Chapter 1
The war was over, Madara was finally dead and unable to return, but it wasn’t a win. There were far too many losses to even consider calling it that. All of Naruto‘s friends are dead, only Gaara, who became his brother in everything but blood, was still by his side. He was covered in sticky, dark red blood, but was still breathing.
“Naruto…“, Gaara whispered, voice rough and a little choked.
“Naruto, did you ever finish working on the seal?“
“…I did, but are you seriously considering to use it? I have no idea if it‘ll work and..“, Naruto trailed off, unsure how to finish that sentence.
“It’s our last chance to keep our promise to protect our people. And if it doesn’t work, we can at least say that we’ve tried everything.“
“I guess… We‘ll have to use Shukaku‘s and Kurama‘s chakra to make the seal work. Is Shukaku okay with it?“
Gaara smiled softly, as he wiped some blood off his face. Naruto had helped him free and reseal Shukaku during one of their battles and he couldn’t be more grateful for it. Despite the bijuu‘s past behavior Gaara cared about him and he cared about Gaara, even if he‘d never admit it. They get along pretty well now and are a great team.
“Of course“
“Then let’s do this!“
Naruto unsealed a big scroll from the storage seal on his arm and unrolled it on the floor. In sync he and the other jinchuurki bit their thumb and spread the blood over the seal. Then they pressed both of their hand on the paper and poured as much chakra as possible into the seal. Blue chakra turned red as soon as both of the tailed beasts allowed their hosts to access it.
Suddenly a weird sensation came over two of the strongest shinobi to ever live. A feeling of dizziness and nausea is the last thing Naruto remembers before he is ripped away from his dimension and everything fades to black.