Still don't own Naruto
Chapter 64: Inside the Broken Seal.
The smoke slowly cleared from the sky leaving the black dome at the edge of the clearing. Once the smoke had completely cleared there was a huge shock wave that sent everything in the area rocketing away.
"So this is the power of the Kyuubi, it's responding to Naruto's rage at seeing two of his friends killed" Pein said flatly as the smoke began to clear.
There in the center sat Naruto a thick dark red almost black cloak covering him with four tails swaying ominously behind him as he released a primal roar that created another shock wave.
"Do you hate me? Your pain has made you strong. But you still don't know pain like I do" Deva path said as he eyed the Kyuubi possessed Naruto.
Naruto charged at lightening fast speed only to be knocked back by Pein's Shinra Tensei.
Rather than harm Naruto the powerful gravity jutsu just pushed Naruto's rage to new heights and very slowly another tail began to form. Amazingly his transformation did not stop there
as a sixth tail grew a skeleton of a fox began to form.
(Konoha)
The shock wave and pressure from the Kyuubi's awakening was felt all over the village. Among the ninja forces there was an ominous feeling of dread.
Tsunade had known what happened the moment Kakashi and Asuma where killed. "Damn it we do not need this now, and Tenzo is hours away from the village" Tsunade said deciding for the first time that she could drop her jutsu that was protecting the villagers with Katsuyu.
Elsewhere the Toad elders sat on top of Gamakichi's head as the looked out over where Naruto had just clearly transformed into his Bijuu state. "That power, do you think boss is going to be alright?" Gamakichi asked tentatively.
"That is a hard question to answer. Naruto-chan will be stronger and faster now so he may be able to defeat that last body, but we have no way of calming him down and Pein's real body is still out there. Then there is also the risk that Naruto-chan will not be able to stop the transformation and he will change completely into the Kyuubi" Fukusaku said.
(With Naruto)
Naruto now had six tail's swaying behind him and half of a fox skeleton formed. Pein was watching with narrowed eyes in interest before two large chakra hands shot forward.
Pein jumped back out of the way before pushing the hands away with another Shinra Tensei. Naruto's assault did not end there however as the large hand's crashed into the ground knocking up huge slabs of earth up into the air.
Naruto let out another shock wave of chakra with a roar that sent the large pieces of earth soaring straight toward Deva path.
Instead of using another jutsu Deva path simply broke the large boulders as they came with his enhanced strength. He was about to go on the offensive when the ground under him began to crack and the earth lifted to reveal that he was in the palm of a large clawed hand of chakra.
Naruto tried to crush Deva path with his hand but was just slightly to slow as the final remaining body jumped off of the high platform just in time to avoid the hand closing on him.
'Impressive range of attack's, and since this new transformation he has yet to move, what is he waiting for?' Pein thought as he jumped away from a swipe from a chakra hand.
Naruto went to move but then a green light came from the possessed blonds chest and it extended out wrapping Naruto preventing his movement.
Struggling against his confines Naruto moved his hand to his chest and wrapped his cloak covered hands around the necklace Tsunade had given him after there bet three years ago.
Proving just how in control the Kyuubi currently was Naruto crushed the Shodaimes necklace in his hand dispelling his confines.
Pein seeing he had an opening used his gravity manipulation to crush Naruto underneath a huge block of earth.
This proved to be of little deterrent to the out of control jinchuuriki. Naruto simply broke out of his earthly prison with a earth shattering roar.
'That must have been a fuinjutsu, but he was able to break it with strength alone. Now what?' Pein thought as Naruto just stared at Deva path as though he Naruto's next meal.
His internal question was answered seconds later however when Naruto lifted his head into the air and started to gather energy into a large black sphere. 'That could be dangerous' Pein thought as Naruto tilted his head towards Deva path.
It almost looked like the Kyuubified Naruto smiled before he launched the massive death ball from his mouth. Everything in it's path was completely destroyed, turned into nothing but tiny particles in the air. Pein's eyes went wide as he realized he could not simply escape the deadly jutsu that was approaching him at tremendous speeds.
Acting quickly Deva path lay flat down on the ground and created a gravitational barrier to protect himself and as the jutsu hit the force of it caused the barrier to buckle but much to Deva path's relief not break.
The destruction from the Bijuudama was causing could be seen for miles around. All over Konoha everyone stopped to look in awe at the explosion that was ripping apart the surrounding forests and landscape.
(With Tsunade)
'That power, this is not good' "Katsuyu you need to tell everyone to be prepared to completely evacuate the village, should Naruto completely transform he could attack the village" Tsunade said to the slug who was sitting on her shoulder.
"Right away Tsunade" Katsuyu replied.
The message was passed right through what remained of the village. The shinobi who had been alive when the Kyuubi had attacked didn't need telling twice.
