Naruto: Multiverse Character Templates

Natsuki sat on the sofa and began thinking.

In the original work, there was very little mention of Kushina's situation after she became the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

But in the official manga Minato's Story, it had been mentioned that in the early period after she became the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, she would occasionally lose control and go berserk.

The reason was that she was young, and her skill in sealing jutsu was not as good as Mito's.

After she grew up, the Nine-Tails would no longer go berserk. Instead, it would be beaten up by her.

Natsuki rubbed his chin.

Tailed beasts were masses of chakra.

Because they had unlimited chakra, along with enormous bodies, most shinobi were helpless against them.

For example, someone like Sakumo, who specialized in swordsmanship, would have a hard time causing any effective damage against a tailed beast.

In the shinobi world, there were not many shinobi who could clearly suppress tailed beasts.

For example, the Third Raikage and Fourth Raikage, as well as the Third Kazekage and Fourth Kazekage.

The former relied on Lightning Release Chakra Mode combined with nin-taijutsu. Their extreme offensive power could break through a tailed beast's defense.

The latter relied on Magnet Release. Magnet Release had a wide range and weight, allowing it to pin a tailed beast down so it could not move.

If Natsuki wanted to deal with tailed beasts, he had to start with the Misaka Mikoto Template.

The Heroic Spirit Emiya Template's Unlimited Blade Works would also work, but he could not unlock it in a short time.

The Misaka Mikoto Template could be attempted now.

Natsuki planned to learn Lightning Release ninjutsu and develop Magnet Release ninjutsu at the same time, striving to unlock the abilities before going to the Land of Rain.

But aside from suppressing tailed beasts, there was another way to deal with them, and that was reconciliation.

When a Jinchuriki and a tailed beast reconciled, the Jinchuriki would become a perfect Jinchuriki.

A perfect Jinchuriki could fully bring out the tailed beast's power, and could even transform into a tailed beast and fight consciously.

An imperfect Jinchuriki could also transform into a tailed beast, but the Jinchuriki would lose consciousness or be unable to control the tailed beast.

At that point, the tailed beast would attack friend and foe alike, striking anyone it saw. This was commonly called going berserk.

In the original work, among all the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki throughout history, only Naruto reconciled with the Nine-Tails.

The main reason was Naruto's personality.

Even with the Nine-Tails, he was willing to become friends with it.

Natsuki felt that based on Kushina's personality, she could be friends with the Nine-Tails.

The reason it most likely did not happen in the original work was because she was influenced by Mito.

After all, Mito's strength was too overwhelming. The Nine-Tails could not resist her, let alone go berserk.

Time passed slowly.

After an unknown amount of time, footsteps sounded.

Nawaki immediately stood up.

"Nawaki, you can go in."

The one who came downstairs was Hiruzen. When he met Nawaki's gaze, he spoke.

Nawaki hurriedly ran upstairs.

"Nonō, you go in as well. Natsuki, stay here. I have something to tell you."

Hiruzen spoke again.

Nonō was slightly startled, then stood up and went upstairs.

"Natsuki, have you heard of tailed beasts?"

After Hiruzen sat down on the sofa, he asked.

Natsuki immediately understood.

Hiruzen was going to tell him everything.

Thinking carefully, with his current strength and status, he was indeed qualified to know about the existence of tailed beasts and Jinchuriki.

Someone like Nonō had enough status, but not enough strength, which was why she had not been allowed to stay.

"I have heard a little."

Natsuki told the truth, "It is said that there are nine tailed beasts in the shinobi world, and each tailed beast has the power to destroy heaven and earth."

"No one knows when the nine tailed beasts appeared in the shinobi world. Their origin may be related to the legendary Sage of Six Paths."

Hiruzen nodded and began talking about the story of the nine tailed beasts.

It was more or less the same as what Natsuki knew.

Originally, the nine tailed beasts had nothing to do with shinobi, because they were too powerful and no shinobi dared provoke them.

It was not until Hashirama and Madara joined forces that the nine tailed beasts were captured.

After the chaotic era was pacified, Hashirama distributed the nine tailed beasts to the major ninja villages, leaving only the strongest Nine-Tails in Konoha.

In order to better make use of the tailed beasts' power, Jinchuriki were created.

"Mito-sama was Konoha's first Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."

Hiruzen said in a deep voice.

