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Date:Jan.20th 2042

"Heyo, can you all see me now?" Kurotsuchi cries, face so close to the monitor her right eye almost touching the camera. Akatsuchi behind her just chewing on his fingernails. Sekki, fifteen, one hundred sixty five centimeters tall, brown haired ninja of light olive complexion, has proved himself to everyone in the village as perserving and steadfest underdog who overcame all the odds to catch fourth tsuchikage's eyes. Kurotsuchi had a thing for Sekki as he complemented her in many ways, and started to train him personally which made Sekki's peers envious of him.

"Tsuchikage-san, it's all pink but i doubt that has anything to do with this software program." Chojuro states, as his bodyguard Misuno nods her head in disappointment. Kagura Karatachi, eighteen, standing at one hundred eighty six centimeters tall alongside Misuno, will soon succeed Chojuro for his skills and might transcend that of his senior. He has earned fame for being one of the most gifted swordsmasters to ever born in kirigakure, inferior only to Mangetsu Hozuki who is revered like a god of swordsmanship arts in shinobi world, an outstanding prodigy who attained perfect mastery over seven mystical swords of mist and all kenjutsu techniques before celebrating his fourteenth birthday.

"Aw man, it's been a while since the last time we had a conference call." Kurotsuchi pulls her head back and clasps her hands behind her neck.

"It's not like we have the chance to do that. These past four years the gokage have been under a great deal of pressure." Gaara asserts. Shinki, standing at one hundred sixty nine centimeters tall and with rather slim frame, who has been promoted to jonin rank in last year's april, is also elected as the fifth kazekage's bodyguard. He has the same stoic and dead expression that he usually wears.

'Bratty and childish. Why would they find this woman to be worthy of taking on the tsuchikage mantle? Did iwagakure hit the bottom and run outta options? Thank god we still have some real competent shinobis who can succeed Gaara as the next kazekage.' Kankuro thinks with his arms folded against his chest, standing three feet away from his adopted nephew.

"I'm aware of the fact that everything has been so dull for a while. But there is so many people terrified of going out as they have heard of Code and his claw grimes army. I assume so many civilians and shinobis who are agitated." Darui states, sounding indolent.

Behind Darui is Omoi, who earned fame after returning to his village for defeating the reanimated Ameyuri Ringo, the most talented female swordmaster in the history of kirigakure who dealt with an unknown terminal disease for years and died at age of seventeen, fourty years before birth of Sarada and Mitsuki.

Yoroi, one hundred seventy three centimeters tall, the genin who suffered a humiliating defeat at hands of Boruto, had to humble himself in order to realize his limits, attained great power and honed his skills. It's been three months since Darui chose Yoroi as his bodyguard and that is why Yoroi is in Raikage's office now.

"It appears that sinister creature can tell what our plans are, which is why we have not captured him yet." Chojuro says.

"If i am not mistaken, Isshiki Otsutsuki didn't possess the ability to foresee the future. It might have something to do with Isshiki's dojutsu." Gaara speculates, touching his chin with his forefinger.

"Wasn't that precognition thing owned by Momoshiki Otsutsuki? If it's true then there's a chance that those two aliens are related." Kurotsuchi theorizes.

"As much as i think that abomination has to be gotten rid of, he is not what we should be focusing on. How many claw grimes are in Code's possession at the moment?" Darui asks.

"Three thousand six hundred eighty. That's just his ordinary claw grimes which capable jonins can take care of them." Ada states, sitting on a chair in a luxurious boutique, as she's gone to shopping mall to buy dresses.

Mitsuki, one hundred eighty five centimeters tall, having let his hair grow long enough to reach his hips and look identical to Mei Terumi's hair, uses a special device invented by Denki Kaminarimon and Sumire Kakei which has the size of a coin although twice as thick. It allows one or multiple individuals to have face-to-face meeting through means of holographic projection.

Daemon wraps his arms around Ada's neck and stares at Mitsuki who doesn't let gokage to look at Ada which bedazzles them as they fall victim to her love charm ability.

"Don't tell me that he has more cards up his sleeves!" Kurotsuchi says, groaning.

"Yeah, there are some mutated claw grimes that awakened rinnegan in their eyes. Those are tremendously strong. Their power level varies but i expect them to give even the kage some trouble. You better be cautious and not underestimate Code's pawns." Ada presumes.

"Do you have anything to share with us, Hokage?" Darui asks.

"I've got more bad news." Konohamaru Sarutobi, the eighth hokage states. "We were tracking Code down for years and finally got to see his blood sample. Mitsuki suspected Code to have blood ties with some of most feared clans in shinobi world. Orochimaru analyzed the blood sample and confirmed that Code is half-uzumaki, half-kazekage." Konohamaru continues.

"Is there a reason to be terrified of this fact?" Gaara asks.

"My parent found out Code has enhanced regeneration speed and healing factor which was dramatically amplified after Isshiki granted him the white karma mark. Code also has access to kazekage clan's kekkei genkai magnet release. I have heard that fourth kazekage developed electromagnet release during his life." Mitsuki states, with calm and cold tone.

"But the fourth kazekage was a super genius on par with yellow flash. Didn't Amado say that Code isn't particularly smart or something along the lines?" Chojuro asks Mitsuki.

"Amado may have misjudged Code's capacity and potential as a warrior." Mitsuki asserts.

"You think so?" Kurotsuchi asks Mitsuki.

"Code proved himself to be a strategist and outsmarted Shikamaru back then when he came to kidnap Amado. It is true that Code is not a true otsutsuki, but he was Isshiki's favourite subordinate for not just the fact that he was loyal but that he was willing to endure indescripable pain if that was all it took to make him more powerful than any other. Isshiki had extremely vast knowledge on the cosmos and according to Kawaki, Code was eager to absorb it all. From history of otsutsuki that Code worshipped to shinjutsu and how it inspired Indra to create foundations of all jutsu that we use today." Mitsuki replies.

"In other words, Code has had enough time to perfect himself and go back to his roots. In order to adapt to the adversaries he despises the most. Code's feat of reshaping ten tails' clones and turning them into his claw grimes speaks of a creative mind and top notch chakra control that is almost on the same level of pure-blooded otsutsuki." Konohamaru states.

"Fortunately, the space-time seals on the civilians will help us drastically reduce causality number. If Code's army invades konoha or any other village, the sensory division will detect the presence of claw grimes and before any harm is inflicted on innocent lives, the space-time ninjutsu users or science squads will transport people to a safe dimension. However, the most powerful of shinobi alliance shall stay to eradicate Code's army. We will find a way to seal away Juubi the instant we gain the opportunity." Mitsuki asserts.

"Is there anyone who is able to go toe to toe with Code?" Chojuro asks.

"Why didn't you introduce me to these weaklings earlier, Konohamaru? I'm afraid they are not aware of the fact that there's not a single person in existence whose strength rivals that of mine, let alone surpass it." Daemon jumps on Mitsuki's shoulder to mock the gokage.

"Code already knows how your attack reflection ability works, he'll come up with a plan to make you busy doing something as he targets Kawaki and Shikamaru-san." Konohamaru replies.

"Not like that implies i can't ruin his plans!" Daemon pouts.

"Kawaki is confident he can take on Code. However, even Kawaki can't defeat Code by himself. No one in this world aside from Daemon have a chance against Code. Code's might far exceeds that of Isshiki. But that doesn't mean Kawaki will be alone when he stands against Code..." Mitsuki says, oozing bloodlust which makes Ada sweat.

"Is there anything else you want to add?" Darui asks.

"Nope." Kurotsuchi says.

"Unfortunately not." Gaara replies.

"No." Chojuro responds.

"I'll update you all on this matter once i gather more data regarding this matter." Konohamaru states.

"Thank you all for your valuable time and consideration. End of the conference call." Darui asserts and taps on the button. "Dull. I feel weird." Darui takes a deep breath.

Everyone else turns off the devices as well, Mitsuki being the last one out of politeness as the youngest person in conference call.

"Code was already much stronger than me before removing his limiters. And now you are telling me that he has kekkei touta? Amado better upgrade me or you'll need more bodyguards." Delta complains, frowning.

"That's why i'm here to assist you, Delta." Houki says, wrapping an arm around Delta's shoulders. "With your death beams and my flying thunder god, we can wipe out entire armies."

Houki, one hundred seventy six centimeters tall with a lean frame, had been promoted to anbu chief rank at age of fourteen. He was protege of Tsubasa for a couple of years and learnt many techniques during that period of time, including second hokage's space-time ninjutsu.

Delta, one hundred sixty centimeters tall wearing high-heel sandals, had been chosen as Konohamaru's bodyguard because of her sharp senses and the fact that she is one of heavy hitters in the shinobi world, her power exceeding that of legendary war heroes Kakashi Hatake and Sakura Haruno by large margin.

"Not Code." Delta states.

"Sassy and grumpy as usual. Be a little more positive." Houki lifts his hands in air, shrugging his shoulders.

"Don't expect me to be delusional." Delta nods, annoyed by Houki.

"This gut feeling has me wondering if Code and Boruto aren't the only ones who want to wreak havoc." Konohamaru says, resting elbows on the desk and locking his fingers and puts his hands against his face.

"As much as i'd like that to be no more than gloomy outlook, i'll be short-sighted if i don't expect more alien invasions after arrival of bunch of otsutsukis in matter of a year." Houki states.

"Everyone must grow far more powerful than they have ever been. I have to surpass all my predecessors and even that will most probably be not enough to save the village." Konohamaru murmurs.

"Hokage-sama." Houki puts a hand on eighth hokage's shoulder. "You are not gonna fight this battle alone. And if we are doomed to die, we will die together."

"I have never heard of such a demotivational speech ever in my life." Delta exclaims, disgusted. Houki sighs and drops his shoulders.

"I will not allow them to steal our future." Konohamaru asserts. "No one is gonna destroy my village. Not on my watch."

"Opposite effect." Delta starts clapping, mocking Houki. "You're not half bad, Kakashi-lite."

"You were supposed to be a good ride until you decided to be hedgehog." Daemon jumps off Mitsuki's shoulders. "These ain't hair no more. They almost prick through my flesh like needles!" Daemon continues as he grabs a strand of Mitsuki's hair with his thumb and index finger.

"You are such a litttle drama king. You know that i am the one who felt all that stinging feeling since your ability prevents anything and anyone from hurting you, be it intentional or not." Mitsuki responds and turns to Ada.

"They knew that handsome hasn't returned back. If he was here, he'd be the first one to join the conference call." Ada presumes, rubbing her neck gently with her right hand.

"Tsubasa-sensei left this world last august. He has never been away for such a long period of time. I'd be bluffing if i said i'm not worried about him." Mitsuki sighs, approaching Ada to stand infront of her.

"Right..." Ada murmurs, squeezing her otherworldly eyes shut.

Date:Aug.20th 2041

Ada is in her bedroom, lying on the bed, her back leaning against the headboard, enjoys swallowing the fantasy novel series called 'Children of Chaos'.

The room drowning in a sea of darkness, there's only sea blue light emitting from the reading lamp on the desk placed beside Ada's queen sized bed.

"You never fail to impress me. Volume twenty eight, chapter six, and i'm still in awe of the way you phrase all the words and sentences in such a poetic fashion." Ada murmurs. "I wasn't expecting a company in middle or the night. You have something important to say. Isn't that right, Ace?"

A pair of emerald green eyes shining bright from outside the window. The bearer of those orbs steps inside the room, coming close to Ada with silent and gentle footsteps.

"Time for me to bid farewell." Tsubasa mutters.

"I'll dearly miss you." Ada put her feet on the ground and stands before Tsubasa, needing to look up so she can see her mentor's face.

Tsubasa can't find the right words for a proper response. Ada's eyes lock gazes with his orbs. Tsubasa always supresses his aura that bears overwhelming sorrow and guilt for the dark past he's unwilling to reveal. Ada puzzles about what may have crushed this man's heart. Is it because of his noble duty or has he suffered loss of beloved ones?

"Do you truly believe that you are proud of the path you've chosen?" Ada murmurs, caressing Tsubasa's cheek with back of her forefinger.

"Yeah." Tsubasa whispers, close his eyes at Ada's touch.

"How could you find happiness in this life if you keep walking the same line?" Ada asks Tsubasa, running her fingers through his hair, a behaviour that soon became a hobby as Tsubasa started spending time with his pupils. They find it to be comforting and surprisingly, only Ada has figured that Tsubasa enjoys it when someone treats him in the same tender manner.

"Perhaps a thick cloud of darkness of despair is in my way. But once i reach my goal, everything will be the way i wish them to be. As long as you and those i cherish can live a happy life, nothing else matters." Tsubasa says, grabbing Ada by her right arm gently to pull her close to himself, brushing his lips against her forehead as she presses her soft hands against his toned chest.

Tsubasa absorbs all of her negative emotions with his ability as the last gift he'd give Ada before departure. After mere moments, Tsubasa lets go of Ada and turns around just to have his hand caught by her.

"As honourable as your ideals are, you do have your limits. One day you might meet an adversary that you can't defeat by yourself. Tell me... Who will be your hero?" Ada asks Tsubasa who looks over his left shoulder to have a glimpse at her face which screams for the answers she knows he'll never give her.

"My lord will lend me a hand when all hope seems to be stolen from me." Tsubasa asserts, smiling.

Ada lets go of Tsubasa's hand and wraps her arms around herself, staring at her mentor's back.

"Dream beautifully, moon princess." Tsubasa says and teleports away.

Ada throws herself on the bed and holds the children of chaos book near her heart.

"Why is it so hard for me to be mad at you?" Ada murmurs, then starts chuckling.

Date Jan.20th 2042

"It has to be this way..." Ada mutters.

"Yeah, Tsubasa-sensei used to say that." Mitsuki quickly figured who Ada is referring to.

"Hands of fate have scarred his soul in a way that it seems nothing and no one can be a balm for his suffering. Never have i ever seen someone who is so talented and claims to be nothing special. He was always dissatisfied despite being best of the best." Ada says.

"That's depression for you." Daemon utters, bends over and rests his hands on the chair Ada is sitting on.

"He'll be back. I have absolute faith in him." Mitsuki asserts, looking at Ada who reaches for Mitsuki's hand. Mitsuki takes her hand and helps her stand on her feet.

"Who wants to see me try out so many gorgeous dresses?" Ada says loudly with enthusiasm.

"Ada, you make anything you wear look beautiful. Not the other way around." Mitsuki says, smirking.

"You're exaggerating." Daemon pouts and gives Mitsuki a side-eye look.

"Bribing me with compliments. Your kindness knows no bounds." Ada says, playfully punching Mitsuki in arm.

"You deserve it." Mitsuki grins, showing his sharp teeth which Sarada refers to as 'vampire fangs'.

"My god, you two make me wanna vomit." Daemon turns around and folds arms against his chest.

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Date:Jan.20th 2042

"It's useless. I can't sneak into any of those dimensions." Boruto says, absorbing the space-time portal with his karma mark.

Boruto Uzumaki, one hundred sixty eight centimeters tall, having his hair cut short now, wearing cape and fingerless gloves similar to his mentor Sasuke, Boruto no longer wears the same bright smie he had on his face as a child.

"Isshiki did create so many space-time continuums. Perhaps the reason Kawaki has not found Code yet is that Isshiki didn't use his Dharmagan to create those dimensions." Koji states, opening his eyes, sitting in meditation state.

"Don't you think that Code has casted barrier techniques to protect Isshiki's dimensions from intruders?" Boruto turns around to ask Koji this question.

"That theory of yours doesn't sound far-fetched. Isshiki was innovative enough to develop superior techniques as he analyzed our ninjutsu. He might have known some ancient secret techniques of his clan." Koji responds.

"Turned to ashes and dust and the footprint he left on earth is as irritating as he was when he was alive." Boruto utters. "Did you get to peek into future?"

"No. Code and Kawaki seem to be protected by a transcendent entity. It would take eons and hundreds of chaka fruits for one to ascend to such high spiritual state and gain the ability to see the fate of those who have been blessed by gods. I'm merely a mortal sage." Koji replies.

"I have to learn how to activate my Jougan willingly. Even though i'm not sure if it would allow me to bypass that damn restriction or not." Boruto says.

"Code will eventually send his army and you will be there when that happens. It's been two years since you started training with me and i saw your rapid growth. The next time you and Code meet, you might have get the upper hand on him. That technique will guarantee your victory." Koji states, raising on his feet.

"I have to fix everything." Boruto murmurs, shutting his eyes.

"Find some trustworthy and capable allies. You can't take care of this all by yourself." Koji says, putting his hand on Boruto's shoulder.

"I bet there will be some who are eager to assist me." Boruto turns around to look at the sky. "I just have to ensure their safety. I don't seek their doom afterall."

"You are being too hard on yourself. We will save him soon enough." Koji reassures Boruto, patting the young lord on back.

"Yeah..." Boruto whispers.

'Sasuke-san...it took ages...but i promise i'll find a way to get you out. Forgive me for not meeting your expectations...' Boruto thinks.

Sasuke's unconscious body trapped in a small divine tree, transported to another dimension in which one second is equal to seventy years on planet earth, to prevent Sasuke from running out of life force. Why did Code not kill Sasuke when he had the opportunity to terminate one of those who were hands in glove in Isshiki's demise? Boruto isn't sure.

Does he seek an answer?

No.

Code is far too dangerous to be life alive. And Boruto will do whatever it takes to finish Code off.

Isshiki's timeless dimension that is linked to his Dharmagan. It's tremendously vast compared to ordinary universes. The bearer of Dharmagan may be the only person who can freely move in this realm, and they can use the dojutsu to manipulate the stored objects in it.

Kawaki enters this dimension, staring at the seventh hokage, who has lost his consciousness. Standing at one hundred eighty three centimeters tall, Kawaki's let his grow long to reach his neck, wearing a white cape.

How many times has Kawaki came to see his father? He's lost count of it for all that matters to him is to eradicate Otsutsuki clan and bring back Naruto to a world that is not threatened by the parasitic species.

Does Kawaki even care about Hinata? He has aaked this question time and again. Hinata was kind to him, and while she did stood up for Boruto and slapped Kawaki in the face, he doesn't hold a grudge against her for doing what a sane person expects from a caring mother. Kawaki did pity her for she failed to see just how dangerous of a threat Boruto is.

"Once i'm done, you can have your revenge. And if you hesitate, i will kill myself in one way or another. My sole purpose is to wipe the Otsutsuki from existence. I'm nothing but trash." Kawaki says, closing his eyes.

Kawaki disappears from his personal domain, lands on top of Naruto's hokage rock, watching over the village.

"I'll protect your people." Kawaki mutters.

"Guys, why Kawaki seems to be addicted to going to that pocket dimension again?" Chocho says with her full mouth, eating strawberry sandwich in restaurant with her seat near the window that allows her to see hokage rock and stare at Kawaki.

Chocho Akimichi, one hundred sixty seven centimeters tall, her long wavy hair in a twin tail style, she is wearing an orange and black crop top and an orange knee-length sports skirt along with a pink butterfly-shaped pendant and the traditional earring that is passed from one generation of InoShikaCho to the next one. She is a bite more chubby than she was as a genin.

"Having people like you chasing him and getting on his nerves babbling nonsense, bragging about how you have every single handsome boy in the world wrapped around your little finger, that's not surprising at all." Inojin says, resting his chin on palm of his right hand.

Inojin Yamanaka, one hundred seventy centimeters tall, with long yellow hair tired into ponytail, he is wearing black and purple t-shirt with black pants, along with InoShikaCho earring.

"You are jealous that i have all eyes on me." Chocho claims, giggling.

"Have you ever considered the possiblity of someone eyeing you because you are morbidly obese?" Inojin asks Chocho, sighing.

"Now now, are you body shaming me?" Chocho frowns at Inojin.

"I'm stating obvious facts. Besides, if you are as attractive as you claim, why have i never heard of you speaking about dating anyone?" Inojin queries, handing over the tray board with empty drink bottles to waitress. "Thanks for your patience, miss."

"I'm getting paid for this. So it's fine." The waitress responds with a gentle tone, grinning at Inojin who feels bad for her, giving her a nervous smile.

'Don't tell me that this woman is Inojin's type?' Chocho begins to wonder, scanning the waitress. 'Green hair, peach skin tone, sky blue eyes, quite curvy with that peach and mommy milkers...gosh, that's so cliche!' Chocho thinks, her face turns red.

"Amado-san said that Kawaki recovers faster in timeless dimension, and can gather up chakra there. He's been busy finishing S-rank missions on daily basis. Since it's silent there, i don't blame him at all." Shikadai presumes, eating his lightning burger.

Shikadai Nara, one hundred seventy four centimeters tall, wearing dark green and black jacket with black pants along with the traditional InoShikaCho earring.

"You three have been assigned to tens of S-rank missions yourselves. You will be promoted to jonin rank soon. I am proud of you kids. I really do mean it." Moegi confesses, throwing an arm around Inojin's neck.

"Mitsuki, Sarada, Sumire and Houki are all ahead of us. Houki is an anbu chief and the rest are tokubetsu jonins. We are nothing extraordinaire compared to them." Inojin admits.

"Realistically speaking, Tsubasa-san was the one who mentored them. At age of eleven, he was assisting Sasuke-san on missions, no one in our generation operates on such a high level. The legends revolving around him make him sound more like a mythical godlike deity of sorts than anything. I remember the late lord seventh saying that Tsubasa-san's almost as talented as Itachi Uchiha, the single most gifted prodigy in history of konoha." Shikadai states.

'This guy again? Why would one compare me with him? These kids make me feel insecure. Why would you mention Tsubasa-kun?' Moegi thinks, wearing a fake smile. Shikadai and Inojin both can tell that she's not happy with their statements, and regret saying what they said.

"Don't you dare hit on that bulbasaur." Chocho bends over to threaten Inojin.

"You were scanning her for a while, we have been coming here since graduating from the academy, and i should be the one to tell you that She's married?" Inojin murmurs, holding his temple.

"Huh? But...i mean...what?" Chocho says, confused.

"The ring." Inojin points at the waitress who is behind him, Chocho spots her and sees the gold wedding ring that she is wearing.

"But who wears wedding rings in konoha?" Chocho asks Inojin, dumbfounded.

"That's a good point. To answer your question, She is an immigrant from land of iron. Her name is Akua and before y-" Shikadai gets interrupted.

"HOW DO YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT ALL THIS?" Chocho shouts.

"I told you all she never listens. Dummy." Inojin nods.

"Communication, Chocho. You were busy daydreaming about your romance life when Akua introduced herself three years ago." Shikadai replies.

"Oh...eh....sorry..." Chocho growls, embarassed.

"It's okay, sweetheart. You just need to get out of your fantasy world more often." Moegi says, watching Chocho as she covers her face with her hands.

"I told you i'm all good!" Might guy shouts at the doctors. "All this joy and passion...i have reclaimed the power of youth after eighteen long years! I will get to compete with my eternal rival and taste a series much-needed satisfying victories!" Guy clenches his fists with his teary eyes, then lets out a deafening scream but Amado, Katasuke, Akita and Sumire covered their ears before that catasthropic sound that leaves cracks on walls of the hospital.

"It appears that Katasuke's extensive research on Mitsuki's and Kawaki's regenerative cells now bear a fruit. Using the stem cells in your own body and carefully modifying them with my inorganic technology, neurons have regenerated and limbs in your right leg have been reformed." Amado states, opening a pack of cigars.

"However, i advice you not to use your eight gates technique. You have to achive an ideal shape through cultivating yang energy, that way you will be allowed to go past fourth gate. Or all this effort will be meaningless." Katasuke asserts.

"I understand your concerns." Guy says, bowing to Katasuke and Amado. "Thank you very much."

"Come for check-up once every two weeks. Don't forget about your medicine." Akita reminds Guy.

"You don't need to worry about anything! I'll be extra careful in my journey to beat Kakashi!" Guy cries, gives a thumbs up, then starts to run away beaming. "I'M COMING KAKASHI!"

"No one in this room would take you seriously." Sumire whispers.

Sumire Kakei, one hundred seventy four centimeters tall, wearing a halterneck shirt and black pants underneath her lab coat, she has let her hair lose and grow long to reach her hips.

"Well done, Sumire. If you weren't here, it would have taken us a few more years to make this dream a reality. Your hard work paid off. Both you and Akita did an excellent job." Amado admits. "Keep it up. You have all the potential in the world."

"You're flattering me, Amado-san." Sumire responds, smiling.

"I think you are making a big deal out of it." Akita replies to Amado, her face turns red.

"Amado-san is right. The future is in the palms of your hands. You just have to not lose focus. Dedicate yourselves to this. I believe you will be the greatest minds in field of science." Katasuke claims.

"Yes, sir." Akita and Sumire utter at the same time.

"You may leave now. Go and have fun for you deserve it." Katasuke says.

"Thank you so much." Akita bows, Sumire follows her and then they start to leave. As they reach the end of hall they do high-fave as they grin, happy to see their progress and growth, and how they helped someone go ecstatic.

There is pocket dimensions with different laws of physics. Ashina Uzumaki invented formulas that allowed him to gain access to those space-time contiuum to go through rigorous training sessions, and after foundation of konoha, he taught academy students how to perform those seal and create special sealing tags.

In one of countless dimensions with a gravity that is equal to that of an average black hole, a girl is holding a mountain that weighs trillions of times more than that of star in her timeline, Sarada's physical strength impresses her legendary mother Sakura Uchiha and the copy ninja Kakashi Hatake.

Sarada Uchiha, standing at one hundred sixty three centimeters tall, she is wearing a black and red jacket with black shorts and mid-calf black sandal boots, Sarada's hair is almost straight but with spikes on back of her head and shorter than it used to be when she was a kid. She is wearing an earring with shape of uchiha clan symbol and has attached forehead protector to right side of her jacket.

Sarada, Mitsuki and Sumire were all promoted to jonin rank in last year's april along with Houki who earned rank of Anbu Chief. They were Tsubasa Emiya's pupils and were trained by him for two years, mastering so many jutsus and each inventing their own unique techniques. Mitsuki, Sumire and Sarada had some of highest scores in history of jonin exams, with Mitsuki falling behind his mentor.

"It's been two days and you haven't even broken a sweat? I'm afraid you might be the single physically strongest kunoichi of all time at age of fifteen." Kakashi admits. "That's enough, Sarada."

Sarada carefully puts the vast frame of rock down and wipes the dirt and dust off her clothes. "Never enough."

"You didn't even need to activate your byakugou seal, Sarada-chan. That is an astonishing showcase of strength even compared to likes of Tsunade-san and me." Sakura confesses.

"And yet, my power is inferior to Boruto's and Kawaki's, let alone Code." Sarada states, frowning.

"If you want to protect the village so badly, you have to see the limits to your capacity. Or you will die failing to achive your goal. Is that what you truly wish?" Kakashi asks Sarada with a straight look on his face, Sarada glares at him.

"All that awaits you in this path is darkness. You know that, right?" Sakura asks Sarada, putting her hand on Sarada's back.

"Yeah..." Sarada mutters, starts to walk away from her mother and mentor. Sinking in a sea of emotions and thoughts.

'Father...lord seventh...Hinata-san...Boruto...' Sarada thinks, shutting her eyes. 'If i have to, i will fight destiny itself to make everything right!' The thought of her beloved ones sets her heart ablaze

Sarada drops her head and stands in middle of the space-time formula that is carved on the silky red sands, fearing that even with her friends assistance she may not be able to protect the village, doubting in her potential and unsure if she truly deserves to become hokage or not.

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Date:Jan.20th 2042

"I trained you to be much better than this. Come on, not even landing a single hit ruins both your's and my reputation!" Hanabi yells at her pupils who are hyperventilating.

"Are you serious? You have been considered to lead the clan, many said you are the best the hyuga has to offer." Wasabi states.

Wasabi Izuno, standing at one hundred sixty two centimeters tall, she has grown her hair out, now wears sleeveless green jacket with fishnet shirt and grey pants. She is a chunin.

"Firstly, whoever said that has certainly not seen all hyugas in combat. Secondly, I've been holding back against you three." Hanabi asserts.

"You are cutting our ninjutsu in half like butter. We can't break through your rotation technique and there's not a single one of us who can cast a genjutsu on you strong enough that your byakugan would not help you see through the illusions." Namida claims.

Namida Suzumeno, one hundred fifty four centimeters tall, wearing crop-top brown and white jacket and black fishnet shirt underneath, also brown pants with white linings. She's been promoted to chunin rank.

"So hop-" Hanabi is cut off, begins to spit blood and grunt.

A sword found it's way through neck and pummels her to the ground, leaving a pool of blood.

It's Tsubaki who was waiting for the right time to catch her mentor offguard using the weak spot of byakugan to her advantage.

Tsubaki Kurogane, one hundred sixty centimeters tall, has finally succeeded Mifune as leader of samurai and wields his kurosawa blade. She's a tokubetsu jonin, specializing in kenjutsu. She wears an armor now, with the same color palette of white, black and pink.

The girls are in shock, terrified of Hanabi whose body shivers uncontrollably.

They turn to Tsubaki and frown at him with a displeased expression.

"I know that's a shadow clone but why being so vicious?" Wasabi says.

"Couldn't you knock her down with sheath of your sword?" Namida asks.

"Don't scold me. She did hit a nerve." Tsubaki responds, sighing.

"That's was a clean hit." A voice comes from Hanabi's side. It's sinister and like the demons in horror movies people watch in the cinema if one asked the teen girls to describe it.

The injured Hanabi stands up, her sclreae turning black slowly and byakugan having red color, the girls get spooked upon seeing her in such a terrifying state.

"Geeze, she's gonna suck the soul out of us." Wasabi speculates, trembling.

"Please spare me..." Namida begs Hanabi, rivers streaming down from her eyes.

"Make it a quick death." Tsubaki says, sitting on her knees, offering her sword to her mentor.

Hanabi stands infront of Tsubaki, grabs her student's sword in hands and takes the kenjutsu stance. "Any last words, little girl?"

"Let my friends go." Tsubaki says, shutting her eyes.

"A woman of honour... How admirable." Hanabi responds. "Your wish is granted."

Hanabi swings the sword as Wasabi and Namida scream for her to stop just so the surrounding area transforms and they realize they have been trapped in genjutsu.

"Oi." Hanabi groans, pinching Tsubaki's ear and lifts her up. "You are too reckless."

"There's no rule in fighting. Isn't that what you taught us?" Tsubaki cries, trying to escape Hanabi's grasp.

"Cheeky brat." Hanabi lets go of Tsubaki.

"I bet that was one of coolest things you've ever seen in your life?" Tsubaki asks Hanabi, who stares at her with widened eyes, pouting.

Everyone looks at Hanabi who has locked eyes on Tsubaki, and after a few seconds they all burst to laughter.

"I must admit you looked badass when you stabbed me in the neck inside my genjutsu." Hanabi confesses, pushing Tsubaki away.

"Your dracula transformation was gorgeous!" Says Namida who pinches her fingers and thumb, kisses them and dramatically tosses them away from her lips.

"We are bunch of deranged ninjas who must be locked in asylum!" Iwabe claims, grinning.

Hanabi then remembers her sister who used to laugh with her, together they had so many precious moments.

"You all better be ready the next time because i won't go easy on you." The smile on Hanabi's face fades and he starts to walk away from her students.

"Was our performance that bad?" Namida wonders.

"No. You did well." Hanabi responds.

"Take care of yourself, Sensei." Wasabi shouts.

"Yeah..." Hanabi says, thoughts filling her mind.

'Big sis...' Hanabi looks at the sky, the moon visible in the afternoon. 'Forgive me for not being there to save you...'

Hanabi sits on a bench in a park, wearing a sad smile on her face. 'Tsubasa-kun, don't you dare die on me...' Hanabi thinks, squeezing her eyes shut.

Hanabi might appear to be flirtatious and naughty but she had only developed romantic feeling for one person who never desired to be in any love affair: Tsubasa Emiya. Ever since she was a child, Hanabi was interested in Tsubasa for being the mysterious, idealistic and virtuous champion he is.

Tsubasa did complimented her, told her that she was the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen, but he never developed romantic feelings for or sexual attraction towards Hanabi. He still didn't wish to break her heart, and Hanabi didn't want to give up on him.

"Woah!" Metal Lee cries staring at the boy in white and blue armor levitating in the sky.

Metal Lee, one hundred seventy five centimeters tall, wearing the same clothes of his father Rock Lee, now significantly less anxious than he was as a child. He's a tokubetsu jonin who specializes in taijutsu.

"What's that? A sorta anti-gravity technology?" Iwabe shouts.

Iwabe Yuino, one hundred eighty one centimeters tall, now a bit more buffed and muscular. He carries a long staff on his back. He's currently a tokubetsu jonin specializing in Bojutsu.

"Nope!" Denki lands on earth and starts walking toward Iwabe and Metal. "There's no such thing in physics. And yes, i know i'm a ninja who can do magic tricks but please let me explain the mechanism in simple terms."

Denki Kaminarimon, one hundred sixty six centimeters tall, he has grown a longer ponytail and his bangs now reach his jawline. Denki has a higher-rank than his teammates as he's been promoted to jonin after his accompolishments as a scientist that are considered to be revolutionary, but also his progress in all categories.

"I'll pretend i can compehend what's gonna come out of your mouth." Iwabe states.

"Is the explanation gonna be that complex?" Metal asks Denki.

"Ah, imagine that the inertial mass of an object is the tendecy of matter to stay where it is and resist acceleration. Gravitational weight has two aspects: a mass experiences a force in presence of a gravity field, and it also produces a gravity field itself. Mass-Energy is the general relativity which says that you get tons of energy by converting mass into energy. Usually in these equations, the objects have positive mass. Now can you guess just what happens if objects have negative mass?" Denki explains, leaving Iwabe and Metal dumbfounded.

"It would defy gravity, i think?" Iwabe responds, breaking a sweat.

"A negative mass in gravitational field will experience a force in opposite direction from the source of the force, producing negative grativational field which repels the other object with positive mass instead of attracting it. If both objects produces equal forces then there is no acceleration... which means there is no motion. My body is source of energy and the armor converts it into negative mass of desired proportions which allows me to travel at incredible speeds." Denki explains.

"But you will run out of chakra pretty quickly like this." Metal says.

"I have thought about that beforehand. Borrowing Katasuke-senpai's technology and modifying it, I can now absorb ninjutsu and even nature energy. I will spend some of my time transfering my chakra into this armor in case i need it for a mission. I can last three days on battlefield if i have to." Denki responds.

"I bet you have installed other stuff too." Iwabe assumes.

"Hehe." Denki giggles.

"Damn, bro just became the strongest of our generation." Iwabe shouts loudly.

"Maybe fifth or sixth on the list. I have a long way to go." Denki replies, scratching his nose.

"At least you are the smartest." Metal says.

"Regarding quantum physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer engineering, computer science and information technology yes i am indeed on the top." Denki asserts.

"I totally believe you." Metal says, while Iwabe is left jawdropped.

'I knew he's a bookworm but this is insane. No wonder Shikamaru considered Denki to have higher IQ than him.' Iwabe thinks.

"Boys!" Udon calls his pupils, who turn around immediately and bow to him. "That's a nice armor you wear, Denki."

"Oh this? It's not an ideal design. But yeah, thank you so much." Denki responds, smiling.

"Are you planning to become otsutsuki hunter or something?" Iwabe asks Denki.

"No, haha. I just want it to be functional and fix some minor problems." Denki answers.

"I don't want you to talk about that." Metal says, with horrified expression on his face.

"Me neither." Iwabe agrees as he's broken into sweats since Denki talked about the science fields he excells at.

"You are assigned to a S-rank mission. Here." Udon says, using a smartwatch invented by Denki himself called ElectroStorm in order to send the data to his team who have smartwatches around their wrists. "Let's go."
"Orochimaru-sama, i think we have found the whereabouts of Toneri Otsutsuki." A gentle and youthful voice emanates from an elegant lady dressed in a black cloak, her eyes glow in the dark room and make her appearance known.

Seina Shakudõ, fourty one years old, standing at one hundred sixty centimeters tall, she has a tender and lean frame, long wavy copper red hair, turquoise colored orbs and a nostril piercing on left side of her nose, she is of fair complexion and her skin has a tint of pale peach pink. She wears a dark green and black dress underneath her cloak and has polished her nails in black.

Originally a kunoichi of takigakure who was born with wood style kekkei genkai due to random genetic mutation that made her especially versatile and superior to her peers, Seina was indeed a prodigy who was not fond of the cruel world created by ninjas. Withdrawn and inward-looking, Seina has always sought peace in nature, and her calm presence allows her to approach the deadliest animals and bond with them, she is even capable of communicating with them through means of telepathy.

However, there is a contrasting belief which defines Seina and she blames it on her weirdness. Seina in her childhood was captivated by the tales she heard about Orochimaru and studied his philosophy and had researches on him. As a fan of fantasy novels, Lord of Darkness represented three aesthetic character tropes that she was obsessed with: goth, mad scientist and vampire.

Since Orochimaru was feared as the most notorious criminal on the planet, and Seina was surely not fond of the genocides her favorite ninja was committing. After fourth shinobi world world war's conclusion, Seina learnt that Orochimaru hadn't received death penalty because of him assisting the shinobi alliance by reanimated the hokage and also his possession of unparalled knowledge, Seina was hesitant and asked herself if heading toward otogakure is in accordance to her morals or not.

Seina visited Orochimaru and asked him to accept her as his apprentince, and Orochimaru was amused by her courage and the mysterous essence of her's, found her to be a very pleasant company over the course of time. Seina was wary of Orochimaru's ambitions and looked for a hint of malevolence in his eyes, but she figured that his heart had softened and he had no desire to return to his old methods.

"He's been sealed away, is that correct?" Orochimaru speculates, taking a sip from their cup of tea.

"Log-kun had been looking for his presence in the past three weeks, and figured that Toneri has been imprisoned in dragon king's palace. Nevertheless, it seems to be impossible for your eldest son to tear the fabric of space-time for unknown reasons. It must be protected by one of the gods you occassionaly speak of." Seina suggests.

"I presume Karin's adamantine chains are not effective then." Orochimaru utters.

"Sadly not. Jugo-kun, Suigetsu-kun and i tried to force our way through it, but the barrier seems to be impenetrable." Seina says.

"What is that made of?" Jugo wonders, going back to his human form, heavily panting.

"Aren't you supposed to be descendant of a sea god or something?" Karin asks Suigetsu, falling on her knees.

"Descendant of a tough dude who lived in ancient times, babe! This perfect being right here can't do shit, what do you expect from a lazy swordsman like me?" Suigetsu retorts as he's turned into a small pool of water, Log who is lying on the floor lifts his head to glare at the swordsman of the mist.

"Get lost." Log responds, not even bothering to mention that he was the only one capable of sensing Toneri's presence who was located in another dimension that was possibly protected against psychic powers with a barrier technique of elder gods.

"Stop it you all. This is going far beyond just awkward and hilarious." Yoruza claims while sitting cross-legged, and moans after so much chakra she had used up.

Yoruza Hozuki, Suigetsu Hozuki's and Karin's pale-skinned and redheaded daughter with violet eyes and neck-length hair. Yoruza is fifteen years old, has a muscular frame, stands at one hundred seventy centimeters. She is skilled in swordsmanship, medical ninjutsu and sealing arts. In contrast to her parents who are outgoing and extroverted, Yoruza is introverted and shiftless, but has inherited her father's sardonic sense of humour and her mother's short fuse.

"How troublesome." Orochimaru put their cup on the table and rise on their feet.

"I can tell that you know a solution already." Seina asserts, licking her lips.

"I just know. I can't do anything about it." Orochimaru mutters, gets past Seina, who follows their lead. "No one can."

'If only he was here...' Seina thinks as she is walking behind the greatest of legendary sannin. 'Please... play it safe... Tsubasa-kun...'

During her early days as Orochimaru's apprentice, Seina had the chance to meet Sasuke Uchiha who visited his former mentor for guidance and preparations in case his wife bears his child.

Tsubasa, who was eleven years old at the time, was partnered with Sasuke, caught Seina's eyes. Seina was often annoyed by kids and considered them to be annoying, but Tsubasa was different, reminded her of herself. Polite and sarcastic, Tsubasa radiated confidence and humility, and was phlegmatic about socialization and instead lingered in solitude to attain a superior self-awareness.

Tsubasa's supernatural intuition drew him towards Seina, perceived her as a girl who not only shares similar interests with him but is also wise, considerate and reserved. Tsubasa was an author and Seina an illustrator. Seina was fascinated by Tsubasa's personality and how he mirrored her in various ways while retaining his mysterious essense. Seina was there for Tsubasa when he was down at times, perhaps he was often far away from her and expressed his feelings in unorthodox manners, she knew he loved her.

For Tsubasa, Seina was an angel sent from heavens to balm her wounded heart. A bright star in the darkest nights of his life.

"May i contract Sarada-chan and Mitsuki-kun?" Seina asks her master.

"They are already hard-pressed. I'm afraid i have no choice but to tempt the gods! Fufufu..." Orochimaru let out a mischevious laughter that puts a smile on Seina's face.

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Date:Jan.20th 2042

"Hyaa!" Himawari rotates around herself at incredible speed to deflect the rivers of venomous insects, another torrent of insects coming from under the ground to attack the defenseless young girl inside the chakra-made hemisphere. Himawari screams as her body is slammed on the ground so hard that the people around can hear her bones crack.

"You missed your shot, Shino." Kiba teases his old friend, grinning. Himawari's body is substituted with an explosive tag that blows up and burns down Shino's bugs, annoying him because he cares for the bonds he forms with each insect of his.

"You little-" Shino murmurs, gritting teeth and gathers his summon animals inside of his grey trenchcoat, not affording to lose a single precious tiny little friend of his for a sparring match.

"This party's getting crazy!" Kiba shouts, stretching out his arms and warms up. "Let's rock, Akamaru!"

"Woof!" Akamaru barks, goes into the fighting stance, prepared to flex his seamless cooperation with Kiba.

"Yay! Go get her, Uncle Kiba!" Mirai screams, cheering up her mother's beloved former pupil.

'Eight trigrams vacuum palm!'

Himawari shots numerous vaccuum sheels at Kiba and Shino, who evade her attacks without having to look behind.

Himawari's skill with gentle fist style greatly improving during these three years and having been promoted to chunin rank, being renowned as the prodigy of her generation.

'Fang over fang'

Kiba and Akamaru move so fast they appear to be blurs in Himawari's eyes, leaving thousands of afterimages as they crawl on ground and spin around Himawari, the man-beast duo attack her from opposite-angles, Kiba from front and Akemaru from behind.

"Gaah!" Himawari lets out a cry of agony and before her body touches the ground, Mirai catches her. Himawari takes brief moments to recover from the injuries inflicted on her and finally stands on her feet without Mirai's help.

"That was a reckless act. You could've paralyzed her." Shino insists.

"I'm a veteran shinobi, man. I know i'm not as smart as you are but i can tell the difference between sturdy kunoichi and fragile child. Besides, i'm a jonin for god's sake. If i couldn't control my chakra properly then i'd be no more than the sore loser i was back then in academy." Kiba responds.

"I mean Uncle Kiba has a point." Mirai says.

"Why would you only cheer for him and not me?" Shino asks Mirai, who pouts and blushes, having no excuse for her deed.

