The M.S Fenghuang began her final approach to Patch Island. Inside of her, the crew were buzzing passengers to awaken. Naruto and co. moved all of their stuff into their suitcases. The droning of the ship's motors became apparent as they felt it slowly descend downward. The blonde was the first to get done packing, quickly helping Sapphire and Lapis. Maria, who had packed the previous night, watched as his beaming smile grew more when he helped them finish.
"Attention all passengers, we're making the final approaches to Patch Island's Airport. Please be advised that all passengers will be required to move about in an orderly fashion. All travel documentation should be out, and readied for inspection." An announcer announced over the speakers, Naruto and co. listened as they moved toward the lobby.
Lapis, Sapphire, and Amira ran up to the bay windows. They looked out onto the much smaller airport, noting the large town built around it. It was also near the shore, where they also saw cargo ships moving in from Vacuo. Sapphire beamed brightly as she saw the Valelian flag fly over the airport. Maria slowly walked toward the children, noting the transfixed look on Naruto's face.
Truly, all of these things must seem like miracles to him!
"Lapis," a girl called out, the trio of children turning around, "are you excited to be in Vale?"
"Oh, hey, Amira! Yeah, this is crazy cool, where are you heading after here?" Lapis asked the white-haired girl, looking into her alabaster eyes.
The girl lightly blushes, showing pink on her dark skin, "I'm heading home to Vacuo next."
"Oh…" Lapis became downtrodden while looking away, "Well it was good meeting you!"
"Quite the same, really, but here!" Amira handed him a slip of paper, smiling brightly, "It has my scroll contact information."
Sapphire giggles softly, "Lapis has a girl's number~"
"S-shut it, Saph, sheesh! Anyway, hand on a second, Amira." The bluenette got a washable black marker out, grabbing her hand which elicited a blush. "Here's my number."
Amira didn't even pull away as he wrote his number on the back of her hand. Maria pursed her lips, slightly impressed from the boy's confidence. When he was finished, Lapis bent down in a curtsy before kissing the girl's hand. The teenage beauty just softly giggled, blushing madly.
"Quite the charmer," she breathed out before reaching out and holding his hand. "Hopefully our paths cross again in the near future, Lapis Lazuli."
"Same to you, Amira Mirabella," Lapis replied before begrudgingly letting go. He watches as she blends back into the crowd, finding her parents, "Oh man…can't believe I got a girl's number."
"Amira and Lapis sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love, then comes marriage, here comes little Lapis in a baby-ah!" Sapphire squealed out when he lightly taps the back of her head, "Not nice to hit a lady, brother."
"What lady?" Lapis chuckled only to get slapped a little tougher by Maria, the old woman smirking, "Ow!"
"Your sister is a little princess," the old Huntress stated before looking toward Naruto. "Naruto, something on your mind, child?"
"It's just beautiful," Naruto signed as he looked at the airport, "a lot smaller than Mistral City though."
"Hello there," A sudden cheerful voice filled the air, "fancy seeing you here!"
Maria chuckles while turning away from her adoptive grandson, smile smirk on her face, "I'll take my leave! See you at the gangway."
Naruto turns to stop her, but watched as she shot him a smile. Sighing, he turns toward the redhead, giving her a small smile. His dance partner from last night, he signs to her, "Hello partner!"
"So, how did you sleep? Aren't you excited to be in Vale for the first time!" She questioned with a beaming smile.
"Yeah, actually, this place already looks awesome. Just wish that there wasn't so much snow," Naruto replied with sign before leaning back on the bay window. "Are you heading to Pharos Academy after landing?"
"I sure am, lucky me…" Pyrrha trailed off a little bit, frowning, "So…did you look up who I was last night?"
"Two-time champion of Pharos Academy," He confirmed while smiling. "Still a really sweet person, I never let someone reputation speak for them!"
She reaches over patting his blonde hair, standing slightly taller than him. The teen in the red dress with golden embroidery smiled brightly, "Thank you for being a friend…even if it was brief."
"We can still be friends," Naruto offered up before suddenly snatching Lapis's marker, "may I?"
The redhead watches as the younger teen took her hand. He went to work, writing down his adoptive grandmother's scroll number. Pyrrha looked at it, getting out her scroll with a small smile and taking a picture. She watches as he blushes a little bit, perhaps he had a crush on her?
