The Prophecy Has Turned
Here's the last chapter of Naruto's travels friends. And then we will have what we've waited for. Thanks to all those who reviewed. They were all awesome.
He first visited the Land of Frost, outside of Lighting Country. It had taken him a few days to travel, opting instead to walk and build strength rather than teleport.
Frost country wasn't all that great. It held a Shinobi village, but even then, they weren't the five leading countries in the world.
It was simple and Naruto, in order to find answers, was okay with that. He entered a small village within the country, choosing not to encounter shinobi for the rest of his journey.
When the gates were opened, a woman who had been sitting on the ground, stopped hitting her drums and began chanting. "Akuma Kitsune."
Demon Fox, Naruto questioned. It must have been a ghost village then. These people must only interact with one another, having no real knowledge of beyond, only getting support from larger neighbors.
He'd have to speak with the village leader then. Naruto walked to the woman and gave his best smile. Apparently, it may have looked vicious by the way she shrunk back a bit.
"Hello, my name is Naruto Na-"
"No." the woman cut him off sharply and gave him a frightened finger. "You are the fox demon. Killer of 287 men."
Naruto froze. How'd she know. One of the rogue shinobi from Kumo must have told this village. Warned them.
"No. My name is-"
"Akuma Kitsune." It was another voice. A smaller voice. Naruto turned to a boy who looked four of age. His hair was spiked and orange and Naruto hadn't noticed himself recoil in shock, fear, and the sinful desire.
He thought he'd seen Pein again. He would feel guilty of being relieved. But, Pein had never been shorter than him.
Before the child said anything beyond, he held up a note to Naruto. A wanted paper was what it was.
Naruto frowned and grabbed the paper. His photo was on it. It was a photo during his time with Chi, when she first told him to walk around. The contents made him shudder. The world knew.
Name: Uzumaki Namikaze Naruto
Status: Alive
Age: 9
Alias: Akuma Kitsune, The prodigy.
Casualties: 287+
Rank: non-shinobi, child, ranked S
Clan Affiliations: Senju (Through Mother), Namikaze, Uzumaki (Through Mother)
Specializes in: Ninjutsu, stealth, assassination, speed, teleportation, seal creation, and healing
Kekkei Genkai: Light Release, by what others have seen.
Important facts: Holds four tailed beast with him, as of now. Son of fourth Hokage, has light affinity and said to be savior of the world.
Wanted for: killing 287 Kumo, Iwa, and Kiri, and Shinobi bandits.
Wanted by: Kirigakure
Bounty: 300,000,000 Ryo
Additional Factors: Tread carefully when approaching this dangerous child. His power is beyond this world.
Naruto growled and balled the paper in his fist. The young boy was still staring at him, smiling as if he weren't an animal. As if Naruto weren't a monster.
"Fear me." He told the child. "You stare into the eyes of a monster."
The boy, so closely to Pein, smiled. His eyes shining. "Really? My name's Taio. I'm five."
Naruto frowned. "That's good." He walked past Taio, hitting his staff on the ground as he walked. Being out in the open wasn't what he wanted. He wasn't a big fan of killing other people, even if the world were wretched.
Unfortunately for him, Taio followed and Naruto watched the people's stares. Not stares of hate like Konoha, just stares. Some happy, some confused.
"How come you have a cane? You're not old."
Naruto frowned. "It's a staff. It helps me with…." He trailed off, thinking of Deidara. "...Art." Thinking of Chi, the blond hit his staff harder. "And you'd be wise not to speak of the old in a way. I know people millions of years old that can take down the world without fight."
Taio shook his head. "No you don't. You look my age."
Naruto turned away, opting instead to ignore the five year old and get out of town.
Then the child dared to say something that made Naruto freeze up. Made him feel like he were having a seizure.
"Are you the brother of Pein Namikaze, Akuma Kitsune?"
He looked at the child. Did he….? "What?"
Taio shrugged. "The village leader's a prophet. And he let Pein-sama give us food and stuff. He likes Pein and the leader said that Pein's brother would come soon."
