POV: ANBU Codename Cat
Kami-sama, what did I do to deserve still being stuck as the observer of this hellspawn? His experiments are going to send me to an early grave. Things got especially bad when he started clashing with the Uchiha—he began brewing something deliberately dangerous. That last concoction that hit me was the worst. Two hours, and I was fighting not to melt into the toilet. It took me down almost instantly, even though I've undergone special procedures and built immunity to most poisons. But here's the kicker—none of the special meds from the ANBU field kit, the best of the best, did a thing to help.
And he's making this stuff at home, with whatever he finds in the village! I'm terrified to imagine what'll happen if he gets proper equipment and reagents—he'll brew something that'll poison or blow up the whole village.
I had such high hopes those two Uchiha kids would finish him off, but no luck. Despite taking a couple of serious wounds, he walked out of the hospital in a few hours, completely fine.
What he did next was beyond imagination—pissing off Uchiha kunoichi? That takes guts. But despite my hopes, he survived again. He spent nearly two days in the hospital that time, giving me a brief chance to rest and relax. I've been feeling like I'm on the frontlines, bracing for a massive enemy assault, and it's been like that for a while now. The question is, what did he do to rile up those kunoichi so much? I don't doubt it's because he's a hellspawn—that's explanation enough for me—but the higher-ups don't accept that.
One thing's for sure, he gets a good beating each time; the Uchiha don't hold back.
But his antics stopped as abruptly as they started, and things were calm for a bit. My gut told me it wouldn't last.
And I was right. That morning started like any other. But when he crawled out of bed, I saw fox tails—nine fox tails—and fox ears on his head. I fell out of my tree from the shock but quickly pulled myself together and ran to report to the Hokage.
Finally, the hellspawn gave me a reason—my suffering would end, and they'd seal him away somewhere deep.
Within three minutes, I was at his apartment with a containment and sealing team. Unfortunately, the Hokage forbade immediate force, ordering us to confirm first if the Fox had taken over.
The Fox taking over his body? Don't make me laugh—this hellspawn probably already ate the demon. But fine, it'd all be over soon.
— You need to come to the hospital immediately. — I informed him.
— Why? I feel fine. — He replied, pulling such an innocent face that if I didn't know better, I'd think he was a harmless kid.
— Routine checkup. Get ready, we'll escort you. — Come on, resist, and it'll be your end.
— As you say, Gopher-san. — Is he mocking me?
— I'm Cat. — I corrected, trying not to lose it.
— Got it, Gopher-san. Are we going? — He's definitely mocking me. Not for long, though.
How? That's all I could say when they told me. No signs of interference, the seal's perfectly intact.
All my hopes crumbled, and I got chewed out by the Hokage to boot. Apparently, I'm too biased toward Naruto. Does he not read my reports? It's all in there! And worse—they didn't reassign me from watching this hellspawn.
I need to visit a temple, pray, and buy some protective amulets against evil—better make it a dozen.
Things were quiet for a while, and that scared me. Especially when he built some weird setup and started tinkering with it. I decided to keep my distance—if it blows up, and I know it will, I don't want to be caught in the blast. The consequences could be horrific. But nothing exploded. My intuition screamed that big trouble was coming.
And yet, it stayed calm—except he somehow got two bottles of elite wine. I've seen that kind at a Daimyo's reception—super rare and expensive, only a few crates come to the village each year, and the clans snatch them up. So how does he have two bottles? I checked—they're not empty, and the wine's aroma was mind-blowing.
Then it happened—he started brewing again, and not like usual, but seriously. No explosion, but then he began his dancing and singing with that drum. Oh, Kami-sama, it's got to be some forbidden dark technique—no way a dance and song with a drum can be that creepy and awful.
When he finished torturing my ears and opened the pot, I realized I didn't buy enough amulets.
Screw it all to the Bijuu's tails—I can't take this anymore. The end of the world is coming. I tried to warn the Hokage, but it didn't work. At least I'll drink some elite wine as a last hurrah—no sense letting a product like that go to waste.
I grabbed one bottle and headed to the Hokage Monument to drink.
POV: Sarutobi Hiruzen
A lot has happened with Naruto lately, but the Uchiha incident stands out. It started with him clashing with two Academy students—turns out, he was protecting a girl, which is good. But what followed wasn't. They started a small war, and Naruto got seriously hurt. I had to talk to Fugaku to rein those two in.
We managed to get them under control, but not Naruto. He shifted targets and started harassing Uchiha kunoichi. The first incident got him badly beaten. I visited him then since Cat's report was incoherent. Big mistake—I should've known better than to ask what happened. Naruto's imagination is wild. But it didn't stop there. After more incidents, Fugaku came to me, claiming Naruto was attacking the honor of his clan's kunoichi and demanding I rein him in. When I asked how a five-year-old could possibly do that, he couldn't give a straight answer. Later, he came back, said no action was needed, and seemed oddly pleased. Meanwhile, the number of Uchiha kunoichi patrolling the village doubled.
