Vishnu

The panel shows the Celest City dimension.

Vishnu and Quintrix are looking at Sasuke holding Naruto's body.

Vishnu: We must return to Konoha.
Quintrix: I am coming with you.
Sasuke: What's the point? We lost.*
Vishnu: No we didn't. Even though Naruto's gone...we still have a chance at defeating them.
Quintrix: Let's go Sasuke.
Sasuke shouts: Stay Away! You were our enemy all this time! How can i trust you?!?
Vishnu: Trust me Sasuke. Trust me.

The panel shows Minato, Itachi, Kakashi and Jiraya in the Hokage office.

Minato: So...only one god?
Itachi: Indeed. I think that they merely wanted to test our power. He wasn't much of a threat to us.
Jiraya: Hmm...when will Naruto be back?
Kakashi: We don't know...they didn't said.
Suddenly a fodder bursts in.
Fodder: Minato-sama! Quickly! It's Naruto! He is...
Minato suddenly has a determined expression and bursts out of the office, followed by Jiraya, Kakashi and Itachi.
They get outside, only to witness the most disturbing scene. The scene shows Vishnu and Quintrix coming towards them, and behind them, Sasuke carring Naruto's body, and Quintrix is carring Krishna.
Minato: What...what happend?!? Who did this?!?
Vishnu looks at Sasuke's face.
Vishnu: The enemy...Naruto protected me from a fatal blow. He took it instead. I'm sorry Minato...
Itachi looks at Sasuke and his face it's sorrow. The scene points out that Itachi understood the situation.
Itachi: I see...so the enemy did it...
Vishnu: Quintrix here, it's our allied. He was a double agent all this time. He can reveal to us precious intel about Raiden's plans and powers.
Jiraya has tears in his eyes as he looks at Naruto.
The whole villagge gathers around them, and everyone is crying as they look at the dead body of the former Sixth Hokage.
Sasuke gives Naruto to Itachi and turns around to leave.
Minato: Sasuke!
Sasuke: What do you want?*
Minato: I want to tell you to come back. We will need you...
Sasuke: Hmpf...i doubt it...
He vanishes from their sight.
Everyone looks after him, puzzled except Vishnu, Quintrix and Itachi.
Itachi goes near Vishnu.
Itachi: It wasn't the enemy who killed Naruto. It was Sasuke, right?
Vishnu with a sad voice: The dark chakra took over him. He nearly killed me and Quintrix. In the last moment, Naruto saved me from a fatal blow, coming from Sasuke. He died with a smile on his face, Itachi...it's not Sasuke's fault. Don't blame him...
Itachi: I won't...
Itachi activates his MS and looks at Naruto. Suddenly he makes a step back frightened.

The panel shows Sasuke standing on top of Hashirama's head and crying deeply.*

Suddenly Itachi lands near him.*

Sasuke: What do you want, brother?*
Itachi: Sasuke...what really happend?*
Sasuke: I screwed up, brother. The Spiralling EMS power took over me . I tried to kill Vishnu and Naruto saved him by taking the blow.*
Itachi: Dark chakra , huh...
Sasuke with a desperate voice: Raiden warned me that the chakra will take over me, once...i killed my best friend out of rage, brother! And i took away our shot at victory!!!
Itachi: He is not dead, Sasuke...
Sasuke: What do you mean!?!
Itachi: I mean that he is still alive. He is in a comatose state. I looked inside his councious. And i found the Kyuubi struggling to keep him alive. If he would be dead, the Kyuubi would also be dead! But i couldn't interact with him...he is captive somewhere in a white room...i guess that his own mind.*
Sasuke smiles: No...it's not his own mind... He is the prisonier of Heavens!

The scene shows Naruto suspended in the air. He is inside a giant white room. He slowly wakes up and looks around him.

