Hello all Storm here with the final chapter of the prologue! Here we'll be seeing the grand reveal of Naruko's connection to Bambietta, though I'm sure you can probably already guess it, along with how she has the Sharingan. The start of this chapter is also a six month timeskip from the ending of the last one. So, without further ado.
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"Damn it, how in the hell could I lose to a Shinigami?" She said as she laid on the ground, unable to move even an inch.
She couldn't even feel the pain from being struck by Doggy's Bankai and having her own explosion forced back into her body. Now everything just felt numb, and she hated that she was beaten.
"Of all five of us, I'm the one who gets her ass kicked? No way, this can't happen. I won't let it happen." She said, hating how weak she sounded.
She's supposed to be the strongest of their group, one of the Sternritter who helped lead the first assault against Soul Society, one of the few who was able to steal a Captain's Bankai. And yet…somehow, despite that, she's the one who lost, it didn't make sense.
But she wouldn't die, she refused to die like this, she would survive and find Doggy, she didn't care if he's immortal when he's human. She'll just keep blowing him up until there's nothing left, then we'll see how immortal he really is.
"Poor little…" Said Giselle, making her unconsciously flinch at the sound of her voice, before seeing the others standing over her.
"We're here to help, because we'd all be so terribly lonely without you. Wouldn't we, girls?" Giselle said, stepping closer, much to her horror as she got closer.
"Wait a second. No, stay away from me." She said, knowing exactly what Giselle was doing and she didn't want it.
She's rather be defeated and killed by a Shinigami over that, any time! She didn't care how weak it'd make her look; anything was better than that!
'Please no! No! Lil! Candy! Meni! Stop her, please! Let me die! Let me die! Let me die! Let me die! FOR THE LOVE OF YHWACH LET ME DIE!' She mentally screamed, looking at the others pleadingly, that way they wouldn't let her suffer such a fate.
But none of them moved to stop Giselle, much to her horror that they would just stand by and do nothing at what awaited her. She'd have never let any of them experience what's about to happen, but they would do nothing to stop the same from happening to her.
"Please don't do this, Gigi!" She begged, not caring how pathetic she sounded, she didn't want this to happen, only to gasp when Giselle wrapped a hand around her throat.
"Don't worry, I'll make it quick." Said Giselle smiling reassuringly, though all she saw was a twisted enjoyment in her eyes.
She didn't want to die, but she sure as hell would take that over what's about to happen! She even tried calling on her Reishi to turn herself into a bomb. If it meant avoiding this fate, she'll gladly blow herself up. Only to be horrified when she barely had any left in her, and she couldn't absorb enough in time.
'Someone, anyone! Please he-' She thought, before the last sound she heard was her own neck being snapped.
"NO!" Naruko screamed shooting up looking around wildly with two balls of Chakra in her hands, ready to vaporize anyone near her.
Even when she saw she's still in her hideout Naruko didn't relax, dispersing the Chakra while pulling her legs up to her chest, rocking back and forth.
'It's not real, it's not real, it's not real, it's not real! It's just a dream, a terrible, horrible dream! I'm still alive, I'm still alive! And there's no Gigi here!' Naruko thought, shivering as she reached a hand up to her neck, just wanting to assure herself it wasn't broken.
Only to recoil when she touched her neck, feeling the phantom grip of someone strangling her, making the whiskered blonde shiver as she quickly got out of bed. Rushing to the bathroom, Naruko splashed some cold water on her face, breathing heavily.
'Why is this happening?! Why do I keep having these dreams?! Who are these people?!' Thought Naruko, feeling like she's going crazier with each new dream she has.
Wiping her face, Naruko looked up at the mirror only to scream in shock and back away when she saw her reflection wasn't her own. Instead being an older teenage girl with long dark brownish-black hair, but having the same pale skin and violet eyes as her. She was even wearing the same clothes the whiskered blonde was wearing.
