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"What was it…Eight years ago…yeah, that's when things were…easier…*sigh* who would have thought it would come to this? I knew I would die eventually but this way? At least I died by his side, my first friend, my enemy, dammit, I will miss you. It seems you have made it this far, good luck" –Unknown
Naruto Shippuden: Unexpected Hate
Chapter IV
"Naruto's Decision"
Naruto took a step forward turning to look at Sasuke to find he was not there. "Sa-Sasuke?!" said Naruto looking around. "Sasuke isn't here, he has been transported to another cave" said a shadow leaning against the wall. "You're!" said Naruto. The shadow stepped forward and revealed himself. "Otsutsuki, Ashura!" said Naruto as Ashura stepped forward. Ashura smiled at Naruto looking him over. "You have grown into a fine shinobi Naruto" said Ashura. "Thank you!" said Naruto blushing slightly. "Wait, if you are here, then is Sasuke with…" said Naruto. "Yeah" replied Ashura. Naruto looked at the ground for a moment, then back to Ashura. "How are you here? Are you a chakra apparition?" asked Naruto. "Yeah, since we are connected I have a little bit of leeway in appearing before you" explained Ashura. "So then, why are you here?" asked Naruto. "To explain what you have to do" said Ashura. "What I have to do?" said Naruto looking slightly confused.
"Yes, the journey you must take, for the path you shall walk upon" said Indra. "Path I must walk? I have already chosen to stand with Naruto" said Sasuke putting a hand on his sword. "And yet when the man within the black robes attacked your village, you felt as though you were unprepared, and as if you were helpless, this journey is not about standing with the one you call Naruto" explained Indra.
"Then what?" asked Naruto. "It is about finding who you are, and finding your strength once more, through the years you have become out of shape, and you have lost what it means to be a shinobi, in order to protect your people, your village, you must reclaim what you have lost" said Ashura. "Hero" said Ashura. "Villain" said Indra. "You must embark on a journey to find yourself, for if you do not, you will only find ruin and death" said Ashura and Indra. "So, what'll you do?" asked Ashura. "I'll go" said Naruto. "The robe you are wearing, was one of the robes made for my brother and I, it is a disciples robe, and you will need it for your journey" said Ashura. "Where am I going?" asked Naruto using a black cloth to bring the robe to a close. "Here is a map, you will go to the three X's, do not leave these spots until your journey is complete, good luck Naruto" said Ashura handing him a map then disappearing. Naruto ran out of the cave and jumped into the tree's heading for his objective. Naruto began to hop through the tree branches thinking about his journey, and some about Kiba. "Oi, Naruto, that first X on the map, have you ever seen it before?" said Kurama. "There are lands within the Shinobi world that the Five Great Nations even haven't explored, its land that doesn't belong to us but to themselves" explained Naruto. "Just be careful, I have a very bad feeling about this village you are heading towards, I don't think anything good will come of it" cautioned Kurama. "If I am right…which I hope I am not, the village we are headed for is that one…and if that is the case…Naruto, I hope you are smart and leave" Kurama thought to himself. "You know, it's a bit odd, wearing this old robe, especially since it belonged to Ashura" said Naruto. "Ashura was a kind and good man, you should be honoured to wear his robe" said Kurama. "That's…" began Naruto but he was cut off by a sudden kunai. Naruto deflected the kunai and landed on a tree branch. Two masked men landed in front of him, and two behind him, all holding kunai and swords. "Stop there outsider, you will go no further" said one of the masked men. "Go back from where you came, you are not wanted here" said another masked man. "Naruto, have caution" said Kurama. "Yeah" said Naruto. Naruto lunged at one of the masked men activating a rasenshuriken and throwing it. "Ninshu!" thought the first masked man. The masked man skidded backwards as the two behind Naruto lunged at him. Naruto caught ones fist and threw him into the other, meanwhile another masked man threw some shuriken and a kunai at Naruto. Naruto jumped over the shuriken and kunai to be met by the first masked man. Naruto blocked his punch but was sent back skidding. "Everyone, be careful, he possesses Ninshu!" yelled the first mask man. "Ninshu?" said Naruto. "Naruto, switch with me" said Kurama. "Oi, masked men, you're from the village up ahead no?" asked Kurama. "What's it to you?" asked the masked man. "Because, if you are, then we have no need to fight" said Kurama. "Why is that?" asked the masked man. "This kid is a disciple of the Otsutsuki Clan" said Kurama. "Otsutsuki…if that's the case…" said the man getting out of his battle stance. "…Then we HAVE to kill you" said the man appearing behind Naruto. "Naruto!" yelled Kurama. Naruto quickly rebounded the man's sword with a kunai.
