CHAPTER 19: Ascension

Konoha… Hokage Office…

"So… Kakashi-sensei was already on the battlefield right now?" Shikamaru asked the Naruto Shadow Clone who was currently with them.

"Yeah…" The Naruto Kage Bunshin replied promptly. He was currently sitting in his meditating position with both his eyes closed.

Sara was also sitting on her knees right in front of him, her eyes also closed, with both her hands gently placed on Naruto's shoulder and their foreheads nearly touching each other.

"I'll help you with the best that I can, Naruto…" Sara said without opening her eyes, concentrating on the task she volunteered at hand…

'I still can't believe it… despite not being physically in the ruins of Rouran, and not having an actual aptitude for being a Shinobi, Queen Sara can access the Ryumyaku leyline's potent chakra existing within that lost ruins, and use herself as a medium to transmit that leyline's Chakra into this Naruto Shadow Clone…'

'…and this Bunshin will then use the transmitted Ryumyaku Chakra as his own power source for him not to dispel on this occasion and also for him to perform what he and the Rokudaime had agreed upon… by temporarily awakening Uchiha Obito's Chakra and Six Paths' power that was dormant within him…'

'And with Naruto creating a special Fuinjutsu on the fly that was temporarily embedded into Rokudaime, he was able to teleport Kakashi-sensei into the battlefield and he was now also transmitting the Ryumyaku leyline's chakra into Kakashi-sensei with the Bijuu power's influence, for him to use the temporarily awakened Obito's power within him and help fight against those Otsutsukis…'

Shikamaru then looked towards the couple who was sitting face-to-face in front of each other, both eyes closed, concentrating on transmitting power to Kakashi.

'Damn, Naruto… you got one hell of a wife here. And with Sara supporting you like this, and Hinata now fighting together you side-by-side, I bet you're more fired up than ever regardless of the opposition your facing.'

-Scene Change-

"…Uzumaki Naruto… Uchiha Sasuke… I have a one-time proposition…" Kaguya muttered with a tone entirely different from her usual stoic emotionless voice.

"…"

Team Seven and Hinata looked towards Kaguya upon hearing her words. While Kaguya's expressionless face didn't change, it was quite clear to them that her hostility against them has been watered down, albeit even slightly.

"What do you want?" Sasuke answered coldly to the Chakra Goddess.

Kaguya then took a glance towards the Otsutsukis in distance, with all of them glaring towards them, as if already prepared to engage an all-out assault against the group of Shinobi at a moment's notice.

"As you are right now, even if all of you work together, you won't stand a chance against them once they began attacking simultaneously. I believe you already knew that much without me telling you that." Kaguya said to the group. "Aside from the fact that they have a much easier means to accomplish their win condition."

"Win condition…?" Naruto repeated the term that Kaguya just said. "What are you implying, Kaguya-baachan?"

Kaguya suddenly felt a vein throbbing somewhere on her head with a matching twitching right eyebrow upon hearing Naruto's term for her while Kakashi, Sakura, and Hinata gave an incredulous expression from their faces.

"Win and lose condition is a term that will determine the end of a specific battle," Kakashi answered Naruto's question. "For example, during the 4th Shinobi War, our initial win condition was to be able to defeat the masked man before he captures both you and Killer Bee. But that changed from the latter half of the War, with the win condition being you and Sasuke sealing Kaguya and stopping the Infinite Tsukuyomi."

"Basically, regardless of the outcome of the fights that might happen, as long as one of the parties involved during that fight achieved their win condition or the lose condition of their opposition, then the fight would be over the victor would be the ones who will fulfill either condition." Hinata also explained.

On the other hand…

"Hou… now this turned out entirely different than what it should be…" Isshiki said as he saw how Kaguya initiated the conversation with the group of Shinobi who was at a good distance in front of them. "Seeing her current predicament, she ended up deciding to side with the inferiors… huh…"

"And the inferiors seemed to welcome her despite attempting to kill each other just earlier." Momoshiki also said emotionlessly. "How fickle… how weak…"

"But that won't change the fact that Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke as already formidable as they currently were. If Kaguya ended up siding with them, together with the newly arrived female Byakugan user and evolved Sharingan wielder and their supposed healer-support, then this might become an entirely different battle than before." Kinshiki spoke, stating his observation.

"That's why we need to attack them right now, as soon as possible, before they could completely settle their differences," Delta spoke with anger in her tone.

"I agree. We must destroy them right now while Kaguya still has the black receives from Jigen-sama." Boro also muttered behind Isshiki.

"So what now? As far as I used to know, Otsutsukis always exist as a pair, not a group of five." Momoshiki smirked towards Isshiki. "While we do have an agreement that we will help you defeat them, that doesn't change the fact that I and Kinshiki were not allied with you, Isshiki. We're only doing this for fun, after all."

"You are the ones who trespassed on my domain, Momoshiki and Kinshiki. You even openly intended to use your Juubi on this planet on two separate occasions this entire time right in front of me." Isshiki gave a light glare towards his fellow Otsutsukis. "The fact that the two of you were still here on this planet right now, a planet that was already part of the domain of a still living pair of Otsutsukis, simply means that the two of you already have an ill intent against us."

