People talking, "Hello everyone."
People thinking, 'Multiple bodies is fun, I know someone is gonna hate me.'
Demon/beast/other talking, "I will eat you."
Demon/beast/other thinking, 'Here's that time skip people keep begging for, lol.'
Jutsu/Unknown names, "Suiton: Mizudeppō no Jutsu."
'Document'
Italics can be used for certain kinds of emphasis or snide comments.
Bold can be used for forceful yelling/shouting/screaming.
Thank you to my Beta reader for making the time to go over this, your edits are invaluable. (They didn't have enough time, so only the first half of this is edited. Sorry!)
Chapter Seventeen: Growth
1 year later
Naruto sighed, easily able to see the six Konoha hunter-nin sneaking in the trees behind him. Their skill in hiding from the Byakugan was impressive, but he had a more powerful Byakugan… and he'd long since learned their tricks.
"Hanabi, do you see them?" The brown-haired girl nodded, walking alongside him as they walked away from Takigakure. They'd gone there to collect a portion of his father's power - the massive tree within the center of the village. It had also been what was creating the Hero Water which the villagers revered. 'Though with Tou-san's power gone, no more will be produced,' Naruto mused.
"How long are you going to let them follow us father?" Hanabi inquired, knowing that her dad didn't like being followed around. Three months ago they had left the Spirit village to travel, Naruto needing to collect more of his father's power and find the other Bijū.
For two months they had searched for the Kyūbi jinchuriki after learning that he'd been kidnapped from Amegakure by the Seijō-ki. The scarf group was hunting all of Naruto's nieces and nephews for some unknown purpose. Unable to find the boy, Naruto had given up temporarily, focusing on looking for the six tails host who hadn't been seen in years.
"Dad, there is a man in the ground," Hanabi said, able to see a bearded man underneath the ground half a mile ahead of them. Naruto had already seen the shinobi but wanted Hanabi to learn to stay aware of her surroundings.
"Very good hime, I'll deal with the shinobi. Then let's go see what he wants." She nodded. A moment later the hunter-nin behind them fell to the ground, dead. As they walked, Hanabi reflected on the last year.
The Hidden Spirit had grown majorly, over 200 shinobi now a part of the ranks and growing every day. Children of Tsukigakure had signed up rapidly after the first group came back and told stories about the village. Tsukino-chan had entirely given her position over to Naruto, officially making Tsukigakure part of the Hidden Spirit Village.
Once they were ready, Naruto would declare the existence of the village. For now, the world was unaware that Tsukigakure had changed so drastically. Itachi-sensei had made sure that the earth part of the Spirit Village was well guarded, mostly by Tenseigan Warrior Automatons. Hanabi giggled as she remembered some of her new friends showing their Spirit Seals to their parents with pride, the parents crying in joy.
Her father's power had been clearly demonstrated to the village when it was attacked five months after Shinga's death. The villages had not fully merged yet, and therefore the Tenseigan guards were not stationed. A large group of about 200 low-level missing-nin and thugs had tried to raid the village.
The Tsuki shinobi had immediately gone to guard their home, and Tsukino called Naruto with her Spirit Seal as she also rushed to defend her home. What had followed had been the most incredible thing Tsukino had ever seen. Sadly, Hanabi hadn't been there.
According to Tsukino, her father had become a spinning embodiment of death. Both her father and his new Human path had arrived, the Human body using his giant red, three-bladed scythe to slice through the criminals like butter.
"Hanabi-chan, focus," Naruto reprimanded, getting a nod from his daughter. He now looked like he was eighteen years old, while in human years he was actually around nine. He'd been very busy over the last year beginning trade deals with Tsukigakure throughout the world as Tsukino, since with her permission he would shapeshift into her. Since he was a now an SS-rank criminal in the Elemental Nations, he was usually attacked or run away from on sight.
Naruto sighed, plants bursting from the ground as they deflected several shurikens.
"I'm intrigued as to why you're attacking me… I do not believe Son Gokū approves of such an action," Naruto remarked, easily able to see his nephew sealed in the red-haired man. The man had a mustache and beard which tapered off to a point. He was wearing a long-sleeved, magenta kimono shirt and pants, along with calf-length sandals. Around his waist, he wore a brown sash with a pouch in the front.
"He doesn't. The monkey's been buggin me to come find ya after he sensed ya in Iwa. Told him I'm only gonna join ya if you're stronger than me… I'm not followin some weak kid," the man stated confidently, his arms crossed. "Have to admit though, ya ain't easy to find. I went cross most of the Elemental Nations following breadcrumbs, and it still took me months."
Naruto remained silent, not at all bothered. He could see his daughter next to him getting worked up. He placed his hand on her shoulder, calming her down and drawing the four-tails host's attention.
"When I heard you kidnapped the Hyūga clan head's daughter… I was surprised… The Leaf ain't no easy place to enter. What you plannin on doin, holdin her for ransom or somethin?" the host continued on, his voice having an accent Naruto had heard only in the Land of Earth.
"Enough of this… if you wish to fight, come. Or lose your Bijū," Naruto ordered sternly, getting a raised eyebrow from the red-haired man.
"Like you'll be any challenge to father," Hanabi mumbled, backing up so that she wasn't in the way of the fight. Naruto heard her but didn't react, though he was amused to see the Jinchuriki get annoyed by her comment.
"Yōton: Shakugaikōken! (Lava Release: Scorching Armored Fist)."
The Seikage observed impassively as the Jinchuriki suddenly coated himself in thick bubbling lava, rushing forward with his fist cocked back. Naruto didn't move at all, letting him run through him.
"What the heck!? Yōton: Shakugaryūgan no Jutsu! (Lava Style: Scorching Rocks Jutsu)"
Whirling around, he unleashed several lava rocks forward. Naruto turned and lifted his hand, causing all of the projectiles to halt immediately in mid-air. The red-haired man watched in shock and amazement as the four flaming rocks floated behind Naruto, rotating slowly through the air.
"This is a pointless battle, and you know that. Son has told you who I am. You cannot hope to stand a chance against me," Naruto stated, firing all the lava-balls back toward the Jinchuriki who dodged out of the way.
"Don know if you don try!" Rushing toward the Ōtsutsuki, he tried to kick him, only for his attack to be stopped in mid-air by a mechanical arm. Dropping to the ground, his eyes widened in fear as he made eye contact with glowing purple ringed eyes.
"Do you wish to die?" Naruto questioned flatly. Metal tentacles burst from his back before wrapping around the Jinchuriki tightly and holding him up.
"Told ya… besides, dad could have killed you instantly if he wanted," Hanabi muttered, walking up beside her white-haired horned father.
"Okay, okay. I give," the red-headed jinchuriki said, rubbing his pained wrists as he was dropped back on the ground. The tentacles disappeared, and Naruto's eyes faded back to the Byakugan.
"I'm Rōshi, a now missing-nin jounin from Iwagakure," he said, now speaking in a more formal tone. "The monkey told me that I needed to come find you. When I asked the Tsuchikage, he denied my request and attempted to lock me up. I'd grown tired of being treated as a weapon, so I left to make my own way. For months Son bugged me, so I eventually agreed to seek you out," Rōshi explained.
"I see. Here is not the place to explain everything that has happened since my consciousness. Stab this into your arm please," Naruto said calmly, a black rod forming out of his palm. Rōshi just looked at Naruto's blank face in confusion.
"Don't mind Dad, he likes being confusing. That rod will allow Dad's other body to summon you back to our village. He will explain things there," Hanabi explained exasperatedly. She knew that Naruto was either not going to explain his order, or was focused on another matter elsewhere.
