Orange gold chakra robe wrapped around Naruto as Yang Kurama entered his body, covering him in orange light.
"Kurama… it's been so long." Naruto said almost missing him.
"Brat, don't act like we are close! Huff."
"You are still the same grumpy fox huh."
"Enough reunion." Sasuke muttered.
Tsuyu placed both her hands onto both of them.
Collapse Release: Weight Drift! She reduced their weight, letting them move faster. The goal was to touch her with the seals after all.
Two of her Sharingan split off her arm into Eye Creature and attached themselves to Naruto and Sasuke each as she touched their shoulders. The eye creature would be able to move them two together when Tsuyu used Flying Raijin if needed. Tsuyu was using everything her brain could think of to defeat Kaguya. She sent a shadow clone outside to come in a ditch too as an emergency backup plan.
These two just need to tap her. That's all. Easy and simple… yeah. Tsuyu said that in her heart but she was sweating profusely. It felt like she was trying to go against an eldritch horror.
She summoned two shadow clones, each went to Naruto and Sasuke. These two could individually use Flying Raijin to move through the same Raijin mark as well with independent decision.
Black Zetsu frowned, realising Tsuyu was the most troublesome among the three. Her prepping for the battle couldn't escape his eyes. Even in such a threatening existence she used her brain to her max limit.
Mother, be careful of Tsuyu. She has space-time ninjutsu and can teleport to you with them.
"Then I shall eliminate her first."
She raised her fist. Tsuyu was alerted and quickly transported Naruto and Sasuke away even before Kaguya could punch.
Bang!
She released a godly punch, destroying everything in front of her in a split seconds. Her Byakugan noticed Tsuyu and the other two had already moved behind her.
"I will distract her." All of Tsuyu's Eyes flared.
Flesh grew out of her back into a pair of large wings, filled with Sharingans. Some Eyes detached as Eye Creatures moving around the battlefield ready to find chances to get close to her. Asura, her companion rifle, was summoned.
"No offense!" Tsuyu uses Extreme Weight Drift on herself, turning her into the goddess of the sky. Senjutsu chakra with a mix of Divine chakra channeled into Asura and blasted into Kaguya's face left and right.
Kaguya was slower in terms of her flight, and tried to use her hair needles to shoot Tsuyu down along with the Eye Creatures surrounding her.
Few Eye Creatures were pierced through, but Tsuyu didn't care. She just blasted her cannon to her, destroying any hairs on the way.
Kaguya was hit on her side, pushing her a few meters back. She frowned as she couldn't absorb all of it and even felt pain.
What power… Naruto and Sasuke rushed in in Kaguya's momentary distraction.
Kaguya raised her fists and used Eighty Gods Vacuum attacks to attack Sasuke and Naruto who rushed towards her.
Mother, behind you! A black spear approached her at the same time!
Flash!
The javelin pierced through Kaguya as Naruto and Sasuke's figure transported away with the Shadow clones of Tsuyu supporting them on their back.
Heavy…! Kaguya's movements were slowed by the Abyss Spear pierced into her. The Sun and Moon seal close to touching her.
Her Byakugan saw it and tried to move upward to dodge. Just then, Tsuyu appeared right above her, Asura pointed right to her face.
Now!
Three of them were close to victory in a short moment. Just then.
An invincible force greater than Shinra Tensei exploded outward, blasting all of them away.
Tsuyu felt her flesh being mushed away from such power as she crashed into the ground even creating a crater. Her body soon disappeared like an illusion.
Reappearing next to Naruto and Sasuke who similarly was heavily smashed to the ground.
As the two weakly stood with Tsuyu trying to in panic help them, no one noticed under Tsuyu's feet, a spatial gate opened, able to hide chakra fluctuation. A white arm stretched out with Black Zetsu latching onto Tsuyu first before binding all of them together.
Tsuyu was shocked that her body was unable to move, black Zetsu covered half of her body. Even Izanagi couldn't be activated, as if her chakra network was immobilised.
A spatial gate opened in front of them, and Kaguya appeared slowly. Her eyes moved to Sasuke and Naruto. Her hands approached close to their faces, her eyes filled with longing.
"Hagoromo… Hamura…" Tears fell down her eyes.
