Demon Eye
Prologue
Naruto struggled as he tried to get up from the impact of Obito's newfound Jinchuuriki powers. The strength of the Ten Tails proved to be too overwhelming for the Nine Tails' Jinchuuriki as Kurama's power began to leave his body. His Bijuu mode faded away, leaving a tired blond with his Sage mode still intact. Naruto gritted his teeth as he looked up into the menacing Sharingan and Rinnegan eyes of Obito Uchiha.
"Why do you continue getting up? What are you fighting for?" questioned the Ten Tail's Jinchuuriki. "Is it for your friends? For this world?"
Naruto gritted his teeth.
"Listen...eventually your friends will stab you in the back and your love for this world will slowly rot into hatred. You should already know these things by now. The village, and even Sasuke, have already forsaken you once...and your love for Jiraiya manifested itself into hatred. You're already walking down the same road as me. All that pain. That hate. Before you realize it, it will all someday change you. Nothing but pain awaits you down this road you're traveling on." said Obito, trying to waver Naruto's determination as much as he could.
"Your friends may betray you again." he said as he looked at the visible guilt on Sasuke's battered and bruised face. A look he hadn't seen in a whie. "The alliance may feel the need to instigate another war and the odds are stacked against you coming out on top against me." Word after word, he spat his cruel perception of reality at Naruto, believing that the blond's determination was long gone by now.
"So you have no valid reason to fight for this world. Soon, it will cease to exist. So why do you insist on fighting?!"
With what little energy Naruto had left, he pushed himself up onto his feet, back still hunched over from pure exhaustion.
"Because it's my ninja way."
The eyes of Juugo, Sasuke, and Obito flew open as they heard those word escape the blond's lips.
"I don't go back on my word, because that's my ninja way."
Hearing Naruto's words, the raven-haired Uchiha dragged himself to his feet and stood next to his long lost blond friend. "Let's put an end to this, Naruto."
"Yeah!"
Both released their ultimate beast-like powers. As Sasuke's Susanoo merged with Kurama's power, the Naruto said "I'll take a nice, long sleep tomorrow...when I can dream on my own!".
What started to form with the two boys' powers surprised Obito. What he saw was Sasuke's Susanoo wrapped around Kurama's chakra cloak as if it was an armor. The energy radiating from this immense power was overwhelming, as the entire Shinobi Alliance could sense it. Hashirama and Madara even stopped mid-battle to look in the direction that was the source of this newfound power.
What everybody saw an enormous beast, composed of what appeared to be an enlarged Kurama, wearing armor that was made of pure Susanoo. As the boys floated in the center of the head of Kurama, Naruto said "Alright, Sasuke. Our moves have to be in sync, or else your Susanoo won't be able to keep up with Kurama's power.".
"Don't underestimate me, Naruto."
With that confirmation, the two boys charged ahead at Obito, who was starting to get excited, but also slightly worried.
Far off in the distance, as more and more Shinobi's chakra got consumed by the monstrous tree, Sakura and Tsunade continued to heal each and every one of them to ensure that none of them would die.
While Madara continued his battle with Hashirama, the surrounding ninjas watched in awe.
"I can't believe this is how the great 1st Hokage fought with Madara Uchiha."
"Incredible."
"Man, our predecessors didn't play around."
Hashirama shot some wood at Madara, who sliced it off with his Susanoo. Knowing this would happen, Hashirama sent a second piece of wood under the ground at the same time as the first piece and shot the underground piece out from under Madara's feet. The root wrapped around his feet and tossed him into the air. Hashirama saw his chance and went for another wood style attack, while keeping his Susanoo busy with other wood attacks. Madara saw Hashirama's attack coming, and quickly formed a wood style barrier to shield himself.
They both landed on the ground, with Madara standing on a tall rock, and Hashirama standing in front of it. Madara looked down at Hashirama, while Hashirama looked up at Madara. Both of the two warriors were giving it their best.
"You forget, Hashirama. I have wood style as well."
