Update – 7/25/14
Second chapter of Walk alongside the Reaper. Here we'll see Naruto in action against the First and Second Hokages!
Let's get it on!
Chapter 2: The Reaper swoops down in those unfortunate!
Konoha – Stadium
The air felt heavy around the field, as the opponents stared down each other. On one side, three men stood. The pale, insane, and rumored pedophile, snake Orochimaru. On his sides were the resurrected previous Hokages who had once helped build and lead the village of Konohagakure, Hashirama and Tobimara Senju. They stood calmly as the wind blew around them. Their muscles were tight and ready for anything to come.
On the other side, was a lone 'teen'. This was the resurrected son of the Fourth Hokage and Red Death, and unknown to everyone, the strongest Hollow in Hueco Mundo: Naruto Uzumaki. His face was impassive, even bored looking as he stood in a relaxed position with his arms crossed. His yellow eyes blinked once as he stared at the three human without a care. But those experienced weren't fooled as they could see that he was guarded and prepared for any attack to come his way.
Behind him, stood Minato and Kushina, with the green haired child, Nel, sitting next to them with a wide smile on her face as she waited to watch her 'Onii-chan' get ready to fight the "weird men". She looked at the adults next to her, and blinked as she saw that the blonde male looked like her Onii-chan, except with yellow hair, and no whisker marks or mask. Looking back and forth between the two, she got up and walked to Minato. She grabbed a hold on his pants and yanked.
"Hey!"
Minato blinked as he was snapped from his concerned look at his son, and looked down to see the young child that appeared with Naruto. He nearly forgot about her. Who was she? Where did she come from? Kneeling down, he smiled gently at her, but not lowering his guard. "Yes, young one. Can I help you? In fact, what's your name?"
Smiling at him, Nel raised her arms up in pride. "I'm Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck! But you can call me Nel for short! Anyway, why do you look like Onii-chan?" She asked, turning to look at the back of Naruto, who flexed his hand, pops of bones sounding out.
Her attention taken from the incoming fight, Kushina looked at Nel and walked close to her. Leaning down, she looked more closely at her. She had wide hazel eyes, and short green hair. On top of her head, strangely enough, was a big cartoon-like skull, with a large crack on the left side and was missing the teeth on the left side of the mask, the other side having four teeth. She had a large scar on face, coming down from her forehead to her nose and a crimson line that stretched horizontally across her face below her eyes. For clothes, she had a green gown with a hood that covered her entire body.
'What is a kid doing here? Did… did she come out of the coffin with Naruto? How? Does that mean she was resurrected with soichi?!' The redhead thought in confusion. If she did come with Naruto, then that would mean the child was dead! Before she could think anymore on it, she was taken off her thoughts by Minato answering Nel's question.
"Well, I look like Naruto because I'm his tou-san." He said simply.
Nel tilted her head. "Tou-san? Onii-chan doesn't have a father! Nel's been with Onii-san for centuries!"
What she said made the parents blink in shock and confusion. Kushina decided to speak up. "Centuries? Naruto's been… dead for ten years."
Nel puffed her cheeks in irritation. Nel wasn't wrong! She may be young, but she was smart! At least that was what Onii-chan told her, "Nah ah! Nel isn't a liar! Onii-chan told Nel he died a long, long, loooong time ago! Nel's been with Onii for a long time in Hueco Mundo!"
"Hueco…" "Mundo?" Minato and Kushina asked. They never heard of a place, could that be what heaven was called.
Or somewhere else.
Kushina turned to look at Naruto's back. She took everything about him. His age, his clothes, the strange energy coming off of him…
Just where had her son been when he died?
Orochimaru was conflicted on the current citation. He thought everything would be simple! He would mark Sasuke with his curse seal, then invade Konoha with the forces of Oto and Suna, and kill, is not mortally wound, Minato Namikaze in revenge for taking the seat that should have rightfully been his! He wasn't dumb though, he knew that Kushina Uzumaki would be by her husband's side in the finals, and fighting two famous S-rank shinobi would be suicide, even for him. That's why he came up with the plan to use the Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei to summon the powerful former Kages as backup, and even took it a step forward to summon the soul of their deceased son to throw them off their game.
Then every fell apart.
Now he had to deal with this zombie of a brat, who for some damnable and unexplainable reason wasn't a brat, and had enormous strength that matches his ex-teammate, and gave off an energy that frightened him!
A part of him told him to retreat now and live, but the part of him that seeked vengeance demanded he kill this brat and his whole family! With a mental command, the two past Kages got ready.
Naruto seeing this, unfolded his arms, and moved forward as he waited for them to make the first move. It'd been a long time since he fought, time to see if he hadn't become rusty. Behind him, Minato and Kushina knew a battle was about to start, moved to stop Naruto.
"Naruto, don't! You can't possible fight against two Kages and a sannin!" Minato called. Naruto turned his head and glared at him.
"Listen well human. You and that red headed woman are to stay out of my fight, or there will be consequences!" He shot them a spike of spiritual pressure to make his point.
While shaken from the energy, Kushina's love for her son pushed her through. "Please, soichi! Let me and Minato handle this! I can't lose you again!"
Now Naruto glared at her. She was underestimating his power, his strength! They were asking to fight his battle! The White Fox fights his own battles! "First of all, do not call me son! I am not your son! And do not speak my name! You are not worthy of even knowing it! Second, you will stay out of my way or I will put you down, permanently!" Turning back to his opponents, he though on how he would do this. Should he use her and show them fear? No, he didn't want to stain her beauty with their filthy blood. Besides, they weren't worthy of hearing her name. Cero would just kill them too quickly, that wouldn't be any fun. Maybe he'll let their attacks hit him and let them have the satisfaction of false hope, right before he broke them. He liked to play with his food before he ate it.
Suddenly, the blue armored one started doing some strange hand signs before taking a deep breath. He raised a crimson eyebrow and decided to wait to see what would happen. "Suiton: Suishōha!" A large amount of water came out of his mouth, sending a large tsunami to head his way. He only hummed as the wave hit him. The whole second level of the roof became flooded with five feet deep water, with the only thing holding it being the barrier.
Minato and Kushina with Nel in her arms appeared on the upper level, having been able to dodge in time.
"Naruto!" Kushina cried in worry. Minato had tried to grab Naruto, but wasn't fast enough, especially since he hadn't been able to mark him with his Hiraishin seal. A second time he was too slow for his son.
Back down, Orochimaru smirked as he stood on top of the water with chakra. He didn't know what he was so worried about before. The brat was nothing more than that! Now that the two were depressed at his death, he could easily finish them off.