"Someone's jealous." Kiba teases Shino, walking toward Himawari and pats her on top of the head. "Keep it up. You were amazing."

"But is that enough?" Himawari murmurs.

"Hima..." Mirai whispers.

"I am pretty sure that i can't catch up to Boruto. Not like this." Himawari continues.

"Do you really believe that Boruto can be redeemed?" Shino asks the young hyuuga.

"I have this feeling that tells me my parents are still alive... and safe..." Himawari says. "If my father were here, he'd have thought of nothing but chasing Boruto to the ends of the world... to bring him home. At very least he'd have tried his best, because that's the right thing." Himawari adds.

"Of course you'd say that." Kiba smiles. "Don't forget that my friend was forgiving, i'd dare say that she was even more of a weirdo than your dad in my eyes."

"Yeah..." Himawari says.

"About the other question, even i am not ready for that Code and his herd of beasts. Naruto and Sasuke aren't here, neither is your Tsubasa-sensei. Sometimes i wonder if i can make it out alive when they invade konoha?" Kiba states, sitting crosslegged infront of Himawari.

"You dummy!" Tamaki yells at Kiba, punches him on top of the head. "Button it!"

"Ouch!" Kiba grunts. "That's gonna leave a mark."

"Kurenai-san always talked about how you were the most arrogant kid in your generation and now look at you... How tragic." A teenage girl speaks.

"Mother and daughter woke up and decided to gang up on daddy." Kiba rubs the spot where his wife landed the hit as he is standing up.

"You are used to be the pride of you-our clan. For god's sake, don't let people look down on you." The girl says, approaching Kiba. "I want everyone to say nothing bad about my dad. Aren't you the coolest dad in the world?"

"I'm not sure. Maybe if you'd-" Kiba is interrupted as the younger girl scolding him wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him on cheek. "Ugh. I needed that."

"You're welcome." Kiba's daughter giggles.

"Thanks very much, Kitsuna-chan." Kiba says, holding his daughter in arms.

Kitsuna Inuzuka, fifteen years old, one hundred fifty nine centimeters tall, a girl of golden complexion with light brown hair and light yellow eyes, having an athletic body and relatively muscular compared to her peers including those of opposite gender. Kitsuna is blunt but shy, energetic but only when it's for what she deems to be fun like sparring with her parents and cooking, and she derives great pleaaure eating and or drinking spicy hot stuff. Kitsuna does enjoy socializing but hates unwanted physical contact and the chances she'd rip a poor soul's eyes out for touching her isn't low.

"Shino-kun." Shino turns around to see the lady uttering his name with endearment.

"Shiho." Shino embraces his wife in a gentle hug. "Don't push yourself too hard."

"Nuh-oh. I'm a workaholic maniac in a league of my own. There is no stopping me." Shiho insists.

"Imagine you not losing to these little babies." A girl with deep voice mutters, holding a sweets box in her hands.

"Yokan!" Shiho licks her lips as she spots her fave dessert is waiting for her.

"I can tell that you got heart eyes seeing them." Shino mutters, puts his hand on Shiho's shoulder.

"Are they all mine?" Shiho asks the girl that carries her favorite meal.

"Only if you promise to come home and have dinner with us." The girl says.

"You mean-oh! of course..." Shiho rubs her nose. "Okay, deal!"

"Here." The girl hands over the sweets box to Shiho who rushes to open it and put one yokan in her mouth, passionately chewing the heavenly slice as her cheeks burn up.

"You. Are. My. Savior. Hiei-chan!" Shiho confesses, pinching her daughter on cheek.

"I know, right?" Hiei shrugs off her shoulders, proud of herself.

"Thank you, Hiei." Shino says, pats Hiei on her back.

"Mhm." Hiei beams and her glowing eyes visible despite her wearing sunglasses.

Hiei Aburame, fiften years old, standing at one hundred sixty five centimeters tall, dark blonde hair and sky blue eyes, a lean girl of pale white complexion with a shade of gold. Hiei is introverted and geeky like her parents, precautious in nature which leads to her dealing with overwhelming perturbation.
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"The last one." Hako mutters, as she transports the last of Code's iron claw marks to a separate dimension with Renga and Sai pressing palms of their hands against the kunoichi's back, channeling his chakra into her. Code's claw marks are spotted on konoha's outskirts on daily basis and it is upon Team Sai to seal them all away since Code's iron claw marks are indestructible and made of huge amount of compressed nature energy that makes it difficult for most of the skilled shinobi with large chakra reserves to take on such task.

Hako Kuroi and Renga Kokubo have been officialy promoted to Anbu rank and occasionally led by Houki Taketori on S-rank mission. Three years has passed since they were appointed as anbu, and around two years since Houki was chosen as the eighth hokage's bodyguard.

"I'm done." Raiga exhales, jumping on his feet. "I feel like i'm getting rusty if i keep doing this. Sai-senpai, when will lord eighth assign us to a classic mission where we could throw hands with some punks?"

"We might get one for the next weekend. I'm not sure so you can take this with a grain of salt." Sai states.

"Wonderful." Houki whispers with the exhausted look on her face.

Two jonins from guards patrol that watch over the village are passing behind Team Sai and look at the anbu squad.

"Good job." One of the jonins says.

"Don't move." Hako shouts, turns back immediately.

"What's the matter?" The other jonin asks.

Sai squad teleport to guards patrol's side, Sai himself grabs the jonins by back of their vests and pulls them.

"How did you not feel anything stuck on your skin?" Sai questions the confused duo.

"Th-that's impossible!" The older jonin in his early thirties with grey hair stutters.

"Oh,you don't say." Hako mocks the jonin.

"Take your vests off." Renga tells the jonins.

"Shit." The younger jonin in late twenties with blue hair murmurs.

The guards patrol duo take off their vests and shirts, Sai squad seal away the iron claws on their backs.

"I guess it's yet another mystical property of Code's claw marks." Hako speculates.

"That guy's a pain in the ass." Renga admits.

"He's worse. Much worse." Sai asserts.
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It's been over three years since Code swore revenge and told Ada he'll have her fate in the palm of his hand once he becomes an Otsutsuki.

Three years since Code realize he needed to retreat and not only attain a power beyond measure, but also come up with a plan to eliminate those who are a nuisance to him.

There's no one in the existence who has gone through hell during this three years period of time to perfect themself and if they did, They have not pushed themself to limits the way Code did.

In order to defeat Boruto, Code took it upon himself to learn what it takes to be a shinobi as he was studying thousands of the books Isshiki left for him. Code chose the most difficult methods to strenghten both mind and body, and with his photographic memory and superior adaptation, He learnt how to neutralize almost any and all techniques as he visualized battles against the most competent fighters of the present time using his extraordinarily developed imagination, and attained immunity to most techniques that target the soul and mind.

Swoosh!

Code stands behind Kawaki, who is panting and covered in blood and sweats, frozen in his place.

"Pathetic bastard." Code is disgusted at sight of the heart in the palm of his hand, throws it away.

Kawaki falls on his knees the moment his stolen heart hits the ground, crimson rivers finding their way down from his coat. "The fuck..."

Code opens his eyes, exhaling deeply.

Raising on his feet, Code heads toward Juubi that is wrapped in iron claws and no longer struggling to break free. Code has come to conclusion that this beast has just accepted it's fate and that it's no chance against himself. Juubi cannot feel emotions at all. This being is unable to comprehend pain, envy, hate, love, sadness, disgust, and fear. It's merely incarnation of the abstract concept chaos, serving no purpose other than turning into a divine tree and bearing chakra fruit.

Code's might has eventually far exceeded that of Isshiki Otsutsuki at the height of his power, before being desperate enough to make Jigen as his vessel. Isshiki never could reclaim his lost strength, and once he had the opportunity, he met his doom.

Before falling short to his demise, Isshiki bestowed his will upon Code. Code's goal as the carrier of Otsutsuki God's will may be as unambigious as it can possibly be: Feed a pure-blooded otsutsuki to juubi, cultivate the same divine tree that draws chakra from the entire population of earth, the devour the chakra fruit it bears which will turn him into an otsutsuki god whose might surpasses that of Shibai Otsutsuki's when he transcended concepts of space and time. And then, not even Daemon would pose a threat to Code.

Code runs fingers through his hair with his left hand, slides it down to rub his neck gently, cracks his shoulders and inhales deeply. A grin appears on his face, satisfied with the results of his training, prepared to crush the two people he hates the most in this extistence.

"Ada...once i'm done with Boruto and Kawaki, our reunion will be inevitable..." Code murmurs, knowing well that the woman who backstabbed him is keeping a weather eye on him with her divine waxing moon orb.

"Hey." Mitsuki whispers in Ada's ear, stretching out his arm to rub her shoulder.

"Sometimes i look back and witness the way i treated Code... and then see how Kawaki keeps ignoring me..." Ada deactivates her senrigan and nods her head. "I think i know Code's pain..." Ada says, dropping her head.

"What do you think he'll do once he has you at his mercy?" Mitsuki asks Ada who turns to him with a worried expression on her face.

"I... i just..." Ada hugs herself as she imagines the possiblity of Code taking out all of his adversaries to have her in the palm of his hand, utterly vulnerable once he has become a full-fledged otsutsuki. "...He won't forgive me..."

"Do you really believe that the love Code has for you will fade away once he is not affected by your love charm?" Mitsuki asks Ada, turns to her and sees she is digging her arms with her fingernails, gently takes her trembling hands in holds them in his hands, she freezes at his cold touch.

"In his mind,i betrayed him... how could one forgive the person who has broken their heart?" Ada questions Mitsuki, locking gazes with him.

"Code has experienced this feeling before with Isshiki and he still has stayed true to Isshiki's ideals and obeys his god's will." Mitsuki responds.

"But i am not his god!" Ada shouts.

"Ada." Mitsuki whispers Ada's name in a gentle manner that calms her. "Love runs deeper than that. You might think that Code is only obsessed with you because he is bedazzled by your love charm but from what i hear from you, It doesn't seem like he is like the rest of people." Mitsuki continues.

"That is impossible..." Ada claims.

"Do you really mean that?" Mitsuki asks Ada again.

"What..?"

"Do you think that i don't love you from bottom of my heart?"

Mitsuki's words shock Ada and makes her doubt her perspective of the reality.

"I hope you really love me." Ada answers Mitsuki.

"For a very long time, i wondered if i could ever understand what love truly is. I befriended fellow classmates, spent time with my family. I can tell that that i don't wish to lose any of them but is this really love or merely a grand obsession?" Mitsuki confuses Ada once more.

"Is that the reason why you are so sad..?" Ada wonders.

"All i am saying is that Amado might be the reason you can't let go of Kawaki and look for someone who would cherish you." Mitsuki responds.

Ada is left speechless, and a part of her wants her to slap Mitsuki across the face, scream at him and scold him for being presumtous as he is. However, Ada takes a few moments to stay still and ponder to consider the possiblity of her emotions and mind having been altered by Amado. She is aware that Amado is capable of doing that but what is there for him to gain?

"Sorry..." Mitsuki murmurs, pulling Ada out of the sea of fears and doubts. "...For overstepping my boundaries." Mitsuki turns to side.

"Don't say that." Ada whispers, leaning onto Mitsuki's shoulder and rests her head on it as Mitsuki has often been the only who cares about her well-being. Mitsuki embraces Ada in shelter of his arm. Would he ever let anyone see the everlasting snow in his heart?

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'Ino.'

'On it.'

Shikamaru was never able to trust Amado for his manipulative and dishonest nature, pretending to be a weakling and hopeless but capable of escaping situations where death is supposed to be inevitable.

In Shikamaru's eyes, Kawaki was no different from Amado. At least not after Naruto's and Hinata's assassination. Sarada and Sumire have had telepathic conversations with him in the past, and while he can guess why they believe the memories of world were altered by omnipotence and Boruto is not evil, the proof simply ceases to matter in matter of mere instants because of the ungodly curse of the female senrigan-bearer. She can only partially be wary of the potential terrible threat Shikamaru and Amado pose. For now, those two have their own uses and are cooperating with konoha and that prevents Shikamaru from eliminating them.

However, it doesn't stop him from being extra precautious. Ino has known Shikamaru for roughly twenty five years, she was able to contact him using her mind body transmission technique and agreed to assist him. While Ino and Shikamaru know that this is 'violation of the regs', They still share crucial information with Konohamaru who has no intention of having Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane becoming the same influential politicians they were during his great grandfather's reign for they have corrupted the system alongside Danzo Shimura.

'The private line is ready.' Ino says.

'Good. Now, connect us to Ada.' Shikamaru asks.

'Done.' Ino responds.

'I hope you are having a wonderful dream, Shikamaru-kun.' Ada greets the elder man.

'Not exactly, but i appreciate it. How is it going?' Shikamaru questions Ada.

'Well, Mitsuki is an attentive guardian. I can feel his might growing ever so strongly, there is no doubt he can protect me from almost anything and anyone.' Ada answers.

'You know i didn't mean that.' Shikamaru utters.

'Yes. It's quite impossible for you to comprehend just how Omnipotence works, which likely is due to unique traits of senrigan or spell casted upon it by the original bearer of the all-seeing eyes. An external force repels my consciousness whenever i try to understand this ability, thus i can only just speculate like you.' Ada states.

'Is this... Shibai's will...?' Shikamaru ponders.

'Most probably. If Amado is actually telling the truth, then Shibai can see the past, the present and the future of infinite timelines as he has transcended space and time, and everything seems to be going in the direction he sees... safe.'

'Tch.'

'And no, if this theory is true, then you can't cancel this technique even if something succeeds to kill me. I'm not sure if one can change this fate if their wish is to sever that cursed nexus.'

'That's enough negativity for today, Ada-chan.' Ino says.

'I'd like to apologize, but that will be futile. I didn't mean for this to happen...' Ada mutters.

'I'd like to believe that... i really do...' Shikamaru whispers.

'Yeah...' Ada says.

'Thank you, Ada. You may leave the rest to us now.' Shikamaru says.

'Don't push yourself too hard.' Ada tells Shikamaru.

'Bye, Ada-chan.' Ino disconnects Ada from the private line.

Shikamaru leans back and runs fingers through his hair, lighting up a cigarette and puts it between his dry lips.

'Asuma... this is such a drag. I'm glad i wasn't qualified to become a hokage.' Shikamaru says, still on private line.

'Go home and rest. Temari is gonna be pissed off at you if you keep doing this.' Ino tells Shikamaru.

'Right...'

'Give it time. We will find the solution.'

'That is a must for us.'

In the endless abyss, herald of light opposes force of darkness.

An immortal sage and an indestructible beast.

An eight dimensional space-time far away from the timeline where Hagoromo and Hamura were bornt in two thousand fourty two years ago, has been reduced to nothingness amidst their apocalyptic clash. Each blow bearing enough energy to shatter fabric of reality and lay waste to abstract concepts.

Sixteen months and neither warriors have shown the wish to surrender nor have they retreated to gather strength. A testament of indomitable willpowers, their might beyond comprehension.

The man and the monster's fists collide, their arms get obliterate and in less than an attosecond, the transcendent entities regenerate their lost organs. No matter what they do, their physical forms will be reformed as long as their souls are not destroyed. Their essence is virtually incorporeal, shall not be obliterated unless an omnipotent god wills it.

"Look at you. A shell of your former self, clinging to ideals of an optimistic fool that you worship... you run away from your inner shadow. There's only suffering and lamentation that awaits you in this path unless..." The beast utters, her eyes glowing with flames of lust and greed.

This beast is named Jahi. A demoness, incarnation of all sins and dark in existence. An absolute evil that cannot be reasoned with.

In her 'human' form, Jahi has blood-red hair, sea-blue eyes and a white dress that exposes her shoulders, her left leg and some parts of her breasts, with a thin line that reaches her navel. She has an inverted pentagram tattoo on her back as well as mark of jashin on both her shoulders. A seductress possessing supernatural beauty whom very few can resist, and her purpose is solely tormenting all sentient beings, be it psychologically, physically or spiritually.

"I think not. It seems you have heard of the epic tales then." Tsubasa Emiya states, grinning. He quickly saw through Jahi's deception.

"Insolent human. How could you possibly reject me?" Jahi grunts, her overwhelming rage causing humans outside of this space-time continuum to tremble uncontrollably, but failing to pierce Tsubasa's heart.

"You ignorant scum. It seems you were created by a higher dimensional god, and since you can withstand all my attacks that means your only purpose is to stall me. Does the fact that you can't force me to fall on my knees offend you?" Tsubasa cracks his neck, glaring at the demoness.

"Enough of this fuckery!" Jahi charges at Tsubasa, gathering primordial chaotic energy and entering her demon queen transformation. She grows a black tail with it's end being triangle-shaped, her skin turns blood-red and is covered in scales, and her hair turns black, she becomes eleven feet nine inches tall and considerably more muscular, four orders of magnitude more powerful than before.

Tsubasa taps into great lion sage mode, his hair turns gold and reaches his hips, marks around his eyes which also take form of golden rinnegan, growing sharp nails and fangs. Already in his sage of six paths mode, Tsubasa summons spear of destiny and disappears from Jahi's sight.

Pouring apocalyptic forces into his divine bident, Tsubasa thrusts his spear while flying at infinite speed, tearing Jahi apart and before she can recover from injuries, Tsubasa creates a black hole that sucks Jahi's torn body parts, creates a white hole that holds energy level equal to the black hole and shoots it into the dark sphere, their collission leaves a massive explosion that envelopes the empty space on a six dimensional range.

However, just as Tsubasa expected, it's of little use against Jahi. Unfortunately for him, the demoness is immune to his personal domain's properties which would usually render his enemies powerless once they are transported into that dimension, and Tsubasa has sent countless sentient beings and living organisms there to protect them from his mighty adversary's wrath.

'If it was him when he was thirteen, this would've been a different story.' Jahi thinks, her arms transmutates to take form of two gigantic swords, charging toward Tsubasa whose spear pierces Jahi's neck, and not phased even after the demonic blade slices through his midsection. 'I can never dream of touching that invincible god!'

Tsubasa and Jahi fly back, not taking eyes off one another.

One thing that is certain, is that this battle has surely been entertaining for Tsubasa.

Isshiki's dimension, Code sits on a chair decorated with jewelry and metals one would not find on earth, watching over his army of claw grimes that he created using his imagination prowess and outstanding chakra control, hoping to come close to imitating Hagoromo Otsutsuki's feat. Code fused his energy with his soldiers, and made them strikingly tougher than normal juubi minions are supposed to be.

Code's might has not diminished nor has his life force grown dim. Through his meditation, Code has kept cultivating his chakra and attained supernatural strength beyond what Amado expected. Code is, in fact, capable of laying waste to his army all by himself.

The last kara inner smiles, shutting his eyes as he rests his temple on top of his fist.

The claw grims jump into one another's iron claw marks, teleporting to outside of konoha's borders one by one, thousands of beasts surrounding the hidden leaf village in a fraction of a second.

"Foolish gokage... unleash your dogs of war now." Code mutters. "Boruto... now it is your turn to play the hero."

"Jeez." Genma's whistles as he sees reflection of himself in mirror of fitting room. "Darling, i look so cool it's unreal."

"Come and be a show-off..." Shizune utters, and her jaw drops as Genma steps out of the fitting room. "Wow."

Black suit, golden shirt, dark purple tie and violet pocket-square. Genma has slicked his hair to left, strongly resembling someone familiar and dear to Shizune.

"Tsubasa-ish look of yours is just... perfect." Shizune giggles.

"Oh yeah, My boy is-" Genma's words are cut the instant he senses claw grimes' appearance. 'The luckiest man alive.'

Genma activates the transportation seal, teleports civilians and weaker shinobis along with some powerful shinobis to the safe dimenion in order to protect them from Code's claw grimes' invasion.

Genma even contacts other hidden villages and small nations, making sure no innocent lives are lost because of his irresponsibility.

All of that in matter of two planck time units.

"I didn't expect it to put such toll on my body." Genma says, falling as Shizune catches Genma who loses his consciousness due to using up almost all of his chakra.

"They will take care of this." Shizune sits on the ground and rests his head on her lap.

"The fastest shinobi alive..." Shizune murmurs, pats Genma on arms.

Shizune begins transfering chakra to Genma...

Her husband.

"You gotta be shitting me." Kiba says. Akamaru starts growling as he senses the danger is coming.

"Finally." Shino whispers. "Prepare yourselves for the worst possible scenario."

"You do know how to encourage us, Shino-san." Mirai smirks.

Shino summons immeasurable army of bugs that shield his team from enemy attacks.

"No more fun and games." Kiba utters, merges with Akamaru to become a twin-headed beast. "Let's fuck them up!" Kiba's voice rougher and raspy as he speaks in this beast form, jumps into air and spins violently at incredible speed, assaulting four claw grimes from unpredictable angles, tearing them to small pieces and then sticks to a wall.

"They are..." Mirai observes that the claw grimes' body parts are attracted to each other, seeking to reform their frame but Shino drains their life force and kills them before they can do that by obliterating them on molecular level using the bacteria his insects injected into claw grimes.

"Tricky to deal with." Shino states.

"Those were the weak ones in colony of Code's bitches..." Kiba utters.

"Sarada." Mitsuki says, pointing at the west, commanding Daemon to assist shinobis who will probably fall short fighting against claw grimes.

"I spotted them." Sarada responds, hearing Mitsuki's voice from the snake that is on her right shoulder inside her jacket.

"I'll come to assist you once i am done here." Mitsuki murmurs, summons a sword that reaches six feet seven inches in length.

"Be careful, Mitsuki." Sarada mutters.

"Mhm." Mitsuki lifts his leg and sends a claw grime into deep space, takes another one by throat before it can assault Ada from her back, slams it to the ground. Mitsuki releases his aura which paralyzes the nearby claw grimes for seconds, using his thumb to draw out his sword from it's sheath, letting Ada having a glimpse of the blade that glows in bloody red color, then claw grimes no longer are there.

'Did Mitsuki... do that with his sword?' Ada looks around and sees nothing remains of the incapacitated adversaries.

"I have to remind you that claw grimes only act based on instincts. They are devoid of soul and incapable of feeling emotions. Your love charm won't affect them." Mitsuki asserts.

"Where is the good news?" Ada asks, a sweat falling from the tiny space between her eyes.

"Don't you want to warm up?" Mitsuki responds with another in a sarcastic manner.

"Hahaha" Ada fakes a laughter, unamused by Mitsuki's antics.

"Lift yourself up from the ground." Mitsuki tells Ada.

"Alright." Trusting Mitsuki, Ada starts levitating and stops as she is five feet from surface of earth, blinks and sees dozens of dark blue objects are floating around her.

"Spiralling Phantom Blades." Ada says.

Twenty four blades made of dense chakra spinning around an individual, an S-class technique invented by Mitsuki himself during his training session with Tsubasa. Mitsuki's supernatural mental capacity allows him to control the blades from any distance and amplifying their speed, even if he has to shield numerous people.

A claw grime aims to assault Ada just to get sliced on sub-atomic level as the blades extend their reach with chakra.

A godlike technique imbued with Mitsuki's own yin energy. Ultimate offense and defense that protects one from physical and astral attacks, can even tear souls to shreds.

"Marvelous." Ada says.

Mitsuki taps into his first stage of dragon sage mode, the aura he projects piercing the sky, provoking black clouds in isolation.

Mitsuki's overwhelming presence can be felt throughout the universe, everyone who has heard of his legends realize that a storm is approaching.

"Come you pathetic bastards!" Mitsuki mutters, the earth trembles at his rage, volcanoes erupt and huge tsunamis form.

A mutated claw grime quickly spots Mitsuki and attacks him, landing a punch onto the young boy's face, the shockwave caused by that terrifying blow leaves a deep crater on the ground and almost destroys land of fire.

Mitsuki stands still, unfazed at the face of the titanic mindless monster.

If it was any other planet, they would've been obliterated along with the nearest galaxies but earth is a unique case as it is protected by a spell casted by Hagoromo. The collateral damage is exponentially reduced to prevent destruction of Hagoromo's world, which is why the heaviest hitters of shinobi world appear to be nowhere near as powerful as they are estimated to be.

Mitsuki enters the second stage of dragon sage mode, and creates a barrier around the store. A shadow clone of him reaches for Ada and wraps arms around her, Ada's guess is he is planning to wreak havoc.

"Trash." The words that come out of Mitsuki's mouth generate absurdly powerful force that disintegrate the mutated claw grime before it could even use rinnegan to absorb the ninjutsu. Sound Style: Evil Words is the name of this technique, another deadly ninjutsu in Mitsuki's possession.

"Too slow." Mitsuki mutters, draws his sword out of it's sheath, swings the scarlet blade to burn claw grime's chakra down to naught. "Too weak."

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"M-m-mitsuki..." Ada stutters. Her head resting against chest of Mitsuki's shadow clone, his heart pumps way more blood than usual, his body falling apart from within, and he is cold at touch like death itself.

"You don't have to worry about that." Mitsuki says, the sword in his left hand trembles, Ada can see Mitsuki's struggle holding that strange weapon which oozes waft of hatred.

"You must throw that blade away... The deafening screams that reverberate inside that cursed object... i can sense that many evil spirits are screeching and aim to clawing their way out..." Ada says with a quavering tone. "Blade of Muramasa is not to be wielded by a hero like you. You will be led astray as it corrupts your soul."

"I am no hero." Mitsuki asserts, Ada's gaze turns into a concerned one. "My willpower is invincible. I shall serve no evil."

"Is that thing why you have not regained your pure smile?" Ada asks Mitsuki, who turns his back on the goddess of love.

Mitsuki utters no words, Ada can only hold onto his shadow clone.

"Don't you dare lose, Mitsuki. I expect no excuses from the darkest knight." Ada states.

"They shall not taste victory." Mitsuki mutters, the loud roars of thunders can be heard as the sky rages on the dragon sage's command.

"Your buddy has a short fuse." Delta says, frowning as she wipes the dust off her body.

"You gotta admit that was epic. Give my friend some credit for being so badass." Houki responds, smirking as he cracks his shoulder.

"Your friend let that filthy beast destroy land of fire in one blow." Delta pouts.

"I mean we have people who can create universes from naught. Reshaping surface of a planet is nothing too difficult." Houki winks as Delta nods her head in disappointment.

A claw grime jumps at them from behind, it's so weak that Delta, Houki and Konohamaru see it in slow motion, in fact it's almost as if it's frozen despite moving at speeds septillions of times faster than light. The trio pout, watch the creature whilst they are in two minds whether to admire it's bravery or mock it for the unfortunate fate that awaits it.

The three foimiddable opponents give each other side eye look.

Delta raises an eyebrow and sneers, Houki grins, and Konohamaru pouts.

Delta and Houki catch the claw grime by arms and pull him, drop it between the circle they form with Lord Eighth and step foot on it's back.

"Fucker." Delta utters.

"That's what i'd call a villainous landing." Houki states.

"Let's go." Konohamaru commands.

In a rather comedic scenery, hokage and his bodyguards start crushing that poor claw grime, enjoying every single moment of that assault on the hollow beast.

The claw grim aims to escape the relentless attacks but Houki grabs it by ankle.

"Came flying, wanted to leave crawling." Houki giggles.

"Come on, let's keep playing." Delta says, mocking the monster.

Houki elbow-drops the claw grime on back and they continue violating that pathetic creature until it's left with no energy to recover from the injuries.

"My woman, a suggestion: consider limiting the use of cursewords. Not very lady like." Houki states after Delta disintegrates the fallen claw grime with her death ray.

"A goody-two-shoes would never stick himself to my ass wherever the hell i go." Delta shouts, pinches Houki on his cheek.

"Hehe, i love you too." Houki has a slight blush on his face.

"Uh-oh, he left." Delta ignores Houki's remark and flies to north.

"Phew, they better pay me well." Houki sighs, teleports away.

Sumire shoots hundreds of bullets using her Water Style: Twin Gun jutsu as she evades enemy assaults, showing off her acrobatic skills and superhuman agility, jumps onto air and creates thousands of needles, the deadly rain of this Water Style: Falling Rain Needles jutsu rain upon six claw grimes that were surrounding her.

Water Style: Great Exploding Water Wave!

Sumire expels massive amounts of chakra and drowns the nearby enemies, followed by creating Water Sharks which bite the claw grimes up limb from limb, collision of the aggressive sea creature made of chakra causes an explosion that obliterates the claw grimes.

Sarada walks toward three claw grimes that are charging at her, lifts her right hand and uses ram hand sign, inhales then releases gigantic amount of fire.

Water Style: Great Blaze Ball!

The gigantic sea of flames take form of a blaze ball, swallowing the preys in it's path and launches at ocean, exploding upon it touches surface of the ocean.

The impact is so disastrous that huge tsunami is formed and draws near, forcing Sumire to take action, transport herself to border of the village and calm the ocean all by herself.

"Where are they?" Sarada murmurs as Sumire appears next to her.

"They aren't strong enough to push to us to our limits. Is Code trying to tire us out?" Sumire assumes.

"Or he wants to prepare us for the heavy hitters?" Sarada responds with an assumption of her own. "Where the hell is that jerk?"

"Kawaki... found him..." Sumire mutters.

"Eat this." A constant, focused energy blast wipes out five claw grimes from the face of the earth. Kawaki stands in midst of battlefield, as the single most powerful force in shinobi alliance.

A mutated claw grime decides to jump at Kawaki and crush him under it's gigantic feet, but Kawaki shrinks, and in matter of an attosecond black rods pierce the mutated claw grime all over the body, paralyze it for Kawaki to return back to his usual size to drop a coffin seal on it, transports it to the timeless dimension of Isshiki Otsutsuki.

"You can't hide in the shadows forever, Boruto." Code whispers. His eyes closed, Code witnesses the chaos using the eye of mind that shares it's vision with all of his living puppets. "There is a darkness deeper than those shadows which hold you. What else will you afford to lose?"

"Ya kiddin?" Daemon dances around his enemy, leaving afterimages of himself. "Ain't ya gonna come out and play with me?" Daemon is talking to Code. Daemon does not think that Code can see and hear through his claw grimes, he knows it. "A good-for-nothing pretty boy doesn't deserve to lay his eyes on big sis." Daemon's malicious laugh fails to irritate Code, who lays his right leg on left leg, smiling at the youngling's comment.

"You shall fall on your knees the next time we meet, child." Code's voice can be heard through his claw grime, infuriating Daemon who grabs the claw grime by neck and leaps at near-infinite toward the edge of universe, the claw grime in his hand slowly gets destroyed as it's body is unable to withstand the force. Daemon teleports himself to konoha using his Jikangan.

"Dang it, dang it, dang it!" Chocho shouts repeatedly because she is unable to push back a mutated claw grime whilst going all out with her human tank bullet jutsu.

"This thing just won't lower his guard at all!" Shikadai struggles to move the claw grime's arms aside with shadow binding technique.

"Now!" Inojin draws a tiger that roars and leaps toward the claw grime just for the mindless beast to destroy it with one fist and then grabs Chocho by neck, frightening her teammates.

"Chocho!" Shikadai and Chocho shout out loud from bottom of their lungs.

The teen girl disappears from their sight, leaving the boys dumbfounded.

"Did she just use body flicker jutsu?" Inojin is jawdropped.

"Not even Moegi-sensei is that fast." Shikadai states.

"You have to be careful, Chocho." A familiar voice touches Chocho's ear, that strikes fear into her heart.

"Boruto!" Chocho screams, opens her eyes to see the rogue ninja that is holding her in arms. 'No way, bad boys can't be so hot..!' Chocho thinks, but throws the unnecessary fantasies away and slaps Boruto lightly on the chest repeatedly, annoying the otsutsuki to such extent that he drops her. "Ouch."

"You're welcome." Boruto says and faces the mutated claw grime.

The mutated claw grime instinctually realizes the gap between itself and it's mighty opponent.

In a shocking moment, the claw grime learns how to use the rinnegan in it's left eye to gain control over gravitational forces, and aims to attract Boruto with an strength that allows one to shatter largest objects in the universe. Team Moegi can feel the immense pressure and understand their powerlessness before Lord Seventh's "murderer".

Boruto draws near the mutated claw grime on his own, the attractive force of rinnegan far too weak to overpower him, and before claw grime can use another rinnegan path, Boruto slices it's neck so fast no one can see him swinging his sword, forming a rasengan with his right hand, the spiral strikes it's prey, the spiral grows larger than an bijuu, sending shockwaves throughout konoha.

"This is gonna be fun!" Daemon pops up outta nowhere behind Boruto, having sensed his aura from miles away.

"I don't have time to spare with you. As you can see, there is a business that has to be dealt with." Boruto responds.

"I enjoy fighting cocky dudes because no one has the right to be cocky other than me." Daemon asserts.

"I'll gain nothing from that." Boruto states, unsheathing his sword.

"That is... Sasuke-san's sword..." Moegi murmurs. "Where is Sasuke?" Moegi shouts at Boruto who walks away from Daemon and jumps toward another claw grime.

"The time has come." Code says. His eye of mind focusing on Boruto and Kawaki, and he enhances two of his sharpest mutated claw grimes, conceals their presence and, sends them to engage in a physical contest against the otsutsukis.

As the extraordinarily powerful claw grimes get close to Boruto and Kawaki, Code extends his arms and passes them through the iron claw marks, linking the portal to those mutated claw grimes that are behind the parasitic beings that Code abhors, grabs the boys by neck and brings them to his domain.

Daemon, who saw the ambush, planned to prevent Boruto from being transported to one of Isshiki's dimensions but it was too late.

"Did Code... outspeed me...?" Daemon utters the words as if he is not sure if he is stuck in a nightmare or he's found an adversary that can not only challenge him in a physical contest but also blitz him fair and square. Daemon breaks a sweat. "Bastard..!"

Code pulls his enemies in, and throws them at the ground, Boruto crashes onto Kawaki, they leave a large creator on the floor.

It takes less than a millisecond for them to get rid of that diziness and begin thinking how to process this circumstance.

How to greet one another.

"You came back just to show off the uchiha look that you copied from Sasuke?" Kawaki growls, pushes Boruto on the back and makes some distance between them.

"Your original style hasn't made you charming neither." Boruto says.

"I will fuck you up so badly after this."

"You won't sound cool trash-talking like that."

"Enough!" Code raises his voice, gaining Boruto's and Kawaki's attention.

Boruto and Kawaki stand on their feet, looking at Code who is up the stairs, staring at them with his crimson eyes.

"Pardon me for this party's improper preparation." Code states, his honesty catches Kawaki off-guard.

"I hoped you'd give up on this idiocy." Boruto responds.

"The truth is, i have thought of that alternative, spent hours to see if i can find redemption if i let go of my ideals. The future does not seem be so bright, Boruto." Code asserts.

"What would a maniac like you demand from destiny?" Kawaki questions Code.

"You speak as if you know me better than Boruto." Code replies.

"You still have time. Tell me where Juubi is, allow me to seal it away. You don't know true horror of god tree." Boruto says.

"Three years." Code raises on his feet, begins to step down from the stair.

Standing at one hundred ninety two centimeters tall and weighing ninety six kilograms, Code has an muscular frame and elegant manner, an intimidating adversary that emits overwhelming aura, forcing almost all mortals to fall on their knees if his sheer presence doesn't wipe them from existence.

Kawaki transports two black rods, shoots them at Code, targetting his eyes.

Kawaki learns that Code isn't going to dodge the attack and as foolish as that may sound to him, Kawaki blames it on Code's arrogance.

Black rods clatter as they hit Code's crimson orbs. The metal weapons start falling, but Code catches one with mouth using his teeth, The other one which he flicks using his right index finger the moment he shoots the black rod in his mouth, aiming for Kawaki's and Boruto's hearts after cloaking them with his own chakra.

Before Kawaki can shrink or Boruto can use body flicker, the black rods pierce their chest and hit the ground.

"And yet, you fail to impress me." Code admits.

'What kinda animal is he?' Kawaki thinks, having never seen Code like this ever before since Code asked Amado to put a limiter on him.

'This is not humanly possible, even with help of white karma... has he trained than me?' Boruto wonders what could've made Code seemingly invulnerable and untouchable.

"Don't waste my time." Code appears before Kawaki and Boruto, the former transforms his left arm into spiked weapon while the latter draws his sword from it's scabbard.

Code bends over and puts the weight of his body on his left arm, kicks Kawaki on the temple with his right foot, spins around and hits Boruto in chest with his elbow, the younger men recover and attack Code who just stands up on his feet, clenches his fists and throws them at opposite direction.

The fabric of reality shatters before Kawaki and Boruto could touch Code. The vast dimension of Isshiki that is bigger than the size of the trinity's own timeline in two blows, and the Otsutsukis are sent back flying to opposite direction and finally get a hold of themselves as they completely regenerate their arms and shoulders which were in point blank explosion.

Boruto and Kawaki cannot believe what they have just witnessed. The two most powerful forces of shinobi alliance at the moment in the timeline in possession of the abilities of two fearsome otsutsuki that rivaled likes of Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha.

"Or. Else." Code utters this word in a cold tone compared to before when he sounded forbearing.

Code cloaks himself in a flaming armor that almost reaches infinite temperature.

"Fine." Boruto taps into his first karma stage.

"I'll feed your head to dogs." Kawaki also enters his first karma stage.

The brothers hesitant to attack their nemesis, doubting in their strength which they have been building all this time to eliminate those like Code who threaten safery of their world.

Grasping onto a ray of hope, Kawaki and Boruto find the will to march violently, gliding toward the perfected warrior.

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Kawaki aims to decapitate Code with extreme precision just as Boruto finds Kusanagi in the palm of his hand.

'Yeah, that kusanagi is the real deal.' Code thinks, amazed as he witnesses power of heaven's almighty god.

the divine sword forged by Hagoromo Otsutsuki himself that may be recreated from naught on it's own for it is The Sage of Six Paths' will, a spell casted upon that blade that is similar to what he'd done with nine tailed beasts which gifts them the ability to resurrect for all eternity unless certain conditions are met, an example of which is baryon mode that may prevent bijuus from returning back to life once all their life force and essence is lost, they leave for heavens and shall never return back to materialistic world after Hagoromo shapes their spirits.

Code spins around before Kawaki's spiked arm could touch him, grabs Boruto's wrist and hits Boruto on right elbow, shattering the joint in one swift hit, Kusanagi is pulled to Kawaki's side and flies toward Code, who tilts his head to evade it, uses his knee to kick Boruto in ribs, a roundhouse kick on the chin and a heel kick on the back of the younger otsutsuki's head, shots him to bottom of the endless vaccum of space.

Code merely lifts the palm of his left hand, and the spikes on Kawaki's right arm turn to dust upon the impact, failing to scratch Code. Kawaki charges up explosive energy with his karma mark, and raises his left arm as fast as he can to blast Code on the face.

"You hopeless fool." Code mutters his words, in an aggravated tone and one of agony. Code headbutts Kawaki on the forehead, holds the black haired otsutsuki by neck, extends his left arm to catch Kusanagi which was going to cut off Code's head from his shoulders.

Kawaki shrinks Kusanagi before Code can use it against him, earning him a surprised look on Code's face.

"You have the audacity to think i would rely on Kusanagi?" Code transforms his left hand to a claw and holds Kawaki's head, pressing it with overwhelming strength.

Code's head gets knocked back in matter of an instant, turning back to see Boruto flying toward him, only a few hundred meters away from him.

In a vicious act, Code slams Kawaki's face into Boruto's own, deforming their head, Kawaki shrinks himself in order to retreat and Boruto remains defenseless.

"Isn't that fascinating, Boruto?" Code takes Boruto by collar, watches his injured enemy regenerate his face in matter of three yoctoseconds.

'You can't escape my senses.' Code spots Kawaki's presence with his heightened senses, using Boruto as a shield to protect himself from incoming attacks. Dozens of black rods piece Boruto's body, just for him to explode in form of flashes of light, stunning Code for a friction of second, buying Kawaki enough time to transport four black cubes that are pulled towards Code from all four directions.

"I'll obliterate you and your stupid dreams!" Kawaki shouts, Code can't help but frown at konoha's most powerful soldier.

Black cubes are infinitely dense objects that generate extremely strong gravitational forces akin to black holes, one of them alone can crush enemies. Once a living being is caught between two, let alone four black cubes, they will be torn on sub-atomic level as different parts of their body are pulled to different directions.

Code's feet touch surface of the bottom black cube and he stops the black cube on top of his head with his left hand, but he is overwhelmed by the unfathomable forces.

White karma marks spread around Code's body, multiplying his energy pool by two orders of magnitude, condensing his aura and expands it. The omnidirectional counterattack overpowers the gravitational forces of four black cubes, zaps them away.

One of the black cubes crashes onto Kawaki, Boruto dodges the one that was sent flying toward him.

Kawaki remembers Jigen who explained how different techniques of Dharmagan work, and even he admitted he'd not be able to escape when caught between two black cubes with proper short distance.

Leaving Kawaki no time to recover, Code charges towards Kawaki, viciously splinters the black cube with his claw in one hit, spins around and aims for Kawaki's head with left heel, Kawaki dodges but Code uses his right foot to kick Kawaki in the face, successfully distracting the lesser experienced fighter.

Lightning Style: Thunderclap Arrow!

Boruto emits massive amounts of chakra, shapes it in form of lightning projectile with his left hand and adds water using right hand, shoots it at Code.

Code creates an iron claw mark and jumps through it, the next instant comes right before Boruto's eyes, and reaches for the one-eyed rogue shinobi, but Boruto stops Code's hand in air, and awakens the byakugan in his left eye, locking gazes with the terrifying adversary.

Demonic Illusions: Hell Viewing Technique.

Code raises an eyebrow, and punches a hole through Boruto's midsection, holding him above his head.

'My genjutsu...' Boruto caughs up blood and pushes against Code's steady forearms.

"My mind shall no longer be ensnared by illusions." Code mutters as he pulls his arm out of Boruto's stomach, grabs his cap and tosses him away, slamming him into Kawaki, flies above his opponents head and lands on them, stomps them into a floating black cube, breaking it's surface.

"On your feet!" Code yells at his fallen enemies. "Don't surrender until the very last drop of blood."

Code gives Boruto and Kawaki some space to recover, levitating away from them.

"Why not finish us right away when you have the chance?" Boruto asks Code as he sits on one knee, wiping blood off the side of his mouth.

"Don't you want the opportunity to give this task your best shot?" Code questions Boruto.

"Ridiculous." Kawaki utters, standing on his feet. "I heard that you are not a particularly smart guy, but from what i see, you don't even know the basic rules of war."

"You are not the same man you were three years ago. What is it that you are trying to achieve?" Boruto asks Code, gets on his feet.

"Back then, had you asked me the very same question, i'd have told you i see no value in mortal lives... That i'd become an otsutsuki god to fulfill my lord's will. However..." Code hesitates, opening the palm of his hand, tainted with Boruto's blood. "That doesn't sit right with me, not anymore."

"Bullshit. You sent those filthy beasts to tear people to pieces." Kawaki says.

"Why do you think it took so long for me to take action?" Code asks Kawaki and Boruto.

"What?" Boruto questions Code.

"I allowed you two to hone your skills and gather strength but after a time, i decided to spare defenseless civilians. Those who are too weak to fight back. You have shinobis who can oppose my army, perhaps many of them are capable of turning the tides in favor of shinobi alliance even if it's for a brief period." Code responds.

