Chapter: The Past
'I'm sorry Sasuke, but this is it.' Naruto sadly smiled at Sasuke.
Kaguya put Sasuke and him at a standstill and once she had a hold of them, she shot the deadly All-Killing Ash Bones at them both.
Naruto broke out of it first and launched himself in front of Sasuke.
It pierced him and now as time ticked, his body deteriorated.
Sasuke teleported them both a very far distance, so it would be a while before Kaguya reached them.
'You idiot..why did you have to jump in front of me?' As much as Sasuke tried to fight it, he could barely contain the tears welling in his eyes.
'I c-couldn't let y-you die Sasuke. Before I go..I have one l-last wish for you.' Naruto coughed in between his words.
'Anything Naruto. What is it?' Sasuke paid close attention and watched his only friend.
Naruto looked Sasuke in the eyes. 'One take the other half of Super Gramps Chakra. Two save the world. Three live life for good and no longer darkness and lastly…' Naruto gave a teasing smile. 'Give me a nephew or niece… teme.'
Sasuke looked slightly annoyed.
'Even in death, you always know how to annoy me, you loser.' Sasuke smiled.
Naruto smiled but then coughed up blood. 'H-Hurry up we're almost out of time.'
Sasuke quickly put his hand on Naruto's chest and absorbed the Yang Release Chakra. He also absorbed the Tailed Beast Chakra.
'G-Good. That's a-all of it…goodbye Sasuke.' Naruto let out a final smile before deteriorating.
Sasuke shed some tears on his brother in all but blood's behalf. He then wiped them. He would honor Naruto's last wish. He promised.
He felt Kaguya's immense Chakra approaching.
'I sense that you absorbed his Chakra. Good, this will make getting my Chakra easier.' Kaguya evilly smirked at Sasuke.
Sasuke stood up and faced her fearless. 'How can you do that if I seal you?'
Kaguya's smirk lessened considerably. The darkness of the boulders and earthly debris flashed in her mind.
The loneliness of it. Being with her thoughts for so long…
She didn't want it to happen again.
Sasuke heard Kaguya fiercely roar as she transformed to her Rabbit Goddess state.
He watched as it started to release the massive black Truthseeker Orb.
Sasuke closed his eyes. For you Naruto. He thought before his eyes snapped back open.
Nine Truthseeker balls appeared in front of him before combining to form an arrow, the arrow enlarged to equal the size to Kaguya's orb.
Sasuke entered his Perfect Susanoo and a large Truthseeker bow appeared in its hand with the arrow ready to be released.
He watched as Kaguya launched the orb at him.
His eyes sharpened and he released the arrow.
The two collided and mixed with each other.
Rainbow colors were seen before a large explosion of white took over Sasuke's vision.
-Cutscene-
Sasuke opened his eyes to see he was now in a room.
Where am I? He thought confusingly. He stood up and decided to explore the place.
He went to the bathroom to look at himself.
His eyes widened with complete shock.
He looked himself over and if his assumptions were correct he was now…7 years old. Particularly a little bit after his clan massacre.
What the hell happened!? An astonished Sasuke thought. He could remember the two powerful techniques clashing and that's it.
'What did you do?!' Sasuke heard the familiar voice in his head scream and he immediately got in a fighting stance.
'Where are you!' Sasuke looked around, searching for Kaguya, to no avail.
'How did this happen!' Kaguya continued screaming.
Sasuke took a couple breaths to calm himself. He wanted to confirm if his suspicions were true. He closed his eyes and entered his consciousness.
He looked around to see a large bedroom. It had a bed in the center of it, a bathroom to the right, and dressers on the left. All in all it looked to be a room in a house. He was on guard and quietly walked to where he heard Kaguya screaming.
He walked to the bathroom's entrance and saw Kaguya.
She looked different also.
Everything about her was the same except her age looked to be around his same age.
She felt someone looking at her and snapped her head at Sasuke. She angrily snarled.