Rōshi nodded, taking the rod and stabbing it into his arm. The next instant he disappeared in a puff of smoke. Rōshi looked around in shock as he found himself somewhere else entirely, though Naruto was standing right in front of him. He was in an office that looked like it was carved out of the inside of a tree, plant life covering the walls along with paintings and banners.
"Welcome to the Village Hidden in Spirits," Naruto said calmly. They were both in his office in the Seikage Tree.
"How the heck are you here?" Rōshi demanded, completely confused. Naruto sighed, knowing he was going to have to explain his multiple bodies… again.
"I am Deva, the second body of Naruto. I am Naruto, but I am also not Naruto. We are one and the same, while separate," Deva said like that explained everything. Rōshi just looked more confused, but Naruto ignored that.
"You are now within my village, and I am the Seikage. I started this village a little over a year ago. Come with me, and I shall explain," Deva said, his purple eyes somewhat unsettling Rōshi as he followed after Naruto through the door of his office.
Back with the original
It was night, the bright stars shining down on Naruto and his daughter. Both of them were resting peacefully, Hanabi lying comfortably on his stomach as they rocked back and forth in a hammock made of his chakra. After meeting Rōshi, they'd continued traveling toward the Land of Rice Paddies for a couple of hours.
He could tell his daughter was tired, her loud yawns an easy indicator. They'd made a detour, dropping down from the sky into a forest. He'd found a pleasant grove of trees, and now here they were.
He stared up at the stars, too far away for his transcendent eyes to ever reach. Naruto mentally checked in with his now two other bodies. Deva had explained everything to Rōshi and given him a house, leaving him alone to process it all. Human was currently in the Land of Rivers collecting a hefty bounty on a former member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
Human Path
A giant black raven flew through the stormy skies, finally having located its target. The bird's one Byakugan eye focused in on a hooded man sleeping within a hut, several men in similar cloaks in nearby shelters. Lightning struck flashed through the sky, temporarily revealing the large black bird.
Human pulled his wings against his body, falling into a dive toward the hut. There were two reasons he was after Kurosuki Raiga. First, there was an enormous bounty on his head from Kiri. Second, the man possessed the legendary thunder-swords: Kiba. He pulled out of his dive, his wings spreading out and slowing his descent.
The middle part of the giant sparrow shifted, Naruto forming between the two large black wings, which were now attached to his back. He felt slightly bad about killing the human without a fight, but such was the way of a shinobi, something of humankind's design. After latching onto the twelve chakra signatures in the area, he drew them all out.
The twelve shinobi died in their sleep, swiftly and painlessly. Naruto began to inspect all the nearby huts for anything of interest when he noticed that there was a large number of people buried around the shelters. He couldn't find anything on or in their bodies that indicated how they had died.
Shrugging, he walked inside the hut, kicking down the locked door. His glowing eyes were drawn to the Kiba swords on the bed next to the missing-nin. He picked up each of the twin swords. They were imbued with lightning and considered the sharpest swords ever made. A moment later both disappeared within his body. He would need to give them to the original Naruto.
He stared at the missing-nin, considering making himself yet another new body. 'If I do that though, I can't turn in the bounty…' he mused. Instead, he decided to complete his original purpose. A sharp wind slash later he had sealed the nin's head within himself, his black wings forming as he walked outside.
He rapidly rose into the dark night sky, lightning striking irregularly. He was headed toward the nearest bounty collection point, which was in the main village in the Land of Rivers. Naruto had spread his Rinnegan summon beetles across the Elemental Nations, giving him his own unique nigh undetectable spy network.
It was what allowed him to find Raiga much more quickly than he usually would have, and to know where the bounty collection office was since he'd never been there. A few minutes of high speed flying and he alighted outside the village, his giant black wings disappearing.
As Human walked toward the village, ignoring the light drizzle, his form began to shift. A second later, he had medium-length white hair that was slicked back and, of course, the Rinnegan. He wore the cloak that had become the standard attire for all Spirit Nin - white with golden lining, the Ōtsutsuki symbol imprinted in gold on the back. He was also covered in black chakra rod piercings, courtesy of Zetsu.
This was the body of Hidan, a former Jashinist before he foolishly attempted to kill Naruto for the 'pleasure of killing him and sacrificing him to Hidan's god.'
Flashback
Deva Naruto was currently within the Land of Rice Paddies, his Rinnegan beetles reporting a sizeable civil war happening in the land. He didn't know if he could stop the war, he could only gather that the war was about who would get to lead a new hidden village in the land.
'Humans… they get into pointless fights over matters that could be discussed calmly. Instead, they descend into war.' Naruto shook his head while walking calmly down a road, his one Byakugan eye scanning over the nearby land. He was keeping an eye out for anyone suffering from the war that he could be of help to. If possible, he would bring them back to his village.
Naruto rose an eyebrow as he saw a white-haired man with a massive three-bladed red scythe, jumping through the nearby forest toward him. A minute later the man came over the hill, screaming bloody murder as he ran directly toward Naruto.
"JASHIN WAS ******* RIGHT! IT'S YOU! HE'LL BE VERY PLEASED WITH YOUR BLOOD!" the shinobi screamed. Naruto noticed as his eye returned to the Rinnegan, that the purple-eyed shinobi was not wearing a shirt. The only thing the nin wore were maroon pants with long, black shinobi sandals, and bandages wrapped around his stomach.
Naruto stepped out of the way as the loud shinobi slammed his scythe into the ground next to him. Naruto sighed, watching as the ninja tore out his weapon before swinging at him. He leaned just far enough out of the way. This body, after all, was not immaterial like the original.
"Who are you?" Naruto questioned, continuing to weave out of the way of the shinobi's slashes. The intense training with Itachi, when he wasn't busy, was coming into play.
"NAME'S HIDAN ******! STAY STILL AND ******* DIE! I WILL ENJOY KILLING YOU FOR JASHIN-SAMA!" Hidan screamed, swinging his giant scythe again. Naruto's Rinnegan pulsed, his left arm shifting into metal plates as he blocked Hidan's sizeable three-bladed scythe.
"Why exactly are you attempting to kill me? Who's Jashin?" Naruto calmly inquired, curious as to why this insane looking shinobi was out to murder him.
"JASHIN-SAMA WANT'S YOUR BLOOD! YOU WILL RESPECT HIM, *****!" Hidan cursed, dodging the chakra beam Naruto fired at him from his other transformed hand.
"I don't have time for this," Naruto muttered. The next moment a large saw blade emerged from his waist and impaled the shinobi through the chest. Naruto shook his head, his form returning to normal as he walked away.
"DON'T YOU RUN AWAY ******!" Naruto's eyes widened in surprise before he turned sharply, seeing Hidan get to his feet, the hole through his chest and heart healing quickly.
"I'M IMMORTAL!" Naruto only stared at him blankly, amazed at his healing factor, but otherwise unimpressed by this ninja. 'Kai, do you know who someone called Jashin is? Perhaps someone that people would worship?' Naruto inquired through the Spirit mental network.
"What a coincidence, so am I," Naruto replied dryly, which enraged the grey-haired shinobi who rushed toward him once more.
'Jashin… Jashin…' Naruto heard Kai 'thinking' as he formed a chakra rod in his hand, blocking the red scythe aimed at his head.
"DIE YOU ******!" Hidan roared, getting kicked in the chest a moment later and sent flying backward. Naruto noticed the large cable attached to the bottom of the scythe at that moment, which Hidan used to pull the weapon back into his hands.
'Oh yeah, Jashin is the god worshipped in Jashinism. The scroll I read in the Library didn't have much on him. Apparently, according to older Ōtsutsuki who'd observed the cult on earth, worshippers are able to become 'immortal' by making sacrifices to their god. Oh, don't let one of them get ahold of any of your blood either. They can cause great physical damage to themselves, and if any of your blood is on them, the damage will happen to you as well,' Kai warned, getting thanks from his kage in return.
