Naruto: The Renegade
Chapter VIII
Creation Of The Forbidden World
Naruto woke up the next morning, a bit downtrodden. For the second time in his life, he felt true loss. For the first time in his life, he had felt the loss of a mentor. The past year was a blast for him in both his personal and professional life. As his strength grew, so did his mental maturity had also, grown. Many whacky had happened during his training, the first was obviously to meet the three of them. He was at first awestruck by the trio but as the year came to an end, he was a bit underwhelmed. He thought that Shodaime-sama will be this imposing figure but when you know him a bit well, he is for a lack of words a simpleton with a childish nature, for the god of shinobi he did not have any mean bone in his body and was a lovable goofball. The same could be said for Mito-baa-chan as she insisted he calls her, most of the time she was a patient woman with a motherly vibe but at times she could be a hardass. The same could not be said for Tobirama Senju as the man came off as a total hardass with a vendetta against the Uchihas', but over time he had a great amount of mutual respect and admiration for the person
During the time training, he learned a lot about the mentality of a shinobi. During this period he started his bout of vigilantism as a practice for on-ground missions as a shinobi. He knew he needed a costume since he was very popular in the locality. Thanks to Dhriti's connection with foreign nationals, she always received gifts from different countries. One of them was G. by Marvell Comics. He loved the costumes of Snake Eyes and Shadow Striker, so he made a costume that combined both the costumes of Snake Eyes and Shadow Striker. One week into his work, Dhriti had caught him suiting up. This had her grilling him for an hour but after that, she relented and gave him blessings for his work. A week into work, he only prevented minor theft, pickpocketing, and robbery. But a week in his job, he took someone's life. The vivid imagery of that rapist still haunted him. This hampered his daily life and training. Both Mito and Dhriti saw his body language and due to having military backgrounds both knew he killed someone. Both of them individually talked to him about this incident.
The next week, they decided to try and control kyuubi's chakra but it backfired hard. Mito being an expert in Fuinjutsu, the seal was easy for her to crack and make a key for it. So when she loosen up the seal a bit and Tobirama said something to trigger him to draw kyuubi's chakra, the malevolent chakra seeped through and overtook his conscious and made him berserk, thankfully Hashirama was there and he used his wood-style to contain him and suck out the poisonous chakra. That day he learned something that, he might be an average shinobi but he was a shit jinchuuriki.
Tobirama saw it as a big red flag. Emotion was a big hindrance in the shinobi business. He saw that Naruto could be easily emotionally manipulated, so he took it upon himself to hammer him to reign in his emotions during the battlefield. At first, it was extremely difficult for Naruto to reign in his emotions, it took him months but he was improving, but he always lost it, whenever there was a below-the-belt comment, he lost it. And it took him more than 9 months but there still were instances but it was exponentially less. This was what generated a mutual respect between a teacher who despite being a hardass was a realist who did not want his student to return in a coffin and a student who is ready and hungry for anything the teacher is ready to teach. Along with that the fact that both of them thought that Uchihas' were stuck-up pricks did help.
One day, Naruto brought a tattoo machine into the cabin, and this action confused Mito. But the moment Naruto explained his idea to her, she was genuinely impressed by his idea. They planned to mix fuinjutsu and juinjutsu to make a matrix that could emulate kekei Genkai and also make a matrix to counteract genjutsu. So they started making a matrix and since Hashirama was a kekei genkai user, the inner workings of an elemental kekei genkai were easy to understand and therefore it was easy to make a matrix then during the application part, they used, the juinjutsu's mind-matrix connection was used to make a retractable matrix and then was tattooed onto his right chest in the form of a tiger to give them homage. For the genjutsu, Tobirama contributed by putting him in S-ranked genjutsu, which acted both as training and as a testing for the matrix. Once done, they made a minuscule tattoo on his right cheek's topmost whiskers.
So when he activated the seal they looked were functioning great on his body and they now emulated ice release, smoke release, and many more. [For his looks, for the genjutsu one, when unraveled looks like Monkey D Dragon's face tattoo, it ran from forehead to chin. And for the kekei genkai tattoo, when unraveled it looked like Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's Shoulder tattoo, it starts from his right chest and finishes just after his elbow.]
Their loss did hit him hard but what lessened the impact was his family and friends. The whole year was fun, though he did have some weird experiences. After honing his sensing skills, he started to sense everyone. When he sensed Shivansh, it frightened him, it felt like destruction itself. When he sensed Parvati, he felt warmth. This did raise alarm bells in his head, as he read about Hindu mythology, which stated that Shiva was the lord of destruction and Lady Parvati was the goddess of marriage and family. And the name 'Shivansh' meant a part of Shiva, so very much they could be the divine couple. Hey, he had seen tailed beasts, so seeing gods was not much of a shocking thing.
Regardless of that, he still had a tight bond with the couple and also he had a brotherly relationship with Abhijit to the point, they would go for random 'tea and cigarette' breaks. One of the bad habits he picked up was smoking cigarettes. But his best relationship was with his sister when she de-boarded the train, she ran and gave a tight hug to him while saying 'I missed you' repeatedly. For that month, he only focused on her. From the bounties he had hunted, he had racked up a good fortune and then he was now spending it on his sister. After she went, Dhriti's solicitor visited her but the weird thing was they needed his signature, he gave it knowing that he trusted Dhriti. Then in October and November, it was a festive season for the family, whether his birthday was on the 10th of October Shrishti's birthday on the 17th of October their Grandmother's birthday on the 5th of November, or the Durga Puja, it was wholesome.
Naruto left his bed, and went straight to the bath, while talking in the shower, he thought about his relationship with Kyuubi. Since he was being mentored by Mito and Hashirama. He heard the amount of hate speech that he even did not hear from the villagers. But, the amount of hatred he had towards Naruto had died down a lot. So, when he started viewing the memories of Madara Uchiha, there was no added comment from the fox. One thing he noticed in the memories was the ideological difference between the Uchiha and his peer Hashirama Senju. One wanted cooperation while the other wanted autonomy. He also saw why the ghost of Uchiha turned into a monster but something that confused him was the tablet, as Madara told Hashirama about the contents, weirdly the Kyuubi looked uncomfortable, but he also felt it was weird as to how would genjutsu bring eternal peace. But one thing for sure, he had seen two sides of the coin which was the good, the bad, and the ugly of the shinobi world.
He then went down to the dining room. After exchanging greetings, they ate after which Naruto asked Dhriti, "Grandma, do you know how I can get a passport?"
"Why?"
"Well, I was thinking that I wanted to explore the world, go look around you know."
"Are you sure about that?"
"Do not worry, I will visit you during June and Durga Puja and it is only for a year."
"Ok, fine, I will make the necessary funds and the passport."
"Grandma no need for the funds, just the passport."
"Are you sure about that? You know I can sponsor your trip."
"No need grandma, I have the necessary funds from my side job" She knew what 'side job' meant.
"You would not budge would you?"
"You know me so well," He said while making a kissy face.
"Yeah, whatever you brat! I will make some arrangements and you will get it in two weeks."
"Yeah, that is perfectly fine. I will be leaving by March."
"Fine, but we will require your birth certificate and tenth and twelfth board certificate."
"You leave that to me. Also, I will have to make about 5 of them." She was shocked at the outlandish request, and then she shook her head.
"You will be the death of me, you know that, you brat!"
"Yeah whatever, you old hag!"
After that, Dhriti made contact at the Indian Passport Office, with her contact, so that she and he would not get arrested and put in jail for identity fraud and corruption. While Dhriti was contacting the Indian Passport Office, Naruto went into the locality to get a board certificate for tenth and twelfth along with a birth certificate. Then as he got the three important papers, he started forging five sets of these papers. All of them were without his original name, the names he chose were, 'Nakul Sachdeva', 'Ranvijay Singh Tabbar', 'Vidyut Kumar', 'Shankar Das', and 'Shakti Ghosh'. Once he was done no one could differentiate between the real and the fake.
Two weeks after that day, the official visited their house and the deal was made at the cost of fifteen thousand rupees. Two weeks after that, in the mail, five passports arrived. This gave the green light to his world tour. That night he slept and woke in his mindscape to talk to his tenant, the Kyuubi no Kitsune.
"Hey Kyuubi," Naruto called out.
"So after a long time, my jailer visits me, oh I am so happy" Kyuubi sardonically answered
"Well pleasure is all mine but you know it has been a month since my beloved mentors died, had been mourning."
"Oh my condolences, I am so sorry I was not there to kill them."
