(Chapter 12: One Dark Birthmas)

The month of October had come quickly and was a high-spiried one given that it was the birthday month of the Uzumaki triplets and anniversary of the 9-tailed fox being sealed away within Mizore and Toshiro. However, despite all of the excitement in the air; Naruto was more than fine without it; given that his doppleganger would be taking his place to deal with all of the nonsensical opulence, meanwhile he would be enjoying his own bit of fun that he had planned at his own birthday party.


(October 5th, 996 S.E, Akimichi BBQ, 4:08 Pm)

It was a bit into Naruto's shift at the Akimichi's as Naruto was with Choji who was assisting in cleaning up after the lunch rush that had previously happened.

"So are you still good to come to Sakura's for my birthmas party, this Monday?" Naruto asked the behemoth of an Akimichi

"Of course I am, Naruto. I got the entire day off for it and everything. So I should be set." Choji replied much to the superhuman blondes' joy

"That's great to hear, and thanks for coming to it…It really does mean a lot to me y'know." Naruto said back with a thankful smile whilst helping to sweep up the floors

"Hey, your like family to everyone here. So I don't see a reason why I wouldn't come to one of my best friends' birthday party." Choji replied as he helped wipe down the bar counter as Naruto continued sweeping

"Besides, it beats going to Toshiro and Mizore's birthday party...The snacks there probably suck too." Choji said in rather going to Naruto's birthday party than that of the jinchuuriki's any day of the week

"I'm right with you there buddy. Trust me when I say that I won't miss being at any of our birthdays, anytime soon." Naruto said back in complete agreement

"...By the way, how come your mom and dad don't know you work here? You'd think they would by now." Choji questioned the superhuman blonde who let out a more somber sigh at the question

"Dude, it's really not that hard for them to now know I'm here; when you really think about it. I mean, they're so hard-focused on roiding those two out to be the 'chosen ones', and all that crap. So much to the point that as you know, disqualified me from my spot as clan heir." Naruto said as he continued to help clean up

"So if they were that focused on them to basically disinherit me. Then do you really think that they'd give a hot shit about me having a part-time job? Because let's be real, I could die tomorrow and at best it'd be a minor inconvience" Naruto asked with derisive venom bleeding prominently into his voice

"When you put it like that, I guess your right…Sorry to bother you about it." Choji apologized as Naruto looked down in shame in realizing he snapped so harshly at his friend

"No..your fine...And sorry for snapping at you like that, Choji... It's just that my birthday is just a sore subject for me. Since it's really hard to enjoy it when every day your getting it shoved in your face that you're almost less than nothing your brother and sister." Naruto said back in not meaning it to come out so harsh

'I swear half the time, I wonder why they even had me. If all I'm gonna be is chopped liver to them.' Naruto wondered to himself

Since Naruto had come to almost despise his birthday given that what with his being overshadowed by his siblings and basically phased out to where he was left with not even an inheritance in favor of them; compounded by the fact that said date was a reminder of him being lesser in the eyes of his parents…Suffice to say that if it weren't for Sakura, the Kure Clan, the Akimichi's and his extended family with the Senju's that he'd outright give on celebrating it all together, out of sheer hate for what it meant for him.

"To be honest, I almost envy you for being a single child…At least then I wouldn't have to put up with them, this Prophecy nonsense, or getting ghosted by my own family." Naruto said on a more somber note

"Look at it this way, Naruto. Without all of this crap going on, Sakura, Sasuke, and myself wouldn't have been able to be your best friends. So there's a silver lining to that." Choji remarked in trying to lift his friends' spirits

'Not to mention that I wouldn't have met Mr. Arceus or gotten superpowers too; when I really think about it.' Naruto added albeit more to himself

"I guess your right. I honestly don't know what I would do if I didn't have you guys in my life. Since you and Sakura especially are like brother and sister I never had." Naruto told Choji as he finished sweeping up the floors

"Same here, Naruto…You're a pretty good guy." Choji said back

"Thanks, anyways, how long do you think we've got before another rush hits?" Naruto questioned

"I'd say give it another half hour…maybe an hour if we're lucky? Why...do you think we have enough time to go for another snack run?" Choji questioned

"Nah, I already got that covered…Brought some with me earlier for when things go down later on tonight. Since we're gonna be busy with the anniversary of the 9-tails coming up." Naruto answered back