Quickly turning around with a ball of Chakra, Naruko looked around frantically but didn't see anyone else here but her. Hesitantly she looked back at the mirror, but only saw her own normal reflection, much to her fear.
'I need to get out of here!' Naruko thought, rushing out of the bathroom, throwing on her cloak and cap before going outside to get some air.
While making a mental note to take some time off from training and…everything else, hoping that some rest will make the dreams stop.
*Timeskip-Six Months*
Naruko frowned as she looked at her hand before holding it out towards a tree and focused, with it taking a few moments before a gold chain shot out of her palm and stabbed through the tree. Though it didn't stop there as the chain unleashed several explosions straight towards the tree. Triggering a large explosion once it reached the tree.
"These Adamantine Sealing Chains are really useful." Naruko said while smirking as she looked at her hand, knowing these will go great with her Bakuton, before she heard the Kyūbi growling in anger.
"Those aren't the same damnable chains Kushina had, they're the incomplete version, Adamantine Attacking Chains. And you'd be wise to never use those on me if you value your life." Warned Kyūbi, refusing to ever be bound by those chains again.
Knowing that once Naruko has mastered and evolved them, she would have access to two abilities that can subdue it.
'I don't think you could stop it, even if I wanted to.' Retorted Naruko mentally before another chain began emerging from her hand.
'…Asura was the younger son of the Sage of Six Paths, believed to have not inherited the eyes of our father, like Indra had. This having pushed him to train himself while showing he had inherited our father's body, but what if that wasn't the case…' Kurama thought to itself.
What if Asura was capable of awakening the Sharingan, like how Indra had? He just never had the emotional and mental stimulation needed to awaken it. While Indra probably didn't have the drive to push himself like Asura, given his natural talent and the fact that he already awakened his eyes. But even if that was the case, their descendants spent a millennia specializing in their respective abilities that all these years of being recessive should make it impossible for Senju or an Uzumaki to unlock the Sharingan. Unless…
'Even among their respective clan members as direct descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, despite my hatred of them, I have to admit that Madara and Hashirama were special. Calling upon power that none of their clan, not even their siblings, had access to. With Hashirama being the first to unlock the Mokuton since Asura. Could it be that Naruko is like them, being special even amongst the other members of the Uzumaki Clan, even her own mother.' Kurama thought as the Bijū knew that Kushina was special amongst Uzumaki, having even considered her as the Uzumaki equivalent of those two, with how powerful her chakra was and possessing the ability to suppress Bijū.
But now, the Kyūbi could see that it was wrong in that assessment and that it was in fact Naruko that was the truly special one. Like Madara and Hashirama, Naruko seemed to have inherited more from Asura than the rest of her clan. Something that even Asura himself wasn't aware that he possessed.
'It's almost fitting, with how Naruko's own mentality and philosophy is more similar in nature to Indra's than Asura's. With those eyes and a Chakra fouler than mine, she will grow to be the spitting image of Madara and Indra. If not surpass them…' Kurama thought to itself, knowing the power that Naruko will gain access to once she becomes aware that she possesses the Sharingan.
With this being something that greatly concerns the Bijū, as Kurama now found itself inside a Jinchūriki with severe trust issues. While also possessing two of the three Kekkei Genkai capable of suppressing and controlling both it and its kin.
Before cutting the connection with Naruko, Kurama knowing that the moment she turned on it, it would be powerless to do anything so long as its sealed.
With Naruko concentrating as she focuses on her chains but, rather than shoot them out of her hand, the chains began growing and changing shape. Gritting her teeth as she focused more, it wasn't long before Naruko was instead holding an ornate gold-colored broadsword similar to a Dao sword with the blade being forked like a Zulfiqar.
She didn't stop there, though as the sword grew longer and another blade emerged from the bottom of the hilt, with a bowstring extending down between the two points.
The sight making Naruko smirk, before letting out a breath as the bow dispersed back into Chakra.
