Chapter 133: Tsuyu, The Thousand Eyed Goddess
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6 months. No sighting of Naruto. No clue.
Sasuke joined ANBU, for the sake of going to find Naruto. Tsuyu was almost never inside the village. Constantly searching throughout the shinobi world. Sakura shed tears after she heard the news.
All of Naruto's friends never expected it. That he would one day, just gone.
Tsuyu stood above the Hokage rock. Her eyes carried emptiness and dullness as he stared at the night sky of Konoha, the stars decorating them. But just then… her eyes turned ferocious, as if she had reached the brink of insanity.
6 months.
She wasn't idle..
Now I have perfected my control and the jutsu… now I will find you, nii-san.
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Dark red, black and purple chakra painted the sky red. Most people in Konoha were startled awake.
She clasped her arms together. Kurama was woken up as Tsuyu used a lot of his chakra, even Gyuki's. The two were confused because there's no enemy. Reibi and Nue were also woken up as their chakra were mobilised to its full potential.
Kyubi's chakra cloak covered her entire body, creating a long red chakra robe adorned with 6 tomoe patterns as she floated in the sky.
Tsuyu? Kurama asked in confusion.
Tsuyu transformed into her Sage Mood, the red eyeshadows formed a line down her cheeks - the Hashirama cells had further increased her Sage power. Her twisted horns grow longer and bigger than before, her hair lengthen, even surpassing her own height.
All the Sharingans in her arm had its tomoe spinning as she clasped her hands, her chakra flooding like a tsunami. Tapping into the concept of the jutsu Izanagi - the power of Sharingan and Hashirama cells, the power of Creation of All Things.
Her mind was constantly shuffling, trying to unleash a jutsu close to a Shinjutsu out of desperation.
She located all of the Flying Raijin markers she had placed all over the Shinobi World.
Using the space coordinate and the gates between space and herself for her chakra to travel, to create an eye that would overlook the world. Using each of her Sharingan as the sensory receiver. Her chakra turned into consciousness that overlooked the world like that of a shadow clone that could transmit back senses.
11 Sharingan, 11 Eyes at the time. All the Sharingans in her arms slowly closed as the Forbidden Jutsu was released.
Fuinjutsu Kekkai: 1000 Eyes of God!
In the sky above Konoha, a reddish light vertical slit appeared in space, the space seemingly distorted. The red chakra slit opened, revealing a completely black eye with 3 tomoe Sharingan patterns in them.
Shinobi of Konoha, still awake, looked up above the sky in horror. The ANBU and ROOT gathered sensing her chakra earlier had their knees weaken, kneeling on the ground. The giant black eye in the sky turned its pupil left and right. Sharingan perception and Sage sensory capability was displayed in each eye, scanning thousands, ten of thousands, and hundred thousands.
The same eye appeared above the sky of 11 different places. And as one eye closed and disappeared, another one appeared at a different place.
The technique 1000 Eyes of God slowly spread throughout the Land of Fire, and throughout all of Shinobi World.
As one eye observed, Tsuyu filtered every chakra signatures, every chakra colour she saw into hundreds of thousands. She just wanted to find Naruto's, or 9 tails chakra that was still inside Naruto.
Not here.
Not here either.
Where are you…!
Where could you go?!
Danzo and Tsunade looked at Tsuyu above Konoha, levitating with her eyes closed, all the Sharingans in her arm closed as they were being used at the moment. They never knew she could do such a thing, or that she had planned to do such a thing.
Danzo felt a little bit of fear even. Even though he said he wasn't scared before, when she showed her ability just now he couldn't help it.
To find your brother… you are turning yourself into a God… what had they invoked...
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Mountain's Graveyard, Land of Iron
A red slit appeared in the sky, and it snapped open revealing a black eye with red iris with 3-tomoe.
The eyeball in the sky looked left and right, it's 3 tomoe spun trying to find Naruto, sage chakra pulsed out from the eye trying to find him.
Tobi, who was sparring with Naruto under the hideout of Mountain's Graveyard in Land of Iron, stopped for a while. They felt the chakra outside. As they went to look, fear and shock rippled in their hearts. What the hell was that?
"Tsuyu… What are you doing…" Naruto looked at the black eye above, feeling her chakra. There's no one that had chakra this heavy.
Naruto and Tobi received the same message from their Rings.
That Tsuyu had her eyes in the whole world.
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Tsuyu frowned. She searched for places that could block her perception first and mark them for later. Since if Madara wanted to kidnap him, they must be prepared. There were few places that could block her perception. But it was either military secret buildings and such. She wasn't sure if she should check those. She decided to further narrow down the search to those that can block even Senjutsu chakra.
I will find you…
The Sharingans in her arm bleed, along with the black eyes in the sky of Shinobi World.
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The black eye with red iris bled… creating more fear in everyone who saw it.
