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Chapter 5: The Demon with Rippling Eyes
On an unknown part of the Grand Line a bellowing laugh echoed over the clear blue sea, "GU RA RA RA!" the boisterous laugh echoed high into the heavens. The hearty laugh was coming from a large battleship with a blue whale figurehead. This battleship was like no other its size capable of dwarfing any other ship in existence. Seated in the middle of the ship hooked up to numerous oxygen tanks and medical equipment was a man of titanic proportions, easily three times the size of a normal human. He had a long face, ploughed from age with many wrinkles around his eyes. His chest was muscular with many scars. He wore a black bandanna around his head and adorned himself with a white captain's coat, which hung loosely from his broad shoulders and bore a jolly roger with a large moustache and a manji (卍) behind the skull. He wore light, loose pants tucked inside his large black boots, and a dark pirate sash around his waist.
The man laughing was the renowned pirate Edward Newgate Whitebeard Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates and one of the Yonko. He was known as the 'Strongest Man in the World' and 'The Man closest to One Piece'.
One may ask why the most feared pirate in the world would be laughing so hard.
The source of Whitebeard's amusement was a brand new wanted poster, one that had just been released with the image of a white haired, horned stranger who had strange rippling eyes with comma like markings. In big bold letters at the bottom was 'Rubunīru no Oni (Demon of Lvneel)' following this was a bounty like no other. "GU RA RA RA One Billion Beri what an upstart!" roared the legendary Whitebeard grabbing hold of his stomach from how hard he was laughing. The age old pirate could feel his sides beginning to hurt.
"Yawn…What's so funny pops-yoi?" Standing before the laughing giant was a blonde haired man with a sleepy expression. He was wearing an open purple jacket and dark grey knee long pants with black sandals. He had been sleeping peacefully only to be rudely awoken by the sound of Whitebeards roaring laughter.
Edward gave his 'son' Marco a toothy grin as he passed the wanted poster down to him.
The blonde grabbed hold of the poster his glazed eyes looking over its content as he started to read. His eyes shot open wide awake, "ONE BILLION BERI-YOI!" shouted the first division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates using his trademark 'yoi'.
"Pops is this for real yoi?" asked the blonde haired pirate staring at the wanted poster in disbelief. This was the highest bounty to have ever been released surpassing not only Gol D. Rogers but his pops as well, this was insane.
"Oi Marco what's got you and Pops in such an uproar?" The Commander of the Fifth Division Vista, a tall muscular, broad-chested, tanned man with a curly black moustache and a dark blue top hat, came walking towards the two. Vista was surrounded by other high ranking members of the Whitebeard Pirates including Diamond Jozu.
Marco turned to his comrades handing the bounty poster over to them.
"WHAT?!" roared the group of pirates a couple fainting in shock.
"GU RA RA RA!" roared Whitebeard his laugh causing his ship the Moby Dick to shake.
Marco turned to Whitebeard with a serious expression, "POPS! This is not a laughing manner! This guy's bounty surpasses even yours-yoi!" shouted Marco giving his father an irritated glare. His pops was just being way too carefree about this new player.
"You need to think about this pops! This Rubunīru no Oni guy seems to be a new powerful player! Hell we don't even know this guy's name and from the reports, he dispatched four ranked marines with ease, ease! Then there's this guy's apparent high-speed regeneration-yoi" said Marco as he pointed up at his pops.
Whitebeard waved his son off, "Gu RA RA RA! You need to worry less my boy! I see great things from this new upstart! GU RA RA RA !" roared Whitebeard.
His crew burst into shouts and screams as they began to loudly discuss this new rising player. None of them had noticed however that Whitebeard had gone surprisingly silent.
Edward Newgate 'Whitebeard' was staring at a second copy of the Wanted Poster his gaze locked onto the stranger's eyes, "So the Child of Prophecy has returned as foretold. Will you bring about an Era of Peace or Destruction?" Whitebeard let his thoughts trail off as he released the poster letting it fly off into the air where the poster landed atop the ocean's surface.
The poster started sinking beneath the sea, the eyes of the Rubunīru no Oni being the last thing to sink beneath the water's depth.
Polestar Islands - Loguetown
A tall girl of sixteen years with shoulder length black hair was seated at a small café in Loguetown, a city that encompassed close to the entire island. The young girl had brown eyes with dark, wide pupils and a thin defined nose. She was wearing navy blue skinny jeans, a long sleeved buttoned high collared lavender shirt with black high heels. She had a pair of black shades sitting on the bridge of her nose.