Then Cat made a scene, bursting into my office through the window at dawn, declaring the hellspawn had shown its true face. What's with the youth these days and their biases? I can understand civilians believing Naruto embodies the Fox, but shinobi buying into it is absurd. Cat's reports only ever call Naruto a hellspawn—nothing else.
I got the details of his panic—he'd seen signs that the Fox had taken over Naruto's body. Since this wasn't his first false alarm, and sensors would've detected a Kyubi chakra spike, I rejected his proposal to eliminate Naruto immediately and ordered a thorough check first.
The check showed nothing. I considered reassigning Cat, but loyal people are hard to come by, and Danzo's up to something. So I left things as they were.
POV: Danzo Shimura
For the first time in a while, everything was going according to plan—even better. The infiltration was a success, despite some initial hiccups. What was so funny about her name? There was another girl in the jinchuriki's circle, but all checks showed no one backing her. Her presence only strengthened the first agent's cover, diverting suspicion. The circumstances of meeting Tsukiko Ichiha were suspicious enough as it was. Either way, she can be recruited or eliminated if needed.
The jinchuriki himself was particularly pleasing, especially his experiments, which baffled even seasoned experts. That diarrhea-inducing concoction lasting two hours was a standout. It instantly affected even shinobi with poison immunity, and no antidotes or iryonin healing could stop the attack—making it a terrifying weapon for sabotage. It didn't even need ingestion; contact with skin was enough. We secretly took samples from his apartment, and experts are trying to replicate it. Thanks to Cat's detailed reports, which are getting harder to fake, we have the full brewing process, but there's still no success.
His feud with the Uchiha helped my plans immensely. That attack by the patrol kunoichi and his screams sparked rumors—some said she assaulted him, others that she tried to release the Fox. The already poor view of the Uchiha worsened, fueling their discontent and pushing them toward rebellion. That'll make it easy to convince Sarutobi to thin their ranks and collect plenty of Sharingan. Their numbers and quality have spiked recently—thanks to the jinchuriki again.
Two Academy students awakening their Sharingan during their conflict with him could be a coincidence, but a dozen kunoichi awakening or evolving theirs is a pattern.
How he's affecting the Uchiha remains unanswered—possibly another facet of his kekkei genkai. Besides shadow teleportation, he can hide in shadows so well that only Sharingan or Byakugan can reliably detect him. It took a lot of effort to keep that info from Hiruzen.
Game Forum
Naruto Worlds Group
Elemental Mistress (Aika Yoshikawa): Guys, I found a passage to another world!
Life Mistress (Sakura Haruno): Congrats!
Great Strategist (Shikamaru Nara): What kind of world? Tough mission?
Elemental Mistress (Aika Yoshikawa): Easy mission, but the world's a mirror of the "Naruto world."
Pompous Dominator (Naruto Uzumaki): Rare occurrence—usually throws you somewhere far off.
Great Strategist (Shikamaru Nara): What about the timeline? Behind your world or far ahead?
Elemental Mistress (Aika Yoshikawa): Same timeline as mine. I was surprised at first, but it's fine—two Yoshikawas, big deal. They caught me, though, an hour before I had to leave.
Pompous Dominator (Naruto Uzumaki): Had to fight your way out?
Elemental Mistress (Aika Yoshikawa): Yup, twice. I don't have a nine-tailed chakra reactor in my gut—I'm a weak, fragile girl.
Phantom Avenger (Sasuke Uchiha): Weren't you the "weak, fragile girl" who flattened five jonin on the last mission?
Life Mistress (Sakura Haruno): How'd you escape?
Elemental Mistress (Aika Yoshikawa): I played weak to stall for time. They were about to drag me to Morino, so I was planning to bury them quietly and hope they didn't kill me before my exit. Then, out of the nearest bushes…
Pompous Dominator (Naruto Uzumaki): A plot device rolled out—been there, done that.
Food Priest (Choji Akimichi): Stop with the dramatic pauses—spill it!
Elemental Mistress (Aika Yoshikawa): Fine, not quite a plot device, but close. A Naruto jumped out, yelling, "Scram in terror, imbeciles!" While everyone was in shock, I made a break for it.
Great Strategist (Shikamaru Nara): Not canon.
Phantom Avenger (Sasuke Uchiha): Maybe one of ours?
Food Priest (Choji Akimichi): Or just another transmigrator—we've met those before.
Elemental Mistress (Aika Yoshikawa): Here's the weird part—I checked his status before I left, and it's a total mess.
Pompous Dominator (Naruto Uzumaki): Probably a higher level, so you just see question marks instead of stats.
Elemental Mistress (Aika Yoshikawa): That's the thing—there weren't question marks. Every field just said "Unknown."
Great Strategist (Shikamaru Nara): That's some weird crap.
Food Priest (Choji Akimichi): Yeah, an Unknown kind of crap!
Pompous Dominator (Naruto Uzumaki): Wild!
— Achoo! — Did I catch a cold? Gotta brew something for that.