"Yeah, right," Momoshiki replied with a confident smirk.

"But it was already too late for you… Momoshiki. I have already prepared the groundwork for my plans. And all that I need to do… is to grab ahold of Kaguya, and proceed from there. Because everything will be over once I capture Kaguya, as she is the linchpin of my entire plan… Unless, you can capture Kaguya from those Shinobi much faster than me… which is, I believe, an impossible feat for you given how you and Kinshiki were having trouble fighting against Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke from your earlier encounters…" Isshiki replied with a confident tone.

"That was because we were yet to use our full power against them…" Momoshiki replied with his own arrogant smirk. "Who knows, in your current state and weakened vessel who won't be able to handle your power once you go all out, we might even be more powerful than you once we go all out…"

Momoshiki and Isshiki exchanged hostile glares against each other. Kinshiki, on the other hand, didn't even flinch as he simply stood on guard, prepared to support his partner for whatever move or decision he might take at any moment. Boro and Delta, on the other hand, did the same as they stood behind Isshiki/Jigen.

Sasuke felt the animosity between the two groups that they were about to face…

"So as expected… what you're implying was… their win condition was merely just to be able to get ahold of you…" Sasuke said with narrowed eyes. "So our win condition should be… to defeat them before they could capture you and use for whatever plans they had involving their Juubis…"

"That's… quite a difficult win condition if you'll ask me…" Sakura muttered after hearing Sasuke's words.

The very moment that Sakura muttered those words, the opposing group then glared towards their group, making the Shinobi prepare their fighting stance in anticipation of an all-out attack from the Otsutsukis…

"…"

"But based on how you state your words… I believe that there still was another win condition for us, right?" Kakashi asked Kaguya without removing his gaze towards their opposition.

"Hou… so you're still clinging to that useless hope… Kaguya…" Isshiki smirked towards the Shinobi group, specifically towards the female Otsutsuki. "…there is no hope for you… and even with all those Shinobi protecting you, just a small moment will be more than enough to end this once and for all…"

"We're already talking too much," Momoshiki said he prepared to attack. And in that specific instance, the group of Otsutsuki disappeared right in front of them, while Delta and Boro dashed in blinding speed against them…

And in that very moment…

"GENTEI TSUKUYOMI (Limited Tsukuyomi)!" Kaguya immediately cast a Genjutsu from her Rinne-Sharingan, creating a sudden light that spread on the battlefield that enveloped the Shinobi group and the Otsutsuki group that was about to land their attack against them…

"…!"

"…!"

"This is…!" Isshiki cursed within himself as he realized that despite Kaguya's movement restriction… she can still use her powerful eyes to do something that might affect the battle's outcome…

-Gentei Tsukuyomi Space-

All of a sudden, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Hinata, and Kakashi found themselves in a familiar space… a space of ethereal structure that can only be accessed once the involved Shinobi's Chakra were connected with each other…

"This is…" Sakura began looking around.

"The same space where Naruto and Obito communicated while the Shinobi Alliance were trying to pull out the Bijuus from Obito during the 4th Shinobi War." Hinata said as she also began looking around.

"However… this time, Kaguya used her third eye to forcefully send us to this space…" Kakashi muttered in wary.

"…"

"…"

Naruto and Sasuke then looked towards one specific direction. And in that specific direction, Otsutsuki Kaguya materialized herself in front of them, levitating majestically, without any visible damage and even those black receivers that she acquired when Isshiki began tormenting her.

"Gentei Tsukuyomi… a significantly weaker variant of the Infinite Tsukuyomi that allows the user to create an illusionary world, or in your terms, a Genjutsu, based on the user or their targets' deepest desires..." Kaguya briefly explained the jutsu she just used. "However, in the outside world, this Genjutsu merely borrowed a fragment of time, allowing the user and/or its intended targets consciousness to exist on this illusory world without affecting the space-time continuum in the material world."

"Basically, while under this Genjutsu, we can spend all the time we have here but once it was dispelled, we will return to the exact same moment and situation we are in the real world." Sasuke rebutted. "A Genjutsu beneficial for exchanging information, yet entirely useless in battle. And this can only be used and dispelled by a Rinnegan user, am I right?"

"Of course, you will realize it… as a Rinnegan wielder yourself, Uchiha Sasuke." Kaguya neutrally replied. "However, given my current physical condition in real life while also making sure that I'll have enough Chakra to do what I need to do, I can only maintain this space for a very limited time, and all of you will once again return to the real world, on the same situation where the Otsutsukis will be engaging all of you in battle trying to recapture me."

"So what's the purpose why you used this Genjutsu on us?" Naruto asked seriously. "There is no way we can do battle here, and even if we do, I can sense that whatever damage we received in here while fighting, or even by training, it won't affect our physical selves in the real world."

"The other Otsutsukis won't give us any room to discuss your win condition against them. And this is the only way that I know for me to give you a fighting chance against them." Kaguya muttered. "After all, the current win condition you have, by defeating all of them, was very steep. While for them, once they got a hold of me, and they can easily do so, will be the end of all of you."

"…" Team Seven and Hinata looked towards Kaguya in interest.