Tsuyu was trying to think of a way to get out of this predicament, she felt her chakra being sucked away slowly by Kaguya. But her eyes were unable to help it but look at Kaguya's expression.
That wasn't an expression a monster could make…
"Hnhnhn… My Mother seems to see her own sons in you two…"
"Let me tell you… the tale of my Mother, of the Rabbit Goddess while she takes what was hers."
***
The story of Kaguya, who came to earth from a far far away place.
She learnt to love the people here. Aiko, her attendant, became a friend she could confide in. Tenji, the man she had loved. And that love created two children… Hagoromo and Hamura.
As a branch member of the Otsutsuki clan, she was treated like a slave. Her only purpose was to obey… becoming fodder for the maturity of Ten Tails.
Many memories were altered through Omnipotence. The hidden truth of Shinobi World.
When Isshiki and Kaguya came to Shinobi World, a Divine Tree was already there. Isshiki had Kaguya guard the tree, while he traveled to another place to investigate. And went back to an Otsutsuki branch outside of Earth to gain information on the mysterious Divine Tree that was there. No matter what, that Divine Tree wasn't his. Even as a main clan member, other main clan members had the rights to take the fruit of their own effort. He wasn't so shameless to just take it so he had to confirm whose tree it was. If he offended someone even in a higher position than him by stealing his fruit he would die as well so he was careful.
While Isshiki was away, Kaguya came into contact with Tenji, and learnt to love humanity. As a branch member that was humiliated and treated like servants, that were never given chakra pills or fruits - she was capable of love.
Many things happened, and she knew Isshiki and others would return to harvest this planet, kill all things. It was when they were chased down, the love she learned for Aiko and Tenji made her decide to take the Divine Fruit to herself.
Her heart broke seeing the war of humanity, that Aiko was killed, that Tenji betrayed her.
She became a god, and decided to protect all of the humans on the planet. She look up at the sky as always, ready for Isshiki and others to arrive.
With her newfound power, Kaguya managed to sneak attack Isshiki who never had thought she would eat the Divine Fruit. And even if she did, never had it crossed his mind that Kaguya became powerful enough to almost kill him.
In fact, the Divine Fruit Kaguya ate was never normal. That Earth was special. This place was the very planet Shibai Otsutsuki gained his Godhood, and had special characteristics in them. Perhaps, the original divine tree that Kaguya ate the fruit from was the leftover after Shibai Otsutsuki attained godhood, and even the leftover contained great power.
However, Kaguya wasn't aware.
That was her first fruit. And in her cognition, others had eaten from multiple planets, some tens, few hundreds. So for her, all of them were far stronger than her. And in her desperation she tried to create white Zetsu army. Other than that, it was to feed Ten Tails, so it bore another fruit or make Ten Tails stronger so it can be used as a weapon to fight her clansmen.
Momoshiki and others too had a false cognition that Kaguya was weaker than them, assuming even if she did eat the fruit it won't be that much.
With love for her sons, she wanted them to be safe most and kept many things hidden from them. That they were not strong enough yet, or that they don't have to know, so they won't feel scared like her.
Everyday, she was afraid someone would come to take everything she loved away. That fear, and seeing the war continuing even under her benevolence made her a tyrant. As a branch member treated like a servant her whole life, she was far from able to communicate.
Her own sons never saw her eye to eye. But only as a monster, a tyrant, someone who could sacrifice hundreds of people to the Divine Tree and the two never understood why.
When she discovered Hagoromo wanted to turn against her, her heart broke. But as a mother, she could never hate him.
She controlled Hamura, letting him stop Hagoromo. That if Hagoromo truly love like what he said, he wouldn't be able to kill Hamura.
She was not trying to make them turn against each other.
She was trying to say, if they had loved her, they wouldn't want to harm or kill her.
And her worst nightmare still happened, that her own sons tried to seal her away. What mother wouldn't be heartbroken. And for a thousand years… she was sealed. The two never saw her tears while she was trapped in the moon.
And the moment she finally was released, she saw the same power that sealed her on Naruto on Sasuke. As if even after a thousand years, her son still wanted to seal her.
She shed tears for many reason.
***
Though Black Zetsu narrated them without much drama, Tsuyu felt her heart hurt for her.
