Chapter 53 Changes

Sasuke woke in a sterile white room. It was completely empty. He got up and looked around only seeing a door. He unconsciously reached for his neck and noted that he could feel the slight raise in his skin indicating the curse mark still remained. He looked around some more when he saw the door open. Naruto walked in.

"So how are you feeling", asked Naruto.

Sasuke rubbed his neck.

"Not bad, did it work", asked Sasuke.

Naruto nodded.

"We removed Orochimaru's cells, apparently they are incorporated in the mark. We kept the cells that actually made the mark useful. Any mental side-effect should be gone as well", said Naruto as he picked up a scalpel.

"The mark is still rebuilding itself to Herbert and my design so don't use it for bout an hour, after that you should be able to activate it at will", said Naruto.

Sasuke nodded.

"Thanks", said Sasuke.

Naruto twirled the scalpel in his hand.

"Sasuke, we're friends right", asked Naruto.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow at this but nodded.

"Good", said Naruto as he swiped at Sasuke with the scalpel. Sasuke leaped back.

"What the hell are you doing", screamed Sasuke.

"I'm going to kill you", said Naruto as he lunged with the scalpel at Sasuke.

He jumped around the room to dodge it.

"What the fuck is wrong with you", said Sasuke.

He narrowly missed the blade slashing him in the neck. Sasuke continued to dodge the blade.

"I don't want to hurt you Naruto, stop this now", said Sasuke.

Naruto leapt at Sasuke aiming right for his heart. Sasuke activated his sharingan and jumped over Naruto. He tried to open the door but found it wouldn't budge.

"You're trapped in here Sasuke. The only way out is in a body bag, or to kill me", said Naruto.

He disapeared from Sasuke's sight. Sasuke backed into a wall to not get caught from behind.

"Stop this now Naruto, this isn't funny", said Sasuke.

Naruto reappeared next to Sasuke in a puff of of reflex, Sasuke grabbed the scalpel from his hand and jammed it into Naruto's chest. He stared wide eyed as Naruto's eyes widened His eyes became dull. He looked right into Sasuke's eyes and smiled. The Next thing Sasuke knew Naruto had disappeared in a cloud of smoke. He dropped the Scalpel and just looked at the spot where Naruto once stood. Then the door opened. Naruto walked in with his hands behind his back. He was smiling.

"It worked, excellent", said Naruto.

"What the fuck is wrong with you", screamed Sasuke.

In response Naruto revealed his hands and pulled out a Mirror. He held it to Sasuke's face. Sasuke looked at the six pointed star shape of his sharingan.

"The Mangekyo Sharingan", said Sasuke absent-mindedly.

"You killed a clone with a special seal that made him much more durable. However as far as you were concerned you killed me. As such it activated your Mangekyo Sharingan. Herbert came up with the idea. We have little information on it, but we do know that over use leads to blindness. We will analyze the eyes and see if we can prevent this", said Naruto.

Sasuke looked at his eyes before he turned them back to their normal black color. He stood up and walked to Naruto.

"Naruto", said Sasuke.

He quickly punched Naruto in the face.

"I thought you were going to kill me you bastard", said Sasuke in a rage.

Naruto rubbed his jaw as he stood.

"We couldn't let you know. Otherwise this would not have worked. I said I planed on making you and Sakura as strong as possible and I mean it. Orochimaru is after you, he would make you just strong enough to keep you interested. He won't risk you becoming stronger than him. I don't care, I take Cthulhu seriously. Besides With my help we can fix your blindness I'm sorry Sasuke, but you couldn't know about this or your Mangekyo Sharingan never would have activated", said Naruto.

Sasuke looked at Naruto with his eyes narrowed before a moment before nodding.

"Thanks"

"Don't thank me yet, once Sakura wakes up I want to see how your seals work. Then you can thank me", said Naruto.

"I thought you said to wait an hour", said Sasuke.

"That was just so you wouldn't use it and destroy this room", said Naruto.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow before he chuckled a bit.

"You know, when we were first put on the same team. I thought you would hold me back. Even after you unlocked my Sharingan I thought you cared more about science than being a ninja. Glad I was wrong", said Sasuke.