"God… it's god…" Few villagers muttered as he fell to his knees to worship.
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"Jashin-sama…! It's Jashin-sama! He has come for our salvation!" The cult of Jashin bow kneeled down and bowed to worship the eye in the sky.
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"Judgement has come… judgement has come… hihi! Hahah! God is coming~" A drunken crazy old man laughed out loud seeing the black eye that bled as it looked over the world.
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Tobi sighed.
"She was truly becoming more and more monstrous…" Their place had barriers and seals in place. But in front of those eyes, it was like a spotlight. She would certainly search through every place that had such seals, tearing it open to see.
"Don't… say that…" Naruto looked down on the ground, his heart felt sad.
Tsu-chan… this isn't peace… this is just fear…
"Look at that eye, Naruto. Now she wanted to play God, controlling the whole world. Everyone will fear her. Her peace was created by such fear and control…"
"..." Naruto went silent.
"She is too dangerous. Get into my dimension first. I had a way to change your chakra signature."
"Okay." Naruto nodded as he was pulled in. There were too many places with barriers and seals designed to block chakra perception so it would take time for her to go through them.
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Amegakure was suspicious, such a weird rain that blocked sharingan perception. Could you be here?
The black eye with red sharigan above Amegakure turned into a black eye with white iris. As she stood in the air above Konoha, her Byakugan closed as she used them to scan Amegakure.
Another suspicious base with so many seals.
The black eye in the sky closed and disappeared. And just then, Tsuyu's figure, looking like a deity with red chakra robe appeared all of a sudden through Flying Raijin.
Nagato almost had a stroke seeing Tsuyu appear only a kilometer away from their hideouts.
"Konan! We need to run!"
"What? How could that demon be here!"
Tsuyu was still a peace-loving person. And as far as she knew, Amegakure had isolated itself from all conflict.
She came down to Amegakure, her eyes never leaving the sealed base underground. It's possible it was Ame's military asset, so it would be unwise to create conflict between villages.
"Where is Hanzo? I have an important matter to ask." She asked like a normal person to the nearest civilian she saw, levitating downward slowly as her hair swayed.
"Ah.. I… I don't… please…" The middle aged men kneeled. She frowned. The multiple sharingans in her arm move its pupil to stare at him, scaring the man until he peed himself.
"God… god… please… I don't know… Hanzo… was dead…" He cried in fear seeing the Deity coming down to Judge him.
"What God…? I am not harming you. I will give you some reward if you answer me. If Hanzo was dead… then who was the leader?"
"Reward…?" The man looked at Tsuyu, her majestic horns and red chakra robe, the long hair winding behind her, the eyes of God on her arm, she wasn't an evil deity, a reward…
Tsuyu was talking about money…
"I will tell you. Kami-sama!"
"Excuse me? … Look, I am not-"
While Tsuyu was talking to the lunatic, Tobi actually came quickly to save Nagato and Konan. He swallowed them up into the Kamui dimension.
Tobi was sweating. Now all Akatsuki members were literally living inside his Kamui dimension. Tsuyu activated her technique almost once every day, scanning the entire Shinobi World.
Even the rebellion that was about to happen in Kumogakure due to wanting to bring Tsuyu to justice died after her eye made an appearance.
Thankfully her perception didn't reach the Kamui dimension, and she didn't know they had Zetsu who could change chakra signatures.
What a scary demon. And… could she send her technique through those eyes?
Tobi shivered at the thought. If Tsuyu ever saw him, would she send a black hole across nations through that eye to kill him?
Obito realised taking Naruto might be the biggest joke of the century. He took him and she created surveillance in the entire world just to find him. What a lunatic. She really was as insane as Nagato and himself. No wonder Naruto defected.
Tobi had all Akatsuki members all wear White Zetsu armor to hide their chakra signatures when walking outside. They hide even deeper, hoping they weren't noticed.
Naruto bit his lips as he looked up at the sky above, the black eye with red iris overlooking this small village.
Tsu-chan… why are you going so far… you already achieved peace…. Now you want to enforce it like this…?
With the Eye of God closed, the villagers below almost collapse to their knees. They were really scared…
Naruto was in an Akatsuki robe, his entire body covered with Zetsu armor, leaving only his eyes.
"Don't be scared… she won't hurt you…" Naruto said softly, pulling both the villagers up.
At first, he didn't know where to start. But now, he wanted to prove to Tsuyu, she needed to believe in the people, and trust them. That peace can be achieved that way. Naruto walked to an old house in the distance, he heard a mercenary shinobi stayed there. But he went crazy after meeting the Demon.
He went to knock on his door.
The door was opened slightly, only an eye filled with fear was there.
"Hey… mister… I have some food. If you are hungry…" Naruto showed his hands, it was just bread and some water.
The man opened the door, looking at the sky in fear.
"It's gone right? Right?"