"If you should come to Pharos Academy, Mr. Calavera, I look forward to what you can accomplish!" Pyrrha psyched him up, pumping her right arm out before holding her fist out, smiling.
The blonde laughs a little before bumping, signing, "Can't wait to actually have a fight with you! I actually watched one of your vids, you move like lightning and hit like thunder!"
"Aww, well if you should get into a match with me, just know that flattery will only get you so far. Until next time, Naruto, and don't be afraid to ask anything about aura to me…I kind of overheard you and your grandmother talking. I got a really strong aura as well, and I know it can be difficult controlling it." She offered up to him, smiling before reluctantly pulling away, "But really now…until next time…"
He watches as the smile faded from her, he signs to her while smiling softly, "See you later my friend."
Watching as she faded into the crowd, the blonde's own smile slightly fell off. He sighs before looking at Lapis, and Sapphire who were staring at him. He eyed them, inquiring why they were looking at him like this. Lapis was, of course, the first one to speak up.
"Dude, you just gave Pyrrha-frigging-Nikos your number. No wonder you were looking her up," he stated with envy while looking watching the blonde blush. Reaching over, he patted Naruto's shoulders, "Not bad my guy, not bad at all."
"I'll admit, she's beautiful, but I don't want anything like that. She just seemed lonely," Naruto replied while looking into Lapis's eyes, "Besides she saw me as a little kid almost."
"To be fair," Sapphire patted Naruto's shoulder, "I think Naru has a point. I mean, the fame and stuff, it's probably hard for her to meet people that genuinely just want friendship."
"Hit the nail on the head," Naruto stated with sign before smiling, "Sapphire is sharp like a knife!"
"It's tack, Naruto, sharp as a tack!" She corrected him before they both turned to see that the massive airship was landing.
"Okay, but why would I use a thumbtack, when a knife is sharper." He questioned Sapphire with his cocked to the side while signing, "I mean it only makes sense, you know."
Lapis pursed his lips, trying to keep from laughing, "I mean technically isn't wrong. Just take the compliment sis, besides got to consider that he's a country guy."
"Oh yeah, that's true, Granny Maria did say that he lived in the wilds with his parents for a while. Hmm, well, thank you…I'm sorry." She apologized while looking away from him bashfully, the blonde merely pats her head.
"Don't sweat it," He signed with his free hand before looking toward the bay window as they landed. "Let's get our stuff ready!"
"Right, hello Vale, and hello Patch Island~" Sapphire sang out while reaching into her bag, pulling her documents out.
Lapis does the same before noting as Naruto pulls his out. The blonde had them disorganized, "Hey Naruto, put your identification on top first. Trust me, they'll ask for it for first here." The bluenette told him before watching his sister organize hers.
Naruto organizes his documents quickly, making sure his identifications paperwork was present first. The blonde yawns before stretching afterward, popping his shoulders by rolling them. Pops loud enough to make Lapis and Sapphire cringe a little. The full cringe came when he rolls his neck, and loud pop emanated from it!
"Jeez man, are you breaking your bones, or something?!" Lapis deadpanned while looking at the blonde as he jumped up and down on his feet, "Naruto?"
"I'm getting ready for a long walk, I usually stretch. You might want to, if your calf gives out, I'm going to carry you the most embarrassing way possible." The blonde replied while smirking, making sure to shoot Lapis a menacingly little smirk.
The bluenette just rolls his eyes, only to hear his sister grunting. He looks over and sees that she was bent over, touching the tips of her toes. Stretching out her legs, and also getting ready. Sighing to himself, Lapis began to bend over and stretching his legs. Naruto did the same stretch, making sure to get a full stretch.
Last thing he wanted was for his knees to ever lock up!
"Attentional all passengers, please disembark, and thank you for flying on the Fenghuang!" A female announcer stated over the speakers.
The trio moves together into the line of people.
Maria was sitting at a table, waiting for the trio of youngsters. Meanwhile, she had her scroll out, which was dinged by an unknown number. She chuckles lightly under her breath, "That kid works fast, and miss Pyrrha is a sweet girl. Still though, I think he was being more friendly then anything." She mused before sighing as she saved the message for him to read privately later, although it was her scroll, she would respect his privacy.