At the hospital where Sakura was working she stopped when she felt the immense power of the attack. 'What a horrible power, it feels so... so evil' Sakura thought as she looked out of a window in the direction of Naruto's attack which tinted the sky red with the sheer size of the explosion.
"Sakura, Tsunade has asked everyone to prepare to evacuate the village, if things get any worse she wants everyone to be able to leave as soon as possible" Katsuyu said from the floor next to the pink haired girl.
(With Naruto)
When the explosion died down Deva path was at the edge of a thin stretch of land that extend as far as he could see behind him. A large trench had been dug out of the earth to either side and in front to where Naruto stood clearly unhappy that Deva path had survived his vicious attack.
When Naruto saw the pillar in the middle of the path of his jutsu that still contained Pein his anger shot to new heights and once again began gathering chakra for a Bijudama. However this time Naruto did not let in form, the first small amount of chakra that he collected he sent flying straight towards the final Path.
Pein saw this coming and jumped out of the way as the tiny Bijuu bomb exploded where he was standing destroying a surprisingly large section of the pillar that remained from where he had escaped the initial attack.
Naruto's new attack however was all about quantity and Pein did not have any time to rest as the sky before him filled with the rapid fire Bijuu bombs. He had no choice but to run backwards away from the destructive force Naruto was shooting in quick succession.
Deva path continued to dodge the attacks narrowly, but after awhile decided to set up another barrier to protect himself. The mini Bijuu bombs struck the barrier and were flung away.
Upon seeing his attack's harmlessly deflected Naruto stopped the jutsu and charged forward. Pein did not have enough time to end his jutsu so he left his barrier up.
Much to Pein's shock and horror Naruto started to break through his gravity barrier jutsu so he decided to change the force outward to try and push Naruto away.
This worked to a degree until three of Naruto's tail's shot into the ground to anchor him down allowing for the jinchuuriki state Naruto to begin to push through his jutsu.
'Incredible to be able to fight against my Shinra Tensei. What power!' Pein thought as added some more power to his jutsu momentarily pushing Naruto back before ending the jutsu and beginning to run.
Seeing his prey flee the area Naruto wasted little time giving chase. In this state Naruto was far faster than Pein, but Deva path would send a wave of compressed gravity at the jinchuuriki to slow him down allowing Pein to build up a healthy lead.
'This should be enough' Pein thought and turned around to face the onrushing jinchuuriki who had begun to grow a seventh tail "Chibaku Tensei" Deva path said and held his hands up in the sky creating a single point of immense gravity that began to pull the land around Naruto up into the air.
Naruto could not hold on and was being lifted up into the air uncontrollably. Slowly forming in the air around Konoha was a small moon that was still sucking up anything it came in contact with.
In Konoha everyone was looking on in awe of the moon that had formed floating above them.
(Mindscape)
Naruto arrived at the cage that held Kyuubi. The water that usually sat on the floor harmlessly was now boiling underneath Naruto's feet. The walls seemed to be collapsing around the blond as he aimlessly walked towards the gate that held the Kyuubi back.
"Yes come to me and remove this seal" Kyuubi said voice full of glee.
Naruto didn't respond he was almost in a trance like state as he made his way to the cage close enough to hold onto the bars.
As Naruto moved to grab the bars of the cage the water around the blonds feet began to spiral and turned into a pillar of water raising the blond up to the center of the cage where a thin piece of paper with the kanji for seal on it.
Naruto slowly raised his arm to rip the tag off the gate allowing Kyuubi to break free of him confines. A second before he touched the tag however he felt an arm wrap around his chest and pull him back.
"You don't want to do that son" a voice said pulling Naruto back from his trance like state.
"Yondaime! Come here so I can rip you appart" Kyuubi roared clearly unhappy at seeing the person who prevented Naruto from releasing him from his prison.
"Then I guess I better just stay back here then, right Naruto" the man said in a caring voice. Naruto turned his head to get a proper look at the man still not completely back to his senses.
Standing just to the side stood a man Naruto recognized well, apart from the shape of his face, Naruto's whisker marks, and the man being older they would have been a carbon copy for one another.
"Dad?" Naruto asked tentatively.
"Got it in one" the Yondaime said with a vibrant smile.
Naruto raced over to his father and wrapped him up in a hug. "Your a prick for sealing the Kyuubi inside me you know" Naruto said as several tears of joy fell from his eyes.
"Yeah I guess I am, I was expecting a much harsher reaction from you to tell the truth" Minato admitted.
