"…Because I don't give up on my bonds!" Naruto shouted at both Obito and Madara as they were forced to the ground by that last attack. Obito had a look of pure contempt, but Madara looked at the boy with…interest, though he would never make that visible to anyone.
'This boy is…astounding,' he thought to himself as he watched the boy jump from in front of them, to the top of the Ten-Tails head. The beast had freed itself from the binds placed on it by the Nara Clan, and was going berserk, all while Naruto is hanging on for dear life. Madara quickly got out of it's way by pure instinct, and continued to think on this entire thing, while Obito went to face Naruto on the head.
'So much energy…I know he is an Uzumaki, but he can't be pure. He has to be…half blood at most. Even the fox cannot account for what I am seeing from this…this child. What is he, sixteen? Yet he boasts an understanding of people…that I did not give him credit for. A sixteen year old boy, rallying the entire world with his ideals and actions. Heh, Hashirama should be rolling over in his grave, that a boy has surpassed him…' The fight between Obito and Naruto had been going on for a while now, with Naruto surprisingly landing more punches than the Uchiha. The battle suddenly stopped when Naruto managed to knock Obito off the beast, and started using hand signs, ending with a slamming of his hand on the head, and shouting,
"Great Sage Art: All Encompassing Torii Seal!" At that, giant torii started falling from the sky, restraining the Ten-Tails, after which four even larger torii landed in front, behind, and to the sides of the beast, before a transparent box connected them. This…shocked Madara, to say the least, for he knew the boy just used a technique that had not been used or even known by anyone other than the Sage of the Six Paths. While Madara sat there in awe, Obito started slinging a slew of curses at the boy, before restarting their previous fight.
'How…? Where did he learn that?! That's one of the Sage's original seals. That's it, no matter what cost, I must find out more about this boy…' He continued to watch the fight.
"You are nothing but a weapon, no not even that…you're a worm! You're the worthless son of a two-bit, no account, weakling that just happened to become the fourth, now die!" Naruto blanked out in pure rage long enough to not evade a spike of wood from Obito's right hand, impaling him in the stomach. Madara's eyes widened, and he quickly reacted to the situation. Using the Human Path, he quickly robbed Obito of his soul, grabbed Naruto, and ran off towards Mountains Graveyard before anyone could really comprehend what had happened. All the world saw after words was a bloody patch on the ground next to Obito's corpse, sensors searched the entire battlefield, but all came to the same conclusion; the blood belonged to Naruto, and no matter where he was now…their savior…was dead. As the world mourned Naruto's apparent death, Madara had finally made it to his hideout, where a couple of Zetsu had already been formed.
"Boss, how are you…why is he here?" Madara set him down on a table, and turned to them.
" This boy…his knowledge, means a great deal to me. He single-handidly sealed away the Ten-Tailed Beast, and rallied the entire world to follow him and his ideals…he…intrigues me, now help me, or he's going to die!" They gathered around Naruto, each connecting themselves with the First's mindless clone, and proceeded to patch him up, with Madara preparing a jutsu. One of the Zetsu clones, through a shared memory with all past and present of his kin, recognized the jutsu, and stopped, only to receive a glare from the mighty Uchiha. After he got back to work, and all the patching had been done, Madara completed to jutsu.
"Yin-Yang Release: Enlightenment of the Mortal Soul Technique!" With that, the boy began to glow, first just a fraction, then so bright that they had to turn their heads. When the glow subsided, Madara sighed and motioned for a Zetsu clone to follow.
"Boss, you made him…immortal, why?" Madara turned to the clone and said,
"Because, it will take more than one lifetime to understand him, now be a good clone…"at that, he grabbed his shoulder, and with a few one handed hand seals, began to merge with him. After a few minutes, Madara stood there, fully fleshed and alive, while the sacrifice for Edo Tensei lay discarded beside him. Using the same technique he had used on Naruto on himself. He went to sit down in his long forgotten throne.
"He will be out for a while, during which time the world will accept Naruto as dead…and then…he will be all mine!"