Chapter 62: Chapter 62: The End and a New Beginning
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Chapter 62
Time Skip 2 years
I sat in complete silence within the Hokage's office as I stared at the calendar before me in deep contemplation. The seconds slowly trickled by with the only sounds being the tapping of my fingers on the table and the clock on the wall ticking away. I finally let out a loud sigh speaking to no one in particular. "Haaaaaa...What am I going to do? Naruto and Hinata's wedding is coming up soon. So many people want to attend but how am I going to decide who gets to go? I totally skimmed this part in my past life and went right to the end. Plus, things aren't exactly the same as they were as I remembered them. And on top of that I feel sort of guilty."
As the feelings of guilt and frustration welled up inside of me I turned to look at the picture on my desk. It was a picture of Hanabi and I as we happily walked through the gardens of Konoha.
"Hanabi...I'm sure a lot of people thought that Hanabi and I would get married first, but things have just been so hectic. As the Hokage I had to deal with all the problems and issues related to the village and those related outside of the village. As for Hanabi, she's been busy by taking up most of the responsibilities the Hyuga clan head would have in preparation for when she actually takes over."
I sighed once more as I thought to myself, we haven't had the time to really sit down and talk about our future together. I still love her more than anything, but things haven't calmed down until just recently. After two long years the village is finally not only stable, but starting to prosper. The ASF HQ has been established and the relations between all Five Great Ninja Villages is better than ever. But before I even had the chance to ask Hanabi to marry me, Naruto proposed to Hinata first. Everyone is currently focused on their wedding so it would be weird for Hanabi and I to get married around the same time. It might make for an awkward situation where people might not know who's wedding to focus on. I'll have to wait until after Naruto and Hinata's wedding.
"I promise you Hanabi." I said as I glanced at the ring box next to our picture.
I was brought out of my mental thoughts as a voice spoke within my mind at that moment. A voice that I haven't heard in a long time. Senko's voice. "Izaya. It took longer than I had anticipated, but I've recovered to the point where I no longer need to take any energy from you. You should feel that after all this time having only access to half of your chakra reserves, you've only grown stronger. Now with your full chakra reserves back your chakra pool is massive. No less than that of a Tailed Beasts."
I was still momentarily dazed at Senko's sudden interjection but quickly recovered and happily rejoiced, "Senko! You're finally awake! It's about time."
"Yes yes. I apologize for taking so much of your energy all this time."
"Then have you finally fully recovered?"
"Ahem. I can't say that I have. I've recovered to the point where I can freely speak with you, however I am still unable to move about on my own. I can't yet detach from your body. And truthfully I may never be able to recover to the point where I can truly detach from your body, but one can hope."
I slightly frowned at Senko's comment. "Senko, how did you get so injured?"
A moment of silence filled the room before Senko answered. "A long while back you asked me how I knew about the Otsutsuki clan and Kaguya."
I nodded as that memory resurfaced. "Right. But we didn't have a lot of time then since we were in the middle of fighting Kaguya. Back then you mentioned something about the Heavenly Ocean Sage Owatatsumi, the Otsutsuki clan, and something about the Heavenly Purge. What is all of that?"
"Oh? I'm surprised. Has your brother Haku not told you anything about the Heavenly Ocean Sage Owatatsumi after all this time? Surely he would know a thing or two by now?"
"Well, he has mentioned some things. But even Haku doesn't know much. From what we can gather Owatatsumi came from a place called the Heavenly Plane. He uses a special power called Heavenly Sage Mode. It's a power that is even greater than Sage Mode and can grant one the strength to move mountains and create oceans. Something happened in the Heavenly Plane that forced Owatatsumi to flee and somehow he ended up here on this planet. That's about as far as we've gotten. After Owatatsumi lent Haku some power during our fight against Kaguya, according to Haku, he fell into a deep slumber to recover his power. My guess is that he must have been gravely injured like you were Senko. By the way, doesn't that mean you also come from this so called Heavenly Plane?"
Senko took a moment to soak in everything I said before responding. "I see. So Owatatsumi must have been gravely injured as well. That does make sense. And yes, you are correct. I am indeed a being that came from the Heavenly Plane."
I furrowed my brow in deep thought and interest. "Care to elaborate?"
Senko let out a long sigh. "Haaaaaaa...Very well. I will do my best to narrate to you the events that have happened and have led up to this point. But it is quite long so be prepared."
I simply nodded.
Senko pondered for a moment as he thought about where to start. "I suppose...An introduction is where I shall begin. Whatever you thought I was before you can forget about it. What I truly am is a divine phoenix. My race comes from a place known as the Heavenly Plane. Before I delve more into it, tell me, how much do you know about the Otsutsuki clan?"
I frowned at Senko's question and thought about it for a bit before shaking my head. "Honestly I don't know much. From what I can garner they are beings that come from outside of this world. They should be incredibly powerful and likely have some sort of hierarchical order within their clan. Please enlighten me."
