Chapitre 176: Road to Ninja Part 1 (Incomplete, Will be posted later)
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Author's note -
Remember that anything you read from this arc will not affect the relationships between characters in the upcoming arcs. This is an arc that will take place in the alternate reality. What happens there, stays there
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"So, what do you say Naruto?"
"Can you help me out?" Deidara asked.
"…" Naruto stared at the crystal ball in front of him.
Inside Naruto's inner psyche, Kurama stared at Naruto's back.
"Oy, Naruto," Kurama called out.
"Hm?" Naruto turned around to face Kurama.
"Shū said that you'd better avoid doing anything reckless when he's not there," Kurama conveyed Shū's message.
"Hmm…." Naruto continued to stare at the crystal ball on the outside.
("What will you do, Naruto…") Minato thought silently as he watched the scene take place.
"Naruto, my man,"
"There's nothing dangerous,"
"at least, that's what my boss promised when he gave me this," Deidara explained.
"…" Naruto continued to stare once again.
"What will you do, Naruto?" Kurama asked.
"The last time Sakura-chan and I ended in that world. I enjoyed being with my parents there…" Naruto thought back to the time he and his dad laughed hard at Kushina blowing away the cake…
"We both returned safely too…" Naruto continued to think about the various other events that took place in that world.
"This Deidara guy seems to be an unexpected friend this time around…" Kurama commented as he stared at Deidara from within Naruto.
"Mm," Naruto nodded in agreement.
"I suppose you've made your decision then?" Kurama asked.
"Yup," Naruto nodded.
"Hmph," Kurama smirked, following which he turned to look at the crystal ball with excitement.
"All right," Naruto suddenly responded.
"Thanks, my man," Deidara was relieved to see Naruto agree to his request.
"…" Minato continued to watch without interrupting since he was already aware from Naruto's memories that the crystal ball was just a jutsu that contained a fraction of the power the infinite Tsukuyomi possessed.
"Follow me outside," Deidara said, following which he walked towards the door.
"Where are we going?" Naruto asked.
"Just outside where the moon shines," Deidara explained.
"Oh," Naruto understood that Deidara probably needed the moonlight to shine through the ball to activate the jutsu.
The duo stepped out of the house, with Minato following after and stood by the door to watch over.
"Stand here, my man," Deidara said as he positioned Naruto by placing his two hands over Naruto's shoulders.
"Mm," Naruto nodded upon standing upright on a spot that Deidara had set him.
"Are you ready?" Deidara asked as he lifted the crystal ball in his hand.
"Yeah!" Naruto confirmed.
"Here it goes," Deidara left the ball to float at a particular height.
The crystal ball slowly changed to a red tint following which it rose higher.
Naruto's eyes followed the crystal ball as it continued to lift higher before finally settling at a decent altitude.
*Sh!*
Six rings of Sharingan Tomoes suddenly appeared on the ball.
< Limited Tsukuyomi! >
*Sh!!!*
A blinding white light expanded across Naruto's range of vision, making him almost completely blind. Naruto waited patiently to see what kind of world awaited him in this new alternate dimension.
The Infinite Tsukuyomi usually reflected a reality that the individual wanted from the bottom of their hearts, but since this one was more of a beta test, Naruto was also prepared for the worst possibility.
*Sh!*
The blinding white light finally receded into what seemed like the moon of this new reality that Naruto had been transported into.
"W-Where am I…" Naruto observed the new reality that was laid for him to see.
His eyes surveyed his surroundings. From what Naruto observed, he stood in a street where many people were out enjoying their warm evening. The clothes they wore to the technology and everything else that appeared, Naruto had concluded that he had arrived at what seemed to be the future of his reality.
Naruto then looked down to observe his body.
"Wow," Naruto exclaimed upon seeing that he had an Adult body like he used to have. The best part, it seemed closer to the end of his prime, around his early 30's if Naruto had estimated correctly.
"Dad," A voice called out.
However, Naruto was too distracted by his new environment to notice.
"Dad," The voice called out once again.
This time Naruto frowned.
("Why does this voice sound so familiar…?") That was the first thought on Naruto's mind after all; Naruto could distinctly remember Himawari's cute voice that always sought his attention. This voice that called out to him, on the other hand, was strange yet familiar. It was a voice that Naruto had heard before, but an unfamiliar phrase. In other words, a phrase that Naruto had never heard from this familiar voice…
Naruto turned back only to be stunned by what he saw.
"Azami?" Naruto was shocked to see a short pink-haired girl in front of him who resembled his granddaughter in the past.
"Dad!" Azami ran towards Naruto and hugged him tightly.
Naruto was elated, yet shocked.
("Why does she call me dad, Why does she not call me grandpa?") Naruto thought.
Naruto was prepared to face a shock-like Azami since that was a part of his favorable scenario for what he imagined as an ideal world, but his role seemed to be different.
"Dad, when did you come back??" Azami asked with an excited expression.
"Eh?" Naruto was confused.
"It doesn't matter,"
"I'm glad you are back!" Azami said with a bright smile as she looked up at Naruto being almost a little more than half his height.