The young girl was keeping to herself as she read over a newspaper in her hands. She was using the newspaper to hide her face all the while reading the various articles. The girl was known as the 'Devil Child' Nico Robin with a bounty of 79,000,000 Beri. She had been travelling the ocean seas since she was eight years old. Eight years ago her home had been destroyed by the marines and everyone she had ever loved wiped from the face of the planet. She was the only one to escape only to live a life of hell. She had been hunted non-stop. The marines had placed a bounty on her head, labelling her the Devil Child, seeing to it that no one would help her.
Robin turned a page her eyes widening at the article before her. Staring her in the face was the single highest bounty to ever been released, a bounty of One Billion Beri placed upon a man with the moniker Rubunīru no Oni. However it was not the man's bounty that caused her shock, no it was his eyes, those demonic lilac rippling eyes with nine comma like markings.
"No it can't be, can it?"
She had come across a Ponelgyph three years ago. The Ponelgyph had foretold the coming of a new age where a demon with rippling eyes would return to bring about peace or destruction. The return of the demon would cause justice to be struck down and a King's reign to end.
Robin had merely dismissed the cryptic message but now, she didn't know what to believe. Here before her was a man called a demon with rippling eyes who had brought destruction upon the Kingdom of Lvneel. This Oni had killed marines 'justice' and killed the King of Lvneel ending his reign, just as the Ponelgyph foretold.
Robin scrunched the paper up in her hands. She needed to find this so called Demon. Perhaps this Demon would know the true history of the world.
Robin tossed the newspaper aside and stood up grabbing a dark purple bag from under the table. She hitched the bag over her shoulder and headed off vanishing into the crowd.
Unknown Island – Grand Line
Loud blaring music echoed over the summer island as roars and cries of laughter filled the air. On the island was a crew of pirates who could be seen partying. The pirates roared, their mugs clashing together, saké spilling out onto the ground. The smell of barbequed meat wafted through the air, as a large boar was roasted over a bonfire by a member of the crew, who was laughing at the actions of his fellow pirates.
Across from the partying pirates was a rounded table where three individuals were staring intently at one another, the tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife.
"Royal Flush!" roared a red haired man who was wearing a long black cape, half buttoned white shirt, a straw hat and loose brown trousers.
The other two players groaned as they saw the hand of the red haired pirate. They cried as they pushed their loot of gold coins towards him making the man laugh even harder.
"Oi Shanks there's something you need to see!" a voice echoed over the music catching the attention of the red haired pirate known as Shanks.
Shanks turned to the voice, which belonged to a tall man with jet black hair wearing a black V-neck shirt and loose grey pants. Approaching was his First Mate and in his right hand was a Wanted Poster.
"What is it Beckman, can't you see I'm winning" Shanks laughed as he collected his loot, gold coins falling from his hands.
"Like I said you need to see this" Benn Beckman the First Mate of the Red Haired Pirates handed the wanted poster over to his captain.
Shanks obliged his first mate and began to unroll the paper. In the span of a second the pirates eyes widened and he climbed to his feet, "ONE BILLION BERI!" shouted the Pirate his shout catching the attention of his crew who quickly turned off the music.
Shanks turned to Beckman holding the poster out to him "Is this real?" gone was the normal calm and laid back pirate. Before them all was a man who could put fear into even the strongest pirates along the red line, the man known as Red Haired Shanks.
"It's real. I made sure to check. It's all over the news and in every paper, boss. It's spreading like wildfire" answered Beckman watching his captain, rarely did the man ever take on such a serious disposition.
"OI Shanks what's wrong?" asked a man with wavy blonde hair wearing a dark blue shirt and dark green pants.
Shanks turned to his long-time friend, Yasopp and handed the poster over.
Yasopp stared in confusion at the poster, before he grasped it in his hands and started to read. The fun loving pirate began to shake his eyes widening as he read over the details, "ARE THE MARINES CRAZY!" shouted the man the poster falling from his hands gliding over in front of the rest of the crew.
"ONE BILLION BERI!" roared the remainder of the Red Haired Pirates in unison.
"OI b-b-b-boss what are we going to do! This guy's dangerous what if he decides to come after us!" shouted one of the red haired pirates many of his fellow crew-mates voicing their agreement with shouts.
Shanks began to shiver, his entire body shaking all over, suddenly he reared back and laughed "DAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" roared the pirate clutching his stomach tears flowing from his eyes as he fell over crying from how hard he was laughing.