Senko let out a soft sigh. "Well, I don't blame you for having limited knowledge of their clan. The Otsutsuki clan. Where do they come from? Why are they in your world? Why do they seek to destroy it? What is their purpose? Very well, I shall enlighten you. Tell me, what is the Sharingan?"
I raised my eyebrow at Senko's sudden change in the direction of his narrative but decided that if Senko was asking then it must somehow be related. I thought about the question he asked before responding, "The Sharingan is...a powerful Dojutsu and Kekkei Genkai? It's related to the Rinnegan and Rinne Sharingan? And I guess somehow related to the Otsutsuki clan?"
Senko just let out another deep sigh. "Haaaaaa…"
I scratched the side of my cheek awkwardly. "Hey, that was an honest answer. If you don't like it you could just tell me straight up."
"Don't you know that storytelling is more interesting when you are one of the participants?"
Just as I was about to answer, Senko chimed in with a defeated voice, "Never mind. I shall ask and answer my own questions. Just listen well youngling. Ahem. Where to begin. Ah, the Sharingan. You all have many different terms for Sharingan such as the copy wheel eye, mirror wheel eye, the eyes that reflect the heart, or Heaven's eye. The truth is that the Heaven's eye is the closest term to the truth. The Sharingan is the eye that reflects the Heavens. It may seem auspicious but it has such a bloody history. After the Sharingan one awakens the Mangekyo Sharingan. Then the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. It then becomes the Rinnegan or the Samsara eye, otherwise known as the eye of life and death. And finally, after the Rinnegan is born the Rinne Sharingan, otherwise known as the samsara eyes that reflects the Heavens. They are so named because they are a power that belonged to the rulers of the Heavenly Plane."
"The Heavenly Plane is the highest dimension of the universe where beings akin to gods reside. There were many races that belonged to the Heavenly Plane such as my own race. Even the toads of Mount Myoboku, the snakes of Ryuchi Cave, and the slugs of Shikkotsu Forest are somewhat descendants from the Heavenly Plane. It was once a place that flourished with color and joy, but now it is a place of murder, darkness, thieves, oppression, and tyranny. Before I explain further you must also come to understand what the Byakugan is. The Byakugan is also known as the all seeing white eyes. They are the distinct feature of the Otsutsuki clan. The Otsutsuki clan was a servant to the rulers of the Heavenly Plane and they had various positions imparted to them, but the most common was to act as sentinels due to the power of their eyes. To better understand their status I will use the shinobi system you are familiar with. To compare, the sole ruler of the Heavenly Plane would be equivalent to the leader of the Five Kage. Something like the supreme commander of your Allied Shinobi Force during the war. The elders of the ruling clan would be equivalent to the position of the other Kage. Then all the relatives of the ruling clan would have the equivalent status to what you shinobi call Jonin. The Otsutsuki clan would have a status equivalent to what you shinobi call Chunin and Genin. Then what was the name of the clan that ruled the Heavenly Plane? That clan was known as the Amenominakanushi Heavenly Clan."
I was immediately lost on the long name that Senko just said and involuntarily interjected, "Wait. The what Heavenly Clan?"
Senko just let out a sigh. "The Ame-No-Minaka-Nushi Heavenly Clan. Don't interrupt please, it is a long story. Now, where was I? Oh yes, the emperor of the Royal clan was called Taiyou. Amenominakanushi Taiyou. Now what does this all mean? Well, all members of the Amenominakanushi clan, or Royal clan possessed either the Rinne Sharingan or some derivative of it such as the Rinnegan and etc. The Otsutsuki clan served directly under the Royal clan. One day the prince and heir to the Royal clan fell in love with the daughter of the Otsutsuki clan's patriarch. She however, did not love him in return. The Otsutsuki clan saw this as an opportunity to overthrow the Royal clan and attempted to force her to be with him. She refused at first until the clan told her of their plan to overthrow the Royal clan. Although she held no hatred for the Royal clan, she loved her father the patriarch dearly and wished to be of use to him, so she agreed to be with the prince."
"One day she and the prince had a child. That child named Kaguwen was born with the powers of both a strange and unique Byakugan and the Rinne Sharingan. The power that he possessed was unlike any ever seen before. As she raised her child alongside the prince she unknowingly began to fall in love with him. By then the child Kaguwen had already grown old enough to learn and wield his power. Torn between choosing the prince and her own father caused her endless grief and sorrow. She was also far along her second pregnancy at that time. Without knowing what to do or who to choose she elected to leave the clan and the prince with her son, Kaguwen. The elders of the Otsutsuki clan discovered her plans and imprisoned her before she could escape without the knowledge of their patriarch. Since Kaguwen, born of the union between both the Royal clan and the Otsutsuki clan had already learnt to wield his power, the Otsutsuki clan gathered their most skilled and powerful members to kill the Royal prince in a sinister plot. After they succeeded they planted false evidence and blamed it on the Royal clan to win over Kaguwen's favor. In his rage he helped the Otsutsuki clan wage war against the Royal clan."