"I see."

Natsuki took a deep breath and asked, "Then Kushina is the second Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?"

"That is correct."

Hiruzen looked him over and nodded slightly.

Natsuki was even calmer than he had imagined.

But as a powerful genius, he should have behavior that differed from ordinary people.

The reason Natsuki did not pretend to be shocked was that he was worried Hiruzen might see through him. That would only backfire.

Since that was the case, it was better to act calmer.

Because this was the shinobi world. The earlier someone matured, the more they seemed like a genius.

For example, Itachi.

"A Jinchuriki is a ninja village's trump card. The fewer people who know, the better."

Hiruzen continued, "In the future, unless necessary, Kushina will not leave the village, nor will she have too much contact with outsiders."

"That will be very hard for Kushina to accept."

Natsuki said with half-genuine concern.

"There is nothing we can do about that. I believe she has already prepared herself mentally."

Hiruzen paused, then said, "As her friends, you will need to pay more attention to her emotions from now on."

This was the true reason he was telling Natsuki everything.

He wanted Natsuki to stabilize Kushina, and also serve as a link to maintain Kushina's bond with Konoha.

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

Natsuki said seriously.

"Kushina has just become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, so there may be some instability. During this period, she will remain here."

Hiruzen patted Natsuki on the shoulder and said, "Come keep her company whenever you have time."

"Understood."

Natsuki usually came here to train anyway, so to him, there was no real difference.

"You may go upstairs."

Hiruzen stood up and walked outside.

He still had things to do.

He had to set up barriers around the area to prevent the Nine-Tails from going berserk and affecting other places.

Natsuki went upstairs and entered Mito's room.

As soon as he went in, he heard crying.

Natsuki sighed inwardly.

Mito lay on the bed, no longer breathing.

Nawaki and Kushina were crying hard.

Nonō and Tsunade were not crying, but their eyes were already red.

The former was not as close to Mito as Nawaki and the others.

The latter, as an adult, had some control over her emotions.

In truth, Mito dying peacefully of old age was already quite good.

In the shinobi world, where war was constant, shinobi usually did not live long. Living past fifty could already be considered a long life.

For most, forget fifty, even reaching thirty was difficult.

Three days passed.

Hiruzen held a funeral for Mito.

But because her identity was special, her funeral was not public.

Natsuki was one of the few shinobi able to attend the funeral.

Early in the morning, he changed into black mourning clothes and headed to the Senju Clan compound with Nonō.

Under normal circumstances, after a shinobi died, they would be buried at the Konoha Memorial Stone.

The Konoha Memorial Stone was a stone monument filled with the names of fallen shinobi.

Around it were neatly arranged graves.

But there were also those who were not buried at the Konoha Memorial Stone.

For example, Hashirama.

His body was too special. After his death, his cells remained active.

In order to prevent anyone from targeting his corpse, his body was buried in the Senju Clan compound and placed under various protections.

Mito's wish before she died was to be buried together with Hashirama, so she was also buried in the Senju Clan compound.

Natsuki soon saw Kushina.

She had changed into a black dress. Rarely, she was not wearing her over-the-knee socks, and her slender, fair legs were especially striking.

After Kushina saw Natsuki, she froze slightly, then ran straight over and hugged him.

Natsuki silently reached out and stroked her hair.

It was only when Hiruzen, Tsunade, and the others arrived that Kushina felt embarrassed and let go of him.

The funeral was relatively simple, and there were few people.

Natsuki glanced around and noticed three shinobi from the Uzumaki Clan.

In the original work, when Mito died, they definitely had not been there.

This could be considered one of the butterfly effects he had caused.

Natsuki also saw Hashirama's grave not far away.

But the moment he thought of how his cells were everywhere in the original work, a sentence surfaced in his mind.

What exactly did you protect?

However, Hiruzen could not truly be blamed. After all, it was mostly theft from within, especially by Danzō and Orochimaru.

Madara's Hashirama cells mainly came from the piece of flesh he had bitten off during his previous battle with Hashirama.

After they offered flowers, the funeral was considered over.

Natsuki had originally planned to teach Kushina the Rokushiki, but now it could only be put on hold for the time being.

She had just become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. It would be best to wait until the observation period ended.

On the other hand, after Mito's death, Nawaki became even more diligent.

That very afternoon, he continued training in Soru.

