Chapter 32. Ending Of The Forest Of Death
"This forest sure is scary, what if I was to trip and land in a pit of snakes and the snakes all killed and ate me which would then cause the Raikage to declare war on every snake in the elemental nation and would then spark the fourth shinbi world war" said Omoi.
"SHUT UP OMOI!!!" Yelled Karui before she threw a rock at him, with him barely dodging it by leaning to the side quickly which made a very audible snap.
"Damnit Karui, what if when you threw that rock it landed on a large pile of explosive notes and caused a explosion destroying a large chunk of the forest and would then cause Konoha to be angry and kill us but Raikage-Sama finds out and declares war on Konoha which would then destroy the world" said Omoi.
"Omoi stop being so over dramatic, that's not going to help" said Yugito while holding Karui back from murdering Omoi.
Behind said teammate a massive explosion was seen and heard, they all quickly took off and raced to the source and when they arrived they saw a massive ravine.
"Oh Karui... now you've really done it" said Omoi
"I ONLY THREW THE ROCK I DIDN'T MEWN TO CAUSE A EXPLOSION!!" She yelled while starting to cry in fear.
"...you've got to be kidding me..." said Yugito trying to process this.
Nibi was covering her mouth from how hard she was laughing, normally she'd tell her container that this was Kurama's chakra but she found it to funny and was wondering how long it'll last before they realize it wasn't Karui's doing.
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Naruto coughed up a massive amount of blood while trying to keep Kuramas chakra in, he felt it slowly overpowering his own. He tried to draw more chakra but he couldn't pull any from his chakra coils.
He slowly looked down at his stomach and his eyes widened in absolute horror at what he saw, the Eight Trigrams seal was heavily damaged, 1/5 of the seal was simply gone because of the seal that Orochimaru used. Not only that but on the outside of it was a five elemental seal which disconnected Naruto from Kurama and completely ruined his chakra control.
"D-damnit... I... I need to activate" he said before coughing up more blood "my yin seal... To remove.. the poison and get more chakra in my system..".
He slowly brought his hand up but before he could bring it to his forehead a kunai pierced his hand pinning it to the ground.
Naruto let out a low growl in pain and he looked up to see a squad of Anbu land before him, except all of them had blank masks with the kanji for Root on their foreheads.
"Target acquired" said one of the root ninja as he went to grab Naruto and bring him back to his master but before he could a tanto went through the back of the neck of one of them.
The now three root ninja turned but before they could react the figure threw a kunai which went right into the skull of one of them before he turned and used his tanto to stab the other through the skull going in through the eye socket.
The leader of the root squad went to move in but Naruto had just enough strength to grab his leg and hold him long enough for the figure to then slash at his throat killing him.
Once all the root ninja fell to the ground all of their bodies exploded into blue flames which quickly burned them until there's nothing left but ash.
Naruto slowly looked up and was shocked to see that the person who saved him was Sai.
"S-sai?" He said weakly looking up at the only member of team 7 besides Kakashi that he liked.
"Hai, are you alright Naruto-san?" He said kneeling down before him.
"N-no... My seal is heavily damaged... And I've been poisoned... I need you to swipe my blood over the seal on my forehead... and the upper section of the tattoo on my... right arm so I can activate them to fight off the poison and have ...more chakra to use" Naruto said while gritting his teeth in pain.
Sai nodded his head and removed the haori jacket from Naruto before taking his blood and swiping it on the upper part of the tattoo which made it glow and the red chakra leaking out, dim down almost being unnoticeable. He then took off Naruto's headband and did the same thing with the yin seal which Naruto activated and the seal began to fight off the poison in his body.
A couple of seconds later Tsunade, Jiraiya, Hiruzen and multiple squads of Anbu appeared in the clearing and when Tsunade saw 4 dead ninja and Sai over Naruto she moved in and shoved him out of the way.
"NARUTO!" She yelled before her eyes widened, seeing the state he was in giving the traces of poison in his body, she then activated her diagnosis jutsu and her face went even paler. The chakra coils on his lower stomach where chakra comes from is shredded in the same spot where his seal is also damaged. "Who did this too you!".
"It was Orochimaru, Tsunade-sama" said Sai since Naruto lost consciousness giving the amount of pain he was in because of the seal being damaged and Kurama being sepersted from him and finally the poison in his body.
"That damn snake!!" She snapped before being pulled back to healing Naruto since he coughed up a large glob of blood.