Naruto: Where am I?
The First's voice: In my world. I'm the Creator, Uzumaki Naruto...and i brought you here for a specific reason.
Naruto: What do you want with me?
The Creator: You accessed the power of a god yourself. The Celest City was destroyed...but it can be rebuilt.
Naruto: I'm sure that Vishnu can do it.
The Creator: Vishnu won't be able to be the Guardian of time any longer...he has a different path to walk on. Uchiha Sasuke made a trade with me. In exchange of the power he got from me, he will give me his soul.
Naruto shocked: Why would he trade his soul in exchange of power!?!
The Creator: Because he needs it, in order to stop Raiden. But now, i'm ready to make another trade. I won't take Sasuke's soul...if you accept to became the Guardian of time after all of these are over.
Naruto: What do i have to do as the Guardian of time?
The Creator: You will need to guard the flow of time. You will understand your true position at that moment. Do you accept it?
Naruto: If i do this, you will spare Sasuke? And you will let him the power you gave away?
The Creator: Exactly.
Naruto: Then...i accept it...
The Creator: Perfect...
Naruto: I have a question though....
The Creator: Feel free to ask me everything you want. But i don't guarantee that you will understand my answers.
Naruto: Aren't you afraid that Raiden will defeat us, will aquire Vishnu and Livontes's powers, the Tailed beasts and the Byakugan, and then he will oppose you?
The Creator: Raiden opposed me since the beggining. But he doesn't fully understands the concept of time yet. If he would do that, then of course, he would pose a threat to me.
*But now, even if you lose to him, even if you win, it will not affect me. Because he is not able to fully understand the time, so he cannot access my dimension.
Naruto: Is there anyone besides you that understands that concept?
The Creator: Vishnu understood it. And he has kept it a secret from everyone since then. Let me tell you something...the man who understands my plan, my design for this world...is currently Vishnu. But soon, you will understand everything too.
Naruto: Fine...that's all i needed to hear. Now let me out of here.

__________________
When other men blindly follow the truth remember:
Nothing is true!
When other men are limited by morality and law remember:
Everything is permitted!

Vishnu

The Creator: I am afraid that i cannot do this.
Naruto: Why!?!
The Creator: If you die in the war against Raiden, who will be the Guardian? Because once you're dead, i cannot use you anymore.
Naruto: So what do you mean? That you will keep me trapped in here until the war it's over!?!
The Creator: Exactly. You will stay here, until the very end. Only then you will be released and you will assume your position.*
Naruto shouts: But my friends are dying out there! I cannot stay here and let them fight alone!
The Creator: Everyone of them will die someday. If it's sooner or later, doesn't matter.
Naruto: You are supposed to represent the good side! Not the ruthless side!
The Creator: You don't understand something. I am not ruthless. You consider me that way, because you are limited to a subjective point of view. You cannot let go of your feelings and analize a situation without them. Because your feelings are the ones that gave you connections and bonds with people. Because of that you cannot be objective.That's why you consider my moral judgment wrong and even ruthless. The truth or falsity of moral judgments does not depend upon the beliefs or feelings of any person or group of persons.It's something general available for everyone. Something that stands true for any living form. And you cannot argue with that.
Naruto: Indeed...it's correct what you have said...but you missed something.
The Creator: I'm pretty sure that i haven't missed anything.
Naruto with a determined look: We are humans! Not gods! And because of that we will never stop to try to bend the reality according to our whises!

The scene shows Vishnu, Sasuke, Minato and Itachi standing above Naruto's body. Naruto is sitting on a bed in a hospital room.

Vishnu: He should be alive if what you said it's true Itachi...but why he lacks the pulse?
Itachi: I don't know, Vishnu... **
Sasuke: Itachi said that he is trapped in a white room. That's where i met the Creator before. Maybe that's the reason why he doesn't wake up. I was also dead after i fought Narasimha, but i comed back to life after the Creator was done with me. I think that the same thing it's happening to him right now.
Vishnu: But why it's taking so long? That's the question. Usually it doesn't take so long a conversation with Him.
Sasuke: I cannot access his mind...i am afraid that the dark chakras could take over me again. You do it Itachi.
Itachi: Fine...Mangekyou Sharingan!*

The panel shows Itachi walking through a large hall. He is inside Naruto's mind.

