Chapter 4
Like in Peace Seeker, my A/N will be on top. This is only temporary though. The chapter may have some mistakes, I hope it is nothing irritating. I did not have the right equipment to edit it. I will probably update it later when the guy editing this chapter gets back to me. I just thought since it has been long I updated, I should make this one available.
Now, things may appear to be going well for Naruto, but you will find out soon enough that he can be outsmarted. And it won't be pretty when he gets outsmarted. I am having some problems writing this story, so I doubt it will reach 20 chapters. I won't leave it before I complete it though.
Naruto appears invincible and will be so untill the end of chapter 9 where he will brought down to nothing. I won't spoil anything, so I'm gone stop right there. But I just wanted to know that since everything will going according to plan untill the unexpected happens.
The fall from grace will be revealed soon. But just to give you something, it happened a long, long time ago, and only the Soul King knows about it. Naruto and the spirit king have a history together, it will be revealed soon. I know this chapter also has some questions, but I do believe that it does answer the question of what exactly is the power that is sealed within Naruto.
I will explain a few more things in the next chapters. Well, anyway thanks for the reviews. And I have been searching for a beta, to edit my material, but I have not found any luck. The person who is willing to help has been busy. Anyone willing to help pm me. The help will be much appreciated.
On another matter, I have removed my story, The Rejected Hero, I will explain much more about it in my profile once I update it.
Chapter 4
Naruto stood at the Sokyouku Hill watching all of Seireitei. It was such a quite place now and it seems that the laws have become relaxed unlike the old days. The only thing that was out of the Soul Society's control was him. No one could control him. Even if they gathered all the strongest man in the spiritual world, no one could control him. Being controlled by someone was beyond anyone. Not even the Soul King could come close to achieving that goal. It was the same as trying to manipulate him. He refused to be manipulated. The reality might be that he was still forced to act as a Captain for the Gotei 13, but that did not mean that he was under anyone's control. He was merely playing a part that he would abandon soon. Nothing was permanent. Genryusai could enjoy his false victory for now.
But Uchiha Naruto is never down. The only way to bring him down is to kill him, but there was a problem with that; he could not be killed by any living Shinigami or Hollow.
The old Gotei 13 was very strict and powerful. Yamamoto did anything to win. The old man was truly cold and heartless during those days. He had no trouble in sacrificing his subordinates as long as he could win. Perhaps he was still the same, but he could feel that the Sotaicho was no longer the same as he was back then. He had now become old and soft. But his power still remained. It was still no power that would give him nightmares. There was no one with power that would give him fear. Only his own power he could make him afraid. It was beyond what anyone could imagine. They had not yet seen anything. All they have been seeing were mere illusions.
They would one day see his glory, and then they would know why he is god of the spirit world.
The little charade with Aizen was no problem to his recovery. In fact, it would prove to be beneficiary to him. The child Aizen seemed to be full of tricks and wits. Perhaps he should visit the child and see him with his own eyes. That would certainly be a good plan. But he would have to finish some business first. It was still early months. It had been three months since he was unsealed. That was why he had been able to see that soul society was different from the past. But it was no consequence to him. The more interesting things became, there more ''fun'' he had.
His lieutenant was pretty much useless. She was weak minded and somewhat a lost child. He did not like to handle mundane affairs in his division. He had no time to deal with Hollows that he could kill by just flicking his fingers. He had no time to do paperwork. He let those beneath him handle those matters. But over the time, he had drilled in a strong attitude to the girl. It was a little better than when he had her discharged from mental care. It had been quite a scuffle with Retsu as the woman was not pleased with her patients being released before they could completely recover. But he did not operate like that. Out of all the worthless Shinigami he had to tolerate in his presence, she was the only one who was capable. That was why he forced her to be released and return to work.
Naruto looked the sky with an unreadable expression on his face, ''it is starting,'' he said silently. A wall of black Reiatsu surrounded him, it came from the ground not from him. The wall covered all his body and sprouted above the grounds creating a huge black pillar. The wall would restrain any Reiatsu from leaving the execution grounds. But it was certain the Captains and lieutenants would be able to feel it. He had set it up so not to have his leaking reiatsu disrupt the activities in Soul Society. The Central 46 had been restored again, they would ask him infuriating questions about it and he did not want to end up killing them all for it.
