The Uchiha compound was quiet.
The night air carried a stillness that not even the training grounds could disturb. Lanterns flickered in the breeze, their glow spilling across stone pathways. Shadows stretched long against wooden walls, and the faint crackle of fire in braziers whispered in rhythm with the clan's breathing.
Most had already retired, their bodies spent from a day of struggling with Keiji's strange new jutsu. The laughter, frustration, and awe had faded into memory, leaving only silence.
Keiji lay on his futon, staring at the dark ceiling beams. Gengar floated lazily above him like a shadow refusing to vanish, its grin faintly luminous in the dark. His body was sore, his chakra exhausted, but his mind refused to settle.
Was today enough? Did I push them too far? Will they even accept the paths I've given them?
He exhaled slowly. That was when it came—the sound that always made his pulse leap.
A familiar chime echoed inside his skull.
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The System Awakens
> [Main Task Unlocked: Eighteen Paths of Destiny]
[Host, tonight you shall learn the true purpose of your reincarnation.]
Keiji bolted upright, heart hammering. Until now, the System had guided him with hints, abilities, and rewards. But tonight its voice carried a weight he had never felt before—a gravity that sank into his bones.
"What… do you mean?" he whispered, careful not to wake his mother and father in the rooms nearby.
The answer chilled him.
> [This is not the Naruto world you once knew. This is a parallel branch—shaped by different deaths, different choices, and different births. Here, your grandfather Tajima still breathes. Here, the futures you once believed fixed are yet unwritten.]
Keiji froze. His suspicions—the small inconsistencies, the unfamiliar names in whispers, the survival of people he thought long dead—were true. This was not canon.
"Then… what's my task?"
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The Task of the Eighteen
The System's tone shifted, slow and deliberate.
> [Your mission is to rewrite the tragedies of this world. To prevent the blood-stained fates of the all ninja clans. To give them the strength of the Eighteen Pokémon Paths—the powers of balance, survival, and evolution For example:.]
Flashes of imagery erupted in Keiji's mind. They weren't words but visions—scrolls unfurling in firelight, each painting a story of loss, extinction, and salvation.
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The Uchiha Clan – Fire and Ghost
He saw fire consuming his compound. Shadows of masked shinobi—ANBU—slaughtering his kin. Madara's name cursed in history, their legacy written only in blood.
> [Give them the flames of renewal and the Ghost of spirit. No massacre shall stain their name.]
Keiji's fists tightened. Never again. I won't let my clan burn in hatred.
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The Senju Clan – Grass and Ground
Tombstones stretched endlessly, Senju graves swallowing the forest. A mighty clan reduced to dust.
> [Root them in the strength of the earth and the gift of life. They must not vanish into memory.]
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The Uzumaki Clan – Fairy and Psychic
Chains of sealing glowed red as villages burned. Children screamed while foreign shinobi tore them apart.
> [Grant them the bonds of spirit and the blessings of myth. Their sealing arts shall be unbreakable.]
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The Kaguya Clan – Fighting and Steel
Warriors clawed themselves apart, their kekkei genkai tearing through their flesh. Madness. Extinction.
> [Forge them discipline and armor. Their curse will become their weapon, not their doom.]
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The Hagoromo Clan – Dark and Poison
Bandits, killers, shadows. Their descendants scavenged, cursed with greed.
> [Give them the venom of survival and the cunning of shadow. Their bloodline must endure.]
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The Iburi Clan – Ghost and Normal
Bodies dissolved into smoke, children screaming as their flesh vanished. Orochimaru's scalpel gleamed.
> [Gift them form and formlessness. Their bloodline shall stabilize, not scatter.]
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The Chinoike Clan – Dragon and Water
Exiles hidden in the Valley of Hell, their crimson eyes burning with despair.
> [Cleanse their blood with the tides of dragons and rivers. Their eyes shall not be a curse.]
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The Aragami Clan (Jūgo's Clan) – Fighting and Rock
Children screamed in rage, their bodies twisting uncontrollably, consumed by their transformation.
> [Anchor their fury in stone and discipline. They will wield their gift without losing themselves.]
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The Yuki Clan – Ice
Snowfall turned crimson as their bloodline shattered beneath persecution.
> [Preserve them in eternal winter. No heat of hatred will melt them away.]
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The Fūma Clan – Flying and Dark
Swords clashed against swords, cousins killing cousins, their clan torn apart by civil war.
> [Guide them with winds of freedom and shadows of unity. Their name shall soar, not splinter.]
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The Tsuchigumo Clan – Ground
Seals broken. Villagers crying in terror. Their own kin fearing them, sealing their forbidden jutsu away.
> [Grant them resilience of earth. They will no longer crumble beneath fear.]
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The Maboroshi Clan (Ranmaru's Clan) – Psychic and Ghost
Eyes glowing with cursed sight. Children hunted, misunderstood, extinguished.
> [Show them the path of spirit and phantom. Their vision shall guide, not doom.]
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The Suishō Clan (Guren's Clan) – Rock and Water
Crystals shattered like glass, their heritage scattered and forgotten.
> [Let their crystals flow like water and endure as stone. Their extinction shall be denied.]
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The Kurayami Clan (Dark style Clan) – Dark
A bloodline consumed by shadows, erased from history.
> [Shadows will not consume them—they will master shadows.]
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The Tenrai Clan (Yota's Clan) – Flying and Electric
A child who cried storms. Villagers screamed. Lightning burned his world. Extinction.
> [Give them the skies and storms. Their emotions shall bless, not destroy.]
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The Kinzoku Clan – Steel and Ground
Bloodline rusting, unrecognized, fading to silence.
> [Temper their steel with earth. Their name will be forged anew.]
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The Hatake Clan – Fighting and Psychic
A spark of kinetic power, forgotten. A clan fading into obscurity.
> [Empower their spirits and bodies. Their kinetic gift shall awaken.]
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The Namikaze Clan – Electric and Swift
A lonely line. A man of yellow flashes standing alone against an army, his name sung only in death.
> [Give them the gift of speed and lightning. Their bloodline will never fade into obscurity again.]
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Keiji's Shock
The visions collapsed, leaving Keiji trembling in the darkness. He clutched his chest, gasping.
"This… this isn't canon. Half of these clans weren't even in the anime—some were only theories, whispers from fans. And yet… they live here."
He remembered his old life—scrolling through forums, reading theories about lost clans, imagining what could have been. Now those theories breathed.
The System's voice was calm, but absolute.
> [Correct. You exist in a parallel Naruto world. Here, tragedies may yet be prevented. Here, the fates are unwritten. That is why you were chosen.]
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The Resolve
Keiji lay back, staring at the ceiling beams above him. His body trembled, but not from fear.
The massacre of the Uchiha. The annihilation of the Uzumaki. The exile of the Chinoike. The countless clans wiped away.
In his old world, he was a powerless spectator.
Here, he could change everything.
Not just for himself. Not just for the Uchiha.
For everyone.
A shadowy claw reached down from above. Gengar tapped his palm, a silent pact between trainer and Pokémon.
Keiji's voice was quiet, but firm. "Then I'll do it. I'll give them all eighteen paths. I'll rewrite this world."
The System chimed softly, finalizing the oath.
> [Main Task Accepted: Change the Fate of the Ninja World through the Eighteen Pokémon Paths.]
For the first time, Keiji felt destiny not as a chain binding him, but as a torch waiting to be carried.
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End of the Chapter
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