All matter gravitates to one another…
Tsuyu's eyes flickered with golden light.
When all returns to one. Even all light, all chakra cannot escape from the pull. We reach Singularity.
I only accelerate the inevitable process, my own chakra as a catalyst…
The surrounding space and matter shook. Dust gathered together into a tiny dot above her hand. Natural energy very slowly gathered into a tiny dot above her hand.
Tapping into the Earth's gravitational chakra, no… the entire universe's gravitational chakra…
A crack in space appeared above her hand as a tiny void, like a little poke into the fabric of space created. She stopped practicing, dispersing them casually.
Haih… Maybe Naruto was right. I really am playing God. Why do I need a jutsu capable of infinite growth… Am I trying to destroy my own planet?
But she lacked something though. She felt like it's her body. Like she didn't have the hardware to actually utilize her Divine chakra of faith.
Though seriously why these gold chakra keep coming. I haven't appeared for 2 months shouldn't my worshippers already give up… I guess there must be some lunatics out there praying to me.
The more desperate they were, the more faith reached her.
She looked outside of the cabin, looking at the golden barrier covering her, the island.
She didn't know how Naruto was doing.
The memories flashed in her eyes, of her time with Naruto. The good ones, the bad ones… and their last moment.
Her eyes dropped a little, but it didn't carry hate. Only a little dulled pain.
That they were never compatible. And, that's okay. She knew what was wrong, and she knew what was right. She pointed out what wasn't working, what she couldn't change, and letting go because it's best.
The good memories linger, that he would always be her brother. The brother who had wanted her to just be Tsu-chan…
In a way, that's me now… I don't need the world to be at peace. I only need myself in peace.
…
Are you still alive out there, nii-san… do you regret killing me?
She asked in a tone that was filled with a little bit of nostalgia and missing.
A part of her wanted to peek, to see what he was doing. But, she retreated, knowing it's best for both of them.
That she was already dead in his hand, let's leave it at that. And along with her death, she let go of Naruto.
She could have stopped his hunt order, she could have found him, but, at the moment, for her, their relationship as siblings as a family already ended.
She didn't hate him, no, she could never. She wasn't angry. She still loved him…
But they were… never going to be able to stay as a family together.
It hurts him to see me the way I am. Even killing me…
She let go because it's what was best for both of them.
I could guess… you must be sad that I died… that I couldn't change.
I would be sad if you did too… really…
She looked at the barrier, her eyes contained traces of vicissitudes. Even if she still carried all the good things in her heart, she won't chase what wouldn't work. But appreciated the good things that she once had… she never knew, someone could be so important to her. And she didn't regret it… It was a beautiful memory, perhaps the happiest she had been for a short time. Maybe, Naruto brought her peace, his presence had healed her over the years, the years of hardships, battles and threats of death.
Recalling the giggle of an annoying baby, the stupid blue eyes as he let out a little laugh… that the person slowly grew, she watched him, and until the day she died in his hands…
Maybe, Naruto had healed a part of her that was torn from years of war. Maybe he taught him what a family was. Maybe his company had filled a gap in her heart over the years. Maybe that was why she had loved him.
Even if they were now strangers, that life and death no longer mattered between them.
Letting go with love. The most powerful way, only Tsuyu Uzumaki, the strongest soul, the smartest of mind, and a heart that learned the deepest love most could do to let go.
With peace in her own heart, over her whole life, even with what happened.
She attained peace in her own innerworld, and outer world. For once, perhaps she had won over Being X.
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Meanwhile…
Naruto's Rinnegan gaze met with Sasuke's eternal mangekyo. To Karin's sad expression, and Jugo's angry one. Sasuke dropped his ANBU mask, meeting the eyes of the person he was closest to.
Naruto stood at the top of a pillar, eyes filled with loneliness.
Karin felt her heart hurting… that his chakra was so murky… and filled with sorrow, loneliness and sadness.
"Naruto…"
"Sasuke… Karin… Jugo…" Naruto muttered with a hint of nostalgia.
"... Naruto…" Sasuke's hand moved to his tanto, pain flashed in his eyes.
"Hey hey what about me… Remember me? I am Suigetsu!"
"Shut up no one cares!" Karin choked his neck, not giving him any more chance for nonsense.
"... Naruto. I only want to know one thing." Sasuke's cold voice sounded, returning to the atmosphere.
"Did you kill her with your own hands…?" He held the tanto, ready to sheath.
