Slytherin's Pimp: That will remain a surprise! ;)
Guest: Madara's love for his brother is like Itachi's love for Sasuke. It's complicated beyond words. In the end he would choose his brother before everything. Ha! Awesome, no misspellings! Thanks for keeping an eye out for the mistakes, my semi-beta! Nah, I'm not annoyed, feel free to write whatever is on your mind after reading my story. About your prediction, it's creepy that you're kind of thinking like me. But cool as well, it means we're on the same page. Nonetheless, thank you for your suggestions, they are greatly appreciated and so are your lovely reviews!
RoseeAnn: It's Black Zetsu- Kaguya's Will and her "son". As for his intentions, I'll let you experience it by reading it, no need for spoiling anything. Thank you for the review!
Madam3Mayh3m: Oh, right. Maybe it was a bit unclear, but it was Tobirama who recognized Izuna and vice versa, just like in the manga/anime. And it was Black Zetsu in the end, Kaguya's Will and her "son". Holy shit when you point out your reasons like that, it gets hard not to give Madara all the love right now. But I do understand why you're so opposed against Hashirama and Naruto being together. You're being very passionate about Madara, is he perchance your favorite character from the Narutoverse?
Izuna will be Izuna, I feel like it's something that would've happened in the manga/anime. Izuna is still a brat, even when he was older. The pairing between Izuna and Naruto is also a possibility as there aren't any (correct me if I'm wrong) on this site.
Anyways, thank you for the review, enjoy!
Titania1796: You mean that because Naruto uses her Kurama mode the Kurama in the timeline of the Warring Era vanishes? I'm not sure if I understood your review?
LittleWesties9: I found the chapter title also perfect! Thank you! I thought no one read the titles anymore, but they actually summarize the chapter. For me though. Things will change, it'd be stupid to let canon play out. That'd be so unoriginal and boring. And yeah, it was Black Zetsu, Kaguya's freaking Will or her cute "son".
Thank you for the compliment and the lovely review! Enjoy another chapter! ^^
KaixDecayx: That was Black Zetsu! Just like I had promised in the previous chapter.
akasha (point) brunestud: A harem would be nice but I don't think I'm that good to turn it into a reverse harem. And it's not because it's a girl- I don't really care about the gender, be it a boy or a girl. It's just weird to write a story like that. For me though. Thanks for the review, I appreciate it!
hachinonana: To answer your question about whether the story is following canon or not. It is and yet it is not. When I started writing it Naruto was still continuing so I had no idea about the end of it. I tried envisioning a world where Sasuke offers himself up and grants Naruto his powerful eyes right before he dies, just like how Obito had done for Kakashi. I improvised and still got a good story out of it.
Naruto is certainly making changes, it'd be stupid to follow canon blindly.
I noticed that your favorite character is Itama, don't worry, I'm not annoyed, it's cute to read it. Naruto forgave Nagato and Obito so it's no surprise that she would say that. As for why she had said two opposite things, that was a mistake on my part. I had forgotten about it, thanks for telling me though! I'll fix it right away, but the reason that Naruto joined the clan was to get stronger and protect her dream and precious people.
Thank you for the many reviews, I appreciate it! Enjoy!
Here is a list of the ages of the characters:
- Hashirama/Madara: 13 years old
- Tobirama/Izuna: 11 years old
- Naruto: 10 years old
- Itama: 8 years old
Asura's Will
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By Angelbloodlover
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~ "It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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Chapter 11: The Will of Everyone
"All things that have form eventually decay."
- Orochimaru
Hashirama sighed tiredly, ignoring the slight shaking of his fingers. His memories kept on replaying that day where everything had gone wrong. He remembered when Tobirama locked eyes with Izuna- all hell broke loose. The two had known each other on the battlefield and had fought on many occasions, trying to gain the upper hand. To say they had been shocked to meet somewhere else instead of in the usual bloodbath, was the understatement of the year.
He shivered from loneliness, pain, guilt- ...he didn't really know anymore. His heart ached.
When they had came back home, Tobirama had notified their father immediately. Not even caring that his two other brothers were begging and pleading him not to. The white-haired young shinobi thought he was protecting them by blurting out everything. Unforgivable. His fists clenched at his sides, still quivering in distress. Their father's reaction had been shock at first- "My son was saved by an Uchiha from five other Uchihas?! What madness are you spewing out?!"
Really, was it that hard to believe that humanity existed in all, be it Senju or Uchiha? Naruto had been the prime example of it.
Itama had broken down in a blubbering mess of tears and snot when his father had forbidden them to ever meet up with Naruto. Like things couldn't get any worse, he had plainly told them that they would use these information for the greater good of the Senju clan and kill the three Uchihas. Suffice to say that father had been displeased with his son's emotional rollercoaster being put on display. Before his father could have hurt him badly, Hashirama had stepped in, preventing more disasters from happening. He had told his father that Itama had been rescued and nurtured by Naruto until he was as healthy as a horse. To kill someone who had saved him was unacceptable.
