Hello everyone, Yu-senpai here with another story. I know, yadda yadda, bad idea , yadda yadda, new authors should focus on one. But hey, can you blame me? I can't dominate the world, I don't have super powers, hell, I'm not even super attractive.
So instead, I'll do this, and bring to you, my (hopefully) growing fanbase something take your minds off of real life. Cause that's what we're here for right? To ignore everything else and read about the things we love.
Anyways, hope you guys like it!
I don't own Naruto or Sekirei, I wish I did, Jutsu and fine women would make my life.
This was not how it was supposed to go. However, not even he could have seen this coming - and now it was too late to stop it.
Nagato clicked his tongue, focusing all of the power he had left into his most dangerous attack, the Chibaku Tensei (Heavenly Body Bursting from the Earth) pumping a huge amount of chakra into his Deva Path.
"To think this was to be a simple mission."
He could feel his life force fading as he watched on through the eyes of his final and most powerful Path. The monstrosity before him had no match, no equal, and he had misjudged it greatly...or rather he had misjudged his own abilities. The Deva path grunted as the scattered debris rolled by, a few rocks cutting at his flesh - although he effectively ignored it.
The titanic form of the Kyubi was almost at full power, and he doubted in his weakened state he could fight it off, let alone capture it. The muscles and tissue were all that was visible over the white bone matter, and nine long and slender tails of muscle sprouted out of the ball of condensed Earth.
The fox gave a powerful roar that seemed to shake the very core of the world, and now as he stood before an almost completely reborn Biju, the most powerful of them all in fact - did he realize what a fool he'd become, they could not control this in their wildest dreams. This was pure, unadulterated power, a true God in essence. Power no mortal should ever wield, for it would bring about the end of everything.
The Kyubi no Kitsune was leagues ahead of all the other Biju, its power was almost suffocating, the malice, the hatred, the raw anger could be tasted in the very air itself.
"This is unfathomable. We can't control this..it will destroy us all, if this is merely a fraction of its power...I can't even begin to imagine the Jubi."
Maybe it was the fact that he had actually lost to Uzumaki Naruto, maybe it was the pure fear he was experiencing, maybe he got hit hard enough to actually have some sense knocked into him - all of these things were possible, but right now, in his very last moments Nagato could see what would become of this world if the Jubi were to be reborn.
He would not allow it.
"Uzumaki Naruto!" he cried through the Deva path, hoping the blonde teen could hear him inside of the monstrous fox "You have proven your strength, and I have come to a realization. I will die from what will soon transpire, but in my final moments I shall return the life of those I have killed."
From within his hiding spot, Nagato coughed out a huge amount of blood - coughing was an understatement in fact, he almost puked the life liquid out.
"Nagato!" his long time friend called, worry clear in her expression. She reached out a pale and slender hand, only for the wheezing Nagato to smile, his thin red hair shadowing his eyes. It had been a while since she had seen that kind of smile on her friend - years back, before all of this had transpired, back when Jiraiya had taken the three under his wing, back when Yahiko was still alive - it was a small but peaceful smile. Then she understood.
"N-No, Konan, I-I'm fine. This must be done, however, I hope the young Uzumaki can come to forgive me for this."
As he raised his head once more, his Rinnegan flashed in the darkness, and the last of his power surged forward. Through his eyes, he saw it all, and he would not allow any of it to come about.
"Hear me, Uzumaki Naruto, you who are son to the Yondaime, you who are a fellow pupil to our master Jiraiya, you who have had such a great burden placed on your shoulders." the Deva path spoke his words fluently, its expression twisted into one of pure focus as more and more chunks of the Earth flew upwards towards the Chibaku Tensei to contain the giant beast as it continued to twist and turn from within the floating rock, trying its best to escape.
The final layer of flesh had developed, and without its crimson fur, the Kyubi looked even more unnatural and terrifying.
"I shall break you free of your chains, you will have your own path, your own life. However, I will also crush your current hopes and dreams. Wherever you may go, wherever you may be, never forget of what you have learned."
Nagato slowly closed his eyes as his hands ran through a multitude of hand signs, while still controlling the Deva path on the outside "Please, let this be a final token of apology for all of the suffering I have caused."
In quick succession, two things happened.
The Deva path flexed its hands, and took a great breath, while Nagato landed on the final hand sign of his technique.
