Sealing Kaguya Otsutsuki (Part 1)

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki hovered beneath the eerie sky, where crimson moonlight intertwined with the God Tree. Her long, silvery-white hair cascaded down like a waterfall, and her pure white eyes gazed down upon the crowd below. Those eyes had no pupils, only a pale, empty expanse, yet they seemed to pierce through souls and see through time and space. Her mere existence caused the surrounding air to groan, space to tremble, and even the moonlight to distort around her.

Neji looked up at the Progenitor of Chakra, his Tenseigan flashing with blue light, but a helpless urge to complain welled up inside him.

He did his best—truly his best. From helping Sasuke transplant Hashirama Cells, to reminding Kakashi to train the Strength of a Hundred, to secretly guiding Naruto to master the Nine-Tails' power ahead of time, and even deliberately not intervening to let Naruto and Sasuke "die" once to obtain the Sage of Sage of Six Paths' gift... he laid all the groundwork he could.

But the ultimate boss still arrived. And because of his intervention, things became more complicated than in the original story: Madara's strength was not as overwhelming as that of the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki in the original story, making it easier for him to be controlled by Black Zetsu; and his own existence as an additional Six Paths Tier being obviously made Kaguya and Black Zetsu more vigilant.

"Luckily, I'm on the same side as the main characters," Neji thought to himself, glancing at Naruto and Sasuke beside him.

Naruto was enveloped in a platinum-gold Chakra Cloak under Six Paths Mode, with six Truth-Seeking Orb slowly rotating on his back, and the cross pattern in his blue eyes burning with fierce fighting spirit. Sasuke the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan in his left eye and the Rinnegan in his right, with three solid Truth -Truth-Seeking Orb floating behind him, his expression as cold and stern as a knife.

Three Six Paths Tier versus one Progenitor of Chakra.

The odds of winning... are there, but not great. In the original story, Naruto and Sasuke were able to win largely because of Kaguya's confusion after her resurrection, her unfamiliarity with modern Ninjutsu, and most importantly, Black Zetsu's "assistance." Now that I'm added to the mix, Kaguya will definitely be more cautious.

The safety of non-combat personnel must be ensured first.

Neji's thoughts shifted, Chakra transformed into an invisible wave, directly entering the minds of Kakashi, Sakura, and Might Guy:

"Kakashi-sensei, activate Susanoo and protect Guy-sensei and Sakura. I will be involved in the battle afterward and will not be able to ensure your safety."

The voice was calm, yet carried an undeniable determination.

Kakashi moved almost the instant he received the telepathic message. His eyes— Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan —suddenly snapped open! Purple lines spread from his forehead to his cheeks, and the three years' worth of Chakra stored in the Yin Seal was unleashed in a frenzy!

"Susanoo!"

Azure Chakra shot into the sky, condensing into a giant skull, which continued to change until it reached its complete form. Kakashi's Complete Susanoo had a semi-transparent texture, with Kamui's unique spatial ripples flowing across its surface, and its defensive capabilities were quite impressive—this was the form that Kakashi developed in just one day after obtaining the complete Mangekyo Sharingan and the Yin Seal, the form that best suited him.

The Susanoo's enormous hand opened, shielding Guy and Sakura within its palm as it carried them into the control room. Guy, looking at the surrounding blue-green Chakra barrier, grinned. "Kakashi, that was really cool!"

"Stop talking nonsense and stand firm." Kakashi's voice came from Susanoo, his eyes fixed on Kaguya in the air.

Neji then took a step forward.

It wasn't walking, it wasn't running, but... a "movement" on a spatial level. The distance beneath his feet was folded, a hundred meters of void was traversed in one step, and the next second he was standing behind Naruto and Sasuke, facing Kaguya from afar.

At the same time, another voice transmission sounded in Naruto and Sasuke's minds:

"Naruto, Sasuke and I will launch a direct attack on Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. You must take this opportunity to sever the God Tree and stop her from absorbing Chakra —cutting off her energy supply is key."

Naruto nodded emphatically, his fist clenched. "Understood!"

Sasuke responded with a flash of purple light in his Rinnegan.

