Naruto Sedai 7, Puraimaru no tatakai (Battle of the primordial Forces)

by The Storyteller and his Books

World Wars, Natural disasters, supernatural assaults, what have they together? Death and destruction! And those who know what comes forth out of this combination, have already made their move to save the world. The war has finally begun, the worlds stands on the edge, will the Light win, or the Dark triumph? Will the Humanity be saved or will it perish in the flames of hell? ( 16)

14. Funeral and Suprises, Shadow s watching

Naruto Sedai 7

Puraimaru no tatakai

Battle of the primordial Forces

Chapter 14: Funeral for a Friend, Second Contact, Human after all.

Part I/ The Funeral, eyes in the shadow.

Part 1: Meaningful decisions.

Naruto´s Pov:

The week ended with a happy end, even if we passed only by a hair´s breadth the disaster.

The people which had fallen in coma woke back up and thankfully there were no direct problems to be claimed.

Still the decision stood, Konohagakure had become quite vulnerable for attacks of all kind, and I first had to change that fact, before the Chunin exams could be continued.

Seriously, had I really become that careless, that Assassination groups could roam freely through my hometown and attack not only my children but only those of my best friends, have I failed as Hokage?

The other Kages only said that I couldn´t have known that such things would happen, but the last attacks gave me the assumption that I really lacked behind, regarding the safety of my townspeople.

The only fortunate to announce by now, was at least, that no one has been deadly harmed yesterday night..., well no one but the assassins, the gate guard of the Hyuuga`s, Hizamaru´s bodyguards, Hizamaru himself and my Father-in-Law, Hiashi-sama.

Some of them died senselessly, others died out of unfortunate circumstances and then there were those who died heroically, such as Hiashi-sama.

The last good deed he made, was telling us about the scroll, to release the Kago no Tori Juin.

The search for the scroll was successful, Hinata and her sister were at studying and deciphering it by now and I hope we can release everyone from the Juins by today noon.

All in all I was glad that most of the townspeople and everyone else, such as Karin and her Family, as well as Neherit and his friends, survived the last night.

"I guess we should stay with this decision then!" I stated to the other Kages, as we all were to agree with the same.

"Guess you are right Hokage-sama, I think I can speak for us all, that it is also in our interest to guarantee the safety of our Genins, and seeing the last night´s attack and the attacks before, same as the attempted attack at the beginning of this month, we came to the conclusion that we first have to secure the towns before being able to held more festivals and examinations, even though it´s currently just Konohagakure, this easily also can happen to each of the other villages.

Also we will have to make sure the kids have no silent problems from all the stress and the dark influence they had been sat under, either by the attacks or by this demonical thing yesterday, which might affect them later.

Also I will not saying that I do not trust you and your peoples, however I would like to make a medical Checkup on our Genins by our own medics!" Chojuro-san explained.

"Of course I understand and I think it is the best to get the kids back to their lands, for now at least, thanks to these new experiences, we have to strengthen the safety of Konoha anyways, not only with Shinobis but also with those who can feel and repel the darkness which might creeps into our lands.

I think I don´t need to tell you guys that the Jinnchuriki will likely be targeted too, so we better strengthen the safety of the entire lands.

The last night showed me that the world is long not as peacefully as we thought..., it however also showed me that I can trust Neherit as well as his judging, I think we should at least consider to listen more to what he has to tell us, since he seems to know far more about demons and other supernatural beings, than we do.

Anyways, the decision is therefore accepted, the finals of the Chunin exams will be postponed for the next month, as long as there are no new attacks or even more worse things happening.

During that month we should ask for a cooperation with Neherit and his men with the Project S.I.I.O.N.T., we need to train exorcists and seal casters, this way we can effectively handle the coming situations!" I stated.

"Indeed, if we cannot even truly react towards the dangers which likely will await us, our lands will not be safe anymore, and as we now know some of these dangers cannot truly being defeated with mere Shinobis!" Kurotsuchi-san stated.

"Indeed, therefore I will let the masks of my Ancestors being interrogated and researched by our Technological-Science area, I hope we can create a device with which we can better visualize and detect supernatural activity, for the HQ as well as for the Shinobis themselves!" I explained.

"Of course we will support these researches with everything you need!" Darui-san stated.

"So do we!" Gaara nodded.

"We too!" Kurotsuchi-san stated, and Chojuro-san nodded.

"I thank you dearly, anyways I think this has been all the points we have to speak about, unless you have any other questions?!" I asked.

"Only one, you said that Neherit has been going back to his home after that Battle last night, but..., where exactly is this home he talks about, in which land and what is he doing there, I mean he does not seems as if he would live in a small cottage in a mountain, as an hermit, am I right?!" Kurotsuchi asked.

"According to Shigure-san is Neherit´s Home momentarily an old fortress of unknown origin, it´s definitely no traditional building as much as I heard from my informant Shigure-san, the location lies within the Land of Mountains in a giant Crater, created 20 years ago, where he has created an island and a large ocean.

However shall the sky over the Crater being defended by a mighty shield, which lets it look, from above and around the shield, like the mountain-landscape around it, so it´s almost impossible to find, if one does not have the right coordinates of the passage.

According to the mutual statements from Shigure Uzumaki and Salia Hyuuga is the island, where Neherit lives, being inhabited by so called Dinosaurs, giant reptilians which have lived long before humanity even was born, Milliards of years ago, also shall the island be right into another dimension, which is connected by a large den-corridor to ours, which makes the island and Ocean hundred times bigger than the Crater actually is.

It is said by them, that Neherit shall have started to recreate these Dinosaurs as well as died Shinobi, as seen with the Jinnchurikis he has resurrected, out of DNA, bones and an, to today still unknown, Jutsu.

With this unknown jutsu he can recreate life, some of the memories of a person, their feelings, even their knowledge, to a point where it is hard to tell that they have ever been dead since long time!" I explained as I spoke about Shigure´s verbal report from yesterday.

"Have you not found something out about this Jutsu, by now, I mean is it the same as the Kuchiyose Edo Tensei, or like the Rinne-Tensei?" Kurotsuchi asked.

"Not yet and not that I know, but I think it is a whole different Jutsu, as much as I have heard does Neherit not really approves much of both techniques.

I don't know much about it and the other Jinnchurikis also don´t know something concrete, however it seems to be perhaps the same technique with which he has also resurrected Sarin Uzumaki, lady Mito Uzumaki and Nagato Uzumaki.

All in all is Neherit´s momentarily activities reduced to killing Demons and annihilating other dark-spiritual beings, as well as resurrecting strong but dead shinobis from ancient times in whole new bodies.

Bodies matching to their old appearance, as I said it´s hard to tell that they have been dead since a long time, as long as you don´t know about their death!" I explained.

"I see, well I asked Shukaku about the old times and about what he still can remember from since his birth.

He too told me that it indeed gives an old Prophecy made by the Wild-sages of old Times, just as Neherit told us, a prophecy in which the so called Destined Children shall prevent a War of unknown expanses.

The Prophecy goes as following:

7 Children near the same time, 10 have to be born, 10 Children be the world´s spine, after 7 times of mourn!" Gaara stated and I knew what he meant.

"I heard the same Prophecy from the Ōgama-sennin, and looking at last night, I can say that I found another Wild-sage, which my Son has found a year ago.

I spoke with him and he finally told me anything about that month he had vanished last year, during Momoshiki´s assault, during the Last Chunin exam finals.

According to his telling was he in a place called Skyfire Valley, a giant valley inhabited by the sages of fire and Phoenixes, which can only be reached through a dimensional gate in a secret passage, there he learned much about their forces and skills, as well as their culture and lifestyle, while helping them out, they healed Sarada´s severe wounds and brought her so back over the damn, so good that from the wound not even a scar is left.

So we can say that he´s likely more advanced in terms of power than I thought, I always believed he only has the power of the toads which I taught him.

Apparently I underestimated my son big time.

Anyways, if I now count my daughter and Sarada-san, who too got some training from their Wild-sages already, and Neherit, we have already 4 of the 10 Children together, if Neherit truly is one of these Children though!" I stated.

"What do you mean with that?" Chojuro asked me.

"The Ōgama-sennin, I mean the Wild-sage of Wood, told me that the Children will become Sages of their respective element, however Neherit, so he said himself, has already overcome this hurdle and has become a High-sage of Spirits, also was he born way to earlier as all the others, according to Salia Hyuuga, my niece, is Neherit by now 1.600 years old!" I explained and they almost fell from their chairs.

"1.600, but..., but he looks so young?!" Kurotsuchi stammered unbelieving.

"Indeed, but according to him, as well as the books I have read and the things Great-grandmother Lady Mito told me, are the Mezakan-Clan, together with the Senju-Clan, the founders of the Uzumaki Clan, that's also why we inherited part of their longevity.

Fullblood Uzumakis always look half the age they actually are, Tsunade-baa-chan has apparently learned her jutsu, to look young, from Lady Mito, she learned it out of jealousy of not being blessed with that half-eternal youth, also because she hated to show how much of an old hag she really is!" I snickered before I felt the pain of a mega-ton punch to my head, while behind me stood a fuming Tsunade Senju.

"What was that about me being an old hag?" She asked in wrath.

"Uuuuhm..., I´m sorry really..., ahem, anyways, it´s a little strange, still let´s believe for now that Neherit´s indeed one of them, which means that 6 Children are still missing.

Also we know the locations of 1 more Wild-sage, the Wild-sage of fire, Fushichō-san, the Skyfire Valley is located somewhere in Hi no Kuni.

That makes, with Nekomata, Wild sage of Darkness, Lady Inari, Wild-sage of Light, Gamamaru, Wild-sage of Wood and Genbu, Wild-sage of Water, exactly 5 Wild-sages from which we directly know the locations.

We still haven´t found the realm of the Hakuja Sennin, Ryuja; the Wild sage of Stone.

As for the Shimagame Genbu, Darui-san, you guys have to make sure she´s safe, and you better hold the eyes open for any possible kid which has the potential to become a Sage of Water.

But do not force anyone, I guess the Children somehow are being drawn to the Wild-sages through unknown forces and circumstances!" I explained.

"This might not be so easy..., you see, since the Shimagame is a Giant Turtle, she has an own mind and does not truly belong to any Land specific, even though she always stayed near the shores of Kaminari no kuni...!

However has she vanished since years, ever after the war, perhaps because she was attacked and didn´t felt safe anymore, however have we no real idea where she is for the moment, since Motoi hasn´t been there to that time!" Darui-san stated.

"I see..., well this is going to be hard to find her if she´s underwater, but we must..., if I am not mistaken then this Spirit, Nymphelia, which had been made evil, could have been a first attempt, so to say a test-drive, to see how and what it takes to turn an Elemental-being, similar to a Wild-Sage, evil.

These daggers, like the one which was stuck in Nymphelia-san, however might have not been enough, so the group which is behind these attacks has surely taken actions themselves, to put them under dark influence; same as they did with Lord Nekomata and Lady Inari.

At least we now know that Orochimaru has to be one of their supporters or even member, same as a being called Kuro Z, which most likely is a remaining part of Kuro Zetsu!" I explained and the other nodded in approval to this theory.

"The rest of you, please hold the eyes open for strong and giant animals, which somehow are able to be associated with an Element, we still miss the elements of Ice, Lightning and Wind, and you might not instantly see it though.

I meanwhile will hold my eyes open for someone who has the potential to become the sage of Wood, someone I can let being taught by Fukusaku-sensei and the other toads!" I stated.

"Then it is decided, beside of looking out for the Wild Sages, we also look for potential children who might become the sages, also we will secure the rest of the world with all what we have.

During this period we will work together with Neherit Mezakan, also we will keep the Jinnchuriki safe and if needed we will give them a living in the S.I.I.O.N.T HQ, is everyone approving of this decision!" Gaara asked, as the oldest in his duty, since he has become the Kazekage even before all of us had become Kages ourselves.

"I, Darui from Kumogakure, Raikage of Kaminari no Kuni, approve of this decision!" Darui-san stated.

"I, Kurotsuchi from Iwagakure, Tsuchikage of Tsuchi no Kuni, approve of this decision!" Kurotsuchi stated.

"I, Chojuro from Kirigakure, Mizukage of Mizu no Kuni, approve of this decision as well!" Chojuro stated.

"I, Naruto from Konohagakure, Hokage of Hi no Kuni, approve of this decision!" I said.

"I, Gaara from Sunagakure, Kazekage of Kaze no Kuni, approve of this decision!" Gaara stated.

"I, Shizuru, Taishou (General) from Tetsu no kuni, approve of this decision!" Shizuru-san stated.

"I, Shibuki from Takigakure, Morikage of Taki no kuni, approve of this Decision!" Shibuki stated.

"By the way, I got a Question, where are the Jinnchuriki's anyways?" Shibuki asked.

"I think I saw Fu and Yagura together the last time however I have no clue where they are for the moment, but I will let them know our decisions anyways, as for Yugito-san and Killer B, they have returned meanwhile to Kumogakure, Utakata is on the search for an old friend, Roshi and Han´s location are for the moment unknown, I bet they are okay but I will be sure we will find them, this way we can help them if dangers are occurring!" I stated.

"Alright, since that has been cleared, any more questions..., then I guess the council is finished for today, I thank you all for your time and I hope that we will meet each other soon under whole new and happier circumstances.

Until then I thank you already in advance, the Genins will all be escorted back to their homelands in the coming days!" I stated and they nodded.

"I thank you for this meeting!" I said, bowing in respect.

"I thank you too!" They all said in unison, before their Holograms vanished.

"Finally, done, I hope I can have a few hours of a short nap before the funeral!" I stated, as I stretched.

"I know how you feel Naruto, i´m tired too and I want to get back home as fast as possible, still I have promised to stay for the Funeral, afterwards I will escort my Genins back home, I have to help Matsuri back home with all the work left in the villa and Kankuro has also been far too long away from his son and wife!" Gaara, who still was here in Konoha and who sit right next to me, stated.

"Yeah I thank you very much, Hiashi has died as a hero, defending his family and clan, and as such he shall also be given to the afterlife.

And knowing that the Leader of another land is also showing him respect and attends his funeral, is surely a great honor for his soul!" I stated as I looked at Gaara.

"It´s the least I can do, to show my respect, after all Neji-san once helped in my rescue from Akatsuki, I was not able to show my gratitude to him before he died, not even as he saved me during the Second Chunin exams months before, all I could do was to write a recommendation to Lady Tsunade for him to become Jonin.

The least I can do is to give my respect to his grave as well as to his uncle, the old leader of the Hyuuga clan!" He stated.

"And we still have to speak with Shikadai about what happened yesterday evening, if we are not there to stop Temari, she might choke him!" Kankuro, who stood silently behind his brother, to a point I almost forgot his presence, stated with a light chuckle.

"Ah yeah, that, geez the poor guys was terrorized afterwards!" I stated, as I remembered how much Karui and Temari yelled and complained yesterday evening in the Lazarette, that their Children were still too young for having a relationship on such a highly sexual level.

I could calm them down by making them clear that the two are deeply in love and that even the kids already feel, that soon something terrible might happen, and that no one knows how many times they still have before they could die.

I explained that we too had been in a war and that we too were striving for love that time, even though we found our true love later after we luckily survived that war and that after all no one of us had been in love with someone as strong as our kids were.

As they asked me what I would say if Bolt and Sarada would have had sex already, I only could tell them, what I once said to the Kids, that love is similar to live, something which should not be hold in a cage, especially when you know that you can lose it at any time, but I also told them that it gives a right time for anything.