However, now came for a hard part, asking a favor from a very old friend. She taps on her scroll, watching it dial up a number. Humming to herself, she saw it connect, and a woman with violet eyes answering it way too close to the screen. The old woman couldn't help but chuckled when she moved back, rubbing her eyes.
"As I live, and breathe, is it you? Maria, by the brother Gods, it is, isn't it? My, look at you, you've gotten old!" The white-haired woman stated as she adjusted the pink scarf over her head, "It's been, what? Five years, no, that was when we first split Meconopsis. Gods, so many years ago, I think it's been…six years since when we last talked." The woman kept rambling while looking at her through the screen, "Maria Calavera, you're not calling for goodbyes, are you?"
"Pfft as if, death can have me, when it earns me Mallari. Listen, I've recently came into something very interesting. Remember our old days, where we'd run the Ops for Atlas and Mistral?" Maria inquired from the slightly younger woman, watching as she smiled. "It's where I took you under my wing."
"Oh, yeah, and we encountered that Grimm pool thingy. I remember you making those childhood stories real, with those silver eyes you used to have. If you're mentioning that sort of weirdness, than something truly unique must've happened to you over the recent months." Mallari figured while she began to set up herbs to dry, "One good thing about not having legs you don't get tired from standing."
Maria guffaws as she holds her chest laughing, "Oh dear Gods at least you're looking at the positive side of it. I guess, the good thing with no eyes is that I don't have the need to itch them anymore."
"Okay, but honestly Maria, what is going on? I have a feeling this isn't just a social call." Mallari figured while crossing her arms, noting that her mentor's face falling, "Maria?"
"I have three orphans following me around. Two are brother and sister, they from here…as in Remnant." Maria eyed the crowd making sure no one was watching her, "The other one is my adoptive grandson…and he's unique to say the least."
Mallari took a deep breath, sighing, "Maria…is this a maiden situation?"
"No, it's much more, something I never thought possible. I dare say that maybe, just maybe, that all of those times I prayed finally got answered. This kid, his name is Naruto, comes from another world…after getting captured there by some sort of cult." Maria elaborated while watching Mallari maintain a straight face and she leans down whispering, "You and I both know that everything in this world is not black or white."
Mallari bites her lip before taking a moment to think, "Is he trustworthy?"
"I'm training him to be my successor, I got him under my name and possibly getting him enrolled into Pharos Academy." She told the woman over the scroll, crossing her arms, "Combat wise he's probably above my level by a country mile."
"Are we talking about you currently, or…prime you…" Mallari shuddered as she remembered Maria back in her prime, those nest of alpha nevermore never stood a chance. "If you're talking about prime you, Maria, that kid has to be a monster."
"He isn't a monster, but he's damaged from several events Mallari. That cult killed his friends before he was taken by them, he's attached to me and the two other orphans. I'm not keeping him around because of the potential he has, but because he saved my life." Maria explained while leaning back in her chair, "Do you still have that old farm in Patch's eastern sector?"
"Of course, I do, Maria. If you're needing a roof over your head, I told you once, that my house is always open." Mallari reminded Maria while smiling, "I've been needing to use my spare rooms for a while now."
"Well," the older woman smiles, "I know you. All of us will earn our keep there, I'm pretty sure I can make a training exercise for the older boy involving hunting deer."
"Wait, that boy you were describing earlier isn't the oldest?" She inquired from Maria, bewildered at the implications.
"He's thirteen, Lapis, the oldest one is fifteen. Then there's the little girl, Sapphire, who is nine. They've been staying with me for nearly two months all together. While it would be easy to write the other two off, and taken to a children's shelter, I think they've grown on Naruto." The old woman sighed before smiling sadly, "It would be disastrous if he lost them…because I think he's come to view them like he viewed his other friends back where he's from."
"And you never told any of the Headmasters of the academies, none of this, correct?" Mallari inquired as she growled at the name, "I don't trust those shifty little bas…no I'm sorry, no foul language."
"We're adults now, Mallari, I'm not going to chide you for being one." She replied before seeing the trio of children coming over to her, "They're coming. Don't say that I told you about him, because I technically broke a promise…but you deserved to know if you were wanting to take us in."
"My lips are sealed, Grimm Reaper."
