"...." I was in deep thoughts. So all of the worlds are created by G.o.ds; however, they cannot interfere with the mortal matters as long as the world is not in danger. They can erase it all if they want and even create beings that had a speck of their own powers... Cool.
"Alraight!" The Elder..... clapped his hands. "Enough with the boring backstory. Let us watch what happened after our departure."
"Watch? How? Is this another ability of Taimuai?"
"You are sharp, la.s.s! We will do precisely that!" He waved his hand and a green string had exited his finger. It soon connected to the ceiling and most probably to the outside world. A few seconds later, a white ball emerged from the rocks, being held by the string. The ball slowly descended and moved in the direction of the Elders head. When it came closer, I could finally make out the details of that ball and was stunned speechless. That was another Taimuai that looked exactly like the other two in the Elders sockets.
The eye slowly approached the forehead of the Elder Gindu and stopped right before a thin line that pa.s.sed vertically through the wideness of the forehead. The line vibrated and little by little, a hole had appeared.
"Another socket?!" My mother, father and I exclaimed at the same time.
The Elder looked at us with a smirk and made the eye inter its birthplace.
"Before our attempt, I left my third eye here. When one reaches the peak of mastery of one's eyes, a third one opens. One can take it out and it will be recording every single detail in the world. Now sit down. We will be looking through the history of our world after that incident."
A ray of off-white light escaped from the third eye and a projection formed in the mid air.
'Works like a projector....' A thought appeared in my mind. The Elder adjusted the image and we surveyed the history. Lands were created, nations formed and wars were fought.
"Huh... The war is always a part of history..." I sighed. Mother Looked at me, but didn't say a thing. Well her aura gave her away.
"Mom, don't be sorry. It wasn't your or Dad's fault."
"How did you..." Father was about to ask.
"I know your true emotions." I stated and turned back to the screen. We watched and watched as thousands of years were pa.s.sing by in a flash. Forests were destroyed and regrew once again; however, one tree would always survive and grew taller and stronger with every war. This caught the Elder's attention as well as people who were standing behind us quietly, and now everything that we saw, was revolving around that ma.s.sive tree and the land of 'That'.
It grew stronger and I could almost feel its powers through the simulation. It soon became a humongous tree with a few miles of height. The Elder's face was turning darker and darker as he gazed at the surreal plant. I looked closely and saw a bud forming on the very top. When the fruit was formed. the Elder could no longer contain his anger and turning his head, he shouted.
"WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PACKING OUR PLANTATIONS?!"
The people behind jolted and a man that looked to be in his twenties, walked out of the group.
"It was me, Elder. I am sorry for my negligence. I was sure that I weeded all of them out! A belive one of the fruits was either carried away by an animal in the mists of our clean up, or during one of the travels, one of us accidentally could drop it. I am sorry for not checking all of the lands properly!"
The Elder's face was as dark as a moonless night. The man that came out was shivering. The air was getting tencer and tencer each and every minute.
"Elder Gindu, what happened?" I asked him with concern. I didn't try to fake anything. The person I'm talking with can sense true emotions of the person as well.
I think.
I looked around and saw that it was only me who was in the dark about the topic. Even my parents looked gloomy.
His fiery gaze landed on me. Taking in a deep breath, he quenched his anger and with a gentle, but annoyed tone, answered.
"He," his hand landed on the bowing person,"was in charge of gathering all of the sacred fruits; however, one fruit was neglected and that tree grew from it. I looked back at the protection and saw that the flower was shivering and a fruit formed on the top. I looked at the elder for explanation, but he only shook his head with regret.
The bowing person was allowed to return to the group and we continued to watch the history. The fruit was slowly maturing and a red flesh with Tamoes engraved on its surface was exposed to the world.
On night, a star fell from the sky. When the light desepated, a beautiful woman with long, silk, flowy, straight white hair; pale skin and off-white irises, appeared. People who lived there went to investigate and brought her to their leader, a young adult with brown hair and more or less average looks.
"So they finally sent someone to retrieve it... To think they would send this child. They made a mistake." The Elder muttered under his breath.
"You know her?" I asked him, while still gazing at the supreme beauty of this woman.
"Yes. She is Kaguya Otsutsuki. When we were still in this world, she was just a child. A prodigy child at that."
"Wait! How come she is still alive!? You lived like thousands of years before the moment on the protection!"
"Otsutsuki age at a crazily slow rate. Thousand years is almost nothing to them."
"Said the person who could live forever..." I muttered. He laughed and sighed in melancholily, turning his head in my direction and casted his eyes down.
"She was bright. Out of all of the power hungry idiots, she and her parents were special. They did not like the idea of stealing countless of lives, just to satisfy their urges. When they were forced to fight against us, her parents, Duriko Otsutsuki and Fuin Otsutsuki, gave their lives willingly, after some showoff fight. Kaguya knew about the plan and was about to die as well, but Otsutsuki retreated before she could do so."
I listened carefully to his words. 'Is this the same Kaguya that wanted to basically kill everyone and had to be sealed?' I couldn't believe him, yet I knew I had to.
"Why was she sent? To get the red fruit?" A slight guess appeared in my mind, so I asked him to determine whether it is correct or not.
"Yes...."He looked at the screen and his eyes widened. "What are those stupid humans think they are doing?!" He saw how pregnant Kaguya was running away from the people she considered a family. She reached the tree and plucked the fruit. She brought it close to her mouth and finally swallowed it down. The Elder dropped his shoulders. "Naive child... She just consumed a poison..."
"Wasn't this a Chakra Fruit?" My guess was correct. This was the period of time when Chakra first appeared in the world.