'Interesting. I wonder how powerful your immortality is,' Naruto mused. Using his control over gravity, he froze Hidan's scythe in mid-air during an over head swing.
"HEY! WHAT'D YOU ******* DO?!" Hidan yelled, unable to move his scythe. He kept trying to jerk it out of the air, even pulling himself into the air with it.
"I have an experiment I would like to try, do you mind?" Naruto asked rhetorically, appearing in front of Hidan before the loud Jashinist could reply. The next moment Naruto Deva's Rinnegan pulsed as he ripped Hidan's soul out of his body.
'Well… that's disgusting,' Deva mused, quickly sifting through the man's memories. Hidan collapsed to the ground, truly dead this time. It took Naruto a few minutes to see everything in the man's life, the many, many terrible things he'd done in the name of his god.
'I believe this would be a good body as well, perhaps the Human one,' Deva mused. A black chakra rod formed in his palm before he rammed it through the dead nin's chest. A moment later the body disappeared in a puff of smoke as it was summoned by the original.
'Now, back to what I was doing,' Deva mused, one eye returning to the Byakugan. 'Wait a minute… what is this?'
End Flashback
Human had just finished collecting and sealing the large bounty for Raiga within himself. The agent had asked him if he was returning the Kiba swords to be sent to Kiri. He'd said no, and the man had warned him that this would paint a giant target on his back from Kiri, though the man clearly didn't care. Naruto didn't really care either, though it was part of why he turned in bounties either as Hidan or Shinga, not needing a larger target on his back.
Human disappeared in a puff of smoke a moment later, returning to Shinreigakure no Sato.
With Deva
Next Day
Deva walked beside Rōshi as they walked toward the Initiate Training Center. The students would soon be on break and Deva wished to introduce Rōshi.
'If he accepts, I wonder what he will teach,' Deva mused, his left eye shifting into the Byakugan as he located everyone in his village. There were now around 200 people here, and hundreds more buildings had been built. The new members of the village were all either Masters, jounin from Tsukigakure who Tsukino had recommended as teachers, or Initiates. Many children had signed up for the program. After a short interview, in which he would fully explain what they were signing up for, he would give them the option to leave.
Some had left, most hadn't. Those staying would then take the Oath of Enlistment, and be branded with their spirit seal before one of the Aijin would take them to their new home. In the beginning, the kids were grouped together in groups of four in their new homes until they became Adepts. At that point they would be able to have their own homes.
Every month, the Initiates were welcome to return to the earth part of the village and visit their family, though they were not allowed to tell village secrets. To date, only seven kids had been expelled from the village for breaking the rules twice. Taniuchi had been a promising student, talented in wind, but he would not stop disrespecting other students. He'd bullied Isaribi for her scales, calling her an ugly fish girl. Isaribi could look out for herself, but that was not the issue. As all village rules were made very clear to Initiates during their interview, for his first offense he had been punished severely. After Taniuchi's second offense, Deva had entered his mind and removed specific memories of the village, only leaving enough for the boy to realize that he had failed and why. His Spirit Seal was removed, and he was returned to his family. It was harsh, but Naruto would not accept such behavior in his village.
"What are the cords for?" Rōshi inquired, having noticed the black cables that were strung tight throughout the village. Each wire was about thirty feet high in the air and followed the direction of the street. Naruto didn't bother answering the man as a Master ran down one and disappeared around a corner.
"I see then…" Rōshi muttered. "Why are your eyes different Dōjutsu? I know what the Rinnegan is, Son explained it to me," Rōshi questioned curiously, noticing Deva's one Rinnegan and one Byakugan.
"I am the Deva path, not the original Naruto. I currently possess three different bodies - the original, me, and Human. Because I am a body controlled by the power of the Rinnegan, I have to have at least one constantly activated. Does that answer your question?"
"Hai,"
"Good, because we are here." The next moment the Initiate Training Center came into view. Rōshi was impressed at the size of the building and the significant number of young students.
"Follow me please." Rōshi suddenly noticed that Deva had continued walking even though he'd stopped to take in the surroundings. Catching up, he noticed that Naruto was approaching a specific group of students all gathered together in a training field covered in sand.
"Lord Seikage," a red headed boy greeted in a monotone. Rōshi immediately noticed the Kanji for Love tattooed on the boy's forehead. A moment later the other students nearby all gave their greeting as well.
"Hello everyone. I want to introduce you to Rōshi-san, the Jinchuriki for the four-tails, Son Gokū," Naruto said, gesturing to the bearded redhead next to him.
"Hello, my name's Kurama Rei!" a short, blue haired girl declared, walking up to Rōshi. He immediately noticed the distinct lack of any pupils or irises in the girl's blank white eyes.
"I am Gaara, Jinchuriki of the one-tail," the redhead boy from before said in that same monotone voice. Rōshi noticed at that moment that sand was flowing over and around the boy, forming onto him and changing to look like his clothes.
"I'm Temari, older sister to Gaara and Kankuro, and aspiring Wind Master," a blond girl introduced herself. There was a large white fan on her back, and a golden eight point star imprinted on the side of it.
"This is bothersome. I am Kai, jinchuriki of the three-tails," a brown haired teen said. He had just walked up to the group, wearing a distinct look of boredom on his face.
"Do you have to be bored by everything Kai?" Rōshi's attention was drawn to a freckled, brown haired girl, who wore a pink kimono with beautiful wisp designs across it. She turned to him a second later, an exasperated look on her face as Kai had ignored her.
"Name's Iburi Yukimi, last Iburi, and heiress to the clan. Nice to meet ya!" she said in a bubbly tone, getting a nod from Rōshi who was keeping a calm look on his face. He hoped that Naruto wasn't going to introduce him to all of the hundreds of students he could see…
"Kankuro, only user of the Jiongu," a boy with brown hair introduced himself next. The Iwa Jounin noticed the boy's eyes, green irises with red sclera.
"Yugito, jinchuriki of the two-tails," a blonde girl said simply. He immediately noticed her different colored slit eyes as she looked at him.
"Hia, I'm Isaribi." The four-tails jinchuriki saw the left side of the purple haired girl's face and neck right away. It was covered in green scales and gills.
"I'm Kurama Yakumo, heiress to the Kurama clan." Another brown haired girl, this one wearing a beautiful grey kimono with paintbrush stroke like patterns on it, introduced herself next.
"I'm Guren, the last crystal user," offered a dark eyed girl with light blue hair worn in a spiky ponytail, long strands of hair framing her face. She wore a short sleeved, teal kimono over a grey turtleneck and red shorts. A jade-green rope belt was around her waist, and her feet were clad in light purple and navy blue sandals.
"And I'm Fū! Jinchuriki of the seven-tails. Welcome to Shinrei!" a mint haired girl said, her amber eyes showing her excitement. Rōshi nodded to them all, noticing that there was a short pale girl with the group that was standing there silently. He was about to inquire about her when Naruto spoke.
"Kawata, you can introduce yourself too," Naruto said kindly, crouching down to the level of the little grey-haired doll. She nodded before her pale blue eyes turned to Rōshi, her head following somewhat mechanically.
"I am Kawata, an On'nanoko of the Tenseigan and personal servant of Hanabi Ōtsutsuki," the doll said, her mouth never actually moving as she spoke and slightly creeping Rōshi out. Getting over it quickly, he further introduced himself to everyone.
"As Deva Naruto said, my name is Rōshi, and I'm the host of the four-tails and former jounin of Iwa in the Land of Earth. I'm quite talented at earth style Jutsu and Yōton, which is the bloodline I got from the four-tails. I'm also fifty years old despite my appearance, Yonbi is keeping me quite healthy. I was meant to be Iwa's secret weapon in the Third Great Ninja War, even though I was never actually used." Roshi received nods and greetings from most everyone.
