Naruto's forehead creased when he felt a familiar pull on his consciousness. It was quite similar to when Kurama brings his consciousness into the seal. He let the pull take him and a moment later, he couldn't feel the animals or people around the park nor the solid ground under his feet. All he could feel was the person in front of him in the empty vast space they were in.
"It's been a while, Naruto-kun," a beautiful, gray-haired woman greeted as he opened his eyes and was mildly surprised to see her new look. She was a far cry from the miserable woman he met back then.
"It's been a while... Hasn't it?" he asked, smiling at her.
(Flashback)
A huge cloud of dust and debris hovered over the forest due to the aftermath of Naruto and Perseus's joint attack. The landscape of the forest changed entirely due to different sizes of debris littering the floor due to the explosive force of the Rasenshuriken.
Nothing around the vicinity was spared as dead bodies were positioned in different places around the forest. Some had their head lodged into trees while some had their arms and feet bent in weird angels.
The forest itself was in no better condition as a whole lot of trees were uprooted from the ground all thanks to the powerful S-class forbidden technique Naruto threw at Perseus. The hooded man was down on the floor unconscious with blood gushing out from different wounds caused by wood splinters.
The sound of heavy breathing was coming from a deep large smoking crater below with different slash marks marring its inside.
Perseus had his shield over his head, trying to still his breathing and stop the quaking of his hands. He was kneeling inside the crater with blood flowing from his skull and temples. Tiny Bleeding Marks caused by tiny wind blades covered his skin and armor. He limped and struggled to get out of the deep hole in the ground, cursing Naruto.
For a second there, he thought it was over when the presence of the blonde man disappeared.
Perseus panted heavily when he made it out of the crater and scanned the entire area for his equipment but could not find any of it. He covered his nose and waved his shield to push away the dust surrounding him. The destruction was devastating and it was only a matter of time before unwanted guests found this place.
"This guy…" He thought, gazing at the destruction caused by their target. "It was the best solution." He concluded.a
Orders from above were to bring the shinobi in alive but seeing what he could do, there was no way anyone could pull that off. He inspected the unconscious body of his only surviving teammate and concluded he would live to see another day.
He looked like he was the only one standing until his eyes landed on a frozen Naruto, in a green statue made of green rocks, with both of his hands covering his face in a manner that shielded his eyes. He went forward and squinted at Naruto's pupils that were blue when he first saw him but now they were horizontal bars reminiscent of that of a toad.
Perseus had never faced or met someone like Naruto who could perform the impossible; a man wielding chakra on a level like this.
This was a groundbreaking discovery for the Organization.
A new Sacred Gear that grants the user chakra had been created but, unfortunately, it was lost in battle and returned to the God system in heaven to be reincarnated into its next human or part human vessel.
He heaved as he lifted his teammate on his shoulders and turned his back from the statue. He hadn't taken four steps before he heard a crack behind him. Perseus ignored it because he thought it came from the forest but another loud crack threw that thought out the window. A third long crack and a heavy pressure slammed into his body as his already weakened knees felt like jelly.
A cold voice sent chills down his spine, "It was a good thing I didn't go all out with that Rasenshuriken."
A crack traveled down from the head to toe of Naruto's frozen statue.
Perseus turned around with horror stricken wide eyes as the chin portion of the statue broke off and a huge burst of chakra sent gusts of wind and different shards of stones from the statue flying away. He could only look in horror as the chakra around Naruto rose higher as he moved nearer.
"That's impossible!" he raged in his mind. This guy was holding back when they fought?
"Now, about that place with a lot of chakra users..." Naruto stopped for a moment, trying to remember the name. "Ah, the Youkai, where can I find them?" he asked menacingly. This was augmented by the blue chakra surrounding him like he was inside blue flames.
Perseus didn't want to give a potential future threat information that would help further his ambitions greatly but he was in a tight spot.
"I could get that information out of you in so many ways and some would make Anko, an interrogation specialist, proud," Naruto finished and waited patiently for a reply.
Perseus knew he was toast in both ways but he had to try.
"Please, let my teammate go and I did promise you I'd tell you about them if you manage to defeat me." He said on his knees trying to save his comrade.
The shinobi was stunned by this. This guy was willing to sacrifice himself for his comrade and Naruto respected that.
"The youkai are a supernatural race native to Asia with human-like form and animalistic features. The form mostly depends on the species a Youkai belong to. They can use chakra and yojutsu a technique unique to their race. Most of them live in bounded areas which aren't easy to break into." He gave a brief introduction.
"Where can I find one?" Naruto questioned.
"I don't know their location. All I can give is a name, The Kyoto Faction," he finished.
"Thank you, Perseus-san." Naruto turned around, ready to go find Kyoto.
"You're not going to finish me off?" Perseus could not help but ask. The logical thing to do was to finish him off for good. What was he trying to do?
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