"Without wasting any time let me state an alternative win condition that you can exploit… against the current state… of Isshiki Otsutsuki…"

-Gentei Tsukuyomi Space End-

"We have returned…!" Naruto muttered to everyone as he immediately took a quick glance towards Kaguya.

"…!" Sasuke immediately prepared for battle. "Here they come!"

Momoshiki landed in few good meters in distance away from them, then slammed his hands on the ground.

"INUKAI TAKERUNOMIKOTO (Dog Raising Robust Lord)!"

In that instance, Momoshiki created multiple canine Chakra avatars from the very earth itself, then each of the canine Chakra Avatars then dashed towards the Shinobi group…

"RAITON: KAGE BUNSHIN (Lightning Release: Shadow Clone Jutsu)!" Kakashi immediately created a Shadow Clone of himself, then he and his clone dashed at massive speeds towards the incoming canine Chakra Avatars, both with Raikiri on their opposing hands…

"RAITON: RAIDEN (Lightning Release: Lightning Transmission)!" The Raikiris from the opposing hands then become connected by a chord-like lighting chakra that could cut anything on its path. And the very moment that the canine Chakra avatars came in contact with it, the lightning chord cut them cleanly before completely electrocuting and vaporizing the avatars…

However, Momoshiki stretched his right hand, and used the Rinnegan on that palm to absorb Kakashi's lightning jutsu. And while doing so, Boro appeared right in front of his Raiton Clone, while Kinshiki attempted to strike the original Kakashi with its projected red weapon.

Kakashi then disappeared, with Sasuke appearing right on where he was currently standing as the two of them swapped places thru Amenotejikara, then attempted to counterattack using the Susanoo: Asshuku-clad Kusanagi sword.

The two weapons clashed, shaking the very earth in every clash as their wielders fought for dominance.

Boro was able to strike Kakashi's Raiton Bunshin, but due to the unique properties of the said Bunshin, the very moment it was dispelled, it electrocuted Boro's entire body, stunning the hulking figure.

And that brief moment of stun was enough room for Hinata to dash towards Boro and charge her own specialty Taijutsu against the hulking figure…

"Hinata! Be careful of the black mist that he might emit! That will greatly weaken you!" Sakura yelled towards Hinata as the pink-head kunoichi was about to engage Delta…

"Hai!" The Hyuuga then activated her Byakugan… "Juken: Juho Soshiken (Gentle Fist: Twin Lion Fist)!" As both her hands were shrouded by lion-head-shaped Chakra…

"Not so fast, little girl!" Boro, despite being stunned, on a brief millisecond, released his black mist on the same range where Hinata was about to perform her Taijutsu…

"…!" Hinata, without dispelling her Juho Soshiken, performed another Hyuuga-specialized jutsu… "Juken: Hakkesho Kaiten (Gentle Fist: Eight Trigram Palms Revolving Heaven)!"

"…!" Boro was surprised by the sudden circular dome of chakra that enveloped Hinata, protecting her from the black mist while also dispersing them in the process. And due to the close range between Hinata and Boro when she used the Kaiten, it created an impact against Boro, sending him skidding backwards due to the sudden force created by the sudden appearance of the chakra dome.

"Now!" Hinata dispelled the Kaiten's rotation, then dashed right in front of the skidding Boro, her hands still equipped with Juho Soshiken shroud…

"Don't get too conceited, Byakugan Princess!" Boro roared as he once again attempted to release his black mist since he still cannot fully control his huge body due to the skidding force produced by the Kaiten. However…

"My mist… I cannot release it…!" Boro suddenly realized that he suddenly cannot use his black mist to debuff his opponent…

And before he could realize it, Hinata was already in front of him, then…

"…too bad for you… the moment that the Kaiten landed a hit on you earlier, it wasn't just a mere normal hit. That time, I already hit two points of your Tenketsu as part of the first step to block specific parts of your Chakra Circulatory System…!" Hinata yelled. "Juken: Hakke Rokujuyon Sho (Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms)!"

On the other side…

A morphed, gigantic arm came to collide head-on with a chakra-enhanced fist as Delta and Sakura attempted to punch each other simultaneously.

The impact sent the two backwards, however, Delta was able to maneuver herself easily due to her body's special characteristics of shapeshifting and weaponizing all its parts.

By creating a booster-like structure on the back of her ankle and feet, she dashed towards Sakura at blinding speed. But Sakura simply threw multiple smoke bombs towards Delta's direction.

"Yeah, that's right, woman!" Delta yelled with a confident smirk towards Sakura. "You can't use your Ninjutsu against me, since you believe that I can just absorb it. Nice intuition… that's why you ended up merely using your useless toys while fighting against me!"

"…!" Sakura didn't bother to reply as she continued to leap away while drawing kunais from her weapon pouch, attaching some tags to it and throwing them sharply towards Delta.

Delta retaliated by slashing the initial incoming smoke bombs, detonating them, without slowing down on her way towards Sakura. But this time, Sakura began throwing a barrage of kunais with attached tags on every respective hilt. And since Sakura applied additional strength on her throw thru her passive Strength of a Hundred jutsu, each time Delta was being able to deflect a kunai, it will temporarily halt her movement due to the force imbued by Sakura on the kunais, to the point that her arm was being blown backwards and damage her makeshift arm.

