Grim Reaper of Iwa
Chapter 7
For those wondering, Tobi will be a lot different in my story, heh. So for those that think Tobi will not have the sharingan because Naruto has Obito's eye, think again. Also, I have a question. Should Tsunade join them when they go to Iwa? Naruto is basically her family and all. If not, and I can see why not, that is cool too. Also, since i am giving Haku, Tsunade's training, should he get her strength?
Also….now I have never seen the Blood Prison movie….or the one before that one….i stopped at Bonds, but Road to Ninja looks so damn CONFUSING!
Tsunade took Zabuza aside and said, "With the Sharingan, he could become powerful, I just hope he uses it properly and does not get the Uchiha ego."
"That's after we can get him a new arm." Zabuza replied.
"Speaking of which, what are we going to do in Iron Country?" Tsunade asked, curious about what they were going to do for Naruto.
"I have a friend in that place who owes me a favor. Their technology is far more advanced than ours since we are more focused on our petty differences and are always at war. They, however, just protect their land and have great tech over there." Zabuza replied.
"Ok…who is the guy that will help us?" Tsunade asked.
Zabuza smirked as he came closer. "His name is…"
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Shizune was happily chatting with Guren and Haku while Naruto snoozed on a rock when Tsunade shouted, "WHAT!?"
"Oh, I wonder what Tsunade-sama is upset about now." Shizune wondered aloud.
"Who knows, but I am sure she can get over it." Guren replied while waving it off.
"I am just surprised that shout didn't wake Naruto up." Haku replied.
"Well, he did get his arm sliced of in a battle with an S-class Ninja." Guren offered.
"Oh…right." Haku replied sadly. He was blaming himself for what happened. However, one look at the blond, and he shook his head. Honestly, Naruto would kick his ass for having thoughts like that. Naruto probably didn't have any regrets. So, with determination in his eyes as Zabuza and Tsunade came back, he said, "No more messing around. If Naruto has the power in him to save us, we need the power to save him when the time comes."
"If that's the case, I promise my training on the way to Iron Country will help a lot." Tsunade said with an evil grin as she cracked her knuckles. Haku gulped at that but nodded none the less.
Shizune saw the look on Guren's face as well and with the girl's knowledge on poisons and other things, maybe she could help as well. "Guren, I'll help train you as well."
"Sweet!" Guren said with a smirk.
Zabuza sat next his blond student and he could have sworn Naruto had a smile on his face as he slept. That made the feared swordsman smile underneath his bandages as well. Maybe…this was a good thing.
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White.
Nothing but white.
God he already hated snow. Naruto eye twitched as he looked around. This was almost as bad a hospital! "Are we there yet?" Naruto asked as Zabuza was carrying him on his back. Sure, Naruto could use his legs, but at the moment, the blond was being an ass.
Zabuza grunted. "No."
Guren smiled as the blond had be asking that a lot. Sure it was annoying and it ticking Zabuza off but that was fun part.
"Are we there yet?" Naruto asked again.
"No!" Zabuza growled.
Yeah, it was just annoying, but she had an idea. With a devious smirk and wink to Haku, she said, "You know Naruto, you could ride me."
"HUH?" Naruto asked with a dumbfounded look while Haku and Zabuza smirked. Tsunade and Shizune look at each other with raised eyebrows, not used to how things work with this team.
"Yeah." Guren smirked. "My lovely back is available. I am sure you don't want to be on another man's back."
Naruto was left speechless as he jaw was dragging behind them. Zabuza looked to Guren, giving her a thankful look. The blue haired girl smiled cheerfully. She managed to shut Naruto up.
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….Yeah, that did not last long though.
"Are we there yet?"
"YES!" Zabuza shouted as they entered a small snowy village. "We are finally here damnit!"
"Ok." Naruto said as he slid off of the Demon of the Mist's back. "No need to yell about it."
Zabuza growled to himself as he imagined strangling the one armed blond. Haku just shook his head as he patted the man on the shoulder. "Don't worry sensei, that's just Naruto."
"Yeah…I just hope this shuts him up." The swordsman replied. He then noticed that Haku was giving him deadpanned look. "Yeah…you're right, that will never happen."
