chapter 102~ New Beginning

A beautiful girl was walking in the deep forest, waiting for someone. She had fair skin, red hair, and violet eyes. Her hair reached her thighs, and she wore a half-sleeve tan kimono with a black obi around her waist, a mid-black skirt, long stockings, and brown shinobi sandals.

The moonlight poured its light onto her beautiful face as she stood outside the village. A slightly nervous expression adorned her features as she gazed at the moon. 'When will he come back? It's been a whole week, you know.'"

It was the time when the Third Ninja War was at its peak, and her being a sensor was the reason she was placed outside of the village to scout the area. Every high-ranking ninja had to go through this procedure, and today it was her turn.

She walked around in circles, her fingers locked. "Hmmm, I will go mad if I continue like this, you know," she muttered.

She gripped her hair, a tick mark appeared on her forehead, and she stomped her feet on the ground. "Ahh, when you come back, I will punch you," she said in a frustrated tone, her hair swaying in the air, giving her a menacing appearance.

Suddenly, she tensed up, feeling an immense chakra fluctuation in the area. Then she heard a loud explosion in the distance. Soon, her senses picked up three enormous chakra signatures.

"What is this? Their chakra potency is so high," she said in a low tone and disappeared from there, heading toward the explosion. "One of them feels so familiar, it's like it's similar to my own chakra," she thought to herself.

The air around her started to feel cold, and there was frost on the nearby trees. She felt slightly cold but quickly poured her chakra. "It's spring; why is it so cold suddenly?"

She didn't know what was going on, but when she felt the familiar chakra signature, she couldn't resist going there. Her heart was pounding in her chest as she grew closer. She was supposed to report this incident to the village; this could be an enemy attack, after all, they were at war with hidden villages.

But she ignored it and listened to her heart. She stopped 500 meters away from there; the land was a frozen wasteland, but it didn't affect her. A warm red cloak of chakra engulfed her.

She looked ahead, seeing a white-skinned man with a horn on his head lying on the ground. There was a girl around 15 to 16 years old with dark blue hair, wearing lightning armor. A boy was there too, but she couldn't see him because the girl was in the way. Then she heard a voice, "Ready to die?"

She saw the boy raise his sword, the only thing visible. He impaled the sword with full force, but the man disappeared from there.

*Boom*

The ground beneath him froze. "Tch, he's still too fast,"  he muttered.

Naruto and Hinata disappeared from there as a massive cube crashed to the ground, destroying everything in its path. Naruto placed his hand on his left eye, and layers of ice formed over it. He closed his eye, realizing he had been using his ocular powers to their full capacity. The amount of information flooding into his mind was overwhelming, and he didn't know how much time had passed while battling Isshiki.

If he didn't close his eye, he would risk his brain cells burning out and dying.

Naruto focused all his attention on his right eye as he looked at Isshiki. He could feel that the man was on his last breath.

*Swish*

Three chakra rods pierced through Naruto's  chest, but all of his wounds were frozen.

Isshiki was in the middle, with Hinata on his right and Naruto on his left side.

The cold air started to affect Isshiki; his lungs began to feel the cold, and as a result, his movements started to slow down. This was one of the advantages of Naruto using his kekkei genkai.

Hinata appeared and, with a roundhouse kick, struck the man in the chest.

*Boom*

Isshiki's hands were burned by the lightning.

"Rasengan!" The Rasengan, made of pure wind and water, hit Isshiki in the back, leaving a round mark on his back, and freezing his internal organs.

The girl who had been watching the fight had a shocked expression. "That was Rasengan... how could he use it, and it was so different, but nonetheless, it was Rasengan." Things were not making sense to her, but she continued to watch the fight.

"You brat," Isshiki quickly turned and grabbed Naruto's head. Naruto, who was seeing everything in slow motion, waited for some time. With his eyes, he could stretch one second into one minute, which meant one second for others was 60 seconds for him. And here he was, with Isshiki grabbing his head in just three seconds of his time.

As Isshiki grabbed Naruto's head, he lifted him into the air and slammed him into the hard surface of the cube.

Naruto coughed up some blood.

"No!" the girl screamed in her head. She didn't know why, but she couldn't watch the boy like this. Seeing the blood on his body made her heart ache, and she felt an instinct to save him.

Naruto had a grin on his face. "You fell for it... Bitch."

"What?" Isshiki said, suddenly his eyes widened. His blood started to freeze in his body, and the water within him began to crystallize.

This was the power of Naruto's kekkei genkai. Everything he touched would freeze—water, blood, air, everything.

Isshiki had inhaled the air particles, and Naruto's chakra was present in them. Now, he was starting to freeze from the inside out.

Hinata swung her hand and thrusted her palm on Isshiki so hard on the back that his face first hit the surface.

*Stomp*

Her lightning-coated feet slammed into his back. she really enjoy humiliating her enemy.

"Arrghhh!" he screamed in pain as the lightning burned his organs.

Isshiki started to wake up, and Naruto looked at him, focusing. Blood started to leak from his right eye, and his hands moved in the air as if he were pulling something.

Isshiki was frozen in place, unable to move his body, his fingers twitching. It was as if he were bound by something. He tried to brute force his way out, but it became futile. They were all running on fumes, with no more chakra left in them, relying solely on their sheer willpower.

*Thud* 

Naruto grabbed an invisible string and pulled it with his full force.