Logically was Sakura only halfway fond about this idea, in her eyes it was still too early, but she also was not fully against it, in her opinion it would happen when it happens.

Still I admit, love is a strong feeling, as strong as hatred and both feelings can never be hold down by rules.

This convinced them to go easy on the young lovers.

And the two Teenagers got only a minor punishment as a week of grounding, in which they only could see each other for five hours the day.

However I know how to manage to overcome this punishment for them, by sending them on a mission and as the coincidence wanted it, I just got a letter earlier from Shion, out of the land of Demons, it has been five years since I saw her last, and already the problems in her land were piling over her head.

"I really hope the children can help her, I wish I could go there myself to help her, but with the current state this is impossible I have to stay here and keep the town safe!" I thought, as I rembered the letter which came this morning, brought by one of these superfast falcons, Takashiro-san.

Flashback, 4 hours ago:

I was done with the rest of the paperwork from yesterday, from before the festival and I was about to go home as suddenly I heard a knock at the window.

"Huh, a falcon, I bet it´s from one of the Kages!" I mumbled as I opened the window and let the giant bird inside.

"Well hello there..., Takashiro-san, anyways let me just get this..., so, thanks, here serve yourself!" I stated as I took of the small scroll and shoved a cup with the special bird-food and water over to him, which he took with a happy expression.

"They could have sent an email though!" I stated, as I thought about it, I unrolled the scroll and used my chakra-filled palms, to let the letter appear.

"Huh, it´s from Shion!" I stated, as I read the name of the sender.

I took the letter out of the envelop and began to read it.

"Dearest Naruto-san, it has been a long time since we last corresponded together and I asked myself how you might be for the moment.

I hope you are alright and the job as a Hokage does not begin to pile upon your head..., anyways, I write to you in a matter of help-seeking.

My Husband, Sasaki, has disappeared without a trace after he went out to patrol around our land, however a week ago his entire Platoon has been found, and more dead than alive, but he was not with them.

The few soldier who still were alive only told me that they have been investigating in a small village, but then had been attacked by the villagers out of unknown reasons, they fought but easily got wiped out.

I send more soldiers out, to search for Sasaki and to stop the villagers rampage, but until now not one has returned so far.

In a few days is Talia´s 16th birthday and she wishes herself that her father comes back home, I too have this wish, however I also wish for it out of a need of safety for my folk, strange things are about to happen, here and elsewhere, I can feel the darkness rising, and I fear that Mōryō might return.

Mōryō which we thought to have defeated so long ago, might still be alive, lurking somewhere, biding his time while reassembling his power through assimilating the freed miasma, freed through the death and the destruction which happened during the last Ninja World War and the Moonfall case.

I asked many seal-casters to travel through the land and to check on the shrines and seal-places where demons have been sealed away since ancient times.

But I have bad news, most of the seals have been broken and no trace of the demons have been found so far, I fear that Mōryō might has started to assimilate them as well, to strengthen his might even more, I fear that he soon might attack my hometown in order to eliminate me.

I don´t want my daughter to get in danger, I want to defend her, even at the cost of my life, but I need someone who effectively can help me.

Once you came at the request of my advisor to help us against Mōryō, this time I beg you to help us defeating him, if he´s back.

I beg you please help me, I know that you have duties too, but I really hope you can help me, right now, you are the only one I can really rely on in this kind of situation.

In hope of a quick and positive answer and I already thank you in advance.

Shion, High-priestess of the Land of Demons!" I read and I was buff.

"Guess we really were carefree after all, just like Neherit said to Sakura, while we sat on our asses and celebrating a peace which now seems like a big lie, he was out fighting and saving what still can be saved by now.

I feel really dumb, so really, really dumb, other lands are also in big trouble and yet we do as well as nothing about it!" I thought with clenched fists and gritted teethes, I felt like the worst person in the world.

There was so much suffering and misery in the world around us, and even though I swore to make people happy when I would have become Hokage, I have done like nothing to actually accomplish this self-made task.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" I shouted, as I summoned a toad.

"Hey Naruto-san, how are you!" Gamatech stated.

"I´m as fine as I can be after this horror trip, anyways, I need you to deliver a quick message to the High-priestess of the land of Demons, Lady Shion.

Tell her that her letter reached me and that I will instantly send a Squad of my best Ninjas out, tell her that under the current circumstances I cannot leave the village by myself right now, but that I am sure they can handle things, did you get all that?" I asked.

"Of course, no problem, leave this to me, I will be back in no time!" Gamatech stated.

"Alright, then hold on, I send you to a place near the palace!" I stated, as I used my Hiraishin to send him over to the location.

It was convenient that he was so tiny, since my Hiraishin works not by things or person of my size, on such a wide distance; I can transport myself most likely only about 100 miles away.

But the Land of the demons is most likely the tenth of that distance apart from Hi no Kuni´s border.

"But before they go, we will have the Funeral this is something I cannot overlook, i´m sorry Shion!" I mumbled, as I walked out of the office to get home.

Flashback end:

And so I got to know, that the peace we had desperately tried to uphold, had long being broken from right within our united ninja world, without us knowing.

"Oh well, we better get home for now, if we want to take that nap before the Funeral, shall we?" I asked them and they nodded.

"Nice idea, count me in!" Kankuro stated yawning as we walked out of the office.

Part 2: Coping with the loss.

Bolt´s Pov:

I still could not believe it..., Grandfather Hiashi was dead, killed by his own father, while defending his daughters and their fiancés.

"He had his fails and mistakes but he still was a great and kind man!" Aunt Hanabi stated, as she and mother told me and Himawari about what happened yesterday evening, under massive tear-falls.

It somehow felt so unreal, that the father of my mother and aunt, the man who made it possible for me to even exist, by getting grandma pregnant and her giving birth to my mother and Aunt, the kind old man which I always saw in him had died so easily from one day to another.

I was often shortly before losing someone precious, and even though it now actually happened 2 times in a row, shortly after each other, I never can get used to it and I probably never will.

Even though I didn´t knew him as well as others, the death of Talon left an incurable scar in my Heart, which just got even bigger through Grandpa´s Death.

Deep within my mind has the fear, of losing my most precious persons, just being refreshed all over again.

A fear not even the soothing voice of Sarada could erase.

The same came early in the morning with Katsuo to help me and Himawari coping with the loss, giving us mental support, which was very welcomed.

It was a little awkward for me though, since Sarada now knows everything what once happened, and little I waited for her outburst in which she tells me that she hates me for cursing her this way, still I should know by now, that this probably never will happen.

The loving embrace she gave me, made me her love and support all the more clearer again.

Same goes for Himawari and Katsuo, the two of them were officially a pair since yesterday evening, which made me happy to say the least, I knew I could trust Katsuo, I saw that yesterday as he fought all alone to defend his friends.

"I thought him well!" I mumbled as I sat with Sarada in my room on the bed, holding her in my embrace.

"What do you mean?" She asked me with closed eyes, dozing off every now and then, the last night was taking its toll on us.

"Katsuo, your brother really is awesome!" I stated.

"I know..., after all he learned from the best..., similar to how Konoha-sensei learned from your dad!" Sarada answered with a chuckle, before it disappeared again quickly.

I could understand her, it was not the time to laugh and celebrate, even though we could, since most of us all survived the last night unharmed, but right now, it was just not the right time.

"I still can´t believe this feeling, this damn hopelessness I feel right now.

I knew, losing someone precious would be hard, but I honestly had no idea how much it really hurts, now I know how dad and mom must have felt as Uncle Neji has died!" I stated, not really waiting for an answer though.

"I´m so sorry Bolt!" Sarada said after a while of being silent.

"Why are you sorry?" I asked dumbfounded.

"All I can do is sitting here and trying to understand your feelings right now, so I can give you better mental support.

But I didn´t lost someone precious by now, from my father's former family is no one remaining, since before my birth and Mom´s parents still live.

I cannot even imagine how much pain you feel, all I can do is sitting by your side and trying to cheer you up with half-honest words of support!" She stated.

"Even if this might be the only thing you can do for me right now, doesn´t that mean that I do not appreciate it, I know that one has to know the same pain to truly understand each other, there I have to approve with Nagato.

But still, being here with you, seeing that you stand at my side in this dark time, gives me hope and strength, and the courage to overcome my sorrow, to live for tomorrow.

I knew dad could have tried to turn the time, but what happens if through this something more terrible happens.

As I turned the time to save my mother, I didn´t even though about that, I was so angry and full of pain that I did it without thinking, kind of like a reflex.

However Dad is way more mature and strong, he first thinks about the possibilities, the pro and contra of it.

That he decided to not do it must have had a good reason; perhaps he managed to unlock another force of the Nikkogan, perhaps he can see the future in more than one way, like watching trains in a train station.

As if he is capable of seeing the different futures according to his decisions.

If that's the case, he could even beat Shikamaru-san in planning strategies!" I stated.

"Wait a second, what do you mean with that?" Sarada asked confused.

"Woaaah the walking encyclopedia Sarada Uchiha has a problem with understanding me?" I joked.

"Well I just have to ask in case I understood it wrong, so basically, what you mean is, that it might be possible to see the future, each and every road, which splits through your decision in different ways, and that one might be able to observe each one of them without actually doing these decisions, this sounds almost like an Oracle!" Sarada stated.

"Yeah maybe this is what these eyes truly are, the eyes of an Oracle of Truth and Secrets!" I mumbled.

"Anyways, what about your eyes?" I asked.

"My eyes..., what do you mean, they are alright, they just hurt a little from crying?" She asked dumbfounded.

"No, I mean this Four-tomoe-Sharingan you have?!" I replied.

"What are you talking about, my Sharingan have only 3 tomoe, that´s the maximum which can appear!" She stated confused.

"Hmm, maybe you are right and my eyes are playing jokes with me, but I really thought to have seen four tomoe, mostly during our battle against your father yesterday and the Battle against the wooden Golem.

Maybe it was just my Imagination!" I stated.

"Perhaps, since I never heard about a four-tomoe- Sharingan; I know that I am not a weirdo!" Sarada replied a little pissed.

"And I, as an Uchiha must and should know this, I would say!" She huffed.

"Yeah..., sure..., anyways, I hope Himawari is alright..., I think the death of grandpa hurt her even more than me!" I stated worried, changing the theme to not enrage Sarada more, she hated nothing more than being called, Salad, Skeleton or a weirdo.

"I think so, still Katsuo is there to help her through it!" Sarada stated.

"Even if she suffers, he will not let her do it alone, he will support her, I know my brother!" She said, as she snuggled up to me, while I resumed to pet her hair like a cat.

"Yeah you are right, he surely will make her feel better!" I nodded in approval, as I used my Byakugan to have a quick glance in Himawari´s room, I saw them both sitting together leaning on each other, I think Himawari was sleeping, while Katsuo held her in his arms with a loving glance.

I smiled at the sight.

"Katsuo, you will be a great Brother-in-law!" I mumbled.

Meanwhile in Himawari´s room, Katsuo´s Pov:

"She finally sleeps!" I mumbled, as I watched how Himawari´s pain-stricken, sorrowful and tears-stained expression turned softer and less tensed than before.

She had been crying, ever since she got the message from her mother and aunt, already as I arrived.

All I could do right from the start, was to take her in my arms and gently speak to her, telling her that everything´s going to be alright.

It was horrible..., I never had been in a same situation, nor did I know what to do against my own helplessness to that moment, so I didn´t knew how to solve this misery and to console her and make her feel better, in the end I just silently embraced her and let her crying all the tears she possibly could cry.

"Sometimes you just better let your emotions out!" I stated as I watched her in amazement..., her delicate figure was angelic.

It was one of these moments, in which I thanked to the heavens above to have been born.

Her head was positioned just above my heart, leaning on my chest, being supported by my body.

"You are my angle!" I stated to her, as I stroke a lock of hair out of her face.

It was still unusual for me, I had always only known her as my closest friend, but ever since yesterday night she was officially my girlfriend.

In a way Hiro was right, as he said that there would be no way that Himawari would not fall in love with me after that night, after I defended them all with my life.

Guess risking your own life might sometimes be rewarded with a nice present..., but..., knowing that someone is there who truly feels for you this way, is really nice.

Beside of my family and friends, I never had someone else to feel attracted to in any way.

Even after Dad became our Sensei, the females mostly avoided me and my team, so that we were fairly isolated from the rest of the town, beside those who knew us since years.

Still I was glad that no one threw with rocks at me anymore, I still remember the horrific times as I had been in the elementary school and the academy.

Day after Day I was sat out to the hatred of the parents and the mobbing of my classmates beside of Hiro, Shana and Himawari.

I was glad as we finally came together in one class, I was not alone anymore and the others helped me through these awful times.

I cannot thank them better than to dedicate my life to their wellbeing.

"For this I have to become even stronger!" I thought, as I watched the sleeping face of Himawari.

I watched how she breathed, her lips were so soft, I felt that yesterday as she kissed me on the cheek, right after threaten me with exposing one of my most embarrassing secrets, if I would not keep shut before Bolt, that she was spying on them during that night.

Of course it was not my intention to do that anyways, still I nodded fearfully.

Then she told me that she really appreciated my rescuing, at the risk of my own life, and kissed me on the cheek.

Useless to say that I blushed deep red and as a reflex I kissed her back, she only giggled cutely, before turning around to go home.

"Geeez, you really know how to toy with me and still I cannot ever bring myself to dislike that trait on you!" I stated, as I stroke over her soft cheek.

I still remember our first real kiss together, even though it was during one of her experiments for understanding how the world is working.

I was downright nervous as she suddenly approached me at the roof of the school, after calling me there, and pressing her lips bluntly against mine.

Still for her it was only a trivial matter, I bet she didn´t even really felt something special that time, but in that moment I finally understood what it was what I always felt when being with Himawari, I finally understood that I was attracted to her, possibly in love already.

That's now 5 years ago, as we were both 9 years old.

Then a year later we suddenly were ripped apart, separated in two different teams.

She with Ganto and Lorena and I with Hiro and Shana.

Ever since these days we could only see each other during our free-time.

But I saw a massive change in her attitude the more time passed.

It was definitely the worse influence of Ganto and Lorena.

My sweet, innocent little angel became choleric and manipulative, all of it under the surface of a pretty façade.

All in order to survive her time with her teammates and to not succumb to their stupidity and dumb accusations, she learned how to bribe Kiba-sensei a bit, same as to manipulate grown-ups in general, to get her will.

We had a hard time to adapt at this change, after we first met her after a long mission, but eventually we just got used to it.

Still in my memories and my eyes, Himawari is still the same cute angel I fell in love with.

The same angel I swore my allegiance to only yesterday shortly before we left.

And now I was here, holding the sleeping girl in my arms after having to helplessly watch her crying for hours.

I felt really dumb, I wish I could understand her better, her pain, her sorrow, her feelings right now, maybe I could be even more there for her.

"Himawari, Katsuo please get dressed, we soon will go!" I heard the Hokages voice.

"We will!" I replied.

"Hmmmnnnn, what is happening!" I heard the groggily voice of Himawari, who just awoke.

"Your father wants us to dress up, we soon will leave for the funeral!" I stated.

"I see..., say Katsuo, would you..., please hold my hand during this..., I really could need your support?!" Himawari asked as she sweeped the sleep out of her eyes.

