A week before the Rain village was attacked.
Zetzu was standing on a branch. The branch was overlooking a large building. The building didn't have any windows. It looked unused, but it wasn't. That's why Zetzu was here. In the building the five Daimyos of the most powerful countries in the world were hidden. They were originally in a small town in the land of Iron, but they were found and relocated. Now they were hidden in an old Senju hideout in the land of Fire. They were successfully hidden for six months. Until Zetzu found them.
Zetzu had his clones searching the lands for months. Now he is almost out of them. Ever since the Mountain's Graveyard was destroyed, he has been spread thin. Most of his clones were used to attack the Leaf in the last assault. Now he had not even enough for a company let alone an army.
Madara wanted a backup plan. If he is wrong and the Hokage doesn't attack the Rain, then he wanted another option to draw the out. If the Daimyo were captured, then the power vacuum in the nations would cause distress. The Allied Shinobi forces would fall apart and the Jinchuriki would be easier to capture. If this plan worked, then Madara himself would attack the Leaf after the nations fall apart. Then their plans would be accomplished. All Zetzu had to do was complete his mission.
Inside the building five men with formal attire sat playing cards. Each of them had a different symbol on their hats. They were the five Daimyo, and they looked extremely bored. They had been forced to hide for almost a year now. They had become friends over the past year though. It turns out they were all very similar.
Zetzu sunk into the tree he was standing on. His mission has started. He peaked his head out of the ground when he was in the room with the Daimyo. He was in the corner of the room, so no one saw him. He fully came out of the ground. He couldn't sense Mei nearby, so he was safe to begin.
Zetzu took one step towards the Daimyo and a foot hit him in the head. Zetzu was hit so hard he went flying through the concrete wall. The Daimyo looked up with their eyebrows raised but didn't react. They trusted the Mizukage. Zetzu ended up landing outside the hideout. He stood up and saw Mei walking through the hole in the wall.
"How did I. Not sense you." Zetzu's halves say.
Mei peels of a seal placed on her arm. "A gift from the Hokage." Mei says.
"So, I have to kill you first. To get to the feudal Lords." Zetzu says.
"You have to kill us." Mei says. About fifteen Anbu from different villages appear next to Mei. All of them prepared for a fight.
Black Zetzu laughs. He then slams his hands against the ground. Giant wood tentacles burst through the ground. The wood tentacles start to lash around attacking the Anbu. The Anbu start to cut off some of the tentacles causing the ground to shake from the impact.
The Anbu use explosive tags on the center of the wood tentacle. An explosion rings out and wood pieces are sent in every direction. Mei does a singular hand seal and says, "Lava Style: Lava Bomb." A massive meteor like ball of lava hits the wood. The wood is gone and Zetzu tries to retreat.
Mei dissolves into lava. The real Mei appears in front of Zetzu. When Zetzu tries to sink into the ground Mei grabs him by the throat and yanks him up. Zetzu tries to use the plant like tentacles on his body to stab Mei, but two Anbu cut them off before he could.
Zetzu screams in pain. Then Mei uses her jutsu. She makes a singular hand seal with her free hand. "Lava Style: Burning Organs." Her fingers shoot lava into Zetzu's throat and neck. His body starts to morph and turn red until nothing is left of him besides a melted black and white face.
"Notify the Hokage. The Akatsuki's spy is dead." Mei says. One of the Anbu nods and pulls out a Compad.
Now the Allied Shinobi Forces had a major advantage. Without the spy then information can truly be hidden from the Akatsuki.
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In the Leaf village the day of the attack
Yugito was sitting on the couch in the Namikaze Mansion. Shisui and the rest left a few days ago. Gaara has an Anbu team watching over her, but it seems unnecessary, no one is getting into the village. The only ones capable are someone with Naruto's seals which are unobtainable unless Naruto himself gives you one, Jiraiya of the Sanin, and The No Man the Second Tsuchikage. The Akatsuki already lost the last two so no one is capable of getting into the village.
Yugito sighed. She was on lockdown until the war is over. Gaara, Yugao, and a few others visited every once in a while, but they were always busy. Karin was Yugito's other option, but Yugito didn't trust her much.