"Why didn't Iwa use you in the war? Bijū are normally seen as weapons…" Kai inquired, his tone interested.
"My village decided that if I were to be unleashed, I would go berserk because of the Yonbi. So they never let me into a situation where open warfare was a possibility. I mostly did high ranked assassination and interrogation missions, since the monkey's KI is quite intimidating. That said, I pale in comparison with the likes of the 7, 8, and 9 tails' power." This got a teasing look from Fū, which Rōshi ignored, though was amused by.
"I left my village in search of Naruto after he came to Iwa. Gokū had sensed him, and here I am today," Rōshi finished, getting nods from the students.
"Welcome to the village! You should go meet Kokuō-kun, he's mentioned Gokū before," Rei declared, getting a surprised look from the redhead.
"Thank you for introducing yourselves everyone. I am sure you will see Rōshi again soon. Please, return to your studies," Naruto said, getting nods from his Initiates before they returned to their activities.
"Kokuō?" Rōshi inquired, and Naruto understood his question.
"Hai. Gyūki and Kokuō do not have hosts. They usually roam around the moon," Naruto explained. "Have you thought about my offer?"
"Hai, I will accept the Seal and become a teacher here. I've always wanted to teach, even more so as I got older. But the Tsuchikage wouldn't allow it. The villagers didn't want a demon to teach their children," Rōshi said sadly, an aura of despair around the shinobi veteran.
"Don't dwell on the past Rōshi-san. What is in the past, stays in the past. Look toward the future," Deva advised, getting a nod from the shinobi.
"Come with me, there is more to do today."
Original Naruto
"Father, what are we going to do in the Land of Rice Paddies?" Hanabi inquired while riding on the back of her father as he flew rapidly through the air. Naruto usually traveled as a large black raven when with someone else as it was the fastest way.
Hanabi sighed as her father either didn't hear her, or wasn't paying attention. With the gaining of multiple bodies, her father was often distracted.
'Father, why are we going to the Land of Rice Paddies?' she inquired through the Spirit Seal, knowing he would't miss that.
'My beetles can see there is a clan there that is suffering. The civil war is coming to an end, though there is no winner. Let that be a lesson to you, no one wins in war,' was her father's response over the mental connection.
'Didn't you already go there as Deva? That's where you found Guren-chan right?' she asked in confusion, not really understanding.
'Hai, but at the time none of the clans wanted to be helped, all sure they were about to win the war. I found Guren shortly after and brought her back with me, finding her rejected and despised by her village for her powers.' Naruto replied.
'Focusing back entirely on his body, he noticed that he wasn't too far from his destination. 'Mother, if the clan refuses my offer, should I approach the members individually? I know, last time, that some did not agree with their leader's decision.'
"I think that would be the right choice, Naruto. I can't talk long. I'm about to start my lesson," Kaguya replied. Among other things she taught important history in the Initiate Training Center. She would usually use Deva or Human as her body when she did this.
'Hai, understood,' Naruto replied, feeling his mother concentrate on teaching her current batch of twenty students. He could feel Deva make a mental note to take some of the students to the Earth Village for some small mission experience.
Naruto blinked, the large raven's pale eyes focusing on the now visible Land of Rice Paddies beneath them. Within fifteen minutes Naruto located the Fūma clan.
'Hold on Hanabi-hime.' Naruto tucked his large black wings to his body and screeching loudly, he dropped into a dive. His screech drew the attention of the clan below him. They all knew who he was from his last visit, so none of them freaked out.
Naruto beat his wings to slow down as he approached the ground, a moment later alighting on it softly. He twitched his neck as Hanabi hopped down on the ground, then shifted back into his usual form.
He still looked similar to the way he did during his first visit to the clan. Although he was now tall enough to be eighteen years old and his horns were more extensive, his same clothes had merely changed size with him.
"Hello, Naruto-san." A man named Arashi gave a bow and Naruto nodded in response. Arashi had long, smooth, chin-length purple hair and grey-colored eyes. His bangs hung just over his eyebrows. He wore a green short sleeve shirt, but the collar and sleeves were white. Two black arm sleeves covered his lower arms, and he wore long grey pants.
"Greetings Arashi-san. Where is Jigumo-san?" Naruto inquired, his pale eyes shifting as he scanned through the clan compound of sorts. Hanabi stood quietly next to him, just watching.
"He died in the war. I am now the leader of the clan," Arashi said without a bit of remorse. Naruto didn't blame him, Jigumo had been a terrible leader to the clan.
"Does this mean you are interested in accepting my offer?"
"Hai, we have already agreed, as a clan, to join," Arashi replied. Hanabi noticed a bright orange haired girl, about her own age, standing beside Arashi.
"Hello, my name is Hanabi Ōtsutsuki," she said, giving a small bow to the girl. Hanabi's hair had grown longer and one bang covered her right eye now, something Kaguya had insisted was a good look on her. She wore the standard Spirit ninja attire of a white cloak with golden lining, a golden Ōtsutsuki symbol on the back.
"Hi, I'm Sasame Fūma," the other girl replied, giving the same bow in respect. Sasame wore a blue hat that was tight against her head, two long orange bangs coming down her chest while the rest fell down her back. She wore a purple themed shirt with no sleeves, black armbands, green shorts, and high socks with grey sandals.
"Your clan is going to be joining us?" Hanabi inquired, both of them not paying attention to their elders talking about something.
"Hai, my cousin and I wanted to when Naruto-san was last here. But Jigumo wouldn't let us…" Sasame trailed off. She and Arashi had been enticed by Naruto's offer an explanation of his village, a place with no judgment, no condemnation for differences. Their clan had already been low on members when Naruto came the first time, by now it was even smaller.
"Hanabi-chan, I am going to talk to Arashi about some things. We will be staying here for a few days before we return to Shinrei." Naruto said, getting a nod from Hanabi even though she wasn't turned toward him.
"Do you want to play?" Sasame asked timidly, not knowing how to really interact with the girl who was somewhat intimidating. Her hairstyle and one visible pale eye gave her a look of power, even at her young age.
"Sure, I love playing." Hanabi smiled, and Sasame did as well before they both ran off into a part of the clan compound.
"Who is she?" Arashi asked, wondering who the pale-eyed girl was, last time Naruto had come he'd been alone.
"That is my daughter," Naruto replied as they walked into the compound. They were headed toward a meeting room so the clan could discuss matters before everyone began to pack up.
Deva Naruto
Seven splashes resounded around the Spirit temple within the human part of the Hidden Spirit Village. Naruto landed on the ground first, followed by Kankuro, Yukimi, Isaribi, Temari, Yakumo, and Guren.
The six of them were following behind their Kage, silently and respectfully. Naruto had informed them he had a mission for them but had not explained what it was. Temari would be willing to bet that it was some sort of simple labor for "mission experience."
Temari kept in the six-man team formation taught at the Initiate Training Center by Itachi-sensei. She noticed but didn't pay attention to the respect and veneration she and her fellow Spirit Nin were being looked at with. Though most of it was directed at the attractive Seikage. 'Yugito needs to make a move before Naruto starts thinking about such things... actually, I'm not sure he ever will... he's not at all human after all.' She mused.
On one of her visits to the village, she had heard that there was a fan club for Naruto, made up of a lot of teenage women. She'd struggled not to break down laughing at the time, if only they knew that Naruto was just nine, and not even human. Besides, Yugito would most likely have a huge problem with anyone that got between her and Naruto. Though the feline jinchuriki's usual courage didn't seem to apply to actually telling Naruto she liked him.
