Chance for a Prophecy

Chapter 15 - Tanuki and Blue Globe

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Chance for a Prophecy

Chapter 15. – Tanuki and Blue Globe

Everything seemed to stop for a second. Birds appeared to freeze in flight against the blue sky. A lonely azure butterfly stopped in midair. The sounds of nature died down, leaving nothing, only dead silence all over the shores of the never ending desert. The frozen moment suddenly disappeared with an enormous explosion, burying every living thing under dust, soil and sand near the epicenter.

"Gaara!" A flash of gold appeared next to the Godaime Kazekage, painting his lean form in a golden glow. Dilated and crimson red eyes locked with green orbs, while the golden flames danced in the reflection of the leader's eyes.

"Where is he?!"

"We haven't spotted Madara yet, Naruto."

"He has to...show...himself...soon." The gold aura slowly faded away, leaving the weary, heavily breathing form of Naruto. The blond wiped the sweat from his forehead, while his eyes surveyed the desecration in front of him.

"We can't hold on for too long. It became stronger with the eight tails. How is the nine tails?"

"Kurama...needs...more time." The panting slowly died down and the blond boy nodded to something only he could hear, before biting his fingertip and running through a long chain of hand signs.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)!"With a loud puff and an enormous amount of smoke filled with chakra, three giant figures popped into existence. The three giant toads each had a pair of clones on its head - one already in meditation to gain energy from nature,

and one observing the battle not far away from them.

"Guys! We need to buy time for Kurama!" The three toads nodded and almost immediately jumped into the middle of the fight, toward the giant monster called the ten tailed beast.

Uzumaki Naruto jerked up from his bed, desperately trying to catch his breath for a long minute before his pounding heart finally settled down and his panting subsided. The blond left his sweat-soaked bed and headed to the bathroom to clean his face and clear his thoughts. The first beams of sunlight reached the small bathroom window, reflecting off of the small mirror in front of him. The blond eyed his own reflection with a foggy brain when his thoughts wandered back to the battle in the Land of Rivers near Suna's borders, almost exactly where Gaara had died for the first time. Naruto shook his head, easing away the last bits of his nightmare and his memories.

Ten minutes later, he settled himself down on the rooftop of their accommodation, watching as the rising sun slowly warmed the freezing cold of the desert night, enjoying the first warm beams on his skin. His eyes were fixed on the horizon, behind the giant walls around the Village. The walls that hadn't lasted long against the destruction and the unnatural power of the ten-tailed beast. In the end they, along with the buildings, streets and countless numbers of shinobi and civilians, became one with the endless sand of the desert around Sunagakure no Sato in the heart of Wind Country.

'I will repay my debt, Gaara. Believe it! I will repay!' The faint rumbling of Kurama didn't reach his consciousness. He just buried himself in his thoughts and for long hours stayed still, watching the horizon, the rising sun, and the slowly awakening village under his feet in complete silence.