"It was also during this time that the patriarch discovered that the elders had made movements behind his back and even imprisoned his own daughter without his knowledge. He rescued his daughter from imprisonment and helped her through the birth of her second child. Due to the stress on her mind, body, and heart she did not survive the process. She had only lived long enough to name her child. That child's name was Kaguya. Otsutsuki Kaguya. The patriarch made arrangements for Kaguya to be part of the Otsutsuki clan without anyone's knowledge after learning what the elders had planned for him, his daughter, and Kaguwen. In order to ensure Kaguya's safety he staged a scene where it would look like his daughter committed suicide with her unborn child. With victory of the war around the corner the elders had plotted and killed the patriarch. After Kaguwen won the war for the Otsutsuki clan the news of his mother and grandfather's death reached him. Overcome with grief he returned to the clan with much haste, but what was awaiting him was only an ambush. In his battle-worn state he was unable to utilize his full power and was killed. And the reason he was killed was due to the fact that he carried the bloodline of the Royal clan in him."
"The Otsutsuki clan then raided the ocular powers of the Royal clan for themselves, however, they were not of the Royal clan's blood and so their powers and lifespan were not infinite. While they can live a long time the lifespan of other beings in the Heavenly Plane were even longer. Compared to the Royal clan and other beings such as my own race's, the lifespan of the Otsutsuki clan was but a small fraction. And while they gained tremendous power by stealing the ocular powers of the Royal clan, the drawback was that it would shorten their life. In order to combat this unexpected result they began destroying and pillaging resources and energy all over the Heavenly Plane to create their so called medicine. All creatures of the Heavenly Plane who did not bow down to them were annihilated. We call this event the Heavenly Purge. With their Byakugan and the ocular powers they raided from the Royal clan their strength was unmatched. Many in the Heavenly Plane lost their lives and homes to the greed of the Otsutsuki clan. My race was one of the most noble and powerful amongst those in the Heavenly Plane, however, there were not many of us. Outnumbered and outmatched by the many Rinne Sharingan and Rinnegan powers they possessed my race was annihilated. I'm afraid I may be the only one left of my kind in existence."
"After the Otsutsuki clan thinned out the resources of the Heavenly Plane they had finally realized that the Plane could not recover fast enough to satiate their greed. To solve this problem they began descending to the lower realms and raided from those places when they became ripe with energy. The numbers of their clan are not infinite. There exists many lower realms and that is why on average only two of their members are sent to explore a realm at a time. Kaguya was sent to this realm, your realm. She possesses the bloodline of the Royal clan unbeknownst to herself and the Otsutsuki clan. These are the secrets behind the Otsutsuki clan. Because Kaguya has the blood of the Royal clan flowing through her, so too, do her descendants. Hagoromo, Hamura, the Senju, Uchiha, Uzumaki, and Hyuga. Those who possess the strong bloodline of the Royal clan do not need to take the eyes of their brothers and sisters to gain the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan just as Hagaromo did not need to steal another's eye in order to obtain his Eternal Mangekyo. And it is because of his Royal blood that he was able to awaken the Rinnegan. But after Hagoromo, the bloodline of his descendent's became too diluted where not enough of their blood was pure enough to naturally awaken their eyes into the Rinnegan. Not even awakening the Eternal Mangekyo was possible. This is why the Uchiha need the eyes of a close relative, to further strengthen and accentuate the diluted Royal blood within them to evolve their eyes to the next stage."
"The Ōtsutsuki clan do not naturally possess the Rinnegan, but they have overtime learnt how they could create it. After the fall of the Royal clan their last act in desperation was to disperse their power into Divine Trees hoping that one day the fruit it bears would provide the power necessary for another being to fight back against the Otsutsuki clan. Unfortunately it took too much time for the tree to absorb energy and create a chakra fruit. On top of that these Divine Tree's were not auspicious. They had to first drain the lives and energy of countless beings before it would bear any fruit. The Otsutsuki clan, after plundering the resources of the Heavenly Plane descended to the lower planes and discovered the scattered power of the Royal clan, the Divine Trees. They began to wait in station around the Divine Tree's on different planets and dimensions as the trees will overtime, sprout chakra fruit that contain small traces of the Royal clans blood which will allow the one who eats it to gain the eyes of the Rinne Sharingan or Rinnegan and extend their lifespans."
I simply had a blank expression on my face as I was completely shocked at everything Senko had relayed to me that I didn't know what kind of expression I should make. I never could have imagined that the Otsutsuki clan had such a background. After taking a moment to let everything sink in I frowned in seriousness. "Senko...Then...What happened to the Heavenly Plane? What about the Otsutsuki there? Since you mention them having a hierarchical system and they happen to be a clan do they have a clan head? After all, according to your story they killed their last patriarch."
Senko nodded. "Mn. All good questions. Yes. They have members in higher positions than others just like a clan. And indeed they have a clan patriarch. I am unsure of who it is at the moment but they undoubtedly have one. And that patriarch of theirs is most likely situated on the throne within the Heavenly Plane. I don't know what state the Heavenly Plane is currently in as I fled from it eons ago, but I reckon it continues to remain a desolate wasteland."