'I'm really getting better at Shape Manipulation! I just need a little more training and I'll be able to maintain the weapons without having to stay focused!' Thought Naruko, smiling in pleasure at how close she's getting at truly mastering Shape Manipulation.
Naruko had kept up her training ever since learning who her parents were as well as all the other secrets the Hokage kept hidden from her, including all the secrets he wanted to keep buried. Feeling even more determined to grow stronger after learning who her parents were and the reputations they had.
Even her father, despite her hatred for him making her a Jinchūriki, Naruko could at least still admire he was still one of the most powerful Ninja to have ever lived. And being the daughter of a Kage, it's only right she lives up to that reputation.
Something she had started by first learning to use the Rasengan, the Jutsu her father created based on the Tailed Beast Bomb, along with being considered the pinnacle of Shape Transformation. Having succeeded in learning it in record time with the help of her clones, but Naruko wanted to take it further. As while the Rasengan was incredibly powerful and deadly, even more so when she incorporated The Explode into it, Naruko knew could be better.
Not only due to the fact it's incomplete, as her father had wanted to add his Elemental Affinities to it. But Naruko wanted to find a way to throw the Rasengan, which is easier said than done since the user needed to keep the shape maintained otherwise it blows up. Though Naruko did have the idea of compressing the Rasengan into a smaller size, allowing it to move faster when thrown so it could hit a target before dispersing. Not only that, but by compressing the Rasengan into a smaller size, it'd allow for greater power and penetrate stronger defenses. Along with by increasing the speed and frequency of the Rasengan's rotation, she could create a Razor Rasengan that'll shred those that it hits from the inside out.
'And even if it's not instantly fatal, the resulting explosion certainly will be.' Naruko thought while smirking wickedly, knowing if she's able to make a Jutsu like that then anyone who managed to survive would certainly wish they hadn't.
She also had other ideas for variations of the Rasengan, as well as her own original Jutsu based on the steps she needed to complete to master it.
'…Perhaps I should take up the Namikaze surname after I've leave, to serve as salt in the wound.' Naruko thought to herself, knowing that reaction that it would cause once she makes a name for herself and it gets back to Konoha.
But after mastering the Rasengan, Naruko had soon awakened her own Adamantine Attacking Chains, which gave her plenty of new ideas.
With the Rasengan being considered the pinnacle of Shape Manipulation and her Attacking Chains that were made of solid Chakra shaped into their current form. It made Naruko wonder if she could change their shape into other weapons as well. Leading to her newest training of shaping her Adamantine Attacking Chains into other weapons.
Having made progress in changing their shape, but still needing time on keeping their forms stabilized for actual use in combat, but the Uzumaki knew she was getting close.
'I really love Shadow Clones.' Thought Naruko, knowing she wouldn't have gotten as far as she has without her clones increasing the amount of training she can do in less time.
'Though maybe that's enough training for today. Perhaps a nice walk through the village, see how they're surviving.' Naruko thought smirking cruelly as she used Shadow to create a portal and walked through it.
*Konoha*
Reappearing in an alley, Naruko jumped up to the roofs and began moving across Konoha, using Hirenkyaku to move around faster and avoid being seen.
With the whiskered blonde unable to help but snicker as she moved through the village, seeing so many closed and boarded up shops, a lot less people than there normally are. And just the tense atmosphere hanging over the entire village.
Though as she moved down one road in particular, Naruko frowned slightly at seeing an empty spot where a ramen stand used to be. Having some fond memories of a kind ramen chef and his daughter who always let her eat there, whether she could pay or not. Never wanting anything in return and always happy whenever she showed up.
'At least they're no longer in this village.' Thought Naruko, having learned that they packed up shop and left Konoha years ago, glad that they at least aren't suffering from her actions as they were perhaps the only people that Naruko genuinely cared for, other than herself.