Naruto looked around. So Pein had been here? Helping them? He would help a village and slay his entire clan? Naruto sighed...travelling would wait. "Taio...I'd like to meet this prophet. Take me to your leader."
Taio smiled and gave a thumbs up. "Sure, Akuma Kitsune."
"He's got other animals in him too."
Such was the angered voice of Shukaku. Evidently, he disliked Naruto's nickname for the world. Not because it was derogatory, but because he wasn't in it. Naruto frowned as Kyuubi growled.
"Jealous, brother?"
He'd let them bicker today.
The village leader hardly looked like a prophet. Taio had led him to a dark tower and Naruto was forced to find the room by himself. Although it was dark within the office, Naruto noted that the prophet looked about sixty years of age.
That wasn't even the problem. The problem was Naruto placed himself in the dark room with an older men. He had succumbed his fears by travelling and learning, but now they were placed before him and the visions came back.
"For a monster, you sure are handsome." They whistled, laying on top of him.
A hand reached into his boxers, around his waist, groping which part of him, Naruto couldn't register.
"He ain't handsome yet. He's still young. He's pretty."
They took off his underwear. Something poked his back and moved down. Grunting. Sweaty disgusting hands. "You like it don't you? Wait'll the hokage find out his demon son's a pussy."
He'd kill them. Naruto waved his hand, sighing in relief when screams were heard.
Naruto growled and squeezed his staff. The world should have paid for what they did and made him.
"I expected you to be older than just ten."
The older man broke Naruto from his thoughts and Naruto shut himself in. "I'll be eleven soon."
"Still so young."
Naruto, in his obnoxious way, grew annoyed. "Yeah. Sure."
"Why have you come to this town, Akuma Kitsune?"
"Naruto," The blond stated briskly. "I ask of Pein. Pein Namikaze. Has he been here and why?"
The older man smiled fondly. "Ah….Pein Namikaze. Such a young and sweet child."
Naruto bit his tongue instead of blurting 'he murdered fifty seven percent of his entire clan, leaving two children.'
The man continued. "The fifteen year old is too wise. I saw this as he and his followers came to give us food and help."
"Followers?" Naruto recited in confusion.
"Yes." The man mused staring at his hand. "Those of daybreak and dawn."
Naruto calculated out loud. "Daybreak…..dawn? That means...Akatsuki. You mean Pein leads Akatsuki."
"Organization of new order. The daybreak of learning Pain to find Peace." The man stated swiftly.
Naruto frowned. So his brother had started a new kind of family. An organization and what they would learn.
He walked closer, cautious, and sat down before the man. "You're a prophet. Do you have anything you want to tell me?"
The prophet closed his eyes and breathed deeply. "Fight your love and fight for your love. Fight against one you may not be able to defeat. Two strong beings, stronger by time, will face each other. The most dangerous men in Shinobi history meet once more."
Naruto squinted. The man made no sense. Chi had said less then him, but she made sense on a greater scale. Before he could ask the man to repeat, the older man began shaking.
A seizure, Naruto wondered. But the man stopped shaking and his green eyes turned a deep brown. A brown Naruto know so well. How warm they were and full of knowledge.
"Chi?" Naruto asked in shock. This was her power. The power of everything.
To confirm, Naruto watched as the man nodded and spoke in a woman's voice. "Naruto-boy."
He smirked and lowered his head, eyes closed. So she had possessed the village leader.
"You want to tell me something, baasan. You've possessed this man to find me."
Chi spoke through him. "There is nothing to be explained of the future here. Go see old friend of mine. Old toad of mountain."
"Where is she?" Naruto questioned.
Chi, in the man, leaned forward and hit Naruto atop the head. "He." She chided. "Mount Myoboku, land of toads."
Naruto rubbed his head. "That's in another land somewhere. I'll have to teleport there."
Again, the man hit him atop his head. "No. Do not do such. If you are filled with pride there will be no room for wisdom. It is on secret path only found by those who seek. Do not ask Gamabunta to take you either. On journey, you will find goal."
Naruto rubbed his head again, but sighed. Chi was right, as always. He'd have to take the long journey of walking, it would take months, and go through tons of people.
My pleasure, he thought. The bloodlust within him craving to be free.