I frowned even more as I took this all in. I looked down in front of me and saw the calendar noting when Naruto and Hinata's wedding was going to be and sighed. This is too much to take in. Just a few moments ago I was struggling to figure out how I was going to deal with granting people attendance at the wedding. But that all seems so trivial now after what Senko just told me. I closed my eyes and took a few deep breaths before turning back to look at the picture of Hanabi and I on my desk. Next to that picture was the picture of Team 11. I smiled as I thought about what Kimimaro and Haku were up to right now.
Kimimaro's been spending a lot of time in Iwagakure. Seems he and the 4th Tsuchikage, Kurotsuchi have been getting along quite well. As for Haku, after I took over as the 6th Hokage I revisited Hidan who was still held prisoner deep underneath the Anbu compound. After looking through his memories and killing him with my Rinnegan I sent Haku on an S-rank mission in search for these other Jashin cultists. Not only was Haku successful in his mission, he had saved a young woman named Akane who surprisingly was a surviving member of the Uzumaki clan. I left Haku in charge of overseeing her well-being. They both seem pretty busy now.
"Izaya?" Senko questioned snapping me out of my thoughts and reminding me of everything Senko had just told me.
I just let out a soft sigh and whispered, "Well...No use fretting over it right now. I only need to do what I can do. And I should first focus on the tasks before me. All of this Otsutsuki stuff will have to wait. Speaking of Otsutsuki stuff…"
Flash Back 3 Days Ago
Five Kage Summit
A large fortress stood atop the land of a well guarded area in Amegakure. This was precisely the Allied Shinobi Force Headquarters. After its construction had been completed the Five Great Nations had decided to use it as the meeting point for all future Five Kage Summits. In this way the shinobi world would not continue to interfere with or intrude upon the territory of the samurai. At the center most point of the fortress was a large conference room where the Five Kage sat around a circular table as their advisor's stood behind them. These Five Kage were Kumogakure's Darui, the Fifth Raikage. Iwagakure's Kurotsuchi, the Fourth Tsuchikage. Sunagakure's Gaara, the Fifth Kazekage. Kirigakure's Chojuro, the Sixth Mizukage. And myself, Izaya as Konohagakure's Sixth Hokage. At this moment a contraption above us began to move and project an image of the moon moving closer and closer to Earth as the large pieces of rock began to break off from the moon's gravity and enter Earth's orbit. A scientific researcher also began her very serious explanation of how grave the situation was becoming. As the researcher was explaining she finally concluded, "I believe that parts of the moon's surface is breaking apart and entering Earth's atmosphere."
We all frowned as Chojuro asked, "Then what will happen exactly?"
The researcher had a grave look on her face as she said, "The moon will continue to completely disintegrate until nothing is left as all of its being rains down over Earth. If nothing is done then all of humankind may perish."
Gaara furrowed his brow in deep contemplation as he said, "Is this a natural phenomenon? Or is it a man-made assault?"
I closed my eyes as I searched through the memories of my past life. My knowledge of the Naruto universe is becoming limited. Things have greatly changed from what they were before, but some events are still happening. This must be Toneri's doing. This is the last major event in the Naruto universe that I have knowledge on. After this I'll truly be in the dark. Well, not that it matters as I have decided to continue doing things my own way. I'll face these problems and make decisions my own way.
After completing my thought process I turned to the other Kage's and said, "My fellow Kage's. To be honest it is a bit unthinkable that the moon would begin to fall towards Earth so suddenly as an act of natural phenominity. If I were to guess I'd bet on this event as one being done on purpose with some sort of hidden agenda."
The other Kage's frowned in seriousness as they agreed at my analysis. Kurotsuchi then chimed in, "But who would have such power that they could cause the moon to fall?"
A moment of silence passed between us before I said with hidden meaning, "If you truly think about everything that has happened thus far in the shinobi world, can you truly think of no one?"
This elicited all the Kage's to slightly flinch as they all thought the same thing at that moment. Darui narrowed his eyes in seriousness as he replied, "The Otsutsuki clan…"
I nodded. "Correct. It must be someone related to the Otsutsuki clan."
Kurotsuchi gritted her teeth and clicked her tongue in frustration. "Damn! And we have no way to approach the moon. Nor do we have a way to stop the moon's approach. What are we supposed to do then?"
I let out a soft sigh. "For now let us continue to monitor the situation. While the moon is on a track to collide with the Earth we are not yet at a critical junction. If this is the doing of the Otsutsuki clan then they must have some ulterior motive. I have a feeling they'll show themselves before long. If and when they do reveal themselves, that is when we make our move. If they don't reveal themselves before the critical junction then there is still Sasuke and Naruto. It's possible that if Naruto and Sasuke pool together their chakra then Sasuke might be able to correct the gravitational alignment of the moon with his Rinnegan. That will be our plan B. If that is impossible then there is still Haku. He's been undergoing strict training to master Heavenly Sage Mode. While he hasn't quite become a perfect Heavenly Sage it is possible that he might be able to do something about this disaster. That will be our plan C."
