The Amagi

A short while ago, we told a story. That story was “What If Minato Came Back to Life?” — and it was about a father given the chance to reunite with his son. It was a beautiful tale, filled with emotion. The story of a father and son can often feel magical, a bond overflowing with love.

But few people can love a child more fiercely than a mother.

And so, I would like to tell a story about a mother’s love — and how it transcended death itself for the one she cherished most. A story about love so determined that, through sheer force of will, it defied destiny and granted a mother the chance to see her son once more.

Maybe this was just me, but I had a realization not long ago. And after having it, it lived rent free in my head ever since. Sasuke’s eyes never turned into the Rinnegan. Now, you may be looking at your screen funny, but hear me out. Sasuke Uchiha’s eyes were going blind from Mangekyo Sharingan use, and so he decided to attain the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan instead. And when he attained the EMS, he had to replace his own eyes with transplants. Specifically from Itachi. So from the point after Sasuke retreated from the bridge in the Land of Iron, his eyes were no longer his. They were Itachi’s. Which means that, during the Fourth Shinobi World War, the eye that became a Rinnegan was actually the eye from Itachi. What I do kinda find funny though is that, when Itachi was reanimated and cast Izanami on Kabuto, the eye he used was his left eye, the same eye Sasuke would turn into a Rinnegan, so there’s probably a lot of significance to this which I could and probably will give its own video to. But for now, I’d like to finish explaining how this idea correlates to the What-if at hand. What if Itachi possessed the Rinnegan?

Orochimaru was a brilliant scientist and Shinobi with with such promise that he squandered. I find myself thinking about it a lot. Like, why he was evil and stuff. I know a lot of it spawned from the death of his parents and the feelings he got after that. Feeling helpless, feeling like he had no power. That would serve as plenty enough explanation, but it still makes me wonder about it though. After all, he didn’t appear to be evil from the complete start to me. Troubled, but not necessarily evil. I can’t forget when Dan died in Tsunade’s arms, how Orochimaru was crying. That was empathy. That was a form of love. That was a gasp from the goodness inside of Orochimaru. So I can’t help but wonder what changed since then. How was it that Orochimaru could go from crying over the death of a comrade to celebrating the death of his master? To trying to kill the same people he grew up with? Well, today, I wanna look at Orochimaru in a whole new light. I want to see what would happen if Hiruzen took a more proactive step in Orochimaru’s life after the death of his parents, to see if maybe he could help Orochimaru heal from the ordeal in hopes that maybe it’ll alter who he grows up to be…

Naruto is synonymous with the Nine-Tails. From his birth all the way up to Boruto, Naruto has been synonymous with the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. Even after it was removed from him in Boruto, it’s still synonymous with him. But the truth is, for a long time, all the villagers ever saw him as was the Demon Fox itself. And because of that, they hated him. But what if Naruto actually was the Nine-Tails? What if Naruto were the Nine-Tailed Beast? Well, why don’t we take a look to see? Join me and gaze upon the moon as I cast another Infinite Tsukuyomi and create for you a new world. A world where this possibility comes true.

In the last episode, we saw Itachi driven to make a hard choice. Sasuke was sick and dying of an unknown illness with no known cure. Sniffing out the desperation like the opportunistic bloodhound he was, Danzo appeared and offered a way out. Offering to give him the cure to the illness his little brother possessed in exchange for doing the dirty work of getting rid of the Uchiha and Shisui. Itachi, unable to bear the thought of losing his brother, did as commanded, and killed each of the Uchiha and delivered the Mangekyo Sharingan to Danzo as promised. But Danzo double-crossed Itachi, attempting to kill him along with Sasuke. It became clear all along that there never was a cure, and Itachi had just stained his very soul for nothing. As he fled though, the Masked Man who had helped him offered him a bit of advice, telling him that a brilliant scientist stood among the Akatsuki of the name Orochimaru. Orochimaru could possibly find the cure if such a thing existed. But there would be a steep cost. What would it be? And would Itachi be willing to pay it?