"Spitting out water... Is that the best your little puppets can do? If so, this is going to be disappointing."
Snapping to where the voice came from, the sannin saw the boy standing over the water calmly and completely dry, not a scratch on him. Gritting his teeth, he commanded his summons to destroy the brat! He will make the boy beg for mercy!
The Shodai and Nidaime rushed at Naruto in fast speed, but to Naruto they were moving as fast as snails. When they got to him, he ducked under a punch and moved backwards from a downward kick. Sidestepping a right hook, he grabbed the Shodai's fist then spanned him around before using his body as a club to hit the Nidaime. He then threw the man up like a pebble, before as he came down, kicked him in the stomach, sending him flying behind his brother. As the Kages got up, they took out kunai and rushed at him.
Smirking, Naruto danced around their swipes, sidestepping and ducking slashes and strikes. Slapping aside a thrust, he sent the men back with a palm thrust. The Kages used chakra on their feet to stop themselves from flying back, and charged at the redhead. Once more, he dodged more slashes and countered with fast punches. Tilting his head to the side, he dodged a stab from the Nidaime and counted with a jab to the neck followed by a three-strike combo punch, two to the chest and fast uppercut to the chin. Slapping aside a slash from the Shodai, he countered with a kick to the man's chest and span around to give him a roundhouse kick as well. Before he could get away from him, Naruto grabbed his arm and brought him into a head butt, damaging his focus. Suddenly, the man in blue armor appeared behind him and slashed down with his kunai. Naruto lifted his hand, and to the shock of everyone, caught the blade point-first with the sound of metal hitting metal like before. Using the advantage, Naruto raised his fist and focusing his reiryoku into it, punched the man in the face, sending him flying. Grabbing Hashirama by the face, the Hollow slammed him against his knee, before kicking away.
Using Sonido he moved away from them. 'That was kind of fun. What next?' He thought, feeling his blood begin to pump fast at the adrenaline rush. As the kages regained their focus and regrouped as their wounds healed, the Nidaime made hand signs.
"Suiton: Suiryūdan!" The water began to twist and rise as it took form. A massive dragon serpent made of water appeared behind him. Its fierce yellow eyes glared at Naruto and roared as it launched itself at the redhead. The hollow stood still with a smirk as the dragon came closer to him. He ignored Minato's and Kushina's shouts for him to move and get out of the way. He simply raised his hand, his middle finger curled with the thumb holding it by the nail.
"Pathetic."
With a flicker of his finger as the dragon made contact, the technique bursted in a large splash. Droplets fell on him as he stood in place. Everyone else was wide eyed. They tried to comprehend the fact that a growingly mysterious teen, managed to take down a powerful technique with but a flicker of his finger! Only someone with strength like Tsunade could've done that!
Naruto sighed in boredom, he thought that these 'Kages' would be stronger if the blonde human was concerned about them. Well, humans were always weak, so it made sense. He decided to fool around a bit.
"Let me show you a real attack." He held up his right hand, and lifted a finger. Channeling his energy to the finger, a small light blue colored ball of energy formed at the tip. It was about the size of a bean, before it grew to the size of a baseball.
"Try not to die too quickly. Hado #16: Dangan Arashi!" Suddenly, a blizzard of miniaturized energy balls blasted out of the sphere and headed to the Kages. They moved extremely fast, so the Kages could barely dodge a few before they were hit. Smoke gathered up as the missiles impacted. Stopping his attack, Naruto waited to see the results. When the smoke cleared, it showed the Kages covered with holes in their bodies, though they were slowly regenerating. 'Their healing is going to be annoying if they're this weak! They better put up a better fight, or I'm goanna destroy this whole place!' He thought in annoyance. If he was taken from his home and kingdom just for this pathetic show, someone was going to lose a head and heart!
Finishing healing, Hashirama charged at the Hollow, while Tobirama began doing handsigns. The Shodai threw some shuriken at the redhead. "Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" The shuriken multiplied into the dozens. Yawing, Naruto remained still as the shuriken bounced off his Hierro skin. Using Sonido, he appeared in front of the Shodai and grasped his face in his hand. He then slammed the man into the water sending him to the ground. Turning to the other one, he saw him finish his signs.
"Suiton: Mizu Bakudan!" Under Naruto, the water erupted around him and caged him in a bubble of water. The Nidaime made a sign and the bubble exploded. The Nidaime looked to see if the boy was taken care of, but was suddenly bisected from the waist as Naruto appeared behind him. He was slightly surprised however, as the man turned into water.
Suddenly, what appeared to be large roots exploded out of the water under him and tangled tightly around his body, restricting his neck, arms, and legs. Out of the water, Hashirama came up as Tobirama appeared next to him in a swirl of water.
Looking at his restraints, Naruto looked dully at them. "Better. Let's see if you can keep it up. Hado #35: Tamashi no Funka!" His body began to glow red. The two barely managed to move away as the energy blasted out. They watched as the roots broke and fell to the floor as Naruto casually dusted his jacket and pants off any dirt. Cracking his neck to the side, he took in a breath and released it. He looked at them as he folded his arms.
"I'm barely getting started. Show me what makes you two so special, humans." He mocked.
With Minato, Kushina, and Nel
The two powerful shinobi watched the battle with wide eyes. They tried to compare this Naruto with the one they knew last time they've been with him. It just wasn't possible! Their son had been 6 when he died, just starting the academy. This Naruto was like he had been in hundreds of battles before. Not to mention the attacks he was using. They never had seen anything like them.
"Onii-chan must really be bored with this fight." Nel said as she sat at the edge, her legs kicking. They turned to her in shock. Naruto was bored!
"Uh, Nel-chan? What do you mean Naruto's 'bored'?" Kushina asked. Nel turned her innocent face to them.
"Onii-chan isn't even using 5 percent of his power. Last time Onii-chan used 20%, he fought a thousand Demons and beat them in 10 seconds." The two's eye grew wider. Naruto fought a thousand demons, and beat them in ten seconds using only twenty percent of his power?! How strong was he? Even though what Nel was saying sounded too difficult to believe, what they saw Naruto do, and the energy that oozed off him was something that terrified them!
"Nel…" The young Hollow turned to Minato. "If I may, what are you?" He asked. Using the training he had to learn senjutsu, he used his ability to sense Nel's energy. It was different that anything he ever felt. It was empty in a word. Yet, there was an energy in her that was full of life! Not in the way of a child is full of life. But in the way that there were multiple energy signatures in her! Like many people were inside of her! It wasn't charka, that's for sure. It was fluid, like water, yet it felt broken for some reason. Incomplete.
