Ep. 8 ~ The Otsutsuki Clan
Last night Naruto and I stood up talking and joking with each other. I woke up with the sunlight hitting my eyes. But I felt a cold presence and it was coming from my weapon pouch.
Reaching into the pouch, I take out the necklace that was shaking as if something was attracting it. I blink at its behavior while he continued to move around in my hands. Moments later, it stopped. 'What was that just now?' I thought to myself and placed the necklace back in the pouch.
Naruto wakes up with a big yawn and looks at me as he greets me good morning. "Morning, Akina."
"Morning, Darling." I smile at him and stand up. "Are you ready to go?"
"Yeah. We should get moving." Naruto stands up and grabs his things. We began walking to our destination silently. During the walk, I kept feeling the necklace in my pouch moving. It felt like it was trying to lead us to the clan.
"Darling, wait." I stop walking and take out the necklace.
"What is it?" He asks.
"The necklace has been moving around a lot. It's almost as if it's trying to lead us to the clan. Look." I raise the necklace a little higher and the necklace started to move forward like a needle on a compass.
"That's weird." Naruto takes a closer look at it.
"Let me try something..." I put on the necklace and hold the charm in my hands. "Kaguya was able to travel through different dimensions during our battle in the Shinobi War. I wonder... This necklace is trying to lead us to the clan. I may be a descendant, but I wonder if I still have the abilities like Kaguya."
"You want to try to see if you can transport us to the clan?"
"Right." I nod. "Hold onto me, Darling." I instruct him. Naruto wraps his arms around my waist from behind and holds me close. I close my eyes and focus my chakra into the necklace. Once I do that, the necklace begins to glow brightly.
While it glowed, our bodies began to fade like ghosts. While this was happening, I close my eyes again and I see another pair of eyes flash in my head. This causes me to lose focus.
I'm startled by the pair of eyes and I fall back. "Akina!" Naruto catches me from behind just as I'm about to fall backwards. "Are you all right?!"
"Yeah..." I nod my head and open my eyes.
"What happened?"
"I'm not sure... I saw something and I lost focus. Sorry." I stand up and grab hold of the necklace that is still around my neck. 'It's still moving?' I slowly blink at its behavior. "Let's use this as a compass. It will take us to the Otsutsuki clan."
"Okay." Naruto nods and we begin to run. The sooner we get to the clan, the better.
"This way!" The necklace points to the left and Naruto follows close behind. It felt like an endless run. There was nothing but trees, grass, and pathways.
When it reached nightfall, I saw another symbol on a flag. It was a crescent moon with a small circle in it. When we got there, the necklace stopped levitating.
"I think we're here... Let's go, Darling." The clan didn't look that much. It looked liked like an abandoned field with flags. Was the clan left behind?
"There's nothing here, Akina." Naruto tells me.
"Let's look around first." I suggest. We split it up and search around to find anything, or anyone. So far, there wasn't much of anything. Just a left behind field with torn flags... "Hmm?" I look ahead and see a temple. But it looked more like a hideout "Darling?" I look behind me, but he's nowhere in sight.
I walk inside the temple where there were weeds sprouting out of the cracks, floors, and walls, vines hanging from the ceilings, and spider webs. This place is abandoned too...
Just as I was about to walk out, I hear a voice calling to me. "I've been waiting for you, Akina." I quickly turn around and grab the handle of my sword. I see a figure in the shadows, causing me to glare. "Don't be afraid. I'm not going to hurt you."
"I'm not afraid." I correct them. "Who are you? Show yourself." I demand.
The figure comes into sight and he's smiling at me. He had pale skin, white hair, and blue eyes that didn't look like normal ones... Was it a jutsu he's using? "You're Kaguya's descendant. You're a lot different from what I imagined. But, your chakra is the same as ours."
"You're a member of the Otsutsuki, are you?" I question.
"Yes." He nods his head. "My name is Toneri Otsutsuki. It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Sister."
"Sister?" I repeat, but shake it off.
"You've received the necklace. I'm glad." He smiles.
"So you left this? For me? Why?"
"To have you come home and fulfill our purpose."
"Purpose?"
"Surely you know what we do. But, if you don't, then I don't mind explaining it to you."
"Then explain." I begin to glare.
" For countless years, the Ōtsutsuki clan have been travelling throughout dimensions, seeking out worlds cultivated with the God Tree. Once planted, the God Tree grows its roots, spreading around the planet to suck out chakra, resulting to everything dying so we Otsutsuki can grow stronger. We consume chakra to gain power. Once we harvested the God Tree, we have no need for this and move onto another to repeat the process. You, Akina Otsutsuki, are the descendant of our beloved Kaguya and will continue this process to keep our clan growing stronger."
"No way." I begin to growl. "I'm not like the rest of you. I won't destroy this world just because you've been repeating this cycle for years."
"You are the key, Akina. You were born for this. It is you who can keep the cycle from falling." Toneri lifts his hand out to me. "Come, Sister. Join me and rejoice with your clan!" He smiles.
"I said no." I repeat myself. "I'm nothing like the rest of you. I may share the same chakra and be the descendant of our clan, but I won't destroy any planet. Earth is my home!"
"Is that so?..." Toneri frowns. "How foolish of you to believe that Earth is what you call a home. You may have been born there, but your purpose is here. I know about you, Akina. I know what you endured and I know how it feels to lose someone dear. Like the man who gave his life for you to live."
'Obito!' My eyes widen.
"There is a way to bring him back. You can bring him back, and I will show you how. Come, my Sister. Come home to your people."
Obito... There's a way to bring him back? I can be with Obito again! 'I can bring him back...' I find myself walking towards Toneri. As I'm close to taking his hand, I hear Naruto shouting for me.
"Akina!"
This snaps me out of my own thoughts and turn around. "Darling?" I blink and turn around. I feel my wrist being grabbed, which causes me to take out my sword ad strike at Toneri.
His body fades, then appears a few feet away from me. He gives me a disappointed look before vanishing again. I turn around and go to where Naruto is.
"Darling!" I run to him.
"Where did you go? I couldn't find you."
"Sorry. I was still looking around." I look back at the temple. "I already checked inside. Somebody was in there, but they vanished."
"A member of the Otsutsuki clan?" He blinks and I nod.
"Yeah." I look back at Naruto and say, "Darling, this isn't the Otsutsuki clan."
"It's not?! But the flag, and the necklace led us here. How can this not be the Otsutsuki clan?!"
"Because it's not here. This is a land they claimed years ago and left behind." I say while looking around the place. "This isn't the clan."
"Huh? If this isn't the clan, there where is it?"
It was already night fall and the moon was out. If the clan isn't here, then why did the necklace stop levitating? Why did it lead us here? I don't understand. Something's not right.
'Unless...' I tilt my head up and look at the crescent moon. "We're right below it..." I mutter out. Naruto looks at me then up at the moon.
"No way. On the moon!? How are we suppose to get up to the moon? It's impossible."
"Darling, hold onto me again. I'm going to try the transportation jutsu again."
"What?" Naruto looks at me confused.
"Just do it." As Naruto holds my waist from behind me, I do a hand sign while focusing my chakra into the necklace again. I feel my eyes glowing a different color, then we appear in front of a castle. My eyes stopped glowing and look around. "This is it. The Otsutsuki clan."
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