*NarutoxKaguya*
Summary: One minute into a millennium. The cold Goddess would have to relinquish her grip one day. It was nothing more than a dream, but it was the reality. It was in this desolate place that he would fall for the goddess
Link: https://m.fanfiction.net/s/12494274/12/
Word count:28k(COMPLETE) (Sequel is up)
Chapters:12
Chapter 1: Panic's Out
The First Minute
This wasn't so hard. Who told him being Hokage would be a difficult job? It had been an easy life so far, and it could only get better.
The taste of coffee, an open window that filled the room with a breeze of the village. Uncertain of the smell, but he did know it relaxed him, it was home. Even then, a creeping cool air ran up his spine and made him shiver.
Naruto had been at it for a while now, so perhaps it was from staying in the same position for a length amount of time. There was nothing to be wary of here, in his home, and in the Hokage's office. To go even further, he was the Hokage, a title the spoke volumes of the strength of the person.
After all the voices of reason, there was still a spark of doubt that spoke to him.
There was no solid reasoning to his concern, he could blame it on the nightmare that troubled him last night. In response, he focused on the document in front of him.
Naruto's eyes scanned the printed words on the paper, he had already read through it twice. He signed in his name and set the document aside in the corner of the hardwood desk.
It was different being seated on this side, the other end was more familiar. Naruto stood up from the seat to view the village he had sworn to protect. Even as he done his work, that feeling had never disappeared, and it grew in intensity. A terror slept and it watched. He tracked every shadow, every crease and crack that he could see in the buildings.
The First Hour.
The door shut behind him. The beat of his heart slowed, and he wanted so much to turn his gaze toward it, but he stopped. He wasn't ready, for whatever it was. A voice called his title. Another slow, agonizing, chill crept up his spine.
Naruto knew that voice, he would know it anywhere. It was fresh in his mind, he wouldn't forget anytime soon.
Naruto stared into the living eyes of a dead man. A person who had died last night. Neji Hyuuga. Someone who had given his life to save him from a place he should have never been in the first place.
Last night? No, that made no sense. He was alive and well, in front of him. This caricature of Neji stood straighter, and barked out words. "I'd like to report a mission successful Lord Hokage."
Naruto paled, it was as he remembered his voice- What were these thoughts? What was going on?
"Is there something the matter Lord Hokage?"
"Dismissed," Naruto said. "Write a report. I have something to do."
Easy words spilled from his mouth. He walked past the desk, and spared no glance at the dead. Words echoed in Naruto's mind as he did so.
"I aspire to be like this Hokage."
These thoughts were not his. It was Neji's, that should be impossible. Did that even sound like him?
He hastened his steps and slammed the door behind him. There was a flash of red as he bumped into someone he hadn't noticed. Contents flew into the air and he caught them with ease, nothing ruined, in perfect condition. Words were spelled, 'Happy Birthday Naruto.'
Naruto froze, he read, and he reread it again.
"No! Damn it, watch it- Oh."
He knew that voice that cursed, and saw the long smooth red hair that belonged to his mother. A lump formed, and it was impossible to speak.
"Naruto! This was supposed to be a surprise." Kushina Uzumaki complained.
He noticed his father that stood behind him, a sheepish smile. "Kushina, you expected to surprise a Hokage."
"Of course, he's still my son!"
The interaction brought him of his stupor and Naruto handed back the cake. "Hold on! I need to do something important."
"Aww really? Be back soon!"
He ran through the halls, a golden light encased him. What was going on? His head hurt, so… hard to think! Why did he want to hurt someone so badly! None of this should be happening.
Naruto blew the hinges off the door that let him outside. He watched it tumble below, crashing into the dirt. No one was around. He took a deep breath, it was as he remembered the air of the village, but none of it felt fresh. It felt as he was trapped in a room, and there was no air left to breathe.
He looked to the top of the building. A quick jump to the roof, and made his way to the overview of the village. Naruto gazed behind to view the busts of the previous Hokage, there was him as the sixth, but it felt alien. He scoured the village, it was as he remembered it, every street, building…
Except it wasn't.