Because the pillar was huge and was at execution grounds, it was quickly noticed by the soul reapers. Many rushed to the grounds to see what was happening there. But then the execution grounds began to tremble violently. It was in a scary way that they shook. The fact that they were shaking caused the soul low level soul reapers to stay away from the grounds in fear.
A message was issued for everyone to stay away from the grounds, except for the captains.
''What is going on here?'' Soi-fon questioned looking at her fellow captains. She was completely in the dark about what was going on inside the pillar of Reiatsu. But whatever it was, it was nothing good. By the trembling of the ground, and the oppressing feeling coming off the pillar, she could tell that there was not a good thing happening in the. The atmosphere was oppressing, unlike anything she had ever felt before. And each second, the air became even heavier.
''I don't really know what is going on,'' Hitsugaya Toushiro was the first to respond. He looked at the elder captains, ''perhaps you might have some insight on this,'' he stated seeing the focused look on the oldest of the captains.
''Yama-jiji,'' Kyoraku said without looking at the captain commander who had not said a word since arriving. ''Given that he is not with us here and that he is the only one who has given off this feeling even to captains, we can say that he is inside there,'' he stated.
Yamamoto nodded. ''It is him; there is no doubt about that. I can never forget the scent of his Reiatsu. Even if I can barely feel it, I can never mistake it,'' he paused for a moment. ''But that leaves a question; what is going inside there?''
''Where is Shutara by the way?'' Jushiro questioned. ''Should not she have been here to witness this knowing that it is him?''
''Naruto might have told her not to come here,'' Unohana stated, bringing some insight. ''If this was pre-planned, he would have told Shutara-san to stay at the house and ignore the whole mess.''
''That still does not answer what is going on,'' Soi-fon stated as she released her own Reiatsu to battle with the oppressing atmosphere around her.
''I have noticed that our fifth squad captain had been leaking Reiatsu over the past weeks with my equipment,'' Mayuri stated smiling. He was the only one who seemed to have an idea as to what was going on here. It always pleased him when things like this happened. It also brought him joy when everyone was clueless except for him.
''Can you explain? I thought his Reiatsu could not be sensed,'' Byakuya stated looking at the grinning 12th division captain.
''I doubt your simple mind will be able to understand it even if I explain it to you,'' Mayuri responded coolly.
''Perhaps it is not that case, you yourself might be unable to explain the phenomena,'' Unohana stated with a kind smile that did nothing but to infuriate the 12th division captain.
But before he could retort, a loud thunderous roar escaped from the pillar. They roar had them shut their ears because of its loudness. The roar was glass shattering, everyone in Seireitei heard it. But because of the orders to stay away from the execution grounds, they all stayed put. This was followed by large cracks on the execution grounds. The cracks stemmed from the pillar and outstretched a few feet away. Within those cracks a dark black smoke begun to arise slowly. This was followed by what seemed to be black flames in all the cracks that had appeared from the ground. The ground had stopped trembling by now. The oppressing atmosphere only continued to become even heavier, forcing all the captains to release their own Reiatsu to counter it.
It was then that a piercing scream followed. It was definitely the voice of Uchiha Naruto. It was certain that whatever he was going through was painful. If one did not certainly know him, they would pity the man. Unohana realized that he might have been losing his power. Naruto had confirmed to her that his reaitsu had started to leak out of his body. But it was faint, so no one could feel it. Mayuri had just confirmed it with his equipment. But still, this atmosphere was not of a person who was losing power but of one who was gaining power. Had Naruto lied to her? No, he would not have. She had never heard him scream like that. He never even raised his voice loudly.
The painful scream continued for several minutes, before finally dying down. Then the oppressing atmosphere disappeared into thin air. The flames that had been acting up in the cracks disappeared. This caused the captains to sigh in relief and stop releasing their own Reiatsu.
Cracks begun to appear on the pillar, one by one. The sound of glass shattering invaded the ears of the captains. After a few minutes had passed, the unthinkable occurred...
Boom!
A heavy reiatsu exploded along with the pillar and crushed the younger captains, forcing them down their knees. The older ones remained standing. All of Seireitei came to a standstill. Yamamoto had his eyes now fully opened. A furious wind then threatened to throw them off the execution grounds, but they stood still. All the debris died down and reiatsu became a bearable for the younger captains. The debris died down, and within a few moments.
