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"Thank you, Indra," Naruto smile gratefully at the older Otsutsuki who ended the jutsu. "Talking to my kids really put me at ease. Thank you."
Indra merely glanced at Naruto. Menma who looked down at the water bowl in his hands where they saw the twins, commented, "Suma really looks like Grandma Kushina when she was a little."
"Yeah, she looks like my mother in the kids' version," added Narutoru. When he felt their eyes on him, he asked, "What? I'm not allowed to take a peek?" That was what he did when the jutsu was on.
Naruto giggled, "Well, people always say that. She is her granddaughter after all."
When they went back to the inside of the room, Menma mumbled, "I wonder if I had twins when Dad gave birth seventeen years ago."
"Why do you say that?" Naruto looked at him with sympathy.
"Your Menma, Little Menma, has the same soul like mine. Shouldn't we have the same siblings? I mean both uncle Itachis in here and in your world were born in the same family. Yuma was also born here and there," Menma reasoned, "My dad was under stress when I was born. Maybe my twins were stillborn but they never told me."
"I don't think that was the case, Menma," Asura stated. Menma looked at him, "What do you mean?"
Asura explained, "Suma's birth was a bit special."
"Special like what?" Naruto became curious.
"The day they were conceived, Naruto was in heat," as Asura said this both Naruto and Sasuke turned red because of their memories.
"In heat?" Menma raised an eyebrow. Narutoru and Sasukeru looked lost as well. Smiled, Asura told them before Menma came into the past, Naruto was in heat. He said, "Naruto and Kurama have their chakras merged. These merged chakras have side effects. Originally, bijuu have a heat cycle where they went into reproduction mode. Usually, this mode is activated if someone he deemed as his mate, in this case, Kurama's chosen mate Susanoo, is around him and it triggered his heat. However, because Naruto is Kurama's jinchuriki and their chakras are merged, Naruto experienced this heat as well. In addition, the trigger is caused by Naruto's heart."
Narutoru was curious, "And then?"
"Naruto's heat triggered by his feelings towards Sasuke. Since they started building their relationship in the founder era, that's the trigger."
"What's that connection to Suma's birth being special?" Sasuke didn't want to hear about that heated moment. Asura explained it in the way Hashirama explain it in a medical tone. And he was embarrassed to hear more of that despite it being the truth.
Asura replied, "Originally, Naruto only released one egg at that time, which is Little Menma. But, the heat-induced another egg from the merger chakras. Since the heat cycle has come from Kurama, his chakras dominated at that time and produced another egg in Naruto's womb."
A collective of gasps was heard. Especially, from Naruto and Sasuke. Naruto gaped, "A-are you saying Suma is Kurama's child and not mine?"
Kurama inside Naruto bulged his eyes out. At that time, heat caused by their merged chakra held him down at the base of Naruto's consciousness. He didn't have clear sight the whole time until the heat was gone. His chakra was beyond his control at that time and if what Asura said was that, Kurama knew it was the truth because Asura took care of all bijuu after Rikudou Sennin died.
"Naruto, switch with me," demanded Kurama. Naruto obliged, he closed his blue eyes and they changed orange color with a black vertical pupil. He stared at Asura who knew and greeted him, "Hello, Kurama. Long time no see."
"You too, Asura." He looked at Indra, "Nice to see you two still like two peas in the pod, uh, Indra. Something is never changing."
Indra didn't return the greeting. He only glanced at Kurama. Narutoru gaped at the Kyuubi in Naruto's body. Sasukeru widened his eyes. "Wh-what-what—?" Narutoru startled.
"Easy, kiddo. I'm known as Kyuubi if you didn't know by now. Take a deep breath. I know it must be overwhelming to see me. Awesome, I know. I'm sealed inside Naruto but sometimes I can switch with him," he smirked at Narutoru. Kurama focused on Asura, "Asura brat, you're saying Suma is my kid?"
Asura shook his head, "No, no. Suma is their child. Naruto and Sasuke's DNA is in her blood. Test DNA will prove that."
Narutoru looked confused, "But, you said Kurama's chakra create another egg. Not that I'm clear about that part either."
