Well, well, well, what do we have here an active author? HELLO FOLKS!it's finally here my take on a Naruto time travel fic. It's got a twist and to be honest I like it, and where it's gonna go. Now I will be addressing this in the next chapter of Naruto: A Titan's tale, but i do not like a super over powered Naruto, it make fight scenes predictable and boring to read, in my opinion at least. I like for my Naruto's to be challenged when they fight someone who's not basically a grunt. and that's how I plan to write Book One as i have plans for after i compete this story. Female Kurama for once because why the hell not, Sword wielding, Seal master Naruto and NaruHina in terms of pairing because damnit their two cute together. Please read and review and if anyone is interested in being a beta reader than please let me know am looking for one. So please enjoy - Naruto: The Guardian.

Legend:

"Normal speaking"

"Kurama Speaking"

"Kami or Shinigami speaking"

"NARUTO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"

"Unhand me Ashura! What do you think this little stunt of yours is gonna do?"

Naruto found himself in a rather unique position, and not just physically. Well I guess having a literal goddess in a full blown headlock while explosive tags equal to a nuke were about to go off was pretty unique. It was the implications that were going through his slowed mind. Looks like the thing about life flashing before your eyes before death was true.

'Heh and I never even got to thank Hinata properly. Pulling my mind out of the fire right after Neji's death. Such a strong woman.' He was planning on killing himself. That's right, nothing graceful, nothing cool. He was going down and had planned to take this son of a bitch with him. The Sage could help Sasuke and Kakashi figure out how to undo Kagyuya's jutsu. He knew it wouldn't be enough to just seal her away again. No, there was always the risk that someone down the road would just unseal her again. And then even more people would die.

No he was going to take her to see the Shinigami personally. 'Damn I'll even open the gates to hell for her myself. Because no way is she going to get away with what she has done. Neji, Jiraiya, his own Father and Mother, Haku, Zabuza, Asuma-Sensei, Granny Chiho, Garra (even if Granny Chiho did bring him back to life), all the other jinchuuriki, and the countless lives lost during this war. All of them was her fault, even if the dark Zetsu was working on his own, she made him which made her equally to blame.

So what had his smart plan been? Put explosive seals on steroids all over his body, only to activate should his body fail him due to a battle injury, and he figured impaling himself on one of Kagyuya's hands and using it to get her in a iron clad grapple hold was good enough. Of course he saw himself on the swing at the academy, talking to Iruka in the forest, training Konohamaru, learning his nindo from Haku, meeting Isaribi and Amaru, growing close to his class mates, training and chasing after Sasuke, training with Jiraiya, fighting the Akatsuki, fighting this Kami forsaken war…finding his feelings for Hinata at the very end of it all…and then he saw his failures.

Losing to Sasuke, not saving him, nor being able to protect Jiraiya , not being able to save Neji, not realizing all of the obvious signs Hinata had been giving him, not returning Hinata's feelings. Not becoming Hokage, not leaving a mark on the world, failing his parents, failing Sarutobi. Then he was taken inward, to his mind were time flowed differently. Kurama was in front of him. Her volcanic eyes staring back at his. His last failure, to protect the one Person who had kept him alive his entire life.

"Sorry Kurama, if I could I wouldn't drag you into this."

"Fret not young one, I've been around a long time, seen and done many things. Hated everything and only loved one man. My father. I hated life and you showed me the way forward, a way to get out of my hate, just as you showed Konan, and Neji, and Obito in the very end. You gave me a chance when all you heard your entire life that I was a demon, a monster, a soulless machine. There is no one else I would rather face death with, than you. Now stop moping, this isn't over until the fat lady sings, and this white bitch is still breathing!"

Suddenly he was back in the real world, if this dimension he was in was even real. He and Kagyuya were falling, Kagyuya struggling like a man possessed. But Naruto was filled with determination. He wasn't letting her escape. The fact he could hear black Zetsu wailing in her sleeve gave him a grim satisfaction.

"Good at least he won't be around to sow even further chaos in the future. It's been one hell of a ride kid. Too bad you never got laid. Or maybe it's a good thing you never got laid? Kami knows how awkward that would have been for me?"

