Naruto halted the colossal avatar, suspending it in the abyss of the Shadowsea. The massive construct, once an overwhelming beacon of power, faded from existence, shrouded in an illusion of invisibility and intangibility.
The sea of darkness flowed around them, unaware of their presence. The titanic horrors of the deep drifted past, oblivious to the power that lingered just outside their perception.
With their protection secured, Naruto turned his focus to Kakashi.
This was a moment that would change his sensei's destiny forever.
Naruto extended his hand, and from his palm, a golden liquid began to coalesce—his Sea of Life technique.
This was no ordinary power.
It was the essence of divinity, the foundation upon which immortals were forged.
Naruto had long since surpassed the realm of mere shinobi. His golden blood was the catalyst of evolution, capable of elevating mortals into Ōtsutsuki-like beings. Those who received it would be reborn—transcendent, limitless, eternal.
But Naruto was no tyrant.
He would not create mere extensions of himself. No, he had refined the technique, modifying it so that his essence would not imprint his will upon the recipient.
They would forge their own paths.
They would create their own unique abilities.
And Kakashi… Kakashi was a legend.
A man whose will had endured beyond reason. A man who had walked through death and returned stronger every time.
Naruto trusted him.
"Kakashi-sensei," Naruto said, his voice steady. "Are you ready?"
Kakashi looked at the golden liquid swirling in Naruto's hand. He could feel it—the overwhelming, divine presence contained within.
He had seen many things in his lifetime.
He had fought immortals. He had witnessed the limits of humanity. He had lost his friends, his teacher, his father, and still stood unbroken.
And yet, this moment… this choice… felt heavier than anything before.
But Kakashi had already decided.
I won't let Naruto carry everything alone.
He pulled down his mask, revealing his full face. Then, he nodded.
"Do it."
Naruto placed his hand on Kakashi's chest.
And the transformation began.
The golden liquid surged through Kakashi's body, rewriting his existence on a fundamental level.
Pain struck first—like fire burning through his veins—but Kakashi did not scream. He clenched his fists, gritting his teeth as his body cracked and reformed, adjusting to the immortallike power flooding his soul.
His DNA unraveled and restructured. His chakra system expanded, growing deeper than ever before. His mind—his very consciousness—began to stretch outward, reaching into realms he had never touched.
And then, it happened.
A flood of visions.
He saw the past, the present, and echoes of the future. He felt himself drifting through time, glimpsing the countless moments of his life from an omniscient perspective.
Is this what Naruto sees every day?
A new awareness settled into him.
He was no longer just Kakashi Hatake.
He was something beyond.
Sakura and Naruto watched in silence as Kakashi slowly rose to his feet.
His hair had become stark silver-white, glowing with an ethereal sheen. His skin carried the faint golden glow of a immortal reborn.
And his eyes…
His Sharingan had changed.
The tomoe had vanished, replaced by an intricate, swirling pattern—an eye of infinite layers, containing the entire cosmos within its depths.
Kakashi slowly exhaled.
He felt it.
He was no longer just a man.
He had ascended.
Naruto smiled.
"How do you feel, Kakashi-sensei?"
Kakashi looked down at his hands. He flexed his fingers, testing his new strength. The universe itself seemed to bend around him—as if acknowledging his new authority.
He looked up at Naruto, and for the first time in years, a smirk crossed his face.
"Like I can finally keep up."
The silent abyss of the Shadowsea stretched infinitely around them, an ocean of darkness where monstrous entities lurked beyond comprehension. Despite their size, despite their horror, none dared to approach the colossal Kurama-Susanoo Avatar that now stood motionless, concealed beyond the reach of mortal senses.
Inside, Naruto observed Kakashi, who stood at the center of the platform, his new power stabilizing.
The air around him felt different now.
It was as if the very laws of existence struggled to comprehend what he had become.
Kakashi slowly opened his eyes.
For a moment, everything stood still.
Then, with a single step forward, he vanished.
One moment he was there. The next, he simply… wasn't.
Naruto and Sakura instinctively focused their senses, trying to track him.
But there was nothing.
No chakra signature. No disturbance in space.
Even with her sharpened perception, Sakura felt as if Kakashi had ceased to exist entirely.
Then—
Slice!
A thin, nearly invisible cut appeared across the battlefield, stretching for miles in an instant.
Sakura's eyes widened. It was as if reality itself had been split apart, yet no force had been felt, no movement detected.
Kakashi reappeared a short distance away, his hand still raised from a motion he never made.