Meanwhile, Black Zetsu had returned to Kaguya's side with overwhelming joy—no, he had directly merged into Kaguya's wide sleeves. His distinct black and white face peeked out from the sleeve, shouting excitedly, "Mother! You're finally back! A thousand years... I've finally waited for this day!"

Kaguya glanced down at Black Zetsu, a hint of confusion flashing in her pure white eyes. She had just broken free from her seal, and a thousand years of slumber had left her memories somewhat jumbled. She felt both familiar and strange towards this black creature who claimed to be her "child."

But her attention was quickly drawn to the three people in front of her.

These three people... have a familiar aura about them.

"Hagoromo... Hamura Ōtsutsuki..." Kaguya voice rang out, like an echo from ancient times, "You carry the aura of my two unworthy sons."

Her gaze swept over Neji, Naruto, and Sasuke one by one. The surging Yang Release Chakra within Naruto and the pure Yin Release power within Sasuke reminded her of her eldest son, Hagoromo.

And Neji...

Kaguya's pure white eyes lingered on Neji the longest. The Tenseigan... those were eyes developed on the moon by Hamura Ōtsutsuki's descendants, a fusion of the Otsutsuki Clan's bloodline and the planet's Natural Energy. And this boy possessed something even more intriguing, an aura closer to the origin of everything...

Just then, Neji suddenly spoke up.

His voice was calm, yet carried a strange penetrating power. "Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, I am a descendant of your youngest son Hamura Ōtsutsuki. Before his death, Hamura Ōtsutsuki left a will... He said he deeply regretted betraying you back then."

"..."

The air seemed to freeze.

Kaguya's pure white eyes widened slightly, and for the first time, a flicker of emotion appeared on her perpetually indifferent face—shock, confusion, and then a hint of... pain?

Hamura Ōtsutsuki... regrets it?

The son who, along with Hagoromo, sealed himself away using the Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei... does he regret it?

Scenes from a thousand years ago flashed through my mind: Hagoromo's resolute gaze, Hamura Ōtsutsuki's struggling expression, the light as the Sealing Jutsu unfolded, and the despair as I fell into the Chibaku Tensei...

"Hamura Ōtsutsuki... regrets it?" Kaguya murmured, her voice trembling without her even realizing it.

Now!

Neji's eyes flashed with a sharp light! The Senjutsu Mode he had been maintaining—the jade dragon horns on his forehead and the vertical snake eyes—exploded at full power at this moment! The speed at which his hands Hand Seals was so fast that they left afterimages, Senjutsu Chakra gathered frantically!

"Sage Art: Dust Release - Technique of Boundary Detachment!"

It wasn't a cone-shaped beam of light, but... a fan-shaped, destructive disintegration field that covered the entire space in front of him! Pale green light erupted from Neji's palm, and wherever it passed, air, dust, Chakra... everything was broken down into the most basic particles!

Almost at the same instant, the pattern in Sasuke's right eye—his newly formed Rinnegan —spun wildly!

"Amenotejikara!"

Space displacement!

Kaguya was still reeling from the shock of "Hamura Ōtsutsuki's regret" when her body suddenly moved forward uncontrollably! No, not moved, but swapped places with someone! When she came to her senses, she was standing directly in front of Neji, while Sasuke, who had been in that spot, was now standing where she had just been hovering!

Then, the light barrier of Dust Release completely engulfed her.

"Zzzzzzz--!!!"

A sickeningly loud decomposing sound rang out. Kaguya's pure white eyes widened suddenly. She looked down at her body—from her chest down, her waist, her legs, her feet... the moment they touched the Dust Release barrier, they vanished as quickly as pencil marks erased by an eraser!

It's not cutting, it's not destruction, it's... being completely decomposed at the material level!

"Mother--!!" Black Zetsu screamed from within the sleeve.

Kaguya's upper body—only her head, neck, arms, and part of her chest cavity remained—floated in the air. There was no blood at the severed point, only a stream of particles that had been decomposed and were shimmering with light.

"Now, Naruto!" Neji roared.

"I've been ready for this for a long time!!"