Before she shook her head and continued on her way, smirking wickedly as she looked at the rest of the village, taking pride in the sight of it all.
'Oh, I love it! Who'd have thought a few secrets could ruin so many lives!' Naruko thought, relishing at the consequences of her actions.
After dealing with Yakumo, Naruko had sent out dozens of transformed Shadow Clones all over the Elemental Nations using Shadow and Hirenkyaku to have them get around. Having them go to as many towns, villages, cities, any place she could get to and begin spreading rumors of Konoha's secrets. Leaving copies of the files in places where they'd be found by those she wanted to find them.
It wasn't long before the effects of this began showing, find Konoha was getting less mission requests, less visitors, shops were shutting down and going out of business. While inside the village everyone was on edge and regarding each other warily, with the Ninja Clans also being on guard around Konoha's leadership.
Since if they were willing to wipe out an entire clan after they had enough of being pushed around, then who knows if any of them were safe from such a fate. They even distrusted some of their own members that worked closely to the Hokage and Council, if they could be spying on them like Itachi and Shisui had been.
'The fuse has been lit and there's no stopping this bomb from going off.' Thought Naruko, smiling eagerly, knowing that things will keep getting worse for Konoha.
*Six Months*
She should be dead, she wanted to be dead, but she isn't.
She isn't even sure what she is anymore, she's had her arm cutoff, blown up by her own bombs and then a Cero, but no matter what she couldn't die, not as long as she had…her blood flowing through her. And no matter how badly she wanted it to end, she also didn't want to die again either.
It was worse than any torture she could imagine, wanting to die but not wanting to and being unable, and then the endless craving to have more of…her blood just to sustain herself. And there's nothing she could do about it.
Even now, after being blown up by that Arrancar's Cero, she's still alive and was being dragged away somewhere by…her, before finding herself look up at a cave ceiling. Only to flinch when she felt…her starting biting her flesh, only to feel panic and fear at feeling her blood being drained away.
'No! No, no, no, no, no! She can't kill me again, she can't! I don't wanna die again because of her!' She thought, weakly lifting her head and tried pushing…Giselle away from her.
"Wai…wait… Don't take so much blood at once… I don't wanna die too, you know…" She said weakly, not caring if Giselle died, she'd actually prefer if that happened, but she'll be damned before she's dragged down with the sadistic bitch.
Only to whimper in fear when Giselle grabbed her head with a twisted, demented gleam in her eyes.
"What're…YOU TALKING ABOUT!" Giselle screamed before viciously slamming her head into the ground.
"I'M TELLING YOU!"
SLAM
"YOU'RE!"
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"ALREADY DEAD!"
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"HOW MANY!"
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"TIMES!"
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"DO I!"
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"TELL YOU!"
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"SHUT UP!"
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"AND LISTEN!"
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"GIVE ME BACK MY BLOOD!"
She couldn't feel anything as the blood drained out of head from how many times it was slammed down before breaking open. All she could do was just stare off into the distance, accepting that it's finally over, that she won't have to deal with this torment and abuse anymore.
But even with that relief, she was still terrified…she didn't want to die like this, having dedicated her entire life to the Wandenreich and His Majesty's goals. Only for it to mean nothing, beaten by a Shinigami that she would've killed if not for him turning human to become immortal. Then abandoned and betrayed by her own comrades, comrades she thought were her friends, before being turned into a puppet by Giselle. Forced to do everything she said and accept her abuse just to get more blood to stay alive.
Now being left to rot alone, with no one but her abuser and betrayer around…she would cry if she could, that this is how it ends.
'Pl…please…a-a…any…one…h-he-help…I…I don't…' She thought, trying to lift her hand to reach out for something, anything, that would save her.
Only for her body to soon go limp as she closed her eyes for the last time.
Opening her eyes, Naruko didn't find herself in her hideout or in her mindscape, or anywhere she recognized. Instead she found herself standing in what looked like an endless smoky, grey void, but what had her attention was the person standing in front of her.
