4 Beyond this World! (1/2)
”Hello my name is Kibo; I have a lot of questions for you, but for now can you tell me your name?” Kibo said with an overly-moderate terrified tone.
The dragon laughed ”You have nothing to fear human, I am bonded to you now, if you die; I die!” The dragon gently lifted Kibo's body up with his tail so they could speak face to face.
”My name is Seiryu!” An almost sacred chime sounded throughout the space, ”One of the four Guardians of this realm.”
Kibo started muttering ”Seiryu the Blue Green Dragon, Suzaku the Vermillion Bird, Byakko the Black Stripped White Tiger, and Genbu the Black Snake Tailed Tortoise!”
”Ahh! So you know of my siblings.” Seiryu razor sharp teeth revealed a grin ”We guardians were placed in this cosmos as its protectors; it was our job to keep higher beings such as Gods and Demons out of this realm.” The Dragon explained.
”Was your job?” Kibo responded.
”Ever since our Mother achieved godhood we have tried for countless eons to do the same while carrying out our sacred duties. However many centuries ago we attempted to become gods, but something out of our prediction happened. The four of us were connected to one another when I finally broke through so did my siblings.”
”Isn't that a good thing?” Kibo responded with confusion.
”Normally yes, however when one tries to break through the boundaries of power they are met by the universe's rebound, often coming in the form of a lightning tribulation so powerful that could slay most minor gods.” Seiryu had a sad look on his face, when it suddenly turned to furry, ”That damned Rabbit Goddess took advantage of our tribulation! When the strongest and final bolt had descended; that wench and her disgusting clan slayed my brethren before my very eyes.”
Tears began falling from his eyes, ”I watched as she drained the chakra and life from my brother and sisters, and feed them to her kin.” The tears rolled down his scales and hit the strange endless land that stretched out infinitely. However what he heard wasn't the sound of water pulling together but pure and giant Chakra crystals forming with a massive thud.
The system wasn't shy as it stored the items when the dragon had shed its last tear.
[Obtained 2; 10 foot boulder Sized Heavenly Star Dragons Tears – Incredibly useful for increasing Chakra pool limit, great for forging material.]
Suddenly the space was filled with a terrorizing and primordial Killing Intent ”As a last ditch effort I exploded my eternal soul sending us flying throughout the lower plane. I don't know if either my family or those traitorous gods survived but if I ever get the chance to wrap my fangs around her neck.” Bits of red could be seen filling his rage filled eyes.
When a chuckled interrupted his train of thought, as Kibo said ”Stick with me and you might just get that chance!”
”Hmm!?” Seiryu seemed intrigued by his new soul-mate so to speak, Kibo began to explain Kaguya's role in this world, how she ate the fruit from the god tree and how her sons saved mankind from her reign of terror.
”God Tree?” Seiryu said tilting his head, ”There is no such thing! From what you told me that bitch actually used a Mana Tree Seed to absorb the world's natural energy into one peach. This is what her clan does; they travel from world to world feeding off their energy like wild locus. This Jubi you speak of is nothing more than the entire mass of this world's Chakra. I must admit if this thing really possessed 10 tails as you say then it would certainly be considered a god level being, and now you say there are 9 of these beasts?”
Kibo proceeded to tell him of the Nine Tailed Beasts, their history and names as well. When the dragon spoke with surprise, ”This Kurama really has nine tails?” Kibo nodded and asked ”Why do you want to know?”
”Because nine is a sacred number, it represents the peak before evolution into a double digit. Like my siblings and I, he would be considered a single step away from becoming a god.” The dragon used his whiskers to point to his antlers, ”My antlers have 9 branches, Suzaku has 9 wings, Genbu has a 9 layered shell, and Byakko has 9 pitch black strips. If we had succeeded our tribulation we would have had ten.”
”Then Kurama is a powerful as you four.” Kibo said with wide eyes making Seiryu laugh, ”It's possible it depends on how talented he is and how long he has trained, becoming a god is no easy task. You must understand how many tails of power it would require for him to become a god.”
”You said the Jubi was split into nine forms, yet there are 45 tails in total. Kurama would have to be a least as strong as all of the tailed beasts combined to gain his tenth tail.” Kibo easily understood what Seiryu was talking about, that last tail being so close yet so far in power.
”By the way what did you mean by calling the Outsusuki clan traitorous gods?” Kibo couldn't help but ask.