"An interesting group you have brought to my village." A man said. The group looked to see a man that had long, grey hair, which almost reached down to his waist, with bandages wrapped around his head, probably for a battle scar or something like that. He had black eyes with distinct wrinkles underneath them, a grey goatee and moustache. All he wore was a simple purple kimono-like outfit and sandals.
"Mifune." Zabuza said politely with a bow.
"It has been too long old friend." The man known as Mifune replied with a polite tone. "May I ask what you are doing in these lands?"
Zabuza nodded and pointed to Naruto. "I have come to collect on an old favor you owe me. I need you to use you technology to give my student a new arm. He lost it in a fight with Itachi Uchiha."
"I see." Mifune stated as he calmly walked over to the blond and looked over the wound. He noticed that it was closed up properly and he could replace the arm easily enough. He looked towards Tsunade and nodded to himself. "I see you did a wondrous job, Tsunade. You have not lost you touch in the medical area."
Tsunade smiled at that and Mifune noticed something about the woman. She seemed happier than the last time he saw her, which was a very long time ago. This boy he was going to help seemed to be important to the group if they were willing to come all the way out here.
"I will require you're help on this, Tsunade. The new procedure that we developed needs more…safety than we can give out. It is a dangerous procedure that can kill a normal man, that is why none of us have done it."
Zabuza blinked. "Huh, he just needs an arm. What the hell do you plan on doing that could kill him?"
Mifune eyed the boy and saw more determination in him that most of his samurai. He knew who this boy was due to the whisker marks on his face. He knew without a doubt that he was to be the one they tested their new project on. So, instead of speaking to Zabuza, he spoke directly to Naruto. "Uzumaki-san, while we can rebuild you…more specifically your arm, we have seen that it has….side effects…some not good as it affects the bone structure to those that have it. I know what you are and with your permission, I wish to test something on you."
"Depends on what it is." Naruto replied, not liking being a test monkey.
"In addition to giving you a metal arm, I wish to test graphing the same metal on your bones. It will hurt you beyond imagination, but it will make you indestructible." Mifune replied in a calm tone.
"What the….what kind of metal are you going to use and how the hell are you going to be able to do that to him?" Tsunade asked in a heated tone.
"It is the same metal we use to make our blades. Adamantium and Chakra Metal." Mifune replied.
"The hell? No wonder your men are having problems, that shit it too heavy!" Tsunade ranted.
"I understand that, but this new procedure should help." Mifune contested.
Tsunade sighed, but looked to Naruto, it was his decision after all.
The blond boy was in a thoughtful pose. What do you think, Kyuubi?"
"Well. It is dangerous and I will say there is a possibility that you will die due to the extreme pain. However, having that kind of metal on your bones will be good for you. The healing factor I have given you will be improved and think how badass you would look when you go death form."
That was enough for the blond teen and smiled and said, "I'll do it!"
"Very well." Mifune said as he turned away and motioned them to follow. "We eat first and then do the procedure in the morning. We will need your help Tsunade."
"Right, I'll be there." Tsunade replied with a grim face. She was not going to let Naruto die from this.
Haku just wondered what was to come from all of this. Was his brother figure going to change or will he stay the same? Only time will tell.
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Mifune was nice enough to let them sleep at his place. He seemed like a humble man, but the samurai of this land did not let him have a simple little house….as he said that he wanted. No it was a fairly large mansion.
He, however, made it a black and white coloring. He must have liked the simple life. So as soon as they made it inside, a girl around Naruto's age greeted them. She was a long white haired girl with part of it covering her left eye, which was an amber orange color. She wore a deep red kimono that was open to reveal a tank top that held in her rapidly growing bosom and a pair of short shorts that revealed very long legs. There was not a flaw on her and altogether, it made her very beautiful.
"Yo." Was her greeting.
Mifune smiled as he put his hands on the girl's shoulders. "This is my daughter, Misa."
Zabuza blinked at that. "Wow, I didn't know you have a kid."
Mifune looked at the man and said, "If you came here more often, then you would know." Zabuza nodded in consent at that. Mifune was an old friend and he hadn't seen the man since he met Haku. "Now, I will go make dinner. Please make yourselves at home."
Misa looked at all of them with a bored look before she smiled. "Well, you all know me, now why don't you tell me who you are."
