fist.
Itachi pulled Nagato by his chains away from the dome, throwing the kage back toward his comrades. The redhead was caught in mid-air by the paper user. The Uchiha immediately brought his skeletal arm around to slap a massive water dragon in the side of the snout, sending it flying back toward the orange haired shinobi.
Within the dome Naruto had entered into Nakada's mind, his own ocular prowess easily overpowering Nakada's. Naruto appeared in a massive, dreary sewer. A couple of moments later an angry Nakada arriving next to him.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" Nakada shouted, the murky water covering the floor swirling around him as he enforced his own will over his mindscape. His red Sharingan eyes spinning violently as he glared at this intruder into his mind, hating the demon in front of him.
Naruto glanced at him, "I am here for someone," The next moment Nakada found himself wrapped in vines, his control over the mindscape fading away as Naruto literally overcame him with his own force of will. Naruto ignored the angry screams and yells as he turned toward the large cage bars looming above him.
"Hitomi-chan, I know you are there." A second later two sizeable slit red eyes opened in the dark, moving closer into the light a giant red fox was clearly visible.
"You're finally here…" The fox murmured, its expression conveying its shock. Naruto smiled up at his niece, "Yes, though I regret to inform you that I cannot yet release you from your host."
Naruto turned toward the still violently struggling Nakada, the redheads Sharingan glaring at him with pure hatred.
"For some reason, your host is against me… I will come back for you soon Hitomi-chan." The giant fox nodded sadly, "I understand Naruto-ojisan, I shall wait." Nakada's eyes widened in shock as the Kyūbi spoke in a distinctly feminine voice.
The Ōtsutsuki nodded before turning toward a shadow in the room, "I know you are there nii-san, come on, let's go." Nakada was once more shocked as a black blob slid out of the shadows, two yellow eyes on the blob as it darted across the ground.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" Nakada yelled, 'What is going on, what is he doing to me?!'
"I am Zetsu Ōtsutsuki, and Naruto-nii's younger brother." The blob spoke, seeing a come gesture from his brother he formed up Naruto's leg before disappearing into his sleeve.
"Glad to finally meet you brother, mind telling me how you got yourself stuck here?" Naruto asked with amusement.
"Ahh… about that… I was visiting Hitomi the same night she got sealed, I waited until she was being sealed, entering Nakada to talk to her. The Uzumaki accidentally sealed me inside as well, I couldn't escape. It's not all been bad though, Hitomi-chan has been fun to tease." Zetsu remarked, getting a glare from the giant fox.
"You're annoying Oji-san…"
"We will be going then."
Nakada's eyes widened as he suddenly found himself back in the real world, still being held up by his neck. But all around him now was a dome of vines that made it dim inside.
He gasped as he felt and saw Naruto's arm go inside his stomach, he cried in pain as Naruto moved around for a moment before beginning to pull. He watched in horror as a black substance came out of his stomach slowly. With a sharp tug, Naruto entirely pulled out his brother, who formed up his arm and disappeared into his sleeve.
Nakada fell too his arms and legs as Naruto dropped him, the dome of vines sliding back into the ground.
"Nakada!" The redhead looked up and saw all his senseis staring at him in worry, Yahiko having to quickly duck a sizeable skeletal fist.
"Let's go." Nakada heard the hooded boy next to him say, the next moment he exploded into smoke that quickly moved across the room.
"Nakada are you okay?" He looked up to see his extremely concerned cousins face, Nagato helping him to his feet as he stood unsteadily.
"H-hai…" Nakada looked up as he heard an explosion, the next instant a massive gust of air slamming into him and his hair flapping wildly. When his ears finally stopped ringing, and he squinted he saw an enormous crater in the middle of the room.
Konan was next to Yahiko who had been slammed into a metal wall, denting it slightly. Yahiko was bleeding from his head and unconscious as Konan tried frantically to stop the bleeding.
"Yahiko-sensei!" Nakada yelled, running over to his sensei and sliding to his knees next too him. Nagato appeared next to him a second later.
"We need to get him to the hospital, the Shiroi Oni and who I believe was Uchiha Itachi are leaving the village rapidly by air," Nagato said, chains coming out and gingerly lifting Yahiko into the air.
"What did they come for?" Konan asked while she worriedly inspected Nakada for injuries, Nakada tried to swat her hands away in annoyance.
