Naruto is owned by Masashi Kishimoto.
I'm here with another chapter, this one is quite long and has a battle that I which could have happened in a Naruto spinoff by the original creators.
Also, this one will feature a lot about Hinata's importance in the story and Naruto gaining new knowledge which will make him stronger, but not OP.
Anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 4: Finding one's self
7AM, at the camp site near the lake.
The sun had risen, its rays removing the veil called night to reveal the natural beauty of Konoha's forest and other flora. But for our favourite blonde, still knucklehead but improving! It woke him up to a sight that he'd relive in his dreams; Hinata's sleeping face.
He thought to himself, 'Why didn't face my fears and tell her my feelings earlier? This would be something that I could have looked forward to every morning!' he wondered.
He relished how soft and smooth her skin and hair was for a while. He then noticed that it was a little too bright due to his chakra cloak still being active, so he deactivated it only to blush furiously.
Hinata was laying on top of him in his jacket, but was loosened enough that he could see her cleavage pressed up against his stomach making them more pronounced. He wanted to keep staring, but he remembered that they had to go back to the Hyuga compound to get some of her gear for their trip to Uzushiogakure and Iwa. So, he slipped out underneath her carefully as to not to hurt her or wake her up. Then went back to the lake to wash his face and look for her clothes, which included her underwear. Telling himself that it's okay because he wanted her to get ready to head back, he willed himself not to pay too much attention to her under garments.
Back to the campsite
Hinata began to stir, she didn't want to wake up yet but a sound startled her making her head shoot up. To her relief it was Naruto who had come back with her clothes.
"Morning sunshine!" Naruto greeted cheerfully, calling her sunshine due to the meaning of her name.
"Morning Naru-kun!" she said playfully surprising Naruto with her newfound confidence now that he had seen her naked.
Naruto grinned "Naru-kun ay! Then I'll call you Hina-chan! Tebayo!" he insisted, Hinata blushed at the affectionate title but smiled either way.
After they finished flirting, Naruto gave Hinata her clothes and gave her some privacy to change into them. To 'little Naruto's' relief and Naruto's disappointment, she was back in her usual baggy attire. Once they finished changing, they headed back to the village and onwards to the Hyuga compound. Where they saw a stoic Hiashi awaiting their arrival.
"Good morning Lord Hiashi" Naruto greeted.
"Good morning Father" Hinata greeted at the same time. Hiashi did the same to them likewise and took notice of how much more 'touchy' the two were, making him inwardly grin at how effective his plan was.
"Good morning to you two as well, I'm sure Naruto has informed you that he requested you to accompany him on a mission to Uzushiogakure." Hiashi said. Hinata nodded in confirmation.
"With that settled, please head inside and get ready, I need to talk to Naruto-san for a bit" hiashi told her before she went inside. Once she was out of earshot, Hiashi tuned to face Naruto staging a menacing glare making Naruto pale.
"Naruto, we need to add something else to the appointment that we agree upon in 9 months" Hiashi informed him, Naruto paled less and nodded.
"Sure, what is it that we need to talk about?" Naruto asked.
"I am very well aware of what has transpired between my daughter and you last night." Hiashi stated, making Naruto blush and pale in fear.
"I-I-I didn't m-mean to see her naked a second time! I swear, I didn't know it was her the first time and this time nothing was stopping me!" Naruto admitted at a rapid-fire pace. What Naruto said, made Hiashi raise an eyebrow.
"What do you mean by second time?" Hiashi questioned more out of curiosity than anger but kept that mask for his image.
"On the Bikouchu mission, I saw this waterfall with a really beautiful girl dancing in it. I didn't know it was Hinata, but I was dreaming of her for years to come, and this time I finally saw her again, but I found out it was Hinata and I ended up telling her my feelings." Naruto said.
'Looks like there wasn't a need to set that up' Hiashi mused.
"I see… Anyway, we will discuss this matter at the scheduled audience, for now you and Hinata have a mission to complete. Also, I'll be seeing you in Iwa." He said. Naruto relaxed, although he wondered why the 'incident' needed to be discussed in the audience.
"Okay, but why are you going to be in Iwa? Naruto asked.
"I'm seen as one of Konoha's most influential political figures, so of course they'll send me to handle such matters" Hiashi answered. Naruto nodded impressed. He wondered if his mother had to do any of this stuff back in her homeland.
Once they finished talking, Hiashi bid farewell to Naruto and he did the same. A few minutes later Hinata finally came out ready to go. And she was indeed ready.
Instead of her usual blue baggy pants and baggy cream-coloured jacket. She was wearing a form-fitting, sleeveless lavender Kimono-styled blouse with a dark purple obi holding it together. With Dark brown chino short-shorts that revealed much of her legs. Even lower she wore black knee-high leggings and black shinobi boots. (Her outfit in 'The Last'). Her hair was even done with a few curls at the ends across her back.
Stunned by her look for a few minutes, Naruto smiled at her.
"Wow Hinata, you look great! Ready for anything!" he complimented.
Hinata blushed prettily and thanked him for admiring her new look. She was glad that she bought this as she found it harder to get used to the heat in recent years.
Naruto exclaimed that it was time to go, but something clicked in his mind, he was going to be gone for about 6-8 months meant he'd have to hold off his Jounin studies with Iruka-sensei. So, he decided to find him first before anything.
At Iruka's place
Finally arriving at his home with Hinata closely following behind. He knocked on Iruka's door whilst yelling "Oi! Iruka-sensei! Wake up!".
Hinata hit him lightly and scolded "Naru-kun! He's probably asleep!"
"Ouch! Hina-chan! This is how he wakes up!" he rebutted with a fake pout.
Then at that moment, Iruka-sensei opened the door looking, to put it bluntly, looking like shit! His eyes were groggy and his clothes had signs of being torn at.
"Oh! Ah! Naruto… um… ah Good morning 'yawn' what brings you here?" he asked in a rushed voice.
"Hey Iruka-sensei!" Naruto said ignoring his state "I was going to let you know that I'm going on a mission for the next 8 months to Uzushio and Iwa with Hina-chan! So, you don't have to worry about classes anytime soon" he informed him, if Iruka wasn't so tired, he would have noticed Hinata and Naruto's affectionate way of addressing her. But he nodded quickly until a seductive voice purred his name.
"Iru-kunnn! Come back here, I want to gobble up your extra-large 'Dango'!" A barely dressed Anko purred whilst dragging Iruka back inside.
Iruka was frantic "Oh… ahh okay! Um well thanks for lettingme know Naruto and good luck on your first mission in ages!" before slamming the door closed on a slack-jawed Naruto and a blushing Hinata.
"Let's pretend we never saw that" Naruto suggested.
"Agreed" Hinata complied and they both set off towards the village gates at a quick pace before they heard the moaning sounds from within Iruka's home.
Nearing the gates
As Naruto and Hinata approached the gates, they met Sakura with Ino who was leaning on a blushing? Sai. They noticed the two were going somewhere quickly.
Sakura called out to them "Oi! Naruto, Hinata where are you two going?" getting their attention.
"Oh, hey Sakura-chan! Hina-chan and I going on a mission together to the Whirlpool and then Iwa! Isn't that great!" He exclaimed. The affectionate title was not lost on any of them and they became excited.
Ino inquired "Hhmm… Hina-chan!? What happened between you two?" she asked and was pleased with the a slightly pink Naruto.