Naruto smirked as he pointed a thumb at himself. "Name's Naruto Uzuamki! Remember it!"
"My name is Haku, it is very nice to meet you." The Ice User said politely.
"This hot chick right here is Guren." The Crystal User replied smugly as she did a once over the white haired girl. "But I must say, that I am getting a run for my money with you." She gave the white haired girl a wink that conveyed a message that she got as she smiled.
Misa looked to Tsunade and smiled challengingly. "I know who you are, Lady Tsunade. One day, I am going to test my metal against you one of these days."
"Why?" The aged medic asked.
"Simple. You are one of the strongest women in the ninja lands and the samurai here would not even go against you. I intend to be the first."
Tsunade gave her own challenging smirk. "You wish kid." Yeah, she already liked this girl. She had guts.
"I am Shizune." The polite woman said after a moment.
Misa smiled at the woman and then at the rest. She also knew Zabuza as she nodded to him. "I already like you people. Especially Guren here." Tsunade held back a laugh as she knew what was going to happen. She had learned that Guren was a major flirt. God, if Jiriaya were here, he would be in as much trouble as the boys were about to be.
"Oh? You like me too? I knew there was a...connection…we had." Guren said as she walked right up to the other girl, so that they were pressing up against each other. Naruto and Haku grew nervous at that. Was there a fight in the making or what?
"OH I am sure it is more of an attraction than a connection." Misa replied as their breasts pushed against one another. She then put an arm around the blue haired girl and then smashed her lips the Guren's.
No…no fight…just two chicks kissing each other in a very provocative why. Tsunade cut her eyes to Naruto and Haku and nearly laughed at their reaction. Their jaws were on the floor and even that did not last long as they were rocketed back from a nosebleed. Zabuza…didn't know what to do as they were way younger than him, so he turned his back and left….all the while wiping blood from his nose.
After a few seconds, the girls broke apart, looked at the state of the two boys and laughed their asses off. Girls could act perverted if they wanted, but if guys did it to other girls, than all hell breaks loose….yeah, that made sense.
Misa smiled and said, "So which one is your's"
"Haku, the girlie looking out. But in a sense, they are both mine." Guren replied with a cheesy smile. Misa knew what that meant. While Guren was with Haku, she considered Naruto to be her family.
"Well then, I'll just take blondie off your hand. Unless, you wanted to have some girl time….although to be honest, I not one for girlie shit."
"Well, that will have to wait for later. I have to train Guren some more." Shizune interject politely.
"If that is the case, I might as well train Haku some more." Tsunade said as she grabbed a hold of the girlie one's ankle and drug him out of the mansion, who was followed back Shizune and a giggling Guren.
Misa sighed at that. Well, it wasn't all bad. She still had the blond one with her. So she set him on the couch to wait for him to wake up. It would be nice getting to know a new friend.
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Zabuza walking into the kitchen to see Mifune working on some stew. "An…interesting daughter you have."
Mifune smiled sadly at that. "She takes after her mother."
Zabuza chuckled at that. "Yeah, you always were one for the odd ones."
"You are one to talk. How is the auburn haired one that threatened to melt your ball off?" Mifune asked.
"I…I am not sure." Zabuza replied honeslty. "I have not been to the Mist lately. I fled like a coward after my attempt to kill the Mizukage. She probably hates me and has moved on."
"But you have not?" It was more of a statement than a question. Mifune looked to his old friend to see that there was still love in the man's eye for the one known at Mei. "At least not yet. I see you have an interest in the woman traveling with Tsunade."
Zabuza chuckled at that. "Maybe. She is a strong woman in her own right. Also, the more I think about my students, the less I want to bring them to the Mist. They are great kids and they don't need to see that horrible war."
"You are becoming less of the so called Demon." Mifune noted. "Just do what your heart desires and you will be happy."
Zabuza nodded at that. He also noticed how quick his old friend changed the subject of Misa's mother. He could only think something bad happened. "So…what happened to Misa's mother?"
Mifune stirred the pot of stew slowly with a sad look. "She was a strange and adventurous woman….but not even that could protect her from a rare illness. It killed her within a month after Misa's sixth birthday."
"Oh…I am sorry."