Naruto created three shadow clones and quickly scattered into separate directions, each masked man following a clone. Naruto glanced back to see the first masked man following him. Naruto turned around and threw a rasenshuriken quickly turning back around to continue on. Naruto glanced back making sure he was not being followed anymore when suddenly he felt a sharp pain. The masked man had slashed Naruto across the chest with his sword. Naruto landed on the ground on one knee looking at the man, breathing heavily. "Naruto! Are you okay?!" asked Kurama. "Yeah" said Naruto breathing heavily. "This man isn't going to let me through…the others are chasing the clones, I can still feel it, the wound on my chest is pretty bad, damn it…I've got a plan" thought Naruto. Naruto stood up and ran at the masked man who begun to run at Naruto. Naruto went to punch the man but missed by an inch, yet Naruto still smirked. The man was blown to the side by an unknown force. "Sage mode, good thinking!" said Kurama. Naruto quickly leaped away as the man struggled to recover himself. "Naruto…" thought the masked man.
Konoha
Kiba stretched as the sun finally came up on Konoha. He got dressed and went into the living room seeing Tsuna had already awoken. "Where are your brothers?" asked Kiba. "Still sleeping" said Tsuna. Kiba sighed. "Kibuto, Sakashi, get up!" yelled Kiba awaiting them to get up. "Ugh why do you have to yell?" asked Kibuto rubbing his head. "You are still tired? Wimp" teased Sakashi walking out of his room. "They recovered quickly from the Jounin exams…Naruto, where are you?" Kiba thought to himself. "Oi Dad, have you gone soft?" asked Kibuto. "Kibuto!" snapped Tsuna. "What it's a legitimate question!" defended Kibuto. "Not to ask your dad" said Sakashi. "Why do you ask?" asked Kiba. "Well during the exams, when that man attacked, aunt Sakura told you to stay put, and well, you did" said Kibuto. "That's right…" Kiba thought to himself. "No, I haven't gone soft" said Kiba. "Come to think of it, we have never seen you in battle Dad" said Sakashi. "That's true" said Tsuna and Kibuto nodded in agreement. Kiba sighed. "Well I'm going to train with my old squad today if you want to accompany to watch" said Kiba. "Sure!" said Sakashi. "Awesome!" said Tsuna and Kibuto agreed. "Okay, come on" said Kiba and the Uzumaki's left their home. "Oi, oi Hinata, Shino!" called out Kiba as he, Akamaru and the kids approached Hinata and Shino. "I didn't know you were bringing the kids" said Hinata. "They wanted to see me train today" explained Kiba. "Well it shouldn't be a problem" smiled Hinata. Kiba nodded and sent the kids to go watch from the trees. "Alright Akamaru, let's do this" said Kiba preparing for battle. Hinata activated her byakugan and Shino put his arms out. Shino's beetles began to spread heading for Hinata and Kiba simultaneously. "Akamaru!" called Kiba and Akamaru barked in recognition jumping out of the way. "Air Palm strike!" yelled Hinata as she made the beetles disperse. Akamaru jumped in the air and peed on the beetles causing them to lose their vision and Kiba lunged at Shino. A wall of beetles appeared where Kiba attempted to punch Shino guarding him but Shino was hit by an air strike. "Caught you Shino" said Hinata running at Kiba. Hinata swung her palms at Kiba who blocked them slightly stumbling on his feet. "When did you…get so aggressive" said Kiba backing up. "Akamaru!" said Kiba. "Gatsuga! (Fang over Fang)" yelled Kiba and he and Akamaru shot at Hinata like bullets. "Kiten! (Rotation)" yelled Hinata blocking both Kiba and Akamaru. Suddenly Hinata and Kiba were surrounded by a swarm of beetles from every side. "Akamaru, let's do this" said Kiba and Akamaru barked. "Gatsuga!" yelled Kiba as he and Akamaru tunneled a way out of the beetles. "Kiten!" yelled Hinata repelling them. Shino smirked as a wave of beetles overcame Hinata. "I win, that's because you hadn't noticed the swarm of beetles amassing behind you, and so you let your guard down" said Shino. "You shouldn't jump to conclusions" said Hinata from behind Shino standing in the eight trigrams form. "I won' said Hinata. "Now who's jumping to conclusions" laughed Kiba from behind Hinata holding a kunai. "How?!" asked Hinata. "I learned all about your blind spot" smirked Kiba. "So I think I've won" said Kiba.