They could now see a swirl of pure black flames. The flames swirled around in midair for a few moments before in an instant; they disappeared, revealing a figure. They then appeared above him and seemed to compress before forming a black, thin blade. The blade seemed to descend down beside figure, until it stopped in air at his side. The figure had blond hair reaching down his waist. His face was looking up the sky. Uchiha Naruto. He was dressed in a simple white cloak and had nothing on his feet. His body stood motionless for a few moments and none of the captains dared to speak. His body then seemed to twitch and he held out his right hand. The blade fell on it and he grabbed it by its handle. Slowly his head then moved to face the captains.
When they saw his face, they noticed a notable change; he looked younger, perhaps like a 19 year old in human years. His eyes were also closed.
Naruto held out his right hand and looked at it; his eyes were still closed as he did this. ''I have regressed to my ''youth'' look,'' he said to himself. His tone was just dead, devoid of any life or emotion. It actually made a few of the captains uncomfortable.
He walked towards the captains without his feet touching the ground and his eyes still closed. He stopped in front of them and his closed eyes looked at the younger captains. ''How weak; a power of this level frightens you. A moment ago, you could not even stand. Shingekuni, you have not trained these children well,'' Naruto stated in the same deathly tone. Yamamoto did not say anything and Soi-fon only settled for a glare at the blond.
''Are you blind?'' Kyoraku asked suddenly seeing the blond not having opened his eyes.
''No,'' Naruto responded without even looking at the man. ''But I have temporarily lost my eyes. The ''eyes'' I have now only see black and white. It makes using them useless. But it is only temporarily''
''Can I see them?'' Mayuri asked with interest.
Naruto looked at the man and opened his left eye slightly. The reaction was instantaneous. The captain backed away from the blond with cold sweat running over his face. Fear gripped his heart like the claws of a Vasto Lorde had found its way towards his heart. It felt like his heart was being pulled out of his body. He felt as though his life was being crushed. The cold grip of fear had ploughed through his chest. The full weights of the blond's Reiatsu was on him, just by looking at his eyes, he could see the pools of power the man had and there was this roar inside his head that felt like each time it roared, it was coming close to him. And when Naruto closed his eyes, everything he felt disappeared.
Naruto's eyes were pure black. They were just like an endless void of darkness. There was something else behind the darkness, Mayuri could not quite place it.
''What did you do to him?'' Soi-fon almost yelled at him seeing the proud and prideful Mayuri wimping out in front of other captains.
''How loud,'' Naruto said, he did not even bother to look at the captain. He looked at the Reiatsu of Unohana, ''Looking into my eyes makes one see and experience the measure of my power to some extent. You must know what happens when Yamamoto releases his Shikai in front of anyone other than a captain.''
That was a lie. Well, not the Yamamoto part. What Mayuri had experienced was but a mere illusion. It was a trick played by his mind because of the potency and density of his Reiatsu. And it only happened because his Reiatsu was still moving about the atmosphere. Should the man look into his eyes again, nothing would happen; he would only see the endless darkness.
''You said the ''eyes'' you have now, does this mean you don't have the eyes you had before?'' a curious Byakuya questioned the blond. He was not the only one to have picked up on that. But he had been the first to question.
''No,'' the blond responded. ''I have not lost my eyes. As I said, it is only temporary.'' he was not going to explain what had happened or anything else about his eyes. It was a bothersome task and it would do him no good to tell them. It was best to keep it to himself.
The captains already knew him enough to know that he was not going to give any more answers to that question.
Yamamoto closed his eyes before opening them again. His stuff hit the ground to silence everyone so he could speak. He did not want anyone interrupting him while he spoke. He had given them enough time to speak. ''You cannot actually see, can you?''
Naruto expression remained impassive as his face moved to the figure of Yamamoto. ''What makes you say that?'' the blond asked, not even sounding the least curious to find the answer from the Sotaicho.
''It is just a conclusion I came up with since I have observed you so far,'' the oldest looking captain stated looking straight at Naruto. It was a bit unnerving to have the blond look at him with his eyes closed. The eyes of a person spoke always communicated. But with them being closed, he could never get any message.
''Hmm,'' Naruto seemed to think of a respond. ''I can see. As I said; my current vision with my eyes is black and white. These eyes can only see only that which is spirit. Anything that is not spirit can be felt by my other senses. So you can say, I can ''see'' more than you can of the world around you,'' the blond explained calmly. So even if he could not see, his senses took over and made him ''see'' everything.