Naruto nodded. "Thank you, Chi. I will see you in due time."
He turned to leave. "Little boy." Chi called.
Naruto turned at the door, focusing on the brown eyes. "Yes, baasan?"
"When hearing of prophecy, remain vigilant and silent. Do not let brash show. The owl is wise because the more he hears, the less he speaks."
Naruto smiled and squeezed his staff. "I'm only going outside the village." he told Chi.
The woman nodded.
"Prophecy Sage Art: Single Movement Technique."
He disappeared.
The second village he appeared in was strangely Kirigakure. The blond kept a hood up at all times to keep from being captured.
He'd be damned if he had to walk into Mount Myoboku covered in blood.
I want to kill them, though. I want to see them pale, Naruto thought. He shook and looked toward the brightened sun.
"Please tell the demons to stop screaming awful things in my head. I'm crumbling down here, Hikari-baasan."
"Are you okay, Naruto?"
'Yeah, Gyūki. I'm fine. Just weary.' Naruto didn't understand why the beasts were within him and couldn't hear his thoughts. Of course they couldn't feel his physical pain anymore, but they knew when something was wrong.
Kyuubi broke his thoughts. "Some people are staring, Naruto. To our right."
Naruto frowned. 'I'll look. We're almost out of the village.'
Holding his hood closer to his face, the blond turned his head, catching the eye of a watching Shinobi. 'Shit.' he cursed within.
Before he knew it, the blond froze and he was surrounded by ten chakra signatures.
Lifting his head, the blond removed his hood and smiled brightly. "Naruto Namikaze. You are under arrest for the murder of 287 Kira, Kumo, and Iwa shinobi."
The ten year old smirked. "Those ninja were bandits who had defected years prior. I did you all a favor."
"Once a Kiri Shinobi" one began, getting into a pathetic fighting stance. "Always a Kiri Shinobi."
The blond shrugged. "So be it. They told you I was dangerous. Ten full men is not even a ounce of what can stop me."
In fact these men knew it was suicide. What were they attempting to be? Heros? Heros died. He was a hero. Naruto didn't know what could stop him. He didn't have a limit.
He lifted his staff to use a light cut on them at once, before a pink gas grew near. It was a circle of the substance, inching in.
Naruto stomped his staff. "Barrier."
When the men were dead and nearly disintegrated, Naruto removed the barrier and performed a sweep motion, causing the gas to move.
The gas wasn't something made from an ordinary human. It was a technique he read about once. The Wisdom Wolf Decay.
There was a loud crash and the sound of people screaming. And he didn't need to say it as he looked up and Son Gokū's voice rumbled.
"Saiken!"
Naruto cringed as he was lifted by a stubby slimy tailed and rushed into the forest, leaving the screaming behind. He understood now. The six tailed slug had saved him, although he didn't need it.
She made it seem as if she attacked the village. That would go down in the books, not Naruto's name.
When they were in the forests, Naruto was placed onto the ground. "They will come after you, Saiken." He stated.
The slug seemed surprised at a human calling her by her real name, but got over the shock. "Naruto Namikaze, prophecy. I can get you to Mount Myoboku. It is in another dimension that cannot be found by humans."
Naruto raised a brow. "How'd you-"
The slug bowed. "Chi; mother of all; God of many; she signalled me, which is why you weren't allowed to use your frog summon as had you father and sannin sensei."
Naruto smiled. So that was why Chi told him to walk. It had taken months now and to think he would have never found it or never encountered Saiken.
Saiken continued. "I can get you there in promise that you seal me within you so that no others will get to me."
Naruto thought. "Are you sure you want to join Kurama, Son Gokū, Gyūki, and Shukaku? They're very obnoxious."
Saiken's black eyes widened more. "You have them within you?"
Naruto nodded. "I'm protecting them. It's my goal to have and keep them safe."
"Do you promise to seal me when we get to Mount Myoboku?"
Naruto smiled. "I would have placed you in a safer place without question or consent."
Saiken smiled and grabbed him.
Naruto grunted as he came into contact with the land of Mount Myoboku. A beautiful forest it was with large trees and plants and clean water, but Naruto still had to be cautious. For he held now five tailed beasts within him.
