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"The process of reincarnation is surprisingly simple..."

The soul of Naruto Uzumaki, a tall man of around 6 feet tall, spoke as he put his hands in his pockets. The man, even though he had died of a very old age, looked to be no older than his early 40s in age. He had powerful muscles that were toned down to perfection, with his body covered by a black jacket with orange pants, orange stripes at the bottom of the black jacket. He had a white cloak with red flames over his shoulders, and he walked behind an older woman as she led him through the afterlife's reincarnation process, leading him into his next life.

Amongst all of the souls around him who had started to fade away, his soul shined brightly with power.

After all, as long as you had a soul, you kept your chakra even after you died, Obito and the Kage that were summoned by the Six Paths Sage during the war were proof of that. Hell, the Six Paths Sage was proof of that enough.

"I'm surprised you are willing to reincarnate."

Speak of the devil.

"Super-Gramps, I'm more surprised you are here to see me off." Naruto spoke as he looked at his own ancestor, like himself, a god who had once had mortal flesh. Of course, Naruto had long sinced surpassed the man floating nearby him. The old woman stopped and started to gather herbs that were sitting nearby a dead river. "... Anyway, how could I not reincarnate? When I heard that this other world was in danger, I couldn't just rest in peace easily knowing I have the ability to help others." Naruto spoke gently as he smiled gently in general.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki looked at Naruto with pride.

He was a MUCH older looking man, without a lower body, floating with a ghostly tail. Mostly he was covered with white robes, and had grayed skin, and very light red hair. He had small horns coming out of his forehead, and a long black staff in his hands.

"Instead of spending your afterlife with your family and friends... you chose to forge ahead once more and sacrifice so much of yourself for others... No have never ceased to amaze me." Hagoromo spoke proudly to Naruto, the woman ignoring their conversation completely as she continued to work in gathering the herbs that she needed for her work. Naruto glanced over at her, but he smiled sadly. "You family must have been saddened." Hagoromo, and Naruto chuckled.

"I'll be back again one day... The fact multiple dimensions share the same afterlife means that one day, I'll get to see them... What's 100 years compared to eternity?" Naruto questioned knowingly. His family wouldn't miss him too much, they would have each other and all of their friends to keep them company. Not to mention he would be back again one day, and he would have so many new stories to tell them. "... Why did you never reincarnate?" Naruto asked with a small smile getting a little bigger, glancing at his ancestor.

Hagoromo was willing to give that answer.

"I was born with my mother's chakra, and I spread that chakra to the world. My actions created wars, when it was meant to create peace... The peace you created, where chakra was once more used to spread understanding made me truly happy. Watching my son's chakras battling for a thousand years was hard as well... but that was my punishment, and my duty... Is there anything I can do to make your reincarnation easier... as a show of thanks?" Hagoromo requested a way to thank Naruto, to whom he owed so much, but could do so little. He could manipulate the real world to a varied degree from the afterlife, so if there was anything that he could do, he would gladly do it.

"You don't have to-"

"I insist Naruto." Hagoromo was stern when it came to paying back what he owed to others.

Naruto laughed a little more.

"... My name... My name means a lot to me. It's the name my parents gave to me, the name my godfather gave me... the name "Naruto" means so much more to me than just a name. My name is my symbol of peace... my name helped inspire me to bring peace to the world... so that I didn't do the name I was given shame... I would like to keep my name, if possible." Naruto spoke gently as he remembered the times that it was his own name that gave him the inspiration to do what he needed to do. The name he got from Jiraiya's first book, the book that helped him to discover what true peace was, and gave him the guts to go after that peace with his own two hands.

Hagoromo was once more humbled by the simple request, the request to just keep his name was something that he could certainly keep. All he would have to do was use a small Genjutsu on the living people who would become the future parents of Naruto. Inplant the name in their head, and have them go with it.

"Just that, and nothing else?" Hagoromo questioned, and Naruto blushed, scratching the back of his head when he realized there was just one other thing he wanted.

"... It's going to sound stupid, but... these..." Naruto traced his fingers across his whisker marks. His mother had been Kurama's Jinchuriki, and these marks were his proof that he had spent 10 months in his mother's womb being soaked in that chakra. The marks were the proof of the hard life that he had led, the trials and events that had led up to his legend being born. They were just as much apart of him as his name was, and they were his bond with Kurama, his closest partner. The Tailed Beast who had been with him his entire life. "... parting with these would be like parting with Kurama... and a big part of who I am." Naruto whispered gently, sadly, and most of all proudly.

He was proud of the hard life he had lived, and he wouldn't go back and change anything about it... even though there were times he wished had been different, he wouldn't change any of it. They had all shaped him into the person that he was.

"... I can arrange that... You know what she is doing, correct?" Hagoromo asked as the old woman finished gathering her river herbs.

Naruto nodded.

He understood what she was doing as the old woman gestured for him to follow, and follow her he did. Hagoromo floating after him as Naruto bravely prepared for what had to be the hardest part of any of this.

"... This is the hardest part for me..." Naruto admitted as the woman sat down at a table in the middle of a cave, and she started to prepare the herbs into a tea. Naruto sat down across from the woman and awaited what was to come. "... To reincarnate, a person must have their memories cleansed... This is why my name and whiskers mean so much... Maybe... just maybe... with those there is hope that I can remember." Naruto spoke with a heavy voice, like he was crying not to cry.

His memories would be gone, but he would be allowed to reincarnate into another world. A world that was suffering, a world that needed somebody who could help save it.

"I just ask this of you... Why? Why sacrifice so much for those who are of no concern to you?" Hagoromo questioned as boiling water was poured into the tea pot, the tea almost finished off, and with it soon Naruto's memories.

Naruto closed his eyes and bowed his head to the old woman.

"... The question isn't why... People are suffering, and I believe I can help them. I could just be acting selfish... but this is something I feel I should do." Naruto saw the old woman pour the tea into a cup for Naruto to drink. She started to push the cup slowly towards Naruto, and Naruto straighted his back up.

"Drink."

"Do you have any words you want me to give your loved ones?" Hagoromo asked, and Naruto smiled.

Yes.

"... Tell them all this..." Naruto paused, before his opened his eyes with determination surging like a roaring flame. He grabbed the tea cup and stood up, the old woman now looking to see what he was doing, instead of just doing her own job. Hagoromo had extreme interest in what Naruto's last words with his memories would be.

"People who continue to put their liveres on the line to defend their faith become heroes and continue to exist in legend... Watch as another chapter of the Naruto legend is written!"

With those words, Naruto drank the entire cup of tea, before he slammed it into the ground, shattering the cup as he wiped his lips. Naruto grinned as the old woman extended her hand towards him silently, as if wanting him to take her hand, and be led into a new life.

"It's time to go."

Naruto took the hand, and with those last words in his mind, Hagoromo watched as Naruto started to walk away boldly into a new life.

Thus, the legend continued.

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