He spots the Kyuubi held by several chains. Itachi walks towards Kurama.
Itachi: What's happening Kurama? Why are you chained?
Kurama: Uchiha Itachi...why isn't your brother here? He is afraid? He is ashamed of what he has done?
Itachi: Of course that he is afraid. He is afraid that those evil chakras could take over him again. And of course at he is ashamed. He attacked his friend. But you didn't answered my question: why are you chained? Naruto did this?
Kurama: Hmpf...no, it wasn't the brat. Someone else did it. Someone else...that holds the powers of life and death. Naruto cannot oppose him. No man can oppose this one. I don't know what he is but he surely is something completly different than everything we have met. It's not about power with this one.
Itachi: Where is Naruto?
Kurama points with his eyes above them. Itachi looks above the and spots a white room.
Itachi: He is trapped there?
Kurama: Exactly. The guy who holds him there, wants to grant the title of Guardian or something like this.
Itachi: This should be enough. Thank you Kurama.
Itachi vanishes from Kurama's sight, leaving the beast alone.
Kurama: Fools...

The panel it's switched back to the reality.*

Vishnu: Well? What have you seen?
Itachi: Kurama is in chains. He didn't struggle to keep Naruto alive, he struggled to break free. Naruto is alive but he is prisoner in a white room in his mind. The entity that keeps him there wants to make him a Guardian.
Vishnu : Guardian!?! Then...this means...that my time has passed. And Naruto will not be released until all of these are over. We have failed. We cannot release him from this state. He is the only one who can do it, but i don't think that he can defeat the Creator's will so easy. *The Creator intends to keep him there, until the war it's over. It doesn't matter who wins or loses. The Creator already saw my death, and he plans to make Naruto the next guardian of the time.
Sasuke: So...it's all in vain for us?
Minato with a determined look: No it's not! Naruto will break free! I trust him!
Itachi: I will go back inside his mind and i will use all my power to aid him. We need him on the battlefield.
Minato: In the meantime i will prepare our forces.
Vishnu: Krishna must be healed until now. I will tell him to gather the remaining forces of the Celest City. I will also summon Yama back. He will come back with our forces. They are currently in a separate dimension that i prepared in advance.
Quintrix: I will bring Hyuuga Hinata back.
Minato: But why did you kidnapp her in the first place?
Vishnu: Raiden wants her.
Quintrix: And i took her away in order to protect her.
Sasuke looks at them.
Sasuke: I Have my own bussines to do. Sorry.
Sasuke leaves the room.
Minato: Is he okay?
Vishnu: Let him be...
Itachi looks at Naruto and says: Mangekyou Sharingan!

The panel shows Raiden and Livontes. They are inside a giant cave.

Raiden: Prepare our troops Livontes. We will march towards Konoha soon. With Uzumaki Naruto out of the picture and Uchiha Sasuke afraid to use the full extent of his powers, our path it's clear. They just suffered a great moral damage.
Livontes: But they have also aquired a powerful allied. Quintrix knows everything about our power.
Raiden: *He doesn't know everything about us yet. He still lacks some intel. Prepare yourself. Soon we will go to war.
Livontes: But in order to go to war, we need an army. We don't have one.
Raiden: Oh, but we do have an army!

__________________
When other men blindly follow the truth remember:
Nothing is true!
When other men are limited by morality and law remember:
Everything is permitted!

Vishnu

The scene shows Naruto in the white room.

The Creator: You amuse me. You said the truth right now.
Naruto: What do you mean?*
The Creator: You shaped your reality according to your whishes.*
Naruto: I don't understand what do you want.*
The Creator: When you used the Flying Thunder God technique level 4 you thought that you transffered into a different timeline, in a different dimension.
Naruto: That's exactly what i did.
The Creator: That's exactly what you did, limited to the humans level of understanding. The time as you understand it, it's a very different concept of what the time really is.
Naruto surprised: What..what do you mean?
The Creator: Let me explain you. Since you are going to be the guardian you must know what you guard. The time it's an illusion. It flows differently considering of your perception of it. But it doesn't flow actually. It bends accordingly to your inner feelings, desires and emotions. When you thought that you traveled through time, you actually breaked free of my original illusion, and made me develop a new one, in order to fit with your needs. You never traveled to another dimension. You just made me change the shape, rules and understanding of one dimension. That's why the Beyonders wanted to punish you. Because you trespassed the original design of the illusion. And you were not allowed to do so. There aren't such things as past, present and future. There are three sides of the illusion. The time it's an abstract concept. To sum this up: it's all an illusion that you can change it if you have enough power.*
Naruto smiles: So the space time continuum it's an illusion.
The Creator: Exactly.*
Naruto as he activates the Rinnegan in his eyes and starts making handsigns: Then it means that the prison you have set up for me can be breaked!*

The panel shows Itachi outside the white room, enveloped in his Susano'o, cutting the chains that holds the Kyuubi.

