Still don't own Naruto
Chapter 85: Kushina and Kyuubi, Pt 1
Naruto walked back to his temporary home with a massive smile on his face, his achievement at the Waterfall of truth, had given him the chance to gain complete control over Kyuubi's chakra.
"Hey Yugi-chan, I did it! I beat my darker emotions!" Naruto yelled loudly when when he reentered his small house.
"That's Amazing Naru-kun, I knew you could do it!" Yugito said happily sticking her head out from the kitchen.
"So did that genin team return?" Naruto asked casually.
"They sure did, the fish they caught was massive as well, but apparently they were chased by a massive bear on the way back. The guardian of the island Motoi had to save them" Yugito giggled.
"Aw man I wanna see a massive bear" Naruto pouted.
"Then just go for a walk, the animals are bound to come find you, they can sense demonic chakra and think that it is Kirabi" Yugito replied.
"Think I might do it later, I have to get ready to face the Kyuubi tomorrow" Naruto said.
"You're going to fight it?" Yugito asked, even though she knew he would have to subdue the Kyuubi and she had heard story's of Bee's fight with the Hachibi. She couldn't help but be scared for her fiance.
"Yeah, I don't know how its supposed to work, but Bee will be able to explain when the time comes" Naruto said confidently.
"Do you really think you can do it?" Yugito asked.
"I need to try, I mean I know the Kyuubi is the most powerful of all the Bijuu but I can't let that stop me, I have to believe in myself" Naruto replied.
"Well if anyone can do it, I have no doubt it will be you" Yugito responded.
"Thanks Yugi-chan, I'm glad you believe in me" Naruto said.
"Its nothing Naru-kun, after everything I have seen you do, I have no doubt you will be able to do this" Yugito said.
That night Naruto went to bed early and slept well, he wanted to do anything he could to give him the best chance possible to defeat the Kyuubi.
Early the next morning there was a loud knock on the door, Naruto who was still in bed tried his best to ignore it but unfortunately they wouldn't go away.
"Come on Muthafuka this ain't no time to sleep, you got a Bijuu to subdue" came the unmistakable yell of Killer Bee from outside.
"I'm going to kill him, it is so early in the morning, he should know I like to sleep in" Yugito fumed as she stirred in Naruto's arms.
"I know, but he is right, the quicker I get this out of the way the sooner I can begin practicing with it's chakra and the sooner we will be able to join in with the war" Naruto said.
"I don't care, I wanted to sleep in!" Yugito seethed.
"Yo! You better not be getting your end wet, we go go, so let's roll" Bee called out again.
That had been enough for Yugito and she removed herself from Naruto's arms threw on one of his shirts and stalked off towards the front door.
"Damn it Kirabi, it is early, I don't care if the damn Kyuubi was here right now destroying everything. If you wake us up and start yelling things like that again I swear to Kami, I will make you pay!" Yugito yelled from outside while Naruto slowly rolled out of bed and made his way to the shower.
'They can work this out between them, they don't need me getting involved' Naruto thought as he heard Bee try to apologize only to be cut off by the sound of a Katon jutsu. 'Well if her warning didn't work in preventing him from doing this again, I am sure that will' he thought as he entered the shower thinking about some of Yugito's more formidable Katon jutsu's.
Half an hour later Naruto was ready to go and went out to meet Killer Bee with Yugito. There waiting with him was Jiraiy and Yamato.
"Well shall we do this?" Naruto asked as he approached.
"Sure thing Yo! But we can't do it here so we gotta go" Bee rapped.
"Why can't we do it here?" Tenzo asked.
"Because, if the Kyuubi gets free it will destroy everything in its path, you are going to need to go into the the sealing shrine" Yugito said.
"Huh, what's that?" Jiraiya asked.
"It is a special area designed so that a jinchuuriki can attempt to battle with his Bijuu. It is designed so that should the jinchuuriki fail and the Bijuu escapes, the temple can be sealed trapping the Bijuu" Yugito explained.
"Ms Two is right, the temple is back at the falls of truth, kept out of sight!" Bee rapped.
"Well then what are we waiting for, I say we get this over with so we can continue the training" Jiraiya said.