"He went inside my mind, the Kyūbi knew him." Nagato's and Konan's eyes widened, "And there was some creature in my mind, a black blob with yellow eyes."
Nakada winced, stumbling as he tried to follow after his Sensei as they walked toward the exit. Konan quickly caught him, "He called the black blob brother… then pulled it out of my stomach…"
"What the hell…" Nagato murmured, fighting down his emotions as his Kage mindset finally kicked in.
High in the sky
A giant black raven beat its wings, though it wasn't really paying attention to where it was going. The right half of the bird from the middle was covered in a different shade of black, it's right eye yellow. On its back was a black-haired man, his red eyes glowing as he stared emotionlessly at nothing, the wind whipping past him.
Naruto had just urgently explained his need to know how to get to the moon, stating how he'd collected a family that he needed to move to safety. 'So, you need to know how to get to the moon?'
Naruto sent back a mental nod, beating his wings once more to stay afloat. 'The last time I went to the moon was 30 years ago, at the time the entrance was in a cave on an island off the coast of the Land of Fire.' Naruto immediately began planning how to safely move the family that far.
'But it doesn't really matter where it is, the entrance can be moved.' Naruto's thoughts came to a screeching halt, 'How does one move the entrance?' Naruto inquired eagerly. The next moment memories of how to perform a unique type of summoning flowed into his mind.
'Hamura-niisan made the jutsu that can transport people to the moon. I doubt besides me anyone on earth knows how to perform this jutsu, a user is also able to move the entrance from the moon to where they want. Of course, there has to be a pool of water for this jutsu to work.' Zetsu explained, getting a nod from Naruto as he went through the memories.
The technique opened a gateway between earth and the moon by turning a small pond or lake into an entrance way. One dropped through the water and traveled along what their older brother had named the Wakusei no michi (Planetary Path).
'Thank you Zetsu-nii,' Naruto said, getting a nod from Zetsu. 'I am sorry for not being there for you when you grew up, I didn't mean to get sealed.' Zetsu said sadly, the plan he'd made with his brothers long ago was he was to help Naruto until he was old enough to understand what he was. His mission was to be the first to find his older brother.
'I understand nii-san, I am glad to have you with us.' Naruto replied, his one visible Byakugan eye focusing on the ocean they were rapidly approaching. Zetsu smiled in his own way, a moment later hearing the voice of his mother in his mind.
"Hello Zetsu-kun, it's good to see you again," Zetsu's eyes widened, 'Kaa-san! You're inside of Naruto-nii?'
"Hai, Āsut-kun moved me inside of him. Here, let me show you." The next moment Zetsu began to experience memories of his brother's life up to this point.
A couple of hours later
One pale, wide-eyed girl was jumping up and down while pointing off into the sky, "Dad's coming! I can see him!" She yelled, making all her friends nearby try to see what she was pointing at. They couldn't see anything, but they believed her, knowing her eyes were much better than their own.
"I see him too! One of his eyes is yellow?" A girl with blue hair said, her eyes utterly white as she seemingly looked out at nothing.
"Yukimi, tell the others?" One with blonde hair said, getting a nod from the freckled girl before she burst into smoke. The 3 remaining girls on the cliff quickly began to descending to a large clearing in the jagged terrain of Demon Island.
"He's coming!" Hanabi yelled again, everyone gathering around the large clearing. Kazumi, Yakumo, Rei, Kai, Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, Fū, Yukimi, Isaribi, and Yugito all were looking up, able to see a large bird rapidly approaching through the skies.
Nearby was the substantial form of the Gyūki, who was next to Kokuō as they waited for their uncle's too land. Already able to detect their uncle Zetsu with Naruto.
"CAWWW!" The giant bird screeched before diving, its wings tucked to its body. As it got closer to the ground, its wings shot out, catching air and slowing it down before eventually, it alighted softly on the ground, fluttering its wings to steady itself.
"Dad!" Hanabi yelled before running toward the giant pale-eyed raven. The raven began to rapidly shrink, the wings folding away until Naruto stood there, the right half of his body entirely black.
Hanabi didn't care and jumped up into her father's arms, giving him a giant hug. "You're back! Did you get Zetsu-oji?" She asked curiously, poking the black stuff covering her father.