"Gedo: Rinne Tensei no Jutsu! (Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique!)"
From within the decimated remains of Konohagakure no Sato, otherwise known as the Hidden Leaf Village, a ghastly figure seemed to faze through the ground, purple flames springing to life around it as it continued to rise higher and higher until it was taller than even the Hokage Tower. The King of Hell had been summoned, his purpose? To return the souls of those killed by Nagatos invasion.
The massive maw of the King opened, and within a split second, a light green wave pooled out of Sage knows where, flying at impressive speeds through the air, all heading towards their respectful bodies. All those who had lost their life in one way or another to Nagato were suddenly reborn, given a second chance by the very same man who had killed them - and they all know why.
"Naruto.." whispered the blondes pink haired teammate and longtime friend, as she watched the hand of her teacher, and the Godaime Hokage, twitch, while her wrinkled skin slowly returned to a much more youthful state.
"S-Sakura?.." she whispered.
Tears spilled freely from her eyes as she quickly rushed her teacher, enveloping her in a large hug.
"Tsunade-sama!" she choked out.
All around the same thing was happening, civilians and Shinobi alike were suddenly returning to life as if they had only been asleep.
From the Rinnegan eyes of the King of Hell, Nagato witnessed it all - and a feeling he hadn't felt in a long time sprung from within him. Happiness.
He switched his attention to the Deva path, and felt the happiness quickly turn bitter, not only because he could feel his life force draining...but for what he was about to do.
"Uzumaki Naruto...I have brought back those who fell by my hand, your friends, your comrades, they are all alive once again. Your village will prosper. To you...I give my apologize, it seems like neither of us will get the chance to see what happens next."
Drawing on all of the power he had left, Nagato turned to the blue haired woman next to him and smiled.
"I'm sorry Konan, for all I have put you through. Return to Amegakure and lead our land out of its darkness, you know what must be done."
Konan nodded, and fought back the tears that threatened to spill - she was happy, for this was the Nagato she had befriended all those years back, the one that started out with a pure and true goal for peace - and she was sad, that he realized the truth in his final moments.
Taking his final breath, he spoke through the Deva path.
"Within you lies a fire that I could never have matched, within you lies the dreams of our teacher! Go forth, and bring about its fruition wherever you may end up!" bringing up the final bits of chakra he had left, Nagato whispered his last words "Shinra Tensei! (Heavenly Subjugation of the Omnipresent God)".
The shockwave of the attack was enough to cause a crater the size of a village underneath him, it was ten times stronger than the massive Shinra Tensei he used to destroy Konoha, and it would serve its purpose. In his final moments, Nagato had unlocked a key ability in the Rinnegan known only to the Sage of Six Paths, foresite. He witnessed what Madara and Obito would do, what would become of their world...of all the worlds if they were granted that much power - and so, as he watched the mass of rock fly into the sky, he knew that the blonde teen would find his way, and that he had prevented what would have been the Apocalypse of the Elemental Nations, and the worlds surrounding it.
"I was never the Child of Prophecy, I was but another teacher to him...you have learned to never give up...and you have learned pain. Good luck, Naruto." With that, Nagato Uzumaki passed on to the next life, a small smile marking his true body as the Deva path fell to the ground, lifeless.
He didn't know how long he had been there. How many days, months, maybe even years had passed since then, all he knew was the darkness around him. It wasn't cold, but neither was it warm, it simply just was. The ordeal was over, and within the confines of his mind he had heard every single word Pein spoke to him.
It made him happy..and sad, Hinata was alive, Kakashi-sensei, Tsunade-baa-chan, everyone was alive..he had felt it. Hell, he even got to meet his father, and after a nice punch delivered to him - the two had a talk he would never forget. Now all he had to do was wait until the time arrived where he would be needed. Maybe he could even get that baka-fox to talk a bit, it was lonely in here after all.
Yeah..but for now, he would just sleep..he felt really tired.
It was hot.
Nevermind hot, it was really freaking hot! Hotter than the curry of life! Hotter than a freaking volcano. Hotter than Hinata and Sakura maki - gah, he needed to stop!
Uzumaki Naruto felt his eyes snap open as his body literally screamed at him to move, to do something, anything that would get them out of the confines of the rock they were imprisoned in. It wasn't just hot either! He felt like throwing up, gravity seemed to be pulling him up and down.
"Okay, whatever you do, do NOT throw up!"