Kurama: What are you doing?
Itachi: He will need your power in order to escape. I'm releasing you, that's what i am doing!
Kurama: Fool! You don't have that power!
Itachi with a determined look: Even if it kills me, i will still set you free!

The panel shows Naruto making handsigns.

Naruto: Divine path! Realm division!
The whole room gets violently shaked while Naruto releases from his body massive waves of chakra. Naruto shouts angered as he tries to break free of the Creator's power.
The Creator: What are you trying to do?
Naruto: I will break this! And i will defeat Raiden with my full power! And i will prove to you, that even if our whole existence it's merely a dream, it means something!
But suddenly Naruto's power release stops. He has exhausted his energies and he didn't managed to break free.
Naruto sweating: Shit...
The Creator: Alone, you don't have the power...

The panel shows Itachi cutting off the last chain holding Kurama.

Kurama: You did it!
Itachi as blood starts coming out of his mouth: I did it...but it put a great string on my chakra...your release nearly killed me...
Kurama looks at him: Itachi...you did this...even though you knew that it might kill you! Why?
Itachi falls on his knees and coughs blood.
Itachi with a faded voice: Because...because...Naruto is the light in a world of darkness. And if you take away the Sun, everything will die...
Itachi falls down uncouncious.
Kurama reaches for him with one of his tails, and touches the Uchiha.
Kurama: You will not die, Uchiha Itachi. I owe you one. You will wake up, and you will live.
Kurama releases a portion of his chakra into Itachi's body.
Kurama thinking: I don't know why these guys are willing to give their life for Naruto...but i must admit...the brat has something about him...

The panel shows Naruto falling to one knee.

Naruto: Dammit! I cannot be traped here!
The Creator: As i said...alone you don't have the power to break free.
Suddenly Kurama's voice it's heared.
Kurama: Alone huh? Who said that he is alone?
The Creator: Not even with your power...it's not enough...
Kurama appears next to Naruto inside the white room.
Kurama smiles: Then...why did you chained me for?
The Kyuubi touches Naruto with his tails, giving him the necessary chakra. Then, he vanishes.
Naruto suddenly gets up, with the Rinnegan activated, being in Sage Mode, and wielding Kurama's full power. A red chakra shroud it's formes around him.
Naruto with a determined voice: Now i have the power!*
He quickly makes five handsigns.
Naruto shouts: Light release! Angel's judgement!
He releases from his body, dense waves of light. The walls in the room slowly gets cracked.
The Creator: Impressive.
Suddenly the whole room shatters, releasing Naruto from the Creator's power!
Naruto as the room shatters: You will not keep me here!!!
The Creator: He finally understood what it means to break an illusion. He is ready...
The panel shows Naruto with a determined look and Kurama behind him.
Naruto: I will stop Raiden by all means!*
The Creator: You will. You have that power now. It seems that the human race it's more powerful than the Beyonders. You will reach your full potential soon...Uzumaki Naruto. You wield the power of a god, and combined with your human nature...you will be truly unstopable. When all of this will come to an end...i will wait for you to became what you were born to be. The Last Guardian of time.*
Naruto: I will keep my promise to you. But what will happen with Vishnu?
The Creator: Vishnu was created for another purpose. He doesn't know yet, but the life will throw at him a choice. A choice that will change the tide of this war. The future it's in his hands. But...go now Uzumaki Naruto! Prove your value and live up to the titke that you'll receive!
Naruto with a determined voice: Hell yeah!

