A Devil Jinchuuriki – 24
The world slowed down to the crawl.
Everything around him appeared to be standing still like time had stopped.
It was not.
His mind simply worked much faster than before, empowered by his limitless energy coursing through inner pathways.
Before him were countless of people, children and adults as his cleared blue eyes narrowed and targeted each quickly.
His body glowed golden as he completely assessed all the possible paths through the area.
"Hiraishin Chains," Naruto pronounced softly as multitudes of lightning rays, originating from his body, branching into the surrounding.
They were passing close by to all his targets.
In the micro seconds follow, all the child clones expelled with a light tap to the back of the neck at the same spot, disregarding what position they were in.
He sighed as the world return to normal again.
The ANBU stopped moving when their target was dispelled as they looked around before turning attention back to their leader.
That frightful technique could slaughter large amount of people before they knew what had killed them.
"It's fine, I only use enough strength to dispel them, Grayfia," Naruto told his silver-haired maid to remove any worries she might have.
There wasn't any since she knew he would never do anything like purposely injured their children.
He shook his head a little but couldn't remove the childish grinning that was plastered on his face.
"I know I shouldn't laugh about it, but I can't help it."
Grayfia coughed lightly, gathering her thoughts on the matter before speaking up.
"Their pranks are escalating. While it is mostly harmless, it is a hindrance to the villagers. The time spends to clean up could have been used for something more productive, Hokage-sama."
She closed her eyes, hiding the strong silvery irises.
She cleared her throat, removing her strict persona she adorned and revealed softened eyes.
"I wish you would discipline them at least once in a while. Teaching them is our responsibility not just mine. Every time I lectured and punished them for their misdoing, it felt like I'm the bad guy."
Naruto dropped his grin and sighed.
"Alright, but if I do, please don't interfere no matter what," he hinted as she gave a nod.
She promised she would not get in the way again.
"Very well, I guess I will start with the twins when I find them."
Meanwhile, at a large lake just outside of town where peace and quiet reigned, a small wooden house stood as a shelter for any passing travellers.
"What hits us?" Asmodeus asked, rubbing the back of his neck.
It felt like he'd been smacked there several thousand times over.
Individually, it was just a tingling sensation, but combined, they were like a phantom wound, pulsing with pain.
His twin sister, Beelzebub was experiencing the same thing. She was uplifting her head in discomfort.
"All these memories are strange! It's like we're there but we're not at the same time. Is this what happened when they dispelled?"
Beelzebub asked while her brother continued to braid her golden hair, changing it from a twin tails fashion to something special.
He didn't answer the question as it was unnecessary.
"A lot of them got hit at the same time. There's only one person who could move that fast."
"Otou-sama, you mean," Asmodeus asserted as Beelzebub nodded, but the boy stopped her from moving her head since it messed up his rhythm.
Their mother was fast, but not at the speed that they couldn't perceive her at all.
She would still be a blur, but their father was different.
"Otou-sama rarely use chain lightning. It's a really awesome Jutsu based on Hiraishin. I wanted to know how to do that then nobody in the entire world would be able to catch us!"
"Uh huh. Hey, Nii-sama, do you think Okaa-sama and Otou-sama is mad that we interrupted their sleep last night? They seemed very furious then, their faces were all red," Beelzebub asked, remember the first set of memory they gained when a large amount of their clones were dispelled instantly.
To her, only people who were furious would have that kind of blood-filled face.