Chapter 2: What Comes Next?

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Iruka and the rest of the class all looked confused at that, before they all turned to Naruto. "What's he talking about, loser?" Sasuke demanded.

"Why the hell would I know?! I've never seen him until today!" Naruto exclaimed.

Akira sighed, "That's right. We wouldn't have met for many years to come." Akira said.

"In many years...? Wait..." Kiba said before the eyes of realization showed themselves.

"You traveled back in time?!" The class exclaimed.

Akira shook his head. "Not quite." Akira looked at Naruto and Sasuke, at Hinata. "I met you all when you were adults, at your peak strength. You were all considered the strongest shinobi in history. Then again..." Akira looked at Naruto once more. "I fucked that up for some of you." Akira's pained expression came back from his usually cold and emotionless one. Then he looked at Iruka, "That is why I need to speak with them. To apologize for what I did in my past." Akira said with such a strong, unwavering conviction that it was nigh impossible to believe he was lying or didn't mean it.

Iruka sighed. "Fine. Take them. But only if they are willing and if you can bring them back within an hour. Is that clear?"

"That's fair." Akira agreed.

Naruto looked back at Akira. "I wanna know." He said.

Sasuke sighed, "Fine. I'll join."

Akira put away his weapon and walked up and grabbed hold of the two. "Spatial Domination!" Akira proclaimed before they all teleported away.

They appeared in a covert space outside of Konoha that Akira had already put under his jurisdiction thanks to the Ultimate Skill Uriel that he attained from Rimuru by using Universal Barrier.

"What the hell? Where are we?" Naruto yelled (when does young Naruto NOT yell?).

"We are in my barrier outside from the rest of the world." Akira explained.

"What do you mean? I can still clearly see outside of it." Sasuke said.

"I would suggest trying to go past my barrier but you aren't strong enough to withstand going near it yet, let alone touch my multilayer barrier or go out of it." Akira explained as if it was the god-given truth. Which it is. At Sasuke's level, he wouldn't be able to handle the pressure of the Universal Barrier. That's not even talking about the other barriers he can erect like Unlimited Imprisonment.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes on Akira, "Am I weak to you?" Sasuke growled.

"Yes." Akira said without hesitation. "As we stand in this point in time, I would say I can annihilate Konoha. You included." Akira stated.

Sasuke grit his teeth and charged forward at Akira.

Akira sighed. He raised his palm slightly and a black Nichirin blade forged katana formed in his hand.

Sasuke's eyes widened slightly but he kept going. He swiftly brought out a kunai and flung it at Akira. Akira lazily moved out of the way of the kunai before he readied his blade. "Water Breathing: Form Nine: Waterfall Basin!" Akira declared. In a flash Akira was in front of Sasuke, his katana up. He swiftly brought it down but stopped short from splitting Sasuke in two.

Sasuke stopped a moment afterward, his eyes wide. So fast! I didn't even see him move! He thought as he looked at Akira in shock. How can he be so strong when he's our age?!

Akira lifted his blade back up and tossed it back into his Stomach.

"That still doesn't prove you could wipe out Konoha!" Sasuke yelled when Akira had started walking back to Naruto.

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