The scene shows Vishnu and Sasuke walking around in Konoha and talking.*

Suddenly a buch of people are running around them, towards the Hokage tower.
Sasuke: What's this?!? What's happening!?!
Vishnu: It's not the enemy! I don't feel anything negative.
Sasuke: Let's go!
They both dash towards the Hokage tower. In front of it, there is a big crowd of people. Random people, and all the shinobis in the villagge. Sasuke and Vishnu lands in the front line. The front line it's composed of Quintrix,Jiraya, Minato, the Third, Tsunade, Kakashi, Kushina, Guy, Shikamaru, Asuma, Kurenai, Konohamaru, Zero, Udon and many others.
Sasuke: What's happening?
Minato: I don't know. We were all called here.
Sasuke sensing something, and with shock in his voice: No way....that bastard...he did it!
Suddenly the wind gets much stronger, and a man appears in front of them. The panel shows a different Uzumaki Naruto. He wears white pants, a white shirt that has a thin red line on the middle. He uses his headband as a belt. The metal plate it's caught on a red cloth. His hair it's a little longer and himself is a bit taller. He has a silver metal chest plate, silver arm guards and a red high collar coat, with flames on it's bottom.*
Sasuke: You...you are alive!
The crowd shouts joyfully : The Hokage!!!
Naruto: This time will be different. I'm not the same man.
Vishnu smiles and looks at him.
Vishnu smiling: Of course that you are not the same man anymore. Look at you. You radiate power.*
Naruto smiles: Someone told me that i got weak. And he was right.

__________________
When other men blindly follow the truth remember:
Nothing is true!
When other men are limited by morality and law remember:
Everything is permitted!

Vishnu

Naruto flashbacks his talk with Kurama.

Kurama: You did well, Naruto. But if it wasn't for my help you'd be still traped there.
Naruto: I know...thank you...
Kurama: You know why you got weak boy? Because slowly you lost your confidence. You are not the same brat the i knew. Man up! Be the man that you must be! Don't fall behind!

Back to reality.

Naruto: We will win this war! Just like we did before in the Celest City, and like we did with Raiden. There will be no obstacle in our path!
Vishnu: Uzumaki Naruto...my life it's in your hands. I entrust the future to you. Don't let us down!

The scene shows Livontes walking slowly towards Konoha. Behind him it's a large army of corpses...the remnants of Nirriti's former army. Near him it's a tall muscular man, wearing a white armor with flames on it.

Livontes: Agni...i'm pret surprised that you survived fighting Yama Dharma.
Agni: He almost killed me. But Raiden saved me and brought me back to the battlefield. I will be your general today, Livontes.
Livontes: Good. I guess that you want revenge?
Agni: Exactly. I will kill Yama for what he has done to me!
Livontes: Then, prepare yourself. Tomorrow by this day we will bring the war to Konoha's gates!
Agni: But do we have enough forces to fight them?!?
Livontes: I command over an army of a milion zombies. Not even the assault on the Celest City needed such a force to assure it's fall. I cleared Nirriti's dimension of every dead man he had there. The Hell waits to be filled with blood.
Agni: I heared that those two humans, made a name during the attack on the Celest City. That one of them actually killed Nirriti. The one who is called the God Slayer.
Livontes: There are two humans that achieved the Beyonder's power level. Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke. Naruto is the Hokage, the leader of Konoha, and Sasuke is known by the moniker you have mentioned. The others are fodders for us.*
Agni: What forces do they have at this point?
Livontes: There are those two humans, Krishna the Dragon god, Yama Dharma, Quintrix and Vishnu. Six powerful opponents. I am the only one that can match Vishnu's level of power, thus i will the one fighting him. You will have Yama Dharma. Krishna will have to fight the deads. The two humans and Quintrix will deal with Raiden himself. Today we will march on their bodies!
Agni: Indeed.
Livontes: This will not be a pleasant battle. This will be a massacre!


The panel shows Konoha. The village it's in turmoil. Everybody is running around making preparations for the upcoming war.*

Itachi is seen with Jiraya and Sasuke.

Sasuke: We will divide our forces into teams. I've through this before, so i know How we should fight them. My guess it's that Raiden will send forward Livontes to decimate our ranks, and then, we will come personally to deal with whoever is standing.
Jiraya: But Livontes alone lacks the power to defeat us. We still have you, Naruto, Quintrix and Vishnu.*
Itachi: Quintrix used a couple of his spies. It seems that Livontes commands an army of dead people.
Sasuke: Remnants of Nirriti's army.
Itachi: Also, they reported that the army is huge, like none ever seen before. Over a milion soldiers.
Jiraya: Sasuke, do we have the forces to stop something like that?
Sasuke: I don't know..the siege at the Celest City didn't had so many forces...and the City still falled. But, Vishnu sent after Yama and the remaining Beyonders. Yama will come with an army of Blue Guards. Beyonders trained specially for war times. Also, Naruto sent word to the other Kages to send whatever forces they have to aid us.
Itachi: We might have a chance...
Jiraya: If the Kages send their forces to support us...but if they don't...
Suddenly a fodder lands near them.
Fodder: Sasuke-sama, Itachi-sama, Jiraya-sama!!! The Kages!!!
Jiraya: What is it man? They sent troops?!?
Fodder: Troops?!? Come to the gate!

