I Can See Clearly Now
On the 3rd day of the 7th month of the 7th year after the birth of Naruto.
Early in the morning
In a very spacious room with a high of a few hundreds of meters, it had particular interior decoration which consisted of a shallow pool of water which has the kanji for "sage" inscribed on it and the wall behind it was lined with numerous giant scrolls. In the shallow pool of water, an enormous toad could be seen sitting inside. The toad was a few dozens of meters in height, brown in colour with a white belly, and was very wrinkled. The toad had his eyes closed and he gave off an old but strong aura, those characteristics accentuated the fact that he was very old.
He wore a professor-like hat with tassels and an orb on top of it, and also a necklace with the kanji for "oil" on it. He was the Great Toad Sage, Gamamaru. He was the oldest known and most respected toad of all the toads that inhabited the mysterious sage region known as Mount Myōboku. Then, he abruptly opened his eyes wide before he slowly closed them and squinted. A few sweat drops could be seen on his face, if you looked closely.
"What is the meaning behind this premonition? How could the prophecy from several decades ago change like this? A boy with heterochromatic eyes will set the tailed beast free and will bring forth a new era.
This new era will have his fair share of bloodbath like the other eras but humans will also be able to finally understand one another... It seems that the future is not set in stone like I thought previously... Hagoromo, It seems that the blue-eyed mischievous boy will not be taming the tailed beasts like I told you... It seems that I will also have to inform Jiraiya too about those changes.... I can let him keep on roam in this world now that the future has changed, he should enjoy his life like others... After all he deserves it."
Gamamaru muttered to himself before sighing and closing his eyes once again.
At the same time, inside Ichinaru's and Chiaki's residence.
A young boy that seemed to be around 13 year-old was preparing breakfast in the kitchen. The boy wore a crimson yukata with black flame patterns at the ends and the Uchiha clan's symbol on the back, and a white apron over it. His face was hidden by long, straight, and shoulder-length black hairs in the form of bangs, and the hair on the back of his head were short, slicked and black of similar colours. Several cuts could be seen all over his hands and an impressive and strong aura was constantly being emitted from his body.
He got out of the kitchen and moved to set up the table in the living room.
" Mom!!! Everyone!!! Breakfast is ready!!!"
As the boy shouted about one hundred individuals that looked exactly like him and that was dispersed in groups of 5 to 15 individuals, all stood up. They all performed a similar hand seal and disappeared in small clouds of smoke. Then, a curvaceous beauty wearing a beautiful navy kimono and without one arm entered the living room while yawning.
"You have changed greatly since that incident, son!... Those things happened in our line of work, so you should not be workin yourself this much over that and I'm also fine too... A proof I have already resumed my work at the Konoha Military Police Force... Also Ichinaru today, is the day of the Chunin exam and if I'm not wrong your team is also participating. And I heard from Lord Fugaku that you have become more distant with your teammates..
Even though you and your teammates have accomplished a few C- and B-rank missions, if you keep on isolating yourself and focus only on getting strong will bring you nothing good... Listen to my advice, son... Many of our clansmen in the past had lost themselves in their quests for powers. So, don't let your thirst for power, blind you, son! "
Chiaki said as she sat down and looked at Ichinaru with sad eyes.
" Don't worry mother, I will be fine... I will not lose my way as I know what await me ahead. As my eyes can see clearly now."
Ichinaru said as a faint crimson glow could be seen coming from his left eye that was hidden by his hair.