Chapter 80

"You're one amazing genius, Shisui." I let out as in front of me was the seven years old boy who was wrapped by a green skeleton figure made of chakra

"I... Wouldn't have been able to go this far without your help..." Shisui replied while being completely exhausted as the figure around him vanished when he started to falter

"You should rest for today, let me help you." I said as I stopped his fall, now noticing that he was heavily sweating before weakly nodding as he closed his eyes

Some time ago, I forcefully awakened Shisui's Mangekyô Sharingan because he asked me to make him stronger, thus the reason why he was training his Susanoo.

I also gave him the Eye Medicine Plant since it allowed the Sharingan to not deteriorate with each use, that way Shisui wouldn't get blind without the need to get the Eternal Mangekyô Sharingan.

And honestly, he was truly a monster to be able to use Susanoo partially enough to protect himself or use its arms to attack at such a young age.

Teleporting away from the secret training ground I used for Shisui to train his Dōjutsu, I appeared in front of the house and was surprised to see both Kushina and Minato leaving from the entrance door.

"Hokage-sama!" Minato exclaimed when he saw me appear in front of my house but I quickly retorted "You can drop the formalities, we are in the Senju Compound and not in the Hokage's Office."

"He can't help it, you know? He holds too much respect for you." Kushina exclaimed with a smile as she strongly patted Minato's back, making him almost bite his tongue

'Well, hearing rumors and witnessing me fighting with his own eyes are not on the same level' I thought before saying "Let me lay Shisui on his bed and I will be right back." as I wanted the boy to rest after training with me for hours and brought him to his bedroom

"To seek this much strength at such a young age..." I heard Kushina mutter as I teleported back to them

"There's no better driving force than the will to protect your family." I said as Shisui only wanted his mother to be freed from Black Zetsu's control

"*cough* Anyway, why did you come here at this time of the day?" I asked as they both looked at each other, nodded, and replied in unison "We plan to get married soon."

...

"I see." I muttered as they both looked at me with such nervousness they might have believed that I would have thrown a tantrum

"What? Kushina is a full-grown adult, why would I interfere in her love life now? In fact, you're a bit late on that point but I can't blame you for it since we were at war." I added as I shrugged my shoulders and made Kushina happily smile at my remark

"Also, I know we made a bet, Minato, but I hope that you will take care of Kushina while keeping your training up." I then exclaimed before leaving them the time to speak

"Eh? A bet? You made a bet with Minato?" Kushina asked as she looked between her soon-to-be husband and me while frowning since Minato didn't talk about it

"More like a challenge but it won't meddle with my private life, as much as I give my all for it." Minato said as he knew that he had to defuse Kushina before she started getting angry

"And what does the challenge entails?" Kushina asked as she looked at me while she was pinching Minato's ear

"I told him that he would become the Fifth Hokage only if he was capable of perfecting two things... One, he has to master the Lightning Chakra Mode that he got the chance to learn as a war prize, and two, he has to master the Sage Mode." I declared as Kushina looked at me with her mouth wide opened

"What? That's the requirements one should accomplish if he has to be my successor, at least I will stay Hokage for a couple of years more, though I would like to retire before reaching forty." I said as this challenge I gave Minato didn't truly have a deadline

"Don't worry Kushina, I've been smoothly progressing since the bet, the Lightning Chakra Mode isn't as hard as I believed it to be learned... As for the Sage Mode, it might take me a few years since I don't want to shorten our times together." Minato explained as he took Kushina's hands and looked straight into her eyes, making the fiery Uzumaki blush and look away

'He knows the trick as well' I thought as I chuckled inwardly to not trigger Kushina's fury once more

"*sigh* I would be more than happy if you were to achieve your dream, so you have my full support." Kushina said as she stopped torturing Minato and then looked at me "As for you, we didn't just come to tell you about our wedding." she declared as my ears perked up "I wanted to ask you to accompany me during the ceremony, just like a father should-dattebane…" she added as she scratched her cheek with one finger, slightly embarrassed

"I would gladly do it, Kushina." I replied as it was something to be proud of for me since I never adopted her but was more of a father for her than her biological deceased father

I know that I will be attending many, and truly many, weddings over the next few years, heck, I already attended Shikuro's wedding which was... Quite peculiar, considering the Aburame Clan's natural quietness.