"You still never gave me an explanation as to how you survived and how exactly everything has come to this."
"Is there really a point in explaining this to you, old friend? We're both resurrected corpses. Our lives have already left their mark on history. We don't even belong here. Soon, the tree will unleash its power, but before that happens..."
Madara looked in the direction of the battle between Obito and the two boys.
"It's time for me to act. It's now or never. I'll release my trump card."
Madara quickly sped off towards Obito, completely ignoring Hashirama and his battle.
"Madara, wait!" Hashirama followed after Madara.
"There's no time, Hashirama. We'll have to hold off this battle."
"What are you doing-"
"There's no time, Hashirama! I have to do this quickly."
Hashirama continued to follow Madara.
Meanwhile, Naruto and Sasuke seemed to be having trouble dealing with Obito. While the boys seemed to sync their energy perfectly to control Kurama with Susanoo, their speed did not increase in any way. Their Bijuu bombs had much more power due to the added power of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and Susanoo combined into Kurama's power mixed with Naruto's energy, but it was pointless since Obito's speed was too much for them to handle. Obito dodged and evaded all of their attacks with ease.
"Your power seems to almost match mine, but you won't touch me with that speed." Obito's arrogance started to anger Naruto.
Both boys were exhausted. This power fusion wouldn't last much longer. The blond Jinchuuriki gritted his teeth. Pictures of his loved ones came back to him.
"Father. Mother. Pervy Sage. Nagato. Itachi. Old man Third Hokage. Iruka-Sensei. Kakashi-Sensei. Everybody. Thank you for all you've done. Every one of you has made me who I am today. I wouldn't as strong as I am, physically or mentally, if it weren't for you guys. I'm not only fighting for myself, I'm fighting for you and the entire ninja world." Naruto thought.
Naruto's determination brought back an intense adrenaline rush throughout his body that pumped his energy and his exhaustion wore off. The same couldn't be said for Sasuke, however. The raven-haired Uchiha was on the verge of collapsing, but the look on his face was enough to tell that he was doing his best to keep pushing forward. The blond Jinchuuriki channeled some of Kurama's power into Sasuke to refuel his energy.
Obito had a menacing grin on his face that angered Naruto.
"It's almost time for the flower to bloom. You haven't been able to stop me. It seems as if your resolve wasn't strong enough, after all. Sasuke, you've been a major disappointment. I expected better from you, but you've gone and joined hands with the Leaf. I don't know what made you change your mind, but it's pointless to turn back now. Soon, we'll all be free of guilt, pain, and sorrow. Say goodbye to this world, Naru-"
A hand with a black glove covered Obito's mouth. In a second, Obito's energy was being drained at an enormous rate.
"M-Madara? You-" Obito muffled.
"It's the end of the line for you, Obito. There isn't much time until the flower blooms. I can't let that happen."
This statement surprised everybody as their eyes flew open.
Hashirama was in utter shock. "Madara, what do you mean you can't let that hap-"
"What I mean, Hashirama, is that this plan was all a cover-up. Don't interfere. Trust me. Let me do this."
Madara slowly started to lift his hand away from Obito's mouth, and it looked like Obito's and the Ten Tails' power was being pulled.
"This is Nagato's jutsu! He uses that to pull away a person's soul! How can Madara pull out the Ten Tails' chakra! That is enormous!" Naruto yelled.
"Must be because of the 1st Hokage's cells that are amplifying his abilities. Not to mention, he's an Edo Tensei. His chakra doesn't deplete." Sasuke was quick to observe.
"Ningendo!"
With one last pull, Madara pulled out the now white-haired Jinchuuriki's power along with the Ten Tails. The chakra seemed to float in the air. Madara activated his Rinnegan and the energies of Obito and the Ten Tails flew straight into Madara's body. A huge burst of energy could be seen from all over the battlefield.
"W-What is this?!"
"This must be that Madara's jutsu!"
"It's so bright!"
"I feel such an enormous chakra!"
"Is that the Ten Tails?"
