"I wish mfff mmmble MRF!" was Naruto's predictable response.
"Let me see if I understand the situation. You're a deity," said Kakashi.
"Yes."
"You're a deity who specializes in things like mischief and pranks?" asked Kakashi, wanting to be sure of this.
"That's correct."
"And you're granting Naruto Uzumaki, the hyperactive knuckleheaded most unpredictable ninja of the Leaf Village, a wish in which he could have almost anything he wanted?" asked Kakashi.
Within certain limits, yes, that's right."
"And you're doing this because he's a prophesied child who is to save the ninja world?" asked Kakashi.
"He is the keystone. He will either become the savior of the ninja world, or he will die before then. If it is the latter of the two, your civilization falls as well."
"MF?" asked Naruto, still with his mouth covered by Kakashi.
"How long after his death..." asked Kakashi, considering for the first time the plans he'd heard of some people he'd dismissed as idiots. Ones that wanted the jinchuriki of the ninetails to be thrown into a prison where he'd only come out when needed.
"It depends on how and where he dies. If Akatsuki captures him, the ninetailed fox will be extracted from him. Due to his Uzumaki stamina, he would survive though just barely. Then one of their number would sever his head and take it to Iwa because he is of the right age and coloration to be the son of the Fourth. You know as well as I do what their tests would reveal."
"MRF FRRFF?!"
"I see," said Kakashi.
"In that case, your ninja civilization would end in three years and seven months. If he dies on your current mission - it will take seven years for your civilization to fall. If Sakura managed to hit his skull just right, causing Naruto to die from the eventual complications, your world might die in screaming agony a mere year later. It all depends on circumstances."
"Sakura? I would have thought Sasuke. Maybe," mused Kakashi.
"If Sasuke kills Naruto after deserting your village to seek more power, then things come to a head in a little less than five years - depending on a few variables dealing with certain traitors to your village."
"Sasuke's going to desert the village?" asked Kakashi, his eye staring briefly at the animated statue. No, surely not. Even if... well maybe.
"I have an idea."
"What's that?" asked Kakashi, a little preoccupied with thoughts of Sasuke and village-traitors. He was sorely tempted to abandon the mission NOW and get this info to the Hokage. Maybe he should send Pakkun.
"A savior. Someone who can heal, or someone who can create perhaps? Either would be suitable I would think. He wants to have an 'awesome' ability or jutsu."
"He froze when facing the Demon Brothers," pointed out Kakashi.
"That was just one time, Kakashi-sensei," protested Naruto as soon as he could pry the hand off his mouth.
"I really expected better, considering your past," said Kakashi.
"The Kage of Iwa has his Dust Release Jutsu, so something of equal value for one who seeks an equal rank? mused aloud the deity. "Something staged perhaps, that is unlocked through further experience."
"If you're going to be any kind of savior Naruto, you're going to have to dress better and think about what you're doing," stressed Kakashi.
"I suppose..." allowed Naruto.
"Meh, deity-san," said Kakashi, "Mokuton, and some Earth Release techniques create, don't they?"
"More a transformation of existing mass, but I suppose you have a point," allowed the statue.
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