"An egg usually takes time to be ready to be fertilized. The range time is two weeks or a month. But, at that time when Naruto was in heat, Kurama's chakra dominated and induce another egg to be fertile faster. Like how Kurama's chakra can heal faster, that's what his chakra did to this additional egg from Naruto's womb. It accelerated the fertility progress of that egg."
Naruto listened carefully, along with the others. Narutoru was a bit lost but he could understand the some of parts. Asura continued his explanation.
"Menma and Suma have the same DNA. They are Sasuke and Naruto's children. But, the egg that contained Menma was produced naturally. Suma's one was not. It was created at the heat and Kurama's chakra dominated it." Asura simplified, "Think it like this, one light blue egg has Naruto's chakra dominated and one orange egg has Kurama's chakra dominated. Suma was born of the orange egg. They are fraternal twins."
"I sense a 'but'," Sasukeru said.
Asura nodded, "Yes, there is a but. Unlike Menma who was born inherited Naruto and Sasuke's chakra, Suma was born inherited Kurama's chakra because the egg has dominated by Kurama's chakra."
"So, she is not my kid with Sasuke?"
"Oh, no, she is not."
"Thank Rikudou for that. You surprised me for a second, Asura. One moment I felt sick at the notion Sasuke and I create offspring. Horrible idea," Kurama laughed, "Suma just got my chakra, right? But, all of Naruto's kids have my chakras. They all have whiskered cheeks like Naruto."
Indra talked, "What Asura means, is Suma has more of your chakra than her brothers. She inherited the least amount of Naruto's chakra, which is Asura's. In that regard, Suma is the least probability of the three Uchiha kids to awaken Rinnegan."
"Why? Asura said her DNA is the same as Menma's."
"Same DNA but your chakra which wrapped the egg seeking your mate's chakra. The orange egg seeks the one which has the most amount of Susanoo in it. Susanoo was present at the heat moment, remember? Sasuke activated it," Asura turned to Sasuke for confirmation.
Sasuke scowled, "Don't remind me of that." They were doing their first time inside Susanoo and the fact that his purple Susanoo could talk like normal people made it more embarrassing.
"Due to that, Suma inherited mostly Kurama and Susanoo's chakra. Rather than mine or my brother's chakra."
"What's the difference between Indra's chakra and Susanoo's? Aren't they the same?" Narutoru asked. "I thought Susanoo is only a jutsu?"
"My Susanoo is indeed a jutsu but when I create a way to make him talk and move on his own, my chakra was naturally tempered due to that jutsu. He is not alive in flesh and blood like Kyuubi but my chakra and his are different."
There was silence for a while before Menma sighed, "So... In the end, I have no twins like my other self in another future."
"Menma..." Naruto was disheartened to hear that. It was complex. He had Little Menma and Suma yet he felt hopeless to witness Menma somehow lonely after he learn he was born without twins like Little Menma. Asura felt Naruto's feelings and was disheartened as well. Especially, he was the one who explained everything.
Indra noticed it and whatever he felt, Sasuke and Sasukeru felt it as well. Both Sasukes exchanged a meaningful glance. "Indra," Sasuke approached the older Otsutsuki Brother. "A Word?" He narrowed his eyes at Indra who stared at him passively. Indra knew what Sasuke had in mind and Sasuke knew this. Yet, Sasuke had to confirm it or he would go crazy. They stared at each other for a moment before he talked to the boy, "Menma, did your father still has the medical training scroll written by Hashirama? The one Hashirama gave to you?"
"Yes, he still has it," Menma replied. Indra glanced at Asura and the reincarnations, "Get that scroll and give it to Asura." He talked to everyone, "Yondaime Hokage will arrive soon, it's better we use the remaining time to practice." He turned to Asura and Narutoru, "Train Narutoru as much as he can about medical ninjutsu, Asura. I suggest you train Naruto and Narutoru to use mokuton, as well. It will be effective if we have to protect other bijuus."