"Oi boss you okay?" asked Beckman as he watched his Captain laugh, he didn't know what Shanks found so funny.
Shanks slowly climbed into his chair wiping his tears. A large grin spread across his lips, "I say we find this so called Oni and….and….…" he paused causing all his crew to lean in, "AND SHARE A DRINK!" roared the pirate punching the air causing his crew to face fault.
His crew scrambled to their feet, "SHARE A DRINK! Have you lost it boss?".
Shanks waved his men off, "Sure he killed some marines and a King but…" Shanks sat down in his chair looking towards the poster, his tone having turned into a soft whisper, just loud enough for his crew to hear "Anyone willing to do that to save two little girls, has my respect."
The crew went silent at their captain's words their partying stopped as they reflected over what was said.
Uzushiogakure
Naruto began to sneeze violently, the first sneeze drew no attention it was quick and short. The second sneeze was louder than the first and by the third sneeze he had attracted the attention of the new citizens of Uzushiogakure. He had thought the third sneeze would be the last of it then he found himself breathing in, his nose twitching. The Uzukage sneezed loudly sneezing so hard he released a burst of chakra by accident that knocked him over.
Naruto groaned as he sat on the ground rubbing his head, "What was that? I can't be coming down with a cold, I'm made of chakra. Someone has got to be talking about me" grumbled Naruto as he dusted his clothing off and began to stand.
Numerous giggles caught his attention causing him to look for the source. Standing in the middle of the street was a small group of children pointing and laughing at him, "Uzu-sama is silly!" laughed the children before they ran off getting a small smile from the sage. At least he was able to amuse the children with his antics.
"SENSEI!"
Naruto raised an eyebrow, he would know that voice anywhere, Suzuka. He turned around spotting Suzuka running towards him. His eyes widened as his student attempted to stop herself, but her momentum had caught up with her, causing her to fall forward crashing into him.
Naruto cried out as he fell to the ground again. He groaned as he sat up, Suzuka was straddling his waist rubbing her forehead, "Owie."
Suzuka blinked as she then noticed the compromising position she was in. She blushed as she scrambled to her feet, getting off of her sensei, her cheeks rosy red.
Naruto slowly climbed to his feet again dusting his robes off, "Are you okay Suzuka-chan?" His affectionate use of her name only made her blush even harder.
"Ye-Ye-Ye-Yes Sensei" stuttered out the raven haired girl as she fidgeted under his gaze.
"So what brings you by? I thought I gave you today off from training."
Suzuka blinked, "Why did I come running….." She began to think only to blush up a storm remembering what happened. She shook her head getting rid of the thought before a light bulb went off.
Suzuka began looking over her person, before she pulled out three rolled up posters, from a pouch on her hip. She held two of the posters out to him, "You might want to see those two first before I show you this one" she instructed, while keeping hold of the third poster. The poster had arrived by a postal bird that often flew over the Island. While they were miles away from the nearest Island, she had signed up for a postal service to receive the latest newspapers and wanted posters to keep up to date with the world.
Naruto raised an eyebrow and grabbed the two posters. He unrolled the posters his eyes widening, on the posters were the current pictures of Kuroka and Shirone with a bounty beneath, "Wanted Alive, Kuroka and Shirone combined bounty of Two Hundred and Thirty Million Beri."
Naruto gritted his teeth as chakra began to leak out of his body. He had been keeping a tide lid on his chakra but now it was beginning to flow freely. His chakra reserves, which he normally kept sealed, began to flow off as small wisps of blue flames. His chakra continued to grow, causing Uzu no Kuni to shake violently under his power. His eyes began to glow, his incisors beginning to grow in length, his hair flowing wildly behind him in the form of ten tails. His temper began to grow with every second as he gained a feral look. His chakra began to reach a level that not even he could sense.
Naruto was knocked out of his senses when an orange furred tail whacked him upside the head. He turned to find Kurama standing beside him in a miniature form. Naruto rubbed his head sheepishly as he sealed up his God like reserves, "Thanks Kurama."
The fox yawned in response before he walked off; no words were needed between the two.
Having calmed down, Naruto turned towards a slightly shaken Suzuka. The girl had witnessed only part of his power in their spars together, but nothing like he had unleashed. Naruto approached the raven haired teenager and gave her a comforting hug bringing her out of her stupor. The girl looked up once she realised what was going on and began to blush up a storm at such close contact, steam pouring from her ears.
