Bab 645: 607. Kaguya’s Tragedy
"Hagoromo! Hamura!" Kaguya hugs both her sons in her embrace.
Hamura turns to Hagoromo for an explanation. The current series of events is too much for him to process.
Hagoromo also shakes his head. He, too, isn't privy to too much of the information and is in similar confusion as Hamura. Though he isn't as clueless as the latter, since he knows a bit about the series of events that led to the current event.
Kaguya separates from her sons and finally turns her attention to Izuna.
Whoosh…
She flies towards Izuna and arrives in front of him.
"Izuna-sama!"
Kaguya bows to Izuna, startling everyone present on the island. Even Hagoromo and Hamura are surprised by Kaguya's action.
Shiing…
Hamura activates his Tenseigan and attempts to observe Izuna.
"What's this?"
Hamura frowns as he all sees is the empty void. The place, space, and time where Izuna was supposed to be didn't seem to exist in his vision.
"This person… why does it feel like he doesn't exist at all? Even though I can perceive him with my eyes and yet I can't sense or peer through his existence."
This conclusion shocks Hamura.
"Just what in the world happened in the past millennia that I sealed myself? Also, Nii-san, this person who is he?"
Hamura turns to Hagoromo for answers.
"This kid, he is a descendant of Indra!" Hagoromo gives a short answer.
"WHAT? Indra?!"
Hamura's eyes widen in shock. His old, wrinkled face makes his expression look funny.
"Indeed! He is a member of the Uchiha clan which descended from Indra and shares Indra's visual prowess. As for the rest of the information and the secret of his strength, I don't have any clue." Hagoromo shakes his head.
"Then, does that mean he is stronger than you, brother?" Hamura asks in surprise.
"Much… much stronger!" Hagoromo recalls Izuna's vast power when he reversed the flow of time and resurrected Kaguya.
Hamura's curiosity rises even further.
"Then, between him and mother… who is stronger?!" He asks.
According to Hamura, Kaguya is a powerful god-like figure with immortality. Back then, the only option the two brothers had to stop Kaguya's rampage was to seal her with a very powerful seal. However, that seal took its toll on them and exhausted much of their body's long lifespan.
Hagoromo and Hamura, both of them had a very long lifespan and could easily live for several thousand years. However, to seal Kaguya and her immense power, both of them sacrificed a portion of their lifespan.
Later, Hagoromo distributed his immense chakra to the rest of the world, further weakening his strength while Hamura reinforced Kaguya's seal on the moon until his body turned old.
Later, he sealed himself with the power of his eyes until a worthy successor appeared to inherit his power.
While the two Otsutsuki brothers were having a mental conversation, Kaguya continued her bow with a solemn expression.
"There is no need for such a formality!" Izuna shakes his head.
"After all, I share a portion of my bloodline with you. That makes you my ancestor!" Izuna shakes his head.
"No, that's not true at all!" Kaguya vehemently shakes her head.
"Once a being turns into a God, he breaks free from mortal shackles like bloodline, mortality, lifespan, and other such worldly aspects." Kaguya refuses to budge.
"Also, back then, if not for Lord Izuna's help, then Isshiki might have sacrificed me to Shinju," Kaguya recalls the event from the past.
"That's not necessarily true!" Izuna shakes his head.
"Isshiki and your fate were already determined. I was just a small catalyst to further ensure it." Izuna denies the credit.
"Still, that doesn't change the fact that Lord Izuna is a God and thus has broken free from the mortal shackles. Your current standing is much higher than mine!" Kaguya, with her conservative thoughts, refuses to budge.
"Sigh… how troublesome!" Izuna rubs his forehead at Kaguya's stubbornness.
"What's going on?" Discussion breaks in between the shinobis, who are observing Kaguya's every movement.
"So, that's the mother of all shinobis, the source of all chakras!" The shinobis whisper among themselves.
Kaguya's sheer presence overwhelms them. The amount of chakra and pressure she exudes is too overbearing for them to handle and sends a chill down their spine.
"Such a powerful chakra!" Several sensor shinobis gasp in shock.'
Even the non-sensor shinobis can sense her immense presence.
"This chakra and presence! I am afraid it's even stronger than the ten-tails!" Sakumo remarks.
Onoki and other Kages nod in agreement.