To which his father snarled, "They killed Kawarama and so many kinsmen! That right there is unacceptable!" Glaring frostily at his weeping son, he continued without an ounce of mercy, "The clan already knows who you two were spending time with. If the both of you want to redeem yourself in the eyes of your fellow clan members then you will have to kill them." His voice became dangerously low. "You have no choice in this matter. The clan has spoken. Should you fail this mission there will be severe consequences."
He shook his head angrily, remorse shadowing his footsteps as he walked back to his room, a glass of water in his hand. When he passed Itama's room he heard nothing but an eerie silence. His heart skipped a beat in fright and he knocked on the door, waiting.
...and waiting.
Until he waited no more and opened the door. "Itama?"
He found his brother curled up in a ball, dried tear marks on his cheeks and fresh ones rolling down. His eyes remained fixated on a single bracelet, one identical to his. It was Naruto's. When Itama's eyes moved towards him, he stiffened. He almost bolted out of the room from the look he was getting. Desperate, pleading, torment and hatred circling in those dark eyes.
He reeled.
This was not something he wanted to see on his kind and soft-hearted brother. For a moment he wanted to run away form those haunting eyes, cursing his cowardly and atrocious act. Never would he abandon his brother. He wouldn't forgive himself if he did so.
Suddenly, his glass shattered. Glass shards poked and pricked his roughened skin as blood and water dripped down. He knew what this meant, he had experienced this nightmare twice- the death of his mother and then when Kawarama had died.
His eyes widened in sheer horror. Itama bolted upwards, eyes identical. Both nodded without another word and vanished in the darkness.
Madara was in the process of destroying his training post, ignoring the way his knuckles were open and bleeding. Sweat matted his forehead and his hair was sticking to his face.
His mind was driving him crazy and his conscience was killing him with guilt. He had tried everything in his power to forget all these emotions but it wasn't working. Nothing seemed to work nowadays. Naruto, that was all he could think of. He was sick and tired of feeling all these conflicting emotions within him, tormenting his very soul. Just why was everything so fucked up?! Was it really that difficult to ask for some peace and quiet?
...he was damned. Cursed.
When he had left Naruto in that meadow, he had betrayed not only his dream but also Naruto's trust. Hashirama's trust. His best friends.
Izuna had convinced him to confide with their father and grudgingly he had agreed. It was with a heavy heart that he had given all the information regarding the Senju brothers. Skills, weaknesses, fears and secrets. He had felt so disgusted with himself and the firs thing he had done when he had walked outside was puking his guts out. His younger brother had soothed him, telling him that this was for the greater good of the clan, for his fallen brothers. They would crush the Senju, he had said with an ominous voice, sharp and edgy.
He ignored the stinging of his eyes and refused to let the tears fall down. Did he even deserve to cry after his ugly deeds? Was it right of him to do what he had done?
Sighing ruefully, he stared at his bloodied knuckles. Normally he would have gone to the healing ward but he couldn't. He was ashamed and didn't dare facing her. She was still there and yet wasn't.
Had it been a week that he was avoiding her? Or had it already been two weeks? He didn't know anymore, he didn't know anything anymore.
Frustrated, he started hitting the training post with renewed energy, cursing the problems he was facing. Blood splattered on his face and he grimaced, ceasing his brutish one-sided attacks. Then, out of nowhere, he felt a foreboding feeling. He almost stumbled when he felt the sudden disappearance of her clone's chakra. It dissipated till there was nothing more. Not a second later and he was bolting towards the healing ward, his mind going overdrive.
Arriving there, he found Izuna talking to one of the confused and worried healing wives. "-pain and then she dispelled in a puff of smoke." The healing wife explained in a distressed voice, "Her expression was one of excruciating pain and I could swear I had seen blood leaking from her clothes." She gestured frantically, eyes fluttering from Madara to Izuna. When she finished her tale, Izuna turned around to find empty air.
"Shit!" and he, too, left, ignoring the flabbergasted healing wife scolding him for his foul mouth.
Naruto was huffing, feeling so out of shape and breath. Spitting out blood, she grimaced as she eyed the damaged black monstrosity.
"Your body probably won't survive another batch of attacks." Grinning darkly, Black Zetsu, charged forward and attacked the sluggish Naruto.
She was doing her best to dodge and evade his attacks, but most of them went through her defense. Her battle royale had taken more than her frustration and chakra. How could she have foreseen something like this? Damn it, she had to end this and well soon.
Before her eyes she saw Black Zetsu's arm physically changing and taking the form of a club with many spikes on it. Expertly, he struck her, shattering the ground with his powerful strikes. With his other hand-turned-giant-fist he proceeded to pummel her into the ground. She choked on her blood and spit when his hits collided with her tired and childish body. Black spots appeared, feeling heavy all of a sudden when he lifted her throat with his hand, claws digging painfully in her skin and windpipe being crushed slowly. Scrunching her eyes in pain, she tried to focus on her hand to summon a Rasengan but her chakra felt like it was slipping right through her fingers.
Eyes widening slightly, she struggled against his vice-like grip, "L-et go, you parasite!" That foul parasite was stealing her chakra.