"Well what are we waiting for, standing around is a real bore" Bee said
"You coming Yugi-chan or you going to stay here?" Naruto asked as the rest of the group took off and Naruto noticed that Yugito had yet to move.
"Uh nah I think I will stay here, I never liked that place it gave me the creeps as a small girl" Yugito said.
"Huh, oh alright, have fun. I will tell you all about it when I get back it's a promise" Naruto said confidently. Naruto quickly ran back to give Yugito one last kiss before following after Bee and the others on there way back to the falls of truth.
Arriving at the falls they all stood around looking at the area where Naruto confronted his inner self.
"So where is this, sealing chamber?" Tenzo asked once they had all arrived.
"It's behind the waterfall, let's go no time to stall" Bee rapped before jumping forward right through the waterfall.
"Well I guess we should follow him then" Naruto said and tentatively poked his head through the waterfall. The chamber Naruto found himself in was massive, it was like they had built a village inside the island turtle. On the wall's there were carvings and depictions of the Bijuu, mostly the Hachibi who were sealed in this place.
"Holy shit, this place is massive!" Naruto yelled in awe and shock.
"This is where you will be fighting the Kyuubi" Bee said.
Following after Naruto to appear was Tenzo and soon after that Jiraiya. "Wow this place is amazing" Tenzo said looking around.
"Yeah you can say that again, but look at those statues, they must be really valuable if nobody has ever repaired them" Jiraiya added.
"Nah those statues were made headless" Bee said.
"What! Why?" Naruto asked.
"This is an old sacred place where the jinchuuriki of Kumo go through a purification ceremony. There is a statue up ahead that will lead you to a chamber that will allow you to talk to the Kyuubi, but only the chosen can enter Yo! Only the pure of heart can go in. No darkness in your heart, that was the catch" Bee rapped.
"Well I guess that explains why I had to confront my inner darkness" Naruto said.
"Even a little bit of evil and the door shuts tight, while your head's still inside and then bam goodnight! Those headless statues are the previous jinchuuriki alright" Bee continued.
"This sounds too risky, try it with a clone Naruto" Yamato suggested.
"You can't do that this place is sacred, little tricks like that wont work here" Bee replied.
"Oh well here goes" Naruto said as he casually walked up to the statue trying to suppress any fear he may have of ending up headless.
"Gahhhhhhhhhhhh!" Naruto screamed with his head still inside the mouth of the statue.
"Oh Kami, Naruto!" Jiraiya and Tenzo yelled and ran forward in an attempt to pull Naruto out.
They eventually were able to get Naruto from the statue just as his cry's of pain turned into hysterical laughter. "I couldn't help myself, sorry guy's. There was just a button inside the mouth" Naruto chuckled.
"Man when I came here I did the exact same joke! And I was only playing, those statues are just broke!" Bee rapped.
"This is supposed to be some sacred temple!, damn it you jinchuuriki are more trouble than you are worth" Tenzo said visibly distressed from the antics of both Naruto and Bee. Jiraiya on the other hand could see the funny side.
Suddenly a door opened to the side of where they were standing.
"This must be it" Jiraiya said all joking gone.
They all walked into the room which seemed to be nothing but an open white space.
"Ok now sit and listen to my Rhyme, cuz it's teaching time! Right so Naruto, what kinda seal they got holding your Bijuu in?" Bee asked.
"Well, its a four element seal" Naruto said not going into details, because that could take most of the day.
"A four element... That's high quality work! Stronger than my Iron armor seal. So do you have the key?" Bee questioned.
"I have it, right here! Come out Gerotora!" Jiraiya said and shooting from his mouth was the large scroll toad.
"Jiraiya why have you called me?" Gerotora asked.
"Your key is a toad? Man what a load!" Bee rapped.
"We need to open Naruto's seal" Jiraiya said.
"You what! But that's crazy!" Gerotora said.
"If you wanna control your Bijuu you gotta get a little crazy sucka" Bee replied.
"So shall we get to it then?" Jiraiya asked.
"You need to give the key to Naruto fist, so he can take on the Kyuubi at its worst" Bee said.