"As am I, now If you will Herbert wants to take a look at those eyes of yours. We might have a way to prevent the blindness", said Naruto.

"There is one way", said Sasuke without emotion.

Naruto crossed his arms.

"I'm listening", said Naruto.

"The Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. The old scrolls I found said that If you transplant a Mangekyo Sharingan from another Uchiha you no longer have to worry about blindness", said Sasuke.

"Any documented cases of this", asked Naruto.

"Madara Uchiha supposedly was the first", said Sasuke.

"Ah, Him. Well anything else", asked Naruto.

Sasuke's face showed contained rage.

"Yeah, the closer related the better...Siblings are ideal", said Sasuke with venom.

Naruto nodded.

"Well, looks like I have to help you kill your brother", said Naruto.

Sasuke flinched.

"Really", he said.

Naruto nodded.

"As it happens a unique turn of events has made it where I know who Itatchi associates with. An Organization called the Akatsuki. They want to rule the world using tailed beasts. I am a target. If we wait long enough, eventually Itatchi will come to me. If not, I have contacted them and told them about Cthulhu. They might even join us, as long as they don't know that the CDA is responsible for his death then nothing should go wrong", said Naruto.

What happened next was shocking for Naruto. Sasuke hugged Naruto.

"Uhhh, are you ok", asked Naruto.

"Thank you, You are without a doubt the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. I can finally avenge my family", said Sasuke.

Naruto awkwardly patted his back.

"There...There", he said awkwardly.

It was at that point Sasuke began sobbing.

"I am incredibly uncomfortable right now", said Naruto as he tried to move out of the hug.

Sasuke didn't stop. If anything he squeezed tighter.

"Please let go", Naruto pleaded.

To Naruto's relief Sasuke let go. Naruto took a deep breath and situated himself.

"Feel better", asked Naruto.

"Yeah, I do", said Sasuke.

He walked to the door before freezing. He turned back to Naruto.

"The hug never happened", he said.

Naruto nodded with a smile.

"Already forgot it", said Naruto.

They left the room and headed to Herbert who was looking at a disembodied hand he had reanimated. It was strapped to a pan and struggled to free itself.

"Did it work", asked Herbert.

Naruto nodded.

"Like a charm, whats with the hand", asked Naruto.

"It's wierd how the reagent can give life to anything dead when overdosed. Even just parts, I am looking into applications for this. Also, I think it's cool", said Herbert.

"Right, just don't take it to far", said Naruto.

Herbert shrugged before turning to Sasuke.

"So lets take a look at those eyes", said Herbert.

Herbert moved the hand over to a nearby desk Sasuke walked to a table and laid on it. Herbert looked into Sasuke's eyes holding a flashlight to them.

"Activate the Mangekyo Sharingan please", he said.

Sasuke's eyes turned into the six pointed pin wheel from before. Herbert examined closer.

"Interesting", said Herbert.

"What is it", asked Naruto.

"Every single part of the eye is developed in ways no human eye should be capable. It is built in way that makes optical illusions impossible for him to see, not necessarily genjustu, though he would be resistant, but the illusions that can be seen in art and stuff. The eyes have extra nerve filaments that are transparent, they carry chakra to the eyes better than most, though compared to the Byakugan it is inferior in anything purely visible such as color differentiation or distance. However it makes up for it in exatally how many microscopic veins and chakra coils are in the eyes. I think that the sheer number of veins being so close to the chakra coils is what causes blindness and it explains why the eye only deteriorates when it's abilities are used. My guess is a transplanted pair has a different formation of the veins farther apart from the chakra coils, so the chakra coils don't degrade the veins making blindness is no longer an issue. Moving the veins would help but the procedure would be dangerous, but I think I can prevent the blindness", said Herbert.

"How", asked Sasuke.

"The boy with the metal tubes in his arms. He had no scars on his arms. An analysis showed a cream of some kind that when rubbed into the skin promotes cellular regeneration. I am attempting to figure out what the chemical makeup is in the cream. It will make your blindness no longer a problem. But there will be some visual deterioration so you may need corrective lenses. In the end a transplant will still be needed to correct your vision so glasses won't be needed, but you won't be blind", said Herbert.

