Chapter 82

During the war, Kabuto had used the strongest ninja from all ages. It was good for him that the remains of such figures were always kept and taken care off.

The Edo Tensei only needed a small trace of the person and it would summon the soul back into the world.

All the people in the world were tangled up in the roots of the Shinju, the only reason they survived the battle between the titans.

The Edo Tensei didn't end even if the user died, and could only be reversed by the user or someone with suitable knowledge. If not stopped, the summoned souls shall continue to fight for eternity.

Kaguya could delete them with her TSP but she wanted to use them as they were powerful individuals.

With Sasuke's request, she released Minato and Jiraiya who were fully conscious. Fortunately they weren't being controlled by Kabuto as he was stuck inside roots.

The moment Itachi had put Kabuto under the infinite loop genjutsu, leaving the zombies free to do what they want.

It meant that many of the Zombies had turned on Madara and helped the Ninja side.

Looking at the two of them, Naruto had a very strong reaction to Jiraiya as Minato didn't really have a bond with him.

Naruto felt happy to see them again and with movement of his hand, Jiraiya was pulled into his arms.

"Is this the way to greet your master? It felt like someone was attacking me again." Jiraiya muttered as he had been unable to resist and it reminded him of Pain.

"You deserve it for acting like a retard. You told me to always act carefully, but then you went ahead and got yourself killed. If you repeat such bullshit, I will break your bones." Naruto said with a happy tone as he hugged Jiraiya who reciprocated it while Kushina crushed Minato with a bear hug, he was lucky that he was immortal at the moment.

Hearing his words, Jiraiya couldn't deny it as he had made too many people sad with his actions. His action wasn't necessary and they could have done better if he had just focused on helping Naruto grow stronger.

All this might not have happened, if he had just done his job properly but he kept on getting distracted by other things and chose them over Naruto.

"I am sorry…So, you hit the jackpot while I died." Jiraiya said with a smile as he winked at the girls behind Naruto. He was his master, so it was just a casual thing for him.

"Yeah, I got involved many good girls somehow."

"You love them and they love you, so everything is good. It is much better than just thinking of their application, like they were some items."

"I know. Now, what do you think of the future?"

"Well, that's for the living to worry about."

"Right, the future is for the living." Naruto muttered and with his words his power spread through the world.

He warped reality and those people Naruto deemed righteous revived while the rest disappeared.

Jiraiya had never expected such a thing especially since he hadn't seen what happened before hand. But, he wasn't the only one surprised as the others were as well except his companions and Kaguya.

"How? What just happened?"

"I wanted you to live, so you live. Simple as that, got a problem."

"No, but what? How is this so simple? What happened to you?" Jiraiya realized he hadn't heard anything about Naruto throughout the war and he had battled Tsunade. He hadn't even seen him throughout the battle.

He just assumed that Naruto had been finishing up some training and he appeared later.

"It's a talk for another time. I need to handle something urgent for now." Naruto let him go and walked towards Minato.

While Naruto was talking with Jiraiya, Kushina hugged Minato and kissed him. She kissed him for the two years she hadn't seen him

Minato didn't stop her as he felt guilty for what he had done. His actions had been hasty and Hiruzen hadn't forgotten to curse him throughout the war that everyone had heard him talking about the bitch ass piece of shit called the Yellow Flash that was so scared of child rearing that he opted for suicide.

On that night, he could have let Hiruzen make the seal and could have held Kushina's slipping soul with his seals. But, he chose to act as the hero and sacrificed himself. It led to Kushina's death as well. He forgot the fact that the vessel cannot survive the extraction.

The souls of the beast and ninja were mixed so when the extraction took place not even regeneration could save the person.

It was the miraculous life force of the Uzumaki clan that allowed Kushina to fight even after going through child birth and the extraction, anyone else would have dropped dead the instant this happened to them.

Kushina had been one of the biggest reasons for the Kyuubi not destroying Konoha, but she never got celebrated like Minato.

She had held the beast at bay with her adamantine chains in a weakened and dying state, showing her power that put her as one of the Hokage candidates.

Kushina was the strongest ninja in Konoha even without the Kyuubi, not even Minato could actually beat her and the same went for Hiruzen.

She couldn't beat them either as it was her defense capabilities that put her on another level. Her barriers had contained most of Kurama's rampage.

"I missed you so much." Kushina had so much to say to him but just said these words.

"I know. I missed you to." Minato replied as he kissed her beautiful eyes and brushed her silky hair.

"I want to break your legs."

"I know."

"I want to chain you."

"I know."

"You are an idiot."

"I know."

"I am not letting you go anymore. We are bringing you back." Kushina looked him in the eye and he was shocked at her words. He was already shocked she was alive but now she planned to bring him back.

"Isn't that messing with things to delicate to touch?" Minato said as he thought about the terrifying Shinigami and its power of death.

"It doesn't matter, I want you and that is enough. Naruto will do it."

"Right, what happened to Naruto? He looks so different. Why can't I feel his presence anymore?"

"He stepped onto a stage beyond our comprehension, beyond the myths that we knew about." Kushina replied as she looked towards Naruto and heard his words.

"See, what I meant?" Kushina asked as Minato got revived.

"Yes, but what happened?" Minato was shocked by what Naruto had done so casually.

"It's a long story, so wait for Naruto to finish before we can all talk as family. You also have many daughters in law."

Minato blinked at her words as he had never expected that from Naruto since Naruto was a lot like them. He didn't seem to be the type to go for multiples.

'I might have acted as know it all. Jiraiya managed to infect him.' Minato thought as he looked towards, Pamela and Kara.

"Father, it is nice seeing you again."

Minato saw that Naruto had appeared near them, it was hard to follow him as he was a ghost. Naruto's existence seemed to shimmer and within two steps he appeared near them.

Even without trying, he was affecting space and time.

"I am happy to see you again as well, but it seems life has been harsh on you." Minato said in a gentle tone as he could tell the difference between the current and previous Naruto.

Naruto hugged them both as it was a desire of his as a child.

"It has, and I have learned my lessons. Spend time with mother for now, I will come back soon." Naruto muttered as he disappeared with Kurama, Kara and Pamela.

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