You know what a fox is? A dog! You know who does dogs? The Inuzuka clan! Alright, well, maybe that’s an oversimplification. Technically, foxes aren’t even dogs. They’re in a different family. But the families are close. Essentially, I wanna consider a world where Naruto is adopted by the Inuzuka Clan. The Inuzuka are all hotblooded and wild like a pack of dogs, but just like dogs, they do form a pack. And that pack is their clan. Packs can be tightly bound, with strangers often not being included or welcomed, especially when resources are scarce. But that being said, the Inuzuka clan are doing well and are in a resource-rich environment, so why WOULDN’T they be willing to take in an outsider? That’s what I want to look at today. What if Naruto were an Inuzuka. Please turn your gaze toward the moon as I reflect my Sharingan upon it and show you such a world.

Naruto and Sasuke hhave been two sides of the coin since birth. Considering that they both inherited the will of Hashirama and Madara, who in turn inherited the wills of Asura and Indra, these two were born to be the embodiment of the Will of Fire and the Curse of Hatred. But the thing that bonded the Will of Fire together with the Curse of Hatred is the origin of Chakra itself, the origin of their struggle, and the thing that has always cropped up as the ultimate power for these two since the beginning, and that’s the Tailed Beasts. What started with the Ten-Tails Six Paths Power 1000 years ago, continued into the Tailed Beasts that Madara and Hashirama BOTH began gathering. Like, Hashirama has no clue that he LITERALLY did Madara’s job for him and was an inch away from creating the next Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. But anyway, after that, Naruto is born and takes the Nine-Tails, but throughout the story, Madara’s pawns are still searching for the Tailed Beasts, and in the end, Naruto must battle Sasuke who himself is powering his Susanoo with the power of all Nine-Beasts, essentially becoming a Pseudo-Ten Tails Jinchuriki himself. So to say that Tailed Beasts are the metal that Naruto and Sasuke are stamped on to make the coin in the first place is an understatement. But all the same, only Naruto had one from birth. I wonder what would have happened if Sasuke ALSO had the Nine-Tails. I mean, it’s possible. Minato had half of it. So why not give that half to Sasuke and see what happens? Yeah, that’s what we’ll do. Sit right back and gaze once again into the moon and let my Rinnesharingan cast upon you a dream; a dream of a world where this might have occurred…

I’m sure you’ve all been eagerly awaiting the second part of this one, huh? Probably thought we would never drop it. Well, egg on your face, I’m trying to remember to finish more stories now than I have been. Are you proud yet? Well, enough about me. The story of Naruto being raised by the three sannin was something I enjoyed writing. A little slice of life video, more like a comedy than anything. My favorite part to this has to be Orochimaru, so hopefully I can sneak in a couple more golden scenes with that. But anyway, if you missed the previous video, I’m sure we have it linked somewhere around here. For those of you who’ve already seen it though, let’s begin. But first…

Of the many powers within the Naruto universe, I have to say that one of my favorites has got to be Sage Mode. Sage Mode involves the user sitting down and focusing, drawing nature energy in to balance with your own energy to increase your strength and add a new layer of depth to your ninjutsu. While I love dojutsu, I’m a sucker for senjutsu. Not to mention that Sage Mode does grant the user a new appearance in their eye, such as is the case with Toad Style Sage Mode. But what if Naruto himself were born a sage? That is to say, what if the connection to nature itself were so powerful that he were in continual state of perfected Sage Mode? Well, that’s what we’re going to find out.

Let’s go ahead and address the elephant in the room. Yes, I did in fact do this one before. However, the last time I did this one, it was a part of a larger expansive plot, and many of you (By which I mean no small number) made it clear that you were disappointed in it. At that point, I began to realize how I had totally forgotten the point of the video in the first place. And so, to make it up to you, I decided to use this concept for a NEW video! Isn’t that exciting? Well, now that we’re all caught up with it, how about we get to it? But first... *** FOLLOW ME