Previously: Begining their mission, Naruto and Sakura followed Nagisa and her father, Garudo Inugami, to one of Orochimaru's old hideouts. Going deeper inside, the ninjas were setting a trap for them.
As Naruto had a moment alone with Garudo, he finds out that he was the one who sent Shadow Clones to attack the Village Hidden in the Leaves. But, the most shocking thing that he has learn thus far: Garudo Inugami is a replica of Naruto Uzumaki...
Naruto: Rewind~ Chapter Nine
"Are you serious, right now?!" Naruto shouted.
"Well, you can thank Orochimaru," Garudo answered, "I mean, he did create me...That's why I killed him..." "The last time, I remembered, it was Sasuke who was the victim of Orochimaru's abuse!" Naruto continued to shout, "And, even if he did manage to clone me, there was no way I would have let that bastard get near me!"
"It wasn't just you that was cloned, Naruto!" Garudo shouted. Then, he turned his back towards him, "It was my wife, Autumn..." "Your wife was a clone, too?" Naruto asked, calming down. Garudo didn't say anything. "Garudo, tell me what happened."
Although, he didn't want to explain, Garudo began explaining from the very begining. "It all must have happened before the Chunin Exams took place," he said, "Somehow, Orochimaru got wind of Team Seven's activities during the battle against Zabuza and Haku. On that bridge, blood was spilled; he took it upon himself to gather that blood..."
(Flashback)
"When I opened my eyes, for the first time, I found myself inside a capsule of some sort..."
A pair of blue eyes, coming from a male, opened, in a haste. Gasping for air, he bang of the capsule door until was able to knock it loose. After breaking free, it revealed that the blue-eyed male was blonde-haired; it was Naruto Uzumaki.
"What the...?!" Naruto said, looking around. He looked down to see that he didn't have any clothes on; he was naked. "What's going on?" he then said, "How did I get here? I should be in the village..." Naruto then looked to his right to find another capsule. He got out of the capsule he was in and checked out the other one. Confused and scared, Naruto was shocked to see who was inside of it...
"SAKURA...!"
(End Flashback)
"Your wife, Autumn, was Sakura...cloned?" Naruto said in shock. "Yes, she was..." Garudo answered, "After I pulled her out of the capsule, she regained consciousness, also questioning where she was. After finding a couple of cloths, we strained ourselves back the Leaf village..."
(Flashback)
Naruto carried Sakura as best as he could back the village.
"Naruto, we have to tell Kakashi-sensei about what happened," Sakura said. "Yeah," Naruto replied, "I just hope that he'll believe us..." All of a sudden, Naruto stopped and carried Sakura into the bushes. "Naruto, what are you doing?" "Sakura, look!" He pointed out of the bushes and Sakura saw the most unbelievable thing.
"It's us!" Sakura said as she saw herself, Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi together, "Is this really happening?" "Sakura," Naruto said starting to think, "I think we were in those capsules for a reason..." "Why don't we tell Kakashi-sensei about this?" "If we go in there now, who know what will happen? We have to lay low for a while; no one must know about this!" Sakura nodded in agreement.
"And so, nobody did..."
(End Flashback)
"It was around the time the Chunin Exams began to start," Garudo continued, "So, Autumn and myself found a nearby village and stayed their for the time being. We didn't want to arouse suspicion, so I dyed my hair black and changed my name to Garudo Inugami. At the same time, my wife dyed her hair brown and called herself, Autumn Tenoh."
"When did you return to the village?" Naruto asked. "After we got word that the Third Hokage lost his life protecting the village," Garudo then answered, "We were...devastated. We came back a few days after the funeral and we asked to be full-fledged shinobi. It didn't long for Granny Tsunade to accept us, and before we knew it, we fitted right in with the group. No one suspected us; you, me, and Sasuke became the best of friends. Autumn fit well with the girls, as well. You and I actually convinced Sasuke not to leave the village."