Yamamoto was silent for a few moments before looking at Naruto sternly. ''Are you going to explain what had just happened now?'' he said in a flat tone.
Naruto flicked his blade; the blade had five small holes on its black hilt. One of Naruto's finger found its way into the middle hole before the sword was spun around the finger like a fan. When it stopped spinning, the blond flicked it again and held it rightly. It then became engulfed in black flames. When the flames disappeared, the sword was just a normal katana. But its hilt was dark red. The blond then snapped his left fingers, but nothing happened. He did this while the captains waited patiently for him to answer Yamamoto's question.
''The unexpected,'' finally Naruto responded to the question. It was not a response that neither of the captains had been expecting.
''What do you mean?'' Unohana was the first to question.
''You recognize this appearance, don't you Yamamoto?'' the captain commander nodded. ''It is the appearance I had when you recruited me into the Shinigami academy. You told me that I was a shell of my former self. In truth, I was, literally. So what had just happened now, was the shell shattering, and this resulted in what you see now.''
''The fact that this happened while you were here means that you knew it was going to happen. But when you say ''unexpected'', are you saying that you were not expecting it to end this way?'' Yamamoto questioned curiously. ''If you have regressed to this appearance, does this mean that your power has also regressed to that state?''
''Ah still sharp as ever,'' Naruto commented shortly after Genryusai had spoken.
''What?'' Soi-fon questioned. ''Are you saying that all that power he released was the power before he evolved?'' Naruto had evolved after he had left the Gotei 13, as to what they were told. By the time Yamamoto recruited him, he had yet to evolve, which means not as powerful. But the power he had released was more than anything she had ever experienced before.
''He said he was a shell, literally,'' Mayuri intervened. ''It could mean that he was a shell that was containing his former power. And when the reaitsu exploded, it broke through the shell. The power that was released, was released in his ''shell'' state. It was not in this form.''
''So it could mean that he does not have that power we felt a few moments ago,'' Toshiro stated, adding to Mayuri's theory. All the captains looked at the blond to see what he would say about their theories.
''Despite being weak, your children have sharp minds,'' Naruto stated looking at Yamamoto. His feet then touched the ground. ''That is true, I have lost my evolution. But you must not forget Yamamoto, no one knew the true extent of my power even at this form.''
''But even so, you are no longer as powerful as you were when I fought you,'' he paused for a moment trying to see if Naruto would object. ''Your blade, it is similar to Amaterasu in its Shikai, but in its sealed state, it is different.''
''That is because it is not Amaterasu. But you knew that already, did you not? The ''flames'' that engulfed it were not in fact flames. You saw that. What you don't understand is what it was. Let me enlighten you then, it was pure Reiatsu.'' Naruto paused for a moment. ''Well that is enough questions, I will take my leave,'' with that he was gone without a trace of him left.
''That man infuriates me. I don't even know why he is even allowed to leave. He caused all this commotion and he has the decency to leave us when he wills. Central 46 won't be happy about this,'' Soi-fon stated.
''I will handle central 46,'' Yamamoto stated. ''You just make sure that you keep everyone calm and that there is no trouble,'' with that the captain-commander disappeared off to central 46 before they could summon Naruto without informing him. Naruto might not be as strong as he was, but he was still the same. Given how stubborn central 46 tended to be, Naruto would certainly do something. He did not want another massacre.
''That man is just trouble!'' again, Soi-fon was first to speak. She clearly held no love for the man, it was certain. ''He should be apologizing for making this ruckus!''
''Soi-fon taicho, yelling like that will not solve anything,'' Unohana stated in a calm tone. She then disappeared off to calm down her squad. One by one, the captains left the execution grounds.
Under squad 5 barracks
The events had been unexpected. He had not expected things to flow the way they did. Everything had been according to his plan, until this. He disliked it when things did not go according to plan. But it was alright since it had worked for the better. But in this way, the Soul King will be keeping a rather close on him. Still, he would have to be awake to do that. He was sure that the sleep-obsessed fool would not have gone back to sleep after his release.
'What really happened?' the voice of Amaterasu spoke to him within his head.
The part of his soul had already seperated itself from Amaterasu. After that, he was only waiting for the time his body would give up. He had to be where the portal his soul was trapped within. That place was the execution grounds. When his body gave up, and shattered to reform again, his soul would also lose shape. During this process, the part of his soul within the portal, would come to him and they merge with the other half. But the merge could not be complete, it would be imperfect. He would need to consume something powerful to complete the merger. Still, because his evolution would be lost he would have lost much of his power. But he could no longer be at risk.