Fū wasn't used to flying for so long. She managed to find a small chain of islands, landing on them. breathing hard, she looked about the area. Noting that it was very isolated. Overcast clouds filled the skies, and she knew it was soon to rain.
"Jeez, that was a lot," she groaned mentally before walking over to a pine tree. "This island was a tiny speck from the air, but with the storms getting ready to blow in…it might just be safer to stay on the ground."
"It may be okay for us to send out a chakra pulse from here," Chomei told her through their mental link. "We're far enough away from any true landmass, and isolated enough."
"I kind of figured," The twelve-year old stated before looking around, feeling her stomach growl. "I'm starving, Chomei, how effective is your ability to filter poison?"
She heard what sounded like a chuckle, "Depends if you like using pine needles for toilet paper."
"Yeah, no, I think I'm good on that!" Fū felt her stomach growl, and then saw something that made her mouth water. "Looks like mom's looking out for us, Chomei, look!"
In the middle of a forest grove stood an apple tree, with somehow still having apples on it. She noted that the leaves were all dyed with colors of fall. She wondered over to it, taking one of the apples into her hand and plucking it loose. She bent down, taking a massive bite out of it.
Swallowing it before Chomei could test it with chakra, she nearly groaned in pleasure. These apples were very sweet, so sweet in fact that they tasted more like candy! She quickly devoured one, then another, and another. The three cores tossed onto the ground, and leaving her satisfied!
"You know those were poisonous, right." Chomei pointed out making her pale, "Sorry, Fū."
Oh God no, this couldn't be happening! She started to feel her stomach cramp up, why on the Gods green world would something like this be poisonous?! Groaning, not from pleasure, but abdominal pain she clutched her stomach.
She whimpers while lying next to a tree, "I'm a goner, I ate three of them in a row! I'm dead, I'm so dead, I'm probably got to have my guts come out me!"
"Yes, I can't hold the poison back, I'm sorry…if it's any consolation, in the next life we can be partners again!" Chomei offered up in a panic, feeling the girl tearfully smile.
"Mom, I'm sorry…I…" Fū doubled over, groaning, "Chomei…Chomei please!"
FRRRT!
It was sudden, but all of the pressure left off immediately! She sat there, on her knees and bent over. All the pain gone as she started to feel her stomach bubble up. Blinking once, then twice, her orange eyes didn't see any guts laying around her!
She turned over, sitting on her buttocks, shaking slightly. Was this just a prelude, no, all the pain was gone! Then she processed it, and slowly pink filled her cheeks. "You're an asshole!" Fū screamed out mentally while growling.
"Next time, little larva, you'll wait until I clear it hmm." Chomei responded, sounding rather snarky for a giant beetle living in her, "I told you a few hours ago those beans were a bad idea!"
"You mean it was the beans, not the apples, oh thank Gods…" Fū sighed in relief while commenting on Chomei's information, "Ahh crap here we go again!"
"Fire in the hole!" Chomei yelled out through the link, boisterously laughing as her stomach groaned.
Frrrt!
"Hey, that one wasn't so bad!" Fū groaned while feeling her stomach rolling, "Thank goodness this didn't happen while I was flying."
"Or around a cute looking guy."
"Oh, hardy har-har-haaar! I'm not eating beans no more after this, but that fish was good though…I miss the waterfall bass." She bemoaned while remembering her homeland, "I wonder if anyone even misses me."
"Look at this way, we're in a new world, we can make a new life." Chomei proposed while chittering excitedly, "So interesting is this world, I think it's even got more natural energy in it."
"Wouldn't that technically make you all slowly stronger, mom always said that you guys were natural entities." Fū pointed out while sitting cross legged, under the apple tree. "I never really asked, but whatever happened to cause all of you guys to walk separate paths…"
"It's a long story, child, a very long story." Chomei told her before he felt the girl settle down under the tree more, hearing thunder clouds.
"Not like we can fly anywhere," Fū reminded him, watching as rain started to fall. "I don't think we'll be flying anywhere for a day."
"Very well, I suppose I can tell you, my story."
She felt him chitter inside of the mental link and closed her eyes.
She awakens to a world of blue, with a tall tree in the middle. Seeing the giant beetle sitting atop the very canopy of the tree. His winds held by branches, with tori gates around the massive tree. It indicated the boundaries separating her from him, where his world began and hers ended.
