Naruto: The Shattered Eyes

'Bishamonten: Heaven and Earth Reconstruction!'

Danzo's right cheek was dyed red with flowing blood. Though his vision blurred with every passing second, the cells in his arm were a sufficient buffer. The healing they granted could counteract the progressive blindness — the price of the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Thus, the world reassumed its previous state. Gone was the gaping hole caused by the Tailed Beast Bomb. Instead, the entire underground battlefield looked as pristine as it once was, covered in seals and flooded with a pitch-black liquid.

"Hooo,"

Danzo breathed, taking advantage of the Kyuubi's mindless rampage. Chakra poured into his left eye and blood dripped down his chin.

'Amaterasu!'

Black flames engulfed his foe, surrounding the six-tailed Demon Fox. Danzo expected it to writhe in agony, however...

—Crack.

Naruto's jaw opened further than it could have. His bones shattered and grotesquely reformed. A deafening cry shook the air before him.

'Susanoo.'

However, Danzo simply stood in place.

—BOOM!

The shockwave, which could've flattened buildings, slammed against the white skeleton that formed around the Hokage. The ribcage cracked, but it did not break.

Danzo's eyes narrowed further. He poured more chakra into his Susanoo, and his entire body began to scream.

Bones were wrapped in ligaments and muscles. Skin formed like bandaging a mummy. The Susanoo's empty eye sockets gleamed with a fresh pair of eyes.

Danzo could now wield the Susanoo far better than Fugaku, donning a Humanoid Susanoo.

—Boom!

Now, it was Danzo's turn to strike. He and his Susanoo put their hands together and seals were formed.

[Tiger » Dog]

'Wind Release: Vacuum Bomb!'

With his eyes locked onto the flailing Kyuubi, Danzo shot the Vacuum Bomb merely as a diversion. The black flames of Amaterasu were spreading with each second. It was only a matter of time before the Kyuubi would yield.

Suddenly—

Another tail sprouted behind the rampaging Kyuubi. As if reflecting Danzo's Susanoo, muscles began sprouting from the deep red chakra cloak.

—Fwhoosh!

A powerful wind blew, and Danzo canceled the channeling of Amaterasu. A frown formed on his face.

"Hm,"

Mere exertions of the Kyuubi's chakra dispersed the black flames on its body. Now, as an ugly, skinless fox appeared before his eyes, Danzo realized that he could not win through brute force alone.

—Crack!

And another tail appeared.

"And that makes eight." Danzo's frown deepened. His right eye flashed once more.

'Bishamonten: Battlefield of Manifold Illusions.'

A Genjutsu battlefield would thus be set, brought into the world by stolen eyes.

***

A young Naruto was staring at the black ink that stained the waters beneath his feet. Chakra kept flowing past the seal in his body, yet Kurama stayed silent.

The emotions of the Tailed Beast and its Jinchuriki were the same.

—Badump.

—Badump.

—Thump.

—Thump.

Bloodshot eyes and dilated pupils. A seething rage that sought to tear all life apart. Despite all the wounds that his young body incurred from the release of chakra, Naruto felt nothing.

Nothing...

Other than—

Unbelievable hatred.

"I want to kill him." Naruto's voice echoed throughout the prison that enslaved the Nine-Tailed Fox.

"I want to tear him apart!"

A roar from the bottom of his heart.

"And so we shall." Though his voice was a deadly calm, Kurama's gaze was equally seething. His grinding teeth screeched like a derailing freight train.

It was when he raised his voice that a storm began to form.

"For our suffering, they will suffer!"

Blood oozed from his jaws.

"Suffer as we have suffered!"

Monstrous chakra poured out from both sides, augmenting the amalgamation they had become outside. The seal on Naruto's body was withering away, burned by the Negative Chakra Formation beforehand.

Two faint voices resounded within Naruto's inner world — the only sparks of love left behind. However, they were drowned by the torrential hatred pouring out from both parties. 

This was the rage of the bound.

***

Two S-rank shinobi descended Konohagakure's depths.

Uchiha Itachi.

Toad Sage Jiraiya.

A duo who could level countries alone now had to work together to ensure success in their own village. It was a baffling feeling.

Nonetheless, they moved swiftly, throwing such a feeling to the back of their minds. Their descent exposed them to more and more concentrated wisps of sinister chakra.

The atmosphere grew heavier as they moved.

Yet they continued to plunge deeper and deeper, with not a hint of hesitation present in their bodies.

Their goal was simple: The retrieval of the jinchuriki.

However, the process was anything but simple.

Itachi's eyes flashed. 'Worst-case scenario, Jiraiya-sama, Naruto, and I, myself, will all have to become missing-nins.'

Should they stay within the village, it would be more than likely that a civil war would begin. This was what they had concluded on their own — without considering Hiruzen's opinions.

The retired Third Hokage had his plans. However, Jiraiya could not let his own godson die in such an environment. 

Itachi had the same sentiments despite not having many ties with the jinchuriki in question. All he knew was that Danzo was taking things too far. Not everything could and should be solved through force.

Thus, their descent was rapid. They had long forged their convictions as shinobi of Konohagakure.

***

Hiruzen stood directly above the underground battlefield. From where he was, he could sense the terrifying converging auras.

A horrifying battle was clearly about to start.

—Hiss.

A presence had wormed its way into Konohagakure's weakened defenses. With the Negative Chakra Formation lacking its power source, a few individuals had welcomed themselves in.

However, only one felt it apt to reveal himself before the Third Hokage.

Hiruzen looked up and felt a twang of nostalgia.

"Orochimaru..." His eyes seemed to see far beyond the crimes of his student. "What brings you back?"

A sinister chuckle escaped Orochimaru's lips. "Sensei... What has happened to Konoha while I was gone?"

Shaking his head, Orochimaru laced his tone with schadenfreude. "You've grown weak."

Hirzen sighed in disappointment, "It seems like you still don't understand how the world works."

A flicker of flames began flowing throughout Hiruzen's body. Though they were mere wisps at the moment, the air had already begun to boil.

"Leave."

A deadly gleam had sprung into life from within the depths of Hiruzen's eyes.

"Konohagakure's matters will be settled by ourselves. You have no right to be standing here once more."

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