Chapter two: Of Explanations and Betrayals
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Three days after the meeting of the council, somewhere in Konoha
Danzo stood there listening the heads of some of the ninja clans of Konoha and the rest of the members of the civilian council discuss on how to get rid of the "Demon Child". Frankly what they were doing was in his interest as he would gain a jinchuriki as a member of ROOT, but he was afraid of the reaction of the new Hokage, she had shown she wasn't as passive as Hiruzen and she dealt with opponents ruthlessly, the execution of Kusumoto for high treason was a perfect example. There was only one way to do this and he would have to go out in the open in order for that to work.
"Gentleman"-said Danzo stepping out of the shadows-"I think that I may have a solution for your problem"
"Danzo, I though you were neutral in this affairs"-said a smirking Minamoto Hatsune, she was head of the Hatsune clan, a small clan which trained some of the best swordsmen's in this village and were now after the fall of Uchiha trying to gain influence.
"Let's say I have an interest in keeping you all alive"-said Danzo.
"The Hokage won't kill us, she still needs us and our money"-said Osaki Ryu, currently the third wealthiest man in Konoha.
"You fools, you think you are still dealing with Hiruzen"-said Danzo laughing-"She is the granddaughter of Tobirama Senju and she has inherited his ruthlessness from him"
"Then what do you propose we do?"-Minamoto.
"Simple we go to the only person who has more power than the Hokage"-said Danzo.
"Who… oh the Daymo, he won't listen, why should he? The Hokage's have never failed him until now"-answered Minamoto to Danzo's suggestion.
"He will if we present our case the right way"-said Danzo smirking-"we will present the boy as a danger to the village, his battle with the Uchiha and subsequent release of the Nine Tails chakra being the prime example"
"If the Hokage says he is no danger the Daymo will believe her instead of us"-said Osaki.
"He will not if the boy is a relative of hers"-said Danzo his smirk turning into a full blown smile.
"What are you talking about?"-asked Minamoto.
"The Uzumakis were allies of the Senju and the first Hokge married Mito Uzumaki and from there we all know the story but what many don't know is that Kushina Uzumaki was the niece of Mito from her sister thus making Naruto and Tsunade cousins"- explained Danzo much to the shock of everybody.
"So we have a way to banish the brat but the problem is that contacting the Daymo will require lots of time, probably years"-said Minamoto.
"True but if you have the right friends then it won't take nearly as much a month or so"-said Danzo-"however to do that we will need a lot of money which our estimate friends will be happy to give to us, right?
"Yes, we will give anything to make that monster leave so that our children may be safe"-said Nakashima Yoringa, the second wealthiest man in Konoha.
"Very well then, prepare five million ryo within the week and in less then a month we will have a decree signed from the Daymo which will legalize the brats banishment"-said Danzo and then we body-flickered away leaving the conspirators to discuss some more on this new development.
As Danzo left he couldn't help but laugh at the sheer stupidity shown by the group of conspirators, it would take only one million ryo to buy an audience with the Daymo but they unknowingly were paying for ROOT's continued existence and what's more important they would help him gain a new weapon, the greatest one out there, the Nine Tails.
The next morning, in the outskirts of Konoha
Naruto had been waiting for this moment for the last three days, he would finally meet the Old man himself and not just through dreams. He had arrived in the clearing that the Old man had described, at least he hoped that was the right clearing. Naruto looked around but he could only see the trees, small animals moving but not even a trace of the Old man. After some time he decide to sit down and meditate in the pose the Old man taught him. It was pretty simple actually, the clearing was so peaceful that it almost felt natural to meditate in such a place.
After an hour or so Naruto felt the tip of a kunai pressed into his back. Reacting from instinct he pushed his body forward and used his feet to kick back but his feet found only blank space. Naruto got up and at the same time drew a kunai from his bag and got into a fighting stance only to see that the kunai that was pressed into his back was simply floating on thin air.