"Yeah, should have called you but I am not here for our usual chit-chat, I need your help."
"What do you want?"
"Can you right now sense where the veil is?"
"Yes"
"I need you to tell me, about let's say Konohagakure."
After thinking sometimes he said, "About Uzushiogakure"
"Hmm, thanks Kyuubi."
Kyuubi was shocked that his jailer appreciated him. After waking up, he compared both the elemental nations map and world map, and after calculating and triangulating a bit he could point towards a country or better yet a group of islands, either Indonesia or Malaysia. So he booked a ticket for Indonesia, to start investigating the whereabouts and how to get in the nation. He did dabble around the idea of using his summons but scraped it as in the long run, it would be a lot riskier for him to get caught. As he did not know where he would summon himself in the nations, it might so happen that, he might summon himself inside Konohagakure and be caught.
During February, he debated heavily with Shivansh on similarities and differences between Hindu and Greek mythology, Roman, Greek, Egyptian, and Shinto. During these debates, he passionately spoke about Hindu or Shinto mythology, which rubbed him the wrong way. It was like Shiva was not advocating for the Hindu religion but it was like he was the deity Shiva himself.
So, he now started investigating the nitty-gritty of Hindu mythology. From reading the Ramayana to matching it with the science of carbon dating. From that, he discovered that the Ram Setu which stretched from the coast of Kanyakumari, the southernmost part of India to the northernmost part of Sri Lanka dates back to 7000 years. Also, he read about Mahabharata and he wanted to visit the historical valley of Kurukshetra. There was news of said sightings of god in different news. So he started cutting out newspapers of such sightings for such gods and started to connect the dots but, he still could not pin it on Shivansh and Parvati Das.
February passed and after temporarily halting his investigation, he was ready to leave his house to travel around the world.
"Do you have to go?" Dhriti asked
"We had this conversation right?" Naruto asked.
"I know but I still want to worry about you."
"Hey, it is not like I am going to fight a war, it is just a tour, you know what? I will write a letter the moment I reach Indonesia fine."
"OK, but Travel safely and come back to me safely." She said while tears filled her eyes.
"Hey no crying okay, I will come back safely. Ok" She could not find her voice, so she nodded. He then turned to the neighborhood couple and said to Parvati,
"Take care of her for me, Okay?"
"You don't have to worry. You have a good journey" She reassured him. "Travel Safely," Shiva said.
"I will," He said to the couple and sat in the Taxi to go to Dum-Dum Airport and take a flight to Indonesia's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.
"Aunty, he had to leave the house." Parvati soothed the downtrodden Dhriti as she replied "I know but I do not want him to leave, he is still so young."
"You care for him a lot."
"Yeah, He is more than my grandson."
She was downtrodden for the whole week as now she had no one in the House and it was empty. She now waited for April to come, as he would return for two weeks then again leave, and then come for a whole month in June. At the end of the month, she received a letter in her post, she quickly took it and opened it then she sat on the table, took out her glasses and started reading.
Dear Grandmother,
Hey. How have you been? I do not know when you will receive the letter. So, there will be no good in mentioning where I am right now. Hence, do not reply to the letter also, just know I am safe and sound. Also currently I am in Malaysia. I know I told you that I am going to Indonesia, I went there stayed for three weeks and then I am here in Malaysia. During my stay in Indonesia, I met this guy, Iman Bashir, a cool guy. Turns out he has a big business in the southeast circle. He and I became good friends. So during my stay in Indonesia, he told me to come to Kuala Lumpur [the capital of Malaysia, for idiots who do not know] and I agreed. During my stay there, I first visited Jakarta, a cool place, but politically, the situation is heated. After a few days, I went to Bali for a week, and let me tell you, what a beautiful place it is, loved it, I have some pictures of my travel, you will find them in the envelope. Then I went to the Indonesian part of Borneo Island, a naturally beautiful place, calming for the mind. I will fly you here once I am done with my world tour. I stayed there for two weeks after meeting Iman, and now I am in Kuala Lumpur, a very interesting place, that is all I can say about the place, as I have not yet traveled around it, so cannot review it. And a very important thing, I have sent you 101 rupiah to donate to Shiv Temple for your long life, because one thing that I am sure of is that I will live for eternity, but I do not know about you. Also along with that, I have sent you 101 ringgit for again donating to Shiv Temple for good luck because lady luck always favors me, so, this time I thought about you.
Love you.
Your loving grandson,
Naruto Uzumaki
The letter made her shed a few tears, knowing that her grandson was alive and doing well. The situation in Indonesia did concern her but hearing from her grandson made her happy and then she took out the envelope and found a couple of pictures of him and one with the Iman Bashir fellow. He looked like a generic guy of the Indian Subcontinent, with brown skin, black eyes, and hair, along with a thick but properly trimmed beard, overall a normal guy. Then she looked at Naruto's photo, he looked like he was enjoying himself in the photographs, one of them was taken at a bar, meaning that he was drinking, looks like she had to straighten him up.
Meanwhile two kilometers away in a house, a person dials a telephone,
"Hello," he heard from the receiver who had a thick British accent.
"Hello, the target has left the country. You are okay to scout now."
"Are you sure you want it now mate, you said you wanted to kill her in October, so what's up with the rush?"
"She is the widowed wife of a decorated brigadier, so she has time to time army surveillance. Her grandson has a bounty hunter side business, which might I say he does greatly, and also, how about the fact that I paid extra for this?"
"Hey, no need to get angry mate, you are our old customer and also we dropped her son and daughter-in-law and made it look like a terrorist attack."
"Did you kill the kid?"
"Mate, the brat got lucky. This time we will finish her off after killing the old hag."
"Fine, but, when does your scouter come here?"
"In about two weeks. Why?"
"Postpone it two July. Her grandson will return in two weeks and he finds out no one is safe."
"Fine, you do you fam. Cheers mate." And then he cut the call.
"Soon. Grandma. Soon." He said while folding his hands in front of his face.
In Malaysia
Naruto had a blast for the whole month. Once he landed in Indonesia, under his fake passport name 'Ranvijay Singh Tabbar', it so happened that both his and Kyuubi's sensory power was going haywire. It was so that they were sensing large chakra spots from three positions, one from the south of Jakarta, the second from the north, and the third from the east. Thankfully, he could reduce the spots to two of them as the east spot was a fake one since Borneo Island was towards the east of Jakarta. He first travelled to Bali, a tourist hotspot to check out the Southern Chakra spot. There he found nothing but also he found that their culture was very much influenced by the Indian Culture and there were cave paintings of something like the gods descending to the mortal plain, again flaming the suspicion of the identity of Shivansh and Parvati Das. Though he could not find anything about the Elemental Nations, he did meet Iman Bashir, he was a great guy. They quickly became friends and turns out he was going from Borneo Island to Kuala Lumpur, and since he had to also travel there, both of them decided to go together so after two weeks in Borneo, they both now were in Kuala Lumpur.
"Iman" 'Ranvijay' called him.
"What is it Ranvijay?"
"Brother, I will be leaving Kuala Lumpur today."
"Why? Is there any problem? Do tell me."
"There is no problem, but I will be traveling to Sumba. I will be there for a week and then will be going to India for two weeks."
"Ohh. So after that where will you be after those three weeks?"
"Well, I will be going to Japan."
"Oh! I will be in Japan then. I will go to Japan after two weeks, and stay there for three months after that I will be returning home to the US."
"US, what a surprise! I will be going there after three months."
"What a surprise! Then I insist you to come to my house."
"Sure brother!"
After that, he left for Kuala Lumpur International Airport to his destination Waingapu Airport in Sumba Island. The next day, he landed at Waingapu Airport on Sumba Island in Indonesia, that week he found out the whereabouts of the veil. So two days before going to India, he took a boat near the veil, and then the first thing he did was through a beast gale palm and he was confirmed that it was a huge barrier. In that abandoned sea, one could hear the mad laughter of one Naruto Uzumaki. Since it was evening, he went back to the island, vowing to come back and find a way to go back to his homeland. The next morning, when he came back to that place the veil went missing. He did feel a chakra pulse in the night, but did not know it vanished, he just screamed in agony, at the hard work of five weeks gone in a night.
"Brat." His tenant called.
"What is it?!" He screamed on that boat.
"I can feel it."
"Feel what?!"
"I can feel the veil! You brat! And Calm Down!"
He calmed down after the outburst of Kyuubi. "Where?" He asked.
"I can sense it, towards the northeast, but it is faint."