And each time Delta was able to deflect a kunai with an attached flash tag, it will explode on its own, temporarily hindering the artificial human's field of vision and halting her advance further. Sakura then began sharply throwing kunais in rapid fashion with speed and strength greater than the previous ones she had thrown, slowly overwhelming Delta.

"Damn you, woman!" Delta then activated her eyes, using her enhanced vision to see through the flash created by the flash tag. And it does… as she was able to see Sakura in her field of vision. "Now… die!"

Delta then attempted to fire her eye-beam towards Sakura. However…

"KAI!"

With a single hand seal, the other tags attached to the other kunais that were deflected by Delta began to glow and exploded simultaneously.

"Nani?!" Delta's eyes widened as it was too late for her to realize what Saura has been doing to her this entire time.

'The smoke bombs earlier were just a mere distraction for her not to see the kinds of Shinobi tags attached on each kunai that I will throw against her. And with mix-and-match of flash tags and explosive tags, she won't be able to determine what kind of tag she will come in contact with…' Sakura thought with a small smirk. 'And that's not all…'

As the exploding tags erupted with Delta not being able to absorb them since they weren't Ninjutsu… Delta used a makeshift booster on her leg to dash above to stop herself from taking too much damage from mere explosive tags. However, right after she was able to escape the explosion from the ground…

"TSUTENKYAKU (Heavenly Heel Drop)!"

Sakura gave Delta a massive downward kick from above the ground before the female artificial human could react, sending her downwards back to the ground. And due to Sakura's kick sending her back to the place where she just escaped, this time, Delta was completely enveloped by the explosion, with her yelling in pain that she's not used to…

Isshiki and Momoshiki, on the other hand, were now dashing towards Kaguya's location coming from different directions, with a speed that leaves a crevice on the ground where they just sped through. However, this time, Naruto, in his Ashura Bijuu Sage Mode, released some massive amounts of Chakra as he stood in front of Kaguya, his back facing her, in his fighting stance as he was expecting to engage the two Otsutsukis simultaneously.

Isshiki and Momoshiki immediately stopped a few meters in front of Naruto. The two then began slowly walking towards the blonde Shinobi and Chakra Goddess' current location. Naruto then further released his Chakra, shaking the entire environment in the process while Kaguya narrowed her eyes dangerously against the two approaching Otsutsukis.

-Flashback: Gentei Tsukuyomi Space-

"Sukunahikona," Kaguya muttered. "That was the name of the ability embedded in Isshiki's golden eye. It has the ability to instantaneously shrink himself and any other non-living matter, including jutsus and any sort of energy or Chakra-based jutsus or substance, within his range, and also restore those shrunken items to their original size at will."

"So the reason why we weren't able to see those black receivers piercing us earlier was because…" Naruto asked.

"That's right. He can fire those black receivers in molecular size with high intensity, and once they were already piercing its target, he will restore it to its original size, or even much larger than it used to, to inflict major damage and even certain death to weaker targets." Kaguya replied. "The only way for you to track the things used with the Sukunahikona was having a Rinnegan while also being fully accustomed to Isshiki's attack pattern…"

"…or having sensory perception capable of tracking such microscopic weapons' trajectory."

"…"

"…"

Naruto and Sasuke narrowed their eyes.

Indeed, Sasuke has a Rinnegan, but due to Isshiki's power and unpredictability, as of he is right now, it will be impossible for him to completely track Isshiki's Sukunahikona usage, especially since Isshiki even barely fought against them since his arrival on the battlefield.

Naruto, on the other hand, narrowed his eyes while deep in thought. It seemed like he has a different idea in mind…

"…higher sensory perception, huh…"

Indeed, as an Uzumaki, Naruto now had gained sensory levels on the same level as that of his clanmate, Uzumaki Karin, that he gained during his previous training at Mt Myokobu. And with Kurama's emphatic tracking and his Toad Sage Mode's lifeforce sensing, he can say that his sensory perception right now was on a much higher level than most, if not all sensors, of the Shinobi World.

However, even with such sensory perception, he wasn't able to track Isshiki's Sukunahikona ability. That simply means that…

"…I always thought that my sensory capabilities were already high enough…" Naruto muttered to himself. "But now, seeing how our enemy had a such ability that requires me to push my limits further, that simply means that… I still need to grow stronger…"

"Naruto-kun…" Hinata muttered to her fiancé, while Kakashi looked towards Naruto with a small smile under his mask.

"Good thing though… the Toad Sages forced me to train and use that jutsu! A jutsu that I never thought that I might end up using on a situation like this…"

"A new jutsu?!" Sakura asked the young Toad Sage.

"It's not entirely a new jutsu, but yeah…"

"Heh… just how much training have you done on that place, Naruto?" Sasuke asked his best friend.

