Chapter Eight
As the smoke cleared from when Sasuke, Naruto, and Toneri clashed together. The Ōtsutsuki member was on top of the blond child. His eyes were wide and he was sporting a psychotic smirk. “You thought you and your little friend stood a chance against me? I am an Ōtsutsuki! And I want my eyes back!” He shouted as he reached his hands down to Naruto’s eyes. Naruto was about to scream in pain, but after a second he didn’t feel anything. He slowly and hesitantly opened his eyes.
What he saw was Toneri frozen. He was visibly shaking as if he was trying to free himself from a death grip. Naruto tilted his head looking at the ground noticing the shadow was in a weird shape. He looked up to the cliff edge and smiled seeing Shikamaru. “S-Sasuke hurry up! He’s breaking free!” Shikamaru screamed loudly before Toneri arched his back out screaming causing the Nara clan member to fly onto his back, breaking the jutsu. Sasuke quickly ran up jumping in the air slamming his foot into Toneri’s cheek sending him flying across the valley.
Naruto grabbed Sasuke’s hand standing up from the ground. “We fight him together,” Sasuke told the blond who nodded. “And just in case you weren’t counting. That was the second time I saved your life.” The Uchiha scoffed a bit and Naruto rolled his eyes. Toneri growled as he levitated above the water.
“I will not be stopped by mere children! I am an all-powerful Ōtsutsuki!” Toneri screamed as he formed all nine orbs into millions of needles. Naruto quickly activated his tenseigan chakra mode again. As the needles were just about to stab the two ninja’s Naruto made a large shield out of his nine orbs, absorbing the needles before sending them back at Toneri.
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Minato jumped down landing next to the other three ninjas. Orochimaru soon joining them. “Where is my son?” Minato questioned looking around the area not seeing another blond-haired ninja.
“We thought he was here, but he’s not,” Kakashi answered immediately, able to sense the amount of killing intent Minato had.
“Well, I suppose we better wrap this up and go searching for him.” Kushina shrugged slightly before looking up at the sand beast. The group of ninjas separated from each other as the one-tailed beasts hand came crashing down where they were.
“Everyone, make as many shadow clones as you can. If we all attack at once, then it won’t be able to defend itself. I’ll get in close enough to place this seal on the jinchuriki’s forehead.” Minato shouted receiving nods from the others. Everyone made some shadow-clones, although Kakashi made the most. “Now!” The fourth Hokage shouted pushing himself off the branch diving towards the head of the beast.
“Hit it with everything you’ve got!” Kushina shouted while Minato’s clones created a Rasengan. As all the clones covered the sand beast, Minato was able to slip in on its head. Just before it could trap the older blond, Minato managed to slap the seal to Gaara’s head.
The moment it was put on Gaara, the sand began to crumble. Everyone would have fallen to the ground if they didn’t move quickly enough. Upon landing on nearby branches. The group looked for Gaara, but it seemed someone had slipped by and took him.
Taking a minute for them to gather back up, Minato looked at the group. “Now, take us to our son-” He was cut off by a large explosion. The six ninja’s looked over, seeing smoke rising up from the Valley of the End.
“He must be there,” Jiraiya told them, and without hesitation or waiting, the group began to head towards the valley.
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Naruto and Sasuke were standing on the water breathing heavily. The two looked like they just got out of hell. Naruto’s clothing was all torn up, but the Chakra was still flowing strongly through him. The two ninja’s had cuts all over their clothes. And Sasuke had a busted lip. Toneri’s clothing was ripped up and riddled with cuts and holes. “Heh, you two should be glad. No one has ever been able to stand this long in a battle against a Ōtsutsuki clan member who held the Tenseigan.” Toneri spoke as if he had respect for the two, but he also had a hint of annoyance in his tone.
“Will you shut up about being a Ōtsutsuki clan member? That clan means nothing to Sasuke or me!” Naruto shouted as he charged at the other tenseigan holder. Sasuke quickly followed behind him. Naruto grabbed Sasuke’s hand throwing him into the air. “Use your strongest move Sasuke!” Naruto screamed as Sasuke came hurling down at Toneri. The psychotic Tenseigan user would have moved from his spot, but he found himself unable to.
