603. A Family Reunion
"…"
Looking at her two bantering brothers, Ayaka rolls her eyes. She walks towards them, pulls their ear, and twists them.
AHH… AHH…
Two painful shrieks echo on the island.
"Hey, using All Null to penetrate our defense is cheating!" Izuna complains.
"Then what I am supposed to do about the thick skin of you two? I will probably hurt my hands." Ayaka glares at them.
"Ok! Ok! We give up." Izuna and Seiryū wave the white flag.
Ayaka turns to Izuna and clicks her tongue.
"Onii-san, you did a sloppy job like always. The corruption of Shutendōji is still present on the planet."
"Eradicating Shutendōji's influence is beyond even the current me. I can't do anything about it." Izuna shakes his head.
"I will do it!" Ayaka raises her hands.
"All Null?!" Izuna recalls the power of All Null.
"Yes, that might work. No, that will definitely work!" He nods.
Ayaka's 'All Null' can erase all concepts and laws, so it can also dispel Shutendōji's aura. Also, Ayaka could probably even kill Shutendōji with 'All Null' if she confronts him. However, the only problem is that his real body is hidden outside the current universe. And Shutendōji is just an avatar of the Otsutsuki God in the present universe.
So, it's valid to say the Otsutsuki God is beyond the concepts. Thus, 'All Null' is not much useful against his real body.
'That's the biggest limitation of 'All Null'. It's similar to Marvel Universe's Infinity Gauntlet. She can snap anyone from existence in the current presence, but this ability is useless outside the present universe. That's a broken ability in itself, but it has several restrictions too. Like she has to be present within a certain distance to use 'All Null' and also, she can't use any other power when 'All Null' is active. Though my 'All Origin' seems to overcome those limitations. Perhaps 'All Origin' is a higher tier of power. I didn't expect the GOD to give me such a broken ability.' Izuna ponders.
"Then let me help you!"
Izuna channels his energy through Ayaka's body, allowing her to use 'All Null' throughout the entire shinobi planet. A wave of blue light passes through the entire world.
Several hidden purple streaks of energy escape from the planet and turn into a massive Oni-face. The massive Oni opens its mouth to swallow the group. However, before it can make contact with the group, it gets erased by Ayaka's power.
"All done!" Ayaka wipes her hands.
"Hehe… We are not amazing. Ayaka is amazing!" Seiryū quickly praises her.
"Sis-con?!" Izuna rolls his eyes.
"The pot calls the kettle black!" Seiryū makes a victory sign.
"Ah! I almost forgot about those two!" Izuna suddenly recalls something.
Shiing…
The void in his left eye flickers and a portal opens in front of it. He quickly inserts his hand in the portal and drags out two frozen bodies from it.
"Back then, I sent Naruto and Sasuke to the Ice world to save them from Shutendōji's outburst."
The chattering of teeth echoes in the surroundings.
"My bad!" Izuna sheepishly thaws the duo from the ice.
"So cold! That's so cold!" There is a faint layer of chakra around the two, protecting them from the effects of the cold.
"Let me warm you up!"
Izuna envelops their body with white heavenly flames. Soon, steam rises from their body and the body temperature returns to normal.
"Any more delay and I might have died in that world!" Naruto stares at Izuna with an unhappy expression. Even Sasuke shoots a glare at him.
Ahem…
"The Ice world isn't that cold. It's only minus 270 degrees Celsius, still a bit away from Absolute Zero. Also, there is no need to worry even if you die. I will just recover your bodies and resurrect you two. As a God, I at least have that ability."
"Naruto!"
"Sasuke!"
The duo glances at each other. Naruto throws a black chakra rod towards Sasuke and the duo starts to beat Izuna.
"Hey wait! I just wanted to protect you two. It wasn't my intention to hurt you." Izuna frantically dodges their attack.
The Black chakra rods are low-level divine techniques. Even if they can't deal much damage to a God, the hit will still sting.
Ugh…Argh…
Soon, bit by bit, the rest of the people also slowly wake up.
"Daddy!" Kanna and Tatsuya are the first to wake up.
They quickly spot Izuna and rush towards him in a hug.
"My two cute little critters!" Izuna hugs them in his embrace and ruffles their hair.
Mei, Tsunade, and the rest also wake up.
"Where is the enemy?!" The group vigilantly looks around.
"Everything is alright! We took care of them." Izuna carries the two kids on his shoulder and walks towards the group.
"Izuna!" Akira and Aiko walk in front of him and Aiko gently stroke his face.
"Mom!" Izuna holds her hand and hugs her in his embrace.
"Izuna!" Akira also softly calls his name.
"Dad!" He separates from Aiko and hugs his father.
Ugh… Argh…
At this moment, an unconscious Madara also slowly opens his eyes. The vitality in his body is rapidly declining, an aftereffect of Shutendōji's possession.
Madara opens his eyes and notices Akira.