Naruto kept shouting out to her, calling her evil, calling her that as a mother she should have let their sons have their own decisions.
Tsuyu looked at Naruto, looking self righteous as always, condemning her. It's as if he never read between the lines. Why would Kaguya even tell the story to them? Perhaps, she only wanted to tell her story, because she had felt so wronged.
Perhaps… It was because she was exactly like her.
Killed by her own brother.
Called a monster by him.
That he never understood what she was doing, for everyone's peace.
"My brother… killed me… and called me a monster…" Tsuyu muttered as her eyes drooped down.
Kaguya's eyes widened. Her gaze turned to her, reading her thoughts and emotions.
… Like me…
Her expression turned a little sad. Naruto quickly shut up, his eyes widened hearing Tsuyu say such things. And it hurts, because it was true.
"Tsu-chan…"
"I guess, we are both the same in many ways, Kaguya… I did many things. My brother never sees what I am doing as anything good. I controlled the world… much like you. I was a tyrant once, much like you… But I really just wanted what's best. And for what I did, my brother killed me. It's almost like I am talking to myself… to have your own sons seal you… it's almost unreasonable."
The binding of black zetsu faltered on Tsuyu. Kaguya's eyes turned even sadder as tears shed from her. Maybe for once, she was truly understood. That someone saw through her story for truly as it was.
Their experience almost mirrored each other, two humanly inhuman souls, meeting.
"Hagoromo… Hamura… they never see me eye to eye…" Kaguya muttered.
"If Hagoromo dared, he should have appeared now to talk to you. Perhaps even apologise. No matter what you become, you still love them. But he never did." Tsuyu felt it's coward of him.
"..." Kaguya looked down for a moment, her expression contained grief in them.
"... I understand you, but unfortunately, I cannot let you end everyone, Kaguya… perhaps in another world we don't have to be enemies."
A shadow clone appeared suddenly, with a black spear she cut off the black zetsu binding all of them.
The trio and Kaguya stay meters apart from each other. Kaguya looked at Tsuyu. Even if they understood each other, they were still enemies.
"Mother, let's switch the battlefield." Kaguya nodded. But the atmosphere had a huge change in them. It was not about fighting a monster. But to fight a mother who's hurt and wanted to do what's best in her own view.
Tsuyu closed her eyes… thinking about herself, and her experience mirroring Kaguya.
I will give you mercy, Kaguya. You don't deserve to live for eternity in such misery.
The battlefield turned into a world of ice, trapping everyone.
Tsuyu used Abyssal Repulsion and destroyed all ice surrounding her. With Flying Raijin, she transported both Naruto and Sasuke out through the Eye Creature attached to them.
She raised her hand, a powerful fluctuation of chakra and gravity concentrated in her hand. Gold chakra flickered in Tsuyu's entire body. Space seemed to be distorted, as the chakra of the world was being attracted and gathered by her.
"Distract her…"
Naruto and Sasuke frowned slightly, but they followed her wish, not sure what she was trying to do.
Sasuke and Naruto fought with Kaguya, Tsuyu's shadow clones behind them helped them with Flying Raijin each time.
"Mother…?" Black Zetsu called out. Because he could feel Kaguya was out of it.
"Let's separate them, Mother…" Kaguya nodded, and she threw Sasuke into a desert, while leaving Naruto there.
"Where did they go!" Naruto screamed.
Just then, a Tsuyu shadow clone appeared.
"We need to wait until Kaguya uses her Space Time ninjutsu again for the channel to the other dimensions to open. Then I can use Flying Raijin to get Sasuke out."
Naruto's eyes lit up.
Kaguya hid inside the space, controlling the world of ice to attack Naruto. Naruto pretended to be stuck under an attack. Tsuyu knew what he was trying to do and poof away to pretend she was out of chakra.
Kaguya finally appeared once more through a space time ninjutsu, wanting to take Naruto's chakra. Just then Sasuke appeared in an instant through Flying Raijin with a Shadow Clone.
"Damn it…!" Black Zetsu cursed.
"Sasuke!" Tsuyu shouted at him.
In his Rinnegan cognition, what Tsuyu held was a void that even bent space around her surrounded by golden chakra, constantly absorbing this world's own chakra for its own growth. As if it had no limit.