"Nice reflexes, but anything beyond a chunnin and you would be dead"-said the Old man from up in the branches of one of the trees surrounding the clearing.
"So I suppose you are the Old man"-said Naruto.
"Indeed I am, now I need to train you so that you can at least fight on an equal footing with a Kage-level opponent"-said the Old man.
"Cool, so what are we going to learn? Some cool jutsu or some kick ass taijutsu?"-asked an excited Naruto.
"No, we are going to learn history"-said the Old man as he jumped from the tree and right in front of Naruto.
"That's dumb, why do we needs to learn history anyway?"-asked a disappointed Naruto.
"You do because you need to learn the history of your family so that you can know the power that you hold"-explained the Old man.
"So what power do I have?"-asked an eager Naruto
"You posses the greatest ability that exists, you posses "the Gift of the Emperor""-said the Old man as he gestured for Naruto not to interrupt, seeing as he was dying to ask a question-"Now the power originated from your many times grandmother, Araki Otsutsuki, exactly forty-five hundred years ago"
"Who are the Otsutsuki clan? I have never heard of them"-asked Naruto.
"They are best known to Shinobis as the family of the Sage of the Six Paths but before that they were the Emperors of the Elemental Nations and even a great deal of territory beyond that"-explained the Old man.
"So I am royalty?"-asked Naruto.
"No, while you do have the Gift, the Empire ceased to exist fifteen hundred yersago when the last Emperor and the last member of your clan to posses the Gift choose to die"-answered the Old man.
"Choose to die?"-asked Naruto.
"Yes one with the Gift can only die when and if he chooses but that's not your power, it's a byproduct of your power but we will get into that later"-answered the Old man.
"Keep telling me about this Otsutsuki clan"-said Naruto.
"Well, your ancestor Araki Otsutsuki was the first one to have the gift, she hated war so she sought to end it and unite the land, which at the time was in continuous war between the noble families"-said the Old man-"in order to do that she united a group of people who had her same opinion and founded the Gamer corps using her vast power, we gamers have the ability, well to make our lives as a game, the most useful ability was the one called Dungeon Creator, which allowed us to create a pocket dimension in which we trained, our power grew quickly and the wars were finally stopped and your ancestor was chosen as the first Empress"
"In time the Gamers noticed that they could "cheat" through their power and from the best of them a black ops group was created, I myself was the best cheater of my generation and became the last Emperor's personal bodyguard and assassin, in the end I was entrusted by him with immortality and chosen to train the new Emperor"-finished the Old man.
"So you are my mentor?"-asked Naruto.
"Yes, now about your power, the Gift of the Emperor is a pretty simple power"-said the old man taking out a scroll-"it allows you to take things from fiction and make them real, for example in this scroll there is a description of the crystal that gives the power of a Gamer you can take it out and then you will simply have to break it and you will have the power of a Gamer, which you must because every emperor must have it"
"So how do I do it?"-asked Naruto
"That I don't know, the last emperor said you must try to put your hand in the scroll and the story and the rest would be instinct"-said the old man.
"Really helpful, old man"-said Naruto.
"My name is Takagi and for as long as we train together you will call me Takagi sensei or sensei"-said Takagi
"Yes, sensei"-said Naruto as he tried to put his hand in but failed every time he tried.
Naruto tried to put his hand into the scroll once more but failed again, he had been trying for the last three hours but to no avail as he always failed. In a gesture of rage he punched the scroll but the very anger he now felt caused something inside of him to click and instead of hitting the scroll is fist and due to the momentum his entire arm fell inside the scroll and he felt with his hand the big pile of gems and he took one.
Naruto looked at the gem, it was almond shaped, about the size of his hand, it had a deep purple color and it radiated pure power that he could now see clearly but no more than him. After taking out the gem Naruto had began to see the power of everything mostly in levels and his was simply [level?], apparently his Gift of the Emperor couldn't be measured in levels like most other beings power.
