Naruto: Back in Ancient Times

Title: New Beginnings 1

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Closing his eyes for an instant, Shun used his [Thoughts Acceleration] and extended time in his Mind-scape. In front of him, Nine flickers of light slowly formed and he asked. "Have you all made up your minds?"

The lights seemed to look at each other before one said. "Shun, I definitely don't understand most of the things I've seen since I was Reanimated, but I'm pretty sure if it's you, you won't harm me."

"That's to be expected. You're actually one of my favorite humans." Shun said to the flicker of light.

"That means a lot…however, can I request something of you?"

"Speak."

"My family-"

"Rest assured. Your wife and son are still alive, moreover, your son will have a close working relationship with your group once it's formed." Shun said with a smile.

"Then I accept. I'll fight for as long as I can."

"Hmm, I look forward to it, Minato." Shun said to the man and then turned to the rest. "And you?"

"How long will this last?" Another asked and Shun knew it was Tobirama.

"For as long as possible. Once humanity is strong enough to hold their own, you'll be free to do whatever you want."

Shun felt Tobirama squint his eyes at him causing him to smile at the paranoid Kage. Internally, he thought how cool it'd be if Tobirama could become a Batman-like figure in this world.

"Don't look at me that way. The moment you decide to do whatever you want, your immortal life will cease."

"Cease?"

"From then on, you'll resume your normal mortal life. 30-40 years into the future, you'll probably die of old age." Shun answered.

"That's good to know."

"Hmm." Shun nodded and looked at the rest. They all had their own questions to which Shun answered while also giving conditions to whatever demands they made.

Moments later, shun clapped his hands and said. "With this, you Ten will be the Vanguard of humanity. You will, from the instant of your rebirth Cease all contact with humanity and protect from extraterrestrial life forms."

"Understood."

"Wait! Ten? We're only Nine here." One of the Kages asked and Shun nodded.

"Madara is also a member."

"What!?"

"Don't worry too much. I've got everything figured out. Well then." Saying that, Shun disappeared from his Mind-scape while ejecting the others too.

In reality, he opened his eyes after less than a second of closing it and then looked at Madara's fallen and unconscious form. Walking over, he drew a familiar Seal and placed it on his chest.

"Shun?"

"It's nothing, be quiet for a bit." Shun said to Kaguya much to her annoyance. She couldn't do anything but snort and look away. Still, that act made Naruto and Sasuke look at Shun in awe.

Moments passed and Shun pulled back the seal and stored it away before looking at Madara's body. "Release." He muttered inaudibly but the three around him heard it.

Naruto felt a tug to his Chakra while Sasuke didn't particularly feel anything. However, as soon as Shun said that, the nine tailed beasts chakra sealed within Madara immediately poured out and in mere moments, they took form.

"I don't like those forms…" Shun muttered with a frown. "What have I told you guys about those forms whenever I'm around?"

"Sorry a-aniki." They mumbled and began shrinking before taking on human forms.

"You all look more beautiful this way." Shun said with a smile before turning to Naruto. "Don't you think so?"

Naruto already had stars in his eyes as he looked at the Nine humans shaped Bijuus. He had met them in their Mind-scape in the past, however, they were all gigantic, now however… "Of course!" He exclaimed with stars in his eyes.

"Pff! Kurama! I didn't know you were this handsome."

"Humph, what do you know, kit? After Shun, I'm the most handsome of all beings." Kurama snorted and said pridefully.

"What was that!? I would have you know that I'm more handsome than you'll ever be?" Shukaku, a teenage looking boy with sandy brown hair said.

Kurama looked like he was about to enter an argument with Shukaku but was stopped by Gyuki. "We have more important things to focus on."

"Humph, I'll let you off for now."

The others also exchanged pleasantries with each other as well as Naruto and Shun. Sasuke didn't have any interactions with them in the past so he was just on his lonesome. Kaguya too.

"A-aniki…She's…" Goku, who always had a strong front said a bit timidly as he looked at Kaguya.

"Oh she? She's the Ten-Tails Original Owner. Your actual mother, and also Creator." Shun said. "Kaguya Otsutsuki."

"Father has told us about that and-"

"I know you all respect Hagoromo. I do too, but some things aren't as they seem on the surface. Here's how it went…" Shun then told them the version of the story he had heard from both Kaguya and Ishiki. He also reiterated to them his experiences with the major Otsustsuki family and how his actions out there would be affecting the planet in less than an hour.