"Kasumi!" He slowly extends his hands.
"DAD!" Tears overflow from Akira's eyes as he rushes towards Madara and supports him.
"S-son? Are you my son?" Madara gently strokes Akira's aged face with his hand.
"Yes! I am your son, father! Your only son!" Akira cries in Madara's embrace.
Sigh…
Madara heaves a sigh of relief.
"At least I was able to see my son and his family before my death." The grief, sorrow, pain, and all other emotions in his heart vanish.
The other shinobis who were about to pounce on Madara are startled by this scene.
"Grandpa!" Izuna carries his two children on his shoulder and grabs the hand of his mother and wife towards Madara. Ayaka also follows him.
"Grandpa, this is our family! Your family!"
He places Tatsuya and Kanna in front of Madara.
"Are they my great-grandkids?" Madara places his withered hands on Tatsuya's and Kanna's head.
"Father, she is my wife, Aiko?" Akira introduces Aiko to Madara.
"Father-in-Law!" Aiko bows to Madara.
"This is my elder son and younger daughter!" He introduces Izuna and Ayaka.
"And these two are my grandkids?" He pats Tatsuya and Kanna's head.
"Haha… can you see it, Kasumi? I was finally able to unite with my family." Izuna, Seiryū, and Ayaka glance beside Madara and notice a soul body.
Shiing…
Izuna uses his Reigan and materializes Kasumi's soul.
"That's…"
Akira's and Aiko's eyes widen in surprise. Even Madara is shocked to see it.
"That's Grandma's soul!"
Ah…
Kasumi gasps in surprise and glances at her body in shock.
"Kasumi!" Madara's voice draws her attention.
"Dear!" Kasumi places her gentle hand on Madara's withered body.
"Mom!" Akira wipes his tears and hugs them.
Akio silently stands beside them.
"Our family is reunited!" Kasumi mutters with a sigh of relief.
"Yes, we are finally together!" Madara nods.
Shiing…
Izuna uses the ability of his Reigan and summons the souls of Hashirama, Mito, Tobirama, Hiruzen, and other related people beside him from the remains of the battlefield.
"So, that's Madara's family!" Hashirama glances at Madara with a smile on his face.
"Grandpa! Grandma!" Tsunade walks towards Hashirama and Mito.
Shiing…
Izuna even brings the souls of Tsunade's mother and father from the Pure Land.
Even the former Izuna and Hagoromo, a Demi-god, can pull this off, much less the current Izuna.
"Mom! Dad!" Tears flow from Tsunade's eyes as she reunites with her family. Nawaki walks from behind the two and jumps into Tsunade's embrace.
"You have grown old, Onee-san!" He hugs Tsunade.
"Also, I am sorry for not fulfilling my promise to protect you." A sad expression appears on Nawaki's face.
"It's alright! Now, your Onee-san has found someone else to protect him. Besides your Onee-san is strong!" Tsunade shows her biceps.
Izuna listens to their conversation and feels a sting in his heart.
'Since even she can confess her feelings. Then I too have to man up!'
Izuna dusts his clothes and wipes his already clean face.
He slowly walks in front of Tsunade and bends on one knee.
"Tsunade, I have something to say to you!"
Izuna's action startles everyone.
Hashirama, Mito, Tobirama, Hiruzen, and Tsunade's parents curiously stare at him.
Even Madara and Kasumi pause and glance at him. Akira and Akio also have a playful smile on their face. While an expression of relief washes over Ayaka's and Mei's face.
AH!
Izuna's expression freezes at this.
"Mmm… mm… Maybe we can talk about this later!"
He stutters with his words and almost stands up.
"You still dare?!" However, a sharp glare and several angry female noises drown his ears.
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A/N:- I am sorry everyone who were hoping there to be a single love interest. Pairing Tsunade and Izuna was my intention even from the very beginning. A fact you can observe from the start. However, I just couldn't make myself do it because of their age gap and several other reasons. So, I made a hodge-podge romance story of Izuna and Mei. However, after so many chapters and arcs, I couldn't betray my heart and had to do it. More so when Tsunade returned to her youth and made amendments with her past. So, I have to make them a couple. Because their romance is well-written at least compared to Izuna and Mei's one dimensional love story. The story is also reaching its end. The next arc is Izuna's Adventure arc, a story of his struggle and suffering to grow strong. And then we will have a concluding arc and then end it with epilogue. I don't know how many chapters those arcs will take. But we are already over 600 chapters (side-arcs excluded). So, forgive me if things aren't to your liking.
Also, I have been experimenting a lot with plenty of fan-fics like this OG, then Naruto the Weapon Shop, and the Rogue Demon. All of these ideas seems to be a flop. After much struggle, I managed to plan a new Naruto fan-fic Naruto: Shinobi of Blood and Bonds. Perhaps it will be another failed attempt or hit, I don't know. Only time will tell. If the new story succeeds, then I will rewrite the previous stories.
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