”It is forbidden for gods that were not born here to come to the mortal plane unhindered.” Seiryu ground his fangs as he continued, ”She stole our master's origin energy from our physical bodies, so now this universe recognizes her 4 clansmen as us! Genbu and her snake tail carried two pieces of master's origin so even Kaguya herself could walk though this plane unrestricted.”
”So higher beings and gods can't normally come to lower realms?”
”No they would have to use some technique or talisman to lower themselves to just under god level power. Even so they are still far too dangerous for most mortal beings to compete with; this is because some the items they bring can still contain some of that higher planes energy. Although they'd break after being used, because the laws of this universe would actively seek it out and destroy it.”
Kibo felt some relief as he wouldn't have to face an army of such beings; he was about ask another question when he heard someone else's voice interrupting them. ”Hey kid wake up! He looked to the dragon who was grinning when Seiryu said ”Don't look at me, I think it's time for you to wake up!”
Kibo opened his eyes to see none other than Kakashi in his Anbu uniform; he had his dog mask hanging from the corner of his head, showing his Sharingan in full use. After he sat up Kakashi sighed in relief, ”Phew! I thought you would never wake up! I was beginning to think you'd been hit by an assassin's Gen-Jutsu.”
Kibo scratched his head, ”Sorry Mr. Inu, I'm a heavy sleeper.” He said jokingly
”What's wrong with your eyes?” Kakashi asked seeing a third golden corona appear on the out skirts of his irises. They were slowly getting closer to the center of his pupil until they became so close they looked like they formed into one solid ring. One would have to look on a microscopic level to see that the rings weren't actually fused.
”Congratulations to Host, due to Seiryu no longer absorbing such large portions of your star chakra you have fully unlocked your Tengan's first release state! 3rd ring's new ability allows one to slow the time of the target who gazes into your eye, warning this ability rapidly drains Chakra; at most the Host's current Chakra levels can only support this ability for 3 seconds.”
Kibo deactivated his Tengan and smiled, ”It seems my Tengan has finally stabilized, I'm sorry for the wait. How late are we?”
Kakashi shrugged his shoulders before saying in a lazy voice, ”We were supposed to meet up at noon and it's only been a couple hours since they started waiting at the gates.”
Kibo jumped out of bed and ran into the shower, he didn't even bother undressing before turning on the water; using his star chakra to form a hand he grabbed a bottle of soap quickly covered his entire body with it. He looked like a bubble monster being completely covered in suds, after a quick rinse he ran out of the shower soaked.
Walking over to the window he opened and grabbed Kakashi's wrist, then sprouted his Star Chakra Wings.
”Incredible the chakra although is only around a Genin's level, but is so dense that it can be seen.” Kakashi commented as his body was suddenly pulled through the window. Kibo flew so fast that his hair and clothes had already started to dry, when he looked to check on Kakashi, he saw him pulling out the Icha Icha Paradise novel and reading it with a blank look on his face. It looked kind of funny seeing a 4 year old dragging Kakashi while flying through the air, plus his nonchalant attitude while reading a perverted book made it even funnier.
Kakashi peaked at his wings with his Sharingan ”I can't copy it? Huh must be like the Rasengan a special Nin-Jutsu.” Kakashi covered his eye, and continued to read his book as if nothing had happened.
When he reached the gates he saw some familiar faces but much younger than he remembered. Might Guy, Asuma Sarutobi, Kurenai and Shisui Uchiha all stood there waiting with impatient expressions.
”You're late Kakashi, Guy shouted.
”I'm sorry a bird decided to take a nap in open, and I had to protect it from some cats.” Kakashi expressed regret, holding one hand in front of his face apologetically, while he secretly stashed the Icha Icha novel with the other.
Kurenai looked at Kibo and said ”Is this the kid?”
Kakashi looked at him as well and answered, ”Yea, this is the kid who managed to help the Hokage with the Uchiha problem.”
Asuma walked up looked over Kibo, ”He's not half bad! About time someone put that Danzo in his place; I just didn't think the one to do it would be a little kid.”
”Such is the powers of Youth!” Guy shouted as an intense aura of fire surrounded him.
Shisui walked up towards and bowed to Kibo, ”Thank you for speaking out for my clan! Although I'm a little ashamed at their impatient and narrow minded attitudes about the situation. Thankfully the Hokage himself came to speak with the clan leader, and the situation has improved for the better.”