"Whoa, I keep forgetting how awesome it is in this place." Fū commented before walking around, looking at the scenery. "Why is that every time that I'm in here everything feels…softer and deflated."
"Because, my little vessel, we're inside the spiritual realm of our seal. Every Jinchuuriki has one, your father as you know possessed me prior to you." Chomei told her before it fluttered its wings, "Time will progress slowly outside of this realm. Every hour in here, translates to one minute in the waking world."
"Yeah, I know, we've gone over this before…I am just saying I feel more at peace here than anywhere else. So, tell me, Chomei what is your story? Not the one about The Sage of Six Paths, but your own…and why the others from you separated?"
"As I told you previously, our creator passed away shortly after creating us. We felt an allegiance to his children, Indra, and Ashura. Ashura was warm and compassionate, always putting others before himself, and moving with the flow of the people. Never standing above, always standing equal, lifting those who would only stand with him." Chomei started as a young man formed in her cage, he had brown hair with the bangs tied by white clothed.
He was dashingly handsome, "He's cute," she found herself blabbering out with a blush.
"Heh, every woman in the world pined for him and his brother Indra. Mostly because of who they were, children of a God. However, Indra was the polar opposite of Ashura. He was cold to the world, calculating, felt himself superior to everyone else around him. However, it was because he himself resembled his father the most. It was often said that whilst Ashura felt with the sage's heart, Indra bore the sage's eyes. Together, they could see the problems of the world and fix it…but…" Chomei trailed off as the second figure formed, and suddenly both of them started to fight, and eventually many more joined in the fighting.
"W-war, wait, both fought each other? I don't understand, why would those two fight a war?" Fū questioned while crossing her arms before watching as several large figures joined in, the tailed beasts, but something was wrong…they all fought for Indra including Chomei.
"Using the power of his awakened sharingan, Indra enslaved us, nearly succeeding in killing his brother. Kurama," The large figure of a Nine Tailed Fox suddenly appeared and knocked all eight back. "Saved Ashura before whisking him away…I don't know what happened between the two."
"Why don't you know, because you were under that sharing thingy's spell?" Fū inquisitively questioned while seeing it on the Indra's figures face, "Wait those look like those of that Uchiha kid that came to my village with Naruto! The hero of our village!"
"Indra's Dōjutsu, the sharingan, was passed down to a group of people who would become The Uchiha Clan…but back on topic. Ashura and Kurama would later return, able to combine with one another seamlessly. They took the fight to Indra, who at the time was attempting to recreate The Ten Tails…" Chomei explained while watching as the statue formed before sinking into the ground and then getting launched upwards toward the moon.
Chomei took a deep breath as an abomination formed, a beast unlike the other eight, "He partially succeeded."
Kurama and Ashura combined into a golden warrior with flames circling around his body. They ran against Indra and the other eight beasts who were formed into the abomination. It's single red eye and seedlike body smashing mountains…destroying entire countries from its own version of The Tailed Beast Bomb. Fū even darted back from the tori gates as they were struck, she felt vibrations, and the primal fear in her heart!
Ashura and Kurama managed to seal the creature, separating them, before attacking Indra directly. An intense battle erupted between the two brothers. It was unclear who had the upper hand until a boy with red hair came to help. She was unclear what he could do until chains ripped into Indra's body, ripping out the others.
The boy with red hair, and Ashura, both struck the final blow against Indra! Killing him, but it didn't end there, because although his body disappeared his energy remained behind. Slowly, the march of time happened, with the redhead boy marrying one of Ashura's children.
"Although Kurama was his oldest ally, he could never sire children of his own. That redheaded boy was a result of Ashura and Kurama combining chakra to form him a…human avatar. Ashura's children, the main children, would form the Senju who would fight against the Uchiha Clan for generations…but this human avatar would only have one child. This child, made from the chakras of Tailed Beast and Human. Hinode, who would later find an island surrounded by whirlpools. Upon Ashura's death, Hinode and Kurama built the home of the Uzumaki Clan." Chomei stated while showing him and that Hinode guy slowly creating infrastructure around the island, "But…Hinode was mortal…and so he passed on."
"Wait, but that means Naruto…Naruto Uzumaki, the hero of the waterfall village, he's…" she pointed at Hinode who was laying in coffin, "His descendant?"