'Sakura was telling the truth the whole time!' Naruto thought. 'He was able to convince Sasuke to stay, in which I couldn't... His influence is stronger than mine. Wait, then that means...This world isn't an illusion or made from Genjutsu! This world...is Garudo's world!'
Naruto couldn't believe the answer he came up with! He needed to know more...
"So, what happened after that?" "When you were gone with Jiraya for three years, we needed to fight back against Orochimaru and the Akatsuki. So, Autumn and I went under massive training with the Anbu Black Ops. Overtime, I began to fall in love with my wife, and she felt the same thing. After many missions, and many fights with our enemies, the Fourth Shinobi War came. During that time, I killed Orochimaru and you, Naruto, became the hero of the war. Everything was going great; after the war was over, Autumn and I decided to retire as ninjas and start a family. Years later, we lived outside the village and gave birth to our daughter, Nagisa."
Naruto looked down and smiled a little bit. "I guess, the story doesn't end here, huh?" he asked. "Several months after Nagisa was born," Garudo began, "it was on that tragic day when my paradise was shattered..."
(Flashback)
Inugami Household
Garudo, Autumn, and Shikamaru were having a discussion.
"This mission," Shikamaru began, "will the toughest one ever. Even though you retired, Kakashi recommended you, Autumn, for this mission." "Couldn't you give this mission to somebody else?" Garudo asked. "Because you are good with Fire-Style Ninjutsu, you would be a great help to us..."
"I'll do it," Autumn replied, "After all, I'm not going to let my friends down." "Autumn, think about what you're doing!" Garudo said going to her, "You just gave birth to Nagisa! Shouldn't we be thinking about her first?" "I am! And, I know for a fact she'll be well taken care of..." Unable to change her mind, Garudo placed his hands on her shoulders. "Just promise me, you'll be okay..." he said. Autumn kissed her husband afterwards.
"Even though she promised me, I never saw alive again..."
(End Flashback)
"What happened to her?" Naruto asked. "She died during the mission," Garudo answered, "Shikamaru told me, himself..." Naruto couldn't say anything about that.
"My whole world turned upside down, after that day...I was so filled with anger that I was about to explode. Then..." Garudo placed his hand on his headband, which covered his right eye. "In my anger, I found out that the bonding agent Orochimaru used, would deteriorate due to extreme emotional stress. I could no longer see out of my right eye; the suffering over the loss of my wife was too much. If I was going to suffer, then the people who were on that mission, would suffer as well! So, I made up my mind..."
"You made up your mind?" Naruto asked thinking about what he said, "No! It can't be! Then, the people who were a part of that mission that day..." "I killed them!" Garudo answered.
Naruto was taken aback at the response. 'It can't be...' he thought. 'Bushy Brow, Bushier Brow, Ino, Chouji, Ten Ten, Shino, Kiba...' "Have you lost your mind?! Killing our friends like that!?" "THEY DESERVED WHAT THEY GOT!" Garudo shouted turning, "They left my wife to die out there! You can't fathom the pain I felt that day!" "Why didn't you kill Shikamaru, Sasuke, and Hinata that day, as well?" "Because, those three saw fit to help Autumn try to live. And, for that, I was grateful."
Naruto tried to resist the frustration over what he was hearing. "But," Garudo began, "I still yearned for my wife; over the years, the love that I had for my daughter was nothing compared to the hatred that I had for the Leaf Village. That is until...I found the Scroll of Time!" "What are you planning?" Naruto asked. "It's simple! I'm going to open the Scroll of Time and travel into the past and save my wife!"
"Are you trying to play with your wife's life like that?!" Naruto shouted, "She chose to go on that mission! What would of happened if you DID manage to save her! What would happen if you went against her wishes?" "It was none of our business anyway! Besides, once I save Autumn, I'm going to do more than just kill our friends...I'M GOING TO KILL KAKASHI FOR ASSIGNING THAT STUPID MISSION IN THE FIRST PLACE!"
