Chapter 135: Death of Tsuyu Uzumaki
Nagato looked up at the black eye in the sky. Thinking.
"Konan…"
"Nagato, what's the matter?"
"The demon… do you think he would be able to stop her?"
"... No. She controlled the whole world, like a God. She surpassed you in that regard… From both outside, and inside. She cannot be stopped…"
Konan with her information network and Tobi sneaking, they figure out why this world was reforming too smoothly.
Naruto, as usual, was fed the information.
Tsuyu used ROOT to kill and eliminate people that go against her Order. That she used her Eye to keep people from rebelling. That she used genjutsu and even Kotoamatsukami to force her will onto the people.
Naruto shook his arms, his heart filled with sorrow and pain.
Tsu-chan… why are you going so far… you can't even let them have free will. I don't want this peace… not if you had to become a monster.
Naruto, unaware, didn't know Nagato asked Konan to prepare.
Naruto wouldn't be able to stop her. She had reached this point. Konan, we need to kill her.
But… Naruto…
He is too naive. She already killed hundreds of thousands, placed Eyes all over this world, and killed and controlled anyone that disobeyed. Only her death could stop her tyranny.
… I understand. I will prepare.
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After Nagato's death, Konan helped Naruto plant the Rinnegan in his eye socket.
As he woke up, he felt power surging. Chakra of Ashura in his body, chakra of Indra in the Rinnegan of Madara.
Unlike Nagato who was drained, he felt powerful.
Naruto closed his eyes, feeling the power. As he opened them, he clasped his hands.
All the 7 seals in his body opened. Through the threat of Madara, and with his talk and promises, all the 7 tailed beasts decide to cooperate with him.
The 7 puppets made by Sasori had a Seal behind them, each carrying a chakra transmitter. The eye on the mask of each puppet turned into a single Rinnegan as Naruto shouted loudly.
Red chakra light bursts out from Naruto's body, each tailed beast possessing each puppet, and each puppet transformed into tailed beast mode wrapped in dark red chakra!
Shukaku! Matatabi! Isobu! Son Goku! Kokuo! Saiken! Chomei!
7 white puppets of different forms wrapped in dark red chakra coatings of tailed beast. Their tails waving in the air, each roaring.
Tsuyu… I will need your help to fight Madara.
It had been a total of 3 years since she last saw Tsuyu. It's time for them to meet.
Konan wrapped both of them in papers, transporting them both to an open sea. This is where they would meet her, by letting their presence known.
Konan took a deep breath. 3 billion explosives tags were already here, the seals that can block space were readied a long time ago, using Nagato's Rinnegan and chakra transmitters, the Kekkai was completed. All this to kill her.
Naruto in his Akatsuki robe looked up to the sky. His right eye was replaced with a Rinnegan. The 7 Bijuus were outside as puppets surrounding him.
As they waited… a black eye with 3 tomoe sharingan appeared. Its pupil suddenly moved to lock onto Naruto and Konan, and the tailed beasts chakra it detected.
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Tsuyu's body trembled, her eyes shaky. Nii-san…!
Flying Raijin!
In a matter of seconds after the eye appeared, Tsuyu teleported in. Her appearance was like a deity. The 7 Bijuu residing inside the puppets trembled seeing her appearance.
Her silver-blonde hair winding, longer than her own body. Her long red chakra robe fluttered. The twisted horns on her, the sharingan on her left eye, the Byakugan on her right eye, and the multiple horrific eyes on her arm.
Kaguya…?!
"Don't be scared, she's my little sister…" Naruto noticed all the Bijuus around him trembling.
"Nii-san… you…"
All her Sharingan and Byakugan look all over him. He looked taller after all this time. But… the Rinnegan in his eye, the tailed beasts inside of his body, all 7 of them… just what happened… did they turn you into this monstrosity, nii-san?
Tsuyu levitated slowly towards him, a tear fell from her eyes.
"Tsuyu…?" Naruto felt his heart shake. He never saw her shed tears. His eyes filled with tears.
All of a sudden, Tsuyu's expression turned ferocious. Multiple of her eyes turned to Konan.
"What have you done?"
With a palm, Konan was pulled in an instant through gravity, she held onto her neck choking her.
"Nnh-" Konan struggle. Her paper jutsu was not working, the gravitation keeping her in place.
"Tsuyu! Wait! Don't kill her! Listen to me first! Please!"
"... Say what you want to say."
The gripped lessened on her, Konan had room to breathe.
"Tsuyu… I… I don't know where to start. You see… I just, I don't want this kind of peace you bring… Tsuyu."
Seeing her being silent, Naruto continued.
"I know… I know you wanted peace too. You killed everyone that stood in your way… you used genjutsu on people… you… used your Eyes to control this world… But I don't want this kind of peace, Tsuyu. Please stop… I don't want you to become a demon or even a god…"
Tsuyu frowned, her eyes filled with… disappointment, and even, hurt. That she had been doing what she thought was best. And yet, her own brother couldn't accept her, nor understand.
"I just… want you to be Tsu-chan… my little sister. So please…"
"…"
"I have met a lot of people. We can have peace without all this nonsense Tsuyu. No more control. No more playing God… I can show you… friends I made along the way. We all from different villages, we don't fight. We just want to live."
