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Chapter 78: It's Time! Naruto vs Kurama!
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Cole smirked at the two and dipped into a even deeper bow. "I know many things, Matatabi, Gyuki. I know these things for I am the Oracle of Six Paths, and I bring prophecy and instruction from your father himself. For I am the one he passed his chakra onto."
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Naruto sat in front of the Waterfall of truth with his eyes closed and his breathing methodical and slow. He could hear all of the sounds of the forest around him. The crashing of the fall, the chirping of birds, the sounds of insects, and the sound of the wind breezing by. He sat there in content until they stopped. The sounds disappeared leaving nothing but the waterfall. Even the wind halted a Naruto opened his eyes.
Cerulean met red for not the first time as Naruto looked into the waterfall. "Hm, what'd you want?" Dark Naruto said lazily as he walked out from behind the waterfall. His right eye was red with a black sclera. But his left eye looked normal, cerulean blue shining proudly against the whites of his eyes. Naruto smiled at his counter part and offered him a space to sit. "Its been a while, huh? Why don't we talk for a little while?" he said happily. Dark Naruto snorted as he sat across from his lighter self. "I'm you remember? What could we possibly have to talk about?" he asked with a slight chuckle. Naruto shrugged his shoulders and closed his eyes. "I dunno? You are supposed to be my inner self. So, anything I'm hiding from myself?" he asked curiously.
Dark Naruto shrugged and thought for a moment. "Other than the fact you are terrified of facing off against Kurama, I can't really think of much." he said with a nonchalant tone. Naruto laughed for a second and shook his head. "Me, scare of Kurama? Huh...I guess that's what I've been feeling ever since we arrived..." he said to himself his hand unconsciously gripped his arm. He looked down to his hands and chuckled dryly. "Look at that...I'm even shaking..."
Dark Naruto smiled slightly and closed his eyes. "It's alright to be afraid. I mean, we're about to face off against a freaking Bijuu. I think that calls for a safe amount of fear." he said with a shrug. They looked at each other in the eye before they started to laugh. When they finally stopped they sat in silence for what felt like eternity.
The first to break the silence was Dark Naruto. He brought up his fist to the original and smirked at him. "Show him who's boss, alright?" he said with a cockiness that seemed to lift he original's spirits about facing off against the most powerful demon in the world. Naruto returned his darker self's smirk and bumped fists. "Will do brother." he said to him.
Dark Naruto smiled a genuine smile and nodded his head. "Its been real...brother." he said as his one dark eye faded into the blue and white of the original. His body then began to turn to dust and be blown away by a false wind that seemed to scatter his ashes across the island.
Before Naruto faded from the mindscape he was in he looked to where to wind had taken his darker self and smiled sadly. "Don't worry...I'll win this fight. For you, for Hinata, for everyone. I refuse to lose no matter what. And I never go back on my word. That is my Nindou after all." he said as he clenched his hands into fists. As his trembling finally stopped.
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Naruto's eyes snapped open and he found himself back in reality. He slowly stood up from his sitting position and turned around. He saw his father and Bee smiling at him. Naruto smirked at the two of them and held a thumbs up. "That wasn't too hard." he said with a confidant smirk. Cole nodded to his son and smiled. Bee smirked and started to say something before Yugito held a claw up to his throat and looked him in the eye. "Rap. One more time. And I swear I'll gut you." she said as she gave him a death glare that made both Naruto and Cole shake in fear. Bee's dark skin paled a few shades before he nodded. He gave a shaky smile to Naruto and held a thumbs up. "G-Good job..." he congratulated, trying to keep his knees from shaking.
Naruto tried to hide his laugh when he saw how Bee acted but he let a slight snicker out and instantly shut up when Yugito leveled her glare at him. "Just hurry up and do what you two came here to do. The sooner you finish whatever it is you want to do the sooner I can get away from this idiot." she huffed and walked away from the group. Naruto and Cole gulped and turned back towards the waterfall. "I think she has a point Naruto! Come on and follow me!" Cole said quickly as he walked towards the water fall. Naruto quickly followed him and Bee followed just after the blonde.
When they went though the waterfall Naruto's eyes widened in wonder. The room was massive! There were waterfalls flowing from the walls and several statues sat along the path to a large door at the other end of the room. Naruto quirked an eyebrow at the statues though. It seemed that every single one had its head cut clean off. He looked around and saw a massive tile painting of the Hachibi. "Wow..." he breathed. Cole chuckled and placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Welcome, to the Bijuu Temple." he said as he lead his son to the door on the other end of the room.
There at the end of the room next to the door was a large head of some form of beast with its mouth open. Cole pointed to the beast and looked at his son. "Look inside its mouth. But be careful, if you have any darkness left in your heart it will bite your head off. So, good luck." he said with a smirk hidden by his mask. Naruto gulped and slowly walked over to the statue head. Bee and Cole were both fighting off a laugh to the best of their ability as they watched the tentative look on Naruto's face. The blonde slowly put his head into the statues mouth and...sweatdropped when he realized the part of it biting his head off was a joke. There was a switch inside the mouth that he flipped causing the door next to them to open. He took his head out of the statue and gave his father and Bee a dry look. "You guys aren't funny." he deadpanned. Cole and Bee finally broke and started laughing at Naruto's cold stare.
Once they got themselves under control Cole sighed and looked into the door. "Alright Naruto, lets go inside so we can begin." he said in a serious tone. Naruto nodded, with determination in his eyes, and followed his father into the brightly lit room.
Inside the room was nothing but a white and yellow void. Naruto gaped at the seemingly endless room as he looked around to see no walls, no ceiling, and no floor. He turned to his father and saw both him and Bee sitting across from Naruto. "Come son, sit. There are some things I need to explain before you challenge Kurama." Cole said to his son. Naruto nodded and sat with the two older men.
"Bee-san has agreed to assist you in your battle against Kurama, but he can only help so much before he is pushed out of your mind. I will also be there for assistance, but like Bee-san, I will only be could for a few quick defensive moves. Now, before you go in, you'll need to know what to do. The first thing you'll have to do is unlock your seal, which is something I can do for you. But, while you are fighting Kurama, you must weaken him enough so you can latch onto his chakra and forcibly take it from him. But be careful, if he has enough strength left his will will crush you and take you over. Do you understand what you need to do?" he explained to his son. Naruto nodded with a confident smirk. Cole and Bee smirked back at him and raised their fists. "Alright! Teach that fool a lesson, ya fool!" Bee said to Naruto. The blondes smirk widened as he brought both of his fists up to meet Cole and Bees. And like that he was in his mindscape.
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Naruto opened his eyes and saw Kurama's cage. The mindscape was no longer the mountain top cave, and was now back to the dark sewer it was before. He looked up to see Kurama looking at him, a fire in his eyes. "So, Kit. You feel that you are ready to take me on? Well, I won't be holding back so you better prepare yourself." Kurama growled in challenge to his host.
Naruto smirked at the fox and let his father into his mind. Cole rose from the ground until his torso was above the ground. His hand press against Naruto's seal and twisted, unlocking the cage that Kurama sat behind. Cole sank back into the ground and disappeared from the mindscape right as Kurama burst out from his cage.
"Let us fight for control! HUMAN!"
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(A/N): To be continued...
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