57 Jinchuriki and Epilogue
Kuro looked at the pile of ashes before teleporting back behind Kabuto.
He was looking at something in a microscope and didn't even notice his arrival. Kuro wasted no time and put his hand on Kabuto's head and absorbed all of his chakra.
*Thud* Kabuto's body fell to the ground as Kuro checked all the chakra signatures in the place. 'Hm... Orochimaru isn't here.' After thinking that, he stretched his senses to the maximum and checked the vicinity of the Land of Rice.
'There he is.' Kuro found his chakra signature and a moment later, the space slowly opened before he entered.
"Uh!?" Orochimaru was sitting in a chair with sweat on his forehead and was momentarily startled to see the space open some distance away from him.
He quickly stood up but froze when he saw the left eye of the person coming out of the portal. "You!" That was all he managed to say before Kuro appeared in front of him and absorbed his chakra.
Ignoring Orochimaru's lifeless body, Kuro reopened the space and entered the portal.
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'Hm!?' Nagato was surprised when the rain detected a presence suddenly appearing.
"What's wrong?" Konan noticed his surprised face and asked calmly.
Nagato frowned seriously and mobilized the Paths of Pain before answering. "The rain detected an unknown presence, the strange thing is that I only noticed it because of the rain. My sensory abilities can't sense it." Konan nodded in understanding.
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Kuro stood atop a building in Amegakure and it didn't take long to sense the six presences coming in his direction.
Deciding there was no reason to wait for them, Kuro hovered for a moment before quickly flying in the direction of the six.
It wasn't long before he could see them. The Naraka Path was in the rear behind the Deva Path and all the other Paths in a front line.
Suddenly, the Asura Path stretched out its arms and a few missiles shot out.
Kuro stretched out his right arm and the missiles stopped before heading backwards.
The front line parted and exposed the Deva Path, also with outstretched arms. "Shinra Tensei." The missiles paused for a moment before detonating.
*Boom!* *Boom!* A wall of fire separated the Six Paths of Pain and Kuro, but it was no impediment to either.
Gray bones suffered from Kuro's right arm and palm, as he threw many Marked Kunai with his left hand.
Just at that moment, the Six emerged from the fire with the same formation they had initially. The Kunais were stopped by the front line and ignored as they fell, something Kuro took advantage of to teleport to one of them and appear just below the Naraka Path as he attacked it.
The Deva Path was surprised, but there was nothing he could do, and could only watch as the bone protruding from Kuro's palm pierced the Naraka Path's leg.
The remaining Five attacked even before his body turned completely to ash, however, it was somewhat reckless.
The bones in Kuro's arm suddenly grew, managing to slightly cut the Human and Animal Path.
The remaining three Paths quickly distanced themselves, but space opened up behind the Preta Path as he retreated, and a bone emerged, digging into his back.
The remaining Two Paths stopped and tensed as the space opened behind Kuro, and they saw him enter.
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Nagato was shocked by what he had just witnessed and before he could come to, space opened up in front of him and he saw the person who easily destroyed four Paths of Pain.
"Konan! He's dangerous! Be careful!" Nagato warned worriedly, however, he was surprised to see that she didn't move.
But before he could question anything, he saw Kuro become a blur before he felt immense pain in his eyes. "Argh-" His scream stopped as Kuro pierced his head with a Black Receiver.
After storing his eyes in inventory, Kuro exchanged glances with Konan before disappearing.
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Kuro appeared next to Zetsu and looked at the scene before him. His clones were standing on the Juubi statue making some hand seals.
Out of the statue came nine blue dragons that had their heads stuck in the Amber Purification Jar.
Zetsu was quick to explain the situation. "We sealed the Bijuu after extracting them and came here for the statue to absorb them before going for the others. The clones created more clones so we could do everything extremely fast. The statue is absorbing the Hachibi right now and it's the last one." Kuro nodded and suddenly noticed the pile of ashes in the distance.
"It's Hidan and Kakuzu, they were here when we arrived." Zetsu explained after noticing the look on Kuro's face.
He nodded and looked at the statue again. The nine dragons were already beginning to slowly retreat and as they disappeared into the statue, the blindfold fell from the statue's eyes revealing nine eyes with blue irises.