Naruto had enough; he, immediately, transformed himself into Tailed Beast Mode. "You'll have to kill me first!" Naruto said. Garudo smiled and said, "By all means, I will..." Then, he quickly transformed into a form similar to Naruto's, except the color was a dark-purplish color.
Nagisa and Sakura were just finishing up the last of the dark-clothed ninjas. "Well, I'd say that was easy!" Sakura said. "Yeah!" Nagisa replied, "Although I was able to kill most of them! Huh?" Nagisa stopped talking and turned to look away from Sakura. "Nagisa?" Sakura said, "What's the matter?" "I...can sense Kurama's chakra," she said, "It's swirling all over Naruto! I can also sense my daddy's chakra, except it's a little different..."
'Kurama's chakra?' Sakura thought. 'Oh no!' She immediately ran towards the stairs. "Sakura, wait!" Nagisa said trying to catch up with her, "I'm coming with you!" 'If Naruto is using Kurama's chakra, that means he's in a serious fight! Please, Naruto! Wait until I get there!'
Naruto walked over to Garudo as they stood toe-to-toe with each other. The chakra between started to spark lightning. "You don't have to do this..." Naruto said. "Yes...I do," Garudo said back. "Then, so be it!"
A fist rammed into Garudo's gut, then an elbow hit the back of his head. Naruto then sent a knee into his face. As Garudo moved back in pain, Naruto moved behind him and knocked him in the back, knocking him to the ground. Landing, Naruto saw Garudo try and get up. "Is that enough or do you want some more?" he shouted. However, Garudo stood up like nothing hurt him.
"Now, I'm begining to wonder why my original is the Leaf Village's Jinchuriki!" he said, "If you were using that power against just some ordinary ninja, they would all be in the infirmary. But, thanks to the chakra I absorbed from the Scroll of Time, my power has grown to new heights that I can't even fathom." "So what?!" Naruto shouted, "You may have power, but it doesn't mean a thing, unless you know how to use it!" Garudo turned around afterwards. "Is that right?" he breathed.
Appearing right before Naruto, Garudo launched a right fist at him, causing Naruto to block. But the impact knocked him to the ground. "What the?!" Naruto said in shock. "I guess you have forgotten about our Kekkei Genkai: To control and amplify our chakra through small, intense bursts. Maybe, you're the one who doesn't know how to use his power!" Trying to stand up, Tailed Beast Naruto (Bijuu Naruto) started to breathe hard. 'I don't believe it!' he thought. 'Just one damn punch and he's got me in the corner! Just by amplifying his power through that, his level of chakra just shot up higher than mine!'
"Naruto?" a voice said. Naruto and Garudo saw Sakura and Nagisa make their way into the room. "Naruto, what in the...?" Sakura said. "Daddy?" Nagisa said. "Nagisa..." Garudo breathed. Naruto lunged in for an attack, but his replica moved out of the way. The original found himself in front of the girls. "Naruto, what is going on?" Sakura asked, "Why are you attacking Garudo?"
"To make a long story short," Naruto began, "He was the one who orchestrated the attack on the Leaf! Those ninjas, we thought to be Orochimaru's army, were really Garudo's shadow clones!" "Say what?" Sakura said shocked. "Daddy?" Nagisa said reverting out of Sage Mode, "Is that true? Did you really attack the village?" Garudo didn't say anything. "Daddy!" "Why would he do that, Naruto?" "Because, he's replica of me created by Orochimaru. And he is planning on using to Scroll of Time to go into the past and save his wife! Not to mention to kill Kakashi-sensei in the past!"
"Garudo wants to kill Kakashi-sensei!?" Sakura said in shock. "Daddy...wants to save Momma..." Nagisa breathed.
Garudo just smiled...
After hearing Garudo's backstory, Naruto finally gets the answers his wants: He and Sakura are in another world; a timeline different from the one they recognize. Now knowing of Garudo Inugami's plot, can Naruto halt his plans of changing time forever?
A/N: We have now started the climax of the story! Next Chapter, it will be Naruto vs Nagisa! Please Review!