"Well when Jiraiya sensei first told me you were my father, I was a bit angry and upset. But I understand why you did what you did. And when I think back on it, most of the good things that happened in my life were because the Kyuubi was sealed into me as well. Like Jiraiya sensei taking me on as his apprentice, or meeting Yugi-chan. I do have one question though, why did you have to use the Shiki Fuin. There were so man other seals that could have held the Kyuubi?" Naruto questioned.
"Ah well there were complications that night. A man attacked Konoha and summoned the Kyuubi to fight for him. You know this man as Tobi I believe, however judging from his range of skills and the fact he was able to manipulate the Kyuubi and still stay one move ahead of me at all times, I believe that this man is non other than Madara Uchiha" Minato said seriously.
"Your kidding right, he would be over one hundred year old by now, even if by some miracle he was still alive he would be in no condition to fight" Naruto said disbelievingly.
"Nether the less it just has to be him, only he could manipulate Kyuubi like that. I also believe that he is the true leader of the Akatsuki. I knew that if you were facing an opponent like him you would need a weapon, more specifically the Kyuubi. So I decided on that seal for you to have the best chance of mastering the Kyuubi's chakra.
"I see, but how could the leader not be Pein? I mean look at him, without the Hirashin I wouldn't have stood a chance against all six of those bodies, that Deva path repels all attacks you can't even get close to him, and there not even his main body. Nagato has all the powers that his path's have" Naruto said.
"That's true he is a tough opponent, but someone in pain can be manipulated. Even the strongest people can be controlled, for someone like Madara who has the ability to manipulate the Kyuubi is it really that hard to believe? All he would have to do is find him at his weakest and give him a purpose. I have little doubt that the Akatsuki is acting on Madara's orders" Minato said.
"Then Nagato is nothing but a pawn. He probably doesn't even know it, but still how am I supposed to beat him, his last path shouldn't be that difficult I take it Kyuubi will have healed me. But his actual body has all of the abilities of the paths as well as all forms of elemental transformation" Naruto sighed.
"You will find a way, I'm sure of it. I believe in you, and I always will, don't forget that. You have made me so proud, I always said if I ever had a son I would want him to be just like you, you have no idea how proud I am to have you as a son. I am running out of time here so I will repair your seal one last time and then I can go on. Oh and by the way, you have picked a lovely girl to share your life with" Minato said with a kind fatherly smile as he repaired the broken seal on Naruto's stomach and faded before Naruto cold respond.
"I'm proud to be your son" Naruto said unsure if his father actually heard him or not. Once he wiped the tears from his eyes he felt himself begin to return to reality.
(Real World)
The fully formed head of the fox burst out from the side of the small moon as its tails began tearing the compressed earth apart. Large chunks fell from the floating sphere and the almost fully formed Kyuubi sent a stream of fire setting the falling rocks alight as they fell.
'Amazing, to think the Kyuubi is strong enough to escape my Chibaku Tensei' Pein thought as he was forced to drop his jutsu.
Before the broken moon began to fall from earth there was a huge puff of smoke. And when it cleared Naruto stood there re-entering sage mode as he gazed down at Deva path.
'He repressed the power of the Kyuubi, and by himself as well. He is tough' Pein thought while Naruto realizing where he was jumped from large falling chunks of earth to land before Deva path.
"To think you would go so far as to use Chibaku Tensei, it is pointless to fight your path's I want to talk to you in person Nagato" Naruto said.
"How do you know such thing's? Although it doesn't really matter, you should just allow yourself be taken your death will help achieve peace" Deva path spoke.
Naruto didn't reply and just readied himself to strike, a three pronged kunai in each hand. 'So five seconds hey, that's fine I can make it' Naruto thought as launched one of his kunai at Deva path before taking off to the side.
Knowing he couldn't let the kunai land near him Pein repelled it with a Shinra Tensei he did not however anticipate for a second kunai to arrive just as his jutsu died out.
Pein jumped back as far as he could a millisecond before Naruto arrived and was just able to block the kick that was sent towards his head. He could not however prevent himself from being thrown away by the power of the kick.
This worked in Pein's favor however as it was able to buy him enough time for his gravity jutsu to recharge. Meaning he was able to throw Naruto away preventing his followup attack from connecting.
'Kami Damn it, I cant catch him out this way, I need to catch him by surprise but he is too aware of my kunai. I could try hiding some seal's but I still need almost a minute to activate them at will. But I guess that is still my best option at the moment' Naruto mused while Deva path waited for his five second window to shut.
The five seconds were up and Deva path drew a chakra rod and charged forward. Naruto deciding that if his plan was going to work, he would need some time to both hide his seals, and focus on them in order to activate. Naruto jumped away from Pein before he could arrive and began to subtly hide his kunai around a large rocky area before filling the area with clones.
"Ok you know what to do, just one minute once he arrives, keep him busy so I can activate the seals" the real Naruto told his clones while he had a chance.