Naruto raised his hands high, and an enormous, terrifying Chakra ball condensed in his palms! It wasn't an ordinary Rasengan, but one infused with the Tailed Beast Chakra and imbued with Six Paths Sage Arts—

"Six Paths Sage Art: Super Tailed Beast Bomb Rasenshuriken --!!!"

The giant Shuriken spun out, not towards Kaguya, but towards... the God Tree!

"Boom--!!!"

A deafening explosion! The God Tree's massive, mountain-like trunk was severed in half the instant it came into contact with the Super Tailed Beast Bomb Rasenshuriken! The upper half of the crown slowly tilted and fell, crashing into the ground and triggering a secondary earthquake! At the broken trunk, milky-white sap gushed out like a waterfall, and the roots that connected countless controlled beings in the Shinobi World withered and broke in the same instant!

The Chakra supply has been cut off!

"Aaaaaahh..."

Kaguya let out a piercing scream! It wasn't a scream of pain, but a furious, frenzied roar, like that of a wild beast! Her upper body trembled violently in the void, and flesh began to grow wildly from her severed wound!

Super-fast regeneration!

Bones, muscles, skin... all reconstructed at a visible speed! In just three seconds, a complete body reappeared. But Kaguya's expression had completely changed—no longer indifferent, but... furious!

"Hagoromo... Hamura Ōtsutsuki... betrayed me..." Her voice was icy cold, each word carrying a thousand years of pent-up resentment, "Now... their descendants... betray me just the same..."

Pure white eyes swept over Neji, Naruto, Sasuke, finally settling on Neji:

"They... all deserve to die!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Kaguya's long hair moved without any wind! The silvery-white strands instantly hardened and split, transforming into countless sharp spikes like a fine drizzle!

"Rabbit Hair Needle!"

Each strand of hair contains terrifying Chakra and Yin-Yang Release power. Once pierced, it will instantly seal the Chakra points, rendering the person unable to fight!

"Kamui!"

Kakashi's Susanoo pushed forward with one hand, distorting space into Uzumaki that sucked all the Rabbit Hair Needle aimed at him, Guy, and Sakura into a different dimension. But maintaining this level of defense caused veins to bulge on Kakashi's forehead—even with the Yin Seal's Chakra, the consumption was too great!

Neji, Naruto, Sasuke all had a thought, and the Truth-Seeking Orb behind them simultaneously transformed!

Neji's nine Truth -Truth-Seeking Orb merged into a giant diamond-shaped shield, its surface shimmering with pale green Senjutsu runes; Naruto's six Truth-Seeking Orb transformed into a circular shield, with golden Chakra forming flowing patterns on its surface; Sasuke's three Truth-Seeking Orb became three small shields, spinning rapidly in front of him.

"Ding ding ding ding--!!!"

The Rabbit Hair Needle struck the Truth-Seeking Orb' defenses, producing a dense, rain-like crackling sound. Although they couldn't penetrate, each strike severely depleted the three's Chakra.

Just then, Black Zetsu's voice came from Kaguya's sleeve, filled with obvious fear and urgency:

"Mother! Be careful! Especially that descendant of Hamura Ōtsutsuki! That boy is cunning and strong; he orchestrated the sneak attack just now!"

"..."

Neji's lips twitched involuntarily.

Black Zetsu, are you out of your mind? I'm not the protagonist of this world! I'm a transmigrator! I got to this point through my past life's memories, my desperate struggles in this life, and countless near-death experiences! I can't beat Kaguya! The real threats are Naruto and Sasuke, those two Sage of Six Paths!

But Kaguya clearly took Black Zetsu's warning to heart. Her pure white eyes were fixed on Neji, and a serious expression returned to her face, which had just regained its indifference.

Then, she raised her hand.

It wasn't Hand Seals, it wasn't an attack, but rather... a gentle flick of the wrist.

"The Amenominaka."

The world has changed.

One second it was battlefield ruins, crimson moonlight, and a broken God Tree. The next second...

The cold wind howled, and snow filled the sky.