'Hey can I get less sass from the peanut gallery? I'm barley able to hold Kagyuya as it is'

"You'll get a lot more from me than just sass you little brat if this idiotic plan of yours fails."

'Idiotic? I thought you were proud to face death with me?'

"Don't get me wrong, I am proud to face death with you, a human I was sealed into. But does that mean I want to face death itself? No. And this stunt will mean nothing if it fails. Speaking of which how long is the timer on that thing? It's been activated for three minutes?

'Long enough for me to stop it should it activate prematurely, short enough so no one else can. Besides I can auto activate the explosive part when ever I want to, but I'm waiting for something.'

"And that would be?"

And that something came in the form of Sasuke and Kakashi fusing their Susanoo bodies to make a sturdy shield, one hopefully enough to withstand the blast that they would never have been able to outrun. It took the form of an old fashioned Samurai wearing a demon mask and Kabuto helmet, as well as the formal battle armour that edo period samurai would have worn. Its coloring was a lot more interesting, having taken its base color from Kakashi's blue Susanoo and purple swirls all over it from Sasuke's.

How Naruto wished he could've have warned his team about his plan but then they may have stopped him. And he didn't think he'd be able to acquire the courage to go through with this inane plan a second time. And he would have felt really bad if he took them out in an explosion meant for two. But in his mind it had to be done. Simply sealing Kagyuya away was not an option. After all, he and Sasuke had been the latest that Ashura and Endra's reincarnations had clung too, but whose to say they, or their chakra would still be around two hundred years from now? OR however long it would take some idiot to unseal Kagyuya and undo all the work that the elemental nation had done to bring peace. Hell whose to say the elemental nations would be PREPARED two hundred years from now?

Or that, if by some chance Ashura and Endra HAD stayed around to find new host outside their normal bloodline, whose to say that the new hopes they clung to would be up for the task? That and a million other likewise thoughts was what turned Naruto down the path of self-sacrifice. 'And if I'm gonna die might as well make it nuclear.' Had been his thoughts at the time. Even now that his explosives were about to go off, he was wishing he had found more ways to make his explosive seals stronger, even after having gone through every source that he could think of to make them as strong as possible.

'They had originally been meant for Madara but here's to hoping!' He clinched his eyes tight and felt his stomach rip open and an agonizing pain and burning sensation from his abdomen before things went dark. The last sounds he heard were the sobbing of Sakura and the wailings of Kagyuya.

Sasuke stared in disbelief, as he, Kakashi and Sakura were all but dumped into the real world, the Susanoo of him and Kakashi dispelling itself. What had the dobe done? He sacrificed himself, killed Kagyuya. Something even the Sage hadn't thought possible. But it had happened, he watched Kagyuya's body be enveloped in the explosion, seen her body torn to shreds….along with Naruto's. Watched their chakra's disperse as it left their bodies, all in slow motion as they were forcibly removed from wherever the hell they had been taken.

And now he was gone. No more loud, boisterous idiot, with the goofy smile, determined eyes. No more rival. nowhere to be seen, but the effects were immediate, the tree, the great beginning of all chakra was withering as it's main source of power was vanquished. Those who had been wrapped up were being unwrapped by themselves, the occupants coming to their senses. To his right he saw the ghost of Hagaromo looking rather shocked, the four reanimated Hokage around him. 'Oh god now I have to tell the dobe's father that he's dead,' That thought for some reason unnerved Sasuke. But his thoughts were cut off from the cries of Sakura.

'And what of myself, my plan after this had been to kill the dobe myself, then the village, become the ultimate villain channel everyone's hate towards me so that they couldn't direct it to others. ' He grimaced at that thought, the faces of Itachi and Naruto coming to the fore front of his mind. 'But I guess I can't that would be a direct insult to them. Itachi loved the Hidden Leaf, so did Naruto they both died for it. Could I really bring myself to spit on their image like that.' it was then that he realized that Hagaromo was talking to him, looking rather confused.

"..Well? Hey boy are you listening to me?"

"Hm…what?"

"I said what happened? I can't sense mother's chakra, nor Naruto's for that matter. It's rather alarming, did you two manage to complete the sealing jutsu?"