"Oh, crapbaskets I forgot about that!" Choji exclaimed having forgot about one of their busiest weeks of the year

"Yeah, man. We're gonna be up to our nips in parties coming around here. So if I were you, I'd expect o be working overtime plus…Because, may God have mercy on us all. Especially with this weekend coming up." Naruto said with a nervous gulp that was shared by the behemoth of an Akimichi

"Look on the bright side, we're going to make enough money to get snacks for the rest of the year." Choji replied almost drooling at the thought

"Oh man, I can almost see it...chips, candy-bars, kettle-corn..." Choji spoke before snapping out of his snack induced mini daydream

"Fair point, my guy…I can almost hear the 12 and 15 tops rushing their way in here. Oooohhh this is gonna be a long night." Naruto said knowing the hell that was coming there way in an hours time

"About that, we've got company coming in right now." Choji pointed out as he saw patrons coming up to the door

"Just in time too, your dad would have our keisters if we didn't have this place ready by the dinner rush." Naruto responded, in knowing full well the fierce temper of Choji's father

'Man for a big guy, Choji's dad can get real scary when he's pissed!' Naruto remarked over the elder Akimichi's temper

"You don't need to tell me twice. The last thing I wanna see if dad get mad when its a rush going on" Choji said as he saw more patrons enter into the restaurant

"Well, let's get it crackin'. We've got a long night…or rather week ahead of us." Naruto replied as Choji nodded before passing him a bus-tub

'Let's do this/rock.' Were the thoughts of Naruto and Choji as the dinner rush soon began


(3 days later, Konoha, October 8th, 996 S.E, 1:45 Pm)

It was the following Saturday and about an hour and some change before Naruto had to go in for his night shift at the Akimichi's as he was paling around and passing the time with Sasuke and Sakura until then.

"Well, Naruto. You've got about 2 more days left before the party! How ya feeling' my guy?!" Sakura asked the superhuman blonde

"To be honest, I'm feeling pretty good about myself all things considered...what with my birthmas coming up in a couple of days." Naruto answered back

"I'm gonna get to hang out with my friends, be with people I love, and have a dope-ass party on top of it. What's not to love about what's coming up!" Naruto further spoke in all too good of spirits

"Not to mention the present that Sasuke and I got for you, is gonna be awesome!" Sakura told the blonde with a massive smile on her face

"Oh yeah. You guys mentioned something about getting me some cool-as-shit birthmas present." Naruto said in remembering something about the gift they'd gotten for him

"Trust us when we say that a lot of effort went into getting it for you...You could almost say it was to die for to get it." Sasuke spoke

"Are you guys gonna tell me what it is?" Naruto questioned in anticipation of what it could possiblly be

"Nope. It's a helluva surprise." Sakura giddily said back

"And no using your powers to find out what we got for you." Sasuke told his friend

"Oh come on, I wasn't gonna use my powers on you guys." Naruto said back offended by the notion

"Can you say that you weren't going to with a straight face?" Sasuke questioned, leveling his steely-eyed gaze toward the taller blonde

"I…uh…Fair fucking point. Still, with how much you guys have hyped it up. I'm on the edge of my seat here!" Naruto answered back

"Then you can stay on said seat for another 2 days. It won't kill you." Sasuke said as the trio continued their walk around the village

"Yeah, but I'm pretty sure I got a feeling that someone wants to kill somebody else." Naruto said as they saw a grouchy-looking Hanabi walking throughout the village streets

"What's her deal? It looks like she woke up on the wrong side of the bed, today." Sakura remarked by the scowl on said Hyuga's face

"I don't have to use my telepathy; to know that its because she's had to train Hinata's sorry ass again…Training her would piss anybody off." Naruto said in sympathy for the elder Hyuga

"You can say that again, Naruto. I don't get how she does it, but she has far more patience than me to put up with Hinata's sorry ass. Otherwise, I would've slapped her shit into the next decade for wasting my time." Sakura added

"Well, I'll give her this much. She certainly would make a good sensei if she can deal with someone as good-for-nothing as her…You got anything to say about it, Sasuke?" Naruto asked the Uchiha

"While Hanabi herself is a prodigious shinobi herself. Her training Hinata will be all for nothing. I know for a fact that she won't make it to Chunin, better yet I know for a fact that on her first real mission; either she'll wind up dead or captured and turned into breeding stock." Was the swordsman's derisively dismissive response

Because as far as Sasuke was concerned, Hinata was a waste of her bloodline and while not as violently outspoken as Sakura was in her disgust of the Hyuga in question; the only good things he could say about her was that she'd make a decent housewife for a nobleman and nothing beyond that in his book.

