So I basically made an AU where Code goes on a trip with Kashin Koji for a little while. Since this man is a clone of the great toad sage, it’s only right he’ll want to take in another orphan kid to teach them some valuable life lessons. Koji teaches him important things and actually ask him what he wants to do with his life. Not what someone else wants him to do. After this little journey of a month they come back. Then the events of Kawaki going missing transpire. Then the whole thing with Koji dying, Code can’t help but to cry at the thought of that. Not like a full out ball cuz he’s emotionally constipated but like a cry where you don’t realize you’re crying. Then he kinda gets a bit depressed like Naruto did when Jiraiya died. After this, Code begins to think for himself more while tying to keep Koji’s lessons and advice in mind.
I like to call this AU Code Red and yes this is Canon Divergence with a sprinkle of headcanon. This ain’t facts, okay!
Code Red AU is basically: What if Koji was his dad instead? Code begins to learn how to make decisions for himself; have his own wants. Code learns that he has to find & decided his purpose for himself, since that’s one of the lessons he was taught.
I headcanon Code as an Uzumaki cuz he’s got a lot of power and he’s the only other kid to survive the experiments besides Kawaki. Maybe due to his abundance of chakra 🤔 idk. But it’s just a headcannon. I like the idea of Koji (aka Jiraiya clone) taking care of another Uzumaki yet again. ✨
Koji is a dad now! Dealing with a teenager that’s got a cult mentality! Definitely got his hands full.
Also, I like to make Code talk to the ten tails due to the fact that he probably didn’t like talking to the others much. Plus, it was his job to watch it anyways. Him and the ten tails like become not friends (yet per se) but they understand one another. Then later, as the story progresses, become friends. (Yes I read the manga and yes I’m caught up but let me live with my delusions)
EDIT: As blue vortex progresses I end up tweaking the AU okay! ✨✨
Also, Code does start to spiral with his beliefs and questions himself. Because he’s at odds with trying to figure out if he should fulfill Isshiki’s request, since a cult mentality was all he knew for so long. So he’s deciding if the world is worth keeping around or if he should ascend to godhood.
