haruto: the puppetmaster

Caution: This chapter is a work of fiction and has no connection to the real world. It's simply a product of a creative mind.

"Mommy, I'm going to the office now!" I called out as I walked past the gate of my house, heading toward the office.

I'm a 32-year-old office worker, and the person I called "mommy" is the nun from the orphanage where I grew up. In my spare time, I learned hypnosis and manipulation techniques to control situations. The nun? She's under my hypnosis, with memories I've carefully crafted in her mind.

As I crossed the road, I was hit by a truck—an iconic isekai vehicle that sends souls to another world. "Ugh, I'm going to die now," I thought. "I never even got a chance to date a younger girl! Why is this happening to me?"

"Why is it so dark? I can't see anything!" I wondered as everything around me turned pitch black. Then, after some time, a light appeared, and I found myself standing next to an infant.

One of the ANBU agents spoke up, "Congratulations, Lord Fourth! You have twins—a boy and a girl!" Minato cried with happiness, and Kushina smiled as she gazed at the two sleeping babies. But just then, a Kamui portal opened, and Tobi, the masked man, appeared, holding the babies in his hands. He looked at Minato and said, "They won't stay here for their childhood."

Minato's eyes narrowed. He was already moving before Tobi had even finished his sentence. "Not while I'm still standing!" Minato said, his voice filled with determination. In an instant, he vanished, using his teleportation technique to reappear directly in front of Tobi, his Rasengan already charging in his hand.

Tobi's eyes widened. "Fast. But not fast enough!" He reached into the portal and unleashed a flurry of kunai aimed directly at Minato. The kunai tore through the air, each one aiming for a vital spot.

Minato was faster. He teleported behind Tobi, his Rasengan slamming into Tobi's chest. "Got you!" But before the attack could finish, Tobi's body flickered and disappeared in a blur of space-time.

Minato cursed, turning around just as Tobi appeared again, now holding the twins in his arms. "They will not stay here for their childhood," Tobi repeated, his voice chillingly calm. "They're meant for much greater things."

Without hesitation, Minato made a swift motion, summoning his kunai and teleporting to where Tobi stood, aiming to slice through the masked man's defenses. But Tobi was prepared, his Sharingan flashing red as he activated Kamui, pulling Minato into a void of nothingness.

"Not this time!" Minato shouted, using his Flying Thunder God technique to escape from the void just before Tobi could seal him away. In a single blink, Minato appeared in front of Tobi, now surrounded by a barrier of wind chakra. He struck with incredible speed, but Tobi vanished again, leaving nothing but a gust of wind.

Suddenly, the ground shook as the enormous chakra of Kurama surged through the battlefield. Kushina, standing at the Hokage Monument, was filled with rage. "Tobi!" she roared, her eyes glowing with a terrifying intensity as the seal on her stomach began to crack.

She raised her hand, summoning a massive wave of chakra that could have flattened an entire village. Kurama, unsealed, roared in fury, his chakra enveloping the battlefield like a storm. Tobi turned to face Kushina, only to be blasted back by the sheer force of her power.

Minato appeared at Kushina's side just as she unleashed a barrage of Rasengans in all directions, each one creating massive explosions that sent shockwaves through the earth. But Tobi was still elusive, flickering in and out of existence.

"Minato, we need to protect the children!" Kushina shouted. "Tobi can't take them away."

But it was too late. As Minato rushed toward Tobi, desperate to save his children, Tobi smiled beneath his mask and opened another Kamui portal. Before Minato could reach him, the twins were already gone, lost in the swirling void.

Minato's heart dropped. He had failed.

In a flash, he sealed both Yin and Yang Kurama within the twins, each infant glowing with the combined chakra of the two great beasts. As Minato was about to hold his wife and try to escape, a sudden blow to his chest made him stumble. Blood poured from his wound as he collapsed to the ground, the last of his strength slipping away.

Kushina screamed in agony, but there was no time for grief. She rushed to her husband, but Minato's breath had already slowed. "I'm sorry, Kushina," he whispered, blood staining his lips. "I couldn't protect you... or our children."

With a final effort, Minato used the last of his chakra to teleport Kushina and the twins to safety, leaving Konoha behind. He died in her arms, his last thought being of his family's future.

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Five years later, Kushina Uzumaki lived in a small house—the same one where she had grown up. She had named the boy Naruto Uzumaki and the girl Hana Uzumaki.

Hana, the princess of the three Uzumaki families, was spoiled by her brother Naruto, and their bond was undeniable. Kushina loved watching them play together. Despite the villagers of the Hidden Leaf Village avoiding them and calling them "monsters," the twins remained inseparable. No one else played with them, and their parents often gave them the cold shoulder, filled with hatred for the twins—though neither Hana nor Naruto understood why. Only Naruto knew the truth.

One evening, as the twins returned home and opened the door, Kushina greeted them with a smile. "So, you two finally made it home? I thought you weren't coming back. Look at the time!" she scolded with a playful tone. After a while, they all sat down for dinner.

Hana looked at her mother and asked, "Mom, why do the other villagers and their children hate us? Why don't they ever play with us?"

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