"Yes I did Hanabi, meet your uncle," She looked at him in confusion, Itachi standing a bit behind Naruto.
"Hello, names Zetsu!" The black stuff spoke, its yellow eye turning toward her, and half a large grin appearing on its face."
"Whoa! Are you my uncle? COOL!" Hanabi yelled, looking at Zetsu in awe. She watched with full eye's as her uncle flowed off of Naruto's body and formed onto her right half.
'Hello niece, good to meet you.' Hanabi heard within her mind, not at all freaked out by her uncle forming onto her. "Hey! My names Hanabi." Hanabi was used to all sorts of weird things, her friend could turn into a fish person just by wanting too.
Naruto smiled, turning to Gaara who was smiling slightly, "Is everyone ready to move?"
Gaara nodded, "Hai,"
"Good," Naruto turned toward everyone, coughing to get their attention. The conversation quieted down before completely vanishing, everyone present looking at their leader intently.
"My brother Zetsu has shown me how to get you all to your new home. For those of you that don't know, my brother Hamura created a habitable world inside the moon. That is where we will be going, when we arrive, we will begin the creation of The Hidden Spirit Village." Those that didn't know this dropped their jaws in shock.
"Dad!? We are going to the Moon?" Hanabi asked, her head tilted cutely, which was made even funnier by her uncle attempting to mimic her expression on half her face.
"Yes, Hanabi-chan, everyone back up please." Everyone took several steps back as Naruto pointed his hand at the ground in front of them. A moment later chakra burst out of his hand before digging into the rocky terrain. Rock was lifted before being chucked to the side over the hill.
"Kai, if you don't mind," Kai understood and spewed water, filling up the crater that Naruto had made. Naruto nodded in thanks before once more turning to everyone.
"Things will be somewhat different now as we all work together to create the Spirit Village. But we will always be family no matter what," With that everyone smiled and nodded in agreement.
Naruto slit his palm with a metal bar that formed out of his other hand. Green blood covered his hands as he began rapidly going through hand seals, staring intently at the surface of the pond. 57 hand seals later he slammed both palms onto the water, kneeling in front of it. 'Thankfully, mother taught me how to form my own blood out of my chakra; otherwise, this wouldn't work…'
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Wakusei-dō no gētou~ei! (Summoning Jutsu: Gateway of the Planetary Path)" The water beneath Naruto's palms changed first, becoming a light blueish green before expanding. A moment later all the water had changed hue, now glowing with a greenish blue aura.
"While you travel the path, make sure too not look into the green orbs for long." Zetsu warned sternly, getting nods from almost everyone.
"Zetsu-san, why not?" Rei asked curiously, looking at the black side of Hanabi, Zetsu's one yellow eye shifted to Rei.
"If you look into it for too long you will be trapped inside your own memories, perhaps forever. Make sure to stay on the spheres made of dirt." Zetsu replied, getting a slightly scared nod from the blue-haired girl. Zetsu looked up at the two large Bijū next, getting their attention.
"Hey you two, shrink down then come through last," Zetsu ordered, getting two nods. Everyone watched in shock or amusement as the two massive Bijū shrunk down to the size of large dogs.
"I will go first with Hanabi," Naruto stated. Hanabi looked excitedly at the greenish water as her dad picked her up. The Ōtsutsuki heir leaped a bit above the water before dropping into the small pond glowing pond.
Fū watched in amazement as Naruto just disappeared into the water, it wasn't that deep. Immediately those around her began to drop into the water, "Come on Fū-chan!" Yukimi yelled, grabbing her hand and pulling her into the water with her.
Fū's eyes widened as they fell into the water, a second later everything changed. She found herself on top of a large earthen sphere, not at all wet. The rest of her family standing around nearby on the giant spheroid. They were all in a giant tunnel, the walls of the tunnel far above and below. Floating all around them were orbs, some green and reflective, others brown and all of different sizes. Jutting from the walls were large spikes of stone that rounded off at the end, the orbs floating around the spikes.
"Whoa! This is so cool!" Isaribi yelled excitedly, not able to look around fast enough.
"Yeah! Don't look in the orbs though!" Rei reminded, getting a distracted nod from the fish-like girl.