"I don't want to talk about it, but right now, I'm glad that I did that." Naruto replied with a confident smirk. "Change of plans guys. I'll be the one who will protect Kaguya against the Otsutsukis. You guys can engage the others, but if those Otsutsukis went past through you all, let me handle them…"

"…"

Everyone on the special Genjutsu looked towards Naruto in wonder and anticipation after what they have just heard…

"Alright. It seems like we finally have the most important piece for your win condition…" Kaguya muttered. "And as for the exact win condition that you must strive for…"

-Flashback: Gentei Tsukuyomi Space End-

"…!" Naruto immediately closed his eyes, then clapped both his hands in a praying motion.

"…" Isshiki and Momoshiki continued their trek towards Naruto and Kaguya.

And the very moment that Naruto opened his eyes, Naruto gained additional markings on his face, overlapping together with the red pigmentation of his eyes due to his active Toad Sage Mode…

"…!" Kakashi immediately stopped moving as he noticed the familiar facial markings that were now imprinted on Naruto's face… "That was…?!"

"Hashirama Senju's Sage Mode…?!" Sasuke said as he took a quick side-glance towards Naruto's direction as he was clashing with Kinshiki… "…on top of… his already active Toad Sage Mode?!"

"And that's not all!" Naruto yelled as an additional layer of Chakra shroud began forming around his already combined Ashura and Bijuus' Chakra Mode cloaks…

"It was the same Chakra shroud that he distributed on the entire Alliance during the previous War?" Sakura muttered with a surprised expression as she landed on the ground after her previous attack against Delta.

The new Chakra shroud surrounded Naruto in fox-like form, complete with not nine, but ten cloak tails waving behind him.

"…!"

"…!"

Isshiki and Momoshiki immediately stopped in their tracks as Naruto's power suddenly grew right in front of their noses, making even someone like them brace themselves due to the powerful pressure that Naruto was now currently emitting.

"How?! He already had accessed his Bijuu Powers thru that golden haori he had, right?" Sakura once again muttered in surprised expression, remembering some bad memories of the same cloak during the time that Orochimaru and Naruto, in three-tails form, fought against each other.

"Those were the perks of having two different Kurama's existing within me," Naruto said to himself. "One of the Kurama's will be the medium for the regular Bijuu Chakra Mode, while the other Kurama will be in-charge of this Chakra Shroud, the so-called Jinchuuriki Mode V1 by Octopops! And these combined modes will not be a mere additive factor… but a multiplicative factor… since these modes will greatly augment one another to make the user reach an entirely different level of power!"

"And that was aside from the newly stacked Toad Sage Mode and the 1st Hokage's Sage Mode on my own personal Ashura Chakra Mode!"

"This power…" Kaguya muttered in awe as she watched Naruto's back…

"…Had already reached…" Momoshiki spoke in surprise and anger…

"…the realm of the Otsutsukis…" Isshiki then glared towards Naruto in anger…

"And now… I am about to bring pain to both of you… Otsutsukis…!" Naruto spoke with strangely calm, yet suffocating killing intent against the two Otsutsukis in front of him…

-Flashback-

Mt Myokobu…

"GGGRRAAAHHH…!" Naruto yelled as he successfully pulled off the combination of Kurama Chakra Mode using the Yang Kurama's power while stacking it with Jinchuurki Cloak Mode thru Yin Kurama's power. While lightly panting, Naruto was now on his usual Bijuu Mode cloak golden Haori while also being clad with a potent Chakra Shroud without its usual bubble-like properties…

"You did it, Boya…" Fukusaku said with a small smirk. "That was just a mere hypothesis, but you still managed to pull it through."

"Yeah… I always thought that when I access the Chakra of two Kurama's simultaneously, they'll just merely strengthen my Bijuu Mode abilities…" Naruto muttered as he looked at both his palms. "But since the two of them were now basically separate entities, and have already regenerated the power of their lost halves after being separated for so long, while their Chakra properties remained the same, they have now the option to provide different amounts of Chakra that allowed me to access two different Jinchuuriki Modes simultaneously."

"Not only that," Fukusaku replied. "The outer cloak right now has the same properties of the Jinchuuriki Cloak Version 2, including its corrosive properties and augmented durability that your four-tailed version has when you accidentally used it against Jiraiya and when you fought against Orochimaru. And since the Nine-Tails Chakra property is quite unique among all the Bijuus, I failed to expect that the power growth would be this much."

"The Nine-Tails' chakra property?"

"You've been his Jinchuuriki since birth, and yet you still don't know it?" Fukusaku yelled comically towards Naruto. "Unlike all the other Bijuus who possess specific elements and/or Kekkai Genkais of their own, the Kyuubi's power is more of a Chakra amplifier. While the other Tailed Beasts have the same property, the Nine-Tails' has much higher amplification property than them, that's why you were able to take on five Bijuus simultaneously before by merely using half of Kurama's Chakra!"

"I see…" Naruto nodded, "So you're telling me that all the Bijuus were relative in terms of battle power if they will fight on their own? But due to Kurama being sealed within me as his Jinchuuriki, we were able to access a much greater Chakra that surpasses all the other Bijuus and their Jinchuurikis… since he greatly augment my Chakra, and that will be impossible if we fought against them individually…"

"That's right." Fukusaku sighed. "And since both Yin and Yang Kurama had such amplification abilities, and now that you're accessing their respective powers thru two different Bijuu Cloak forms… what can you feel right now?"