"I can move between dimensions freely now," Kakashi murmured, flexing his fingers. "But it's different from before."
He phased out again—but this time, Naruto saw it.
Rather than teleportation, Kakashi had stepped outside of existence, entering a place where time, space, and causality held no meaning.
And more than that…
Kakashi could still act even while being untouchable.
A perfect defense... with no weaknesses.
Naruto smirked.
"You can even bypass time-stop with this."
Kakashi phased back in, nodding.
"Yeah... I can still see everything, even when I'm beyond existence." He turned his head toward Sakura, studying her expression. "And I can attack while in that state, too."
Sakura swallowed.
That meant Kakashi had no blind spots, no intervals of weakness. He could literally erase the need for defense and offense, merging them into one unstoppable force.
Kakashi extended his hand.
The space in front of him wavered, bending as if it were a liquid instead of reality. With a mere thought, a tear ripped open before them, revealing a swirling ocean of galaxies, infinite and vast.
Sakura took an involuntary step back.
This is beyond Kamui… this is… absolute.
Naruto, however, was unfazed.
"Try going somewhere far," he instructed.
Kakashi nodded and stepped through.
He was gone.
Not even a second passed before he stepped back out, his expression unreadable.
"I almost just visited another universe,but the seal on this dimension stopped me." Kakashi said, deadpan.
Sakura inhaled sharply.
Naruto merely grinned.
"How was it?"
Kakashi exhaled slowly, shaking his head. "Honestly? It feels... effortless. As natural as breathing. The moment I think about a place, I'm already there."
Naruto crossed his arms.
"Then let's test something else."
Naruto raised his hand, forming a miniature sun of condensed energy. The moment it ignited, the sheer force sent tremors through the Shadowsea, causing the distant monsters to stir.
He launched it at Kakashi.
The moment it came close—
It vanished.
There was no explosion. No trace of destruction.
One instant it existed. The next, it simply didn't.
Sakura blinked.
"Did you… absorb it?"
Kakashi raised his palm, where a faint ripple of energy danced.
"Not just that," Kakashi replied. "I can store whatever I take inside my personal dimension... or completely erase it."
Naruto chuckled.
"I bet you could even trap entire beings inside."
Kakashi turned his gaze to the ocean of horrors beyond the avatar.
"Let's find out."
Kakashi focused his gaze.
The patterns in his eyes shifted, deepening into an abyss of infinite tomoe, swirling together like an endless kaleidoscope.
Far below them, a massive Leviathan Beast emerged from the darkness. The creature was beyond comprehension, its size stretching for thousands of miles, dwarfing their hundred-meter avatar like an insect.
Its eyes locked onto them.
A deep, eldritch hunger radiated from its form as it prepared to devour them whole.
Kakashi simply stared.
For a moment, nothing happened.
Then—
The Leviathan froze.
A shudder rippled through its impossibly vast body as its own energy flowed out of its form, drawn toward Kakashi's gaze.
The massive creature screamed—not in pain, but in terror.
Its body convulsed before its own power left it completely, draining away like a lifeless husk.
Sakura's breath hitched.
"D-Did you just... take its abilities?!"
Kakashi blinked, his new eye gleaming.
"Yeah," he answered simply. "If I see it, I can take it."
Naruto laughed.
"Now that's a true Sharingan."
Kakashi held out his hand, and in an instant, a sword of pure darkness materialized.
It wasn't made of metal.
It wasn't even chakra.
It was something deeper—a weapon forged from the void itself, from the very fabric of absence.
With a flick of his wrist, Kakashi swung the sword.
A tear appeared in space itself, stretching for miles, as if the very concept of distance had been slashed apart.
Naruto whistled.
"That thing can probably cut through dimensions."
Kakashi nodded.
"It can."
Finally, Kakashi turned his gaze toward the ocean beneath them.
With a single gesture, the waters began to shift.
A pulse of void energy expanded from his fingertips, and within moments, the dark abyss of the Shadowsea began to turn into something worse.
Something even darker.
An ocean of nothingness.
Wherever the black waves touched, existence itself disappeared—erased as if it had never been there.
Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"Alright, alright, I think we get it. You're broken now."
Kakashi sighed, dismissing the void ocean with a thought.
"It's… a lot."
Naruto grinned.
"You'll get used to it."
Then, he turned toward Sakura.
"Now then… ready for your turn?"
Sakura clenched her fists.
Her emerald eyes burned with determination.
"I'm more than ready."