Hiruzen looked at his surrogate grandson and clenched his fist in anger before looking at the Anbu "secure the area and make sure no one can near us or see what's going on!".
"HAI HOKAGE-SAMA!" Yelled the Anbu before they all disappeared in blurs to create a barrier around them.
"Jiraiya do something about the seal now!! I can't heal his lower stomach and the seal Orochimaru placed damaged his internal organs! It's only thanks to the yin seal on his forehead and his chakra storage seals that Kurama hasn't been released killing him!!".
"I.... I can't.. the five elemental seal separated both of their chakra's. If I was to remove it then who knows what will happen... not only that but I can't heal the damage to the Eight Trigrams.. I can't repair that.." he said looking down at it.
"YOUR A SEAL MASTER DAMNIT!! SO FIX IT!!!!" Screamed Tsunade.
"I only know how to do minor repairs or to tighten and loosen the seal! This would require me to completely make a new one! That's something I don't know how to do!" Said Jiraiya in anger.
Tsunade gritted her teeth and continued to pump chakra into Naruto's body to get rid of the poison and help him contain Kurama.
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Meanwhile, inside the seal Kurama was growling in anger as he tried to prevent his chakra from leaking out but it was passively doing it. Infront of him was the iron bars but a massive hole was blown into it which was making his chakra poor into Naruto's body and not his coils, regardless of him not wanting to.
"Naruto keep fighting till that perverted toad fixes this!!!" Said Kurama hoping that he heard him despite the five elemental seal.
Another large crack was seen and a larger section of the bars collapsed making 7 tails worth of chakra able to start leaking out.
"DAMN THAT SNAKE!!" Seethed Kurama as his anger grew and he was all but hoping to skin him alive with his chakra.
He was pulled out of his musings when a figure appeared before him and brought his hand up and in a single swift motion the five elemental seal was gone and thr eight Trigrams seal was completely repaired. Once it was repaired the metal bars were completely replaced and the sewer came back.
"So you finally decided to reveal yourself after so long" said Kurama looking down at the person before him.
"A part of me was hoping I'd never have to, but giving the amount of damage the seal received I had no other choice" said Minato looking at Kurama before his eyes went to Naruto who was laying on the ground unconscious. He couldn't help but smile seeing that Naruto looked like a miniature version of him but with Kushina's face and hair color "Thank you for looking after him in me and Kushina's stead".
"It was nothing, besides the kid grows on you after a while" said the fox in a huff as he turned away before his eyes landed back on Minato. "Giving the amount of damage to the seal and you having to get rid of one and completely rebuild the Eight Trigrams seal, your out of chakra and won't be able to talk to him".
Minato looked down a little bit but smiled "That's fine.. as long as he lives than I can live with that".
Kurama stared at him for a moment before looking back at Naruto with an unreadable look in his eyes. His chakra then started to leak off of him before it slowly went to Minato and connected with him. "Use some of my chakra so you can talk to him and tell him about that night. I'd do it myself but I'm not fully aware of what happened until before I was sealed".
"Thank you" said Minato.
They had to wait a little bit before Naruto slowly opened his eyes and saw that he was in his mindscape, looking around he noticed that the seal on Kurama's cage was stronger. He then sensed a different presence and looked over seeing a tall man with spikey blonde hair with the bangs framing his face, he also had a white haori with a flame pattern on the bottom. "Dad?...".
"Hello son" he said with a smile looking at Naruto.
Both father and son stared at each other before Naruto started to walk forward and once he was infront of his dad he pulled him into a hug "..hi dad...".
"You've grown so big since I've last seen you... how many years has it been?".
"12... almost 13..." said Naruto.
"12 years... huh I must be on a list for shitty fathers for not being here for you" said Minato with a chuckle "but before that I rebuilt the seal and removed the five elemental one which will bring your chakra control back and make it so you and Kurama aren't separated anymore. Also since I rebuilt the seal the control will be tighter until you and Jiraiya loosens it again.
"But before anything else I have something important to tell you and it's only thanks to Kurama giving me some of his chakra that I'll be able to. It goes back to the day you were born".
"The day I was born?" Said Naruto.
"Yes, on that day to many things were going on that were nothing but conveniences, Jiraiya was pulled out of the village two days before your mom was to give birth, a skirmish near the border close to Iwa making me have to send additional ninja in that region. The council being sent home early.. the military police and anbu along with other ninja in the village being occupied with a sudden rise in muggings and fights. A good portion of the hospital staff having to head out to other regions to help injured ninja and civilains because of the skirmishes. Then finally when Kushina giving birth to you and a masked man coming into the chamber right when the seal was the weakest.." said Minato.