"Surreal…" Naruto muttered in awe. "One Kurama alone augments my powers greatly. And now that I am using their powers simultaneously… I thought earlier that it will just merely double the augmentation, a mere addition. But right now, I can feel that the stacked Bijuu forms multiplicatively augment each other… far surpassing my earlier assumption."

"I'm glad you finally get it. You can dispel that form for now, and we'll train on how to use it later, since using stacked Chakra Modes will definitely take a toll on your body." Fukusaku instructed Naruto.

"…" Naruto complied as he immediately dispelled the stacked Bijuu Forms. And just like that, he felt his body becoming heavy. "You're right, it is exhausting. Though, with proper training, I can adapt to the strain properly. Now I am gladder than before that I have my Mom's Uzumaki genes."

"We have another experiment on the line," Fukusaku said with a small smirk. "Stacking of Sage Mode forms."

"Huh?"

"You won't understand me unless you experience it," Fukusaku said as he tapped his small cane to the ground. "Enter Sage Mode, right now."

"…" And with a blink of an eye, Naruto immediately entered his Toad Sage Mode. His mastery over his Sage Mode was now on such a level of proficiency.

"Sage Mode allows you to meld Senjutsu into your Chakra, augmenting your entire combat repertoire," Fukusaku explained. "And that Senjutsu that you used right now was from the very nature itself… am I right?"

"Uh, yeah. What of it?"

"Now, what do you think will happen if you can access Senjutsu on an entirely different source?"

"What do you mean? I mean, natural energy only exists uh…naturally, right?"

"Logically, yes. But that was an entirely different issue with you, and specifically only you." Fukusaku answered, making Naruto tilt his head. "You have Hashirama Senju's cells perfectly melded with your own Uzumaki genes. In fact, due to the perfect melding of your cells with Hashirama, the 1st Hokage's cells and Chakra right now paled in comparison with your very own cells and Chakra."

"And what does it have to do with that?"

"Hashirama Senju, as we have already known, can access his own unique Sage Mode. Despite having power greatly surpassing the Bijuus, his Sage Mode allowed him to nearly reach that of the Juubi's level of power. And as we have already talked about before, Hashirama is the living incarnation of the Juubi, the Shinju itself. That's why he have this overwhelming Chakra and his Mokuton has the same properties as that of the Shinju's. And that power was now also manifesting within you, together with your Uzumaki genes."

"Remember the properties of Hashirama's Mokuton. Even the White Zetsus that were created from them, once defeated, will become a fully grown tree. And the Shinju itself is a collection of the planet's natural energy. Remember, when you tried sensing the power of the Juubi during your first encounter against it, what were you able to sense?"

"…" Naruto closed his eyes, remembering the exact situation, then immediately opened his eyes, as he felt like vomiting. "The Juubi is like a manifestation of the entire planets natural energy and life force…"

"And that itself is the property of Hashirama's Chakra and cells that were now melded within you." That's why Hashirama's Sage Mode is unique. He wasn't absorbing natural energy around him. He was accessing the natural energy within him… Through his Mokuton with Shinju-like properties."

"I see…" Naruto narrowed his eyes… "So now that I currently am on Sage Mode, if I can access the natural energy within my body thru the properties of Hashirama's cells… then…"

"That's right. You can stack two Sage Modes of different properties, and just like the earlier Bijuu Chakra stackings, I am expecting that those two Sage Modes will not become a mere addition, but also an exponential amplification of your Senjutsu powers…"

"…" Naruto then closed his eyes. Since he was already used on accessing powers within him due to him being a Jinchuuriki since birth, he can easily distinguish Hashirama's power within him, and while digging deeper from it… allowed him to access what seemed to be… an existing of potent natural energy waiting to be accessed anytime…

"I can't believe it… to think that there is a huge pool of natural energy existing within me due to the First Hokage's Cells…"

Naruto then tapped into the said Senjutsu chakra within him… and since he was already quite adept with Senjutsu, he was able to access it properly, then meld it together with his Toad Sage Mode…

"…!" Fukusaku felt the sudden change from Naruto's Sage Mode, making him even gulp exaggeratedly. "Did… he just able to do it… right now?"

"…" Naruto opened his eyes, displaying the same Toad Sage Modes distinct toad eyes and red pigmentation around the eye… while also overlapped with the same markings as that of Hashirama's Sage Mode… "I did it… jiji."

"This power…" Fukusaku's mouth almost dried out of saliva… "It is as if… I am staring that the human incarnate of the actual Juubi…"

"Do you mean… this Sage Mode is much powerful that the stacked Bijuu forms from earlier?"

"No… that form itself… also had the same feeling as this… that's why I am quite surprised… to think that this Ascended Sage Mode can rival the power of your stacked Kurama cloaks…"

"…" Naruto then immediately dispelled the Ascended Sage Mode, then fell on his knees to the ground. "Wow… Bijuu and Sage Mode stackings, while it made me much more powerful… really would wreck my body if I lose concentration even for a moment…"

"Of course… accessing each chakra forms and modes was like opening one of the Eight Gates. If you stacked your different Chakra Modes, while not comparable power-wise, will still have some form of recoil in your body." Fukusaku. "But keep in mind, you are an Uzumaki. During the war, your body adapted as you stacked Bijuu Mode and Sage Mode. So I believe that with proper training, your body can adapt properly on those stacked forms and use it at will."