The other Kage's let out a sigh of worry and frustration before nodding their heads. The meeting came to an end soon after.
End Flashback
Just as I snapped out of my thoughts and prepared to look over some other documents I slightly flinched in surprise. "Eh?" I furrowed my brow as I took note of an intruder near the Hyuga residence.
"So...You've come at last. Toneri." I whispered to myself before instantly disappearing from the Hokage's office.
Somewhere in the village under the cover of night a person dashed and expertly maneuvered around with great stealth and secrecy. This was exactly Toneri. As he quickly dashed around in search of Hinata several other shadowy figures fell from the sky dashing throughout the village. These were highly advanced and special puppets under his control. These puppets quickly made their way to the Hyuga residence as they searched for Hanabi.
Hanabi stretched and yawned as she had just finished overlooking some political documents as part of her duty in preparation to take over the clan head position. I wonder what Izaya is up to right now? She pondered as she opened one of the many doors within the Hyuga compound. However, she was immediately startled at what she saw before her. There was a person cloaked in strange clothing right in front of her. Just as it stretched out its hand to grab her she activated her Byakugan and shouted, "Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven!"
BOOM!
She performed a quick rotation creating a powerful chakra sphere to burst out around her effectively thrusting the intruder through the walls of the compound and out into the courtyard. She frowned as she stared at the tattered form of the intruder out in the courtyard that was now in shambles.
"A puppet?"
Just as she completed her sentence in confusion ten more puppets appeared completely surrounding her in their entrapment. She frowned and prepared for a fierce battle, however, before anyone could make a single move a quick flash came and left. Hanabi simply widened her eyes in surprise and shock as she was now standing in the middle of the Hokage's office.
"I-Izaya?"
I smirked at her cute startled expression and tapped her shoulder behind her. She quickly turned and embraced me in a tight hug to which I wholeheartedly welcomed, but in the next instant she flicked my forehead.
"Ow." I replied.
She pouted. "You startled me."
I simply smiled at her. "Sorry. I won't let anyone hurt you."
She nodded before letting out a sigh. "Alright alright. I know." She smiled back and said, "Go, the village needs you. I'll get yelled at if I hog you all to myself."
I smirked. "Okay. Be right back." I poked her nose before instantly disappearing from the room.
At this moment Toneri stood on a tall tree in the forest as he watched Hyuga Hiashi clutch his injured shoulder surrounded by several tens of puppets. As he stared down at the injured Hyuga head he said, "Do you concede?"
Hiashi gritted his teeth without responding prompting one of the puppets to create a giant orb of golden light and shoot it straight at him. Toneri had already sensed where Hinata's presence was and was just about to go to her after dealing with Hiashi, however the scene before him didn't play out as he had expected. Right as the golden orb of light was about to hit Hiashi it instantly disappeared and in its place was me instead.
Hiashi breathed out a sigh of relief as I turned to him and asked, "Are you alright Lord Hiashi?"
Hiashi smiled and replied, "I'll live thanks to you Lord 6th."
I shook my head at his answer. "Please, there's no need for you to be so formal in front of me. It may be presumptuous of me, but I'd like to think that we are family." I then turned serious as I focused my attention back on Toneri and said, "Lord Hiashi. I'll handle it from here. Get some rest." Without waiting for his response I placed my hand on his shoulder and teleported him to safety.
Toneri stared at me with a bit of a surprised expression and said, "If it isn't the 6th Hokage. To think that you were able to find me so quickly? I wonder how you accomplished that. I made sure that I was undetectable. Even Konoha's barrier could not detect my presence."
I stared indifferently at Toneri and responded. "Indeed Konoha's barrier couldn't detect you. Even now I can't detect your presence. It's an impressive technique, whatever you're using."
Toneri furrowed his brow. "Then how did you find me exactly?"
At that moment the cawing of a crow could be heard in the sky. It flew in circles above us as it stared down at the village below. Several black chakra receiver rods were embedded in its body as its eye reflected that of my Rinnegan.
Toneri frowned. "Was it because of that crow?"
I let Toneri mull over his thoughts for a bit before asking, "You must be the one causing the moon to approach Earth's orbit. Am I correct?"
Toneri slightly flinched at my statement. "Interesting. Your intuition serves you well. Correct. I am the one doing so."
"Why?"
"Heh. I have watched from the moon all this time what the world of shinobi is like. The world that was left behind by one of my ancestors, Hagoromo. It has become clear to me that shinobi do not understand the meaning of chakra. All shinobi do is war with one another and cause endless suffering and grief."
"You speak as if humanity has made no progress. If what you say is true and you've watched events unfold from the moon you would know that not only have shinobi banded together, we are now working towards stabilizing peace."
"Peace? You call this peace? I have watched for a long time. This peace is only temporary. Soon the world of shinobi will war once more. And their abuse of chakra will be fueled by their innate desire of greed for power."