They're a slender young girl with fair, pale skin long, straight, dark black hair with a purple tint and violet eyes. With her wearing a long, white high-collared cloak held closed by two buttons, a double-breasted jacket left undone showing the white zip-up shirt underneath, knee-high boots, a miniskirt, and black stockings with a red trim on her gloves and boots. She was also wearing a red heart-shaped belt buckle and a white cap with a black peak and the Wandenreich insignia emblazoned on its front.
Naruko looked at her with wide eyes while the girl looked down at her calmly, before the Uzumaki slowly raised her hand with the girl copying her movement. The two slowly reaching forward until their hands were pressed against each other, causing recognition to begin dawning on Naruko.
"You're…me." Naruko stated, with the girl now smirking at her.
"You're me too." Said the girl.
"We're each other." They said at the same time, with Naruko suddenly feeling a name pop into her mind.
"Bambietta…Basterbine." Said Naruko, making Bambietta kneel down in front of the whiskered blonde.
"You know who I am and who you are. Now…it's time for me to go." Bambietta said, with Naruko looking at her with wide eyes.
"B-but…but I finally met you! I know who you are! You can't go now!" Naruko said, panicking at the idea of Bambietta leaving, after she finally met her.
"I won't really be gone, I'll still be with you, right here." Said Bambietta putting her hand over Naruko's heart, making the Uzumaki grab it.
"But…but after what happened to you…everything you went through…you…you wanted to live." Said Naruko sadly, seeing that Bambietta knows the exact same pain and betrayal she did, knowing that what happened to them both wasn't fair, that they lost their chance to truly live.
Both of them were given bad hands, betrayed and abandoned by those they thought they could trust, only to be left alone with no one around to help them.
"Yeah…I do want to live…and I will. Every time you think of me, every time you look in the mirror, I'll be there. It might not be the way I wanted to continue living…but it's definitely better than being Giselle's puppet." Bambietta stated something Naruko couldn't deny after seeing what Giselle did to her.
"It's your turn now Naruko, your life. Maybe I won't be there physically, but I'll still be walking with you every step of the way. And what is it we do best?" Questioned Bambietta, smirking at the whiskered blonde.
"We…survive." Naruko said, nodding at the ravenette in acceptance.
"Hell yeah we do. Now go out there, show this world what a Quincy can do and blow some shit up. Also, if it turns out that those bitches were reincarnated here too, make sure they suffer like never before. " Bambietta said, with Naruko returning her smirk with her own.
"Count on it." Naruko said as her smirk became more malicious and sadistic in nature.
Before Naruko threw her arms around Bambietta's neck hugging her tightly, with the Sternritter returning the embrace. With her body soon dissolving into Reishi particles that were absorbed into Naruko, until soon Bambietta was completely gone.
*Real World*
Opening her eyes, Naruko brought a hand up to her chest as she sat up and got out of bed, grabbing her hat and cloak as she walked towards the door. Heading outside, Naruko kept walking until she stood in front of her base and looked around it.
"I'm in a bad mood, so why don't you all come out before I paint this forest red with your blood." Naruko said lowly, before she saw over twenty ROOT Anbu jump out and surround her.
"Naruko Uzumaki, our master demands your presence, you will no longer run away from serving Konoha." Said one of the Anbu as they all drew their swords.
Looking around at all the Anbu for a few moments, Naruko looked at her right hand before she began pulling off her glove.
"Your master, that decrepit old mummy, Danzō Shimura. He sent you all to capture me, not knowing all he did was send you to your graves. Not that you lot care, you wouldn't hesitate to slaughter each other if he told you to. Which is why I don't want to waste my time playing with you, as it'd be no different than blowing up a tree. I can, but there's no fun in it, no reaction, no screaming, just a thing being blown up and moving on. And like I said…I'm in a bad mood, you all are just unlucky enough to be my new stress relievers." Said Naruko after pulling her white glove off, showing a black one with teal lines running along the back of the fingers and wrist to a teal swirl in the center.