On the other hand, when he sensed Naruto's energy, he almost fell to the ground from the heavy weight. It was dark; not evil, just DARK. Like an endless abyss that pulled you deeper and deeper! Like a black hole. The strange part was that he sensed three types of energy. The first one felt like Nel's, empty. The second one was wild and unpredictable; it even felt close to the Kyuubi's energy. Finally, the third energy gave a feeling of a winter wind and a fall sun's shine. A cold, yet warm felling. Good and Bad.
Yin and Yang
That wasn't all. Strangely enough, the swords on his hip gave off energy readings themselves. Like the legendary swords of Kiri! The white one gave of an energy close to chakra. But it was different, more smooth and flexible. The other one, he couldn't identify completely, but like Naruto, it was dark, but as he looked at it, he felt a shiver go up his spine.
Nel tilted her head, as if confused with the question. "Nel's a Hollow. But Onii-chan calls her an Arr…Awra…oh yeah! An Arrancar." The two adults looked confused at what they heard. Kushina spoke up. "Is… Naruto a Hollow too?" She knew something was different with her son, so she wanted answers. Not to mention, Nel and Naruto had the same strange bone mask.
Nel nodded with a wide smile. "Ah ha! Naruto-nii-tan is the strongest Hollow in Muenco Mundo!"
"What is a Hollow, anyway?"
Pouting her lips in thought, Nel tried to think on how to explain. "I don't really know a lot about it. Nii-chan knows more than Nel. All I know is that a Hollow is a spirit, or something like that."
Minato blinked. A spirit?
Before any more could be said, a large explosion at the fight drew their attention. They continued to watch as Naruto went head-to-head against the Shodai and Nidaime. Minato watched as any damage made to the kages, healed quickly.
'As long as they are bound by the Edo Tensei, they'll just keep coming back. I might not have any other choice. I may need to use that jutsu.'
Outside the Barrier – ANBU Guards
When the battle of Konoha started, the ANBU immediately arrived outside the barrier to try and help their Hokage. Unfortunately they were too late to get inside and were forced to watch as their leader and his wife battle the hokage. At the beginning, it looked like Orochimaru was going to be defeated as he was kicked around by the Yondaime's speed and Hiraishin attacks. Though Orochimaru proved to be the snake he was, as he would substitute with a mud clone, or shed his body with a new one through the mouth.
When they saw Orochimaru summon coffins from the ground, they grew tense. They were shocked and horrified when the Shodai and Nidaime Hokages came out of them. Though they were confused on who the last person was.
"Who is that?" The Dolphin masked Anbu asked.
"I don't know. The name on the box said "Naruto"." His teammate next to him, a Spider mask on his face, said.
Their leader, wearing an Inu mask, gasped. They turned to him. "I-It can't be." He whispered in shock.
"Captain? What's wrong? Do you know who that is?"
"Yes, I do. That… is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze. The dead son of Minato-sama and Kushina-sama."
"WHAT?!"
"Are you sure?!"
"Look closely you idiots!" They did look, and gasped as they now saw the resemblance.
"But didn't he die ten years ago? He looks like he aged normally." Every ANBU and jonin knew what had occurred that night years ago.
Inu shook his head, not taking his eyes away from the sight. "I don't know how, but that is Naruto. I should know, I was one of his ANBU guards before that day."
"That snake Orochimaru! Summoning the dead son to fight the parents! Sick bastard!"
They were shocked however, when they saw Naruto bitchslap the snake, sending him away with Tsunade-like strength when snake tried to take control of him. They then saw him and a small green haired child appear next to Minato and Kushina. From then on, they could only watch shocked as the teen alone fought against the Founder of the village and his brother. To them, it seemed like the redhead was playing around with the Kages. How he walked through the Nidaime's suiton jutsu like nothing, and even flicked the water dragon like it was nothing but a bug!
When they saw him get trapped in the Shodai's Mokuton roots, they thought that was it. They were proven wrong when the teen blasted out some kind of energy, destroying the roots.
"This in unbelievable! Who or what in hell is this kid?!"
Back to the fight
Naruto stared at the two as they stood still. He wouldn't admit it, but he was impressed at the way these two seemed to have some unnatural control over the elements. Last time he checked, humans used their little toys of destruction, and in no way knew how to use reiryoku. Though from what he sensed, they weren't using spiritual energy. There was some spiritual energy in there, but it seemed to be mixed in with something else. Something he only sensed and faced two times before! Could he be in some other world, where humans had some sort of powers?
'Than again, I faced demons, spirits and souls able to wield deadly power, angels, and gods! So perhaps aliens couldn't be so farfetched. *Sigh* I'm beginning to think my life is starting to become one of the stupid black and white comics I found in that human piece of land. What was it called again? Japa? Dadan? That's right, Japan! Nice place with its culture. Well except for the strange pornographic comics everywhere, think they called it Hentai Doujin, or something. Always knew humans were nothing but animals run by their instincts and hormones.'
Shaking off his thoughts, he looked back at the humans. "If you don't want to be destroyed too quickly, I suggest you do not hold back!"
The red armored one started doing handsigns.
"Mokuton Hijutsu: Jukai Kōtan!"
The ground began to shake and tremble, as roots began to grow at an unnatural rate. Naruto had to dodge a few that grew under him. The roots grew massive and began to form tree. In seconds, a large forest overshadowed the roof. Added with the water, it looked like a compacted rain forest. Appearing on top of a large bended branch, Naruto looked around and couldn't help but be amazed at the power used to create such a large forest. Could this be a small sample of the power these humans could use?
Suddenly, he jumped out of the branch as a powerful jet of water hit where he stood, tearing through the wood easily. In the air, he raised his arm and blocked shuriken that were thrown at him. Concentrating reiryoku to his feet, he stood on the air. Looking around, he couldn't spot the enemy. "Using the threes to cover your position, smart thinking. But completely useless on someone who can sense your spiritual energy. Bala!"
Sending energy into his fist, the Hollow shot bullets of energy at the trees were he felt them. When they jumped out their spots, the redhead appeared in front of the Nidaime, and placed his finger on his forehead. "Hado #4: Byakurai!" A spark generated around the finger, before a large bolt of lightning came through the head! Using the body as a platform, he jumped toward the other one, he saw the man do hand signs before clapping his hands together.
"Mokuton: Hotei!"