Then Minato just had to speak up. "Yes, what did happen to my son."

How was he supposed to tell this man that his own son had blown himself up? The only time this had happened to Sasuke was when Deidara had tried that suicide jutsu and even then Sasuke hadn't had an emotional attachment to the maniac. Small beads of sweat started forming across his brow. He was baffled, Sasuke had stared down freakin Madara Uchiha himself and not flinched, but now he found trouble forming basic words. Fortunately he was saved by Kakashi.

"Minato-sensei, Hagaromo-Sama, Naruto…blew himself up along with Kagyuya. One minute we were going along with a plan, and things were going well, relatively speaking…."

Kagyuya dodged left as Indara's fist full of black lightning shot past her. She ducked as one of Ashura's many clones flew over her head, and stepped back as the pink hair child tried punching her in a frontal assault. It wouldn't work of course, though she had a good grasp of taijutsu she was nowhere near fast enough to actually hit her. More than likely a distraction, she smirked and disappeared as Kakashi suddenly appeared above her , Indara rushing her right side and Ashura her left, they're palms out stretched in Hagaromo's horrendous sealing technique.

She laughed when they collided with her. Her last child, Zetsu also laughing "Mother" he called out" why don't you stop playing with them? We have more work to do."

She always forgot how persistent her children could be. "I have been asleep for Kami knows how long" she replied calmly "this is to test how far I have rusted. These are the best this world has to offer in terms of fighting strength and I mean to see how far the world has developed with out my guidance. Now shush child the foolish children seem to be trying again"

Much like the lat time she avoided their petty attempts at harm, dodging left and right flying up and down, batting flies aside with out a second thought. This was easy, Kagyuya grinned, 'Almost too easy and these fools are their worlds best hope? Probably their biggest failures.'. Then she saw Ashura's clones rushing her, shed deal with this group and end this petty charade.

Backwards kick

'Poof'

Four left

Two jabs

"poof, Poof'

Two left

Bone senbon

Poof

One more

A straight jab

Kagyuya's face turned from cold to triumph as her straight jab impaled the real Ashura through his right shoulder, his scream of pain turning to one of desperation and triumph as the moment she did this blue and green seals all over the boy lit up and he grabbed her by the wrist and got her in a flying triangle hold, squeezing the hell out of her throat with his thighs as hard as he could screaming to his now horrified teammates "KAKASHI SASUKE PROTECT YOURSELVES IM ABOUT TO BLOW!"

The context of his meaning quickly being understood by Kagyuya 'What ?! Ashura plans to blow me up!'

"Then he had more clones propel himself and Kagyuya away from us, Sasuke and I had barley managed to combine our Susanoo technique when the seals went and well next thing we know we were here, honestly Hagaromo-Sama I thought you brought us home."

Hagaromo's now remorseful face turned away, a spectral tear falling down his cheek. 'Damn it Naruto you were supposed to seal her and live.' He sighed deeply his shoulders sagging. "I see, what Naruto's done today, will have more than likely saved many lives, and many more in the future. However I gave you two my sealing technique to prevent this outcome, I guess it was inevitable. Minato,'

He turned towards the now distraught looking undead Hokage. "You should go see to your boy, I am truly sorry this had to happen." He waved his hand and Minato wordlessly crumbled to dust. "The rest of you, we have a lot of work to do to, undoing my mothers work. If memory recalls there is a technique one can use to unbind those held in the Tree's roots. It has been some time when I've thought about that jutsu. Which ones haven't opened yet anyways. Let's see you there Sarutobi-san…"

Naruto's eyes opened to a vast whiteness around him. The only color he could see was the stark orange that was Kurama and her fur behind him, and the Lavender color of Kagyuya's slumped form to his right. He grinned "So I guess my asinine plan worked out after all Kurama."

Kurama chuckled, "I guess so Kit, so tell me Kagyuya what's going through that mind of yours?"

In a voice much softer than Naruto was expecting her response was "I lost to a human and a demon. I must say the experience is quite …. Educating." She grimaced as she said the last word. "I thought myself all powerful, god. But to be felled by a boy minutes before adult hood and a construct of my own chakra… maybe Hagaromo was right after all."