The blood gashes out, limbs scattered out, Isshiki was cut into countless pieces. There was no way with his current chakra reserves he could resist time strings. 

"Haahhh," Naruto breathed heavily. Naruto slumped on his back, and the frost around him disappeared. The blade in his hands cracked and scattered in the wind.

His vision started to blur, and there was a blood trail running down to his right eye. He put his hand on his eye.

The icy layer on his left eye melted, and his vision became clear.

Hinata also dispersed the lightning armor, and as soon as the lightning armor was gone, she breathed heavily. There was no chakra left in her body.

She quickly pulled out a small sealing scroll and stored Isshiki's body and the massive cube. She walked towards Naruto, and as soon as she reached him, she fell to the ground, lying side by side with Naruto.

She looked at the starry night, her hand holding Naruto's as she watched the moon above. "Are you okay, Naruto?"

Naruto tilted his head and looked into her eyes, then began to pour his remaining bit of chakra into her body in order to heal her injuries. "I am fine... haha... what about you..." he said between his breaths.

She looked into his eyes, seeing worry and concern in them. She tightened her grip on his hand. "I am just as fine as you... haha."

Naruto felt her soft hand locked with his, and he tightened his grip. "There are fucking three holes in my chest... haaa," he joked.

"Hehe... you said you are fine, didn't you," she joked back, but the concern in her voice was evident.

"We did it, didn't we..." Naruto said, his gaze fixed on the moon.

"Hmm…" she nodded. There was silence for a while. "I thought I'd lose you. My heart stopped many times in the fight. You made me worry so much," her voice quivered, and she was about to cry. Every time he got wounded, her heart ached, but during the fight, she couldn't lose focus. 

Now that she looked at him, her eyes started to tear up. She was strong; there was no doubt about it, but when she looked at him, she couldn't bear to see even a single scratch on him. Nor could she watch him sad or angry. She was weak but only in front of him. She could show all of her worries and concerns.

"What if something happened to you… I~I couldn't bear to watch that. Y~You made me so worried," she said as a single tear slipped from her eyes.

He heard her voice, and his heart ached upon hearing her like this. He tilted his head and brought his hand to wipe away her tears. His heart felt pain seeing her cry like this. He had always wanted to make her happy, loved to see her bright eyes, her radiant face, and her warm smile. He couldn't bear to see tears in her eyes, and now, because of him, she was crying. It made his heart ache. His hand caressed her cheek, and she looked into his eyes, sensing his pain and worry for making her sad.

"I am sorry... I will never make you cry..." he spoke and tightened his grip on her hand.

"Promise me," she said, looking into his eyes.

"I promise."

Hinata smiled faintly as her eyes started to close.

Seeing her sweet smile, his heart melted, and all his worries faded away. "I love her smile so much," he said in a low voice, feeling the warmth of her hand tightly locked with his. Slowly, his eyes closed.

Before closing his eyes, he scanned the whole area around him. He finally heaved a sigh of relief when he found that there were no ill intentions around him. He also sensed a familiar presence some distance away, one he was well aware of due to the 15 years he had spent with it.

The girl who had been watching the fight landed in front of them. She looked at the two people in front of her, their hands tightly locked with each other. "They are both chakra-exhausted," she observed.

"How long were they fighting? There's not even a bit of chakra left," she said in a low voice. She herself was an exceptional sensor.

She looked at the boy in front of her, her heart beating loudly. His red hair was just like hers, and she could see the resemblance in his face with her and "Minato," she whispered softly, her breathing became heavy.

The boy resembled her too much. She sat beside him, ruffled his hair, and traced his face with her fingers, a smile appearing on her face.

"Don't wake me up... let me sleep some more," he murmured.

She looked at him. She might be headstrong, impulsive, eccentric, and stubborn, but she was not an idiot. She recognized the boy in front of her. "This is my son... but how is he here," she murmured and started to fondly ruffle his hair.

"Hehe... he is my son... he is so cute... what about the girl? Is she his girlfriend? Now that I look at her, she is too beautiful... my son, you found a good girl... I am proud of you," she laughed while looking at Naruto. All her questions were set aside. It didn't matter to her; her son was in front of her.

"What was his name... huu... Naruto... I heard the girl saying this... it's as beautiful as you... I should prepare food for him, no, I should buy some clothes for him... no, first, I should treat their wounds... how should I do that... I should take them to my house... when will he wake up... how should I introduce myself to him... what food should I make for him... ahhh, my mind, I couldn't think anymore."

She took a deep breath and gently slapped her cheeks. "Calm down, Kushina... Let's take them to the house first."

She picked up both of them and began running towards her house, avoiding everyone in her path. Soon, she reached her house and placed Naruto and Hinata in the bed. She looked at them. "Minato will be surprised when he sees our son," she giggled and fondly stroked Naruto's hair.

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A/N~ End of the chapter. How was it? I hope you liked it.

And yes, they are in the past. Let's see how his reaction will be when he sees Kushina and Minato.

This is the beginning of the new arc, so what to expect from now on.

There will be no fight, some character development, family dynamics, and they now have Isshiki's DNA, so you can guess what will happen next.

Finally, this arc will be dedicated to Naruto and Hinata, so there will be fluffy romance between them, maybe a wedding, a lot of R18 scenes, and some sweet cuddling. Are you ready for that?

1. Yes

2. Yes