As far as the eye can see, there is an endless expanse of ice. Glaciers pierce the leaden sky like swords, blizzards roar at the horizon, and the temperature plummets to tens of degrees below zero, causing breath to instantly freeze into ice crystals.

"Where... where am I?!" Naruto shivered, his Six Paths Mode outer garment automatically thickening to ward off the cold. "It's so cold!"

Sasuke Rinnegan, his expression grave. "The space has been shifted... This is Kaguya's Dōjutsu technique."

Kakashi's Susanoo stood on the ice, frost beginning to form on the surface of the blue-green Chakra barrier. Inside the control room, Sakura hugged her arms tightly, her teeth chattering. "The temperature is still dropping... At this rate, even with Chakra protection, we'll get frostbite!"

Black Zetsu's voice rang out again, filled with malicious excitement:

"Mother! Separate them! Trample them in different spaces, and defeat them one by one!"

Kaguya's pure white eyes flickered slightly. She did indeed have this plan—to use the six spaces manipulated by Amenominaka to disperse these people into different environments and eliminate them one by one.

But what she didn't know was...

A faint, Mona Lisa-like smile appeared on Neji's face.

Separate or defeat them one by one?

His Flying Thunder God Technique underwent a qualitative leap when he reached the Six Paths Tier. Now, he doesn't need Kunai coordinates or pre-marking—as long as he has come into contact with the other person's Chakra and they are within the same "world" system, he can lock onto their location at any time and perform spatial jumps.

Everyone present— Kakashi, Guy, Sakura, Naruto, Sasuke... even Kaguya and Black Zetsu —had had Chakra contact with him. Want to separate them? Dream on.

But Naruto was clearly unaware of this. Seeing the sudden change in environment and hearing Black Zetsu's shout, he immediately panicked:

"The enemy wants to divide us! We must strike first!"

As he spoke, he had already Hand Seals—

"Multi-Shadow Clone Technique!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Hundreds of Six Paths Mode Shadow Clone appeared, each conjuring Rasengan, Rasenshuriken, Tailed Beast Bomb... various kinds of Rasengans were being produced as if they were free, and then... they all rushed towards Kaguya at the same time!

However, Kaguya merely glanced at them indifferently.

Her pure white eyes blinked slightly.

The environment has changed again.

The ice and snow melted, the glaciers collapsed. In their place stretched an endless expanse of lush green grassland. The sky was an eerie dark green, and gravity... suddenly increased!

Supergravity space!

"What--?!"

All of Naruto's Shadow Clone cried out in alarm at the same time! They had just leaped up to attack when their bodies were violently pulled to the ground as if by an invisible hand!

"Bang bang bang bang bang--!!!"

Hundreds of Shadow Clone crashed to the ground like dumplings being dropped into a pot, exploding under the terrifying gravity and disappearing into white smoke. Even Naruto himself staggered, kneeling on one knee, feeling as if his body had become at least ten times heavier!

Kakashi's Susanoo was forced to kneel on the ground under the pressure, its blue-green skeleton creaking under the strain. Inside the control room, Gai and Sakura felt their internal organs being compressed, making it difficult to breathe.

Neji also felt the change in gravity, but he was prepared. The repulsive field of his Tenseigan spread around him, canceling out most of the gravitational effects. He calmly spoke:

"Watch out, the enemy is attacking."

The words had barely left his mouth--

Kaguya's figure appeared above the three of them without warning! Her right hand emerged from her wide sleeve, palm facing forward, and dozens of gray bone spurs, exuding an ominous aura, instantly formed!

"All-Killing Ash Bones!"

This is a devastating attack that kills instantly upon contact and can even shatter a body at the Six Paths Tier!

"Amenotejikara!"

Sasuke's reaction was lightning fast! He activated his Rinnegan again, instantly swapping his position with Kaguya's! The Ash Bones that were originally aimed at the three of them were now... aimed at Kaguya herself, Neji, and Naruto. But Neji reacted even faster, using Space-Time Ninjutsu to take Naruto directly to Kakashi's Susanoo control room.

But Kaguya's expression didn't change. She didn't even look at the ashes being shot at her, she just... blinked again.