Sasuke nodded.

"Good, but I am curious. Can this cream be used to fix the dead bodies of those resurrected with the reagent", asked Naruto.

"Afraid not. It stimulates living cells for regeneration. The dead have no living cells for the cream to stimulate", said Herbert.

"Well at least it's something", said Naruto.

"Yep, based on what compounds I do know is in it it will probably have to be directly applied to the eyes, so it will be painful to apply, but it's better than blindness", said Herbert.

"Thank you", said Sasuke.

Herbert shrugged.

"No worries", said Herbert.

"Speaking on eyes, I just remembered", said Naruto as he reached in his pocket. He pulled out a petri dish and Handed it to Herbert.

"I have a sample of Neji's blood. Think you can produce more", asked Naruto.

Herbert took the petri dish and looked at it.

"I suppose we can, I'll get started on it after pinky wakes up", said Herbert.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow, he turned his head to Naruto.

"Why do you have a sample of Neji's blood", asked Sasuke.

"I'll show you after Sakura wakes", said Naruto.

Sasuke shrugged. Naruto looked over several notes that clones kept bringing him in. Naruto just gave each specific orders. Sasuke just waited patiently. Another clone came and gave Naruto a piece of paper before eaving. Naruto read the paper and smiled.

"Seems as if our guest wants to talk, I'll have to se Kin after this", said Naruto.

"You know, keeping her around probably isn't a good idea. She did work for Orochimaru", said Sasuke.

"I know. Truth be told she is rather unremarkable, but that s what I find interesting. Unlike the others she was not experimented on, I want to know why", said Naruto.

"Maybe Orochimaru liked her", said Sasuke.

"Then why use her in a ritual that ended her life. I suspect that she rejected the experiments and Orochimaru needed her to follow him so he complied. However, I doubt that would have happened. He put those eggs in her so there could be something interesting with her genetics that is not visible for us to see. Maybe something subtle", said Naruto.

They looked around for a while when they saw a clone approach them.

"Sakura is awake sir", said the Clone.

Naruto nodded before turning to Sasuke.

"Lets go see how she is doing", said Naruto.

Standing in the white room was Sakura. She seemed nervous to be alone in a room with nothing but that faded when Naruto and Sasuke walked into the room.

"How are you feeling", asked Naruto.

"Sore, like I had fallen from a mountain", said Sakura.

Naruto nodded.

"Ok, now I want you two to pull from your marks, lets see what happens", said Naruto.

Sasuke nodded. He was surrounded by an aura of dark purple chakra. His mark grew over his skin before he turned grey. Hand like wings sprouted from his back. A quick flap revealed they were fully functional. His face looked like some kind of monster with a dark four pointed star shaped mark on his nose.

"Impressive, not only a power boost, but fully functional flight. That will come in handy", said Naruto.

"I feel a lot better than I did when I used the mark at the exams", said Sasuke.

"Don't forget that we removed the negative effects. It isn't dangerous to use anymore. Though don't over do it, or the mutations could make you sterile. Hard to restart a clan like that", said Naruto.

He turned to Sakura who seemed hesitant to use the mark.

"Are you sure this is a good idea", asked Sakura.

Naruto nodded.

"There is no danger here as long as you don't use it to much. Nothing bad will happen I promise", said Naruto.

Sakura nodded. She pulled chakra from the mark. The purple haze of chakra formed around her as well. Her skin and eyes look similar to Sasuke and there was the four pointed mark on her nose as well but that was where the similarities end. Trailing behind her was a long spiked tail. Moving it around proved it was prehensile. She had several horns in her head and bone spikes on her elbows and knees. And a carapace like armor on her hands and feet,

"Wow", she said as she examined her form.

"Must have reacted to your strength. Herbert found out that your muscles are unusually dense. We don't know why, but it is phenomenal. A large collection of Chakra coils also allow increased levels of strength when Chakra is pushed through them. Your strength might one day rival Tsunade of the sannin, and with these augmentations even surpass her", said Naruto.

Naruto straightened his back and cracked his knuckles.

"I have something to show you two as well", said Naruto.