"Why not fight us on earth?" Boruto asks.

"That will only lead to death of those you cherish. I chose not to join my army because that will not be fair. There is no honor in that." Code replies, he looks at faces of Boruto and Kawaki, seeing that they do not believe him in the slightest.

"I ask you once more... What is your goal?" Boruto asks.

"You are just another deluded fool that wants to play god and thinks he can fix this mess." Kawaki says.

"The concept of godhood does not interest me at all. My wish is to obtain the hidden knowledge and divine power. We can not find peace in this world unless your shinobi system is eradicated." Code asserts.

"You are going to have to take hundreds of lives to make that dream a reality." Boruto says.

"It's foolish to believe that death is the end. That doesn't mean that they will remain in spiritual realm forever." Code says. "Although i shall not condone the sinners that don't seek redemption."

"This self-righteousness will be your doom. You are too proud of yourself." Boruto says.

"I have came to accept my human nature after i sought self-awareness, and to reach enlightenment i had to discard my pride for that will lead me to nowhere. Pride will only be the reason one falls from grace." Code states.

"You have some pretty words to spit, too bad they won't save you from my wrath." Kawaki utters, and Code watches as a horn grows on Kawaki's forehead and reaches back of his head, tapping into the second black karma stage.

"Tell us where Juubi is and do something meaningful for the first time in your life before you die a miserable death as you regret noh accompilishing anything valuable." Boruto activages his second stage karma as well, becoming Kawaki's equal.

Black karma in it's first stage multiplies the statistics of the bearer by fourty times, and in the second stage they will become four times more powerful than that, exceeding white karma's capacity to bolster one's physical limits.

"No matter how strong you get, you will never be able to stop me." Code asserts, clenching his fists.

"Die." Kawaki summons thousands of black rods and with a wave of his hand, they all rain upon Code.

Code stands still, heats up his fire armor to infinite temperature and hardens his skin using Earth Style: Diamond Morph, flying across the endless void as the black rods follow him.

Lightning Style: Chidori Stream!

Boruto appears next to Code and hits him, negating his enhanced durability which he gained through casting Diamond Morph technique.

Lightning Style: Raiden!

Boruto creates two shadow clones that perform Raikiri, creating and connecting a sharp lightning cord between them, Boruto himself backflips above that cord, then the shadow clones successfully wrap that lightning cord around Code to restrain him for Kawaki's black rods to hit him.

Wind Style: Great Hurricane!

Code breaths a hurricane of wind from his mouth that envelopes his body, shielding himself from the flurry of black rods which get deflected they make contact with Code's wind style technique.

Earth Style: Sandwich!

Boruto spits an ocean of mud from his mouth, forming two extremely large walls that close on to cancel Code's great hurricane technique and smash Code himself in one go.

"Not bad." Code stands on top of the mud walls, his cautious eyes not losing sight of Boruto and Kawaki.

"Annoying sheep." Boruto mutters.

"Finally, have you lost your patience?" Code utters.

"Sasuke was one of those who killed your lord. Why did you leave him in that state?" Boruto yells at Code.

"He was a brave man who sacrificed himself knowing he will probably never see his beloved ones ever again, believed that you will be able to do whay he couldn't do. To walk your path when it seems to be engulfed in everlasting darkness... that is what it truly means to have faith." Code asserts.

'Go down, you sore loser!' Kawaki shrinks his size and attacks Code from back, transforming his arm into spiked weapon once again. Code turns around and backslaps Kawaki, the next instant he kicks Boruto, who flies upwards to catch Code off-guard, in the stomach.

Kawaki charges at Code, planning to slice him in half just for Code to reach for his neck and lift him up, grabbing Boruto by neck at the same time, flying upward and smashing them through the mud wall, slamming them into the barrier of the dimension, crushing their bones as a result.

"Cowards." Code steps foot on Kawaki's chest and lays one knee on Boruto's chest. "You wanted to save konoha and you are nothing like your father."

"You talk too much." Boruto says, Code punches him in the face hearing these words.

"Silence." Code yells at Boruto, choking him with his left hand. "And you..." Code turns to Kawaki, with raspy tone. "I loathe everything about you."

"All that just because a chick dumped you?" Kawaki smirks, Code glares at him. "Did that hit a nerve?"

"Oh yes... You hold no respect for her. What was so special about you that enticed Ada into choosing a worthless scum over Boruto and I?" Code murmurs, his breath burning Kawaki's face.

"The fact that you have not gotten over that... You are pathetic." Kawaki says, laughing.

"Tch." Code pierces Kawaki's vocal cords using his fingers, keeps them inside to prevent the regeneration process. "That poor girl will find joy once i am done with you. I have to save her."

"She doesn't wish for you to save her, Code. She will never love you back." Boruto says, instinctivlely matches his timing with Kawaki to hit knee-kicks on Code's back to throw him off of them.

Code stands on surface of dimension's barrier, looking over his shoulder, glaring at Boruto and Kawaki.

Ada has been using her Senrigan for four minutes now due to her fearing for her lover losing his life in battle against Code. But now she is only devastated after listening to Code talking about her.

'Is he... lying?' Ada thinks. 'Are his feelings genuine and not affected by omnipotence?' Ada covers her face, bursting to tears. 'Does that really matter? I only love Kawaki and Kawaki alone.'

'Ada...' Mitsuki can feel Ada's inner conflict in heat of battle, uses his serpents to bind and tear claw grimes limb from limb.

"Is he okay?" Mitsuki asks Ada.

"He can't defeat Code, even with Boruto's help. And there is no way for us to break through that dimension..." Ada says.

"Do you remember what i tell you every once in a while?" Mitsuki catches upper jaw of a claw grime, flips over it's head and creates a lightning spear glowing in dark blue using his right hand, thrusts it into beast's throat and disintegrates it from inside out.

"Mitsuki-kun..." Ada murmurs.

"Kawaki is the lucky one. Code is no lucky man. You are probably right about them being not strong enough to defeat Code, but they may be able to find a way to weaken him and loosen the barrier that prevents outsiders from breaking through the dimension." Mitsuki theorizes.

"So we can only count on luck?" Ada replies.

"You believe in luck, right?" Mitsuki asks Ada.

"Yes..." Ada answers.

"Do you trust my intuition?" Mitsuki asks Ada, forms a lightning bow in his hand and shoots an arrow that drags an approaching claw grime towards Houki.

'Ahoi!' Houki gets excited upon having a glimpse at his next prey, stomps his feet on the ground, imprisoning the monster in an dark purple colored barrier. "Bye bye." Houki waves hand as the claw grimes melts down. Houki looks at Mitsuki, and shows a thumb-up. "I love you, man." Houki shouts, Mitsuki can't help but smile.

"I can tell if we can open portals to that dimension. It's only a matter of time and mettle." Mitsuki states, although he knows this is no efficient way of comforting.

Ada nods, feeling hopeless.

She can only watch as the trinity of karma bearers unleash all their might.

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"Oops." Houki mutters, as he watches the melted claw grime inside the purple dissolves into thin air. The barrier vanishes in matter of a second once the victim's body is disintegrated on a molecular level.

Thwack!

A mutated claw grime, standing at two hundred seventy centimeters tall, charges up a powerful punch, transforming it's arm into a warhammer to slam Houki into the ground, the earth trembling, dust surrounds it but it is not enough to cover the supernatural sight granted by the rinnegan that has been awakened in it's right eye.

"Did you catch him?" A chilling voice reaches the beast's ear. The giant feels the weight of a shinobi on it's back thus it reaches it's hands for the nuisance.

"Did you smoke something funny earlier this evening?" A voice comes from behind, this time the monster senses it may be kneeling. It grows a mechanical arm and tries to grab the enemy.

A mere instant before it's hand could touch the seemingly invisible foe that is playing with it.

"Let me help you." The claw grime swings it's weaponized arm, and looks around, losing track of the enemy.

It suddenly finds a boy in air, a creature too fost for it's eye and body alike. The boy spins around and kicks the claw grime in the face, twisting it's neck, sends it flying across the hidden leaf village until it could use it's fingers to jump on it's feet, locking eyes with the speedster.

Earth Style: Mud Wall!

"I'm here." Houki stands on the mud wall, grinning.

"Huuuuuu....mannnnn..." The beast utters those words that make Houki raises an eyebrow.

"I thought you are a total joke but it appears you can not only see but also talk." Houki says, picking an special three-bladed kunai from the bag on his left thigh. "Come, show me what you got."

The mutated claw grime grows a fourth arm that turns into a robotic missile, concentrating vast amounts of energy, transmutates it into plasma, it's temperatures quintillions of times hotter than that of a massive star's core during it's supernova phase.

"Cute." Houki says. "Haaah!" The moment his adversary shoots the massive energy blast, he jumps into air, whirls around himself.

Houki places his hand in the way of the powerful technique that could vaporize some of his old friends fighting nearby, dropping his special kunai and kicks it with his heel after flipping, shots it before the mutated claw grime where it hits the ground.

All that before the seal which he casted opens a rift in fabric of space-time, diverting the energy blast to another dimension.

'Boom.' Houki thinks as he teleports where his kunai landed, touching the ground between the abomination's gigantic feet.

The energy blast envelopes the beast, causing it to cancel out the technique and not do unnecessary injury.

"How about this?" Houki stomps his feet on the ground, the monsters steps back instinctually.

Earth Style: Battle Spear!

A large spear raises, obliterating the mutated claw grime, it expands and stops after reaching one kilometer of height.

'This one has rinnegan and much tougher than ordinary peers. It also has rinnegan, it is not on par with the dojutsu Tsubasa-sensei or Sasuke-san awakened, merely a bit more powerful than what reanimated paths of Obito were given in fourth shinobi world war.' Houki thinks. 'The one that i killed beforehand could not even regenerate from molecoles but this one has a superior healing factor, it's on atomic level.' Houki scans the claw grime that he tore to shreds with his sharingan lenses, another advantageous invention of Denki Kaminarimon and Sumire Kakei, a model inspired by Byakugan Goggles created by Orochimaru, earth's supreme scientist.

This sharingan lenses have the same attributes of natural sharingan awakened in eyes of uchiha clan members, but may only be used by those who possess incredibly potent yin energy, enormous chakra pool and stamina on par with kage of highest caliber. Even splendid jonin will fail at mentally commanding it, and even if they succeed at it, they will waste their chakra and tire out quickly.

"Game on!" Houki steps foot on the large battlespear and charges at the mutated claw grime which had just regenerated from the injury that would permanently kill most sentient beings. The claw grime extends it's right hand, staggering Houki's movement for a fraction of second.

'Universal pull!' The beast attracts anbu captain and summons king of hell. 'Hah, that's actually impressive.' Houki thinks, not exactly surprised at this level of performance. The monster grabs Houki, the king of hell's mouth opens and it's tongue enlarges. ''Gross."

The space-time distorts, there is no Houki to be seen around.

Slice!

A blue colored slash of chakra cuts the claw grime in half, forcing the beast to stitch the body back to reform itself.

Lighthing Style: Spear of Destiny!

A blue colored spear made of chakra shot and pierces the claw grime's chest, burning it down and leaves a huge hole there.

"I thought we were going to have fun, but you took it way too seriously." Houki shouts, holding his katana in his left hand.

"We don't need this here." Houki teleports behind king of hell, opens a scroll and seals it within that, restricting his enemy from summoning the ruler of life and death again. 'Tch, i have to be careful with the chakra usage.' Houki says, as he had spent a vast amount of energy to transport king of hell to another dimension.

The claw grime clasps it's hands and aims to crush the kneeling anbu captain with two-fisted hammer punch, Houki blocks the beast's arms with his left hand, the force of that attack sending shockwaves throughout the continent, leaving a deep crater over a broad area on the village.

"My turn." Houki throws his gigantic away, rising to his feet, spinning his hiraishin kunai around his left index finger

Flying Thunder God: Level God!

Houki shoots his kunai, using shadow clone technique to gain ten projectiles instead of only one.

First attack, he punches the claw grime on the face. He slides beneath it's left arm and kicks it on the chin with heel. He puts his left hand and on the ground, uses it jump upwards and repeatedly hit it on the stomach in series of bicycle kicks, backflips and holds the katana with firm grip, and performs an omnidirectional flurry of near-infinite attacks before the beast can even move a single inch on the air, bending the very fabtic of space-time due to his unbelievable speed and tremendous chakra pool, transporting both the mutated claw grimes and himself to surface of nearby ocean that borders land of fire on the east.

Houki claps his hands, manipulating massive amounts of waters to form a liquid mountain, imprisoning claw grime.

Ice Style: Shatterpoint!

The mountain transmutates into spiked mountain, the anbu captain lowers the heat of solidified water to the point it reaches absolute zero temperature, cancelling the very bonds between atoms and severely weakening the beast's body on atomic level, the flow of time stops inside that chamber.

Houki leaps, coating his katana with lightning chakra armor, penetrating the mountain of ice, forcing a current through the prison with the limitless electricity storage he gained upon accessing absolute zero, and disintegrates all the chamber along with his victim, finishing off the claw grime before it could pose a threat to him or anyone else.

"You had enhanced adaptation rate, but even the strongest ones have a shatterpoint." Houki says, falls on knees, panting. "Dammit... These creatures are not to be underestimated."

Houki transforms the remaining electricity into chakra, but the issue is that he can't replenish the stamina he had just lost. "I can't waste time for recovery." Houki states, worried about his peers as he senses the danger of claw grimes which appear to be capable of outlasting shinobi alliance with their otherworldly endurance.

Houki teleports back to hidden leaf village and his weak presence felt, yet another mutated claw grime attacks him. 'Oh hell no, this one is thrice as powerful as the one i killed just now.' Houki thinks , jumps back, dodging the explosives that the claw grime shot after transforming it's arm into a mechanical weapon, flexing his acrobatic skills as he dances around the adversary.

'Houki...' Mitsuki spots his weakened friend and leaps into air, phasing through the spiralling phantom blades, catches Ada in his arms and leaves her in a place where he can keep an eye on her, creates a snake shadow clone to watch over her. After that, Mitsuki strengthens spiralling phantom blades as freezes them to absolute zero temperature, casting the reverse seal of storm rider which channels electricity through the blades, making the defense and offense even deadlier than before.

"I have taught you how to control the phantom blades. I will try not to lose my mental command over them but if that happens, you have to take care of it. You got it?" Mitsuki whispers in Ada's ear and heads toward Houki and his enemy, thrusting a phantom blade into claw grime's head, slams it's face to the ground.

"Watch over the smoothy for me, Mitsuki." Delta shouts, visibly concerned about her partner's well being, making Houki smile under his mask, and he knew Delta's eyes could see through his mask whenever his facial expressions changed. It often displeased her on surface, but now she smugs gazing at Houki for a second before flying toward a group of claw grimes.

"Am i the only one who thinks that was an era-defining moment?" Mitsuki asks, extends his hands which Houki takes, Mitsuki helps him raise to his feet and wipe the dust off himself, cracks his back.

"This is one of those rare occassions where we share the same braincell." Houki responds, deactivating the sharingan lenses, nodding his head as he feels dizzy.

"Here." A warm voice comes from left side, and Houki finds a small white slug on his shoulder.

"Owe you one, Sarada-chan." Houki states, showing Sarada's shadow clone a thumb up as she leaves for other regions.

"You have to be more careful, Houki-kun." Katsuyu states, gentle and kind as ever.

"If you say so, Ma'am." Houki rubs Katsuyu's miniature form on top of her head with his index and middle finger, caresses her with her thumb, she is delighted at the way Houki treats her.

"There is nothing i can say that you have not already figured by yourself." Houki says, patting Mitsuki on the back.

"Hm." Mitsuki is the first one to take a step forward, creating another phantom blade in palm of his right hand as he stretches his arm out.

Houki coats himself in lightning armor and vanishes from the claw grime's sight, syncing his timing with Mitsuki who disappears the exact same instant Houki does.

Chidori Shinsou!

Raikiri!

Mitsuki extends the reach of his phantom blade and at the same time Houki charges up concentrated lightning chakra in his left arm and both of them attack the beast from opposite sides, blow up the mindless creature's legs.

Mitsuki pulls out Muramasa from it's sheath, sheds his blood through cutting the palm of his hand, and slices the claw grime from it's right shoulder to left hip, slaps it with back of his hand, flips over Houki's back and thrusts phantom blade through the claw grime's midsection, Houki uses his katana, coats it with fire chakra and cuts off the claw grime's right, turns back and thrusts his katana into the claw grime's groins, tearing them to shreds.

Houki and Mitsuki perform a spinning side flip kick simultaneously, hitting heels over the claw grime's head so hard it starts rotating in air, they get into iaijutsu stance and slice the claw grime from all angles, in the same fashion which users flying thunder god technique cast the flying thunder god: level technique. Mitsuki is an exceptional case as his sheer movement extremely close to reaching instanteous speed.

Mitsuki and Houki put their swords back in scabbards, and wait till the mutated claw grime reshapes it's body from the floating atoms left in the surrounding area, then Mitsuki jumps on his hands and kicks the claw grime in chest and sends it flying into the sky, leaps into air and throws Houki towards the beast, Houki teleports Mitsuki to his side and they create two shadow clones to use as support and charge toward the claw grime.

Ice Style: Shatterpoint!

Mitsuki helps Houki cast the technique and they slam the claw grime into the ground, creating a vast body of spiked ice that is reaches the height of a perfect susanoo.

Kirin!

Mitsuki summons lightning from sky, the roaring animal obliterates the imprisoned claw grime as the flash of light blinds those that are fighting nearby for a fraction of second.

Houki runs at full speed in zigzag pattern to his fellow shinobis' side and transports them to safe areas before Kirin can hurt them, Mitsuki leaps into air, above the black clouds. Ada's ability flight keeps them floating in the sky.

"Look out!" Ada shouts, Mitsuki sees yet another mutated claw grime that sends a dak sphere into air. "That monster wants to cast Planetary Devastation!"

"Not like things are going to go according to it's plans." Mitsuki says, smiling.

A shinobi with white robe lands before that mutated claw grime, grabbing it by neck with his gloved hand.

"Not on my watch." The fearless shinobi utters the words as the surface of konoha is pulled to the core of planetary devastation, the gravitational affecting leaf shinobis and starts to attract them.

The mighty warrior throws his foe towards the black sphere and creates a compressed sphere of white chakra in his right hand slowly lifting his arm as the chakra sphere in his hands grows bigger and bigger.

Wind Style: Super Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan!

The raging shinobi roars and jumps into air, his deafening battle cry shaking heavens. His rasengan obliterates the caster and cancels jutsu, sends his rasengan into orbit, reaching another galaxy where it explodes and destroys billions of galaxies.

The shinobis remain silent as the protector of village turns to them. His eyes screaming determination and unwavering will of fire.

"You are not allowed to give up." The man shouts.

"You are not permitted to die." The man shouts for the second time.

"My duty is to protect you and in times of crisis, your purpose is to assist me and ensure hope will not vanish. We have to protect the future at all cost, and a single man can't carry such burden. Hokage is nothing without his people supporting him." The man shouts for the third time, the leaf shinobis left speechless hearing those words.

"Yes Sir!" Everyone respond to their hokage in loud manner and go back to fighting their enemies.

"He is born to be a leader, made to be hokage." Ada admits.

"Konohamaru-sensei worked so hard to earn that mantle. There is no one who deserved to be hokage more than him when we needed a leader the most after murder of Lord Seventh." Mitsuki replies.

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Delta leaps over a crowd of claw grimes and wipes them out with her death ray, then a mutated claw grime among them dodges her aim continually and jumps towards her using gravitational forces that it can bend to it's will with the rinnegan; after that it goes to bite her neck off. Delta pushes against the mindless beast's firm clutch and when the beast grows the mechanical arms to crush her in bear hug; Delta slips away, kicks the monster in hips to send it to outer space, then wraps her arms around it's large muscular neck to drag it to another galaxy before causing destruction in the solar system where her earth is located at.

'The fuck am i supposed to do with this jackass now?' Delta thinks; and then senses all planets and stars in the solar system are being attracted towards them. "Bastard!" Delta can realize the monster has gained influence on the galaxy that is fifteen million diameters vast. "As if that could scratch me." Delta chooses to stay still, but she digs her left hand's nails through the claw grime's skull and grabs it's left ankle with her right hand, to keep the caster of the universal pull technique in the centre of explosion as well.

Boom!

The entire galaxy blows up in one nanosecond, leaving nothing but vast amounts of energy in surrounding area.

The claw grime is torn in half, lost it's right leg and right side of it's face, the rinnegan that it's awakened in left eye starts glowing in purple, begins sucking cosmic energy and chakra.

"No, no, no, no, no." Delta murmurs, then exhales.

Delta stretches out her arms, and redirects all cosmic energy into her body. Overloaded with tremendous amounts of energy that remained from destruction of the vast galaxy, her eyes shine bright as she charges up her next attack.

"Can't do shit about this." Delta utters, then squeezing her eyes shut for brief moments and clenches her fists.

Delta expands the range of her signature attack to one hundred eighty degrees in order to perform an advanced form of death ray, obliterating a quarter of the universe along with her enemy in one go. The overwhelming energy that Delta released end up perforating the bubble barrier of timeline that can withstand multiversal big bangs.

"Who is gonna bring me back now?" Delta feels immense pain in her eyes and begins panting. Her body trembles, so she has no other choice but to absorb more energy to repair the universe's barrier and return back to earth. "You have to wait a little bit longer." Delta mutters, thinking of Konohamaru and Houki. Especially her younger companion, who appeared to be in the same condition that she is stuck in at the moment.

Sarada delivers an uppercut to a mutated claw grime's jaw with her right hand followed by a backfist to the face with the same hand a hook with left hand, and a calf kick to it's neck, slams it into the ground as she kicks air to jump higher.

Heavenly Kick of Pain!

Sarada lands with a powerful heel kick onto the beast's torso which leaves a hole in the chest. Sarada grabs the mutated claw grime by ankle and viciously, repeatedly swings it above her head to slam it to the ground numerous times, the land of fire trembling each time the mighty uchiha slams the helpless beast into the ground. After that, Sarada lifts the claw grime and hits it hard with the palm of her left hand, the claw grime is pushed back hundreds of meters and barely stops the forced movement as it digs the feet's fingers into the surface of earth.

Sarada then summons a weapon with the tag wrapped around the wrist, holding it in her right hand. It's blade smooth and sharp unlike Mitsuki's muramasa, which is rough and spiked. Sarada's sword is a divine tool, a gift from the greatest among legendary sannin himself after she finished her training with him. Sarada imbues her sword immense amounts of chakra in form of wind, charging at the beast, thrusting her sword at blinding speed.

Wind Style: Grim Void!

Sarada extends the reach of her sword to release destructive wave of wind clears everything in it's path, creating a vacuum space and utterly destroys matter, disregarding the claw grime's highly durable body and leaves no shred of it's existence, preventing the beast from reviving itself again.

'Amano Murakumo...' Ada says, impressed by Sarada's performance and the technique she casted. 'That sword is said to be forged by Indra Otsutsuki; the demi-god that Uchiha, Emiya and Chinoike clans descend from. It blesses one with the ability to govern over weather and atmosphere. However; it differs from Mitsuki's sage mode. From the looks of it; Sarada can't contol Amano Murakumo or she'd be able to rival Mitsuki's ability to control the planet's atmosphere.' Ada hypothesizes. 'Could be that Mitsuki's power surpasses that sword's prowess? They seem more like myth than anything even after seeing them in action. Mitsuki and Sarada will only hurt themselves bearing those powers, and it remains that way until they cease to exist as mere humans.' Ada speculates, looking at Mitsuki who is getting exhausted. She realizes that all that training can only take you to a certain point. One has to be more than just determined to grow more powerful. They must be gifted.

Sumire wraps an arm around a mutated claw grimes's waist from behind to suplex it, then leaps and backflips to repeat the same technique and the next time she hits the claw grime with a side kick; sends the monster flying as a result. Sumire runs toward her opponent after creating two daggers made of extremely dense chakra transmutated into water element to slice through claw grime's knees as she slides between it's legs, then kicks the ground to jump up and scissors the claw grime's head with her twin water daggers, another kick on the claw grime's shoulder to jump even higher, flips and transforms her daggers into a double-sided war axe made of lightning chakra, obliterating the claw grime's headless body with her gigantic weapon as it cuts through the beast's flesh and reaches the pelvis section.

The mutated claw grime's head floats around, and regrows the entire body in a fraction of second, unleashing a powerful almighty push that crushes Sumire's body instantly, only to see millions of water drops splash upon the impact.

Sumire uses body flicker technique and appears behind the claw grime, slamming and pressing her left palm on the space between beast's scapulars, sending her chakra into the claw grime's chakra pathways.

Earth Style: Death Touch!

Claw grime's body starts transmutating flesh into stone, and even regeneration prowess of Sumire's enemy cannot save it from her technique that needs only one second to take majority down in a single attack. Sumire petrifies her opponent, and to make sure the claw grime won't be a nuisance, she concentrates tremendous amounts of chakra in form of lightning in her left hand.

Chidori Stream!

A stream of lightning scatters around and through the victim of her deadly earth style technique, shattering the body on atomic level instantly.

'Sarada-chan.' Sumire takes advantage of the telepathic link that Sarada created with her sharingan, to call her partner out.

'You found a noteworthy info.' Sarada replies; then she circles around a claw grime and rips it in half using chidori. 'I'm all ears.'

'You remember what Amado told us about Otsutsuki and how they cultivate god tree?' Sumire asks as she creates a lightning spear in her hand to deflect the explosive projectiles that a claw grime shoots at her.

'Feeding Otsutsukis to juubi and wait till the juubi turns into a cultivated god tree that bears chakra. So?' Sarada senses she is running out of chakra so she activates her byakugou seal, it's markings covers her body.

'None of these claw grimes have empathy but some of them seem to be capable of phrasing sentences, although i haven't heard what from their mouths. But once my hand touch this mutated version of them, it was stuttering Otsutsuki's name. I assume that is due to the gozu tennö and nue.' Sumire states and throws the lightning spear which pentrates the claw grime and hits the ground to cause a massive impact.

'They are looking after Otsutsukis, huh?' Sarada responds with her question, concentrating huge mass of chakra in her fists.

Earth Style: Ultra-Added-Weight Rock!

Sarada condenses her fists and multiples the forces of her punches, pummeling the mutated claw grime infront of her until nothing is remained of it.

'They all share juubi's will that is to devour Otsutsuki. But the important question is..." Sumire continues, as her back Sarada's after taking a few steps backwards.

"What happens to them once they devour humans? Would we just to trees?" Sarada states, this time using her gift of speaking naturally like a healthy human being.

"If they fall into such miserable fate, how could we possibly save them?" Sumire asks, aiming at two claw grimes with her index fingers as they are pointed at opposite directions.

"There is no way we'd let that happen." Sarada says, shutting her eyes, rivers of hot blood finding their ways down her cheek. The crimson drops wet the ground before Sarada's feet, and she opens her eyes.

'Kawaki is not here. There is nothing that can hold me back now.' Sarada thinks as her three tomoe sharingan evolves into the rare mangekyou sharingan that has the shape of an eight-pointed star, or a kaleidoscope.

"Let's end this." Sarada says, and all of claw grimes in the ten kilometer radius find themselves in another place where sunlight shines upon them from a cave, blinding them and gradually incinerating the normal claw grimes alive, burning them down to oblivion. The mutated claw grime which bear the rinnegan are highly resistant against such methods, thus Sarada has to use other means in order to take them down in her dimension. "Sweet dreams." Three red torii gates drop on the mutated claw grimes, immobilizing them as a result, sealing them instantly.

"Hey!" Sumire shouts; then catches Sarada before she falls on her head after the sharingan wielder returns back to earth. Sarada's body shakes uncontrollably and her orbs turn grey. "You shouldn't have used that technique." Sumire states, figuring that Sarada spent majority of her chakra over her unique dojutsu technique. 'Those claw grimes are made of sheer chakra, some of them have huge of mass of it, some don't. Sarada is close to mastering her mangekyou sharingan, it's only that the power Sarada's dojutsu grant her overwhelms her body.' Sumire thinks as she is holding Sarada; who is panting, tightly in her arms.

"Hngh..." Sarada groans, having almost lost her vision after transporting the claw grimes to her personal domain; Amano Iwato. 'A tenchnique that is potentially invincible. It is still no different compared any other technique if the caster herself is unable to bear the toll it puts on her body...' Sarada thinks, recalling the lessons she has been taught by her oustanding mentor.

Date: Jun.28th 2040

"Enough. Have your seats" Tsubasa says, and he leviates in air in the crosslegged sitting position, in order to not hurt the garden's grass.

"Uncle." Himawari approaches Tsubasa, and strikes him gently on the lap. Tsubasa picks Himawari up and puts her on his right thigh. The little beams seeing how easy it is for her to have what she wants from the man who is thought to be gloomy and known to reject people's offers. Tsubasa wraps his right arm around Himawari's waist, who gains attention of the teenagers infront of her.

"Diabolical! When is it going to be my turn, Tsubasa-sensei?!?" Houki shouts.

"When you stop calling me sensei after i am done training you." Tsubasa replies.

"Are you really envious of Himawari-chan, Houki-kun?" Sumire asks Houki.

"Yes, i am!" Houki asserts, folding his arms infront of his chest.

"Tch. I didn't know Tsubasa-san has spoiled you to this extend." Mitsuki says.

"Eh... I'd like to burrow some of that passion of yours. I feel like you are on some limitless energy source of sorts when i see you act like this." Sarada utters; putting a hand on her hip as she stares into Houki's eye.

"Not surprised as those words come from a grumpy girl thinking she is doomed to babysit everyone when she happens to be just like any other teen girl when she sees bunch of novels." Houki responds to Sarada.

"Are you judging me?" Sarada says, frowning.

"I am merely, only making a point. Am i wrong?" Houki asks Sarada as he leans onto her.

"Nope." Sarada lets out a deep breath, earning her the pleasant sound of Houki giggling in her ear after he wraps an arm around Sarada and pulls her close to himself.

Sumire smiles, sits on left side of Houki.

Mitsuki just sits on the grass, reaches for Sarada's hand who looks at him with surprised expression on her face. Mitsuki guides Sarada to sit on his left side as he smirks looking at Houki who gets nervous and looks away.

'I must never get cozy with Sarada again.' Houki thinks, not that he is terrified of Mitsuki but the possiblity of angering Sarada too. He may be able to fight back against Mitsuki but there is no way he can handle both Mitsuki and Sarada simultaneously even with his honed skill at using the flying thunder god technique.

Sarada sits next to Mitsuki, slightly blushing and awkwardly pulling her hand away from her companion who licks his lips and runs his fingers through his hair, scratching back of his head. 'Everyone knows you are majestic. So why act like a showoff?' Sarada ponders, raising an eyebrow as she eyes Mitsuki.

"Come, Ada." Tsubasa says, Ada walks towards Tsubasa in elegant manner. She pats Tsubasa on shoulder and rests her elbow on the same shoulder she just touched, standing still.

Houki nods in disappointment and drops his gaze to the grass, caressing a purple lotus flower next to his feet. 'When will we cancel out her bedazzlement technique?' Houki ponders, annoyed at the sight of Ada being so casual around his mentor.

"Drama queens' squad!" Daemon teleports behind Ada and waves a hand at Tsubasa's pupils, sticking out his tongue.

"Leave that for another time, Daemon." Tsubasa states. "Do you know the purpose of your training?" Tsubasa asks his pupils, who remain silent out of respect and wait for him to continue his words. Because they don't want to waste the time they spend with him. "It is not to create the deadliest assassin squad but the best class of young shinobis in existence. You have had the chance to learn thousands of techniques, and even managed to invent your own signature technique. Listen to me, those special attacks that you can use have been created to protect those whom you cherish. However, i am merely a guide and you will have to decide what is your ninshu. There will come a time when you oppose irredeemable adversaries. Mindless beasts or absolue evil creatures. The advice that i gave you is that the best choice is to hope for your opponents to see the light once again, and find other ways to take them down." Tsubasa continues.

"You know that there are entities that are invulnerable against this attacks. What are we supposed to do about them?" Mitsuki asks Tsubasa.

"You will inherit a piece of my knowledge, i will pass on my wisdom to you. Therefore, you will have to resist the dark. My wish is for you to reject the tempations. Don't lose to the evil within." Tsubasa responds.

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'Back off!' Mitsuki jumps to Sarada's and Sumire's side; then wraps his arms and serpent chakra avatars around them to protect them.

Sage Art: Raging Sky God!

Numerous lightning bolts pierce the mutated claw grime that was charging towards the kunoichi duo; causing a massive explosion that envelopes Mitsuki the friends he holds in shelter of his arm.

Earth Style: Mud Prison!

Before the impact could damage konoha shinobis; the sixth hokage creates a building that prevents the explosion from reaching his comrades.

"Eh..." Kakashi sees that the mutated claw grime's disintegrated upper half is regrowing, and he nods for being disgusted at the sight.

Strength of a Hundred Seal: Adamantine Punch!

The greatest female medical ninjutsu of all time lands a devastating blow to top of mutated claw grime's head. The claw grime shatters to tiny shreds of flesh, a wave of destruction touchss outskirts of konoha after that punch to leave a large and deep crater on the ground.

Barrier Art: Dimensional Annihilation!

Before the torn pieces of the mindless beast's existence scatter around a large area, Sakura casts a seal on the remains of it's body and leaps backwards. A barrier is created around a four cubic meter space, then emerald green flash of light form inside of that prison of chakra that shines in scarlet color. The fabric of space-time itself bends inside of that barrier in order to crush the monster over and over again. It takes six times to utterly wipe the mutated claw grime from existence.

"You kids..." Sakura utters. She looks visibly frustrated with the heavy steps that she takes and the frowned look on her face. "How many times should i tell you to have a level head?" Sakura yells and sits beside her daughter.

'Mitsuki-kun' Ada wants to land before her companion and make sure that he is not badly hurt, but she stays in her place knowing that claw grimes will try to attack and transport her to one of Code's dimensions. Code doesn't wish for his claw grimes to devour the beloved, majestic, dreamlike lady that conquered his heart; and that is why he programmed his puppets into viewing everyone as puppets except for Ada and Ada alone.

"Go ahead..." Mitsuki'a breaths are weak and slow. Mitsuki's trenchcoat is burnt so he takes it off to show that there is no wound on his body. "Sarada is in need emergency treatment. I can regain my strength on my own "

"Hold on..." Sakura uses one handed tiger seal in order to summon Lady Katsuyu. The slug summon is one fifth of her true size at the moment. Lady Katsuyu crawls to heal the teenagers. She attaches herself to Sarada and Sumire. Sarada almost falls on side but Mitsuki catches her and gently puts her head on his left lap. Sumire recovers her lost chakra in matter of seconds but Sarada has to absorb a large margin of Katsuyu's own tremendous energy pool that surpasses that of gyuki's himself.

"Sakura-chan... I am afraid i am unable to recover more than one tenth of Mitsuki-san's chakra reserves even if i receive aid from you and Shizune-chan." Lady Katsuyu admits. Katsuyu's voice is shaking and she turns to the young sage for she is concerned about his ill health.

"I am merely fifteen years old. You don-" Mitsuki doesn't get to finish his words as he spits blood. He tries to cover his mouth but drops of crimson liquid touch Sarada's face and make her open her eyes, fearing for Mitsuki.

"Mitsuki-kun!"

"Mitsuki!"

Sumire and Sarada shout at the same time. Sumire puts her on Mitsuki's bare back and Sarada sits up to reach for Mitsuki's head, the wipes the blood off of his face.

The light that Mitsuki emits in his sage mode state glows dimmer and dimmer and after brief moments he reverts to first stage of transformation. He looks at his hand that is coated with blood. 'I am... unbearably fragile...' Mitsuki thinks as he is reminded of the fact that he is still a human that can't control his power.

"Don't." Sarada's command earns her Mitsuki's attention. She leans into Mitsuki's side, presses her forhead against his; because Sarada wants Mitsuki to remember she knows him better than anyone, and she can read his thoughts from the look in his eyes. Sarada holds Mitsuki's bloody hand in hers and presses it tightly. 'We all have our moments of vulnerablity. Don't let that burn a hole in your heart that can't be filled with anything but eternal pursuit of impossible.' Sarada tells Mitsuki after gazing into his golden orbs to form a telepathic link using the sharingan in her left eye.

Mitsuki stays still to relax. Sumire carrsses Mitsuki's back as she raises to her feet and looks around to see if there are any threats.

Delta flies through Earth's atmosphere and one of the mutated claw grimes spots her immediately and since she is severely weakened, that beast aims to charge towards her.

'No way in hell...' Delta tries loading a chunk of energy in her eyes to deal with her adversary but she loses balances and starts falling due to running low on chakra.

'Leave her alone!' Houki sees Delta the exact moment that monster does and leaps towards his partner.

Wind Style: Air Walking!

As the name of technique itself suggests, Houki creates a staircase made of wind chakra and runs towards Delta as fast as he possibly can. Meanwhile the mutated claw grime casts universal pull to attract Houki and Delta both.

Flying Thunder God: Eternal Banishment!

Sumire finds one of Houki's triple-blades kunai and shoots at mutated claw grime to pierce it in the back, creating an opening for Houki to warp space and send his enemy into a timeless dimension to seal it till the end of eternity.

Houki holds Delta in his arms tightly. Sumire summons Nue in her giant form, and the benevolent beast leaps upward to catch Delta and Houki using it's mouth and then lands on the ground, then runs to Sumire's side to drop the enfeebled figures.

"You know what?" Delta murmurs in Houki's ear, barely capable of moving her body.

"Huh?" Houki asks as his body shakes.

"My ass was about to get screwed..." Delta admits, tweaking.

"At least you don't act all tough..." Houki responds, coughing up after giggling a little bit.

Delta pushes herself to lean back and unmasks Houki.

"You are a mess..." Delta says as she sees Houki's face clearly.

The space-time manipulator has nosebleed. It is caused by constant and extreme use of flying thunder god and the advanced techniques that were created after Tobirama's signature technique. Houki's heartbeat rate has decreased from eighty four to thirty three, and Delta is able to see the way her friend's body is functioning.

"Get this boy some help you stupid people!" Delta shouts which startles the shinobis around them.

"So..loud..." Houki says, groaning while keeping a smile on his face.

"Shut it." Delta responds as she puts a hand on Houki's chest and squeezes the front of his shirt, knitting her brows. "Never do that for me again...never..." Delta repeatedly pokes on Houki's chest with her clenched fist in a sluggish and soft manner.

"Please accept my sincerest apology, Delta-chan." A gentle voice touches the fierce cyborg's eardrums.

"You newbies are always too full of yourselves. Gifted yet green." Another person comes, this one's voice deeper and rougher. It belongs to a woman.

"Tsunade-hime..." Houki mutters as he turns to the woman that stands a few meters behind Delta.

"Kabuto-san." Mitsuki whispers seeing the man right next to the fifth hokage.

"Is that the kid you were so proud of, Kakashi?" Tsunade tells her successor with a hand on her hip.

"He's just a bit out of shape now. Don't judge him in this state. He is pretty good." Kakashi responds.

Tsunade approaches and sits next to Houki, laying the palm of her left hand on the teenage boy's forehead. Tsunade's hand gets surrounded with a circle of green chakra and the healing process begins.

"Your idol loves talking about you." Tsunade says.

"My bad if i am your occasional headache." Houki replies, smirking.

"Is he always toady like this?" Tsunade utters these words and puts her right hand on back of Delta's hand.

"You have no idea..." Delta feels dizzy and slowly falls on Houki's chest.

"Don't fight it." Tsunade reassures Delta to relax and gain strength.

"Let me know if my assistance was required, Tsunade-san." Kabuto says.

"Go pay your boy a visit." Tsunade responds with a sarcastic comeback.

Kabuto jumps to Mitsuki's side. Air blowing his long white hair and he lands beside Mitsuki and Sarada. Kabuto presses his hand on Mitsuki's chest and starts healing him.

"It's been a few months, right?" Kabuto asks Mitsuki, who deactivates his sage mode in order to not waste chakra and recover quicker.

"Yeah..." Mitsuki replies and turns his gaze away from Sarada's perturbed eyes.

"It appears you two have a long way to go till you master your greatest powers. You have to avoid using them till then." Kabuto warns Mitsuki and Sarada.

"In times of crisis, you must not be afraid of risking your life for what you believe in. Holding back will only make failure more likely to happen." Mitsuki responds.

"Our decision to go all out is not a sign of naivety, Kabuto-san." Sarada asserts.

"Perhaps you are right. But you must not cease to see value in your lives. Not when you have been taught teamwork is essential for us shinobis." Kabuto replies. Mitsuki and Sarada look at him with the tired expression on their faces. "It is true that we are fighting in a world war but the reason some shinobis from your generation were allowed to take part in our army was not to have them get themselves killed. We are shinobi alliance and that is why we must depend on each other. If we do that, then we may be able to achieve triumph." Kabuto continues.

"YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, KABUTOOOOO!" Might Guy screams after delivering hurricane leaf kick to a claw grime's chest and teleports behind Kakashi using body flicker technique. "Did you miss seeing me grasping the heavenly grace of youth like this, Kakashi?"

"Kind of." Kakashi admits.

"Hohoho, Hahahaha." Guy reacts and shows his thumb up to Kabuto. "I like this version of you, Kabuto. That is how a veteran is supposed to act like. Inspiring, insightful and embody the concept of hope."

"You are flattering me, Guy-san." Kabuto responds.

Seventh Gate: Daytime Tiger!

Rock Lee unleashes a chaotic force and charges at a mutated claw grime, the tiger avatar bites the mindless beast and as the fabric of space-time bends, Lee takes both his enemy and himself to sky and producing so much kinetic energy that he burns down his adversary on atomic level, then kicks air to land on the surface of planet. The shockwave of that technique scatters across the land of fire.

"Not over! not yet!" Tenten shouts and she shoots thousands of explosive projectiles at a mutated claw grime, she appears behind it and puts a sealing tag on the eyes to prevent usage of rinnegan and then jumps backwards before being caught in the explosion which is an immitation of explosive clay release kekkei genkai that hidden stone village ninjas inherits and helps her to eradicate his current enemy in a way that it fails to return back to life.

But yet another mutated claw grime arrives, levitating at top speed with sole intent to smash Kabuto, Mitsuki and Sarada to pieces.

But then it is stopped.

A shockwave generates from the mutated claw grime's torso that isn't it's creation.

It is an attack from someone else.

"Here we go!" Might guy screams, ecstatic sensation takes over his body.

"It took us a while but it eventually occured." Rock Lee utters, smiling.

"Just like old times..." The man responsible for incapacitation of mutated claw grime speaks.

The trends of his extra long, dark brown hair dance in air as the breeze gently passes through them. The man stands at one hundred eighty three centimeters tall, with a muscular build and elegant gesture yet retaining an stance that shows he is prepared to defend himself from any and all attacks. He is wearing a white dress with jade linings on it.

"I missed this feeling. What about you..." Tenten asks the man. "...Neji-kun?"

"Mhm." Neji admits, looking back at his wife.

"Your reflexes are sharper than ever, Neji." Kakashi states.

"That is expected from the best member of hyuga clan." Kabuto says.