"Hm I don't know, you want to keep the key right next to the seal? Are you sure that's wise?" Gerotora asked.
"Wise or not that's where it needs to be" Bee said.
"Very well, but don't come crying to me when that thing escapes and kills us all" the large toad replied before unfolding itself.
"Naruto you need to place your hand on this part of the scroll to become the owner of the key" Jiraiya said pointing out a small square off to the side of the scroll.
"I know how a seal key works, I am a seal master as well you know" Naruto said before placing his hand on the seal.
"Good job, now open up" Geotora ordered.
"Huh what do you mean o-" Naruto couldn't finish his sentence. The large sealing toad had jumped up and was trying to wriggle his way inside, much to the amusement of he other shinobi that were watching.
It was this scene that Yugito walked in on. "Oh that is just disgusting!" Yugito said as the toad finally made it's way inside the blond.
"Well, how do you think I feel, I just had a toad go down my throat, not the most pleasurable experience I can think of" Naruto choked out when he finally felt able to speak.
"Yo! Yugito, you showed up" Bee rapped.
"Eh yeah, I wanted to be here to support, Naru-kun. But I needed a nap first. After seeing that thing with the toad I am glad I did sleep in" the Nibi jinchuuriki replied.
"Well I'm glad you're here, we are just about to get started" Naruto said happily.
"Then what are you waiting for get in there and enter your seal. Go teach that damn fox who's boss" Yugito ordered with a smile.
"Yes maam" Naruto replied and sat in the center of the room cross legged.
(Mindscape)
Naruto awoke in the familiar sewer that was his seal. 'Well let's get this done, I don't know how I am supposed to beat this damn fox, but I will find a way. I have come too far to fail here' Naruto thought as he walked towards where he knew the cage that held the Kyuubi was located.
"Hello Kyuubi, it's good to see you are looking as evil as ever" Naruto said casually as he approached the cage.
"Naruto... You... Where is the real you?... I cant sense him!" Kyuubi replied.
"I am the real me, I defeated the my darker self" Naruto replied casually.
"You conquered your inner hate, but it's too soon to relax, the Kyuubi is a mass of hatred taken to the max!" came the voice of bee in Naruto's head.
'Don't worry Bee, I'm focused' Naruto thought back.
Naruto then jumped up and ripped off the paper seal over the area for the key.
"What are you trying to do stupid boy!" Kyuubi asked, his rage had subsided and been replaced with curiosity.
"Watch and learn" Naruto answered confidently.
Naruto then lifted up his shirt to reveal the seal and a seal that represented the key appeared on his free hand. Soon after that Naruto moved his hand over the seal and the cage began to open.
The second the seal completely unlocked a massive claw of the Kyuubi shot forward forcing the gate open and knocking Naruto back.
"Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm Free!" Kyuubi roared as he slowly made his way out of his cage.
'Yo, Bee... Little help?' Naruto thought hoping Bee would hear him.
"You cant just trap it's chakra with yours, if we tried that we would be dopes. If we pull its chakra out of its body, we'll have the fox on the ropes! Trap it's chakra with your own and rip it out" Bee answered.
Then out of nowhere a large octopus tentacle shot forward from nowhere and wrapped around the Kyuubi at the same time a spiritual version of Naruto appeared to grow from the side of Naruto.
"I came to lend you a hand, but inside your soul I cant use my full powers, its so sad!" Bee rapped as Kyuubi easily tore the tentacles of the Hachibi off of itself.
"Damn he's strong! oh well looks like I am going to have to pull out all of the stops to finish this" Naruto said.
"Oh yeah and one more thing, he will try and pull your chakra out at the same time as you are attempting to remove his, if this happens you go down to zero chakra and you know what that means, you will die and the Kyuubi will be free!" Bee warned this time oddly without a rap.
"You joined forces with the Hachibi! And you have the gall to call yourself a jinchuuriki, you should be ashamed" Kyuubi roared and began to form a Bijuudama.
Naruto drew out some kunai in anticipation for the attack as Kyuubi swallowed the large mass of chakra.