Remembering what Takagi said about the gem he crashed it into his fist (quite easy apparently) and he felt his body filling with the power that was once in the gem. He tried to use the Dungeon Creating skill and a panel appeared in front of him [enter name of the dungeon] and [enter level of the dungeon] and Naruto simply said [Chakra training dungeon] and after some thought he had a "brilliant" idea [dungeon level: 100] and he found himself standing before a gigantic bear, as tall as the Nine Tails, made of blue chakra with a sign above his head [Chakra bear lvl. 991]
The bear at the sight of him, roared and charged and Naruto tried to escape but he couldn't as the bear hit him with his gigantic paw and sent him hundreds of feets away breaking every bone In his body. The bear tried to finish the job and kill Naruto for good but was stopped by a blue dome of energy and as soon as the bear's paw made contact with the dome, the bear flew back a few hundred feet. takagi stepped out of the dome and took his sword out of its sheath "Sword Of Nightmares" and as he slashed it at thin air the gigantic bear fell into the ground cut into two pieces.
Takagi took them out of the dungeon, while dying in a dungeon wasn't actually dying as you were reborn immediately it was uncomfortable to say the least and Naruto was too young to experience that so he had to use some of his more powerful healing power seeing that having the Gift made him pretty resistant to magic or any other form of power except his own. Yin-Yang: Restoration of the Empire that little technique had no visible after effects but was the only power that would work on him without him exhausting himself, that use of the Ying-Yang was crated by the first Empress when she noticed her immunity to the powers that others yield and that worked as he heard Naruto's bones creek as they returned to their places and fully healed.
After taking in the still unconscious form of Naruto he decided to give him the Rinnengan already since the boy was so reckless. He took out the two gems from his Inventory, opened the lids of Naruto's eyes and placed the gems above. With a flash of light the gems disappeared and Naruto's blue eyes became the soft purple of the Rinnengan. "The boy is a natural, not even me can absorb the Rinnengan gems so easy, it should have caused at least a reaction, discomfort, pain anything but no, I guess it has to do with the fact he has Hagoromo's blood flowing in his veins"- Thought Takagi as he watched the unconscious form of Naruto.
Time skip
Naruto woke up with a pounding headache. He looked around and what he saw surprised him, it wasn't the waterfall or the gigantic trees that seemed to touch the sky or the gigantic temple where he woke up but the fact he could see chakra including Nature Chakra. He tried to get up but his body didn't respond well at this attempt, his muscles still sore from staying for some time without moving.
"Take it easy Naruto, you have been unconscious for the last two days, your body needs to get used to moving again"-said Takagi from one of the temples ledges.
"Two days I need to leave, Tsunade must have the ANBUs searching for me"-said a worried Naruto as he scrambled to his feet.
"Two days within this dungeon, Naruto, in the outside it has been merely half an hour"-said Takagi.
"What dungeon… oh this one doesn't have bears right?"-asked Naruto.
"No, this is a Rinnengan training dungeon"-explained Takagi.
"Why do we need a Rinnengan…"-said Naruto as he ran to the nearest pool of water and screamed when he saw his eyes –"what did you do to my eyes?"
"Calm down, Naruto, I gave you the Rinnengan after seeing how reckless you are, if the power of a god doesn't keep you safe then you leave me no choice but to stay always near you and I don't fancy that"-said a bored Takagi-"you turn the Rinnengan off and on at will since those eyes are truly yours and none can use their full potential except for you"
"Really"-said Naruto as he focused and his eyes returned to their normal blue-"with what are we training first?"
"With the Deva path as it has the most destructive potential"-said Takagi.
Time skip
Naruto and Takagi came out of their Dungeon looking fully refreshed. Naruto's eyes were still in his Rinnengan form as the old man had advised him to use it so that he could get used to the vision they granted.
"I'm leaving now, see you tomorrow and no further exploration of Dungeons without my presence at least no Dungeon above level ten, understood"-asked Takagi with a slightly threatening one.