Suzuka quickly pushed Naruto away her face as red as a tomato, "S-S-S-Sensei!" shouted the student flustered by her teacher's actions. She swayed slightly before catching herself. Suzuka turned away from Naruto, taking in deep breaths and exhaling to calm herself down. Once she was calm she turned around giving him a stern look, her hands on her hips.
"Mou (jeez) you need to learn to control yourself sensei!" barked Suzuka as she lifted the poster and smacked him lightly on the forehead, puffing her cheeks out.
Naruto laughed sheepishly bowing to his student. Suzuka huffed, but the foxy smile her sensei was giving her only made her want to forgive him, "Mou here!" she thrust the third poster in his face hitting him on the nose.
Naruto rubbed his nose as he grabbed the poster and began to unroll it, his eyes widening as he read it, "W-W-W-ONE BILLION BERI!" shouted Naruto, his student having covered her ears as if expecting his cry.
Naruto could only stare at the wanted poster as he read over it, "Rubunīru no Oni (Demon of Lvneel) One Billion Beri Bounty, Wanted Dead or Alive for killing the Young King of Lvneel, over two hundred marines, injuring four high ranking marines and the stealing of two slaves" his eyes narrowed dangerously as he read that little piece of information. He understood the killing and the injuring of the marines, but the part about stealing slaves, seemed unnecessary as they were stating publically they endorsed slavery.
Naruto resisted the urge to rip the paper up, as he read over the abilities listed, "Enhanced Strength capable of throwing a giant and breaking bones with a single punch. Enhanced Speed capable of moving at heightened speeds to appear as a blur. The ability to manipulate the elements of Wind, Earth, Water and Fire possibly more. Has the potential to generate explosions with a single punch of various strengths, strong enough to break through busoshoku haki, wonder what that is, able to create a repulsive force to repel projectiles. High-Speed Regeneration on such a degree to instantly regenerate limbs. Last known ability to create molten rock."
Naruto inhaled bringing his growing rage under control. His gaze descended upon his student, who froze in fear at his intense stare.
"Suzuka, tell me this bounty on my head, is it significant?" asked the sage no longer his joking fun loving self, before her stood a Shinobi.
Suzuka gulped frozen in her spot, she had rarely ever seen her sensei so serious and it frightened her. She preferred his care free fun loving attitude…not this. She could tell he was waiting patiently so she worked up the courage to speak.
"Y-Yes Sensei. I-I-I-It i-i-is the h-highest b-bounty to be r-r-released" stuttered out Suzuka her legs shaking, she shouldn't be afraid, but she was. She didn't know why, but she was afraid of this Naruto before her.
Naruto noticed his students discomfort and his expression softened, a sad smile slipping onto his lips, "My apologies Suzuka-chan I didn't mean to frighten you."
Naruto reached, Suzuka flinched, only for his hand to rest gently on top of her head. He gave her head an affectionate pat seeming to calm the girl down, "I was careless, I shouldn't have scared you like that."
The girl looked up at her sensei noticing his sorrowful gaze, making her shake her head. She grabbed her sensei's wrist bringing his hand down to her cheek, "No I'm sorry sensei I should know better. I should never be afraid of you" she indulged herself in her teacher's warm touch.
Naruto smiled at his student, his hand rubbing her right cheek, as she leaned into his touch. He couldn't help, but admire how cute she looked. He quickly pushed that thought away, he shouldn't be thinking like that, especially with his student and someone thousands of years younger than him.
Naruto retracted his hand; he could see the look of displeasure in his student's eyes, but chose to ignore it, "Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I need to talk to the Biju."
Suzuka nodded saddened at the loss of her teacher's warmth. She then walked off, leaving her sensei to his thoughts.
Naruto left the streets of Uzushiogakure heading towards a shrine, one he had made to honour Otsutsuki Hagoromo the Rikudo no Sennin (Sage of Six Paths). The shrine was near the west side of the village close to the wall and surrounded by a stone garden. He made his way across the pathway approaching the small shrine that had the symbol of the Rinnegan and nine Magatama in a circle around it.
Naruto approached the shrine, where he sat down in front of it and began to burn some incense. He began to relax shutting his eyes as he focused on the deeper plain he shared with the nine biju. He tugged on their chakra, alerting them to his summons, before he entered.
Naruto began to open his eyes and found himself in the mental world shared by the Biju. The first to appear was a sandy-brown coloured tanuki, with black cursed seal markings all over its face, body, and tail. This was the Ichibi no Bakedanuki, the One Tailed Monster Demon Shukaku. The next to appear was none other than the Nibi no Bakeneko, the Two Tailed Monster Cat Matatabi herself.