"Damn…that's pretty harsh, but not inaccurate." Naruto said as the irritated Hanabi strode past them and toward the nearest bar to order a tequila shot

"Anyways, I can't wait till Monday, you guys…By the way, Sakura; thanks for letting me do this at our place." Naruto said to the pink-haired assassin

"Naruto, its not a problem at all to do this for you. I mean seriously, your like my brother. So anytime you wanna throw party, especially when its your birthday. Then all you gotta say shit, and I'll do whatever I can to help you out." Sakura told the superhuman blonde

"Hell, at this point you pretty much family. All you need is eyes like mine, and you'd be one of us and then some." Sakura said gesturing towards her piercing black and white eyes

"Considering all the crazy nonsense I can do, I'm pretty sure I could qualify as an honorary Kure." Naruto said back

"Don't push your luck, Naruto. You may be getting crazy strong, but you're still a ways away from being an honorary one of the clan…But you definitely got the spirit for it tho." Sakura told him

"...You just can't let me have one, can you?" Naruto asked

"No." Was both Sakura and Sasuke's response

"Someone has to make sure you don't get a big head. The last thing we need is for your ego to match the level of power you have." Sasuke added

"Damn, the one time I have dope-ass superpowers, and I can't even be a little shit about it…Fuck!" Naruto cursed

"You're already a chaotic jackass as is…Need I remind you of what you tried to do to the Nara's?" Sasuke questioned

"Oh come on, they could use the exercise. Instead of being lazy-ass bums all day." Naruto said back in not seeing the problem with what he'd done

"Causing a herd of deer to go into a stampede; isn't a good reason to cause pandemonium to an entire clan...All because you wanted them to be more active." Sasuke said to the superhuman blonde

"I swear, that I'm going to get a mother of all migraines from your antics at this rate." Sasuke further spoke as he felt a headache begin to form the more he ruminated on the matter

"It was only gonna be a little one, the get them up and going." Naruto replied

"Come on, Sasuke. Give the guy a break, and besides it was pretty hilarious when you think about." Sakura spoke in agreement

"You are not helping the issue, Sakura...The last thing we need is him being encouraged to take his antics to a larger scale" Sasuke said turning a glare onto the pink-haired woman

"Never said I was...But still, I'm not gonna lie when I say that it was hilarious to see them run like chickens with their heads cut off." Sakura responded with an impish grin of her own

"Regardless, try not to cause any more trouble before your birthday. I'd rather not hear of our village descending into chaos, because you can't control yourself for 5 minutes." Sasuke said as he turned over towards his chaotic companions

"That goes for the both of you." Sasuke added turning his attention onto both Sakura and Naruto

"I promise absolutely/fucking nothing." Naruto and Sakura replied as a grin came across Naruto's

"That's as good as I'm going to get from you two, isn't it?" Sasuke asked

"Yup!...Anyways, as much as I'd love to stay and chat with you guys. I gotta go home and get ready for work in about an hour. We've got one hell of a dinner rush at the Akimichi's coming up, and I'm not about to get caught lacking." Naruto told his two companions

"Alright, well take care Naruto, and good luck." Sakura said as Naruto nodded before heading off

"...So how bad do you think its gonna get once we give him the plate on Monday?" Sakura questioned

"There's only one way to find out, and it probably won't end as well as the Meadow Plate." Sasuke answered back

"Well, whatever it's going to be. I'm down for it; just to see some bullshit happen." Sakura said back

"You and Naruto both are chaos gremlins who are an endless source of my headaches." Sasuke said with narrowed eyes toward Sakura

"And yet you love us all the same for it!" Sakura replied with a broad-as-a-mile grin on her face

"Whatever." Sasuke said with a shake of his head before walking off with Sakura in tow


(2 days later, Haruno Household, October 10th 996 S.E, 8:44 Pm)

It would later on into the week, as Naruto's birthmas was soon in full swing as all those that were in attendance were caught up in the good cheer provided by the music, food, and drink that was at the Haruno household.