Menma nodded and do as he was told. Asura nodded. Kurama smirked at Indra, "Sharp as always, aren't you, Indra brat?" Before he switched back to Naruto who protested, "Wow, wow, sir, mokuton is a bit too much."
"Will I be able to use mokuton too? That's the famous jutsu of Shodaime Hokage, right?" Narutoru stunned.
Asura smiled, "Of course, it's in my soul, you just have to practice a bit." He guided Naruto and Narutoru outside, "Come on let's practice we don't have much time."
After Asura and both Narutos went outside, Indra closed the shoji and found both Sasukes standing side by side with eyes focused on him. Sasuke glanced at Sasukeru and the young one knew he need to hear about this as well.
The moment the shoji was closed, Indra said, "Follow my hand seal."
Both Sasuke and Sasukeru did as Indra showed them and in the last part, they put their palm like one did Kuchiyose. Another silent script was written out from the palms. Surround all the room then disappear.
"What was that?" Sasukeru asked. The last part was like Kuchiyose no Jutsu movement but they didn't summon anything. Nothing happened besides the disappearing written script from their palm.
Indra said, "That jutsu is Silent cry jutsu. I sealed this room from an unwanted audience. No one can hear anything from the outside until you open the jutsu again. They can see us but hear nothing."
Sasuke glared at Indra, "It means you do not want anyone to hear this conversation."
"It's a private matter."
"Because only you and you alone know about this, am I right?" Sasuke insisted.
Indra didn't deny or admit anything.
"You can talk now because we are your reincarnations." Sasuke glanced at Sasukeru. "We have your soul and we are your entities in another era."
"I failed to see the reason to talk about it if you know already," Indra said. He turned to Sasukeru, "I assume you know about it too."
Sasukeru frowned.
"You have to admit it, Indra," Sasuke still glared, "We are the same entities. If you admit to us, you admit to yourself. Something that I believe you buried deep down in your heart throughout four millennia."
Indra was silent.
"Admit that you are in love with Asura but never told him at all during your lifespan," he articulated it very slowly and clearly. He was mad and a little bit scared of the answer but he need to know. Was his life at this point...
"Yes," Indra admitted softly. "I'm in love with Asura."
Sasuke and Sasukeru were a bit surprised because they didn't expect Indra to admit it despite their insistence. They thought Indra would never speak aloud about his feelings bluntly. However, the shock was short-handed as Sasuke intensified his glare. He looked like he wanted to kill Indra right here right there. Sasukeru was no better.
"Your feelings... Did it affects us?" Sasukeru asked solemnly yet deadly furious. "Is that why both of us, no, three of us love our Narutos? Because you love Asura. Even now."
That question keeps spinning in their minds. Sasukeru couldn't help but doubt his feelings towards Narutoru were his genuine feelings or Indra's. Because Narutoru and Naruto were Asura's reincarnations. In addition, clearly, three Sasukes (Sasuke, Sasukeru, Sasukepi) were in love with three Narutos. Did their feelings a projection of Indra's? Was that it? Did they have no choice?
Were his feelings belong to Indra because he was a reincarnation?
—000—
"Not bad," Asura said after he saw his first try of Narutoru to do basic medical ninjutsu. "Try to be more concentrated. You can do Rasengan, right? The principle is the same but with different elements and functions. Controlling your chakra."
"It's hard," Narutoru pouted. Naruto beside him sighed as well, he added, "Asura, my mokuton is not happening."
"Be patient, we try again," Asura encouraged them. Well, he couldn't blame them because he was not an expert doing something on the spot like his brother. Menma came with the scroll. Both Naruto and Asura taught Narutoru. He got the idea and slightly improve it. Asura guides him to heal. Not at the expert level but just the basic.
Then, Asura explained how to do mokuton. He told them about the seal and the balancing of water and earth element. A few times earlier, nothing happened. They fail. It was expected. When they are still practicing, Naruto sensed his father chakra coming closer.
"My Dad is here," Naruto told Asura, Narutoru, and Menma. True to his words, they saw Itachi, Deidara, and Minato, two middle age men who seemed familiar, and a young man who Naruto felt he saw from somewhere. Asura walked to the room where his brother and both Sasukes were in. He knocked.