Natsuki glanced at him and hesitated, not knowing whether he should persuade him to rest.

"Do not worry. He will be fine."

Tsunade noticed his expression and said, "He wants to fulfill his promise and become a shinobi like Great-Grandfather."

"Tsunade-sensei."

Natsuki nodded, then took the opportunity to ask, "Do you want to learn the Konoha Rokushiki?"

"Konoha Rokushiki? You mean the taijutsu you taught Nawaki?"

Tsunade reacted and asked in surprise, "There are six?"

"I plan to create six techniques myself, but right now, I have only created three."

Natsuki answered.

"I really do not know how to evaluate that behavior of yours."

Tsunade was immediately speechless.

Who decided in advance that they were going to create six techniques when creating their own ninjutsu?

Was that something one could decide ahead of time?

"I never thought there would come a day when I would learn taijutsu created by my own student."

Tsunade shook her head and said, "These taijutsu techniques of yours are all very useful. I have no reason to refuse."

In the battle against Rasa, Natsuki had used Soru, Geppo, and Shigan.

All three taijutsu techniques had very good effects.

Especially Geppo.

In Tsunade's view, it was undoubtedly the most valuable one.

Perhaps Konoha could even rely on Geppo to establish an aerial unit in the future.

But that was not very realistic.

Although Tsunade had not learned it yet, she also knew that the more powerful a taijutsu technique was, the harder it tended to be to learn.

In fact, that was exactly the case.

In One Piece, those who could learn the Rokushiki were not ordinary Marines.

Even so, there were not many who could learn all six techniques.

"Tsunade-sensei, teaching you comes with a condition."

Natsuki smiled and said, "I hope to gain the right to freely learn Lightning Release ninjutsu."

"Why do you suddenly want to learn Lightning Release ninjutsu?"

Tsunade asked in confusion.

"What I am good at now is swordsmanship and archery."

Natsuki explained, "After thinking it over, I believe Lightning Release can strengthen the power of my swordsmanship and archery."

"In theory, it can."

Tsunade nodded when she heard this.

Kumo was most famous for Lightning Release. More accurately, it was nin-taijutsu that combined Lightning Release and taijutsu.

The Third Raikage and Fourth Raikage were both renowned throughout the shinobi world for their nin-taijutsu.

Its core was Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

To put it simply, it involved covering the entire body in lightning-natured chakra to stimulate and activate the body and nerve cells.

After learning Lightning Release Chakra Mode, speed, attack, and defense would all improve.

But the greatest improvement was speed.

Their speed was so fast that it could be compared to the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Because of this, the Third Raikage and Fourth Raikage were both among the strongest of the Five Kage in their respective generations.

Using Lightning Release to strengthen archery had never appeared in the shinobi world.

But using Lightning Release to strengthen swordsmanship had appeared in the original work.

That was the Uchiha-style swordsmanship used by Sasuke. He had used Lightning Release to strengthen his swordsmanship.

Thinking about it carefully, it was also very simple.

If Lightning Release was attached to a blade, its power would naturally increase.

The same applied to using Wind Release to strengthen swordsmanship.

Shisui had even used Fire Release to strengthen swordsmanship, such as Uchiha Style: Sword Halo Flame Dance.

Of course, Natsuki had the Misaka Mikoto Template, so he did not need to go through so much trouble.

He was learning Lightning Release ninjutsu only to unlock the Misaka Mikoto Template's abilities.

"You have always had your own ideas, so I will not try to advise you."

Tsunade smiled and said, "As for learning Lightning Release ninjutsu, you do not need my help. Just go directly to Sensei."

With Natsuki's current identity, strength, and status, forget learning Lightning Release ninjutsu, even if he wanted to learn forbidden jutsu, Hiruzen would agree.

In theory, he was already a Hokage candidate.

And a very core Hokage candidate at that.

Tsunade suddenly thought of Nawaki.

She realized that if Nawaki wanted to become Hokage, his greatest competitor would be Natsuki.

The Fourth Hokage was something the two of them definitely could not make in time for because of their age. It would most likely be Orochimaru.

Because she had no interest in becoming Hokage, and the same was true for Jiraiya, who was more interested in the Child of Prophecy.

Aside from them, there was Sakumo.

His strength was sufficient, but Orochimaru was currently more famous. He was also a shinobi of the Hokage's faction and had many supporters.