"Yes, sensei, in what dungeon should I meet you tomorrow?"-asked Naruto.
"Outer Path training Dungeon, you still have to master that path"-said Takagi as he teleported away.
Naruto then turned around and headed fro the village, it had been a long twelve days for him and Takagi although outside it had been only three hours, the cool thing about Dungeons was that despite the amount of time you spent inside you only aged according to the amount of time that had passed outside. In that time Naruto had mastered all of the six paths thanks to the use of the Multiple Shadow Clone, especially the Deva path which he had mastered to a degree that allowed him to perform some gravity based jutsus unknown to anyone except for the Sage of the Six Paths, his brother, Takagi and Naruto. The other path that Naruto had easily mastered was the Preta path, his mastery was thanks to his using of the Multiple Shadow Clone jutsu and according to Takagi he had mastered the six paths except the Outer path even faster than Hagoromo Otsutsuki even if he had used the Multiple Shadow Clone jutsu.
The power that he had discovered in the Preta path was amazing, not only one absorb Chakra from other living beings but it could also absorb Nature Chakra even while moving, technically it would allow him to become a sage without the need of summons and to keep such a form for a limitless time spawn. Furthermore it gave one a perfect control over Chakra to the point one could replicate Bloodline Limits and if he was right it could have the ability to turn Natural Chakra into normal chakra granting one a limitless supply of Chakra seeing as Natural Chakra was infinite.
As he got near the village gates he turned off his Rinnengan and he felt that without it activated something was missing, the world lost its color and everything seemed so dull. The guards didn't even pay attention to him when he entered the village gates so he headed immediately for his home not looking back to see the dirty looks the guards were giving him.
Two months later
Danzo was a very happy man, he had finally got the decree signed from the Daymo and although it had taken more time than expected he would now have the perfect weapon against the enemies of Konoha. He had entered the Hokage tower with a smile and was heading toward the room were the meeting of the council was happening. When he got to the door he stopped smiling and adopted a serious face and then entered the room. At his sight the council members smiled and prepared to teach the Hokage a lesson.
"Yes Danzo with what may I help you?"-asked Tsunade.
"I'm here to attend the council meeting or have my rights as councilman been removed?"-asked Danzo pretending to be offended while transporting the parchment to the hands of Minamoto.
"No of course not but I thought you had some pressing matters to enter like that"-said Tsunade turning back to the other members of the council.
"Lady Tsunade we have a pressing motion to present before you"-said Minamoto.
"And what would that be?"-asked Tsunade obviously bored.
"A motion for the removal of the "demon child", Naruto Uzumaki"-said Osaki Ryu.
"I though we closed the matter two months ago or do you want to pay a visit to Kusumoto"-threatened Tsunade.
"Of course not but for the safety of the village you mustn't let your emotions control you, he may be your relative but he is still a danger to the village"-said Osaki.
"I'm being objective"-said a very angry Tsunade releasing her Killing Intent.
"The Daymo doesn't think it that way"-said Minamoto producing the scroll with the seal of the Daymo.
"The Daymo has no right to banish my subjects"-said a very angry Tsuande many of the civilian council fainting from the intense KI in the room.
"No but he does have the authority to declare a ninja a missing nin and that's what Naruto is as of now and a village who harbors a missing nin, who would contract us anymore?"-said Minamoto tossing the scroll to Tsunade.
After reading it the amount of KI that Tsunade was releasing increased immensely and only the ninja members of the council were still conscious. With a sign of her hand she summoned an ANBU.
"Find Naruto Uzumaki and escort him outside of the village, but no harm must come to him or you'll deal with me"-threatened Tsuande.
"Immediately my Lady"-said the ANBU and he Body-Flickered away.
"Wake them up and then leave my sight except you Minamoto Hatsune, you are under the charges of treason against your Hokage, how do you plead?"-asked Tsunade.
"Innocent, how may I ask have I betrayed my Hokage?"-asked Minamoto.