"Dammit..., Himawari..., you don't have to ask that..., it´s self-evident that I do that.

And not only because I am your boyfriend now, but because I care about you!" I replied, as I took her in my arms and held her close.

"Katsuo!" Himawari stated, her face flushed and her lips quivering, I felt her trembling lightly.

"Himawari, I am here for you, I will not let you go alone through this, I will stay at your side no matter what!" I stated in a soft but serious tone.

"Katsuo!" She stated as tears rolled over her cheeks.

I stroked her cheek and kissed the tears away.

"I love you Himawari and seeing you sad, pains me incredibly!" I stated to her, as I cupped her face in my hands.

"I love you too, Katsuo!" She stated, as she leaned in and kissed me on the lips.

The sweet sensation that came with the kiss made my mind wander into Valhalla and Nirvana at the same time, I was in heaven, before it all ended way too quickly.

"Anyways we better get dressed, so would you please mind going to Bolt´s room and sending Sarada over here, and don´t you dare to peek at me again..., I´m still not ready to show my naked self to you..., you were just having a lucky moment yesterday evening.

Don´t forget that I know all your dirty secrets Katsuo Uchiha!" She threatened me with a flustered but mad glare.

"Hey it was not on purpose, it was an accident back then..., although it was a fortunate one, but still!" I stated.

"You are such a pervert Katsuo!" She stated with an embarrassed blush.

"Well look who´s talking about being a pervert!" I snickered, as I went to leave the room.

"Katsuo..., thank you very much for your consoling!" I heard it behind me.

"No need to thank me, it was natural, also..., I will become better at it, I promise!" I stated, as I closed the door.

Meanwhile near the Konoha Main-gate, Sarin´s Pov:

It was near noon as we arrived in the formerly forest of Konoha, which was only a meadow of young trees and circulating strong nature-force anymore.

Nymphelia did a great job in cleansing the entire forest from all evil, and the ground we were standing on was now sacred ground, impenetrable for any kind of evil force as long as she lives.

The flight on Tir-Ehen´s giant Tengu-back was quite calm and silent, neither Salia nor the newly resurrected Neji-san was saying anything the whole way from the land of mountains down here, they all seemed in deep thoughts.

So long until we arrived.

"What happened to the forest!?" Neji asked.

"We had to burn it down, I had been infected with a dark, supernatural parasite, which took a hold of a Nature-spirit and turned her to a demon!" Tir-Ehen explained, as he too transformed back to his human form.

I decided, after giving it some thought, to call him by his real name, it just felt wrong to me to use an insult as his name, even if anyone else does it.

Therefore he was Tir-Ehen Mezakan for me, a 1600 old, young man, who just happened to be able to shift into the form of a giant Crow-Tengu.

It was quite amazing to witness these transformations.

"I see..., still even with this unusual view it feels quite nostalgic to be here again!" Neji-san stated as we wandered through the forest.

"We will see how much of Nostalgia you will have when you see how much Konoha has changed and blossomed under Naruto´s reign!" Tir-Ehen explained with an amused snicker.

"Wait, Naruto´s reign..., I see so he has become Hokage already..., wait what about Hinata-sama and Hanabi-sama?" Neji asked dumbfounded.

"They are fine, Hinata married Naruto and Hanabi married Konohamaru Sarutobi, Naruto´s constant unofficial student!" Tir-Ehen replied.

"That Sarutobi-brat, geez I hope he´s not too much like Naruto back then, still if he is, I think I shouldn´t have any second thoughts.

I bet Naruto trained him to be strong, I know he knows better to give my Cousin to a weakling.

But if that Brat is trying to mock her feelings I´m going to hunt him to hell!" Neji-san stated with enragement.

"Hey, don´t speak this way about my father, he´s not a weakling and he is strong, one of the strongest persons I know!" Salia stated.

"I see I will memorize it..., wait hold on a f***ing second, did you just said father..., so that means..., you are Hanabi´s daughter?" Neji-san asked blushing deep red.

"Actually yes and I love them over everything so don´t you dare insulting them!" Salia stated and Neji-san was a loss of words.

"Dammit, why does she have to be that cute then, is time playing a real cruel game here with me or what?

I come back from the death, almost instantly being flashed as I see that awesome, insanely cute girl before me and then I get to know that she is my cousin´s Child..., still I am technically still 16, so it would not be that awkward, right... at least it would not be a crime, right!?" I heard him muttering under his breath, seems like he was sitting in a deep pit right now.

Who would have known that the great Neji Hyuuga, prodigy of the Branch-family, would fall head over heels for a girl he met only a few hours ago.

From what I heard he was never someone to be interested in girls and he seemed to be easily pissed off by so many things, it would be too much to list them all up.

But here he was, pondering if it was right or wrong to be attracted to Salia.

Oh well it´s not as if it is my business, however he should not dare to make her crying.

"Well guess we arrived in time!" Tir-Ehen stated, as we stood before the main gate after walking through the new born young forest.

"Ah Sarin-san, Salia-san, are you guys perhaps here for the Funeral!" Kotetsu-san, all back in action, stated.

"Yeah we are, how are you guys?" I asked back.

"Still Alive and kicking!" They said.

"Who are them, your frie..., no way, it´s..., it´s the Third and the fourth Hokage!" The both of them shouted before saluting.

"Wait a second, how is this possible, shouldn´t they both being dead since so long?" Izumo-san asked, scratching the back of his head.

"Apparently we were only hours ago, before being resurrected by Neherit here!" Hiruzen-sama stated.

"I see..., huh, wait isn´t this, the young Hyuuga, Neji-san..., and isn´t this Kushina-san..., and..., I don´t believe it, its Lord Jiraiya..., dammit I know a couple of people who will be happy beyond believe!" Kotetsu-san stated and the two nodded in understanding.

"Anyways please, come in!" They said as they opened some kind of shield-jutsu.

We stepped through and were about to go into the town as Tir-Ehen suddenly stopped.

"You know..., you guys..., you really can be lucky that we are no enemies, for if we were, we would be easily able to run havoc in your town now..., you guys got to be more careful who you let trespassing.

Your security is downright insufficient, almost as if there would be no security at all, no wonder that lately so many attacks had been cast against Konohagakure!" He explained and they both fell comically.

"We are so sorry, we will take more care!" They stated saluting.

"You listen to what a complete stranger tells you, how brainless can you be..., sigh oh well i´m here so even if something´s happening I can repel the darkness!" Tir-Ehen stated as he marched forward, leaving Kotetsu-san and Izumo-san speechless.

"No wonder that Konohagakure seems so easy to invade, by such Gate-guardians I would be embarrassed to no end, to even call them shinobi!" he stated the harsh but kind off most rational truth.

"They didn´t even controlled our luggage, we could bring who knows what, with us!" He explained.

"Well I guess you are right, still haven´t you done the same?" Hiruzen-san asked, while Tir-Ehen looked confused.

"What do you mean by that?!" he asked.

"I mean you practically let strangers residing in your home, am I right?!" Hiruzen-sama asked Tir-Ehen.

"I understand what you mean, but don´t you dare to think that I let my guard down, each of the resurrected has logically a limiter spell within his soul, should I feel threaten for my life by one of you, the limiter forces your power and life-force to rapidly decrease, at the end, you might only have one more day to live.

However this only happens when you willingly attack me for my life and I feel frightened by you, but since this is hardly going to happen I have no real reason to feel insecure of having you guys in my home.

And believe me, to kill me is not as easy as it might sounds, I should know, I, non-exaggeratedly, tried it for about hundred times!" Tir-Ehen stated in an uncaring tone, as if he states something trivial.

"You tried so often to kill yourself..., but why!" Minato-san asked.

"We all have some corpses in the basement Minato, I am no expectation to that, and no matter how often I tried to make up for my past sins, they never let me go, in the last 600 years, It was my duty to train for the war to come, still I personally never wanted to experience something similar.

Therefore the ghost of the past made me the decision easy, so I tried to drown me, behead me and even poison myself.

I tried to find redemption in letting myself being slashed, strangled, and slaughtered by demons, but they couldn´t kill me so I simply killed them in the end, after getting tired of playing around.

In many minor human wars and even as I walked into my old home I was beaten, stabbed, and crushed. Garroted and impaled, shot and executed and still I didn´t die.

I can be injured, but I cannot die so easily.

In the end I had to see, that only a wild-sage or a similar strong being might be able to kill me, since with every training lesson I got, I also became stronger.

However the only Wild-sage I ever saw until recently was my Master, Lord Vidadrac and he was anything but happy that I tried to convince him to kill me.

I was scolded massively by him and my grandma, often being beaten black and blue by them, when I once again had suicidal thoughts.

Around 200 years ago I finally gave up on trying to kill me, and I rather tried to safe as much of peoples I possibly could, even when I was later hated by them.

And this has going on for as long until today, I convinced myself that someday my moment to die will come and that I then hopefully can be redeemed!" Tir-Ehen explained still in his monotone voice, as if these things did not faced him at all anymore.

I was downright too shocked to say anything to that.

"I see!" Minato-san stated sweat-dropping.

"That's awful, no one should wish himself the own death, no matter how many debt you have loaded on yourself..., there is always a way to redeem from your sins without killing yourself!" Aunt Kushina stated, just like the mother she was.

"Perhaps you are right although I doubt that there is such an easy way for me though..., anyways we are almost there, it´s right ahead!" Tir-Ehen stated, as he pointed forward, there we could see a lot of people standing around and speaking with others, in front of the gates to the cemetery.

Part 3: Tearfully Reunion and unspoken feelings, what you can make possible.

"Hmm aaaah Salia, Sarin!" We heard a voice coming from the crowd, before Bolt and Himawari ran up to us.

"Guys how are you?" Salia asked worried as they embraced me and I them.

"It´s going, we are sad but we will pull through, after all we are also to a part Uzumaki´s!" Bolt stated.

"Are you..., Naruto´s kids?" Kushina-san asked shyly.

"Uhm yes and who are you if I may ask?!" Bolt asked grabbing Himawari´s arm as to pull her back in safety at any second.

"OMG, YOU´RE SO CUTE!" Kushina screamed loudly as she, in a flash of red, picked up both, Bolt and Himawari, with sheer impressive force, and rubbed their cheeks with hers.

"Argh lady, you going to squeeze us to death!" Bolt yelled.

"OH MY GOD; MINATO LOOK AT HOW CUTE AND POLITE THEY ARE!" Kushina yelled as she held them both in her arms.

Bolt´s Pov:

I don´t know what was happening to me, in one second I met up with my cousins Salia and Sarin and in the next moment Himawari and I were squeezed to death by this crazy ginger woman.

Still somehow her embrace had something familiar, even though I didn´t knew her, I felt..., safe, yeah kinda safe, in her embrace.

Her voice, her appearance, all of this began to strike different bells in my mind and still I couldn´t see the bigger picture..., but I knew, somewhere I have seen this woman before.

Her embrace tightened but suddenly she seemed to lose all her forced and dropped us to the floor before breaking together.

I thought to hear sobs all of a sudden, I looked at her to see her crying.

"Kushina!" I heard the man from earlier shouting as he ran up to her.

Without word he kneeled down and took her in his arms while she cried in his chest.

"We missed so much, look at how tall they already are, they must be at least 14- 15, and we never could meet them before, we weren´t able to see anything about their growth, we hadn´t been able to be at their birthdays..., why Minato, why do only we have such misfortune!" The woman cried.

"We could not even be there for our son, but not to be there for our grandchildren is even more unforgiveable!" She shouted in sheer and honest pain.

"You know exactly that it hasn´t been your guy´s fault!" I heard a familiar voice behind me.

"Dad!" I stated looking up to him.

"Daddy!" Himawari stated happily as he stood there with mother, ruffling our both hairs before he stepped ahead of us.

Mom looked at him with both concern and genuine joy for him.

"It has been a long time and I am glad to see you...!" Dad stated, as he walked over to the two persons which still kneeled on the ground in a tight comforting embrace.

He put a hand on each of their shoulders.

"N-Naruto..., is that really you?!" the woman asked, her hands extended to my father's cheeks looking at him in wonder.

"It is me..., it´s so nice to see you, Mom, Dad!" Father stated, as tears fell from his eyes, and suddenly it dawned to me where I have seen these persons before; in the old photo album back at home.

There had been a lot of photos from them.

It was a present, which lord Jiraiya had hidden and had been arranged for our father to find, through a letter which had arrived to him at the day of his 20th birthday, being held back by the currier ninjas on Lord Jiraiya´s demand.

What was the name again...?

"Yes..., now I remember..., it´s Minato Namikaze, the fourth Hokage, also called the Yellow Flash and Kushina Uzumaki, the second Jinnchuriki of Kurama, called the Blood red Habanero, our Grandfather and Grandmother!" I stated aloud towards Himawari, only for dad to sweat-dropping.

"How did you just called me, you brat, I swear say this one more time and I stomp you into the ground Dattebane!" Grandma Kushina-san´s hair suddenly flew up in fury, looking like Kurama´s nine tails.

Her eyes had a murderous look in them.

"Mom, calm down, this is your Grandson, Boruto, Dattebayo!" Dad stated, trying to save me from her fury.

To be honest I was near pissing myself, her killer instinct was so strong I could almost physically feel her hatred for being called this way.

"Kushina, you cannot go and frighten them right by the start, we barely met them!" Grandpa Minato-san stated, calming his wife as well.

"Geez, you should teach your son some manners, Naruto, Dattebane!" Grandma stated, slowly calming down, the coldness disappeared.

"Anyways, since you got kids I assume that this beautiful woman must be their mother!" Grandpa stated, as he looked at mom who stood behind us

She blushed deep red.

"Indeed, Guys please say hello to my mother and father, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki!" Dad stated and so we walked up with mom right behind us.

"Mom, Dad, these are my Son, Boruto, my Daughter Himawari and my Wife, Hinata Hyuuga!" Dad introduced us.

"We are glad to meet you Grandma, Grandpa Dattebasa!" I stated, quickly overcoming the first fright, getting nods from Himawari.

"For me too, it is indeed an amazing pleasure to get to know you!" Mom stated.

"Oh my they are so polite, I see so you have to be Hiashi and Hikari-chan´s first born daughter, am I right?!" Grandpa asked mom.

"Yes I am!" Mom stated with a polite bow and a bit of sorrow in her voice.

"Hinata-san, i´m very happy for Naruto to have found such a polite wife and I am so grateful that you took care of him and gave him what we, my Husband and I, never were able to give him..., a family!" Grandma stated with tears of joy in her eyes.

"But, that's self-evident, I love Naruto and my kids, I would risk my life to keep them safe!" Mom stated determined.

"So will I!" Dad stated as he took mom´s hands.

"They are so Kawaiiiiiii, Dattebane!" Grandma Kushina-san squealed again with tears in her eyes as she embraced both Dad and mom.

"Naruto, I hope you have finally learned what it means to be a Hokage!" We heard an imperial voice behind us.

"Hiruzen-Sama, it´s nice to see you again!" Dad stated bowing before the young man, maybe a bit older than himself, with greatest respect.

"Well!?" The man asked impatiently.

"To defend the village and it´s people at all cost, to always be aware of the state of the world around and to never give up on saving those able to be saved..., to solve all problems which might occur and to warm the village with the fire of my heart, this is what it means to be a Hokage!" Dad stated as he bowed before the old man.

"Indeed but you forgot two things!" The man stated sternly.

