Three evenings later.
An Anbu operative came to his home to find Qianyu.
Because Kushina Uzumaki was present, the Anbu agent said nothing.
But Qianyu could guess why the Anbu had come for him. The time had come. The time for Mito Uzumaki had come.
Qianyu looked towards Kushina, who was cooking. "Kushina, I'm heading out."
The hand holding the spatula trembled. Kushina Uzumaki fought to keep her voice level. "I understand. Come home soon, Qianyu."
Qianyu followed the Anbu out, leaving Konoha directly.
Several miles outside the village, in a barren clearing.
A large number of Anbu and Root operatives were stationed here.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzō, and Minato Namikaze were also present.
In the center of the clearing stood Mito Uzumaki and Miyuki Uzumaki.
The ground was already etched with the sealing formulas.
Qianyu approached Danzō. "Lord Danzō."
Then he acknowledged Hiruzen. "Lord Hokage."
Hiruzen nodded. "Now that you are here, Qianyu, we are ready to begin the sealing."
Five Anbu ninja dispersed to five positions and began weaving hand signs.
"Sealing Barrier Formation!"
A transparent barrier dome shimmered into existence, enclosing everyone within.
Simultaneously, every Anbu and Root ninja readied themselves for combat.
Hiruzen looked towards Mito Uzumaki. "Lady Mito, all preparations are complete. You may begin."
Mito Uzumaki gazed at the girl before her, her expression kind. "Miyuki. Though we are vessels for the tailed beasts, you must first fill that vessel with love. Only then, even living as the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, can you find happiness."
Miyuki Uzumaki bowed her head. "I will remember, Lady Mito."
Mito gave a final reminder. "Then let us begin."
Mito Uzumaki's hands flew through a series of seals.
"Yin Seal: Release!"
The diamond mark on her forehead unfurled like a flower.
Mito's hunched posture slowly straightened. Her aged, wrinkled features smoothed slightly, regaining a touch of youth.
She formed another set of seals.
"Eight Trigrams Sealing Style! Release!"
At the tip of each finger on her right hand, a ball of chakra coalesced.
Mito pressed her right hand against her own abdomen and twisted—counter-clockwise.
Instantly, red, corrosive chakra erupted from her body. A dark, void-like hole opened on her stomach.
Then, an immense, overwhelming force of chakra surged from that abyss within her.
The chakra coalesced, taking form. The Nine-Tails.
The fox roared. Its sheer, oppressive aura made every person present stiffen.
This power… The thought was unanimous. No wonder they call them weapons of war.
But the Nine-Tails had barely finished its defiant roar when eight glowing chains shot out, binding it tightly.
With the tailed beast extracted, Mito Uzumaki's fate was sealed. Yet, the chakra stored within her Yin Seal granted her a few final moments.
Even so, she coughed, a spray of blood flecking her lips. The brief return of youth vanished, replaced by a profound, final frailty.
Miyuki stared, transfixed, at the monstrous entity now mere feet away. "This… is a tailed beast?"
Mito's voice was weak, strained. "Miyuki… time is short. Lift your clothing. Expose your abdomen."
Miyuki snapped back to reality and did as instructed.
Mito pressed her hands to the ground, forming more seals. A puff of smoke, and a ceremonial altar rose from the etched formulas.
"Next," Mito instructed, her breath labored, "is the Eight Trigrams Sealing to imprison the beast within you. Remember, the moment it is inside, use your Adamantine Sealing Chains to restrain it immediately."
Seeing the altar, the Nine-Tails' eyes burned with fury. "A ritual altar?! Mito Uzumaki! You dare try to cage me again?!"
Mito's gaze, when it fell upon the fox, was ice. "Your power is too great, Nine-Tails. It must be contained."
"RELEASE ME!" the beast thundered, straining against the chains.
Mito ignored it. Her hands moved once more.
"Eight Trigrams Sealing Style!"
Her right hand pressed against Miyuki's exposed stomach.
The intricate, spiraling pattern of the Eight Trigrams Seal bloomed on Miyuki's skin.
Then, the same dark, void-like opening appeared on Miyuki's abdomen.
Mito gritted her teeth. "SEAL!"
An immense gravitational pull seized the Nine-Tails. Its colossal form was wrenched forward, dragged inexorably toward the black hole on the girl's stomach.
"NO! LET ME GO!"
The fox struggled wildly. Perhaps Mito's chakra was failing. Two of the eight glowing chains snapped.
A collective tension gripped the surrounding ninja. The fear of a failed seal was palpable.
But, by a thread, it held. The Nine-Tails was sucked completely into Miyuki's body.
The dark hole on her abdomen sealed itself shut, layer by layer, like a lock clicking into place.
Mito Uzumaki collapsed.
She was at the very brink now.
Her final words were for Miyuki. "Use the chains… control it… The rest… is up to you all."
Her eyes closed slowly. Her journey ended.
The sealing was complete, yet no one moved forward.
Because Miyuki Uzumaki's state was… wrong.
She was engulfed in a shroud of violent, red chakra.
Her face contorted in a silent scream, enduring unimaginable agony.
Within Miyuki's consciousness, in the space where the tailed beast resided.
Miyuki summoned the Adamantine Sealing Chains. Five golden chains erupted from her spiritual form, wrapping around the raging Nine-Tails.
But the fox's power was beyond anything she had imagined.
"You are not that woman! You cannot hold me!"
A chain snapped. A torrent of red, hate-filled chakra, like a flash flood, crashed against Miyuki's being.
She clenched her jaw, holding on.
But under the onslaught, her spiritual form was forced back. Another chain shattered.
In reality.
Miyuki's body was changing. Four massive, chakra-formed tails whipped from her back. A geyser of Tailed Beast chakra erupted from her pores, coating her in a sinister, dark-red armor.
She still stood on two legs, but she was a monster now.
A fifth tail began to form. She threw her head back and roared. In her mouth, dark and light chakra swirled, coalescing into a terrifying sphere—a Tailed Beast Bomb.
Hiruzen Sarutobi murmured, "As expected… she lost control." His voice became sharp, commanding. "Qianyu! Your assistance is required. Help Miyuki Uzumaki suppress the beast within!"
Qianyu gave a single nod. His eyes shifted, the tomoe spinning and melting into a new, terrifying pattern.
The Mangekyō Sharingan.
"Genjutsu: Sharingan!"
As the illusion took hold, Miyuki froze as if petrified. The half-formed Tailed Beast Bomb in her mouth dissipated into wisps of chakra.
And Qianyu, through the connection forged by his ocular prowess, stepped into the shared mental landscape of Miyuki Uzumaki and the Nine-Tails.
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