"Are those tears I see Kagyuya?"

"They where my children and in my own vanity for power I threw their love for me away. Tossed it aside and made them hate me. But it had to be done. I thought the only way to secure peace for all was by fear."

By now Naruto realized Kagyuya's words were directed more towards herself than to him or Kurama. "But a boy managed to secure peace, to a lot more people than I ever did. How though? Mutual hatred towards one thing? A necessity for safety? A…"

Naruto cut her off by saying "It can look like that but I don't think so. I just made everyone realize that at the end of the day, we're all human. We bleed the same, die the same. And for the most part want to just live our lives to the fullest, and enjoy the company we find ourselves in. The fact that Zetsu reincarnated Madara just gave everyone a focus to prove that we can only survive as long as we work together."

A clapping broke the conversation up as all heads turned towards two new figures that appeared, one male and one noticeably female. Naruto actually blushed slightly, he was looking at an angle with the body of Tsunade. Maybe even bigger! Dressed in glowing white robes, silver wings came out of her back. Light blond hair visible at the outskirts of a hood that covered a soft looking face. Due to the angle Naruto couldn't get a good look.

The gentleman to her left was not so easy to read. Black robes covered the entirety of his body and face, grey skeletal wings protruded from his back. He was also emitting a purple aura that filled the air with a mixture of dread, chills and fear. It was easily off put by the warm, serene, golden glow given off by his female comrade. Then he spoke up in a sort of gruff voice "Well other than staring at my sister, you could not have said that any better Naruto."

Naruto opened his mouth to say something, probably a smartass remark, but a quick swat from one of Kurama's claws stopped him. "Don't even think about it kit, these are two beings you do NOT wanna mess with."

The female chuckled in a soft manner. "Oh Kurama it is quiet alright, the boy is a hero. He stopped the legendary Kagyuya after all. I think he's earned the right to make a quip at my brother and me."

The brother spoke up "You're right he does. However he did not have the right to go and kill Kagyuya and by extension himself."

Three heads turned towards him in confusion. "Oh brother we talked about this, we couldn't control his actions, nor could we predict them. He doesn't deserve to be punished."

"No Sister dear, you talked, I listened and did not agree to a damn thing."

"I'm sorry, but what the hell is going on? What do you mean I had no right to kill her, at the time if memories serve she was trying to kill me."

"Which is why you were supposed to follow through with Kakashi's plan and SEAL her away again. You would have lived and helped the Elemental Nations through it's next crisis and the crisis after that and the one after that." The brother was a little more agitated now, the dread in the air grew noticeable thicker.

"Wait, wait what? Sorry I'm having a little trouble understanding all of this. What do you mean the next crisis."

The Sister spoke up now "My brother and I have set certain events in motion, so that things happen. One of them was sealing away Kagyuya. This in turn would lead others to invent a new version of the Edo Tensei-"

The brother cut her off grumbling"That damn jutsu has caused so many problems for hell."

"Like I was saying, it would lead others to invent a new Edo Tensei to bring Madara back, who would again try to implant the Infinite Tsukuyomi, that would in turn make Kakashi use the Eight Trigram Sealing technique, sealing Madara in himself, and then die giving way for you to finally step up as Hokage. You would give birth two beautiful children with Hinata and you would as Sarutobi said pass the will of fire onto the next generation, so they could be the downfall of Kagyuya's siblings, who would take you and try and reincarnate her. But this little stunt of yours has upset that balance."

Naruto gave a cheeky grin. "Well then you should never have made me fight Kagyuya. After all I am known as the number one unpredictable knuckle head of the Leaf. I don't follow plans that well, and honestly like I told Neji, fates and destiny be damned to the very end you make your own story, no one else should write it for you. There was a threat to everything and everyone I held dear. And I have no way of knowing what's gonna happen in the future, but I'll be damned if i shove a problem on the new generation if I can take care of it now."

The Sister laughed gently. "And you held your beliefs to the very end Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze. That is commendable to say the least, not many humans have the strength of will to hold on so tightly as you have."

Shinigami snorted, "yeah because that didn't crew us over in the end."