"Don't be…it was just her time." Mifune replied. He obviously didn't want pity.
After a while of helping the man in silence, Zabuza spoke up again. "I found the heir."
Mifune nodded sagely at that. "To your sword I would assume."
"Yes. My blade was never really meant for me, so I had Haku take hold of it and it an interesting reaction." Zabuza explained. "When something happens to me, he will get the blade."
"He seems like a stable young man. What was the reaction?"
"It turned to ice and there were silver winds whipping around it. It confirmed my suspicion that Haku also has the Swift Release."
"An interesting combination." Mifune deduced.
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"Ugh, that was some perverted dream." Naruto mumbled as he awoke as he rubbing his eyes.
"Oh…that was no dream Blondie-kun."
"Huh?" Naruto shouted as he whipped his head around to see Misa sitting next to him with that coy smirk on her face. "Wait, that was real?"
"Yep, but we were just teasing you."
"Great. Here I thought I was a flirt." Naruto said before shrugging. "Meh, I just do harmless stuff though, like call girls like you extremely beautiful, but that scene was hot."
Misa smiled with a large blush on her cheeks. "Thank you. Now that all the fun is out of the way, why don't we get to know each other through a spar?" She said with a gleam in her eye.
Naruto looked at her for a moment and then smiled. "Well, if you think that you can keep up, I would be more than happy to spar with you. Just lead the way"
Raising an eyebrow at the blond, the girl smirked. "If you think I can keep up? Oh boy, it is you that will have to keep up. Just keep up in the right way."
She laughed at Naruto's blush as she walked to the dojo. Through her loose kimono, he saw that she was swaying her hips suggestively.
Yeah…he was in trouble.
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Later that night, Zabuza and Mifune noticed that Naruto and Misa were getting along very well at dinner. They joked, messed with each other, and punched each other in the shoulder. Zabuza only saw this with his teammates or someone Naruto had changed by either talking or fighting. He guessed it was a fight due to the bruise on the girl's cheek and the rapidly disappearing black eye the blond had. He just chuckled to himself. That kid was a strange one.
Mifune, however, was a different story. He saw a small, but significant change in his daughter. That 'hidden' look of sadness in her eyes had disappeared. He knew that her mother's death still affected her, but this boy seemed to have healed that old wound somewhat. She looked, happy with him. He liked that she was happy, but he was a father and wanted to scare the boy…..meh, he could do that later.
Haku and Guren smirked at each other when they saw this. In Guren's opinion, the blond was lady killer. First Temari now Misa? He worked fast! Haku saw it for what it really was though and he was thankful that his friend had that gift of his.
In truth, Misa did have a crush on the blond. He was great guy in her eyes. She just knew that he had to leave soon. So she did not make a move yet. Hell, Naruto was too nice despite his flirting, so she knew he would most likely not make the first move.
However, their fun ended too soon for her tastes as the meal ended and they had to head to bed early for tomorrow's event.
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Right…like that was going to happen. Naruto was way too nervous for that. He just could not sleep. His mind was racing. Sure he felt immense pain before, but that was from being beaten up in the village, not from this!
He sat on the roof of the mansion and stared at the full moon in thought. It was all just too much to take in.
"Can't sleep?"
Naruto looked behind him to see Misa in her nightware. It was red night grown. It made her look very beautiful, especially in the moonlight. Despite his initial shock, he smiled. "Yeah, I am not sure this is going to work. Am I going to die?"
Misa sighed. She sat next to the blond and looked at him with a serious face. "Dad lied to you."
"Huh?"
"This procedure has been done before." Misa stated sadly.
"On who?"
"Me." Misa replied as she looked away sadly.
"Why?" Naruto asked as he tried looking at her, only to see tears running down her face.
Misa looked at Naruto before she leaned her head on his shoulder. "My mom died from a strange and rare illness. We thought it was gone, but it appeared in me a while ago….and Dad was freaking out. It was only thanks to my bloodline that I was able to stay alive for as long as I did."
"Oh? What kind was it?" Naruto asked, seeing a new side to the girl. It seemed that while she put on a strong and happy look, she was still hurting.