Sakura looks at Neji and she is happy for him. He has broken the curse seal on his forehead and found joy in his life. He was almost killed in the fourth shinobi world war and if it wasn't for Toneri Otsutsuki's intervention, Neji's death would've been inevitable. But Neji was able to see the war end and even got to train his nephew and niece, helping them to hone their skills and turn into two of the best in their respective generations.

Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!

Neji sends a focuses wave of air that tears through the mutated claw grime's flesh and slowly shatters it's existence. Neji has perfected and strenghtened the traditional technique of his clan and invented an attack that resembles Sarada's grim void technique that can normally be used only by those who wear the divine weapon that is amano murakumo sword. Neji utterly destroys the claw grime and turns back to his team.

"Why are you all stunned?" Neji asks the shinobis that are staring at him.

"I don't know, maybe it's because we need more time to process the way you turned out to be alive." Sumire answers.

"Is breaking the fourth wall allowed? Doesn't it make the story childish?" Sarada wonders.

"If it was forbidden then we wouldn't be able to discuss this matter now." Mitsuki responds to Sarada who nods to show she understand his point.

"Come on man, go show the readers another village." Kakashi yells at the author.

"Those goofy amateurs..." Karin says, sensing what was happening on other side of the planet.

"Look at that big-ass dumb fuck right there." Suigetsu points at a gigantic mutated claw grime that is around twenty meters.

Suigetsu and Karing turn to each other and burst to laughter.

"Sometimes it's hard to believe i am the kid in this family. Don't you think, mister tree?" Yoruza asks the titanic figure before her that can't understand her language. "Nevermind." Yoruza is frustrated at this situation.

"Okay. Fine. Enough. Time to get serious for real." Suigetsu says as he straightens his back and wiping his mouth.

"You have already lost and you don't know it." Karin asserts and begins glaring at her adversary.

Adamantine Chains: Tight Binding Golden Chains!

Karin manifests ten adamantine chains that piece the mutated claw grime's body. A being that possesses immense power must be fairly capable of deflecting the attack but for that they must be also adequate at what they do.

"Bye." Suigetsu says and snaps his finger, then the mutated claw grime blows up. That was an attack inspired by Mangetsu Hozuki's Godspeed technique which was a space-time ninjutsu created with purpose of rivalling flying thunder god. Suigetsu himself can't use this technique to transport himself to other places since he is nowhere near as good as Mangetsu was when it comes to chakra control nor having extremely potent yin and yang energy, but he can dissolve water molecoles and form them inside someone's body for various reasons. In this case, exploding a claw grime.

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The serpent god's lair has been annihilated.

The serpent god is not one to unleash his wrath on those who don't pose a threat to him. Perhaps that was what he would've done a long time ago; before his rebirth.

Orochimaru's mind is that which keeps the knowledge of millions of techniques and secrets of the creation. Orochimaru's body will no longer rot and perish and even if suffers a mortal wound, it is the soul and consciousness that will live on forever.

The supreme scientist has ensured he would not cease to exist in order to absorb all information in the creation. That is his ambition, and mere claw grime is going to be able to stand in his way.

"How troublesome." Orochimaru mutters the words when a mutated claw grime has impaled his chest with a mechanical arm, having grabbed both his wrists and summoned king of hell to reap the lord of darkness' soul. 'This filthy beast... where did that kid find such unfathomable might from?' Orochimaru's sheer will resists the command of king of hell, and gathers all the strength he can despite having his chakra pathways suppresed to break free from the monsters hold, then digs his claws into the arms to rip them off of the mutated claw grim's shoulders and summons kusanagi sword which slices through the mechanical arm transformed into a large blade in order to free himself, then pulls the broken blade out of his chest. "Poor thing." Orochimaru catches Kusanagi in his hand and swings it.

In the eyes of that claw grime, Orochimaru only sliced through it twice but in reality, he had swung Kusangi tens of octillions of times. Orochimaru had not only reached new heights after two decades of training since the conclusion of fourth ninja world war, but he even modified the mystical weapon. The blade of kusanagi has been sharpened to such an extent that it can split atoms. Orochimaru leaps backwards to Seina's side, whose wooden dragon whips around another mutated claw grime and sends it toward the one that Orochimaru fought against. Seina and Orochimaru jump on back of the wooden dragon, and in an instant Seina gifts her elemental summon with wings, enables her to fly.

An explosion occurs from the splitting of octillions of atoms, Seina has enough energy to outpace the terrifying terror of such destructive phenomenon. Orochimaru and Seina were not going to be mortally injured if they were caught in that explosion, only that they were going to spend unnecessary chakra to heal themselves when they can't help but expect the worst possible scenario that is Code coming out of his battle as the victor.

As dim as the ray of light may be; the shinobi alliance should survive and be prepared to face the carrier of Isshiki's will in a death battle. For they are so close to achieving peace, and each person is responsible. They must not let that one man stealing the bright future away from them.

The winged wooden dragon flies back towards the remains of hidden sound village, to do the other monster in.

"This one is mine." Seina turns to Orochimaru, who nods his head to show she has gotten her permission to leave, and she jumps from the wooden dragon to face off against the mutated claw grime. Orochimaru injects his chakra into his apprentice's summon to take control of it and heads towards the north-east side.

Seina grabs the hood of her cloak to take it off and lands around fourty meters away from her opponent that extends it's right arm to pull her with immense gravitational force. 'Shit.' Seina thinks and substitutes herself with a boulder when her distance from the mutated claw grime is only fifteen meters.

Wood Style: Great Spear Tree!

A gigantic tree grows under the mindless beast's feet, but the bearer of rinnegan activates the preta path to absorb Seina's ninjutsu, and in middle of the proccess that monster senses a warm touch of human flesh on top of it's head.

"Let's put an end to this madness." Seina utters as guilt and despair wash over her heart. She understands that juubi is a mass of chakra and it will be able to turn into god tree upon absorbing life essence of living creatures. Now, channeling the naturall energy from planet itself and forces the transmutation of claw grime with her superb chakra control, she gains access to the claw grime's dna and transforms that monster into a miniature god tree.

"Forgive me." Seina puts her hand on the god tree and senses how this creature binds with the nature. 'Otsutsuki...' Seina can hear god tree speak as she can connect herself with the nature, and god tree's voice sounds like a sick middle-aged woman, enchained in the hottest desert and having lost all hope for she has not seen or smelled any food nor could she drink anything. It is the very curse of god tree itself that tempts it into longing for Otsutsuki and in a desperate attempt, it is left with no choice but to devour humans or any other living being.

"If you have been created to serve this sole purpose... you could not be evil. For the very privilege of free will had not been bestowed upon you. What a cruel destiny..." Seina whispers and wonders what madman could such a vile and ignoble act of selfishness.
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Log is surrounded by ten claw grimes, then pulls a second katana from the sheath on his back and uses both swords in reverse grip stance and closes his eyes. The claw grimes sense a rapid shift in power and charge towards the swordsman who suddenly falls on his left knee, spins his katanas to hold them in traditional way and shoves them into the ground.

Sixty enormous serpents emerge and bite the claw grimes, going in an spiralling upward movement and then smash the modified juubi clones into each other and fall around Log, whose body becomes paler and on his eyelids appear markings similar to Orochimaru's who is in constant state of sage mode like Hagoromo and Hamura Otsutsuki. Log's chakra pool and physical prowess increases by sixty times as he taps into snake sage mode state, retaining his human traits unlike the ancient practitioners, for he is genetically perfect and his chakra control is top-notch and comparable to the very best shinobis to ever live.

A streams of purple liquid fall from the palm of Log's hand to coat the blades, then the fallen claw grimes witness vapours scatter into air, and they sense corrosion in the atmosphere.

Log pops up infront of them and chops off head of a claw grime. The next time he swings his sword, he slices through shoulder of the second claw grime, then tears the third one in half. Log continues the flurry of attacks and stops after delivering the tenth thrust into the mouth of the last claw grime.

Immobilized and decaying from within, the claw grimes are unable to feel the agony from the cruel fate inflicted upon them. The poison on Log's sword has special properties which paralyzes the victim and incinerates them from inside-out. The chemical process of snake sage mode happens faster than claw grimes could heal and regenerate from their injuries, therefore they are doomed.

"Log-kun." Seina teleports infront of her master's eldest son as the wind blows in the ashes of their enemies and passes them between Log and Seina. Seina gets distracted learning about the way claw grimes were defeated by Log and feels sorry for them.

"I pity them." Log responds; pulling Seina out of her thoughts. The mother nature turns to the snake sage, barely able to hide the trauma she has experienced during this war. "It is only admirable to see smark of conscience in your heart. There is few individualls who are able to feel for their enemies the way you do, but the fact that this creatures are merely born from mass of chaos must be more than enough for you to cope with what you have went through." Log continues, then walks past Seina but senses the inner conflict that his comrade is dealing with. He looks over his shoulder at her. "Regain your composure, Seina. The battlefield is no place for confused minds, not when the other side is deprived of what you call heart."

"I... understand..." Seina replies, the lump in her throat makes her sound like she is about to cry. She shakes her head, then slaps herself in the face multiples times to get a hold of herself and part ways with Log. "Thank you so... very much." Seina says.

"Be careful." Log replies and them senses Seina teleport away to south-west. Log himself heads to east.
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"HAHAHAHAHA!" Jugo runs through a crowd of claw grimes while laughing like a maniac in his sage mode, and at last he bends to crush a mutated claw grime's ribs with a shoulder attack, then loads massive energy in the additional organ on back of his right calf which he uses for flight, the sudden burst of energy allows Jugo to smash the beast's head effortlessly.

The claw grimes behind him try to sneak up on him but he charges tremendous nature energy in jet-booster like appendages on his back and releases a powerful attack that covers a wide range and devours all the enemies. The chakra blast slows down the ordinary claw grimes' healing factor by thirty times and gives him the opportunity to savor his relentless attack on the stronger enemy before him.

Jugo rips that mutated claw grime piece by piece with his fingers, then transforms his right arm to an axe to continue in the same manner, even goes as far as to dig his teeth into the claw grime's skull so he could bite off a chunk of that mutated claw grime's face along with half of his skull. Jugo shoves his arms into that beast's chest and flies into outer space at blinding speed, redirects his path to slam his victim into bottom part of the universe's bubble barrier, creating a shockwave that can be felt across the infinitely vast multiverse.

"YOU FUCKING WEAKLING!" Jugo shouts and then loads a massive chunk of energy in the appendages around his foream, unleashing a deadly chakra blast. An extraordinarily powerful technique that burns a hole through the barrier, erases the mutated claw grime from existence along with trillions of galaxies in a single attack.

'Jugo, listen.' Jugo hears Log's voice in his mind, who uses his cosmic awareness and yin energy to create telepathic links between himself and another person on other side of the universe or even another universe. 'Close that hole in the bubble barrier and return back to the planet. Assist minor hidden village. Their shinobis won't make it out alive without your help.'

"We can ask someone else to get the job done. Why does it have to be Jugo?" Orochimaru asks his eldest son, who exits his sage mode transformation as it has put a severe toll on his mind and body, so he needs time to recover the stamina that he had lost and let his mind rest for a few minutes.

"Jugo may be able to ignore the side effects of his clan's sage mode now, but that doesn't mean he isn't prone to falling to madness. Someone has to keep his sanity in check, to remind him that there are virtues in life that he greatly admires." Log answers his parent's question, as sweats fall from his temples and he is panting. Orochimaru holds his son's arm to stop him from falling, stares at the prodigal shinobi with a worried look on his face. "We have to show Jugo that he is still one of us. Even when he goes berserk and turns into a bloodlusted predator. That is part of his identity... the darkness that must be subdued."

Orochimaru smiles at his eldest son, but that expression disappears when he thinks of Mitsuki. 'He is doing well.' Orochimaru could sense his second child is safe for the moment and that relieves him. "You must regain your strength. Leave this battle to me..."

"I may be a bit dramatic but that doesn't make me an unreliable asset, you know?" Seina yells, appraching her master as a wooden golem has grabbed a mutated claw grime in it's hand and shoves it inside the chest to seal it away. Seina then pulls out a scroll from the ninja tool pouch equipped on her belt, transports her wooden golem into another dimension and then places back the scroll inside of the pouch. "See?" Seina then extends her right arm and releses a mass of wood and turns it into her clone. That wooden clone goes to stand behind Log and places it's palms on the boy's back, channeling energy from planet to heal the younger snake sage.

"To us." Orochimaru asserts and then points Kusanagi at a mutated claw grime and charged towards it, Seina follows her lord's lead.

Wood Style: Sea of Trees Erosion!

Seina brings out tens of tree roots from underground that wrap around the mutated claw grime and throw it towards the sky. Seina uses them to create stairway to the mutated claw grime for Orochimaru and herself, and they scale the narrow wooden mountain to reach their enemy.

The mutated claw grime focus on the asteroids floating in the solar system and pulls them to earth in a quintillionth of a second.

"Time to get serious." Kakashi says as he sees billions of asteriods casting a shadow that devours the entire world. "Sakura." Kakashi turns to his pupil who nods her head.

"I know." Sakura replies.

Kakashi and Sakura weave the serpent hand sign and emit massive amount of chakra from themselves that covers the entire land of fire. They solidify that mass of energy and create a glass wall to protect their comrades from the rain.

"Denki." Sarada summons Denki to her side, who opens a portal infront of Sarada and stands before her. "Let's save the solar system."

"You can count on me." Denki replies and disappears from the sight.
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"Stand firm, my son!" Gaara shouts as he raises his hands and sends a desert of gold dust mixed with sand into sky.

"Yes, father!" Shinki also flies towards his sky and shields half of the village with his iron sand.
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"We've got it, kiddo!" Kurotsuchi pats Sekki on his back, who yawns and shrugs off his shoulder.

"Thanks but it doesn't scare me one bit, Miss Tsuchikage!" Sekki replies and does a high-five with the leader of hidden stone village, and together they build a rock wall in the sky with help of Akatsuchi.

"It's nice to see you confident like this." Akatsuchi says to Sekki, who grins knowing how far he has come since three years ago.
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"This has to be the dullest experience in my life. You two better not be messing around." Darui states as he rubs back of his neck with palm of his hand.

"Darui is pissed off, let's just finish this off!" Killer Bee shouts and transforms into Gyuki, he pours an ocean of ink from his mouth and with support of Darui, Yoroi and Omoi, they add to the defense against asteroid attack.

"You want lollipop?" Yoroi asks Omoi who glares at him, sarcastically as he can see his senior is anxious and fresh out of lollipop which he uses to calm himself down.

"I will show you lollipop once our job is done here." Omoi responds.
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"Okay..." Chojuro says as he creates an ocean of water with help of Kagura and holds it in the sky.

"Hmph..." Kagura solidifies the ocean and turns it into stone.
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Now the shinobis from five great hidden villages complete the defensie system against rain of massive asteroids which can lay waste to the universe.

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"Yooo!" Denki shouts and waves at Orochimaru and Seina. "You can leave now. I can handle this by myself."

"Your generation is so very cocky." Seina utters.

"That is not cockiness, Shakudo-san. I am not the one to overestimate my capacity." Denki responds.

"I wish you luck, little one." Orochimaru says; then teleports away with Seina.

"Thanks..." Denki mutters. 'Even though i hate being treated like a child after doing so much...' Denki thinks and turns to the mutated claw grime that flies toward him.

'I almost forgot about you.' Denki kicks the beast on side of it's head and wraps an arm around it's neck to choke it. He weaves tiger seal with his right hand to create a barrier around the planet earth and the moon, while shoving a triangular-shaped device with a circular hole in it's middle inside of the mutated claw grime's chest and hits it on top of it's head with elbow to send it outside of the barrier.

Particle Style: Atomic Disssociation!

The device emits an square-shaped that imprisons the mutated claw grime after only a centillionth of a second passed since the monster was thrown outside of the barrier. A technique that is imitation of a kekkei touta that is extremely rare even in the hidden stone village which is thought to be where it originates from. The attack tears apart the atomic bonds of claw grime's body to incapacitate it permanently.

'Try getting in my hair now, you devolutionary varmint.' Denki mocks the monster that he destroyed an instant earlier and now focuses on his crucial task. 'It's about time to use my mind palace once again...'

Denki visualizes a perfectly balanced, infinitely vast dimension with his eyes closed. The mutated claw grime had even affected the planets and stars inside of the universe before it meet it's demise. The deafening sound of the impact caused by the physical objects crashing onto earth's defense can't harm Denki as he exists in his own personal space-time that makes him unreachable.

The shinobis of earth succeed at protecting themselves from a catastrophic event that could've severely injured them. The barrier that Denki created around Earth and Moon absorbs the energy of impact which the young scientist channels into the ninja tools that he had installed on his armor to draw in chakra or any form of cosmic energy. Denki's mind envisions design of an ideal universe and uses the infinite source of energy to give birth to a new space-time dimension.

Denki also reshapes the shattered surface of the moon that is protected by a seal that Hamura Otsutsuki casted on it which will be the reason it barely be harmed. Even if The Moon is caught in an apocalyptic event on a far greater scale, it shall still be reformed with Earth. Once six days has passed, the destruction of realities shall be undone.

"Got enough energy to continue fighting, and of course, not die in this vacuum of space. Talking about good news..." Denki says, then absorbs the barrier around earth and moon, then flies towards his planet and phases through it's elemental shield.

"Bet that means everything is okay out there, huh?" Iwabe shouts and swings his staff to land it's steel black hammer head into back of a claw grime's skull.

Earth Style: Unholy Graveyward!

Iwabe jumps into sky and shoots his staff at the ground, beheading the claw grime whose head was still attached to tip of his staff as Iwabe's dark weapon hits the surface of earth. Tens of black skeletal hands grab five of the surrounding claw grimes and pull them in to imprison them under the ground after Iwabe lands in middle of cemetry to throw three sealing tags inside of this metal swamp that hardens it's core. The claw grimes's flesh transmute into bodies of quicksilver to grant them a barbarous demise.

"Your rampage ends here." Hako mutters as she is holding out her rather creepy looking doll. The mutated claw grime; whose frame towers the elfin kunoichi, leaps towards it's ninja enemy. Hako jumps into air to deliver a knee-kick to the monster's chin and flipes above it's head as she draws out a garrote wire and chops off the beast's head straight away. She places her left hand on her headless adversary's neck to transfers her chakra into that claw grime's body and retreats.

Curse Art: Puppet Style: Hellish Grudge!

Hako looks at the doll in her hand and transforms her chakra into fire to burn down her handcraft. "You are MY soldier now." The wind blows ashes of that cursed tool away, the mutated claw grime has already regrown it's head and turns back to Hako.

'Your resistance is pointless.' Hako channels her will into her new puppet that tries to defy her control with it's immense life force, shaking as it battles the caster of curse art inflicted upon it in a desperate attempt to not give in to the kunoichi. It only lasts brief moments before it stops striving so hard and spots it's peer; another mutated claw grime that is approaching Sai Yamanaka. Hako's puppet beast runs towards Sai's enemy and bites off a chunk of mutated claw grime's skull. Code's monster uses it's elbow to hit Hako's puppet in midsection and sends it flying.

Sealing Art: Tiger Vision Starting Bullet!

Whilst his enemy is distracted, Sai draws a ginormous tiger on his scroll and animates that animal which jumps and digs it's teeth into the ten tails' clone's neck and drags that emotionless monster into the scroll. The mutated claw grime prods it's claws in the ground in pushes himself up to avoid getting sealed.

Hako throws her garrote wire to wrap it around and cut off that mutated claw grime's hands in a successful attempt, allowing Sai to defeat his persistent opponent.

Another evolved titan coils for Hako and moves at blinding speed to catch her. Hako senses that mutated claw grime's presence and makes distance.

Barrier Ninja Art: Quarantine Wall!

A wall made of pure chakra gets in that mutated claw grime's way and it fails at decelerating it's movement which causes it to crash into obstacle to have the front side of it's upper half get wrecked.

Hako tilts her head to right side and stares at the caster of barrier technique with an annoyed expression.

"Teamwork, you know?" Renga responds to Hako, then approaches the injured beast that is pushing against the wall and starts regenerating the lost organs.

"That was unnecessary." Hako says and bends over to wipe the dust off of her clothes. "Nevertheless, thank you."

The mutated claw grime grunts and releases enormous amount of nature energy in form of repulsive gravitational force which pushes Hako in first moments, but she fails at resisting the attack and gets thrown away. Renga merely stands still, unfazed and waits for his enemy's next move.

The mutated claw grime turns it's left hand into a cannon, then Renga sees a hole opens from side of that monster's belly and a metal sash with a sharp end grows and aims for him.

"Not so fast." Renga says, then he catches that metal sash with his right hand and bends it. He concentrates chakra in his fist and in a roughly pulls that metal sash to rip it from the mutated claw grime's spine. Renga drops the metal sash and closes the distance between him and the beast who points it's canon forearm at his head and fires an energy blast.

Renga raises his hand and the energy blast starts swirling around a singular in palm of the glove he is wearing and gets sucked into it. Renga absorbs the entirety of cannon blast and clenches his fist repeatedly, then grins while looking at his enemy.

"You are a goner." Renga murmurs and claps his hands.

Sealing Art: Dungeon of Shadow Gods!

A black cloud forms behind Renga and flows to the emotionless beast's side to gird it. The mutated claw grime finds itself in an absolute dark realm where it has not lost it's sight for being blessed with visual prowess of rinnegan. It tries punching it's way through the walls that it witness just to have equal amount of force redirected at it. It delivers a flurry of kicks and punches, but each time he lands a blow, an unknown phenemon shots it back.

In an instinctual attempt, the mutated claw grime uses preta path of rinnegan to absorb the shadow with all it's might.

"Sorry, i'm not gonna play this game fairly." Renga says and presses it's palm on the black prison before him.

The dungeon can normally, only reflect or redirect the same amount of force that the trapped enemy releases. Renga still can apply his own chakra and alter the laws of dungeon to his will, in order to increase or even multiply the counterattack's energy output.

Renga senses how the mutated claw grime's existence shatters beyond repair, and he absorbs the dungeon into the shinobi gauntlet.

"And you call me a showoff." Houki says as he is lying on right side, propped up on his elbow with his hand supporting his head. He stares at Hako's face who looks at him, visibly amazed at the performance of her team's 'muscle'.

"You really like hearing your voice." Hako responds. She puts her hands on hips and cracks her back. "It's strange when i see you flat on your back, relax like that. Is this the part where you give us a long speech and conclude it by announcing your retirement?"

"To be frank? I don't really mind it if my story ends here and now." Houki answers Hako. "Delta?"

"Konohamaru isn't going to let you run away so easily like that." Delta replies.

"I forgot that there are people who'd miss seeing me in action. Man, being a shinobi is such a bizzare business." Houki groans, then drags his body to lay his head on Delta's lap. "Go away now, Hako. You must have dozens of cards under your sleeve."

"Uh-oh?" Hako frowns at Houki only to figure out that Delta is glowering at her.

"Let this boy breathe, goth girl." Delta asserts with her glowing purple eyes sparkling with tittles of storm.

Hako remembers that in spite of his rational demeanour, Houki is one who constantly pushes himself to absolute limits and beyond. It's not for the sake of becoming the best at what he does, but to carry the burden which so many people can't bring themselves to shoulder for being so busy convincing themselves that they are not good enough.

Hako finds another meaning in Houki's words now. She knows that Houki wants to bring the best out of those that surround him, those that he deeply cherishes. Hako takes a glimpse at Delta; A she-cyborg that used to be a broody woman who couldn't get along with anyone in the past without nagging at them. Even so, she's obviously softened and cares about Houki's well-being, and will stand up for him because he is too altruistic to say 'No'.

Hako smiles at Houki and turns around, fades away in a flickering dust.
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"WHAAAA!" Metal Lee taps into the fifth gate and hits a mutated claw grime on knee with back of his forearm, lands a powerful backfist to it's face and starts kicking it in stomach to send it flying to sky.

Sixth Gate: Morning Peacock!

Metal Lee opens the sixth gate and starts punching air with supernatural speed, his movement of can't be tracked by his enemy's rinnegan. Metal keeps punching the air in an distinctive stance so fast that his hand are set ablaze, which in turn creates a fan of peacock flames that hit his enemy from all directions to disintegrate the beast.

'Gotta preserve my stamina...' Metal thinks and goes back to the third gate. He spots a claw grime beneath him. 'Or what is going to remain from it...' The claw grimes jumps to air to catch it's enemy. It oustreches hands to grab the human enemy, only to find him not infront of it but behind it's back.

Third Gate: Reverse Lotus!

Metal Lee begins a series of omnidirectional attacks, crushing his adversary in middle of air with his ferocious hits. Metal wraps his arms around the claw grime's waist behind it's back and pummeld it into the ground. Metal pushes himself explosively from the ground to kip up and looks over his shoulder at his fallen enemy.

"Denki-kun." Metal whispers his former team member, for he needs backup at this very moment.

"Here i am." Denki responds. Metal scoffs as if his prayers have been prayers and a miracle had occured.

"Give me a hand?" Metal asks Denki who flies to where the claw grime is healing itself.

"I'll get rid of him before you can say..." Denki glares at the monster and all Metal sees is the blurry motion of sharp, infinitesimal objects. The claw grime disappears, yet perfectly shaped semispherical crater marks the ground before Metal. "...Knive."

"What was that?" Metal asks Denki as he reverts back to the healing gate.

"The Final Deadlock." Denki responds and lands next to Metal's side to heal his injuries. "Look." Metal's eyes catch a small-scale metallic object infront of his face which divides into smaller objects by power of two each time. "sixty eight billion, seven hundred and nineteen million, four hundred and seventy six thousand, seven hundred and thirty six blades."

"What was the phrase you gamers use in this kinda situations?" Metal asks Denki, dumbfounded and flabbergasted listening to Denki.

"Overkill." Denki answers Metal in a deep and raspy tone to sound badass like the final bosses of video games.

"Ah, right." Metal says.
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Konohamaru slides on one knee and swings his forearms to hit a claw grime in back of it's calf so hard that it flips a bunch of times, Konohamaru jumps up and spins to kick that claw grime on the ribs to send it flying across hidden leaf village.

Wind Style: Repeated Rasenshuriken!

Konohamaru forms two rasenshuriken and wileds both simultaneously, he shoots one at the claw grime that he'd just kicked away. That rasenshuriken drags the claw grime along with two more claw grimes into ocean, the sphere of microscopic blades expands to annihilate the three trapped monsters.

Konohamaru spins around shoots the other rasenshuriken at a mutated claw grime behind. That beast begins to absorb the eigth hokage's ninjutsu, but many blades of rasenshuriken penetrate that monster's flesh.

But when the evolved titan decides to approach Konohamaru, it's neck is grabbed by a tenacious hand. That monster gets pummeled to the ground and sends shockwaves across the land of fire after creating a deep crater on earth.

"You may be stronger than majority of shinobis..." The man in dark trenchcoat states as he stands on top of the fallen monster, looking down at the juubi clone. "But you are not so different from us." The skin of that mutated claw grime's neck turns red as it goes through necrosis process, and it spreads over the body in an instant at the will of the wielder. The creature's physical form falls apart and the man turns to the eitgth hokage.

"Torune-san, i sincerely appreciate your assistance." Konohamaru states.

"Humble and courageous... no wonder everyone admires you, Lord Eighth." Torune compliments.

Torune Aburame, thirty nine years old, standing at one hundred and eighty one centimeters tall, and weighs eighty kilograms. He escaped from Obito Uchiha along with Fu Yamanaka and later took part in fourth shinobi world war. Due to his outstanding skills and experience, Tsunade advised Kakashi to promote Torune and make him leader of Anbu Black Ops foundation. The anbu are as competent as ever but are allowed to bond with their family or strangers and continue a normal life in time of peace thanks to this man that never lost his golden heart.

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In this endless abyss exist three deities who appear to be totally unstoppable.

Three boys who bear power of gods.

Two of them have already transcended humanity.

The oldest one... he is indeed man.

That is the terrifying truth about him.

'Boruto hits more often, but Kawaki harder.' Code thinks and raises his left punch to slam it in back of Boruto's head and kicks Kawaki in chin simultaneously, then He flips over Boruto's head and shoves his right claw through the godslayer back and the cursed vessel' chest, they crash onto and spit blood on each other's bodies. Code pulls his arm out and sends Otsutsuki Brothers flying with a kick.

'How irritating... neither of them is a suitable sacrifice for the juubi. They anticipated my grand scheme only to waste their time through inadequate training.' Code is starting to lose his patience and feels the toll on his body. 'However, they are adapting in this battle just as i expected. That is one of many gifts of Otsutsukis. They shall not stop evolving as long as they continue the path of warriors.'

'Be quick, you bastard!' Boruto hears Kawaki's voice in his head.

'How you...' Boruto remembers that Otsutsuki are not to be affected by mental attacks nor can anyone possibly force telepathic communication on them. 'Karma...'

'Why give a fuck about that now? You gotta shit on that son of a bitch! What did that old man teach you? Been busy sucking his dick?' Kawaki nags at Boruto.

'Fuck off, Kawaki. I need more time to gather a shit ton of energy in order to use my trump card.' Boruto responds to Kawaki.

'The kind that fucks people up?' Kawaki asks Boruto sarcastically while keeping a straight face to not expose their plot.

'Worse.' Boruto answers.

'We'll see.' Kawaki says.

'Why does Code not make quick work of us?' Boruto questions Kawaki while he coats his right hand with lightning chakra and creates a sword derived from Chidori technique.

'Frankly, I don't give a damn. Be grateful that he believes in this war ethics bullshit. As you can see, we evolve as the time passes. All i can say is that he wants Juubi to have the tastiest meal of it's life. He loves torturing us and after that, he'll eat the juiciest chakra fruit in existence to play god and do whatever the fuck he wants.' Kawaki hypothetizes as he forms a warhammer from immensely dense air in his left hand.

"Incompetent juveniles..." Code whispers and swings his right hand in air to create twelve flame balls that spin in imaginaty circle infront of him. Code loads flame balls with additional lump of chakra in order to turn them into highly compressed projectiles, and points his left hand's index finger at his enemies, shoots those scorching mass of energy at Boruto and Kawaki.

'No hand signs!' Boruto swings his lightning sword to deflect the coming attacks. He deals with the first flame ball but the second one breaks his blade and pierces his shoulder.

Kawaki smashes three of the flame balls only to have the remaining projectiles leaving holes on his torso. He activates karmic absorption to suck the flame balls into his karma mark.

Code substitutes himself with one of the flame balls to unleash a surprise attack on Kawaki who has seen through Code's strategy and wraps arms around Code's shoulders to avoid critical injury thanks to his precise timing.

'This might sting a bit.' Kawaki transports a massive wave of shrunken, sharp-pointed black rods and pulls them towards both Code and himself. 'Let me see what you are made of!' Kawaki is usually pessimistic, but not the one to underestimate Code. That plants the seed of doubt in his mind, and has made him reckless against his 'arch-nemesis'; a boy who hated Kawaki for what the later believes to have always been envy and obsession with the curse that the first deemed holy power of gods themselves.

Sukunahikona: Ominous Demise of Evil Star!

The dark sea of death rains upon Code in an apparent suicidal technique casted by Kawaki who has immobilized him. Billions of black rods are shot in a spiralling pattern to drill their way through Code's back and smash his heart. In takes over twenty seconds for them to penetrate Code's skin that appeared to be totally invulnerable. Boruto uses his byakugan and sees that the chakra pathways in Code's body has been disrupted, nods his head for Kawaki to let go of Code, shrink his body and enter Isshiki's timeless dimension in order to retreat for brief moments.

Code hits the barrier of universe, still helpless and under the rapid attack of Kawaki's black rods. Kawaki has finally reached a point where he can control the stored objects in timeless dimension that are in another world. Normally, that is not possible unless the objects have been created in Dharmagan's realm and the bearer of this dojutsu must have an extremely resilient mind and durable body to perform a technique of this level.

"Bastard..." Boruto mutters after he sees that Code is still breathing.

Sewn into the barrier of Isshiki's vast dimension, Code has not lost his consciousness. Feeling dizzy and with a lowered head, Code tries raising his left arm so maybe he could set himself free. Boruto unsheathes Kusanagi and coats his entire body along with the katana in purple lightning chakra and flies towards Code and releases a slash of energy to behead the immobilized adversary. Code looks over his shoulder and before Boruto can hurt him, he creates an iron claw mark to save himself from Boruto's purple lightning. Boruto swings Kusanagi to decapitate Code again but Code lifts his left arm to buy enough time for himself to shatter the mountain of black rods with sheer strength of his right fist with a sliver of his chakra pool. Boruto manages to cut off Code's arm but Code movies his head back out of Kusanagi's reach and punches the black rods out of his torso, then falls into another iron claw mark which he creates.

"I held him down for you and you still couldn't finish him off?" Kawaki says after appearing by Boruto's side.

"There he is." Boruto points at the north side of the universe.

"Advanced regeneration. What of it?" Kawaki questions Boruto to show that he's no longer surpised witnessing Code's newfound abilities.

"You can't simply do that relying on just White Karma. It takes a relatively long time for someone to regain their strength." Boruto replies. He is annoyed for he thinks that Code is playing with them and hides so many more tricks up his sleeves.

"Try asking him." Kawaki shouts at Boruto and forms the telepathic link between their karma marks again in order to protect his identity as Isshiki's vessel. 'It's absurd when you think about it but Code is not the type to give in. He hates it when he is in a powerless state.'

'Everyone is like that.' Boruto responds to Kawaki's statement which is stupid to him.

'Everyone only knows to bitch and cry. But that abomination right there would ensure that he'd see himself in such hopeless disposition. You might be able to break the body, but the mind? You can't do a damn thing about that. I was trained to conquer heavens and Code was shaped to abide in hell.' Kawaki tells Boruto.

'Spectacle of the indomitable willpower...' Boruto responds to Kawaki.

'Ready yourself. This asshole is not going down anytime soon.' Kawaki warns Boruto and tilts his neck to crack it.

Code takes a deep breath and finishes regrowing the internal oragans which were destroyed. He shuts his eyes and enters meditation state to reclaim his authority over body and energy pool.
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Date: Aug.9th 2029
Location: Hidden Snow Village

About six years has passed since the conclusion of fourth ninja world war.

Naruto put it upon himself to travel to other nations in order to spread the sage of six paths' ninshu. He has been highly successful at achieving his goal. In spite of that, the child of prophecy soon understood that the shinobi system is far too corrupted and that made it extremely difficult for him to bring peace to certain regions in the shinobi world.

Naruto could very well take on almost all shinobis on the planet, and he would not be shy to ask for Sasuke's assistance if it was required. However, few of the feudal lords don't see a point in idea of salvation for the entire population of earth. If one decides to retaliate against their crimes in the name of justice, that is all that it takes to trigger the manifestation of another hell...

A new world war.

It has to be noted that Sasuke could cast a global illusion upon the entirety of shinobi world, but the divine lords of fates had forbidden the champions of light from interfering in the natural course of the history of mortals' realm unless it is deemed absolutely necessary, and that often occurs when transcendent deities threatens the creation.

A red-haired boy, barely six years old, is forced on his bruised knees before his landlord of an underground facility in the land of snow.

A bewitching, amorous royalty named Kitsumi. She is twenty eight years old, has fair skin that has a shade of crimson on her cleavages, stands at one hundred seventy one centimeters tall, has wavy red hair and a tatoo of strange creature akin on her back, an animal that has has form of snakes but claws and head of a fox. A woman of lean frame and curvaceous body wearing a long black slit dress that exposes the space between her voluptuous breasts, leaves her back bare and reaches lower midriff. Kitsumi wears red sandals and red nail polishes as well.

"Little piece of crap... when will you ever learn manners?!" Kitsumi yells at the toddler while she intends to slam the boy's to the ground her sandals on back of his head.

"Hngh..." The boy resists in this uncomfortable, humiliating position with his arms shaking.

"Brat!" Kitsumi holds the whip in her hand tightly and starts punishing this young slave of her's.

To her dismay, the boy has stopped making noise a few months earlier. He doesn't seem like the rest of children in her basement. Those feeble dwarfs that are brought to tears just when she raises her voice. But this boy no longer acts like a kid.

The redheaded boy takes this punishment. The traces of whip marking back of his white shirt. The child's clothes tainted in his damned ichor and torned to piece after being tormented for thirty minutes.

No begging.

No crying.

He refuses to show weakness.

'This little freak... i want to kill him in such a horrendous manner that makes even the so called cold-blooded veteran shinobis crawl in their skin. But there is nothing to gain from that. I can't break him. I can't crush his spirit. He makes me sick.' Kitsumi thinks as she looks down at her subordinate, disgusted and exhausted. She adds more pressure and has the tip of her sandal's heel pierce the male toddler's head. Blood pours from the new scar and flows to wet his sweaty forehead and drops on the ground.

No reaction.

Kitsumi raises her foot and slowly kneels infront of her subordinate. She grabs his chin to lift his head. The boy stares directly into her eyes, fearlessly. Kitsumi has still failed to intimidate this kid. She finds no sense of domination and superiority over a poor nobody like this insignificant creature, and all that she wants is to enjoy seeing this boy scream in pain once again.

Is it because she can't handle having someone that reminds her of herself? Does she feel offended that there is someone like her that has nothing and no one in his life but clings to self-esteem and pride to tarnish her reputation as a menacing figure in hidden snow village? She has not find the answer to those questions no matter how hard she has pondered.

"Aren't you tired of playing tough?" Kitsumi questions her subordinate.

"No. But you are tired of this game." The redheaded boy responds.

"Oh..." Kitsumi mutters and realizes that she is panting and visibly frustrated. A glance at her property that didn't hesitate to tell her the way she appears for he is not scared of what she is capable of. Floating in this sea of desperation and disappointment, Kitsumi bursts into laughter.

Kitsumi's screeching voice has everyone trembling. The person that never guffawed around 'peasants' and has forbidden the same peasants from giggling. The way she cackles sends shivers down the spines of her henchmen. It is not of joy but perplexity and astonishment. She is aware that people know what cruel fate awaits them if they retaliate or reject her offers, but to see that a broken child has the guts to smirk in her face...

That drove her to edge of insanity.

"I must admit that i found your courage to be adorable." Kitsumi confesses while she moves her right hand down to reach Code's neck. She begins rubbing her fingernails against the soft skin of the toddler and chokes him with light pressure on throat. "What gives you hope, pariah?"

Pariah is not exactly a name that was given to this redheaded boy. Everyone in this underground facility either has a name or was given one by Kitsumi herself. Except for this child that awakens the wrath of the landlord. It is to further belittle him and discard him of the sense of identity.

"You may have my fate in the palm of your hands for now. But one day, i will take back what is rightfully mine." The ginger responds to Kitsumi.

"Delusional buffoon... What can possibly save you from me? The family that sold you for meager amount of money that couldn't even afford them a month's food? Or these kids who are too busy licking the dirt under my sandals instead of paying you an attention? Or do you seriously think that one of these butlers or nurses would have a change of heart?" Kitsumi points at everyone that is surrounding her. They look at the ground and the redhaired shuts his exhausted eyes.

"You will see, ma'am." The boy asserts.

The confidence of this child stomps on Kitsumi's nerves. The wealthy woman grabs the shirt of her subordinate and rips it off. The tiny, scarred and bruised frame which tells story of many lonely nights of suffering. Kitsumi scratches the youngling's collarbone with her left hand's index and middle fingers, gradually runs those fingers down his torson until she reaches left side of his abdomen.

"The scientists and physicians have answered many questions over the course of time. Many diseases have been cured and they have figured the mechanism of almost all our internal organs. But there is one mysterious piece of meat that is the size of a finger. It helps fighting off pathogens and also repopulate beneficial bacteria in gastrointestinal tract. But that is all it can do. You will be able to live a healthy life without it. Or so the experts say." Kitsumi says, grinning.

Kitsumi shoves her index and middle fingers inside of the redheaded boy's belly. She moves those fingers to make this a more painful memory. Kitsumi scans the face of her subordinate whose face is covered in sweats and blood. He bites his lower lip, unwilling to express weakness against her.

Kitsumi sees no point in contuing this torture so she pulls her fingers out of his abdomen with a tissue that she holds between index and middle fingers. "This is it. They call it appendix. It has it's uses but will be replaced and it's absence won't kill or hurt you." Kitsumi drops the tissue and licks the blood on her fingers. "You are insignificant. It is only a matter of time before i grow tired of playing with you. Don't waste your time clinging to this foolish hope."

The boy falls on his back and holds the wound in right side of his abdomen. He doesn't expect treatment from nurses anytime soon, as he knows that Kitsumi wants to teach him a lesson.

Kitsumi watches the boy that is lying in blood and embarassed of herself for her inability at breaking his spirit.

Chapter Text

Date: Aug.14th 2026
Location: Hidden Snow Village

"Goddammit, He's still alive."

"When will this poor thing perish?"

"I have no idea why our lady keeps him around when she hates this bastard so badly."

"Not so lucky, i guess?"

People lie. People swear. People run their mouths all the time. But when one is at his most miserable state, their words sting.

The wound on redhaired boy's belly was treated four days ago only to continue his suffering at hands of the royal lady.

'Sometimes... i wonder if Kitsumi-san is deceiving everyone. I start thinking what if She is in fact my mother. I have seen my face in reflection of those emerald green orbs that shine with the all-eating flame of hatred. It seems that i have her eyes. And her nose. And her ears. Even her lips. Not that i know what a mother would do for her child. What have i done to deserve this punishment?' The boy thinks with his back against a wall with a hand rubbing his right shoulder that has been dislocated numerous times. 'Envy... sadism... twisted sense of love... what pushes her to the verge of madness? What are her motives? Is there even a reason behind her vile acts?' The nameless slave considers different possiblities in order to understand his master while he is barely able to stand on his feets due to severe exhaustion and injuries inflicted upon him.

It is true that he wants justice for himself but he also wants to see the reality of this circumstance from Kitsumi's perspective. Perhaps if it was only the constant physical abuse that his master forced onto him, He would've forgiven her. However, he couldn't bring himself to condone the scars that she has left on his soul. So many times that he's been belittled, verbally humiliated and insulted for reasons unbeknownst to him.

'Huh?' The youngling senses a presence so powerful that forces everyone around onto their knees. The pressure that aura puts on the redheaded toddler is terrifying, yet not overwhelming. He looks at the figure standing before him with half-closed dry eyes, and sees a tall person in white clothes that is covered with eight tomoe marks on sleeves before him. A man that stands at one hundred eighty eight centimeters tall and has a lean body. That person walks towards the ginger boy who watches as a breeze blows into the mysterious individual's long hair before he kneels infront of the curious, broken child.

"Hello." Says the man. He stares into the boys's eyes with his black orbs that carry a strange force within. The redheaded child finds a ray of smothered compassion in those onyx pearls that hold a power that doesn't appear to be human.

"You are no client." The boy responds.

"That's right." The long-haired man admits.

"What has led you here, sir?" The boy asks.

"Destiny." The man replies.

"No, no, no, no, no." A mocking voice comes from the right side of the child, and everyone except the redhaired boy bows to the person that uttered those words. "Do not label your audacity as destiny, intruder."

"You must be Kitsumi-san. You're even more beautiful than what i've heard, but not amiable and hospitable as i imagined you to be." The man states in a sarcastic manner.