Then someone knocked on the door. Yugito stood up and walked to the entrance. She looked through the peak hole and saw Tiger, or Tenzo. Yugito opens the door. "Hey Tiger, what's up?"
Then Yugito looks behind the man. The Anbu team watching her was dead. They were all piled up just behind Tiger in a pool of blood. Yugito looked at Tiger in shock. "Who could have done this?" Yugito thinks.
She watches as Tiger changes. A white substance starts to cover his body. The substance spreads until it covers him entirely. His mask turns to a white swirl similar to Tobi's old mask. Zetzu had taken over Tenzo. They didn't know how, but one Zetzu was still alive, and he somehow attached himself to one of the Leaf's most prominent Anbu.
Yugito slams the door shut. The Namikaze house defense should keep him out. Then wood starts to wrap around her before she can react. The wood stabs into her arms and legs and immobilizes her.
Yugito struggles to look behind her and sees another Tiger. The Anbu she saw at the door was a wood clone. The only reason Tiger was able to enter the house was because she opened the door. They were a step ahead of her from the beginning.
Yugito tries to use the Two-Tails power to escape, but the wood in her limbs takes her chakra before she can use its full power. She isn't able to use any chakra to escape. Every time she tries it's gone in a second. Yugito struggles and tries to scream. Wood wraps around her mouth, and a flower appears under her nose. The flower secrets a weird gas, and Yugito is knocked unconscious in seconds.
Once Yugito falls unconscious Tiger now turned Zetzu sinks into the ground with her body. Gaara arrived at the house that night to see dead bodies and no Yugito. He tried to warn Naruto, but Naruto didn't answer. It was too late. The Akatsuki had the two tails.
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In the Rain village with Naruto.
Naruto was sitting on the roof of one of the tall buildings in the rain. He was waiting for the rest of the team to leave the village. It was two and a half hours after the initial attack. Naruto sensed as Itachi left with Izumi. The only chakra signatures he felt now were Madara and Bee. The Cloud nin was further away from the main tower though. He must have been waiting for the fight to start.
Naruto's Compad appears in his hand in a puff of smoke. He writes on it for a second. He is notifying Bee that the final battle was starting. Naruto disappears from the roof in a flash of lightning.
He reappears at the main tower. The tower Nagato used to live in. Now it was the home of Madara Uchiha. Naruto scaled the building. When he reached the top, he slammed his foot on the ground. The top of the roof cracked, and a giant hole caved.
Naruto dropped down into the building. He landed in a crouch on top of the debris. The room was dark. It was large, and it looked like most of the contents of the room were removed. All that was left was a large throne like chair.
The chair was facing the village. Like the person in the chair was above everyone else. So superior that they didn't even need to look at the person they were talking to. Naruto found it disgusting.
Madara was sitting in the chair. Naruto couldn't see his body, but he knew he was there. If Naruto could see him, he would see that Madara was sitting with one of his feet on the throne and one of his arms was resting on it. His other arm was hanging loosely at his side touching his other leg. His Gunbai was leaning against the throne next to him. In his eyes the Rinnegon Nagato used to have resided.
"This village was truly revolutionary. While all the other nations were wary of another war Hanzo wanted to revolutionize his village." Madara says.
"But he wanted to use the technology and advancements he made for war. So, the Rain is no different from all the others." Naruto responds.
"We all search for war. Man seeks peace through war. They preach that peace is what they want, yet at the same time they yearn for war. Those are the two realms belonging solely to man. Thinking of peace whilst spilling blood is something only humans could do. They're two sides of the same coin... To protect something another must be sacrificed." Madara says calmly.
"You say that, yet you have killed thousands of shinobi in this war. You have caused the death of my friends, and you preach that man is the cause of war. Hatred has been brewing throughout the world since the sage of six paths, but you managed to turn the hatred of many into the concentrated hatred of few. With this war you caused the nations to suffer the same pain, and when I kill you, peace will be obtained." Naruto responds.
Madara scoffs. "Your concept of peace is only temporary. What happens when your generation dies and the next doesn't understand the pain this war caused? War will happen again, and it will be caused by people seeking peace. They won't understand that they were the cause of the end to the peace they seek." Madara says.