"What! An hour!?"

"Hmm. Their scouts are already here." Shun said as he gazed into the sky. "I have everything sorted out though. You don't have to worry about it much."

"You do?"

"Yeah. Ever since I returned." Shun said as he snapped his finger and a Portal opened up beside him. Izanagi, Izanami, Tsume, Fenrir and Feathers walked out. Eien was missing though and Shun could understand her reason.

She wasn't fight oriented. Although she could, she was but a child and Shun wouldn't allow her to participate in this battle.

He had already forgotten how he had used her as a weapon back before she gained Sentience, but who would dare go against him?

"You guys are?" Naruto and Sasuke asked.

"Tengoku Izanagi…"

"Izanami…same surname."

"Tsume…no surname."

"I'm Feathers." She introduced a bit enthusiastically to which no one complained.

Fenrir directly ignored them both as he walked towards the tailed beasts. "You all look like shit." He said but they didn't react to it and just greeted him in their own ways.

Chomei and Saiken practically leaped on him for a hug while Matatabi greeted him with a snort, acting all tsundere.

As they conversed, Naruto and Sasuke got acquainted with the others. At the same time, the Kages and people strong enough to approach walked towards their location to enquire about the battle. The Reanimated Kages too.

As they approached, Shun glanced at the Reanimated Kages and others. He saw that a few had permanent injuries that couldn't be healed even with the Gedo Rebirth Technique.

Those were injuries caused by Madara's Orbs. Injuries of that level were Soul related and couldn't be healed by any human currently alive.

"Izanami, could you?" Shun said and pointed at them to which Izanami frowned before nodding reluctantly.

She walked towards them and saw that a few were gathered around Madara who was now awake and talking with Hashirama. The others, like Ishikawa and Anel, were just looking at him in ridicule while the rest had looks of indifference.

"You all." Izanami said, drawing their attention. "I recognise a few. Madara, the years haven't been nice to you."

Madara forced himself to look at her, and while he was first confused on who she was, a few seconds was all he needed to refresh his memory and remember.

"You…look the same after all these years." Madara said with a low voice.

"Of course I do. I'm invincible." Izanami said disdainfully. How could someone understand the magnitude of her existence?

"Izanami…" Shun's voice drifted over causing her to freeze before snorting and bending down. "Be thankful Father still has a use for you." Saying that, she placed her hand on his chest as a silver white light shone on it before she pulled away

"With this, your chakra won't dissipate for some time." She said and then turned to the others. "You all look like shit too."

Anel, Ishikawa and Reto all recognized her, but for different reasons, but to Izanami, they weren't worth remembering so she didn't care and directly healed them.

For Minato who she didn't know and who didn't know her, she did the same with his missing hand. Mikoto was a different case however. She didn't need healing at all but approached Izanami nonetheless.

She had a fervent look in her eyes as she looked at her. To Mikoto who had majored in healing of every form, seeing someone casually heal soul related injuries was akin to a human seeing a God at work.

"Excuse me, Lady.." Mikoto began to which Izanami turned. That action would lead to the friendship between two Saint-Like beings in the future.

As for now, seeing as they had all been healed, Shun pulled out the seal he had placed on Madara and made a few hand signs.

Kaguya immediately looked over as she felt the same familiar feeling as before. 'I see. No wonder.' she thought. This was the exact same seal Shun had created to copy the Nine Tailed Beasts Chakra centuries ago to create a body for her.

With Ten Tails worth of chakra, Kaguya could already tell what Shun was about to do.

Naruto and Sasuke however thought differently. They both felt the energy Fluctuations from Shun, but what made them think differently was the Hand Signs Shun was making.

Naruto recognised it as the same one Nagato made before he died. He later learnt that he used his life as a sacrifice to bring everyone he killed in Konoha back to life.

Sasuke however, was familiar with the Hand Signs due to his inherited knowledge from the Rinne-sharingan. He knew it was a near God-like ability to bring the dead back to life.

"Shun-"

"Be quiet. Father knows what he's doing." Izanagi held the two of them by the shoulder and shook his head.

And before they could react, Shun clapped his hand. "[Gedo - Rinne Tensei no Jutsu!]{Outer Path - Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique!}

As soon as he said that, the Kages, Anel, Hashirama, Ishikawa, Byakuren, Reto, Tobirama, Hiruzen, Minato, and Mikoto all shone with golden light. The Shinobis witnessing this were all perplexed at the event but moments later, their eyes were filled with shock.