"You have undermined my image in front of the Daymo and last time I checked that was treason"-said Tunade waving her hand and two ANBU entered the room.
"You are doing this just because you don't want the boy to be banished"-said Minamoto.
"Be that as it may be you are still guilty, take her away"-said Tsunade to the two ANBU.
"Her replacement will be Kakashi Hatake, anyone here has any complaint"-said Tsunade and when she got nods of no she said-"vey well you are dismissed"
In the meantime outside of Naruto's apartment.
In the last two month Naruto had fully mastered the power of the Rinnengan and had been trained in the other powers by Takagi, he was allowed to even slay Asuras and Devas and acquire their powers so it wasn't a surprise that he felt the ANBUs approaching especially since they were oozing negative emotions. Two ANBUs, one wearing a tiger mask and the other a fox mask Body-Flickered in front of him
"Naruto Uzumaki you are hereby banished from Konoha by the order of the Daymo of the Land of Fire"-said the ANBU who had the tiger mask.
"On what grounds?"-asked Naruto.
"You are a danger to the village and you are a demon, aren't those reasons enough?"-asked the fox ANBU.
"Not for me but since you don't wont me anymore I'll get my things and be off"-said Naruto as he headed toward his apartment.
"No you're not, you are a missing nin and so you will leave with only the clothes you are wearing"-said maliciously the Tiger ANBU.
"I don't think so"-said Naruto as he was about to enter his house.
"You just made my day"-said the Tiger ANBU-"Fire Release: Fire Bullet "
Naruto sensing the Chakra spike teleported away and saw as the fireball touched the wall and the wall exploded. He turned his Rinnengan on and he said Lightening Release: Heavenly Artillery without making any hand signs as his Preta path made it useless and five streams of electricity came out of his hands and headed for the ANBU who dodged and retaliated by using the Fire Bullet jutsu again. Naruto dodged summoned a massive storm of flames through the use of magic by muttering a few words. That kind of magic needed no power only the ability to calculate which Naruto had in abundance.
The storm took them by surprise and the Tiger ANBU quickly made some hand signs and shouted Fire Release: Fire Torrent and from his mouth a large stream of fire came out but it only served to strengthen the fire storm more and he was hit by it. When the storm cleared the Tiger ANBU was laying in the ground completely nude since his clothes had burned in the fire and his body was covered in nasty burns which would kill him if he didn't get medical attention, the only reason he was alive were his Chakra imbued clothes.
The Fox ANBU had been smarter and had dodged the storm and tried to attack Naruto from behind only to hit a clone which dispelled in a cloud of smoke. Naruto whistled to the ANBU who looked up to see the boy standing on the roof of his apartment and quickly flashed through a few hand signs and shouted Wind Release: A Thousand Cutting Blades and a strong wind gust which held the power of a thousand blades headed toward Naruto who muttered a few words and an arrow made of golden light headed toward the ANBU and passed right through the enemy jutsu which ceased to exist since Naruto absorbed all the Chakra it held and pierced the ANBU right below his heart, a fatal spot but not immediately.
He entered his house and put all of his items in his Inventory and then proceeded to teleport away in the forest outside of Konoha. When teleported in the forest he stumbled a bit and cursed himself, he had never been very good at long-range teleporting since the calculations changed a bit and he had yet to master them as he did with the rest of the calculations of that magic.
"Come here Takagi, I have already sensed you"-said Naruto as he sat down in a meditative pose.
"So they succeed to banish you, the fools they have no idea what they have lost"-said Takagi as he took the same pose as Naruto.
"They even sent a couple of aggressive ANBUs but I dealt with them"-said Naruto
"I should go down there and turn that village into rubble but there are still good people there and they don't deserve to suffer for the wickedness of few"-said Takagi seething with rage.
"What do we do now?"-asked Naruto.
"Now we turn you into the mightiest warrior this world has ever known since the last Emperor"-said Takagi with an all to sweet tone and Naruto knew he was in for a lot of pain