"And what is your idea of peace? From what you say peace is unobtainable. So, what is this Moon's eye plan that you think will fix the world problems?" Naruto asks.
"I won't fix this world. This world will cease to exist in the end. Every person alive will be put into their perfect world. No one will be unhappy no one will go through pain." Madara says.
"Pain is essential to life. Without pain we are nothing more than foolish children who are naïve to the world." Naruto responds.
"It might be better to stay naïve children... War would no longer exist if we were to incompetent to understand it. We would all live in a Genjutsu so perfect no one would want to break out." Madara says.
"You are taking away free will. You are taking everything that makes us humans. In a perfect world no emotions would be advanced. There would be no love through loss. We would be walking robots. Lifeless husks." Naruto says.
"Love is a foolish emotion that causes pain. Hatred is born through the need to protect love." Madara says.
"After this war there will be no need to protect. Peace will cause the nations to not hate. We can learn from each other and develop a better future to the next generation." Naruto says.
"You are naïve and foolish if you think that." Madara says.
Naruto glares. "Enough of this. I came here to kill you, and stop a war, not talk about ideals." Yellow lightning erupts from Naruto. The Hokage disappears so quickly not even Madara could properly react.
The only thing he could do was grab the handle of his Gunbai. He is hit square in the jaw and sent flying through the wall. Madara lands in a nearby building with a smile on his face. He spits blood onto the ground and stands up. Gunbai in hand. "Finally, a worthy opponent before my dream is accomplished!" Madara yells.
Naruto floats down to Madara's level. "I don't know if you noticed, but all your pieces have been removed from the board. You have no army; you have no allies. It's just you." Naruto says.
"I never needed an army." Madara says. Then he makes a single hand seal. "Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation." Once Madara used the jutsu he waved the Gunbai in his hand increasing the power of the fire. A sea of flames launches towards the floating Naruto. When the flames stop the building the two enemies used to be in was completely destroyed, and buildings next to and behind were damaged. There were no signs of Naruto though. Madara places his Gunbai on his back.
Naruto appeared next to Madara in a flash of lightning. Madara blocked the kick Naruto threw with his arm. Madara's Rinnegon flared. Naruto makes four sealess clones. The clones charge Madara.
Madara flips onto the back of the first clone and kicks another. He then jumps off the back of the clone he jumped on. He does a split kick and dispels two clones. He then spins and kicks the first clone in the head. Naruto then appears in front of Madara.
Thanks to the Rinnegon Madara knew Naruto would be there. Naruto tries to kick Madara in the stomach, but Madara sweeps his foot. Naruto recovers by landing in a handstand. Naruto quickly jumps off the ground using his hands. He flips and dodged Madara's punch. Naruto then goes for a heel drop to Madara's head.
Madara deflects his foot and punches at Naruto's side. Naruto uses the momentum from Madara's deflection and rolls. Naruto then lands in a crouch and tries to sweep Madara's feet. Madara jumps and kicks Naruto in the face. Naruto disappears in a puff of smoke.
Madara puts his arms in a x position and blocks the punch from the real Naruto. The Hokage punches at Madara again, but it's blocked with ease. Then Naruto transitions and punches Madara in the stomach. Madara keels over and Naruto elbows him in the face.
Madara tumbles to the wall. He flips and lands in a sliding crouch. He brings his hand to his nose and wipes away blood. His smirk grows even larger. Madara then makes a singular hand seal. "Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence." A wave of wood appears all around the building they were fighting in. The wood rushes towards Naruto who is forced to dodge multiple tendrils that were trying to impale him.
Naruto quickly replaces himself with a clone. The new building, they were in was destroyed just like the last, but the wood doesn't stop there. Once Madara finds Naruto wood charges towards him. Naruto quickly makes a large Rasengan and destroys the closest wood tendril.
Naruto flips to dodge another. He then makes a cross hand sign. Hundreds of shadow clones appear. The wood starts to destroy the clones, but the clones quickly make Rasengan variants to counter the tendrils.
Explosions of wind, lightning, and fire embrace the village. Naruto flashes away from the explosion. The end of his cloak was damaged and one of his sleeves was missing, but otherwise he was fine.