No, it had to be. He lived an entire life here, a whole twenty…
He grasped his head, and every breath was deep and strained. He knew. Everything set into place, the last, true memory came to him.
Every single moment felt wrong. None of this real, despite the jagged, and conflicted memories that were not his. This was an illusion, nothing more than a fabrication created for him.
The bars he held onto broke under the pressure of his grip. The building shook as he collected his chakra. The furthest he could take it, and every source of power he had on his command.
This visage of the world broke, the village dispersed. A brief darkness before everything collected, and reimagined into a world of ice. The cold air stabbed at his lungs and a touch brought his gaze to others beside him.
"Don't worry we got you." Sasuke muttered before he raced forward. The others, Sakura, Kakashi, Obito all followed close in stride.
Naruto floated in the air, and the winds howled. He looked at his hands, gripped them, and shook his head.
"Impossible." A woman murmured.
The voice brought his attention, and he looked up to see the figure that belonged to Kaguya Ootsutsuki. Pale, a third eye, horns, and a long white dress. Here they were, fighting against a Goddess with almost limitless power.
He watched as Sakura, Obito, Kakashi move against her. They dodged, move with precision as Kaguya attacked them. Obito's Susanoo trapped her within her grasp.
But even then…
Sasuke teleported behind her, and yet Naruto still didn't move. "Naruto! Finish her!"
It was fake.
"Stop it! Stop this crap!"
He was not here. This was not real. The world went silent, a flip of a switch and it all swept away. Everyone disappeared.
"Halt?" A voice asked. His limbs paralyzed, and he could not move, no matter how much he willed it too. There was only a white, blank world. Nothing existed, except for her. Kaguya moved in front of him, a sideways glance. Her blank, white eyes narrowed. "Is that a command?"
"You've won? Haven't you!" Naruto shouted.
"Not quite," Kaguya looked away. No matter how small her smile was, it would always be sinister. "Your allies still fight, but it would be lifetimes for you until they arrive."
"Why are you doing this? Why don't you kill me and get it over with?"
"Such a question. Ages have passed and it's never seen changed."
He screamed, and he could finally move. The invisible shackles no longer bounded him. There was her alone, nothing else existed, nothing else mattered. He ran toward the goddess, intent on destroying all of her, to leave only ash. He called his technique to his hand, and surged as much power through it.
He hit her and there was nothing to describe the euphoria as he watched her fly away, trapped within the confines his technique. There was an explosion, it was so large that he thought he had died with her.
A blink, and it all disappeared. The landscape changed, and all he saw was mountains and snow. He saw his breath, it was cold. This wasn't really the cold, was it? No matter what happened here, whether he be maimed, blinded, it wouldn't translate into the real world.
"Did that give you some measure of satisfaction?"
His blood ran cold, and he shivered. Behind him, she kneeled on the ground, her dress and hair spread on the cold white underneath, her dainty hand traced the soft snow. She was unharmed, free, indifferent. Those eyes stared, they spoke to him; He was no threat.
"Or, will you continue?"
"Let me out of here." Naruto said, an unnatural calm to his voice. The overabundance of energy had been used.
"Is that in your nature? To fight for a worthless cause, and to ask useless questions?"
"What the hell do you want from me?"
He was ignored, "Why do humans cling to their lives? There is no value."
"We don't think the same way as you do."
"Is that all? How interesting, to fight for nothing."
"Let me go, let me out of this fake world."
"Return what was once mine, and you will no longer suffer." She replied. Kaguya paid no attention to him, in her grasps, snow fell from her hand and was lost in the wind.
Naruto knew what she referred too. What granted him his power, that everyone living in the world had; Chakra. It was a vital essence, if it were taken, it was certain death. "Never. No matter what you do, you'll fail."
Kaguya said nothing, instead, she swept her hand across the snow. "Will your response be the same in a millennium's time?"
That was…impossible? Wasn't it? "It doesn't matter if it's two. I keep my word, it'll never change."
For once, a look of displeasure crossed her features. "If that is the case, only death awaits you at the end."
He will always defy her, he would never give in. "Then I die,"
"Then suffer."