"Dad called it the Silver Heart Bloodline. Apparently it skipped mom. It gave me a regenerative power that can match a Jinichuriki's." She noticed he looked startled by that and flinched. However, she already knew what he was from her father, so she did not have a problem. "And it was thanks to that, that I survived so long, but it was nearing its end and dad was getting nervous. So, he set up the procedure you're about to undertake."
"W-what happened?"
"I died." She stated simply.
"WHAT!?" Naruto freaked.
"Yeah, but it did work. Despite all the horrible pain," Misa said while shivering at the horrible memory. Naruto noticed this and put an arm around her in hopes of shielding her from past pain. She smiled with a small blush in thanks. "Despite that, it restarted the regeneration ability, but I had to die in the process. But they did not do it with the metal you are going to get. They did it with pure silver."
"Wow, must have been horrible." Naruto whispered.
"It was, but there was a light to all of that." Misa replied, gaining the blond's full attention. "In addition to living, I also got to see my mom, one last time."
Naruto smile sadly at that, but noticed the girl's eyes. They were sad still. "You were close." It wasn't a question.
Misa nodded. "Yes." She cried. "Dad is awesome and all, but he could never replace mom, just like how she could never replace him. There are certain things you do with a certain parent that would just be weird for the other. My mom…she was the best thing in my world. I miss her…so much."
Naruto nodded quietly as she cried into his shoulder. It pained him to see this strong girl…no, woman, crying. "She'll never really be gone." Naruto said as he wiped her tears away. "She'll always be with you…in your heart. That's what the old man said about my parents and I believe him still."
Misa hiccupped/laughed as she gave Naruto a hug. He was right. Her love for her mother will never die and that was what she took to heart. She pulled away to look at the blond boy. They both looked at each other in the moonlight and it had a powerful effect on them. As they stared into each other's eyes, they came together again, but this time in a passionate kiss.
She reluctantly broke it after a while and stared at him with a smile. "My mother gave me a mission, to find someone that makes me happy."
Naruto was speechless for a second before saying. "I….don't know when I'll even be back after this."
She knew he was being honest and punched in on the shoulder. "I know that. I just wanted you to know how I felt. You make me happy." She then kissed him again. When she pulled away again, she smirked. "Oh and if I can take the pain, so can you blondie!"
Naruto laughed at that. "I suppose you are right." He then stood up and helped her up as well. "Well, I better get some rest then."
"Yes, you should, Mister Grim Reaper." Misa replied before walking off with a seductive sway to her hips.
"Wow…" Was all the blond managed to get out of his mouth.
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"Ugh…this is going to suck." Naruto mumbled aloud as he got in a tub of water. Yeah, instead of describing it this time, just go watch the Wolverine movie…same room and everything on how the room looks.
Mifune nodded to himself. "Yes, I know this will hurt unlike anything you have ever felt, but think of why you are doing this. Just keep to those thoughts and you will be fine."
"You know, somehow, that does not make me feel any better." Naruto replied as he eyed the drill like needless all around him. There was also a metal arm on the side. It seemed like they were going to attach that at the same time. "Um…anything I should know about the metal arm?"
"If you survive, I'll tell you all about it." Mifune replied as he walked away.
Naruto looked at the man with a gob smacked expression. "THAT DOESN'T HELP YOU KNOW!"
Mifune just kept on walking toward the upper level with a stoic expression on his face. Tsunade came up to him and said, "It seems legit. I hope for your sake that this works."
"I do too." Mifune stated as looked at all the others in the room. His second in command decided to come and make sure everything went alright. The man had some medical training and help Tsunade with the check over. His daughter, Misa, was there as well. He did not know if Misa had the same procedure to save her life, but in truth, it did not matter. Then there were the boy's teammates. They all looked nervous and fearful for the blond. Did he look like that when he did this to his daughter?
"We are ready, Mifune-sama." His second in command stated.
"Right." The samurai leader replied before turning to Naruto's position. "We are going to start now, just remember what I told you." Seeing the blond nod, he pushed the start button. With that, the platform Naruto was on lowered into the water. Thankfully they had put a rebreather on his face or this won't really work.
Then the drills started and came down on the blond, along for the one to create the hole for the new arm. Naruto felt them on impact and instantly regretted doing this as he writhed in agony.