Madara watched amused from the streets of the village. He then grabbed his Gunbai off his back. Madara effortlessly blocked three kunai from Naruto with the Gunbai. Naruto flashed to one of the kunai and threw it again. Madara moved his head and dodged the kunai on pure instinct.
As soon as the kunai passed Madara's face Naruto flashed to it. Naruto caught the kunai mid flip. He then slammed a Rasengan into Madara's gut. Madara was sent flying into a wall. His Gunbai was hit out of his hand. Naruto grabbed the Gunbai from the ground.
Madara stood up from the broken wall. He looked at Naruto as soon as the Hokage flashed the Gunbai to his dimension. Madara now had no weapon. At least Naruto thought so for half a second. Madara Sticks his palms out and two chakra rods burst from them. He still had weapons at his disposal. Naruto flashed two kunai to his hands.
The two charged each other. Naruto blocked the first rod and deflected the second. Madara tried to swipe Naruto with the deflected rod. Naruto dodged back and spun. He then tried to stab Madara in the side. Madara blocked with the rod he tried to swipe Naruto with.
Madara then stabbed at Naruto with his other rod. Naruto deflected the attack and went for a stab to Madara's head. Madara blocked and hit Naruto's other kunai at the same time. The kunai flies out of Naruto's hand. Naruto flips and he kicks Madara in the stomach with one leg then in the face with the other. Naruto then lands in a crouch and catches the kunai he dropped earlier.
Madara charged Naruto and stabbed at his chest. Naruto caught the rod in between his two kunai. He then jumped over Madara's other arm to dodge a stab. He lands on Madara's arm and pushes the rod into the ground. He then put pressure on the rod he caught and snaps it.
Madara recovers by kicking Naruto in the stomach. Naruto is sent into a nearby building. He stands up and looks at his Uchiha opponent. So far, they had been fairly even. He then charges Madara again. Now Madara only has one blade, and Naruto doesn't want to give him time to make another.
Naruto throws one of his kunai. He starts channeling lightning and wind throughout his body. "Omoikane." Naruto says. He then disappears and reappears at the kunai he threw. Madara was about to hit the kunai away with his rod.
Naruto catches the kunai and the rod at the same time. He then channels even more lightning through his foot. He lands a kick to Madara's stomach. Yellow lightning bursts from his foot as soon as he hit's Madara. The Uchiha was sent flying from the kick and a blast of lightning.
Madara stood up shakily. His armor was smoking. He took off his damaged chest plate quickly. He then swung the chest plate and hit Naruto who just flash stepped next to him. Naruto's eyes widen as the wind is knocked out of him. Even with his Omoikane activated It hurt. He is sent flying into the next building.
Madara throws the chest plate to the ground and watches as Naruto stands up from the ruins. Even through his Omoikane you could see that his clothes were tattered. The armor was barely stopping Madara's attack. This man was powerful.
Madara was similar to Naruto though. His clothes were tattered, and his armor was missing a few pieces, most notably the chest plate he took off.
Naruto went through hand seals. When he finished, he said, "Lightning Style: Hunting Party." Twenty Daisuke size lightning foxes manifested around the debris of the towers. The foxes snarled and charged Madara as soon as they formed.
Madara brings his hand to his mouth and says, "Fire Style: Great Flame Flower." Giant balls of fire appear in the air and start raining down on the battlefield. Each of the foxes are hit with one and neutralized in an explosion of fire before they reach the Uchiha. Naruto flashes out of the way of one and appears on the other side of Madara.
Madara makes another hand seal. "Fire Style: Great Fire Destruction." A large stream of fire launches at Naruto. Naruto looks at the oncoming attack and makes a single hand sign. "Wind Style: Wind Barrier." A barrier of wind surrounds Naruto.
The wind causes the fire to swirl around Naruto. Once the stream is done Naruto shifts his hand sign. The wind makes a funnel still fueled with fire. The funnel goes above Naruto and curves down towards Madara.
Madara's eyes widen then he smirks. Madara makes a single hand sign, and a wood wall blocks the attack. "Wind so precise it can be used against fire. He is truly remarkable." Madara thinks with a joyful smile. He looked like he was high on the intensity of the fight. No one had danced like this with him since Hashirama.