"Oh! That… um… I guess what happened is that I find that Hinata is my best friend! So, I wanted to show it to her by calling her Hina-chan!" Quickly covering up the fact that he told her his feelings last night. Apparently Hinata caught the idea and played along.
"Ye-Yeah, Naru-kun and I have been getting along so well and I guess that we just gave each other nick names!" Hinata said. They caught the title she had given him but accepted their reasons as sufficient.
Then the girls noticed Hinata's new look and squealed.
Ino said "Damn Hinata! You are looking hot!" making Hinata blush at the compliments out embarrassment as no one ever really took her looks into consideration.
Sakura also admired her "Yeah Hinata, your letting your figure shine, every guy is staring at you right now!"
In their minds they were both thinking 'Why don't I have a figure like that! Hinata is so lucky!'
As if on cue, all the guys looking walked away to avoid being caught again. Naruto however, was not too pleased but didn't want to ruin the mood.
Naruto instead beamed "Hehe! Told you two that Hinata looks better than both of you without a jacket!" he exclaimed reminding them of what he said at the zenzai restaurant causing both girls to grow tick marks and Sai to let out some killing intent.
Out of pure frustration the girls and Sai who was dragged along took off whilst saying a harsh good luck to the two on their mission. Naruto and Hinata decided before they go, they'll get something to eat first as they haven't eaten yet. Of course, ramen was a good one, but Naruto asked if Hinata wanted something else for breakfast like cinnamon buns and milk, which she excited nodded. They both went off and Naruto found himself quite liking Hinata's favourite food and enjoying her newfound ravenous nature; it bought out her familiar side and cast away her formal or reserved nature.
Outside the gates
After having a 'sweet' time at the Bakery, Naruto and Hinata began their trip to Uzushiogakure talking about everything that they could come up with. They were talking about things that even they would never reveal to all their other friends, for instance Naruto in the topic of botany that Hinata brought up, she discovered that Naruto loved growing plants more than he ever did pranking and even though he didn't actually know the meaning of the flowers, he instead gave them a meaning based on how they made him feel, which was always spot on for what those flowers meant which made Hinata quite envious of his natural tendency towards the language of flower, even when she knew it better, yet she still had to read books to acquire that knowledge. For Naruto, he learnt more about Hinata's home life, which made him feel a connection with her; he always wanted to know who his family is, he wanted to know what 'family' was. Sure, the Konoha shinobi of his generation was the closest thing he built to a family, but they were the ones who drove him to pursue his strength not people who could fill the abyss in his heart. Yet, here was Hinata, someone who had a huge family she loved dearly, but, they rejected her due to being different; kind and caring. She wished her clan could be a family again, no matter the cost, but Naruto assured her that things will happen if she puts the effort in and that he'll be right there by her side to push onwards to her goal. She smiled at him at those moments and told him in return that she'd do the same.
Over the next 2 days
The two on the way towards Uzushiogakure finally reached the border. There journey so far was uneventful, but not boring as they had each other.
Naruto showed his culinary skills on the field with the random ingredients he found in the forest and other types of ingredients that Hinata advised could be used. Hinata was honestly surprised that Naruto could cook something other than Ramen and roasted fish. He summoned a giant pot from his seal and filled it water and the ingredients he found with a variety of mushrooms being the main star. Hinata, not wanting to be outshined decided to help and add some spices and strong flavoured berries they found in the area to enhance the flavour. Once it was done, they had made a breakthrough in mushroom soup recipes as this was the best tasting soup any of them ever tried.
Naruto said "This is the best thing I have ever tasted so far! Probably because of you Hina-chan, you are an amazing cook!" making Hinata blush and happy that he enjoyed her cooking that much.
"Thank you Naru-kun, but I never would have had anything this good if you didn't find all those amazing ingredients." Hinata complimented back.
This then turned into a competition in 'who could give the best compliments'. This lasted until they fell asleep for the last two days.
The third day, Uzushiogakure.
Naruto out of playfulness decided to start a competition; a race to the finish line (being Uzushiogakure). Although Hinata knew she'd lose out in stamina, didn't back down and complied. Apparently, even with Naruto's newfound speed, Hinata was not lagging behind in that department, sure Naruto kept his gravity seals active, he was sure that Hinata was now faster than even Sasuke. He wondered how hard she trains herself to get to that level.
After Hinata finally exhausted herself, Naruto was still looking fresh and decided to let her rest for a moment and gave her a food pill which she accepted. Then came something else.
"Oi Hinata, we never really have a chance to train together, so why don't we spar!?" he suggested, Hinata saw no harm in doing this, she wanted to spar with him for a while and there weren't any threats since the war ended.
"Okay, I'd like to see where I measure up to you" Hinata accepted.
Naruto grinned and deactivated his gravity and chakra disruptor seals allowing him full strength. Hinata took her 'Gentle Step' stance whilst likewise, Naruto assumed his 'Six Paths Yang Fist" stance which surprise Hinata. The two began the fight when Hinata activated her Byakugan and dashed towards each other.
However, Naruto had much more power in his muscles to generate and his training made his twitch response faster, meaning it looked like he Body flickered in front of Hinata shocking her in the difference in speed. Using that to his advantage, Naruto delivered a left hook towards Hinata's temple, however, Hinata still had the advantage in agility and her Byakugan allowed her to narrowly avoid the punch and the soon to be followed swipe at her legs which she jumped over whilst she landed the first strike using an 'Air Palm' to knock Naruto back.
Naruto was taken off-guard by this, but wasn't disoriented. As his fall back, he also retaliated with a right roundhouse kick towards Hinata who was still in the air and couldn't avoid the attack blowing her away a good 10 meters.
Fortunately, she had blocked the strike with her arms, but her right arm was out for the count as it was completely numb.
'Amazing, he didn't even kick a pressure point and he still rendered my right arm useless with simply brunt force and technique, his taijutsu whilst still unpredictable, is now more refined and is very varied. He doesn't have a particular style, meaning even I can't foresee what he'll do even with the Byakugan' Hinata analysed.
'I have to use this' Hinata decided.
Naruto saw Hinata assume a pose that brought back memories of when she saved him from Pain and knew what was coming.
'Here it comes' Naruto anticipated and channelled chakra enhancing all his senses including the chakra sense he developed from Ninshu. What he sensed surprised him greatly.
'What the!? This chakra, it's like the Super Gramps, but different, as if this was…' he kept analysing this new chakra until…
"Gentle Step: Twin Lion Fists!" Hinata exclaimed and her forearms were covered in what appeared to be lion heads. But what shocked Naruto was that they weren't the blue coloured chakra that she normally wielded. It was purple and radiated divinity!
Naruto was shocked, 'The chakra is coming from her, but how!? This chakra is so similar to Super Gramps! Better yet, I can feel her power!' he questioned. But he didn't let that slow him down. Quickly he formed two Rasengans that he let float in front of him; a trick he learnt from Ashura's memories. This time, Hinata was surprised.
'Beautiful! His Rasengans are like the sun! Wait, when was his chakra gold!' She wondered.
Nevertheless, the two stared each other down for a minute before smirking at each other and using that as the que, they charged their attacks towards each other.
What happened was a huge explosion that created a dome of chakra much like the one made between Naruto and Sasuke's last clash. But the dome was a Cyan colour. Once it went away, we see Naruto panting a bit, but still standing and Hinata on her knees from using so much chakra.
"Looks 'gasp' like I'm 'breathe' still behind…" Hinata saids and smiles sadly. Naruto catches this and begins to reassure her.