"Thanks again, you guys for coming to my birthmas party. I really appreciate it." Naruto thanked his friends whilst everyone was milling about enjoying the party itself

"You should know by now we wouldn't miss it for the world, Naruto." Choji said as he ate from his plate

"Besides, there's no way I'm not gonna celebrate my brothers' 17th birthday." Sakura added with a grin

"Again, and I know I can't say it enough. But this means the world to me that everyone came here to celebrate with me…Especially when everyone and the village is out and about celebrating Mizore and Toshiro's birthday." Naruto thanked his friends for their showing up

"Well, no shit we'd choose you over them. You're our best friend, Naruto. I'm always choosing you over them 25 times out of 10!" Sakura told him

"Sakura's right. We came here to be with you, not them. Plus your a lot nice than they are…and you don't make fun of my weight all too." Choji spoke, glad that Naruto was one of the few in their class that didn't rip on him for his larger frame and weight

"Bottom line, Naruto we're happy to be here, since your an awesome guy." Sakura said as she took a large chomp out of her turkey leg

"Damn, what did I do to get friends like you guys…and Sasuke wherever the hell he's at." Naruto said back as he looked over for wherever said Uchiha was

"I'm pretty sure he's over talking with my cousins'." Sakura pointed out in seeing Sasuke talking with some of the Kure's

"Huh, that's something'. Any reason why he'd want anything with them?" Naruto questioned

"Beats me. Ain't none of my fucking business what he gets up to with them." Sakura said with a shrug of her shoulders

"Well, I'm not gonna interrupt what he's got going on…That being said, let's go around and get involved in some shit." Naruto spoke as he finished his plate

"I'll be with you guys after I get another plate of food." Choji replied as he headed over toward the buffet table

"Alright, man, and enjoy yourself." Naruto said as Choji departed from him and Sakura

From there the party continued in full effect, whether it be from Naruto and his friends in attendance; taking part in the games of tomahawk throwing, cornhole, playing dominoes, and other such games to entertain themselves when they weren't stuffing their faces with food. On top of that they mainly were just vibing to the high-energy music that had some of those either chilling and talking with each other, or dancing with one another to the raucous energy that was in the air at the given moment.

So much was the raucous and vibrant atmosphere that continued on through the birthday party that Naruto was able to convince the usually reserved Sasuke to join in and dance alongside them, with Lyoto being roped in by his sister in Masako. Much to Naruto's delight and laughter at seeing his friend and cousin dance alongside them in good-natured fun, even if it did last for a brief amount of times…said times were captured on camera by Mebuki; who gave Naruto a hidden thumbs up after doing so.

Yet it was as he partied, danced, drank and engaged in games, and even a good-natured bout of arm-wrestling with his hopefully future sensei in Masako; which earned him getting sent flying a good 10 to 15 feet due to her absurd strength…The superhuman blonde in question feeling his spirits throughout his birthmas rise immensely given that for the first time in a very long time; he didn't have to be put down as a lesser being by his own siblings, be made a ghost and virtually ignored on his own birthday, or had to sit and watch as Toshiro and Mizore were showered with praise.

As for what felt like the first time ever…he felt like he was important on his birthday as a massive grin of infectious cheer and joy overtook him; even moreso as Tsunade decided that since he was legally of age on this day that he was old enough to drink and share in some drinks with his grandmother. This of course led to him sharing in some jello shots with Tsunade, Masako, Mizuki, Sakura and Sasuke, with him glad that the Toxic Plate gave him a very high tolerance to poison otherwise the high-quality of said shots would've had him liquored up and out of his gourd.

Yet as time wore on and the birthday cake was brought out much to Naruto's delight that it was his favorite lemon cake with bright orange and royal blue icing was carried out, and a light with 17 birthday candles for him to wish upon. The superhuman in question had made his wish in silence before he took a deep breath and blew out the candles in one fell swoop, as after doing so and once people started to divide up the cake; he kept his joyful yet impish grin in his refusal to tell anyone of what his birthmas wish was.

However, what further sent him over the moon was the fact that he was given his presents by most of those in attendance despite his having told everyone that they didn't need too; when their fellowship was enough. Yet considering that he was given gifts that ranged from Masako giving him a hand-carved wooden statute of a mighty Chinese dragon fighting against a oni, Mizuki giving him a telescoping shortsword that could extend into a spear with the press of a seal, a joint present from Dan and Tsunade in the form of a 'crap-ton' of money, on top of the Akimichi's giving him a cookbook from their clan's personal vaults….