Unknown Village
Naruto landed quietly on the roof of a village hidden in a massive hole in the ground. "Naruto, you're bleeding a lot, you need medical attention" Said Kurama worriedly. "I know" said Naruto breathing heavily. Naruto tried to take a step forward but fell over off the roof. A door to the house he was on opened and a man in a white robe came rushing out. "Sir, are you okay?" asked the man. Naruto couldn't respond due to his wound. "Come inside quickly" said the man taking Naruto inside. The man put Naruto on a table and began to quickly treat his wound. "This robe…" thought the man. The man put bandaged around Naruto as he slowly began to pass out. Naruto finally opened his eyes looking at the ceiling. "Where…am I?" Naruto thought to himself. Naruto sat up, looking around carefully noticing he was in a house. Naruto hopped off of what seemed to be a bed walking into another room. "Oh, it seems you are awake" said a man walking up to Naruto. "Who are you? Where am I?" said Naruto cautiously taking a step back. "Oh my apologies, my name is Ki Ashura, and you are in the Ashura village" explained Ki. "Ashura?" said Naruto looking slightly surprised. "I assume you are a disciple of lord Ashura, considering your robe" said Ki pointing at Naruto's robe. "I'm Naruto" he said. "Nice to meet you Naruto" smiled Ki. "Do you need help with that?" asked Naruto grabbing ahold of the basket Ki was holding. "Oh thank you…you came in with a bad wound, are you okay?" asked Ki. "Yeah, thank you for treating me" said Naruto. "It's really no worry, May I ask what caused those wounds?" asked Ki.
"I was ambushed on the way here, some guys tried to kill me" said Naruto. "Oh my! I am so sorry, I can't think of who would want to do that" said Ki. "Is this guy for real?" said Kurama. "You make it sound as if it's an uncommon thing" said Naruto unloading the basket. "Well it is, we never have violence here, not with the main village policing and keeping everything peaceful" explained Ki walking over to a bucket of water with some fruit. "Kurama, did you notice that?" asked Naruto. "Yeah, these people…they are seriously underdeveloped, no lights, they don't even seem to have basic technology" said Kurama. "Something isn't right here" said Naruto. "Excuse me, do you have a, village leader of any sorts?" asked Naruto. "Sure! The elder, he is the oldest person in our village, how come?" asked Ki. "I would very much like to meet him" said Naruto. "I will take you to him this afternoon, if you will help me carry some food back to my house" purposed Ki and Naruto nodded in agreement. Naruto went outside, to the backyard and created a shadow clone, making him sit down and begin to meditate. "Naruto, can we talk?" asked Kurama. "Sure" said Naruto. "How are you?" asked Kurama. "What?" said Naruto. "How are you, how are you doing?" asked Kurama again. "I'm…good, how are you?" asked Naruto. "I'm good, I really do enjoy traveling with you Naruto, I don't regret it one bit" said Kurama. "I feel the same" smiled Naruto. "Naruto, you have matured into a fine shinobi, a good Hokage and an ever greater Father, 'I want to become the greater Ninja'" said Kurama. "That sounds familiar. "Minato used to say it all the time, when I asked why he sacrificed himself, why he would do that, he would always say, 'I want to become the greater Ninja' and it would surprise me every time, he never changed his answer and always kept his resolve, like you Naruto, you are so much like your father, I'm sorry you couldn't grow up with him" explained Kurama. "That's kind of you, Kurama, honestly, I miss him but I wouldn't change a thing, I like who I am and who I have become, I mean sure I miss my friends and family, Jiraiya sensei, Kakashi sensei, Obito, Neji, Dad, Mom, all of them but if I constantly live in a state of 'what ifs' 'should've' and 'could've' then I dishonour their memories and sacrifices" said Naruto smiling at Kurama. "Oi, you've gotten pretty wise, old man" teased Kurama. "Hey I'm not that old!" yelled Naruto.