That was what he had expected things to go.
He did not expect Him to intervene with the process. What he had been conscious was that He had been sleeping because of the seal. But the process he was going through must have somehow weakened the seal, only slightly though. But it was enough for Him to wake up and act. Perhaps He had been awake this whole time. 'He intervened with the process and used His power to perfect the merger of my soul. He is also responsible for making me regress to this state. The blade I have now is a small percentage of the power he was able to leak out of the seal when it was weakened.'
'That was certainly unexpected,'' Amaterasu stated echoing Naruto's thoughts. ''Does this mean you are now complete?'
'No,' Naruto responded shaking his head. 'I do not have you. But all the missing parts of my soul have been formed. My soul is now complete. It will take some time for my body to adjust. But this form makes it easier because it is young. There is also a barrier that has developed. But once my soul and body have adjusted to the changes, they will start to work towards perfection. When that happens, the barrier will cease to exist.'
'Well at least you did not become weak, as you would have if He had not intervened,' Amaterasu said. 'What is happening to your eyes?'
'Before I was returned here, that thing forcibly made my other eyes disappear. I don't know how he did it, but the consequences were that I had to lose not just my eyes but some of my powers. But because everything was born from my soul I could manifest them again. I just did not have the power. He gave me the power. At the moment, the darkness as my eyes, is just a veil covering my real eyes while they are still being developed to their full potential.'
'How long will it take?'
'A short time; possibly less than a week,' Naruto responded. He did not really have an accurate answer as to when his eyes would be ready to function again.
'Do you think He did it out of generosity?'
'No, I do not posses such a thing. It would be a disgrace to see me weak. He and I agree on that one. But He still refused to speak to me before the seal strengthened.'
'What really goes on between you two?'
'He and I were one. We were a single being, I was him and he was me. I was god before he was seperated from me. Years ago when I was young, and still had many emotions, I fell in love with this woman. She was a lot older than me but I did not care. I loved her, and so I showed her my true power - she was the first person to witness it not even my grandfather saw it, but he was suspicious. My power scared her, and she tried to seal my power. But it resulted in her splitting me in two. The other half was too powerful, so she sealed him deep inside my soul.'
'That was before your fall from grace,' Amaterasu stated.
Naruto nodded. 'Everything is in motion now. No sooner than later, I will be complete.' Amaterasu did not respond as she disappeared from his mind after those words.
'I am one who is above all powers'
Naruto looked towards the ceiling of his lab. He sighed realizing that all he could see was darkness. Despite this being a good thing, it bothered him how much. He was able to intervene on things and do as he pleased. He had no problems with Him, but this was his body and he was the one with the superior will. He was the original, anything happening should be because he allowed it to happen. He did not think that He would do anything to harm him. Despite the other half being much dark, they were still the same person. But the fact that he had been lelt vulnerable to made him feel...not so happy. He was proud to being in charge of everything, but here, he had not been in charge.
''Well, I should not complain,'' the blond said to himself. ''I can move forward with everything. This only changes the direction I will have to take. But in the end, it will lead me to the same point. And it is still ''I'' who caused the change. Perhaps I am becoming obsessed with control issues.''
Now he would not have to worry about retrieving the small part of his soul that was missing. Everything was inside his body. He now had all the materials, but his body and soul would have to adapt first for him to move on to the next step. His eyes would manifest soon, and when they do, he will be pleased. But given that now he could not view the world in a way he wanted, he would have to remain rooted at this place. But it was no bother, as long as he would soon get his bright vision back. Sacrifices were necessary for the greater good.
He had thought that his little show would not attract much attention, but it did. Yamamoto would have certainly gone to the central 46 to calm them down, but he knew better than that. Regardless who was put in there, they will always have the same attitude. It was like that building possessed those people to think and act as the previous ones. They were certainly not going to accept whatever Yamamoto would say to them. Those fools were only going to be pleased unless the words came out of his mouth. He would have to restrain himself if they speak nonsense. And if he kills them, it would not work good for him. That thing would send his guards to come rushing at him to restrain him. Surely by now, he must know that he was not going to die. No doubt, he was busy planning something. But as long as he kept it low, that fool will settle for keeping a close eye on him.