The light faded away, leaving a huge crater in the ground. What could be seen floating in the center was the figure of a shirtless, white-haired Madara, with cracked skin, holding a staff in his hand, as he looked down at his feet. The face of Hashirama on his chest had also transformed into a more cracked state.
All of them were on guard, as Madara was doing nothing but motionlessly floating in that spot for about 10 seconds.
Suddenly, Madara's head snapped up to reveal his new eyes. Both of his eyes had transformed into the eyes of the Ten Tails.
"This was his plan all along. He wanted to kill that man and take the Ten Tails from him so he could control the Tsukuyomi on his own!" Hashirama stated.
"You bastard! It's people like you that are ruining our world!" Naruto yelled.
"This power." said Madara, in a voice that appeared more like a deep growl than a human's voice.
"This power. It's enormous. So this is what it feels like to be the Ten Tails' Jinchuuriki."
"Madara! You must stop this! There is a better way!" Hashirama persisted.
Tobirama disagreed. "Stop it, brother. There is no use. We'll have to fight him."
"But-"
"Susanoo!"
The ground started to rumble and everybody could feel an intense and evil chakra rising from all around them, with the source being Madara.
A collosal blue set of chakra armor started to appear around Madara. It was many times larger than Madara's previous Susanoo. Transparent blue plates of armor started to fade into existence and form around Madara's body and took on the form of a four-legged animal that made even his full Susanoo look small. Madara started to fly upwards into the center of the set of armor.
The Susanoo armor started to take on the shape of the Ten Tails' body, with extra armor on top.
"This is his Tailed Beast Transformation mixed with his evolved Susanoo!" Sasuke stated.
The ninjas all around the battlefield were starting to lose all hope.
"There's no way we stand a chance against this."
"This is hopeless."
"Everybody! We mustn't lose hope! We can't give up without trying!" Hashirama gave his pep talk.
"My power isn't complete yet. There is one more thing I'm still missing." Madara said.
"Madara! You can't-!"
"The two remaining Jinchuuriki are on this very battlefield. This makes my work very easy."
Naruto's and Bee's eyes shot open at this.
Tobirama was enraged. "Don't tell me you're going to-"
"Naive as ever, huh Tobirama? In this world there is no right or wrong. We simply do what we must in order to get what we need. The truth is that even if Obito wanted to, he couldn't have stopped the flower from blooming. The only way to cut down this tree is to attack it with the power of the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki. In order to achieve that power, all of the tailed beasts must be gathered into this body. Small traces will not suffice. With these eyes, I don't even need to summon the Gedo Mazou to absorb your chakra, Naruto."
Before Naruto could even react, Madara's Susanoo hands went so fast they were barely a blur even to Sasuke's Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
With one punch, the mixed power of Naruto and Sasuke broke, as both boys fell to the ground exhausted and unable to recover from the impact.
Other ninjas were attacking the Ten Tails Susanoo but it was having no effect. Madara grabbed Naruto with his Susanoo hand and brought him close so he was near Madara's original body.
"Damn, you. M-Madara!" panted an exhausted Naruto.
"No need to worry, Naruto. Just surrender and give up. You stand no chance."
"I'll die before that happens."
"That...can be arranged." Madara flashed his eyes, which began to glow. Naruto could feel his energy being drained as he looked into the eyes of the enraged Uchiha that floated before him.
"Rinne-Ningendo!"
In the blink of an eye, Naruto's Bijuu mode disappeared and his body went limp.
The entire alliance, unable to do anything, watched in shocked at what just happened.
A burst of yellow chakra started to get sucked into Madara's body from Naruto's lower abdomen.
As Madara absorbed Kurama's power, his Susanoo started to glow a fiery yellow. The Susanoo's face grew prints of whiskers and the mouth became jagged like sharp teeth.
The Ten Tails let out a loud roar that shook the ground just with pure chakra radiation.
Madara let go of Naruto's limp body, which fell to the ground like a ragdoll.
"Naruto!"
"Naruto!"
"Naruto!"
"Naruto-kun!"
"Naruto!"