"ROAR!" With a thunderous roar that shook the entire cave, the statue stood up, destroying the cave in the process.
Kuro flew upwards dodging all the rocks and as he exited he watched as the statue slowly began to transform.
The bumps on its back grew and deformed, the eyes began to glow at the same time and light covered the statue's face.
The statue let out another roar as the light on its face faded and the changes stopped. The Juubi opened the eyelid that was now on its face revealing a Rinne-Sharingan.
Kuro moved and appeared above the Juubi's head and quickly formed the hand seals that Zetsu had told him to.
The process lasted for a while and the Juubi did not move at any time. When it finished, the Juubi began to be absorbed into Kuro's body as if it were a black hole.
Kuro's appearance had changed quite a bit when the Juubi's absorption ended.
His skin became a little paler, a horn grew on his left temple and he had a white robe with six magatamas around his neck, a Rinnegan pattern on his back and nine magatamas on his back.
The Truth-Seeking Ball also increased in number and a layer of white chakra surrounded his clothes from which particles floated from time to time.
The Rinne-Sharingan had been spinning throughout and appeared complete when it stopped.
Kuro's robe billowed as he watched the scenery from high in the sky.
"Sigh... I guess I'll actually be able to sleep now." He muttered before teleporting away.
Zetsu wasted no time and sank to the ground to follow his master.
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-( Epilogue - Eight years later )-
Turtle Island disappeared one day from the Land of Lightning and reappeared near Uzushiogakure, however, no one was aware of this.
No one could notice the turtle even if they passed by it.
The things Kuro did in these eight years do not matter, what matters is what he is doing now.
In the center of the Island was a rather large wooden house with many decorations.
'Young Miss is very energetic....' Zetsu stood some distance away from the house, looking apprehensively at a girl of about four with red hair and purple eyes about to jump off the waterfall.
The little girl took a deep breath and jumped. "Waaa~" The girl screamed in excitement as she fell.
'She keeps taking in air to let it out a moment later...' Zetsu thought with amusement and sank to the ground to check for any inconvenience in the water.
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"Ichizu! You said you'd wait for me!" As Ichizu emerged from the water, a girl of the same age with blonde hair and blue eyes shouted from the shore.
"You're too slow Inomi!" Ichizu yelled and let out a giggle as she swam to shore before scaling the wall to jump again.
Inomi pouted and ran after her.
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Kuro was sitting on the terrace of the house with his fist supporting his head as he watched everything.
He looked at the girl next to him and quirked his lips in amusement.
He had three daughters;
Inomi, Ino's daughter and the youngest only a few months apart.
With Karin he had twin daughters, though they look nothing alike.
Ichizu has the characteristics of an Uzumaki, while her sister, Nizu looks more like Kuro and tries to act like him.
She has shoulder-length black hair, blue catlike eyes like Kuro and even a small horn on her left temple. Strapped to her waist was a black wooden sword.
Although his daughters are very talented, none have awakened a special power or unique ability, but Kuro can sense dormant energies in the bodies of all three and knows they will achieve something in the future.
"Why don't you go play with your sisters?" Kuro asked as he patted her head.
Nizu puffed out her cheeks and shook her head. "I don't want to." She tried to sound serious, making it impossible with her appearance, and Kuro could also notice the hesitation in her demeanor.
"Don't you want to make sure they don't get hurt?" Nizu hesitated for a moment before nodding and jumping off the terrace.
Kuro watched her run excitedly towards the waterfall before someone sat on his lap. "You know, I think having a child wouldn't be so bad." Kaguya spoke softly with slightly flushed cheeks.
Kuro raised an eyebrow and looked in the direction of Uzushiogakure, seeing Ino, Karin, Anko and Konan drinking tea and reading some things.
He carried Kaguya like a princess and walked into the house. "You made the decision rather quickly." Kaguya didn't reply and rested her head on his chest.
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-( End )-
(A/N: Well, here it ends. Thank you all for reading and I want to clarify that I've always considered this novel as a writing test, still, if any of you were expecting an amazing ending, I'm sorry to disappoint you.
As I said before, the epilogue will only be about relationships. The impact Kuro made on the Elemental Nations will remain a mystery for now.
If anyone is interested, I report again that I have another Fanfic, but it's from Multiverse.
And Thanks again for reading my first novel :).