Yugito had admitted to Temari and some of the other girls that she liked Naruto, and no one had really been surprised. They had all encouraged her to tell him, and she wanted to. But she also had several good reasons as to why she shouldn't yet. Naruto was extremely busy all of the time that he didn't sleep much so he could still spend time with Hanabi. Yugito didn't feel it would be right to come out and start demanding her own time with him. Besides, Naruto was too young to think about such things, even though both she and Naruto looked much older than they were.
Temari and her fellow comrades all stopped in near perfect sync as trained behind the Seikage as he stopped in front of a large building. The building had scaffolding set up around its foundation in which a second story was being constructed on top. 'Called it,' Temari told Kankuro over the mental network, getting a groan from him in return.
"Lord Seikage, thank you for granting my request for assistance with the new restaurant." A man in his late 30's said respectfully, giving a bow to the horned kage. With the tremendous boost to the villages economy, because there was now around 200 children now having money and things they needed to buy. Businesses had been sprouting up in a village that had already been going through hard trying times before Naruto became the leader. Besides, Naruto had made several substantial contributions of money to the town, helping the growth of businesses and pulling families out of poverty from when Shinga ruled.
"Think nothing of it Wakaizumi-san. My students need practice dealing with clients and the experience of working with them. They are happy to help." Naruto replied in his calm melodic tone, getting a nod of thanks from the man.
Kankuro felt the urge to mutter something in annoyance, but his hours of training prevented him with ease. Spirit Nin were allowed to express themselves, but Itachi had been adamant in teaching the right time and place.
Naruto smiled as his six students walked to the left and right of him in sync, following Wakaizumi-san into what was to end up being his restaurant for exotic meals.
"I'll leave them here under your watch, I have to talk to Tsukino-san about some things." Naruto said to the man, getting a nod, "Thank you again Lord Seikage."
Naruto nodded, turning and walking away.
Citizens in the streets watched in amazement as large white feathered wings grew from Naruto's back. A moment later they flapped powerfully as he rose into the air, flying across the now much larger village toward Tsukino's mansion. He noticed but ignored the looks of amazement and adoration of the civilians beneath him as he flew over them.
A moment later he touched down, stepping into Tsukino's office after walking past the Warrior Puppet guards.
"Ah, Lord Seikage, thank you for coming," Tsukino said, her voice like gently lapping waves. Naruto nodded, his wings now long since drawn back within his body.
"What did you wish to discuss Tsukino-san?"
"I will be brief as I know you are busy. I wish to request an academy for kids who have the want to be a part of your military force. This is so children can get a better understanding of what is required of them within the Spirit village without yet accepting the seal. If they end up deciding to stay on earth, then they will at least have learned some valuable skills." Tsukino explained, getting a nod from the Seikage.
"Kazumi-sensei already has planned out such a course, and we have a couple Master volunteers to teach it here on earth. A few other things remain before the classes begin, among them being a building to teach the classes here on earth. I will be back tomorrow to construct the building, though I believe that is not all you wished to talk about?" Naruto stated, his bright purple Rinnegan gazing at the white-haired woman sitting at her desk, a large beautiful golden pin in her hair.
"Indeed, I request… no demand that you add a medical course to your program. I do not wish death upon any of my comrades if it can be helped. Things go wrong in this life, and its best to be prepared for everything." Tsukino stated firmly. She'd spent a good deal of time on the moon, as well as leading the earth portion of the village. She'd become very attached to her fellow Spirit Nin, and didn't want to see any of them die from the horrors of a Shinobi life.
"I agree entirely with you Tsukino-san, I wished to include a medical course when I first started the Initiate Training Center. As of yet, I have not found someone willing to teach such a course in the Spirit Village." Naruto said, getting a nod from Tsukino. Med Nin were highly sought after, and most were already loyal to a village. To find one that would be willing to switch loyalty was nigh impossible.
"But don't worry too much, Kai studied Medical Ninjutsu for several months along with Kazumi to come up with a solution. What they invented isn't perfect, and took even longer to add to the 120 Spirit Seals we had at that point. But essentially the Spirit Seal has a failsafe, which we have not informed the students of as it could lead to them taking more risks than they normally would. Each seal has a medical array within it developed by Kazumi-sensei and Kai, it will store 10 percent of a users chakra and convert it into Iryō Chakra to be stored." Naruto explained, getting wide eyes from Tsukino who didn't know such a thing was possible.
"This healing energy assists in healing wounds, big or small, depending on how much chakra is converted. This will essentially allow a student who is aware of this function to channel chakra directly into healing themselves. Theoretically, a user could stay alive until they ran out of chakra, or were decapitated." Naruto mused at the end, apparently talking to himself at this point.
"Oh, and none of the Tailed Ninja possess this function of the seal. As the Bijū within them is more powerful than Iryō chakra, and Kazumi is concerned that the chakra could actually harm them as it's rather automatic." Naruto finished, making eye contact with Tsukino once more.
"That's absolutely amazing Lord Seikage, thank you very much. I was concerned about children losing their lives, you've put my worries to rest." Tsukino said gratefully. She now realized why her seal had begun to absorb more chakra than usual after Naruto had gone around changing them all.
"There is no thanks needed. Though you need to be aware and okay with the fact that people do die in this world, even for all my precautions I may lose shinobi though I will do my best to prevent that." Naruto said frankly, wanting Tsukino to see things clearly.
"I understand Lord Seikage," Tsukino bowed, and got one in return from the horned kage.
"If that is all, I need to check on the first batch of students I brought to the village. They should be finished helping Furuta-san weed her garden." Naruto said, getting a nod from Tsukino, he walked out of the office a moment later.
Tsukino, Master rank of the Spirit Nin and leader of the earth portion, shook her head. 'Naruto-sama is an excellent leader, he will lead this village to greatness and protect us all from the Ōtsutsuki. I am honored to be a part of his village.' Tsukino thought, turning toward a legal paper asking for permission to clear out more of the forest to create a large field in which celebrations could be held.
Konoha
One snake mistress stood in the waiting room to the Hokage's office, waiting for her turn to enter. She'd been ordered to report to him yesterday, so here she was, though she was a bit early. Anko had decided to just lock up all of her emotions and thoughts about Naruto.
When reports came back from the Land of the Sea that all the hunter-nin sent there had died, she had become discouraged and decided to entirely focus on her duties lest she gets mind scanned and reveal information that she would be declared a traitor for keeping. Besides... she never really came to a decision on whether to join the Shiroi Oni.
Over the last year, the Shiroi Oni had reappeared again, collecting some bounties and generally pissing off several villages. Though it was also confirmed that several people were disappearing after meeting him.
To date, over 50 Konoha hunter-nin and ANBU had died while trying to detain or kill the Shiroi Oni. No one was at all sure how they were killed either, there was never any survivors, and there never looked like there was a fight either.
'The power the boy has cannot be underestimated…' Anko mused, she knew that she would stand no chance against him. She couldn't use any summons against the boy, and they were a large part of her fighting style. She'd never understood why none of her summons would fight the boy, and when she'd asked them, they had only said they wouldn't fight the Megami no musuko (Son of the Goddess).
The annoying summons wouldn't explain any further than that, and Anko was reluctant to summon higher level snakes just to get answers.
Anko's eyes drifted to the receptionist that had instructed her to wait until the Hokage was available. She was stout with a head of bright pink hair that fell to her middle back. Anko grimaced, it was Mebuki Haruno and head of the Haruno family.
No one called them a clan — though they tried to get people to — because they were not a shinobi clan and also lacked anything specific to them besides pink hair. Anko just naturally disliked the family, since Mebuki hated her specifically for being the former student of the traitorous Sannin. Mebuki had several family members that were abducted by Orochimaru for his experiments years ago, and because Anko was the closest one to Orochimaru… The matriarch focused her anger, hatred, and frustrations out on Anko, doing her best as a family head to ruin Anko's life.