That all of the generosity shown was enough to nearly cause the young man in question to nearly break into tears at the kindness given to him on his birthmas, and yet as he wiped away his tears and thanked everyone; he continued to celebrate with everyone into the late hours of night; that bordered on into midnight…Yet it was when everyone would eventually leave for the day that would await them in the morning, and once everything was cleaned up and all things were packed in did the trio of Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura eventually teleport to Senju Park where Naruto was to recieve his 'surprise gift' from the two.

"Alright, you guys. What's the special gift that you guys had to wait to give me? Because it better be good if we had to teleport all the way out here." Naruto asked as to what it was

"I think you should unwrap it to find out for yourself." Sasuke told Naruto as he handed him over a storage scroll

"Alright, it better be goo…How the fuck did you two find this?" Naruto said before he soon grabbed the Dread Plate from the depths of said scroll

"Well, it turns out that the mission Sasuke and I were on had a pretty dope surprise. So we swiped it off our marks, and decided to give it to you as a kickass birthday present." Sakura explained to Naruto of the condensed version of how they found said plate

"So you can see why we waited to give you this, up until now." Sasuke said

"Yeah…Yeah, I can definitely see why you two waited." Naruto replied still in shock of his new gift that seemed to pulsate in his hands with eldritch power

"So I guess Happy Birthmas to you, Naruto! Hope you enjoy our gift from us to you." Sakura exclaimed in the midst of the night

"Trust me, Sakura. I definitely am…oh man; I can't wait to see what fun stuff I'm gonna get out of this!" Naruto said as he continued to look over the shadow-wreathed plate

"Then what are you waiting for? Crack that sucker open, and let's get too it." Sakura replied keen to see what would happen upon Naruto's absorbing of said plate

"Ok, you guys. Here goes nothing'!" Naruto said back as he began to focus on the Dread Plate

From there Naruto concentrated and began to dive into what felt to him as an abyss of pure pitch and nothingness that he found himself having to 'crawl through' in pursuit of the power that lie within it's onyx depths. All the while to the onlookers of Sasuke and Sakura, Naruto's entire form began to become covered in shadow and pitch-black nothingness, as though the color were being drained from not only himself but everything around him; leaving everything with the exception of Sakura and Sasuke in muted greyscale.

Yet as Naruto had to 'crawl' and 'dive' through the seemingly endless pitch of almost neverending black that he eventually saw a greyish-black and orange light; that shined like the morning sun; that both seemed to suck in the darkness like a vaccuum, and at the same time radiate an almost crushing and suffocating intensity; that had Naruto actually struggling to breath as he got closer toward it. So the inheritor of the Pokemon God did the only sensible thing he knew in this instance and that was dive towards the otherworldly light, and hope for the best at full speeds as he closed his eyes in preparation for what would happen to him in the material world.

Meanwhile, Sasuke and Sakura soon saw their friend whose skin had turned black as pitch and his eyes a kaldiescope of oranges, greys and blacks that seemed to suck in all color and light into him like a walking black hole; soon open his mouth to it's widest point…All before he let out a distorted roar that sounded like it came from Giratina itself before a massive tidal-wave of pure darkness tore its way out of him, and knocked Sakura and Sasuke some near 40 feet back before Sakura was able to use her outstanding physicality to plant her feet into ground and catch them.

The roars from Naruto continued as a dozen more shockwaves that sucked more color and life out of the area erupted out of the teen in question before ceasing as tendrils of shadow and cacophonous laughter further erupted from the blonde; before Naruto dropped to the ground breathing heavily from the rather explosive increase to his powers that he felt dropped upon him like a ten-ton hammer…In the aftermath of the absorption, around half of Senju Park having had all color drained out of it; rendering it a heavily muted version itself in black, white, and grey version of itself that made it look bleak and barren whilst the almost faint sounds of maddened chortling and laughter from something out of an asylum still lingered as Sasuke and Sakura raced towards Naruto who was stumbling to his feet while wisps of shadow arced off of him.