'You!' Her Byakugan activated as Ash-Killing Bones appeared in both of her hands. 'You will pay!' She charged at Sasuke.
Sasuke immediately tried to block the attack.
But both of them were surprised to see Kaguya's attack go right through Sasuke, as if he were a ghost. Kaguya grunted as she tried and tried again to attack Sasuke, to no avail.
She shot the bones into the wall with anger and dropped to the ground, on her knees.
The amount of surprise Sasuke felt was impressive. He wondered why her attacks were ineffective against him.
'How did this happen?' He heard Kaguya question out weakily. She, a Goddess, to a mere child? She had plenty of questions.
The question boomed in Sasuke's mind too. He decided to provide her with an answer. 'It must have had something to do with the attack.' He said.
Kaguya glared up at him. 'You should've died in that attack. How are you still alive?'
It was weird seeing the all powerful Goddess like this. From the once impressive poise to now the mere look of an angry child, it almost amused Sasuke.
He looked right back at her. 'Hn how should I know? But us fighting won't solve anything as you just saw.'
Kaguya angrily grimaced. As much as she hates to admit, he was right. Emotions clouded logical thinking and logic is what she needed right now.
For a minute she took in heavy breaths to calm herself.
Sasuke watched her closely. From what he could tell, it looked like she was finally calming herself. Which was good.
After a while, Kaguya stood up and walked to sit on the bed. On her way, she bumped into Sasuke. She sat down and brushed her hair back. 'Alright boy. From what I can tell, the collision of the techniques had an after effect that somehow brought us back in time.'
Sasuke nodded. 'Indeed. Though I do wonder how it made you be a part of me. It's as if we're connected with each other.'
A snarl made its way on Kaguya's face. 'Unfortunately. Whatever this is, it prevents me from hurting you, but I can still touch you as long as it isn't with ill intentions.' Kaguya summarized.
Damn who would've thought he would be connected with the Goddess. Life was crazy at times.
'What are you going to do boy?' Kaguya could admit she was curious on how this would play out. She didn't know if they were ever going to be separated, but if they did, she would finish her mission. All the Chakra in the Elemental Nations were hers and hers only! She will stop at nothing to take it.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes as he could see Kaguya's thoughts playing out in her eyes.
'Don't think of trying anything. You just stay put for now. I will be back.' Sasuke exited his consciousness.
His eyes opened to the room again.
First things first, Sasuke felt his Chakra reserves and power.
He was relieved to know all of his power, and the power he absorbed from Naruto was still there.
His eyes widened and his jaw dropped.
He also felt all of Kaguya's immeasurable Chakra too.
Damn this was…..something.
It seems the two were connected by Chakra also. Compared to a Jinchuriki and a Tailed Beast.
He was glad his power was somehow suppressed because if it wasn't, the entirety of the Elemental Nations would have felt it.
That would have been bad.
Sasuke looked at his calendar. In the past, when he would wake up, he would mark an x on the day of.
It was Sunday according to it. If his memory was correct, the next day of the academy will be tomorrow.
He wanted to use a Shadow Clone, so he could still process all of his thoughts, but decided against it. He wanted to see it for himself. If all this was really true because if it was, it could change a lot of things.
Maybe he could use this second chance for the greater good and walk a new path per Naruto's last wish.
Wait! Naruto could very much be alive if all this was true. Sasuke would know soon…real soon.
He looked around the room. This apartment he was in was what the Third Hokage put him in while the Uchiha complex was cleaned.
Speaking of the massacre, he almost leaked his power thinking of the person who caused it. His eyes sharply narrowed. Danzo…your actions won't go unpunished. He angrily thought. Danzo will pay for what he did no matter if Sasuke had to kill him 100 times over.
His thoughts then went to his brother and his eyes widened. He knew the truth! His brother was innocent and Sasuke could prove it! He would have to play this smart. Very smart. One wrong move can cause havoc. He did plan to kill Danzo, but if that interferes with him proving his brother's innocence then he would have to keep him alive, to his extreme disappointment.