"Mister, why are you scared?"
"Oh… oh… I… I was touched by her… She would kill me… that eye… she wanted to find me…" He shook and trembled.
"Hey… mister, it would be alright. You don't have to fear her…"
"No… how could I not…"
"Then you can come with me… we just need to protect each other."
"Huh? No… she would kill me and everyone…"
"No, she won't… if she wanted to kill you, then I will be next to you. I am not scared. We can die together then." Naruto revealed a smile from his white mask.
"Kid… you are… too kind…" The man came out of the shadows, feeling like he had someone to talk to for once.
Naruto decided to gather those who she had hurt. Those who she had pained. He wanted to show her, this world didn't need tyranny nor cruelty. They just need kindness and understanding.
Nagato saw Naruto forming his little group on his own as months passed. Some were young like him, some were older. But they all were smiling, no longer covered by the shadow of the Demon. People from different hidden shinobi villages, helping the villagers here to make it a better place together. The image of Naruto overlapped with Yahiko at the moment.
That Naruto's peace was just like Yahiko's.
Nagato saw the change around him, the villagers all retreated back into their home as if a guillotine would come down at any time whenever one of her Eyes appeared. Some worshipped and prayed to her.
My version of peace, the Demon had achieved it… But why am I unhappy? Is this really peace…?
Nagato moved forward and sat down next to Naruto who was talking to one defector from Kumo.
Naruto turned to look at Nagato, surprised he was sitting here. The Kumo shinobi spoke,
"You know… with you guys I feel a little safer. Hey, even if she blows me now, well, come at me then!" The man stood up resolutely, looking toward the sky.
Naruto chuckled.
"She won't just do that…"
"Yeah. I was just an ant in Her eyes. Hahaha. Why did I care so much when She never did."
They saw villagers coming out after the daily Eye of God surveilling them, to continue their lives.
Naruto stood and went to help. The others also went, even if they were Shinobi, but it's no longer about fighting. Nagato's eyes softened seeing everyone working together. It resembled the Akatsuki he once envisioned.
Jiraiya sensei… it seemed, your student carried your will…
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Months passed after the technique 1000 Eyes of God was first unleashed.
Naruto watched as villagers worship the sky each time her eyes appeared. The children were crying. Some pray to her.
Naruto closed his face, wiping the little tear he had.
Tsuyu…
He had heard of what Tsuyu could do. That she could send Judgment through the eyes. The shinobi world was filled with fear, afraid that she would send down her Judgement.
If there was no one else to stop you, then I will.
After he finished his work, he trained with Nagato. Sister Konan was also a kind person and gave him pointers.
He gets to know Nagato's story, Akatsuki's story, what happened to Yahiko, and they were Ero-sennin's students too.
The story of how Pain came to be, and how he wanted to use Fear to achieve peace.
But seeing everything around them, Nagato questioned his goals.
"Nagato… I still want to believe in people… that we don't need all that nonsense… like she did, or what you planned…"
"... You made me want to believe again… Are you a master of genjutsu? Jiraiya-sensei taught you well." Nagato said with a complicated expression.
"Eh? I am not! I am so bad at it–ttebayo!" Naruto chuckled.
"Hmph. Maybe it's a kekkei genkai of yours…" Konan said playfully.
"Eh? Nee-san I really don't use any technique!"
Naruto almost found a second home with Akatsuki.
Kakuzu was betrayed by his village, and so he only trusts money.
Sasori… he asked how he ended up in Akatsuki.
That he wanted to pursue his art without restriction. He wasn't sure why, but Naruto asked if he wasn't lonely. Since he had always kept to himself, and his puppets.
"What are you saying?" Sasori didn't bother to look at the brat as he cleaned his puppets.
"I loved shadow clones… because it made me feel less lonely… I thought maybe we are similar in that way… you with your puppets."
The words made Sasori stop for a second.
The words almost hit the heart he thought he lost.
"After my parents died… I made puppets similar to them… maybe I was just trying to replace them…"
Naruto stood next to Sasori, caressing the puppet.
Kid, these are made of real corpse… not-
"Your parents huh… they make puppets like you too?"
"No… they don't. But my grandma does… she taught me how to do all this… these have become my dream."
"Your dream was to make puppets…? That's nice… you are already doing it. I had a dream too… it was to become Hokage… but you know… I just thought, even if I don't, I am already happy."
"Happy…? Even without your dream?"
"Yeah… Because I have people around me. Sasuke…Sakura… Hinata… many others… But, my little sister… She doesn't seem happy. I want her to stop… I guess that's why I am here… I don't want her to continue being a monster… it hurts me… seeing her like that."
"I see…" Sasori looked at the boy's figure. Why did he talk so much?
But somehow Sasori couldn't push him away. He remembered the hugs from his parents. And Granny Chio.
Is that why… no matter how many puppets I create, it would never be enough…?
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