Later
Naruto looked at his blade; it felt strong and its Reiatsu was a lot more potent than his own. Perhaps it was because it was a mixture of His and his. With this blade, he could no longer use his fake Amaterasu. This one was perfect too to be used by him. He could feel it even by holding it that it was no ordinary blade. But it had been ignoring him ever since it was formed. He could not know any of its abilities or its Bankai if it refused to speak to him. He knew that He had imprinted his consciousness upon the blade. But given that He was a lot more moody, he would have to be patient and for Him to talk to him. But he disliked carrying a weapon without knowing anything about it. Even when it was made of his power.
'It is not that I am ignoring you; I have been busy trying to stay within the blade,' Finally He spoke stopping any further thoughts from the blond.
'Trying to stay within the blade?' Naruto repeated those curious words. But he was a little pleased with the fact that his blade was now speaking.
'You know that your will always overpowers mine. So given that your power forms half of the blade's power, the will in your power was trying to overwrite my consciousness,' the voice did not seem pleased with what had tried to happen.
'Why did you not just let that happen?'
'I have been unconscious for a thousand of years in our body. I would like to be ''alive'' before you completely consume me.'
'I see,' Naruto stated, having realized something. 'During the time the seal was weakened, you transferred some parts of your conscious into the blade knowing that after I undo the seal, you will cease to ''exist''. So becoming my blade keeps you alive. This is the result of that woman's mendling. If she had not, we would still be one''
'Yes. You are mad, you know that? No one would have challenged you after you went back to that dimension. There was no one who could challenge you, even without your true power, but you were not satisfied with that, were you?'
'You are wrong; that thing could challenge me. He just would not be able to kill me. That is why I had to form this risky plan to restore myself completely once I had recovered my memories. I knew that it would always be a challenge to me if I did not reclaim all my being.'
'But still, going through all this? I know that he did not know that he could be a match for you. He might have thought that you were complete.'
'Eh, I was not satisfied with being imperfect. And besides, I could not do all that I could without being complete.'
'So what now?'
'I shall call you, Shi Guuguru, now and forever,' Naruto stated.
'Shi Guuguru?'
'You will represent death once I have ascended to heaven and Amaterasu will represent life. But to shorten things, I will simply call you Shi,' Naruto explained. 'Now, tell me about your abilities.'
Naruto's house, later that day
''I have been looking for you for quite some time,'' Unohana stated as she appeared on top of Naruto's roof where the blond was lying down.
''I have been expecting you to show up,'' Naruto stated with his eyes still closed. ''I am a little surprised that you took so long to come.''
''I had some business to take care off before looking for you. When I decided to look for you I realized you were no longer in your lab. What were you even doing there when you can't see to operate it?'
''Are you mocking me, Retsu?'' Naruto questioned as the woman went to sit beside him.
'No; I am just curious.''
''I was thinking,'' Naruto responded. The lab was his quite place. The house was also quite.
''Where is Shutara? I have not seen her in a number of days.''
''She was summoned to the soul King's dimension,'' Naruto responded.
Unohana looked at Naruto curiously. ''What for?'' she did not want to think that she was there to report everything she has seen with Naruto. If so, Naruto would surely kill her.
''For her mind to be read,'' Naruto responded without even looking concerned for the matter. ''Poor thing, she is not even aware of it. The only reason she was brought to Seireitei was for this purpose.''
''You knew she was being used and you still did not tell her. What of the other reason you told her?''
''That is also true,''
''He will know everything and about me too,'' she stated. It would be trouble for her because she had withheld much information about Naruto from everyone. Shutara knows this and if her mind is read, she would be discovered.
''Let it be. He won't do anything so long as I am alive. He already knows that I won't die. I did not even tell Shutara everything, and with the unexpected having occurred, what he will find out will be of no use,'' Naruto explained.
''But when you leave again, I will...''
''Be quite!'' Naruto stated in a firm tone. ''You will not be killed. No one will touch you. And I will not allow you to allow yourself to be killed.''
Unohana was quite for a moment. ''What will you do about Shutara then?''
''I will kill her, but not now. For now, I will let her enjoy her life. But I will send a message to the soul King to inform him that he should stop using her,'' he spoke of killing the only woman he cares for like it was nothing.
''Don't do it,'' Unohana stated. She definitely did not want Shutara to die.