"No Hina-chan, you're not!" Naruto dismisses her self-depreciation of herself. "You are as strong as anyone else can be! No… In fact, you are unbelievably strong! I couldn't even land a hit on you despite how fast I have gotten and you matched my Rasengan barrage despite the chakra difference!" He encourages her. Hinata is looking at him happily due the sincerity in his voice.
"Also, you got to that level because you pushed yourself to get there! Unlike me… I had to rely on strength that was passed down to me…" Naruto looked down depressed. Hinata's eyes widened, then softened.
"Naruto… It may have been passed down to you. But, it was for a good reason, you proved to others that no matter what, you wouldn't back down without trying or giving it your all. You received your strength because you proved to the world that you have an even greater strength to harness it…" Hinata said. Naruto was in a trance at her words and waited for her to finish.
"… Your determination and guts to never give up!" Hinata finished.
After a moment of looking into each other's eyes. They finally pick themselves off the ground and decided to keep heading onwards to their destination and enjoyed the comfortable silent between them.
After a bit of reviewing in Naruto's mind of the fight, he recalled how Hinata somehow managed to call forth a chakra that was similar to the Sage of Six Paths with a divine feel to it. That deep violet chakra, it even healed her numb right arm when she used the Lion Fist combo. He wondered if she had done anything recently to acquire it.
"Hey Hina-chan!" Naruto called. Hinata looked at him.
"Yes, what is it Naru-kun?" She asked.
"Ya know! When we fought! The Twin Lion Fist combo you used…" Naruto draw on and Hinata wondered 'What about my Twin Lion fist?'
"How did you get that chakra?" Naruto bluntly asked and he forgone elaborating. Hinata was confused.
"Eh!? But it's my chakra from within my body! What was there something wrong?" Hinata questioned.
"Really!? You didn't notice anything different? Um… how can I ask you… Ah Hah! Yeah, what colour is your chakra!?" He suddenly asked.
Hinata was looking at him even more confused, the answer should have been obvious but she answered anyway, "Oh! It's blue like everybody else's" but Naruto just grinned and said "Nope!"
"You were really into the fight, weren't you? Well to answer to my question, your chakra was purple." Naruto corrected her.
Hinata was shocked, her chakra had a different essence now.
"W-What d-do y-y-you mean purple!?" Hinata asked.
Naruto just got excited and said "Yeah, as I said it was purple and not only that, I sensed how it felt as well. It was really similar to Super Sage Gramps!"
"Super Sage Gramps?" Hinata confused by the nickname and was for some reason kind of upset for having chakra similar to an old man by the sound of the nickname.
"Oh, he's the one who gave me my new Sage mode! He's the Sage of Six Paths!" Naruto elaborated. Hinata was shocked.
'Okay, maybe having an old man's chakra isn't so bad' Hinata mused.
"B-but, how is m-my chakra like his?" she asked. Hinata was curious as to how it was possible.
"Well, I when I felt Super Sage Gramps' chakra, it was powerful of course, but the feel was like godly, as if he had an eye over you at all times. Yours is similar, but, yours isn't as suffocating. Your feels more like always looking out for others and divine in an angelic way." Naruto tried to explain. Hinata blushed at the description of her chakra being caring and most of all, divine.
"Who knows, maybe your personality finally affected your chakra!" Naruto stated. This did the trick, despite the newfound confidence Hinata recently gained from being seen naked, she still had her moments. She didn't faint, but did look away as she was too flattered by his unintentional compliment.
"Hahaha! It's nice to see that you can still blush like that around me! It's too cute to ever want me to get rid of that!" Naruto admitted his like for her blushing. That had done it, Hinata went to automatically shut down.
"Eh! You can still do that!" Naruto questioned. He had no choice, he had to carry her now. But, he immediately regretted it, he could feel 'her' pressing up against his back and they still had a good hour and a half away from Uzushiogakure.
At the main entry to Uzushiogakure
The pair had finally made it to their destination. Naruto was still piggy backing Hinata until she came around. When she woke up, she saw the sight that laid before her eyes; the ruins of many high-rise buildings on many islands surrounded by vast lakes which still held many bridges to cross the gap. The largest standout feature was the whirling tides in the centre of the huge lake,needless to say, it drew her in in a figurative sense.
She gasped in amazement at the beauty of this place despite its ruin, the pure waters flowing and gleaming in the sun. The buildings that once stood proud made her feel like reaching the sky rather than feel put down and the vegetation was lush, overall this place made her feel something that even the Hyuga compound couldn't offer her for most of her life; she felt like she belonged here.
Naruto heard her gasp and simply said "It's amazing, right?" he rhetorically asked.
He set her down and she walked forward even deeper into the once rowdy capital only being more enamoured with the place. She has been to many places on both missions with her team and diplomatic trips to all the Shinobi Nations with her clan. Sun in her opinion has a really plain sight to be honest, but she could still feel the charm of the sand, Iwa was majestic as the buildings seems to be part of the mountains the people pride themselves in, but it felt oppressive like you were tied down to the Earth, Kiri was rather impressive with its rare oasis's, but it was mostly mist and water and not much brightness to be seen and Kumo had wonderful sunsets, but a rather gloomy atmosphere. To her, she even if she was born in one of those countries instead, Konoha would always be the most beautiful and brightest place to be at, much like the people, the will of fire that burns brighter as people work together. But for some reason, she still didn't find home anyway, but rather someone; Naruto, he always made every little thing worth living for with his sunny personality.
But now that she has seen Uzushiogakure, she found her place to be! It was imposing, but unlike Iwa, the buildings reached for the skies encouraging her to do the same, even when they were destroyed, it had an even better sunset than Kumo as it made the colourful city contrast it's palette, its waters more crystal clear and sparkling than Kiri ever was, architecture more impressive than Suna and as much as she hated to say it, did Konoha's name better that the actual village; the trees and other flora were more colourful and beautiful than even some of Konoha's best sights.
Her eyes were twinkling in delight at the sight. This city was still so beautiful even in ruin, which made her wonder what it'd be like if it was restored to its former glory. Then, she caught sight was something that shocked her, the swirling pattern that was often seen on the backs of most Chunins and Jounins flak vest. Before she could even ask, Naruto interrupted her thoughts.
"To believe that this beautiful place used to be full of lively people." He started off seemly in a daze. Hinata listened to him paying full attention and saw that he knew about this place's history.
"This use to be a rather loud village as I was told by my mother, she said that it was full of people like me and her, haha!" he told her. Hinata giggled at the thought of an entire village of Narutos running about. Then she wondered who his mother was, she already knew of his father, but not his mother.
"Naru-kun, may I ask, who is your mother?" she asked.
Naruto smiled at her genuinely making her swoon on the inside. "My mother was an amazing woman; she was tough, caring, kind and very beautiful" he described her as he took out a photo. Hinata examinied the photo and recognised immediately, the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, pressing his head against a woman's pregnant belly. Hinata was mesmerised by this woman, she was beautiful, her long silky red hair that flowed down to her lower back shined brilliantly, her visage made her resemble a princess. But what stood out the most was her lovely face, yes, she was feminine, but she'd recognise that face and smile anyway, she shared the same face as Naruto! So that's why she always found him cute! He was a pretty boy!
Naruto continued "She told me about my clan that used to govern this country from this village and how it was destroyed during one of the wars." He said, Hinata had another question.
"Naru-kun, you have a clan?" she asked. She thought, 'I never heard of a Namikaze clan since the Fourth is so respected'.