Naruto stands and looks at Madara. The Uchiha smirks and his Rinnegon pulses. Naruto hears something from the sky. He looks up and sees a meteor the size of the entire Rain village appear. This must have been what he did to the Grass just larger.
The meteor is falling towards the ground at a fast rate. Naruto quickly deactivates his Omoikane, and he makes ten clones. The clones all flash to different sides of the village. Within seconds the clones were evenly spread out throughout the village.
Each clone channeled lightning through their hands and raised them to the sky. "Storm Cutter." Each clone whispers. Twenty streams of yellow lightning hit the meteor from all sides. The meteor is destroyed in a large explosion. Debris starts falling. Naruto avoids it all. The village is destroyed around them.
Naruto smirks, but before he can celebrate another meteor appears behind the one he just destroyed. It had damaged edges from his last attack, but overall, it seemed fine. Naruto grits his teeth.
This time Naruto focuses more chakra on a single jutsu. "Lightning Style: Lightning Dragon." The dragon was four times the size of a normal lightning dragon. It was now the size of what used to be the main tower of the Rain village.
The dragon makes contact with the meteor and shatters the base of it. The dragon pushes and lightning crackles throughout the entire meteor. Within seconds the entire meteor is turned to pebbles form the lightning. Naruto just stopped two village destroying meteors by himself.
Naruto kneels for a second, he still had a lot of chakra, but the strain from using those jutsu was affecting him. "Come on Naruto you can beat him." Kurama cheers.
"Glad you're my cheerleader Kurama." Naruto says sarcastically.
"You know what, your father was right you need to watch the attitude today." Kurama says.
"Shut up."
Naruto stands and turns to where he last saw Madara. The Ghost of the Uchiha was smiling crazily. His eyes pulsed and a blue ribcage appears around him. The ribcage grows until it was the size of one of the towers. It then starts forming further. It turns to a humanoid figure within a second. The avatar kept on growing and armor formed around its entire body. It's head then fully formed showing the mask of an Oni. A sword appears at the Susanoo's side, and wings spread from it's back. The wings spread out and destroy what is left of the Rain village's towers.
The Susanoo easily towered over Itachi and Shisui's. Madara was on another level. Naruto took a deep breath. He had prepared to fight this jutsu. He had been training for it the past year.
"I still think it would be better to summon me." Kurama says.
"We went over this. The summoning out of the seal has to many flaws. We saw these flaws when facing Hashirama. I can't have you being injured again because your chakar isn't at full strength." Naruto said.
"I have my other half now. Theoretically I should be better off." Kurama said.
"I've been training this jutsu for a long time Kurama. Just help me out, and maybe after the fight we can test your theory." Naruto replies.
Kurama grumbles, but in the end he agrees.
Naruto makes a single hand sign and says one word. "Omoikane." Lightning and wind swirl around him. Armor starts to form, but it doesn't stop there. An avatar starts to form around Naruto. It keeps on growing until Naruto is standing in a yellow kitsune made of wind and lightning. The kitsune grew until it was the size of Madara's Susanoo.
Madara's smile grew even larger. "You're the first since Hashirama to make me feel this excited! I Madara Uchiha declare you the strongest opponent I have ever faced!" Madara yells with joy.
Madara's Susanoo makes a dozen Yasaka beads. He then throws them at Naruto. Naruto's kitsune starts crackling with more lightning. When the beads got close, he shot lightning out of his avatar. The lightning hit each bead and caused explosions to riddle the battlefield once again.
Madara unsheathes his large katana. He then charges Naruto. The Hokage dodges the first swipe by jumping backwards. He then makes his Kitsune charge forward. The large fox meets Madara's Susanoo head on.
They clash, and Madara backs up. Before he can swing his sword again Naruto sends his tails to attack. The tails wrap around Madara's arms and wings. They then force him to drop his large sword. The large Katana is knocked away and sent into a building close by.
Madara breaks through the tails with pure strength. He then rushes Naruto with his fist cocked back. The two avatars then punch each other's fists causing a shockwave of power.
Madara backs off and tries to gain the advantage by taking to the sky. Naruto's Kitsune raises his hands and sends lightning crackling at Madara. The Uchiha's Susanoo is hit with multiple streams of lightning. The lightning then forms chains and yanks Madara to the ground.
