It didn't take long for the people present to understand that the eyes were not there for show. The Rinne-Sharingan copied every movement with clarity and Naruto was able to fight like Hiashi.
The abilities gathered in his body allowed Naruto to full grasp the Gentle Fist within a short time. He understood the practical aspect of the art; however he lacked the actual skill and understanding. Without the proper foundation, he was just a copy and couldn't really make his own Gentle Fist style moves.
It was just like a student copying another student's paper to pass the exam, as the cheater didn't have to understand to copy it.
For that reason, Naruto didn't consider himself an expert of Gentle Fist and followed Hiashi's advice to continue practicing with the Hyuga clan for better understanding.
This also helped Hinata into understanding a fact, just because Naruto could copy everything didn't mean he would actually understand everything. Naruto couldn't specialize in everything.
She could continue supporting him even in combat arts, art where she excelled in.
Finishing up his lesson with the Hyuga clan, Naruto decided to visit his new friends. These friends were the gigantic Tailed Beasts that had decided to live near him to avoid any trouble with humanity.
Flying towards the mountain range at the edge of Konoha, Naruto found the Tailed Beast resting within small domains they had conjured inside the large hole created from the Pain fight.
Naruto didn't have to physically see them, as he could always summon them to the spirit world since they had a spiritual connection with each other.
Looking at them sleep peacefully; he felt that it might have been a long time since they had such luxury. It was truly cruel of him to ask them for help, but life didn't care about such things.
"Hey, what got you so glum? Is it a fight? Is it a fight?" Appearing from around him like dust was the gigantic Sand raccoon called Shukaku.
The beast seemed gleeful at the thought of a fight and destruction.
Just like the Shukaku, the rest of the beasts also turned their attention to him. Chomei the seven tails with the shape of a rhinoceros beetle appeared close to him like lightning.
"Don't get sad, Naruto. Let my luck rub on you and you will become happy." Chomei spoke excitedly and showered her with her scale powder that shown in the light.
Powder from her wings was extremely deadly in most cases, but fortunately Chomei wasn't trying to poison him to death.
"Thanks Chomei, I feel better now." Naruto smiled and rubbed her horn, making the happy go lucky bug happy.
"Mister Uzumaki, we understand your position and we are ready to support you." Matatabi the two tailed giant fire Tiger walked closer to him and spoke in a respectful tone that reminded him of the other adults around him.
Among the beasts, she was the only one that spoke properly with other people beside Gyuki.
"The Sage has warned me that there are threats worse than Kaguya out there, so we need to prepare for an all out war that has no guarantee of our survival." Naruto stopped with that statement as he could see that all of them were too shocked to digest anything else.
"No, no, why can't we just live in peace? I don't want to fight. I hate this, this is unfair." Isobu the three tailed turtle with crab like features cried out in a timid tone. He was the least confident among the beast and loved to hide away into the deep waters.
"Shut up, you are making us look weak." Son Goku the four Tails spoke roughly as he slammed his giant fist on Isobu's shell to shut him up.
"My fellows please stop, and take a deep breath. This is not what out father has taught us. We are the children of Hagoromo Otsutsuki, so please don't besmirch his honor." Kokuo the five tails spoke in an old fashioned and reserved manner, acting like an older sibling to the others.
"You must have something in mind, Uzumaki Naruto. I hope you didn't come here without a plan, only to alarm us. I will definitely dislike that very much." Saiken the Six tails spoke in a cautious tone as she slid towards him.
With their attention on him, Naruto shared his thoughts.
"I was thinking of asking you to join hands with humans in a proper manner this time. In that manner we will have access to powerful warriors since a perfect Jinchuuriki is more powerful than the individual forms. To go even further, I will teach your partners Sage mode. What do you think?"
The Tailed Beasts were strong and with each tail the power grew by a level. Shukaku the one tail was strong enough to destroy a city and mountain ranges casually.
By having a proper partner, that power could be enhanced to large city level or island level. And, by learning Sage mode that power would be multiplied by ten times minimum. It means even the weakest Jinchuuriki would become Country level instantly and that power could be further enhanced through their joined efforts.
"I am not joining with a human, forget about it. Just teach me the Sage mode, as I can do it on my own." The arrogant gorilla declined working with the hated humans.
"Who will choose our partners?" Isobu questioned while hiding inside his shell, making it difficult to know his thoughts.