"Wait... so are you saying someone helped orchestrate all of this so that the village was at its weakest without drawing suspicion until you look at the larger picture" said Naruto.
"Yes, I didn't notice it until after my real self died and I sealed some of my chakra into you, I thought it over time and time again and it all points to someone orchestrating that in order for Kurama to he released in that night" said Minato. "It's also the fact that your mothers pregnancy and the day of her birth were both SS class secrets, the only people aware were the Shinobi council, the Hokage Anbu guard platoon, the third Hokage and my parents".
"So who could've leaked the intel" said Naruto.
"Most likely Danzo, he has his fingers in everything and yet can still remain in the shadows without us being able to do anything against him!" Growled out Minato. "If only we could've found his main HQ then we can strike back and possibly finally put an end to him".
"...so not only did he help the enemy villages kill my clan but he led to Kurama attacking our village which killed well over a thousand people" said Naruto in anger.
"Yes... also during that night a masked man attacked me and managed to kill all thr anbu guarding your mom, he then managed to separate me from her before releasing Kurama" said Minato.
"Yes and in that moment your mom had me get released in hopes I could kill him before he took control of me" said Kurama talking for the first time since Minato and Naruto started to talk.
"And he took control before you could kill him" said Minato looking at Kurama.
He simply nodded his head before laying down on his arms to let Naruto and Minato continue talking.
"Dad.. how strong was this masked man... I need to know so I can train to the point I can defeat him" said Naruto.
"..even with him losing a arm he was strong and it was only thanks to my hirashin and all my battle experience that I survived the fight against him" said Minato "but one thing was strange was that I badly injured him by slamming a rasengan on his back then when he escaped, my clone slammed one into the back of his skull injuring him more" said Minato. "But later when I was going to seal Kurama into you giving your mom would've survived, he came back but was covered in a white substance and forced Kurama to try and kill you but both me and your mom took the blow and Kurama slammed his tail on him, though he sadly escaped". Minato took a hand and reached over and ruffled Naruto's hair "he was easily stronger than SS rank giving that was my rank and if he had two arms then the fight might have ended differently".
Naruto's anger bubbled more hearing that, it seems all the pain he suffered along with his family and clan, can be directed towards two people. Danzo Shimura and the masked man.
"Before I go.. I'd like for you to tell me about your life up until now, I've seen glimpses of it but I want to hear what you've been doing" said Minato.
Naruto nodded his head and for the next two hours he told his father all about his life and up to this point. It made Minato very happy to hear just how strong he's become at this age and how he found three other members of the Uzumaki clan along with the sword and summons. It made him even happier hearing about his dream and how he will do everything he can to make Konoha strong and protect those he loves and if possible end the cycle of hatred.
"Oh wait before I go I think I owe you a present" said Minato before he went into a thinking pose and after a minute a smile appeared on his face "I have just the one. But before I tell you it, I want you to remember this first, your body isn't ready, you need to get physically stronger and faster or else this will kill you. The hint for the jutsu is for my Hirashin, the thing that made me the yellow flash. It's part of the rarely studied field of space-time. It was a perfect combination of Ninjutsu and Fuinjutsu. In summary, it was using fuinjutsu to create a temporary tear in space-time, traveling through it and appearing on the other end near-instantly. It relied on the principle of teleportation; once you enter the tear of space-time, your body is dispersed into millions of particles of chakra that re-assembled just before you exited the space-time. Also one last hint, once you begin to practice it, use clones like I did unless you want to die young and deal with a very angry Kushina".
Naruto's eyes were wide at this, this meant that performing the jutsu was so simple yet beyond complex at the exact same time. If you didn't know exactly what you were doing or if you simply threw in to little or to much chakra then the jutsu would either send a small portion of his body or explode from overload of chakra.
"Listen Naruto.. become strong enough to protect those you love along with this village and if possible rebuild uzushiogakure to bring back the Uzumaki clan... and always remember this, no matter what I will always support you and love you just as much as your mother will" said Minato.
Naruto ran forward and hugged him before he could dissappear "I love you to dad and I promise you... I will become the greatest Hokage ever and will rebuild my clans home and bring back them and the Senju".
Minato smiled happily and wrapped his arms around him "I know you will" he said before looking at Kurama and before he could even open his mouth, Kurama spoke.
"Don't worry I'll watch over him in your stead, you have my word" he said.
