Chapter 27

Going back to earth, Ai could see that Naruto was worried and she didn't like it. His carefree expression was the best and he deserved a peaceful life for deeds.

Regardless, reality was far from her desires and she felt powerless about it all. Sitting inside the park with Konohamaru squad, Ai wasn't in the mood to play anymore. Her mood went down the moment she felt Naruto's fears and frustration.

It was palpable. She didn't whether it was because of his powers or if she had awakened such powers. Just as she was thinking about what to do, Ai felt a pull and suddenly everything changed.

Ai had change clothes to a black kimono with flowery design and she stood under a tree near a lake with the sun setting. The orange light around her, Ai saw a woman with a depressed look.

She seemed to have been the lucky summoner of Hell Girl, and the power inside guided Ai towards her duty.

Following the rules, she told the woman about Hell Girl and gave her a cursed doll. Once the doll was given, she explained that the woman had the choice to pull the red string and curse the target to hell at the very moment. With that, her soul would also go to hell when she died.

However, she also had the option to discard the cursed doll and forget about it.

The woman cried about the cruelty of the world, and how a woman had destroyed her life through the usage of political powers.

She didn't seem to understand the weight of eternal torment and gave into the pressure of the small problem of the mortal world.

Ai felt detached from it all. It felt pointless, and she saw the woman as some foolish human that didn't see the bigger picture.

"Human is an existence full of sin." Ai muttered as she saw the sinful woman crying for salvation. The woman pulled the string with the target in mind and Ai was forced to act.

Disappearing from the lake, Ai found herself in the vicinity of the target. The woman was the wife of a big businessman in the Land of Wind; she even had the protection of various Chunin ninja and a Jounin. However, none of them were able to stop Ai.

With a single move, Ai encased the target into a pocket dimension that replicated the real place around the target. In this pocket dimension, the target was tormented and her sinful actions exposed, and shamed.

"Oh pitiful shadow lost in the darkness, Demeaning and bringing harm to others, A damned soul wallowing in sin...

Care to give death a try?" Ai finished the target with those words as the woman was covered by flowers and vanished from the world.

Ai found herself teleported to Hell, though not the actual Hell. It was just the Underworld, and the territory of Lord Loss. It wasn't her first time visiting the place and every time she was in awe of the dangerous world so close to the mortal world.

Looking at the moon, she could see the large eye looking down at her or something else. It was clear that the world was filled with large and monstrous abominations.

Moving her gaze down, she found the sinner tied by wooden roots to the small boat she was rowing towards the red gates in the distance. The woman was being tormented by the souls of the damned and Ai would have also gone crazy from the atmosphere if she wasn't part of it.

"How did it feel, Ai? Isn't it better to live this way? Free from the pitiful emotions, free from pain and fear." Lord Loss's voice echoed in her head as she could see a spider under the red gates.

Ai felt the compulsion to agree, but she resisted.

"No, I want to feel alive."

"Is this love? Is it your affection or adoration for the young sage?" Lord Loss spoke calmly without anger or annoyance. It was like; he hadn't fought Naruto at all.

"I don't know what it is, but I want to see the world he wants to show."

"Is that so? But, can you really see it? The world he desires is not something a mortal can see. His path will take him to the extremes of mortality and desire. It is not a place for the frail of heart and power….Or, do you wish for my assistance?" Lord Loss seduced the young girl with his words to trap her in his web and make her complete the contract.

"I won't be able to fight with your powers." Ai wasn't stupid. She remembered the contents and knew that unless it was through the procedure then she was unable to use any of her abilities without a heavy punishment.

"I can make an exception for you, Ai. I will allow it for a limited time. But, do you really want to act now?" Lord Loss spoke with a hidden smile as he showed the image of Hinata marrying Naruto.

It caused pain inside her heart, but she didn't give into the sinful desires as it would be selfish of her.

"I will not act like the sinners that you desire to consume. I will become pure like my hero." Ai shook her head and glared with her crimson eyes, looking at the abomination without any fear.

"My power always has a price. You will have to complete the contract."

"I…." Just before she could agree with his words, Ai was grabbed by Naruto who was looking absolutely livid.

However, he didn't hesitate and broke through the dimension with Ai.

Lord Loss didn't intervene and just smiled with amusement while the various beings of the dark dimension turned their gaze towards his location. Even the planets beyond the moon seemed to be abominations where other demonic creatures lived.

It seemed like everything was alive and warped.

"Grow into the perfect vessel for me, Ai. Let your emotions guide your powers." Lord Loss had been called towards the feeble human because her powers resonated with him. It felt like she was the perfect vessel for his powers.

He was part of the dark dimension, but Loss preferred the world of light. However, just like all the others he was forbidden from the world of light unless specific conditions were fulfilled.

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"What were you doing?" Naruto asked when they arrived back in Konoha, as his face was filled with anger and worry.

"I…wanted to help you." Ai didn't like the look and felt scared.

Seeing her teary eyes, Naruto realized he was putting too much pressure on the young child and his voice was too heavy.

"I am sorry, Ai. I was just so worried about you… Please, don't do this again. It is too dangerous to interact with such a being. Do you understand?" Naruto forced himself to calm down and smile as he tried to make her see the problem.

"But"

"Ai, please…"

"I understand." Ai didn't know how much pain it caused Naruto to see a repeat of the Sasuke incident.