"Yeah… good to hear. I'm awesome… right?" Naruto then completely fell on the floor, totally exhausted. "But for now… let me rest and call it a day… jiji…"

"Alright…" Fukusaku gave a small smile to his student. As Naruto fell into deep slumber…

"This kid… can now access powers beyond that of any Shinobi…surpassing even that of the Sage of the Six Paths," Fukusaku said with a sad smile. "Kaguya lost herself once she had a taste of such a level of power. But I believe you have a different path waiting for you, Naruto."

"But for you to be allowed to possess such power… just what did the Elder Toad Sage saw on vision that made us train this kid? What kind of danger… would push Naruto and the Shinobi World into a predicament where Naruto will be forced to use all these powers…?!"

-Flashback End-

"…!" Sasuke took a quick glance towards Naruto's direction as he temporarily distanced himself away from Kinshiki. "He stacked the Toad Sage Mode with the 1st Hokage's Sage Mode, creating an entirely different yet much more powerful Sage Mode amplification… while also using his own unique golden Bijuu Chakra Mode with the red-colored Jinchuuriki Chakra Cloak on top of his very own Ashura Chakra Mode?!"

In that very instance, Momoshiki and Isshiki disappeared right in front of Naruto, then reappeared on both sides of Kaguya, with the two said Otsutsukis aiming to grab Kaguya who was currently situated right behind Naruto.

On the very last moment before Isshiki and Momoshiki were able to grab Kaguya, Naruto appeared right in front of Isshiki at a speed that surpassed the expectations of the said Otsutsuki, then the blonde Jinchuuriki attacked Isshiki with a Chakra Arm cloaked claw swipe with his right arm…

…while Naruto lengthened two of his Chakra Tails, morphed them into two massive Chakra Arms, clasped them together, then aimed to attack Momoshiki with a two-handed overhead slam.

Isshiki was able to block the attack aimed against him with his right arm, yet the force from the attack sent him skidding backwards. Momoshiki, on the other hand, leaped away from the range of the clasped Chakra Arm, then fired a barrage of chakra receivers each dashing in lightspeed, aimed directly towards Naruto.

The Sage Jinchuuriki retaliated by dispersing three of his Gudou Dama into multiple smaller pieces, then reshaped each of them into chakra rods of similar size to the incoming black receivers, then fired them with matching speeds, accurately hitting and clashing with each of the black receivers from Momoshiki, greatly surprising the said Otsutsuki.

Isshiki took advantage of the seemingly opening created by his fellow Otsutsuki, then used his golden dojutsu to fire a barrage of his own black receivers in microscopic size due to the power of Sukunahikona directly towards Naruto and Kaguya's direction…

And much to Isshiki and Kaguya's surprise, Naruto created multiple Chakra Arms, and caught the microscopic black receivers before they return to their original sizes. And with additional force, Naruto's Chakra arms crushed the black receivers and threw the remnants on the sidelines…

"He… caught them…?!" Isshiki muttered with a surprised expression.

"My stacked Sage and Bijuu forms greatly augmented my sensory perception. Attacks like that won't work against me anymore." Naruto muttered calmly as he glared coldly towards Isshiki.

"Don't look at me like that, you inferior creature!" Isshiki slammed both his hands to the ground, creating multiple black receivers protruding from the ground once again towards Naruto and Kaguya's direction.

However, Naruto simply crossed both his arms with palm facing forward and fingers in claw-like form, then with a massive swing from both said arms, created a massive gust of wind that shattered all the black receivers that were sprouting from the ground while also making Isshiki skid backwards further.

"Daikokuten…!" Isshiki muttered to himself, allowing himself to materialize multiple massive black cubes just a few meters just above Naruto. The black cubes themselves seemed to have the same properties as of the black receivers, and he can sense that it has the capability to hinder the sensory perception of those around it.

"Double Kamui Raikiri…!" But before the black cubes could even descend, Kakashi appeared right above the cubes thru his Kamui teleportation, and with both his hands equipped with Raikiri with defense-piercing capabilities of the Kamui, shattered the black cubes in a matter of seconds…

"Damn these inferiors…!" Momoshiki yelled in anger as he dashed towards Kakashi in annoyance with his right palm with embedded Rinnegan aiming to grab the Mangekyou user. Kakashi, currently on free-fall, used the Kamui's intangibility, to phase through Momoshiki's attack…

And on a fragment of a second right after the phasing, Kakashi materialized, then swapped places with Sasuke thru the Amenotejikara, then Sasuke performed his specialty Taijutsu…

"SHISHI RENDAN (Lion Barrage)…!" And with a barrage of kicks, punches, and slashed from his sword clad with Susanoo Asshuku while still clad in his Lightning Chakra Armor, Sasuke sent Momoshiki down to the ground with a massive impact.

"Momoshiki-sama!" Kinshiki immediately landed right on the area where Momoshiki violently landed…

"Onore!" Isshiki, on the other hand, understanding that his Sukunahikona will no longer work against Naruto, decided to engage the Sage Jinchuuriki in close-ranged, hand-to-hand combat.