It didn't help that she was also applying for council-member status, which would make her family an official clan and give her a seat on the 'Advisory Council.' Anko didn't get why they were called that, Greedy Bastards Committee seemed like a much more fitting name to her. They didn't advise the Hokage, they manipulated him into doing what they wished, and in some cases, aiming their power at Anko.
'Before long… the Hokage is just going to be a puppet to the council, having no power of his own.' Anko brooded, keeping her rising KI from spreading out and affecting anyone nearby. She was so deep in her thoughts that she didn't hear what the Haruno said.
"I'm sorry, what was that? I was kind of spaced out," Anko inquired, attempting to be respectful. She gritted her teeth when the civilian woman glared at her.
"I said the Hokage will see you now… snake bitch," Mebuki muttered the last bit as she turned away. But Anko's trained ears easily caught it. The Snake mistress was sorely tempted to have one of her snakes eat the woman, but instead just nodded and stiffly walked by.
Sarutobi smiled brightly as Anko entered his office, though the smile quickly faded as he saw Anko's blank face. He was also able to sense the KI she was barely holding back.
"Something wrong Anko?" Sarutobi was still concerned over the lengthy amount of time Anko had become even more distant from everyone. After their talk, she had come back and done her work as she'd always done, though she wasn't like her old loud self. Kurenai and Yugao had reported being concerned over her behavior, as she often would just stare at the table when they hung out.
"No," Anko replied, her voice sounding slightly strained. Hiruzen sighed, facepalming before looking at Anko seriously.
"Anko… What's wrong? I can clearly tell something is wrong, and I would be a terrible Hokage if I didn't try to help one of my best ninjas. Tell this old man what's bothering you Anko." Anko stared at the wrinkled old Hokage for a few minutes, tempted to throw his hypocritical statement back in his face. She had realized a year ago that while the Hokage was kind to her and hardly anyone else was, he had made a significant number of mistakes as Hokage. She didn't know how much she could trust him, just look at the 9-tail Jinchuriki. Son of Minato Namikaze, and someone he promised to look after, only to fail spectacularly. Anko knew how Nakada had been treated, and it had struck an enormous blow to her trust and loyalty to the village.
Anko was no longer friends with Kurenai, disgusted by her acts against the child that was so similar to her. If Kurenai was so okay torturing a child for such a petty thing, then what stopped her from turning on her?
"I'm afraid you are losing your control within this village. The council takes more of your control every day, and I know because it directly affects me. On top of that, your secretary want's a council seat so that she can execute me for my minuscule involvement in the death of her family." Sarutobi was surprised by the extreme lack of any emotion in Anko's voice, her face impassive as she stared at him. It was such a stark contrast to how she was over a year ago.
He realized that Anko most likely didn't trust him anymore, and he couldn't blame her. The village didn't yet know that Nakada had been kidnapped from Ame by the Seijō-ki, and was most likely dead by now. When the information had arrived by messenger hawk from Ame, Sarutobi had immediately sent Jiraiya out to find his godson, though the Gama sage hadn't had any luck. All things considered, it was impressive Anko hadn't left the village in fear of her own life, 'She's probably only here because of some sense of loyalty to me for the kindness I gave her after Orochimaru…'
Sarutobi fought the urge to sigh, his mistakes were catching up to him. Kakashi had gotten somewhat better over the year, well enough to do missions that is. Sarutobi would usually have had refused the man going on missions if he wasn't the best jounin he had. Kakashi had failed every single physiological exam and didn't care one bit.
"I know Anko, the council has become a democratic ruling board in which I have little say in," Sarutobi stated tiredly. He knew that it was his fault that the Council had been able to convince the Fire Daimyo they deserved more power within the village. He could have prevented them asking, or better yet actually put up a fight against it. But he hadn't, and now was once more paying the price for his actions.
"But you're the Hokage… can't you do something?" Anko demanded, resisting the urge to swear at her superior.
"If I acted like I know you want me too, I'd possibly start a civil war… If I act against the council, then the Fire Daimyo will want to know why I've excluded the civilians from part of the decision making. He is a politician and a civilian, he has no understanding of how a ninja village should be run." Sarutobi sighed, running a hand through his grey hair.
"Trying to get him to see my point of view on things will be next to impossible. He will most likely see the civilians in the village to be correct, believing that they should be apart of decisions that would change their lives forever." Anko didn't react at this, keeping the same impassive face she'd had since walking in. But internally she was disappointed in the Hokage, he could grow a spine for once. If he did and perhaps actually fought the Daimyo's decisions he could change the village around, but he didn't.
"I understand Lord Hokage," Anko replied emotionlessly.
"Regardless to all that Anko, I am still the leader of this village, and as long as I am, I will do everything in my power to see that you aren't executed for something so foolish…" Sarutobi said, and Anko felt the urge to scoff. 'You would stand by and watch, wring your hands and do nothing!' Anko fumed. That's what he did with Nakada, and Nakada should have meant more to the man then she did.
"Thank you, Lord Hokage," Anko said, wanting to move off the topic before she lost her control. Hiruzen nodded as he leaned back in his chair.
"Now that we have that out of the way, I can get to why I called you here. I have a mission for you."
"What kind?" Anko asked, switching into the professional mindset all Jounin had.
"Scouting, you will be going to the Land of Rice Paddies to investigate the situation. New recently arrived that the land just finished a civil war over who would lead a new Hidden Village in the lands. We don't know if one is actually made or the state of the land. Your mission is to find out, there is a high possibility of being attacked if discovered, so you are going with Kakashi and Asuma. Find out the situation and report back," Sarutobi explained, getting a nod from the blank face Anko.
"You leave in 4 hours."
"It will be done Lord Hokage," Anko gave a bow before vanishing from the office in a swirl of leaves. Sarutobi sighed after she was gone, knowing that quite possibly Anko wouldn't come back from a mission in the future.
Deva Naruto
Deva alighted on the ground in front of the construction for the new restaurant. He'd taken back the other two groups of students an hour ago and was now here to pick up this batch to bring them back for their meditation session.
His giant white wings flapped a few times before disappearing into his back. He quickly located his students on the second floor stacking wood, Kankuro making liberal use of the second pair of arms formed from his Jiongu.
Naruto's left eye faded back into the Rinnegan as he leaped up to the second story, Wakaizumi noticing him a few moments later.
"Lord Seikage," He said with a bow, "I'm assuming it's time to pick up your students?"
"Hai, I need to take them back for their classes. I can see things moved along here, how were they?" Naruto inquired, the six students finishing what they were doing before lining up into three perfect rows and awaiting his orders. He smiled at them, knowing that even though they didn't enjoy this, it would benefit them.
"Ah well, it took a bit to get going as I had to assign and explain everything. But they got the handle of it pretty quickly and were a great help, my thanks." Wakaizumi said gratefully, getting a nod from the Seikage.
"Think nothing of it Wakaizumi-san, we are here to help the people of the village as much as possible. Do not worry too much about the pay, there is a standard one month leniency period for payment. Now I think its time for us to return, come." Naruto said, walking out an opening in the unfinished wall before dropping to the ground. His students followed after him, each falling to the ground and running with him through the village back toward the temple.
Original Naruto
"Lord Seikage, the clan will be fully packed up and ready to go in three days, my apologies for the delay," Arashi said respectfully, now adopting the habit of referring to Naruto by his rank. The Fūma clan having officially become a part of the Hidden Spirit Village. Naruto had discussed with all the members the rules and customs of the village, making sure they all fully understood. Once they arrived, they would take the Oath of Enlistment before being given their Spirit Seals. Some of the members would be made Masters, others Adept, and still more into Initiates.
