10 Kurama? vs Minato!.......................kinda?
{I will not fight you}
Minato just looked disappointed and was about to comment something but was interrupted by a new voice.
"I will fight you in his stead," Said a man from on top of Kurama's head.
Minato who saw the man looked into Kurama's eyes.
"Is this some sort of a joke?"
"{Not at all, There was a time when all 9 of us up getting stuck as a human with our memories sealed. Of course, after we died the seal got reversed sealing away our 'human' memories and the knowledge that the seal existed in the first place. I came across it when I went through self-inspection and I only managed to 'undo' the seal today. So you will be fighting Uzumaki Tsuneo"} said Kurama and his clone.
Minato looked at the man who was now standing in front of him as his brain slowly put pieces together and he paled.
"So you are telling me you are the first Uzumaki?"
"The first red-headed Uzumaki who also happened to be an expert in Fuinjutsu? yes. I took the Uzumaki name after my wife they were kind people who resided on the island now known as Uzushiogakure" said Tsuneo as he lost his smile.
Minato paled further confusing Tsuneo who was not expecting that.
"Should I call you ancestor?" muttered Minato but it was more he was asking himself that question and finding it disgusting.
"{Try it brat! I dare you}" said Tsuneo and Kurama at the same time. both of them were royally pissed.
Minato ran flickering away.
Tsuneo chased him which resulted in a blur of yellow and red chasing each other which soon changed. The blur of yellow disappeared and reappeared at quite the distance...the distance which was quite quickly covered by the red blur.
The yellow blur then split into 5 and disappeared and reappeared at various points.
The red blur on the other hand turned into 300. which was soon followed by explosions.
When the dust settled two figures stood face to face in a crater.
The Blond was panting trying to recover, His hair and clothes were a little singed and had a cut here and there but he was fine.
The Redhead on the other hand had lacerations all over his body and face and was bleeding from most of them but was laughing his ass off.
"This is fun! I never knew Humans could fight in so many ways! we are going to fight until I am completely satisfied Hokage!"
Minato gulped and then paled. Minato then proceeded to 'kill' Tsuneo. and Time started to accelerate for the two protagonists.
1-week later.
I could still kill Tsuneo but it was getting harder. Kurama has stopped arranging challenges and trials. Which is quite a relief. He is like a genin with the power of a Kage. A dangerous mixture but relatively simple enough to deal with
2-weeks later.
Tsuneo has become very hard to kill and track. Now I would say he has the experience of a chunin.
3-weeks later.
Tsuneo is now as experienced as a Tokubetsu Jonin in tactics and trickery. which was expected but what was unexpected was what Kurama put him through after I slept. Today I wasn't sleepy and tried to peak in and was honestly surprised.
He had two 'camps' one green and the other white filled with at least 300 clones each and they were at war. with supply lines, civilians, and everything that happens in an actual war. I need to ask him about this.
4-weeks later.
When I asked him why he was simulating war Kurama answered ' I have been involved in all 3 great wars and many wars before the founding of the villages, I have seen and felt the hatred, hopelessness, despair, grief that is ever-present in war, yet I still do not see why you humans wage it so readily and religiously. This is my attempt to see if I can figure it out ' I honestly had no answer to it. Was it for resources? we had plenty of that enough to share with everyone or at least trade. Honor? we were shinobi we did not have honor. Orders? that was just an excuse. Greed? Hatred? probably but that doesn't explain why we can't forget about them despite multiple attempts to forget and start anew.
That got me thinking what is the cause of war? conflict in general? was it chakra?
"It's a self-defense mechanism," said a voice getting Minato's attention and in turn Kuramas both of whom went into defensive positions.
"Relax I mean you no harm +You know who I am don't you?+," said the man, a 23-year-old with black hair brown eyes, and a forgettable face.
(A/n: '+ahbfjabf+' pic your language except for English, Japanese, Mandarin)
{+The Author+ what are you doing here?} asked Kurama relaxing.