"I don't recall inviting you. A trespasser isn't one to seek respect." Kitsumi responds.

"I apologize for this inconvenience, lady. My name...is Jigen." The man introduces himself.

"That didn't really sound convincing, you freak. Get the hell out of my property. Now." Kitsumi warns Jigen.

"I would've loved to leave but i can't do that. I have came to take with me that which you see no value in." Jigen states.

"What..." Kitsumi mutters and turns to the tiny figure that is leaning against the golden wall of her underground facility. She figures what Jigen is speaking of, and that does irritate her. She holds her temples, covering her face with her left hand and bursts into laughter that reveals the true nature of her. A deranged person in eyes of the intruder who begins to frown at her.

"You know what i want. What do you want in exchange for that?" Jigen asks Kitsumi.

"You are a fool, aren't you?" Kitsumi says, then moves towards Jigen to circle around him. She let's her fingers rub the cold flesh of this man, that makes her think he is a living corpse. Jigen brushes off Kitsumi's hand away that traces the constellation of his skin with her obscene touch. "How could you possibly tempt me? Would you offer billions of ryos to the royal woman whose wealth that knows no bounds? I can have anything and everything i dream of, if there is a dream that hasn't been turned to reality!" Kitsumi outstretches her arms and spins around herself in an elegant manner. "Do you have the most stunning sex slaves to offer me? As you see, i am the very incarnation of beauty itself. Ideal, perfected form of divine femininity. There is no one who can please me the way i do and even if i come to strive for joy, there is thousands of tools of entertainment that have waited so long to arouse their majesty." Kitsumi continues her speech and stops her movement to look at Jigen, smirk at him. "You cannot persuade me."

"What if i told you that... your wish can be granted?" Jigen speaks.

"Don't babble nonsense." Kitsumi says.

"Clueless woman..." Jigen mutters and shuts his eyes, the people in underground facility watch him in horror as a horn grows on the left side of his forehead and spins around his head, then ends after reaching behind of his right ear. "Have you heard of Otsutsuki?"

'Is that...' Kitsumi considers the possiblity of Jigen casting an illusion thus she quickly tries to disrupt the chakra flow in her body and see whether her mind is being deceived or not. She finds no signs of being affected by a genjutsu, thus she begins to check if she knows anything about the name that Jigen spat. She remembers that a defining trait of Otsutsuki is their horns, and she hasn't seen nor heard of any bloodline on the planet who have the transformation that this terrible being before her revealed.

"Resistance is pointless, Kitsumi. The boy is coming with me. Tell me what is it that you desire more than anything from this life and i shall manifest that wish. That is a vow of a god." Jigen asserts.

'This abomination... is more than capable of annihilating everything that exists in this village. Is it possible to get rid of him? Are the otsutsuki some exaggerated deities that can be destroyed by humans? I have heard of the legend of Kenshin Mikami; the third mizukage, who had fought and sealed away these anomalies. But i am not on par with the pinnacle of evolution of mankind. Should i just give... no... that can't be. I must not tarnish my reputation. I won't let these peasants to ridicule me. Never...' Kitsumi speaks in her mind while sweating. The royal lady's throat dry and her heart beating so hard and fast she feels like it is in her mouth. Breathing has become difficult for her so far that she grabs a chunk of her dress in her fists.

Kitsumi is petrified. But no less prideful than she feels this irrefutable fear of losing her life.

"So... what is your decision?" Jigen's voice pulls Kitsumi out of her thoughts. She rubs the back of her neck with shaking hands after glancing at the redheaded boy with her greedy eyes. She gulps the poor amount of spittle that has remained in her dried mouth before taking a deep breath to relax.

"My deepest desire..." Kitsumi says and hesitates. She shuts her eyelids and overcomes the pressure Jigen's presence has on her mind, soul and body. The tattoo of serpent creature with the head of fox on her back crawls takes a tremendous portion of Kitsumi's chakra and attains a life of it's own, it crawls it's way out of Kitsumi's body and begins to feed on the royal lady's subordinates. That bizzare creature tears through the helpless bodyguards that were unable to meet their master's expectations, and drinks their very essence to gain a larger form and leaps towards Jigen. "IS TO NOT YIELD TO ARROGANT SCUMS LIKE YOU! TEAR HIM TO SHREDS, NIVIVIRU!" Kitsuki screams to command her summon that holds a power that rivals Kurama's own.

"Crafty humans..." Jigen mutters before he transports a titanic black rod that falls on back of Niviviru, pierces the enormous creature as a result. The serpent fox splits itself in two to surprise Jigen, and they become separate individuals. The two frightening summons shoot a couple of huge fireballs from their mouths. 'Poisonous flames?' Jigen observes Niviviru's technique with the byakugan in his left eye to figures those fireballs have a unique property that makes them highly effective against not only humans but also otsutsuki themselves, for they absorb ninjutsu and that way the poison may burn their bodies from inside out.

The flame balls disappear from Kitsumi's sight in an instant and The split forms if Niviviru get sent flying to the sky to scare the royal lady. She spots Jigen in the sky who raises his arm and a marking appears on it and glows in red.

"Begone!" Jigen utters and unleashes a powerful energy blast akin to a bijuu bomb at Niviviru Paur, it vaporizes the summon creature in a flash. Jigen looks down at Kitsumi, glaring at the woman who attacked him.

"This can't be..." Kitsumi murmurs and falls on the ground after losing much of her strength to cast the most formiddable technique, a forbidden technique that risks the life of the bearer. However, she has not spent an extreme amount of her vital essence which gives her time to restore her chakra. She pushes her hands against the flat earth to raise her back, and turns to the property that she couldn't afford to lose. She crawls to the redheaded boy, trevailing.

Jigen descends from the sky to block Kitsumi. "For a moment, i was intrigured. Your technique may have taken down any other foe. You just chose to unleash it in the wrong place and the wrong time, against the very adversary that could counter it effortlessly." Jigen puts a hand on the redhaired boy's shoulder.

"Is this..." The orphan stands firm on his feet as he feels a great power flowing within him.

"Do not misunderstand it. This great power that you sense within yourself comes not from me, young one. It belongs to you. This woman had sealed away your 'chakra' for she knew you'd soon be able to rise up and defend yourself." Jigen states.

The boy takes a look at his little hands and tries to understand the true capacity of his chakra pool, and to figure if he can trust the man beside him or not...

"Are you telling me that i have always had the power to save myself... and these people... from her?" The orphan asks Jigen and turns to him. Jigen nods his head.

Now, all this child wants is the truth. For to learn that he's been deceived into believing that he is unable to change his fate, and that he could've fought back or die for his integrity and honor if only he had access to this magical source of power.

"What now? You're gonna cry?" Kitsumi says in a mocking tone to rub salt on the orphan's wound.

"You...!" The boy takes hastily steps towards Kitsumi and takes her head with his hands. "WHY DO YOU ENJOY TORTURING ME!" The child shouts at the woman.

"KNOW YOUR PLACE, YOU LITTLE BASTARD!" Kitsumi screams in the orphan's face and grabs his hands only to feel numbness in her back. She reaches for her back and touches the bare skin. "Scoundrel..." Kitsumi falls on her back, trembling in pain.

Jigen penetrated her spinal cord by targetting the ninth thoracic vertebrae culumn with a small black rod that rendered her permanently paralyzed.

The redheaded boy jumps on Kitsumi's chest and stares into her eyes with his curious gaze. "Give me a reason to forgive you."

"Pathetic juvenile... you wanna know why i loved whipping you like a dog? I loathe you. There is over twenty eight trillion tiny cells in my body. Each and every single fiber of my existence wants to see your spirit crushed. The reason? There is nothing more satisfying in this world than destroying the person who doesn't submit to my will." Kitsumi confesses and coughs up blood on the boy's face.

The orphan has heard that the person only reveals who they really are on deathbed. He can tell that Kitsumi is not saying the whole truth, and she doesn't need to admit her true motives. He can read her feels by looking at that greedy and envious eyes of her's that can see the end of her arc.

"You know, as foolish as it might sound like, sometimes i looked at you and thought that you may be my mother. You've felt the same way every now and then, right?" The boy responds with a smile on his face that confuses Kitsumi.

"Yes. That's why-" Kitsumi gets cut off before she can continue phrasing her sentence as the redheaded child puts his hands on her neck and begins to choke her out.

"You are so... very beautiful... and warm... mother..." The nameless orphan bends over to whisper these words in Kitsumi's ear. He makes no sound as Kitsumi digs her fingernails into his arms and back to break free from his hold as she is being strangled.

"No..." The boy senses a sudden change in Jigen's chakra flow and intuitively assumes that Jigen is gonna paralyze Kitsumi's arms as well. "Let my mother savor this gift..." The boy says while tears fall from his weary eyes.

It takes about a minute.

Kitsumi's hands drop on the floor.

The redhead boy straightens his back to look at Kitsumi's face.

She is dead, he can confirm it.

"I murdered my innocence tonight." Says the boy who strives hard not to get any more emotional. However, he can't hold himself back and starts to scream over the corpse of Kitsumi. He gets off of Kitsumi's lifeless body and wraps his arms around her neck, his warm tears drop on the naked flesh of his mother's shoulder.
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Date: Present Time (Jan.20th 2042)

'I was told that i was for greatness. That i was meant to carry the will of gods. My ambition served the sole purpose of accompilishing the very same goal that my lord strived for. Do this kids... know what i have been through?' Code says and rips his shirt and coat off of himself, revealing the marks that his mother left on his body. 'I have... no name. My existence... is a code. These scars... tell the tales of many lonely nights. How could this spoiled brats understand my pain!' Code regenerates the hole in his chest and takes a glance at the left arm that Boruto cut off. He glares at otsutsuki duo. 'Shinobis... who have had carved the idea that love and bonds are to be discarded in order to fulfil their selfish desires that has done nothing but costing the lives of millions of innocents... they do not have the right to judge my ideals!'

'What the...' Ada starts panting while levitating in the sky, her heart palpitates which catches Mitsuki's attention. 'Those visions... belong to Code?' She tries covering face but her trembling hand take long to be raised.

'Ada...' Mitsuki stares at Ada and damning himself for Ada wouldn't be willing to listen to him if he approaches her to comfort her now that she is in middle of chaos and her heart is a hellish venue for the nightmarish conflict of regrets.

'Tsubasa-san once told me that while it is a rare spectacle... one can share their visions, memories and emotions with their beloved. Disregarding space and time, that could be a sign of a love that runs deeper than anyone can imagine. The souls that were split in two may find each other one day and then... the two shall become one flesh; so then they are no longer two but one flesh.' Ada thinks and puts her hands on head.

'In my life, you are a dream. These moments have always wanted to steal you away from me. Do not worry, Ada. For it's not pain, knowledge or chakra that fuels my ambitions. It's only the precious thought of bringing you eternal salvation. Your love is my greatest strength. For you are my one and only...' Code says in his mind as he can tell Ada is listening to his confession, and unleashes his full wrath on Boruto and Kawaki.

Code releases an overwhelming aura that shatters the very fabric of reality along with the bubble barrier of this endless dimension of Isshiki Otsutsuki with a deafening roar.

"YOU THINK YOU KNOW SUFFERING?!?" Code shouts, frightening his adversaries for they realize they have managed to infuriate him for the reasons unbeknownst to them for the moment.

Chapter Text

"Shit...!" Kawaki spits upon witnessing Code heal from his injuries. 'I never knew Code could become so powerful like that. His regeneration speed is faster than mine's. That bastard Amado..!' Kawaki thinks and turns to Boruto who tightens his grip on kusanagi sword. 'We couldn't have made it individually.' Kawaki hates himself for admitting that he needed Boruto's assistance in this fight and it does stress him even more knowing that Code has finally let loose. Kawaki weaponizes his hand in form of an axe. 'Omnipotence is such a tricky technique... I have used bunch of Isshiki's powers and Code hasn't figured out Boruto is Momoshiki's vessel.'

Kawaki and Boruto have insured not to blink no matter what, and they feel disturbance in energy that is almost imperceptible. The duo's instinctual reactions are Kawaki focusing on Code who starts flying towards him and Boruto aims to have his brother's back and not allow the grim reaper to attack them from their blind spot using any kind of techniques. However, Boruto is unable to move his limbs as fast as he thinks.

The blurry image of a figure flashes before Boruto's eyes. The godslayer frozen in his place, he gets hit to side of his head then has his ankle grabbed before smashing him into Kawaki's back who also gets punched in the stomach by Code. It happens while Boruto's mind is not quick at receiving the neural message and all he knows is that his neck was chopped to the spinal cord the moment he had that foggy perception.

Code delivers two heel kicks with each feet to Kawaki's as he does a backflip and leaps to crush Kawaki's skull with his knee, flips over the older otsutsuki to land on the younger otsutsuki's head with his left feet and curbstomps the yellow-headed swordsman into the bottom of the universe, cracking the barrier of this dimension. He grabs Boruto's head between his claws, who tries to escape from the mighty adversary by swinging Kusanagi to cut off his arms. Code has regained his lost strength and Boruto senses the boiling chakra within the bearer of white karma that is imitation of Kokuō's kekkei genkai, which has significantly increased Code's power and turned him invulnerable as he was in the beginning of this battle.

"Embrace the dread!" Code murmurs with a malicious smile on his face. Boruto's eyes widened, he holds his breath while hopeless digging his fingernails into the superior adversary's forearms, but blood pours down on Code's skin as the nails break under such heavy pressure.

Boruto learns that he can still feel fear. Not for what he anticipates will happen in the next instant but his eventual destiny.

Code smashes Boruto's head between his claws, raises his right arm to drop it and obliterate Boruto's headless body in one hit. Code stares at Kawaki who is stuck in headlack and forced to watch Boruto be destroyed in a single moment. Soaked in blood of his enemy, Code licks his lips and runs his fingers through his white hair. The mannerism and characteristics of a vampire that terrifies even Kawaki who hasn't ever seen Code savor battle this way.

The bloody 'clone' Code charges towards Kawaki and the other one kicks the otsutsuki in white attire to the vampire's side. Kawaki activates sukinahikona to shrink his size but not in time. Code uppercuts Kawaki in the chin, utterly destroying his head and uses his left claw to annihilate Kawaki's body.

"You disappoint me." Code looks at Kawaki's soul that is reforming his body from few blood cells that is floating in the sky. Code turns to Boruto and glares at him. "You have the potential to attain the unfathomable might. Yet, you choose to remain fools who are afraid of surpassing your limits. All those gifts and you can't even take down a man. You bring shame to the Otsutsuki."

In their spiritual forms, Kawaki and Boruto jump at Code to absorb his chakra but Code grabs them by their necks and holds them in air, resisting their futile attempts to suck his life force.

"Peasants..." Code mutters and squeezss his eyes shut. The grim reaper begins to release more of his divine aura that crushes Otsutsukis' souls, tears apart their very existence.

'Asceticism, huh? Another self-righteous preacher?' Boruto thinks as he senses the nature of Code's energy has transformed into something familiar. He recalls a person he had disliked in the past: Tsubasa Emiya. A prodigy that was hailed as best at he does. Boruto could never get along with that man, especially not after Sasuke told him that Tsubasa is the better role model. A sage that seeks enlightenment and has managed to purify his essence through abstinence from mortal pleasures. Now, Code's chakra appears to be not so different from that of the person whom Boruto regards with contempt. 'Can't you open a portal and send this monk to that timeless dimension?' Boruto uses the mental link to communicate with Kawaki.

'You think i haven't thought of that? Does he look like someone you can imprison?' Kawaki responds.

'Don't tell me that-' Boruto says.

'Isshiki's white karma is more than just an amplifier. It's a blessing. He might kill lord seventh and your mother there. There's the possiblity of him growing rapidly more powerful in that environment.' Kawaki replies.

'That bastard is still a pain in the ass even when he is rotting in hell!' Boruto utters, referring to Isshiki Otsutsuki whose will is being carried by Code, and Kawaki's mindset has become identical to Isshiki's own. That is the irony of this parlous circumstance. To Boruto, it feels like Isshiki is destined to claim victory.

Boruto and Kawaki gather the will and finish off recreating their physical forms. Kawaki summons dozens of black cubes around them and pulls them in. The tremendous gravitaional force weakens Code's grasp and allows Kawaki to shrink his size after touching Boruto to grant him immunity to effects of this technique. Boruto also uses substituition technique to escape before Kawaki's summons crash onto each other and momentarily immobilize Code.

'Hurry up! Spit out your magic spell already!' Kawaki yells at Boruto in the mental realm.

'We have to survive one more round...' Boruto responds, indicating that his trump card is not prepared yet.

Code blasts away the black cubes that were holding him in between themselves with a shockwave, Boruto and Kawaki duck the objects and attack their opponent once more. Code blocks Boruto's punch by holding his left arm and hits Boruto on head with an elbow then unleashing a flurry of kicks to Kawaki's upper body.

Lightning Style: Chidori Shinsou!

While Code backflips and stays above, Boruto points Kusanagi at the white-haired adversary and extends the reach of blade through adding lightning chakra in order to create a spear. Code evades Boruto's technique that crosses an infinite distance in mere instant, then grabs Boruto's left wrist pto kick him on the face, pulls the yellow-haired shinobi towards himself to kick him on back of the head and send him flying to other side of the dimension.

Kawaki summons a staff dwarfing the largest of galaxies and shots it at Code. Isshiki's sole follower clenches his fist and punches the tremendous weapon with such force that the staff shatters upon impact and sends shockwaves that shake even dimensions that exist outside of this vast void of chaos.

Kawaki responds again by weaponizing his arms and charging towards Code with controlled rage and clear mind to take advantage of the experience he's had from fighting against Code many times when they were Inner Kara members.

Calm and graceful, Code evades Kawaki effortlessly that frustrates Isshiki's former vessel. Code stands still for an instant and stops Kawaki's right arm, kicks him in the stomach with his left knee and grabs the neck to bend Kawaki over, kicks the onyx-haired otsutsuki in the ribs and again a knee to the face. Code finishes his combo by headbutting Kawaki on the nose and twisting his neck, paves his way to Kawaki's heart with his claws to take hold of the spinal cord and throws him at Boruto.

Boruto catches Kawaki only for Code to appear before him and backslip Kawaki right into the west side of the realm, almost breaking the barrier of this space-time as Kawaki crashes into it. An invisible force hits Code in the chin which bends his neck backwards. Code flexes his neck and shoulder muscles to the extent his jugular vain appears like it will explode, he quickly turns his head back to the previous position in a creepy manner and bites Boruto on the neck and sends his own energy inside of Boruto to disturb the chakra pathaway.

"Is that all you can do Boruto?" Code tells Boruto and digs his claws inside the caped otsutsuki's chest. "Bornt to Uzumaki hoursehold, carry the blood of byakugan princess and destiny's champion in your veins, possess the power of Isshiki otsutsuki and were trained by the shadow hokage. What makes you think a spoiled brat like you has the right to dictate the way people should live?" Code shouts at Boruto that shakes Sasuke Uchiha's star pupil to the core.

Kawaki comes to attack Code from behind but the latter manages to sense it through the movements of atoms in air and swings his left claw with such strength and speed that it creates a hallow void that turns Kawaki's body to nought.

'Shadow clone.' Code thinks and lets go of Boruto to block Kawaki's concentrated energy blast that targets his head. Boruto retaliates against Code and joins Kawaki to force him into defensive and buy more time for their ultimate technique.

However, Code is capable of adapting to their synced movements. 'Boruto is slightly quicker.' Code figures as he evades kusanagi that is aimed to chop his head off. 'Kawaki is a tiny bit stronger.' Code dodges Kawaki's staff before it can touch his stomach.

'It's like i am fighting Sasuke-san who had mastered sharingan. This seamless fighting style and analytical prowess...' Boruto thinks as he keeps pressuring Code with calculated moves.

'Isshiki... what have you created?' Kawaki shrinks his size to reach sub-atomic level and targets Code's vital organs with numerous energy blasts.

Code uses Boruto as his shield and jumps backward when Kawaki's energy blasts change trajectory towards him. He waves his hand in the void to open a rift in space-time continuum around himself. Kawaki's energy blasts pass through that tear in fabric of reality.

Wind Style: Thunderclap!

Code phases through that rift and claps the palms of his hands against each other hard enough to break all bones in bodies of otsutsuki before they can absorb it and are shot to northern edge of Isshiki's space-time, the dimension trembling after his attack.

'Kawaki!' Boruto yells at Kawaki in the mental realm.

'Bring it on!' Kawaki responds and stretches his hand to reach Boruto's own, a small space between them.

Boruto and Kawaki create a mass of chakra together and turn it into a spear. Boruto adds earth element to the spear and Kawaki imbues it with fire element. Boruto and Kawaki combine the two elements and create a volcanic weapon of terrifying power and infinitely positive thermo temperature

Lava Style: Eternal flame of Takamagahara!

Kawaki and Boruto proceed to boost it's kinetic energy by releasing tremendous waves of wind and shoot it at Code.

'I must admit... that is one glorious spear.' Code witnesses the burning weapon fired at him and smiles for he finds it to be a thing of beauty. 'But it is not creation of ambition... only fear...'

Code shuts his eyes and lets out a breath. The thermo-temperature of the surrounding area transcends even the absolute zero to reach infinite negative degrees of centigrade. A feat that breaks the laws of physics that is only achived through the most rigorous training methods of the enlightened souls whose willpower allows them to disregard principles of the universe. The spear slows down as it freezes in air, and with a mere touch Code turns into nothingness.

"That is what i was looking forward to." Code slowly levitates towards Boruto and Kawaki who are astonished by the technique that Code casted mere moments earlier. "In spite of your animosity and inadequate training routine, you two learn to pave your way through all obstacles and even cooperate as it is expected from warriors of your caliber. Deprived of all luck, you grasp hope and that is when you sense an immense power within that you thought never existed within you." Code continues his speech and stops his movement.

"Did you bring us here to teach us a lesson or avenge your god's death?" Boruto questions Code.

"There is no honor in slaughtering you only for selfish reasons. Your people have gambled on you. Billions of humans who have entrusted their future to you. How can i possibly savor a victory as i witness all those innocents robbed of all hope and fortitude?" Code replies.

"So all you want is to think you are morally superior to those you are fighting? That you are justified for butchering billions?" Kawaki asks Code.

"You cannot not see through the cloud of ignorance that has blinded your eyes." Code says. "The history is soaked in seas of blood that warmongers have shed in course of eons. My goal is only to give my kind a momentarily death until i attain the divine power that bestows upon me the ability to bring them eternal salvation."

"You have no clue what madness that will descend upon that dream world of your's. There is severe repercussions for those who defy the natural course of the universe. You will only realize what it costs until it's too late for you to do anything about it. All you will have is the guilt for being too selfish to help fix this messy system." Boruto shouts at Code.

"I have considered the alternate possiblities a long time ago. I shall be the one who protects the peace that i strive to achive." Code asserts, glaring at Boruto.

"All you are doing is to have your little happy ending with Ada. Don't expect me to believe you give a shit about godhood and guarding this planet. Even if you do, you are a fool for thinking you can take care of everything by yourself. You are only just a mortal, Code. You may have surpassed us, but there is always someone who would demolish you the same way you handled us." Kawaki responds to Code, infuriated.

"Perhaps that is why Naruto Uzumaki failed..." Code murmurs and clenches his fists. "Sometimes, only sometimes, you have no choice but to risk it all for what you truly believe in. I can't wait for lustful maniacs that serve this rotten system to have a change of heart and see their wrongdoings. Neither can thousands of tortured children who are one strand of hair away from becoming an evil worse than anyone can ever imagine!" Code asserts.

"You pigheaded moron..." Boruto utters, gritting. He awakens his byakuagn.

"You will regret it all." Kawaki says, awakens his dharmagan.

"We shall see." Code responds by cracking his shoulders and tilting his head.

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Kawaki summons numerous black rods that encircle Code and diverts them at his terrible adversary. The hardened flesh uharmed by the attack, the seraphic vampire stands still and glares at Kawaki. The weapons are deflected and Code senses a disruption in chakra, foresees the potential strategy that the eclipse god has in mind.

Kawaki substitutes himself with a black rode that is under Code's left foot and charges up an energy blast and aims it at the white knight who is devoured in a violent scarlet wave of energy. Kawaki flies backwards and transports a sea of tremendous dark spears, splits them into ten groups, each targetting one side of the enemy's body.

'You are wasting my time.' Code thinks before letting out a puff of air and begins concentrating masses of chakra in his fist.

In the right hand is given shape a bar that has form of a stone and has four rings of gold in it, then on one end of it appears a silvery hammerhead with a sharp-end that emits a golden beam of light between it's two-piece face.

In the left hand, a bar is created like that of the warhammer but this time it is infused with magma, and a silvery head that is covered in fiery flames and oozes burning smoke.

'Slice through!' Code tightens his grip on his weapons and leaps backwards, starts to shatter the first wave of black rods. The seraphic vampire unleashes his feral, flawless hits in a tremendous speed that makes him able to move beyond linear time. He goes back in time and jumps to future constantly, and Kawaki's black rods chase the grim reaper constantly.

'Here i come!' Boruto descends in Code's way and swings kusanagi that is coated in lightning chakra using chidori technique at the adversary who blocks the attack with a mighty warhammer swing of his own, then arrives Kawaki that aims to cut off Code's head with his staff that is covered in dense air only for the latter to stop the movement of weapon without turning back.

Code flips sideways to smash Boruto's head with warhammer and penetrate Kawaki's jaw simultaneously while repeatdly pummeling the sea of black rods with kicks, but the otsutsuki brothers withstand the heavy blows using their tools and push Code's relics away. The seraphic vampire protects his waist with handle of the warhammer, and his neck with the axe, then applies an explosive force that creates enough space between him and his enemies that he lets go of the weapons and turns to using his claws.

Code catches Boruto's kusanagi and diverts it Kawaki that is behind him, then He kicks the godslayer in the belly with the left calf and grabs Kawaki's wrist to crush the elbow with a fierce palm fist. Code claims his weapons, back flips to evade the wave of dark spears and tries to smash the heads of his enemies who duck and heal from their injuries.

Kawaki transports the kusanagi which makes Code raise an eyebrow, and Boruto closes-in and finds an opening after the weapons in Code's hands disappear. 'Was that...' Code had not enough time to finish that thought, and Boruto's index finger staggers him.

One palm!

'Gentle fist..!' Code figures Boruto's plan is to shut down the tenketsu. Kawaki takes advantage of the distraction to warp his size to atomic-scale and punches Code in diaphragm, and passes through Code's body who spits out blood as Boruto takes the second step.

Two Palms!

Kawaki summons kusanagi and shoves it through Code's shoulder and into his heart, then kicks the grim reaper on side of the face and continues by flipping over Boruto's back to hold the handicapped adversary in an armbar and showers his veins and nerves with microscopic black rods. Boruto successfully takes the third step.

Four Palms!

Code gathers strength to move his arm through power of will, but Boruto dodges the punch, then Code pulls out the kusanagi from his shoulder and cuts through Kawaki's mouth who hasn't let go of the brightest knight's arm, and the herald of gods kicks Kawaki away. Yet, Code grabs back of the rogue ninja's cape and lifts him up as he is flying to stomp on the wave of black rods that comes from front and slams Boruto's head on his knee.

Kawaki returns back with his transformed right hand and delivers a blow to Code's chest that scratches the skin, then a flurry of black rods from left side only for the seraphic vampire to sense them and drop his out of the way, and kicks Kawaki on the nose with the achilles heel and flies away from the former vessel of Isshiki while having his claws digged deep inside the wave of gigantic spears and scatters them.

Boruto summons a kunai in his left hand and shoots it at Code, then substitutes himself with the kunai. Kawaki also grabs one of the levitating spears, enlarges it and starts spinning like a living drill, then turns into a scarlet blur of light.

Purple Lightning: Chidori Spear!

Boruto's spectral violet blade pierces Code's flesh and sends a shock through his body and shakes the spirit. Kawaki lands another blow in Code's face. A powerful shockwave gets released that could lay waste to septillions of five dimensional space-time continuum. However, Code only receives minimum injuries which Boruto and Kawaki consider to be result of the protection that is earned with disproportionate, strategical concentration of chakra across the physique.

Boruto gains the opportunity to take the fourth step now and hits Code while flying.

Eight Palms!

'You are the type to jerk off looking at reflection of yourself in a mirror, huh?' Kawaki wonders. He knows that is far from the case but he prefers to believe it, because he has to loathe Code. An enemy that terrifies him, disgusts him more so than any other being or thing in existence.

Kawaki leads another wave of black rods to Code's back while Boruto sticks one foot on the seraphic vampire's right shoulder and one on left thigh before the next impact, and moves forward with the fifth step.

Sixteen palms!

Boruto jumps off of Code as the dark see nears the barrier of Isshiki's dimension, and watches as the brightest knight crashes into the walls of the realm of fallen otsutsuki. Isshiki manipulates the black rods and bends them around Code's wrists, ankles and waist to pull him near Boruto by clinching his left fist, and allow the godslayer to strike their adversary down in the sixth step.

Thirty-two palms!

Boruto goes out of the way of Kawaki before the dark-haired otsutsuki unleashes an energy blast of tremendous force that burns Code alive, and cruelly crucifies Code by penetrating the palms of his hands and also his feet then his sides. Boruto reaches the final part of the technique. The seventh step.

Sixty-four palms!

Boruto's last strike breaks Code out of those which immobilized him and he is slammed into the wall of this cosmos and his heads drops while he glares at Boruto with his exhausted crimson orbs.

"You've been given your fair share of warnings, Code." Boruto starts weaving hand signs and Code realizes there is a toad on his right shoulder, and the next instant he finds himself in another dimension. "Not that you'll beg for forgiveness."

One flaw of Isshiki's realm is that an otsutsuki within is able to summon their own dimension if they are not as large, or if they are able to compress all that is inside to an extent that makes it fit in the domain of the lord of Code.

The space-time which Boruto brought is one of Momoshiki's domains which he had access to, and had spend the past two years to gradually fill the cosmos with galaxies that he created with Koji Kashin's assistance.

Code lets out an ear-piercing roar and jumps towards Boruto who doesn't flinch. Kawaki shrinks his size and repeatedly hits Code on different spots that makes the seraphic vampire to scream of rage and react on time to slap Kawaki away and follows by hitting on Boruto's throat with his forearm.

"Trash!" Code delivers an elbow to Boruto's face and pulls him to hit him once more with elbow but this time on back of the head. He tries transforming his hands into claws but to no avail as the tenketsu that Boruto blocked earlier were that which allowed Code to change the shape of his hands.

Code moves his head to left in order to dodge a block rod before it touches his neck, and he moves his head to the right as kusanagi comes to pierce his skull. Boruto and Kawaki subtitute themselves with their respective weapons and scissor Code's neck with two kicks, Boruto from back and Kawaki from front. Boruto and Kawaki then create two spheres of energy; Boruto's in peach pink color and Kawaki's in dark purple color, and they catch Code between to cause a massive explosion inside a cube-shaped barrier that Boruto and Kawaki casted around Code to prevent the impact from annihilating Momoshiki's dimension.

'Hurry!' Kawaki uses the mental link of karma that he shares with Boruto to raises his voice at his younger brother who comes to his side and shuts his eyes as Kawaki witness Code who is regaining a sliver of might. 'This abomibation of a human being...' Code slams on the walls of the barrier but he is too weak to do a noticeable damage.

Boruto claps his hands against each other and takes the meditation stance. Kawaki figures a disruption in flow of energy throughout the dimension and turns around to observe the occuring phenomena caused by his comrade.

'You'll have to give me a hand, bro.' Says Boruto.

'Don't talk, just do whatever the hell you are doing. I am done with this son of a bitch and his melodramatic way of taking revenge on me.' Kawaki responds.

Code digs his fingers in the barrier's wall with all strength that is remained in him and begins pulling hands to opposing directions in order to tear a hole to escape the chamber that confines him. Kawaki crushes Code's fingers with black rods and frowns at Boruto who pays him no attention. Kawaki turns to Code and is slightly relieved to see that Code's regeneration speed is much too low in comparison to what it used to be a couple of minutes ago.

'You there?' Kawaki asks Boruto after he sees Code become a feral beast inside the barrier and pummels to the barrier hard enough that Kawaki would swear he can hear the bones crack along with the energy construct's surface.

'Almost.' Boruto replies and Kawaki perceives waves of energy appear and surround the body parts of his brother. Kawaki estimates Boruto's body stores now over twice as much as his karma mark can hold, and if Kawaki lends him even more chakra then the godslayer may meet his demise after a triumphant victory over the herald of gods.

Kawaki grits his teeth and closes his eyes for a moment to cultivate his chakra from Isshiki's timeless dimension. A shadow clone that he left there for urgent situations that demand from him an strength that exceeds his capacity. Kawaki can't extract energy from that realm directly which is why he used the shadow clone, that absorbs the energy of timeless energy, as a vessel and created a link between karma mark of himself and that of his shadow clone to refill his energy pool.

Code continues striking the barrier that continually restores it's damage until he creates a hole and moves his upper half of body out of it, then pushes the barrier to fully escape it.

Water Style: Water Severing Wave!

Code transmutates a chunk of chakra to mold it into highly dense and concentrated water wave in order to tear Boruto and Kawaki in half but a wall of energy appears that protects the otsutsuki brothers. Code looks above at top of the solidified spectral construct and spots a toad sitting there, looking down ar him with an arrogant smirk on it's face that is full of pity.

Code figures who else is watching him.

Code knows what that person has in mind.

That traitor who wishes to see him fall.

The spark of disdain is revived once more and gives birth to the rage that eats Code from inside-out. That overwhelming rage which is a substitute source of power for anyone if kept in check. If it is in tranquil form.

Code shatters the barrier after shrugging off his arm and sending an immensely powerful vibration throughout the construct.

The seraphic vampire teleports behind Boruto and Kawaki, then he creates two belts from iron claw marks and throws them to entangle the otsutsuki brothers' wrists, but the comrades have the strength to not flinch that shocks Code.

The next instant a sound of impact can be heard. Boruto and Kawaki see with their respective byakugans that it is a clone of Code's, and they turn their gaze to the brightest knight himself as the doppelganger is drowned in fire.

The flame of samadhi.

Imperishable, eternal flames.

"Too bad you'll be left unmourned!" Kawaki utters, then takes hold of the iron claw mark belt.

"You die, all alone..." Boruto says as he follows his elder brother's lead.

"You mock me?!?" Code shouts at his enemies, and boils his chakra to boost his physical prowess.

The alien duo manage to pull Code who barely wavers from his place, so Boruto sends a wave of lightning across the conducive matter and shocks the creator of this weapon. Boruto and Kawaki fly towards Code and slam their palms against the the pale, scarrred flesh of the mighty adversary, and together they let out battle cries of a lifetime.

Boruto, who has poured all gravitational forces of Momoshiki's dimension inside him own body and fused chaos energy and Kawaki's chakra along with his own, channels the incomprehensible amount of attractive and repulsive forces into Code's body, and turns him into the sole singularity that holds all gravity that used to hold this creation from collapsing. The immense pressure begins to tear the physical frame apart, and the chaos energy affecting the spirit and mind of the seraphic vampire to wipe him out from existence.

Rasengan: Uzuhiko!

A technique that turns Boruto into rasengan itself. This is the single most powerful offensive and defensive ability in his arsenal.

Code screams in Boruto's and Kawaki's ears under the weigh of gravity on every single fiber of his very existence, and the otsutsuki brothers ensure that they spent almost all essence they carry within in order to put an end to this resilient opponent.

Code, in a miraculous way, punches his enemies to opposite directions with one last roar that overshadows the alien duo, another feat which shocks the otsutsuki brothers until Boruto gets knocked out after he crashes into the barrier of Isshiki's dimension. Kawaki observes Code whose body drastically loses the life force and stares at the heavens, perhaps for one more chance to accomplish his ambitions.

"Can't survive this one." Kawaki utters and smirks, only to shiver.

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'Oh...' Kiba can now only push himself to the limits through power of resilient spirit. He keeps attacking the fourth mutated claw grime that has come in his way, and the first one that he has to deal with on his own. No matter what technique the titan uses, from almighty push to chakra blasts, Kiba seems to be incapable of ever going down. Kiba puts much of his strength and energy into his trump card and eats an enhancement pill in color of purple that shapes him into a monstrous creature. '...this one's gonna kill me..!' Kiba groans silently as he wraps his arms around his belly.

'Uncle Kiba!' Mirai witnesses the painful transformation of the police chief. It sickens her that this war seems to last forever and ever, yet it is only their allies that appear to be vulnerable and grow fatigue. Mirai takes a blow to the shoulder that crushes her joint but she stands firm on her feet and climbs up of the mindless beast to slap it on top of the head with the palm of her hand and sends her energy inside of her opponent's chakra pathaway.

Demonic Illusion: Burning Desert of Rising Sun!

Mirai's opponent finds itself in a desert that awaits the dawn. In matter of moments the sun raises from the east and slowly reaches the north and stays still. The mutated claw grime turns to his legs as it feels it is being pulled down and have it's ability to move taken away from it. It strives to get out of the swamp-like area only to sense that it's flesh is being melted. It looks up in the sky and watches the blood red star fall on it, and the closer the distance the more painful it's suffering. The star finally swallows the beast and the world altogether, and the illusion ends with Mirai's opponent on the knees, surrounded by shadows that wrap themselves around it and form a black-steel sphere that levitates all the way into outer space and crosses galaxies to enter a black hold where it's power is massively amplified due to existing in dark void, and it explodes inside that sphere which contains infinite universes, and lays waste to the black hole which evaporates and releases that it held dueing the course of it's lifetime.

"This is a drag like nothing i have been through since the time we fought against Ten Tails, Madara and Obito." Shikamaru states as he carries Mirai in his arms to a safe place after dealing the final blow to her opponent.

"Kiba-san..." Mirai mutters and looks behind Shikamaru to spot a living being akin to werewolves in movies shrugs off a double-fist hammer punch on the back by a mutated claw grime, and bites it on the neck to throw it into the air and performs the wolf fang over fang much too fast in comparison to any other Inuzuka that Mitai had met, and finishes off by striking it with it's huge claw and lands on the ground. The werewolf's roar emits a powerful sonic boom that turns the remains of his opponent, which are a chunk of dust, into nothingness. The sheer presence of the werewolf affects the space-time around it to bend to a great extent, and he crawls to lady katsuyu and has his back fall flat before her as he begins to hyperventilate. 'Please get well soon...' Mirai thinks.

Akamaru has fallen on the ground, unable to move it's body and under the care of lady katsuyu that is healing the poor summon animal. Kiba pats Akamaru on back and watches his pet, his friend with exhausted eyes. "Do you think we are gonna be okay?" Akamaru groans in pain and pushes itself to rest it's head on Kiba's lap as if it wishes to encourage Kiba and get him to wash away all sense of despair from his mind. "I hope so, pal."

"Oh hey Shikamaru-san. no goatee." Inojin shouts on top of his ink falcon as he draws hundreds of woodpeckers that rain upon a mutated claw grime that uses blocking technique absorption seal to get rid of the blonde boy's summons only to have it's arms torn apart by two whips of shadows.

"I suppose dad wanted to escape granddad's shadows." Shikadai says only to choke on his words after swinging his prey around at speeds that far surpasses tachyons and throws it into sky. "How absurd did that sound?"

Chocho grows her butterfly wings flies towards his father's hand, who has transformed himself into a man of vast frame, then grows her own size and tucks herself into a cannon ball with her hair spiky like that of a hedgehog and starts spinning. Moegi creates a wooden cube around her female pupil and helps her take advantage of the environment to divert her directions as she hits the mutated claw grime and turns it to mere atoms in roughly seventeen turns. Moegi carves a hole in the wooden spehere for Chocho to get out of it, and she absorbs the remaining energy of Code's terrifying soldier.

"A man with that much brain muscles must have prepared himself for this war beforehand. You knew that we are gonna fight so you wanted to look cool and steal the spotlight from me, huh?!??" Chocho utters as she bends over and puts her hands on knees due to being severely fatigued.

"Darling, this is Shikamaru that we are talking about. Sixteen years of life as a happy, devoted husband." Moegi responds to Chocho.

"You mean that he is different and i am schizophrenic?" Chocho asks only to have her voice cracks which makes cover her mouth with palms of her hands.

"That is exactly what she means." Inojin replies and Moegi pouts in return.

"Take this!" Temari yells and swings her fan to release a gust of wind.

Wind Style: Whirlwind Drop!

The gust of wind grows into a powerful torando in command of Temari and lifts a mutated claw grime nearby up, then have the trapped creature break into pieces as it goes up until the body completely shatters into subatomic particles as the tornado reaches the top of stratosphere.

"I thought i looked weirdly strange and not so authentic, felt nostalgic." Shikamaru admits, but scratches back of his head and makes no direct eye contact with people around him while constantly looking at different spots in an awkward manner.

Hidden: Mind-Body Switch!

A mutated claw grime of gigantic stature, over four meters tall, concentrates huge amounts of chakra infront of it's mouth that expands to become a bijuu bomb that is twice as large as the caster itself, and shots it at the crowd that were discussing the deal with dissappearance of Shikamaru's rather iconic facial hair which has been a trademark of Nara clan for centuries.

Kabuto summons serpents that wrap themselves around the distracted shinobis and moves them out of the way of bijuu bomb, then he stomps his right foot on the ground.

Wind Style: Majestic Hurricane!

Kabuto manifests a hurricane under Choji and throws the mountain-sized jonin above like it weighs no more than an ant, and he prepares to redirect the energy blast with earth style technique only to see that the claw grime turns stops and then leaps over him to target it's own specimen with the same devastating technique that was about to injure the hidden leaf shinobi. The mutated claw grime lands on the ground but this time Kabuto jumps on it's back and injects a portion of his chakra into the creature.

Curse Art: Reversed Life of Dragon!

The mutated claw grime now is covered in jade aura that lifts it from the ground and de-transitions it back to what it formerly was that is a fraction of juubi, a limp of chakra given form in shape of flesh, and then to mere particles that form it and at the end to energy that is shaped into an egg and eaten by one of Kabuto's serpents. Kabuto looks over his shoulder at the leader of sensory division and frowns at her.

"I was a tiny little bit late." Ino comes with an excuse for not being able to take control of the mutated claw grime before it could emit the bijuu bomb. The head of yamanaka clan's cheeks burn and redden and Kabuto can only sigh for she has been fighting for hours against enemies that are so much more powerful than anyone that she has ever faced.

"Ahhhhh!" Choji screams as he is falling but after few moments he figures he is floating and not going to crash to the ground.

"At your service. Please be alert the next time you take a flight. " Denki says after paying a salute to current head of akimichi and leaves after putting him on ground. Denki had generated a forcefield around the vast pile of man which negates gravity and also is at the young scientist's own mental command.

"Be sharp, kids." Kabuto tells the younger squad of shinobis. "And you have done well. Don't let all this be for nothing." Kabuto continues and teleports away from the sight of his audience who feel both encouraged and embarassed.

"Don't let anyone ruin your mood, dad. You look cool today." Shikadai says to his father, who nods.

"Aha." Shikamaru pats his son on top of the head.
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"Did you sense that, Sumire?" Mitsuki's eyes widen and he touches his ear to start communicating with the airpods invented by Denki.

"Sarada, we need one of them. Alive!" Sumire says loudly.