"Naruto! You all good?!" Sakura asked as she helped Naruto to his feet

"Yeah, yeah I'm good. Its' just that absorbing that shit made me feel a bit funny." Naruto answered back as he looked up at the duo

"Well, that's definitely a new look." Sakura said as she gave Naruto a once-over

"Is everything ok?" Naruto questioned shaking his head

"It is, minus whatever the hell that you did to this place…Also, it looks that whatever happened to you gave you a tiny makeover." Sakura answered back as she handed a small mirror to look himself over in

"What do you mean a makeover?…Huh, to be honest out of all the changes that could've happened. This isn't all that bad as it could've been, if I'm gonna be honest with myself about it.." Naruto said as the whites of his eyes had gone pitch black and his irises turned a brilliant royal blue, while his teeth had grown into bestial fangs

"Look at it this way, Naruto. You can actually look like an honorary Kure now." Sasuke said with a wry smile

"Oh haha, very funny." Naruto said back with a roll of his eyes

"In the meantime, we're gonna need to get you some contacts. Since it's gonna be pretty weird if you show up with eyes like mine to class." Sakura told her 'brother'

"That is a very good point. In the meantime, how about we get the fuck out of here. I don't what else my power-up did. But if it made whatever else here look like a black and white acid-trip. Then I say we get outta here before we have people coming to investigate." Naruto suggested

"Agreed…On a positive note, that power didn't damage any of us." Sasuke said as he grabbed onto Naruto's shoulder

"That's at least a good thing to go along with my birthmas." Naruto said back before teleporting himself, Sakura and Sasuke away from the distorted visage of Senju Park


(3 days later, October 13th, 996 S.E, Jiraiya's Apartment, 10:56 Am)

It was a few days later after the mysterious 12-hour long blackout that followed after the end of the anniversary of the 9 tails being sealed within Mizore and Toshiro, and whispers of moving shadows amongst the villagers that was chalked to some being blackout drunk or high as a kite. However, it was the news that Jiraiya had just received that had him taken aback from what Pa was telling him.

"What do you mean the prophecy has changed? I-I didn't think it was possible for that to happen." Jiraiya said aghast at the information

"That was what we had assumed as well. However, in the time period during the mysterious blackout, the village had suffered a few days ago. The Great Toad Sage had received another vision; that changed the prophecy as we know." Pa grimly replied

"The change might I add nearly killed him due to not only the severity of it but what he saw within it as well." Pa added causing Jiraiya's eyes to widen in shock

"It was that bad?!...What the hell did he see that could've almost made him kick the bucket?" Jiraiya said in near-disbelief

"Aye, it was Jiraiya-boy. From what he had seen in the vision and told us before he'd gone unconscious, was enough to nearly make his heart give out…Honestly, with what he told us; I cannot blame him." Pa told the Toad Sannin

"Is he going to be ok?" Jiraiya asked concerned for the eldest of the Toad Clan

"So far Shima and others have been tending to him and making sure that his health doesn't decline any further. Even so, this is still a grave omen that something such as this was enough to nearly kill him." Pa answered back, as Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief at that

"At least the geezer is gonna pull through if Ma has anything to say about it. If anyone can make sure he pulls through; its her." Jiraiya remarked on knowing how said Toad Sage was one of their best witch doctors when it came to healing

"I will agree with you there…That being said, I do need to tell you of what he saw in his vision. Given that while he experienced it, and was informing us of the prophecy. There was something…that he saw that left him with a warning at the end of it." Pa told his summoner

"Then go for it…It has to be something intense with what happened to the old toad." Jiraiya replied

From there Jiraiya was informed of the changes to the prophecy wherein it said that Naruto as the subject of it all; would be gifted the power of a long-since forgotten deity who ruled and created creatures of immense power. Once Naruto came into full possession of these powers as he grew within his might in the oncoming days, that he would either come to break the world and instill a terror that hadn't been seen since the 10 Tails once rampaged the lands, or he would bring forth a dominion under his unyielding might and annihilation to all those that opposed him.

However, there was still hope yet; given that Pa also recounted from the changed prophecy that Naruto could also either bring about a great amount of prosperity of his powers as one of the greatest sages to ever live, or to ascend to a level of power that was so great that with his chosen allies would become one of the worlds' greatest defenders against evil. However, it was the fact that a great beast of some kind that from what the Great Toad Sage described as something akin to a Kirin, left them with a warning and that was to not stoke the ire of his chosen inheiritor or face complete extinction at his hands.