"Yeah! Believe it! I couldn't believe that there was an Uzumaki clan! Better yet, they were feared by the world for their power!" he exclaimed proudly.
"Uzumaki Clan? How come I never heard of such a clan in the Academy?" she asked.
"Well, you remember how the teachers and civilian council didn't like me back then…" Naruto told her sadly making her feel guilty for making him remember and she hugged to comfort him.
Once he could continue he reassured her, "It wasn't all bad, the Old Man Hokage agreed to keep it a secret so no one would come after me like Kumo did for my mother." He told her, Hinata was shocked, she knew what it was like to have a famed bloodline and to believe that his clan was so well known that they came for his mother like they did for her, by the same people as well.
Which begged another question, 'What did his clan have that caused that to happen?'
"Um… Naru-kun, if you don't mind me asking, what was your clan known for? She asked but didn't want to pry as clan matters are strictly, but she was curious.
"Oh, apparently our clan was known for its members by blood to have unrivalled lifeforces, we could live for very long, the average I found out was about 250 years old, so we age slower, we have stronger healing factors to the point some of us can regrow organs if we are more towards the medical side, some of us can use chakra chains that can hold down a Tailed Beast, we have naturally higher chakra reserves giving us both high endurance and crap chakra control…" he said making Hinata giggle, he continued "but that wasn't what the Uzumaki Clan feared for. We have a pre-programmed bloodline affinity for Fuinjutsu which was our specialty, no one rivalled us in that field and our clan member were always made seal masters, due to this Iwa, Kiri and Kumo decided it was too dangerous for my clan to continue living." Naruto told her. Hinata was shocked, his clan was nearly wiped out due to the fear of their clan's specialty Fuinjutsu. She was crying that Naruto's past relatives were nearly extinct, she always saw him alone in the village back then and to know that he was alone out here as well made her heart shatter. She hugged him tightly, apologizing that she should have been there for him and that she should have befriended him earlier. Naruto thanked her and told her not to worry as he has her with him now.
Once Hinata stopped crying, she went on to ask about the last part of his clan, "So, Naru-kun, you said that your clan had a bloodline affinity for Fuinjutsu making them sealing masters if they train in that field enough, is that one of the reasons why you learnt sealing so quickly?" Naruto nodded "Yeah, I'd like to say it was thorugh hardwork and sweat, but to be honest, the bloodline made studying Fuinjutsu smooth, for others it is hard but for me it came naturally like chakra control is for you and your clan" Naruto told her his comparison to the Hyuga making her understand how simple it was for him to learn Fuinjutsu.
Naruto told her a lot about the Uzumaki Clan's bloodline, so he couldn't keep his plan a surprise anymore and decided that he trusts her and wants her to know about his solution.
"Since I told you about our Clan's specialty, I can tell you that most of Konoha's sealing knowledge came from my clan" he informed elciting another shock from her "albeit, we gave weaker ones since most of the seals were too complicated, or required our chakra reserve levels for most of Konoha to use." Hinata couldn't believe that his clan did that much but what came next was a shocker.
"I apologise to you Hina-chan for what I'm gonna say next, but, the Uzumaki Clan is the reason why your family is in turmoil…" Naruto told Hinata with a genuinely guilty voice, Hinata was thinking about what it was and remembered how most of the seals came from his clan… Her eyes widened.
Hinata was shaking and looked at Naruto "Y-you d-d-don't m-mean! The Caged Bird Seal was made by your clan!" she exclaimed out of shock, but Naruto mistook it for resentment.
"I know Hina-chan… I apologise for what my clan did, I hope you can forgive us, but it was only meant to protect you bloodline, but some of your clan used the fact that it wasn't finished to modify it and enslave some people into Branch members. Please forgive my clan, and me! I understand if you hate me now!" Naruto was guiltily saying, but Hinata cut him off with her fingers on his lips.
"No Naruto, I didn't mean to sound like I was angry with your clan, or you, I was just shocked that its origins came from outside the Hyuga clan, but I never would have guessed that it was made by your family!" she said in a happy tone making Naruto feel much better.
But she continued "But, what do you mean that the Caged Bird Seal is incomplete?"
Naruto looked at her with a serious look "Exactly what I mean, it was just meant to protect your clan's bloodline, not enslave. The goal was to make it so the seal was it uncrackable, stop all attempts at getting your bloodline including the removal of your eyes or breeding…" Naruto paused when Hinata's face scrunched in disgust at the mention of breeding, once she relaxed, he continued "… and I was hoping to add a new feature to it that protects the wearer from any other seal that tries to cause harm to them, effectively countering the effects. So no other seal can be placed on the wearer." He finished. Hinata was surprised at the original contents of the Caged Bird Seal, she longed for a solution like that, she even went as far as to search other villages during the time of peace for people who can develop a solution, but all were either frauds who made demands or just couldn't prove they were any better than the average seal practitioner. But what came next blew all her concerns and aware.
Naruto held up his palm, then channelled chakra into it revealing the Kanji for 'promise' refering to his nindo. Naruto said, "After all the planning, trials and learning from my mistakes, I finally got it down" he smiled.
"This is my solution! The Freedom Cry Seal! It does everything the original Caged Bird Seal was meant to do, but I made it in such a way that it adapts to the bearers' chakra meaning only they can control the seal and like I said before, it's uncrackable, even for me, I can only remove since I know the formula by heart." Naruto told her.
Hinata thought she was dreaming, Naruto, the love of her life, held the solution to her clan's situation and had the evidence to prove it was real. She wanted to just kiss him right there and then, but was too dazed that she couldn't do anything until Naruto nudged her.
"You there Hina-chan! Hahaha! Yeah, I know, I wanted to surprise you at a better time, but I believed you should be one of the people who knows about this, your dad already wants it implemented, but we still have to get past the elders and apparently, your dad has a plan to do so during a meeting with the whole clan in 9 months time." Naruto informed her. Hinata didn't believe this was happening so she said
"Thank you so much Naru-kun! I can't believe it still, it has always been my dream to put an end to the use of the Caged Bird Seal." She told him. Naruto then asked an important question from her "Hinata, I'm aware this is your dream, but based on that I want to ask, do you want me to remove the seal myself for you, or do you want me to give you the means to find the solution yourself with help along the way?"
Hinata was confused, but listened on.
"If I wanted to be Hokage, I want to achieve it with my own two hands, my own effort. Not have it handed down to me based on linage or favouritism. So I want to know, do you want me to give the seal to you now and apply as soon as possible, or do you want me to help you achieve your dream with your own effort?" he asked. Hinata was honestly stumped.
She had never thought about it that way, she was always willing to give to others for nothing in return that she never thought about how she'd feel if another person achieved her dream for her. The thought of that made her feel cheapened and regret ever thinking about ever offering herself in return for a solution when she had meetings with various clans who specialised in seals in some department. Therefore, her answer was clear.
"I'd like to have the seal used right away… but I want to achieve it with my own effort, sure I'll accept help along the way, as long as I know that I worked towards it myself, then I call truly be happy with hope my clan with finally become a family!" Hinata said with resolve.
Naruto smiled, she definitely is the woman who never gives up and wouldn't find shortcuts to get achieve her goals.
"Good answer! I would have been happy either way, but I wouldn't be able to leave with myself if I took your dream away from you by doing it for you" Naruto told her with care making her heart melt.
For a couple of minutes, they stared lovingly into each other's eyes and for them they were the only ones who existed. Until someone interrupted.