His body shifted into his Eldritch form. He stretched his tentacles out far as he opened all his eyes. He smiled at their reactions. His psionic cloud was a lighter purple than the chakra that flowed around them.

"This is my Eldritch form. You may remember that when you wanted to bring me to the hospital I said I was no longer human. This is why. I gained this after I signed the Eldritch Beast Contract. I cannot use chakra in this form, but I make up for it with psionic powers", said Naruto as he demonstrated his powers by lifting the bed Sakura had laid on.

"I can also read minds by touch, and most importantly"

Naruto showed them the Blood drinker Tendrils.

"I can suck blood to take bloodline powers from others. They are a bit different, for example after sucking Haku's blood anything I scratch gets frostbite. So far I can only use these powers in Eldritch Form, Which reminds me, I have to tell you two about what happened that day at the bridge", said Naruto.

They all shifted back to normal as Naruto told them about the tentacles forcing him to suck both Haku's and Sasuke's blood. He explained what he gained from Sasuke by showing his slightly red eyes on his cheek. They listened as he told them about what the Shadowed man had done and what he was compared to Cthulhu.

"Damn", said Sasuke.

"Yeah, whatever he is I don't have any idea how to stop him. Unlike Cthulhu he is beyond him by leaps and bounds. At least we have a chance against a Great Old One. Against an Outer God, we wouldn't even have a hope", said Naruto.

"I feel for you Naruto, but can't we do anything", asked Sakura.

"Not until I know who he is, and even then it won't change much", said Naruto.

Sasuke nodded.

"So then, what do we do", asked Sasuke.

"A few things. First we have to figure out who the Next Hokage and proceed from there. We also have to decide when to get the others to help", said Naruto.

"I don't know if they will get all this", said Sasuke.

"I know. But the exams showed me they were ready. I have a plan to make them see exactly how important this is, but that can wait. I need to check on Kin", said Naruto.

Sasuke nodded.

"Alright, you do that. I'm going to walk around for a bit. Check out what else is here. Between the aliens, zombies, technology, and alien gods. I'm sure something else interesting is just around the corner", said Sasuke.

"Mind if I join you", asked Sakura.

Sasuke shrugged.

Naruto watched as they left before he walked over to the lift to go meet with Kin. He walked up to the chair and sat. He activated the intercom and looked at her.

"So what do you want to talk about", asked Naruto.

"What is all this, it doesn't look or act like a ninja prison", asked Kin.

"Thats because this isn't. You are in the headquarters of the CDA. The Cosmic Defense Agency, started by me. I am trying to prevent the extinction of the human race from forces from beyond the stars. Our main priority is to stop Cthulhu. A mindless God with terrible power who rises from the sea. We only have to slow him. Everyone here is either a shadow clone with a special seal, or are in some way alien in nature. Out head scientist ws once a clone of me who now has a rel body. We also protect the ninja world from itself. Secretly I am attempting to unite the ninja and prepare them against Cthulhu. This lab used to be one of Orochimaru's old ones and had a lot of information and equipment he had left behind", said Naruto.

Kin raised an eyebrow before shrugging.

"Sounds unbelievable, but if it was a lie you could probably do better than that so I'll take a leap of faith", said Kin.

Naruto shifted into his Eldritch Form and looked at her as she flinched.

"I myself am not entirely human due to these forces. There are things in the multiverse you wouldn't believe Kin. Some of it is amazing, most of it is terrifying. I just want the world to keep on spinning, do something important before I die. I don't care if I'm remembered for it as long as I know I did my part", said Naruto.

"Sounds noble", said Kin.

"I prefer to think of it as my duty as a human. Well former human anyway", said Naruto.

"So I wanted to ask about Zaku, my teammate"

Naruto nodded.

"We are looking for Arms to give him, though we have to be careful. Once Done he will be resurrected and brought here", said Naruto.

"Being a zombie isn't exactly how I thought my life would turn out. I thought after being a sacrifice for the ritual that was that", said Kin.

"Life is full of surprises, trust me", said Naruto as he shifted back to normal.

"Yeah I guess you would know", said Kin.

"So, what else do you want to talk about", asked Naruto.

