Chapter 96 – The Fate of Amegakure and New Training

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"Talk"

'Think'

Flashback

Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto sensei.

Zetsu emerged from the ground and said "Pein had left Konoha"

Tobi looked at Zetsu "How's the Jinchūriki?"

"Well and alived"

"When he's planning to extract the Kyūbi?"

"He left without them"

"What?!" snarled Tobi

"The boy-jinchūriki met Pein. I cannot see nor hear what happened between them. When the boy emerged from the meeting, Konan released her jutsu and they left the boy unscathed. They are on the way back to Amegakure"

'So, you've betrayed us eh, Nagato?' thought Tobi as he fumed inwardly 'I'll know the right response to that'

Amegakure

The moment Nagato started Ukojizai no Jutsu through Yahiko's body, he sensed something was off. He looked around at his people and saw nothing was wrong.

"What's wrong?" asked Konan from the tower.

"I don't know, but there's a subtle change I've sensed but-"

"What you've sensed is a betrayal" said Tobi as he appeared next to them.

"What've you done?!" asked Konan.

"Taken your most precious" said Tobi as his hand right hand opened, pointed towards the streets.

Nagato's eyes widened as his Rinnegan saw through Yahiko's body that his people from the streets turned into White Zetsu.

"You killed them all?" asked Nagato.

"Why don't you find out yourself?" asked Tobi as he cackled madly.

Konoha Training Ground

"Thank you kaasan" whispered Naruto as Kushina began to disappear. He opened his eyes, looked at Rōshi and put on a V-sign with his fingers "Success!" he grinned before faltering "Noriko?!"

Instead of Noriko, there's a miniature Kyūbi with four tail; Tenzō was sweating profusely while using his Mokuton to prevent Noriko from turning into a full-fledged Kyūbi. Kakashi's eyes were guarded and his sharingan was revealed as he observed Noriko and Tenzō.

"What happened? Noriko!" asked Naruto

"The Kyūbi's will is too strong" said Han crisply "Unfortunately, I cannot using my full strength in her mindscape to help her. The Kyūbi is full of hatred and that hatred is consuming her right now"

"No! i know you can do it, Noriko!" shouted Naruto "Fight it Noriko! Fight it!"

Noriko's Mindscape

"Kill them! Kill them!"

"Why are still alive?"

"They should die!"

"They must die!"

Noriko was drowning in the whirlpool of hatred when she heard a faint-

"...Noriko!"

'Naruto?' asked Noriko. Fighting the Kyūbi was relatively easy but Noriko was struggling when extracting its chakra as she was overwhelmed by the amount of hatred from the Kyūbi.

"Noriko!" she heard Naruto's voice again.

'Naruto!' shouted Noriko before broke down and cried 'Help me, Naruto...I'm not strong enough to fight this'

"It's alright, Noriko" a memory of Naruto appeared in Noriko's mind.

"I got you and you got me. We help each other" another memory appeared.

'That's right' thought Noriko. She remembered the resentment she felt when she found out being a Jinchūriki, the unfairness that she received over something that is beyond her control and the hatred to those who judged her without trying to get to know her.

But there's always Naruto to save her from walking down the path of darkness. Naruto, whose life was worse than hers (she still got a mother and an uncle), yet he would always responded with enthusiasm and positivism.

Konoha Training Ground

"What happened?" asked Naruto.

"She stopped morphing..." said Kakashi in a wondrous tone "Did any of you-" he looked from Han to Tenzō.

"Not us" Han answered "She found something that makes her impervious to the Kyūbi's hatred" he gave a sigh of relief before turning to Tenzō and said "You can relax a bit now. I'll keep watch from here"

Tenzō's shoulder sagged a little in relief. He panicked a bit when tails began to appear from both Naruto and Noriko. He was terrified when Han shouted for him to help Noriko from turning into a Kyūbi. Despite that, he knew he had to give his all or there will be another Kyūbi attack on Konoha.

Noriko's Mindscape

Noriko took a deep breath and cleared her mind. She looked at the Kyūbi straight into his eyes and grinned "Your hatred will no longer affect me. You want to know why? Because I am not alone. I have Naruto and the love of my family and friends that steered me away from the hatred"

As she locked the Kyūbi again she said softly "I'll try to care for you as I have been cared, hopefully that will do something about the hatred that you've experienced"

Kohoha Training Ground

Noriko opened her eyes and grinned as she saw Han, Kakashi, Naruto and Tenzō looking back at her "I'm alright now".

She turned to Naruto and said "Thank you Naruto, you saved me back there"

"Huh?" asked a bewildered Naruto.

Han chuckled and said "Why don't you show us your look when using the Kyūbi chakra"

Naruto and Noriko complied and were surrounded with bright yellow chakra. Kakashi's eyes widened and Tenzō gasped a little at the sheer power he felt.

Naruto frowned as he turned to Noriko "You feel that?"

Noriko's face turned towards the gate; she nodded and said "Yes. it's a familiar feeling"

End Chapter 96

A/N: Naruto's story on how he conquered the Kyūbi was the same as canon. I felt that story was beautiful so I have no wish to change any of it.Mokuton Wood Release

Mokuton - Wood Release

Ukojizai no Jutsu - Rain Tiger at Will Technique

Omake

The chakra of Namikaze Minato gave a sigh of relief when he saw Noriko had finally succeeded in overpowering the Kyūbi and took its chakra. Minato smiled as he dispersed his chakra "Naruto grew up into a fine shinobi. I must tell Kushina"