"Oi! If you're gonna kiss each other, then do it already and stop being so fucking mushy about it!" a loud-mouthed redhead shouted making them look towards the said redhead with bright blushes on their faces.
Naruto's face however, changed to one of excitement at who it was.
"Karin-neechan! How everything been going for ya!?" Naruto exclaimed cheerfully.
"Not too bad! Just got fed up with the cheesy scene I was seeing and decided to add my input since you weren't gonna pounce her anytime soon" Karin said with a sly smirk.
Naruto blushed again and for Hinata she took an even worse colour of red at the thought of that happening.
But Hinata was curious, Naruto told her the inhabitants of his clan were almost wiped out and there was someone out here who he closely called his sister other than Ayame, or Sakura. So, she wondered who this Karin was.
"Um, good afternoon Karin-san, I'm glad to meet another close friend of Naru-kun's, so may I ask what your relationship with him is?" Hinata asked.
"Hey there Boob girl!" Karin greeted, Hinata was flustered at the nickname as well as Naruto who remembered seeing and feeling them.
"I-it's Hinata Hyuga! Please don't call me by that nickname" she told her unbelievably embarrassed.
"Hahaha! My Bro Naruto found himself a cute one! Hahaha!" Karin said. Naruto scratched his head sheepishly and Hinata blushed at being called cute by another girl. Once Karin stopped laughing, she continued.
"So, anyway, to answer Hinata's question, I'm a member of the Uzumaki clan much like him and his cousin." Karin said casually. Hinata was surprised that Naruto had family left over making her smile.
Naruto this time spoke up, "Hey! Karin-nee! What are you doing here! Wasn't there something like a huge chakra disturbance around here?" he asked. Karin suddenly dropped the happy act.
"Ah… So, you sensed it too… the chakra signal is why I'm back here as well as rebuilding our Nation." Karin told him. Naruto and Hinata nodded.
"Yeah, I did when I entered Sage mode a few weeks ago, I'm not as good as sensing as you, but I felt that the chakra was identical to mine, just a bit calmer." Naruto informed Karin.
Karin agreed, "Yeah, I can confirm that statement, the chakra really is just like yours, but it feels older, as in centuries old" she added.
Hinata was surprised yet again, the investigation of this chakra disturbance was identical to Naruto's Chakra? Who, or what could have the same type of chakra he had?
"Excuse me, but I'd like to know where this chakra is coming from using my byakugan so we can see where and what it is exactly" Hinata insisted. Karin nodded and Naruto approved.
"Yeah! See that whirlpool in the centre of that huge-ass lake" Karin pointed. Naruto and Hinata looked.
"It's coming from within there, but I haven't checked it out yet despite being here a few hours before you guys arrived." Karin said.
Naruto looked at his cousin, "Karin-neechan? Why haven't you checked it out yet?" he asked. Karin looked at Naruto with a smirk.
"I wanted to give you some tips of how to turn your girlfriend on!" Karin admitted. Making Hinata blush and Naruto scoff.
"Pfft! You mean like you, as in creepy and horny like you were with Sasuke!" Naruto rebutted.
However, this earned a whip to his balls from one of Karin's Adamatine Sealing Chains that burst forth from the ground. Naruto was rolling on the ground comically and Hinata was by his side in a second using medical jutsu on that particular area.
"Hm! Serves you right! But anyway, once you two are done, we'll all head to the chakra source." Karin then walked away to a building on the edge of the water. Once Naruto and Hinata finally caught up, the three of them were on a round platform with the Uzumaki spiral on it. Karin then used a few handsigns to activate the seals on the platform which made it levitate and move slowly above the whirlpool. While it was moving, Naruto and Hinata were in awe at the existence of such seals, especially Naruto who now had an idea to create a flight seal now once he had some time to himself.
"Amazing, our ancestors sure knew their seals!" Naruto exclaimed with a childish aura making Hinata smile at his antics.
Karin then looked towards him, "On the topic of seals, I heard your conversation earlier about your 'Freedom Cry' Seal you made for the Hinata's clan, care to let me have a look?" she asked and Naruto happily complied and showed her the seal on his palm and the contents of it on the scroll her had in his cape's seal. Hinata looked at it too, but she was left with a headache. She knew that Fuinjutsu was a challenging art but this was ridiculous! If she thought studying to be Clan head and a Jonin was hard, then this was downright out of this world! And to believe that all this came easy to Naruto and his clan members, what kind of intelligence does one need to have to comprehend these seals, hell, she couldn't even see where the base was if it even had one or what sealing style it was derived upon.
Karin then nodded impressed.
"This is pretty damn good seal Bro! But I think the concealing method is a bit dangerous since yours uses a system that spreads the original formula into other sealing methods yours generates as decoys, I only had a look for a few minutes and no one can crack this ever, besides one of us, but to be on the safe side, I suggest maybe add an encryption and scrambler function if you can. That way, it'll hide the crucial bits of this seal's formula and then in conjunction with the decoy system, it'll disguise the formula's components as being something else entirely, for example, the little swirl pattern here that does the chakra recognition can be disguised as a simple chakra storage component in one of the randomly generated decoy seals. That way, the formula can never be piece together from the decoys.
Naruto was in awe and thanked his cousin profusely and Hinata was amazed at Karin's quick analysis of the seal to the point that she even knew how to improve an already uncrackable seal.
'Their bloodline really is quite something' Hinata thought.
As soon as the two Uzumakis were done discussing the 'Freedom Cry' Seal. The platform stopped directly above the centre of the whirlpool. Hinata, on que activated her Byakugan to see the chakra disturbance's source and could barely make out the shape of a three-headed Buddha statue. She told Naruto about it and Naruto nodded slowly.
Naruto decided to go in on his own.
"I have to go on my own guys" he said. Hinata looked at him as if he was crazy and Karin looked at him understandingly.
"Naru-kun! But what if it's dangerous! I can't let you get hurt! I can't..!" Hinata tried to reason, but Naruto gave her a soft look stopping her.
"Don't worry Hina-chan! Whatever it is, I can sense it's not dangerous but rather its calling out to me as if it needs to see me. I don't know why, but it isn't evil" he reassured her. Hinata understood and relented, but warned him to be careful or else she'd never forgive him. Naruto thanked her before jumping down towards the centre of the whirlpool.
With Naruto, his POV.
I wasn't lying when I said the chakra wasn't dangerous. But man did it have presence. It was like it was trying to envelop my own body, but not menacingly but rather warmly. But, that didn't stop him from descending into the whirlpool as it's spiralling waters pushed him quicker into the centre. He braced himself as he saw the centre and was pushed through it.
He then found himself falling into a cavern and landed with skill that he obtained from his Ninja career. What he laid witness to what appeared to be a temple of some sort. He noticed the Uzumaki swirl engraved upon the walls and pillars. What stood out was a statue of the forefather of the Senju and Uzumaki clans; a life-sized statue of Ashura Otsutsuki wearing a necklace with Magatamas on it.
Naruto quickly shook himself out his stupor and activated sage mode to enhance his senses. He followed the chakra signal which lead behind the statue and saw the source sitting on a throne.
The Three-headed Buddha was a chakra construct that was gold. Golden chakra like his, but with a hint of white. The construct then seemly offered Naruto to touch of its outstretched palm. Which Naruto reached out to its palm without hesitation; he felt that he could trust this chakra figure. When contact was made, Naruto was transported to a lush grassland village with a few crop patches, cottages and a large temple with 9-Magatama patterns and the Rinnegan symbol. This was the place where the Sage and his two sons practiced Ninshu! However, Naruto didn't have time to sightsee as someone called out to him.