"…" Naruto patted Azami's head silently wondering what other shocks that awaited him.
…
The two went around town exploring the things that Azami needed. Azami was enjoying her time checking out the shops, whereas Naruto spent his time analyzing whatever information he could find from observing.
"Dad!" Azami called out, running towards Naruto from a nearby shop.
"Dad, that old man gave me an extra squid," Azami said while holding onto three sticks with squids on top.
"Come again later," The Old man shouted with a smile.
Naruto looked down again only to see Azami giving him a stick.
"oh…" Naruto nodded slowly, grabbing one of the sticks Azami handed out.
"Let's go home," Azami said, following which she walked ahead.
"…" Naruto followed silently from behind.
("She doesn't have the eyes huh?") Kurama asked from within.
("Yeah, I noticed…") Naruto responded slowly as he continued to walk behind the merrily walking, sweet looking Azami.
Back in the original timeline, Naruto lost this grandchild of his to the Ōtsutsukis, since they deemed that Azami being in possession of the heavenly eyes was a threat to their kind, which was why she was killed in the first place, but this time Naruto was happy seeing Azami was living a normal life, with those regular blue eyelids instead of the legendary blue eyes that isolated her from a normal life.
Azami in this timeline was almost visually identical to the Azami from the Original timeline. The two were twelve-year-olds with two whiskers on each cheek. The only significant difference was that the previous Azami being Daughter of Sarada and Boruto resulted in a particularly strong bloodline after the combination of the Rinnegan and Jougan, with a light hint of pure Byakugan bloodline, resulting in what was called the Heavenly eyes, whereas the current Azami had just a pair of regular blue eyes that Naruto had along with pink colored hair which Naruto couldn't quite put his finger on who it came from.
("Kurama,") Naruto called out.
("The hair right?")
("Maybe its a combination of yellow and red, your mom and dad's color being passed down,") Kurama suggested.
("Could be…") Naruto thought.
"Dad, Are you coming?" Azami asked upon seeing Naruto quite a few steps behind her.
"Yeah…" Naruto recovered to his usual calm expression and picked up his pace.
"Haha," Azami walked alongside Naruto while enthusiastically chewing on the squid.
…
Soon, Naruto and Azami reached home. Or what could be considered his home in this world, seeing that it was a different building than he was used to living.
"Brother, I'm home," Azami announced as she stepped in.
"Welcome back, Az-" A yellow-haired boy approached the duo from within, only to stare blankly at Naruto with green eyes.
"…" Naruto also calmly observed the boy.
("Who is this kid now…") Naruto was confused. Naruto knew that the boy could only be his son, but he had a way different aura/vibe than that of Boruto. He was calm, observing-type, somewhat similar to his dad, Minato. The green eyes caught Naruto's attention since he had never remembered seeing anyone in his family having those type of eyes.
"yo," Naruto waved gently at the boy.
"You're back…" The boy said slowly.
"Yeah…" Naruto bent down to take off his sandals.
Naruto was confused,
("Am I the Hokage in this timeline as well?")
("If that's the case, I might need to head back as soon as possible…") Naruto thought.
"How long will you be staying this time," the boy asked.
"Yeah, Yeah, Dad,"
"How long?" Azami asked with enthusiasm.
"…" Naruto could only sigh internally as he looked at the kids who had high expectations.
"I just stopped by for dinner," Naruto said with the intent of heading out to get more information on this world he had arrived in.
"Oh…" Azami's expressions went down a great deal.
The boy, on the other hand, didn't have any change in his expressions, as though he had already expected his dad to say this.
"Mom will be coming very late today, so I guess it's just the three of us," The boy said.
"I see…" Naruto nodded politely.
"Freshen up dad,"
"I'll set the table," The boy said.
"Oh, I'll leave it to you then," Naruto said following which he headed towards the stairs to go to his bedroom.
"…" The boy silently stared at Naruto's back as he ascended the staircase.
"I'm happy today," Azami said as she handed a squid stick to the boy who she had saved up for,
"Thanks," The boy nodded.
…
Upstairs in one of the bedrooms.
Naruto switched on the light.
"This looks like my room…" Naruto thought upon seeing the familiar layout of what he had back in his room with Hinata.
Naruto's eyes scanned around until it finally landed on a picture frame by the bed.
"Eh??" Naruto's eyes widened.
("Oh?") Kurama was surprised as well.
Naruto now finally knew that nagging feeling he had from the second he saw Azami's pink hair and the boy's green eyes.
"SAKURA-CHANN???" Naruto was shocked seeing his family picture, which had the image of his marriage with Sakura and the two kids, Azami, and the boy.
However, there was one more thing that scared him.
The picture frame next to the one he held had Sakura wearing the familiar red Haori.
Seeing this, Naruto immediately ran towards the window.
All he could see was five stone faces on the mountain,
Naruto slowly observed each face.
However, He could only recognize four of five faces.
1st Hokage - Senju Hashirama
2nd Hokage - Uchiha Madara
3rd was one he couldn't recognize.
4th Hokage - Uchiha Obito
And the Fifth one was his wife in the current timeline, Haruno Sakura.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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