A few Shinobis didn't even know how to react to this. Examples were the few who knew Shun personally like Yusano his sister, Hayaken his father and Nao his mother.

(A/N: I've forgotten Shun's mother's name so…Nao would do.)

They already knew that their son had God-like abilities right from birth, but this was something else. The few who knew what went down back in Konoha were also perplexed.

Examples were Obito, Kakashi, the still masked Rin and Konan. Yahiko had unfortunately died to Obito when he came to retrieve the Rinnegan from Nagato's corpse, and if not for Rin, Konan would've suffered the same fate.

Back to Shun, they were confused as to how Shun could revive Nine! Nine Above Kage Level Shinobi and just shrug it off like it was nothing. Obito had possessed the Rinnegan, he knew just how much chakra was needed to revive one person not to mention…

"Is he a God?"

"How is this possible?"

Mutters like this rang out amongst the crowd but a few people weren't really surprised by this. The Kages and those who were with them. They already knew Shun's background and didn't particularly feel anything about it seeing this.

In their minds, they were all thinking the same thing. "This way, our villages have more fighting power."

However their excitement was soon doused as Shun flew up to the skies and addressed them.

"The world as you know it…will come to an end today."

THE END.

LOL! I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU ALL.

"Don't panic now." Shun said. His voice was low but all Shinobis heard him clearly. It was as though he was speaking right next to them.

"You see her?" Shun said and pointed at Kaguya. "She is one of the first Gods that graced this planet with their Presence."

"I say Graced, not because it was a good thing, but because…wait. It was a Good thing. Before their arrival, this planet had no access to Chakra. We were just a bunch of humans going about our days with nothing but our physical strength and minds to help us solve problems."

"Wars still occurred though. Back then, it was always about numbers. The army with the more numbers and Wisdom behind them, always managed to thrive. That was when it happened."

As Shun spoke, an image of Kaguya floating down from the skies appeared in the skies.

The entire thing that occurred in the original timeline was shown for all to see. It depicted her life for all to see. How kind she was to the humans initially. Lowering herself to marry a Human just because she felt she was in love.

It continued till the night she was attacked in her own home. Her maidservants all tried to help her escape but we're all killed. Of course it showed how she casually killed the humans of back then with a wave of her hand but that didn't elicit much reaction from the Shinobis.

It was a normal thing if you were strong enough.

However, the twist of it all was when it was revealed that the person who actually sent down the orders for her capture happened to be her weak willed husband.

The scene continued with Kaguya running with her one remaining maidservant who urged her to continue running while she ran back to tell the lord that she was pregnant with her baby.

However, Kaguya was forced to watch as the primitive weapons of men skewered her best friend.

In her grief, she ran towards the God tree, ate the fruit it bore and then ushered in a new age. The Age of Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Subsequent Videos showed life after the birth of Hagoromo and Hamura. Naruto and Sasuke were particularly interested in this and by the end of it, they couldn't help but facepalm at the naive Hagoromo and Hamura.

Sasuke most especially. Itachi who was also watching couldn't help but think that their revered Sage of Six Paths was actually an idiot. Jiraiya couldn't help but think that perhaps all this was a ploy initiated by the Toads…'Wait. Was it?' he thought in alarm.

With Kaguya sealed away, Shun continued the video to show him walking the earth, saving the places that needed saving due to their one month battle with their mother and sharing chakra to all he met.

As the years passed, A sect was Formed. Hagoromo married, gave birth to two kids. Then it was the time of the kids. People close to Hashirama and Madara couldn't help but see the similarities between the two. The original and their Reincarnations.

Hell, Hashirama and Madara both felt it.

The Uchihas also understood something…They were related to the Sage of Six Paths. Time passed and Ashura found a kid who conspicuously named himself Shun.

A lot of eyes were turned to Shun floating in the skies but he totally ignored them.

The video then continued playing from both his point of view and the point of view of the others.

Hagoromo sent his kids on an inheritance mission. The process of the Mission was revealed to the Shinobis and while some couldn't see the fault in Indra's process, some saw it and were quite embarrassed.

The Uchihas…in case you were wondering.

In all this, Why was shown to be an observer. He advised when he felt like it and watched when he didn't feel like participating, however, no one could deny the fact that Shun was actually the strongest of the three.

Why he didn't care about the inheritance, they didn't know.

The scene continued till the day Indra Awakened his Mangekyou Sharingan and Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan at the same time. He attacked the settlement and was repelled by the combined effort of the villagers and Ashura.

