This was the only way to save the village.
Naruto looked around at his village, villagers, the love of his life, his friends, his wife and his kids and smiled wistfully.
He was calm, very calm for someone in his situation.
The village was panicked but eerily quiet. They didn't understand what was going on.
Their Kage was fine, was he not?
An enemy army had attacked the village. The Nanadaime and ninjas above Genin level had fought endlessly while under the level of Chunin had evacuated the civilians. The village was doing well against the enemy army but then, they didn't understand how, the enemy leader had captured the Hokage's daughter. Seeing his army fall he furiously ran through some complicated hand seals with one hand but before he could complete the sequence or strike the littlest Uzumaki, Naruto teleported in front of her shielding from the attack. Unfortunately he got hit but the good news was, there was no harm inflicted upon him.
Or that's what they thought.
The enemy leader had died by the hands of Kakashi right after that attack.
Now he wished, he could be faster and would've killed that motherfucker before he could hit their Kage.
Not much later the village was safe with no enemy alive. Well some did survive but we're quickly transferred to interrogation room. They all sighed, relieved.
'Kit.' Kurama called out in his strong voice.
'Kurama, I was just waiting for it.' Naruto replied just as strongly.
'You know it.' Kurama said after a small pause.
'Yes, I do but I don't understand how.' Naruto hummed internally before speaking.
'Your consciousness is dying, the unknown jutsu is bringing out your darkness and once it comes out, it will intensify to a degree that my malicious chakra will react to it automatically.' Kurama gave a simple and short explanation. There was nothing to elaborate anyway, neither had seen the sequence of jutsu and it wasn't like either doubted Kurama would hesitate to do anything to save his host. No matter how much it hurt his pride, he admitted because he couldn't do anything did he tell what was going on with his first friend.
Naruto was no God, he had darkness within him just as much as everyone else if not more. Although he had conciled with his darkness during his Kurama's chakra training, by no means did it mean that his darkness had died rather he had accepted that part of himself he had always been so scared to even acknowledge.
'Our village is no longer safe. From their Kage, their protector no less.' He chuckled bitterly at the irony. 'Is there no way to stop this?' They both knew the answer, they were stalling from the reality they knew.
But what else could they do?
'I tried.' There was no need to reply but Kurama did anyway.
'I see.' Naruto replied calmly. 'Can I ask for a favor, Kurama?'
'Don't.' The biju growled at his host. It was inevitable, the Kyuubi no Yoko knew yet, yet, yet....
'Kill me Kurama. There is no one who will be able to subdue us if we go all out.' Naruto knew the emotions Kurama was feeling, though foreign to the bijuu itself, they weren't for Naruto.
'I said 'Don't' clearly, didn't I!?' Kurama's voice boomed in his mind and he winced.
The Nanadaime sighed, 'Who would you prefer to be sealed in Kyuu? Boruto or Himawari?'