The branches around them began to move and change shape. They turned into large wooden hands, before they moved to try and grab him. Naruto maneuvered around them as he kept flying toward Hashirama. Before he could reach him, however, a hand came from under him and managed to grab him by the leg. It then threw him to a giant tree. Hitting his back against it, Naruto looked up, and saw Hashirama standing on top of a branch in front of him.
"Doton: Chikyu Supaikumisairu!"
From the ground, spikes of rocks shot of and hovered next to him. Shooting his arm forward, the spikes launched at Naruto at fast speed.
When they hit him, the bark behind him broke and sent wood flying.
Orochimaru appeared on a branch close by and looked on to see the damage. Meanwhile, Minato, Nel, and Kushina jumped on another branch. Kushina gasped.
"Naruto!"
When the smoke cleared, Naruto was safe. Around him was a colorful round shield that surrounded him. He stared up at the enemy with his arms crossed, not a wound or tear on him. "Hogodo #15: Garasusemento!" Staring at the brothers, he raised his palm to them. "Bakudo #63: Sajo Sabako!" Yellow energy surrounded his hand before it then shot out of the shield and flew around them. Closing his hand into a fist, the energy hardened and took the form of thick ropes. It then flew at the Kages and before they could escape, binding them tightly. Try as they might, they couldn't break the ropes.
Breaking his barrier with a flick of his finger, the Hollow teen stepped out and looked at the snake man. "Your puppets are trapped! Now, how about you come down here so we can have a talk?"
Orochimaru growled at the brat, before smirking. Naruto narrowed his eyes. "What are you-"
"Naruto look out!"
POOF!
"What?" He was suddenly kicked from the side by Hashirama. The kages trapped turned into smoke. Flying back, Naruto growled in annoyance as he stopped in mid air. He recalled what happened. He knew he trapped them in his binding spell, so how did they escape? 'An illusion? No, she would have warned me if I was in an illusion. Some kind of double-ganger technique?' Suddenly, he moved to the side as a group of shuriken launched at him from in the trees. Turning to where they came from, he called out. "You already know your weapons can't harm me! What would be the point?" A kunai was sent to him, which he caught in his hand. "I'm starting to think you're messing with me." Suddenly, what looked like a paper with strange writing on it unfolded from the handle, and started glow. He looked at it in curiosity. "What the-"
BOOM!
When the smoke cleared, Naruto stood with his face covered in soot and his eye twitching rapidly. If that was supposed to be a joke…
IT WASN'T FUNNY!
"That's it! You're dead!" He yelled in anger. Raising his arm, he pointed his finger at where the kunai came from. From the tip, a small crimson sphere blinked into life.
"Cero!"
A large blast of concentrated spiritual energy fired off to the trees. The wave was large as it took out dozens of trees. It cut and disintegrated anything in its path as it kept going. It reached the barrier, and hit it. The destructive beam struggled to pass through as the wall tried to hold on. After a few seconds, cracks began to form around the impact. Soon, the beam ripped through the barrier and kept going on its way. It shot through the air before it fell down to a part of the village. A massive explosion erupted out in a gigantic dome of energy! It grew bigger, before stopping at a 5-yard radius. All around it, objects and shinobi were blasted away or killed from the force as those hit had their bodies torn apart and dissolve into dust. Finally, the blast minimized, and the result was shown. In the part of the village, a massive crater was shown, 5 yards wide and 20 feet deep.
Konoha North Side – minutes earlier
Ibiki Morino, jonin of Konoha, and commanding officer of the T&I department, watched helplessly as the large, three-headed snake summon destroyed all the buildings around it. They tried everything to take it down, but it was too large for jutsu to damage it. Worse, he had idiotic chunin crying helplessly at the situation they were in.
"It's hopeless!"
"None of our attacks are working!"
"Isn't there anything we can do?!"
He turned around and glared at them. "Quit your groveling, you idiots! We won't give up until our home is safe! Now stop acting like children and fire everything you got at it!"
"Kuchiyose: Yatai Kuzushi no Jutsu!"
Suddenly, a giant toad with two swords on its back appeared over the snake and crashed down on one of the heads, killing it. Ibiki looked at it in shock.
"That technique… Is that?" He saw a man standing on top of the toad's head.
"It's been a long time, Ibiki. You sure have grown."
His eyes widen. "Jiraiya-sama!"
The gama sannin turned around and grinned at him "Looks like you're having some trouble. Well don't worry! The great Jiraiya-sama is here to save the day!" He proclaim as he did a ridiculous pose. He then looked back at the two snake heads, and frowned.
'No doubt about it. This is his work.' He looked at Ibiki. "Where is Minato?"
"He's in the stadium with Kushina-sama."
'Be careful you two. I don't think Nami would be able to handle it if she lost her parents as well.'
All of a sudden, everyone felt a massive energy signature and turned their heads to see a large red beam shot out and hit a part of the village.
BOOOOOMMMMM!
Everyone watched in shock as a massive crater was made from the strange attack.
"What the hell was that?!" A chunin asked.
'That came from the stadium! You better be okay you two!'
Back at the Kage Booth, the barrier shattered like glass as the occupants started in shock at the damage done, both at the village and the forest. A large valley was what was left in path of trees hit. The water flowed down the edges of the roof as Naruto stood calmly, no sign of exhaustion from launching an attack that looked to be as powerful as a Biju's Bujudama.
The ANBU who were watching, snapped out of their shock and immediately took the chance to attack the sound ninja.
For the first time, Orochimaru had a look of pure fear on his face. Just what in Kami's name had he brought back from the dead?! There was no way this thing could be human! In the valley, the bodies of the past hokages were being put back together. Naruto scoffed, he was getting nowhere. Looks like he might be going with plan B. He bounced on his feet a bit, before shooting like a missile toward them. Getting close, he kicked the Shodai, the momentum keeping the kage suspended as he punched the Nidaime in the face. Getting on his hands on the ground, he spin kicked the two away. Sitting up, he looked next to him and saw a large severed branch.
As the Kages got up, they saw the large branch head toward them. Jumping out of the way, they landed on separate roots. As they looked for their opponent, Tobirama was kicked from behind as Naruto pointed at Hashirama. "Byakurai!" The deadly bolt of pale lightning flew fast at the founder. Hashirama, however, managed to jump out of the way in time.
"Suiton: Suidanha!"
It was Naruto's turn to jump out of the way as a high pressured stream of water shot out and cut cleanly through the tress behind him.
As he floated in the air, Tobirama appeared above him and with a heel kick, sent him crashing down through branches and into the remaining water below that was contained in a ring of roots.