"..." Tsuyu turned her eyes sideways.
"So all these years… you were fooling around, making me worried for nothing…"
"What? I am not fooling around. I just… want to try. Please Tsuyu… just trust people, that they all want peace too… You don't have to become a monster, or a God. No more of this… please…"
Naruto begged as he shed tears.
"Why are you crying…" Tsuyu's eyes were filled with hurt.
"Please… Tsu-chan, let's stop. Just be Tsu-chan. No more god. No more controlling people…" Naruto reached out his hands.
"..." Tsuyu remained silent.
"So you cannot accept my methods…"
"... No. You don't have to do this. Let's just go home, Tsu-chan."
"Have you tried to understand me, nii-san?" Tsuyu's eyes turned down. Her Sharingans as if showing emotions of hurt.
"I… I do! You just want peace… I get it…"
"You feel sad that I am the way I am… right?"
"... Of course I do… I don't… want to see you like this… I don't want you to… keep being a monster…"
"... I see." A part of her realising what's the problem. It's a fundamental problem of differences.
"Do you hate me…?" Her eyes calm, looking at him from above.
"Of course not! But… I couldn't forgive what you did. But it's not too late. We can stop it now…" Naruto reached out his hands.
"Then you don't have to forgive me…" Tears shed from her eyes. She's not sure why. She never thought it could hurt her.
"What? No…"
"I will not stop. This world is already going in the right direction… You don't have to forgive me. I… would not care."
The tears in her eyes fell. Maybe the last sentence was a lie.
Naruto shed tears, his eyes turned serious.
"Then I will stop you! Tsuyu!"
His Rinnegan flared, the 7 tailed beasts puppets roared, they each turned into larger versions of red chakra constructs resembling each tailed beasts. Sand moved around Shukaku's puppet, blue fire exploded from Matatabi, red magma was unleashed from San Goku, each tailed beast showing its Nature Releases with powerful chakra fluctuation.
"You…" Tsuyu clenched her fists. She never thought she would have to fight her brother. He's strong… even so… she could win. That was her confidence. But… just what was the point of winning.
I would still do what I need to do. So this fight was useless, this fight brought absolutely nothing. You cannot change me, nii-san. And I couldn't change you… It served nothing but hurting each other.
Nagato is right… Konan made a handseal quickly. Let this be her final gift. To get rid of the world from her tyranny, when Naruto couldn't.
The sea split opens, the space sealed.
3 billion paper tags surrounded her like a tide. She was caught off guard when she was vulnerable.
Her Sharingans spun and looked around.
Thousands… ten thousands… billions!?
"… Whaa-!!" Naruto was sent flying thousands of meters away with papers sending him and the other bijuus away. Even he was shocked and didn't expect such a thing. He wanted to stop Tsuyu… not kill her!
A misunderstanding.
"YOU…!" Tsuyu felt her heart breaking. Her entire being was shaking.
Nii-san… You cannot accept me to such an extent… that you led me here to trap me… to kill me.
She had various ways to get out. But at this moment, her heart felt only extreme grief and sorrow. Tears shed from her eyes as she let herself get caught.
The walls of paper bombs engulfed Konan and Tsuyu's godly figure. 3 billion explosions, vaporising the whole sea.
5 minutes of continuous explosions rang out.
"Tsuyu… No… No…!" Naruto fell to his knees seeing the continuous explosions in front of him.
As the mist settled… What was left was nothing.
Tsuyu…? Where… no… you can't die…
Tsuyu appeared hundreds of metres away. Two of her Sharingan closed from Izanagi. Her eyes looked at Naruto with sorrow.
You even want to kill me… I am really an irredeemable monster in your eyes…
Tsuyu bit her lips. Shedding the last tears there were. She never thought it would pain her so much.
Ah.
Her own brother, that she had trusted, she saw growing since he was a little baby… when she had to console him, the words she gave… the training she gave him…
'Tsu-chan! You are the best!' Naruto ate the omurice cooked by her.
Tsuyu rolled her eyes. 'Not as good as ramen, I bet.'
'Hehe! Of course not. Ramen is always the best-ttebayo!'
'IS A HOKAGE SOMEONE WHO GAVE UP?!'. 'NO TSUYU! I WON'T GIVE!' 'GREAT! 10 MORE LAPS!'
'Tsu-chan! Look! Now we are both looking like Uzumaki!' Naruto was moving around in front of the mirror with his red hair. Tsuyu sighed, looking at the mirror with her red hair. A soft smile grazed her lips.
Crack. The memories cracked little by little. And it all shatters.
I tried my best to be a little sister of yours… be a part of this family, and now you are trying to kill me….
What an experience… Haha… The tears left as she laughed to herself.
In every world, it always goes so wrong…
Why can't I… get my peace… Being X… did you want to see me break? Did you have any hands on this? You did it… you did it okay… I… you never get my faith… that's your loss… but you broke me… Tears shed from her eyes. Her heart left shattered.
…
She just turned and left silently… disappeared like a shadow. Forgotten by the world, losing hope and heart. A golden light flickered in her eyes for a split second in her weakest state. But the fluctuation disappeared.
Uzumaki Tsuyu, the Demon, the Thousand Eyed Goddess… dead.
The news spread throughout the Shinobi World like wild fire.
And along with her death…
Chaos.
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