Following Matatabi was a large turtle, but with a crab-like shell, spikes all over its body, and three shrimp-like tails. This was the Sanbi no Kyodaigame, the Three Tailed Giant Turtle Isobu.
The fourth to appear was a red-furred and green-skinned monkey, with a body-build of a gorilla. It has eyes with yellow irides and white pupils, spike-like protrusions along the length of its tails, elongated blunt fangs, and two long horns curving upwards on its forehead like a crown. This was the Yonbi no Bein'O, the Four Tailed Monkey King Son Goku.
The fifth to show up was a white horse, but with a dolphin's head, it had two pointed long horns and three shorter horns in front. The ends of its horns, hooves, and tails are tan, with some of the same-coloured spots before the tan areas of its horns and hooves. It also has red markings under its dark blue-green eyes. This was the Gobi no Hoēru-ba, the Five Tailed Whale Horse Kokuō.
Following Kokuo was a large white, with a slight light blueish tint, bipedal slug with stubby arms and feet. It has two prominent optical tentacles (eyes) and hole-like openings as a mouth. This was the Rokubi no Namekuji, the Six Tailed Slug Saiken.
After Saiken appeared a blue, armoured rhinoceros beetle, with six green insect wings, along with a tail, all growing from the end of its abdomen materialised. This was Nanabi no Kabutomushi, the Seven Tailed Rhinoceros Beetle Chomei.
Following Chomei's appearance was an ushi-oni with four long horns on its head. It had a muscular upper-body structure, with a hunched back similar to an American bison, arms with spiked protrusions on the elbows, and hands with opposable thumbs like that of a human. Instead of hind-legs, its lower half consists of its eight tails, which resemble the cephalopod arms of an octopus. This was the Hachibi no Kyogyu, the Eight Tailed Giant Ox Gyuki.
Last to appear was a kitsune with red-orange fur and red eyes; it possesses the upper-body structure of a human, complete with opposable thumbs on its clawed hands. The fox had nine long tailed flowing behind it, this was the Kyūbi no Yōko, the Nine Tailed Demon Fox Kurama.
Kurama looked down towards his old container, the Biju towering over his old friend at his full height. Kurama leaned down noticing the hidden layer of anger beneath his friend's calm exterior, "What is wrong Naruto? I can sense your anger from here, is it about the kittens?" The fox took note his siblings had focused their attention towards him, so they too had sensed it.
Naruto inhaled and materialised a chair to sit in. Once he was seated he raised a hand and manipulated the mindscape plucking on his memories. Appearing in front of all the tailed beasts were two large posters featuring the images of Kuroka and Shirone along with their bounties. The biju read the posters, their anger boiling but none more so than Matatabi.
The giant hell cat began to hiss, her fur standing on edge as chakra began to leak from her body. Flames burst to life around her causing Isobu and Shukaku to back up, the feline was angry. Her heterochromia eyes began to glow, as she bore her canine's, all the while glaring daggers at the poster, "THEY WISH TO TEAR MY KITTENS AWAY FROM ME!" roared the furious feline.
Shukaku attempted to calm his sister down, only for the feline to wrap her tails around him and throw the blob of sand through the mindscape, where he crashed into a wall.
"Owe" the giant Tanuki slumped against the ground, he was not getting near Matatabi ever again when she was like this.
Matatabi hissed her claws beginning to show, as her twin tails swayed about violently, "I'll kill them all before they get a chance to take my kittens!" proclaimed the feline, only for Kurama to wrap his nine tails around her body, causing her to squirm about.
"KURAMA! Release me at once!" roared the angry feline, she needed to unleash her wrath, down upon those who would dare seek to steal her kittens, she would not let any harm befall them ever again! She would charge hell itself if it meant she could protect her children.
Kurama pinned the feline down, "Not until you calm yourself. You are allowing your anger to cloud your judgement" spoke the fox in a calm manner, as he continued to pin his sister down.
Matatabi fought against Kurama, but even in her angered state she was unable to free herself from the stronger Biju. She slumped against the ground, ceasing her struggles, causing Kurama to release her once her temper had dropped, "Good, being angry would not do your kittens any good, it would only cause more harm" commented the fox, having once been a walking mass of hatred, he knew what he was talking about.
