Naruto: The Great change - Ch - 4 : A mountain worth of trouble, little solution (2024)

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Last time,

Naruto smiled and waved his hand whereas the other tailed beasts waved their tails. As soon as younger Naruto left, Kurama turned towards the older Naruto.

Alright brat. Come up with the truth now. What's happening?

Shukaku confused at this asked. What do you mean?

They felt like a bomb was dropped on them. Naruto's health in danger? Why? They soon saw a smiling 12-years old Naruto merrily laughing. This boy was going to save the world of Shinobi and his health wasn't good? Why?

Everyone took a breath. This wasn't good. They looked at the disheveled older Naruto. His eyes lost his usual warmth and spark. His face which was always graced with a bubbly smile was now replaced with a sad smile. A smile that meant that he had enough. He lost.

No. That wasn't Naruto. That wasn't Uzumaki Naruto, the reincarnation of Asura who never gave in to hate. The boy who united the 5 Elemental Nations. The boy who shouldered the hate of Kurama alone.

This boy was broken. A battered, bruised and broken form of the Uzumaki Naruto. A boy who was in shadows. A dark and broken boy who had enough. Taking the beatings of villagers, being mocked by his friends, always alone and scorned. This is how Naruto looked when he gave up. After a full day when comes to rest during night.

Kurama wrapped one of his tails around him. The boy was cold. Unbelievably cold. Like he had no warmth. Just like a living corpse. Kurama would have mistaken him for a corpse if he didn't saw that he was alive. His breathing was hot and slow at the same time. Sweat rolling down his forehead.

Tell us everything Naruto. He said soothingly. Naruto nodded shakily.

"As I said, Naruto subconsciously took in a great amount of Yōki. Because of this his ordinary Chakra, the Nine-tailed beast Chakra of this dimension and his subconscious Chakra became more potent and dense. Well the problem is only a little amount of Yōki is spent. It means that there is still a great amount of Yōki in his system." Naruto explained. Everyone nodded as they took in the information but Kurama gasped.

Everyone looked at him oddly. Of course Kurama knew what this meant. When he resented Naruto, he also tried to release as much demonic energy as he could into his system. Because of the seal it was only a little amount but it always got the job done. If released in correct amount then the target's Chakra control would be haywire and they would have to rely on demon's Chakra forever or they might get killed. When seal loosened a little, Kyūbi let a large amount of Yōki which was going to make Naruto transform into a demon. But if an inexperienced body is subjected to a large amount of Yōki of even Shukaku then the host will die. He'll die like a leaf. Like a disease it'll eat him up. In order to survive he would use demonic Chakra and that would automatically shorten his life.

In short, it was the easiest way to kill a host slowly and painfully. The best course of action would be to hold down the yōki or lock it away in subconscious plane however here a large amount of demonic energy has slipped inside. Not to mention, as the 9 tailed beasts of Earth were originally a part of Juubi, hence their Yōki can resonate with each other. To make matters worse excluding the 9 tailed beasts, there was a f*ckING Juubi inside him as well. In short, the 10 different yōki of 10 different and most powerful demons to roam the Earth were inside the younger Naruto. As they can resonate well, it'll be no wonder that they'll merge in future. The result would rather be nasty.