"Naruto, it's time to go" said Ki. Naruto looked at Ki and then nodded following him out of the house. "Who is that?" asked a villager to another. "I don't know but he is wearing that robe" said another villager. "He doesn't belong here" whispered a villager. "What is Ki doing, he is endangering us all" whispered another villager. Ki and Naruto stopped at stone steps and Ki bowed. Naruto began to bow as an old man stood at the top of the steps with a wooden cane and old white robes. "Ki, who is this outsider you have brought to us, why is he here?" asked the elder. "Lord Elder, this is Naruto, he is a disciple of Lord Ashura" said Ki. The villagers began to whisper. "What proof have you that this man is the disciple of Lord Ashura?" demanded Lord Elder. "He wears the robe of Lord Ashura, the blonde haired, blue eyed disciple has come, I know it" said Ki standing up. "Can you do Ninshu?" asked Lord Elder. Naruto looked at him. "Ninshu? Do you mean Ninjutsu?" asked Naruto. "Can you?" demanded the Lord Elder. "I don't exactly know what Ninshu is" said Naruto. "Hmmm" said Lord Elder. "He can stay, for a time, I can see he has wounds and is not yet ready for travel, but, only if you help those around the village, there is much to be done and we can use your help" said the Lord Elder. "I will gladly help" said Naruto smiling. "Shall we?" said Ki as the Lord Elder walked away. "Yeah" said Naruto walking with Ki to collect fruits and vegetables. "So can you do Ninshu?" asked Ki. "I'm not sure what Ninshu is really, I know Ninjutsu but…Ninshu is foreign to me" explained Naruto. Naruto and Ki grabbed the fruits and vegetables and began to head back to Ki's home. "Hey so I am curious about something" said Naruto. "Yes?" asked Ki. "Where is this main village you spoke of?" asked Naruto. "Just over there, see that giant gate, that's the pathway to the village" said Ki. "Why is there a gate?" asked Naruto. "Well we live in three giant craters, and we aren't allowed in the main village, only the police and elders are" explained Ki. "I see" said Naruto looking at the gate. "Naruto, what're you going to do?" asked Kurama. "What I must" said Naruto.
Later that Night
Naruto snuck out of the house while Ki was sleeping and began to jump from roof to roof making his way towards the gate. "Naruto, I don't think this is a good idea" said Kurama. "I'm already all healed, you know that, with your chakra I heal fast, and besides, I want to see what's in this mysterious main village" said Naruto. Naruto landed on a roof in front of the gate hiding low observing the gate. "Twelve guards…whatever is on the other side, they really don't want villagers getting through" said Naruto. "What'll you do?" asked Kurama. "Sage mode will do, it'll do the least damage" said Naruto activating sage mode. "I hate it when you go frog mode on me" said Kurama. "Look it does the least damage, and frog kumite has saved me so many times" said Naruto. Naruto jumped and landed in between two guards hitting them in the neck knocking them out running over to two more guard and doing the same. Two guards charged at Naruto and he kicked them both back into the wall. Naruto ran at two guards tripping one and kicking the other. Naruto sent out a burst of air knocking the rest of the guards unconscious. "Time to see what's on the other side" said Naruto picking up a pair of keys from one of the guards and going through the gate. Naruto cautiously proceeded through the long trench until he finally reached the other side. "No…." said Kurama. "That's…." said Naruto stopping dead in his tracks. "It can't be….this is not possible…." Said Kurama wide eyed. "A piece of…." Stammered Naruto. "The Original Devine Tree" said Kurama. A massive piece of hallowed wood spiraled upward with houses built all around it and on it. Behind it was a massive statue of Kaguya and all around it were thousands of soldiers wearing masks with the third eye painted on them. The wind blew and shifted Naruto's hair and his white robe. "Fuck…" said Naruto.