"It's good to finally meet you, my reincarnate, or should I say Uzumaki Naruto, Hero of the Fourth Great Shinobi War!" the figure greeted him as cheery as Naruto could be.
When Naruto turned to face the person, he almost dropped his jaw on the ground. There, was Otsutsuki Ashura, the younger son of the sage who inherited his 'Body' and ambition standing before him.
"H-h-how are you t-t-talking to me!?" Naruto asked in shock.
"Hahaha! Calm down Naruto! I'm still dead, but I did what my Old man did, I used my chakra to draw you here so I can discuss something with you." Ashura told him. But Naruto had something on his mind.
"You're from Super Gramps Sage's time, so why is it that you can speak so casually like me?" Naruto asked. Ashura scratched the back of his head much like Naruto does.
"Ah! I use Ninshu to handle the translation of my words to others preference or at least a way they can understand." Ashura explained.
Naruto nodded and surprise that Ninshu could allow him to speak to others without the need to learn their language. He filed that away in the back of his mind.
"Okay I get that, but I came here with my friend Hina-chan to check out the chakra disturbance and I was curious as to why it felt like mine. Who knew that it's be you doing that, I thought your chakra was clinging to mine!" Naruto exclaimed making Ashura laugh at the similarities in personality.
"Oh! Sorry, you're so much like me that I couldn't help myself! Anyway, yes, my chakra is reincarnated into you, but my soul is still my own! And my chakra flared due to certain requirements being met and a warning I need to pass down to you." Ashura informed and Naruto listened carefully.
"What I needed to do was get your attention since you have started practicing Ninshu, thanks to our furry friend!" Ashura grinned as well as Naruto.
"I wanted to pass down all the knowledge and all I created through Ninshu as to ensure that the peace you are creating is set for good" Ashura told him and Naruto nodded excited at the prospect of getting more out of Ninshu and the thought of peace.
"Also, as my reincarnate, or chosen descendant I am also giving you the Fuinjutsu knowledge that was lost throughout the ages and tell you the location to where your clans secret vault is that could only be opened by one either me or a reincarnate of mine" Ashura said and Naruto's eyes sparkled at the thought getting even more that what his clan had!
"Hey! Hey! Before you continue, what exactly is in the secret vault!?" Naruto asked and Ashura smiled in excitement for what he was going to say.
"Oh! You'll have to find out, but a clue it that it was the weapons I once used to fight my older brother, Indra." Ashura mentioned.
"Also, thanks Naruto. For ending the feud between me and him. It was my long wish that me and him could finally be at peace" Ashura thanked Naruto.
"It's okay, Sasuke to me was always like the brother I never had, so I should thank you since if you guys were our ancestors, I would have never had someone to share that bond with" Naruto replied. Ashura smiled a true smile similar to Naruto's.
"Thank you… Also, through your mastery of Ninshu, I can feel that your Six Paths powers are right now dormant and incomplete due to the Yin-half of Kurama being asleep and the Yang-half being the most dominate chakra being in you, disrupting the balance required to achieve the Six Paths Senjutsu you once used." Ashura told ahim and Naruto was surprised at his explanation. No wonder why his Six Paths Sage mode was seemly gone! He still obviously had the chakra, but he just couldn't enter that mode and bust out the Truth-Seeker Orbs. He never thought it was due to a balance of Tailed beast chakras.
"That's where I come in and help. I am also going to reawaken that power in you again and this time, you'll keep it for good!" Ashura told him and Naruto had stars in his eyes.
"Really!? Wow Ashura, you are a really awesome guy, tebayo! So, what do we have to do? Naruto complimented, but knew there was going to be a catch, he wasn't that far behind in Ninshu against Ashura and felt that something was going to happen.
To answer his question, Ashura's friendly aura was replaced with one of power and authority.
He simply stated, "You must fight me!" whilst summoning 9 Truth-seeker orbs, two of which he molded into rods.
Naruto taking the hint, entered his Six Paths enhanced Tailed Beast mode replacing his lost arm with a chakra construct and summoned his Dual Nodachi which he immediately enhanced, turning them gold.
Naruto took flight towards Ashura and slash downwards towards him with all his might. Ashura in response, simply crossed his rods and blocked it with ease surprising Naruto.
'He isn't even using any type of chakra mode and he's still as strong as I am, even stronger actually! Naruto thought quickly.
Ashura smirked at his reaction, then he pushed through his rods knocking Naruto off balance, after that, he immediate transformed his rods back into spheres and created a spiralling sphere of white Chakra with the two orbs enhancing its power and Naruto was shocked.
'Rasengan!?' Naruto thought.
Ashura then thrusted the Rasengan towards Naruto, who blocked it, but the power behind it still blew Naruto about at least a kilometre away with the remaining blast creating a canyon. Naruto narrowly avoided this by flying up in the air and was mesmerised by the damage Ashura dealt.
'Amazing! This was my ancestor's power? The power of hard-work and iron guts to never give up!" Naruto pondered in amazement.
However, Ashura decided to take flight as well whilst forming what appeared to be a 'Big Ball Rasengan', but white. As a counter, Naruto created his own 'Big Ball Rasengan' in his golden chakra and flew towards Ashura at break neck speeds.
The two clashed there Rasengans and were evenly match in power output. Then the following explosion followed, a dome of white gold flashed for a couple of seconds, the chakra that remained was so thick that it made a mist in the air that Naruto had to rely on his sage senses.
Once the mist cleared enough for him to sense through the thick chakra mist, he immediately raised his guard up as he saw that Ashura had created many hundreds of smaller Rasengans he hid inside his 'Big Ball Rasengan'. What happened was another huge explosion of chakra that cracked the mountains due to the sheer pressure that was generated.
When the chakra dissipated and the smoke cleared, it revealed Naruto in his Kurama avatar, saving him from Ashura's version of the 'Rasengan Barrage'.
Ashura was floating level with Naruto with wind violently circling his form staring down Naruto.
Ashura then said, "If I followed your naming sense of that technique, then I'd call it the 'Rasengan Bombardment'!" he named playfully.
Naruto smiled at the guy's personality. He really knew how to have fun no matter what! But, he steeled his resolve and with Kurama prepared another attack.
"Kurama! Let's show Ashura what we're made of!" Naruto riled him up.
"Got your back Kit!" Kurama answered back.
They both began forming the strongest Tailed Beast Bomb they could, with Naruto adding Senjutsu and Six Paths chakra to it and his Wind nature.
Ashura looked in anticipation but didn't flinch. However, he slowly pressed his palms together in preparation for the upcoming attack.
Naruto then announced, "Wind Style: Tailed Beast Rasen Shuriken!"
The duo launched their attack at for what most others would see as the speed of sound.
However, Ashura didn't even show fear, instead he smirked and suddenly, a giant Buddha statue with a thousand arms made entirely out of wood popped out of the ground, easily dwarfing Kurama in size. What happened next, the wooden construct simply batted the Tailed Beast Rasen Shuriken aside like it was nothing, it exploded in the distance.
Naruto was in awe at his ancestor's battle prowess. The guy wasn't as strong as Kaguya, or Madara. But that didn't mean the man himself wasn't easier, in fact, this guy was the toughest opponent he had ever faced! But he still didn't give up, he wasn't going to let the chance to obtain the chance at instilling peace for good! He was going to prove that he was willing to fight to the end for that cause.