The attack was massive but Naruto managed to warp away from the blast much to the fury of Kyuubi.
"You think you can escape me forever Naruto!" the large fox roared.
"Not exactly, but if your aim is that bad it shouldn't be too difficult" Naruto taunted in reply as he entered sage mode.
"Why You! I will tear you to shreds" Kyuubi replied.
"Well that is going to have to wait, it's my turn now" Naruto called out.
The blond jumped high into the air above Kyuubi and began creating a massive Rasengan. "Sage Art: Cho Odama Rasengan!" Naruto yelled before attempting to crush Kyuubi with the gargantuan rasengan.
Kyuubi was fast though and he blocked the strike with his tails before blowing Naruto away again.
"You know you are pretty fast for an over grown plushy toy" Naruto said getting to his feet.
"You really think you can win!" Kyuubi said striking at Naruto only for him to quickly jump out of the way and send a kunai at the foxes tails before warping to them and with great effort Naruto picked Kyuubi up and hurled him away.
"I wouldn't have taken the seal off if I didn't. But do you really think you can beat me?" Naruto asked.
"I will crush you!" Kyuubi roared glaring at Naruto.
"What are you looking at me for, I'm just a clone" the Naruto who just tossed Kyuubi away said before puffing out of existence.
"Fuuton: Rasenshuriken!" came the roar of the real Naruto from up above Kyuubi who this time didn't have the speed to block the attack while he was on his back. "Now's my chance, your chakra is mine!" Naruto roared and began to pull a spectral from of the fox from its body.
Kyuubi used this chance to send his will along with the chakra to gain control over Naruto.
(Real World)
"Naruto don't loose muthafuka. Shit this could be bad! If we loose him this will be sad!" Bee said.
"What's wrong?" Yamato asked.
"Kyuubi is trying to weaken Naruto's will by reminding him of his hatred and pain" Bee said.
It was at that moment Naruto's left eye changed and went red and slitted like the Kyuubi's. Then over half of his body the chakra cloak began to form.
(Mindscape)
"That's right Naruto, you don't have what it takes to control me, give up!" Kyuubi taunted.
"Nooooooooo! Fuck you fox, I will not let you take my body!" Naruto yelled opening his eyes and attempting to fight back.
"That's my boy, but I think you might need some help" came a voice from behind Naruto. It wasn't a voice he could recall but it sounded warm and kind, and somehow familiar.
Naruto turned around and found himself in a entirely different area no longer connected with the Kyuubi. Standing before him was a beautiful woman with long red hair and purple eyes. Wearing a long dress that went just below her knees.
"What the... Who are you and why are you inside my seal?" Naruto said.
"Well, you are a clever, boy so why don't you figure it out Naruto" the woman said.
"Well, let's see, long blood red hair, and purple eyes... an Uzumaki! But that... that means that you're!" Naruto said as his eyes began to widen in realization.
"That's right Naruto-kun, I'm your mother" she said kindly.
"How do I know you're not just another trick from that damn fox trying to weaken me" Naruto said.
Kushina burst out laughing at this suggestion but that didn't seem to help her position.
"Well that's certainly no woman's laugh, you are just some trick!" Naruto yelled.
"Like No!" Kushina yelled smacking Naruto on the head as hard as she could.
"What tha? What was that for?" Naruto said rubbing his head.
"Sorry, I got a little worked up" Kushina said rubbing the back of her neck in embarrassment, part of it was that she had not managed to hurt Naruto despite hitting him quite hard.
"You can say that again, that hurt!" Naruto complained.
"I've been hot tempered since the day I was born and talking like that wen I get excited. I try not to say it, but sometimes my mouth bypasses my brain. What about you? I always hoped you wouldn't end up saying silly nonsense words like I do when worked up" Kushina said.
"Huh... then you really are? Mom?" Naruto stammered as tears started to form in his eyes.
"Minato-kun didn't tell you anything did he? I guess he was leaving the parenting up to me yes im your m-" Kushina said, but couldn't finish her last word as she was engulfed in a strong bear like hug.
"I've always wanted to meet you, to know what you were like" Naruto sobbed into her shoulder.