And with graceful attacking and parrying without any hints of wasted movement, Naruto was able to block, defend and land some strikes against the powerful Otsutsuki. And as Isshiki aimed to attack again, Naruto reappeared right in front of him and wrapped him with his Chakra cloaks' tails, immobilizing the Otsutsuki, then…

"SENPOU: GOBI NO FUNSUIKEN (Sage Art: Five Tails' Erupting Propulsion Fist)!" Naruto delivered a powerful right straight directly into Jigen/Isshiki's face, empowered by a potent chakra that was further augmented by increasing the said chakra's power to its boiling point.

The attack sent Isshiki flying to the nearest mountain, completely vaporizing it upon impact.

Kakashi and Sasuke then landed right beside Naruto with Kaguya still behind them.

"Is it just me… or we're doing rather fine against them?" Kakashi asked in a light-hearted tone.

"If not because of Kaguya telling us of Isshiki's most dangerous ability, I doubt we could even get an upper hand like this before taking some serious damage," Sasuke replied to Kakashi. He then looked towards Naruto, who seemed to be very calm, yet his body was visibly very tense. "What about you, Naruto?"

"…" Naruto simply looked back towards Sasuke.

"My Sharingan and Rinnegan can see it… stacking different forms and Chakra Modes is a bit too much, isn't it?"

"Yeah…" Naruto replied as he returned his attention back towards the recovering Otsutsukis. "…as of now, the most I can currently stack comfortably are the Ashura Chakra Mode, Toad Sage Mode, and Bijuu Chakra Mode. That's why adding the Mokuton Sage Mode and Jinchuuriki Cloak Mode on my current active forms was taking a toll on both my mind and body since I have yet to master and completely adapt to such level of form stacking."

"Then why don't you just use your Six Paths Sage Mode?"

"Six Paths Sage Mode's sensory perception might be above that of Bijuu Sage Mode, but I can say that the current stacked Chakra modes that I have right now have much higher sensory perception than Six Paths Sage Mode since I have multiple active forms that stacked and amplified each other's buffs. Though it will be a different story if I'll add Six Paths Sage Mode to the current active stacked modes I have right now. But I don't think I can handle that much further stacking for now…"

"…by the way… Kaguya-baachan…" Naruto said without looking towards Kaguya. "We're doing our part properly to reach that win condition against these Otsutsukis. How about you? Was the jutsu that you intend to use against them would really end this already long, prolonged battle? I don't know how long I can last using all these stacked modes and forms just to try to keep up against Isshiki's Sukunahikona."

"All you need to do is do your job properly and use that jutsu that I have been preparing against them at the most appropriate moment," Kaguya replied emotionlessly. "Because you might have been able to land some blows against them as you are right now, but you have yet to reach your real target for me to actually ensure that my jutsu will work against them."

"I know…" Naruto replied. "Because our real goal… was to push Isshiki to the brink… to the point that his current vessel could no longer handle the power that Isshiki was using, and use that opportunity to use your jutsu to end this battle…"

"…"

"…"

"…"

Kakashi, Sasuke, and Kaguya simply gave a silent agreement as they focused their attention on the arriving Jigen/Isshiki after recovering from Naruto's previous attack, landing near the area where Momoshiki was currently standing after also recovering from Sasuke's earlier combo, with Kinshiki glaring in rage towards them.

"So that's your plan… huh…" Isshiki muttered, his damages were now almost fully recovered…

"I have enough of this bullshit…!" Momoshiki roared as he released his full power… His body becomes lithe and covered with radiating black markings that resemble sunburst patterns, his horns greatly enlarge and curve back, he grows short claws on his fingers and toes, his canines extend and resemble fangs, and all his dōjutsu turn golden, including a third Rinnegan on his forehead.

"Damn you, Kaguya… Uzumaki Naruto… Uchiha Sasuke!" Kinshiki also roared as he followed Momoshiki's queue, and he took a drastic change in appearance as well, including the black sclerae, white irides, dark-red skin, a pointy chin, fangs, claws on his hands and feet which were exposed, white hair, ponytail enlarged and became much spikier, larger, sharpened bull horns, white markings under his eyes and a massive increase in size.

Upon seeing the transformation of their adversaries, Kakashi prepared a fighting stance, while Sasuke once again activated his Susanoo: Asshuku on the sword equipped on his left arm while further amplifying his Lightning Chakra Mode.

Naruto, on the other hand, didn't move an inch and retained his calm demeanor as he was completely focused on maintaining all his active Chakra Modes and forms.

The three of them prepared to protect Kaguya at all costs… against the opposing Otsutsukis…

As the battle finally entered its final phase… what was this jutsu that Kaguya was preparing that prompted Naruto and Sasuke to entrust the entire course of this battle into her…?!

Author's Note:

Sorry for the late upload of this latest Chapter. A lot of things were happening in real life… and it really was taking a huge toll on me…

By the way, Momoshiki's transformation is the same as of his Anime and Manga counterpart, while Kinshiki's transformation was of the same appearance as of Momoshiki's appearance during the Boruto Movie. Please imagine that for reference.

Thanks!