"Gotcha!" Sarada catches one claw grime by wrist and pulls it towards herself to punch it on the midsection and opens it's eyes to put it under visual illusion and paralyze it for a time.

"Log." Mitsuki calls his elder brother.

"On my way." Log answers Mitsuki and the next instant he is standing on his brother's left side.

"Gargoyle, we need you here!" Delta shouts as she and Houki work coordinately to eradicate a mutated claw grime. The anbu chief locks his thighs around the neck of the monster and backflips, then follows with repeated kicks on the back of his opponent and runs on fabric of space as the she-cyborg jumps to catch up to him and unleashes a powerful beam of death after Houki himself bends space-time to weaken the creature for his partner to land the finishing blow.

"You idiots..." Daemon stumbles on his way as he travels through time to get to Delta and then falls on the ground and heavily pants. "I'm not one to participate in fights like this..." Daemon brushes off the sweat on his forehead with back of his hand.

"You should've listened to sensei." Sumire scolds Daemon who lies flat on his back and moans.

"My head is gonna blow up..!" Daemon mutters and holds his head in his hands, and by the looks of it Sumire can tell that he is not putting an act as she can also sense the disrupted, ill flow of chakra in the body caused by the fatigued mind and the soul on brink of being crushed.

"Baby brother!" Ada descends to approach Daemon and lays her hands near his temples, then the tender hands glow in green as they emit chakra. "You'll be okay." Ada promises her little brother as she begins to heal him, and shows that she has trained to become a medical ninja and is confident in her abiilities to the extent she decides to come to rob Daemon of his agony.

"It's now or never." Mitsuki says.

Sumire summons Nue that sits infront of Mitsuki, Log, Sarada and it's owner. The four shinobi start focusing on the iron claw mark on body of claw grime that has a narrow, almost non-existent tear in space-time that has appeared after Code was hit with the terrifying technique Boruto has invented, in hope of opening it just about enough for Nue to link a portal between this timeline and Isshiki's realm. It would've been impossible for them previously, but now that Code is dying, they might be able to do that. In theory, it appears to be not so difficult but it takes immeasurable amounts of chakra to gain access to a dimension that is protected with a barrier technique casted by a high-ranking otsutsuki.

"Is that confirmed?" Konohamaru asks Houki as he has his arms around necks of two claw grimes, communicating with the anbu chief using airpods.

"No, sir." Houki responds to the hokage as he runs towards the claw grimes that surround him and the lunar princess and sends them to the timeless void. "Ada?"

"Code's life force is fading away. Boruto is knocked out cold and Kawaki can barely move." Ada answers Houki with visible concerned tone.

"These guys will save your emo boyfriend. So don't fret it." Delta tells Ada who doesn't respond nor react to the golden-haired cyborg.

Ada's gaze set on Daemon and her thoughts with those she cherishes and seem helpless in flames of this war.

Ada shuts her eyes as she is overwhelmed with emotions to hide her tears. Mitsuki, even when concentrating to accompolish his task as a shinobi, senses the inner conflict that has brought despair to Ada thus he bends the sky to his will.

Black clouds form.

The raging thunders.

And here comes the rain.

Ada smiles for she knows Mitsuki is still watching over her, and it pains her that she can't reciprocated the same support her knight shows for her.

"What a kind man..." Ada hears a familiar, warm voice, and that sends a shiver down her spine.

Ada unlocks the gates to her blue orbs to find herself all alone. At first, she thinks that she has fallen prey to an illusion that imitates the world but she comes to conclusion that is not the case. She has studied the books related to shinobi techniques and the layers of reality, and this place fits the descriptions of mental plane.

Dark.

Engulfed in sadness.

And the gentle rain.

She hates when it rains.

A man is sitting behind Ada, she can sense it.

The intense yet calm presence.

Ada looks over her shoulder, and it is hard to believe what she sees.

Slowly and reluctantly, Ada stands up and goes to see identify the person before her.

"How..." Ada begins to tremble after starting at the face of the man that has his right elbow resting on his knee. "... why are you here?"

"I never trusted the boy when he said he cherishes you. Until this very moment..." The man says and rises on his feet. "From the bottom of my heart, i believed was the only one that loves you."

"Code..." Ada murmurs.

"Forgive me." Code responds to catches Ada by surprise. Ada looks at him like she thinks he had read her mind and said what she had wanted to say. "You suffer because of me."

"Isn't that the nature of war?" Ada asks Code.

"A war i started in hope of saving you." Code responds. "My wish was to fulfill your deepest desire, yet it appears i was blinded by my undying dream of reconciling with you."

"How could you not hate me for mistreating you?" Ada questions Code.

"I was foolish to attack your brother. Too arrogant to claim that i was the sole knight you needed. That departue only showed me a bridge to the wisdom and self-awareness that i had missed for so long. You are the reason to you that i learnt how to fulfill my true potential. I thank you for opening my eyes. If anything, i am in your debt." Code answers. "Isn't that beautiful?" He asks.

"That's ridiculous." Ada mutters. "NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD GO SO FAR FOR SOMEONE WHO KEEPS REJECTING HIM!" Ada continues by yelling at Code.

"Isn't that what love is supposed to be like? Have you not been doing that for years, chasing Kawaki after he lets you down over and over and over again?" Code asks Ada a question that leaves her eyes wide-open, as if she woke up after hearing that from him.

"You know i have no other choice." Ada says and falls on her knees and dissolves in tears. "Please... let go of me..."

"Never..." Code murmurs and reaches for Ada's face to wipe her tears. He hesitates and pulls back his hand as it trembles. "I do not deserve that. Not yet." Code clenches his fist and turns back to walk away.

"No goodbye?" Ada asks Code.

"Goodbyes are for those who yearn with their eyes. When you are in love, the distance ceases to exist for your dearest." Code responds. "Soon, i will create a perfect world for you. For us." Code says and the vanishes.

"Wait!" Ada shouts but to see that she has returned back to the material realm, and Houki and Delta turn to him.

"Don't tell me..." Houki moans as he expects the absolute worst scenario based on Ada's reaction.

Ada awakens her senrigan and enters Isshiki's dimension in hope of seeing Kawaki and Boruto safe and well. "Something is off."

In an instant, everyone freezes in their place.

The megalomaniac demon emerges from within the godslayer and flies towards the brightest knight's diminished form.

Momoshiki, who has taken control of Boruto's body, closes the gap between Code and himself, but just as he is one hand away from the herald of gods, his fingers touch a solid invisible barrier. 'What is this?' Momoshiki wonders. The next instant Momoshiki finds himself where he first started his flight and attacks Code, then the pattern continues. Again and again. The ruler of despair realizes that he is stuck in a time loop.

The otsutsuki then goes rigid as the grim reaper slowly lifts his eyes and opens his eye to greet him with a menacing smile.

"There you are, Momoshiki Otsutsuki!" Code grins after uttering these words and grabs the demonic alien by the neck to choke him.

Momoshiki's time freeze ability is cancelled and Ada witnesses that Boruto is in possession of the hideous otsutsuki.

"This can't be..." Koji says as he watches Code strangling the possessed Boruto.

"Code is alive! I confime Code is still alive!" Ada shouts repeatedly.

Those who heard Ada shudder.

For it appears the man that has created this army of monsters might be an invincible immortal!

"Throughout heavens and earth..." Code mutters as tightens his grip on Momoshiki's neck and tosses him to other side of the dimension, then he stretches out his arms and shuts his eyes as a star shines upon. "...I alone am the honored one."

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"All that to force you to lurk out of your lair." Code tells Momoshiki while running fingers through his hair. "I had always sensed that there were some misplaced things in the cosmos. The fact that could not logically be true, but those suspicions faded away each and every single time. It did not matter how hard i tried, there was something that prevented me from seeking the source of that which seems so wrong. And this is where i find the material the evidence." Code continues and before Kawaki can open a portal to escape the dimension, he is bound with invisible chains. "You bastard. It took me a long time to figure out why i loathed you. And it is all thanks to Omnipotence." Code points at Kawaki who is irritated at the fact that Code has finally found out about what really happened.

Code extracts the knowledge that he has obtained and seals them inside a timeless void of his own where Omnipotence wouldn't affect it as it is simply a technique casted by Ada, a woman who is blessed with divine essence of Shibai but has not transcended the very concept of time like the source of her otherworldly ability.

"You should be gone." Momoshiki says and glares at Code with the white orbs.

"I have my secrets. I can keep them. Unlike you." Code responds in a mocking tone that boils Momoshiki's blood. "You can see anyone's fate, right? You seem shocked... desperate. Could it be... that i am an exception to that ability of your's? No, if you were not absolutely certain then you would not have taken possession of Boruto's body to ensure my downfall. Perhaps... my fate was defied?" Code starts laughing menacingly and Momoshiki hates it for it resembles his own arrogant attitude.

'This boy... I can no longer foresee his fate. He is just like those two... the reincarnations of Indra and Ashura... This cannot be...' Momoshiki thinks and tries to see through Code to find out why
he is different from he was while fighting Kawaki and Boruto. There is something that blocks his penetrative supernatural visual prowess. 'Senjutsu... but who would guide a man whose sole ambition is to annihilate his reality? He has no signs of a transformation either. Yet... he has the same pure essence... What the hell is going on?' Momoshiki wonders.

"Naturally, the gravitational force is the strongest fundamental force of creation due to it's wider range and the absence of negative mass. Boruto channeled all of that gravitational force into my body. A terrifying technique, but there is a fundamental force far superior to gravity. Electromagnetic force." Code states, and Momoshiki recalls the theories regarding the gifts
Isshiki's failed vessel may have inherited from his lineage. It appears to Momoshiki that Code confirms that is true based on the trap that was used on him earlier. "However, Boruto had to set a seal on my eternal demise, thus he poorly imitated your ability to derive chaos energy of nature to obliterate me from reality. Even that... was futile." Code continues.

Momoshiki watches as the celestial spheres around Code freeze as the brightest knight raises his right hand. 'He must have grown stronger after feeding on the energy that those brats used to take him down.' Momoshiki speculates, because he cannot sense Code's aura at all. 'This can't be merely a testament of unbreakable willpower.' Momoshiki can't stand the sight of Code, who is personification of everything he is not and hates to be. More than anything, perhaps it was the moment that Momoshiki saw that Code never surrendered and pushed through all thrown at him. Or is it his fighting style that bothers him? For Code was not one to play with his opponents and gave them the chance to retreat in order to find yet another opening.

The pinnacle of valor and honor. Two traits that Momoshiki could never bear or respect.

Code's crimson eyes begin to glow in this void before he waves his right hand and the next instant all celestial spheres are crushed and compressed into a singular point in space to form
an infinitely dense black hole that is the size of a bead. "Ready yourself, Momoshiki."

"Cocky human!" Momoshiki shouts and raises his left hand. The rinnegan awakens in the palm of his hand and concentrates an immeasurable amounts of cosmic energy of one of his domains
to create a sphere that fills half of this dimension of his, and fuses all elemental nature transformations along with the yin and yang to completely fuel the prelude to the catastrophic end.

Takamimusabinokami!

'What a fool...' Code thinks after flying backwards and puts his left hand infront of the dark pink mass of energy created by Momoshiki. He creates dozens of space-time barriers around Kawaki to protect him from Momoshiki's technique, but reciprocates the suffering he received from the dark-haired otsutsuki by turning the invisible cocoon into a spiked trap that impales him all around his body.

"Huh?" Momoshiki grunts as he realizes he can't kickstart the explosion and observes a phenomenon that is difficult to consider real. "You guileful creature..!" Momoshiki murmurs only to feel a burning sensation in his chest.

"You and your useless byakugan." Code says as is standing behind Momoshiki and has his war axe shoved into the Otsutsuki's back.

Momoshiki's eyes widen and he quickly flees from Code, and the injury is regenerated an instant after he starts levitating to a corner.

"What was the name of that technique you used?" Code mutters in Momoshiki's ear who extends the length of his hair to penetrate the white karma bearer but to no avail, and he spits
an ocean of magma from his mouth to form a warrior titan.

Lava Style: Monkey Rock!

Momoshiki hides in the head of the golem and surrounds himself with abnormaly durable layers of mass and commands his monster to land a hit on Code who doesn't flinch from his place.

Divine Arts: Yin-Yang Release: Rasendan!

Code pulls the black hole towards himself and turns it into an spiralling mass of energy to shoot it at the ruler of despair, and it cuts through the monkey rock to cross all the way to penetrate
Momoshiki's liver. The exact same spot that Momoshiki targetted the first time they fought.

'Tch...' Momoshiki thinks to himself after spotting Code present in two places, and he sees neither one is afterimage nor are they like shadow clones. 'He is existing in two spots simultaneously...' Momoshiki's eyes search for the one who didn't attack him and witnesses how the dark sphere he had made is fading away. 'How... is he absorbing my technique? White karma doesn't grant him that ability.' Momoshiki wonders how is that possible as it appears that the mass of energy is being sucked into the white karma but it takes him a few moments to draw a more plausible theory. 'If what those incompetent peasants were saying is correct... then that
means this boy is governing over the electromagnetic spectrum to tear apart the atoms and absorb the cosmic energy.' Momoshiki flies out of the monkey before Code burrows a portion of energy from the black hole to crush the demonic alien's summoning through generating powerful gravitational force. Momoshiki quickly sucks the remains of his monkey rock using the rinnegan on the palm of his right hand. 'He is imitating the power of us Otsutsuki? Has he cracked the secret of our divine essence?' Momoshiki suddenly feels aggrieved towards himself for being impressed at Code.

"I want this to be more thrilling." Code utters, smirking. He clenches his fists and coats them in crimson energy, and speeds towards Momoshiki.

Momoshiki prepares himself beforehand and stays alert while concentrating the tenketsu in his body while turning himself unreachable by creating a personal space-time around himself that protects him from Code's attack that shall phase through and enter one of the demonic otsutsuki's domains.

Code closes the distance between him and Momoshiki, and unleashes a flurry of attacks on the enemy. Momoshiki releases chakra threads from his tenketsu system to weaken Code, but
Code disappears from his sight. Momoshiki anticipates the next move of his opponent and shuts his eyes. A spiralling shield is formed around Momoshiki.

'This is what inspired the gentle fist rotation technique...' Code perceives Momoshiki who is motionless unlike hyuga who have to rotate around themselves to create a powerful shield around themselves. 'It does still have the same weakness.' Code lands on Momoshiki and breaks through his defense with a fast punch, only to be wrapped by Momoshiki's elongated hairs.

'Callow fool.' Momoshiki thinks and sends his tenketsu to disrupt the chakra pathaway of Code who turns into a blinding flash of light that hurts the first's sensitive visual prowess. Momoshiki then has his jaw broken as he feels a punch land on him. Code delivers punches left and right to Momoshiki's face who discards his sight to adapt and successfully blocks Code's hits. He realizes the pattern is quite similar to a previous adversary that succeeded at killing him. Naruto Uzumaki.

"Cheeky brat!" Shouts Momoshiki before creating six hundred thousands shadow clones that swing their kusanagi swords to cut space-time in the two spots that Code exists.

'You goddamned hypocrite.' Code stands still and coats himself in energy exoskeleton. Momoshiki's sword slashes bombard Code only to be deflected upon coming to contact with the follower of Isshiki. Code begins to raise his left hand and Momoshiki's clones fly towards him to prevent him from fullfilling his plan only to perceive the black hole appear in the palm of Code's hand and change form into a huge, bright object.

The dark sphere turns into a quasar that bears overwhelming amounts of energy and mass of gas, and takes the shape of a shuriken fuma that bolsters the spiralling motion style of the bright celestial sphere.

Divine Arts: Electromagnetism Style: Rasenshuriken: First Gleam of the Dawn!

Code's rasenshuriken emits a blanket of light that disintegrates Momoshiki's shadow clones along with his domain, and covers te entire realm of Isshiki. Momoshiki himself is reduced to bones and as he is restoring his form, the ruler of despair begins to move as he observes the multiplication of the quasar rasenshuriken's size, but no matter how fast he flies, it appears he can't outrun the technique. "GAAAAAAAAAH!" Screams Momoshiki once he is hit by the bright spiral and is send to northern corner of the dimension. "I WILL RIP OUT YOUR HEART!"

Momoshiki shouts after suffering the pain of the unfathomable amounts of holy essence that burned his existence as he tries to absorb Code's technique. Momoshiki's screeching howl fills
the space and slowly fades as the rasenshuriken completely devours him and tears a hole in the barrier of Isshiki's domain.

"Perhaps i treated you a bit harshly." Code mocks Momoshiki as he sees the soul of the latter tremble, and senses the otsutsuki is teetering. "Is that the best challenge you have to offer? That better not be true for i will even more disenchanted." Code reclaims the energy of quasar rasenshuriken that is spread across the space and with a flick of his finger Momoshiki's soul is thrown back into the domain of Isshiki before repairing it in less than an instant.

"You low-life puppet..." Momoshiki utters as he forcibly regenerates his body from naught and glares at Code. "Never look down upon a god!"

"Show me what it takes to be a god, Momoshiki." Code grins as he outstretches his arms. "Come!" Code dares Momoshiki as if he is willingly going to embrace whatever spell the ruler of
despair is going to use against him.

"Fall into deepest pits of oblivion with the roaring god's command." Momoshiki mutters and lets out a roar, and relases immeasurable amounts of primordial chaos energy that is mostly focused on Code. The entire space-time becomes a place of paradox and nexus, and the barrier of Isshiki's dimension is erased. "You are doomed!"

Curiously, Code checks his hands and body. He raises an eyebrow and gives Momoshiki a side-eye look. "I think not." Code snaps his fingers, and all of a sudden Momoshiki's technique is undone.

'What..? I am certain he ceased to exist for a mere instant. How is he still... alive?' Momoshiki ponders as he bursts to sweats. 'This boy is an anomaly... his willpower persists even in the face of absolute destruction that i unleashed upon him...' Momoshiki grits his teeth in rage and he quickly creates chains around Code that immobilize him.

'How despererate...' Code thinks to himself and then he is not in Momoshiki's chains. Momoshiki can only look over his shoulder as Code switches places with he who captured him, and Momoshiki is reminded of the teleportation technique of the demiurge of shadows; Sasuke Uchiha. Code molds a chunk of his chakra into a bright white lance of lightning.

Divine Arts: Storm Style: Chidori Spear: The Radiant Lord of The Blackest Nights!

Code shoots his spear into the heart of Momoshiki and upon the impact the spear glows ever so brightly as the demonic otsutsuki crosses all the distance and crashes into the bottom of the dimension which creates a massive explosion. Code lands on Momoshiki's chest, and laughs at the fallen enemy whose whole existence is scorrching once more.

"You..." Momoshiki is cut off as Code stomps on his face. "You are meant to worship The Otsutsuki!" Momoshiki shouts at Code who is only amused.

"I was originally like that. But i changed after i questioned everything and sought the truth." Code says and sits on one knee that he places on Momoshiki's stomach. "To think that you
Otsutsuki are a higher power than humans is folly. Back then, i had power but it was restricted. My lord transcended my limits, and you gave me the impression that Otsutsuki are far more
powerful than i will ever be. I challenged myself after suffering humiliating defeats, to fullfill my oath and accompolish the goal of Otsutsuki. I proved i was so wrong for underestimating my
potential, and look at you. An absolute failure." Code continues and shakes his head in disappointment.

"Watch. your. tongue. peasant." Momoshiki stutters.

"But there is certainly more than that. For why i would savor torturing you like this?" Code lifts his foot from Momoshiki's face and grabs it instead. "The Otsutsuki are forbidden from battling each other. It is the law. You knew that my lord was going to die and yet you allowed that to happen." Code looks at the gaze of the ruler of despair and his expression becomes cold. "You were grateful to have found that opportunity."

"Don't..!" Momoshiki yells at Code as the latter's fingers touch his upper eyelids.

"Wicked scoundrel." Code says befoe digging his fingers into Momoshiki's eyesockets and rips his orbs out. "If he had foreseen your death, and was capable of breaking through that domain, he would've saved you. In spite of being fully aware of your rotten soul." Code continues as he plays with the two eyes he holds in his left hand, and stares at Momoshiki who is unable to regenerate his orbs. "I said you are an absolute failure. However, you are not utterly inutile, Momoshiki. You have brought me a gift, and for that i will allow you to see how i react for yourself." Code says as he teleports back Momoshiki's eyes into their places and then grabs the lance and pulls it. It splits in two, and tainted with the unholy blood of the ruler of despair.
"Thanks to you, i can ascend beyond my current limitations and perfect myself." Code purifies the unholy ichor of the fallen enemy of his and drinks from it.

Addled, Momoshiki watches Code as he becomes calmer. But Momoshiki soon understands the true depth of this circumstance.

And that is when he shows fear in his eyes.

'This boy shares the same blood of my vessel and that of the kazekage. And he has carried Isshiki's white karma for years. I saw those sharp teeths and i paid them no attention. How stupid i was...' Momoshiki thinks and observes the fingernails on Code's hands grow longer and sharper. 'The uzumaki's vital, tenacious life force mixed with the kazekage's genetics that bear electromagnetism kekkei genkai and our parasitic essence...' Momoshiki tries to break free as Code's skin turns pale. 'His scheme was to become a vampire!'

Code opens his eyes and lets out a petrifying laughter in this moment of awakening.

He has become a true seraphic vampire.

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"This ain't gonna end." Yodo shouts as she jumps backwards and evades an explosive missile from a mutated claw grime as she flips around the battlefield. "Don't get on my nerves." Yodo then lands on her toes and waves the monkey hand sign. The mindless beast gets caged in a construct made of mud is tossed around for moments before being sent towards her. Yodo takes hold of her ponytail and starts swinging to capture the claw grime in her technique.

Body Arts: Wind Release: Circle of Doom!

The monster is trapped in a spiral that is composed of intense vibration, and cuts through the very fabric of space-time like butter to completely shatters the clone of ten tails in order to send it to the realm of nothingness.

"Not what i was expecting." Araya charges toward another mutated claw grime and slices the black rods shot at him, then he glides under the feet of the monster and grabs it's ankle to throw it into sky, then he forms ram hand sign as he leaps towards the opponent and summons a puppet in form of a scarecrow. "Good thing you don't feel any pain."

Puppetry Arts: Cursed Host!

The claw grime is swallowed by the puppet and becomes like an armor that covers the whole body, and inside of it is born a flame that devours the host gradually, and burns it down to an
extent that it can no longer regenerate itself.

"Well, i wouldn't have given a damn even if you did." Araya says and spits on the ground. "Are they mating somewhere? There is no way they keep coming."

"Dude..." Yodo responds, and facepalms herself upon hearing Araya. "I won't forgive you 'cause i pictured that gross scene..." Yodo nods her head with hands on her back and so disappointed that she remains still on her place when a mutated claw grime tries to pull her in using the attractive force of the rinnegan.

"Die." Shinki points at the mutated claw grime targetting Yodo and drowns it in a pool of iron sand.

Magnet Style: Iron Sand: Irreversible Damage!

Shinki showers fhe claw grime inside the pool of iron sand with magnetic energy and his own chakra, and completely reshapes the creature and molds it into a chunk of magnetic energy for
Shinki to absorb but at the cost of losing his stamina. Shinki falls on one knee and begins to hyperventilate.

"Dang." Yodo mutters and almost starts to walk towards Shinki to restore his chakra but she understands that it will not be of any use as her teammate only needs to rest for a period of time. 'I myself am low on chakra and wouldn't be able to heal Shinki if he was messed up the way i am.'

Yodo is fifteen years old, one hundred sixty nine centimeters tall and with a toned body. She is wearing a honey-colored sweatshirt and dark purple crop-top along with honey-colored pants and dark-purple gloves and furry boots, and has dark red eye shadow and lipsticks on. She also wears a hidden sand crest pendant and hoop earrings and She is promoted to rank of anbu recently.

Araya is fifteen years old, one hundred seventy one centimeters tall and rather slim but lean frame. He is now wearing a bandanna instead of a mask and also hidden sand crest, along with light brown hoodie jacket and matching pants. He is now an anbu like his teemmate Yodo.

Shinki is fifteen years, one hundred seventy four centimeters tall and bigger than Araya but not as muscular. He is wearing a silver sand flak jacket and the same sports face paints. He is a jonin unlike his teammates.

"Nnngh!" Shinki wraps arms around his midsection and twirls in pain.

"Oh shit..." Araya quickly catched on something thanks to his sensory ninja art. "EVERYONE RETREAT RIGHT NOW!"

"Tch." Yodo runs towards Shinki and puts him ovet her shoulder side by side with Araya. "I don't like the smell of what's about to happen next."

"Yeah? How about THAT view?!?" Araya points at his back with his thumb and Yodo follows the finger to see what her teammate is referring.

"Bloody hell..." Yodo bursts to sweats as she observes the claw grimes chasing her are being dragged into a single spot in the sky so fiercely, she can sense the claw grimes' will to persist
against the occuring phenomena and would certainly be terrified of whatever their fate is going to be. "On a scale of zero to one hundred, how badly is Code gonna mess us up? Oh don't
answer, he's just pull up another godly feat."
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"Is it Juubi trying to reshape itself and escape from Code's chain?" Tsunade asks herself and then delivers a left punch to a mutated claw grime, a right hook to the side and a slap to the face and knee to jaw, and she quickly claps her hands against each other to release a shockwave that annihilates the mutated claw grime. And when Tsunade feels an intense presence behind, she tries to move but before that a blurry image passes infront of her hazel eyes. "Manda? You sicko..."

"Long time no see, Tsunade-hime." A familiar face arrives. At the first glimpse of the man whom she's wanted to hate so badly, The impassible valkyrie finds herself grinning. "Took you whole seven decades to bulk up?" Tsunade questions Orochimaru, slightly blushing at the sight of the lord of darkness with nothing to cover his upper half. As sarcastic and bitter as she may sound to other people, this was the kind of reaction that only Orochimaru would've expected and wanted from her. And that puts a smile on his face.

"You are fabulous as ever. I guess we can't help but get past our limits and disregarding our age." Orochimaru says and stands next to Tsunade.

"How can we call ourselves legendary ninjas if we fall behind these raw brats?" Tsunade replies to Orochimaru and looks up at the sky. "We can't stop that."

"No." Orochimaru agrees. "Juubi can't do this when it's might is supressed. This is... Code's doing." Orochimaru's words send shivers down Tsunade's spine.

"But he's not in this dimension." Tsunade suggests and looks up to Orochimaru.

"Log-kun said that there is a presence in this universe far greater than anyone on this battlefield. Based on the intel i received from Ada-chan it must be none other than Code himself."
Orochimaru comments.

"And i can't detect him..." Tsunade mutters and looks around for a trace of the energy that leads her to Code. "Is this the power of isolation? Is it love that drives him to such extent and make him so... otherworldy."

"Perhaps that is the case." Orochimaru murmurs and puts a hand on Tsunade's shoulder.

"How wholesome." Code says as he witness the scenery of the reunion of old friends.

In the reality, Orochimaru was correct. Code is kneeling on top of the sun and watching over the planet with the eye of mind. This is not a clone that he is using but his own self as an entity that transcends space. He is present in countless realities, and while only Log could feel his aura, there is not a single soul in the shinobi world who can touch or hurt him.

"Show me the true extent of your abilities." Code mutters and with a wave of his hand all the claw grimes blend together to trigger a supernatural reaction.

The cosmic energy of those claw grimes that are sealed away are diverted towards the singularity, and those who have absorbed the energy of the beasts start to tremble in agony as
that essence is sucked out of them. Then the singularity grows bigger, dwarfing any and all mountains on the planet with it's vast form. It awakens rinnegan in both eyes, and iron claw grimes cover it's neck and torso and right leg. The creature gives form to wings on it's back which also have dozens of red rinnegans on them. An avatar that resembles the demonic statue but significantly larger.

"Give me a break, you asshole." Kiba stutters and slowly crawls back with Akamaru groaning and following him under the cloud of terror.

"No..!" Mirai mutters and takes a few steps back just to fall on her back and stare at the juubi incarnate in horror.

"I can't defend Kiba, Mirai and Akamaru from that..." Shino admits but summons as many insects as he can. "We have to retreat before it's too late."

"Houki, can't you just teleport the weakened shinobis from the battleground?" Ada turns to Houki who lands beside her and taps on Daemon's hand with his finger.

"No. Code isn't going to let me do that." Houki responds.

"That's no fair game, princess." Delta shouts and appears behind Houki.

"It was never gonna be fair." Daemon replies and pushes himself to sit up and shakes himself up to get rid of the sense of diziness.

"Most of the shinobis will be fatally injured if that thing makes his move." Ada warns the crew.

"Endgame, huh?" Houki mutters and turns to Delta. "Sorry, but there is no other choice." Houki reaches for Delta's hand and holds it tightly.

"Don't gimme that. He'd screw us anyway." Delta tells Houki. "You kids! Hurry up and make some clones. We're gonna get our asses handed to Code but not like fools who sit down and do
nothing." Delta says and pats Houki on top of the head.

Mitsuki, Log, Sarada and Sumire create four shadow clones and with Houki and Delta form a circle and weave dragon then ram hand signs and finish it by clapping their hands and press
their palms on the ground. A portal to the edge between two domains of Tsubasa is opened and the pupils of The King Where It All Ends draw the light and dark energy from those divine realms of order and peace, and split it between Tsunade, Orochimaru, Seina, Akita, Hanabi and those who have close bonds with the lord of the dead.

"We have to get to Code fast." Sumire says as she forms daggers in her hands.

"And save those idiots before sensei's chakra kills us." Sarads reminds the team and tightens her grip on Ame no Murakumo.

"Scatter!" Mitsuki commands the team and is the first one to disappear from the sight with Ada and Daemon in his arms.

"Watch out!" Log shouts and surrounds himself with a serpent and jumps to the hidden cloud village.

The winged claw grime charges up it's enegy and causes natural disasters to occur across the entire globe. Frightening storms, massive tsunamis, unfathomable earthquakes and gigantic
hurricanes.

"I'll burrow this kid." Houki says before grabbing back of Shinki's jacket and takes him to Katsuyu.

"Oi!" Yodo screams before Mitsuki appears beside her and elongates his hair to shield Yodo and himself. "Why so sexy, sir?" Yodo tells Mitsuki in the confined space and has her hands around the slim waist of the darkest knight, head resting on his chest. "The scent, the shape... let's date when we get this done." Yodo is unable to see Mitsuki as it is too dark but Mitsuki can, and he pouts.

"Thanks." Araya expresses gratitude towards Delta who carries him to where Shinki is while dodging the lightning bllts that shower the battlefield, and looks at Mitsuki to make sure he is
doing fine.

Summoning Art: Quadruple Roshomon Gates!

Orochimaru and Tsunade form a bridge from earth and then transport the demonic gates on the bridge and hide behind it. The winged claw grime charges a bijuu bomb in one finger and
targets the legendary sannin, and fires the bijuu bomb at the veteran shinobi who withstand it's attack. Orochimaru and Tsunade stomp their foots on the ground and extend the bridge to reach their enemy, and they slam the roshomon gates into the hand of the winged claw grime which causes an explosion that destroys the finger of the spirit of disorder, and then they kick the head of the gigantic juubi incarnate to obliterate it and then they jump off of the creature only to be held back in air with a gravitational force so strong that they can't outrun.

Sarada brings forth her Amano Iwato domain upon spotting Orochimaru and Tsunade in danger, then summons an armored avatar in shape of a tengu demon and in scarlet color.

Perfect Susano'o!

Sarada commands the mountain-sized susano'o of her's to catch Orochimaru and Tsunade and puts them on the ground and she herself leaps out of her chakra avatar to where the pupils of the third hokage are.

"This is the first time i behold domain of an uchiha. How majestic." Code says, impressed by Sarada and her divine cave that is illuminated by holy flames.

"Hoooh." Sumire takes a deep breath and exhales. Then, She scatters her and nue's chakra across the land of water to negate the lighning bolts of the winged with her chaos energy.

"I shall send that abomination to coldest pit of hell." The golden haired man with a marlin-bone harpoon in his hand mutters and looks at a young woman wearing a crop top and wielding a
marlin-bone arrow. "Let us entertain the shinobi world, Seiren."

"Leave it to me, brother." Seiren responds to her brother and arrow.

Isari Funato, twenty eight years old, one hundred ninety six centimeters tall and a man of tan complexion and pearly silver eyes like the moon with shredded frame. He is wearing a high-collar sleeveless shirt of white color as well as white pants and boots. He is the current head of his clan with Seiren as his right hand.

Seiren Funato, twenty five years old, one hundred seventy six centimeters tall and has the same eye and hair and skin tone of her brother's. She has a toned body and is wearing a black
tanktop with brown vest and pants that is torn in left thigh, and brown boots with long black leggings.

"I...am the ruler of seven seas." Isari murmurs as he raises his left hand which starts glowing in dark blue color. "And now i become with the ocean and command all life that it bears." Isari
gently puts his hand in the water as he kneels and sends a shockwave across the entire planet, turning the oceans and all water forms into liquid masses that shine in color of his chakra. "Now then, i will carry on the will of my mother and her ancestors as the righteous priest of the sea goddess Mirina Otsutsuki." Isari slips his harpoon into the surface of the water and allows it to feed from the ocean as he takes slow, elegant swords. "I will show you what it means to be a holy warrior." Isari starts swinging his spear and points his hand at the winged claw grime to catch it's attention, and then he commands the ocean and rides on a wave of water that he freezes and makes his way to the titanic adversary.

The winged claw grime generates a powerful attrctive force to pull all shinobis to iself but Seiren pulls the thread of her bow that releases a wave of sound that breaks the gravitational force of the rinnegan bear, and maintains that for a few moments before Isari arrives.

"Hey!" Akita says loudly after Isari lifts her up to carry her with himself as he glides on the icy bridge that is levitating around the planet. "Why you picked me up?" Akita witnesses how Isari is clearing the battlefield where the winged claw grime is present to get the shinobis under his protection.

"I wanted you to be a part of this glorious moment." Isari responds to Akita who has her arms around his waist and her eyes widen upon hearing Isari's word. "Shall we?"

"Hell yeah!" Akita shouts and presses her forhead against Isari's back who bolsters the speed of his carriot.

Isari decreases the temperature around the claw grime to absolute zero degree and bypasses the resistance of Code's gigantic puppet thanks to his sage energy, and freezes the time around the creature for a few moments. Isari glides around the claw grime and stops behind it's back. Isari channels a torrent of ocean into his harpoon to strengthen his weapon, and the eyes of this relic start to glow as it is overfilled with the sage energy and divine essence of Tsubasa.

"Beware of the triumphant spear of the ocean king!" Isari mutters.

Divine Arts: Water Style: The Harbinger of Armageddon!

Isari shoots his harboon at the winged claw grime that annihilates the flesh the instant it slices through the titanic claw grime and carries on the spirit of the creature with itself to strike the earth and tear a hole through the planet, and then the marlin-bone harpoon returns back to him at his command after crossing the core of earth and coming out of other side of the planet.

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"You want to go round three?" Code whispers as he senses Momoshiki's presence corrupting the endless void.

"Beware the hell that i'm about to unleash upon you!" Momoshiki responds to Code while he digs claws into the flesh of his hands attempting to free himself. In a moment of fury, Momoshiki
lets out a roar that shakes the confines of the dimension and shatters the spear that impaled his chest, and the very soul of this ruler of despair seeks nothing but total annhiliation and supreme domination.

"I will play with you a bit longer." Code replies to Momoshiki and awaits his adversary's next move. He lays his serene gaze upon Momoshiki, and the face of the Otsutsuki disgusts him.

After absorbing energy of six of his domain to gain a dramatic boost in strength, Momoshiki stops the spectrum of time once more and charges towards Code. The seraphic vampire's
crimson orbs chase the demonic alien's movements, and he merely passes through Momoshiki as the latter aims to behead him. Momoshiki creates an obsidian chain rope around Code which traps the latter, and he grabs the chain to pull Code towards himself once the time is unfrozen.

"These chains are created solely to drag the gods who sit above heavens down. Even your mastery over body and soul is not going to protect you from this weapon!" Momoshiki states
before punching Code in the chest, and then he molds primordial chaos energy into infinite number of unimaginably dense layers of forcefields that trap the herald of gods in order to erase him from existence. The chains that can reach and hunt even abstract concepts and render them powerless now bind Code, and Momoshiki is certain that Code is doomed into oblivion in his hell of madness.

"The final attempt to triumph over he who has ascended beyond your reach..." A deep, divine voice echoes through the endless void and shakes Momoshiki down to his core. "Can you
sense it, Momoshiki?" Code's right hand breaks through the immeasurable number of barriers and strikes the forehead of Momoshiki with index finger.

'What-' Before Momoshiki can finish his thoughts; he gets caught in a cataclysmic explosion. It only lasts fleeting moments. But those feel like an eternity for Momoshiki. For he wants to bear witness to the aftermath of the catastrophic event which obliterated him into oblivion.

Momoshiki regains his form and hesitantly opens his eyes. What he observes leaves him sweating and trembling. "Damn you..." Momoshiki stutters, slowly flying backwards.

"So this is the prototype of adamantine sealing chains that members of Uzumaki clan inherit..." Code says while looking at the the broken obsidian chain which he is holding in his left. "What a dissatisfying performance..." Code clenches his fist, and causes the adamantine chains to turn into ashes and dust.

"You can't be just a mere failed vessel for Isshiki Otsutsuki..." Momoshiki responds. "How did you obtain all this power and mastered them with no mentor?" Momoshiki questions Code, and fully transforms his eyes into a pair rinnegan.

"Once you have the right amount of resources, and you are willing to not hold back in order to reach your limits and break through them, that is far more than enough to fulfill your destiny. As long as you are gifted, and motivated to the point where you believe in your capabilities." Code answers, and approaches Momoshiki with the hollow gaze that speaks of his dying interest in his opponent. "But you already knew that, and still picked shortcuts."

"Nonsense." Momoshiki responds. "No sane person would ever waste their time to follow a path full of misery when they can take it all for themselves in a blink of an eye." Momoshiki continiues while channeling more energy from another dimension of his by opening a portal in his brain.

"Foolishness..." Code mutters and squeezss his eyes shut for a few moments, and he cracks his shoulders.

Momoshiki charges at him once more by extending his hair only to be held motionless, incapable of moving his body and feeling all the chakra and strength he has built over the course of time is gone. "Adamantine chains..." Momoshiki perceives the golden steel ropes that immobilize him in air have spread out of Code's chest.

"The adamantine chains that we use are not the same as the original." Code states as he touches the fabric of his weapon. "You see, what we have is only second-rate variant of that
which you fantasize about. You engaged in not just a physical competition but also a contest of willpower, as this spear is nothing but a creation of your soul." Code continues, and begins to strangle Momoshiki. "You never had a chance against me, Momoshiki."

"You've only been lucky..." Momoshiki stutters but starts coughing as Code tightens his grip on the demonic alien's neck.

"Do not accuse me of being lucky, you sick freak." Code grits his teeth and glares at Momoshiki with glowing crimson eyes. "You had eons to fullfill you grand destiny of becoming the omnipotent otsutsuki god, but you could not even reach your own potential. All this talk, and you only lasted this long because i willed it." Code continues, belittling his enemy whom he despises. "You wandered around claiming to be a god, yet you found shelter in an immature member of a subspecies and that same youngling grew up so you can use him as a vessel
because you could not finish your task on your own. How pathetic does that sound like to you?" Code questions Momoshiki and gradually digs his sharp nails inside of Momoshiki's neck. "Without Boruto, you would have been out of the game four years ago."

Momoshiki's consciousness becomes far too weak to be in possession of Boruto's body, but he can tell that Code is refusing to let that happen. Momoshiki can't say no word anymore, but let's Code's words sink in as he expects his own untimely demise.

'Had i met this kid sooner... If only he revealed this gifts to me... i might have not been in this position... such optimistic fantasies... he would never allow me to take over his mind. He is different from Boruto and Kawaki.' Momoshiki thinks as blood pours down from the holes on his neck.
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"Even Momoshiki wasn't able to push Code to his limits..." Ada tells Mitsuki using the telepathic link they share, rubbing her right arm.

"So we really have reached the endgame, huh?" Mitsuki responds to Ada and then commands his clone to carry Ada and Daemon to his side.

"You said Kawaki's one lucky guy." Ada asks Mitsuki after turning her gaze away from him.

"I stand by that." Mitsuki answers Ada, and his clone finally reaches himself and puts both Ada and Daemon down.

"Doesn't sound so convincing, you know..." Ada replies to Mitsuki, and then starts patting Daemon on the back.

"Hn." Mitsuki finally opens his eyes and uses muramasa sword to help him rise onto his feet.

"Did ya ran out of plans, smartass?" Daemon questions Mitsuki who cracks his neck and shakes the muramasa forward, and that throws the sheath away.

"Not yet." Mitsuki says, and Daemon looks at the sword which is no longer glowing.

"We have no time to waste, or he'll feed either Boruto or Kawaki to the juubi." Sarada speaks and stands next to Mitsuki, on his right.

"I guess Code sent this doppelganger to do more than just wreak havoc on the battlefield..." Sumire says as she grabs Mitsuki's wrist to rise to her feet.

"No shit, Tobirama junior!" Delta utters to Sumire in a mocking tone after landing next to her.

"Ladies..." Houki teleports between Delta and Sumire with his arms wrapped around their shoulders. "Loosen up." Houki encourages his teammates to cool off, and the two do as he
wants. "Good girls."
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Not so far away from them on south-east side, Isari looks down at Juubi who is in the core of earth.

"Is it still under Code's control?" Akita questions Isari, staring at the titanic creature from above his shoulders as she has her arms around his shoulders and legs around his waist.

"Not anymore." Isari answers. "My varunastra severed their tires. Code shall never be capable of commanding this mutated clone of juubi. There is no possible future where he can reclaim his
possession over this beast for that is against my will." Isari continues.

"Wow." Akita mutters as her eyes widen in sight of the ten tailed beast.

"Okay... time to put you to an eternal sleep..." Moegi whispers and claps her hands against each other.

In the center of planet appear thousands of tree branches that cover the vast body of the evolved demonic monster and start sucking it's infinite amount of chakra.

"I'll seal up this naughty dog myself." A woman with dark blue hair jumps to the edge of the hole on earth and slams her fist on the ground, creating crystal barrier around Code's avatar of
chaos.

"Where were you, Guren-chan?" Kabuto asks the person that claimed the responsibility of sealing their adversary away.

"Busy whippin' some candy asses, babe!" Guen answers Kabuto with a smirk on her face, and the white-haired man chuckles in return.

"I miss spying on Orochimaru so badly now." Yamato says, exhausted as he weaves serpent hand sign. The earth begins it's reformation process under Yamato's command.

"Alright, you can't do this on your own." Aoba suggests and then leaps into the hole and taps on the glassy prison to form a space-time barrier inside of it in order to allow Yamato to fully
reshape the planet as it is supposed to be.

"Everyone, come forward and lend your strength to your fellow shinobis!" Konohamaru shouts and summons the army of ninjas who form a circle around the hole.

"Easy-peasy!" Kankuro murmurs and scatters his chakra across the area to link his shinobis to those responsible for sealing up the juubi and recreating the world's core and surface with the
chakra threads which he normally uses to control his puppets, and then they transfer their energy to Aoba, Guren, Moegi and Yamato.