Saiken thankfully, did not change his appearance much. She only added some form of tattoos on his arms. Ancient and from Chi's old language. Saiken told him it was a prophet and he would understand it as he grew.
Dismissing his thoughts, Naruto watched carefully.
Chi had made this land too. As she had made the other two unexplored sage regions. As she had created the world.
'The only thing we have to do is find the great prophet and leave.' Naruto told his tailed beasts. It wasn't long before Saiken spoke. He assumed she still could not get over the fact that a human was trying to help she and her siblings.
"Why are we here again?"
Her voice was eager and Naruto smiled. "A prophecy has turned. I trust you saw all my memories."
"Yes. Even your capture."
"The prophecy changed that day. I have to speak to a great prophet. While Chi-baasan is the best, she wants me to do things alone now."
Before Saiken could speak again, a large toad jumped before Naruto. He saw the cigar before anything else. Gamabunta looked down.
"Naruto-gaki, what are you doing here?"
"I came to see the great prophet, froggy."
Gamabunta would have hit Naruto, but he only nodded. "Come on, brat."
He grabbed onto Naruto and they swung through the trees. It wasn't hard to find the prophet toad and Naruto recognized him as Gamamaru, the oldest prophet of the toads.
He bowed. "Gamamaru, wise prophet."
The toad hummed and Naruto lifted himself up. "Naruto. Child Prophecy. Savior. Akuma Kitsune. Destroyer of this world. You journey home to see your brother, so this will go fast."
Naruto's eyes narrowed slightly as the last name. Destroyer. How?
Gamamaru leaned up. "I want to tell you who you are."
"I know who I am, Great Toad Sage" Naruto argued softly.
The toad frowned deeply. "You are unaware of such. Listen well, Naruto-boy. You are more like your great great grandfather than you think."
"What of my journey?"
Gamamaru sighed. "The prophecy has changed. You are not a savior or destroyer in this world right now. It is now free will. What happens in the future is now up to you."
"How can I not be a hero?" Naruto demanded. He had accepted his monster within, but hell, it still hurt.
"You have killed something the sun Gods have stated you would save. The monster within; it feeds on you. When war arrives, you will change, Naruto. One day, you will fight off your demons and your going to be happy.
But, there will always be that demon that sits upon your shoulder and whispers thoughts of old habits."
"What does that mean?" Naruto frowned.
"You, Namikaze Naruto, will never be freed for as long as you live."
Naruto lowered his head. "So no one will ever love me." More of a statement. He knew, but it'd still hurt.
"No." Gamamaru smiled. "That is not the case. Love is already with you, Namikaze Naruto. He is in your heart, in your mind, in your sins. His love for you is like water….it slips through the cracks."
Naruto smiled. He must have been speaking of Gaara. Gaara would always be there no matter what.
"I'm a hero of this world. Everyone should love me as much as they fear me." He reasoned.
Gamamaru smiled, his eyes closed or open, the blond couldn't tell. "They all love you. They haven't realized yet. However, once they do, remember this:
You're a hero now, so of course everyone loves you. But, never forget about the one who loved you more than his own life when everyone else feared you. Search for love. Find one whose demons play well with yours, Naruto.
You are able to take hate from others, but you cannot remove it from yourself. I hate no one on this earth, they are my burden. You hate yourself. Learn soon to embrace yourself whole, Naruto. Your love depends on it."
The blond turned his head. Love. "There was once a demon who lay dying in the mist. And an angel knelt over him and smiled."
The blond nodded and kneeled. He had so much to learn. "You will grow soon, son of men."
Naruto nodded. A man in time he'd be. "Thank you, old great sage. The prophecy has been nice."
The blond almost stood, but the toad lifted a finger. "There is something else."
"What is the next part, Sage?"
"The day of capture with Haruto Namikaze; Something not of this world has been pushed within you. Something horrible. It must be taken care of during or before the world."
Naruto nodded. "I will find out about it soon."
Gamamaru sighed and he looked very sad then. "The problem is, Naruto, you think you have time."