They all dash quickly towards the gate. When they arrive they witness an unusual scene. The panel shows Gaara, Mei Terumi, Onooki and E. Behind them it's a large army of shinobis. All four of them brought the full force of each villagge. Suddenly near them lands a red shadow.

Naruto: Thank you! Thank you all!
Gaara: Uzumaki Naruto. We are here, once again to aid you.
Onooki: This time we will kill that bastard!
E: We all brought our full military power here. We cannot allow Raiden to win.*
Mei: That's why...
Vishnu lands in front of them.
Vishnu: That's why they will fall before us!
Sasuke: And they will never rise again!

The scene it's switched. It shows Naruto and Hinata inside Naruto's office.

Hinata: So Quintrix it's not exactly the bad boy.
Naruto: I know...anyway...Hinata...the war will come to our gates in a couple of days.
Hinata: I know...
Naruto: If we lose this...and we all die...i want you to know that i love you. But if we live...Hyuuga Hinata...
Naruto kneels in front of her.
Naruto: Do you want to marry me?*

The scene it's switched. It shows Konoha's council room. The room it's filled with people. The panel shows Naruto, Sasuke, Itachi, Minato, Tsunade, Jiraya, the Third, Kakashi, Shikaku, Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, The Raikage, Darui, The Mizukage, Ao, the Tsuchikage with Kitsuchi, Krishna, Yama, Quintrix and Vishnu.

Naruto: Sasuke...tell us the powers that we have!
Sasuke: Well...let me start with Konoha. We got the Yellow Flash, two of the Legendary Sannin, Kakashi Hatake, Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Hyuuga clan, The Uchiha clan, the Nara clan, the Akimichi clan, the Yamanakas, the Inuzuka clan, the Aburames. Then, we got the Lightning's all power with the Raikage, E. We got the Mist's power and the Mizukage. We got the Rock and the Sand's powers with their Kages. The Blue Guard army just arrived. We got the god of death, The god of the Dragon, Quintrix and the Supreme Lord of the Beyonders, Vishnu. We also have me and you. The intel tells us that Livontes is coming with a milion people army. I think that we stand a chance.
Raikage: A milion people army?!?
Vishnu: Raikage...don't worry...the fodders are easy to kill. The problem is their general.
Naruto: Our forces will be separated in divisions. The Kages will have each a division under their command. Also, i want a team formed by the best ninjas of each villagge. Their attack plan it's very simple: Livontes comes with the army, and fights us until we are weak enough for Raiden. We cannot fall for that. That's why we need to eliminate Livontes very quickly. Vishnu, i count on you to take him out.
Vishnu: Don't worry. I have everything planned already.
Naruto: Then...this is it! Everyone take your battle positions and get ready! We still have some time left until the decisive battle! So use it wisely!

__________________
When other men blindly follow the truth remember:
Nothing is true!
When other men are limited by morality and law remember:
Everything is permitted!

Vishnu

The scene shows Sasuke and Sakura.

Sasuke: We might all die tomorrow.
Sakura: Even if we die...i...i..
Sasuke leans towards her.
Sasuke: There is no need for words.

The scene it's switched. It shows Naruto and Vishnu standing on the top of the Hokage's heads.