Therefore, Naruto created to shadow clones with their own Kurama avatar and had them marge into one three-faced foxed construct like he did against Sasuke in their last battle. He then formed a two massive Rasenshurikens; one of lava and one of magnet. He tossed it towards Ashura again and he attempted to do the same thing with the Tailed Beast Bomb, but to his shock, it sliced through the wooden arms that tried to stop it.
Also, the Magnet Release: Rasen Shuriken had Shukaku's curse seal on it, effective nullifying Ashura's movement along with his wooden statue, which was reduced in size due to the attack. Naruto and Kurama then using all nine tails, began to form his strongest technique; The nine beast Rasen Shurikens. Once they were formed, they launched towards Ashura who was now sweating. It got closer and closer and it looked like it was over. But, Ashura wasn't the progenitor of both the Senju and Uzumaki clans for nothing, he quickly already shrugged off Shukaku's curse seals thorugh his sheer quantity of chakra and his quick analysis of finding a counter seal he made by molding the chakra in him to speed up the process.
He used what was left of his Wooden Buddha statue to create a dome in front of himself and it effective stopped all the nine spheres with its hands. Then he chucked it back at Naruto who ended up in the explosion.
After that, Ashura let out a breath, he hadn't fought a battle like that in a while and he was really pushed by Naruto. When he thought he had won and was going to tell Naruto his verdict.
He was suddenly slammed front behind by a massive golden Rasengan wielded by a Naruto who was still in his Chakra cloak due to the natural energy he gathered earlier. Ashura was shocked, he thought.
'How is he still fighting!? Better yet, how did he get behind me!? Then it clicked.
The first Tailed Beast Rasen Shuriken didn't just use his Six Paths Chakra to strengthen it. But also, to mask his chakra signal. To think that seeing Ashura's 'Rasengan Bombardment' once inspired him to put himself inside a Rasen Shuriken. He truly is the most unpredictable of his reincarnates.
After Naruto blew Ashura away, he summoned Kurama again. In response, Ashura pulled all the stops and summoned his three-head buddha chakra construct the same size as Kurama and was gold in colour. In all six of its arms, they wielded giant truth seeker orbs ready to slam into Naruto and Kurama.
Facing each other off one last time, Naruto and Kurama formed one last Tailed Beast Rasen Shuriken with all the power they could muster and the five elements plus Yang release to create a super powered pseudo-Truth Seeker orb. Whereas, Ashura combined all of his Truth-seeker orbs into one large mass, effectively turning it into a Ten-tailed Beast bomb.
They chased towards each other and slammed their respective techniques against each other. This created a black dome around them that could be since from the moon if they were in the real world that is.
Once it disappeared, the two could be seen kneeling before each other. Naruto was exhausted of almost all his chakra and Ashura was looking only a little better as he could still stand up, albeit shakingly.
He then spoke, "I gotta hand it to you, you really do know your way around a fight! I could feel your determination to win and even when I dwarfed your powers, you didn't give up and found a way to attack me!" he complimented Naruto.
Naruto beamed at the praise "Thanks! You weren't bad yourself! Damn Ashura, I wish I could spar like this with you all the time, tebayo! I could learn some things from you so I can better protect the peace!" he said. Ashura smiled at his reasons for getting stronger. Then he approached Naruto who looked at him expectantly.
"Naruto, I'm glad I got to meet you! I can definitely say that my father's dream has come true due to you!" he told him. Naruto smiled.
"As a show of trust and gratitude, I'm going to give you everything I have to help you on your journey to peace!" Ashura stated. He raised his right palm which held a white sun mark and pressed it against Naruto's chest.
Naruto felt all his chakra come back, but even more vitalised than ever and his chakra reserves on his own now rivalled a Tailed Beast's own. Also, he felt all of Ashura's knowledge pass onto him and he swore that he has never been so knowledgeable about Fuinjutsu and Ninshu. It even became easier to mould chakra without hand-signs.
When Naruto opened his eyes, he looked at Ashura who grinned much like Naruto does.
"You like it!?" he exclaimed, Naruto just nodded furiously.
"Hell yeah! I never felt so energized, I can wait to see how hard I can train now!" Naruto exclaimed grinning. Ashura was pleased to know that he still desired to become stronger.
Then Naruto noticed that his right arm was back. He looked at the palm and saw the white sun mark before it faded away due to not channelling chakra into it. Ashura said, "Well if you're going to achieve peace then you're going to need both hands".
Naruto thanked him a lot. Ashura and he began joking around a bit. Until someone boobed Ashura on the head.
"Ashura! Look at what you have done! You blew up the pocket dimension again" a familiar female voice said. Naruto looked up and saw!
"Hi-Hinata!? What are you doing here!? Better yet, how do you know Ashura!?" he questioned 'Hinata' who was wearing a large white baggy robe that resembled Miko clothing. She looked at Naruto strangely before bursting out giggling as well as Ashura. Naruto looked annoyed.
"Sorry! Sorry! I don't blame you, but that's not your girlfriend Hinata!" Ashura said making Naruto blush at the last comment.
"T-then who is she!?" Naruto asked. The 'Hinata' lookalike then looked at him and introduced herself.
"Hello Naruto-san, my name is Otsutsuki Hanako. Only daughter of Otsutsuki Hamura, not as often talked about, but I'm one of his children and I gave birth to the Hyuga and Kaguya clans." She informed Naruto who was wide-eyed from the revelation.
"Cool! You mean Hinata comes from the same family as Super Gramps and his equally ancient brother!?" earning him the most menacing 'Hyuga' glare from Hanako.
"You will not disrespect my father! He may be old, but he is still great!" Hanako scolded Naruto only to be tamed by Ashura.
"It's okay, Hanako, he was only giving them a playful address." Ashura comforted her.
"Thank you, Ashura, I guess I did get a little worked up, sorry Naruto" Hanako apologised. She then gave Ashura a peck on the cheek, which irked Naruto. Even if she technically wasn't Hinata, seeing someone who looked just like her be intimate with someone else, even if it was his ancestor, just made him depressed.
"Okay, if I may continue! I am the progenitor of both the Hyuga and the Kaguya." Hanako continued and Naruto nodded.
"Those clans were very different from the rest, as they didn't get their chakra from the Sage of Six Paths, Uncle Hagoromo, but received it from Hamura through me." She stated and Naruto was very interested. He then asked.
"Hey, your chakra is exactly like Hinata's when she used her Twin Lion Fist against me earlier today. How is that?" Naruto asked and Hanako quickly found herself seeing why Hinata loves this boy.
"Well, that Hinata girl looks just like me, so it stands to reason that she's eventually awaken my chakra!" she said, but Naruto was still confused. So, Ashura took point.
"Basically, Hinata is like you! You're my reincarnation and Hinata is Hanako's reincarnation." Ashura put simply and Naruto was slack jawed.
"Wow! You mean, Hinata is also a descendant of the Otsutsuki family! Whoa! I knew she was amazing, but to believe that we are so similar! I can't wait to tell her, tebayo!" Naruto exclaimed. Ashura and Hanako smiled at his fondness for the lavender-haired descendant.
"So, that chakra of hers, it felt like Super Gramps' chakra, but more on the caring and alien side." Naruto tried to describe but Hanako understood.