Orochimaru stayed starring at where the boy fell. This was taking longer than he thought. How could this boy be standing up against two famous and legendary shinobi and not be taking any damage?! 'I've wasted too much time! Time to end this!' Taking a deep breath, he opened his mouth and a snake came out. The snake opened its own mouth, and a long blade came out. Grasping the blade, he got ready.
Naruto hovered out of the water, and turned to the brothers that landed behind him. 'Any hit I give them, they just heal! Heh, they would make great sparring dummies. Still, I've dragged this 'fight' long enough. Time to end this dance.' He thought as placed his hand on his face.
'Now!' Orochimaru launched himself from the branch toward the redhead. At the same time, Hashirama and Tobirama started doing handsigns. Naruto gripped his face, as the hand became engulfed in a black energy.
"Die!" Orochimaru yelled as he stabbed his sword forward, the blade growing longer as the stretched toward Naruto's back.
"Mokuton: Shinka no Sutanpido!" Around him, hundreds of large roots shot out of the ground and rushed at Naruto.
"Suiton: Daibakufu!" Water appeared around Tobirama and collide together to form a giant vortex of water. The water then was launched in a massive wave to Naruto.
Naruto was calm as the ground around him shook. His spirit energy increased, as a faint black outline surrounded him. "Let me show you, true fear." But before he could do anything, he felt something grab him and a pull. A second later, the blade and attacks crashed into where Naruto was.
Further away, Minato with Naruto appeared next to Kushina and Nel. Minato didn't have a chance to speak, before Naruto's hand grabbed onto his heck and squeezed tightly. The glare the redhead gave him almost made him wet his pants.
"I believed I made myself clear on not to interfere in my fight. So give me a reason on why I shouldn't rip out your throat and feed you to a group of Gillians, human!" Naruto's eyes glowed as he gave an inhuman roar to Minato, frightening him even more than the Kyuubi.
Deciding to save her husband, Kushina spoke up. "Naruto, please listen. Those Kages will just continue to coming back! Let us help you!"
Turning to her while roughly dropping Minato, the Hollow King growled. "I do not need help! If this battle continues for all eternity, then so be it! I will not allow anyone to fight my battles!"
"Onii-chan."
Looking down, he spotted Nel looking at him as she grasped his pants. Staring at her eyes, he fought with himself. He could continue to fight with no end, or he could end this and go on his way. He then remembered the promise he made to Nel when they first met.
Scoffing, he turned his head away. "Fine. We'll do it your way, but only this once! What's your plan?" Damn it, his pride took a deep hit!
Kushina looked at Minato as she wasn't told the plan. Getting up while rubbing his neck, the Yellow Flash took a deep breath. He knew that when Kushina finds out his plan, she wasn't going to like it.
But first. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Three puffs of smoke appeared in front of the four. To Naruto's hidden surprise and curiosity, identical duplicates of Minato appeared. He sensed that they weren't illusions, but physical forms. "Go!" Minato ordered. The clones then quickly vanished. "They will hold Orochimaru and the Kages. Now listen, the only way to break the Shodai and the Nidaime's hold on the resurrection contract is to pull out the souls trapped in the shells."
Kushina raised an eyebrow. "And how do you plan to do that." Suddenly, a thought hit her, and her eyes widened. "No! You can't possibly be thinking on using that jutsu!" She yelled in horror and anger.
Minato sighed and looked at her. "Kushina-chan, there's no other way. It's the only option we have."
But Kushina was not one to give up easily. "There must be some other way!"
Naruto decided he had enough of being left out. "Care to share with the rest of us."
Minato turned to him. "There's a forbidden technique that at the cost of the user's soul, can summon the God of Death, the Shinigami." As soon as the words left his mouth, he and Kushina gasped as a powerful pressure fell on them. It took all they had not to drop to the ground. Naruto, meanwhile, was glaring at Minato with all the anger he had.
"You mean to tell me you can summon that BASTARD SHINIGAMI!" He roared in anger. Nel, not affected by Naruto's energy since it wasn't directed at her and had grown used to his power, suddenly paled and shook in fear. "S-S-Shinigami!" She held tightly onto Naruto's leg, looking around for the said god.
"Na-Naruto." Kushina weakly called. Forcing himself to calm down, the redhead canceled the pressure but kept glaring at Minato. He then grabbed a hold on the blonde's hair, and forcibly dragged his face close to him.
"Explain how you have a contract with that fucking SPIRIT KING!"
"S-Spirit King? What are you talking about? Why are you so angry at the Shinigami?" The blonde asked confused on why his son was so angry when he mentioned the Shinigami.
Glaring at the man, Naruto ignored his question let go of his hold. "Call on that old pathetic fool! But you will be explaining how you have such a connection. Now, what do you require?"
Nel looked up at Naruto, scared. Those mean Soul Reapers were coming here?! "O-Onii-chan?" Naruto looked down at her and smiled gently and patted her on the head. "Don't worry Nel-chan. I won't let those Soul Reapers hurt you."
Deciding to ask questions later, Minato turned serious. "We need to get a hold in the three. I'll have my clones try and grab them. Naruto, can you do what you did before and trap them?"
Naruto scoffed at the question. "Of course I can, just get them to hold still and I'll handle it."
Kushina nodded hesitantly. "I'll help."
"Whatever." He then left in a Sonido. Kushina turned to Minato, her face sad and depressed as tears began ran down her cheek.
"You sure there is no other way? I-I don't want to lose you!" Minato pulled her into a hug and held her tight.
"I wish there was, but we don't know enough about the Edo Tensei to create a seal to counter it. The Shiki Fujin is the only way. I'm sorry for everything. Just know that I love you, Nami, and Naruto."
Kushina held him tightly. "I love you too."
Meanwhile, Orochimaru and the two hokages were dealing with Minato's clones. They had to move fast or else they would be hit with Rasengans. When they tried to hit the clones, they would flash away. After 2 minutes of cat and mouse, Orochimaru had enough! He was just about to summon Manda, when he had to dodge a heal kick from above. Looking up, he saw Kushina smirking at him.
"What's up, Orochi-pedo? Still going after little boys? Or are you now having a thing for older men?" She asked.
Snarling at her, he slashed his sword at her but she dodged. He chased after her, trying to cut her down. As Kushina jumped back, she slammed her hands on the ground. Around the sannin, several long chains made of chakra shot from the ground and tried to grab him. Moving like a snake, he dodged the chain. Suddenly, a chain came up from under his feet and caught him.