Vishnu: So you fought the Creator's will...
Naruto: Yeah...i managed to overcome it, but it wasn't easy.
Vishnu: If you managed to shatter the white room, then it means that you know, right?
Naruto: About the time? Yeah i know.
Vishnu: Do you realise the implications?
Naruto: I do. But i prefer not to think about them.*
Vishnu: If Sasuke finds out he will be devastated. His will to fight will shatter.
Naruto: I know...but who would have thought...that he was the catalyst to all of these?
Vishnu: If you would have killed him before he would reveal that he was a double agent...we could have avoided all of these.
Naruto: Heh...Vishnu...even if i knew that day when we fought...that it will lead to this...i would still sparred his life.
Vishnu: Heh...
Naruto: Now about you...are you aware of what awaits for you in this battle?
Vishnu smiles: Death? Oh, i'm not afraid, Naruto. The death for me, it's just a formality at this point. Actually i'm waiting for it.
Naruto: How so?
Vishnu: When you live to see what i have seen, you start to wish for dying. What's the death afterall? It's just the passagge from this world to another. And if my life on this illusion that we call time, has a meaning...then i will gladly give it away.*
Naruto: Vishnu...but if the time it's an illusion set by the Creator, wasn't everything already determined for us? The outcome could be already settled.
Vishnu: It's not about the outcome being settled. It may be like you say, and the Creator already determined our fate. But the beauty of our life it's that we don't know that, and if the outcome it's already settled...for us it matters how we are going towards that outcome. With pride or with shame.
Naruto: Shame? Pride? These are abstract concepts. You are ashamed about something in front of someone, but you are pride of the same thing in front of another. They are just masks that we put on in order to integrate in the society. So, these are not the variables that should be considerd in our path towards the end.
Vishnu: Then, what it matters? If you take it like this, and accept the idea that the time it's an illusion and your mere existence it's an illusion, what should you take as a landmark?*
Naruto: Nothing. Live your life by the best of your ability and forget that you know everything. Became a simple man for a couple of seconds and let yourself sink into your animalic instincts.
Vishnu: And so you will be able to evade a determined fate?
Naruto: You should because when you let out your animalic insticts, you became unpredictable. You could change the patterns of the illusion and thus changing your future.
Vishnu: Unless the illusion already contains your efforts of breaking it. Take for example the moment when you evaded Raiden in your original dimension. You think of that moment as one when you managed to separate yourself from the pattern of time. What if the illusion that the time and destiny is, already forseen that? That you were destined to do it?
Naruto: You're bringing out a paradox right now...i'm afraid that i don't have a suitable answer...but...if it's as you said...at least i had the feeling that i was free for a brief moment. And nothing compares with that feeling.
Vishnu has a sad smile on his face.
Vishnu: It seems that the sacrifice that you will make in order to became the Guardian...it's that you will constantly seek for moments of freedom and you are doomed never to find them again, leaving you with the bitter taste of losing.
Naruto: Or, leaving me with the sweet taste of victory. That for a moment i managed to break the boundaries, the limits of this world.
Vishnu: Hm...you've grown, Uzumaki Naruto. You're wise and powerful. You will be a good Guardian. I'm leaving the future in good hands.
Naruto: Thank you for taking care of the past...

The panel it's switched. It shows Naruto, Sasuke, Vishnu, Quintrix and Yama.

Naruto: So...this is it guys...
Sasuke: Yeah...we had a long run...
Quintrix: And most of the time i was the enemy...
Yama laughs: Don't worry! You were our enemy, we were Naruto and Sasuke's enemy, the we made an alliance with them against you, then you joined us...it's a twisted game.
Vishnu: Let's hope that it will end well.
Naruto: It will end well...even though they will be tough.
Sasuke:Yeah...indeed...the villaggers are all away from Konoha. The town it's empty so we can go all out.
Yama: Perfect...
Naruto with a determined look: Then let's beat the shit out of them and show Raiden that he cannot mess with us!


The scene it's switched. It shows Livontes in front of Konoha's gates. Behind him it's the large army of deads.

Livontes: Finally...we are here...prepare yourself Agni. The battle will start in a matter of moments.
Agni: Yes sir!
Livontes looks at the gates and blows them away with just a simple hand movement.
Suddenly in front of him lands a man. A man dressed all in blue, with fine yellow lightnings patterns in his fit coat. The man has black hair and a lightning pattern in his eyes. In his right hand he carries an sword.*

Vishnu: Livontes...so you have finally comed. We will end this right now.
Livontes: Vishnu...this is our last battle. It will determine the fate of the world. *
Suddenly behind Vishnu lands several people.*
The panel shows Sasuke and the Kages facing the army.
Sasuke: Vishnu, take this elsewhere.
Vishnu: Got it. Let's go elsewhere Livontes.
Livontes smiles: As you wish!
They both vanish leaving Sasuke and the Kages in front of the army of deads.
Agni shouts at his army: Attack!!! Kill them all!!!
Sasuke: This is our final fight. *Today it's*the day when the world declared in one voice: “We will not go quietly into the night. We will not vanish without a fight. We’re going to live on. We’re going to survive. Because this is not a fight for our pride. It's a fight for everybody! So today we will not die without taking these bastards with us to hell! Today we stand against our enemies! Today...WE DEFY THE DEVIL!!!!!!!
Suddenly the whole army of men appears behind them and they all launches towards the enemies.