"You really are my son" she said softly and kindly as she returned the hug.
"There are so many thing's I want to talk to you about, so many things that have happened to me and so many things still to do" Naruto said eagerly not knowing where to start.
"That's great, but what do you say we deal with Kyuubi first, come on lets do this together, I always had a way of dealing with the fox" Kushina said.
Outside of his mind back where he was facing the Kyuubi chains shot out from Naruto's body and removed the Kyuubi's influence on the blond.
"Minato used some of my chakra to form the seal so that I could help you take control of the Kyuubi one day. We wanted to help you in any way we could" Kushina said.
"So he placed both of your chakra inside the seal, it makes sense, as to why he used this particular seal now, from my studies he there were several seals that he could have used that didn't require him to give up his life, but he used this one so he could have me meet both of you when I needed you the most" Naruto said.
"Yes that is what he said, I tried to stop him from using the Dead Demons Summoning seal along with the Eight Trigrams style four elements seal. But he told me a lifetime with a father would never be as good as even a moment with me. He was such a fool" Kushina said with a small smile.
"Well I'm so glad that I got to meet you, and you have that beautiful red Uzumaki hair" Naruto said.
"You are only the second person to ever compliment my hair" Kushina said.
"Dad was the first I take it" Naruto said with a knowing smile.
"Yes he was. There is something special I tell to the people who compliment my hair" Kushina informed her son.
"What is that?" Naruto asked.
"I love you!" she said and gave Naruto a kiss on the cheek.
"Well I'm glad sensei never found out about that" Naruto joked.
"Yes, well Jiraiya was always a special case, he could be both the kindest man I knew and the person I hated most" Kushina said with a smile.
"I think he gets that a lot, it's such a shame he is such a pervert" Naruto joked.
"I know what you mean. By the way, I didn't think that there were any more Uzumaki left, I thought I was the only one who survived the massacre during the third shinobi war. When did you meet an Uzumaki?" Kushina said shocked.
"Well we didn't get off to the best of starts, not with him almost killing Jiraiya and destroying most of Konoha, but in the end he turned out to be a good person who had just lost his way" Naruto said.
"To think there was still members of the Uzumaki clan alive, what happened to him?" Kushina asked.
"He died, it was kinda sad, but he brought everyone that he killed back to life, so his death wasn't in pointless" Naruto said.
"Brought everyone he killed back to life? How did he do that?" Kushina asked.
"He had the Rinnegan! The things he could do were amazing" Naruto said.
"The Rinnegan? I thought that was just a superstition" Kushina said.
"No it's not, I guess it's not surprising they didn't tell you because you were leaving the clan to go to Konoha, but the Rinnegan is the Uzumaki clans Kekkei Genkai, it is just almost impossible to awaken" Naruto said.
"Really? That's amazing, to think it has been kept a secret for so long" Kushina said.
"Yeah, I found out by accident, I went to Uzu to have a look around and stumbled upon the old Uzumaki clan diary that was given to the leaders of the clan" Naruto explained.
"Oh I remember seeing grandfather writing in that" Kushina said.
"Yeah, well it's mine now. The book chose me as the next clan head, as I am the last Uzumaki from the main branch" Naruto said.
"So apart from discovering secrets that have been kept hidden for hundreds of generations what else was in the old ruins of Uzu, I wanted to go there but never had the chance" Kushina asked.
"There was a library filled with jutsu and seal designs. Also there was an armory and a treasury full of gold" Naruto explained.
"Amazing, I never would have thought that Iwa would leave something like that alone" Kushina said in awe.
"They couldn't get in, you need to be an Uzumaki to enter the vault. Hey mom I have a question" Naruto said.
"Yes what is it?" Kushina replied.
"Well I was wondering, how you and dad fell in love?" Naruto asked.
"That's like totally embarrassing" Kushina said going red and rubbing the back of her neck.
"You said 'Like' again" Naruto chuckled.
"Shut up, I like needed to change the subject" Kushina replied.
"You did it again!" Naruto said breaking out in laughter.
"Alright, fine I will tell you about how I fell in love with Minato-kun" Kushina said.
End Chapter!