"To always be fair and friendly to your town-people and to never find excuses to not do the Paperwork!" The old man stated with a warmer smile.

"Yeah that´s true too, sensei!" Dad smirked, before both began to laugh.

"Naruto, I hope you found my present to you, I wished to give it to you by myself, but I was certain you would find it even if I am not alive anymore!" We heard another voice behind the old man.

"I thank you dearly for that present, Pervy Sage, no..., Jiraiya Sensei!" Dad stated as he embraced the man with the white hair with tears in his eyes, it was amazing to see that man my father told me so much about, the man who made my father what he is.

"It's good to see you alive and all grown up, you achieved your goal, which you had never given up on, you have become Hokage, tell me how does it feels like?" Lord Jiraiya asked.

"Its stressful and sometimes I which I was just a normal shinobi, but then again I remind myself, why I had chosen to become Hokage!" Dad stated.

"Because of the fame and recognition?!" The old man stated, which I finally had identified as the third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi-sama, Konoha-sensei´s grandfather.

I remembered to have seen his photograph in the Hokage-office.

"No, because it gives me the power and possibility to save what´s important to me, my family, my friends and my hometown!" Dad answered Hiruzen-sama´s question.

"That's the right answer to give, you learned much Naruto!" He said with a smile same as Jiraiya Sensei.

"A long time has passed!" Dad stated.

"Anyways how´s my grandson, where´s Konohamaru?" Hiruzen-sama asked.

"Right here, Grandpa!" We heard it behind us as suddenly Konoha-sensei and Aunt Hanabi arrived on the scene.

"Oh my you have grown so much..., and isn´t that the little sister of the Heiress from the Hyuuga clan, how was she called again..., i´m sorry my memory is still a bit fuzzy, but I am sure to would have remembered such a beauty?" Hiruzen-sama asked with a blush.

"She´s beautiful indeed, may I introduce you, this is Hanabi Hyuuga, my wife!" Konohamaru-sensei stated.

"Hold on a second, I think I have a say in this as well!" We suddenly heard another voice..., however younger than the ones before, too young.

"No way!" I heard Hanabi-nee-san, gasping and tearing up, Mom, on the other hand, was completely speechless but also in her eyes tears began to form.

Dad on the other hand only stated one single name, which was bound to shake the entire Hyuuga clan which was assembled here.

"Neji..., is this real or is it a dream?!" Dad asked dumbfounded and I saw the unbearable sorrow in his eyes.

"Yes Hinata, Hanabi, Naruto..., i´m back, more or less!" no one else but Neji Hyuuga, prodigy of the Hyuuga Clan and apparently our uncle, was standing right in front of us, in the shape of a boy of my age.

"Kaaaawwwaaaaaiiiii!" Hanabi shouted, as she practically threw the poor boy over.

"It's the real deal, he is real, he is back; Neji-Nii-san is back!" Hanabi-nee-chan stated, tears falling from her eyes like out of floodgates.

"Ha-Hanabi..., let go of me..., you suffocate me!" Neji-san tried to shout as Hanabi-nee-chan's boobs were pushed right in his face, I looked at Konoha-sensei only to see him burning up in murderous jealousy.

"Neji, take your dirty hands of my Wife!" He shouted as he was ready to jump between them.

"Tell this to her, she gropes me everywhere, what the hell has gotten into you Hanabi?!" Neji-san asked loudly.

"MOM STOP THIS, THIS IS EMBARRASSING!" Salia shouted enraged, as she pushed herself between them both, shielding Neji from her mother.

"Nii-san!" I heard mom stammering as she approached her `actually older´ cousin, with tears in her eyes.

"No way, you too?!" Neji stated backing away.

"I just want to..., there is..., there is so much I want to thank you for, you gave your life for me to live, to be able to have a future and I never could really thank you for that.

I had longed to see you at least one last time and now this wish has been granted to me, i´m so grateful!" Mom stated as tears flooded out of her eyes, Dad took her in her arms while Himawari patted her back.

"I-I see, well I did it freely, so there is no real need to thank me and when I see your children and Naruto being Hokage and all grown up, I have to say that it was definitely worth it!" Uncle Neji stated.

"And if everything then you should rather thank the right person!" He stated, as He pointed to a tree a bit away from the main-crowd, there in the shadow of the tree no one else but Neherit stood, watching us closely.

"Guess we should really thank him!" Dad stated.

"Indeed after all he brought me back my Grandmother, Honoka Uzumaki!" Sarin stated, as she pulled on the arm of a tall woman which stood next to her.

The woman looked gently at her with an amused and warm smile, but there was no sign of her being a grandmother, but looking at mine and Lady Mito it was definitely an Uzumaki thing.

"I also have to thank him much, I never thought I would be able to see my Granddaughter again, I last saw her as she was still a baby, I haven't been in Uzushiogakure that time as the Spiral massacre occurred, but I was on a faraway island in a secret military project which went all too wrong, out of regret my soul remained on the island so long until the problem was solved by a few Shinobi from Konoha!" Honoka-san stated.

"Ah yeah I remember, the case with the Ultimate Kuchiyose Animal, that strange, super strong abomination!" Dad stated in thought.

"Wait how do you know?" Honoka-san asked shocked.

"It was actually me, who killed it, with the help of my teammates, but a ghost brought us even to this thing..., wait you just said you had been remaining on this island, even after you died, so you have to have been that ghost, could it be?" Dad asked.

"It could be, I remember unclearly that there was a blonde boy with these men and a good looking man with Sunglasses!" Honoka-san stated, blushing a bit.

"That has to be Aoba, then it was that time shortly before the fourth world war!" Dad said.

"Anyways it´s nice to be alive again, there is so much to re-experience, and to see Neherit again is really something, it´s as if he hasn´t changed at all from the time as I once saw him, but I guess I now look way too old for him!" Honoka-san explained.

"You mean as you almost died in that den with the dragon-lizard, where Neherit later saved your life and gave you the Spirit-clock!" Sarin stated.

"I guess Mito told you about that am I right?" Sarin´s Grandmother asked her, while Sarin nodded.

"I see!"

"Anyways we better get inside the Funeral is about to begin!" Dad stated.

"Okay!" Everyone stated and so we marched forward.

"Bolt!" I heard from behind, I looked to see, Sarada, Senpou, Chouchou, Shikadai and Inojin running up to us.

"Hey guys how are you?!" I asked.

"We´re fine, but how are you, I bet it must have been a real shock for you!" Chouchou asked worried.

"Well, it´s going, of course it is really sad, but Grandpa Wouldn´t have liked it for us to suffer, he would say, that there are times to mourn and times to fight and that right now, we should do our best to defend those we love and everyone else we can!" I explained.

"Yes that definitely sounds like Uncle Hiashi!" A voice came from behind us.

"Huh, who are you?" Chouchou asked as Neji-san walked up on us.

"Ah Guys this is...!"

"Neji-San!" Suddenly Senpou shouted.

"Huh..., wwaaaah Lee, what happened to you, since when have you become a girl?" Neji asked yelling in pure shock, almost freaking out.

"Uhmm, nooo... I mean..., I am...!"

"Hey you, what the hell are you thinking, yelling at my girlfriend?!" Inojin shouted going instantly in defense mode, stepping right before Neji.

"Girlfriend..., Lee what the hell is this guys saying..., wait a minute..., Ino, since when have you become a boy, hell, what the hell is going on here, what kind of twisted world am I in here!" Neji-san shouted freaking out for real.

"Uncle Neji, listen to me!" I shouted finally getting his attention.

"You are Boruto, Naruto´s son right?" He asked.

"Yes anyways, these are my friends, Chouchou Akimichi, daughter of Chouji Akimichi and Karui Akimichi, right next to her stands Shikadai Nara, son of Shikamaru Nara and Temari Sabakuno.

The Girl you were holding for Lee-san is actually his Daughter, who is also the daughter of Tenten Chōponchi.

"Wait a second, Lee and Tenten married?" Neji-san asked in utter shock.

"Indeed and the result is a girl with enormous strength, a clean battle style and a giant arsenal of weapons, Senpou Rock!" I explained as I pointed to Sen, who bowed politely.

"Next to her is Inojin Yamanaka, son of Ino Yamanaka and Sai-san.

And these are Sarada Uchiha and Katsuo Uchiha, daughter and son of Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno.

You already know Salia I assume, and this is my little sister Himawari Uzumaki!" I explained.

"Bolt who exactly is that guy and where do you know that guy from Sen?!" Chouchou demanded an answer.

"Well you see, this is actually my Mother and Aunt´s cousin, Neji Hyuuga, who had died during the last world war.

I guess Neherit must have resurrected him, same as Lady Mito and Nagato-san!" I explained.

"And he has been once the team mate of my parents!" Senpou explained as she scanned Neji-san, who did the same.

"Seeing the daughter of Lee and Tenten, I really feel just how much time has passed, dammit, why did I had to die so early, I could have a family too, how awkward must this be for the others when they meet me, I mean they all have grown so much and I am still 16 years old, this is somehow unfair!" Neji-san whined.

"But why didn´t Neherit made you older, I mean he also made Lady Mito younger than she actually had died!" Sarada asked.

"Yeah that's what I don´t understand either!" I stated.

"Because it´s funny seeing people freaking out sometimes, about some circumstances, same as Haku, he still thinks he´s a boy, but wait when he takes a shower, he´s going to experience a whole new world of wonder!" We heard a snickering voice. (Picture switches to Isla Jura, where we hear a high-pitched Kyaaa-scream, before it switches back.)

"Tir-Ehen!" Sarin stated with blown cheeks and a scolding tone.

I saw Sarada suddenly blinking twice.

"Well, I could have make Neji-san older but that would have taken him 20 years of growing away after all.

As I resurrected Mito-san, I gave her back her actual form, the form she would have had, if she wouldn´t have had Kurama inside her that time!" he explained.

"I see!" I stated

"This is so depressing you know, I should be at the side of them and now I am just as old as their kids, you dick how could you?!" Neji-san asked Neherit.

"He´s so different as mom told me, she said Neji-san was always calm, collected and serious, but he´s actually easy to freak out!" Sen stated in thought.

"With the stay in the limbus many traits of the character are going lost, since the limbus is kinda like a vacuum which cleans the soul for the next life.

Logically is there always a minimal amount of rest memories being passed on, a soul never becomes completely clean, it´s just impossible!" Neherit explained.

"Why so?!" Katsuo asked.

"A Blank Soul isn´t able to exist, a soul which gains a mortal life must have some kind of experience in itself, to know from his toddler age on, how his body works, I mean the breathing, the motoric body movements, the ability to learn and memorize..., a blank soul who never has had these kind of engraved, fundamental memories, is just not able to survive on its own!" Neherit told us.

"And so also some fragments of the past lives are remaining, it are only splinters but if you dig deep enough you can find many things out about a person´s soul-travel.

Anyways you better get this Funeral done, so I can send Hiashi-san´s soul to the afterlife!" Neherit stated.

"What´s going to happen after that, when and where and how is he going to be reborn?" Salia asked.

"That's individual, I have no real influence on that.

It's actually the only thing a Watashimori can´t control about a soul, this only might be possible to the deity who created this world!" Neherit explained.

"You really say that a god has created our world, you know in my life I saw many people praying to different gods, to which one do you pray?!" I asked.

"To no one specifically, we call him Lord of the Light, but whether it are more deities or not is not known to us, all that we believe is that someone or something gave our planet life and my folk the ability to use the elements.

Originally humanity was never meant to inherit our forces ,for they were greedy and cruel beings, warmongering at most of the times, no matter what, our forces were to be preserved to only my folk, we were to be the guidance for them, but instead of listening to us, they hunted us down and killed us at every given opportunity.

In the las few centuries of the Old Age, Humanity reached a new level of cruelness, they became mighty, too mighty for even us to handle, for humanity had their very own earth shaking force, nuclear-power!

My folk had nothing to set against this power and in the end the world we tried to safe and guide from the shadow, was destroyed, pested by a force it last had millions of years ago.

Ever since these days humanity was in our eyes only savage animals, but to be honest hasn´t my folk ´gotten any better than them, even we began to make war under us.

Still, before these demons came to us, my folk never intended to fight against each other, we lived in peace, all clans lived in perfect Harmony with each other since everybody had his work and duty, no one ruled and no one was ruled.

However with the first appearance 20.000 years ago, even my race began to spiral into hatred, mistrust and chaos, traits we only saw at Humans back then.

Suddenly Light and darkness concurred with each other and Paradise as well as Inferno tried to annihilate each other, for the right to rule over all souls, it wasn´t until the unity of most of these four realms until more or less the peace returned in my folk.

Light and darkness was weakened and Inferno and Paradise combined to become the realm of Purgatory.

Still since we crows have now this immeasurable power, we also are far mightier than the other folks and this has mostly split the race, we each are controlling the others to watch if anyone is preparing for a new attack.

Wariness and jealousy are common traits in my race too nowadays.

More so in my own, unities have split themselves up and no one seems to care about what really matters anymore, the safety of our world and everything in it.

When I see families which seem to be truly happy I always have to think at what I lost, during and after the last war, and what I might never can have, since I am to fight only, not to have a quiet life until the world is safe from the demons!" Neherit stated with an unbelievable sorrowful tone.

"Since only the Wild sage and the high sage of Spirits alone have this strong powers, we are also those with the greatest responsibilities!" Neherit explained.

"Somehow you seem to be more openhearted to me all of a sudden, how come, you always have been so hard and goal fixed all the time, and according to Sakura-san did you really freaked out when you were accused to toy with us all, also you used to hate to speak about your past?!" Himawari asked in wonder.

"Last night I had an interesting conversation with an old friend of mine, she thought me things I had forgotten or better said wanted to forget, for the sake of my mission, I once again was reminded for what I actually was fighting so hard, with the darkness and with myself.

She taught me the reason of my existence, to ensure a peaceful future for anyone, for true peace to become possible.

That I had to fight, but that I too had the right to get myself a real life, a life worth being lived!" Neherit explained.

"Anyways, enough about me now, save the questions for maybe later, now you have to go, I will wait for you guys, after the funeral!" he said to my father who walked up to us.

"Sure thing, I look forward to speak with you!" Dad said.

"Well then, see you later!" Neherit replied before he walked away.

Sarin ran after him, speaking with him, I only could hear a bit of their conversation before Sarin arrived back at our side.

Sarin´s Pov:

"There you see it Tir-Ehen, not everyone is going to lynch you when you bring their beloved ones back to life!" I stated.

"Maybe but remember, they are only alive for one year, as long as no one decides to bind his/her own soul to one of them, for them to survive longer, and believe me, a year is short when you are in war, they will surely hate me for it later!" Tir-Ehen explained.

"Not me though, I know what will happen since I too am one of these resurrected and you made me a dream coming true, I had the opportunity to meet my father again, maybe I speak only for myself, but I could never hate you, since I know you did everything you could, even if the world despises you, I never will, I promise!" I stated.

"Don´t make promises you can´t guarantee to hold, Sarin, I saw that way too often, too many times for me to count or bear remembering them!" he replied annoyed.

"Well just note that I am serious!" I stated.

"Well..., I hope at least you can hold that promise!" he said before he vanished between the trees.

I was left standing there with a bad taste in my mouth, and a sting in my heart, I never can imagine how much hardship he had to endure to become so cold with himself, to become so engrossed in his very own self-hatred.

"I wish I knew how I can heal you and make you feel good again!" I muttered under my breath as I watched him vanishing.

