Chapter 36 Don't lie to me

"You are not one of us, are you?" she asked with a squint.

Naruto tensed when he heard that. How could his secret have gotten out that fast?

"Be at ease child. I'm not hostile," she reassured.

Naruto visibly relaxed when she told him to. There was this aura about her that reminded him of his mom.

"What are you and why are you sealed here?" he asked.

"I am Gaia, goddess of life and Earth." Naruto's eyes twitched when he heard the word goddess. That brought up memories of Kaguya. "As to why I am here, it's a long story."

"Why is nature's energy so vile here?" he asked as he sat criss-cross.

"It's because I am no longer around to keep it balanced. Humans, Angels, Devils, and even Gods have enraged Nature greatly," she answered.

"Well, that's wrong. How do human activities affect Nature? Nature was supposed to be without conscience. It wasn't supposed to have negative feelings at all," Naruto said.

"It is because I have grown angry, child. I have been betrayed by my loved ones and I crave justice. I have placed a curse on Nature energy to treat anyone who tries to harness its power as hostile, and the negative feeling is a result of that; anyone who loses control of Nature energy will go berserk," she explained.

"But you're different, Uzumaki. The curse is rendered useless when it comes to you," she said.

"Hn, vengeance," Naruto scoffed

"You disapprove of me wanting justice?" she asked.

"Tsk, even gods aren't exempted from the cycle of hatred," the shinobi said. He facepalmed at the clueless expression on the goddess's face and articulated the Circle of Hatred for her. Hatred bred vengeance and vengeance bred more vengeance.

"But forgiveness bred repentance,"—an image of Obito flashed in his mind—"salvation,"—a vision of Sasuke—"hope,"—a vision of Nagato—"and so much more." He smiled at her form.

"You mean to tell me to just forget about it all?" Her face darkened as the plane they were in shook mightily. Naruto had a poker face on until it stopped shaking. Naruto sighed again. This shit was getting out of hand, he wasn't some kind of shrink for a goddess.

"I was locked in here against my will thousands of years ago cut off from the rest of the world without a soul to keep me company! Don't act as if you know my pain boy," she replied menacingly.

Naruto stared at her beautiful green orbs and said, "I know you're not telling me everything about you and I respect your privacy but if you exact revenge and you taste the sweet nectar of revenge and all, what about the children of those you have exacted your revenge on? Wouldn't they cry for justice like you did? Wouldn't it be Justice if they killed you? Would you kill them like you did their parents? What about their loved ones too? Would you kill them too? I don't know about you but that sounds like what a monster would do and to be honest, I don't think you are a monster," Naruto gave her his honest opinion.

Gaia was silent, contemplating on what Naruto said. "Is vengeance what I really wanted? Did I want to kill my grandchildren so badly? What kind of grandmother or goddess was I?" she thought hard.

Naruto let her think for a while before he offered his help. She was the first goddess he met in this world so maybe there was a chance she knew a spell or a person that could help him on his quest to find a way back home.

"Look, I could help you get out of here and you could help me in return." He placed his offer on the table.

"How can you be of help to me?" she asked.

There was only one way to help her and that was if he unseal her or return her lost strength.

"You got me." Naruto had no idea, he had nothing.

If this was a chakra-based seal, then he could have been of help and, besides, this place wasn't even where her physical body was.

"This boy, could he do it?" Gaia mused. He was a perfect sage after all.

"Those seals are powered by magic, something I don't have. And studying a seal that complex would take centuries," he explained.

"There is a way Naruto Uzumaki. If you can help me purify nature, I will gain my strength."

"I don't get how I can purify nature's energy. I only know how to use it for ninjutsu," he explained.

"You can. Your chakra itself can counterbalance the hatred in Nature energy and when you mix it with yours, you achieve that state you've been using right." He nodded at the goddess's explanation. She seems to know a thing or two about Sage Mode. "The chakra you infused a moment ago was much more powerful but unfortunately, You can't use that chakra to its fullest ability because a lot of gods would feel it."

Naruto alarms went blaring.

"Gods?" They have more than one?" How many were they? It was a good thing he took precautions before he infused Six Paths Chakra.

"All you have to do is release the Nature energy you've gathered back to nature to purify it."

"Ohh... That's what I have to do! I don't get it?" The blonde ninja was still had his dumb moments it seems.

"Wouldn't making you happy resolve all of this?" He asked the obvious.

"I can only gain happiness when I get out of this place or when I have my vengeance," she said.

"Can you help me get back to my home world?" Naruto asked with hope in his eyes.

"Yes," she answered.

Naruto's bangs covered his eyes. An impregnable silence descended on the space they were in.

"Don't lie to me, Gaia." Naruto said with an icy edge to his tone.

Gaia hid it well but she was flabbergasted he managed to see through her lies. How did he know she was lying? This boy...

"Unfortunately, No. I don't have that kind of power." Gaia looked away from him.

She became nervous when he stopped talking and silence graced the plane once again.

"I'll help you anyway." The shinobi cursed his hero complex. "I'll free you somehow but if I find a way back, I won't even hesitate," he declared.

"Thank you, Uzumaki Naruto. There might be someone out there who could help you." She tried to cheer him up.

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