"And that is the end of it. For seems that things have become far, far more than what was originally foretold...Luckily things are not as bleak as they could've become with the boy." Pa said as he finished his recant of the new prophecy

"So on top of trying to bring about peace as it was in the original prophecy. Now we have to worry about Minato's eldest brat being a god-powered destroyer, or a super tyrant?...Just what is the world coming to?" Jiraiya wondered as he still was taking all this in

"Believe me, I feel the same way. However, we cannot afford to take this matter lightly. " Pa said

"Then what do you suggest we do? We can't just let him walk around knowing he can bring an apocalypse down on our heads…Something has to be done." Jiraiya spoke with a mix of emotions running through him

"I agree. However, we must not act rashly. For the prophecy also states that he is to also become one of the greatest sages that may be able to bring a peace we have been desiring for centuries. Or better yet one of the worlds' greatest defenders to protect it against untold evils. The moment we act in fear and try to force things out of fear may make things all the worse." Pa replied

"So for now, we wait until further notice. Not with the warning we were given by whatever this entity is." Pa added with a nervous if not fearful gulp

"That's it?! We're just supposed to wait and see what happens?! Even when we get information that Naruto can bring the world as we know it; either to its knees under his rule. Or even worse obliterate everything, and make all the work we've put in be for nothing….Then, and there's the tiniest chance that good-for-nothing little shit can be one of the most powerful sages; that can maybe and I mean just barely maybe bring about peace everlasting...Are you kidding me right now?!" Jiraiya near shouted at the fact that Naruto was not a walking cataclysm waiting to happen

"We have to make sure that kid is stopped in his tracks now! Otherwise, Konoha and the rest of the world is screwed a hundred times over...I refuse to put anything in that kids hands." Jiraiya further spoke as he went to stand up before Pa hopped onto his chest to with all he could muster sit Jiraiya back down

"No! That is not what I am saying at all Jiraiya!...What I am saying is that we keep watch over the boy, and not act on this new prophecy…At the very least we can attempt to do damage control. Perhaps even prevent the havoc that he will create when he gains more of powers. At least until a way can be made to sway him to our side to assist in our plans for peace and prosperity amongst the shinobi world." Pa replied getting Jiraiya to stop in his tracks knowing that at the given moment damage control was their best bet

"That is a very, and I mean VERY tall order you're asking for. Especially, when we don't know how strong he even is right now?...Especially, since whatever's going on with him may not even use chakra, if he's drawing it from whatever this…. thing even is." Jiraiya said back, not knowing the extent as to Naruto's full might

"I myself do not know how powerful the child is myself. However, given that he draws strength from something; that even indirectly was able to send the Great Toad Sage into a temporary coma. Then I say that he will be plenty powerful in his own right." Pa spoke in an estimation of what Naruto's potential strength could be

"If that's the case then I'm going to have to up Toshiro's and Mizore's training…If Naruto really does go off the rails like this new prophecy says. Then we're going to need something to hold him off." Jiraiya said back, knowing that the jinchuuriki would need all the help they could get given their brother was a demigod in the making

"This also means that it would be a good idea for you to come back to Mount Myoboku. The completion of your Senjutsu training would also prove to be a great asset, should young Naruto fulfill the prophecy." Pa advised

"I dunno if I have it in me, Pa. I couldn't really hack it beforehand when I tried it." Jiraiya replied, in regards to his incomplete Sage Mode

"I fear that should things continue to go as they are. That you may not have a choice in the matter…Things are set in motion to change, and change in a way that hasn't been seen in ages. Which is why it would be in your best interest to complete your Sage training." Pa said to his summoner in honest-to-god fear for Jiraiya's wellbeing

"Otherwise, you may not see the peace you have worked decades to see happen." The elderly Toad sage further spoke

"I guess this is one of those things; I can't smooth-talk my way out of, isn't it?" Jiraiya asked, as Fukusaku gave him a wry smile

"Its good to see that for all your perversions, that you are able to see the most obvious of answers." Pa answered back with a smile albeit a somber if not strained one given the situation

"Nevertheless, Jiraiya-boy. Be on guard for what is to happen. I fear that things are going to be far more unpredictable than what we could've imagined." Pa added grimly at the thoughts of what was to come in the impending future

"I got it, Pa…What about Minato, Kushina, and the kids? Do we tell them about the new prophecy?" Jiraiya asked

"No…At least not yet. There are still so many unknowns that are still too murky to make out…Not only that but it may cause them to act rashly, and in doing so invoke Naruto's wrath against us all…Considering the foreboding warning we were given to not gain his rage directed towards us; I would rather not push our luck." Pa answered back

For even he wasn't going to push his luck against a deity's warning when it meant the outright extinction of his entire people…to do so given the magnitude of its eldritch and otherworldly powers would be outright foolish and arrogant.