Considering he was imprisoned inside a tightly packed mass of Earth, the puke wouldn't have anywhere else to go but on him. He would rather avoid that, thank you very much.
The blonde commanded his body to do something, but it didn't respond - a side effect of not moving for..well.. "How long have I been in here?" the blonde mused.
He didn't feel much older, in fact he didn't feel any different besides the fact that his body was stiff as hell. Deciding to put the thought on hold, he inhaled deeply and focused on bringing up some chakra, the least he could do was cool down his body temperature so the heat wouldn't boil him alive.
The familiar warm feeling inside of his stomach branched out and invaded the rest of his body, cooling him down in the process and making him feel a lot better. With the current danger aside, Naruto took a moment to ponder his situation in the best way he could.
"What the hell is going on!?" He may not have been burning up, but he still felt like his body was being pulled in two different directions "Okay! Calm down! Think Naruto, think!".
What had Iruka-sensei taught them about gravity!? A thought bubble of Iruka appeared within his mind, with the scarred man standing in front of his class explaining the basic functions of what they knew about the Elemental Nations and physics, to Naruto it went a little like this.
"Blah blah blah not ramen blah blah blah not super cool jutsu blah blah blah not about him being Hokage."
Oh crap! He was so screwed.
Naruto in his state of fear did the only thing he could. He asked for help.
"Kyubi! Wake up you stupid ass tuft of fur!"
From within the confines of his mind, a small tingle let the blonde know his tenant was awake.
"You better have a good fucking reason for waking me up meatbag."
And he was pissed.
You see, during the time he had been floating in space inside a giant rock formed by someone who was the descendant of what was the primordial god of the Elemental Nations - wasn't his life exciting - he wasn't always asleep, when he was awake, he would enter the confines of his mind and try to talk to the massive and almost unlimited supply of chakra that was the Kyubi no Kitsune.
At first it ended up with him being called something insulting, usually 'idiot' 'dumbass' or 'food' and then forcibly get mentally booted out. However, after many attempts, the fox finally gave up and let him stay. Usually it would ignore him, but sometimes Naruto annoyed it enough that it bothered to respond to him. Their relationship evolved from a I hate you-but if you die I die sort of thing, to more of a I hate you-but if you die I die-and also I'm really bored.
With nothing left to do, their close call to death at the hands of Nagato, and the fact that with Minato making sure the seal would remain closed no matter what, unless Naruto decided to rip it open again - they decided to work out a deal of sorts. In Narutos opinion, it was a lot better than the whole 'rent is chakra' bluff he called years back when he was twelve.
Now, when Naruto needed it, he would simply call on the Kyubi and the fox would give him chakra without the whole, I will take over your body effect.
"Actually, yeah, I have a fan-freaking-tastic reason. What the hell is happening!?"
The Kyubi opened a single crimson slitted eye from within the cage, and Naruto felt a familiar much more potent chakra fill his system. The blonde ignored his cerulean blue eyes flashing red, and waited slightly patient for the foxes response.
"Well, I've got good news and bad news brat."
Naruto blinked, as the Kyubis chakra returned to the fox.
"Bad news first."
"Well.." the fox took a moment to phrase this as best as it could "Judging by how your body is being pulled apart, you're falling...fast, and I mean really fucking fast."
Narutos eyes visibly widened "Well..fuck."
Kyubi chuckled, it seemed his use of language was rubbing off on his container.
"Yes, well, I don't know where we're falling to. Knowing your luck, it could be a planet with nothing but a desert life like environment where you'll die from thirst, or a star, which will draw you in and then disintegrate your body to ash."
Oh Sage, he knew it, he really was screwed.
"Well, what's the good news?"
Kyubi chirped up at that, and the blonde could practically see the fanged grin from within the seal.
"The good news is, something is finally happening."
Naruto, in all of his years, had never found someone who could get to him more than the stupid fox could. Not Sasuke, Orochimaru, hell, not even Pein pissed him off this much. "I really fucking hate you."
The fox chuckled darkly, but other than that did nothing else as it closed its eye once more. A single tail curling around its massive body, as it drifted off to sleep, but not before putting its last two cents in.
"Get ready, you're about to land. Wake me up when you have some kind of idea as to where we are, or if you've finally decided to listen to me and enslave this planets people."
"Go to hell."