"Okay, no problem. It means either towards South Korea or Japan. It is great." He said optimistically
In West Bengal, India
On the 15th of April, Dhriti got a letter. She again took out the letter and read it,
Dear Grandmother,
Hey, how have you been? Hope you are doing well. Again, do not respond to it as I do not know when this will reach you, so yeah… Anyway, after spending a week in Malaysia, I can say it is a good country, though I have only traveled to Kuala Lumpur, it was a good experience. Then I visited the island of Sumba in Indonesia, good weather spent a week here, and I will be returning soon. Also, I left a surprise with Shivansh da and Parvati Di. Go check it out.
Your loving grandson,
Naruto Uzumaki
After she read that letter, she went to Das's house. She was greeted by Parvati who had mischievousness in her eyes which was caught by Dhriti and she was a bit suspicious of her.
"Oh Dhriti, what happened?" Parvati feigned her surprise at the old woman's appearance on her doorstep.
"Hey, um, I got a letter from Naruto saying that he left a surprise here." She enquired the young woman.
"Oh yeah, it arrived today only." She said and led her to the hall of their house. As she saw the surprise gift for her, her knees gave out and tears streaming down her eyes, she was supported by Parvati.
Flashback, 5 hours ago
Naruto had just arrived at Dum-Dum Airport. After reaching the airport, his foxy brain gears were spinning, so he had an idea. His idea was that he would personally disguise himself as a postman to give a letter to Dhriti that said that he had a gift for her in Das House, and the gift would be him. So instead of going to his house, he went to the Das House and rang their bell while hoping that Dhriti would not be in their house at that time.
"Naruto! You are back!" Parvati exclaimed and hugged him tightly.
"Hey, big sister." He hugged her back.
"So how are you? How have you been? Are you alright?" She rapidly fired her question.
"Yes, yes, and yes but let me get in and I will tell you everything." He said as she led him in. Shivansh was also pleasantly surprised by his arrival but welcomed him. Then after freshening up, he was settled down to a good breakfast and there he explained his plan to them, and needless to say they were in his plan. So at midday, he dressed up as a postman and rang the Ghosh House and immediately ran to their house to their first floor's window to spy on her while changing into his normal wear, and then he saw her coming towards the Das House. He told the couple and sat down at the dining table with his foxy smile. He heard Dhriti and then when she saw him she had tears in her eyes.
Present Time
"Hey, grandma." He said while standing up, and then Dhriti crashed into him while checking him to see if he was alright or not and the rapid firing questions. He chuckled seeing the old woman acting like a young woman fretting over him and then she started rapid-firing questions about his well-being.
"Grandma, grandma, I am alright. Calm down and then I can answer your questions." This calmed her and then she questions about his health, which was answered by him reassuring her that he was alright. Then he took out some souvenirs for the Das couple and then it was decided that they would have a hearty lunch at their house. So the two women started cooking and the aroma only filled their stomachs. During their cooking, the men started a conversation about his trip to Indonesia and Malaysia. After discussing the culture and political heat in Indonesia, they had a hearty lunch, which made Naruto utter that there is no place like home. They stayed there till the evening and then returned home. He straight went to his home unpacked and then showered. Then he went to the dining table. The menu consisted of classic Punjabi food with Butter Chicken, Naan bread, and Dal Makhani. He told her to not make any dessert as he brought them from Indonesia Kue Putu and then dinner commenced, which was a silent event as she knew he needed a well-deserved rest.
"So, what are your plans after your recent visit?"
"Well, I am currently thinking that I will as I told you be here for about two weeks and then go to Japan for a month and then will be returning here during Shrishti's summer vacation, and then I will return to Japan and from there I will go to the US and will be here for Durga Puja till your Birthday."
"Oh, so you have a tight schedule right?"
"No, my schedule is always open for you and Shrishti."
"Are you sure about that?"
"Always."
The two weeks pass in a breeze and again he leaves for Dum-Dum Airport. "I will see you in June. Bye. Love You!" He said.
"Stay safe and send letters." Dhriti tearfully said.
"Sure" With that he left for Dum-Dum Airport to take his flight to Haneda Airport. Three weeks after his departure Dhriti received a letter from Naruto with a Japanese stamp on it.
Dear Grandmother,
Hey, how have you been? Hope that you will not be sulking. Cannot say, when you will receive the letter but I will return on the first of June. Anyway, I love it here in Japan. The culture here is just like Elemental Nations, well, except for the Shinobi system. The weather is alright, the people are magnificent and polite. First I landed in Tokyo and took a bullet train to the Tohoku region and then a flight to Hokkaido. It was absolutely beautiful there, stayed for a week, and then I went to central Tokyo, a busy place for sure but it was clean. While travelling I did visit the Historical sites of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was inspirational to see how the people had rebuilt themselves from the atomic bomb attack. And now I am in Kyushu, it is a lovely place here. No need to reply I do not know where I would be so yeah…
Love You
Naruto
Naruto when he landed in Tokyo, his sensory power was again going haywire. Thankfully this time for him there were only two chakra spots that he sensed one in the North and the other in the South. Once he landed in Tokyo, he directly went to Hokkaido to check out the chakra spot but it was a ghost there so he knew it was down the south. Then he remembered that Iman was there in Japan. So he thought he would meet them. Therefore he called him
"Iman. Brother!" He called
"Ranvijay. Brother!" Replied Iman
"Brother, I am here in Japan, where are you?"
"Oh, you are here! I am in Tokyo"
"Oh, I am in Hokkaido."
"Oh then come here, I will show you around."
"Sure! Then will be there."
With that, he left for Tokyo. There they went for a tour of Japan or more of the mainland and visited many places. The irony he found was the 'Nara deer park' in Nara and he found that not only they had their Nara clan or as he called them the clan of lazy asses, here also the Nara was once a clan in the Sengoku known for their laziness and ingeniousness. Then he visited the provinces of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After two weeks he said goodbye to Iman to go to the southern island of Kyushu and as he would have it the veil was present outside the southern borders of Kyushu and he started researching about it more. The properties he noticed were that non-chakra people could go in but were faced with violent storms which are the cause of all the deaths of the infiltrators but when he tried to touch it, his palm immediately burnt. So after marking the place on his personal world map, he left for Tokyo to go to India. During this visit, Iman said something that stayed with him. He said that a person can either live in the shadows of other people or make their own. This sparked an internal debate inside him. Who was he? The son of Yellow Flash and Red Habanero, the student of the two hokages' or was he Naruto Uzumaki? But before the soul searching, he knew he had a little sister to take care of along with a grandmother.
The heat of June was unbearable for the Indian people. Many of them, liked to laze away in their homes, doing nothing, but for a young Shrishti Ghosh, she was extremely excited as not only did she get to go to her grandmother's home but also to get pampered by her elder brother. Last year, her brother pampered her a lot but he did look a little tired every day and then there were their new neighbors, Shivansh Uncle, and Parvati Aunty. They were very good people, once she told them about her orphan status, Parvati started to mother her. So, when the train halted at the Sealdah, she was excited to again be greeted by her brother. But the excitement soon faded away, when she only saw her grandmother and not her brother. "Hey, grandma. Where is big bro?"
"Well, he is not here right now."
"Where is he?"
"He is not right in Bengal. He has got outside of India."
"Like in foreign nations?!"
"Yes!"
"So, when is he returning?"
"I don't know sweetie."
That answer of Dhriti's downtrodden Shrishti. The whole day Shrishti was sulking as Naruto was not home. Though, she had fun with the neighbors, Naruto's absence and her mood down for the day. After eating snacks, she was going to her room when she heard the bell ring. "Shrishti! GO GET THE DOOR!" Dhriti instructed her to get the door. So Shrishti in her world went to open the door. When she opened the door, she saw the person who was there and bawled into the person.
Flashback 3 hours
Naruto had just landed at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Airport and was tired so, instead of planning another elaborate homecoming, he took a taxi back home with his bag pack and a small suitcase full of souvenirs from Japan in it. As his luck would have it, the taxi got stuck in the traffic. He therefore took a nap in the taxi as the two-hour-long drive became a three-hour long drive and he had a good nap which rejuvenated him. He woke up when the taxi arrived at Digha Railway Station. He was visibly excited as he was going to see his sister after 7 months. Ten minutes later he had arrived at his destination, gave his fare, and took out his luggage and then he rang the doorbell. Once he heard Dhriti calling out to Shrishti, he was smiling knowing the first person he sees will be his sister. So, he saw the door open, he smiled while Shrishti saw who was there and bawled into him.
Present Time
"Big bro!" She hugged her tightly.