'Kurama-' 'Kit, your body can't handle anymore of my chakra! You'll be teared apart from the inside!' Kurama shouted in annoyance as it tried to find a loophole. Things were looking far beyond salvageable.
Chuckling darkly, "You may fool everyone by your so-called Uchiha parentage but I can see that you're in fact a half-blooded Uzumaki. Those precious eyes of yours don't belong with you." Cruel smile displayed on its inhumane face, "I might even gouge them out. Mother would love a powerful gift and yours, my dear, fits that category.""
Naruto was clearly disturbed and scared when he announced her heritage and secrets with so much confidence. How did that bastard- "How you might ask?" Another clownish dark laughter tore through his mouth, "I know how the chakra of an Uchiha, Senju and Uzumaki feels like." He started tracing her eyes with his free hand, leaving goosebumps on the wake, "That's not the only thing that had piqued my interest. Imagine my surprise when one day I felt the Nine-Tailed Fox' chakra not from one source but from two sources." His eyes glinted ominously, his face getting closer to her, "You will tell me-"
The blonde-haired Uzumaki interrupted his long monologue with an evil smirk, a Rasengan appearing on her hand and with one thrust, it hit Black Zetsu. "You don't fuck w-ith me, you fucking bastard!" After her attack had sent Black Zetsu flying through the tress, she collapsed on the ground, breathing irregular and black spots still dancing on her peripheral, adrenaline being pumped up her veins and sweat soaking her clothes.
'Naruto, you have one more Rasengan up your sleeve and then you'll hit the dangers of chakra exhaustion!' Kurama was doing his best to keep the damage to Naruto's body to a minimum. If it hadn't been for Black Zetsu's presence then he wouldn't have helped out Naruto. But this was an exception to that rule. This was an emergency. No petty fights were allowed.
One shaky breath tore through her lips and she stood up on trembling legs, "Don't th-ink you can defeat me that easily!"
Black Zetsu only laughed loudly as his body regenerated, his screeching echoing throughout the forest. Naruto flinched at that inhumane sound. "How naive you are, you'll need more than that to defeat me, poor poor child."
Sounds of teeth grinding against each other, fists clenched. Naruto's face hardened and she eyed the place where her clone had been hiding, collecting nature chakra even since the beginning of the fight. She would have to pour every drop of chakra into her last attack, something that she despised doing since that would leave her vulnerable afterwards. Shifting her feet apart for more support, she brought her heel down with the minimal of chakra and caught the black mass off guard by creating a small shockwave. Using that to her advantage, she focused herself on Black Zetsu and darted towards him.
"Now!" Naruto shouted as her clone dispelled and brought forth the collected nature chakra. Black transformed into yellow, toad-like irises with orange pigmentation around her eyes.
"You ugly wench! You will not beat me with such measly tricks! Fool!"
Time was ticking, she had to hit him. It was all or nothing. Her speed increased enormously and before she had reached him, a Rasengan of gigantic proportions emerged on her hand, "Choodama Rasengan!" Everything slowed down and Naruto watched with bated breath as her jutsu hit the unsuspecting monster. He had thought her to be weak, he had thought that she wouldn't be able to use anymore jutsus, but clearly he was wrong. And now he was facing the consequences.
The moment it hit him, a large shockwave surged through the forest, cracking and destroying the nearby surroundings. The ground shook under the stress of such a heavy technique and a cloud of dust obscured her view but she could feel that Black Zetsu had taken a great toll on his parasitic body. Her knees wobbled and without her stability, she lost her balance and fell on her behind. Nausea had settled in the pit of her stomach, head spinning.
'Watch out! He's getting up!' The Nine-tailed fox yelled in the confines of her mind.
Tears welled up in her eyes as she watched the black mass re-construct itself until Black Zetsu stood in front of her, looking positively murderous. His eyes glowed and sparked with a need to kill her.
Step after step, he got closer.
His hand took the shape of a long sword. "Your presence will mess with my plans. You will die here without your so-called friends. How does it feel to be abandoned by the people you care for?" He shook his head, clucking his tongue, "Such a shame I wont be able to see how you found my presence so quick. You have been the only one throughout so many centuries to have done that." He stopped in front of her, looking down on her face with visible glee and viciousness.
"Unfortunately, your time here has run out. Die!"
Naruto forced her body to roll out of the way, her limbs uncooperative and sluggish. Most of the impact hit her on the face and she coughed out dust. She couldn't move anymore, this body wasn't able to fight and move like her previous body, she had overreached her limits and now she was rendered useless like a cripple. She closed her eyes and thought of all the good memories she had shared with all her precious people, thanking Kurama for supporting her throughout her entire lives.
A lone tear rolled down as shadows slithered up her body, ready to strike her down. The only thing she regretted was that she had failed Hashirama, Itama and the rest. She could have done so much more. Too late, she thought bitterly.
'Naruto, move, damn you!'
She couldn't really, this body was healing in a much slower rate than she was used to. It would not be fast enough for her to counterattack. Sobs bubbled up her throat at the thought that she would fail everyone.
"After I kill you, I will use your body to kill off your pathetic friends." Another tainted chuckle and then everything stopped for Naruto. Blackness surrounded her and she fell unconscious.