Kurama decide then was the best time to speak up "Shinigami-sama, Kami-sama if I may, if you were manipulating events like you say, how did one simple human mess with your plan?"

it was the Shinigami who answered, "Unlike what most mortals believe, Neither I nor my sister are omnipotent. Neither of us are all powerful, She has the power to create, I have the power to destroy. We are not perfect, look at your 'Great Ninja Wars' for instance, those were not supposed to happen. Too many souls flooding heaven and hell at once. To much trouble. Anyone of sufficient will power and determination can go against us. For the most part we don't meddle in the lives of humans. Just a touch here or there so that certain things happen."

Needles to say that caused several moments of silence amongst Kagyuya, Kurama and Naruto as they each mulled over the new information. Kagyuya snapped out of it first "Wait so you're telling me that my becoming the mother of all chakra, resurrection, and defeat were meant to happen?"

Kami looked towards Kagyuya, the hood of her robe hiding most of the features of her face. "You were never supposed to eat from the Tree of divinity in the first place. Up until that point my job, and my brothers job was just to be a judge. But then you ate from the tree and got the energy that made us powerful, and you used it to enslave those around you. We are forbidden from going to the material plane, the mortal realm, else it would have been me personally who would have smote you Otstutsuki. but then you had to have children, Brother and I knew what such power would do to the weak and easily corruptible minds of humans. We had to do something, and we decided to used Hagoromo to seal you away permanently. But then you created Black Zetsu, with it's sole objective of reincarnating you, we made a master plan, to have you resurrected for only then would Black Zetsu, the only one you ever created, let his guard down. And then he would be sealed away with you and you would have no hope of coming back and laying waste to the mortal realm. That had been the plan. No other being alive had the destructive potential you do, save maybe Sasuke Uchiha, in his later years, and his lack of empathy. But Naruto was the contingency if he ever went down a dark path again. After you were sealed away me and my brother could rest easy for a millennium or two."

Then Shinigami turned towards Naruto, who was barley able to see some sort of skeletal figure hidden beneath his dark robes. "That's why I am more than agitated kid, because we had no plan, backup plan, or contingency plan for if Kagyuya died. And you may be asking yourself why it matters. Because Kagyuya had a family, they were to reincarnate, or at least try and reincarnate her. But your kid was gonna stop them, with some help of course, and that would solidify his resolve to become the most powerful ninja ever, and he would save the ninja world from an evil seeking to destroy what he considered the old ways. But none of that is to happen now, because you're not around to become the Hokage you were meant to be."

Naruto gave a thumbs up, "I made my own destiny to the very end. If that means i'm bound for hell then at least give me the honor of opening the gates my self."

His answer: Shinigami started laughing. and it wasn't a small little chuckle. No he was holding his...ribs? Howling out a big boisterous "You, go to hell? HAHAHAH! As much as I hate you for the literal pile of shit you made my plan, you lived a life to good to go to hell. But i'll be damned if i let you go to heaven for the mess you've made. No I have a much better idea. You're going to live you fool, live and fix your mistakes!"

The only thing Naruto could say was "Wha-" before he was enveloped by a bright light and then when the light went away so to was Naruto, gone. Not a trace that he'd been standing there. Kagyuya also noticed that when he went, Kurama disappeared as well. Leaving only her alone with Kami and Shinigami. She opened her mouth to say something, but Kami waved her hand and Kagyuya froze in place, a statute for the time being. What honestly frozen in time. After all the plan to send Naruto back to fix his mistake, was more complex than Shinigami realized.

"Alright brother dear, I'm off to visit the selected few who are to help Naruto on their journey. Try not to cause too much trouble. First and foremost" she turned around and waved her hand, the white room as she dubbed it vanished and instead She found herself weaving through a maze of doors in a rather big house. She heard laughing coming from one room, smiling to herself she quietly opened the door and in front of her was what looked to be a small study, a orange fire flickering in the corner as Neji Hyuga was talking to an Older couple.

"It was fun mom, hearing about you and dad. (1) How the two of you met."

The older lady, small compared to the man sitting next to her, but with strong brown eyes, laughed. "oh Son, your father was the epitome of pride and masculinity before he met me. It took awhile but I think I managed to make a decent man out of him."