"Ani-ue, they are here," he announced.
—000—
Sasuke had another question, "Something is off. Based on Rikudou Sennin, told me that you were in a rage when he chose Asura to be his successor. You kept fighting Asura even after you two reincarnated so many times. Black Zetsu confirmed that. Reincarnations before my time, always fighting. Madara and Shodaime were the first time to have a ceasefire." Sasuke bluntly said, "If you truly love Asura, even now, you have a funny way to show it. By fighting for generations. Why would you do that?"
Sasukeru added, "There must be a solid reason. If you love Asura but you never act on it and even fought him through reincarnation beyond the time. You fought Asura. I can understand you didn't act on it because it's incest. But, the fight? Why?"
When silence followed their questions, both Sasukes annoyed. They insisted, "We have the right to know, Indra."
They heard a knock and Asura's voice announced the arrival of the others. The reincarnations knew this conversation will halt but they both glared at Indra as if giving him the message, 'We are not finished.' Indra merely closed his eyes in agreement. Indra opened the door. He saw Itachi and gestured for all of them to come in. Indra explained there was a jutsu in this room to prevent any eavesdropping.
Itachi nodded, and he introduced his family, "This is Indra and Asura Otsutsuki. They were summoned by our guest from other futures." He explained the names' differences to avoid any confusion. SasuNaru original, SasuNaru Pro (missing), and SasuNaru Lite was the teenager's versions of their SasuNaru.
"Wow, Obito, is that you?" Naruto was stunned. "You have both eyes and are not wrinkly like Obito in my time."
Obito chuckled, "Yes, I heard about that when Menma went missing three years ago. Sorry about your era, I messed it up, right?"
"How about your life in here... Are Rin..." Naruto asked cautiously. Obito winked, "I married Rin and had two kids."
Naruto let out a sigh of relief, "Glad to hear that." His eyes wandered to another middle man with curly short hair. "And... Who is he?"
Sasuke was the one who answered, "Shisui Uchiha. He looks much older than the Shisui in our time but I'm positive he is Shisui."
Shisui smiled, "Yes, Sasuke. I'm Shisui."
"Ah, the best friend Itachi talked about. He said he learned a way of a ninja through you," Naruto informed him. Shisui was pleasantly surprised, "He did?" Shisui glanced at Itachi. "Do you think that too?"
Itachi sent a faint smile, "I can't argue with that."
Naruto was astonished then turned to another curly hair but much younger. This young man walked to Menma and asked gently, "Menma, are you alright?"
"Yes, I'm fine," Menma mumbled and they looked at each other in silence. Naruto looked at them and noticed they were standing a bit too close to each other, it made Naruto raise an eyebrow. Are they...
He asked, "You look familiar. Have we met before?"
Sasuke told Naruto, "He is the guy in the park when we first met Menma and Koumi."
"Ah! That guy in the park," Naruto nodded. "No wonder I feel like I saw you before."
Shisui introduced the young man, "He is my son, Hisui."
Hisui stared at Naruto and Sasuke a bit longer than necessary. He did the same with Sasukeru and Narutoru as well before he bowed lowly (a bit too low just for an introduction, it looked more for apologies) at them as he said, "I'm Hisui Uchiha, pleased to meet you."
Sasuke noticed that for someone who just knew about guests from other futures, Hisui took it well. Well. No curious eyes or wonder eyes as he gets from Itachi and others in this era. Even Shisui gave him a searching look. Hisui imply staring without emotion which made him suspicious because Sasuke knew someone did that due to it was in their nature or... hiding something.
Indra and Sasukeru picked it up as well. They sensed something was off with Hisui. Meanwhile, Naruto and Narutoru saw both Sasuke staring at Hisui, Naruto whispered to Sasuke, "Suspicious, isn't it? He stands too close to Menma, right?"
Narutoru whispered with absolute to Sasukeru but both Naruto and Sasuke heard, "I bet he is Menma's boyfriend."
Both Sasukes widened their eyes in disbelief. However, they have no time to think about that because Itachi mentioned the ability of each man to Indra.