"Hey, hey, easy Shrishti." He tried to calm her down. "I am here."
"Where were you?" She pouted.
"Well, I was traveling the world."
"Why were you not there at the station to receive me?"
"The flight got delayed."
"I am not talking to you! Humph!" She said holding her head up high. Meanwhile, Dhriti was concerned as she told Shrishti to get the door and she had not responded yet. "Shrishti who is ther-" Dhriti was going to ask her but saw who was there, "Naruto, is that you?" She asked seeing the young man who was once scrawny, short-height, and injured to now a tall confident man with light beard markings.
"Well, if you know any other blonde-turned-raven guy called Naruto then no. Although, could I get into the house because little Miss Princess here wouldn't let me in." He jokingly said.
"Shrishti."
"What? He did not come to pick me up so, he does not get to go inside." She said in finality. Both Naruto and Dhriti shook their head and then Naruto put on his bag and picked Shrishti up with one arm while picking the suitcase in his other hand.
"Hey put me down!" Shrishti cried.
"You said you would not talk to me?" Naruto quipped.
"Yes! I am not talking to you." Shrishti said in haughtiness. Dhriti chuckled while shaking her head, seeing the interaction between her grandchildren. Inside the house, it took Naruto about two hours to butter Shrishti up to forgive him. Dhriti then came to him with a request
"You know, I just came back and now you want me to go out?"
"Yes, you little brat, and don't make it like you are going out of the country. You are going to the vegetable market, to get ingredients for the dinner. Now go, you idiots."
"Yes, oh mighty queen Elizabeth." He said mockingly.
"Brat, you have 5 seconds to get lost before I slap the shit out of you. You might be seventeen but I can still show you, who the boss of this house is." Dhriti threatened him.
"Yeah… Okay… Off to the market!" He said knowing any more jokes could land him in a lot of trouble. "Wait! Wait! Wait! I want to go to!" Shrishti nagged to go with him.
"Yeah sure she can come," Naruto said, while Dhriti agreed knowing that Naruto would be there to protect her. So the Brother-Sister duo went to the market to get the ingredients for dinner. After returning home, Naruto forced Dhriti to not cook as he was cooking dinner that day. After the food was plated, Shrishti was in awe of the food while Dhriti was impressed by him. The menu consisted of Chicken Curry, rice, some Japanese sweets, and traditional Indian sweets.
"This is YUMMY!" Shrishti exclaimed in delight.
"Yes, this is good." Dhriti also complimented.
Naruto preened at their praises, for the first time he did not want to go back, "Yeah, this is life." He thought. "Thanks. Finish up then I can give you guys souvenirs."
"Really!"
"Yeah, but eat slowly and then he will give you the gifts." Shrishti nodded at her grandmother and at till a full belly. After dinner, Naruto helped wash dishes with Dhriti. After that the family sat down in the living room and the Naruto unpacked the suitcase. "Shrishti, here are some souvenirs from Japan," Naruto said while giving a Pink Kimono with Sakura tree imprints on it along with some stationary and a bag pack. Shrishti excitedly hugged him and repeatedly said thank you. Then she went to try on the kimono he gave her, but since she was not Japanese, thankfully Dhriti had traveled to Japan and helped her to put on the Kimono. After her energy ran out, she went to bed leaving the elders in the room.
"So, what are you planning next?" Dhriti asked her. "Well, before that, here is a kimono," He gave her a white elegant Kimono with gold work on it. "And also a folding fan, along with that one hundred and one Yen for your good luck and long life."
"Thank you, honey." She said.
"You're welcome."
"So, your next destination?"
"Japan, for a month. Then I will be in the US till mid-October, then I will be here for Durga Puja and will be here till the first week of November for your birthday, then would be there till January."
"Hmm, well good luck in your travels grandson." She said while getting up, "Hey, grandma." Naruto said getting her attention.
"What is it?"
"Well, I wanted to ask something."
"Ask away."
"Is personal identity important? How can one get out of someone's shadow?"
"Is it about your shinobi life?" The look on Naruto's face confirmed her question.
"You know why people call me 'Army-Dida'? For a decent chunk of my life, I was under a lot of shadows, being the daughter of an army instructor, being the wife of an army brigadier and even being a woman. Something you need to know about building an identity is that, do you want that identity for the sake of it or is it because you have an inner calling that says to do it? Let me tell you something Naruto, I built my identity because I wanted it truly, not because the situation called for it. Listen to me Naruto, when you make your identity it is always permanent, you cannot erase it. Build an identity, that even your legacy is proud of my boy." She said and left while leaving Naruto in deep thought.
That night he slept on the couch while thinking about what Dhriti said. The month passed with him having fun. In the mornings, he would pamper Shrishti and have debates with Shivansh while hanging out with Abhijit while, at night, he was thinking about what Dhriti said that day. The month had passed and the family was at Sealdah, bidding farewell to Shrishti, it was a tearful goodbye but it was not over for Dhriti as she again said goodbye to her grandson after her granddaughter, as he took a train to Dum-Dum station to take the flight to Tokyo. Once landed at Haneda Airport, he called Iman,
"Iman brother!"
"Yes, Brother!"
"I am in Tokyo!"
"Oh, You are here! Where are you right now?"
"I am at Haneda Airport."
"Oh then wait there for 10 minutes, I am sending a person there to pick you up from the Airport."
"Oh ok sure."
After 7 minutes a black range rover rolled up to the main airport gate, "Holy Shit! The guy must be loaded!" Naruto thought while getting in the Range Rover and going around Tokyo. Once the car stopped, it was in front of a tall lavish building. He then saw Iman standing in front of the gate.
"Brother welcome!" Iman said while welcoming him.
"Thank you, brother, thank you."
"Now come on in." After going up in the elevator. They reached the 9th floor and then the elevator door opened. Then Iman opened room 751 with a key and showed around the lavish apartment, "Brother do you like it?" Iman asked.
"Hell yeah, it is one hell of a lavish apartment," Naruto said. Then Iman handed him the key and said, "For the rest of your stay in Japan, this will be your apartment."
"What?!" Naruto was speechless.
"What? You are my brother, so it is only right to get the best accommodation. Also if you have any problem, do not hesitate to call me."
"Man, Thank You!" Naruto said and hugged him tightly.
So the whole day, Naruto unpacked and rested in the luxurious apartment. He explored the apartment, it had a king-sized bed, a huge balcony, and a heated Jacuzzi, and so the whole day he was resting.
West Bengal, India
An anonymous person picked up a ringing telephone and put the receiver on his ear.
"Hello mate, is your little problem soldier gone?"
"Yes, he is gone. You can now get your man to scout the target."
"Okay, we will send him."
"If he is caught somehow can he get suspected?"
"Nope! Although he won't get it, if he gets then it would point towards a random gang in the United States of America."
"Ok, but make sure that old hag gets killed, along with that brat."
"Would be done, mate. By the end of November Dhriti Agarwal Ghosh would be accidentally killed."
"OK."
"Cheers mate."
The call cuts while he sings a nursery rhyme, 'Inky Pinky Ponky, Father had a Donkey, Donkey dies, Father cries, Inky Pinky Ponky' while playing darts on the image of Dhriti.
Tokyo, Japan
After a day of resting, Naruto first met Iman and had breakfast with him, he said that he wanted to explore the surroundings but he humbly refused, saying that he did not want to worry him. And then he started exploring and then he walked upon a forest called 'Aokighara forest' in the Yamanashi Prefecture. When he asked around, he found out about the grim reality of the forest and why it was called the 'suicide' forest. Although it was a grim reality, for Naruto, it was an opportunity. If no one came into the forest, he could do his shinobi exercise without ever getting discovered by locals and the world.
He then went deep inside the forest. After checking thoroughly that no one was there, and then he three times tapped the left bicep while passing chakra through it. A scroll popped out of his left bicep, it was a letter from Tobirama before, they dispelled themselves, and he secretly handed the scroll to Naruto. Now, Naruto unfurled it,
Naruto-san,
If you are receiving this scroll then it means we have dispelled ourselves or something has propelled us to dispel ourselves. First of all, it was a pleasure training you. You are one of my good students someone, and I will be proud of you to call you my student. You had the same fire in the eyes that Hiruzen and Danzo had when I first trained them. My first impression of you was the second coming of Madara Uchiha, the hate, and the cunning you had reminded me of that man. When you told me of your early life, my first reaction was that of disbelief, the dream my brother fought so hard for was dragged down the mud because of my students had filled me with disappointment. When you told me, that you were going to access the memories of Madara Uchiha, I knew it would not take much for you to convert to Madara's ideologies. And a jinchuuriki, especially that of Kyuubi with Madara's ideologies was something I could not allow therefore I started to teach you. At first, it was purely because I wanted to prevent an uprising of another Madara Uchiha. Once I started training you, I was genuinely impressed by your resilience and determination. Young man, I saw the future of shinobi in you. I know the bad blood between you and Konohagakure cannot be solved but I hope that you still have the humanitarian heart that most shinobi have lost in terms of loyalty and patriotism but you, young man do not ever lose it. As a token of gratitude for teaching you young man, I have given you some jutsus, use them properly.