"Sarin!" I heard Sarada´s call and so I made my way back to my friends.

Bolt´s Pov:

"So Sarin herself was a Resurrected too, well this was unexpected!" I mumbled as I scanned her, as she walked back up on us.

I decided to keep this knowledge for me for now.

"Hey Sarin, by the way, what did you mean with Tir-Ehen?!" Sarada asked out of the blue.

"Oh, well you know, Tir-Ehen is Neherit´s birth name!" Sarin explained.

"You´re kidding right?!" Sarada asked shocked to the core.

"So he really is..., it´s as I thought!" She mumbled under her breath but I could hear her, guess she too knew something she hasn´t told me yet.

"Anyways guys lets go on!" Dad said and so we entered the cemetery.

"Sarada, what´s the matter you look so pale?!" I asked.

"Well ..., last night Nekomata told me about a man called Tir-Ehen, who managed to end the last so called demon-war almost single-handily, but then vanished after the war.

I had such a feeling that this man might be Neherit, but when I now hear that he has actually the same name, then his story of a coming war becomes more and more credible to me..., and I ask myself how many time we all still have!" Sarada explained.

"I see, yeah I thought about that too, but it does bring us nothing to think about our demise, we should live and fight like we can, until that moment where we have to die comes!" I explained and she looked at me worried.

"What do you mean with that, shouldn´t it be better to at least know when our time has come?" She asked.

"It's not about when we die, but how we die..., do we die as righteous, peaceful humans, or as cruel and wronged peoples, always seeking for power.

Do we die regretting not to have giving our anything, or did we do anything to not regret something, before we die?!" I asked and she seemed to have understood me finally.

"We will see, I guess!" Sarada replied.

"Indeed, honey!" I stated.

Part II: Siblings, united in hatred, the Final Solution

Part 1: The Four Horsemen.

Thorncrow`s Pov:

Trion Nerium Tarun (Right Hand of God), also known as the `Forsaken Fortress´, a Castle build in old times, before the world was inhabited by Shinobi, it is one of the last witnesses of the past ages.

Once it stood in my Home land, Gensan no Kuni, as one of the Tentarium Castor Tarun (12 Castles of God), Castles build with massive field-advantages, for example one was built in a large lake, another right in the mountains and another one right in the lake of lava in a volcano.

Each of these Castles had once been the home to a Wild-sage and his folk.

However has that been ages ago, today most of these Castles are ruins, and during the massive wars, the destructions of the planet and the rebuild and rewinding, the Castles came more and more apart.

For the moment are approximately still 3 of these Castles actually in Gensan no kuni, others broke of the land and drifted during continental shifts away from our Continent.

Trion Nerium Tarun was one of these others, momentarily it is located deep within the Land of Demons.

Centuries ago, massive blood feuds and slaughters have been fought in order to gather the reign for this castle.

So long until four beings came and eliminated each and every human who dared to come close to the Castle.

Ever since we lived here.

This Castle has become the home to a ghost, a shaman, a demonic rider and a warrior of darkness.

Duhalan, also known as the headless rider, a human whose soul has been tainted pure black and whose sole purpose is to gather soul-force for himself, to keep him alive after being beheaded.

Anubis, the Sage of Inferno, one of the last Jackal-sages alive looking for revenge on the other Wild-sages and their folks.

Hidan, momentarily only a ghost sealed within his very skeleton, also known as the grim Reaper, killing humans with his three-bladed scythe.

He´s the most devoted person to our master and the youngest inhabitant of this castle, who only got here recently.

And last but not least myself, Thorncrow, of course is this not my real name, but my own name is meaningless to me, I don´t want to remember the weakness of this person I once have been, all what mattered to me was to become strong enough to kill `Him´, he who killed my mother and who betrayed our family, he who left me nothing but pain, he has to die, to die in endless suffering and anguish.

However, I couldn´t do anything, I had not the strength he had, all I could do was to observe him, watching him from afar how he lived his life, while our mother had been erased.

I will never forgive him.

"You will die by my hands only!" I mumbled, as I woke back up out of the trance I had been in, remembering my past, 600 years long I trained to become strong enough to defeat him.

After he was chased out of the land by our clan, they put me through a gruesome training to become the next Sage of Spirits, but it failed, instead of leading on souls, all I could do was consume and manipulate them, in the end I was chased out as well, being called Erenor Neherit Caroma Nox (Pitch Black crow with the Thorn of darkness).

My own Father hunted me down and wanted to kill me, just the same way he did to my Brother, as he took out to slay my head off, he shouted these words at me, these words which hurt more than everything.

I was saved by my Sensei, Lord Anubis, the last remaining Sage of Inferno, he defeated my father, but left him alive with a curse on his soul which tainted it darker by every year which passed, I bet he was as good as completely evil by now.

The fitting end for a man who wants to kill his own children after having put them through hell itself.

I was lucky to have survived the war, but after seeing the unbelievable strength my brother gathered, at it´s very end, which let him go mad and killing our mother and clan members, let me saw that only the strong ones were able to get rid of everything which hurt them.

I needed this kind of strength, if I ever would stand a chance against my brother.

"And now I finally am strong enough, soon, I will eliminate you Onii-chan, you will be nothing but a Memory, living inside my soul.

I saw it with my very eyes, the brother I had loved so much was nowhere to find, so I will kill you and then I will kill myself, if we then can be united in death again, I hope you are able to go back to the person you once had been, the brother that was my idol!" I thought as I observed the events from last night.

"Seems as well as things haven't been successful!" Raksharia, my partner and sole friend as well as my Eterna Rugh-On, said.

"Yeah thought it´s a real shame, she managed to gather so many souls for us, and now they are all lost, it was a dumb idea of me to send her to Konoha, when his scouts are out to surveil the area around.

Dammit, he just freed them and send them away, without even using them to strengthen his own power, does he think he´s so strong he won´t need more soul energy?!" I asked myself as I observed what my crows saw.

"Perhaps he has given it up!" Raksharia stated in thought, even though I hated my brother for what he had done, she never actually felt any hate against him or Rughian, still she was in first line a crow, so it was very unlikely for her to understand human hate anyways.

"He won't, he has erased too many souls, the one of humans as well as of our Clan-members, even our mother´s, so why should he have stopped doing that now, what would be the reason for that, and why do so many people trust him.

Isn´t he but the most despicable being in the whole world, the one who kills for fun, who is first saving people, gaining their full trust, only to later betray and annihilate them in the night, when they are sleeping and vulnerable, unable to defend themselves!" I explained to her.

"I saw it before, he goes around and slays the demons I have either unleashed or send towards him, in order to strengthen the weapons he made, but he only strengthens the weapons.

Why doesn´t he uses these soul-forces to strengthen his own, he could have immeasurable force by now, does he really think that he only needs his weapons to fight against my creations?!" I thought.

"How dare you to underestimate me..., I swear the next beast will be stronger, strong enough to make you showing your true face towards the people you claim to defend, if they see who you really are you will be once again alone, I won´t accept that you are loved by even just one of these insects.

I will show you what true loneliness is!" I stated as I stroke over my Crystal-sphere with which I surveilled the world.

"But how will you be able to defeat him Chi..., I mean Thorncrow?" Raksharia asked.

"I have my very own means for that!" I stated smiling, under the mask I wore, as I looked over to the Death-Scythe Tartaros, made of Bones of Armageddon, the Wild-Sage of Inferno, it is able to completely taint a soul pitch-black or to erase it, strengthen the weapon, it was given to me by our Lord.

Using my forces of Nature, my Mana, and Miasma, which I learned to control by my Sensei, I can transform it to fitting appearances, for being enhanced with the elements.

"The day of my revenge is soon there, I will erase you, my dear, beloved and hated Brother!" I stated, stroking over his picture in my Crystal-sphere, looking at it with a sick satisfaction as I crushed the Sphere with my bare hands, feeling the sensation of crystal shards cutting up my palm.

It was a sweet pain, a welcoming anguish to overtone the voices in my head, the voices of all the souls I had consumed by now, all these shouts in agony, pain and wrath.

"Knock, Knock!" Suddenly it knocked on the door.

"Yes?!" I asked.

"My dear Lady Thorncrow, the Lord is asking for you, the four horsemen have a new mission!" One of our countless servants said as he entered my room with a bow.

"Very well, seems like we finally can have some fun..., different as my Brother I kill people openly!" I stated with a sinister smile, as I walked out of my room down to the dining hall.

"Ah Thorncrow, it's nice to see you smiling, it always pleases me to see you in a good mood!" I heard it coming from my side.

I looked up to see my Master.

"Sensei Anubis, do we have a new mission from our Lord?" I asked.

"Indeed, we will see what it is, the last mission was successful, we managed to get our hands on the corpse, last night, as everyone was busy fighting the Golem you had created.

Your brother has become really strong, but I am certain you can defeat him, soon you will get your revenge!" my Sensei stated.

"Yes Sensei!" I stated with determination.

"Anyways I bet that the next mission has something to do with this Land, the demons here have been awfully lively in the last weeks and it is to believe that Mōryō, one of the first three demons of the Hell circles, might be down here somewhere.

If we can get our hands on his soul, we would be a large step ahead of our goal, to resurrect our Lord and to bring him back to live, if he then defeats the Wild-Sage of Spirits, drains his knowledge and becomes a Wild-Sage himself, we will have an endless amount of Soul force to feed off!" My Sensei stated in sick glee.

I did not to 100 % approve of his or our lord´s plans, still if it helps me to become strong enough to take revenge, then I am all satisfied.

I don´t care if this world goes downhill, all I want is to kill my brother.

"That would be convenient indeed!" I replied, as we walked further towards a door.

"Well then, here we go, off to our next mission!" Sensei Anubis stated.

Part 2: Final Solution and the shin Hyuuga Ichizoku.

After the Funeral, Naruto´s Pov:

Seeing Neji alive was sure a shock, for me as well as for everyone else, but I also have to thank Neherit for it.

There´s so much I still wanted to tell him before he died and I thought I would never again have the opportunity to do that.

But now he lived again, I can tell him all the things I couldn´t and I can show him that we truly change the Hyuuga-clan, just as I had promised to him.

"Are we all here..., good then I guess it´s time to start this conference, the topic of today is the further measures of the Hyuuga, after the Main-leader, Hizamaru Hyuuga has died last night.

Normally this would be a Clan-intern decision, however has the Council of the Clans of Konohagakure, short CCK, decided that thanks to the latest decisions taken by the Hyuuga-elder-council, we cannot trust the Hyuuga-Clan anymore..., as long as the same persons have the levers in their hands at least.

Therefore has the CCK decided that the Hyuuga-clan has to change its center of power or else the only solution, which is actually nothing we all want, is to banish the Hyuuga-clan out of Konohagakure!" I explained and I heard many angry murmurs out of the rows of the Hyuugas.

"Due to this, we want to hear now the decision the new current council of the Hyuuga-clan has taken, it speaks the momentary leader of the Hyuuga-Branch-family.

Representative Hana Hyuuga, Widow of Hizashi Hyuuga, please step forward!" I stated, as Neji´s mother stood up from next to her son, which she had greeted with a killer-bear-hug and a massive tear-monsoon.

She bowed and walked in front of the crowd to the desk, just before the desk where myself, the Elder Council of Konohagakure, short ECK, and the CCK sat.

"My Name is Hana Hyuuga, I am the momentary Leader of the Hyuuga Branch Family, after my Husband Hizashi Hyuuga was killed by the Elder court of the Hyuuga Clan!" Hana-san introduced herself.

"Hana-sama, please tell us the momentarily circumstances in your part of the Hyuuga-Clan, before and ever since the death of your Husband?!" I asked.

"The Branch family of the Hyuuga-Clan has since its birth being suppressed by the elder-council of the Main-family, we have been always being set on the second place in mutual decisions of both parts and the Main-family mostly ruled over us.

Ever since my Husband has died, things went even worse, since I, as the widow of the former leader, was at the position of the new leader of the Branch-family, the Elder´s told me that I had no right to object to any of their decisions over us.

I had no power to change the fact that since all this time, our children were still cursed with the Kago no tori.

I hoped our life would become better after the law against the usage of this Juin was accepted by the whole village, but it came different, every newborn of the branch-family had become their targets, the Elder council didn´t cared for the law and tried anything to get our children in their hands to curse them.

In the last 11 years since the law was spoken out the first time, they managed to curse 5 more kids with it, the others we luckily could save from them.

Still we had fear of saying anything, since they could kill us at any time with the Juin each of us bear, when we just would try to tell it to anyone.

We were sat under constant surveillance, and even though it were some of the Main family who tried to help us, our life was more than miserable.

My fellow Members were angry that we were treated this way and that the Children of the Hokage, which had been to a part also of the Hyuuga-clan, still had no seal and were so good defended.

Some of us then tried to get their revenge on the Hokage by aiming to give them the Seal, a mission made by Hizamaru-san, in exchange for that he lured them with better life standards, something I despise the most.

I always knew that the sixth and the seventh Hokage tried with all their might to change the traditions and laws in the Hyuuga clan, still it´s not so easy as it might sound, since even the Hokage has no real power to change the entire intern laws and traditions of a clan, all he can do is finding other solutions for it, the final solution would either be banishment or annihilation as ultimatum.

However I never believed that the Hokages ever would do something like this, I approved of the laws they spoke out and accepted them without second thought.

The law which had been spoken was as followed.

`It´s strictly forbidden to curse a member of Konohagakure with a Juin in any kind of way, as long as the same does not attack any member of the Village´, this was meant for every kind of Juin, so also the Kago no Tori.

The second law is as following:

`Only the Hokage, in a mutual decision and with the approving of the ECK and the CCK, has the right to decide and order that someone has to wear a Juin or not, if it is necessary and the only solution, in order to keep the village safe´!" These were the two laws which had been made.

Yet a few of my Clan-members believed that the Hokage and the other Clans had approved of their children to be cursed, which created mistrust in the Branch-family!" Hana-sama explained and I was a little surprised, I never knew that I was so mistrusted by them.

"What made them mistrust me, I thought the laws were flawless?" I asked.

"The Marriage with Hinata Hyuuga, former heiress of the Main family, many of these members thought that this should be the revenge for all the time she had been laughed at by the members of the Branch-family, for her past weak forces in our jutsus, which were so similar to our circumstances.

In her childhood there were a lot of parents which suspected that Hinata-san was in reality just a bastard child of Hiashi-sama with someone from the Branch-family, but I knew better.

I knew that was not the case, because Hikari Hyuuga was my sister!" Hana-sama stated and I was buff, same as Hinata, Hanabi and Neji.

"Since I knew my sister very well, I always knew that her daughters were never thinking only for their own benefit and that it never was and never will be their intention of doing such things.

But some of us thought that thanks to Hinata's influence on the Hokage, the main-family would have had given more and more power, more and more Advantages.

They thought that the two laws were only for calming the rest of the public, and that the Hokage would approve of such acts being done to our children as long as no one witnesses it.

Many of them wanted revenge and so they joined the assassins' corps of the Elder court of the Hyuuga, in order to curse the two children of the Hokage.

I had no information of who exactly had been in that corps, but I knew it would have been some of those whose children had been cursed in the last years, but without clear evidence I could not operate against them, and they were well defended by the Main family.

I didn´t wanted to risk to either be killed myself, nor wanted I to risk a feud between both families, by attacking the facility of the Main-families assassin-corps, so all I could do was to gather informations as best as I could!" Hana-sama explained.