"Indra-sama, Shisui, and Hisui can do body flicker. Obito's Kamui is efficient to move something. And with Minato-sama's teleport, I gathered the ones you seek," Itachi reported.
Indra looked at each of the said men and nodded, "I think we have enough."
Minato asked, "What's the plan? None of us can sense Black Zetsu or my son and son-in-law. Shuusaku in Sunagakure has gone missing."
"Sanbi as well," Deidara added.
"I believe Zetsu used Sasukepi's Rinnegan to block your mark, Yondaime. I have a suspicion that Black Zetsu hiding but we will work in different places," Indra looked at Obito and Shisui. "For bijuus, he will need to absorb them one by one according to the tails. Since Shuusaku, Matatabi, and Isobu are gone, it's better to assume that he got them."
"You know their names?" Naruto blinked in disbelief.
Asura smiled, "Of course, our father introduced us when we were small. We used to play with the bijuus."
"You used to play with them, Asura," corrected Indra. The younger brother insisted, "But, Ani-ue is with me all the time."
"I was just waiting for you to finish playing with them." I can't trust your safety with them, was left unsaid. Only a few people guessed. Indra back to the topic, "To prevent absorption of bijuus, we have to get them first and place them in other places."
"Where do you plan to place them?" Deidara asked. "Must be massive enough for a bijuu."
"Indeed. I'm planning to cage them using Mokuton."
Gasps were heard. Naruto asked in disbelief, "You what?! You want to cage them?"
Asura frowned, "That's why Ani-ue want me to teach them Mokuton?"
"It's necessary, Asura. Your mokuton has the quality to help them without hurting them." Indra elaborated, "Your Mokuton's is impenetrable."
"Susanoo is impenetrable," Sasuke said, "I used it to protect us during mugen Tsukuyomi activated. Even Black Zetsu couldn't get inside as well."
"True, but Sasukepi is with him for now. If he could make their chakra untraceable due to his Rinnegan, it's safe to assume Black Zetsu is in control of his body. I never had my Susanoo facing another Susanoo from my other reincarnation but I can guess they will be nullified each jutsu from one another. That's why I think Mokuton is the best chance to hold bijuu from being taken."
"They will fight for freedom if you capture them," Naruto warned Indra. He was not comfortable with the idea of capturing bijuu.
"Not necessary," Indra held out his hand towards Asura, "Give me your magatamas."
"Shodaime promised them that they won't be captured," Naruto insisted.
Asura touched the magatama's motive on her clothes around his neck and each touch activated a small explosion then real magatamas appeared while the motives on his fabric were gone.
"The circumstances are different now, Naruto. If we let them as they are now, they will be absorbed by Gedou Mazou and Mugen Tsukuyomi will happen again. Sasukepi has a pair of Rinnegan," Indra looked at Naruto pointedly, "Are you that eager to meet my grandmother again? Need I remind you, she can change dimensions at will? Like my father, she doesn't need any seal."
"Of course not!" Naruto scowled. "Do you think it's easy to deal with her? Even after Grandpa Rikudou gave us his power."
"Well said. We are on the same page, then. I believe all the bijuus will agree on that and being caged in Mokuton is just a small price they have to pay," Indra gathered all four magatamas in his hands.
"How can you be so sure? Do they trust you?" Naruto was honestly skeptical. Bad Madara didn't seem left a good impression on the bijuu. Neither Sasuke. He concluded Indra was not that different.
"Not me. But, they trust Asura," he showed them the magatamas, "This is Asura's magatama. Only we and our father along with uncle Hamura could use it. These magatamas contain Asura's signature chakra. When the rest of the bijuus sniffed at it, they will know Asura is here and agree to be inside a Mokuton cage. They know about our Magamatas. We can use it to communicate with each other as well. My father used his magatamas to communicate to Uncle Hamura on the moon."
"Someone has to go to them with the magatamas," Itachi took a guess.
"Yes. Some of you have to go and find them. Shows the magatama and brought them here to be caged by Naruto and Narutoru. Only two of them can do Mokuton."
