Chapter 63: Naruto: Side Stories (III).
Shinobi World: Earth-Y007H
The death of the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju, marked the end of the longest period of peace ever since the rule of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, but the manner of his death opened the eyes of the shinobi of the world.
During his daily routine of workouts—obviously, prescribed by Guy Senjurama of the clan of the swole—he was ambushed by a lanky and pale individual. Sukurinii Ōtsutsuki.
"AGHHH! Run, Madara, RUN! Protect the village! You're the next Hokage!"- Hashirama's wails and last wishes echoed throughout Konohagakure as he used his youthful soul and toned body as a sacrifice. His body held the parasite while his wood clone cast hand signs and unleashed a last-stand jutsu.
"[Dead Reaper: Dead and Living Consuming Explosion]"- The ghostly figure of the Shinigami materialized behind him, in a swift decisive move, it stabbed its stomach from the front... through Hashirama and Sukurinii Ōtsutsuki.
The two bodies and the one spirit lighted up in an all-consuming white light.
"HASHIRAMAAAAAA!"- Madara's Susasnoo manifested, casting a protective shadow over the village as it shielded them from the soul-rendering light.
"NOOOOOOOOO! GET OFF MEEEEE!"- The parasite shouted and squealed in pain as it felt its doom approach.
It trashed and kicked, trying to get away from the inevitable.
A silent explosion of light burst forth.
In this single battle, Konohagakure, known as the most powerful and prosperous village in the world, suffered casualties totaling about 30% of its population. Due to the decisive thinking of the second Hokage, the village didn't meet its absolute end.
This marked the end and start of an era.
Under the desperate leadership of Madara and his second in command, Tobirama Senju, Konoha pushed for expansionism. The objective? Centralization and total dominion of the World. The reason? To prepare for the next level of warfare against the ultimate evil, the clan of the lanky and pale Ōtsutsuki.
In less than seven years, under the leadership of Madara and Tobirama, Konohagakure became the center of the world and undisputable leader.
The seven-year-long war opened the way for the birth of iconic heroes. The Grieving Widow, the one of the month-long plank, Mito Senju. Kagami Uchiha, the Unit. Danzo Shimura, the one of the evil workout. Homura Mitokado, the swift sprinter. Koharu Utatane, the thighs that squeeze. And the one and only, Guy Senjurama, the youthful beast, the goal, the soul of Konoha, the beast of the crimson.
Guy Senjurama first awakened his Eight Gates when he witnessed his father, Purotein Senjurama, cheat on a leg day. The disbelief, disgust, and disdain awakened his physique and constitution, his body was lighted in the red glow of his evaporating blood and the eight gates were open while he glared at his father.
Needless to say, no villager cheated on a leg day, ever again.
About three years after the end of the war to end them all, Madara and Tobirama perished under the same white light of the [Dead Reaper: Dead and Living Consuming Explosion]. The Ōtsutsuki had officially found the Shinobi World.
This time, Guy's crimson glow protected the village. That ample back, those Gluteus Maximus, that ripped sculpture of a body, and the iconic green workout outfit were forever edged in the hearts of the villagers as Guy Senjurama punched at a speed of over 333p/s (Punches per second) to create a shield.
Friction ignited the atmosphere, the air was displaced en masse, the soil was eroded by the resulting winds, and space creaked. The Hokage Mount was carved away by the resulting explosion of the Hokage and his second in command and the punch wall of Guy Senjurama.
From that day, the last stand jutsu became common knowledge, every chakra-enabled citizen of the shinobi world knew at least this one jutsu. Of course, initially, this was no simple jutsu that any nobody could learn, but after the sacrifice of the first Hokage, Tobirama Senju saw it as a need for everyone to learn the only jutsu known to be able to harm a Ōtsutsuki, aside from taijutsu.
So he got to work with the second Hokage and together they oversimplified the jutsu. It reached the point that anybody with a chūnin-level chakra could use the jutsu as long as they had made some previous preparations and were ready to sacrifice their lives.
Guy Senjurama was made the third Hokage and an ambitious endeavour of getting every shinobi up to a certain standard in taijutsu was born.
Diet, water intake, sleep schedule, mental health, workout drills, taijutsu spars, and more, became the every day of most if not all citizens of the world.
Women, children, old, men, poor, rich, disabled, idiots, geniuses, strong, feeble, white, black, red, yellow, blue (?), dogs, cats, birds, Tailed-Beasts, chakra beast, summoning beasts, and basically anything that had muscle fibers, was made to train. The whole planet was training.
But it was not easy. During this period of growth, the pale and lanky would often invade the planet and sacrifices had to be made. Humans and beasts were dropping faster than they were recovering. The only one who had experienced a fight with the Ōtsutsuki and survived was Guy Senjurama. Humanity had an expiration day, and they were approaching it fast.