"Thank you... I love you and goodbye Naruto and tell my parents I love them" he said before disappearing.
Naruto fell to the ground and started to cry because of the roller coaster of emotions he's felt in such a short period of time.
"Kit? You gonna be ok?" Said Kurama looking at him while also funneling chakra into his coils that Tsunade was currently remaking for him.
"Yeah.. I'll be ok..." he said before standing up and walking to the cage and laying down against Kuramas hand getting a slightly shocked expression from the fox "can I just... lay here and rest before I wake up..".
Kurama looked at him and for a brief moment a image flashed through his mind back when he was very young and he was still getting a handle on the ability to sense dark emotions. It caused him so much pain and sadness feeling it all because of the humans. Because of that he ended up curled next to his father and was crying as Hagomoro gently rubbed his head in a comforting manner.
He was pulled out of his thoughts when he realized Naruto was asleep, letting out a chuckle he brought one of his massive tails over and gently laid it over him.
"Is this... what you felt like father... while taking care of us.." he thought before laying back down and making sure his chakra kept Naruto comfortable as he could.
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Back in the outside world only a second passed when the seals on Naruto's seals suddenly disappeared and after a mere second the Eight Trigrams reappeared leaving the skin red and the lines fresh, giving the seal was brand new.
Everyone was shocked, especially Jiraiya before he remembered one crucial thing about his son, he always planned ahead regardless of how ridiculous it might sound.
For Tsunade she was equally shocked but shook it off and began to recreate the chakra pathways using her own chakra along with Naruto's massive stored reserves or else this would never work. As she doing this, she felt Kurama's chakra healing and reinforcing the coils in his abdomen which meant she only had to focus on rebuilding them.
It took her a couple of minutes but she was eventually finished.
"So do we take him out of the exam?" Asked Jiraiya knowing how pissed Naruto is gonna be with it
"Ye-" "no.." said Tsunade before Naruto cut her off.
Gritting her teeth she glared at him while pulling him into a hug "Naruto your coils were shredded and were poisoned, it was only thanks to your yin seal and the tattoo seals on your right arm along with you being a Jinchuriki that your even alive".
"I'm... aware.. and you can examine me all you want later to make sure I'm healed... but first, me and my team need to get to the tower... we have both scrolls and we even rescued a Uzumaki girl. We just have to get to the tower and then you can make sure I'm 100%" said Naruto.
Tsunade went to protest but Jiraiya placed a hand on her shoulder stopping her "hime let him, he only has to get to the tower which is a 30 minute run from here at full speed"
Gritting her teeth she took a deep calming breath and sighed "fine... BUT MEDICAL EXAM AFTERWARDS NO MATTER WHAT!".
"Yes ma'am" said Naruto before he stopped for a moment "dad said that he loves you two" be then shot off in the direction he sensed his team and before Tsunade or Jiraiya could say anything.
After he left, Hiruzen looked at Sai who was kneeling before him "who did this?".
"Danzo ordered it" he said calmly.
Killing intent spiked for a moment from the three Kage level shinobi.
"Any more luck on finding the HQ" said Hiruzen.
"Sadly no, he only let's his most fanatical followers in, not only that but his elite Root guard the HQ and every personwho enters is screened by them on every inch of thier bodies" said Sai.
"Elite Root?".
"Yes, I just recently found out about it from a captain who was talking to one of the base commanders".
"Do they have a name?" Said Hiruzen.
"... yes... they are called the-".
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Naruto was jumping through the forest at top speed towards his team and Karin, he held back a wince from his lower abdomen giving the seals were fresh and his chakra network was basically destroyed on his abdomen. Even after being healed, it felt as if someone took a piece of red hot metal and rammed it onto the skin. It was only thanks to his high pain tolerance and Kurama's chakra flowing that he was even able to move like this or else he would've been pulled from the exams.
"Fuck that hurts... remind me to kill that snake in the most brutal way possible" said Naruto.
"Get in line, he's on my shit list now, tied with that one eyed freak on the council and Madara" said Kurama while letting out a growl.
"Kurama... thanks again.. for trying to protect me and letting me speak to my dad...".
A pregnant silence was all he got for a minute before he spoke "no problem kit... now go and finish this exam.. also feel free to use my chakra".
A smile graced Naruto's lips and he nodded his head before he began to run faster.
After another minute of running he ran into his team and Karin, they all asked him what happened and he simply told them he'll explain everything once they get to the tower.