His wife was someone from their Clan and she was already pregnant, so, if destiny didn't change that much, he should have a son who will be able to use the Rinkaichū.

I also attended Shibi's wedding since I was his Jōnin team leader albeit for a short while and I received a letter from Hizashi who told me that he intended to marry Sāra, Rōran's princess who had Uzumaki's blood inherited from her father.

Not only did this mean that Neji wouldn't be born at all and that I need to help him persuade the Hyūga Clan since they forbid outsiders to continue their Clan's lineage, but it also meant that their children would have both Hyūga and Uzumaki blood.

Aside from that, I will be attending the Ino-Chika-Chō separate weddings as well since Tsunade was their team leader and, well, we did interact a lot, at least one of the clones, since they are part of Konoha's council after succeeding their parents a while back.

"Thank you!" Kushina exclaimed with a beautiful smile as she was relieved from my answer and made me clear out my thoughts

"You're welcome, though do tell me as soon as possible when you have settled a date for your wedding, I need to prepare my gifts." I said as Kushina quickly replied "You'll be the first one to know." which made me honestly glad

Nevertheless, we chit-chatted for some more and when it started to get dark outside, we parted ways as I teleported inside of the underground laboratory where Orochimaru was still working with his lab coat and glasses on.

"Ah, nice to see you today, Yuichi-san." the pale androgynous man greeted me as he was writing something on a notebook since we were in his office

"Every single time I come to see you, you seem to be paler... When was the last time that you got outside? And I mean you, not the clone that makes others believe you didn't disappear for years." I exclaimed as I gave the man money and vacation but he never took the latter and sometimes disregarded the former

"Why should I leave? I don't need to sleep that much and my sugar-daddy is providing me with everything I need for experimenting and researching." Orochimaru casually replied as he smirked and then continued to write whatever he found from his last experiment

"Sugar-daddy? You could've at least said sugar-friend or something, we're the same age, it feels gross you know." I retorted after sighing as I massaged my temples

"I assume that you came to see the final product?" Orochimaru then asked as he got up from his seat after putting down his glasses

'Why do you even wear glasses when your eyesight isn't impaired' I thought before answering "You told me that you should have finished by night, so of course."

"And you would be right." he first said as he started to move towards a door before adding "Could you follow me?" as he led me to the most sealed place in the laboratory

Once inside, he put the lights on and revealed a giant pod filled with a green bubbly liquid, still transparent enough to see whatever dwelled inside.

And right now the pod seemingly wasn't keeping something but someone.

The body shape was feminine, around 165cm (~5'5), with long grey-white hair and extremely pale skin, and overall features that almost looked like Kaguya.

"Thanks to the Chimera Technique combined with the Earth Grudge Fear you made, I could successfully combine the DNA you gave me, making this body holding Hyūga, Kaguya, Uzumaki, Senju, and Uchiha's DNA all at once." Orochimaru explained as he was smiling while talking since it was the best creation he took part in

"As for the eyes, they were Sharingan and after many trials and errors, I could make the body accept the chakra you provided me, which means..." he left his words hanging as he now looked at me

"That it has the Rinnegan?" I finished as he nodded while his body trembled from the excitement

"What about its chakra capacity?" I then asked as I examined the notes I found near the pod

"I would have said second to none if you weren't here." he replied as he swept his mouth because he got too excited

"The body is also physically ready, it has a beating heart and functioning organs just like any humans... But it's not 'alive' yet." Orochimaru explained as he moved towards me and pointed at a specific paragraph in the notes

"It's not time yet, Orochimaru... I will implement the modified soul only when the task that this artificial body has to do is ready." I explained as I used Kunitokotachi to completely overwrite a rogue and deceased Uchiha's woman personality, making her a brainwashed loyal subject of mine since she would only serve as a sacrifice

After all, the plan will be to let this... Homunculus, I guess, becomes the Ten-Tails jinchūriki after I feed the Tailed Beasts chakra I generated to the Ten-Tails husk, thus bringing Kaguya Ōtsutsuki back to life.

Something that will be done right after I took care of Black Zetsu.