And there it was. His head grew dizzy and if he weren't already kneeling, he would have dropped to the floor.
He knew it was coming, why else had things been happening? His seizures? The weakening yet overpowering of his body? The sins? Inside, Kurama hissed and Naruto could feel the fox's tears.
"He's lying."
Naruto nodded. In this part of the story, he found out his death. He was dying and he wanted to know when. It could not be stopped.
"How long do I have, Sage? How long do I have to live?"
Gamamaru sighed. "The life reaches 26 years when it will not be life any longer."
Naruto choked on air. He thought it'd be when he was younger. He still had time. Nodding, the boy thought of what his father had told him.
Prolonged life has ruined more men than it has ever made.
This was good then. He still had time to fulfill his promises. Naruto nodded and left the room.
When he gone, the blond leaned against the wall with tears evident in his eyes.
"He's lying." Kurama croaked. Although he held more tails, Kurama was the last created of the tails, making him the youngest. He was only sealed twice; in Hikari and now Naruto. And they would both be gone.
"Go back and tell him he's lying." The fox demanded.
Instead of speaking in his head, Naruto spoke aloud. "You know it's true, Kurama. We saw this coming. At least you all will be safe when the time comes and all my promises will be fulfilled."
"He's wrong! You're completely healthy. I know it. I've been in you your whole-"
"I'm dying, Kurama!" His harsh yell cut the fox off and he knew he was wrong for that. He sighed, already feeling the heavy strain on his young body. In a softer tone "We know it's true. I saw it before Gamamaru called it. I'm dying and you know it. Face it please. We all should."
His time out of the mountain through dimensions was a quiet trip. The tailed beasts said nothing and he felt bad.
"You guys will be safe when I'm gone, but remember, I'm not going anywhere until the world is safe. And even then, I'll be here fighting hatred. My soul will live forever."
Feeling them ease down, Naruto smiled and began walking down the path. He wouldn't die until everything was fufilled. He was too determined to die.
And yet, he grew closer and closer. He had been climbing the edge of ten for months now and he would be eleven in days.
The blond forgot his thoughts as a strangled cry broke out.
He froze near the trees and stared at the shinobi on the ground. His eye was gauged out. His legs and arms twisted. Naruto had no idea how the man was still crying and alive.
His head had been split, right down to his nose. Naruto walked closer as the man noticed him. "Please. I know you. You are Namikaze. Demon fox. You heal. Please help me. I can repay you."
Naruto inched even closer, until his feet were right before the man's split face. His hand reached for the sealed green liquid Chi had given him.
However, just before he grabbed it, the blond stopped. If his powers were correct, he could test them.
The man cried more as Naruto sat before him, blood oozing as he whimpered. Naruto watched in delight as the blood touched his black pants and he could see parts of the man's brain.
He watched him until his last breath. The man was finally dead. With a smile, Naruto stood and grabbed the man, throwing his body over his shoulder and frowning as his brain fell to the ground.
The ten year old frowned and placed his staff underneath his arm. With his bare hands, he grabbed the brain and placed it inside his cloak.
There was no place to place the body. "Cogitation Monstrosity."
The blond smiled as the land before him expanded slightly. Stretching as a waterfall was formed and just behind that waterfall, a cave. His work could be finished there.
He hoisted the dead body upon his body more and walked toward the cave. "If this works, I will be the most dangerous being alive."
A voice within him sounded. A voice that had been there since the attack. We'll be more like him.
Without fail, Naruto smiled. Chi told him not to restrain his monstrosity. It would only grow stronger.
The blond laid the body down and went to work. He first got all his equipment. The thread and needle and scissors. He got the green liquid.
With a smile, the blond placed the brain in its former place. With his legs, he'd have to push the split head together. He couldn't thread it if it were apart.
This act was a final push into monstrosity. When Naruto did this, he could only make friends with his demons. The head was stiched thoroughly. The eye was pushed back into place only partially. Naruto had to remove the skin around it.
He rubbed some healing liquid on the man and sighed. "This is it." he whispered.
"We are here for you, Naruto." Saiken reassured. They were anxious too.