Kushina smirked at her catch, but it soon dropped as Orochimaru opened his mouth wide. To her disgust, another Orochimaru came out from the mouth and jumped away. Landing, he gave her a taunting smirk.
"Is that all you got, Red Death?"
Kushina only smirked. "No."
"Bakudo #72: Juryoku no Hosoku!"
The ground suddenly glowed brightly, causing Orochimaru to cover his eyes. When the light vanished, he was then forcefully slammed into the floors, as it felt like his body just stopped working. With his head to the side, he saw the Shodai and Nidaime in the same predicament. Then, chains came up and wrapped around his arms and lifted him up, the same for the hokages.
He saw Kushina glaring at him, as Minato and his clones stepped in front of the captives. Minato also glared hatefully at the sannin.
"This is it Orochimaru. You will pay for all of your sins! All your experimentation on the innocent! Your tortures on men, women, and children! They lives you took for your sick pleasure! And finally desecrating my son's grave!" He started to do hand signs for the most powerful and most deadly jutsu he knew. The air around them soon began to grow cold, and everything seemed to freeze.
"This ends here! Fūinjutsu: Shiki Fūjin!"
Soon, Orochimaru found himself staring at something that would haunt him for eternity. It was large and transparent, but he couldn't help but drink in its appearance. It was demonic, like a monster from your worst nightmare. Its skin was colored dark grayish blue, almost purple, had long, shaggy white hair, with two red horns on top of its head. It wore a large white drape that covered everything besides the head, and arms. On its left hand was a set of prayer beads, while on its mouth set a tanto between its sharp teeth.
Strangely enough, its eyes were the same as Naruto's. Black sclera with yellow corneas, that stared down at Orochimaru like he was nothing but an ant, and holding hunger that nearly made him wet himself.
Orochimaru shook as he felt the energy coming from this being. Like how Naruto's felt, it gave a feeling of pure, uncontained Death. "Wha-What in the world is that?!" He screamed in fear. He tried to move his body, but it wouldn't respond.
Minato gasped as the feeling also came down in him. Even after sixteen years, the presence of the Shinigami still shook him. While he wasn't the one to do the jutsu, he was with Sarutobi when he did it. It was cold, and empty. It was like laying naked on the highest mountain in winter, but five times worse.
"Meet the Shinigami, the God of Death! This is your end Orochimaru!"
Hearing this, Orochimaru tried even harder to move. Unfortunately, he was stuck frozen; he couldn't even escape by shedding his body! The clones in front of the two kages grabbed on to their shoulders.
Behind a tree, Nel shook in terror as she saw the Spirit King appear. This was worse than a Soul Reaper! Naruto stood hidden, his eyes staring at the God of Death. He made sure to keep his energy signature low so he wouldn't be detected. His gold eyes glowed in anticipation and bloodlust, his lips dry as he licked them. His hands clenched and unclenched as he wanted nothing more than to charge at the deity and attack him. The second sword in his waist began to glow dimly, sensing the power of one of the few that could give its master a true fight. Naruto moved his gaze to the left arm of the deity. His lips twitched.
'I see Shini-teme grew a new arm. Still, that bastard should have the answers on why I was summoned to this world. He did always try and ruin my fun. I just need to wait for my chance to strike.'
The Shinigami raised its left arm, and slid the beads downward. It soon began chanting a prayer in an unknown language, as black marking began to spread over its arm. Minato gasped in pain as his soul started to come out of his back. The Shinigami's long hair then moved and wrapped around it. It lifted its arm and entered it into the soul.
The blonde Kage gritted his teeth as unimaginable pain coursed through him. He needed to hold on, just a bit longer! "Now!"
The Shinigami trusted its arm through Minato's back, and came out of his and his clones' stomachs, tearing their clothes around the stomach. The arms reached out and entered the captured enemies' bodies. Orochimaru screamed in pain, it felt like his insides were burning!
Kushina tightened her hands, as she was about to watch her husband loose his life and she couldn't do anything!
"No. I won't die!" Orochimaru yelled. Minato chuckled weakly as blood dripped down his chin.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but we both had a date with death."
The arms soon began to pull back. In their grasps were blue, transparent energy figures shaped like the captive. The Shodai and Nidaime smiled at Minato as they began to pale and cracks form on their bodies.
"It would seem that the village has been put in good hands." Hashirama said.
"We are sorry to see one so young give his life because of my foolish creation." Tobirama apologized.
Minato smiled at them in gratitude. "No, I would do anything to protect my home. I am honored to represent as your legacy on the title Hokage."
With a final tug, the souls of the First and Second Hokage were pulled out of the fake bodies, which turned into sand. Under the piles of sand, were the corpses of Oto genin. The souls were then slowly pulled into the clones' bodies.
"Now!"
Suddenly, spheres of red energy shot out of the forest and hit the clones. Everyone's eyes widened, as a blur passed them and grabbed the souls. They turned to see Naruto with the souls in his hands, smirking at them, or to be more precise, at Shinigami.
"Sorry, Shini. But these souls are mine."
Kushina tried to think on what just happened. Naruto just interrupt on the sealing ritual and captured the souls of the kages! "Naruto! What are you doing?!"
The Hollow turned to her with a raised eyebrow. "What does it look like I'm doing, woman? I'm taking my prey. These two are powerful; they should help restore Nel's power by a bit. Along with the added extras." He then lowered the four souls, and stuffed them into the hole in his stomach. They entered it, and disappeared. "There! That should keep them comfy until I give them to Nel."
All was silent as they stared in shock. Unable to think that the resurrected redheaded teen stole the souls of the two Hokages and took them for himself!
"Naruto…"
The adults jumped when they heard the deep, ghastly voice. They looked around, trying to find the person who talked. Before slowly looking up at the Shinigami, who was staring at the smirking Naruto.
"It's been a long time, Shinigami. I see you got a new arm. How is heaven by the way?" He asked casually. The Shinigami glared at the Hollow King.
"In chaos after your attack! The Gods you killed had to be replaced! You caused Kami a lot of trouble!" It said.
The redhead scoffed. "Like I care! But on to more important things." He suddenly vanished. Shinigami quickly grabbed its tanto and held it up. In a shower of sparks, Naruto appeared over it, his still sheathed sword out and clashing with the tanto. Yellow over black eyes stared at their counterparts as both beings of death were face-to-face once more after so long. "Why was I summoned to his world, Shinigami?! I know you and Kami had something to do with this! Now answer me!"