"Gotta shut it's mind first, i can sense it's persisting." C tells Darui and jumps to Aoba's side, then he kneels where the head of mutated juubi is and touches the surface of crystal barrier and sends a portion of his chakra inside of the incarnation of destruction.

"Not potent enough." Menma states and holds his silvery ocarina near his lips to release a melody that reaches all his comrades, and that enhances the natural capacity of the shinobis and makes their chakra immensly more powerful in a short period of time.
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"Ada..." Mitsuki calls the name of the sky princess, and she waves her hand in air.

A forcefield is formed around Tsubasa's pupils, and their minds drifts for moments as the inevitable confrontation with he who could be the most powerful man they will ever face makes
them recall all the memories they hold dear to their hearts.

"Delta-chan..." Houki says in a serious tone which turns his partner's gaze to him. "I'd like to say that i'm grateful to have spent so much time with you, and i'm sure that i had annoyed you dozens of time, i really am sorry for all that." Houki continues, then takes off his mask to look at Delta. "I know that you never wanted to be a part of this... yet, you're still here, fighting alongside us, even now even when the chance of victory is close to zero. It might be too late, but i doubt anyone will ever tell you that... but you deserved so much more than being treated like a pawn..." Houki tells Delta, who cannot retain a direct eye contact with him for so long, and ends up grabbing his collars and pulls him close to her.

"If you said all these words three ago, i woulda knocked your teeth out on spot. You know that, don't ya?" Delta asks Houki who nods as a response. "But i wasn't so lucky and had to tolerate likes of you and the king of edgelords. Pain in my ass, damn right, but you fellas never made feel like i was less than you. At very least, you didn't." Delta continues, and gently knocks on Houki's chest with her clenched fist. "Never apologize for the mess that other people make. You're better than that."

"Mhm." Houki says, and ends it with a kiss on Delta's temple which feels like it lasts forever.

"You spoiled kiddo..." Delta smirks, and her supposedly joyful expression is washed away as warm tears wet her cheeks. "Don't be a crybaby..." Delta says as the liquid pearls which do not belong to her dangle under her chin. The golden-haired woman chokes up all of a sudden and begins to weep while holding the taller, younger man tightly in her arms. "I had never felt so human..." Delta murmurs as Houki puts his chin on top of her head.

"I didn't want it to be this way. My reunion with Boruto... Now, i'm actually terrified... yet, i want to seize this bleak hope that we can still overcome all the odds and save both Boruto and Kawaki, assist the shinobi alliance to end this war before anyone gets killed." Sumire goes to Sarada and puts her hand on the uchiha kunoichi's shoulders.

"Even then, we wouldn't be able to repay him." Sarada says, and removes her glasses. "This is so annoying." Sarada utters and holds her sword tightly in her right hand.

"Oh-oh...!" Log utters as he senses a terrible power arising from the location of mutated juubi clone. "Are you sure they can handle that thing without our help?" Log asks Mitsuki.

"Our shadow clones are there, and someone has to rescue those two knuckleheads. Which one of those are perfectly suited for that task other than us, log?" Mitsuki questions Log, who shrugs his shoulders in response.

"I'm comin' with ya-" Daemon was about to take his steps to join the team until Mitsuki points his muramasa sword at him.

"You will stay here." Mitsuki tells Daemon, who gets frustrated. "Restore your strength, you will complete the last pillar of defense." Mitsuki continues, and that is all needed to convince Daemon he is not fit for this mission.

"Mitsuki..." Ada whispers as he witnesses Mitsuki holds out his arm and scars it from the tip of shoulder to the wrist itself, and gives a new life to evil sword that was thirsting for blood. Mitsuki puffs cold air out of his mouth and watches his cursed blade glow in crimson. "Return to me, okay?!" Ada steps forward and hugs her darkest knight from behind.

"I..." Mitsuki starts shuddering, as the pitch-black sky rages. He looks over his shoulder to Ada for a blink of an eye, and shows his deep-rooted motivation to finish this hopeless phase on his
own, but behind that is a sorrow alien to Ada. "...give you my word." Mitsuki says and takes in the stance of iaido with the sword in his left hand. "Hyaaa!" Letting out a cry of battle which shakes all his peers and comrades to the core, Mitsuki charges himself up with the thunder bolts of the sky and slices the fabric of reality to open a rift in space-time.

'Hmph... there you are...' Code thinks to himself as he spots Mitsuki that enters Isshiki's domain. A flame is lit in soul of Code upon seeing the dragon sage, and starts smiling But that smile fades away soon as the rage of this ferocious warrior fills this endless void, and in less than an instant immeasurable strikes targetted towards Code and the adamantine chains.
The unbreakable weapons shatter, and the brightest knight's eyes widen as he is shocked.

"Bye!" Houki is the only would who reacted on time and teleports behind Mitsuki, then catches Boruto's unconscious body and disappears.

'So i lost this content of willpower...' Code has no time to move a muscle for he is impressed by Mitsuki's showcase of divine might. He can only have a glimpse at Mitsuki that appears above his head and he has the protection of the electromagnetic forcefield around him. But the fierce gaze of his opponent tells him that he may not be completely safe.

"My turn." Mitsuki whispers, and with a strike of his muramasa breaks through Code's absolute defense and penetrates his invulnerable flesh, then a burning sensation scatters across Code's spirit and he is caught in a explosion.

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"The hell..?" Jugo utters, as he senses a disturbance in the nature. "DAMMIT RUN!"

Aoba quickly puts C on his shoulder and jumps back to the surface of the world, and the shinobi alliance retreats before the evolved juubi breaks free from it's prison, sending a shockwave that tears holes across the entire landmass of the planet and tosses most shinobis to outer space.

"The earth is crumbling under the pressure..." Seina whispers and kneels on the ground, slams her palm on the face of the world. "Let me take care of this, just get that monster out of the
earth's core before it lays waste to creation!" Seina continues, and starts to reshape the planet on her own and guards the gate to the moon with a barrier seal.

"Got it!" Konohamaru responds and notices someone gets past him and dives into the hole.

"How about this?" Sekki shouts and delivers a punch to the chest of juubi which only stings the titan of chaos.

"Or this!" Udon follows the bodyguard of fourth tsuchikage and charges towards the monster and headbutts it on the forehead, only pushing it for a few meters.

"One more thing before we leave." Sumire says, after absorbing Nue in her back. The gozu tenno marking appears once more, and Sumire attains Nue's powers and bolsters her own capacity further.

"Gotcha." Sarada replies, and quickly expands her Amano Iwato across the whole planet which freezes time for everyone except Sumire. She summons her perfect susanoo although in a thick
armor that is five centimeters thick, but far more dense than it usually is when used as a mountain-sized avatar, and mold the divine energy of Benzaiten into a bow.

Sumire assists Sarada by forging an arrow, and then she opens a portal above the giant hole on the earth. Sarada shoots the arrow, and it flies towards the mutated ten tails clone. Penetrating the fabric of reality as it nears the target, the arrow strikes and finally throws the former puppet of Code out of earth's core, allowing Seina to close the wound on the planet.

Sarada quickly deactivates her visual technique, glances over her comrades and sees the face of her sensei and hokage who appears to have realized what happened even when his consciousness was not intact, and rushes to stop Sarada and Sumire who hurry into Isshiki's dimension.

"Yo!" Houki screams, and throws Boruto into Sumire's and Sarada's arms. "Fix this mess of an otsutsuki and send him to his nest." Houki says before leaving to help Mitsuki.

"Boruto-kun..!" Sumire wraps her arms around Boruto and holds him close to her, and puts her left hand on his chest, looking for a beating heart. "You're still with us, i'm glad..." Sumire smiles, and starts to heal the boy she loves.

"Suicidal moron..." Sarada mutters, and uses the strength of a hundred seal to boost the healing process and partially restore Boruto's chakra pool. Her yellow-haired friend opens his blue eyes slowly, and shows fatigue from his intense battle, and signs of restlessness that Sarada assumed belongs to the days he was away from home. She smiles, although feeling the urge to nag at him and beat some sense into him with her steel fists. "Even after these years, you're still the same knucklehead who thinks he can overcome anything. You didn't learn the most important lessons from my dad." But she decides to say that, and leaves it this way.

'Mitsuki..?' Kawaki comes to his senses after hearing the dragon sage's battle cry which shook even this chamber. 'Bet you got a plan, or he'd twist you all like twigs...' He tries moving his body
but no avail, and only his mind is awake. The flame of hate is reborn in the center of Kawaki's soul once more as he is unable to do anything in this position despite having bragged about
how he wants to save the seventh hokage's world.

Delta and Log speed up towards the spot where Kawaki is confined. Delta weaponizes her left heel and Log clenches his fist, and together they land hits on the surface of the barrier. The
prison absorbs the damage, and the next instant Delta and Log find themselves in the same place they were when they first sensed Kawaki's presence and came up with this idea.

"Temporal loop." Log presumes based on the information Ada that she attained while spying on the battle shared with the shinobi alliance in order to gain a proper understanding of their
adversary's fullest capacity.

"Kawaki can hang on in there for a while. Not like we can do shit anyway." Delta suggests and goes to Mitsuki's aid, Log follows her.

Code reaches for Muramasa sword on his shoulder only to be pulled to Mitsuki's side as the wielder of the evil sword commands it to his side. Mitsuki draws out the essence of his soul and forms his phantom blades, and catches one with his right hand while the others shield him as the spiral around him.

Mitsuki readies himself as Code nears him, but the latter is able to draw out the crimson blade and forges a forcefield to absorb the phantom blades. Mitsuki jumps back, and summons his
sword to his side.

Code cancels his forcefield, and spots a distortion in space-time which sharpens his senses. He concentrates on his surroundings but what comes appears to be too fast even for him, and that is the flying thunder god who pops out of a rift on the left side of Code with his kunai pointed towards the seraphic vampire. Code evades and Houki side-flips through another rift to appear on Code's back. Code summons adamantine chains which penetrate Houki's body but the dark-haired prodigy blows up to a murder of crows. Code is then kicked on front of the throat as the real Houki comes out of a third rift on his right side. Code turns around and Houki finishes his combo with an uppercut to the jaw and leaves him to his partner.

Delta starts off with a barrage of punches then flips over to stomp on Code's chest and blasts the herald of gods with the jet-propulsion under her heels. She then injects Code with a portion of inorganic matter to disturb his chakra pathaway, and bends over to grab her enemy's head in her hands. The purple eyes begin to glow and emit thunder sparks as Delta charges up her death beam, and releases the devastating ray at Code in point blank. The attack leaves minor burns on the face of Delta's enemy, which pisses her off.

"Rougher than ever. I ought to thank your boyfriend, right?" Code asks, smiling.

"Fuck off." Delta responds and aims to deal crushing blow to Code's knee, but the perfected warrior grabs her thigh and swings her to slam her into Log that comes to assist him.

"Still not enough to put me down." Code utters as he holds Delta in the air by her golden hair.

Houki switches Delta's place with himself. After that, he locks Code's right arm between his legs and uses his left calf to pull Code's head against his own right calf which chokes Code out. Then he summons an infinite number of explosive tags and snaps his fingers to lit them on fire.

Summoning Art: Crow Style: Clone Explosion!

Code is caught in a massive explosion that almost fills the entire dimension. Delta carries Houki and Log to a safe zone before the impact devours them, and they wait for the last tag to blow up.

However, the sphere of flames and explosion starts to get sucked into the center.

"Gah, cheater." Houki pouts. "Whatever." Then he raises his left hand and bends the space-time around Code to his will, to crush Code. But the perfected warrior disappears from his sight and
range of sense.

Before they can do anything; the trio of Houki, Delta and Log are tossed around and slammed into each other for many times just to be shot to Sarada's and Sumire's side.

"Let Delta be next in the line." Houki suggests, pointing at his partner.

"Mitsuki's not gonna be alone in that!" Sarada mutters and leaps to Mitsuki's side to assist him, leaving Sumire behind to heal their peers.

"I recommend treating your fellowship first." Code suggests, arms folded before Mitsuki and Sarada.

"You love hearing your voice so much, huh?" Sarada asks, and quickly draws Ameno Murakumo from it's sheath and thrusts it at Code to release a wave that erases the fabric of reality around Code.

The herald of gods however walks through that as if it was nothing, and flies towards Sarada like a blur. He throws a punch to Sarada's face which leaves a bruise on her face, and aims to kick Mitsuki in the face but the dragon sage stabs him in the leg with phantom blade that disregard Code's intangible form. Mitsuki turns his back on Code and kicks the one-man-army in
the chest to jump far away to Sumire with Sarada in her arms.

"What are you doing?" Sarada yells at Mitsuki. "Have you gone insane?"

"It has to be a fair fight. One on one. Just like what Tsubasa-sensei uses to advise us. Best not to handicap the enemy when they are honorable and noble." Mitsuki responds.

"What if he's not? What if he's just putting an act?" Sarada asks Mitsuki.

"I will find the answer myself." Mitsuki replies and puts his hand on Sarada's shoulder. "We will follow the plan. It will work, or we will have no other choice but to do whatever it takes to save
the world." Mitsuki continues and turns around. "Save your strength. Do not waste your life. For without you, we are all doomed. You, Boruto and Sumire must survive no matter the cost."

Mitsuki states and slowly walks away from Sarada.

The scarlet princess witness the darkest knight approaching the brightest knight. Unsure if her will to trust the boy she cherishes might cause his demise, Sarada gets up to follow after him
but hesitates. 'I'll believe in you, Mikki. Because you always believed in me...' Sarada thinks, and returns to heal her friends.

"Would you consider this an act of bravery, Mitsuki?" Code asks Mitsuki as he descends to walk on the void on an imaginary circle like his opponent does, both the opposite of clockwork.

"That comes from the man who waged war on the shinobi world, aware of the fact that your enemies would disregard honor if that guarantees their own safety?" Mitsuki responds with a question of his own, smirking.

"I have been told that you are the greatest prodigy of your generation. A genius that graced the ninja academy. The perfect specimen. Not a single wise person ever spoke lightly of you. But i had to see for myself, with my own eyes." Code continues, with eyes fixated on Mitsuki.

"I cannot say the same about you. However, you have proven yourself as a warrior greater than myself. Your progress is astonishing. That is not to be condoned." Mitsuki replies.

"You know both your capacity's and mine's. Yet, you choose to stand in my way. Because you think that i will hold back against you for face me in a one on one combat?" Code questions Mitsuki.

"I count on that part, but sometimes you need more than odds on your side. Conviction is where the majority fall short." Mitsuki comments.

"Does that mean you see victory awaiting you in the end?" Code asks.

"Not quite. I am not in the mood to lose tonight." Mitsuki states. "But you already knew that better than anyone else, right?"

"Hm." Code humms, and stretches out his arm forward to have a long, elegant sword summoned in his left hand. The blade smooth unlike Muramasa's rough blade, and instead this sword is pale but begins to glow in blue as Code imbues it with his own essence. Not an sliver of negative emotion oozing from the sword, as if it is not a true weapon, or rather that the
wielder has no ill-intention at all. "Your surmise?"

"Masamune... the holy blade of unknown origins which was thought to be no more than a mythical relic of the gods... is now in your possession." Mitsuki comments. "It looks even more majestic than what is described and illustrated in the books now that i witness the true glory of this sword with my very eyes." Mitsuki shuts his eyes for a few moments and looks up to
heavens.

"The legends have it that your muramasa sword and my masamune are antithesis to each other. Two sides of the same coin, bound to clash forever and ever. Blessed by the gods... cursed by fate... what a poetic tragedy..." Code says, and bursts to laughter.

Mitsuki only stands still and watches Code with his melancholic gaze. 'This is not madness... i can tell that your true will was never to battle me... However, you expected it natheless. Are you hiding your sadness?' Mitsuki thinks to himself before Code raises his hand to cover his face.

"Let the inevitable happen, then. You are here to put me to test, and i search for the spirit of a true noble man within you." Code says, and finally stops walking. Then turns to Mitsuki and taps
into his karma power. "Let our swords be judges of that."

"Mhm." Mitsuki responds, and tosses his muramasa sword to hold it in his right hand, and begins to approach Code.

The sinister sword of Mitsuki releases an ocean of darkness that shrouds the sight of his companions as he walks, and the merciful blade of Code illuminates the dimension with it's majestic light.

The darkest knight and the brightest knight swing their swords for the first time. The creation trembles in the first clash of their swords, and the impact can be felt from even the earth.

The two warriors begin to fly and engage in battle, attacking each other as they cross Isshiki's dimension instantly. Each time their swords clash it releases an screeching sound akin to the cry of heavens.

Code avoids using his strength against Mitsuki, as he seeks only a contest of skill and willpower.

That confidence in his abilities is what drives him, and for the most part he appears to be on par with the swordsmaster.

Boruto regains his consciousness, and takes moments to realize he is beside some familiar face.
Some beloved ones.

"Don't move." Sumire tells Boruto, and gives him a warm smile. "We missed you." She continues, choosing to refer to Sarada as well.

"Why are we still here..?" Boruto asks, and only manages to spot Mitsuki and Code fighting from far away. "Mitsuki!" Boruto summons kusanagi and almost raises to his fist to go assist his friend but is pushed back by Sarada. "Sarada?"

"Let him handle this." Sarada responds, leaving Boruto dumbfounded.

The son of seventh hokage turns his attention to the clash of the knights, and recalls a memory.

A conversation with his mentor...
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Date: Jan.13th 2039

"Sensei, how was that?!?" Boruto says, sitting on a rock, stares at Sasuke with his curious eyes.

"You have a knack for swordsmanship that neither your father nor i had when we were at your age." Sasuke admits, and that overfills the adolesecent with ecstasy and pride.

"HOW DOES IT FEEL WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE TRAINING THE BEST PRODIGY OF A WHOLE GENERATION? AIN'T IT AMAZING?!?" Boruto asserts, loudly.

"I wouldn't say that." Sasuke comments, and sits beside Boruto with a cup of tea in his hand.

"Eh?" Boruto responds, flabbergasted. "If it's not me, then who is it?"

"Don't get me wrong, you have all the tools needed to become one of the best shinobis to ever live. But i have seen someone whose potential surpasses that of your's." Sasuke states.

"Just give me his name already!" Boruto shouts, too impatient.

"I'm talking about Mitsuki." Sasuke replies.

"Him? I mean, he was incredible too. But never game the vibe of a generational prodigy, you know." Boruto suggests.

"Back then, Mitsuki did not know the true meaning of desperation and darkness. He's now being trained by Tsubasa, who is better than i am as a mentor. I expect him to fulfill his potential soon." Sasuke states.

"But he ain't gonna top me in swordsmanship. There's no way..." Boruto says, laughing. But as soon as he sees Sasuke smirking, he begins to doubt himself. "Tell me i'm not wrong."

"Try your best and hardest, Boruto. But you've lost already." Sasuke responds, leaving Boruto speechless.
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Boruto observes the fight. Mitsuki pushes through Code's overwhelming strikes and retaliates with calculated maneuvers, and in a way that creates an elegant scene where he is utterly
flawless.

For years, Boruto had not came to consider Mitsuki a challenge to him. But here and now, he understands why Sasuke held Mitsuki in such high regards.

At this moment, the star of hope feels utterly outclassed in presence of the darkest knight.

"You thought you were the only one who never surrenders, right?" Mitsuki says as his back is bent over backwards and quickly strightens his back and headbutts Code in the forehead to push him away.

"Tch." Code charges towards Mitsuki. Mitsuki is able intercept the attack, but positions his sword in a different angle. The two strike each other in hearts.

"MITSUKI!" The friends of Mitsuki scream,and rush to his rescue.

Their eyes meet, as their divine ichor coats the flesh of their blades.

A drop of tear falls, Mitsuki observes.

The pearl wets the face of Code, who drops his face.

Is he crying for himself, out of agony?

No, Mitsuki does not feel that way.

Mitsuki rubs his fingers on his wound and waves a hand sign with his left.

Summoning Art...

Then a gigantic white serpent appears and wraps itself around Mitsuki and Code, before anyone could reach them.

They slowly pull out swords from each other's chest.

The wounds immediately heal, and they lock gazes once again.

"My blade appears to have not corrupted your soul, neither has it feasted on it. You should be dead, or fallen to madness. But no." Mitsuki states.

"Neither does my sword tell me about a hidden scheme and or a vile cause. You seem to have passed the test too." Code mutters, with his head dropped.

"You and i beheld the reflection of our hearts. I think there is no need to further this war." Mitsuki says.

"I must put an end to shinobi world and this cycle of pain..." Code confesses.

"Not like this, Code. I have visions of the future. You will not be able to save Ada even if you bring down the system that suffered you." Mitsuki responds.

"One must take action, or there will be no future to protect at all." Code responds, closing his eyes.

"This is why i ask you to join us." Mitsuki proposes.

"What a joke..." Code sneers.

"Are you afraid they will persecute you for your strength, regardless of your wish to redeem yourself?" Mitsuki questions.

"No one will advocate for me." Code suggests.

"I WILL ADVOCATE FOR YOU!" Mitsuki shouts at Code.

"And if that was futile?" Code asks Mitsuki.

"Then i shall fight for you." Mitsuki asserts. "I will stand up to the world."

Mitsuki is aware of how many rogue shinobis have gotten away with all kinds of crimes during their lifetimes for a variety of reasons. Orochimaru, his father, is among them who is now an ally of shinobi alliance.

But Code? He announced the start of world war two years before it happened, so the world could prepare an army to defend themselves against him, and protect the innocent and the weak from the mayhem. There is not a single man killed on battlefield, and not a single shinobi has been murdered by Code ever.

Code can see all that, but chooses to not see that possiblity.

Yet...

He gets drowned in silent as the seeds of regret bloom in the center of his soul.

Mitsuki thusts his sword into the fabric of void and holds out his hand infront of Code, smiling at him.

"Let me embrace you." Mitsuki says, in a gentle tone.

Code turns to Mitsuki and stares at him with widened eyes.

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In the infinitely expanding universe, The titanic winged claw grime growls.

Its mere presence bringing turmoil to the universe.

"Gokage." Isari utters, gathering the mightiest ninjas of five great hidden villages as the most powerful asset in the shinobi alliance. "Prepare yourselves. Time to banish the chaos incarnate into the shadow realm." He asserts, then takes off his shirt. The markings on his body begin to emit light that is the same color as the blue seas, and his skin hardens as he showers himself in a wave of the ocean.

"Young folks; you will all stay here to restore your strength and avoid the terror of a wrathful titan. The selected few shinobis are the only ones whose assistance is required. The rest shall remain on earth to protect the planet and the future generations." Kabuto asserts as he taps into dragon sage mode.

"Yes Sir!" The shinobis shout.

"Still don't get all the hype around you, Hokage. You oughta show us a glimpse of your will of fire." Kurotsuchi says as she slams her fists against each other.

"I don't feel like competing. But if that's what you're looking for..." Konohamaru responds, and a sudden burst of energy overwhelms most of the present fellowship except for Isari, Kabuto and Orochimaru. A pair of markings pop around the eyes of the eighth hokage. Those who had participated in the previous world war are astonished at the sight of the transformation, for the proud descendant of the professor reminds them of the god of shinobi himself.

No, he has acquired the same power that Hashirama Senju had attained: Monkey Sage Mode.

"Then know this... I'm not going to hold back." Konohamaru finishes his sentences as the circle with a dot inside appears on his forehead to complete his ascension form.

"What's weather like up there, Komorebi?" Seiren asks, looking above her head at the radiant figure.

"Ready to go at it." Komorebi mutters, smiling.

"Let us march towards our inevitable victory, my brothers and sisters." Isari screams, and with a wave of his hand he creates a disc of ice beneath the feat of the frontsmen but personally he dives deep outside the atmosphere to attack the greatest puppet of Code.

Seiren holds her Vijaya in hands and quickly jumps on her brother's back, then concentrates her energy in a single arrow that illuminate the sky akin to the stars that burn with the infernal flames.

The winged claw grime is first to unleash it's fury upon the human foes. It forms a monstrous tailed beast bomb and shoots it at Isari.

"Settle down!" Isari whispers, and shoots Varunastra at the chaos incarnate. It starts sucking energy as it makes contact with and passes through the tailed beast bomb, and once it breaks outside of the sphere all of the destructive mana has been absorbed. Vijaya flies towards Honoka while the five kage come forth to push back the marching beast.

Chojuro appears behind the mutated juubi's back, attachs the twin blades of Hiramekarei and pummels the winged monster in the space between its wings, causing a shockwave that can be felt beyond the multiverse. Gaara assists Chojuro by kicking the vast titan in the neck, followed by a punch in the midsection. Kurotsuchi quickly engages in battle and delivers a powerful blow as the evolved form of god tree is bent over, then flips over its head and stomps it below the single rinnesharingan. Darui coats his cleaver sword and himself in lightning chakra and becomes a blur in the eyes of monster, and begins to slice wings and limbs off of that abomination but they all attach to their place. Konohamaru grabs the anomaly by its toe and starts swinging the creature that weighs heavier than the multiverse, and throws it at Honoka who takes possession of one-third of the energy stored in Varunastra.

An energy construct is formed around the shinobi and their adversary, banishment spells appear all over them. Adamantine sealing chains pop out of the barriers around the warriors and attack their sole target, completely immobilized it in less than an instant. "FALL INTO THE DEEPEST CORNER OF THE VOID!" Cries Honoka, and her surroundings turn into pure nothingness.

Divine Art: Sun Style: Omnidirectional Rays of Future and Past!

"Behold the mercy of the sun goddess..." Komorebi murmurs, and she is made into the very manifestation of the stars in the sixth plane of reality, from the beginning of time to the end of eternity, and releases solar waves from her body that crushes the evolved juubi under the overwhelming pressure of gravity, and uses the stellar energy channeled into her and the ray beams she is emitting to heal her comrades and herself.

The winged ten tails possesses no material form now, only exists as pure concept in the nothingness. It retaliates by summoning the inner strength that roots in unmatched power of its puppeteer Code, to create a cosmic storm that consistently alter the probability and improbability around itself. Its might overwhelming the fellowship for moments, and it is those who are not granted Tsubasa Emiya's essence that feel their existence get ripped to shreds for they have no durable armor against the chaos incarnate.

"The power of hyuuga shall protect you!" Neji speaks, and his byakugan shift into golden orbs with glowing white enso circles in each of them. The pride of hyuuga clan releases his aura across the area to shield the vulnerable shinobi with the power of Mukengan.

The number of hyuuga who have been capable of finishing their rigorous training to master their dojutsu barely reaches a hundred. They shall be compared to kage in terms of raw power, and surpass them in skill and physical prowess. However, there has not been anyone in the clan who could break that limit. In the legends, it is said that the hyuuga who is blessed with the essence of an Otsutsuki shall awaken Tenseigan to attain a power rivalling Rinnegan of Uchiha lineage. But Neji is the first to discover the secret of his blood, and after reaching enlightenment and state of mind, he stepped in a realm where her was in a league below Hinata, whose eyes were evolved to Tenseigan. If Byakugan is the eye that requires one to strengthen their body, Mukengan is the eye that requires a tranquil soul. It is the state of body supremacy and authority over the spiritual form of oneself.

The shinobi are no longer in danger thanks to Neji, whose soul persists in the face of a willpower that aims to crush reality and probability to erase its enemies, and they take a breath of relief. The resilient genius concentrates a grain of chakra in his palm the moment he senses the vast titan of destruction is about to launch a tailed beast bomb, and outstretches his hand when his self-aware avatar of god tree releases its nuclear attack. Neji cuts through the catastrophic sphere.

Above Neji's head appears Hanabi who holds out her arms towards the two halves of tailed beast bomb, absorbs them, and molds them into two golden lion fist shrouds. "Ready to go down, hideous rodent?" Hanabi asks the terrible beast, and with a battle cry she pummels the twin lion fists into it. Hanabi's technique robs the mutated claw grime of one fourth of its energy pool. 'I feel a numbness in my arms...' She thinks, and in the man time she is struck with a gigantic vortex. Yet, she does not flinch, and grins to further irritate her colossal foe.

"DIIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!" The winged ten tails lets out a scream of terror, sending shockwaves that crack the barrier of this dimension and casts the curse of death upon its enemies. The defeanening scream, however, only pushes back the shinobis for some of them have become immortal beings and the others immune to the unholy words of this agent of hell due to the protection that Neji has granted them.

"Not yet." Aoba murmurs, and his sunglasses fade into sparks to reveal his navy blue eyes. The obsidian deicide glares at the mutated claw grime, and puffs a cold graze of air. He concentrates his mind for brief moments on channeling psychic energy in the void.

"Oi, oi." Seiren mumbles as she starts swinging her Vijaya, and whistles at the same time. The sound that her mouth emits appears majestic yet cataclysmic, for it is concentrated on the vast titan and rains upon it, piercing it all over the spirit. She then increases the speed of her hand movement, and an arrow is form in the bow which glows brighter and brighter until the acceleration ceases and the she-archer points the projectile at her prey, shoots it to surpass time and space. The ray of light scatters and penetrates the mutated claw grime from beneath the feet, burning the dark entity to the core and leaves holes in its wings.

Sage Art: White Rage!

Kabuto fires a crimson astral dragon with a purple orb in its left claw at the terrible titan. The dragon tightly coils itself around the orb, then Orochimaru casts a barrier around the dragon which is close to the rinnesharingan of the self-aware god tree, and releases blinding light with a deafening sound after the air produced from the immortal dragon sage's divine energy is oscillated. The paralysis pain overcomes the predatory instincts of the beast, and the barrier is made into spikes that thrust themselves into it to suck in as much cosmic energy as they possibly can. It takes one third of the energy pool for the spikes to deteriorate and overwhelm Orochimaru, who just passed his limit.

Summoning Art: Crow Style: Legion of Doom!

Aoba leaps over the head of the colossal beast and points his left index finger at it, and then a portal pops up infront of his hand. Thousands of crows plunge themselves at evolved the ten tails in the same fashion that seems like a kamikaze ritual in first glance. However, the crows transform into jet-black chains and cover the terrible titan. "Come on puppy, time to take your much-needed nap already." Aoba's body oozes dark energy that takes form of an armor, producong unnatural bolts of thunder. He dives into the neck of the claw grime, and passes through the chain to punch his way through the materialized body of his captive monster.

Summoning Art: Eight Tailed Beasts!

Darui, Kurotsuchi, Chojuro and Gaara clap their hands and slam their palm on the fabric of the void, to transport the tailed beasts along with Killer Bee who is in his ultimate transformation. The fragments of original ten tails charge up energy, and surround the winged claw grime to pulverize it with strikes of their tails, in order of the number of their tails from lowest to highest. Then they turn around to aim their tailed beast bombs at the restrained foe, and start bombarding it down. For thirty six second which appear like thirty six hellish weeks for target of the technique.

"Edna!" Konohamaru shouts, and his monkey summon is teleported on top of his shoulder with a gloomy expression but shapeshifts himself into a tremendous staff that can become a bridge between north and south ends of the universe, and Konohamaru lifts it up and slams it onto the mutated claw grime. "Thanks, now outta my way!" Konohamaru commands Edna who jumps to his master's side and sticks on his back. The eighth hokage claps his hands against each other and boosts his statistics with sage enegy that flows in mount kakazan. "Here's your final lesson, dull creature! Summoning Art: Wood Style: SHINSU SENJU!" Konohamaru transports the several-thousand handed buddha and leaps to stand on top of its head. He holds his right hand infront of heart, the palm facing left, and then he creates three more clones for his colossal statue to catch his adversary under siege. "Crossroad of Destiny!" He locks his fierce gaze upon the incarnation of chaos, and his instruments of war make their move when they sense it is charging up an attack. Tens of thousandas of golden hands pummel the winged claw grime mercilessly, each punch with the power to lay waste to the multiverse. The beast fails to regenerate its form faster than it is getting smashed, and in mere seconds it is left on a fractured conceptual form whose ill destiny is to withstand the divine punishment at the hands of the golden buddha. In matter of a minute, even the conceptual form of the terrible titan is gone, but the will of god tree allows it to born anew. As it is slowly gaining shape, the four buddhas slam their right hands on its back, its right shoulder, its left shoulder and its forehead. They soak up half of the energy of the sinful deity, and fade into nothingness after partially recharging Konohamaru by linking themselves with him using four magatamas.

"Your reign of terror shall end right here... and now!" Isari speaks, and tears a hole in the void with varunastra. "Come forth, Leviathan!" A seven headed serpent demon comes out of the portal that Isari created just moments ago, oozing its bloodlust. Every soul except for Isari, Konohamaru, Seiren, Kabuto, Orochimaru, Neji and Hanabi are unable to resist its dreadful presence and tremble under the weight of this menacing lord of the ocean beasts. The dark blue sea titan lets out a screeching cry and plunges at the ten tails. Its seven heads sink their fangs into the body of Code's puppet, and dig their claws deep into the skull. Leviathan drinks from the essence of the god tree fragment, and tries instilling the will of the king of atlantis into the immature mind of the ten tails. Isari holds Varunastra and dives towards the enemy, with Konohamatu having starts his flight earlier.

"Better be ready to support us with the same jutsu that you used to flood the shinobi world seventeen years ago." Konohamaru groans.

"Mhm." Kabuto hums, and looks at Orochimaru who bites his lip to damp his thumb and leave the mark in a ninja scroll.

"It's not exactly the best day you'll live. But surely the most beneficial to the cosmos... haha..." Orochimaru sneers as he looks at the figures he has summoned. Numerous demons, ghosts and beasts that Tsubasa and Sasuke had deemed totally irredeemable, and they had received life imprisonment without parole. This day, however, is where the kage decide the only way these scumbags are of use is for them to be sacrificed, to resurrect heroes of the past. 

Kabuto slams his left palm on the ground to create special seals under each person's feet, then takes out the scroll with DNA of the dead souls smeered on it. He finalizes the process by giving the sacrifices a short death. Ash and dust cover their bodies, to revive the mightiest shinobis of the past that possess the most potent and or the largest chakra reserves: Sasuke Sarutobi, Hashirama Senju, Mito Uzumaki, Izuna Uchiha, Hanzo the Salamander, Third Raikage, Sakumo Hatake, Nagato and Minato Namikaze. "Forgive me for the hassle i am about to get you through. This time... i swear my goal is not of self-aggrandizement, but the greater good of the world and its people." He confesses.

"Bet it'll not be the last time a rogue-ninja spits pretty words." Hashirama responds.

"Tsunade-chan and Orochimaru-kun fighting side by side? I hope that implies good news." Mito moans. "Did you two make amends at last?"

"We'll talk about it later, grandma." Tsunade replies.

"Lend me your strength!" Konohamaru screams from the top of his lungs, and everyone turn their attention to him.

"This will sting..." Isari shouts, and summons thunderbolts that link all shinobi and bijuu present to the eighth hokage, and charge the monkey sage to fullest capacity and beyond, two thousand percent stronger in fact. "Now!" Isari cries, and Konohamaru marks top of the claw grime's head with the palm of his hand and falls back with Isari who make distance between themselves and the beast that is about to be banished. "AOBA-SAN!"

"YEAH!" Aoba grunts and starts to run around the sealing barrier. Minato and Sakumo begin to form their own space-time barrier outside of Aoba's, and the are only barely able to catch up to his speed. Hanzo and Ay make one between Aoba's and The Flying Thunder God users, Izuna and Mito create the fifth line of defense, Nagato uses rinnegan to cast a sealing barrier on his own, and at the end it is Hashirama and Sasuke who perfect the technique that is called...

God: Cooperation Ninjutsu: Sealing Art: Children of Chaos!

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"And that's how we got here." Kakashi says.

"Man, do people really despise progress so much they wage war on the world instead of contributing to the process?" Hashirama moans, and facepalms himself. "All that said, this angry boy doesn't sound like Madara."

"The path to peace... so many were lost in the midst of its darkness. I was one among many who fell from grace too. Few could never tell domination from salvation. As terrifying as his ideology seems, we all cannot condone how cruel the governments have been to give birth to this orphan. Perhaps if he could meet us, he would learn he will only lose his life and gain nothing valuable from that sacrifice." Hanzo speaks.

"I sense a power surge within the beast. Based on the intel you shared, it is Code's indomitable willpower that keeps this claw grime awake and bloodthirsty. Your prodigies must hurry up or they will have no choice but to face a threat far more powerful than neither this summon nor the man who unleashed it upon you." Izuna suggests.

"Where did you drop you balls? Were all our deaths for nought? Don't tell me this era's shinobis have gone soft and turned so delusional they consider crying their heart out for a stupid warmongering maniac?" Third Raikage scolds the modern era's generation.

"I doubt you have ever witnessed one's faith shake. My story was that of tragedy and sorrow like him. I am an Uzumaki just like him. I was told i am the second sage of six paths, the child of prophecy who would bring peace to this world. But i lost my path when my friend, a great an whom i swore my undying loyalty to, was killed. I was wrought in inhumane acts, exacted vengeance on those i deemed my enemies and the tools to gain my goal in the name of justice. But a man arrived who shared the same dream as my mentor wished for, and he convinced me that he will prove my false. And he started by forgiving. Should Code be truly a courteous person, i believe Mitsuki will be successful." Nagato insists.

'I've never been afraid to praise you, Itachi. When everyone else spoke of the possibility you will descent into the curse of hatred, i rejected a reality where all you are is misfortune and a traitor. You grew to befriend those that wanted you dead, and you told me the reason was that was the advice i gave you. It warms my heart now that i know i passed my ideals to future generations through you. I'll always have faith in you, because that's what you did for me.' Minato thinks of Itachi, which puts a smile on his face.

Tsunade's eyes have been set on Minato for a while. She looks at him with a strange passion, and fights back the urge to approach him. The moment the pearl of tear found their way down her cheek, she turns her gaze away and wipes them off to hide them. But they remained not unnoticed.

'How many times... how many times did i plead to you? You refused to listen to me. I warned you of the day you'd come to regret that decision, but you said it couldn't be any worse than what you were going through. Four long decades, and you're still suffering...' Orochimaru worries for Tsunade. He wants to comfort her, but is aware she is not willing to let him hurt her image in the eyes of this crowd. She has her pride, and he stands still so she feels not more vulnerable than she already is.

"If your kids don't get that failed vessel to our side... i oughta be prepared for the worst case scenario. Just this once... i need to reckon on your leadership, Tsubasa... don't make me rue this one chance i gave you..." Konohamaru whispers to himself, frowning as he stares at the heavens.

"How is it still able to move?" Sasuke Sarutobi murmurs, for he is the only one that can clearly sense the winged claw grime inside the multilayered seal that expands beyond the six dimensional space-time continuum. The phantom pilgrim phases through the barrier to observe the exact condition of the terrible beast. "Damn you..." He grunts, and imbues his energy into the void to strenghten the technique in order of two magnitudes while he returns back to the dark domain that Honoka created. "A great power surged within the ten tails clone." He states.

"Is it Code?" Hanabi asks.

"No... something else. It belongs to a deity i cannot identify. And i have crossed paths with all species in cosmos. Except this anomaly..." Sasuke responds, which forces the fellowship to reinforce the space-time barriers. "The source might have the nature of their chakra altered... we need all support we can get... before it is too late..." He continues to utter what no one wished to hear, but expected it.

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"You should've just sent him to Amatsu Mikaboshi to let him rot till the end of time." Boruto says.

"Why? Because you say so? It's not like we can decide all our enemies are worthy of that suffering. Besides, that dimension will reject Code. He is nothing like the residents of that hell." Houki replies.

"You told me that Momoshiki could perceive the fate of people with his byakugan. The old you would've done more than spit pretty words to persuade Code. Has otsutsukification stripped you of your aggravating optimism in exchange for that Demon's power?" Sarada brings forth a question.

"I... can't say anything. It'll ruin the long game we orchestrated." Boruto responds.

"Who is this we? I don't remember shit unless you made up some half-baked stupid-ass plan with the lovebirds." Delta shouts at Boruto.

"Shhh... something is... off..." Log claims as he looks around, confused.

"What's happening out there?" Sumire murmurs.

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The overruling silence breaks with the sound of barrier cracking like glass.

Rivers of chaos energy slip through the orifices.

The combined forces of kage and reanimated shinobis bend their knees under the surging might of the chaos incarnate. Kabuto had revived all shinobis he could, from Akatsuki Members to Assassinated Kage and Matyrs. The strongest ninjas are only capable of holding back the monstrosity. They barely stall the inevitable retaliation of the ten tails.

"DO NOT DARE LET LOOSE! FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR BELOVED WORLD DEPENDS ON EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US!" Sasuke shouts at his comrades, his voice transcends confines of the dimension to reach the ninjas on earth. The allied shinobi forces focus and strive to remain persistent as their souls become mangled in their desperate attempt.

However...

The winged claw grime had other thoughts.

The banishment dimension is swallowed in a massive explosion along with the sealing technique users, and the terrible beast turns its wings into extremely large god tree branches that pounce the shinobis, and open portals to earth where it ambushes weaker ninja and the rest of resurrected warriors from beneath the feet, up in the sky and corners of cities.

The chaos incarnate is quick to absorb tremendous amounts of chakra and energy from the guardians of void domain upon making slightest contact with their physical or spiritual forms, and forcefully drags them towards itself as it plots on absorbing them.

A stream of origami coats Yodo and Araya and pulls them towards the person controlling them, and creates a shield around them.  "I'll not let you ruin my dreams!" Konan shouts, and sends another river of paper tags and attachs them on the branch of god tree that threatens the area around her, and grows wings to lift and get the teenage sand shinobis to a safe place. The god tree branch blows up, and Konan only is convinced to go faster.

"They're not gonna make it in time, hn!" Deidara grunts, and feeds the mouths in his hands some explosive clay. He forms an phoenix, and nods at his old teammate. "Lets go." and dives for the floating shinobis in the galaxy. The phoenix shoots dozens of bombs at the god tree branches, but to no avail. "Duh, naughty dog. I know what'd put you down!" Deidara says loudly, and turns to Sasori who smikrs. The genius puppeteer stands on take the skiing stance and leap on the claw grime's face, and opens its mouth long enough for Deidara'a clay phoenix to jump into the throat. The annihilation incarnate makes another phoenix and goes forthe kunoichi he shares an intimate bond with after Sasori backflips his way to sit behind his comrade "Katsu!" Deidara shouts, and the clay creature in the claw grime's throat explodes, and that weakens the chakra stream in the branches.

Magnet Release: Iron Sand Funeral!

Sasori summons Third Kazekage puppet, and drowns the god tree branches with iron sand. They turn into spikes and explode to free the shinobis.

"This isn't the time for sweet dreams, nosy girl." Deidara catches Kurotsuchi in his arms. The familiar scent of golden-haired man knocks the black-haired woman back to consciousness, who is strock with sense of shock and nostalgia. "Got work to do, Tsuchikage-sama." Deidara whispers in Kurotsuchi's ear, which catches her attention. "I missed the party, un. My bad..." He confesses, and holds her closer to him.

"You missed more than just a dumb party..." Kurotsuchi responds, and raises on her feet. Deidara looks away, and Kurotsuchi senses the seed of shame in him has grown but unable to fully rid of his pride. She caresses him on cheek and marks his temple with a warm kiss. "I missed you so...very much... thanks for watching after my ass in your downtime, mister artist." 