"It is fine Arashi-san, I am not in a rush. Besides, this land is quite beautiful." Naruto remarked, his pale eyes staring out over the unique terrain. Even though it had gone through a civil war, most of the place hadn't been affected. The many hills had mostly been turned into a large farm, pools of water 'stacked' on each other in beautiful patterns. Within these pools, the people of the land grew large amounts of crops.
"How will we be traveling to the Land of Bears?" Arashi inquired. The Fūma clan, while much smaller, still had around 30 members. That was a lot to move all the way to the Land of Bears.
"We will fly, I am able to shapeshift as you saw when I arrived. I can change my size, and therefore become a large enough bird to carry the entire clan." Naruto explained, his pale pupil-less eyes still gazing out across the beautiful reflective country, the sunshine refracting in beautiful sparkles of light.
"I see, will we need to build a home in the village?" They had talked about a significant number of things during their meeting. The Fūma clan would be allowed to stay as a clan living together in the same building within the Hidden Spirit. Though they had to agree to the Hidden Villages laws regarding clans, something that Itachi had made.
Itachi didn't want the same mistakes regarding clans to happen in the Hidden Spirit like it did in Konoha. He'd made a list of laws, which among many other things, made it where a member of a clan could leave a clan without any retribution and were not required to stay there. Clan matters was not a concept in the Hidden Village, though family matters were as long as it wasn't a matter of discriminating against someone.
Clan's were not allowed to enslave others as spoils of war, and neither were they allowed to have "Secret Clan Jutsu." In the village, the jutsu's were all free knowledge in either the library or students could specifically ask members of the clan to teach them, and they would have the choice to agree or not.
Kazumi had been unsure about this law, but Itachi had pointed toward how detrimental it was to students not from a clan within Konoha. It limited the amount of Jutsu's a student could learn drastically as most jutsu were clan's special ones.
Clan's were allowed to be "unique" in the way that they could work hard to be the best at their specific types of jutsu or an area of the shinobi arts. Again, they could not judge their own members if they were not good at the jutsu or it wasn't their style. A few members of the Fūma clan had been unsure over some of these rules, but Naruto had taken Itachi's approach to explaining it.
He'd pointed to how weak all shinobi in the five great villages were if they weren't from a clan with either a bloodline or hidden techniques. They'd all eventually come around to his point of view and agreed to his conditions to join the village.
Arashi as Clan head would become a part of what was called the villages "Administration." This wasn't a council, and they didn't vote on things, Naruto's word was the final law, period. But everyone was allowed and encouraged to offer their opinions on any matter. Among other things, Arashi would be assigned to look over certain parts of the village as part of his responsibility.
He would be a Master within the village and have the opportunity to teach other students at the Initiate Training Center or an Adept Team. Naruto had made sure that even with their responsibilities that members of the Administration would have ample time for hobbies, studies, relaxation, or entertainment. Some like Itachi simply decided to use this time to teach or train.
"No, you will not, I am already building it." Arashi looked at Naruto in confusion before remembering the rather short explanation about how he had multiple bodies, that were all him. Allowing him to be in several places at once.
"I understand Lord Seikage, my thanks," Arashi said, turning and walking away to talk to some of his clan members. Naruto watched him go through the back of his head before searching for his daughter, finding her sparing against Sasame.
'I still need to find the 6 tailed host, and it concerns me that the Seijō-ki has not been seen in so long. I'm sure they have Nakada, which I'm honestly not surprised over. I will need to locate them soon and get back my niece, Nakada is most likely dead.' Naruto mused, he supposed he should feel bad that the Jinchuriki of his niece died. But he didn't, he had offered a place with him to the redheaded boy, but the boy decided to hate him for something petty.
'People die in this world all the time, revenge for a shinobi dying in the line of duty is petty. I can understand revenge if someone went out of their way to kill someone important to you. But I did not purposely kill his friend… he was in my way.'
END CHAPTER - 10,300
So much has happened lately. First, I apologize for having not uploaded in so very long. Stuff happened in real life that I'm not going to tell you because it's none of your business. But I'm back, and will hopefully keep to a more consistent schedule.
I'm sure you all have questions, and I do request that you leave a review. But if you want them answered sooner, or you have an idea, suggestion, or thought. I made a forum! I will post a link, and if it breaks… gosh dang it fanfiction. (If it does, it's Child of the Kaminoki Universe, please go use it.)
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There is a new story to this universe! Some of you have already found it yourself or I told you in PM at some time. Enter Nakada Uzumaki is finished and is around 15k words long. A short read but it will help explain some things. I couldn't figure out when to ever add the 10k backstory chapter for Madara, Minato, and Chariko, so I added it to Enter Nakada Uzumaki (ENU). Please go read it and LEAVE A REVIEW! You need to read this story as it happens over the next few chapters, it's very important if you wish to know where Nakada is. As Naruto stated, he's been unable to find him.
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Ezeakel: Nice review.
Doomqwer: Thank you! Yeah, the lack of Fire Lord funds will negatively effect Konoha later on. I didn't think about the Star Chakra that the Hoshigakure ninja use until a few chapters later, but glad that it connects through. It makes sense too, Nature chakra is gained by sitting extremely still. How do Hoshi Nin train? By sitting still around a star, makes sense to me. Glad you are liking the concepts I am introducing. If you have ideas, plz use the forum. I'm not entirely sure how to really use the Ashura path honestly. I'm not a fan when the Naruto world became extremely modernized… like it was in Boruto, I feel that it was ruined a lot by that.
Antex-The Legendary Reviewer: Thank you for your review, really nice. I have some interesting stuff planned and already written for your character. But I digress. I'm assuming that wink meant your character? It will be a bit I'm afraid. Also, I hope you like the addition of Guren in this chapter, she will have more explanation later on.
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Criamond: Thank you for the compliment :D I think I came up with an interesting result to Hinata's and Sasuke's training. But I think that's next chapter (Edit: two from now). As to training in the Hidden Spirit, yeah it starts but I won't be focusing a lot of words on it, that's what Spirit Nin Chronicles will be more based around. (Btw that will be coming out soon (I hope)) I'm glad that I was able to bring emotion into a fanfiction. Today most fanfiction readers have been so dulled to emotions, having read so much of the same thing over and over again, nothing really moves them. Thank you for all your support, and I have gotten some great ideas to bring more depth to the Ōtsutsuki culture.
Delta4phoenix: Where your OC at mate? The sooner you submit it (On the forum) the sooner you see it in chapters :D Oh and yeah, Kyū succeeded. Enter Nakada Uzumaki has some more information on that.
Guest: Spoilers I really wanted to answer your question, but it would give too much away. Sorry!
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Uchiha Arashi: Please? And I'm going to change Yugito's hair color just to bother you if Naruto does end up with her. Lol.
StrikerTheStanding: Thank you, I honestly didn't expect that scene to be so moving for people. I suppose I was more focused on the fact that people would give me a hard time for "making up Star Chakra" because any deviation from canon is wrong and authors should be ashamed. Good job haters btw, you're killing the point of fanfiction.
Bosspatywafless: It might be that a lot of that movie was just "We need certain unexplainable events to happen so we can have this movie." There was no real reason that Ōtsutsuki would misunderstand Hamura's order. I agree on your comment about Sasuke and Hinata, it's coming :P
RevanOfSithLord: Thank you, and why does everyone keep asking for this? Naruto will get paired with someone, when he get's paired with someone.
FlamingPheonixlbj2: Thank you. I think you will enjoy the culture when it's eventually revealed. Naruto will eventually gain all six bodies yes, and as to a consequence. I would say he's going to have a bit of a hard time focusing on things. He's smarter and has a more powerful mind than a Nara, besides he has his dad's omnipresence, just on a smaller scale.