The Shinigami only chuckled in what looked like amusement. "What's wrong, White Fox? Not happy to be back home?" Naruto looked at it confused.
"What are you talking about, you bag of rotten flesh?"
Ignoring the insult, the deity continued. "That's right, you don't remember anything about your life as a human." That caught Minato and Kushina's attention. "This place is called Konoha. It was your home before you died."
Naruto's eyes widen. This was where he lived? But why send him here. "Why send me to a place where I haven't been in for centuries!"
"Ah, but that's the thing. While you may have been a Hollow for centuries in Hueco Mundo, only a decade has passed here." It glanced at Minato and Kushina. "I see you have met your parents." Naruto, Minato, and Kushina's eyes widened at the news they heard. Minato and Kushina were shocked to hear that their son could have actually been dead for centuries. Naruto, however, was shocked to hear that the blonde idiot and annoying hot woman were his human parents. He was just entirely confused on why he was brought back at this place and time now.
Putting it off for later, he pressed his katana harder. "You still hadn't answered why you and that bitch brought me here! Are you perhaps trying to stall our battle? Are you frightened by my increased power?! Give my answers damn it!"
The God of Death chuckled again. "Oh nonono! I, for one, am excited for our battle. To find out which one of us is the true symbol of death. But it was Kami's idea to return you here. Apparently, you still have a job to do. Human or Hollow, you still have a role to play, Child of Prophecy."
"Child of what?" The hollow asked, while the parents glanced at each other in shock.
"That is all I'm saying at the moment. You want answers, find them yourself. Now back on track. I don't suppose you are going to allow me to get these humans' souls?" It pointed to Minato and the still scared yet intrigued Orochimaru, who heard everything.
Putting everything in the back of his mind for later, the redhead smirked. "I saw these idiots first. Their souls are mine!" They two stared down at the other, their blades screeching as they pressed tightly together. Finally, the Shinigami withdrew its blade.
"Very well. They're just a couple of souls out of a thousand. Take them." Naruto put his Zanpakuto back on his side as he floated back to the ground. He reached out and took hold of Orochimaru's soul. The deity released its hold on Minato's soul and sent it back inside his body as it took its arm out of him. On the stomach, a seal appeared. Like the Eight Trigram Seal, it had a circular seal with eight kanji prongs going out. But instead of a swirl, was the kanji for "Canceled" (キャンセル) written vertically before it disappeared. Minato gasped as he fell to his knees, feeling completely drained and exhausted. Kushina ran to his side and checked on him. The Shinigami turned back to Naruto. "Also, the time connection between this world and Hueco Mundo has been restored to normal, but you must still stay here until your duty is done. Until next time, my worthy rival." With that, it disappeared leaving a troubled crowd.
Naruto scoffed in annoyance. "Blasted gods. Making my life more troublesome than it already is! Knew I should have killed Kami when I had the chance." He muttered, yet they heard him. Sighing, he looked at Orochimaru. "Well, time to finish you off."
The snake's eyes widen in terror. "Wait! You're powerful, that much I can tell! We can help each other! Spare me! I can help you rule this world!" He begged. Naruto just looked at him in boredom.
"I don't make deals with idiots." With a yank, he tore out Orochimaru's soul and stuffed it in his mouth. If one listened closely, they could hear the sannin's screams of pain and agony. The parents watched in fascination and horror as the soul was absorbed into the mouth and slid down his throat. Naruto gulped as the final piece was swallowed, and released a sigh of content. He made of disgusted face from the terrible taste the soul gave. Turing to the body, he sneered. No way was he going to eat something so putrid! Pointing his fist at it, he fired a low powered bala, incinerating it. He turned to the forest.
"Nel! You can come out now!" After a second, the young Arrancar ran out in fast speed, and jumped at Naruto. Catching her, he held her as she cried. 'Probably terrified from seeing the Spirit King.' He thought as he gently rubbed her back. After calming her down, he set her on the ground and held his hand to his Hollow hole. Streams of energy came out of it, and gathered at his hand. Soon, the souls of the Shodai and Nidaime were seen.
Handing them to Nel, Naruto smiled gently at her and said. "Eat up."
Smiling at him, her put to rest, Nel took the souls and put them in her mouth. Like with Orochimaru, screams of agony were heard as the souls were eaten. The parents shivered at the sound. That could have been them with the Shinigami. Or Naruto, since he did say their souls were his! That thought made them shiver again. To have their souls eaten by their now strange and mysterious son…not a happy thought! As she ate, Naruto kept watch on her spirit levels. He was happy to see that her levels began to rise more than when she ate Hollows. While it wasn't very much, he was glad to know that this strange energy these humans held gave her more strength. 'So close, yet so far. While I wish I could feed her these humans souls, she needs Soul Reapers in order to become a full Espada. Though, the question is if that Soul Society place even knows about this place? I can detect many deceased souls rising from the deaths put there. No doubt they will notice and send out their dogs to fetch them. Excellent. I just need to wait for the right opportunity.'
Patting Nel on the head, Naruto stood up as his face turned emotionless and eyes grew cold. He turned and looked at the couple and walked toward them. They shivered as they looked at his eyes, and the energy coming off of him. It just screamed DEATH! Stopping near them, he gazed at them, staring deeply into their soul. As if wondering if he should kill them or not. Which he was.
"So… You are my parents?" He looked from Minato to Kushina. "I have to say… I'm disappointed. To have an idiot father who was about to sell his soul and suffer eternal torment, and an annoying woman who, not even a minute after meeting her, got on my nerves. I'm starting to wonder what I would have become if I kept living?"
Shakily standing up with Kushina's help, Minato looked at his strange dead son. "Naruto. W-What happened to you?"
Naruto raised a brow at him. "Funny, I was just about to ask the same thing about my death, tou-san." He finished sarcastically, causing them to flinch. Suddenly, Naruto snapped his head to the east. He sensed something. Something familiar. He looked at Nel. "Nel, stay here! I'll be right back!" With a Sonido, he vanished.
The two humans and a Hollow stared at the spot where he stood. However, they soon heard a call of "Hokage-sama!" as the ANBU jumped to them.