"Technically, no, Hinode's one child grew up to become the first true Uzumaki. However, he died while only siring one child. He is the very founder and reason why the Senju-Uzumaki clan stayed together." Chomei revealed to her, watching as the march of time saw the island come to thrive.
"Five hundred years, prior, to all of this…Kurama had begun to grow cynical of humanity. Watching them fall to base needs and uses of chakra. To be fair, we all shared his opinion. The very gift of our creator, and the gift his true heir protected…being used in a manner not unlike the usurper had done with the gift. It was massacre that finally pushed Kurama to the edge, a civilization…an empire…of corrupted Senju killed a score of Uzumaki, fearing that settled another island. The incident was lost to time due to what happened next," Fū watched as Kurama looked at the ruined island, until red eyes turned toward the mainland.
"And Kurama…earned his moniker as a beast of destruction…"
Kurama, the giant nine tailed fox fought all other eight Tailed Beasts again. Thrashing them completely while scouring the land! Forest ignited into flame! Tsunamis crashed against the shores of coastal towns and villages! Mountaintops were ripped, and flung villages, it was if a meteor showed impacted the world.
Fū watches as Kurama roared out from atop of a mountain, and saw people who looked like shinobi coming to confront him. That's when she noted that two of them looked similar, one bore sharingan eyes, and the other…just seemed familiar by his smile. They attacked, all of them together, felling Kurama off the mountain, defeating him whilst sealing him into the land around.
This place, like many strongholds of Tailed Beasts, was forced upon him. Unable to leave, forced to remain in a place of total isolation, she noted that prior to the sealing he held a broken look in his eyes. She then realized that it not only took these two exceptional Shinobi, but an Uzumaki Clan member and the eight other beasts.
"My brother, on that day, declared that Ashura and Hagoromo's dream for humanity was dead…and he never was the same. He felt betrayed, not only by the Senju, but even his own metaphorical flesh and blood. He has harbored a hatred for them ever since, and it was his actions alone that led us to be sealed away in places that humanity thought we couldn't do harm." Chomei explained Kurama's broken look, watching as the fox bashed against the barrier, screaming out and cursing all of those around him.
"So, wait a minute, where do you fit into this?" Fū questioned as he created images of himself and the other beasts minus Kurama, and she watched as people came about. "Aren't those…Uzumaki Clan members?"
"We deemed a threat, even two centuries later. The lines in the sand were being drawn, lands were forming. What better way to defend a territory than to have weapons of mass destruction…us…defend it for them. We began getting sealed into Jinchuuriki. You lot have it bad now, because of the Jinchuuriki system." Chomei explained as he was sealed into a redheaded man, "None of these people were guilty, all of them children."
"Some of us grew close, but war happened yearly, it was only a matter of time…" A figure glowing green indicate them as Chomei's previous vessel charged against a figure glowing bright orange, both fighting against another.
Fū watches Chomei's Jinchuuriki slew the other, only to get killed by one with dark blue energy around it. Eventually the cycle repeated, constantly. With the tailed beasts reforming, getting recaptured and used all over again and again! She covered her mouth when one of Chomei's Jinchuuriki was nothing more than a baby in the crib when that same orange colored bearer came in and stabbed down with a kunai!
This continued going on for nearly an hour. Watching for every death Chomei reformed, more bitter and resentful, eventually even attempting to destroy humans before they got the chance. Each time failing, and getting resealed! It was existential nightmare for these beings, constantly getting used and reused!
Entire countries fell, only for their bearers to be killed by those seeking revenge, and then the cycle only continued from there! It eventually ended with the rise of a man, and she knew him!
"That's the First Hokage!" She pointed out watching as the man used trees and other natural objects to hold all of the beasts at bay…save The Nine Tails.
"Hashirama Senju, he promised us a lot of freedom, and the newly formed shinobi peace! However, in his rush to do so…he ended up only being able to come up with a system that benefited humanity. We were still used in your Shinobi Wars, let me assure…those paled in comparison to what we used to do." Chomei breathed while looking down at Fū, "I noticed that you don't see The Nine Tails…"
"No, I don't, why?"
"Because only one man could be so foolish enough to dare control him," The giant beetle said while showing an image of an Uchiha and Indra together. "The very reincarnation of Indra himself, Madara Uchiha."
