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"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Radio/Commlink"

"Demon/Force Talking"

'Demon Thinking'

Prologue

Valley of the End

Naru Namikaze swore violently as she jumped out of the way of a stream of black fire before she fired off a blast of water at her opponent causing him to teleport yet again. Naru was around 20 years of age and 5'10" in height with spiky crimson red hair with blond highlights styled into the fashion of her late father framing cerulean blue eyes, she wore a short-sleeve, skintight black shirt with a crimson ANBU chest plate along with black skintight, thigh length shorts and crimson shin guards and regular blue shinobi sandals, her Hai-ate was tied around her forehead and wore a black cloak with a crimson flame design along the bottom and the Kanji for 'Crimson Flash' on the back finishing off her outfit. Her current opponent was none other than the true leader behind Akatsuki Madara Uchiha, she was not fighting alone however as her brother in all but blood Ryu Hisanaga stood beside her in combat looking every bit of a warrior his clan claimed to be.

Ryu was 23 years old and stood at the impressive height of 6'7" with short militaristic brown hair with a green gold flecked eye on his left and a gold green fleck eye on his right with a trio of scars descending across that eye and every inch of his body was not only covered by compact and wiry muscles but complex seal designs that gave him a fearsome tribal look. His outfit consisted of a sleeveless black muscle shirt with a plate of Dark green armor covering his heart on both sides and his right shoulder along with woodland cameo pants with black combat boots and while he normally had bandages covering his arms from his elbows to his palm they were removed revealing his most complicated seal designs to date that took chakra and converted them into pure energy blasts. He was also armed to the teeth with various weapons, he had a pair of tantos on his upper arms with the one on the right just above his hai-ate, a katana on his back with the handle peaking over his right shoulder, a pair of bladed tonfas on his thighs and finally a pair of chokakus on his lower back in an X fashion. "You alight imouto(1)?" he asked as he landed beside her.

"I'm fine Ryu-nii(2)," Naru confirmed as she stood back up "What's your chakra at?"

Ryu grimaced as he kept his eyes on Madara who was also taking a breather "Getting low," he admitted "I can keep going though for as long as we need to."

Naru nodded "Right, hold him off for a bit," she ordered "I'm gonna finish him with Rasenshuriken(3)."

Ryu nodded as the seals across his body flashed white and he launched himself at Madara while Naru formed a clone to help her prepare her finishing jutsu while another began to gather sage chakra.

Madara snarled as Ryu began his high speed assault with his Raiinparusu(4) allowing him to react to any of Madara's phasing sneak attacks 'These brats are better than I gave them credit for.' Madara admitted to himself as he stared down Ryu before flicking his eyes over to the female Jinchuriki and widened them at the sight of a jutsu that even he was afraid of. Ryu seeing his distraction got in close and slapped a seal onto his back where Madara could not reach without help before moving out the way of Madara's counter attack.

"Futon: Rasenshuriken!" Naru shouted as both close dispelled and toad sage chakra channeled through her eyes becoming toad-like with red markings around the outer corners of her eyes before hurling it at Madara.

'No! I can't teleport!' he thought in panic before snarling and activated Kamui focusing it on the spinning shuriken only for his and Naru's eyes to widen in surprise as Ryu jumped in front of the distortion of time and space being sucked in instead of the jutsu.

"RYU-NII!" Naru cried out in fear as she watched her oldest friend and protector vanish.

'Damn Brat!' Madara snarled as he prepared the jutsu once more and activated it, only for a crimson flash to appear in front of him becoming absorb instead with Naru smirking in victory as she witnessed Madara get caught in her Jutsu before she vanished "No, NO THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!" Madara roared just as the shuriken expanded catching him in its cellular level damage as it literally tore him apart thus forever removing him from the world.

Just seconds after Madara's death several ANBU units lead by Tsunade Senju entered the area only to find evidence of a massive battle and the floating remains of Madara Uchiha "Spread out find those two ASAP!" Tsunade ordered as the ANBU leapt to follow out their orders 'Don't you brats dare be dead.' She thought to herself as she fought back the tears that threatened to overwhelm her.

"Hokage-sama," one of the ANBU said catching her attention "I'm afraid we have found nothing in our search for Jonins Naru Namikaze and Ryu Hisanaga, absolutely nothing, no remains or evidence that they left the area."

Tsunade blinked back the tears and nodded her understanding "Understood," she said hoarsely "Gather up the remains of Madara Uchiha and mark Naru and Ryu as MIA upon our return."

"Hai, Hokage-sama." The ANBU relied respectfully and turned to carry out his orders as tears streamed down Tsunade's cheeks.

Unknown Location

Two bodies floated through an endless void of white completely oblivious to their surroundings to to the fact they were unconscious "So these are the warriors," a voice mused "It is not yet your time, but the portal to your home is closed, hmm, yes perhaps I could use your assistance, you Ryu Hisanaga know much of redemption having walked the path yourself, you would be of great aid to the fallen protector, and you Naru Namikaze, you hold a terrible burden, but yet you still desire to protect the ones who shunned you, you would aid the exiled hero very much so." The voice chuckled "I hope the two of you will forgive me of this, but the balance must be restored and your kind is the perfect example of balance, you kill, but you save lives as well, you destroy, but you create, you cause sadness, but you also cause smiles," the voice chuckled again "and who knows, maybe you can get those pompous asses to relax a little, you have the gift within you, I pray for your success and I wish you the best in your struggles ahead." With that the pair rippled and vanished leaving the empty void empty once more.

END PROLOGUE

AN: The first person who can correctly guess who the voice is gets a shiny cookie! Also sorry for the short length.

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1- Imouto: Little Sister

2- Nii: Bro, Brother

3- Futon: Rasenshuriken: Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken.

4- Kinraiton: Raiinparusu: Forbidden Lightning Release: Lighting Impulse. S-class forbidden technique that is used in conjunction with Kami Hogo that allows the user to send lightning chakra through the nervous system greatly increasing their; speed(Greatly), strength(minimal), and giving the user a zero-point reaction time. Has a high rate of Chakra consumption and can leave the user vulnerable after deactivation as they adjust to the reduced reaction time.