Naruto jumps on Madara with his Kitsune. He then shoots a beam of lightning into the Susanoo's head from his fox's mouth. The Susanoo fluctuates but isn't destroyed. Madara tries to punch the Kitsune in the stomach to get him off, but the body of the Kitsune fluctuates to avoid the fist. That was one of the advantages of this jutsu. It wasn't an actual form, unlike the Susanoo. Naruto developed it to counter the Uchiha's trump card. Then Naruto launches his hands forward.
The wind keeping the Omoikane together guides the lightning into Madara. All of the wind and lightning that created the fox hit Madara and his Susanoo. A massive explosion of chakra resulted and Naruto and Madara were both sent flying.
The battlefield went quite for a few minutes. Both opponents were regrouping. Once the two opponents found each other they stood face to face once again. Now Madara's armor was gone, and his cloths were burnt. Naruto's cloak and vest were gone, his chain undershirt was all he had left, and it was missing a sleeve. His pant legs were also singed, but not damaged.
Then Madara smiled. He made a hand seal, and the Gedo statue broke through the ground behind him. The statue roared and stood behind Madara, but something was wrong. Seven eyes were open.
"Where is Bee!" Naruto yells.
Madara laughs. "While you were distracted fighting me, he walked into a trap. It was obvious you would send him to fight Sasori. He was one of the only shinobi alive who could survive his poison. From there I just predicted where he would be. It's obvious you planned to have him take on the Gedo statue so based on where you would be and where he would be the trap was set. He walked into a seal that sucked his chakra away. Then I had shadow clones summon the statue and take his Biju. It's a shame Nagato didn't know how to use these eyes. The process of taking the Biju from the Jinchuriki would have taken seconds instead of days." Madara said as the statue opened its mouth. "As for your friend he's right here."
The statue threw a body out of its mouth. The body landed next to Naruto. It was Bee. His body was almost grey though. It was like the life force was sucked out of him.
Naruto winced. He placed his hand on Bee's body. "I failed you, Bee, and A... I'm sorry I couldn't keep my promise." He then flashed Bee away. He would give him a proper burial once he finished here.
He looked at Madara again with controlled anger. He couldn't allow himself to be distracted by things like anger. Then he extended his sensory abilities. He was originally keeping them very restrained so he could focus on the battle. What he sensed was Madara the Gedo and two other chakra signatures.
He turned to look at the two others and saw a Zetzu looking person carrying Yugito. Naruto's eyes widened. He unsealed a kunai and went to throw it at them. But before he could Madara appeared next to him. He hit Naruto in the stomach while he was distracted. Naruto was sent tumbling back with the wind knocked out of him.
Naruto recovered quickly and did multiple flash steps. He appeared next to the Zetzu who just laid down Yugito next to the Gedo statue. He hit the Zetzu in stomach with a fist of lightning. The Zetzu was sent through the air and his body was fried. Naruto went to grab Yugito, but Madara appeared again. Naruto's danger sense warned him. He dodged the initial punch. Then Madara made a chakra rod and stabbed Naruto in the stomach.
Naruto gasped and fell to one of his knees. Madara kicked him in the jaw stunning him further. He then stabbed multiple other Rods through the Hokage's limbs. Madara then turned to Yugito. He channeled more chakra to his eyes. The statue responded. It opened its mouth and started taking the Two-tails from Yugito. The Two-tails was sucked from Yugito in seconds.
Naruto watched in horror. Then he channels Kurama's chakra throughout his body. The chakra pushes a rod out of his right arm. He then grabs the one in his chest and yanks it out. He slowly removes all the rods from his body and stands up.
His body starts to heal from Kurama's chakra, and he flash steps to Yugito. He grabbed onto her and flashed away. He stopped the process, but Yugito was still dying. The soul of Matatabi was removed, and now Yugito only had a fraction of her chakra. Matatabi was with the Gedo statue now.
Naruto channeled demonic chakra through his body again. Kurama has been giving him chakra the whole fight, but he has been transporting the chakra into Naruto's system making it Naruto's chakra. Now Naruto was giving Kurama's chakra to Yugito.