"Well, my father Hamura like Uncle, was born with chakra and he inherited more of our Grandmother's white eyes and spiritual chakra than uncle ever did. Since, my father lived on the moon, he didn't have to share his chakra with others, meaning I inherited all of his powers. Though, I only awakened the chakra through hard-work and determination as Ashura inspired me to do unlike my brother who had everything from birth." Hanako explained.
"Wait, Hamura lived on the moon, then how did the Hyuga clan end up on Earth?" Naruto asked.
Hanako began to blush like Hinata before telling her story, "Well you see, on the moon, there is actually an entire world just like yours; trees, water, flora and fauna. Oh, let's not forget the artificial sun my father made with a castle in it!" she told Naruto who was shocked that people lived on the moon.
She continued, "Anyway, life was good and all, but it just wasn't home, no matter how comfortable it was. So, one day, we visited the Earth to see Uncle Hagoromo and his sons. I first meet Uncle and he was a very caring man who I enjoyed spending time with, but he was a little stiff. Then I meet Indra, who to be honest, I didn't really like, he was so dark and scary to be honest even if the others found him charming. But enough about him, eventually I found a few flowers that I was enjoying the sight of as they are rare on the moon and then I met Ashura, who was tending to the flowers. We greeted each other and started to get to know each other. The more I learnt about Ashura, the more infatuated I became with him. But, we were cousins, so I held it back. He was just so inspiring and hard-working that you just did the same. I liked my time with Ashura so much, I told my father I would stay on the Earth which he agreed to quite easily." Hanako said before taking a sadder look.
"However, as time moved on and things happened between Indra and Ashura. They both got married and had children. I was upset that Ashura found a wife, but we were cousins, it wasn't looked upon in high regards. But I was happy for him and that was all that mattered. Eventually, I found myself a husband as well who was quite charming, but was never really had my heart. Despite that, I gave birth to two children, each started the Hyuga and the Kaguya clans respectively. The Hyuga child, believed in keeping the blood pure, so he found a wife whose chakra was very ordinary, but she was of royalty which is how the Hyuga clan became so esteemed and wealthy. The Kaguya clan, didn't really see a problem with preferences so they became a more civilised clan." She explained the origins of her descendants, with Naruto growing more interested in Hinata's ancestor's linage.
Hanako continued, "Although, my Kaguya descendants have all but passed during the years, the Hyuga remain strong in numbers, but they are stuck in their ways!" she said in disgust.
"Anyway, as time went by, not many of my descendants showed the potential to awaken my chakra as they many of the Hyuga believe that feelings are a weaken, but being driven by feelings of love and having an unstoppable determination is key in awakening it, which I'm glad to say, Hinata has!" Hanako said. Naruto was excited for Hinata, he couldn't wait to see how strong she became.
"Also, I'm going to show you the power that my father once awakened…" Hanako closed her eyes and poured chakra into it. Veins bulged around her eyes and when she opened them, instead of seeing a Byakugan activated, Naruto saw a dark purple eye, with a glowing white and silver lotus flower pattern that dilated slowly.
"Whoa! What is that dojutsu!? That's not a Byakugan, tebayo!" Naruto exclaimed excitedly. Hanako smiled at his enthusiasm.
"This the Tenseigan! The next form of the Byakugan." Hanako told him. Naruto was shocked.
"Wait! You mean the Byakugan has an evolution like the Sharingan!? How come it's never been achieved before!?" Naruto asked.
Hanako told him, "The key to awakening my chakra is to be of a loving and caring heart whilst having the determination to keep moving forward. Which only Hinata has ever shown. Another way is to simply have an Otsutsuki's chakra and take a pair of Byakugan eyes."
Naruto was curious "So what can this Dojutsu do?"
Hanako smiled and said "Well, the Tenseigan improves upon the already unrivalled visual prowess including range, attention to details and other things. The Tenseigan however, is a huge improvement, it allows the user control of gravitational forces, the affinity of all five elemental releases as well as Yin-Yang release, a chakra cloak much like yours for a boost in strength and the ability to fly, a set of Truth-seeking Orbs and finally, the ability to recreate planets." Naruto was in awe at such an amazing dojutsu.
"Yes, I know what you are thinking, Hinata is indeed capable of awakening the Tenseigan, in fact that where you come in" she told him and Naruto listened closely.
"I'm going to give you this necklace, it has my chakra in it as well as my soul. I need you to give this to Hinata so I can talk to her and maybe awaken her Tenseigan. Then you'll have a perfect partner both for spars and in bed!" Hanako teased and Naruto blushed.
Naruto received the necklace from Hanako and decided to ask her one thing.
"Why are you doing this again? I know she's your reincarnation, but what reason do you have to do this?" he asked.
Hanako reasoned "Just like Ashura did for you, I wanted to entrust the future to her as well. Also, she'll need it if you two decide to go to the moon for more I had left behind there." Naruto accepted this.
"Okay, it was nice getting to know my ancestor and my girlfriend-in-secret's. Thanks for your help and I'm really glad I met you two. Well, goodbye and say Hi to pervy sage, Neji and my parents once you guys disappear." Naruto exclaimed.
Ashura smiled, "That, we will" he said and Hanako smiled warmly much like Hinata. Before Naruto disappeared from the spiritual world.
Back in reality.
Naruto was standing right where he was. He inspected himself and saw that his right arm was back. He channelled some chakra into his new right arm and saw the white sun mark, telling him that he has indeed received Ashura's gift.
Also, he felt in his pocket and pulled out the necklace Hanako gave him before putting it back.
Suddenly, he saw a memory of the secret vault's location. He then went back to the statue of Ashura and removed the necklace. He then smeared his blood on the Uzumaki symbol that was hidden behind the Magatama. This in effect, made the stature move backwards towards the throne, making it look like Ashura once sat there, this revealed a set of steps towards a surprisingly clean metal vault. Naruto poured his chakra into it making it open and found all the Uzumaki Clan's knowledge which he sealed into the seals on his cape and on into his chakra even due to the new Fuinjutsu knowledge he acquired from Ashura's own memories. But what stood out the most was Ashura's arsenal; many sets of swords and his once famed Bansho fan he used a long time ago. Naruto quickly, yet carefully sealed all of it on in his sealing scrolls and cape before heading back to the top.
He had much to tell Hinata.
Omake: The Kage Bunshin song (A suicidal parody)
Naruto was singing a song about the hardship his clones go through that he decided to sing about to Hinata during one of their nights.
(Song starts)
Kage Bunshin!
They always do all the work~
They can get suicidal~, suicidal~
When they say Daibakuhaku!
Kage Bunshin!
They're the secret to beating paperwork~
Which made me go suicidal~, suicidal~
When it was not over!
(Song end)
Hinata was laughing at the parody of the song Naruto made and was shocked that Naruto could sing.
Omake 2: Hanako's other intention
"Hey Hanako!" Ashura called her name.
"Hm!?" Hanako responded.
"Well, I was using Ninshu and heard that your didn't tell Naruto your full reasoning behind giving your reincarnation you necklace, what are you planning?" Ashura asked.
Hanako smiled perversely "Well, I wanted to help her, but I also wanted to help myself to her, I wouldn't mind having some playtime with my reincarnation in my necklaces mindscape" she admitted.
Ashura was nose bleeding at the thought of two Hanako's feeling each other up.
"Ha-h-Hanako! You aren't serious are you!?" he questioned.
Hanako smiled, "I am! Maybe I'll ask your descendant to join us during our mindscape 'session'"
Ashura paled. He for some reason really admired his reincarnation now.
'Luckly bastard!' he thought.