"Hope you've not lost sight of the freak chasin' after us." Darui taps on Deidara's shoulder.

"Why you think we are nearing the earth's atmosphere?" Sasori answers, and nods to front where a couple of blurs come in a rush and pass above their heads.

It is Choji and Chocho in their butterfly transformations that wrap their arms around the massive arms of the terrible beast and their legs around its waist.

"Dad, this ugly creep's drinking my chakra." Chocho moans as her body starts to feel numb.

"Don't complain and just do whatever i do." Choji responds, and after pumping his chest with a grain of oxygen he rips one arm of the claw grime.

"Gah." Chocho follows her father's lead and does the same. They slam the arms into the body of ten tails and send it flying away from the world.

Storm Style: Shiden: Raging Sky God!

Kakashi coats his whole body in purple gale and leaps towards the winged claw grime. The copy ninja vanishes from the sight of ten tails clone's rinnesharingan, and flies downward cutting the terrible beast in half. When he reaches the feet level of the vast titan, all there is left of the destruction incarnate is pure chakra.

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"How is it controlling the branches when they're not freaking attached?" Buntan whines as she slices through the god tree branches with her kiba and dodging at the same time. The god tree branch expands its reach by producing dozens of twigs which corner Buntan in a flash, leave her no room to evade. 'I'm screwed...' She squeezes her eyes shut before she is captured.

Atomic Style: Nuclear Stream!

A ray of light cuts through the god tree branches and becomes an inverted bubble which vaporizes the half of the wooden lance. Buntan soon learns she is being lifted from the ground.

"What the..." Buntan utters.

"Flick those motes on your blades away." Mu tells Buntan, and she almost immediately follows his instructions. "The moment branches or even mere twigs are cut, they adapt to take action on their own. They are all part of the hivemind that is god tree's will." Mu states.

"How'd you learn all that? Just by using your sensory ninjutsu?" Buntan asks Mu.

"Nothing too impressive to me." Mu says.

"Gimme back my sweet little babes." A voice alien to Buntan reaches her ear. She looks down and sees Ameyuri Ringo struggling to fight her adversaries. "I can do much better than you ever could."

"Fine." Responds Buntan before tossing her kiba blades at Ameyuri. "I'll come back for them."

"Will be looking forward to that." Ameyuri responds, and changes her direction to destroy the ambushing god tree branch in a circular movement around it. Buntan is unable to keep up with her predecessor's speed. "These hands are fortune makers." Ameyuri utters, and goes on with her onslaught. Buntan smiles for she is reassured she can entrust the mystical swords to the baneful thunder of the mist.

"Young lady of the mist." My refers to Buntan after reducing her density to an extent she can fly on her own. "Show the second tsuchikage what you got.

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"Lord Second." Houki says loudly as comes from behind as he glides over the tree branch with katana deep inside it to freeze it and shatter it. 

"You are not Kakashi's son." Tobirama responds after glancing at the void lord, and spits out a stream of water with extremely high pressure that pulverizes the god tree branch, then faces Houki once again.

"Let me do this..." Houki murmurs, then activates his sharingan lenses, and stares in the crimson eyes of Tobirama for an instant. "Bet you pull that off in one go like i do. I'm a flying thunder god user like you, only difference is i'm running low on chakra." Houki continues.

"Can't... do this..." Mirai mumbles as she bursts to sweats and tears while running away from the god tree branch, but one grabs onto her ankle. "Gaaaah!" She cries out as her ankle gets crushed, so does her last bit of motivation. Still not ready to embrace her demise, she pulls out a kunai to release herself from the hold of god tree.

Swoosh!

"Huh?" Mirai murmurs, and her brain unable to process the sequence of events that took place in about a planck time. It takes her a while to realize she is being carried away from the danger zone, and sees a trench knife on the ground where she just broke ankle. "That's not my chakra blade..." She looks at the should of the person whose holding her, and begins to shake. "Daddy...?"

"Happy Birthday, Mirai." Asuma responds and jumps over a young shinobi standing next to the monkey king. "Father!"

Earth Style: Great Desert Vortex!

Hiruzen, in the prime state like all other reanimations, creates a hurricane of dust that tosses the massive god tree branch into the sky. Then he summons a fuma shuriken and effortlessly shoots it towards another branch. The large four-bladed projectile flies like a boomerang around and tears through the wooden lances. Enma readies himself as he moves on four legs to reach one of the god tree branches, and pulverizes one with a single punch into oblivion.

"Good to be fresh again." Hiruzen admits. "Hello, Mirai-chan. We're gonna handle this. You just hang on 'till the medic-ninjas treat your bad ankle."

"You look just like Konohamaru nii-san. But shorter..." Mirai remarks.

"Eh... you two keep ruining the mood today..." Hiruzen says, and snaps his fingers to create a tremendous void in the sky with several wind waves to demolish the god tree branch in the vortex. "Keep an eye on my kids, Enma." Hiruzen tells his summon, and jumps to another spot in the battle where his assistance is most needed.

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"Mitsuki-kun!" Ada cries out for the darkest knight, and senses a god tree branch ambushing her.

Mitsuki quickly creates the spear of judgement and shoots it at the wooden lance, shatters the god tree branch as it is sent flying out of the universe. He goes to the sky princess' side and holds her in arms before he swings muramasa blade to corrode another god tree branch with the unholy shadows. "This is not right." He whispers.

"I know! My consciousness was knocked out of Isshiki's dimension by an external force. I can't spy on them with senrigan anymore!" Ada responds.

"These god tree branches wanted to devour you too. Code will never wish that... who is controlling the claw grime..?" Mitsuki brings forth an unsettling question.

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"Come. We're running out of time while that big old genie's getting rapidly more powerful." Houki tells the flying thunder god platoon, and together they start surfing on the fabric of space-time to confront the mutated claw grime.

"Get back!" Dan Kato shouts. Choji and Chocho float towards the earth again on his command.

"This rampage will be put to an end." Sakumo mutters and teleports behind the terrible beast and performs immeasurable number of slashes with the white fang katana to tear his adversary to shreds, and buys his team time so they can surround it. Akatsuki members, the gokage and bodyguards stand behind them to support them with their chakra.

Tobirama, Dan, Sakumo and Houki perform the necessary hand signs. Ram, rat, hare, boar, tiger, dog, bird, tiger, serpent, bird and tiger.

Divine Art: Flying Thunder God: Eternal Cycle of Doom!

A six dimensional barrier is created around the vast titan, and it twists inwards to crush the trapped entity in the core. The barrier expands, and juubi begins to regenerate its form. The barrier continues the series of attacks in order to force the juubi into using up all cosmic energy in its disposal. It is stuck in a series of infinite resurrections, and in the six hundred sixty sixth second, the platoon stop.

Everyone gasps.

"Did we... just win..?" Kankuro wonders.

"It... vanished..." Gaara mutters.

But no one finds relief in this moment.

"WATCH OUT!" Sumire screams, and strives to reach the sealing jutsu users squad.

Boom!

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"Code... i will be with you untill the end of the line..." Mitsuki says.

Code reaches for Mitsuki's hand, hestitantly. He feels the coldness of the dragon sage's flesh.

Blood splatters on Mitsuki's face.

Code's blood.

Mitsuki watches the brightest knight has been shot in the skull, and the moment he wants to make a move his own neck is pierced.

Code is slammed into the wall of Isshiki's dimension, and Mitsuki held by a female being.

"You bastards!" Boruto grits his teeth, and goes on to use Uzuhiko. But he is torn in half and immobilized in one place.

Sarada and Sumire get into a fight before they can think of a plan, helpless against relentless strikes of the invisible figure but it stops.

Houki stops the invader by catching him in a headlock and restraining his arms.

"Papa?" Sarada murmurs, and her eyes widen in shock.

The person before Sarada releases himself from Houki's hold effortlessly and headbutts the void lord to break his neck, and rips the scarlet princess' arm clean from her shoulder, then crushes it on her face and delivers a kick in Sumire's midsection to send her flying.

"Hey!" Delta screams and flies towards that masculine figure with Log on her side. She tries her best to land a hit but fails, and that makes Log throw her out of his way to engage in battle while he aims to neutralize the threat with his sword. The newfound rogue coats his left arm with lightning chakra armor and fights back. Delta catches Houki in her arms, and her friend repairs his broken neck.

'He uses swordsmanship skill with his arm...' Log thinks, and his perseverance ends once his opponent tears a hole in his chest. 'Chidori...?' Log curbtomps his adversary and makes some distance between that monster and himself.

"You hairless monkeys should be toast already. But for some reason i can't even turn you to a gorgeous planet. Tough guys like you aren't my type." The female aggressor says as she has her heel impaling Mitsuki's neck and twists it. She turns from looking down on the dragon sage to the male member of her species. "How's it playing with those toddlers, Hidari?"

"They aren't strong like what he said. They got the skill, though. I give them that." Hidari responds, then crushes Log's heart and pulverizes Sarada's arm in his fist and sucks all the chakra they harbor.

"Pathetic coward... what stopped you from landing the final blow? You caused us alot of trouble. It had to be you against us all..." The short individual scolds Code. He has captured Code in the mouth of a snake that is his transformed right arm.

"We have yet to fully understand human nature, Mamushi." The fourth and last member of the enemy squad speaks.

"What do we do with these, Jura? Make them our pets?" The female rogue asks.

"There is no use in that. You can entertain yourself after we achieve our goal, Matsuri." Jura states.

"Lucky you, big boy. Boss gave you all a pass." Matsuri says to Mitsuki after she bends over and roughly pulls his hair.

'I... is it wise to cast doomsday clock now?' Sumire thinks of her last resort while scanning her enemies. They seem humanoid, but their feet looks like those of apes, and they lack body hair like humans. They wear black costumes, and each has few iron claw in a different parts of their bodies. 'The power gap is huge. It'll only spoon-feed them, make them totally unstoppable. We must retrat on the double!'

'I speculate much of the divine power was used to protect us from the demise they were referring to...' Mitsuki thinks. He turns his gaze to Code, whose still unconscious. 'If Code becomes their captive because of us... he will never forgive us and will live on cursing what we stand for. I cannot allow that. I must save him. I must...' Mitsuki scolds himself for this situation. Mitsuki's chakra pathaway is disrupted, thus he only relies on his predatory instinct.

Sound Style: Malevolent Shriek!

Mitsuki roars beneath Matsuri's feet, and knocks her back a few meters. He then taps into dragon sage mode and bites her in the neck to paralyze her.

Mitsuki summons his muramasa sword to Code's aid and releases him, then controls it to cut through Mamushi and get him away from the brightest knight.

Code slowly regains his consciousness and smacks Hidari into the bottom of the dimension with gravitational forces.

Mitsuki reaches Code, and they stand side by side.

"Bug..." Code says, looking at the short claw grime who had him captured moments earlier. He then turns his attention to their alpha. "Isshiki? No... that... is not my lord..." He mutters.

Mamushi attacks with Muramasa in chest, but Mitsuki reacts on time and takes it out then slices Mamushi to atoms.

Code raises his right hand to catch Jura's attention, and showers the domain of Isshiki in absolute light. It disrupts the keen senses of the claw grime creaties, and Mitsuki floods the dimension in everlasting darkness to momentarily rob their adversaries of their authority. Code summons Masamune and together with Mitsuki ambush Jura. Two strikes to skull of their mighty foe and they fill his insides with light and darkness to blow him up.

Mitsuki and Code fly back for it is the best and only chance to retreat. The darkest knight is able to break through Code's barrier and release the tortured Kawaki.

Houki teleports Delta to Sarada's and Sumire's side, and Log drags Boruto with him when they wait for Code and Mitsuki to join them.

Mitsuki taps on Sumire's shoulder, and everyone back the violet princess with all their might so she can open a portal to the earth.

They bite their lips to hold themselves back from screaming as they  writhe in the unimaginable pain, and finally they enter their origin timeline.

Only to see it is utterly ruined, and everyone fallen on the ground.

'No...!' Code's instinct is aroused and forces him to protect Sumire with his own body.

Mitsuki and Log throw Kawaki and Boruto away. Ada spots Kawaki, and Kashin Koji starts to transport Boruto to his dimension.

The brightest knight wraps his arms around the scarlet princess, and Houki reaches for Delta.

But nine rays strike the warriors.

They all fall.

Houki's hand creeps on to hold onto Delta's.

Sumire falls into sleep with closed eyes.

Log's face meets the dust.

Mitsuki gasps and shoves his muramasa into the ground. Sarada leans onto him with hands on his chest, as their kneels give up. Mitsuki leans onto muramasa and drifts with head on Sarada's shoulder and his waist wrapped in a hold by her.

"So this is the grand scheme of fate, huh? Fine..." Code turns to the sky and raises his clenched fist to heavens, and the portal gets closed. "I will... not lose..." Code mutters as his eyes get sealed.

Ada is left alone with Daemon in the midst of wreckage and horror.

"Is this the end of times?" Daemon mutters with a shaking voice, hugging Ada from back while she rests Kawaki's head on her lap.

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"Starfall plan failed..." A playful, deep voice utters the words in a higher plane. "How long will you be able to escape the inevitable, puny mortals? Momoshiki and Isshiki couldn't finish the job. All they did was overestimating themselves because royal blood ran through their veins. But i, Urashiki Otsutsuki, whom they called an idle dreg, will become the god they aspire to be." He continues, and holds the universe in the palm of his hand. "At last, your fates shall be severed. Your lives... will be mine... and mine alone..." He continues, and laughs in a mocking manner as he watches the earth from seventh plane of reality.

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Tsubasa gasps.

And Jahi uses this opportunity to split her adversary's skull in two with battle axe, then pierces his jaw and finally punches a hole in his chest.

The King Where It All Ends sheds the crimson tear as his injuries heal, and he is caught in The Dame of Hell's devastingly destructive bear hug.

"What a superb smell... did your little soldiers die at last?" Jahi mocks Tsubasa. "You hopelessly believed in those toddlers. You've got their blood in your hands. How does it feel like knowing you failed for the second time?" She continues to rub salt in his wounds, while his thoughts are somewhere else.

"Silence. I am all you need to worry about." Tsubasa responds, and headbutts Jahi in the forehead so fiercely her horns break in half. Afterwards, Tsubasa flexes his muscles and releases himself from Jahi's hold, and wraps his left arm around her neck. Then he summons his golden rope dart and thrusts its kunai head into her back, and with a wrathful roar he lifts her up and rips her spine along with her head out of her body. 'You will pass this labor, too. For failure... is not your destiny... not this soon...' Tsubasa begins to worry for his pupils.

Jahi, however, blows her form up to give birth to a massive explosion in the void. To momentarily eradicate both herself and Tsubasa.

The two arise from the ashes, ascend to the tenth plane of reality.

Neither run away from this seemingly neverending battle.

"I'd never imagined it'd be so pleasing to sense your growing pain. Come, give me the honor of watching you suffer 'till the end of eternity." Jahi shouts, outstretching her arms as if she is welcoming Tsubasa to a friendly hug. Once more mocking her destined nemesis.

"That damn boy messed me up. What in the bloody hell was that sword of his made of?" Mamushi groans as he hugs himself under the pressure of indescribable pain.

"The light of Code's sword has affected me beyond normal means. This strange feeling... i can't understand what's going on with me." Hidari explains as he holds his temple.

"Mitsuki's sword is called The Muramasa Blade, and Code's The Masamune Blade. I am only able to access this much information from this dimension. They bear somethings within them... that resemble forms of energy flowing our foes..." Jura states as he looks up in the sky.

"You may be onto something. I mean... gosh... whatever that snake did to me is dulling my clear mind..." Matsuri says, rubbing her eyes.

"There are more to worry about in the moment. As we speak, whilst it might be a hunch, i can sense we are not truly free..." Jura claims.

"Ain't gonna lie, but i feel that someone's stalking us too." Mamushi replies, and looks around.

"It seems like a force that urges me to break out of this dimension and finish the job." Hidari describes what he is going through.

"Ugh... i dunno if i wanna live after knowing this fact or not. Can't we get rid of this invisible nosy guy?" Matsuri brings forth a question.

"Only one way to figure out..." Jura responds, and closes his eyes.

For three minutes, he remains still.

Then, a shockwave is released from his body that shakes the foundations and pillars of this dimension.

"Hoho, don't tell me you just wasted all that energy for nothing!" Matsuri says, sarcastically.

"I simply summoned my ego." Jura responds to Matsuri, who raises an eyebrow at him. "We have all inherited individual identities.  Biologically, we are a single unit split in four. Originally, our sole purpose was to feed on a eon worth of blood and chakra of the world, to feast on one otsutsuki and grant godlike power to another. But we have all evolved, and developed the ability to think for ourselves. Thanks to Code... from whom we also inherited this indomitable willpower. Seek that gift, and we shall have no strings on us. Not anymore." He continues.

"Gotcha..." Bug chuckles, and follows his Jura's commands. So do Matsuri and Hidari. The second person to break free from otherworldly influence is Hidari, who tilts his neck to crack it. Then it is Mamushi that looks at Matsuri, the last of them who creates large planet with perfectly inhabitable atmosphere using her wood style so they could save more of their energy.

"We are adapting to the injuries inflicted upon us." Jura speaks, and summons a black cube to use as a seat for himself. He raises one knee and rests his right arm on it, then shuts his eyes and takes a deep breath as he feels something bothersome within. "This strange condition which i cannot put to words... you too are dealing with it... correct?"

"I'd not call it pain of the flesh. But damn, there's something... things deep that devour me from inside-out." Mamushi explains.

"It's not like that for me. I feel more good than bad... almost... i dunno, i can't phrase it." Matsuri says.

"This is their doing. Code and that boy with long, wild hair. My eyes caught what you were speaking of earlier, Jura. There were a dozen forms of energy, multiple of them seemingly functioned as opposite." Hidari states. "Bug, i suppose your eyes have the ability to see those beings that are feasting on your core... but for the rest of us, there is a war inside of us. It's beyond reason..."

"Emotions." Jura replies. "Where the gods drew the line between the sentient beings and the mindless ones. My knowledge is poor and incomplete, my consciousness incapable of spreading outside of this dimension. Thus, i cannot properly comprehend the true nature of the spectrum of emotions."

"You mean to tell me that we can't escape this place anytime soon, boss?" Matsuri asks Jura.

"No." Jura answers. "It seems... father gathered his remaining strength to defy his cruel fate once more and banished us. Truly a majestic entity..."

"After you shot him? No shot." Matsuri responds.

"This is not going to last long. Once we're fully healed and adapt to what they did, we'll return to earth to finish our job." Mamushi utters.

"I sense that the chakra fruit is noy yet ready. I suppose it is unfortunate that their blood is necessary for us to claim their powers. Perhaps that it the price to pay for divine power." Jura says.

"What about those kids?" Hidari brings forth a question.

"Boruto and Kawaki?" Jura mutters.

"Along with those that you incapacitated." Hidari says.

"You will see for yourself." Jura responds.

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In the middle of wreckage, the last shelter of shinobi world falls apart.

Underneath that was a man from hidden sand village that bears magnet release. He falls on knees, breathing a buden far heavier and more difficult that the weight of the cocoon he created to protect a number of his comrades.

"Ameno-chan... it's not the time and place to nap..." Koji mutters, gasping. The handsome man collapses on the ground and points at his wife. "You need backup... everyone's lives hinge on nothing but their consciousness... they are giving up..."

"I must summon the medical ninja squad!" Ameno says and reaches for Koji so she could start healing him but he catches her hand. "Don't-"

"I can hang on for awhile. Go check on medical staff. We need all the help we can get and more..!" Koji responds, then bursts to coughs.

Ameno nods and leaves to revive Tsunade. 'Urgent call! We were attacked by the mutated claw grim! Our allies are in dire need of medical attention. I request for the permission to summon the elite medical ninja squad!' Ameno links her mind to the leader of the watchmen of residence dimension for the citizens and weaker shinobis.

'Understood!'  Mabui responds to Ameno, and turns back to face her people. Six billion terrified humans, many of them happen to be the flesh and blood of ninjas who might not survive their injuries. "Hana Inuzuka, Mizu Mikazuki, Ryuuzetsu, Shizune Kato, Kurenai Yuhi, Yugao Uzuki. Ready yourselves. You will be sent to front line." She says loudly.

"Yes, ma'am." The medical kunoichis cry in response and come forward.

Mabui looks at her left, spotting Anko whose jaded and running low on chakra.

"Himawari." Mabui utters the name of supposedly late seventh hokage's daughter.

At the mention of her name, Himawari stands up and rushes to Mabui'a side. She follows her senior's gaze, and understands why is she called out. Himawari goes to Anko and sits behind her, then begins transfering chakra to the reptilian assassin. "It can't be too bad out there. I bet everyone's gonna be okay." Himawari tries to comfort Anko.

'Kakashi...' Anko thinks of her significant other. Cold sweats fall on the ground, and she can feel her heartbeat goes off the roof as she senses diminishing life forms of her husband and friends. 'We're safe... won't take it if you die on me now...'

"Kazahana-sama, you will preside over the watchmen in my absence." Mabui declares her temporary cede.

"Anything else to note, Mabui-san?" Koyuki responds with a question.

"A moment, please." Amado comes forward.

"Yes, Amado-san." Mabui permits the elderly man.

"The shinobi alliance's condition might be worse than we imagine. Thus, i ask for your permission to the medical ninja team. I'll inform you of every single step as i scrutinize their current status." Amado whispers his suggestion to avoid striking fear into the people present.

"You may join us. Katasuke-san shall assist us as well." Mabui tells Amado.

Amado nods and looks at Katasuke who gears up. "The atmosphere could be toxic and lethal effects on us. Katasuke-dono, are those models finally ready?"

"Advanced ninja armors? Yes, they are equipped with ultra-enhanced respiratory system and protection against all earthly radiation and diseases." Katasuke answers.

"Good. Lets gear up." Amado responds.

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"Can't die yet..." Sakura moans as she crawls on the grounds towards her daughter. "I won't..." She creeps towards Sarada, and with great deal of agony reaches the kunoichi. "Gotcha..." She murmurs in her daughter's ear and pulls herself up to treat her.

"Sakura-san, you're not in the ideal shape. The medical staff are on the way. Don't push yourself." Ada says to Sakura.

"Wait-" Sakura shouts, and rests her head on back of her daughter. "No, no, no, no!" She cries. "No heartbeat! Check Mitsuki's pulse!" She tells Ada, panicked.

Ada rushes to Mitsuki and presses her palm on his wrist. Nothing there. She places her head on his bare chest. "Mitsuki-kun?!"

"Big sis, hear me out." Daemon speaks using the mental link she shares with telepathic, anxiety visible on his face.

Ada ignores Daemon and leaps to Kawaki's side. "Open your eyes!"

She hits her boyfriend with soft slaps but to no avail.

A toad is summoned beside Boruto. In a short timeframe and only Daemon capable of spotting that, a hand covered in black sleeve and glove comes out of the toad's mouth, grabs the rogue shinobi's left hand and pulls him inside. The dark otsutsuki disappears along with the toad, leaving a draught of smoke and dust behind.

"They're coming, and the first thing they will do is choking the life outta Code." Daemon speculates.

"He deserves worse than that. Look what he's done."  Ada responds.

"If it wasn't for him, whatever was inside would've killed all our pals too. Shinobis are the type to take action before they think. You're not like them. So you do understand Code will do whatever it takes to save us. Just one glimpse at him, man jumped in the way to protect Sumire and take the shot himself." Daemon explains.

"I don't care..." Ada replies, and turns her gaze away from Daemon. The unconscious form of Kawaki awakens the urge in her to let shinobis arrest Code. "If they want to execute this genocidal maniac, then let them have him. I'll be more than to cooperate with them. This is justice."

"Mitsuki woulda bummed out hearing you say that." Daemon says and goes to Code and lifts him up. "You just get him somewhere safe and wait till Konohamaru wakes up. He can force-feed these marks some common sense. Or we can negotiate and have a deal with them." Daemon walks towards Ada. Hesitantly, The sky princess moves her head and glances at her little brother. "Give him his second chance, and watch him become your brightest knight."

"The hell are you doing?" Sakura asks Daemon.

Before Daemon can answer Sakura's question, the medical team arrive. Amado scanning the landscape with curious eye of eagle, and spots Kawaki and Delta fallen not far from each other. Daemon sees the rage in Amado's green orbs and that is the alarming sign he was hinting at.

"Saving our butts." Daemon mutters. Then throws Code into Ada's arm. He teleports behind Amado and covers his mouth, to prevent him from uttering command codes that shut him down, and knocks him out with a chop on the back of the neck. "DAMMIT RUN!" Shouts Daemon. Afterwards, he punches the ground that causes a chunk of earth to be lifted up and block the way of medical staff, buying Ada enough time to fly out of the galaxy  before anyone can catch her. "Good."

"I hope you have a sensible explanation for making a gateway for the single most dangerous enemy of the world shinobi." Mabui warns Daemon.

"Duh.. sure. After you tell me what the heck's happened to my buds." Daemon responds.

"I would love to figure it out as soon as possible, too. It's just that you took down the scientist supreme a second earlier." Mabui replies.

"He's gonna be mad once he wakes up." Daemon says, staring at Amado.

"And when will he-" Mabui is cut off as Amado regains his consciousness and angirly runs to Kawaki.

"Don't you recognize your child? She's right behind you." Daemon says to Amado in a sarcastic tone.

"I will transfer her consciousness to a healthy cloned body. She's gonna be fine. Kawaki's not like Delta." Amado responds, and scans the ally otsutsuki with his enhanced goggles.

"She's not gonna be fine." Daemon claims.

"Huh?" Amado turns back and looks at Delta.

"It seems her mind has been locked away somewhere. I can't sense anything from her." He continues.

Amado crawls towards Delta, and lifts her eyelids to see her eyes have been rolled back. "This can't be..." Amado says. He peers his mind into Delta's body, and finds out Daemon is not lying. "Who could have possibly done this?"

"Not sure." Daemon mutters, and steps towards Kiba and Akamaru. He kneels on the ground and rubs hand on the dog's fur. "Bastard..." Daemon whispers. He touches his face upon realizing something just ran down his cheek. 'A tear... now... for this mutt...' Daemon thinks, and begins to shake.

"Is he... are they..." Hana splutters, and sits beside her brother.

"Your bro's still fighting. His friend... gave out.." Daemon responds.

Hana covers her mouth, shocked for a few moments. Then pulls Kiba in to heal her injuries.

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"An unforeseen outcome... no. But one of the worst possible scenarios." Kashin says as he carries Boruto's body to rest it in middle of a temple's hall in mount myoboku. "You must not surrender. That is not an option." He muttere, and sits in meditation pose. "The light of star of hope may be dimmed out, but it won't ever etiolate." Koji states and closes his eyes. 'You shall arise from the ashes, Boruto. Your destiny won't come to an end like this.'

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Ada opens a portal to her personal domain using senrigan and flies through it. She quickly closes the portal and descends onto the groud near a waterfall and slams her palm on the ground as she cradles the unconscious body of herald of the gods in her lap.

"Hello, Ada-chan." A majestic she-deity greets the sky princess after being summoned. Her everlasting radiance discards the fog, and her magnificent body visible through her dress coated in heavenly dress.

"Gindoro-sama. My friends, my lover are dying. And i was forced to summon you to this place not to save a friend or my lover, but the man that's responsible for the ill-fate inflicted upon them." Ada responds.

"So this is him? The perfected warrior?" Gindoro murmurs. The half-mermaid, half-nymph approaches Ada and caresses Code on the head. "The most beautiful mortal in the book of destiny whose ascension to godhood struck terror into the gods above. Is there a more bittersweet tragedic end to the tale of a man who sought salvation for everyone than this? Die striving to liberate the woman he loves more than anyone and anything from the shackles of her miserable fate." Gindoro continues.

"He's a destroyer, not a savior." Ada answers.

"Then why are you grieving for him?" Gindoro asks.

"I'm not..." Ada denies.

"Darling, those tears you fight back are not entirely for those you hold precious in your heart. I can sense it, feel it." Gindoro says.

"That's not..." Ada splutters, and let herself weep as she wraps one arm around Code's neck. "Everyone is dying there. Everyone i love suffers because of him. And now, i can't even kill him with my own hands to avenge the lives we may loss..." She continues as she tighten her grip on Code's arm but her gaze softens and she pulls him closer to herself, presses her forehead against his temple. "But he did this all to free me from my curse... he forgave me when i couldn't forgive myself for mistreating him..."

"Lament not your shortcomings now that you acknowledge your sins." Gindoro responds and stands on knees. A watery pearl of her hot pink eyes fall onto Code's bare chest, and emit a bright light that scatters across his form in the shape of threads. "He is imprisoned in a calamitous samsara he cannot escape unless certain conditions are met."

"Samsara? But he's transcended life and death..." Ada replies.

"I've seen with my own eyes this scene a thousand years ago. This is a primal, forgotten technique of the rinnegan that Indra Otsutsuki casted upon his blood enemies, those he thought of as worthless scums. None were strong enough to escape that nightmarish realm..." Gindoro explains.

"How about Code? And my friends? Is there a weakness we can take advantage of to break this technique?" Ada raises a crucial question.

"There's nothing we can do. This is their battle, and their's alone. Those who interfere in the work of the gods shall suffer it's repercussions on the spot. We have no other choice but to have faith in them. Sometimes there's no one who can help us to elude our personal hell. We may only count on ourselves, our determination." Gindoro states.

"Will they be completely fine, and free once they... return back to us?" Ada brings forth one more question.

"I'm afraid each of them will lose a piece of their very existence. To reclaim that, they are to overcome he who has stolen a fragment of their soul..." Gindoro answers Ada, and drowns her in a sea of doubts and thoughts of the dark future awaiting them.

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"Ada-chan, i suggest you avoid spying on those beasts. For your own well being." Gindoro tells Ada, then caresses her cheek.

"How long you think it takes for them to break out of this technique?" Ada asks, wiping tears off her eyes with back of her indext finger.

"Boruto and Kawaki could very well be the first ones to escape it, as they are perfect vessels of two mighty, royal otsutsukis protected by celestial blood that runs through their veins. Mitsuki and Code seem to be anomalies, for their resilience is mythical even for me, so i would not be shocked if they regain their consciousness faster than the otsutsuki brothers. Log is almost the same as his younger brother. The truth is... each one of them could wake in a year." Gindoro responds.

"That's... we can't stand against those monsters!" Ada shouts.

"That was an optimistic hunch, darling." Gindoro admits, leaving Ada jaw-dropped. "I am more concerned about Houki-kun than the rest."

"What about him?" Ada replies with yet another question.

"The realm he is trapped in is endlessly vast, gruelling labours must be triumphed, the number of his adversaries reaches infinity. But his body is falling apart faster than it regenerates. He will collapse soon... very soon..." Gindoro states with a saddened expression.

"Tell me what i can do for him! Anything!" Ada cries.

"Pray for him. I am afraid neither advanced technology nor the finest elixirs are of use..." Gindoro responds and glances at the sky, her gaze penetrates the barrier to see past and capture the sight of earth. "Your majesty..." She points at the wrecked world flooded in diseases, and on a whim restores the atmosphere and creates seas of clouds. She breathes her divine essence into the obsidian howls, her thunderous heartbeats summon lightning storms that shake the heavens, and makes her pearl of her tears into empyrean raindrops that shower the wasteland and drizzle the fallen souls. She arrives in middle of the deepest ocean and reaches the magnificent man floating on the surface of the sea. Gindoro's lips mark his forehead. "I have returned to serve you once more. Arise, my king."

The king opens his eyes gently. The kiss of life appears to have taken effect, and he channels primordial chaotic forces into himself to restore his might and recreate the universe. "Gindoro-chan..." Isari mutters, and rises to his feet with help of varunastra. "You have my gratitude. Now, please look for the fatally wounded comrades of mine. I will heal as many shinobis as i possibly could."

"Yes, your majesty." Gindoro utters, and swims towards the land.

Isari sends a gentle wave of oceans that spread on the landmass of the planet, and makes it holy via his essence that accelerates the healing of his comrades. His hold on varunastra becomes firm, for he charges the spear and shoots it at her fallen sister that is struggling to awaken. The marlin harpoon passes through the baneful thunder without tearing her flesh and bones, and triggers rebirth command that cures her of whichever illness she is inflicted with.

"By the grace of the lord..." Seiren mutters as she flies towards the sky and points her vijaiya bow at the sun. "...let the light of the stars bask us with their heavenly blessings..." Seiren prays to her god, and shoots an arrow to the sun. The arrow crosses the universe and beyond to other realms, storing pure light of all the stars inside itself as it penetrating through them, and ultimately returns back in a blink of an eye. The arrow is split into a miriad of blades, and showers the shinobi alliance along with the planet.

As elegant as ever, Isari lands beside his lover, and holds her hand in his palm. Seiren leaps to Isari's side, and slowly approaches him. "They seem to be... injected with a sort of mystical virus..." Seiren points out 

"Had Moegi not sacrificed herself, all lives would have been lost..." Isari murmurs, and looks at the heart of hidden leaf village. The kunoichi that Isari just spoke of, is sealed in a divine tree. His gaze devoid of usual confidence, his chest tightens with a deep breath as he looks for an answer to this misery. "She is... not there..." Isari holds his temple, and is comforted by Seiren.

"We'll do something about it. Find a solution, not like it's going to be a labor we can't overcome." Seiren says to Isari, and pats him on back. "Our brothers and sisters are gonna be better, they're gonna be dining with their families and keep marching for their dreams. They'll not strand us, that's what you must have in mind." She continues, and hugs her brother from back. "You and i... make it happen... together, we always win... we're here, you know... we still have each other..." Seiren says, and kisses Isari on cheek, to bring warmth and a bit of solace to his heart.

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A boy, barely of twelve years of age, stumbles to his destination. His breathing erratic, and his head dizzy, he looks around to reach what, or who he is searching for. His white hair fallen over his purple eyes, he finally catches it. He sits on knees, and turns the fallen kunoichi around to lay her on her back. He coats his hands with white chakra, and keeps one near her forehead and the other near her heart.

The girl with messy hair comes to consciousness in matter of fourty seconds, to capture the face of a young boy. "Y-y-you..?!?" She stutters, and her body starts trembling upon saying that word. "Those purple eyes... belong to the same bastard that took my dad away from me!" She continues, and seeing the boy confused boiled her blood. "Don't you remember that day? When you killed Asuma Sarutobi? Thousands of shinobis like dad were butchered by you and your sick friend..."

"I recall... every single moment..." The boy says, as he holds back his tears.

"Stop doing that!" Mirai slaps the boy's hand away and forces herself to sit up. After that, she grabs the white-haired teenager by collar and pulls a kunai out of her pouch and stabs him in the heart with no hesitation. Mirai gazes into the eyes of he who she assaulted, and finds no trace of the animal that she has heard of. Only regrets, and lamentation. The undead shinobi in his adolesecent shape feels no physical pain either, and Mirai could sense that too.

"This is not the Hidan who was buried in the dark depths of nara clan forest..." Kabuto states, as he raises to his feet. "That was a madman who could never be controlled, an agent of chaos. This is the Hidan before his... descension... When he was the symbol of purity and hope... I could only summon him in this state, for this is the mightiest he ever was..." Kabuto walks towards Guren and puts his hand on top of her head, rubs her forehead with his thumb.

"So what? If he's here, does it mean there was no eternal punishment for him?" Mirai asks.

"He was in Hell, Mirai... for millions of years..." Kabuto admits. "I only brought him back, in this state, to grant him the opportunity to do somethings right. Lighten the burden of sins of the he who he was tortured and mocked into jashin's advocate. He lost everyone, killed the girl she loved most with his own hands to release her from the eternal cycle of suffering that cult decided for her, and at last madness was all he had left. In the final moments before losing his compassion and faith, he sealed away his potential and most of his powers and intellect. Or his transformation would have been a catastrophic mishap..."

Hidan grabs Mirai's wrist and draws the kunai out of his chest. "You will live." He says, then rises to his feet and stumbled to another person.

"Won't you ask for forgiveness?" Mirai brings forth this question, aware of the fact that this is what someone like this boy must be desperate for more than anything else. Hidan hesitates for a moment, stays still. Mirai remains curious for his answer.

"I can only wait for you to see me in a different light. Otherwise, if you find me unworthy of redemption, then i must not have the audacity to seek penance for all the terror that i left behind, all blood that i shed." Hidan responds, and moves on.

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"Almost there!" Dan murmurs as he flies to his lover in his astral form, sensing her life force diminishing. He avoids using flying thunder god and instead relies on spirit transformation for it grants him accelerated cultivation rate than when he is in physical form. Dan reaches Tsunade and begins to descend. He blinks when his feet are about to touch the cold land, and when he opend his eyes he meets the fourth hokage, who is kneeling beside lady fifth, and a dark-haired kunoichi with pink marks on face healing the imperishable valkyrie.

"Rin." Minato utters the name of her female pupil.

"She's... i don't know how to put it... here and not here..." Rin responds.

"Is she going to be fine?" Dan asks.

"I'll try my best. She'll be fine... she has to..." Rin answers, sounding disappointed.

"Wait a minute... you... you bear her chakra..." Dan tells Minato, and glances at Tsunade, then turns his gaze to the yellow flash once more. "And mine's too... what's going on... just who are you..?" Dan raises the question, that makes Rin shudder and lift her head. Minato, however, remains silent, does not stop watching the unconscious kunoichi.

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In the endless realm of abyss, the residence of nightmares and monsters, a pair of golden eyes are the sole thing that illuminate this dimension. They float, take a path, and cease their motion once they set they capture their prey.

The dark angel lands his boots onto the abysmal ocean, and walks towards the sleeping beauty. His steps powerful, the flames of his soul burn down the unholy water of the abyss, and his presence distorts reality and fiction on a whim. He stands above the outsider, the woman of aurelian hair, and touches her soft skin. An emerald light peers into her chest to bide in her heart. The radiant rays spread across her existence, and return her to conscious state.

"Tsubasa..." The sleeping beauty reaches for the face of the unseen one, mistaking the god of vengeace for her godson. Her hands pass through him, however, and that widens her eyes. She can see a clearer image of the figure infront of her, and how he differs from the king where it all ends. "What am i doing here?" Tsunade asks.

"You must persist in the realm of mortals. There is not much time left, and there are tasks only you are destined to overcome." The unseen one says, and watches the imperishable valkyrie stare at the steel sky of his domain. "They are waiting for you, Tsunade-hime. You shall return to the land of the living..."

"Is he doing fine?" Tsunade asks about her godson.

"Worry not. He may struggle, but defeat is not his will. He shall prevail once more." The unseen one responds.

"Good." Tsunade mutters, before she fades away.

"How was it like?" A warm voice comes from behind the unseen one.

"I am disheartened to meet her when she was not in her most majestic shape. She was still resilient. Like mother, like son..." The unseen one confesses, and claims his seat on the throne. "It seems fortune has not let down humans yet."

"It was me, not fortune or lady luck." Gindoro asserts, and swim to the land, and approaches the demon king. She almost bends over to lay her back against the throne, but the ruler of abyss catches her by wrist.

"Gindoro-hime..." The god of vengeance whispers, not amused by the action the goddess of harmony was going to make. For he sees her no inferior to him.

Gindoro gently sits on the throne in space between the legs of the unseen one, and giggles once she presses her back against his chest. "I accept no more complaints. We are equal now, as you wished."

The demon king speaks no words, and rests his temple on back of his clenches fist.

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Jolted awake, Tsunade's breathing becomes rapid and beats of her heart faster. She feels the weight of trauma in her muscles and bones, but the sight of a set of familiar clothings allows her to think straight after spending a short while in the madness-inducing abyss.

"Thank god, Tsunade! It's the second time we meet under circumstances like this." Dan says, smiling at the lady of his dreams. He reaches for Tsunade's right arm to gently caress her, and is made happier once the slug princess gazes into his teal blue orbs with her hazel eyes.

Rin silently arises and goes to assist medical staff in healing the wounded.

Minato, however, has his head dropped and elbow resting on the curled knee of his. Dan glances at the golden-haired man, and peers into his soul to see a puzzling grief that cannot be originated from any other matter than Tsunade and Dan himself. For even the slug princess steals her gaze from the yellow flash, and that perplexes him

"Lord Fourth. You still haven't answered my question. Had we met before?" Dan asks Minato.

"No..." Mutters Minato, who looks at Tsunade. "I was born months after your tragic demise... one hundred ninety two days, to be precise.." He continues.

Dan simply stares at Minato with curious eyes, and understands that man wants to get some things off of his chest but refuses to. "Tsunade... back then in the pure land, i forgot to ask... what happened to your wombchild?"

Tsunade curls her knees infront of her chest and hugs them, buries her face in the space between thighs. She says no word, for brief moments, then puts her chin on the knees, to look far away. "He grew and became a great man... one of the greatest men to ever grace this world with his presence... he inherited your dream of becoming hokage, and fulfilled it... the youngest hokage in history... can you believe it?" Tsunade responds to Dan, chuckling with her teary eyes.

"Are you saying that..." Dan hesitates, and turns his gaze to Minato. The yellow flash smiling, and this sight combined with the informations gathered form assumptions in the astral stella's mazed mind.

"Yes, Dan. The fourth hokage's your son." Tsunade admits, and that brings about emotions to Dan that robs him of the ability to express his ideal reaction to such a pleasant confession. Because Dan knows now the fate was cruel to his child too, for it sealed both their destinies when they had not the opportunity to reach their primed and taste the joy of raising their child. "He was raised by good people... i'm glad he turned out to be just like his father..." Tsunade digs her fingernails into the flesh, shuddering as she weeps.

"I'm terribly sorry, my dearest..." Dan comforts Tsunade by kissing her on the temple. "Perhaps if i was more careful with my actions, it wouldn't end this way. Don't cry, we all carry the weight of our guilts. What matters most is realization of our sins, and striving to better ourselves. Looking at you, i can see you're just like old times."

"I'm so embarassed... and ashamed of myself... i never had the courage to tell you the truth..." Tsunade speaks to Minato.

"I always knew that. Ever since i became a chunin, i found out who my biological parents on my own." Minato reveals.

"Then why didn't you look for me? Why didn't you scold me for the failure i was?!?" Tsunade raises her voice and turns to Minato.

"Because you were not ready yet..." Minato responds. "And i learnt to live and wait. I never held any grudge against any of you. I was grateful to the lord, because i was found worthy of becoming your son. A mother who made sure i'll be raised by decent folks and had her trusted friend look after me, and a father who was my childhood hero..." Minato continues.

"You're right, Tsunade. He's..." Dan smiles as pearls of his tears find their way down his cheeks. "I'm proud of you..."

"It was a lovely revelation for me..." Minato murmurs in Tsunade's ear, and holds her trembling hand in his tranquil hands. "Are you finally ready?" He asks.

Tsunade throws herself into Minato's arms, and marks his forehead with an affectionate kiss. She relishes the delightful scent of his son, and finds redemption upon being embraced by him, and that makes her certain she can forgive herself at last.

Dan joins Tsunade and Minato to complete the family reunion, and takes joy for being fortunate enough to leave such a legacy long after his death.

Orochimaru witnesses this wholesome moment from afar, and releases a breath of relief. "You did it, Tsunade-hime..." Orochimaru mutters, and beams with pleasure in abatement of this tedious tragedy.