He looked to the cliff edge, seeing Shikamaru again, performing the same Jutsu. “Kit, give me control of your body,” Kurama demanded as Naruto was still charging at Toneri. The blond ninja didn’t want to, but he also knew that Kurama was here to help. So he let the tailed beast have control. Naruto’s body didn’t skip a beat over the transfer. Kurama smirked as he infused some of his chakra into the tenseigan. “What jutsu are you using?” Naruto questioned still able to see what was going on. “One that will match with the Uchiha’s Chidori,” Kurama answered as he made a shadow clone. As Naruto and his clone raced at Toneri, Sasuke performed hand signs.
“Chidori!” Sasuke screamed out as lightning covered his hand.
“Rasengan!” Kurama shouted with Sasuke. The two made contact with the Ōtsutsuki clan member, both jutsu’s hitting in the same spot. Kurama smirked devilishly at this. The two attacks formed together. “Rasengan Chidori!" Kurama called out victoriously.
Shikamaru released Toneri at the last possible millisecond so he wouldn’t be harmed. When the attack finally hit, it created a large explosion sending Naruto and Sasuke flying back across the valley. The explosion was so powerful it sent the Nara clan member flying back slamming into a tree and a few trees even got knocked down.
When the smoke cleared, Naruto and Sasuke were on either side of the Valley. Both of them passed out unconscious. “Naruto! Please be alive Naruto!” The blond ninja could hear in the distance. As he slowly opened his eyes what he saw was amazing. Shikamaru kneeling beside him.
“Five more minutes,” Naruto grumbled noticing he had control back, and he wasn’t in his Tenseigan chakra mode. Shikamaru rolled his eyes leaning down. Naruto’s eyes widened as he felt Shikamaru’s lips touching his. Though, his eyes closed afterward kissing back. When the brown-haired ninja broke the kiss he seemed to return to his normal, monotone self.
“I’ve got to go check on Sasuke, don’t do anything stupid,” Shikamaru told the blond who was forcing himself to sit up.
“Kurama, please tell me you’re okay,” Naruto asked mentally before hearing the fox chuckle. “I’m fine Kit. Took a lot of chakra. Not use to doing that, maybe now you’ll trust me enough to give me my own body, for at least a few hours one day a week,” Kurama spoke causing Naruto to laugh a bit. “You’ve earned it. After I rest up enough, you can start teaching me how to make you a body,” Naruto smiled to himself before hearing someone calling for him.
“Naruto! Naruto are you okay?” Kakashi shouted as he landed next to the blond ninja. Behind him, Naruto saw Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Hiashi, and two unfamiliar ninjas.
Naruto nodded softly as he had help from Hiashi to stand up. “Y-yeah. I’m fine. Although, someone should go help Shikamaru with Sasuke.” Naruto pointed to the opposite side of the Valley. On the opposite side, the group saw Sasuke heavily leaning on Shikamaru to just stand.
Jiraiya and Orochimaru decided to head over to help them while Minato and Kushina stepped up to the young blond ninja. “Naruto, our sweet boy,” Kushina spoke softly running her hand over his cheek. Naruto stared at her and Minato while she did that.
“Why the hell are you touching me you tomato?!” Naruto shouted and immediately regretting calling the woman a tomato and swearing.
“What did you say, young man?!” Kushina shouted as a tick on her forehead popped. She punched the top of her son’s head. But as soon as she hit him she pulled the child into a hug.
“Naruto, that’s no way to speak to your mother,” Hiashi told the young boy whose eyes went wide in shock. His mother? No way, Naruto was an orphan. The blond then looked over to Minato noticing the similarities between them. “And that is your father. Minato Namikaze. The fourth Hokage,” Hiashi confirmed patting the kid’s shoulder.
“T-the fourth is my dad? A-and you’re my mom?” Naruto whispered quietly looking at Minato and Kushina who both nodded smiling widely. Without saying another word, Naruto hugged the two tightly tearing up. This had to be a dream, nothing so good could happen to him. Right? Hell, he didn’t care. Even if this is a dream, he’s going to savor this.
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Naruto spent the rest of the week still in the Hyuga compound. He and Sasuke were still healing from the fight with Toneri. Though, something happened to them during that fight. They didn’t tell anyone else, but neither of them has been able to use their eyes. Sasuke can’t use his Sharingan, and Naruto is unable to use his Tenseigan. Not even his Byakugan. Though they both thought it was because they were still recuperating. But it didn’t feel right.