"No. This is not Chakra 'fruit' that Otsutsuki tried to steal from us for ages. This is a Wild Chakra Berry."
"Hm.... Plantations!" I remembered a small talk few minutes ago. "Does that mean that Chakra was in the possession of Jana Ishvili clan?! How come it didn't spread?"
"We were keeping an eye on that. Only the members of our clan had the right to consume the Fruit. The bodies of regular humans wouldn't be able to sustain thr power. When the child's Taimuai is awaked, he or she must eat one fruit in order to support their eyes. Our bodies are different, so it is actually very beneficial to us."
"Why keep a plantation, if you only need a few of them every few years?" I was really confused.
"They are tasty." He answered with a childish expression.
"...." Seeing my emotionless response he coughed and the face of a distinguished elder returned.
"We never spread it because it was out job to protect the world. If by chance nations were about to launch the war, few of us would go and solve the problem. If it was a war for resources, we would change the land a little and it would be no worse than the one of their enemies. If it was idiotic abisions, we would just get rid of the weed and place a proper plant on its place. We were considered the messiahs of the G.o.d and our power was feared."
"Now, imagen tat that power landed in the hands of a greedy or tyrannical person. Do you really think that it will lead to a bright future."
I shook my head. I've seen shin.o.bi war a little. It was beautiful but deadly.
He looked at the screen and saw how Hagoromo and Hamura were sealing their mother and failed to notice a black creature escaping the scene.
"So it really was her.... That carrying mother changed into a monster... Is this the Effect of the Wild Chakra Berry?"
"Yes. Chakra Fruit is way stronger, harmless and tasty. It must be grown in a clean and bright place, while Wild Chakra Berry is basically a weed that feeds on blood and darkness. It is poison. The one who consumes the Berry, will slowly become insane. That is what we can see in this case. Those who inherited the power will not suffer from the poison, but will be way weaker then even a teenager in our clan."
"THA SAGE OF THE SIX PATHS IS WEAK?!"
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Konohagakure was beautifully decorated and everyone wore their best clothes. Music played in every corner of the village and a wedding procession finally entered the the gates of the village. Every villager, be it a shin.o.bi or a civilian were cheering loudly as the procession moved through the clean roads.
Mito lifted the curtain of their sedan and took a peek outside. A hint of displeasure and shyness appeared on her face.
"Did we really have to appear like this? We could just use The Gate an be here in a matter of seconds." She pouted. Hashirama who was sitting besides her looked at his beautiful wife. She wore spotless, white wedding kimono with bright red decorations on the edges of her sleeves. A fan was attached to her back in the way so that it would open little by little as the bride would come closer to the shrine. The fan symbolised the fortune that should be entering into the house of the groom. It was now fully opened, since they had already done the ceremony in the Uzushiogakure.
Her bright red hair were tied up in two bans and had many golden ornaments decorating them.
"We can't go against the traditions of your clan, right Mito-chan? You are the daughter of the Lord Ashina, so it is only logical that the ceremony of my wife must be as grand as possible!" He smiled happily.
The sedan stopped and the curtains were lifted to reveal the newlyweds. The sedan was right before the house of Hashirama in the Senju compound. Tobirama exited the house and led his elder brother and his sister-in-law inside. The ride from Uzushiogakure took a whole day.
'It could be more, if we did not send our 'Hogosha' best people to carry the sedan... Lord Ashina, your demands were really big. He sure is a doting parent.' Tobirama snorted, attracting the attention of the couple and another person who followed them. Mito's elder brother, Varshiza Uzumaki. He insisted on coming and carried the sedan of his dear sister.
It has been one and a half years from Malika's disappearance. Mito was sad at first, but was soon convinced by Hashirama that everything is alright and she will return eventually.
'Malika, I'm now married to the love of my life. I wish you could see me now..." Mito thought for a split second before being destructed by their arrival to her accommodations.
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A person with spiky, raven hair was moving through the mountains with a katana in his hands. Wind blows strongly, threatening to push him from the cliffs. The person smirked and continued to move, battling the nature.
Finally, he saw the end of the cliff and when he reached the dead end, he jumped into the depths of the canyon in the Land of Demons.
CRACK.... BOOOOOOOM!
As soon as he reached the bottom, the ground cracked and a ma.s.sive amount of soil and rocks flew into the air. Boulders that easily surpa.s.sed a six story building, mountained over the man, hing his face in their shadows. However, one thing they could never hope to hide glowed with blood red light.
"ROAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!!"
"WHO DARED TO DISTURB MY SLEEP?!" A furious voice resounded in the canyon, while being amplified by the echo.
A gigantic, humanoid, orange fox with nine long tails emerged from the behind of one of the many cliffs. Fury could be clearly seen on its face as he approached the bug that dared to disturb it while it was waiting for the one who his father had been talking about.
The man smirked and a crazed look appeared on his face. His EMS rotated at the slow pace, creating an eerie feeling of helplessness, as if death itself was gradually approaching its prey.
"You are nothing, but a ma.s.s of Chakra. The likes of you must be honored to serve under those with ocular powers." The man said with a vicious grin on his face.
"SHUT UP, YOU b.a.s.t.a.r.d!" The fox sw.a.n.g its tails with destructive power and was about to squash the inselece before it; however, it never had the chance to.
"Just like I said. Be honoured to serve me, you intelectless creation. You are nothing but a weapon to be used by us." With those words, the man took the control over the humongous being in front of him. The light in the eyes of the fox was slowly being extinguished and the last thought crossed its mind. 'Father, your warning didn't get through.....'