The Hokage's Will by Airheaded dude

Chapter Twelve: Rising Force

The Hokage's Will

Chapter Twelve: Rising Force

Naruto was pulled from the cage of the Kyuubi, taking him back to the realm of reality, all the while, the passive Uchiha that stood by the gate stared at the malicious form of the Kyuubi no Youko.

'This is the most befitting form of subjugation to one such as yourself; Kyuubi.' Itachi mentioned, as the Kyuubi growled in contempt at the human that stood before it.

'What perpetuates hatred? What denotes peace? This has been on my mind since I was a child, growing up in the chaos of the battlefield. I grew up to be a peace lover, upholding the teaching of the Senju about their ideas of the Will of Fire, their indescribable unity and harmony; I was awed by the Sandaime Hokage's sense of wisdom and his ideology rather than listen to my father's words.'

'Senju and Uchiha… For a long time that crevice was what separated Konoha as a whole. Rivalling families that isolate each other in a form of discrimination that utterly destroyed our home from the inside out, bridges that are made of ropes that do not remain for long, but now, there's a strong bridge that I can finally see that will reach across. It is through him, that I see that it can be possible. This is why I chose Naruto to impart an imprint of my spiritual energy and test out my theory; he is my last fail safe plan. As we are the descendants of the Rikudo Sennin, it is through us that we will one day come to understand one another, as what our progenitor's wish. Not as the descendants of the Uchiha and Senju, but as the legacy of the Rikudo Sennin himself.'

Naruto had stared upwards on the ceiling of his room as he thought of the words that Itachi had had said to him before.

What did he mean by 'New Rikudo Sennin'?

Naruto sat from his bed that night and got out of the small hut that Shima and Fukasaku stayed in.

Once he got out, he headed for the nearest Cliffside and sat down at the edge, staring into the cold night sky.

"Can't sleep, Naruto-chan?" Asked a familiar voice, Naruto turned around and saw Fukasaku was up as well, the old toad was sitting near his side as well.

Naruto shook his head "No… I was bothered by what happened during the moments of my facing with the Kyuubi."

"Does it have to do with the obtained control over it?" Asked Fukasaku.

"In a way, yes, I want to know what exactly was Itachi saying about me being the new Rikudo Sennin, that and how come I can control the Kyuubi better." Naruto muttered, he then remembered the harsh words of the Kyuubi directed to him, mocking him and insulting him, ridiculing his ideals that it even involved Jiraiya's memory. Naruto could feel himself get angry by the moment.

"It may be just a speculation on my part, Naruto-chan, but I believe it has something to do with the fact that the Uchiha and the Senju were the direct descendants of the Rikudo Sennin himself." Fukasaku answered as he put his front legs on his back as he stared into the white moon that illuminated the night.

"We know that the origin of the Bijuu came from the day that the Rikudo Sennin had split of the power of the Juubi into nine different creatures and that the descendants of the Rikudo Sennin have shown capability in controlling the tailed beasts, given the records of the battles between Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama." Fukasaku continued as Naruto nodded in understanding.

"If it came to that, those two had something in common yet different from the Rikudo Sennin. It is said that the direct descendants of the Rikudo Sennin inherited parts of a whole as they say, the spiritual energies of the Uchiha and the physical energy of the Senju."