After the week of healing and resting up, Naruto and Sasuke were back to their normal selves. Except for the fact, that Shikamaru and Naruto were now dating, and Sasuke and Sakura started to date. The two bonded over the week of Sakura deciding to take care of Sasuke. But, today, Naruto wasn’t hanging with his team or his boyfriend. Minato and Kushina both decided to move back into their old compound. The Namikaze clan compound. And the house they were living in was their house. A large mansion-like home. It had two floors and a luxurious basement. The top floor was where the bedrooms were. The first floor was where the kitchen was and the living area and the library where all their scrolls were.
The basement was Naruto’s favorite by far. It was a professional training area. Of course, nothing beat training outside where you had no limits, but the basement was for a more controlled training area.
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After a few weeks of getting back on schedule and getting used to being back from the dead and grieving for Sarutobi, Minato resumed his position of Hokage, and Kushina resumed her role as a ninja. Everything seemed to return to the new normal. Naruto and Sasuke were sitting in the basement after practicing their kunai skills. “So, you can’t activate your Tenseigan anymore? Not even the byakugan?” Sasuke asked receiving a head shake from his friend.
“No, I think I exerted too much chakra. But I don’t know why I can’t use my byakugan.” Naruto sighed quietly looking at the ground.
“Yeah, I don’t know why I can’t use the Sharingan either,” Sasuke whispered back before the two heard a chuckle from the corner of the room. When the two stood up and looked in the corner of the room they both pulled their weapons out. In the corner was a tall and pale-skinned man, who had deep wrinkles and a strong jawline. He had spiky, shoulder-length, pale brown hair, with a chin-length, braided lock hanging in front of his left ear. He also sported a goatee. He also had a pair of horn-like protrusions extending from either side of his forehead and pupilless white eyes.
“Children, please,” The man spoke with high authority. He swiped both his hands and the weapons in Naruto’s and Sasuke’s hands disappeared. “Do not fear me. I am not here to harm you,” He spoke quietly slowly walking up to them.
“Naruto, that’s the Sage Of Six Paths. He’s the one who made me,” Kurama informed the young ninja. Naruto’s eyes widened in confusion.
“I-if you’re the Sage of Six Paths, then, why are you here?” Naruto questioned, and Sasuke followed the blonds lead by staying still. The man chuckled heartedly looking at the two.
“I am here because of what is to come in the future, Toneri wasn’t your greatest foe. But someone else is. Someone who is collecting all Dōjutsu’s. And they are succeeding in doing so. They will master them. And they will crave more power. You two, you two are the ones who will put an end to this man, and save the ninja world.” Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki told them. “Do you accept this? If you do, then take my hands, and I shall bestow upon you the Rinnegan.” He said holding out his hands to the two. On his right-hand palm, that was for Naruto, had a sun mark on it. And his left-hand palm which was for Sasuke had a moon mark on it.
The two friends looked at each other. Neither of them knew what to say, but they both silently agreed together. They took the man’s hands and it started to burn. The two shouted and screamed in pain. This grabbed the attention of Kushina who was currently reading a scroll. She rushed downstairs to the basement met with the sight of Naruto and Sasuke on the floor passed out.
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{After The Group Had Left The Valley Of The End}
Toneri painfully pulled himself out of the water. His clothes were burnt and soaked. He was breathing heavily as he stood up. But as he looked around a fair-skinned man with spiky, black hair that had a slight blue tint to it. He was wearing crimson armor with numerous metal plates, forming protective guards along his chest, waist, shoulders, and thighs. Underneath the armor, he was wearing the basic Uchiha outfit: a blue high-collared, long sleeve mantle that splits down the lower half and a simple, light-brown obi and a belt. He also carried an orange-brown gunbai which had a long black chain running up it.
“Who the hell are you?” Toneri growled loudly at the stranger.
“Heh, My name is Madara Uchiha. And I want your eyes,” The man responded as he showed the man his eyes. His eyes looked like a byakugan but with a Mangekyō Sharingan look in it. He then grabbed Toneri by the throat. The man reached up tearing the eyes from the man’s sockets. Toneri screamed in pure agony as his eyes were ripped from his socket. When Madara absorbed the tenseigans, the look of his eyes changed. It changed from looking like Byakugan to looking like a tenseigan with the Mangekyō Sharingan symbols.
“Thank you for your sacrifice. But I cannot allow you to warn anyone,” Madara grumbled as he easily snapped the man’s neck. He let his body drop to the ground before he disappeared in a puff of smoke.