"And such a figure is bowing to Lord Izuna with respect!" Gaara points out.
A conflicted expression appears on the faces of Kages of other nations.
"At least we are allied after this war!" In the end, Onoki and A, who had conflicts with Izuna and Konoha in the past, use this excuse to console themselves.
"Lady Kaguya!"
Izuna uses his power to forcefully raise Kaguya's body. He glances at her with a conflicted gaze and finally asks what has bothered him and others for a while.
"So, the reason you ate the chakra fruit? Was it to transcend to godhood and escape from the shackles of your fate and clan?"
"That's right!" Kaguya nods in agreement.
"As a weak member of the Otsutsuki clan, the only reason for my existence was to serve as a sacrifice for the Shinju and irrigate it with my blood and nourish it with my body. I was too powerless to resist and thus could only accept my fate. However,"
Kaguya turns to Izuna.
"Your presence gave me hope!"
"My presence?!"
"Yes!" Kaguya nods.
"When I arrived in the shinobi world, I received an oracle. An oracle to change my destiny and break free from my shackles. So, I waited… I patiently waited for the fated moment to arrive. Until then, I co-operated with Isshiki and raised the Divine Tree." Kaguya recalls the past.
"Finally, when the moment to sacrifice myself to the Divine tree arrived, you appeared and helped me out of my predicament by dealing a lethal blow to Isshiki. All of this was part of the oracle." Kaguya reminisces.
"You left just as quickly as you arrived. However, I memorized your energy signature." Kaguya continues.
"I followed the oracle and sacrificed Isshiki's body to the Shinju tree to grow the chakra fruit and avoid the Otsutsuki clan's suspicion." Kaguya sighs.
"In the end, things didn't go as planned and the members of the Otsutsuki clan found out."
"I remember now!" Izuna nods.
"After lending you my aid, I came across Urashiki and other Otsutsuki clan members while traveling through the time tunnel." A conflicted expression appears on Izuna's face.
"Those two were hunting for me and they even brought Karasuki, the sacred artifact of the Otsutsuki clan, to chase and hunt me down through various timelines." Izuna rubs his forehead in embarrassment.
"It was my slipup that embroiled Kaguya in the conflict. Urashiki sensed her and the Shinobi world's anomaly and sent a message to the nearest Otsutsuki clan member while chasing after me," Izuna speculates.
"And unfortunately, or fortunately, those two happened to be Kinshiki and Momoshiki!" Izuna mumbles to himself.
"Just like other ambitious Otsutsuki clan members, that fool Momoshiki is also chasing after Shibai Otsutsuki's legend to gather several chakra fruits and eat them to ascend to Godhood. It's because of this ambition he didn't pay any heed to Urashiki's words and continued to harvest one world after another. Only when he ran out of the worlds to plant the divine tree did he turn his attention toward the Shinobi world. A world with a Shinju tree, but no guardian!" Izuna pieces the entire story together.
As if to prove Izuna's theory true, Kaguya continues her story.
"After your departure, I decided to change my fate by ascending to Godhood. Isshiki had several chakra fruits in his possession. So, after getting rid of his body, I took those chakra fruits and ate them to transcend. However, my foundation was shallow, and I didn't have enough energy to complete my ascension. So, I took a gamble and ate the chakra fruit of the shinobi world." Kaguya sighs.
"I didn't expect a foreign will to lurk within the chakra fruit. This foreign Will secretly housed itself in my body, seeking an opportunity to influence me and take control of my body. In the end, it saw an opportunity during my labor and secretly influenced my emotions and thoughts. I gradually lost control of my emotions and followed the sinister will of Shinju, considering it as my will."
"What a strange twist of events?!" Izuna smiles and turns to Ayaka.
"It wasn't me but my past self!" Ayaka raises her hands in surrender and blames everything on her past self.
By this point, Izuna has figured out the secret influence.
It was Ayaka's past self. She was a godly being. She cast an extremely powerful Shinjutsu technique on the shinobi world, influencing its every event. Her divine technique directly gave an oracle to Kaguya, who was a powerful being. As for him, it secretly controlled most of his actions, chalking him to believe it was all a lucky coincidence.
"You little twerp!"
Ayaka makes a face at him and hides behind Madara and Kasumi.
"…"
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