"In the meantime, I wish you good luck training those youngsters of yours. Given what is coming, and the potential power that young Naruto may come to possess... They will more than need it; should things come to their worst." Pa spoke and yet there were still the small tremors of fear and trepidation in his voice concerning the inheiritor of Arceus's might

"Don't worry, I've got everything under control…At least I hope with a walking apocalypse living in the village." Jiraiya replied before Fukasaku nodded and disappeared back to Mt. Myoboku

'Great…Now on top of trying to bruins peace to the world, and stop everything from going to hell. I now have to deal with the threat of Minato's eldest becoming a world-ending nightmare….Just my luck.' Jiraiya said in feeling the immense weight of this new prophecy crash on him with an almost oppressive force

So with Naruto's birthday celebration having come and gone, and with it the new addition of a Plates' power to his arsenal; a new prophecy has sparked to life concerning Naruto as a potential threat on a scale not seen since the Sage of 6 Paths. How will things go with Naruto's ever growing power having him at the forefront of a potential doomsday prophecy? Find out in the new chapters of, Naruto: The PokeSage!


New Plate has been Acquired, Dread Plate! Moves Learned: Night Slash, Dark Pulse, Sucker Punch, Nasty Plot, Crunch.

New Moves Learned: Double Team, Close Combat, Flamethrower, Heal Pulse, Discharge, Psyshield Bash, Transform, Leech Seed.

Alright, that takes care of that; and I hope you guys will enjoy this story and more of what's to come, since I have more fun stuff to come down the pipeline going forward, so I hope you guys will stick around to see those things happen in Naruto's misadventures. Also, any favorites, follows, reviews or suggestions are more than welcome, as I'm happy to take suggestions on what can make the story better.

But without much else in the way of things; this is Pravus666 signing off until next time. The next chapter coming up will be showing things as Naruto continues to adjust to things during his time at the academy so stay tuned for all of what could be coming next.

Part 1: Evolution by Korn

Random End Song: Find My Way Home by Otis McDonald


Now then onto the reviews from the previous chapter.

Kourtney Uzu Yato: Glad you liked the whole mission Sasuke and Sakura undertook to gain the Dread Plate, seeing as how rarely in Naruto stories do we see them actually do stealth missions. So I figured why not try and do my bit on what that'd be like for our intrepid heroes persay. Furthermore, Sakura's control over her bloodlust and thirst for violence is something she's going to be working on over the course of the story given that its connected to her mastering the full extent of the Niko Style in this story. Also, don't worry your gonna see more of Toshiro and Mizore being just god-awful people, seeing as how even their halves of Kurama think their just trash people if that gives any indicator. Furthermore, its great to see how your Naruko would feel about my iterations of Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura. And concerning how they'd feel about her, Sasuke would no doubt have a great deal of respect for her self-discipline and commitment and resolution toward being a proficient warrior, Sakura would be ecstatic and over the hill to see someone who takes martial arts seriously and would want to fight/spar against her immediately. Then as for Naruto he would be happy to trade techniques, skills and such with her, and offer to get high with her every once and awhile...but would warn her that his full powers are something else to put it lightly; given that as you'll start seeing they start crossing into Eldritch terrirtories the more he starts using his full power at points of the story.

God of Wind 200: I'm fine with Hanabi being part of things, but here's the thing about Hinata that makes that difficult...That's if she survives the events of the story long enough for that to happen; since all it takes is one time fucking up and you'll no doubt pay for it in blood or something just as important. So yeah that happening is in the negatives my guy.

SPark681: For the remaining plates he still has left to find. He still has to find the Water, Steel, Ice, Insect, Ground, Rock, Ghost, Fairy, Legendary, Dragon, and Flying type Plates. However, as you guys are gonna see in a few chapters, that he's not gonna be able to get all of them so easily for reasons you'll soon see.