"It sounds to me like you are only making up an excuse to justify your actions. You sound just like Kaguya. Your ancestor Hagoromo and Hamura fought with all their being to stop Kaguya. Even after Hagoromo passed away his spirit remained and returned during the 4th Great Ninja War to assist the Allied Shinobi Forces in stopping Kaguya from destroying all of humankind and shinobi. You speak as if you understand the intentions of your ancestors, but I question whether you have truly taken the time to think about them. Why are you really here? For the moment let us say that you truly believe that it is your duty to destroy humankind. You could have simply waited for the moon to crash into Earth. Why show yourself unless you have some other hidden agenda."
Toneri smiled at my analysis and replied, "Truly. You are a very perceptive individual. I don't need to explain myself to you. Hagoromo and Hamura are MY ancestors. Not yours. Because I respect your intelligence I will tell you why I am here before killing you. Long ago I was promised Hyuga Hinata's hand in marriage. I am here to take her away before the moon and Earth collide."
I shook my head. "Do you truly think Hinata would accept something like that? You should know by now that Hinata and Naruto are set to marry very soon. They love each other. Your abduction of her won't change her feelings. She won't come to love you. Especially with the way you're doing things."
Toneri frowned. "I am doing things according to Hamura's will. And I am taking away what was rightfully promised to me. I love Hinata! Once she sees my devotion to her she will come to love me as well."
"You are deluding yourself. I won't let you take her away. She is my sister-in-law. However, there is no need for you and humankind to quarrel. If possible I would like to settle this peacefully. Take me to the moon. It is my understanding that the moon is where Hamura's last resting place was. I don't doubt that he was any less powerful than Hagoromo. If that is the case then surely his soul can also transcend time and space and allow us to communicate with him should we truly wish it."
Toneri frowned. "You have a way with words 6th Hokage. I won't stand to listen to anymore of your nonsense." He then turned to his puppets and said, "Kill him."
I simply smirked noting that Toneri and his puppets were all within range of my Jutsu. The moment Toneri finished giving out his command he instantly felt fear well up inside of him. A fear like no other. This fear stemmed from the fact that his soul instantly felt as if it had landed in the center of a cage filled with bloodthirsty raging mad beasts that knew nothing but murder. He was even more fearful because that was the last thought and feeling his mind and body could process before his entire being froze, completely still in time. All the puppets that had me surrounded didn't even have a chance to move as they remained completely frozen in time.
I stood in the center of all of them with Muramasa drawn in my hands. After all this time my aura had finally completely mixed together with Muramasa where I had complete control over its power. The murderous aura and killing intent that Toneri felt was precisely because I had unsheathed Muramasa from its hilt. And the reason why everything had frozen perfectly still in time was precisely the power of my right Rinnegan, Kannagara no Michi. It was an extremely powerful technique that allowed me to freeze the time of anything within 5 meters of me for exactly 3 seconds. Of course the drawback was a 30 second time interval before the next activation was possible. It may seem like a 30 second time interval was short, but in a battle against extremely powerful opponents many things can happen in 30 seconds. Without wasting a second of time I expertly slashed out with Muramasa before quickly placing it back in its hilt. The murderous aura instantly disappeared and all the puppets were completely destroyed. And finally, time around me began to move once more.
Toneri's heart pounded unbearably hard in his chest at the scene that just played out. One moment he felt extreme fear and in the next, that fear was gone. He couldn't understand what had happened. It never occurred to him that time was frozen for him and his puppets as all of his senses were also frozen. He simply recalled giving out his order and then feeling a fear like none other before that fear disappeared and all his puppets were destroyed. He glanced over at me noting that I hadn't moved a single inch from my spot and asked with a hint of wariness and fear, "What did you do just now?"
I smirked as I replied, "I told you. I would like to settle this peacefully. If you take me to the moon I'm sure we can find traces of Hamura's soul. Why don't you make a final decision after that? As for the matter of Hinata, why not observe her a bit longer. If you truly love her then you would want nothing but for her happiness. See for yourself if she is truly happy being with Naruto. If she is, then I ask you not to disrupt that happiness of hers. However, if you insist…" I nodded my head at all of the destroyed puppets before continuing, "...As you can see I'm no pushover. If I must, I will defend the village and its people. And I will find a way to stop the moon from colliding with the Earth. With or without your help."
A deep silence filled the air as Toneri gave careful consideration to my words. In the end he frowned and conceded. "Very well...Follow me."
It wasn't long before Toneri took me to a large lake with a special spring inside. As we passed through it and ended up on the other side we stood along the edge of a cliff overlooking an ocean below as an artificial sun gleamed in the sky above. As I was taking the sight all in Toneri interjected, "We're here. This is an artificial climate created by my ancestors who lived on the moon."
I nodded before asking, "Is there a village nearby that was used by your predecessors?"
Toneri glanced at me warily before responding, "There is. Do you wish to go there?"