If some people didn't know before, now, they understood that Indra and Ashura were the Ancestors of The Uchiha and Senju clan.

The battle ended quickly, but before Indra could leave, Shun appeared. Shun however was different from the Shun from before.

Before, he was black haired, but now, he was white haired with a blindfold on top.

Anyone who couldn't understand what was going on at this moment would be an idiot. Shun's perception already alerted him to the chaotic emotions within his mother but he paid it no mind at the moment as he continued projecting the scenes.

His encounter with Zetsu, was shown along with Shun sealing Zetsu away. Of course, Zetsu escaped.

Life continued and Ishiki visited Shun, their interaction very audible to the Shinobis. It seemed as though Ishiki was asking him which side he stood on.

Shun made it clear that he remained on Humanities side. Neither Kaguya nor Ishiki mattered as long as they didn't interfere with the Humans.

Ishiki tried to attack Shun but was instantly defeated and forced to escape.

Of course, Shun couldn't stop Ishiki from escaping with his [Sakuna Hikona]

As years passed, Indra, Ashura and Shun grew old and on Hagoromo's dying bed, he was visited by Indra who promised to Reincarnate until he wins.

The next scene showed Ashura promising the same. However, unlike Indra, his promise was to stop Indra.

The next scene was one where Shun made his own promise not to interfere in their battles but to protect them from outsiders if necessary.

Tobirama, Mikoto and the Tengens watching couldn't help but look at the scene with varying expressions.

Tobirama was annoyed, Mikoto was impressed and the Tengens were proud.

Tobirama remembered Kuchiki telling him to his face that he won't protect Konoha even if the Senju clan marry outside. Kuchiki had said that the Senju Clan was the Senju clan, Konoha was Konoha.

Itachi though, looked at this scene with an indescribable light in his eyes. His pacifistic thoughts unknown to anyone.

With that, Shun visited both Indra and Ashura and bid them farewell before leaving with his Children and Grandchildren to the empty sea where he created the Tengoku Island.

The next scenes show Shun's adventure outside the planet. His battles and everything of note up until his death.

By the time the projection came to a stop, the entire alliance was at a loss for words. The extent of power shown by Shun as he grew step by step left them feeling lost.

Killing someone with a Word? A Gaze? Sound? That was all well and good, but doing it so effortlessly? Hell, not even the Uchihas could do that.

"As you can see…those guys are coming here." Shun dropped a bomb on them, and before it could sink in, he continued. "And you are all too weak to actually be of help."

"All except a few." Shun said as Golden Lights fell on the Nine he had brought back to life Madara, Naruto and Sasuke.

"They will be the world's Vanguard, but…" the light on Naruto and Sasuke disappeared as he continued. "You two still have much to do here,".

"What?!" Was the collective reply of most of the Shinobis.

"Hmm. Naruto still has his dreams of being the Hokage. Sasuke still has a life and family to get back to. Also, the next generation won't become strong by itself, will it?" Shun said.

"I'll give you all a glimpse of what level of power you will all be up against." Shun said with a smile which surprisingly, everyone could see. "This will be my last act in this world."

As soon as he said that, the sky fractured droves of humanoid figures poured into the earth's atmosphere.

"Is this the place?" A loud condescending voice asked which everyone heard.

"Hmm. That traitor's chakra signature is still lingering on. It is the place."

"To think that she would betray us for an ant from this barren planet."

"Hey! Watch your words. He's still The God Monarch. Speaking ill of him could attract unknown effects."

"Yeah, remember that Blood Emperor?"

"Humph. That was close to ages ago. How could he still care about this small place?"

"It's his home. The God Emperor said that lower lifeforms have strange attachments."

"Be quiet." A deep voice filled with authority said silencing all the voices from earlier.

"For scouts, you're all too lax."

"General." They all saluted the man who seemed to appear out of nowhere.

"Can't you feel it? There are a few strong ants gathered down there." The general said with a frown, his instincts told him that something was wrong here.

To just conveniently find the planet they've been looking for for centuries and to have these strong…humans…gathered was suspicious. To him who had faced plots and schemes to get to his position, this all looked like the workings of a mysterious hand.

And from their intelligence, the Fallen Prince was also supposed to be here, alive and well. How come they could feel his presence? Kaguya too. Although they had no idea where the three goddesses were after the Monarch's fall, they still knew they were alive somewhere.