The final panel shows Naruto in the Hokage office looking on the window, as Hinata prepares his armor.

Naruto with the Rinnegan in his eyes: So...the final battle of our days...has begun...it will all end here!

The end.

Next time: Konohamaru on the battlefield. The quick growth of a Sarutobi.
Agni the lord of fire reborn.*
Vishnu vs Livontes.

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When other men blindly follow the truth remember:
Nothing is true!
When other men are limited by morality and law remember:
Everything is permitted!

UzumakiUchiha

That was some amazing read vishnu, very entertaining, everything thing going nice and smooth without any plotholes, I love the idea of the concept of time you formulated,
This concept destroys all the confusion in travelling in time and space between dimensions because the idea of time being an illusion of one dimension is a perfect concept. Felt like i was a in a cinema, watching the EPIC mvovie.


lol just some thoughts here on some quotations taken out:

"he would pose a threat to me"
No one can pose a threat against the creator even raiden, rather, even if raiden is to succeed his plan the creator should let things play out for raiden, in the end dissapoint him badly, saying something like, he is the creator, who controls everything and only happens if he wills, then destoys raiden with a blink of an eye, painfully and slowlly (lol that would be a nice ending IMO)




"The Creator: If you die in the war against Raiden, who will be the Guardian? Because once you're dead, i cannot use you anymore."

Ofcourse he can use him again if he wills, the creator has the will to do anything, he
rules over all the laws and the creations (partly u mentioned he as the powers of life and death), just my opinion lol, hes power shouldnt be limited to anything.

royalmage

I'm speechless. That was amazing.

Will the creator allow Naruto to spend his life with Hinata prior to accepting the role of Guardian of Time? I hope he didn't ask her to marry him and not get a chance to follow through.

royalmage

Just realized you said "The Last Guardian of time". Why the word "Last"?

Vishnu

The next chapter will tell you why the Creator used those words. It's not a matter of power for him. And about Raiden...well...his real backround story it's a bit complicated. Thank you for the good critics man! And about the ending...trust me...it will be differently then any of you guys said ( not that those aren't good endings). I already have it in my mind, and it's going to be legendary. About the time: it was the only viable explanation for everything that happend. Now let's see if it's already if their fate it's already determined, or if they can change it. That's the main theme. Thank you again.

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When other men blindly follow the truth remember:
Nothing is true!
When other men are limited by morality and law remember:
Everything is permitted!

Vishnu

That's a good question. Actually it's the key for the final chapter. And i cannot spoil it .

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When other men blindly follow the truth remember:
Nothing is true!
When other men are limited by morality and law remember:
Everything is permitted!

jekyl_hyde

how do i start this....

i could say that your explanation of the concept of time was some last minute non-sense.... but it's not. it was very well done imo. something kishi hasn't done in a long while.

not gonna lie... and i know you have said this isn't your strongest point....

but if you could provide some visual aspect of how the characters would look in your story.... that would be just awesome.

Pritha

amazing vishnu.... if only u could draw like in a manga, i think these chapters wud be awesome .... thanks

Vishnu

Yeah i know guys, but i really really suck at it. I will search for someone who can do it for me. I found once a picture of how i would like Sasuke to look, and i posted here, but that's all.

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When other men blindly follow the truth remember:
Nothing is true!
When other men are limited by morality and law remember:
Everything is permitted!

sFrog

This seriously is the most complicated plot I've ever been fortunate to read that actually works out and hasn't gaps in the plot. Stunning... If there is anything out there comparable I really would like to know, since it would be a good read. I've got to admit, Oda is funnier

Vishnu, don't you really think you should get crackin and team up with a decent drawer for your thoughts? Kishi might be the better drawer, but if I had to choose I would prefer the well worked out and complex plot of this fanfiction over that of kishi.

Pritha

@vishnu : yes i know , I even copied that pic to my comp