Naruto focused for a few seconds and gave Yugito demonic chakra. The chakra healed Yugito's wounds and fixed her seal. The chakra was meant to give her a small amount to keep her alive. The chakra would then slowly drain out until the body could survive without it. Naruto had been thinking about this for a long time. It would work.
Once Naruto was done, he quickly flashed Yugito to the Rendezvous point where he flashed Bee's body. Then Naruto made six reinforced clones. The clones flashed to seals Naruto left on the outsides of the villages. A second later a barrier appeared around the Rain village. Naruto flashed back to the battlefield. He appeared next to the Zetzu he killed.
What he saw was the Zetzu dead falling off someone like armor. Naruto grabbed the face of the Zetzu and ripped it off. What he saw was an Anbu mask. The Anbu mask was very familiar to Naruto. It was Tiger, and Naruto killed him when he attacked him earlier.
Naruto ripped off the rest of the Zetzu and transported the body to the Rendezvous a point with the rest. Then he turned to Madara. The man instantly transported in front of him and stabbed Naruto in the chest with another chakra rod.
Naruto gasped, but his body disappeared in a poof of smoke. Madara turned and blocked a kick, he then grabbed Naruto's other leg. He threw him in the direction of the Gedo statue.
Naruto flipped and skidded across the ground on his feet. Before he could react, the Gedo statue shot a chain through his chest. Naruto's eyes widen and he looks down. The chain wasn't normal. It looked like a chain from a ghost. It wasn't stabbing through Naruto it was stabbing through his seal.
Madara made a hand seal and the chain started pulling. Naruto felt Kurama getting pulled out of his body. He tried to flash away, but his chakra was interrupted. He couldn't escape. He scrambled for an idea. He needed something, he needed a way to save himself and Kurama or else all was lost.
"Naruto!" Kurama yells. "I can save us. Since I was split in half before I can do it again. I remember the process."
"Then do it." Naruto says.
"You need to know the consequences first." Kurama warns. Naruto nods his head. "If we do this then the statue will still get half of me. Madara will accomplish his goal. He will have all ninetailed beasts."
"The ten tails." Naruto says.
"It's possible that Madara will use the Tailed beast to recreate the Ten-tails." Kurama confirms.
"Do it Kurama. We need to survive. Otherwise Madara will have no opposition." Naruto says.
Kurama nods his head, and he sits down in a lotus position. He focuses on his chakra and how it was split until not long ago. His chakra starts to break apart and his face whips around while two heads fight for control.
Eventually he splits in half and one of his halves is pulled away by the chain. The chain pulls his chakra out of Naruto and the last eye of the Gedo statue opens. Naruto falls to his knees. It felt like a piece of his soul was ripped out of him. Even though he just got that piece back today.
Naruto tried to stand, but he couldn't. He needed time to recover.
Madara walked past him. "It seems you managed to survive Hokage. No matter. Your death will come soon. Now the power of the ten tails shall be mine." Madara walks to the statue.
He tears off what is left of his shirt. The Ghost of the Uchiha then makes a single hand sign while he walks. The Gedo statue starts to morph. It becomes a blob, and it starts rapidly moving. It changes form and starts heading straight into Madara's stomach. As it hit's his stomach the statue disappears. After the full statue is transported into Madara he starts to change.
His skin and hair flake off until they are pure white. A bone like structure breaks from the side of his head and covers his forehead. The ends of it were similar to horns. Then a cloak appears over his body. The cloak was also white, and it had a target like image with nine Tomoe on its back. At the front Madara had six more Tomoe at his collar. Ten truth seeking orbs appeared hovering behind his back. One of the orbs flew to his hand and a long staff with three fourths of a circle at the end formed in his hand.
"You have earned my respect Hokage. You have also earned your reputation, but now you will die!" Madara yells.
Naruto stands tall and looks at Madara with a glare. "I am Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze of the Flash-step... Son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. I am the Demon Fox of Konoha, and the Lord of Storms. I was made the fifth Hokage of the Hidden Leaf village, and I will not die without taking you with me! Peace will be achieved through your death whether I am alive to see it or not!" Naruto yells.
Madara smirks. The second phase of the battle was about to begin.
