Chapter 109: The Skeleton King and Himawari

(In The Other Dimension, 2 Days Later)

It's been a few days since they arrived in this dimension, and the moment their feet landed on the soil of this world, they planned to go their separate ways. Their goal is to capture as many Otsutsukis as possible, and that would only work if they split their team. Sasuke and Kimimaro went alone, while Kakashi and Minato travelled together. The clone of Hikaru and Itachi went to the giant floating palace in the middle of elemental nation, where they felt a lot of Otsutsuki.

Kakashi and Minato said that they wanted to see if there are any survivors, and that is understandable, considering that more survivors means more shinobis for Konoha, their Konoha. Who knows, they might just find both Sasuke and Naruto, alive.

Kimimaro and Sasuke decided to capture the most Otsutsukis. While Itachi and Hikaru's clone wanted to fight the leader of these aliens.

(With Sasuke)

With a smirk, Sasuke rained down thousands of Kirin onto the Otsutsuki Clan members in front of him. After the countless rain of Kirin, every Otsutsuki was on the ground, charred to the point of death but Sasuke made sure that they did not die, he only weakened them for easy capture. He activated the storage ring given to him by Hikaru, and all of them were sucked inside it. He did not leave a single one, every Otsutsuki is important for the experiment they were going to do, after all.

Sasuke grunted as he blocked an attack from an Otsutsuki. He knew the Otsutsuki was strong, but he was stronger. With a kick, the Otsutsuki who attacked him fell to the ground while vomiting blood.

"Y-you hairless apes! I am Kamui Otsutsuki, and I will not allow you lower beings to just stomp us around!" The now identified Kamui, cried with the last of his strength. He can no longer move, the rain of Kirin earlier damaged him enough for that. His tattered clothing showed numerous injuries, and most of all, blood. Sasuke thought they were aliens, but aliens didn't have red blood. It sickened him to know that these people decided to conquer every planet they saw, and enslaved every species they met.

These Otsutsukis, they were not gods, they were just as human as them. Their blood confirmed that. With a kick to the head, he knocked out Kamui and stored him inside the storage ring.

He looked around him, and saw this world's Konoha in ruins. Not a single citizen of Konoha can be seen, and he frowned at that. He wanted to save this world's version of him, the older Sasuke Uchiha and his family. He wanted to save them because he didn't want the same thing to happen to his own family. It was a scary thought, at least for him, that someone might slaughter his family and he wouldn't be able to do anything. He can imagine what the other him is feeling right, if he is alive that is.

(With Kimimaro)

"Sage Art: Throne Of The Skeleton King." Bones appeared before Kimimaro and formed a magnificent throne behind him. He sat on the throne as it floated to the sky. He rested his head on his hand, and looked down at the numerous Otsutsuki members in front of him, like a cold and calculating Monarch looking at his enemies.

He wore a business suit, and it fit him perfectly. His long white hair stretched to his waist, and his cold vivid green eyes arrogantly looked down at them. But the most noticeable thing about him was his horns, they were made from bones, his bones, and his skin was as pale as white. He was using the Sage Mode, and this was the form he took.

He raised his other hand, and the Otsutsukis tensed up. They couldn't move, they were terrified of him. But not all of them, some were stronger than most. They rose up to fight the Skeleton King, but it was futile, for the Skeleton King is a cruel Monarch.

"Sage Art: Wrath Of The Skeleton King." Kimimaro voiced his technique, and as fast as they can blink, millions upon millions of sharp bones appeared in the sky.

And then, he brought his arm down.

All of them fell towards the hundreds of Otsutsukis in front of him faster than the eye could blink. They tried to form some kind of chakra barrier, but it was simply futile. The Skeleton King showed no mercy as he left them all on the brink of death. His eyes simply gazed, his eyes contained no mercy.

And then, he sighed and shook his head in disappointment, then said, "Is that really all? I thought more of them. The Otsutsukis are, simply, glorified humans. Hikaru-sama wanted me to bring them back alive, but it seems like I killed a few of them. I can't hold back after all."

His cold and stoic face did one thing that would've shocked some people. He smirked at his fallen enemies, his smirk contained arrogance, confidence, and most of all, pride.

With a wave of his hand, all of the Otsutsuki members, whether they were dead or alive, were all sucked into the storage ring given to him by Hikaru. Fortunately, the time inside the storage ring is stopped and even with those severe injuries, those Otsutsuki people will still live, but as their lab rats.

He looked around, and found only a wasteland with a lot, lot of bones sticking out. If his theory is correct, the land he is floating upon was once the lightning country of this dimension. He couldn't find any life remaining, but they might be hiding. The people of this dimension, aside from the Otsutsuki Clan, must be planning to fight back. He knows how stubborn humans can be, and they might just be hiding in the shadows as they plan their counter-attack against their oppressors.

"Hmm, is this the hairless monkey they are talking about? He certainly doesn't seem much." A female voice sounded behind him, but he already knew about her presence before she even got here.

He controlled his throne to turn around and face his opponent. He saw a white haired woman with two horns protruding from her forehead. He noticed that she had three eyes, her regular two eyes were rinnegan while the eye on her forehead was a rinne-sharingan. It looks somewhat different from Sasuke-san, but he can recognize a rinne-sharingan when he sees one.

"Arrogant words, coming from someone so weak," Yeah, he's been influenced by Hikaru-sama alright, "I can kill you within a blink of an eye. Why do you think that you're strong enough to face me on your own?"

The Otsutsuki woman looked at him in disdain, and said with disgust, "You hairless monkeys are truly arrogant. I don't know where you came from, but you cannot escape the wrath of the great Izanami herself. I am Izanami Otsutsuki, remember my name, monkey."

Kimimaro chuckled, but it didn't sound pleasant, far from it. It was cold, his arctic laughter suddenly filled her ears.