Sasuke understood what Tsuyu wanted to do.
To kill a god.
Naruto used multiple Bijuu-Rasengan with Truth Seeker Orb to hit Kaguya.
The resonance of Bijuu chakra caused the 7 tailed beast to come out of Kaguya. Naruto, seeing this, quickly used his chakra limbs to pull all of them out. Sasuke used Susanoo and grabbed them, helping him pull them out.
Kaguya looked heavily weakened, and it was a chance! Sasuke rushed towards Kaguya in her momentary distraction, so that this time, they would finally end her! Seeing the chance, Naruto turned to Tsuyu's shadow clone next to him that should Flying Raijin him to Sasuke and seal her for good. But instead…
Sasuke turned to Tsuyu.
In her hand, she held a void with golden light pulsating out of them.
Amenotejikara!
Sasuke was instantly switched with Tsuyu. Kaguya and her eyes met. A mirror of each other, two misunderstood souls, understanding one another.
Perhaps Kaguya could have dodged, but she didn't…
Shinjutsu: Rasengan Tokuiten - Spiralling Singularity
She hurled the void in gold light toward Kaguya, hitting her and sending her far above… the world started to crumble and collapse, the ice around them cracked and all went towards the Singularity. A jutsu that would infinitely devour and use the energy around them, perhaps until the end of the universe. Even Tsuyu had no way to stop it once it was launched, and if it was used in Shinobi World, it would end the solar system, creating a black hole in its place.
"Tsu-chan… What did you do! What technique… nnh…" Naruto felt his own chakra being drained out of his body. The gravitation caused their bodies to fly upward, but Tsuyu quickly summoned Nue. Nue takes everyone, even the tailed beasts into his own dimension. Using them as a bridge to get back to their real world.
"... Tsu-chan… what about Kaguya…" Naruto asked. They didn't seal her. Sasuke already knew what happened.
Tsuyu had a little sad smile.
"She will find rest…"
"Huh?" Naruto as dumb as usual, didn't get it.
The tailed beast appeared outside, all in a circle surrounding them. Hagoromo too appeared. He felt complicated seeing the Sun and Moon seal still on Naruto and Sasuke.
Turns out, Tsuyu had a way to kill his Mother for good… Hagoromo… felt grateful to her.
"Thank you, Tsuyu…"
"... You should at least apologise to her. She had loved you and your brother."
"..." Hagoromo didn't reply to the statement. Perhaps a part of him knew.
Tsuyu looked at the tailed beasts around.
"I guess it's all over… Kurama, you can go out to be free. Leave the aftermath to me. I will at least make the bijuu completely free. If anyone wants to use any of you as weapons again…"
"I will kill them all."
All the tailed beasts shivered in fear, but they were glad. Kurama gladly left Tsuyu. He felt happy that he could be free. Compared to Naruto they might prefer Tsuyu who were actually practical.
"Tsu-chan…! Really now? Can't you be a little nicer." Naruto grumbled.
"... You should stop being naive and be realistic for once." Tsuyu replied with a huff.
Cough… Tsuyu coughed out blood slightly.
"Tsu-chan…!"
Tsuyu raised her hand.
"It's alright… I just drained most of my chakra. And that jutsu took a lot from me…"
"And again, be realistic…" Tsuyu huffed.
"I agree with your little sister this time, Naruto." Sasuke crossed his arms.
"Hey! Sasuke, how could you do this to me!"
"It's finally over…" Hagormo said with solemnity.
Everyone let out a sigh of relief…
***
Tsuyu's smile suddenly turned into an empty expression, but then into a smile again.
Her Rinnegan's pattern shifted like a kaleidoscope… turning into an eye with golden iris shining with divine light. She raised her hand, feeling her fingers. Her lips parted with a soft smile. Her gold chakra pulsating out of her body.
Everyone felt their heart was shaking, something was wrong!
Naruto and Sasuke, even Hagoromo felt their hearts palpitating as they looked at Tsuyu. Tsuyu let out a smile, her eyes looking at her own hands as she muttered in a voice that wasn't hers at all.
"Finally…"
"All these faiths… you did an amazing job, Tanya…"
***