So many events ahead. Orochimaru, Tailed Beasts, Obito, The Akatsuki, Madara, Black Zetsu etc…damn it was a lot to prepare for.
Sasuke smirked. But this time will be different. Sasuke was way more stronger and way more powerful.
He figured he would still have to train this younger body of his though. It wasn't used to the heavy hitting techniques and would need strengthening.
He would have to do something about Kaguya also. As much as he didn't want to because of what she did to Naruto, they would have to communicate. So all bad feelings or whatever would have to be set to the side. He would need her help with his training too. She was a Goddess after all. If she didn't like it, he would somehow convince her.
Sasuke decided to go and visit his favorite spot over the lake.
-Cutscene-
He sat on the pier over the lake and began to think. He thought back to what Naruto said to him.
'Give me a nephew or niece…teme.'
Sasuke shook his head. In the past, darkness consumed him so much to the point where other things didn't matter. Love, fun, joy, peace, even his happiness.
He figured he did have to restore his clan. That was one of his top goals, but this time he wouldn't waste the opportunity by closing off everyone around him. He would build bonds with people, even if it meant being social.
Sasuke sensed someone behind him.
He glanced up to see a young Naruto staring at him from the top of a hill.
Sasuke immediately went tense. He stared back at Naruto.
Sasuke could see the emotions in his eyes. Loneliness, curiosity, sadness, despair, to name a few.
Around this time the village did shun him for being a Jinchuriki. It was the reason he pranked them a lot because he wanted to get noticed. It was also another reason to hate Danzo because he was the one who leaked that Naruto was a Jinchuriki.
After a few minutes Sasuke waved down to Naruto.
Naruto's eyes widened as a bright smile appeared on his face.
He sprinted down the hill and sat beside Sasuke.
'Hey Sasuke! What are you doing here!?' Naruto asked him.
A slightly annoyed expression formed on Sasuke's face at his yelling. 'Oi speak lower, you loser.' Sasuke smirked.
'Who are you calling a loser bastard!' Naruto yelled again.
A genuine smile appeared on Sasuke's face. Good to have you back Naruto. He thought.
'I'm thinking about things.' Sasuke said.
'Oh really? Well thank you for inviting me down here. Don't really have a lot of friends ya know?' Naruto sadly smiled.
'Well there's a first for everything.' Sasuke looked at him.
Naruto's eyes widened as he looked at Sasuke. 'W-wait does that mean…'
Sasuke nodded with a smirk. 'Just don't annoy me too much.'
Naruto jumped with joy. 'Thank you Sasuke! We're going to be great friends!' Naruto held a fist out to him.
Sasuke smirked again before fist bumping him.
Sasuke and Naruto then watched as the sun set and once it did, they left with goodbyes. They agreed to meet at the academy the next day.
-Cutscene-
The first meeting with Naruto went by smoothly. He was glad to see his friend again.
He wondered if he could move back into the Uchiha complex, once it was cleared out. Hopefully he could because it would help with keeping his training a secret. He would ask the Third Hokage if he could.
Sasuke glanced to the left and could see the familiar Yamanaka Flower shop.
He wanted to do something special to honor his clan, so he went inside.
Sasuke could see a younger Ino Yamanaka at the front.
'S-Sasuke-kun?! It's nice to s-see you here. I'm very sorry about what happened to your clan.' A flustered Ino bowed to him. Sasuke was the last person she thought would visit here.
Around this time Ino was a fan girl, but in the future, she evolved into a strong and respectable kunoichi. Sasuke figured if she focused more on that and not him, she could potentially become stronger. Then she could be a potential female for him, but this fangirling had to go. She just needed a little push.
'Hn it's okay Ino. It wasn't your fault.' Sasuke responded.
Ino blushed at him saying her name. 'W-Well, what do you need, Sasuke-kun?' She asked.