"You should actually be honored; you also get to be the test subjects of my personal project. Though I'll admit I had trouble coming up with a name for it, it just came to me once in a dream and I started working on it, but I could never think of a good name. But now…now I know it already had a name, I just needed to remember it." Naruko said, raising her hand to her face as the teal parts glowed bright red.
The sight causing the Anbu to lunge at her, believing she's calling on the Kyūbi's Chakra, while the Uzumaki smiled viciously.
"Witness despair. Quincy: Vollständig." Said Naruko before she and the Anbu were engulfed in a crimson red pillar of light.
*Timeskip*
Naruko stood at the top of Konoha's gates, watching as the village was attacked and invaded by Ninja from Sunagakure and Otogakure. Having used the Chūnin Exams to invade Konoha, with it being initiated during the finals.
Normally this would annoy Naruko, that anyone would try destroying Konoha when that right belonged to her alone. But now…after meeting Bambietta and regaining all her memories of her past life…Naruko couldn't have cared less about this village.
"Well I'd say I'm sorry to see you go Konoha, but I really hate liars." Naruko stated before making a handsign.
"So instead I'll leave this parting gift, to show it's certainly been…a blast." Said Naruko smiling sadistically as numerous explosions went off across the village, creating large pillars of fiery Reishi everywhere.
While she didn't have any loyalty to Yhwach, Naruko couldn't deny the Quincy King certainly knew what to do when it came to presentation.
Taking a few moments to watch the added destruction, Naruko jumped down from the gates and began walking away from the sinking village. Honestly not sure where she's going or what she's even going to do, but one thing Naruko is sure about is she's going to show the world her power.
The power of a Quincy and a Sternritter, the power of The Explode, Naruko Basterbine.
So, what did you think, good. Yep we see another dream Naruko's having, this time feeling herself being killed before waking up, unable to figure out why she's having these dreams, before going off to take a walk, hoping some time to relax will make the dreams stop.
We then get a timeskip showing Naruko has unlocked her own Adamantine Attacking Chains, with them going nicely with her Bakuton. While Kurama is worried at Naruko now having another ability that can suppress it and its siblings.
As we see that while Asura didn't awaken the Sharingan like Indra, instead using hard work and determination to awaken his father's body he inherited, he still had the same potential to awaken the Sharingan as Indra if he experienced the right trigger. Just like Indra had the potential to awaken the Sage's body, but never needed to really push himself due to his own natural talent.
With Naruko having that same potential as Asura's Transmigrant, awakening the Sharingan while having the drive to still grow stronger, but no desire for peace. Giving her the eyes and Chakra more fouler than Kurama's own, allowing her the chance to stand alongside Madara and Indra when she awakens her full power and learns about her Sharingan.
Before we see Naruko go to Konoha and see how far the village has fallen since she exposed all their secrets, both inside and outside, much to her joy at seeing Konoha withering away, knowing it won't be long before it completely implodes.
Finally we see Naruko having one last dream of dying again, before she meets Bambietta in person as they finally merge into one, much to Naruko's sadness at losing Bambietta after meeting her. While Bambietta assures her she'll still be with her, but that it's Naruko's turn now. Along with hinting she might not be the only the reincarnation, with Naruko intending to show them they shouldn't have abandoned her or Bambietta.
Before waking up and finding more ROOT Anbu, who unfortunately find her in a bad mood as Naruko shows them her pet project after remembering the name, Quincy: Vollständig. We then go to the Konoha Crush as Naruko finally leaves Konoha, but not before leaving her parting gift to show what a "blast" it's been, while intending to show the world the power of a Quincy. So, for those that like the story, thanks for your support. For those that don't or at least don't like the direction taken, you're more than welcomed to drop the story. But thanks for giving the story a chance anyway.
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