"How did The First Hokage even survive that fight?" She questioned while watching the figure of Hashirama and Madara faced off with each other.
"Very few men ever reached the title of God, Hashirama was probably the closest being in your time prior to the death of Ashura and Hinode." Chomei chuckled as it looked down at the images, "It's as you children say…he was the guy!"
"So, weren't you involved in that fight?" Fū questioned while crossing her arms, noting the figures didn't move against one another.
"No, I wasn't, I was sealed in my next Jinchuuriki prior to the Second Shinobi World War." He answered her before all of the figures disappeared, "And now we're here."
"You guys, I'm sorry that my people did this to you…" Fū cried as she held her hand up to her eyes, tears coming out. "I couldn't imagine…"
"Knowing my story, it up to you to be better than those who came before, Fū." Chomei simply replied before reaching out one of legs, she reaches up and holds it.
"I will be better than that, because you're my friend."
Chomei removed his limb from her hand, staring down at her, "Let us do the chakra pulse now…hopefully Kurama's vessel is able to pick it up."
"How will we know he did?" Fū inquired while crossing her arms in thought, "Won't this also reveal our location to any Akatsuki member?"
"Heh, good luck to them catching us." Chomei boasted before suddenly glowing with green chakra, "Channel me…and let my power loose briefly."
Fū nods her head before closing her eyes!
Broken Moon!
"Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words."
-Rumi.
Naruto and co were walking down the street of Patch Town when he felt something hit him. His eyes widened, briefly turning into crimson ones before going quickly back to normal. He felt the wave of energy roll off him, turning toward where it had come from. Southwest, and it felt far…yet close. It was a paradox in of itself, but inside of him he could hear The Nine Tails growling.
"It cannot be…" He growled through their mental link, "I was sure that you were only Jinchuuriki in the tower! Impossible, what is the meaning of this!"
"Yo, furball, calm it down you almost made me expose myself, dattebayo!" Naruto chided the beast inside of him, "What was that…were just trying to break out me?"
"No, you moron, that was a chakra pulse. A powerful chakra pulse, the type only Tailed Beasts can do. It stretched most of the world, if not all of it! Whoever decided it was a good idea, was a fool! I know many fools amongst my kind, but this is a hopeful fool…Seven Tails…" The Nine Tailed Fox growled the being's moniker, "So…your pathetic Jinchuuriki was captured."
"Wow, back up, you're saying there's another one of me here in this world! That's awesome!" Naruto celebrated a little before feeling something sinking in his stomach, another chakra pulse hit him! "Okay…what was that?"
"It refracted, meaning something called back to it…" The Nine Tails commented before feeling the darkness in the call back feed, "Whatever called back to it definitely is evil…pure evil."
"Are you saying that there's a Tailed Beast loose here on Remnant?" Naruto questioned while still walking with Maria and co. and starting to sweat bullets.
"Something ancient…"
"Okay, as if that really helps me out in this situation! Should be moving away from Maria, and the others?" Naruto asked the Tailed Beast inside of him, "I mean it, don't try to trick me."
"No…as long I don't call back to it, it can't find us."
"Naruto, are you okay, your sweating like crazy?" Maria inquired from her adoptive grandson, "Are you feeling ill?"
"No, I'm in a conversation with myself." Naruto coded to her while watching the woman's expression harden, "He's saying that there is the possibility of someone else like me here…another me."
Maria made sure Lapis and Sapphire weren't looking, "Bad?"
"I don't know," Naruto honestly replied before feeling some unease as he signs the next part, "Something else called to it something very wrong."
"Then that is bad, very bad," Maria signed before turning around to continue walking. "C'mon."
The blonde took a deep breath before thinking about Renard. Something in his gut was telling him that something terrible had happened to the doctor. His anxiety built up while he still felt the darkness of the other chakra pulse, it coursed right through his system…and although The Nine Tails was evil, this one felt purely full of rage and destruction!
"Nine Tails, was it another Tailed Beast, or not? I want to know because…these people don't deserve to get hurt! I have to be ready to fight, just in case! So, please, let's just keep being honest with each other." Naruto pleaded with the beast inside of him, they all turned a corner and came toward the outer wall of Patch Town.
"It felt like one of us, but…something was wrong with it, and it felt familiar somehow. That is all that I know, brat."