Sasuke looked around at the flowers. He noticed a banquet of lilies, orchids, and roses. He grabbed it and sat it down on the counter.
'I'll take this.' Sasuke said.
'Funeral flowers…are you honoring your clan Sasuke-kun?' Ino asked.
Sasuke was slightly impressed. She had more perception than what he thought. 'Yes I am.' He replied.
'Then the bill is on us Sasuke-kun. Take the flowers.' Ino had an empathetic smile on her face.
Sasuke bowed out of respect. 'Thank you.' Before Sasuke left he decided to give Ino that push.
'Remember to focus on your training. There is a lot of potential in you, you just have to dig it out.' Sasuke said, encouragingly.
Ino's eyes widened as she didn't expect the kind words from Sasuke. It seems as if the massacre changed him, but it was a very welcome change. 'I appreciate that Sasuke-kun. I will become the strongest kunoichi one day! I promise!' A determined Ino smiled at him.
Sasuke nodded. 'I'll see for myself when the time comes.' Sasuke then left.
-Cutscene-
Sasuke reached the Hokage Rock and searched for a good spot.
He found one and said the jutsu. 'Fire Release: Fireball jutsu.'
Sasuke gracefully manipulated the flame to mark out the Uchiha Clan Emblem.
He placed the banquet of flowers in the middle.
Sasuke couldn't help but to shed some tears.
He thought of his mother, his father, his brother, and even Shisui.
Shisui Uchiha was like another big brother to him. The trio of him, Itachi, and Sasuke would've been great in the future.
Sasuke wondered what happened to him. He knew he was dead, but from what Itachi showed him, his body fell off the cliff and that was it. Maybe..just maybe..he was still alive. If Shisui was alive, Sasuke couldn't wait to reunite with him and Itachi.
Sasuke looked at the emblem one more time before smiling. 'I promise to walk on a new path and shed light on the Uchiha name. The curse of hatred is…no more.'
Sasuke wiped his tears and nodded. He then teleported in a Lightning Shunshin.
-Cutscene-
Sasuke reached his apartment and went back inside. He figured it was time to get some rest, but before he did he wanted to check on Kaguya since he didn't hear anything from her all day.
He closed his eyes and entered his consciousness.
Sasuke opened his eyes to see the large bedroom again, but this time Kaguya was nowhere to be found.
His eyes narrowed as he walked outside the room and began searching for her.
He made it to the kitchen before noticing her.
She was sitting at a glass table, sipping on tea.
Once she noticed Sasuke, she gave him her attention.
'I assume you want to talk to me, Uchiha?' Kaguya asked.
Sasuke walked and sat across from her. 'Yes I do Kaguya.'
Kaguya took a sip. 'What do you want?'
'I want your cooperation and help.' Sasuke bluntly said.
Kaguya's eyes narrowed. 'And what's in it for me boy?'
'Because you have no other choice.' Sasuke said.
Kaguya was…curious. She watched the interactions, heard Sasuke's thoughts, saw his memories, and even felt his emotions.
His will to change from the consuming darkness and vengeance of his past, to now the light of a newer path and redemption was…curious.
It wasn't faked either or she would've felt it.
He would want to seek peace on this new path.
In the beginning, that's what she wanted. Peace for humanity until her own power consumed her and went to her head.
She wanted to see if the same would happen to Sasuke.
If it happened, Kaguya would continue on her mission and would find a way to end this connection or whatever it was, but if it didn't and he provided the peace..well Kaguya would figure it out in the future.
For now she would play along.
'Okay Uchiha, I will help you.' Kaguya hymphed and crossed her arms.
Easier than I thought. Sasuke bemusedly thought. 'Okay. We will start training tomorrow. As for now, goodnight.'
Sasuke nodded to her and exited his consciousness.
Sasuke laid on his bed and thought about all the events that happened.
So far everything was flowing smoothly. He hoped it continued that way.
He closed his eyes and went to sleep.