For them to notice her presence and then have this hidden planet opened to them…

"Something is definitely wrong." He muttered.

"Did you say something General?" A lady with pink coloured ringed Rinnegan asked, causing the general to frown and glare at the woman.

"Keep your fingers to yourself woman, I'll have your head if you repeat that again." He said as the woman coughed out blood and went on her knees while still in the air.

"Apologies." She said, but the infatuation in her eyes didn't diminish one bit.

"As punishment, you'll go down and ascertain the power levels of those guys…I can feel much from up here." the general ordered.

"As you command!" The woman practically screamed in delight and immediately disappeared in a puff of pink clouds.

To the naked eye, that was probably a cloud, but to them and those who could see it, it was a Space-time portal.

…

Listening to the condescending and outright disdainful words of the figures who just appeared in their skies, the Shinobis had looks that could practically kill if it was possible.

"One is coming." Shun said offhandedly. He wasn't affected by the words those Otsustsukis spoke. It was normal for them to speak as such. After all, What human would speak appreciatively of ants?

"Oh? You could actually feel me coming? You lot don't seem so bad? And you look good too. How about coming to serve under me? Perhaps I'll let you live after we're done with this world." A seductive voice drifted into Shun's ear. The others close to him also heard it.

"Oh-ho? Do you mean that?" Shun asked with a smile causing the humans to look at him weirdly

"Of course. There isn't much I can't do when it comes to protecting the things I like."

"Ah. I see." Shun said but then shook his head. "Too bad though. My women would kill me if I agreed."

"That can be taken care of. Isn't it just women? There's a lot over at my place. You can have your pick." The woman appeared in front of Shun as she said that and looked at Shun as though observing a specimen.

"Is that so?" Shun said with a smile but didn't move. However, the woman's eye widened in shock as a bone-like spear thrust into her from the back. "Unfortunately, you can't possibly handle one of my women."

The woman's expression immediately turned serious as she tried to move but found herself incapable of that. "You..who are you? What have you done to me?"

"Me? Weren't you all just making fun of me now?" Shun asked as his smile dropped. His eyes morphed into the very same one everyone in the universe knew him with. "My main body may not be here anymore, but I alone am enough."

"You..!" Her eyes widened as realization seemed to strike her. "You're!-" she made to scream but before she could, she was immediately erased.

"Ah, c'mon Kaguya. I wanted to show them how powerful these guys can be." Shun whined at the woman who just looked at him coldly and snorted.

"Anyways, that lady was probably a foot soldier with only 3M points of Chakra." Shun said casually.

"Only?!" Naruto cried in shock while Sasuke's face remained expressionless, but anyone could tell he had the same thought in mind.

"Yeah only. You may not know but chakra units and battle prowess are two different things." He said and shot beams of light into Naruto, Sasuke, Madara and the nine newly resurrected few.

"Naruto and Sasuke already possess the system, I'm only giving you an upgrade. The rest of you are just getting yours for the first time."

"What's a system? What does it do?" Mikoto walked over to Shun and asked casually.

"Just say status and you'll know." Shun said with a smile. She was one of his few friends.

"Oh? Status."

[Ding!

NAME: TENGOKU MIKOTO

CHAKRA: 1M

BATTLE PROWESS: 3M

PASSIVE SKILL: OBSERVE

ACTIVE SKILL: FOCUS]

"What? Just this?"

"Yeah, what were you expecting?" Shun asked, looking at her weirdly.

"Something…more?"

"Try out the skill Observe on me."

"Oh. Observe."

[Ding!

NAME: TENGOKU SHUN

CHAKRA: 1M

BATTLE PROWESS: 10M

PASSIVE SKILL: ##&£&

ACTIVE SKILLS: #&&£#]

"What? You have the same chakra level as me? How come your Battle prowess is that high?" Mikoto asked but Shun merely looked at her in silence. "Ah. You're a genius."

Hearing this, Shun smiled and then turned to the group. "You can decide to add your skills into the Status Tab. That way, you'll be able to use and improve them to the level of Shinjutsu."

"Shinjutsu?" Tobirama asked.

"Hmm. Divine Level Jutsu. The reason why you all can't see my Skills is because they're all High Level Divine Techniques." Shun answered.

"Shinjutsu…can you show us?" Mikoto asked and Shun smiled.

"Of course." Shun said and looked up at the sky. "Those guys have observed enough. [Shinsei: Hand of God!]" Shun said, raising his right hand and swiped it down.

That was when it happened.