In Konoha: Three Choices at the Start

That was Hamura's father, his own ancestor. He couldn't afford to mess with him. Not a chance.

For a while, the crisp smack of a spanking echoed across the moon's surface.

No one knew how long it took for Liuyun's anger to finally subside.

"Do you know why I hit you?"

"Yes," Hamura murmured.

"Then tell me! Why did you seal your mother away? What did you tell me back then? Didn't you say you loved having the whole family together?"

"Even if Kaguya was wrong, you two were her sons. You shouldn't have sealed her away!"

"Father, we didn't want to. But Mother was going to refine everyone in the Shinobi World and turn them into white monsters!"

"If that had continued, Mother would have destroyed the entire Shinobi World!" Hamura protested carefully, his eyes filled with grief.

His greatest wish had been for his family to live in harmony, yet he had joined forces with his brother to seal their mother away.

Liuyun closed his eyes and sighed. "Tell me how your fight with your mother went."

"Yes, Father." Hamura began recounting the battle with Kaguya.

The more Liuyun heard, the more guilt and sorrow filled him. It was just as Kaguya had told him.

Throughout the battle, Kaguya had used only All-Killing Ash Bones and the special Ninjutsu Amenominaka.

She hadn't used a single one of the powerful Ninjutsu he had taught her.

Faintly, Liuyun remembered what Kaguya had whispered in his ear.

"If you're gone, I would rather let the two of them seal me away!"

Just then, Hamura spoke again. "Mother truly was powerful. If the two of us hadn't learned Senjutsu, we could never have stood against her!"

"Do you two unfilial sons really think you were a match for Kaguya?"

Liuyun's voice was