Naruto: Starting with Asura Chakra

Naruto split off many clones at the Altar and had them transport the gold coins. Then he returned to the treasury, picked up another batch of supplies, and took them back to the Altar for the clones to sort.

After making many trips, they had moved all the supplies from the treasury to the Altar. The secret chamber there was now packed full of goods.

Jiraiya and Minato were still enlarging the vast chambers where they planned to store the supplies. Though the treasury in the Land of Waves was now empty, the Altar was also packed to the brim, so they had to dig out more chambers and move everything down there.

Once all the supplies had been moved, Naruto returned to the treasury. Shisui Uchiha had also finished his task and was waiting there.

When Naruto returned, Shisui Uchiha stepped forward and asked, "Naruto, did you move everything inside?"

"It's all been moved," Naruto replied with a nod.

Shisui Uchiha pointed at the large doors that had retracted into the walls. "These seem to be made of a special metal. Should we take them back?"

Naruto immediately stepped forward to examine them. After knocking on them and inspecting them, he was certain they were made of a special metal. Even the walls inside were made of the same material.

But he had no information about this metal, so he planned to take some back and have Jiraiya examine it.

He then returned to the Land of Whirlpools, picked up the Blood Moon, and left the Council Hall. He placed a Flying Thunder God Mark nearby before returning to the treasury. There was so much of this metal that there was no room for it at the Altar, so they could only leave it outside for now.

Inside the treasury, Shisui Uchiha was enveloped in his Susanoo's fleshy form.

Perhaps because he now had only one eye, Shisui's Susanoo had no weapons. He controlled it as it strained to tear the metal walls free from the mountainside.

Nearby, Naruto channeled spiritual energy into the Blood Moon and tried to pry the metal loose.

After a long while, Naruto and Shisui Uchiha gathered all the metal in the center. Shisui then dispelled his Susanoo, and Naruto took him and the metal back to the area beside the Council Hall.

By then, Jiraiya and Minato had also climbed up from underground. They had hollowed out as much as they could; digging any farther might cause a collapse.

Once they were back on the surface, Jiraiya went over to the pile of metal and examined it carefully. A moment later, he looked up at Naruto. "I can say with near certainty that this is Meteor Copper."

"Meteor Copper?" Naruto asked, sounding puzzled.

Seeing his confusion, Jiraiya explained, "Meteor Copper is essential for the thing you want me to forge. And I can say for certain that this metal doesn't exist anywhere in the Shinobi World."

Naruto hurriedly asked, "Then where did this Meteor Copper come from?"

Jiraiya thought for a moment before answering, "Gato probably didn't build it. The Meteor Copper you brought back likely came from some clan. Put together, it forms a palace."

Naruto brought Gato over and asked, "Where did you get this metal?"

"It was already there. When I first found it, the doors were open. I went inside but didn't find anything, so I just had someone put a lock on it. I've told you everything I know. Please, let me go," Gato said, bound and lying on the ground.

Naruto nodded. If he wasn't mistaken, the palace must have been brought there by that person. He just didn't know why they had left it behind.

He then had Jugo take Gato to the prison they had built. In the cell next to Gato's, Hidan's head hung from a rope in the middle of the room.

After Jugo put Gato in his cell and came out, Naruto said, "I'm assigning you new tasks. I hope you can get to them as soon as possible."

"First, Orochimaru, go build a laboratory underground. I'll give you Kakuzu's head and Earth Grudge Fear. I hope you can find something useful in your research."

"Jugo and Kimimaro, take Kidomaru and Ichirobo with you to search along the border of the Land of Fire. If you find any orphans, bring them back."

The five nodded. Naruto turned to Minato and said, "Dad, you and Mom go to the Land of Waves. Tayuya and Sakon should have found enough workers by now, so please bring them back. Hinata will continue handling the food supplies."

"Those are everyone's assignments. If you have nothing to add, get going."

Everyone nodded and started to leave, but Naruto called out to Kushina Uzumaki. "Mom, wait a moment."

Kushina turned around and looked at him in confusion. "Is there another task, Naruto?"

"No, I have something to give you," Naruto said with a smile.

He walked over, and Kushina bent down. Naruto touched her forehead with his finger.

A short while later, Kushina opened her eyes and asked, "What is this?"

Naruto quickly said, "I hope you'll study this carefully, Mom. I want us to incorporate it when we develop this land."