Tobirama Senju
Naruto only felt pride reading the letter, knowing that the legends of the Shinobi world had acknowledged him. At the end of the scroll, he found some scroll that had, some Tobirama Senju classical, with some other jutsus that were kekei genkai related. One of them, which caught his eye was 'The Eight Inner Gates'. He had already seen the effectiveness of the said jutsu by Busy Brow and it was extremely effective, so he was excited to learn the eight inner gates. But then he remembered what Tobirama had said to him while in his apprenticeship: ' Before learning a jutsu, know about its drawbacks. No matter how powerful a jutsu maybe it will always have a weakness.' So he started thinking about the drawback of eight inner gates. While reading about the description of the jutsu, found out that it had one simple drawback, the jutsu is mainly taijutsu-based, so if anyone had a strong Ninjutsu defense like Gaara's sand, the jutsu would be effectively useless.
Then he had a borderline suicidal idea, that instead of learning the jutsu, he could make a jutsu like the Eight Inner Gates, but instead of only taijutsu, it would be an all-rounder jutsu, which covers all the basic aspects of Shinobi, Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Genjutsu as he did with Rasengan. He made Rasenshuriken and Kieru Rasengan (Vanishing Rasengan). So, he started first nitpicking the given jutsu. It took a hell of a lot of time and by the early evening when he decided to return to his apartment, he even hadn't deciphered the intricate details of the First gate but during his month of training, he learned the most important lesson 'patience', thus he decided to give it rest for that day.
From the next day, he formed a plan, he would visit various places in Japan, preferably dense forests, to not arouse suspicion. If he went to one forest every day, people might get suspicious about his workings and he might get caught. So he found ten forests to help him in his endeavor. The next morning after a short meeting with Iman he left for Bijinbayashi in Niigita, he booked a hotel for two days to do his research, and his decision did bore fruit as he, in those two days cracked the workings behind the first of the eight inner gates. He found out that the jutsu uses the Chakra to accelerate the body's metabolism and power which results in the Shinobi getting greater strength and stamina for a deathly amount of chakra, thus called a forbidden jutsu. Also, he found out that every gate affected or siphoned chakra from different places. For the first four gates, it was the chakra pool. The next two were from the outer skeletal system, for the seventh, it was from the muscular system, and for the gate of death, was from all over the body, effectively killing the person while giving him or her, an exponential boost of power.
After deciphering the theory, he came back to Tokyo, staying in his apartment and researching the theory in detail, it took him a week but he concluded that he would have to go through the dreaded and irritating training of Gensotora. So, the next morning, he left for the island of Kyushu, a place where he could train while keeping track of the veil. As he reached the island, he first searched for an inn to stay in Nagasaki while continuing his training. So, after finding a suitable place, he made a shadow clone, reinforced with enough chakra to last for his training duration. Once done with the clone, he sent it for sight-seeing and reverse summoned himself to Mount Taigahiru. After walking for a while he came to face in the face with Shirotora.
"Oh, brat, it has been a while."
"Yeah boss, it has been."
"So, why are you here?"
"I need Gensotora's help with something I am working on."
"Oh, you need Genso's help. He would be on that hill, inside a cave meditating." She said while pointing towards a hill in the mountain range. After some climbing, Naruto finally reached the hilltop and saw the cave. When he went inside the cave, he found Gensotora, who had just finished his meditation.
"Oh Naruto-san, it has been a while." Said the Tiger.
"Yeah Genso, again, I am extremely sorry for cutting our training sessions in the early stages but I had some work so, it couldn't happen."
"Ah! No problem, Shirotora explained to me about meeting Mito-sama and all, so it is not at all a problem."
"Thank you but I am here because I need your help."
"What kind of help?"
The Naruto proceeded to explain his plan of making a potentially SS class jutsu. During that time he gauged Gensotora's reaction which was not very emotional but he glinted with excitement in his eyes that he could not hide.
"Naruto-san, while it is not an impossible task, it would be very difficult. Are you sure, you are ready for this?"
"I am ready for whatever you throw at me!" Naruto said not knowing how much he would regret saying those words.
For the next two weeks, he was beyond pissed off. For Naruto Uzumaki, even if he had been trained down to the ground he would happily get up for more but with Gensotora, he was frustrated, first meditate for a long time (AKA till Naruto gets frustrated), and then read about chakra networks. This went on for a week. Even Shirotora could see his frustration, so she asked the tiger who caused it.
"Genso."
"Shirotora! It has been a while. Come, Come." He ushered her inside his cave, and then said, "So, what prompted the visit here?"
"It is about the brat."
"Who? Naruto-san?"
"Yes."
"What about him?"
"Why are you doing that to him?"
"Doing what to him?"
"Do not play dumb with me, we both know what you are doing." Gensotora then sighed and said,
"I am doing what is required, I have seen Naruto-san's battle intellect and ethics and with the things he is planning, he might need to use 'that' in the future, hence I am preparing him."
"Do you think Ma and Pa will allow him?"
"Allow him? No. But he will convince them."
"I hope you know what you are doing."
"Oh, trust me. I know what I am doing."
With that being said Shirotora left while Naruto entered the cave, "So Naruto-san are you ready for today's training?"
"Yes," Naruto said in a dead tone.
So, his stay in Japan was a struggle. Gensotora was testing his patience, whether it being his insistent on meditating or his giving the boring lectures on the theory of the five basic elements and the theory of the element-based kekei genkai.
West Bengal, India
At the end of July, Dhriti received a letter from her grandson, so she took out her reading glasses and read,
Dear Grandmother,
So how are you doing? Hope you had a good month, unlike mine. Honestly, I have never wanted more to do, more of the ground operations. Gensotora, the tiger I told you about is driving up the wall. During the whole month, I have done nothing but study theory and it is boring and frustrating. First I am doing meditation for 6 hours! SIX FUCKING HOURS! I mean who does that?! Then after doing that, I had to endure 8 hours of boredom, PURE BOREDOM. Anyway, I have somehow come out alive and survived the month. Now I am moving to the US with Iman. I will be landing in Los Angeles and then I will contact you after a month. Hope you are well and good.
Wishing for your good luck and a long life,
Your Loving Grandson,
Naruto
Dhriti wanted to spank Naruto so badly. Writing such appalling words (as she completely ignored her appalling language, she frequently wrote in her letters to her husband or her brother) though she almost wanted to pity him, getting to know him for the short time he was there, she knew his patience limit as he had the concentration of a butterfly. She so much wanted to write a letter responding to him but knowing his ever-moving locations, she could not send him any letter. All she could do was pray, hoping her grandson would be happy in his travels and successful in his endeavor.
Japan, Haneda Airport
While Dhriti was busy praying, Naruto was going through the security check along with Iman to catch their flight to Los Angeles International Airport in the U.S.
"Are you excited brother?" Iman asked Naruto.
"Well, let's see what the future holds." He said while handing over his boarding pass.
After a ten-hour long flight from Haneda Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, they finally landed. Naruto slept like a baby, the frustrations and fatigue of the past month got to him. The flight attendant had to wake him up. Iman had jokingly asked how had been his sleep. To which he replied, that he slept like a baby, and all of them laughed at that. Inside the plane, their other seat passenger was a middle-aged woman named Penelope Decker, although a slightly invasive person, she was a sweetheart. She said that she was a retired actress and had a daughter in the LAPD named Chloe Decker. The name did bring out a reaction from Iman as he had a blush on his cheeks and then she also said that she would introduce him to her daughter, which confused him, as to why a random person would introduce their daughter to him.
Los Angeles, USA
After landing at the LA International Airport, they parted ways with Penelope and went to Iman's house. While traveling, there was a building he was intrigued by. It was called 'LUX' when asked about it. He told him that the building was owned by someone called Lucifer Morningstar. It amused Naruto, that the Devil himself owns a clubhouse, the irony of the situation humored him, that the Devil owns the place of sin.