I nodded. "Yes. I believe if we are to find any traces of Hamura's soul it would be in the place where your predecessor's lived."
Without anymore discussion I followed Toneri to an old and ancient city left in ruins from the passing of time and war. Toneri stopped in his tracks as we arrived and asked, "Well, we are here. How do you propose we summon the soul of my ancestor?"
I looked around a bit before answering. "Give me an hour. There's something I wish to look for. It is essential for the process."
Toneri furrowed his brow in confusion. "You speak as if you've been here before. How do you know whether whatever you are looking for is even here?"
I simply smirked and replied mysteriously, "That shouldn't be your concern. What matters most is finding the way to communicate with Hamura." Without wasting time with more words I dashed off into the distance as I searched for the burial place of the fallen Otsutsuki clan on the moon. It wasn't too long before I arrived before the familiar spot of a large Otsutsuki crest in an old castle ruin. Mn. If memory serves this is the spot where a path leading to the remnant graves of the Otsutsuki clan are.
At that moment Senko decided to speak out. "Hm. You seem quite sure of yourself. How do you know this place exists? And how do you know that it is possible to communicate with Hamura's soul here?"
I shook my head. "Let's just say I had a hunch. As for communicating with Hamura's soul, that I'm still not sure of. I'm hoping that Hamura will see how anguished his last remaining descendent is and help lead Toneri back on the right path by appearing before us and giving him guidance and counsel."
"Oh? Quite the optimist aren't you. And what if Hamura does not appear and Toneri decides to attack you in a fit of rage for thinking that you tricked him?"
I shrugged my shoulders. "I have no control over that. If I must fight then I shall fight. But I do hope I can end this incident smoothly and peacefully."
Senko simply smirked. "Your plan seems a bit naive but I can't deny that you gave it a try. If traces of Hamura's soul is still lingering around then you might be able to detect it with your Rinnegan. Goodluck."
I nodded. I placed a marker in this area before dashing out and returned before Toneri who took notice of my presence. "So? Did you find what you were looking for?"
I nodded, which greatly surprised Toneri.
"I found what I was looking for. I'll take us there." I slowly approached Toneri and placed my hand on his shoulder as I teleported us to my marker.
"Instantaneous transportation huh? This is how you can get around so quickly and undetected. What are we doing here?"
I cleared my throat before saying, "Please excuse my rudeness. The place we need to go to is actually underneath this place." I placed my hand on the ground and said, "Earth Style: Grand Hole Emergence!" Immediately a giant hole opened up on the ground revealing a long flight of descending stairs. Toneri flinched in shock at the revelation that there was a secret underground area here that he didn't know about. I quickly started walking down with Toneri following behind. As we reached the bottom we were met with a giant underground cemetery.
Toneri stared in awe as he stammered, "T-This is...The main branch family?"
It was at that moment a person slowly walked over to us. A person without eyes. It slowly stopped before us and muttered, "T-Toneri? You've come at last." Without wasting any time that person stumbled and fell to the ground becoming nothing but a broken puddle of mess as an orb of purple light arose from its mouth. With great brilliance it filled the entire room in its all encompassing aura that lasted for only a moment. However, in that moment Toneri's expression changed greatly. In but a single moment he had witnessed the memories of the past and met with the spirit of Hamura.
There was a deafening silence between Toneri and I for several long minutes before he turned to me and said in a dejected voice, "I...I don't know what to say. All this time I've been alone on the moon thinking that I understood the will of my ancestor, but now...everything I thought I knew of turns out to be the exact opposite of the wishes my predecessors had wanted. What am I to do?"
I stared at Toneri for a moment before answering, "You could return to Earth with me. Live in Konoha amongst us shinobi. You don't have to be alone Toneri."
Toneri mulled it over before shaking his head. "I-I can't. I wouldn't know how to interact with you shinobi. I am too ashamed to stand amongst your kind."
I shook my head in response. "We have all done things that we are not proud of. Your situation is not yet irreversible. You still have the option to walk the right path."
Toneri stared at me in deep contemplation before turning his head. "No. I appreciate your offer, 6th Hokage. You are beyond my understanding. You are greatly forgiving, yet can also be greatly fearsome. You followed me, a stranger to an unknown place all alone without fear. I could have decided to ambush you instead. I am unsure whether it is because you are that confident in your abilities or that you had simply decided to place your faith in my word. Perhaps a bit of both. Whichever it is I admire you for it. I will remain here on the moon. Away from the world of shinobi. I have decided to watch over your world from here. In my shame and weakness."
"I see. Is there anything I can do to change your mind?"
Toneri shook his head. "If you would please, I would like to take you up on your offer. To observe Hinata one last time and see if she is truly happy on Earth with the one called Naruto."
I nodded my head as I followed Toneri out onto the moon's surface. We both stood there in complete silence for a few hours before I heard Toneri let out a deep sigh. He then turned to me and said, 'It is as you say. She seems happy beyond measure to be by Naruto's side."