''Okay,'' Naruto responded to Unohana's request. ''Would you like to see heaven, Yachiru?''
''I have seen your dimension before. Isn't it heaven?''
''No,'' Naruto responded shaking his head. ''The real heaven; only two have seen it. Only I who is alive now has seen it.''
Unohana was quite, again. It was unlike him to ask her a question like that. Normally he would not have made such a request. She wondered what drove him to ask such a question. She could feel that he had not spoken to Shutara about this subject. But here he was speaking to her about it. ''Are you going to tell me about the unexpected?'' she said changing the subject.
''No,'' Naruto responded. ''It is best you don't know this,'' he paused for a moment when he sensed something. ''Ah, Shutara is back,'' he said.
Unohana quieted as she waited for Shutara to come to their location. She would certainly sense them and come up here. It took a few moments for Shutara to appear before them. She had an angry look on her face. ''You knew, didn't you?'' she demanded glaring at Naruto.
Despite his blindness, he could feel her glare. ''Oh, so you discovered the reason you were summoned,'' the blond stated knowing why she would glare at it him like that. Unohana remained quiet, choosing not to get involved with this matter.
''Unbelievable! You knew about this and you said nothing! How could you?'' she looked at Unohana. ''Did you also know about this?''
Before Unohana could answer Naruto spoke. ''So you will no longer be summoned?''
''Yes,'' Shutara responded.
''Good; this settles things,'' Naruto stated as he got up. ''You will no longer feel some sense of loyalty to that thing.''
Shutara then noticed his appearance, ''What happened to you?'' although he had gone back to wearing the attire he wore when he visited the human world, his face could still be clearly seen that it had become younger.
''The unexpected,'' Naruto responded as he walked past Unohana. ''I am going to rest my body. After what I went through today, I have to sleep for some time. Don't wake me up,'' with that he was gone.
''Do you know?'' Shutara questioned Retsu to see if she was aware of the unexpected. There was a possibility that Naruto had told her. But even if he had told her, she would not tell her. That was not important though. What she wanted to confirm was if she was told or not.
''No,'' Unohana said shaking her head. ''He did not tell me anything. He only said it was best I did not know. I think that also extends to you.''
''Cold bastard,'' Shutara muttered. ''He refuses to tell me everything, and he threatens to kill me. I don't think I can handle this anymore,'' she said sitting down tiredly.
Unohana offered no words of comfort. She thought this was better than being killed. But it was certain that if she thought of leaving Naruto, he would kill her for that. Naruto did not accept rejection. But she was not going to say anything. Shutara was aware of this fact. And it was not her place to say anything.
The following day
Naruto walked out of his ''slumber'' room with an impassive look on his face. Shutara was close by him. It was very much annoying that he had to be awaked from his sleep. His body was torn apart and then reformed again. His body had been torn up to pieces and put together, literally. The process was painful, hence he needed his rest. But these fools had the audacity to force themselves to his house.
''Finally!'' the captain of the second division said releasing a sigh. ''Central 46 won't be happy with you after all the efforts it took to get you to leave your room,'' she smirked at the thought though. With this, Naruto would get in trouble for this. She would gladly see him get punished.
Naruto walked towards the woman his eyes still closed. The Reiatsu he was releasing was deathly. It caused the members of the Covert corps to step away from the blond. Naruto stopped in front of Soi-fon. He opened his eyes forcing her to go through the same experience as Mayuri. While she was still going through the ordeal, Naruto grabbed her neck. He left her unable to breath properly with his grip. His left hand pierced through her left shoulder like it was made of steel.
''Arg!'' Soi-fon shrieked out in pain. The pain she felt broke her out of her illusionary state. Her group was quick to try to attack Naruto but, the blond quickly took out his blade.
''Naruto, you will end up destroying the house,'' Shutara stated with a calm look on her face. She had told Soi-fon that Naruto had told her that he should not be awakened. she knew he would react like this. She did not care though. And there was the fact that she was still angry at being used.
Naruto disappeared from the house and went a distance away. He looked towards the Covert Corps as they appeared before the blond. He drew out his sword.
''Bastartd! You will pay for this!''