"Sure thing Boss!" the others chorused.
Deva path arrived in the clearing and was confronted by the mass gathering of Naruto's. "An interesting use of shadow clones" Deva path said as the Naruto's loosely surrounded him.
Naruto's clones hesitated, if they attacked to soon there was a chance they wouldn't make the minute the real Naruto needed but if they waited to long Pein might figure out it was a trap.
A large group of the Naruto's rushed forward to attack, Pein guessing this was a diversion did not use his gravity jutsu and was able to dispel most of them as they were considerably weakened thanks to the sheer amount of times Naruto had to split his chakra to create so many.
"You think you can defeat me with clones" Deva path said in a monotone.
"No but it's worth a shot" Naruto replied jokingly.
'Just a few more seconds' Naruto thought from where he was hiding in the group of clones.
The remaining clones charged toward Pein who dispatched the first few with ease before being overwhelmed.
Realizing he needed to act Pein repelled the onrushing horde of Naruto's with a Shinra Tensei. As it struck the blonds they were rocketed back away from Pein and disappeared in hundreds of puffs of smoke leaving the last Naruto who was right at the back of the group standing there with a rasengan in hand.
"You think you can get to me in time? Your little trick with your kunai wont work, I have seen it to many times" Deva path said.
"Well now its time to see a variation" Naruto said with a small smile before disappearing.
Peins eyes went wide as Naruto reappeared only an inch from Deva path and slammed the Rasengan into his stomach.
The final path flew back from the force of the jutsu and crashed into a nearby cliff surface before collapsing onto the ground.
"Well now to find the real one again, but I don't get it, why wouldn't he join the fight after I had already taken out most of his path's" Naruto said to himself as he knelt down and removed some of the chakra receivers Pein had in the path's body's, he wanted to be sure this one was gone.
'Now just need to check to see if he hasn't moved yet, I also should recharge the rest of my senjutsu seals' Naruto thought as he stabbed himself with one of Pein's chakra receivers and located where Nagato was hiding.
"There you are, well I don't want to waist any time sitting around here" Naruto said before jumping off towards a high mountain that shadowed Konoha.
"Where are you going" Katsuyu asked curiously when Naruto didn't head back towards the village.
"I need to go confront the real Nagato" Naruto explained.
"Surely you have done enough, let Tsunade and the village handle him" Katsuyu suggested.
"No there are some things I need to talk to talk to him about. I need to do this alone" Naruto said as he jumped from tree to tree.
"Very well, I will inform the village of your victory over the final path" Katsuyu said in acceptance.
(Konoha)
"Naruto has defeated the last of Pein's body's, and is going to confront the real Pein right now" Katsuyu informed Tsunade.
"I see, we have sent people out to look for where the real Pein is hiding are you telling me Naruto already knows where he is?" Tsunade asked.
"Yes, Naruto seems quite positive he knows where Pein is, but is insisting on going alone" Katsuyu replied.
"That is madness, there is no telling what he is going to find, he could be handing himself right over to the Akatsuki" Tsunade said angrily.
"He knows this but he said there are things he needs to talk to Pein about alone" Katsuyu replied.
"What could he need to talk about, the man has destroyed more than three quarters of the village, he is not someone you can just talk things out with" Tsunade said.
"Regardless of what Naruto has planed he wants to go alone" Katsuyu said.
News of Naruto's victory over Pein and the fact he was able to repress the Kyuubi's chakra seemingly without help began to spread through the village and even into the underground evacuation tunnels.
Small cheers of celebration rang out but were short lived once Katsuyu informed the groups that the danger had not passed and Naruto was only now going to meet up with the real Pein.
"We cant just sit here anymore, we have to go help him" Kiba said once news of Naruto's achievement and current predicament made it's way to the members of the Konoha 11 that had been watching Naruto's fight with Pein from afar.
"I agree, we cannot let Naruto take on someone, who would do something so unyouthful as destroying most of Konoha, alone. I say we help him" came the voice of Gai followed by an approving yell about his sensei's flames of youth from Lee as team Gai made it's way over to them.
"This looked like it was one hell of a fight, Naruto has once again proven he can do anything if you try hard enough. I am most upset that I could not have been here to help in the defense of Konoha" Neji said.
Team Gai were returning from Suna when they ran into Gamabunta who informed them of the invasion of the village.
"I know you want to help Naruto, I do to. But troublesome though it may be he asked to do this alone, so I say we let him. If anyone can pull this off its naruto" Shikamaru said.
(With Naruto)
Naruto was currently sitting in a tree Meditating to charge his senjutsu seals. Once they were done he continued to gather senjutsu until he was in Sage Mode without using a seal. 'Alright I'm ready, it's time I meet Nagato for real' thought Naruto.