"Hana-sama, have you ever felt the same way as those who joined the assassin's corps?" I asked.

"No, I never did, the only person I ever despised was my father-in-Law, Hizamaru Hyuuga, for taking away my Husband as my son was only four years old and for cursing my son with the Juin.

And for later killing my Sister, I never believed her to have died on a sickness, she was never sick not even in our childhood, she had an incredible immune-system.

I investigated anything I could and that's how I found out the truth, I had always being suspicious of Hizamaru-san but as I had certainty, I hated him for more than everything in the world.

To be honest, I am rather glad he´s dead!" She said with a honest tone.

"What, how dare you speaking that way, about Hizamaru-sama, you worthless...!" the members of the Elder Council of the Hyuuga Clan shouted enraged.

"Silence and don´t you dare to move a single finger or banishment is the easiest thing I will do to you!" I shouted, cutting of the elders who was just about to use the Juin.

The same eyed the situation with angered eyes before sitting themselves back on their seat.

"I know your feelings and I can understand them very well, Hana-sama, I too despised Hizamaru-san, although only because of his constant ordered attacks and after learning the truth, that it was him who gave the kill-order, which led to the most recent attacks on my children and wife as well as their friends.

Anyways, I want now to hear from you what you want to change in the Hyuuga-clan!" I stated.

"I, and I think I speak for most of my clan members of the Branch family who still are willing to not give up their strive for peace and security, want to destroy this stupid system of Branch and Main-family, I want to make a final stop to these stupid traditions of the Juin and all the rules which hold us chained to the old traditions, and I want a better education for our future generation, the former Branch-family shall have exactly the same rights than the Main family had and still has.

I want to unite both families as one clan, no one should be disadvantaged anymore!" Hana-sama stated and I heard approving shouts of the Branch-family.

"Thank you very much, as representative of the Main-family speaks now Hanabi Hyuuga!" I stated as Hana-sama walked back to her former seat, while Hanabi walked to the desk.

"I am Hanabi Hyuuga, youngest Daughter of Hiashi Hyuuga and momentarily the leader of the Hyuuga Main-family, I am here not only to speak for the Main but also for the Branch-family!" She said and I saw enragement in the eyes of the Hyuuga elders.

"Hanabi, please tell us a bit about your former life!" I stated ignoring the nasty glances I got.

"I was born as the second daughter of Hiashi and Hikari Hyuuga and raised by my guardian, Natsu Hyuuga.

During my childhood and even during my adolescent years, I never thought a second that I wanted to suppress the Branch-family or disadvantage them!" Hanabi stated.

"Why not?!" I asked.

"My mother died shortly after my birth and I was practically raised by Natsu-san of the Branch-family, she taught me many things about the world, things which did not stand in books, also that each human is strong in his own way and that no one shall call a person weak, or despise them, if they don´t know everything about that person.

Still she also couldn´t go against the laws of the Family, so she too told me to not get close to Naruto Uzumaki and that he would have a bad influence on me, that was to the time before he became an acknowledged hero, as I was still very young.

But I saw it in her eyes, that she actually never believed what she said and only said it because that was what would have been expected of her.

Natsu was for me like a Mother, even though she always bowed down to me like a servant..., I honestly didn´t liked it, I mean she was the closest to a friend I had.

However in my life, I idolized not only Natsu but also my older sister Hinata, for me she combined power and elegance as well as kindness in one person, I loved her similar as I perhaps would have loved a mother, both Natsu and Hinata were quite similar.

But my eyes had been fogged for a few years.

It was shortly after my battle with my Sister for the right of the leaders' position.

I always thought she was super strong, but since that day I had to see that I had become much stronger and more determined than her, but that was only her gentleness coming in her way, as I later found out.

But after I saw how my Father turned his back on her, I was afraid, afraid of being let fallen just like her, I was afraid of losing Natsu as well, since she had been ordered as my Caregiver, if I would be let fallen, she maybe would have to leave me, that's what I thought that time.

In order to keep a status quo in my life I tried my best to please both my Father and grandfather, but I soon realized that I lost my own happiness for that.

I was totally the opposite of my sister.

Even though my father let her falling and didn´t seemed to care about her anymore, she didn´t let herself being broken down by the scorn and derision she gained from the rest of the family, be it Branch or Main-family.

No she actually bloomed up even more than I did, even though I was always being called a prodigy and stronger than her.

It reminded me on a rose, I was a room rose and she a wild rose.

Both are equally beautiful, but the rose left in the wild is even stingier and knows how to defend herself against her enemies.

The Rose breed in the room on the other hand, is only there to look pretty, since she has practically no natural enemies to fear, she gets cared about all day, but still she will never be as strong and beautiful, as the wild-rose.

I had to see that over the course of the years afterwards, I always was trained by father and being the center of attention, but was I never really happy, I tried to ignore the one I felt too weak for me to care about, my own sister, but the more I tried it, the more I was drawn to surveil her effort, her success and the power she earned through her very own self.

Different from her I was trained to become strong but instead it became harder for me to find my own happiness.

It wasn't before she and Naruto-san started dating that I finally understood.

I was trained well, but I didn´t trained to protect someone in general, not like Hinata who trained hard to protect her friends and her beloved person.

I was just trained to overtake the Clan and to give later birth to a new male heir, that was to be my destiny, I had not even real friends beside of Natsu, since I was always alone and training with my father.

The closest to friends I had other than her, were Neji san and Naruto-san, and through Naruto-san I learned what it means to become strong and happy.

I learned that one should never look down on someone who is more disadvantaged as one self, because maybe that person is in reality far happier than yourself!" Hanabi explained.

"When and how did it happen, how did you managed to find your own happiness, what made you finding it?" I asked while the elders rolled their eyes in annoyance and boredom.

"It already started after I heard that my Sister fought against Pain.

I began to admire her again, the same way I always had done as I was still her little sister and not her concurrent for the position of the leader.

I wished that I never had to have that battle with her.

After the war I was glad that she survived alongside Naruto, and I swore to find my on happiness, to become just like her.

I tried to be in my sisters company as much as I could, and that's when I saw him for the first time, Konohamaru Sarutobi, my future husband.

As I said before I never had really friends, since I was mostly isolated from my peers and I never could visit the Ninja academy, also I was never really allowed to meet the other children of the Clan and play with them, they mostly only looked at me with dislike and mistrust anyways, like I would be a pampered princess, perhaps they were right.

I had anything I could wish for, I got taught anything, I experienced everything I could, beside of true friendship and love, thanks to the order of the Elders.

So I also never got to know Konohamaru before that day, though I heard Naruto-san often speaking about him.

At first I didn´t thought much about him, he just seemed to be a good friend of Naruto-san, but after he came over more often, I soon had to see that he was more like a little brother to him, and the way Konohamaru looked up to Naruto-san, remembered me on how I once did the same with my sister.

It was pure admiration and competitively feelings.

The more I watched him training with Naruto-san, the more I found him interesting, and in the moment I got told that I actually would have to marry him, I was really happy, but I also knew that I still knew close to nothing about him, so I agreed to go on a date with him.

After the first date I found what I always had searched for deep inside of me, someone to talk to, and someone who truly heard me out, who managed to understand me and who had been in a same situation as I was!" Hanabi told.

"Which situation?!" I asked.

"Konohamaru and I, we were being trained to become just like our grandparents, strong, unbreakable and wise as well as a hard leader or Shinobi, and that at the cost of our own happiness.

But different to me he managed to make true friends during his academy days, despite all that he encountered, to be honest he didn´t even really cared about his training and rather went out to play with them, while I was in fear before the reactions of my family when I would abandon my chores to go play.

He even had a person to idolize and look up to all the time.

After spending some time with him we became close and I liked it to meet him whenever I could.

We had gotten a few Missions by Kakashi-sama, and he often became a back-up team for my guards, when I had to go towards befriended clans, he always defended me.

As I once was in big trouble, he managed to save me with the jutsus learned by Naruto.

I felt that my life got happier ever since I met him!" Hanabi-chan stated with a light blush.

"So you were happy, even thought you were pulled down by the constant surveillance of the Elders and the mistrust and anger of the branch-family?" I asked.

"I managed to become stronger and happier because I decided to walk my very own path, in despite of the path the elders wanted to force on me.

I long stopped to care about what the elders said, because I knew that the way they wanted to go was wrong, I always supported the decision of the Hokage, to end all this stupid clan rules and sick traditions, I want the Clan to be united as one, as it should have been done so long ago, the way my mother had wished for it!" Hanabi-San stated.

"My mother once told me that my name was chose by a good friend..., but now I know that it has been my aunt which had chosen hat name, am I right?" She asked Hana-sama.

"Indeed, Hikari always told me that she wanted to use my name for her youngest daughter and the name of our mother for her oldest.

She wished that her daughters would inherit our spirit somehow.

And so her oldest daughter, Hinata, was named after our mother Hinako Hyuuga and her youngest, Hanabi, after me.

If I would have had a daughter, I would most likely have named her after my sister as well!" Hana-sama explained.

"Hanabi-san, why do you want to change the Hyuuga- clan, it does not sound as if you ever had it hard in your childhood, even though the elder tried to control you, so why?!" I asked her, even though I knew the answer.

"For the future of my daughter, my nephew and niece and for every Branch-family member who ever has been discriminated by the Main family.

Natsu-san had always cared about me like a mother about her child, regardless the fact that I was from the Main-family she taught me that I never should discriminate anyone.

I could never hate her, nor did I ever hated Kou-san, my sister´s guardian, who too was from the branch family and who always watched over her, even after he officially had been ordered otherwise by the elders, after my sister was left fallen by them.

While most of the Main-family always tried to force their believes on us, did both of them taught us the world we were living within, without all the clan´s teaching and policy.

So for me it was self-evident that I owed them big time, I always wanted to repay Natsu but until her death I couldn´t, it was only shortly after that day, as my father came to me and my newly married husband and handed me the small bundle over, saying that I would surely be able to take better care of it than him.

In this bundle lied my daughter, Salia Hyuuga..., the daughter of Kou and Natsu Hyuuga and member of the Branch-family!" Hanabi stated finally admitting everything to the entire Clan.

Of course the wonderment was epic, the elders almost fell of their seats.

"But how, you had been pregnant, didn´t you!" one of the elder shouted.

"I faked the pregnancy with help of Lady Tsunade and her shapeshifting jutsu!" Hanabi stated and the elders looked with enraged mines at Tsunade-sama, who only shrugged and smirked evilly.

"One of my lightest tasks!" she only stated.

"Unfortunately did my Grandfather found out about it and tried to give her the Kago no tori.

Of course I refused this and threw him out of the house.

I was happy to have a child, since I cannot give birth to a child anymore, ever since my training went wrong at some point and I had to go to the hospital, there they had to operate and that's how I lost my ovaries, which had been damaged during the training and caused me massive pain and internal bleedings.

I swore to Natsu-san and Kou-san´s grave to keep their daughter safe and raise her as if she was my own born child, so allowing anyone to curse her was never an option to us.

Ever since, she alongside of my Sisters Children, has become the constant target of my Grandfathers cruel ambitions.

In total she was attacked 10 times, 4 times alone and 6 times together with one of my sister's children.

Luckily Naruto-san and Konohamaru, who surveilled all three constantly, since Grandpa´s first attempt, always managed to get to them in time, to save them.

I have enough of knowing that my daughter is in constant danger of either being assassinated by them or being cursed.

I hate to think about it, I want this sick tradition to end, I don´t care whether someone is from the Main or Branch-family, if someone is threating my daughter I will likely kill him, no matter what.

I would die to ensure her safety!" Hanabi-chan stated with unshakeable will.

"Would you think a unity of both families would be convenient?!" I asked.

"Definitely, I don´t speak for every Main family Members, but there are some who truly have to change their believes, who have to learn that everybody is unique, that the dividing of both families can only lead to hatred and intern feuds, which surely someday will end in the Clans demise.

Instead of fighting against each other, we should unite our force to go against all future enemies of the village!" Hanabi-chan stated with gleaming eyes full of hope and determination.

"We now have heard both opinions about the life in both Families, also we have heard the wishes of both momentary leaders.

I think that it´s clear as crystal that both Families wish nothing more than to finally be one and to stop discriminating each other.

And the same is also the wish of the rest of the CCK, myself included.

I once gave Neji Hyuuga a promise, that if I become Hokage I would change the Hyuuga-Clan, and that´s what I aim to do today!" I stated before taking a deep breath.

"With the acceptance of both leaders, I Naruto Uzumaki, Nanadaime Hokage of Konohagakure, order the Hyuuga Clan to break with the traditions, unite the two families and end the silent feud.

Also I order that the Kago no Tori shall be inactivated immediately!" I stated and the Elders smirked.

"And how do you want to do that?!" they asked.

"Hinata, would you do it please!" I stated and she nodded before walking forward.

"I am Hinata Uzumaki, formerly Hinata Hyuuga, eldest daughter of Hiashi Hyuuga, and I will now practice the last will of my father, which is also the last will of my late Mother!" She said before she used the fingersigns she had learned, I saw how the Elder paled.

"Kago no Tori; Tokinahatsu (Caged bird; Unleashing)!" Hinata shouted and suddenly every Kago no Tori began to vanish.

The Branch-family was completely over joyed, but the elders were in blind rage.

"No, how dare you!" The elders shouted, as one of them jumped up and tried to attack Hinata.

"Sister/ Hinata!" Hanabi and I shouted ready to jump up.

"Hakke Kūshō!" We suddenly heard it and the elder crashed with a massive noise right into the banks of the rows behind.

"How dare you, you dirty Branch-member!" The other Elders shouted enraged as they targeted the attacker, ready to use the Juin, which has been no one else but Neji and Salia.

"Nii-san, Salia, watch out!" Hanabi shouted in Horror, since Neji still had half of the Seal.

"Kuro Fuin kusari (Black Sealing Chains)!" We heard suddenly a new voice shouting, with a thunderous voice.

The elders were pulled to the ground by black chains crashing out of their shadows, and enveloping their bodies, burning themselves right into the flesh, leaving them on the ground in a critical condition.

Everyone, me included turned around to see who used this technique.

It was no one else but Neherit.

"You better don´t try to use Chakra if you are still willing to live, these seals will drain all of your chakra if you ever again intent to attack a member of Konohagakure, it will leave not a bit of Chakra and vanishes only after your death.

It gives a deprived form of this technique, which gets crafted with Katon, this technique here is however crafted with Meiton (Darkness release), a force which only can be used by the Sages of Darkness and the Sages of Spirits!" Neherit stated with a sinister smile.

"The perfect punishment for you I would say, and I will gladly give it to everyone who still think he have to attack the inhabitants of Konohagakure, even if you are members yourself.

So those who still want to follow the ideals of Hizamaru Hyuuga, you better stand up, I think there is a banishment waiting, and to all of them who try to fight back, there is a Juin waiting for you as well, so choose wise!" He explained.

Logically no one stood up.

"Well that's a pity I was longing to punish someone, but remember I have you always in my surveillance so you better be careful!" Neherit stated with a smirk, before sitting himself back on his seat, in the shadow of the room, from where he had observed anything until now, without someone knowing.

"Hanbaru Hyuuga, Hirama Hyuuga, Hibari Hyuuga, with the force of my Position as Hokage of Konohagakure, I banish you towards the Hozuki Castle, you are accused of complicity in 2 proven murders, several attempted murders, several cases of assault, false imprisonment and high-treason against the government of Konohagakure, your Punishment is to be executed immediately.