Naruto nodded and lifted his arms. Breathing deeply, he sighed again. This felt so wrong yet so right. He was doing the man a favor. Reaching into his cloak, the boy pulled out a mirror and sat it on the floor.
"Prophecy Sage Art: Recreation!"
The man's body remained still and Naruto sat back down with a frown. Had he placed the brain back in wrong? Before he could burn the man's body and give him a proper farewell, the man began twitching. Naruto felt it too.
It was an odd sensation like an electrical jolt and a dull twitch simultaneously.
A rapid calming.
He awoke the same way he died; his body was shuddering and there was a cry of pain. The man felt around, not looking anywhere.
Naruto quietly scooted the mirror closer to him. When he grabbed it, the nameless shinobi sat up and looked. There was a cry of horror as he touched the stitches going down his face.
A look of disgust as he peered within his head at the eye almost drooping. Naruto cleared his throat and the man looked to him. His good eye widened.
"I was dead." He felt all over himself. "I saw...I can't remember, but I died and you were there." Again, he looked at himself in the mirror. "I'm a monster. My wife….my children will not look at me the same way."
Naruto remained silent. Awwed at his own terrible power. He loved it.
Finally, the man sighed. He stared at Naruto. "People are wrong about you to a certain extent. It's true you've helped me, but I don't know whether to call you a monster or myself."
Naruto shook his head. "Simply thank me. And thank you for helping me understand this power of mine."
Before he stood, he had to ask the man. "When you were gone, what did you see? When you were….dead?"
The man visibly shuddered. "There was a woman there. Dark and tall."
Naruto nodded. "Chi...the God of all things. Whether it be birth or death."
The man looked surprised that Naruto would know, but nodded nonetheless. "She told me of my sins and my deeds, but before she sent me off, I started to wake up."
Naruto nodded for him to continue. There was more, he saw it.
"She said this name….Nar..Nam..Som-"
"Naruto Namikaze." Naruto spoke. "That's me."
"Does the God know you?" The man wondered, incredulous.
"A mentor and friend of mine, yes."
"She told me to tell you not to interfere. Not to interfere so much with her deaths or balance would not be okay."
Naruto smiled softly. "She wants me to only use my art when it is absolutely necessary or when I feel up to it."
The shinobi nodded. "I had never known that our God was someone like that. I look nothing like her."
Naruto smiled. "Her children don't either. Here." The blond pulled a small book from his pouch. In the books were basic facts and information about Chi. How she came, who she was, and her legacy on the world. There were pictures of her and her children before.
Naruto knew that if the man did as told, Chi's name and the worship that she deserved would be known around the world.
"Take this...copy it. Make people know. She told you about your sins, right?"
The man, aimlessly looking through the book and awwing at the younger photos of Chi, blushed.
"I was like that too once." Naruto reassured. He chose not to tell the man that Chi was older and wiser now. He'd never see her. No one would and Naruto wouldn't tell them that she was alive.
The man blushed and closed the book. "What about my sins?"
"Spread this book and show people who your God is. All their God. The creator of all things and the mother of men. As Chi once said, if you know your devil, you know your God."
The man nodded and Naruto knew he was being truthful. He knew that in a few years time, he and Chi would be famous. Only, Chi would be deemed dead.
He stood near the cave entrance and grabbed his belongings. "If you don't mind me asking, but where are we?"
The man looked up from reading the book, so fascinated already by the idea and the theory. "Oh. We're on the outskirts of Konoha. Just miles from the border."
Naruto nodded as he left the man. It was time to return home.
OMG. I Love this chapter. Everything just expanded so well. Guys, if you're confused, yes it states that Naruto is dying. He has until he is 26. I know it's sad, but that's a long time from this chapter. It'll only end if Naruto removes what is within his body. It's not poison, but his great great grandfather ordered something to be placed within Naruto.
It'll make sense soon. OMG. Next chapter, Naruto is able to return home and see Gaara and Sasuke. I'm excited.
Now, the blond has five tailed beasts within him.
Shukaku, the one tail. Son Gokū, the four tails. Saiken, the six tails. Gyūki, the eight tails. And Kurama, the nine tails.
All he needs now is the two, three, five, and seven tails.