"Everyone leap to the next sphere, the Bijū are about to come through," Naruto ordered, carrying Hanabi as he leaped to the next sphere. Everyone followed suit, Yukimi bursting into smoke, Rei and Yakumo being pulled along by their grandmother, Fū, Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, Kai, Isaribi, Yugito, and Itachi. Fū was amazed at how easy it was to jump, the gravity being much weaker here in the tunnel.
They all turned around and waited for the Bijū, floating in the air was a round disk about the size of the pond they'd entered through. The circle glowed a greenish blue, the surface impossible to see through.
A moment later one of Gyūki's tentacles came through the disk before he came through entirely, landing with a thud on the sphere below. Shifting over quickly Gyūki got out of the way of Kokuō who fell next to him, his tails whipping through the air behind him.
"Let's go, everyone," Naruto said, turning to continue. He stopped abruptly and stared at the pale, white-haired man standing calmly on the sphere in front of them.
"Toneri? You're much older than the last time I saw you," Zetsu commented, forming off of Hanabi's body into a blob on the ground with two yellow eyes. Naruto observed the man his brother called Toneri. He wore a white, high-collared kimono with a black obi, over which there was a pale green sash tied at the right shoulder. On the back of his kimono was the Ōtsutsuki clan branch family emblem of a yellow crest depicting a sun enclosed in a crescent moon
"Zetsu-sama? It is good to see you again," The shaggy white-haired man gave a bow before he turned toward Naruto, his eyes never opening. Naruto's Byakugan shifted, and he saw that Toneri didn't actually have any eyes beneath his eyelids.
'Zetsu, why doesn't Toneri have any eyes?' Naruto inquired mentally too his brother, 'They are sealed within the Tenseigan, it's a ritual that was abolished shortly after Toneri's eyes were sealed inside it. I'll explain later.'
"Welcome Naruto-sama, I've waited for you for a long time," Toneri said, giving another bow, Naruto nodded respectfully to his fellow Ōtsutsuki.
"Allow me to introduce myself, I am Toneri Ōtsutsuki. The last member of the Ōtsutsuki on the moon, though I suspect that is about to change." Hanabi grinned happily, "So you're my uncle too?"
Toneri's face showed his confusion clearly, "Uncle?"
Naruto nodded, knowing that Toneri had a way to see him. "Yes, Hanabi Ōtsutsuki is my adoptive daughter."
"I see. If you will all come with me, it's not good to stay in the Wakusei no michi for long." Toneri said, turning and leaping to the next sphere of dirt. Everyone jumped after him, taking each leap between the orbs carefully and making sure no one was left behind. Several minutes later they came to the border of the Planetary Path. In front of them was a giant blue glowing surface, covering the entire end of the tunnel.
"Please follow me," Toneri said calmly, the next moment launching forward off the sphere and shooting into the glowing wall. Water splashed up as Toneri entered and disappeared from view.
Everyone took turns jumping through the exit of the tunnel. Temari leaped toward the water with Gaara and Kankuro, flying through the low gravity of the Planetary Path before bursting through the water, not getting wet at all.
Temari flew up into the air, observing the cave they appeared in, her siblings rising with her above the large spring they'd jumped out of. They touched down on the ground next too it next to Kai, Yugito, Toneri, and Isaribi.
She looked around in amazement at the cave that was lit up by the intense glow of the water, hundreds of large clear orbs littered around the cave. She heard a splash and watched as Naruto and Hanabi broke the surface, it rising up around them. They landed nearby a moment later, the water splashing again as Yakumo, Rei, and her grandmother broke through the water.
Before long everyone was in the large cavern, including Gyūki and Kokuō. Toneri turned toward the exit of the cave as a giant blue, and red crab rose beneath the cavern sediment. The giant creature resembled an ordinary crab but was enormous in size. It had a red-colored exoskeleton with yellow and blue stripes on its eight legs and two asymmetric pincers, along with many sharp teeth. It also had a white crown-like structure in its head.
"This is the Gatekeeper, he guards the entrance to the moon," Toneri explained calmly, getting a nod from Naruto.
"Hello, Mr. Crab!" Hanabi yelled, Zetsu now back on half her body. The crab lowered closer to the ground, one of its extended eyes looking curiously at Hanabi. Its mandibles clicked together excitedly as Hanabi waved.
"I think he likes you Hanabi-chan," Zetsu laughed as Hanabi patted the giant crab on its head, getting happy like noises from it.