A team of Anbu is going to lead you towards the prison!" I stated calmly.

"For the Hyuuga Clan, from now on it gives no Branch and Main Family anymore, it only gives the Clan, and as such the folk has to select their new Leader.

In approximately 2 weeks I want your final decision, everyone can compete for the elections, which has at least 10 votes!" I stated and everyone nodded.

"Well then, I guess with this decision ends our Council for today, I thank all of you for coming today!" I stated as I bowed and was about to leave.

"Salia, Neji, Neherit, may I have a word with you!" I asked as I went past them.

"Sure thing, how can we help you?" Neji asked.

"Neherit, Salia I have a mission for the two of you and I wanted to ask you Neji, if you are fit enough to accompany them?" I asked.

"I may have been awoken only a few hours ago but I feel myself strong enough!" Neji replied.

"Very well, how about the two of you?!"

"I am ready to go!" Salia stated pumped up.

"I see, so you finally decided to take on my offer?" Neherit asked.

"I guess ever since yesterday I know that I will not come clear with the current situation at all, at least not without you, and for the next mission I need a Demon/ supernatural-expert like you!" I explained honestly.

"Well I guess that's good enough for me, so tell us what's with this mission?" Neherit stated.

"All to the right time, please come at 2 pm in my office, there you meet up with the other teams of this mission, and it would be better if Lady Mito is coming here too!" I stated.

"Alright I will ask her right away, luckily I have completed the summoning Gate from my home over here yesterday!" Neherit explained.

"If you have done that, why didn´t we used it before?" Salia asked dumbfounded.

"Because I like flying in the sky better, but the gate is good for quick travels in Emergencies!" Neherit simply stated.

"I see!" Salia said.

"Anyways until the meeting, it still lasts about 2 hours, so if you want feel free to relax a bit!" I said.

"Sure thing, C´mon Neji-san I show you where I live!" Salia stated excited as she pulled the poor Neji by his sleeve.

"Woaah wait up Salia, don´t pull, i´m coming, okay!" The poor guy stated blushing, as he stumbled and walked.

"Hehehe, never thought to see Neji-san being all flustered and shy around a girl, wonders do happen!" I snickered.

"Well I will be going then too, I have to get back anyways, if I want Mito to come along, by the way should I bring Ashina-sama with me too?!" Neherit asked.

"You actually resurrected him too?!" I asked dumbfounded.

"Everyone I still could get from the Uzumaki Clan and also a few other friends, you will be in awe, our little army constantly grows stronger!" Neherit stated.

"It has been only a matter of time before the demons which had been sealed in the Land of Demons, began to unleash themselves from the chains which bound them for so long, you know, once the Land of demons had been a part of Gensan no Kuni, but ever since the last real millennium war, 2100 years ago, the continental shift drifted them both lands far apart.

Unfortunately has the first Hell circle being opened long ago and even though Mōryō had been split in two and being sealed, had it been only a matter of time before the same was released again, and now he seems to have soon found to his old strength, according to your letter!" Neherit stated before he walked towards the door.

"How do you know about Shion´s letter?" I asked shocked.

"I have my means and ways to gather informations Naruto, and Informations about demons are always highly important to me!" Neherit simply explained before he stepped out.

"You are one difficult guy you know!" I mumbled as I too made my way out.

Part II: Mission in the land of Demons, Part one.

Part 1: No rest for heroes, the truth about Neherit.

Bolt´s Pov:

It was 2 pm, and just like father told us, Sarada, Shikadai, Chouchou, Senpou, Inojin, Neherit, Salia, Sarin, Lady Mito, my Grandparents and many other people, including myself, had gathered together in his office, ready for taking on our mission.

"Thank you all for coming, I will come to the point instantly, today morning I got a letter from Shion, High-priestess of the Land of Demons, and also a good and old friend of mine.

She asked for help in three matters, first of all we have to find her husband, General Sasaki, the same had been on a patrol through the land with his platoon some time, and last week, his platoon was found.

Some of their soldiers were dead others more or less alive, attacked by normal villagers.

It is highly unnormal that trained soldiers would being so easily defeated by villagers and farmers, and according to those who still live, the villagers shall have attacked without a reason.

So first I want you to investigate in and around this village, you have to find out what really happened that time.

Also do you need to find a trace of Sasaki-sama, find him and bring him, if possible alive, back home.

The second request is that you have to investigate in supernatural cases, demons, which had been sealed in the vast amount of shrines throughout the entire land, have managed to free themselves, your mission is to find traces about them, and if possible, eliminate them, but be extra careful when dealing with them, that's why you have the demon-expert and exorcist, Neherit Mezakan as well as his exorcist troop, on your side.

The third task is to defend the Castle of the High-priestess with your lives, should they be attacked by the demons or whoever.

Backup groups are ready to go, since shortly after the funeral they are on their way and they will be taking position in a base near the border of the Land of Demons, so should you need help, just use these ones and I will instantly know what´s going on!" Dad stated as he gave each of us a scroll with some jutsu written on it.

"It lets me feel physically when something is off, similar to a Kagebushin, it´s so to say a clone of mine in Paper form, burn it and I will know and instantly order the support troops to your locations, understood!" Dad explained and we all saluted.

"Very well, then now we divide the whole Group in teams, the exorcist and demon-binding part of the entire Group will consist out of: Lord Ashina Uzumaki, Lady Mito Uzumaki, Lady Honoka Uzumaki, Miss Sarin Uzumaki, Mrs. Kushina Uzumaki and Mr. Neherit Mezakan, as leader I entrust Neherit-san, since he seems to have the greatest of experiences in this field, as much as I was told and have seen by myself.

"Neherit I entrust you with a lot of lives since I have decided to trust you, don´t you dare making me regretting this decision, for if you do, I will use my entire life to hunt you down and punish you, did you understand me?!" Dad asked Neherit.

"Of course Naruto-san, I might not ever have leaded a group before, but I will not disappoint you, I will give my life to defend everyone!" Neherit bowed.

"Good to hear that, anyways next is the Medic and Spy part: Sarada Uchiha, Akihito Hozuki, Suigetsu Hozuki, Karin Uzumaki, Salia Hyuuga, Inojin Yamanaka, Ino Yamanaka, Hana Aburame and Shino Aburame, Leader is Hana-san.

And last but not least, the Attacker and Barricade Breaker Part: Boruto Uzumaki, Neji Hyuuga, Shikadai Nara, Jugo, Senpou Rock, Lee Rock, Chouchou Akimichi, Karui Akimichi, Tenten Chōponchi, Konohamaru Sarutobi and Mirai Sarutobi, the Leader is Minato Namikaze-san, as the one with the longest experience, for once have being Hokage himself.

In terms of Strategy and intelligence support I have chosen Shikamaru Nara as main Leader of this Operation.

We don´t know what will awaits you there, but if it comes hard on hard, I need someone who can hold a cool head in the direst situation.

The Backup troops will be led by Hiruzen Sarutobi-sama, Sasuke Uchiha, Jiraiya-sensei and Sakura Haruno, did everybody understood this?!" I asked and they all nodded.

"This is a Super S-rank Mission and as such extremely dangerous, if it would have been possible for me, I would have go myself, but under the current circumstances has the safety of the Village my highest priority, but I try to get some old friends of mine to support you!" Dad stated with a sad smile.

"Hokage-sama, I have a question?" Shikadai asked and I knew right along what he was about to ask.

"Yes Shikadai what do you want to know?" Dad asked but I bet he knew the question as well.

"You say this is a Super S-Rank mission, but why in the world would you then entrust it to a bunch of Genins, even if there are many skilled Shinobis, even former Hokages, with us!" Shikadai asked.

"I know what you mean Shikadai and believe me if it would exist another way, I would do that one instead, however isn´t there any.

As you might have understood is the world long not as peaceful as we, the Kages of the Six Lands, had thought, we were blind to what lingered under the surface of the veil, which our eyes couldn´t penetrate.

That time as my comrades and I had fought in the Fourth World War, we hadn´t ever being really trained for something like this.

A War is not only fought with Shinobis and their forces but also with Psychological manipulation, as I had to witness far too often.

Those who aren´t prepared for something like this are perhaps those who will suffer the most.

To my greatest wonderment had everyone but one of us, Neji Hyuuga, survived this hell trip, even as inexperienced as we had been to that time.

Fighting a raging Clan or Group of Shinobis is not nearly as hellish as being thrown into combat against a few of the strongest Ninjas ever.

Even though we had been, from the sheer number of enemies, being outnumbered were most of them simple puppets, even with some strong abilities.

They managed to disguise as ninjas of our troops and attacked at night from right within our rows.

Luckily we could find all of them and kill them, but the damage was massive, many died during this assault.

After the first shock, the enemy used strong psychological warfare, either to terrorize us with super strong enemies like the Gold and Silver Brothers, The old Kages or even Madara, or they used late acquaintances of us, to break us mentally down while fighting them.

As I said most of us weren´t at all prepared, and that's not what I want for you to experience, I cannot say that it might not come to a new war, for as things are standing at this moment, it might be shortly before a new one, therefore I have to prepare you as best as I can.

The Jonin and Ex-Kages on your side will help you and keep your safe for most of the time, but they are also there to prove whether you would be ready to fight or not.

It exists a Scroll, which is called the Art of War, one of the many rules, which are written in there, says: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you don't need to fear the result of a hundred Battles.

If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory you gain, you also suffer a defeat.

If you know neither yourself nor the enemy, you will succumb in every battle.

Therefore, getting a taste of what might awaits us might help you to survive later!" Dad stated and Shikadai nodded.

"Sounds logical!"

"Naruto´s right..., guess it does not help hiding it anymore...!" Neherit stated with a sigh, and I saw Sarin stepping at his side with a nervous and worried glance.

"Are you sure you want to tell them?!" Sarin asked with concern.

"Yes they should know it, maybe they then can trust me better if they know with whom they actually dealing with, or perhaps they will hate me, either way I have to tell them by myself!" Neherit stated, while Sarin nodded sadly, before pressing his hand in a gentle manner, Neherit looked with something like light concern back at her.

It was plain to see that Neherit meant much to Sarin.

"Anyways, about 1100 years ago the last demon-war occurred at Gensan no Kuni and the other lands. I had been 500 years at that time, so 5 years in our time count, and I had always been told to be the key factor of winning the war, and still I never was prepared nor even really trained for it.

All I could do was to run fast, and sing, that was practically anything I ever was good in.

It was most likely that at least one of these strength could help me to survive.

The elders of my Clan just always thought that I was some kind of messiah, who bring a wonder to the world, without much effort, but they couldn´t be any more wrong.

As you can imagine the war came and all I could do was run with the only friends I had, I had long lost my family out of sight, 490 years long all I was doing was keep on running and hiding from the demons which roamed the world, simply trying to somehow survive.

I learned not much about fighting, but I did anything I could to defend my two friends.

It was not before we were almost killed that I found my mother again, she saved us from them by defeating the Demon single-handily.

She and my father were strong Demon-hunters, that also a factor of why anyone thought I instantly had it in my blood.

Anyways, after she defeated the Demon, we fled the scene and roamed the world until we managed to get towards our refugee in the old castle Herim Tarun, which to that time still stood in Gensan no Kuni.

Unfortunately did the Demons managed to get through the shield, which had surrounded the Fortress.

My friends and I, we hid in the catacombs of the Castle together with other children, there I also found my sister Chikara back.

But demons found us and attacked my Sister, I tried to defend her but simply got pushed on a wall.

I was almost done for as they wanted to kill me, but my friend Chikami took the blow and was killed in order to save me, all I could do was grabbing her scattered soul remains and seal them in the next best thing I could find, which just had to be a Sword, better said a Spirit-Gear.

The rest of it somehow attached it to myself!" Neherit stated with a sad voice.

"Question, what is a Spirit Gear?" I asked.

"Basically, weapons cursed through sealing demons into them, the wielder if strong enough, can then use the demons power to erase other demons, in each Spirit gear is also a pure Light-crystal attached to function as a balance for the force!" Neherit simply explained.

"Well after I took the sword to defend my sister against them, I managed to kill one of them, so I found out the Sword was able to kill demons.

I tried to save my sister, but had to face a stronger demon, an Infernal general.

He had already killed Chikami´s parents and was about killing my mother and sister.

But thanks to the Demon´s mockery, I found out that the sword I held was a mighty Spirit Gear, and that I had to use the Demon´s force within to slay upper-class demons, however one needs to first tame the demon, or else the weapon only remains a tool.

I underestimated the force of it, and only because of my own born force I was able to hold out for long enough to defeat many Demons.

I saved many people, be it old or young, male or female.

10 years long I fought alongside my comrades.

But with every demon I killed and whose forces I sealed within the sword, the force of the demon in the sword got stronger and harder to handle.

But after slaying our Hundredth Infernal general, the upper-class Demons who control large Legions of under-class demons , my spirit Gear-demon, called Kokutan kage kibo (Ebony shadow-scale) Nidhog, began to overtake my body when I was losing guard, mostly while I became tired and fell asleep after being nonstop awake for an entire week.

During these times he would constantly run to neighboring villagers and slaughter the People, leaving no one alive!" Neherit stated and the shock we suffered was to read on our faces, I saw many backing away slightly in fear.

Neherit didn´t hesitated in his telling, even though I saw right away that he was anything but comfortable with his theme.

But it was more than he ever has talked about his past.

"20 villages with approximately 200 inhabitants each were slaughter by him, before a guard found Nidhog, while attempting to slaughter the 21st village.

Logically, the guard attacked my body, thinking it was only me, I woke up out of my sleep before I was pushed completely into darkness, only being able to see what happened to my outside like on a canvas.

Nidhog was out of mind and slaughtered human and Clan members alike.

It took the lives of many Edemah Ruh, before it also took the life of my mother, the person I actually had cursed myself to save.

In the end, I was practically exorcised out of my body by my Grandmother, while the Demon was sealed inside and my body being sealed into a Crystal made with the forces of light.

You can imagine the insane wrath the entire clan had at me, I was punished as my soul was mistreated and nearly erased, if not my Grandmother and Rughian would have saved me.

They tried to explain that I was never ready for a war, since I had no training, and no experience at all, and that I only did what I thought was right in order to save those dear to me.

But the Clan, and even more my own Father, chased us out of the Land.

We wanted to take Chikara, my sister, with us, but she was taken away by the elders of the Clan, but I saw the fear inside of her eyes, fear before her very own brother, in that moment I knew that no one ever would truly trust me again, if they would know about my past, beside of Rughian and perhaps my Grandmother.

Ever since that moment we lived in Herim Tarun, which we separated by a large abyss and many barriers.

My Grandmother was over the course of the centuries only 3 times being called in the village to discuss important matters concerning the Sage of Spirits and the next war to come.

I on the other hand finally got the training and the experience I needed, all in solitude being forgotten by the world, in a way I was grateful for that.

I was prepared for the next war, as best as my Grandmother and lord Vidadrac could prepare me.

But 7 months ago we were called in the village, they let us know that the Disaster Bell was beginning to move and massive Earthquakes shook the ground on Gensan no Kuni and the bordering lands around it´s shore.

We discussed long time and we ordered them to prepare their men's.

But then, 2 months later we got the message that the Elder council decided to leave the planet on an Ark, to find a new one far away!" Neherit explained and we paled.