"Thank you, and you don't have to worry. I will fix this problem soon, believe in me." Naruto hugged her close, wished that he could end the problem soon.

It had been half a day already since Hinata disappeared.

The pressure he felt from Hinata's disappearance had numbed him to what he had felt in the dark dimension which was filled with beings on his level and above. Even the sun gave him the feeling of life, but in a corrupted sense. It had made him sick, like anymore of that atmosphere would have warped his soul.

It was fortunate that he had already marked Ai with his chakra, so he always knew where she went and his Six Paths allowed him to even sense her in other dimensions.

Regardless, he still didn't know of a way to solve his issue. He had even tried using the chakra sonar ability to find any hidden places, but it hadn't worked. He had located many hidden places on the planet, but not one with Hinata.

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Moving back to Kumo, the two Kage had once again witnessed the impossible power of their guardian and felt the gap.

"My boy, Naruto be hitting hard." Killer Bee commented as he arrived beside the duo. His presence seemed to lighten the atmosphere as he wasn't pressurized by such thoughts.

"Bee"

"What's up brother? What's got you in a gloom?"

"You should already know the answer. I don't like being second."

"Hey, hey, but you have always been second."

"The difference wasn't so big, you blockhead." Ay hit Bee with a lariat in the throat.

"Don't be so serious, chill. I got a solution for you. How about you visit the moon, and talk to the people living there? Maybe they got some hotshot on Naruto's level." Bee dodged the attack and moved back with a hop.

Just because he was always chill, didn't mean that he didn't see what was going on. Bee liked Naruto, but Ay was his brother.

"What? Do you mean there is someone strong as Uzumaki Naruto up there?" Onoki was shocked by his words and felt like it was nonsense.

"Yeah, that's what my partner said. The brother of the Sage lived inside the moon, so there will be people living there. If Naruto can become strong with the help of the Sage, then there should be someone blessed by his brother. Makes sense or nah?"

"What do you think, Raikage?"

"Even if there is someone strong as him, what can we do about it?"

"We just need to ensure that there is someone to keep a balance. And, if the person is sane then we can put our support behind him to reach our goal."

"Do you guys really need to go that far? Naruto isn't gonna turn on us, you know."

"We can never be sure. It is best that we actually have the ability to stop him when he goes insane…Get ready, we will go and check it out." Ay shook his head and ordered Bee to dress up for the mission.

"Take this, tell them to use it." Onoki passed Bee the Lightning Heart as he believed it was needed. Bee would be the only one that could actually test the power of the people on the moon.

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Moving back to Hinata, she was confined to the Palace and couldn't run away because of the green orb inside.

Sitting inside the room alone, she was left to consider Toneri's proposal. She didn't know what he saw, but the man had been smitten by her.

'Byakugan Princess, you are here.' Once again she heard the voice and this time, Hinata finally saw the source of it.

It was Hamura Otsutsuki, the brother of the Sage. He looked like an old Oni, similar to his appearance in the murals in the Palace. There was even a picture of him in her current room.

'Why are you calling me that? And, can you contact Naruto? Or anyone else?' Hinata noticed that they were inside her mind and hopefully the conversation was protected from Toneri.

'I call you that because of the purity of your eyes. They are the strongest Byakugan I have seen. Don't look down on these eyes, young Hinata. Just like the Sharingan has its benefits, these eyes of your can shine as well.

It is unfortunate but you are the only one that can see me as your eyes are similar to mine. So, we can only rely on you or the misguided child will cause destruction because of his ignorance.'

Hinata was disappointed in knowing that fact, but she was ready to act.

'What can I do?'

'I will need you to reach the Tensaigan Vessel, and there I will help you fight him. There is nothing stopping you from leaving the palace now, so just follow my lead.'

Hinata felt Hamura's chakra enter her body and transform it, but the boost wasn't large enough to free her from the situation. And, the seal on her powers was still there.

Following his lead, Hinata moved directly towards the Tensaigan Vessel that was on the Island with the giant statues. Her presence went undetected because of Hamura since he had been the one to create the whole system.

Hinata arrived without an issue and saw the giant golden vessel filled with enormous power. The energy vessel, also referred to as "Hamura Otsutsuki's Tensaigan, was used by the members of the Otsutsuki clan living on the Moon. Hamura created the energy vessel so that, after a thousand years, its accumulated power could be used to help the inhabitants of Earth.

Hamura made the energy vessel by removing all the Otsutsuki clan's Byakugan and clustering them together, a practice that continued in the centuries following Hamura's death. The energy vessel helped the Otsutsuki colonize the Moon, provided light to the interior surface where they lived, and powered the puppets and other contraptions that facilitated them.

The Byakugan that made up the energy vessel were stored within a golden sphere that is made to resemble an eye, specifically the Tenseigan. Because of its connection to Hamura, the Otsutsuki clan reveres the energy vessel as a religious object. In order to protect it, it was hidden away and only made accessible for special circumstances, such as weddings between those of high social standing. Its exact location was hidden behind a barrier so that it couldn't be found, though this in turn means it could be found from the void the barrier created. A jujutsu was placed on the energy vessel so that only Hamura's descendants could make direct contact with it; if anyone else tried to touch it, their chakra would be absorbed.