With that they began to run as fast as they could while avoiding other teams and soon they arrived at the tower only a couple minutes after the Suna team did. They then walked up to a large wall and read the riddle before opening the scrolls revealing the purple haired Neko anbu.
"Neko-san?" Said Naruto with a raised eyebrow looking at the anbu member.
"Greetings Uzumaki-sama" she said with a small bow before standing back up.
"Uzumaki-sama?" Thought Naruto confused since it's always been the San suffix.
"She'll explain when she's ready" said Kurama.
"You know why she's calling me that?" Thought Naruto.
"Yes but like I said, She'll explain it when she's ready" said Kurama.
"I am very pleased to see that you are all alright, now follow me and I'll show you to your rooms then I'll need to take Karin to the Hokage for questioning" said Neko.
They all nodded and followed her into the tower Before they found their room that had three beds in a bathroom, She then told them were the kitchen and laundry room is if they needed them and they had to wait 4 more days and then they will be called for the third stage.
After she did that, she gave Naruto another now before taking Karin to the Hokage tower.
Naruto didn't get to do anything before he explained to Akane and Fuu what happened, then getting dragged away to the infirmary so Tsunade can finish healing him.
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Back in the Hokage Tower, Hiruzen was sitting at his desk waiting for Neko to return so he can speak to the Uzumaki girl that Naruto and his team rescued from the forest and her team.
As he was waiting, his door was bursted open by a sweaty and panting Ibikki.
"Ibikki what's go-" "Kabuto is dead".
Hiruzen's eyes went wide at hearing this, the worst part of this was that Inochi almost broke all of Kabuto's mental defenses and was about to get all the information from his mind.
"Damnit... how did this happen!? He was under heavy guard!!" Snapped Hiruzen.
"We aren't sure Hokage-sama, all we found was his body with a slitted throat and a pile of ash on the ground and a kunai with no finger prints" said Ibikki.
Pissed off couldn't even begin to explain how Hiruzen felt right now "Anbu inform dragon I want a lead on my desk by the end of the day or you can all kiss your 2 month vacations your giving every year until you make up for this mistake!!".
The anbu body flickered so fast it would've made Shisui jealous. The Anbu weren't going to lose their 2 month vacations they are given every year especially since it was from a black mark on their record.
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"Target has been killed Danzo-sama" said a root kneeling before him.
"Good, Kabuto knew to much and had to be killed or else my plans for a perfect Konoha that will rule the world for 1000 years will be gone" said Danzo with his cold tone.
The Root saluted him before leaving the room to carry out his other duties.
"Soon... so very soon" said Danzo.
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Omake
Deep in the forest of death was Garra and his siblings, they have been walking to the tower for the past hour and Kankuro was getting thirsty when he saw that Garra had a canteen that he was drinking from. He was very thirsty so he decided to take a risk and ask for a sip of water.
"H-hey Garra.. would it be alright if I had a sip?" Said Kankuro.
Garra turned and stared at him for a good moment with his usual cold glare before he handed him the canteen.
"Thanks bro" said Kankuro before he took the canteen and took several large gulps and then realized what he was drinking.
It was cactus juice.
His pupils shrunk for a moment before they expanded as far as they could "drink cactus juice, it'll quench ya" he said before doing the worm on the ground "nothings quenchier, it's the quenchiest!!!!".
Temari glared at him and took it before handing it back to Garra "Ok you've had enough" she said before following Garra and walking away but had to go back and drag him with her.
"How did we get in the ocean?".
"Ugh...".
A little while later they saw a huge explosion "what was that?" Said Temari.
"It's a giant mushroom! Maybe it's friendly!!!".
"Let's go Garra, I don't want to deal with whatever that was".
"Giant friendly mushroom" said Kankuro before he began doing weird dance moves.
They walked for a while before Kankuro stopped "I see god!!" He said pointing in a random direction.
Temari and Garra looked over and saw a rat sitting on a log.
"It's just a rat" said Garra.
"Shhhhhhh..... he's speaking to me" said Kankuro.
"Kankuro you must go around the world and teach the people of the elemental nations about Nezuism" said the rat but to Kankuro he was wearing a suit and looked to be a combination of a dog, bear and rat.
"I will do as you wish Nezu-sama" said Kankuro bowing his head with his forehead pressed against the ground.
After that day Kankuro became the priest of Nezuism and traveled the elemental nations spreading the world until many year later it became the main religion in the world. This also caused Kami and the other gods to simply leave since none of them wanted to deal with the psychotic rat known as Kami's boss.
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