"Kuroka and Shirone weren't the only ones to be issued with a bounty" The biju turned their attention to their fellow chakra being.
Naruto manipulated the mental world, allowing his wanted poster to appear before him, where it expanded in size, allowing the Biju to read its contents.
"It seems my actions caused the Marines to put a bounty on my head, the largest known bounty to date" Naruto looked up his expression had turned serious, "These marines see me as a threat. An unknown, a demon."
He began to stand, his chakra bursting open like a dam through the shared mental world, causing cracks to appear along the walls. He looked up his eyes radiating with power, "If these Marines want to call me a demon, then I will show them just how much of a demon, I can be!"
Naruto's chakra spiked as it seeped from his body in waves that rippled through the Mental World. His chakra was so strong it affected the shared plain, causing cracks to form in the room, as small pieces of debris began to fall.
"I will take on the hate of this world and purify it. I will end the unjust; rebuild the world a new. I will remove evil and allow the pure to flourish" declared the Sage as his hair whipped about violently in the shape of ten tails.
Naruto raised a hand and the number 10 appeared behind him, "Ten years. We will build our forces and within the next ten years, we will bring hell upon the corrupt. We shall unleash the force of the Shinobi upon the world. We will assassinate the Tenryubito, the Gorosei, the corrupt marines, pirates and nobles, all of them shall be purged from this World."
The Biju looked at Naruto in awe, they hadn't realised he had been thinking this all along, but was it even possible to mobilise a strong enough force within ten years?
"That is all; when the time comes I will ask for your help. I will need your aid to bring about an era of peace" declared Naruto as he looked up at his 'siblings'.
There was a fire burning in his eyes, he was determined to finish what his ancestors had started. He would bring peace for the millions who deserved it, even if he had to slaughter thousands to do it. He would become a Demon, a Monster to those who deserved his wrath.
The Biju bowed and slowly began to disappear from the mental world one by one. As it came to Kurama's time to leave Naruto stopped him.
"Kurama please wait" The fox stopped his exit, proceeding to lye down, in order to speak to his old container face to face.
"What is it Naruto?"
"Have you managed to find the memories belonging to Shion yet?" enquired the sage, the fox gave a sorrowful look.
"No, I have not."
Naruto clenched a fist, over the last six thousand years he had been attempting to find the memories belonging to one Shion from Oni no Kuni (Demon Country). In the last six thousand years, he had viewed hundreds of thousands of memories, all belonging to people he knew and didn't know. There was so many he didn't even know where to start, but with the help of Kurama, they had sorted through the memories, picking those which belonged to the ones he loved most, before moving on. In all those years, they had never found the memories belonging to Shion, not one single memory and it was infuriating.
He wanted to know what happened to her, she was one of his precious people. At first he thought she was some stuck up brat, but he had come to care for her. She was precious to him and he had offered to always protect her.
"I'm sorry Naruto, the only memories I can find for Oni no Kuni, are the ones belonging to its citizens, who fled the moment Obito and his White Zetsu army marched upon the capital, I fear Shion died that day."
Naruto bit into his lip cutting in deep. He clenched his fists, falling to his knees as tears began to fall. He brought his right fist down, punching the floor of the mental world, "WHY! Why did she have to die" he cried, punching the ground again in order to unleash his frustration, "I failed her! I promised I would protect her! I let her die!"
Naruto's tears dripped to the ground. His hair fell down framing his face as he cried silently. He had never admitted it, but he had grown fond of Shion. After leaving Oni no Kuni, he had thought about her for many nights. He was not as dense as many thought him to be, personally, he blamed his upbringing. It had taken him a couple of nights, reflecting on what Shion had said before it clicked, he had felt like such an idiot for saying what he said, but he couldn't deny he liked her and now, she was gone. Shion was dead for good and he had nothing to remember her by; he failed another one of his precious people.
Kurama shrunk his form standing beside his friend. His gaze fell upon his old friend, as the sage cried away his pain. He had always been with Naruto, from the beginning and he understood his feelings for Shion, he had felt them from deep inside his cage. He let his tails drape over, his way of helping comfort his long-time companion.
All the while Kurama hoped that his friend would one day move on and find someone to love.
That's a wrap.
Whitebeard, Nico Robin and Shanks have found out about the new player.
What's this about the Ponelgyphs?
Why does Whitebeard know about the Child of Prophecy?
Who foresaw the coming of the Child of Prophecy?
What happened to Shion?
Will Shanks and Naruto share a drink?
To be revealed in chapters in the distant future.