But for the Fifth Hokage, Natsuki and Nawaki would be the strongest contenders.

At most, Minato could be added to the list.

Putting aside emotional factors, she would choose Natsuki.

Not only was he powerful, his personality was also calm and more mature.

Nawaki's personality was rash and not suited to being Hokage.

Minato's personality was not bad, but his strength was inferior to Natsuki's.

However, once he learned the Flying Thunder God Technique, he might be able to overtake him.

It was just that Tsunade could not set aside emotional factors.

After all, Nawaki was her own younger brother.

Tsunade shook her head and stopped thinking about it.

The Fourth Hokage had not even been decided yet. There was no need to think about the distant Fifth Hokage now.

Natsuki then taught Tsunade Soru.

She learned it much faster than Nawaki and Nonō.

After all, she herself was an adult, had greater physical strength, and was rich in taijutsu experience.

After Natsuki taught her, he went to the Hokage Building.

He smoothly obtained the right to freely learn Lightning Release ninjutsu.

In the ninjutsu storage room, after making his selection, he chose his first Lightning Release ninjutsu, called Lightning Release: Earth Flow.

Its effect was to release lightning along the ground.

Natsuki chose it purely because it was simple.

But he had no way to learn Lightning Release immediately.

Because he was not born with Lightning Release chakra nature and could only learn and transform it later in life.

In other words, he first had to train in Lightning Release chakra nature transformation.

After returning to the Senju Clan compound, Natsuki specifically found a remote place to train.

After all, training in Lightning Release caused quite a bit of commotion and was also very noisy.

Lightning Release mainly had three traits.

One was speed, one was paralysis, and one was piercing power.

If it was used purely for swordsmanship, piercing power was the most useful.

In the original work, Sasuke developed Chidori Blade based on Lightning Release: Chidori.

To put it simply, it involved channeling Lightning Release chakra into the blade, increasing piercing power while also adding a paralysis effect.

Natsuki formed hand seals and created a shadow clone.

His main body trained in Lightning Release chakra nature transformation.

His shadow clone tried to develop Magnet Release ninjutsu.

After Natsuki unlocked Railgun, he could already manipulate electromagnetic force.

He could also use electromagnetic force to disguise it as Lightning Release, but the system definitely would not recognize it.

Following his original plan, Natsuki prepared to copy the Third Kazekage's Magnet Release, starting with the simplest thing, manipulating iron sand.

As the main body, he casually opened a scroll.

This was Hiruzen's training notes for Lightning Release.

It recorded the three stages of training for Lightning Release chakra nature transformation.

In essence, it was similar to Wind Release and Water Release, progressing from shallow to deep.

Half a month quickly passed, and September arrived.

Nawaki and Kushina had both come out of the grief caused by Mito's death and became lively again.

September 1st.

As soon as Natsuki arrived at the Senju Clan compound, he saw Tsunade and Nawaki standing at the entrance.

Nonō had not come with him. She had gone to Konoha Hospital.

After all, she was a medical-nin.

At Konoha Hospital, she could improve her medical ninjutsu much faster.

When she had free time, she would come over and train taijutsu together with them.

"Natsuki!"

Nawaki smiled and said, "Come on, come with us to meet Suna's shinobi delegation!"

Natsuki paused slightly, then remembered.

Koharu had previously said that Suna would come to Konoha next month for negotiations.

They called it negotiations, but in truth, it was a request for peace.

"Tsunade-sensei, are you in charge of the negotiations with Suna?"

Natsuki asked as they walked.

"Shikasuke is in charge of the negotiations."

Tsunade shook her head helplessly and said, "I am in charge of receiving them."

She had originally wanted to avoid even receiving them, but Hiruzen said that in the current Konoha, she was the most suitable.

If Hiruzen went to receive them, it would make Suna seem too important.

But if a shinobi with lower status than Tsunade received them, it would make Konoha seem lacking in etiquette.

After all, the person in charge of Suna's shinobi delegation was Chiyo.

The three of them soon arrived at Konoha's village entrance.

Nara Shikasuke and the others had already arrived. When they saw Tsunade, they all came forward to greet her.

Tsunade nodded and looked into the distance.

At this moment, Suna's shinobi delegation had not yet arrived.

But only a few minutes later, Chiyo and the others appeared in their field of vision.

(To be continued.)

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