"You will, I will just present some candidates."
"I don't have a problem, but I want to roam free for now." Chomei replied as she flew around the group, it was obvious she was itching for an adventure.
"I want the red head kid." Shukaku said matter-of-factly.
"I will talk with Gaara and we will see."
"I want him or I will not join anyone else." With those words, he left the area and it seems he was rushing towards Suna.
"We agree with your proposal, so please find appropriate partners for us." Matatabi gave the answer for the group and the rest agreed. It was a better result than expected since only two of them declined.
"Thank you for accepting this request and I will make sure you are not troubled again."
"We trust you Naruto, as our Father trusts you and Kurama trusts you." Kokuo spoke to help his confidence as the beast understood that the young child was taking a large burden on his small shoulders.
Naruto nodded and felt the pressure lessen with so many people on his side. He felt like things wouldn't be so bad with such support. He wasn't alone.
"I have some candidates in mind. Kakashi Hatake, Sakura Haruno, Hinata Hyuga, Tsunade Senju, Sai, Shikamaru Nara, Kiba Inuzuka, Choji Akimichi, Ino Yamanaka, Yamato, Shino Aburame, Tenten, Rock Lee, Might Gai, Temari and Kankuro, these are the people I know that are trustworthy and friendly with good potential. Do you want to meet anyone of them?" Naruto presented his closest friends by creating clones of them and making them act like he had seen them even showing some of their abilities that he could replicate from pure memory.
"I want to meet the Shino guy; he looks like someone that loves bugs. So, he would love Chomei. Though, he does seem too serious. But, I want to meet him at least once. Maybe will hit off."
"I like these two, but one is old and the other still young. Bring the boy called Rock Lee for me, I wish to converse with him." Kokuo picked her preference since the duo utilized physical combat, which would benefit greatly from her powers.
"My reasons are the same, so let me meet the girl called Sakura." Saiken followed up and pointed at the Sakura clone.
"It is difficult to make a choice like this, let me meet these girls." Matatabi pointed towards Hinata, Temari and Tenten.
"Can you bring these two, I want to talk to them?" Isobu chose Kakashi and Tsunade as he felt they were reliable looking unlike the other young kids.
With the targets chosen, Naruto talked with the new friends for a few hours before leaving and promising them a meeting the next day.
Going back to Shukaku, he arrived in Suna that was more than 3000 Kilometers from Konoha within mere seconds. It was a testament of his speed as he moved faster than lightning itself, though it paled in comparison to the Juubi. The beast of calamity could perceive light, and it was fortunate that it couldn't actually move at that speed.
Shukaku didn't enter Suna and appeared outside of it, casting a huge shadow on the hidden village. However, it didn't cause a mass panic like the past because the people trusted Gaara.
The Young Kazekage with blood red hair flew upon his sand cloud and appeared in front of the beast that had made his early life a living hell. Gaara had many reasons to despise the creature, but just like he had forgiven his other loved ones he had forgiven Shukaku. He had come to understand why the beast acted in such a manner and saw himself in the wild being.
"Naruto, Shukaku, it is nice to see you so soon. I have been really busy these days, so I have been unable to make sometime. So, I am happy to see you arrive here." Gaara greeted them courteously, especially since he cared for Naruto more than anyone else. To him they were brothers, he even felt closer to Naruto more than his actual siblings because of their similar beginnings.
To repay the past favors, Gaara had tried to help Naruto in his own way. However, it was unfortunate that Sasuke's bond was more precious to him.
"I thought you would hate to see me again." Shukaku also knew that he had been a terrible partner and felt awkward facing Gaara. He was like a child that got easily excited, only to realize things when he was facing them.
"I don't hate you. I feel sad for your circumstances and hope to make a world that doesn't allow such a thing to happen again." Gaara looked mature and confident unlike the immature visage of the hero. It was apparent when you put the two young men together.
Shukaku stared at him for a time in silence before laughing out loud, "I like you. Let's work together this time, how about it?"
Looking at the over enthusiastic Giant Tanuki, Gaara didn't understand where the proposal was coming from and turned to Naruto.
"Gaara, there is something I need to share with you." Naruto had let the duo talk it out before opening his mouth to ruin the Kazekage's mood.