With Nami – as Naruto fought the Kages
Today was not a good day for Nami Uzumaki-Namikaze. No, scratch that. It was a terrible day! First, she fell out of bed when she got tangled in her sheets. Then, her favorite hair pin broke, and her favorite shirt had a rip in it! Then she was late for the tournament because her parents left early. They ran out of bread and cereal so all she had was an apple and some juice. Then as she was running to the stadium, Konohamaru got in her way to ask her on a date! The annoying brat just wouldn't leave her alone! Luckily she outran him, and barely made it to the stadium. As she waited, she had to deal with the stares from Sasuke. She shuddered. Crazy teme! He always though she should be his girl because he was an Uchiha. She was disappointed at how he changed from the nice boy he was in their childhood! Too bad the Uchiha Massacre changed him. Baka Itachi-niisan! She felt bad for Mikoto-obasan, she was just glad she didn't get deep in depression.
Anyway, when she saw Sasuke fight against Neji, she could help but feel a sense of satisfaction as Sasuke was knocked around. She hoped that if he got hurt, he would get some sense knocked into him and see that he wasn't the strongest. Unfortunately, when he won, she just knew his ego went up at beating a Hyuuga. When he came up at the contestant booth, she shivered in disgust at the look he sent her.
Soon, it was her turn against Gaara, the Jinchuuriki of the Shukaku no Ichibi. She knew it would be tough, but with the training her parents gave her, she might have a chance. It all went well, she was even able to make Gaara bleed with a Rasengan to the stomach.
Now she wished she didn't. Gaara got even more insane at the sight of his blood.
Then the feathers began to fall.
Konoha was being invaded.
She felt helpless as Konoha shinobi fought Oto and Suna shinobi. When she met up with Kakashi-sensei, she and some of the Konoha Rookies were tasked to go after Gaara and his siblings. It was likely they were going to have Gaara transform or release his Biju and have it destroy Konoha. To make matters worse, that idiot Sasuke went after them!
So she, along with the banshee fangirl Sakura Haruno, the lazy genius Shikamaru Nara, and the silent Shino Aburame went through the forest around Konoha, following the summon Paku as they followed Sasuke's scent. As they moved, they were almost ambushed by Oto shinobi, if it wasn't for the timely arrival of Asuma Sarutobi.
Next, they ran into Kankuro. Shino volunteered to fight him, saying they never got to do their fight. After wishing him look, they continued on. After about 15 minutes, they were able to catch up to their targets. They were shocked at what they arrived to.
Sasuke was beat up and exhausted, while Gaara had the entire left side of his body covered in sand. When he spotted Nami, his smirk grew to almost cover his face. Temari was located on another tree nearby, her face held a look of terror as she looked at Gaara.
"So you came, Nami Namikaze! Have you come to prove my existence?! Or are you here to die as my prey?!" the unstable genin asked. His golden eyes started deeply at Nami in insanity.
Nami held her kunai tightly as she observed the situation. She saw that Sasuke had the curse seal marks covering half of his face. 'Shit! I thought tou-san took care of that thing?!' She knew Sasuke was too tired to fight Gaara, especially with him using his biju's chakra. She could probably match him, but she wouldn't be able to use her own biju charka without her parents there to help her keep calm. Damn it! She wished she had those biju surpassing seals, but in her hurry to get to the stadium, she left it at home!
Damn herself!
She will just have to try and take down Gaara before he could release his beast. "Shikamaru." She said, drawing his attention. "I need you to take Sasuke and Sakura and get away from here as fast as you can as I fight Gaara."
Shikamaru and Sakura's eyes widen in shock as they looked at her like she grew a head. "Are you crazy?! I know you're strong, but you possibly be thinking on taking on that monster!" The Nara cried.
Still keeping her eyes on Gaara, the Jinchuuriki responded. "Look! Sasuke is in no condition to fight or help! Sakura would just get in the way, and you are the only one that can protect them if I go down! I'm probably the only one right now that has a chance against Gaara, and I can't fight if I'm protecting you guys! Just trust me and get away!"
While he was reluctant, Shikamaru knew she was right. She and Lee were the only ones who could even scratch Gaara. So with hesitation, he jumped and grabbed Sasuke.
Gaara saw this and jumped at him to stop him from taking his prey. Unfortunately for him, Nami got in his way and kicked him back. With the time give, the Nara grabbed the Uchiha and with Sakura and Paku jumped away. He sent Nami a look of concern over his shoulder, wishing her the best of luck.
Meanwhile, Gaara got up and glared at Nami for letting his prey get away. He will make her pay by staining his sand with her blood! He gazed at her, like an animal looking over his food.
Nami stood at 5 foot 4 inches, with sun-kissed blonde hair pulled in a high ponytail in the back. Her skin was tan and had whisker like marks on her cheeks. Her eyes were a dark blue ocean eyes looked at him in caution, ready for anything. She wore a red long sleeve shirt with a large black and gold Uzumaki symbol on the front. Over that was an open black ANBU-like vest. Her dark red shorts had some tears from the battles she fought on the way. Gripped tightly on her hands, which had fingerless gloves, was a katana that belonged to her mother and was given to her. It had a black hilt, with a guards shaped like a swirl. The blade was a deep crimson red, which gleamed as the sun hit it.
Gaara grinned insanely at her as he crouched down on the bark he was standing on. "Yes! I see it in your eyes! Anger! Hatred! Yes, you will be the one to prove my existence with your death! Come, Nami Namikaze!" With that, the crazed container jumped at her.
Nami held her blade up as Gaara came closer. She knew she would need everything she had to make it out of this alive!
That's the end of Chapter 2! Next chapter, Nami vs Gaara! And Konoha meets Naruto!
I hope you liked the battle between Naruto and the undead Kages! Sorry Orochimaru didn't fight that much (or at all). Didn't really want to drag it out. And Orochimaru is more of the guy who has his soldiers fight for him instead.
So! Orochimaru is dead and inside Naruto's tummy! He will be missed (no he won't)! But it was a necessary! Which you will find out later in the story!
Naruto now knows that he is back in his world and met his parents. There will be HEAVY tension around them, as Naruto does not care any ounce for them or his former family. There will not be any happy family reunion or group hugs. In fact, the crack in the family might even get worse!
Kushina and Minato now know that Naruto has some kind of connection with Shinigami and Kami. Know that they, Konoha, and even the Elemental Nations will be dragged in deeper into Naruto's secret war, whether they want to or not!
I'm trying to think on Nami's role in all of this. Don't know if to make her a neutral in the war, or as Naruto's ally in his army. Do know that in a way, she will affect Naruto's stay in the Elemental Nations, in a positive or negative way remains to be seen.
Soul Society and the Soul Reapers, and other Hollows will also be shown and interacted with the Elemental Nations soon.
There will also be flashbacks of Naruto's time and battles as the notorious White Fox, and his journey through Hueco Mundo.
That's all for now!
Review!
Ja ne!