Her older companion had an aghast look on his face "I will have you know i was man enough before you 'found me' dear. Now Sone please do tell me about Naruto, the last time i saw him whilst i was alive he was still in the academy screaming dreams of becoming the Hokage of all things. Has he really grown so much that you would-" Then his eyes flicked over to Kami's quiet form who was listening in. He stood up abruptly and bowed. "Ah Kami-sama! My apologies for not noticing your entrance. How can we help you?"

"It is not you nor your wife I wish to speak with Hizashi-san. It is Neji I want to talk to, if you don't mind me taking some of your time of course."

Shinigami was quietly sitting on his throne. 'Sending the boy back in time is dangerous. Wouldn't want to upset the others. (2) But this is the only way for Sister and I not to have to deal with a mountain of paperwork and and endless amount of souls at once. Though should it really be so easy for him? I mean with his knowledge of future events, and plans of his enemies stopping Kagyuya from being resurrected should be a piece of cake for him. But he did piss me off with that stunt of his. Hmm...maybe throw some unexpected challenges his way?"

*SHOOWSH* "My lord you rang for me?" A small little man-bat had appeared in front of Shinigami, his favored guardians of hell. It was damn near impossible to get the jump on them. Everyone made sounds however small after all. And this one, was the captain appointed by Shinigami himself for eons of loyal servitude, and a rational thinking head,

"Yes, I have a matter with which i need assistance and advice. But I can not go to my Sister for help with this matter, it is something I would rather she not find out about yet. So I go to you to ask your opinion on the matter, as I have in the past."

The Man-bat nodded his head and bowed, one knee on the ground his head held low, "My lord it would be my pleasure. Tell me what bothers you and I will do everything in my ability to help."

It was well known amongst Shinigami's demons, and Kami's heavenly tenants that Kami and Shinigami planned out everything. What those plans pertain was a different subject altogether. "A human has recently messed up a big plan that Kami and I painstakingly laid out. But this human you see, he is really important to the plan. So Kami and I did something so he could fix his mistake. However fixing the mistake for this human is going to be VERY easy. And I was thinking maybe i should throw some lower level demons at him. Make things interesting. Because I don't want things to be too easy. But he really hasn't done anything to face demons along his journey."

"Well Shinigami-sama you propose a very unique situation. Would these demons hinder the mistake he needs to fix, or make things worse for that matter? as well would this human even be able to take on lower level demons? This is a human we are talking about after all."

"Legitimate questions, the only one of those I can answer is that at his strongest he could take on maybe captain level demons. Lower level demons would not be a problem."

"I believe that if it will not impose this human, on the mission you have set, then by all means do it. The end result will not change."

"My main concern is that, if i send some demons and say don't kill him just fight him, it won't be challenging. I want to use these small fights to test the humans growth. See how strong this human actually is. But if it's not a real life or death fight than I fear the results won't be accurate."

"Oh...under those circumstances my lord, it i a risk that you would have to take. Well, there is one way to be sure though.."

"You have my attention."

Kurama watched as her scene shifted, Shinigami's insane cackling fading to the background. She was in front of Kami herself, sitting amongst a flower bed. It was upon seeing Kami that Kurama sealed she had been downsized. "Kami-sama" Kurama buried her head. Kami in turn gave a curt nod. Several seconds of silence followed until Kami got up.

"Not many people no this Kurama, but Heaven isn't one place but a great many places. Everyone get' there own Heaven, with whatever they want out of life. For an eternity, all to themselves. I have seen many Heavens, from futuristic down to hell ridden sadistic. And yet I find my favorite belongs to Kishimura Ozoo. An autistic man killed thirty years ago. He came from Kumo. This is it." She spread her arms around and turned a full 360 circle laughing.

Kurama looked around slightly confused. This patch of land was no more than thirty yards wide, a full circle and past the thirty yards just disintegrated into white nothingness. The man in question was chasing some butterflies off on the other end, completely oblivious . "Yes i imagine you are quiet confused. Let me explain please. Heaven grants everyone there own desires, what their hearts truly crave, most Akimitchi for example their Heavens are connected, one giant Buffet with a limitless amount of food. Neji Hyuuga's Heaven was his old home he lived in with his Mother and Father. This man could literally ask for anything in the world. But he just wants to chase wild life and he's happy for an eternity. With the fragrance of flowers to fill his nose. I love it here, it's quiet, it's peaceful, and Kishimura is an exceptional conversationalist when he stop every now and then."