"I see. I am delighted that you trusted me with such knowledge…Naruto; never forget that I am always there for you. You are a brother to me. However, what you are doing will invite hatred since you only recommended people from Konoha and Suna. What about the other three? Do you plan to sideline them?" Gaara thought about things in a proper manner and saw the bigger picture, unlike the inexperienced Naruto who didn't realize the impact of his decision.
"Of course not, I want every one of us to work together. The war had brought us together, so we need to use it to build a strong bond. I just didn't mention other names because I didn't know about them. I can't recommend people without having full confidence in them."
"I know what you are thinking, but the others wouldn't see it that way. They would think that you are pushing them down and amassing strength to your side. I suggest you find people from other nations for the other partners, instead of looking inside Konoha and Suna. I can recommend Mei Terumi the Mizukage as a candidate, and for the rest I will leave it to your discretion."
"Is that so, I never thought about it that way. I will go and talk to them tomorrow before looking for the other candidates since we need to start now before anything unexpected takes place. The appearance of the Juubi and Kaguya might have alerted beings that we don't want to see." Naruto digested what he heard and thought about it. He didn't understand such a thing instantly but decided to think on it later in depth.
"Come on, let's fuse together already. I want to see our unique transformation." Shukaku was like an impatient child as he felt jealous of Kurama's fusion with Naruto.
Gaara saw a child in the beast and re-evaluated his perception which had been clouded by false narratives and a dark experience.
"Very well, let us join together." Gaara took of his robe and shirt before Shukaku came in like a sand tsunami and a seal formed on the Kazekage with his help.
Unlike the previous seals, this was voluntary and used the concept similar to Naruto's seal. This way, Gaara and Shukaku's chakra was completely connected and they could meet in the spirit world since their souls became interconnected.
Gaara and Shukaku both accepted the relationship, allowing their chakras to fuse causing the young man's body to collapse into sand particles before reforming as a spirit of sand or a sand elemental with harden armor for the upper body and lower body as a sand storm. The whole body was covered in black fuinjutsu seal like marks.
Feeling their power, Naruto was able to confirm once again that the fusion really did more than just add the power of both partners. It more than doubled it and even increased the quality of the chakra. It would add the powers of both and then multiply it by two.
Shukaku was 300 meters tall giant at full force and he had chakra that was suitable to his size, being formed from the Juubi that had planet's worth of energy.
Gaara on the other hand also had a huge chakra reserve because of his lineage and being the Jinchuuriki of a beast.
Through the fusion, the chakra was compressed to a humanoid body allowing it to grow massively in quality and power as the massive amount was inside such a tiny body.
It allowed the duo to go from city level to small country level, which was beyond Naruto's expectations. He really hadn't understood the process until he saw it with his eyes.
With just a fusion, the duo had gained the power to annihilate Kingdoms from the map with a single move.
If Naruto hadn't gained the Six Path's mode, just Killer Bee, Gaara and one other fusion would be enough to stop him.
Looking at it another way, if humanity hadn't treated the tailed beast in a wrong manner, then the fusions would have been common, and the fourth war would have been over before it started. It truly was a tragedy brought from the foundation of hatred and jealousy. It further reinforced Naruto's desire for unity between all of humanity, if they wished to stop such problems from taking place.
"Woohoo! I got the power. Who's got the power, Shukaku's got the power!" The childish beast couldn't hold his joy under control and went out of control with his loud shouts.
Fortunately, Gaara was the one under control of most of the power or the Tanuki might have caused damage. Regardless, the young red head knew how to handle him and decided to check his power.
Pointing his hand towards the sky, Gaara felt that he might just erase the world if he wasn't careful. He could finally feel a little bit of Naruto's power and he saw the massive chasm between them. Now it wasn't just his knowledge, but actual understanding.
With his hand the sand gathered above him in the shape of a lance that started spinning at insane speeds. Gaara cancelled the impact it had on the world, or the speed would have caused it to burn the area.
Sending it flying with a wave of his hand, Gaara saw it disperse the clouds leaving a giant hole in the sky.
Before the fusion, he was unable to control attacks beyond the clouds but now it had reached outside the planet itself. Gaara felt he could have bombarded the moon if he wanted.
"So awesome!" Tiny Shukaku danced around.
"Now fire it at the moon or...Naruto." Shukaku wanted to see the damage his power could do now. He really wanted to see some explosions, but he knew it would be problematic.
"I also want to see it. Use your full strength, Gaara." Naruto turned off Six Paths mode and turned to Kurama Chakra mode for the first time after the war.