After a moment of silence passed between us I was about to bring up the moon issue when Toneri quickly interjected, "I know. You need not worry. I shall reverse the movement of the moon and stop it from its collision course with Earth. Follow me." In but a few minutes we arrived at the place where a giant golden sun-like object was. Toneri pointed to it and informed, "This is the Tenseigan. A combination of all the Byakugan collected from my predecessors. We used it to fuel the energy we needed to survive on the moon. I had activated it causing the moon to move towards Earth. The only way to reverse this is to destroy the Tenseigan. It can only be touched by one who contains the bloodline of Otsutsuki Hamura." Without wasting time with anymore words Toneri rushed straight at the Tenseigan and shouted with all his might as he attempted to destroy it.
"AAAAHHHHHH!" Toneri screamed as he fueled as much of his power in his attack as he could, however, no matter how much power he placed behind his attack the Tenseigan remained undamaged.
I watched as he panted, catching his breath. Just as he was about to try again I arrived before him and placed my hand on his back.
"6th Hokage?" He questioned.
I simply nodded and replied, "Toneri. Our meeting may have had a rough beginning but it doesn't mean that it must have a terrible ending. If possible I would like for us to become friends. Allow me to lend you some strength."
Toneri felt a surge of warmth fill his heart as he stared at me who acknowledged him and replied, "Heh. Very well. Then I won't hold back." And with that I fueled my powerful chakra into Toneri as he shouted and struck the Tenseigan with all his being.
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
In mere moments the Tenseigan creaked and imploded as it was completely destroyed releasing all the Byakugan into the surrounding area that made up its core. Soon after Toneri and I returned to the surface of the moon as I took a sweep of the surrounding area and said, "Now, all that's left is to remove all the meteorites, asteroids, and debris that are already heading towards Earth from before."
Toneri turned to me and questioned, "How are you going to do that?"
I simply smirked and replied, "Watch." I clapped my hands together before raising them in the air. Immediately several dense gravity cores shot out as I said, "Catastrophic Planetary Devastation!"
ZINNNGGGG!
Immediately the dense gravity cores began sucking up the remnant meteorites, rocks, debris, and asteroids that were approaching Earth sweeping them clean. I then controlled them to fall onto the moon becoming nothing but large rocky terrain on the moon's surface. Toneri watched with incredulity as he said in disbelief, "Y-You possess the Rinnegan?"
I smirked at his astonishment and simply shrugged my shoulders. "Well then Toneri. This is goodbye. For now at least. Remember you are not alone. My friend." Without another word I patted Toneri on the shoulder reassuringly before instantly disappearing with the Flying Thunder God Jutsu and arriving right back in the Hokage's office by Hanabi's side. I watched as she paced back and forth in nervousness and only stopped when she bumped into my chest.
"Oof." She exclaimed. She quickly looked up and without missing a beat she pulled me close.
"You were gone for hours! I thought you said you'd be right back."
I let out a soft sigh as I held her close to my chest. "Sorry to worry you. Everything's going to be okay now."
She simply nodded her head and snuggled closer to my chest. "Mn. The answer is yes."
I raised my brow in confusion at her words. "What do you mean yes?"
"I saw the ring box on your desk."
I instantly panicked after hearing what she said. I forgot to put it away before I left! However she continued, "I don't care. Izaya. I don't need or want anything fancy or flashy. I just want you. I get it. I know you're strong. You're the strongest person I know as far as I'm concerned, but that doesn't make me any less worried when you rush off into danger. Who knows what could happen. What if one day you leave and never come back."
My expression softened after hearing her words and I held her even tighter. I had wanted to wait for everything to be perfect before proposing. I wanted to surprise her. I wanted to show off a bit. I wanted to tell the entire world how lucky I was to be marrying the most amazing woman in the entire world. I wanted everyone to know that she was mine. But as I held her in my embrace, in this moment, I felt a powerful stirring emotion within me. It was a feeling of pure simple happiness. Of love. And peace. Right. I was foolish. All I need is Hanabi. Just as she is. Right here. Right now and in my arms.
"I'm an idiot...Hyuga Hanabi. I promise to love you with all my heart forever. Will you marry me?"
Her heart felt as if it would leap out of her chest as she finally heard the words she had so much wanted to hear. Tears streamed down the sides of her cheeks as her entire being quivered in joy. "Yes. Yes! I will! You're an idiot! But you're my idiot."
And in that moment, we sealed our promise with a kiss. A kiss of our pure, honest, and simple joining of our union. And this journey was only the beginning. For the both of us.
AN Continued: Well...FINALLY! Izaya and Hanabi made it! And so did we!
Also, the first chapter for RITWON PT. 2 is already out! Meet Izaya and Hanabi's son, Hiroshi, and their daughter, Iraia! Now how fast will I update RITWON PT. 2? That I'm not sure yet. Like RITWON PT. 1 there isn't a set schedule for update times. I suppose I'll just continue to update when I feel the chapters are ready. But I reckon i'm not terrible with update times (Hopefully it remains that way) so stay tuned.
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