"He was asking a rather interesting question and figured out half the answer to it so I might as well give him the rest"
Kurama grumbled and huffed but voiced no disagreements.
"Who are you?" asked Minato extra vigilant.
"A person who had a mess thrown into his head and is trying his very best to sort it out. Relax I am only here temporarily and mostly on a stupid whim which will soon be forgotten" said the man.
Minato relaxed.
"Why are you here?"
"Like I told the giant plush toy, I am here to clarify why the residents of this planet are so prone to violence or 'wars' to be specific."
"And why is that?"
"Before I answer, tell me just how much do you know about the 'Otsutsuki' exactly?"
"I know the sage of 6-paths was an Otsusuki and so was Kaguya, They are born with the Byakugan and obtain the Rinnegan by eating the fruit of the divine tree and are generally bad news. I also know that there is at least one of them other than Kaguya in hiding on the planet"
"How did you figure that out?" asked the man genuinely curious.
"I did not spend my 'repeats' just mimicking my first life you know. I had a lot of free time to investigate them since it didn't matter if I 'disappeared' from the village as long as I made it back before the time I met Kushina"
"What happened if you failed?"
"I couldn't fail. I would always somehow always end up back in Konoha and in the academy no matter what I did" said Minato with a shrug while his eyes hid the horror he experienced every time he failed to be at the place of the 'script'.
"Well, the script's changed now for the most part. So you don't have to worry about that who knows you might actually end up moving on this time. Back to your question, the reason why there are wars or people who are so eager to fight is that the planet is trying to prepare a self-defense mechanism against the Otsutsuki."
"The reason being the Otsutsuki are a clan of planet destroyers. Yes, one of them is still on the planet recovering from his wounds with his battle with Kaguya as for why they fought is something that you need to figure out on your own and besides Kurama has been training you to fight them"
Minato turned his head so fast that he nearly broke it.
{Ruin my fun why don't you} grumbled Kurama.
Minato slowly turned back to face the man but he was gone.
"What the hell?"
{Don't think too much about that was probably the only time he could stay or intervene in this dimension.}
"You know who he is don't you?" asked Minato but it was more of a statement than a question.
{...Yes, and it is not my secret to share now since the cat is out of the bag. Welcome back the survival games}
Minato froze and then a gloomy aura surrounded him.
< a Few days later. The Land of the Living>
A Quartet was walking down the street all 4 of them having unique hair colors for the group.
The adult was reading a book while the black-haired kid was reflecting on the mission they just had while the Pinkett was thinking about the new genjutsu she was introduced to.
The blond on the other hand was busy trying to hold and not kill their mission objective which was getting harder and harder as they neared the mission office.
"I swear if Jiji or the 'Higher ups' send us to capture the cat again within the week I will make sure to give the tower a makeover" grumbled the blond.
"I'll help you." added the adult.
"And capture him immediately after" added the raven-haired boy coming out of his musings.
"Not if we get someone to distract him," said Sakura.
"Is there someone in the village that can distract him?" asked Naruto looking at his Teacher/'brother'.
"Guy-sensei?"
"Then we will have the green beast of Konoha on our tails while sensei leisurely reads his book somewhere," said Sasuke.
"Now that would be a fine training exercise don't you think?" asked Kakashi.
"""No, it won't!""" answered all three of them.
"Looks like you guys are having a pleasant time." said the Hokage from behind the mission desk.
Sasuke looked at the old leader and shrugged not really caring to greet him, Sakura greeted him while naruto almost threw the cat at him as he told him about the mission.
After the follow-up was completed and the cat was back in the hands of its tormentor.
"For your next mission, I am thinking of giving your team a C-rank what do you think Kakashi?" asked the Sandaime.
Causing the younger members of team 7 to look at their teacher with puppy-dog eyes which were totally ineffective considering the man had a pack of his own and had practically grown up with them.
"I think..."