Kin looked to the ground before taking a deep breath.

"I've been thinking about what you said. About lord Orochimaru. He has changed. Worships some snake god. At first I thought that was it, but even before he was like that", said Kin.

"Yig?", asked Naruto.

"Yeah that's it, you heard of it", asked Kin.

"Yig is a Great Old One, like Cthulhu. The patron deity of snakes, I'm the reason he worships Yig", said Naruto.

"What", asked Kin shocked.

"My eyes let me show others some of the creatures that live in the multiverse to various effect. I used Yig against Orochimaru. I really shouldn't have, I can't control that power outside of Eldritch Form anymore. The reaction was unexpected. Had I shown him Azathoth he would have been a gibbering wreck", said Naruto.

"What is Azathoth", asked Kin.

"The Nuclear Chaos, Daemon Sultan, Blind Idiot God. He had many names. He is where the multiverse came from. He sleeps at the center of infinity, when he wakes he will take back every reality and be whole once more. To be honest, reality itself was an accident. I know it sounds depressing, but my philosophy is that Life means nothing, but we live it all the same. Might as well live a good one", said Naruto.

Kin nodded.

"Good philosophy, doesn't help knowing everything is an accident. Don't know if I believe it, but I don't think you would lie. I an not sure why I think that", said Kin.

"I despise lies. I always tell the truth. I may withhold information, but that is as far as I go", said Naruto.

Kin shrugged.

"If you say so", said Kin.

Naruto nodded before standing up.

"I have to go now, If you need me just tell a guard", said Naruto.

"Will do", said Kin.

Naruto walked to the lift and made his way back to the office. He looked as Sasuke and Sakura were talking to unusual summons. A Bipedal black Panther with several swords and a winged Armored Horse respectively. He walked over to them.

"I see you signed the contracts", said Naruto.

"Yeah, this is Shade", said Sasuke motioning to the bipedal panther.

Naruto nodded to the panther.

"It is an Honor to meet you", said Shade.

"Like wise", said Naruto.

"And this is Charity", said Sakura.

The Horse bowed.

"Nice to meet you", said Naruto.

"Thank you", said the winged Horse.

The two summons finished speaking with their respective summoners before dispelling.

"Got to say, one day with you nd I feel like I can take on that man", said Sasuke.

"Be patient, he is an S-class ninja. We don't need to rush things", said Naruto.

Sasuke only crossed his arms.

"So I take it we are apart of this organization of ours now", asked Sakura.

"In a way. You can come and go as you please but you have to be tight lipped about all this. Also considering some ninja can read minds, I would ask if you meet with Xel to improve defenses from mental attacks", asked Naruto.

"No problem", said Sakura.

Naruto was about to nod when a clone walked up to him.

"Sir, I got some bad news", said the clone.

"Speak", said Naruto.

The clone saluted Naruto as it began to speak.

"Several moments ago there was a failed Assassination attempt on the Third Hokage. The Village is in lockdown. No one comes in and no one gets out until the assassin is caught", said the Clone.

Naruto nodded.

"This complicates things", said Naruto.

He turned to Sasuke and Sakura.

"Looks like no missions for a while. They are going to crack down hard for this. Be careful when entering sewers to come here", said Naruto.

They each nodded. Naruto smiled as he nodded back. He turned back to the clone.

"Send out some transformed clones to investigate. I also want a list of any Ninja spotted near a gate since after the assassination attempt. If we are lucky the assassin is still in the village and we can point the ANBU in the right direction. If he did escape then this lockdown can last a while. We need to prepare for either case. Is the long range communications up", asked Naruto.

"Not yet sir, but the clones are working on it", said the Clone.

"Good, once it's up inform all clones out on missions of the lockdown. The main priority is the clones in Snow and Sky. Tell them to hold on to any equipment and information until the lockdown is over", said Naruto.

"Sir yes sir", said the clone as it walked off.

"This is bad. Every ninja will be watched for this", said Sakura.

"Either way we will investigate. I suspect an agent of Orochimaru sent to finish the job, but I can't make that call just yet. We will just have to sit and wait", said Naruto.

The all nodded before heading out the lab.