Tsunade looked away from the younger blond, not wanting to see him in pain. Shizune did so as well, but hide her face in Zabuza's chest. Guren gripped the railing, watching with no emotion on her face. However, her mind was racing a mile a minute, hoping her little brother lived through this. Haku just watched on in sadness. He hated seeing his precious people in pain. And Zabuza himself just held on to the woman, letting her cry out the sadness for them both, for he was crying. He would admit that he had gotten soft, but these kids were his world now.
Naruto's mind was screaming just as his body was, but he was determined to take Mifune's words to heart. He thought about why he was doing this. He was doing it so that he could protect those he held close to his heart.
Zabuza-sensei, Haku, Guren, Tsunade, Shizune, Tonton, Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, The Kazekage, The Hokage, The Ichirakus, Mifune, and Misa. They and so many more were what he was doing this for.
While that was going on, Kyuubi was working overtime to make sure that Naruto, and by extension, himself, did not die. He growled to himself that he did not stop this from the start. But no, he was curious as to how this would go.
Soon, however, he remember that Chakra Metal was in the mix of this metal. Seeing the benefits of this, he forcefully drew out Naruto's Chakra, along with his own, to mix with the metal to make it stronger and to condition it to make sure it could handle the training that Naruto went through. Also, with a devious smirk, he added something else to make sure this new addition to Naruto was worth it.
As the procedure was nearing its end, both Naruto and the Kyuubi felt a pull towards death. They both knew this was going to happen thanks to Misa's story, but they were not prepared for what was on the other side.
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The two opened to their eyes to see a room of pure white. So white it was almost blinding. Naruto looked around to see that he could see himself and the Kyuubi, who was standing next to him. What shocked him was that the Kyuubi looked younger than he last saw him. "What's going on?"
"I am not sure, Kit, but I kind of expected there was nothing on the other side for us."
"Now I would not say that, Kurama." A man's voice called out and they looked to their left to see someone they did NOT expect at all. It was the Sage of Six Paths.
"Father?!" The fox, now known as Kurama, shouted in disbelief.
The man just smiled. "Yes it has been a while." He said before turning to the blond. "So, you are my true heir. I must say that Fate chose right."
"Huh?"
The Sage chuckled lightly. "Don't worry, Child. I am sure you will know in time." Turned back to the fox, "Kurama, come, I wish to speak to you. Let Naruto speak to those that came for him." The fox nodded and walked away from the blond, but did look back and nearly growled.
Standing right behind Naruto, were none other than his mother and father. Minato and Kushina. One look at them, Naruto brought them in a tight hug as he cried.
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An hour later in death time, the Sage and Naruto's parents had to go, but they were not done yet in this world. For another man was now standing before them. They could tell he was an Uzumaki due to the long red hair he sported. He didn't wear much, other than a long black cloak with the hood down so they could see his withered, but youthful face. The Kyuubi's eyes widened as he recognized this man. "Shuuryou Uzumaki….the original Grim Reaper."
"That is correct old friend." The man replied with a sad smile. "You were there when I died."
"What are you doing here?"
"What? I can't see an old friend and the one who is my successor?" He joked with a smile but that soon died away to a serious expression. "I have come for that and more."
"What would that be?" Naruto asked.
"One is a warning. Some of our family have fallen." The man said before his look grew sad as he looked at Naruto. "I need you to find the spirit of my daughter. She has not passed on yet."
"Mito's spirit?" Naruto asked and that put a dark look on the old Reaper's face.
"Not, he older sister that died before Mito met Hashirama. I had three children and I know what happened to two of them, I just don't know what happened to Toki."
"I find her. I promise." Naruto said with a determined look.
"Good." The man said, a bit relieved. "Kurama, take care of him, he has a big destiny ahead of him."
"I will."
"Good."
After that, the two felt another pull and knew they were being brought back to life. They said their goodbyes and faded away.
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"NARUTO!"
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And there were go. A bit longer than usual, but I wanted to get this out. So yeah, that's the end of that Arc. The next arc, the group will go on a few adventures, meet new people and after an event, go the Iwa.
Also, I please beg you guys. Please contact me about fanart for this story.
A question for you guys as well. Can anyone guess what gift Kurama gave Naruto?
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