Asuma stayed behind to watch the house and look after Mirai Sarutobi. Konohamaru went to the Hyuga Clan compound to fetch Kaguya, while Kurenai Yuhi brought Naruto, Uchiha Hikari, Hinata Hyuga, and Hanabi Hyuga to a remote mountain.
Looking over the dense forest and the Hokage Building visible from the hillside, Naruto suddenly felt a headache coming on and clutched his head.
"Naruto, what's wrong?"
Hanabi Hyuga, Hinata Hyuga, and Uchiha Hikari asked worriedly.
Gritting his teeth and covered in cold sweat, Naruto said, "I think I've been here before. It feels familiar, but I can't remember. It feels like I've forgotten something."
"I remember it too." The Nine-Tails in his inner space clutched his head as well, his face grave, but he could not recall anything. Their memories had been tampered with.
Thinking of something frightening, Hanabi Hyuga asked, "Kurenai-sensei, Yakumo Kurama must be very strong, right? Naruto and Kurama clearly had their memories altered. Even Kurama's memories were tampered with back then."
Kurenai Yuhi shook her head. "I don't know. Back then, I sealed her talent for genjutsu. Yakumo had been frail and sickly since childhood. She couldn't use taijutsu or ninjutsu and could only use genjutsu. Yakumo simply wasn't suited to becoming a ninja. Her body was too weak; even a little training exhausted her. I also failed to live up to her expectations..."
The Kurama Clan was an ancient family of Konoha's ninja village, skilled in using genjutsu. Every few generations, someone capable of wielding the Kurama Clan's Kekkei Genkai genjutsu would appear. Like the Uchiha Clan in its heyday, they had once been a major force in Konoha. Later, however, no ninja awakened the Kekkei Genkai, and the clan gradually declined, becoming an inconspicuous minor family in Konoha.
Yakumo Kurama possessed the greatest Kekkei Genkai