ThatOneWeirdo: Thank you for all of your amazing and heartwarming compliments, really means a lot to me. (If I start making a list of these reviews for motivation, is that like… egotistical?) There are still many backstory pieces, but I agree that the story can now really progress. Here is a new chapter, sorry for taking so long with it. I hope you enjoyed it. Is the teaser for YugitoxNaruto enough for you for today? Lol. I probably need to write Kai in some more, he's not had a lot of screen time and doesn't for a few chapters after this. Glad you like Itachi so much, interesting stuff related to him coming eventually. I'm really glad you enjoy this story, and I thank you again for all your really nice compliments ^-^ Also thanks for the double post lol, every review helps.
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Hinansho3: Oh boy, this is uhh… a lot of reviews that I am not answering individually. You left a review on every chapter in a row. Thank you for all the compliments. Everyone reading this, help the poor reviewer out and leave a review. They seem to be rather desperate, "GUYS YOU CAN WRITE AT LEAST ONE REVIEW SERIOUSLY HE WROTE THIS WHOLE STORY SO FAR SO PLEASE PPPPPLLLZZZZ WRITE REVIEWS WE NEED TO REACH 1000 IN ONE DAY" - Hinansho3 Chapter 6
777torn777: Danka.
LuluViBritania (I'm answering all your reviews together cause it's easier.): You said that it wouldn't work on Chariko… please explain why it worked on Obito? Your logic is right, such a strategy wouldn't work, yet it did in canon. Your second review is uh, great and canonlogically right, and I don't care. This is fanfiction, I decided that Rinne-Sharingan can't use Rinnegan abilities that Pain uses. And that the Rinnegan Abilities that Kaguya and Madara use in the fourth war are specific to the Rinne-Sharingan as it's own techniques. And nope, have not read the manga, don't care what's in it. According to the Naruto wiki Hagoromo did have the Sharingan, please go look. Your right, it doesn't mean that, but they don't. In my world, it does mean that the Rinne-Sharingan cannot use the Rinnegan techniques that Pain uses. I am sorry that my story bothers you this much, stop reading it if it does. I don't understand why changing canon concepts is a crime…
Guest Artist: Thank you for your really nice compliments, it meant a lot to me when I read your review. If you have thoughts on how to improve, please tell me either via review, forum, or PM (if you have an account).
Drew86419: The hive minded puppets are my shot at explaining the concept that didn't make sense when it was first invented for the movie. The Tenseigan some how runs all the puppets in the movie, so I just came up with an explanation for kinda how it works. I am adding a lot each chapter, they are long chapters too. I mean, you can always go reread it if it's too much I suppose, would you rather me write filler? Your comment about there is a difference between sentience and sapience is correct, but stories wouldn't be interesting if I didn't break reality every once in a while right? I don't really feel comparing them to Star Wars droids is fair, but okay. I don't really want to slow down, I've been writing really slow for 15 chapters, and I want to move on to cool stuff. The story is going to keep ramping up till chapter 19, where it will slow down. The story that will come between chapter 19 and 20 will be a slower paced one that will explain more things and continue the trend of the first 15 chapters. (Spirit Nin Chronicles, read it when it comes out?) Naruto needing more powers is… ehh. He has the potential and his actual training will be shown and gone into in Spirit Nin Chronicles. He has been learning things, I've just not specifically wrote it out. He's been very busy trying to run a village. You said that there is no conflict to actually challenge him… yep. Basically. He's reaching the point where very little is going to be a actual challenge to him. He's going to be stronger than Kaguya by a good deal, and stronger than his own father. He has to be, because his father and Kaguya together could not beat the Ōtsutsuki of space. He has to be stronger than everyone else to fulfill his purpose. It's a lot of stress on him and he's (kinda frantically) trying to build a village, not only to help others, but because he knows he needs help to defeat his clan. I'm trying quite hard to keep everything together with so much going on at the same time. I might fail, but I will learn from my mistakes I suppose. Be aware, this is literally my first fanfiction I have ever posted. I made four other attempts at different types, and I only got a few chapters in before scrapping. This is a really big learning process for me, so encouragement is really appreciated. Thank you for your compliments
Sisnol Part 1: I do not speak it, I use Google translate because I can not figure out how to use RomajiDesu. I do apologize if it bothers you, I might go back and "fix" it if I have time. If reading incorrect Japanese bothers you, just stop reading, I don't speak it and I'm not learning the correct way for the sake of fanfiction. Also, I make mistakes, I do apologize for instances where Nakada is written as Naruto. My beta reader is going through the chapters and fixing a lot of things, those types of things included. If a chapter is triggering you, much less a fanfiction, you just need to stop reading it mate.
Sisnol Part 2: I regret asking for flames, and legit removed that when my Beta updated that chapter. Also, just because someone asks does not mean you have to phrase your comments as rude.
1: I am aware of this, and am working to improve that. Glad to see that when someone works hard to improve their grammar above the Fanfiction average, you still get harassed.
2: Yeah Kurama is a she, cause I felt like it and I like the Boy to Girl ratio for the Bijū to be more balanced. I'm aware it is pretty over used, but I'm even more annoyed when he is a guy. Cause he's almost always a completely selfish jerk, or he's the most helpful fox in the freaking world.
3: Again, didn't care about the Japanese language customs and stuff when I got the name. I think it's literally Earth tree in Japanese, I can't remember what exactly I put into Google translate. So sorry this bothers you…
4: Will remember this in future, thank you. Didn't know that about the whole married kun and chan thing, I base most of that stuff off of what I have read.
5: Dude… that stuff is on purpose, the show does stuff like that quite often. Puts a comedic line or small moment in a serious thing, makes it more interesting in my opinion.
6: Yeah it is, I've got a lot of ideas and I don't claim to have it all figured out. This is my first actually posted fanfiction, and you're hurting my poor wittle feelings. Thank you for the compliments you did post though, but uh yeah.
ElementalWolfSage: Because creating original characters does not equal creativity. Hey everyone! News flash! Being creative is no longer creative! You only have an imagination if you change characters that already exist! Lol.
- Because he doesn't know how to use the swift release? Having the ability to do something does not equal knowing how to do it. Could I play basketball? Yes. Do I know how? Nope.
- I agree, the Rinnegan can't. Chariko has both EMS and Rinnegan, and by this point in the story, so does Naruto. So I don't understand this review at all.
- Kaguya has never trained in the conventional shinobi way. Sure she practiced her powerful techniques to get better at them I'm sure. But she didn't do chakra control, walking on walls, trap placing, strategy, stealth, etc, that shinobi of villages train in. I don't know how you got this idea, but Kaguya is NOT a god in this fanfiction. Kaguya would have her butt handed to her by say, the clan head of the Ōtsutsuki, who you haven't met yet. My desire to respond to your comments is fading fast.
- Coolieo, Buh bye.
Guest: Thank you, that was the goal. Again he's now reaching the point where little is going to harm him. He has to be stronger than the Ōtsutsuki to beat them, and the Ōtsutsuki can destroy the earth, so he has to be stronger than all of the earth.
HaiseKanekiV2: Thank you a lot for this review, and the really kind compliments. It's what helped me get up and start writing again, and bring you this chapter. I agree I like fights too, but only when they make sense. Fights that have no purpose, I will admit, I just scroll over and move on. Glad you agree with me on time skips, they are pretty annoying when done for really no reason except "I don't want to write this and just want a really strong character to parade around the Elemental Nations." As to your question about Ashura and Indra… Spoilers. Thank you again for all of your really nice compliments, means a lot to me.
That's all the reviews! Wow! I think this was around… 60 reviews? We way crushed my hopes of hitting 270. The offer for 1k reviews = five chapters still stands. Please leave a review everyone! Also please check out the forum, forum/Child-of-the-Kaminoki-Universe/215216/. My profile for new info, and Instagram (Blackright709)
I think that's all, write ya soon I suppose.