Crucial information: Naruto has never met Kushina when he conquered the Nine-Tails. Instead he was able to subdue the fox without other help.
It has been one year since the end of the fourth shinobi war. The allied shinobi forces were able to stop Madara’s plan of plunging the whole world into an illusionary future, though their victory had come at a huge price. The great five shinobi villages had lost around 50% of their shinobi in the carnage against the resurrected army of heroes of the past. Luckily, Naruto and Bee had turned the tide with their ‘non-approved’ escape from the secret hideout the five great kages had placed them in. Both were celebrated as heroes afterward and, apparently, Naruto had succeeded the task given to him by his late sensei. The peace between the countries and its people, which Jiyaiya had spent a large portion of his life wishing for, was starting to become true, as bonds established beyond the villages’ physical border.
Uzumaki Naruto, heralded as the great hero, had changed, due to the actions he was forced to commit during the war. In the end, he wasn’t able to save his first friend. Sasuke died by his own hands when the rogue Uchiha tried to kill his nakama. Ultimately, his first and foremost loyalties were with his village. True to his announcement, Naruto gave up trying to become Hokage because of his inability to save his friend. Naturally, his peers reactions were quite shocked, after he told them his plans for the future. Naruto wanted to follow his late sensei’s way of living, and pressed Tsunade to allow him to leave the village without restrictions. After all, that was necessary if one wanted to travel Continue reading