His reception by the Bashir Family was warm. From a lot of memories and travel of many pilgrims that said about the beautiful hospitality by a Muslim family, rang true. They fed him till his belly bloated. They insisted him to stay in their house for the next day. When Naruto told them about his interest in going around America and exploring it, Iman immediately insisted that he use his money to travel, but was met with strong resistance by Naruto. After long drawn debate they came to a middle ground that, while in LA, Iman would take responsibility for his expenses.
So, he was there for a week. During that week, he visited LUX and found out that club nightlife was not suitable for him. So after a week, he left for the East Coast and during the road trip. He resumed his rigorous training. He went from California to Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania and his final destination was New York. During that time he had cracked 5 stages of his super jutsu that he calls 'Eight Pillars of the Forbidden World' (nobody, asks how he got the name), each stage of the Jutsu is called a pillar. During his journey, he created 5 pillars (stages).
The first pillar was called 'Tekkai' [translation Iron Body, once accessed, the body becomes as hard as Iron. Then the second pillar was 'August Winds', which enabled him to control the wind without any signs. The third pillar 'Turbulent Waters' functions the same as wind so, do the fourth and fifth pillars, 'Raging Fire' and 'Obstinate Earth' respectively as they have the same function as the predecessor. However the chakra expenditure increases for the increase in each pillar. But one thing special about the jutsu was that he could access all eight pillars in a single pillar. For example, he could access 'Turbulent Waters' in the second pillar but it would not be as effective as that in the third pillar. Also, he could access 'August Winds' in the fourth pillar but the effectiveness would be the same as the effectiveness of the second pillar.
Once completed with his training, he spent some time in New York and had fun after the progress. There he met one of his grandmother's friends, Leto. She was one of the sweetest people he had ever met. But then he had to leave so he took a flight from John F. Kennedy Airport to Los Angeles International Airport. He there met Iman and his family to say his temporary goodbyes and after staying for a day he left for Los Angeles International Airport to go to Netaji Subhas Chandra Airport.
While on his flight to Kolkata, Kyuubi called him, "Brat."
"What is it Kyuubi?"
"I felt the veil during your stay at that land."
"Where? USA?"
"Yes"
"When? During the start of my stay? Or, during my trip's ending?"
"During the start of the stay."
"Where did you sense it? Which direction?"
"Towards southwest direction."
"Hmm… So towards the Hawaiian Islands. Huh. Ok Kyuubi, we will check it out."
After a short layover in Doha, his day-long flight had landed. Thankfully, he booked a business-class flight, or else his back would have cracked. After landing, he took a taxi to Digha. There he was greeted with surprise when he entered his house. He was greeted with a surprise birthday party by Dhriti, Shrishti, and the Das Couple. He was then hugged by Shrishti. As he entered the house he met two unknown faces.
After greeting and talking with the known one, he met the unknown elderly couple, though looking at the old man, he could say that the man had a lot of life left in him, with the way he carried himself. Naruto greeted them while shaking his hand with the old man. He could say one hundred percent that the man was retired army personnel by the handshake. It was a good firm one.
"I believe introductions are in order," Naruto said.
"Oh it is, let me start," said the old man and then continued, "myself, Sam Manekshaw, a pleasure. And this is my wife Silloo Manekshaw." Sam introduced his wife.
"Oh sir, it is my honor to meet the legendary Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw himself."
"Young man, I am no legend. Legends are those, who have passed away, and I still have a lot of life in me."
"Haha, sir legends might be dead. Then let me rephrase, the living legend himself."
Both of them laughed heartily and then both of them started conversing with each other. After some time the rest of them joined in the conversation then Dhriti interrupted him, "Naruto, go freshen up then converse with Sam."
"Come on Dhriti, the lad came from a flight, not a battle, he looks fine."
"Yes, that is why you gave orders on the battlefield while Silloo still gives orders in the house." All of them cracked u, and then Naruto excused himself and went upstairs.
"He is a good chap, Dhriti."
"I know, Shankar would be proud to see him."
After freshening up, He came down wearing Kurta and Pajamas. They sat at the dining table and ate. After this, the Das couple left the house, while Naruto and Dhriti insisted the Manekshaw couple stay. After some back and forth, Sam called Pan Singh, his assistant, and told him, that he would be staying there. At that time Sam and Naruto started talking and found out he did a pilot course, which interested the field marshal. So, they made a plan that the next day they would visit the air base at Hasimara in Alipurduar, to see his flying skills.
"You are planning something aren't you Sam?" Silloo asked when they were in the guest room.
"What do you mean, dear?"
"Sam. Please do not play dumb. You are going to give the kid an honorary rank, aren't you?"
"Yes. Shankar was a good friend of mine, and if this gesture helps his grandkid, then I am going to do it."
"So, which rank are you going to give him?"
"The chap is saying, he has a pilot license and his body movement does say that he is a damn good pilot. Hence if he passes the test, I will make sure he gets an honorary rank of Wing Commander of the 16 wing regiment."
"Wing Commander?"
"Yes, if the chap does fantastic, I will contact Ved ['Ved' as in Ved Prashad Malik, the chief of army staff in 2000] and Satish ['Satish' as in Satish Kumar Sareen the then (2000) Air Chief Marshal of the Indian army] to give the kid Honorary Wing Commander of 16 wing regiment."
The next day after a good breakfast, Sam started talking to Naruto, "Well, Young man, are you ready?"
"Any time sir."
Sam then made two calls and then Pan Singh received them with a car and took them to Dum-Dum Airport. Once clearing the security, both the Field Marshal and Naruto were received by an Air Force officer, and they were escorted to a chopper to go to Hasimara. Once landed there, they were received by the base chief, Air Commodore Ashok Dharam Chhibbar,
"Field Marshal Manekshaw, an honor" Chhibbar greeted and then continued, "And you must be Naruto Uzumaki, the local vigilante. A great pleasure."
Naruto was shocked that he was famous, "I did not know, I was this famous."
"Oh trust me, young man, Thanks to you, the crime rate is a lot less. You do not know how much, you helped in preventing West Bengal from becoming East Pakistan and us military personnel interfering. And because of that we of the Indian Army and on behalf of Sir K.R. Narayanan, the president of India, Eastern Naval Command INS Netaji Subhas, Eastern Air Command and Eastern Command, I, Air Commodore Ashok Dharam Chhibbar give you, Naruto Uzumaki the honor of becoming Honorary Wing Command, do you accept?"
"Are you serious?"
"Trust me, young man, he is serious," Sam said.
"Well sir, what do I have to do?"
"Just so simple tests."
With that being said Chhibbar led them to the base where Naruto met a wing commander who led him for some general physical and written tests, which he aced (Showing his development in the 3 years), and then he was to spar with a Group Captain which for a shinobi was a cake walk. After that was a flight test with a helicopter 'HAL Parchand' and a Jet 'Su-30MKI' and boy did he have a field day with it.
"Field Marshal! He is bloody damn good" Chhibbar complimented Naruto.
"Oh I know, the chap is great!" Sam also complimented him, meanwhile a chopper landed at the air base, where Dhriti and Silloo were there.
"Dhriti, look at that jet," Sam said while pointing towards the jet.
"That's Naruto?!"
"Yes, Ma'am"
"So… why is he here?"
"Well ma'am, he will be receiving an honorary Wing Commander rank due to his contribution to the internal stability of West Bengal and Eastern India."
Dhriti's chest filled with pride, while the jet landed and the partner wing commander of Naruto came out to report, "Sir, Hon. Wing Commander is fantastic at flying."
"At ease commander and thank you for your report."
"Yes Sir!"
While all this was going on, Naruto was escorted inside to wear an Air Force uniform, for the ceremony. When he appeared, he was shocked by the presence of Dhriti, the Air Chief Marshal and General and the Chief of Army Staff present. He was presented with the rank by the chief of staff. Needless to say, the Durga puja ad Dhriti's Birthday was a blast for him. Thus his stay in India was fantastic. He then booked a flight to Hilo International Airport.
Hawaii, USA
The moment he entered the Hawaiian Air Space, he felt the chakra of the veil, thus confirming the fox's words. His current plan is to make a space-time summoning seal to travel from Earth to Elemental Nations so that he does not have to use summoning jutsu, every time he travels. Once landed he sensed the veil was present south from where he was, hence he took a boat to travel to the southern part of Hawaii to start his plan.
First, Naruto summoned Baatora for his plan to start. "Naruto-boy! It has been a long time! How are you?"
"I am fine Ma, what about you?"