Kushina smiled warmly. "Don't worry. Leave it to me."

She took Minato's hand and turned to leave. After walking a little way, Minato left a Flying Thunder God Mark on the ground, then vanished with Kushina.

During the Shinobi World War, Minato had left Flying Thunder God Marks everywhere he went, including in the Land of Waves. So, of course, there was no need to travel the whole way there.

After they had all left, Naruto said to Jiraiya, "Pervy Sage, Shisui, let's go get some trees."

The two nodded, and Naruto took them to the forest they had visited before. The trees there were all huge, making them perfect for building houses.

By evening, Naruto and the others stopped working. They had gathered enough trees.

They hadn't cut down every tree in the forest, only some of the largest ones. They left the smaller ones to keep growing.

It wasn't that the smaller trees were unusable. But if they cut down every tree in the forest, the Wood Spirit Qi here would gradually dissipate.

By cutting down only some of the larger trees, the smaller ones could receive more nutrients, allowing the Wood Spirit Qi in the forest to endure.

Jiraiya used Wind Release to cut down the trees. After clearing away the branches and leaves, they had Shisui Uchiha use Susanoo to gather all the prepared logs into a pile.

Then Naruto used Flying Thunder God to take them back to the Land of Whirlpools.

That evening, Naruto returned to the Land of Whirlpools and looked at the huge, neatly stacked pile of lumber. He couldn't help exclaiming, "As expected, ninjutsu is perfect for construction."

When they got back, Hinata had already prepared dinner. Since everyone else was out on their assignments, they called Orochimaru up from underground and started eating.

After dinner, Naruto made a clone carry the leftover food to Gato.

Naruto hadn't captured and imprisoned Gato because he wanted to kill him. It wasn't time to kill him yet, so he had to stay alive.

After dinner, Orochimaru went back underground to build his laboratory. There were many kinds of supplies among the goods Naruto had brought back, and he hadn't checked them all one by one. He simply told Orochimaru to use whatever he needed without asking.

Naruto then sent Shisui Uchiha to patrol the island.

Only Naruto, Hinata, and Jiraiya remained at the Altar.

Naruto turned to Jiraiya. "Pervy Sage, the Uchiha Clan Massacre should happen sometime soon. We'll have to return to Konoha then."

Jiraiya nodded. "That's no problem. Will you go after the Third Hokage then?"

"Not yet," Naruto said, shaking his head.

Though he was now strong enough to defeat Hiruzen Sarutobi, that wasn't what he wanted. And whenever he felt the urge to return to Konoha for revenge, a voice in his ear always reminded him that it wasn't time yet.

Minato and Kushina had been brought back through Impure World Reincarnation, but that wasn't true resurrection.

So they would have to wait a while before killing Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hinata listened nearby without saying anything. Over the past few days, Naruto had told her everything, and she had said she supported what he was doing.

Naruto then turned to Jiraiya again. "Pervy Sage, speed up your training in crafting tools. We still need some space rings."

"I'm already preparing. But this involves space, so I can start once Minato gets back," Jiraiya said seriously.

Naruto smiled, stood up, and stretched. "Good. It's about time to start training."

The three of them went to their respective training spots and began their practice.

The next day, Naruto opened his eyes and saw Minato and Kushina standing in the distance, watching him.

He quickly got up and walked over. "Dad, Mom, when did you get back?"

"We've been back for a while. You were still training, so we didn't want to disturb you," Minato said with a smile.

Naruto continued, "Did you find enough people?"

"Tayuya and the others worked hard. By the time your mother and I found them, they had already gathered all the workers we needed. We could have come back last night, but we thought it might be a long time before they got to see their families again, so we gave them the evening to spend with them," Minato said.

Naruto nodded. "That was the right thing to do. Dad, take me to see them."

Minato led Naruto out of the Council Hall. Many people were busy working near the building.

At first, when they heard they were going to work in the Land of Whirlpools, they thought the journey alone would take a long time, so they had all prepared plenty of things.

Besides the tools they would need, they had brought food and daily necessities.

Naruto counted a hundred and thirty-six people in all. Sixteen were women, and the rest were sturdy men.

Minato added, "They're all from the same village, led by a foreman. The women came along to cook for them, so all we have to do is provide the ingredients."

Naruto smiled. "That's great. It saves us a lot of trouble."