"I can't believe we were able to create an ageless human body..." Orochimaru muttered as he put his hand on the pod and admired the 'homunculus' inside of it

'We essentially did in a few years what Black Zetsu took millennia to do and didn't even accomplish it yet' I thought since Black Zetsu tried to find a suitable host for the Ten-Tails for ages

I don't truly know what Black Zetsu's true objective is for taking possession of the Ten-Tails... All I know is that he wasn't born from Kaguya's will, but then, who..?

Shaking my head left and right to dissipate my thoughts, I exclaimed "I know what you want, Orochimaru, and I won't stop you... If you want to make an artificial body for yourself, I will help you out, just remember rule number one..."

"Don't kidnap or use anyone from Konoha unless they are rogue ninja, I know." he replied as his eyes shone when I gave him the get-go to make a homunculus body for himself so he wouldn't age anymore, giving him a kind of immortality

"Good, just tell me what you need and I will bring them to you if the storage doesn't have them, and warn me when the body is finished so I can transfer your soul." I then said as I took a last glance at the naked homunculus that will be Kaguya's host body

'All these efforts just so I wouldn't get PETA on my ass' I thought as it would have been honestly far easier for me to use Madara as the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki while capturing the nine Tailed Beasts instead of using the friendlier approach

Anyway, what's done is done. I didn't want to kill Kurama, even less since he became cooperative, nor do I want to weaken the multiple Jinchūriki I brought to Konoha.

"Thank you, Yuichi-san." Orochimaru replied as he even bowed down, something a proud scientist like him had never done before

"You're welcome. And you don't need to bow to me, we are friends, not under a master-servant kind of relationship." I declared as I sighed since Orochimaru's social skills weren't his forte, far from it, actually

Nevertheless, we then left the homunculus room, and as I was ready to leave the laboratory, I remembered one thing.

"Ah wait a minute, Orochimaru." I said as he was going to start yet another experiment right off the bat but turned back to face me

"I just wanted to ask you something since Tsunade and I plan to get a second child soon, so, would you agree to be its Godparent?" I asked as he looked at me with a dumbfounded expression

"Me? Didn't I refuse the first time, and thankfully I did since Tsugumi seems to be too energetic for me to handle." Orochimaru replied as he disregarded the fact that I said 'Godparent' and not Godfather or Godmother since he didn't really have a gender, though he told me that 'he/him' pronouns were fine so I kept using them, and most people did as well

"If I can assure you that his personality would take more after me, would you accept?" I explained as it made him frown and answer "He? I won't pry into why you would say that but I trust your judgment... Alright, I don't mind accepting, but I can't promise you that I will be capable of taking care of him if something happened to you... I'm not good with the parent-child relationship kind of thing."

"Don't worry, I don't intend to die, and, who knows, maybe it will give you the desire to get a child of your own." I said with a smirk as he rolled his eyes and replied with too much seriousness "I wouldn't partake in something so inefficient as procreating... If I want a child, I will just create it."

'Yeah that's Orochimaru for you' I thought as I chuckled and finally bid him farewell for now

It was time for my fellow clone working in the Hokage's Office to be replaced since he was on the verge of canceling himself because of the massive amount of paperwork he did and still had to do.

While I wouldn't be the one taking his place, I was the clone overseeing every other in Yuichi's stead whenever he was generating the Tailed-Beasts chakra, and by doing so, I allowed him to solely focus on his objective, thus not getting 'polluted' by the endless amount of information each clone sent.

Anyway, I was convinced that Yuichi will be pleased the moment he learned about everything that happened today.

I just need to warn him that his wife will go to bed soon or else he would get thrashed.

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[A/N: I honestly want to do an Attack of Titan fanfic so badly right now, though I don't know if I will make a standalone fanfiction only taking place in AoT or use the fanfic I've been writing from time to time that will be a multiverse (I started this one a while back but it should be the next one I release once this Naruto fanfic is over, just a hint, it starts in OVERLORD).

Even though I read the manga since it was finished, the anime just give me different feels, and as someone who hasn't watched much anime for a while, I'm just hyped.

Anyway, I wrote notes on what important things I want to do if I ever try an AoT ff or use my to-be multiverse for it.

It's horrible to have so many ideas for different fanfic but not the time to write them all.

Also, I feel like there is a lack of AoT ff, and almost every single one ended up dropped... Though we might see a lot of AoT fanfic soon, which I won't read since I don't want my ideas to be influenced, and that sucks.]