Naruto finally woke up, And he wasn't happy with the condition he found himself in and yet it was worth it. When he woke up, He found none other than Sakura doing her daily check up on him, She cried the moment she saw him awake and started scolding him for how reckless he is.
He never out loud admitted to anyone, He genuinely missed this banter with his teammate. Whenever he would wake up from his failed experiment with slight injuries he would think Sakura, Tusnade or perhaps any medical staff is beside him or the smell of the hospital.
In those times, He had shed a tear when he found no one for him when he woke up.
Now, He wanted to cry but he couldn't. Everything hurts so bad. He can't tell that he must have lost a limb or two, or worse his body in such serious damage that he wouldn't be able to walk? Or use his ability? Who knows what damage awaits him.
He did train a lot with old man sage, passing the time and whatever idiotic ideas Naruto would come up with passing the time. It was amazing.
Sakura helped him sit down once she had finished her scoldings, Naruto had listened, He smiled like a goof which made Sakura let out sob laugh. Once tears wipe away, she puts her hand on his forehead and green chakra surrounds his whole body.
"We can't tell how long it will take your body to heal" She sniffs. "You cannot move. Without help that is. Don't you dare do anything, Naruto"
"I... Couldn't do it..." Naruto winces, feeling pain in his throat.
Sakura pulls back, walks over to the table beside the bed, she grabs the jar, pour water into the glass and returns back, she helps him drink water. Naruto slowly drank under her instructions and felt relief but he still felt incredible pain in his throat.
"Don't fall asleep," Sakura tells him. "If you sleep it will be hard for us to wake you up"
Naruto wanted to say he would jump back into limbo where the Old man sage would keep him accompanied but he just smiled in response. One last check up, She left the room to inform others he had woken up.
He leaned back against the pillow Sakura set up for him, Closing his eyes, He tried to connect with Kurama but found himself blocked and another thing he noted was his chakra path is destroyed in worse ways he could never imagine. It will take many years for him to recover.
'Which means I am struck... ' Naruto thought, as he opened his eyes and looked down on his hands or one hand that is. His other arm is gone. The same arm he lost against Sasuke. 'I suppose this will be problematic... Argh, I can imagine everyone taking turns to babysit me...'
"Finally you are awake, Naruto"
Naruto blinks, looking to the side at the door way where Daishinkan stood with his arms crossed behind his back and staring at him with unexplained emotions. "How do you feel?"
"H-Hey Sensei..." He's having trouble with speaking but pretty sure he can answer. "Fine... You?"
Daishinkan gets closer to him, his footsteps echo in the room, and Naruto realizes how quiet it is. He can't even hear anything, It was scary. And the fact is, the angel is acting a little differently. Was he feeling guilty for what happened to him?
Daishinkan checks his appearance, the grimace. "I shouldn't have allowed you if I knew this would have happened..."
Naruto didn't dare to shake his head, He already did and found himself dizzy so he kept himself straight. "No... I had...to. Trust me... I am... Okay"
"For now" Daishinkan slightly glares. "Don't think I didn't know how you waited for Brass to pull out the universe seed to absorb in order to restore the time and kill him in the process"
"He's... Dead?"
"Yes... Can't even find the bits of him. You wipe him out. Not even ashes could be found or seen"
Naruto can't help but be smug about it, Daishinkan rolls his eyes. "I have taken the staff. Don't even think about using it again"
"Go...ahead" Naruto honestly wants nothing to do with the staff. That staff gave him nightmares. He only used it, In order to protect everyone. He can tell Daishinkan is disappointed how Naruto couldn't be a destroyer but he can also tell how proud he is of him.
And it wasn't a lie, technically, both knew the staff would take Naruto 's life span, It's just the plan was that Naruto used it on Brass the moment he used Universe seed and used the staff to freeze the time for a minute, Grab the seed and seal off Brass. However, Daishinkan admits even if Brass is sealed he can still come back but it would be thousands of million years later.
Naruto did something else, His own way. Well, Yeah he regretted it but it was worth it. "Gonna...scold me...?"
"Oh no, I leave it to your parents" Daishinkan smiled a little satisfied. "And your friends"
Naruto groans in pain and slight horror, Pretty much they all are pissed. Kurama most definitely explains why his connection is blocked, he didn't block it in anger but he blocked it so he wouldn't disturb Naruto from resting. Ah well, He can handle them.
"Anyway, Thanks to you... Everything is going as it should... Your body however is damaged. It will take years to fix the damages"
"I...noted...by the...way...how...is everyone?"
Daishinkan takes a seat on the bed, he shrugs. "I haven't checked as I was busy with the meeting. Grand Zeno hasn't noticed anything which is a relief. I wouldn't get past him if he does manage to know. Nonetheless the threat is taken care of..."
Naruto stares. "...do...you...feel any...thing...?" He wonders if the angel before him even cries for the loss of his rogue son.
Daishinkan stares back. "What do you think?"
Naruto lowered his gaze. "....nothing..."
Silence fell over them, Daishinkan stood up, Naruto didn't look or said anything, The angel left the room through the window, As he filed out, The door of his room opened and everyone entered looking in relief, crying and joyful to see him awake.
Naruto looked at everyone, his eyes closed, smiled wide and said "Sup...Am home!"