With that, the mental connection was cut off, and the fox returned to its slumber. The feeling Naruto was getting began to double, and the blonde once again found himself resisting the urge to vomit as a powerful nausea overcame him.
"No matter what happens, don't throw up!" he reminded himself.
Small cracks began to form around him, and for the first time in a long time, Naruto saw light.
"This is it.."
Pieces of the astral body began to break off and drift away from him, and more and more light pierced the darkness he had become so used to. If he didn't have Kyubi, he'd be dead by now. It'd been too long since he had eaten or drank. The teens electric blue eyes winced, and he quickly shut them as the blinding light began to actually sting his pale skin.
This was it, in a matter of seconds, the sound of rushing winds was replaced by a giant splash, and all in one the giant mass of rock fell from him. Naruto could have almost cried as he felt the water around his being, touching his bare flesh and soaking into his orange and black jumpsuit. Then he realized, he still had no motor control...and he couldn't breath under water.
"Shit."
That single word pretty much summed up his situation. Water was nice and all, but so was air - and as he slowly sank deeper into the ocean, or river, or lake - watching as it slowly grew darker, the blonde began to panic.
"No fucking way! I am not going to die here!" he cried in his mind "Kyubi! Kyubi wake up!" No answer "Dammit, the fox is out, keeping me alive for that long must have drained the fur ball."
There was no way he was going to die now, here - wherever here was! Naruto used all of the strength he could muster, and turned his body around so he was facing the slowly approaching bottom of the waters - he then brought forth all of his chakra, and concentrated it into the palm of his hand trying his best to form a Rasengan (Spiralling Sphere). The idea was to create some form of pressure that would push him up and out of the water. What he got, was a little different.
A sudden force exploded from his outstretched palm, a force that felt strangely...familiar? It didn't matter at the moment. What mattered was the fact that it worked, and he was quickly rising up. The cold water was replaced by warm sunlight, and the dark blue was now light.
Naruto absorbed the natural light - ignoring the small sting in his eyes - and took in the refreshing colors. Bright blue sky, big red ball, endless ocean - he knew it was an ocean now, it spanned off for forever - the blonde was so happy he gave an ecstatic cry! This place seemed just like home!
"Yatta!" Naruto hollered as he flew through the air, and then gravity kicked in.
Oh gravity, thou art a heartless bitch.
"Crap! Crap! Crap!"
The teen fell, and he fell fast. Pushing that much chakra outwards was enough to send anyone soaring with whatever he just did, and with how much he had built up - well, you get the idea. Naruto looked down, and saw the quickly approaching mass of land he was about to land on. It looked like an island, for some reason he could see a lot better - so he noticed the small silhouettes lined up at the edge of the water. Probably waiting for him to crash land.
"This is going to hurt." he whispered.
With a loud thud, the blonde landed on cold hard ground, a few cracks forming around his body and he even kicked up some debris.
"Owww." he moaned, although it came out muffled as his face was firmly planted into the ground.
He lay there for a few minutes, as Kyubis chakra worked to heal whatever bones he may have fractured or broken - at least that was subconscious - until he heard the slowly approaching footsteps of people, at least he hoped it was people.
Weakly, the blonde rose, placing shaky hands on the ground - taking the time to relish the feeling of actual land - and then he placed himself on one knee and took a deep breath. Tilting his head up, he was greeted with the sight of four very attractive women, and some guy.
"Oh..my..her breasts are bigger than baa-chans."
Once he realized what he had just thought, the teen cursed his perverted senseis, and prayed he wasn't becoming like them. But still, these women were beyond anything he had ever seen - he might even go as far as to call them goddesses in their own rights. However, the steel gaze they held was enough to put him on guard, those were the eyes of trained killers. Even the dude with his lazy posture was poised to strike if necessary, his hand fingering the hilt of his sword.
Come to think of it, they all had swords.
Naruto opened his mouth to speak - and then quickly regretted his decision. Why? Because for some damn reason, some deity out there was out to screw with him. Because in that very moment, in front of four of the hottest girls he had even seen. Uzumaki Naruto puked his heart out, and then fell back into blissful unconscious.
Well, what do you think? Is it worth it? Should I give it a shot? I figured this would be a nice change from all the immortal super uber Narutos. Not that I don't like that, I love it actually. Anyways, you know the deal, fuel my fire and Review. Later guys, I've got a hot date with a hot pocket.