"We are still learning," Narutoru told Indra. Naruto added, "No mokuton so far from us."
Indra merely said, "Keep trying."
Both Narutos scowled, they turned to Asura before whispering, "Does he always have attitude problem?" Asura smiled fondly. He used Indra's strict manner. Asura was aware of both Sasukes were not that strict with Naruto. He thought, maybe that was because they were not raised as siblings like Indra and Asura. However, Asura noticed that Indra and both Sasukes have the same gentle gaze when he looked at him or they looked at both Narutos. He believed his brother never changed even after so many reincarnations. He cherished their brotherhood.
"So, we will go after the rest of the bijuus? Six of them?" Asked Deidara.
"Our priority will be Kurama in this era, then Gyuki, Choumei, Saiken, Kokuo, and Son Goku. Because they need to absorb bijuu based on the tail, at least we need to secure Kurama, Gyuki and Choumei first to prevent Mugen Tsukuyomi. I doubt Son Goku is still free at this moment."
"Who is going to each bijuu?" Asked Shisui.
It was decided that Minato will go to Kyuubi in this era and Gobi. Shisui will go to Hachibi and Yonbi, and Obito will get Nanbi and rokubi. If they couldn't find two of the bijuus they were assigned, they need to go back asap. They were told to teleport the bijus to the clearing away from Konoha if they found one. When they opened a map to choose a place where they should put the bijuus, Sasuke noticed one place. "What is this place called?" He asked. No landmarks there.
"It's just a river there," Itachi said.
"Isn't there a huge statue of Shodaime and Madara there? A valley?" He clarified. He knew the place by his heart.
Naruto remembered, "Ah! You mean Valley of the End?" Naruto won't forget that place. The place where he fought Sasuke before he left Konoha.
Narutoru blinked, "Statue? Valley of the End? I don't think there is something like that in my time as well." He looked at Sasukeru for confirmation. The youngest Sasuke nodded, "Yes, there is only a river there. No valley or statue."
Indra told Sasuke, "Hashirama didn't fight Madara in this timeline like they did in your history. That valley was created by their fighting, not by nature." He looked at the map again, "We can use this place to gather the bijuus. It's massive enough and away from people."
"So...will we be the one who makes Valley of the End?" Naruto asked.
Indra closed his eyes, neither confirmed nor denied.
Thank you for reading! Please review if you want next chapter!
Next chapter will start searching for Black Zetsu! I think Sasukepi, Narutopi and Black Zetsu will appear in chap 11 or 12. I dunno, I haven't write their confrontation with Black Zetsu. I finished write the ending tho LOL the ending is easier :))
Hey, guys, I think after this story, this is will be end of time travel SasuNaru AU. I don't think I can write time travel anymore, it's soooo complicated X( it's NOT gonna be trilogy. This is the last one of SasuNaru time-travel AU. I want to write wips in other fandom too. I write the end already but I haven't write the epilogue. So, if you have anything you want to read in epilogue, let me know in the comment. I think this story will end in 8-10 chapters. It's getting near the end. This story is big for me. It means a lot to me. I spent one year writing for Perfect Time and almost 1,5 years for Moment of Truth. I want to give a nice ending for you all and for myself. So, if you have a moment you want to see in the epilogue, let me know. Your support means a lot to me. I'm really grateful for you guys who are still reading this story despite my poor grammar. Thank you, thank you so much :')
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osh0204: You sent 2 review? About Boruto, I believe the plot is interesting with all the Otsutsukis. I just have problem with Boruto. Him alone. Well, a bit Sarada. I really don't like ungrateful brats. I just can't stand Boruto. If Himawari is the main character, I would love that. It sounds interesting about Otsutsuki but even before I write this, my focus on Otsutsuki is only on Indra and Asura. I love reincarnation things. And yes, if you put it that way, Naruto and Sasuke are weaker. I hear even Sasuke rarely uses Susanoo. It's humiliation. As their fan, I still can't accept that. I dunno about others. Ah, yes, biometric identification. It's complicated already for the plot, I barely can handle creating new jutsus let alone chosing right word for that jutsu TuT forgive me for my wording...