Then, he stopped. He looked at her, and suddenly, she felt pain from her chest. She looked down to see what was happening, and saw something so horrifying. Her bones were sticking out, they were escaping her body. She tried to contain it, but she found no control of her body. Her limbs started to move on their own, as if they had minds of their own.

Cracking sounds came from her bones as they tried to escape from her body. It was painful, the most painful thing she has ever felt. Her bones ripped her skin, her spine moved like a worm, and then, she saw Kimimaro smirking at her with madness behind his oh so green eyes.

Then, everything went to hell for her. With a sudden push, all of her, except for her skull, pierced her body from the inside and went towards Kimimaro. He controlled them like they were a part of him. She tried screaming but found that she couldn't. She could no longer move, her body was a bloody mess. Organs were falling, her intestines simply plopped to the ground, and she could hear her heart beating its last.

Kimimaro's face was filled with anger as he screamed at her.

"You arrogant, utterly worthless mongrel! The only one who can be arrogant in front of me and insult me like that is Hikaru-sama! And he never insulted me, never in the time I have known him has he ever insulted me! No one can insult me, except for my master!" He then calmed himself down, and added, "I should've captured you alive, but I was too angry. But I will take your eyes, Hikaru-sama will surely love them."

She wanted to die. The pain, it was more than excruciating, she couldn't think of a word that she could term this kind of pain. She didn't want to feel it, but she was forced to. Then, she felt her mess of a body float towards the man who tortured her. And when she was closer to him, he plucked out her eyes, the three of them. She couldn't scream, she wanted to, but she was already too broken for that, her body that is. She couldn't utter a word because her vocal cords were destroyed too.

The Skeleton King simply looked at her with disdain, then destroyed her head.

Ah, she was finally freed from the worst few minutes of her life.

(With Minato and Kakashi)

They wandered around, trying to find a single glimpse of any Otsutsuki. But they realized, they have already captured all of the Otsutsuki in this location. And they can no longer sense any Otsutsuki, except from that castle that floated far from them.

"Kakashi-kun, let's find some survivors. Itachi can take care of the last of the Otsutsuki Clan. Who knows, we might find someone we're familiar with." Minato said enthusiastically.

"Sure, we might as well do that. And hey, come out now." Kakashi spoke lazily, as he detected someone spying at them.

They were in the ruined village of Sunagakure. The village wasn't entirely desecrated, but it was destroyed. They thought they wouldn't find someone here, imagine their surprise when they sensed someone's chakra signature. It was from any Otsutsuki, but they felt like they knew this kind of chakra signature.

Slowly, from the building, a 14 years old girl walked out. Weirdly enough, she had two whisker marks on each side of face. She had shoulder length hair, oceanic blue eyes, and a Konoha Headband on her forehead.

"And who are you, kid?" Kakashi asked.

She narrowed her eyes, and asked the same thing, "That's what I want to know. You look exactly as the Sixth and the one beside you looks exactly like the Fourth. Who are you people?"

Kakashi had a confused expression on his face as he said, "Who's the Sixth again?"

She looked at them weirdly, and said, "How could you not know that? You two wear the headbands of Konoha, there's no way you two wouldn't know of Kakashi Hatake, the Sixth Hokage."

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"Nah, there's no way." Kakashi was in denial.

"Hahahaha! Kakashi as the Sixth Hokage, imagine that! He would've quit the moment he put on the hat." Minato laughed at his student.

"Hey! That's… not true." Kakashi muttered, crestfallen.

The blue eyed girl stared at them as if she was staring at two crazy people that came out of a mental asylum. She then asked again, "You still haven't answered my question. Who are you two?"

"Me? I am Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage. And the one beside me is my student, Kakashi Hatake. Nice to meet you, miss…?" Minato answered.

She then dazely answered, "Oh, I'm Uzumaki Himawari… wait! What did you say!? There's no way that you two are alive! Uncle Kakashi is dead, along with my grandfather! You two are lying!"

Minato was taken aback, surprised at her sudden outburst. Wait, did she say grandfather? Is she his granddaughter in this dimension? That is certainly interesting, he has another granddaughter to spoil!

"Ahem! You might not believe it, but I am Minato Namikaze. I am not from this dimension. Your, uh, brother came to us after this world's Sasuke sent them to our dimension. Your brother asked for our help, and we obliged. My wife is currently pampering your brother in our dimension, in short, she is spoiling him." Minato said joyfully.

"Wha? Uh, this doesn't make sense! You look like him, just like from the pictures papa showed me. But this does explain it. But if you really are my grandfather, then show me his signature technique." She demanded.

Minato smiled. He threw his kunai in the air, and teleported in a flash of yellow. And he landed gracefully on the ground while holding his kunai.

Himawari showed a face of awe as she said, "Wow! That was amazing!" After a few moments, she calmed down, "C'mon, grandfather, uncle Kakashi. I'll show you our underground base that uncle Gaara built for us!" She gestured for them to follow her, and they did.

They followed Himawari as they runned.

Kakashi then asked, "How many people survived?"

"Hmm, I think more than 20 of us survived. My mother is one of them, but she is in a coma due to the injuries she got from fighting the Otsutsuki Clan. Uncle Sasuke is alive too, but he is in a deep coma due to his injuries and overuse of his chakra. The one leading us currently is Uncle Shikamaru, and we've been planning our counter-attack for a while. But then, we noticed that there were no Otsutsuki in sight in the perimeter, so they sent me as a scout since I'm the best at that." She said that last part with a little bit of pride.

"Hahaha, you're so brave, Himawari-kun. Most children your age wouldn't have had the guts to scout a place that could contain a lot of your enemies." Minato complimented his, uh, granddaughter? Trust me, I'm not sure either.