Naruto's eyes turned sideways… downward, then back at Sasuke.
"Yes…" Naruto muttered painfully, his heart, grieving.
"He's telling the truth…" Karin's voice was shaky as she saw his chakra fluctuation as Naruto said it.
Sasuke closed his eyes, holding back the tears in his eyes.
His Sharingan flared, looking at Naruto.
"Why… tell me, why you feel it's right to kill her."
"..." Naruto unable to answer. No, he never thought it was right. She shouldn't die… but it's him that killed her.
"Not answering huh…" Sasuke drew the tanto slowly.
"Sasuke…" Naruto called out.
"What…"
"I will turn myself in. After it's all over. I promise… you can… kill me later. But, I hope you can wait… I need to stop Madara." His eyes contained sadness and depression.
"Kill you…? Just like that? Hahaha…"
"Why? Is the guilt too heavy to carry?"
"HA?! CAN'T YOU LIVE WITH WHAT YOU HAVE DONE?!" Cold chakra exuded out of Sasuke, his EMS flared and glowed.
"She… was just like Itachi… he shouldered the burden with him, on his own. Take all the blame, trying to save our village… trying to save me. Trying to leave with me a clan that was good. But… he carried so much pain on his own."
"What she did, she carried the burden of the whole world. She carries the burden of having you as her brother. Even someone as cold as her, was hurt deeply because of you…"
"You were… such a scum of a brother…"
"I know… Sasuke… I know…" Naruto's voice broke, shedding tears at being called out.
"You are coming back to Konoha whether you want it or not. Madara can wait. The village was there. You can't protect the 7 bijuus on your own." Sasuke's cold voice sounded.
"Sorry Sasuke. But I cannot go back yet…"
"Then I will force you!"
Sasuke rushed towards Naruto, followed by Jugo and Suigetsu.
Naruto flickered backward, dodging the swings of the tanto, dodging Jugo's punch.
Suigetsu managed to sneak behind, his finger pointed into a gun to his shoulder.
Bang.
Blood spurted out. But it healed back in an instant. Suigetsu was taken aback.
Naruto clasped his hands together.
Shinra Tensei!
Sasuke's sharingan saw the chakra and quickly summoned it covering Jugo and Suigetsu.
Susanoo! Bang!
As the dust settled, Sasuke and others stood safe in the ribcage of susanoo.
"Huh…?" Naruto looked confused.
"You are coming back with me!"
The ribcage grew muscles, and eventually skin, and into a full purple Susanoo.
"I can't yet." Naruto's eyes firmed. He clasped his hands together.
Summon! Noble Eight Paths!
The seals on his body lit up, a fuin of purple light appeared in the air, with 7 main circles interconnected together.
From each circle, a white puppet bigger than Naruto's own body came out in the shape of different tailed beasts. Each of the puppet's eyes turned into a Rinnegan, red chakra exploded out from Naruto's body.
ROAR…!
The 7 Bijuus puppet glowed in red light, each covered in Tailed Beasts Chakra cloak, their tails emitting powerful concentration chakra.
The sands around Shukaku puppet, the blue fire around Matatabi, the bubbles of water of Sanbi, the red magma of Son Goku. Each tailed revealing it's full power, as if 7 perfect Jinchuriki's were on the field, each bearing consciousness of the Bijuu and Naruto's control with Rinnegan capable of using most of their power.
Suigetsu gulped. Naruto was… perhaps the strongest in the world after Tsuyu's death. Now he knew how he could have killed her.
Karin shed her tears… Naruto… your sorrow, I can feel it. So I will stop you here.
Adamantine Chain…! Chains grew out of her back, swaying in the air. Her gaze was sharp and determined.
Jugo's expression turned ferocious. He tore his shirt, revealing various ruins marking on his body. What had sealed, controlled, researched, experimented, and now perfected his control over Sage Chakra.
Tsuyu. You freed me from the curse of my madness. I will take your brother down…!
Unseal! Sage Mode! His body turned a form close to a monster's, black lines formed underneath his yellow pupils. His hands turned into two axes, with chakra thrusters behind them.
Suigetsu look left and right. His expression turned half-serious half-scared. Um... Hydrification Jutsu...! His body turned translucent. Okay I am dead TT.
"Naruto…!" Sasuke pointed the arrow of his Susanoo.
"Sasuke…!" The 7 Bijuus puppets opened their mouths, their tails formed into a claw shape as each of them formed a Bijuudama!
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