"I am doing well too. So, why have you summoned me?"
Naruto then proceeded to explain his plan and the reasoning behind it.
"Hmm… Your plan does seem good, but where will put the summoning seal on this plane? It needs to be a secluded place, where no one will see you."
That is when, he remembered about a certain island, which is the most secluded yet easily connected place. He went to the Hilo Airport and booked a ticket to Oakland. Once reached, he rapidly sunshined over the water to reach his desired destination, 'Alcatraz Island', the place where the most dangerous criminals are kept. Once reaching the island, he cast an invisible genjutsu on himself and searched the island for a secluded place. After a good hour of search, he found himself in the perfect place, a secluded place where no guards were present and keeping surveillance.
He quickly summoned the old tigress. "Naruto-boy, have you found the place?"
"Yeah, and the seal matrix is also ready."
"Show me." He gave her the matrix, "Hmm… an Attraction seal layered over a homing matrix along with a memory seal. Well done."
"Thanks."
"Ok so let me put the receiver here." He slapped one of the seals on a rock in the cave. "Ok, I am ready, reverse-summon me."
"OK boy, get ready." They first reverse-summoned themselves to Mount Taigahiru then, they summoned themselves to a random place in the Elemental Nation.
Unknown Place
He appeared in the middle of a town. Naruto did not know, where he was, "Ma, transform into a street cat, and climb and sit on my shoulder." He said.
"Ok Naruto-Boy," She said and transformed herself into a white-furred cat and sat on his shoulder. Then Naruto saw a tavern and went there to find out where the hell he was.
He went inside the tavern and sat on the bar, "Excuse me, one bottle of sake."
"Such a young age to drink, you alright kid?" A man who was sitting beside him said. Naruto turned to see who it was and froze. "Hey kid, you alright? It looks like you saw a ghost." The man said looking at Naruto's pale face. "Yeah I am fine, sorry where my manners are, myself Keizo Obuchi," He said faking his name by telling the name of the current (during 1999) prime minister of Japan, because if he said his real name, his plan would fail as sitting in front of him was none other than his godfather Jiraiya of the Sannin. Naruto was thankful that his new look was disguising himself completely. He had grown his hair shoulder length and straightened it from the spiky form. Due to the density of his hair, it started curling down in length (For reference search 'Ranbir Kapoor Animal Look') and made a short bun while having a slight bit of hair down (refer to 'Ranbir Kapoor Hair Animal' and see the bun look) and also had grown a light beard.
"So what's with the pale face?"
"Nothing, it's just that you look a lot like my godfather." He said while thinking "The best lie is when it contains truth in it. Tobirama sensei you said this and it better be true."
"Oh… So, are you looking for him?"
"Yeah. He said he was in Wave Nation. So, I thought I would visit him, and got lost and do not know where I am."
"Well kid, you are in Tanzaku Gai, so you are pretty much near."
"Thank you. Sorry, did not get your name."
"Oh, my name is Minato." Jiraiya faked his name.
"Oh, thank you Minato" Naruto smiled while internally he was pissed off, "Motherfucker! Using my father's name as your fake name!"
So, after finishing his drink he ran and ran like hell so that if Jiraiya caught wind of his lie he would be a lot farther away. Jiraiya was a bit suspicious about Naruto in his disguise, but then his suspicion was raised when he started talking, after speaking with the young guy, he thought the guy was okay, but in his mind, all that was going on was finding his grandson, and he had to go to Konoha in a week, to be there for a very important announcement.
Near the shores of Uzu
After, escaping from the tavern in Tanzaku Gai, he made towards Wave Nation, and then from the port, he took a boat, and he did not crash into the veil that time. After a day of traveling, he reached the shores of his mother's homeland. He did not wander inside because of the time crunch. And then he found a remote cave and stuck the other seal. And then he again summoned Baatora.
"Naruto-boy is it ready?"
"Yeah, and I will be testing it."
"How?"
"First throw a rock and then throw me."
As he said, he threw a rock with his name written on it. And then after some time, he went in. Baatora sat there with bated breath, and then after some time Naruto appeared back and tossed the same rock with his name on it. "Well, the portal is working!"
"Thank the sage!" Baatora sighed.
"Hop on, we going to Alcatraz," Naruto said, and Baatora hopped on, and they jumped in the seal and both of them appeared on the other side of Alcatraz. "Ok Baatora, I need you to reverse-summon me to Taigahiru."
Mount Taigahiru
"Well, Naruto-Boy we are here." The old tigress said, while Naruto nodded and then he turned to her, "Hey, Ma, hypothetically can you revive a recently dead person." Baatora a little surprised and concerned by his question replied, "Well there is a seal, but why are you asking this?"
"Well… I have an idea. Like the eighth gate of death, I thought along the lines of this stage of jutsu, so, I need your help."
"Have you lost your goddamn mind?!"
"Come on please!"
"Fine, but I would not be responsible for your damn death."
"Thanks, also can you bring Shirotora and Gensotora, so you know, to keep 'it' in a controlled environment." He said with the 'it' in quotation marks.
"Uhhh! Fine! Shiro-chan Genso-chan, come here!"
After 3 minutes both the tigers came there, "Ma, what happened?"
"Hear what this idiot is planning?!"
"What, what are you planning?"
Naruto proceeded to tell them about his plan. Both Shirotora and Gensotora were shocked by his idea. "Brat, why do you want to die?"
"Hey I do not want to die but this is an interesting idea! Think about it!"
Gensotora had a certain glint in his eyes and prevented Shirotora from berating him, "Shiro, he does have a point, let us do it."
"Genso! What do you mean? This is certain suicide!"
"No, but let us perform it, Ma, please bring me the medical seal and Naruto follow me," Gensotora instructed. Both did as they were told and after some time all of them were in front of his cave. "Naruto let's start" Gensotora instructed.
"Seventh Pillar of the forbidden world: Merging Realities" Naruto called and suddenly his body started changing with his skin burning red and chakra encasing him. "Ok Naruto you have accessed the seventh pillar, now try the eighth." Naruto nodded and flared his chakra, "Eighth pillar of the forbidden world: Forbidden City" As soon as he said that his body shut down and after some time, he woke up in his mindscape with a very hostile fox, "YOU BRAT DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?!" the fox roared.
"What the hell happened?"
"YOU DIED YOU BRAT. YOU SHOULD BE FORTUNATE THAT THE TIGERS HELPED YOU!"
"Oh…"
"NOW GET OUT!"
Then the fox kicked him out of the mindscape and he woke up in the old tigress's room. He woke up groggily and reached for a glass of water. Kohaku heard some movement and went inside,
"Naruto! You are awake!" Kohaku cried.
"Yeah! Right now, I would like some water please." Naruto requested, and then he was greeted by the three of them.
"Naruto-boy, are you alright?!" Baatora cried out in concern.
"Yeah, I am feeling well, but what happened?"
"You died, and we slapped the medical seal on you and revived you" Shirotora deadpanned.
"Thanks for the revival." He said gratefully.
"No problem Naruto-boy."
"So…" Naruto started, while Gensotora continued, "it was a success. You have completed the forbidden world. Well done, Yoso no Naruto [Naruto of the elements]"
Naruto felt his chest swell in pride and then he said, "Thank you Gensotora."
After some time, when he was well, he then summoned himself to Los Angeles. After all his shinobi jutsus were done, he now wanted to enjoy the rest of the year exploring the United States. "Iman, I am here in LA."
"That's great, so where are you?"
"I am near LUX."
"Ohh… Wait there, I am sending my driver."
"Oh, you did not have to do that."
"No, you are my brother, thus you get the best."
"Thanks, man."
"No Problem."
After some time, a Lexus pulled to where Naruto was standing to pick him up. Meanwhile on the top balcony of the Lux, a man in a bathrobe was watching Naruto get in the car.
"Mazikeen, you see that person with blonde hair down there"
Mazikeen, a chocolate-colored skin, 5'4'' tall woman came towards the balcony, "Why, so you can get him in the bed too?"
"No, my dear Maze. That person interests me a lot. Find me all his information please." said the man.
"Fine, whatever Lucifer. I still do not get your interest in humans."