"Lead the way Toneri," Naruto ordered, getting everyone back on track from admiring beautiful crab. Toneri nodded before turning toward the exit and beginning walking. Everyone followed after him, the Bijū behind them all as the ceiling of the cave was high enough for them to walk comfortably.
Before long they saw a light, it was too bright for most of them to be able to see anything beyond.
"It's beautiful!" Hanabi cried, breaking away from her dad and the group to run out the entrance, Isaribi, Yugito, Yukimi, Yakumo, and Rei all rushed after her. They all stepped out the opening of the cave a moment later.
The family found themselves on a massive cliff on the side of a mountain, a vast, majestic forest spread out in front of them, looking far into the distance one could see an ocean, and even more interesting was how the sea seemed to be warped, another island raised higher than the one they were currently on. Looking up one could see a bright sun, clouds and blue sky. In the far distance was huge mountains rising from the ground, and directly below them at the base of their mountain was an ancient village made of square stone buildings.
"Welcome to the Moon,"
END CHAPTER - 10,000ish words
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Yes, the entire concept of the moon being like a Dyson sphere and Toneri are from the movies. In fact, I've used a lot of elements from movies and games in this story, and plan to continue using them. In fact, there was a reference to Naruto Shippūden: Dragon Blade Chronicles Wii game in the Prologue.
I will be continuously using elements from Naruto movies and games, as I feel it gives more diversity to the Naruto world. New characters that most people have never met, but actually exist in the Naruto universe.
Answers to reviews:
Antex-The Legendary Zoroark: Hope your questions have been answered :D As too Itachi's blindness… we shall see.
Brady420: Naruto has to be stronger than someone to take their chakra from them (Having more chakra basically), and the more he has to pull at one time the harder it gets. He wasn't yet strong enough to steal the Kazekage's chakra.
Doomqwer: Glad you enjoyed, the Hyūga confrontation was meant to be anticlimactic. It was meant to show the comparison of skill between Itachi and a Chunin, the difference in power between me and an ant basically.
Kingken: I believe in the show Nagato can only bring back people who have died recently, and it takes some of his life to do so. So… Idk, we shall see.
Conrad299: Your review is awesome! Thank you! I really appreciate the comment about me becoming one of your favorite authors. If you don't mind, spread the word around about my story? It helps :D I will continue to keep writing mate.
GabPas: I kinda disagree, Naruto has gotten tired a few times, and it's been really trying times each time. Naruto got tired after staying awake for about a week trying to keep everyone safe when they were on a boat… I think that's understandable. He got tired after creating a large and highly detailed mansion, using a bloodline he had little to no experience in, then getting into a fight and accidentally transforming. Naruto will always become exhausted from using his mother's black portals until he has all nine tomoe, just how it is. Adding on to your second review, Kaguya is not perfect and makes mistakes. Just because something is plainly obvious doesn't mean that you always see it.
Toppsy-Krets62118: Glad you enjoyed, because the pace is changing once again!
Rajiv456: I hope this chapter answered your question. As too Tsunade, Spoilers.
Another guest: Naruto x Yugito is not something I went into the story planning, and more something that's just happened. I'm still not sure how the relationship will develop, so I'm just as interested as you to see. Sasuke will get his own parts soon, don't worry about it. Itachi's sickness with be explained later on, he's not in danger of dying soon. Naruto's village is specifically not interested in being apart of a Great Ninja War and would attempt to stay out of the fighting as much as possible. That is all explained later on though. Akatsuki does exist, it just has a totally different purpose and resides in Amegakure. Thank you for all your compliments mate, means a lot to me :D
Criamond: Thank you *bows*, I really wanted to give Itachi a new spin. As I think I said in the last chapter, he's always portrayed as being in control and on top of things, the super-secret spy etc. I thought it would be cool to see Itachi unsure, lost, suffering emotionally.
Guest with the long review: I'd love to make this world I am creating into my own story, but that's against copyright laws I believe. Thank you for writing such a long and detailed review of compliments ^-^
Drew86419: I think you are going to love what's coming :D
Roadrunnerto: Dang, I am really glad this story means so much to you :D Zetsu's absence has been explained, sadly it's not as detailed as what you came up with. But I hope it was still an interesting read. About it not being obvious, I think that's mostly because I only have a rough idea of where I want it to go, the story kind of invents itself.
Ja ne! (Original I know)