It had gone through massive changes because of Kurama doubling in power and size. The difference was further enhanced by the fact that he had gained access to Yin and Yang abilities that were Kurama's move list.
Just like the Juubi had multiple abilities, all the Tailed Beasts had their own special abilities beside their massive size and chakra.
Shukaku specialized in sand control, wind and fuinjutsu seals while Kurama controlled illusions, light and darkness. Though, it seems he didn't really know many useful skills.
Unlike the war time, Naruto's fusion was different to show Kurama's growth. His body was transformed into golden energy with fox ears and nine tails along the Yin-Yang Symbol on his back.
The power was a huge step below his Six Paths form; however the power jump was noticeable.
During the war, the chakra Form had allowed Naruto to reach the average country level but now he had directly jumped to continental level. It showed the power of Kurama who was the ninth level. The change from one tail to nine was massive since Kurama had majority of the power from the Juubi.
The power was then further enhanced by Naruto's fusion. Normally it would have only reached continental level, but now it directly reached below his Six Paths mode because of his Rinne-sharingan. Naruto was unable to close the eyes at the moment, though he might be able to later.
Naruto's base form had changed from city level to moon level since the eyes were always on and fusing with that power on brought such change even though Naruto had low control of the eyes.
Closing the Kurama Chakra mode, Naruto returned to base form. It should have been moon level to signify Sasuke's powers but Naruto was not the original owner, so it had lessened.
Regardless, he was still around continental level in power.
Gaara felt pale in comparison and saw that Naruto wasn't even using his full power since he hadn't used Six Paths with Kurama mode.
"I am starting." Gaara decided to see how far he could go and focused. Calling forth sand from the desert, he turned it into a massive mountain size drill that was extremely dense. It spun at the speed that was like the flash of lightning, one third of light speed.
Naruto flew into the atmosphere while Gaara sent the giant drill into space before bringing it down at full force. Naruto controlled his chakra and created a giant fist that smashed into the drill.
Without much fanfare, the chakra fist smashed the mountain size drill like it was nothing. The chakra fist was nothing complex just pure chakra shape control. It lacked Kaguya's internal damage aspect.
The sand broke apart before turning to fist sized drills that came from all directions.
Naruto covered himself with chakra armor and blocked all the attacks with it since his body wasn't durable enough to handle island level attacks on his skin unlike with Sage mode or Six Paths Sage mode.
The attacks were blocked but the sand started covering him up while fuinjutsu seals crawled along the sea of sand.
Turning into a sand prison the shape of a football, Naruto felt the effect from the sealing ability as his chakra was being negated. He was unable to control it through normal means.
However, with a command to his Rinne-sharingan it all melted away.
Absorbing the chakra from the sand, Naruto cancelled the sealing jutsu.
But that didn't cancel out the fact that Gaara had almost sealed him up even with the massive difference in power.
"I think we should start learning fuinjutsu." Naruto muttered as he couldn't believe he hadn't covered this field after being a student of a fuinjutsu expert and being a fan of the Forth Hokage, who was also the master of the field.
It was especially needed now since he was also part of the Uzumaki clan that specialized in the field. It also seemed to be the only field useful enough for world ending threats.
"I agree with that sentiment. We should put it at the forefront of our efforts since it concerns such powerful threats." Gaara agreed, especially after seeing what he had done to Naruto and what Hashirama had done to the Juubi with his seals.
"You can rely on the great Shukaku. I will lead you puny humans to success." Shukaku boasted with confidence as his specialty was finally being appreciated.
"We will be relying on you, Shukaku." Naruto and Gaara agreed on that point, though the young hero had the Sage of Six Paths sanctuary in mind as it contained all of his knowledge.
It should also contain the various sealing skills that Hagoromo had created, especially the one used to seal Kaguya.
Six Paths — Heavenly Body Bursting from the Earth
It had allowed the Sage to completely drain the Juubi of all energy, leaving a husk without any consciousness while trapping the husk in a celestial body big as the moon. It was a three step sealing process that made sure that the foe never came back.
"Getting back to the topic, Naruto don't forget to invite others. I know you want others to work together, so you need to show them that sentiment in a proper manner. Life is all about give and take, so don't expect everyone to agree to your desire without giving some benefits in return."
"Thanks, I will remember that and I have you on my side." Naruto smiled and hugged Gaara before disappearing without any smoke, showing his complete control over chakra.