12 Huge Time-Skip

5 years have passed by. Sasuke was now 12, ready to graduate from the Academy. He stood in the forest near the Academy after his graduation, a headband tied on his left thigh.

He had his right hand occupied by a feminine hand. He looked to his right, a fare skinned girl standing beside him, holding his hand.

His eyes locked into her teal pupils, his warm smile caused her to come closer toward him. He wrapped his left hand around her waist and pulled her closer.

Their faces were inches away from each other, She also wrapped her arms around his back, pulling him into a hug.

"I wish we could spend more time"

Sasuke whispered into her ears, his warm breath entered her ears, making her shiver. He pulled his head back and moved his head closer. Their nose collided, they closed their eyes and enjoyed the small moment of peace.

"Yeah, I wish we could... Sasuke"

They were now officially Shinobis, making the time they spent together shorten dramatically. He ran his fingers through her silk-smooth blonde hair.

Sasuke pulled her even closer, making their body contact each other.

"Goodbye, Ino... and Good luck, make sure you don't die"

"Ha..ha, very funny"

Ino replied, making Sasuke chuckle. He pulled her back and kissed her forehead, the girl blushed but didn't back away.

"Don't die on me either, Sasuke"

"I'll try"

Ino placed her head on his rock-hard chest, a feeling of warmth spreading through her. She was reluctant to separate from him, the same from his side.

In these past years, their relationship became very close, until one day. She decided to express her feelings towards him, Sasuke answered without any hesitation, afterall, he was going to propose the next week.

"We're not going to be on the same team, huh?"

Ino whispered, her eyes were moistured. Sasuke sighed, he lifted her head by her chin, looking right into her eyes.

"That doesn't matter... Nobody or nothing can take you away from me, that won't happen till I live"

"I would never let anyone take Sasuke away from me either... I would do anything for your safety"

'Anything, huh?'

They hugged each other once more before separating. She tried to leave but was stopped by him, he gripped her hand, making her turn around.

"If I suddenly decided to leave the village... would you abandon everything and come with me"

"Yes, that's not even a question"

Her answer made Sasuke smile, he kissed her forehead once again. Without warning, Ino's hand ran through his abdomen.

She could feel the scars on Sasuke's body, deep gashes and small ones alike, his body was also ripped like any other.

"Don't be reckless... don't hurt yourself, Sasuke"

Ino muttered, Sasuke smiled at her worried words and separated from her. He walked back to the Academy to see Gai standing beside the entrance.

"Congratulations, Sasuke-boy"

Sasuke just nodded, he met up with Lee as well and exchanged some words, they also separated, leaving Sasuke alone.

'It's time to make "that" '

He walked toward his apartment, ready to make the move he had been preparing for years. He walked into his apartment and locked the doors.

"This is it"

Sasuke held out his palm, he picked up a small brush from the floor and dipped it in ink. He drew a specific number of symbols on his palm.

The symbols compressed into a diamond-shaped seal. Then came the hard part. Suddenly, Sasuke's consciousness shut down, when he woke, he was in pitch black space.

He looked down, it felt like... floor? Sasuke took a step, not even noticing the movement of his legs.

This was what Sasuke worked on for several years, this is what he had wanted to do from the moment it all began. The day he first saw Naruto.

When he first tried to grasp 'that', It was like a small fireball, escaping his every reach. He felt as if it was a part of him, something crucial for his existence.

There it was, a small fire hovering in the darkness. Sasuke walked forward, the more he walked the more his face became paler.

'This is... small?'

Sasuke asked himself, when he finally reached at the given spot, he noticed that fire was much larger... larger than even Konoha itself! It was bright blue and had a bit of grey shade in them.

It blazed, majestically. Sasuke noticed that it wasn't hot... not cold either, he slowly held his hand forward, touching the fire with his left palm that had the diamond symbol on it.

"What the!?"

Weird patterns grew from his palm, it was shining in grey. The patterns were straight and sometimes split.

Sasuke looked down at his own body, he had no clothes in this place. He noticed that the patterns reached till his left leg.

It shining in grey. But that dimmed down and the patterns were now pitch black in color. He felt power rushing inside his body. And a series of memories entered his mind.

"Indra, Ashura, Hagoromo...Kaguya....The Otsutsuki"

Sasuke muttered, his eyes widening from the amount of information he just received. He then gazed at the blazing blue-greyish fire.

A reflection was shown in it... not his, but another's. Sasuke held his hand forward and slowly ran his hand through the reflection.

"Indra Otsutsuki... My... who am I to him? A brother? A descendent?... or am I...him?"

Sasuke's feelings grew more tangled, his eyes spun from what he just experienced. His Scarlett red eyes now had 3 tomoes in each.

Though he felt his eyes were much more...much more powerful than what it was supposed to be. He then glanced at the markings than ran through his body.

'Is this... a booster of some sort?'

The markings gave him an immense power boost, that much he knew. But, what was it? how did this come by? Sasuke originally planned to connect his own physical body and his consciousness to the ball of fire. He never knew it would result in such a situation.

His intention was to inspect what it held... this was not expected. He felt as if he was being showered with an endless supply of power boosters.

Though he failed miserably to pick up the majority and continued to fail. It was slippery, and hard to catch on. It required the right timing and a specific spot to grip.

Sasuke then noticed he was being pulled back, fast. His vision blacked out. When he opened them, he found himself in his own room.

He lifted his left hand and gazed at his palm. The Diamond shaped Seal was still visible. His face formed a grin of pure pride.

He achieved something unimaginable! A power booster!

New ideas of Jutsus also formed inside his mind. He now only knew what lies beyond... and it was terrifying.

'Gods, huh... they're so powerful.... then, Why do I feel so pumped up?'