"Wait so what you are saying is that...?!" Dad asked sweatdropping.

"Yes, it's exactly what you think Naruto, no one beside of Rughian, Grandmother Chika and myself is here to help, I lied to you because I wanted you guys to not lose hope already from the start, but to move forward, so that you become strong enough to defend the world, even when my former Clan won´t help us!" Neherit stated.

"I wanted to tell it to you when you were ready, but seeing the current situations it would maybe later, when it is important, have become a trust issue, so it´s better you learn to slowly trust me from the start than later to think I had betrayed you!" Neherit explained

"I see..., your body, where is it now?" Dad asked Neherit.

"Under my Home Castle in the Catacombs, sealed away, so long until I become strong enough to reclaim it from Nidhog!" The same answered.

"I understand..., anyways we cannot lose more time, you have to go, dismissed!" Father said and we saluted before rushing away.

Part 2: justified doubts, or unnecessary selfhate?

Naruto´s Pov:

I knew it, I had a feeling that something like this lies behind the secrets of Neherit, behind his cold calculating personality and his former hatred of telling anything out of his past.

"So we are all alone in this, I see, it must surely have been hard for you Neherit!" I thought as I watched him vanish.

"My whole childhood I had been called an outsider, a demon which should not exist, but ever since I defeated Gaara, the village-people began to recognize me and years later I was called a hero.

But for you it has been the entire opposite.

You were called a hero all the time, then you made one stupid mistake and they began to call you a demon for the rest of your life until now.

You started to keep yourself hidden from the world, you began to train to save the world even if everybody hates you, and despite the fear of being avoided and unwelcomed forever you kept fighting against the darkness and evil.

The Load you have carried so long is too big for one alone to handle, but will you ever be able to throw it off?!" I asked myself as he vanished.

While he told us his story I saw many emotions in his face, wrath and self-hatred for a cruel past, disgust and regret for what Nidhog did to him, and an immeasurable amount of sorrow and anguish.

"Even though Demons took you your family away, did you never gave up to try to become the hero everyone once saw in you, but do you do it really for yourself or just for satisfying others, for those who don´t even appreciate it.

You want to be accepted, trusted and even loved, but first you have to learn to accept yourself, to trust yourself, to love yourself.

"You want to make a change..., huh, so you got to start with the man in the mirror!" I thought, as I looked at the file I had created, through my Anbu´s observations and Shigure´s constant reports about Neherit.

"You have the potential to become the strongest person there was, but whether you use your power only for yourself, or for the sake of others, lies entirely in your hand to decide, I just hope you can make the right decision!" I mumbled as I looked out of the window to the sky.

"Is it right to trust him?" Tsunade's voice asked behind me.

"I´m sure it is, he´s a lot like me, and in a way also a lot like Sasuke, I bet he can chose wisely!" I stated.

"You have really grown Naruto, I still remember that noisy brat who once challenged me to a bet..., to that time I never believed you of all people could become Hokage, and now..., look at you!" She said.

"Sure, but lately I ask myself if I am even a good one, so many worse things have happened and it becomes more and more out of hands, I fear that someday I lose all control of the situation before me, what when I fail protecting everyone?" I mumbled.

"You know as Pain attacked and as I fought against Madara, I had the very same thought..., what if I weren't strong enough, what if I would have failed to save and protect my people, same as I couldn´t protect Jiraiya from dying.

I asked myself what if the world would break someday right under my feet, would I still have the strength to stand back up and fix it again?!" Tsunade stated.

"Have you ever found an answer to that question!?" I asked.

"Yes..., I will keep on fighting, no matter what, even if the world is ruined, I will never give up fighting, cause that's what I was born for, that's what I have been doing all this time!" Tsunade-san stated with iron determination in her eyes.

"That's what Neherit´s feelings are like, despite his doubts and all the hardships he had to go through and might have to experience in the unknown future, he keeps walking forward to accomplish his goals, to fulfil his purpose!" Tsunade-san stated.

"I guess you are right, same as I have to keep going, I swore to protect everyone and that's what I will do as best as I can and until there is still breathe and blood in my body!" I stated.

"Very well, I will help you as best as I can!" Tsunade-san replied with an honest smile.

"I thank you already in advance!" I said to her.

"Anyways I guess it´s time to finally recruit those lost children and bring them all into the Family.!" Tsunade stated.

"Indeed. Udon, please get me my Daughter and Her team as well as Moegi-san, Shigure-san, Kotetsu-san, Izumi-san, Sai-san and my Wife!" I stated in the microphone on my desk, calling down in the reception.

"Will be done in no time!" Udon replied.

"The time of recruiting has come!" I stated.

"If we have no army to back us up, we just create one!" I thought, as I took out the secret Files with the names of some very special persons.

"So these are your Trump-cards?" Tsunade asked me as she looked over the photos in the file.

"Indeed, these are my Aces!" I smirked.

You have been hiding yourselves much too long, it´s time to show the world who you really are.

Part III: Bonus Story continues/ A mission for two:- Side Uchimaki: Part 5: The Charity-dinner begins.

Bolt´s Pov:

It was evening and our mission finally was about to start for real.

"Damn, you look really fancy for a Ninja, Bolt!" Gamatech stated, as he scanned me from head to toes.

"Well thank you very much dude, but I swear these clothes are almost too expensive to wear, I am afraid to get them dirty if things might get nasty, I hope I don´t have to pay for any damage they might get!" I stated worried, as I scanned this expensive piece of cloth.

"It´s nearly time, you should go get Sarada, it´s not nice to keep a lady waiting, and by the way, just let me do this, Henge no Jutsu!" Gamatech stated, as he used a transformation jutsu to change into the shape of a fly.

"This way I can be at your side at all times!" the fly stated and I was really impressed.

"You got some nice moves there, I never though a toad was able to use such a Transformation jutsus!" I stated.

"Depends on who the teacher has been, I got exclusive training from Grandma Shima and Grandpa Fukusaku!" Gamatech explained.

"Wow so you must be really strong?!" I asked.

"It works out well I would say, but after all I am the Cousin of Gamakichi and Gamatatsu, my father is their Uncle, Gamaken and my Uncle is the Toad-boss himself, Gamabunta!" Gamatech told me.

"Anyways I will tell you about my family another time, for now you better focus, you are a man on a mission, so go out there and make yourself a good time with Sarada as long as you can!" He said, as I put him on.

"You´re right well then, here we go!" I stated as I checked myself a last time in the mirror, before I stepped outside my room just as the door on the opposite side of the corridor opened, and out came Sarada in a stunning and breath-taking, beautiful and definitely extreme expensive princess dress.

"Wow you look gorgeous Sarada!" I said awestricken.

"Uhm well thank you!" She stated.

She wore a long pale red dress with a white rose as an ornament on her chest.

"Where is Lady Katsuyu?!" I whispered asking.

"I´m here!" I heard it coming from the rose.

"Nice, Gamatech is here!" I stated, as I pointed to my fly.

"Well…, are you ready to get this act done, Lady Satori Hinako, my beloved fiancée?" I asked her, offering my hand to her.

"But of course, Lord Satori Riku, my beloved fiancé, it will be an honour for me!" Sarada stated, taking my hand with a fake smile, or maybe it was actually real, I had no clue, her mimic was impossible to read.

"I Wish you two good luck!" Lady Katsuyu stated.

"Thanks we surely can need it!" I stated.

It was surely bound to become interesting, I could not say that I was the best in infiltration of this kind, it´s more Inojin´s thing.

I always had hard times to pretend to be someone else.

I didn´t know for Sarada but I hope she would be alright.

Together we walked down the corridor before we met up with Taka-san.

"Are you guys ready for this?" he sked.

"Physically yes, mentally I am not so sure, I fear I mess things up!" I stated my concern.

"Just focus on one thing, try to safe each other and automatically you should erase all danger, if it comes hard on hard, don´t hesitate to blow your cover!" He said.

"Understood!" we replied in unison.

"Well then, let´s get this Party started!" I stated, and so we were let through the door into the dinner room.

A large space in which a few Tables with massive food plates stood, while people stood around and chattered happily.

"So what exactly are we supposed to do now, shall we firstly go present us ourselves or rather in a pair?!" I asked Sarada.

"Well we are to be engaged so I think it should be better if we remain together, after all we have to act like a pair, so we better stay close together!" She replied, with a smile.

"Guess you´re right that would be for the best!" I mused.

"Good evening my dear, my Name is Lord Shunsaki of the land of the whistling rocks, a small land near the border to the land of earth, it´s nice to make your Acquaintance!" A young man walked up, as he pushed me aside and took a hold of Sarada´s hands.

"Man this guys is rude!" I thought.

"N-Nice to meet you too, I´m Lady Satori Hinako of Hi no kuni…, and by the way this is my future Husband, Lord Satori Riku!" Sarada stated as she pulled on my arm, pulling me back on her sides, her breast were pushing against my arm and I had to fight with my own carnal desires.

I saw her smiling but I knew her long enough to tell when she´s nervous, her palms were sweating lightly.

"I see, seems like someone acted faster than I did, I would have bet a beautiful Flower like you would be still unpicked!" Lord Shunsaki stated and I had to pull myself together, to not accidently rip these hands of Sarada´s delicate hand.

"Well I cannot say that I wasn´t a nice encounter, although I was practically riddled!" That bastard said, as he kissed her hand before letting it go, the desire to mash up his face was burning hot.

I screamed inwardly…., but why exactly, why did this made me so angry, it´s not as if Sarada and I were together, we are friends only after all,…, or am I feeling more for her?

"I´m sure we will meet again, lady Satori!" he stated.

"As if I would allow this!" I muttered under my breath.

"Well then farewell Milady, I guess someone's got some thin nerves!" He mocked as he eyed me with that nasty smirk of him.

"It has been nice to make your Acquaintance too, lord Riku!" he told me as he reached out with his hand, I did the same.

Logically I squeezed hard as he did the same.

His hand were soft, I bet he never really worked before.

"It was nice to meet you too, Lord Shunsaki!" I stated as his hand was almost broken, I saw the sweat drops on his forehead but he managed to not even twist his expression.

I let go of his hand before I walked with Sarada further away in the room.

"Geez what the hell, did he tried to hit on you…, and you, you were blushing all of a sudden, don´t tell me such a mommy-boy is turning you on!" I whispered with disgust and venom in my tone.

Sarada looked dumbfounded before getting at what I was saying.

"N-no, it was just nice to meet such a polite man for once!" Sarada stated.

"So you are saying I am not polite?" I asked her with a raised eyebrow.

"Depends on how you act!" She stated stubbornly.

"Geez maybe I am a little ruff every now and then, I admit, but at least I can defend you with my own two bare hands!" I stated with a huff.

"Oh now I get it…..!" She grinned.

"What…., what do you mean, and why are you grinning like an idiot!" I asked.

"The mighty shinobi-warrior, Boruto Uzumaki is jealous!" Sarada thought with a dirty smirk.

"N-Not even quite, why would I be jealous over someone like him?" I asked her while looking away.

"You are flustered so you are, just admit it!" She grinned.

"Alright I admit it, I was jealous about that douchebag going all kissy, kissy with you, as if he knows you since centuries.

How dare him touching you this way, does he think that something like this is going to win you over.

I swear if another one is hitting on you I gonna beat them black and blue, after all I made a promise to your mother to keep you safe!" I stated in my mind as I clenched my fist.

"Wait Mom asked you to do that?!" Sarada asked me in wonderment and with a voice.

"Before we went away to meet in the office of my father, your Mother had visited mine, and as I told them that You and I would have a mission together, she asked me to keep an eye on you during that time, since we are alone in this, only the two of us!" I explained.

"Well, I figured she would say something like this if you tell her about it…, well then, I depend on your help at any time!" Sarada stated as she kissed my cheek.

"S-S-Sarada, what are you doing?!" I asked flattered.

"Well a pair does kiss from time to time doesn´t it!" She smiled.

"I guess so!" I stated.

"Well then, time to mix under the crowd.., shall we !" I stated as I looked at her with a smile.

"Of course!" She said and so we walked around.

The more men came at her to greet her, some even crowded around her, the more jealous I got.

It was definitely due to her cute face and the wonderful dress she was wearing, which let her female Charm shining in bright glory, her Contact-lenses made her face looking even more beautiful without her usual glasses.

"Lord and Lady Satori!" We heard it behind us.

We braced ourselves and turned around.

"It is an Honour for me to be able to greet you here.

My name is Lord Fushichō Kiokuri and this is my Mother Hanako Kiokuri, I am glad you managed it to make it!" A tall young man with blonde hair stated, next to his mother, which was an elder woman, with hair in a darker shade than her son.

"It´s nice to meet you too Lord Fushichō!" We said in unison and bowed.

"And does the dinner is after your taste, please be honest?" The Lord asked me.

"I like it, although I guess my fiancée is a little too popular with the men!" I stated trying to sound casual but it really bugged me.

"Honey you are way too jealous and that for nothing, you know that you are the only man I ever would love!" Sarada stated and she looked with a smile to me.

Her eyes were honest, and this wasn´t played at all, I knew it.

"Th-thanks!" I stammered.

"Well this sure is a nice pair, the man gets jealous when other men hit on his girl, but gets flustered as soon as she vows her love, for him, that's what I like on pairs!" Lord Fushichō stated with a laugh, before whispering in my ear.

"And unofficial?!" He asked and I knew right along what he meant.

"Until now we haven´t found out anything yet, but the big fishes are still all missing, maybe we find out something if they are here!" I whispered back.

"I see, you make your work splendid, the people love you…, and by the way let me tell you, the girls also go crazy over you!" he stated before he straighten up with a genuine smile.

It was hard to believe that this man might be an imposter, but if he is, he is very talented in acting.

"Please keep your eyes and ears open, most of the guest should arrive before 10 o'clock pm!" he stated with a low tone.

"Very well I still have to go and greet other guests, i´m sure we will meet again, please amuse yourself to your hearts content!" Lord Fushichō stated with a loud voice before he bowed and stepped away with his mother.

"Geez, for an imposter his act is flawless!" I thought.

"I feel that the whole room is set under a Genjutsu!" Sarada replied.

"Yeah I felt it too, but until now no one has managed to tell that we aren´t under it, however we have to be careful, I don´t know if that imposter might not have found out, but I can tell now that our enemies are definitely Shinobi as well!" I thought in my mind.

But until nothing happens or is wrong in here, we cannot really act.

"We better keep on observing anything, maybe we find something which we have overlooked before!" I stated.

"Well this Shunsaki seemed to me as if he isn´t in a Genjutsu, I think we should observe him!" Sarada stated.

"If this is about you trying to convince me, to observe your womanizer friend, because you got the hots for him, then you better cut it out, we are on a mission!" I stated in jealousy, before she almost crushed my arm with her killer-grip.

"I´m serious here you know, I don´t like that guy either!" She replied with venom.

"I-I understood!" I stated sweat dropping.

"You should know best, that I don´t truly trust men, and especially not those I never have seen before!" Sarada stated and I nodded knowing what she meant.

The case with Mizuki.

"Anyways, let's keep on going, i´m sure tonight still something will happen!" Sarada said.

"Yosh, let´s keep rocking!" I stated excited.

(To be continued….)

A/N: thank you all for reading this Chapter and story, we are already so far and still mostly at the very beginning, I thank you all for your reviews and faves.

With the next chapter the Fourth Arc begins: Pre-war and Project S.I.I.O.N.T.´s recruiting Days