''Pay?'' Naruto questioned in a hollow tone. Soi-fon charged towards him in a bleeding state. Naruto sighed as he opened his left eye. She was a little bit fast for a child. But she was still a child nonetheless. A half formed Sharingan appeared on his left eye. As soon as the women reached him, he released his Reiatsu freezing her enough for him to move towards her and gripped her by her neck, for the second time. ''I have no time to play for with children,'' he stated. ''But you have annoyed me.'' He left eye was forced to fully develop. It turned into the Eternal Mangekyou.
''Now then, experience hell!'' nothing came out of Soi-fon's mouth as within the next second, she fell down the ground. The rest of the Covert Corps tried to attack him, but Naruto raised his right hand; a black ball of energy begun to form at an insanely fast speed on his right palm. But before Naruto could release it, another wave of heavy Reiatsu hit the area. The blond's technique disappeared from his hand and he turned around to look at Yamamoto with his one opened eye. He closed it because it was painful as he had forced its development by pushing much of his power to make it happen.
''What is the meaning of this?'' Yamamoto questioned looking straight at Naruto. His other eye was looking at the fallen Soi-fon; she was still alive.
Naruto did not respond. He took a few steps before going towards central 46. Yamamoto did not attempt to stop him. He had put the other captains at the entrance of the place to stop Naruto from getting in. He knew that those fools had called him, but in this state, it was best he not go there because he would kill them.
''Shutara, what happened?'' Yamamoto questioned the woman who was merely watching everything.
''Naruto's body and soul were torn apart yesterday before they were put back together. You must imagine how painful the process might have been. And how stressed his body must have been after the process. He had decided to sleep for a few days to allow his body to rest and he gave me one instruction; don't wake me up.''
Whether soul society had been invaded by hollows; don't wake me up.
Whether someone close to me is about to be killed; don't wake me up.
Whether the end of the world has come; if I am sleeping, don't wake me up.
Don't wake me up meant don't wake me up to Naruto, Yamamoto knew this. He shook his head silently, he had warned Soi-fon to stay away from the blond, but she never listens. ''Will you take her to the fourth division's barracks?''
Central 46
'Why did you do that?' Shi questioned not sounding the least amused by what Naruto had done.
'Do what?' Naruto asked, he had done a lot of things. Shi had to be precise on what he was questioning.
'Force one of your eyes to develop fully like that. Do you know the consequences of doing something like that?'
'What are the after effects?' Naruto questioned as he made his way towards Central 46. He could feel the strong Reiatsu of the captains waiting for him there. Yamamoto should also come here. Given his state, he could not afford to fight Unohana, Jushiro, Kyoraku, and the Sotaicho at once. He would not win such a battle. His current power was enough to handle Yamamoto not without the others.
'I told that the seal had weakened when you regressed to this state. Given that, I was able to allow a part of my consciousness into your inner world. The seal had yet to regain its full strength after that process, but when you slept, giving rest to your body, it regained its full power. And because of your mood, and forcing that power to be active when its not ready, I am going to disappear in a matter of seconds.'
'So it's true, nothing of you can exist outside of the seal while it is still active and at full power,' Naruto stated, not sounding concerned with the development. 'But the blade can exist because it is no longer you, but something new made of you and I.'
Shi never replied to those words. His consciousness was already forced back into the seal. Naruto did not mind it though. It changed nothing. But at the same time it showed that the seal was truly powerful; that Woman was truly a genius with seals. How long has it been within his body? How long has he been trying to break it? If she was alive it would have been a different story. He would have simply forced her to undo it. He had ways to make her do it. But she was dead and she was the only one who knew of the seal. She never kept notes about it. All he had been doing over the past years was studying it. But he even though he had studied it, he had been unable to unlock it. Only a single key remained though.
''I am afraid we cannot allow you to go through,'' Naruto heard as he reached the gates of Central 46.
Naruto looked at the captains. Perhaps he should fight them and relieve the fact that Woman outsmarted him. He had been unable to break the seal she placed on him, on his very own soul. But she was below him in power, but she had done this to him. He had gone through much pain yesterday and his left eye was causing him severe pains because of the forced development. His other eyes were also affected because of this. He could feel that their development had been halted. This was going to slow things down.
Who was going to pay for all these?
Ah, there are still those Vasto Lorde he had sealed in a safe place at Hueco Mundo. He had kept them there so he could devour them when he had become weak. But now he did not have the means to devour them. It was no matter; he could just go and destroy them. That should release some pent up frustrations.
He opened his eyes as it lit up slightly. He was sucked up in a vortex of blackness. He disappeared without a trace of him left.