Guy Senjurama made popular the Eight Gates technique. Senjutsu was common. There were no more secret clan jutsu, a mentality of sharing resources or dying grew in every citizen of the planet.
And it was during these trying times, that an ally appeared.
The being was strange, it didn't house chakra but it felt terrifying, it didn't have a heartbeat but the vitality in it was overflowing, it didn't breathe but it brought with it a new breath.
"Hello to you, Guy Senjurama of the past. My name is Aragorn, from the future."- The huge draconic being said.
Celestial eyes changing colors, gemlike body, lustrous scales, two pairs of horns crowning his head, translucent wings, and massive like nothing else they have ever seen on the planet.
"From the future?"- Guy Senjurama asked while flexing his pecs.
"A future of a different universe."- The being spoke without opening its mouth.
"And what business do you have with us from the past?"- Guy Senjurama made a deep squat.
"A deal. Your current situation, while precarious, is something that you and your people will overcome, with or without my assistance."- The being's eyes mostly changed between blue and red.
"My youthful instinct tells me there's a but."- Guy Senjurama was deadlifting.
"About 70% of the population will be lost before you make a breakthrough."- The being uttered such a dispairing prophecy.
"Ah..."- Guy paused his exercise for a whole minute! Something he had never done, not even during his sleep.
"I imagine this is the part where your deal comes in, right?"- Guy restarted his deadlifting.
"Yes, I will protect your people, give you time to grow, help you where I can with what I can, and drive away your invaders."- There was some gold mixed in his eyes now, but the red and blue were still the dominant colors in his eyes.
"And?"- Guy asked.
"And in the future, when you're strong enough to trample on anything in your universe, I want you to take my current universe of residency under your protective umbrella."- The dragon concluded.
"The catch?"- Guy Senjurama asked, his youthful instinct had never deluded him, and now it was telling him that the dragon was dangerous but friendly toward him.
"There's not really a catch, maybe the other powers in the multiverse will 'bless' you with their interest if they think you're trying to conquer other realities, but nothing like a catch."- Aragorn said.
"Why can't you deal with them?"- Guy asked.
"Oh, I already did. We drove their species almost to complete extinction, there are only some remnants left."
"So? Why would your world need my protection? They have you, don't they? And you just said that you have mostly dealt with the invaders."- Guy was skeptical.
"I, and the major powers of my world are leaving to not return. I won't be able to protect the planet anymore from any of those remnants, and there's also the fact that the universe will be left with no protection, opening the doors for other realities to get greedy for free prime real estate."- Aragorn explained.
"... I believe I understand... If you don't mind me asking, why are you leaving?"- Guy asked amidst a deep lunge.
"... I'm returning to my home."- Aragorn chose to swallow the words 'We got tired of humanity', and technically he wasn't lying, he was indeed returning home.
"... I agree."- Guy did a front flip and landed in front of the colossus dragon and extended a hand.
Aragorn reached for the handshake with one of his claws and the deal was sealed.
From that moment things became different. Outside the planet, up in the skies, it was common to witness flashes of light and the planetary size of Aragorn fighting off and slaughtering the invaders. Seldom did Aragorn descent to mingle with the locals and the only being he ever amiably communicated with was Guy Senjurama, the Sekaikage (Shadow of the World) who would later be crowned as the Sekaiseishun (Youth of the World).
Ten years went by, humanity resurfaced anew. Strong, fit, swole, ripped, jacked, shredded, yoked, chiseled, and youthful was the new humanity.
"I don't think—aesthetically speaking—so many muscles are good for a female of your kind... or a male for that matter."- Aragorn commented to Guy Senjurama.
"Nonsense, there is no such thing. Youth is muscle, and muscle is youth, gender bears no weight in this indisputable truth."- Guy, while standing in space, was jumping-jacking.
"If you say so, as long as you don't stop mating because you don't find attraction in the other, all is good. It's my time to go."- Aragorn said.
"I have the coordinates well-recorded, my friend. Go in peace knowing that I will take care of your world as the protective shadow you want me to be. I can't express how thankful I am for the help you provided."- Guy smiled, his pearly white teeth catching the reflection of Aragorn's natural glow.
"Have a nice life, Guy Senjurama. You have a beautiful soul, childlike even. The first I've seen of this luster in a grown-up human. I wish you the best."- And like a star collapsing on itself, Aragorn left the Earth-Y007H.
"I wonder why he was always so sad and wrathful."- Guy murmured, he rarely saw in him colors other than red and blue—which he figured represented his emotions.
As such was the last interaction of Aragorn in Guy Senjurama's life, the third and last Hokage. The protector of realities.
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{A/N:
No more Guy Senjurama, but it was funny to write this gag side story.
I'm so busy with life that I've been pulling something like a thousand words a day, sometimes less, but I'm still writing, so don't panic, and I don't plan on dying soon (Hopefully).
Thank you for all your patience!
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