"With out being rude Kami-sama why did you bring me here?"

"Right, well because Shinigami and I have sent Naruto to the past, when he was eight. His last Year in the ninja academy. You have been around for many, many generations. And though the Shikifujin tied your soul to Naruto, the two of you are dead and so that bond is no longer there. I wish to ask would you like to go back in time with him as well? Or would you rather remain here in your own heaven free from life' torments?"

Without hesitating Kurama said "yes I do?"

"Really? I expected as much but may I ask why?"

"It is true for a long time the only bond Naruto and I had were one forged in a need to keep the other alive. But at the end, with the war Naruto showed me that humans know best. They really were your best creations Kami-sama. Naruto showed me a way out from my pain and anger. He showed me what friendship was. We were partners and he would gladly give me his life to save mine and I am proud to say I would do the same! He's my kit and I'll be damned if i let anything happen to him if there's something i can do."

"You'll have to relive every horror though. I think I have a good ideas as to Naruto-kun's character. With his knowledge of the future he will try and save everybody. He won't be able to solve everyone though. You will have to watch nightmare and tragedy, be subject to certain betrayal. At the point in time Naruto-kun was sent to most all of the villagers and their children will hate him. It will mean heartbreak and tough times."

"He. Is. MY. KIT! I will suffer every injury imaginable to travel this path you have chosen for him! I would face every challenge of Heaven, Hell and Earth to make sure he slept every night knowing his mission would save as many lives as he could! There is no amount of warnings you could give me that will sway or even make me think about changing my answer. I will choose another life of misery over an eternity of peace!"

"Well said Kurama! Well said! Go now protect that which you have made your own! Guide him through his younger years, his young body will not have the same level of coordination as his much matured mind will have. Be there for him, and watch him grow into what he was meant to be! A guardian of his people. A Shepard for his flock!"

The same white light enveloped Kurama as Kami for the first time gave a loud sincere laugh. And then it went away, Kurama leaving with it as well. A glint of light coming to Kami's eyes. She looked towards Kishimura, before walking towards his preferred spot as the scenery changed to one more forest, the sound of wildlife bringing life to the area.

"For the first time in a long time, Kishimura-san, I do not know what will happen."

Kishimura, a burley 5'7 man with brown hair and red eye looked back to Kami and smiled "Is that necessarily a bad thing Kami-kaasan?"

"I suppose not Kishi-kun. But I'm so used to being able to counteract to any variable. Now I can't, I find it..unnerving."

"But you'll be fine Kami-kaasan. You always are."

Kami gave a contented sigh. "I know son. I know."

"Is something else bothering you Kami-kaasan?"

"You know that Shinigami and myself are not the only celestial beings out here. Just the ones for this world. We all have a thing for messing with the time. I just find myself wondering how they are going to react to my actions."

"Oh that's easy. Just let them see what you see in Naruto-kun. I'm sure they'll understand."

"I can only hope it will be that easy. The lord of World Eight especially is very finicky about time travel." Then Kami felt it, the tug at the back of her power. The one that meant she had some otherworldly visitors. "Wow. They got here a lot faster than I was anticipating. Better go get my brother and-"

"I am already here sister. How did things go with Kurama?"

"As well as can be expected brother. Now shall we go entertain our guest and hope for there won't be trouble?" (3)

Well that raps that one up? What did you guy think? Naruto Sacrificing himself for future generations, only to spoil Kami's plan. Yes I hinted very bluntly at other god but that probably won't come into play until late story/very end of story. Sasuke's not as cool with things as original. Now's probably a good time to say that this world is a slight AU of cannon, and the rest of this world is gonna very greatly from the source material. Get used to that now please.

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Good? Great then that's All i need to say. Have a good night.

1) Neji's heaven is with his parents, because FUCK NEJI DYING!

2) Who are these people even Shinigami are scared of?

3) WHO ARE THEY?!