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Shisui walks into one of the tents. The tent had Yugito in it. The barrier had been up for a day and a half now. Yugito had been unconscious that entire time. She arrived with Bee, and Tenzo's body seconds before the barrier went up. It was frightening to think what was happening in that barrier they didn't even know if Naruto was still alive.
"Hey Yugito." Shisui says to her unconscious form. "I know you probably can't hear me, but I need to ramble for a little bit... We haven't been doing too well. All of us won our fights, but it isn't looking too good for Naruto. He has been gone for far too long. Izumi woke up though, and Kakashi woke up not long after. You're the last one who needs to rejoin us."
Shisui sighed. "We decided that we will stay until the barrier falls. We called all the other villages, and they are sending their strongest Shinobi. Every S-Rank alive will be in this camp within a day or two. This force will meet the person who wins the final battle. If Madara wins then hopefully he will be too exhausted to defeat us. In the end all we can do is hope that Naruto kills the bastard."
"I just wish we could see inside that barrier. It blocks our sight and hearing, so we don't have a clue what is happening... Also I'm sorry to say this, but Bee and Tenzo were both dead upon arrival. We don't know how you or Tenzo got here, but it seems that Madara was a step ahead. With you and Bee without Biju it is possible that Madara has them all now, or he just needs Naruto."
"...Yugao has been worried sick. She has barely gotten any sleep, and it doesn't help that she found out she was pregnant the day we left the village. She is scared that Naruto will leave her alone with their child. She doesn't want that... No one does."
Shisui looks out the window of the tent. "Naruto seemed so dead set on doing what must be done. It worried us even more. It's safe to say he changed all of our lives. He made most of us who we are today. Kakashi, Itachi, and I would be lost without him. He is the anchor for our little group."
Shisui smirks. "And don't even get me started on Tsunade. Without Naruto she would probably still be wondering the Fire nation gambling her life away... I don't know what would happen to Daisuke if Naruto died. I think he would disappear from this realm. He would be to depressed to ever come back more than likely. Naruto is his best friend... And if the bastard dies then Izumi will never get to truly meet him. She had been talking about how she wants to get to know him. She said that he's changed since she last saw him. He's not a little kid anymore... I couldn't agree with her more. Naruto may be the youngest among us, but he is truly the one who guided us."
"I going to be honest Yugito... I'm scared. We are so close, but it feels like we are further than ever." Shisui says. "I don't know what to do."
Yugito stirred. Shisui stopped his rambling and looked down at her. He smiled when her eyes opened. "Yugito are you okay?" Shisui asks as she opens her eyes.
Yugito looks around confused. Once her mind catches up to her body, she locks eyes with Shisui. She smiles and sits up. She then hugs Shisui fiercely. "I'm glad you're ok." Yugito says.
Shisui smiles. "What happened to you? Why are you in the Rain?" Shisui asks.
Yugito looks at him with confusion. Then she remembers what happened. "Zetzu! He controlled Tiger! Then he captured me." Yugito says.
"That's why Tenzo's body was here. Naruto must have saved you, but Tenzo died in the process. How did Zetzu even control Tenzo from the beginning?" Shisui says.
Itachi walks through the flap. "After the mountain's graveyard mission. Tenzo seemed off. He was jumpy. Like when you think you feel a spider on your leg. Zetzu must have planted a sleeper agent on him while there. It had to have been small or else Naruto would have sensed it." Itachi says.
Shisui sweat drops. "Were you eavesdropping and waiting for that entrance?" Shisui asks.
Itachi doesn't even look at him. "Yugito, there is something you need to know. The two-tails is no longer with you, and Bee is dead." Itachi says.
Shisui sweat drops again. "Way to sugar coat it Itachi." He says sarcastically.
"How am I alive?" Yugito asks.
"Tsunade found demonic chakra in your system, but there is no tailed beast. The chakra is acting as a substitute." Itachi says.
"Naruto." Yugito says. Shisui nods. "Where is he?"
Shisui and Itachi's faces drop. "He's still in the village. Fighting Madara. It's been a day already." Shisui says.
Yugito frowns. She looks out her tent window and sees the barrier. "Naruto is still fighting. He is still trying to save them, or maybe he died and Madara hasn't broken the barrier yet. No Naruto won't die." Yugito thinks.