"Thank you, dear." Said the now-named Lucifer while he thought, "Hmm. He is one of their descendants. Are you a parasite like your ancestors? Are you as violent as your ancestors? Why are you here? Interesting…"
Iman's LA Mansion
Not knowing that a certain devil and a demon were investigating him, he was enjoying his time with his recently made friend, though he was a bit suspicious of him, as he thought that Iman was spying on him but he scraped the idea. For the first two days, he rested and toured around. On the third day, he was eating at the dining table when Iman and Naruto were having a random chat which turned to having tattoos. Iman being a devoted Muslim argued that Allah had made a perfect body for every person. Therefore having Tattoos is looked upon as disrespect to the creation of Allah. Naruto on the other hand countered in by stating the tattoos as a sense of belonging to a tribe or a clan. As their debate was going on Ruksana walked in with their food. Then they started digging in, while praising her cooking and resuming the discussion of tattoos, that time when he was telling them about having only one large tattoo, Ruksana pointed out another tattoo on the rear side of his neck connecting to the shoulders, this confused Naruto as he did not do any such tattoo. Still, for the sake of the conversation, he did not press on that matter.
After lunch, Naruto went into his room and then took off his shirt, and looked at the mirror, all he could make out was a small seal that was in the shape of the leaf symbol on their hitai-ate, this rang alarm bells in his mind.
He immediately put up some silencing seals and then created a clone, "Yes boss!" The clone saluted.
"Check the seal on my back."
"Boss it looks like a leaf symbol seal, it is a juin (cursed seal)."
"I know that much, dumbass. Can we remove it? Yes or No?"
"Let me see boss, grade 2 curse huh? Whoever put it on us did not want it to be broken, oh a memory suppression seal and a blood seal, huh Uzumaki blood seal, okay fine."
"So, what?"
"Yeah, boss, it is removable but the way it is made, the removal would disperse a lot of chakra."
"Okay, then make seven level eight chakra absorption seals and start the process."
"Yes, boss!" With that, the original Naruto took off his shirt and lay down on his belly while the clone prepared for the unsealing, "Ok boss I am starting the unsealing process." As he started the process, Naruto started to writhe and scream.
West Bengal, India
Meanwhile, on the other side of the globe, another person/deity was writhing on his bed too.
The Said Person's Dream
The said person saw a corridor lit with red lights and a puddle of blood flowing under a pile of dead bodies. He could hear someone saying in Hindi
'When I went seeking evil,
I could not find any evil.
When I looked within,
There was no more evil than me.'
He saw a person, 6'7'', blonde hair grown to his shoulder, blood-red eyes, and with a weapon which concerned the said person, as it cost him and his followers a long battle to seal the said weapon. A weapon that could kill the Trimurti with ease.
He was jolted out of his bed by his concerned wife, "Shiva! What happened? That nightmare, again?"
"Yes dear, but do not worry. Go to sleep."
"No, I would not. You tell me what are you dreaming? All I hear from you is some male person in a bloodied Kurta wearing a Dhoti killing people ruthlessly. And you also think the person is Naruto."
"Parvati, I saw Brahmastra." Shiva interrupted Parvati mid-rant and Parvati's eyes also widened "Are you sure about that?"
"Yes dear, I am hundred percent sure!"
"Fine, but right now sleep and discuss it tomorrow."
"Ok dear but now sleep."
"Ok"
Parvati went to sleep hoping that the nightmare was just a nightmare and not a prophecy. Little did she know another creature had seen the same dream as her husband.
Mount Miyoboku, Elemental Nations
During the time Shiva had his nightmare, the elder toad sage also saw the same thing, and thus he called for Fukasaku and Shima.
"You called us geezer," Shima asked him. The reply was a light snoring from the said geezer.
"WAKE UP YOU OLD FART!" Shima screamed waking up the snoring toad.
"Huh? Fukasaku and Shima? Why are you here?"
"Geezer you called us."
"Oh yes, could you call Jiraiya-boy here?"
Iman's Mansion, Los Angeles, California, USA
After a long and grueling experience, Naruto was up in the shower to hide his puffy eyes after what he had learned or better yet seen from his sealed memories. His thought process was one of anger right now, 'Sarutobi, Shimura pray you do not come in front of me!' After showering, he changed and went downstairs to the resident couple to ask them about some good sights in Los Angeles. After noting them, he left the house and went to downtown LA, where he asked a stranger to direct him towards a pub or a bar in Los Angeles. After taking the direction, he approached the bar the native had guided him to. While going there Naruto was internally seething, thinking about what he saw in the memories, questioning what Tobirama-sensei said about his students, and thinking about how he would kill them, "You are lucky Sarutobi that you are dead but Shimura, I will personally make sure you don't ruin another life!"
His raging thoughts came to an end when he bumped into someone…
A Remote Part of Elemental Nations
"Baa-sama you are awake!" A young man in his 20s exclaimed and then, he heard the old woman in a daze mutter something.
"Baa-sama what are you saying?"
"… is alive!"
"Who is alive?"
"The heir! He is alive!"
Los Angeles, California
Naruto noticed the man bumped into, the person was fat, 6 foot, had a long beard, and had an 'A' tattoo on his hand [the Avengers (Marvel) logo]. "I am sorry did not see you." Naruto quickly apologized and started to move but someone gripped his hand.
"Aye man, what about the beer?" the guy asked him
"I am sorry, what?"
"What about the fucking beer you knocked out my hand right now?"
"Look man I told you I am sorry, I was not looking where I was going and knocked the beer out of your hand."
"I don't care dickhead, you fucking pay up."
"Okay fine." Naruto raised his hands. That's when the guy saw a 1965 Rolex Sea Dweller and then said, "Nuh uh, Mr. Pansyass, no bill, but the watch."
"Okay, look here I am willing to pay the money, but the watch is out of the question."
Then the guy took out a gun and pointed it at Naruto's head and said "Now listen here motherfucker you will not only give all the money you have but also the watch."
"Better yet let me give you a proposition, you remove the gun and I pay you 4 bucks for the beer and we all leave." Naruto said calmly
"Oh really or else what will happen, huh Mr. Pansyass" the guy said mockingly and Naruto sighed.
15 minutes later, LUX, LA
We see Naruto sitting at the bar of the so called place of sin and ordering a drink, where he is visited by a certain individual who started the conversation by saying,
"That was quite the show down there at the alleyway."
Naruto, a bit intoxicated, replied, "Hoh! I thought you would call the cops."
"Well I am not like other people, ah! Where are my manners? Myself, Lucifer Morningstar."
"A pleasure, Mr. Morningstar, the name's Naruto Uzumaki."
"Quite an exquisite name, Mr. Uzumaki."
"Same could be said for you, the king of hell." Naruto cheekily replied as the both men chuckled. Then they started conversing while drinking, after sometime Lucifer said, "Well as the devil, I do want to ask something?"
"Sure anything for you lord devil."
"Tell me Naruto, What do you desire?"
"Well… I want… to get hammered right now before getting sober."
"What an interesting man you are!"
"Same could be said for you lord Lucifer, tell me lord what do you desire?"
"Well I desire to have the cost of your drinks on my tab." With that both men started chuckling and drinking, and after half an hour he left the bar. "Quite the peculiar man you are Naruto Uzumaki to resist my charm like that." Lucifer said to himself.
Meanwhile at the alleyway near LUX
Two police officers were patrolling around the city when they drove around the alley near LUX and came upon the beaten men in that. She immediately switched on her transponder and said "This is detective Chloe Decker requesting for medical assistance and backup."
When enquired more about the situation she replied, "Ma'am Officer Daniel Espanoza and I were patrolling when we came upon these people who were in biker gang were beaten up and are in critical condition thus are in need of immediate medical attention."
While Chloe was communicating through her transponder, Daniel approached the assaulted people who backed away in fear.
"STAY AWAY!" One of the spooked gang members freaked out.
"Sir we are here to help you, please tell us what happened."
"That blond monster, he-he almost killed us"
From what the gang member said, that the blonde guy was some kind of a devil, not knowing that the said blonde was drinking with the devil.
West Bengal, India
In a dark room a telephone rang and a man picked it up.
"Hello"
"Ahoy mate!"
"Any good news?"
"Bruv that is the exact reason I was about to call you!"
"So?"
"Well the fireworks are about to go in fifteen minutes, so better get ready" As the caller said that he cut the phone and the receiver was grinning like there was no tomorrow.
20 Minutes Later in USA
Naruto's personal phone rang and he picked it up. As soon as he picked it up he heard someone hyperventilating.
"Hello?"
"Na-naruto?"
"Hey di! What happened? You are hyperventilating"
"It's about aunty" This sent alarm bells blaring in his head.
"What about Grandma?!"
"Dhriti- Dhriti was shot on her body ten minutes ago!"
Arc: India Arc [Flashback Arc] (Arc II)
Date: 01.06.2024
Words: 14,487
~ Cubicreates