Naruto: Journey Of The Strongest Teacher - Chapter 97

What happened last time

“Hiden Fuinjutsu Barrier: Gem Prison.”

The gems around each Ishizu started glowing and connected with each other before going up and connecting themselves in a rectangular shape.

“That should stop anyone getting inside. I hope they don’t fight each other, as I will not take the barrier down until I know for sure everything is fine.

Let’s see how everyone else reacts.”

As Kisame blocked Suigetsu’s attack, he saw how a barrier formed just behind him.

‘That must be his doing. He doesn’t want anyone to interfere.’

“What is happening, Jugo? What kind of barrier is that?” asked Suigetsu.

“A strong one. We cannot break-in,” answered Jugo.

‘Slam, Slam.’

“We cannot pass through,” said the white half.

“What is that thing? We should be able to pass through everything. Tobi told us to tell him what happens inside,” said the black half.

Zetsu tried again, but the barrier was rooted deep inside the ground, not allowing him to enter.

“We should group up with Tobi to tell him we can’t go inside,” said the white half.

“Then let’s go,” answered the black half.

With the Konoha team

Tobi frowned when he saw a massive barrier emerging. That was not part of his plan. He would stall the Konoha team and let Sasuke fight Itachi. Sasuke would win due to Itachi’s illness and he would take him with him and make Sasuke his sub-ordinant.

Now, this barrier appeared. He just hoped Zetsu could go through it. Just then, Zetsu appeared.

“Oh no. What happened Zetsu-san?” asked Tobi.

“The barrier won’t let us through. You have to do it yourself,” answered the black half.

“I will fight you another time. Goodbye.”

With that, Obito teleported to see for himself if he could enter.

As Obito was gone, the Konoha team also made its way to a newly formed barrier.

“There is someone behind the barrier,” Hinata pointed out.

Naruto quickly dashed towards to see a person sitting behind the barrier.

“So, we see each other again, Naruto Uzumaki,” the voice spoke in a calm tone.

“Yamamoto. So you are the one who created this barrier?” asked Naruto as the rest appeared.

“Greetings, Konoha Shinobi. It seems you all are here for Sasuke, but as you see, you are so close and yet so far away. Sasuke is already inside and confronting Itachi. It is unfortunate that I have to be here and have the barrier up so nobody can interfere,” said Yamamoto.

Karin frowned as she looked at Ishizu, who smiled at her.

“Can’t read my chakra, Uzumaki? This barrier blocks all kinds of abilities.”

“But you did it not for us, right?” asked Naruto.

“What do you mean, Naruto? For whom should he use the barrier,” asked Kiba.

“The masked man. We saw him using a space-time Ninjutsu. This barrier he created was for the sole purpose of letting him out of the fight, am I right?” asked Naruto.

Yamamoto smirked. Naruto sure knew how to connect dots.

“Clever boy, just like his father. Yes, it is true. This barrier is the strongest Fuinjutsu barrier I ever created. For people like him or any other space-time Jutsu users who think they can go wherever they want. A dangerous opponent indeed.”

“You know who he is,” stared Kakashi.

“I don’t know his name but I know what he has done to all of you, especially Naruto,” said Yamamoto.

“I have never met him in my life, but his power was crazy. My teacher told me about people like him. So how should I know him?” asked Naruto.

“Oh, I was the one who taught Sasaki-san about people like him. As to how you know him…” Yamamoto smiled.

“He is the reason for your parent’s death.”

The atmosphere turned glumly. Everyone started at Yamamoto.

“What do you mean?” asked Yamato.

“16 years ago, a masked man infiltrated Konoha. He used his space-time ninjutsu to find the 4th Hokage and his wife, Kushina Uzumaki.”

Naruto’s face turned grim.

“He found out that when a female Jinchuriki is giving birth, the seal of the Kyuubi weakens. The masked man found Minato and Kushina killed everyone else and, with a surprise attack, he took the newborn child as his hostage to capture the Jinchūriki and extract the Kyuubi. Having done so, he let the Tailed Beast loose on Konoha while using the Mangekyō Sharingan to control him just as once Madara Uchiha did against Hashirama Senju.

Minato Namikaze, the 4th Hokage, stopped the Kyuubi’s Tailed Beast Bomb, but he was dragged into a fight against the Uchiha. The Hokage won due to figuring out how to fight his opponent, but the damage to Konoha was already done.

Not only that, but the forceful extraction of a Tailed Beast meant certain death. Kushina survived for a little longer due to having the Uzumaki gens.

Seeing no other option, Minato used the forbidden Reaper Death Seal to split the Kyuubi into Ying and Yang. Sealing the Yang into his son while taking the Yin into himself. The Kyuubi, filled with hatred, seeing his freedom would be taken once more, wanted to pierce the newborn with his claw, but he couldn’t.

Using the Reaper, the Kyuubi was sealed into father and child and both parents died, leaving their son alone. They wanted him to be a hero, but they forgot the stupidity of the people,” Yamamoto finished the story.

