Uzumaki Naruto | -v.2- Nzc

Naruto was silent for a long moment. Then he laughed—not bitterly, but with that old, stubborn fire.

"Yeah. You're my V-2. My version two. And versions don't get erased. They get updates ." Six months later, V-2—now simply calling themselves Zero —stood beside Naruto at the new Memorial Stone. Their arm was repaired. Their chakra had stabilized, mingled with Kurama's fox-red energy. Uzumaki Naruto -V.2- NZC

Underneath was a face almost identical to Naruto's, but older, wearier, scarred across the bridge of the nose. And the eyes—one blue, one red with a Mangekyo pattern he didn't recognize. Naruto was silent for a long moment