“Truly a tragic story, am I right, Naruto?”

By a bit, the people understood who Yamamoto was talking about.

Naruto’s expression was well hidden, but he contained himself not to lose himself. There was always something else. Look beneath the underneath.

“There is more to it,” stared Naruto.

“Telling me my birth story is not everything, right?”

Yamamoto sighed.

“There is so much more. He is the reason why Akatsuki became a terrorist organization.”

“Wait, they weren’t one before?” asked Kiba, confused.

“Everything has its beginning. And so does the Akatsuki. A group of Ame orphans that wanted to bring peace to their village formed them. Unfortunately, the masked man fouled their plan and their leader died. The other one who saw him as a friend went mad and killed every enemy before creating a new Akatsuki. The one you know now. Amegakure is the main quarters of the Akatsuki base and where Pain resides.”

“What is your purpose in all of this?” Kakashi asked and Yamamoto sighed, waiting for them to answer the question.

“Just like the Akatsuki, you want to get the Tailed Beast but you have to go through us to get Naruto… ” Yamamoto interrupted him.

“How wrong you, Kakashi Hatake. I don’t need Naruto for his Kyuubi chakra. I already have it.”

This stunned everyone. He just said that the extraction of chakra means certain death, yet Naruto was alive and well.

“But how? You need Naruto to get the fox’s chakra,” said Yamato.

Naruto frowned as he glared at Yamamoto.

The confidence he had made Naruto worry.

“Actually, no, I don’t. There are 4 different people who happened to have the Kyuubi’s chakra inside them. For the first, you have to know that when the Kyuubi attacked Konoha, he released a lot of his chakra into the environment. This chakra was also the reason why many civilian children died since it was so corrosive.

Some people who sought to do something unrelated to this here later collected it and infused the chakra into a monk boy from a fire temple. A pseudo-Jinchūriki was created. He was the first I took the chakra and since he doesn’t have the beast inside but only his raw chakra, he was alive after I took it. I don’t kill innocent people like him, so he is back to living his normal life.

He is the only one alive to possess some of the fox’s chakra.

The rest are dead, but even death won’t hinder me from fulfilling my dream. The second who has the most of Kyuubi’s chakra is the 4th Hokage himself. As I told you, he sealed half of the Kyuubi inside of himself and is still inside the Shinigami’s stomach.”

“And you need a special mask to get it, which I know you don’t have. It is safely hidden with Ishizu Sasaki and nobody can enter his home without dying,” answered Naruto.

Yamamoto paused for a second. He really wanted to break Naruto’s smug face, but he kept it cool.

“I am not going to do that as I have respect for Minato and won’t disturb the dead more than I already did.”

Then Yamamoto smiled.

“But there is a 3rd source that no Konoha Shinobi knows. The only ones who know are the higher-ups of Kumogakure. A few decades ago, long before Hashirama Senju captured the Bijuu, Kumogakure tried to contain the Kyuubi by themselves. The ones who lead the attack were the Gold and Silver brothers; Kinkaku and Ginkaku. Like many others who are not of Uchiha descent, they failed and were eaten alive.

It should have been certain death for the two, but they survived by eating the chakra of the Kyuubi. Now, that should have also killed them, but it was speculated that they were descendants of the Sage of the Six Paths. Eating the chakra of the Kyuubi they could go up to 6 tails worth of Kyuubi chakra,” explained Ishizu.

“But they are dead. How can you get the chakra of a dead person?” asked Kakashi only for Yamamoto to roll his eyes behind the mask.

“You should know that one can do many things with chakra. After the Sanbi incident, I found out that Orochimaru was still alive. The bastard was so sneaky that he even evaded me. I found him, and for his life, he gave me the Edo Tensei scrolls. He died afterward anyway, but the chakra sealed inside of them is still there, even after they died. That alone is enough, so I don’t have to fight Konoha. I may be confident, but even I know when to stop antagonizing people.”

“So how much chakra do you have? Humor us,” asked Naruto.

Yamamoto showed his 10 fingers to them.

“I saved Gaara of the Sand and took some of his chakra during the past Chunin exam and during the Akatsuki attack.

I saved Yugito Nii from the Zombie Duo of Akatsuki.

I fought Yagura of the Mist, who was controlled by the masked man before he died and the Sanbi escaped.

Later I got enough chakra from our last time.

Akatsuki captured the 4th and 5th tails.

The 6th Tails is still on the run.

I got the chakra from Fu of Taki or is it of Konoha? When I was in Konoha, I slowly extracted it from her when she was asleep.

Killer B with the Hashibi is still alive and nobody knows where he is.

I have enough chakra from the fox. 2 Jinchūriki is all I need and nobody is going to stop me. You all have to protect Konoha when the leader of Akatsuki is coming to get Fu and Naruto.”

Ishizu saw the Konoha squad frown, as they knew his world was true.