Naruto vs. Madara

Naruto was in awe at the sight of Madara's Susanoo. It rivaled the size of the Kyuubi itself when Naruto was in full fox mode. But the power he felt coming from it, it seemed to have the same strength as a Jinchuriki. Naruto knew that even with the combined strength of all the other Jinchuriki, they didn't stand a chance unless Naruto fought as well.

"Hey, Kurama, I hope you've replenished your chakra. Cause I need it now!" Naruto told Kurama

"You're in luck then. I've been ready for a while now. I've just been waiting on your signal." The Kyuubi replied.

Naruto let out a sigh of relief. "You have no idea how happy I am to hear that."

"Aww what's the matter, does the big bad Susanoo wanna make Naruto wet himself?" Kurama joked.

"TO HELL WITH YOU JERK! I'M NOT AFRAID! I JUST NEED YOUR HELP!" Naruto screamed, infuriated by Kurama's sense of humor.

"Hehehe relax kit. I'm just screwin' with ya. I'm more than ready when you are."

"Ok. Thanks. Get ready...you know Kurama…I'd say you're the one who wet himself. I mean the floor in my subconscious is completely wet. If you catch my drift." Naruto said to Kurama, smirking to himself.

"Key words, 'MY subconscious'." Kurama retorted.

Naruto paused for a minute trying to make sense of what Kurama just said.

"...HEY! Why you…gahhh!" Naruto screamed in his head.

"Face it kit. You're too many hundreds of years young to outwit me." Kurama said, rubbing it in.

Naruto mumbled to himself angrily. His focus, however, snapped back to the task at hand.

"We can settle this later. Let's go."

"Right."

But just before Naruto could gather the Kyuubi's chakra, a hand grabbed his. He turned to see Sakura looking at him with tears in her eyes, but a look of determination in them.

"I want to fight with you." She said in a soft but firm voice.

Naruto blinked a couple of times. "Sakura, it's way too dangerous for you to be here. You and the rest of the alliance need to get out of here now." Naruto said in a calm and concerned voice.

Sakura shook her head. "I'm not leaving you no matter what you say. I want to fight too, and I want to fight alongside you."

"Sakura, I can't risk losing you. Too many people have already died for me…even Neji…I can't let you."

"I won't die as long as I'm with you. You're the one who's going to save the world. And I'm going to be right beside you while you do it." She squeezed Naruto's hand tighter. "As long as I'm with you, I know I'll be safe." She said lovingly.

Naruto didn't say anything for a moment. He only looked at her. Her eyes seemed to be begging to let her stay. Naruto sighed.

"Alright. But don't leave my side." He said.

Sakura wrapped him in a tight hug. "Never." She responded.

Naruto smiled for a brief second, but then got serious again. "Kurama." Was all he said.

"You got it kit!" Was Kurama's reply.

Sakura was startled to feel her feet lift off the ground. She realized she was floating inside of Naruto's full Biju mode. She was still holding onto him, afraid to let go at the fear of her falling if she did. She held Naruto tighter and Naruto seemed to notice Sakura's fear.

"It's ok Sakura. You won't fall. I promise." Naruto reassured her.

Sakura nodded and hesitantly let go of Naruto. But she still held his hand. True to his word, Sakura stayed afloat inside Naruto's Biju mode. She felt safe being with him. She would rather be nowhere else right now than by his side.

"Thank you Naruto." She said to him.

"Hmm? For what?" He asked.

"For trusting me and letting me fight with you."

He grinned at her and rubbed the back of his head. "Well, you're kinda hard to turn down." He joked.

Sakura giggled and they both faced Madara.

"You ready, Sakura?" Naruto asked her.

"Yeah. Let's kick his ass!" She stated.


Kakashi was sitting on a rock by Obito's now dead body. His tears had dried, but the look of sadness remained plastered to his face. He recalled his last few moments with his former teammate and best friend.

*Flashback*

Kakashi pulled his hand out of Obito's body. Spilling fresh blood as he did. Obito dropped to his knees, and then collapsed to the ground.

"How…how could I lose?" Obito asked, coughing up more blood.

"You let your hatred for me consume you. You weren't yourself when we fought. There was no way you could have won." Kakashi explained.

"Ha…that's…just like you. Acting all high and mighty…tell me something…Kakashi."

"Anything, old friend."

"Were you really telling the truth? Was Rin…really a spy?" Obito managed to ask.

"I would never lie to you about something like that when it came to her." Is all Kakashi said in response.

"I see…and she really asked you to kill her?" He asked once more.

"Yes. She would rather it have been by my hands, then at the hands of the village. This way…she could at least die as a ninja of the hidden leaf, instead of as a traitor to the village she had grown to love."

Obito remained silent for a while. Trying to take in the information, and the reality about the girl he loved.

"I'm sorry Kakashi." He finally said.

"Hmmm?"

"I'm sorry I didn't believe you. I should have known you never would have done that without a good reason. It must have been heart breaking for you to have done that. Because of this…I inflicted pain upon the world to ease my own. Now…I realize how foolish I was."

"Obito…"

"Listen to me…Madara must be stopped. If he isn't, then I'll never be able to relieve the guilt I feel for all that I've done."

"We will stop him. I promise."

"Thank you. His weakness…his weakness is his eyes. You have to take them out of the picture. They are his greatest strength, but also…his greatest weakness."

"Really? But…how do you know this?"

"After the incident when you thought I had died, Madara saved me. He was old and only surviving off of a life support source. He infused my body with Hirashima's cells and was able to reconstruct the part of it that was crushed." He coughed up blood, but continued. "When…when you live with someone for that many years…you…tend to notice…These kinds of things. So please…" He coughed again. "Stop him. Don't let him…destroy this world…you all strive to protect." Obito said, his voice becoming more strained as he neared his end.

"I see now…Thank you Obito. I won't let your last wish be for nothing. Goodbye, my friend." Kakashi said, as fresh tears started to fall from his eyes.

Obito smiled. He knew he could count on Kakashi. He mentally thanked him once more. He let out a long sigh as everything went black, and he passed on.

*End flashback*

Kakashi stared at his friend's body. A new determination flowing through him. The wind blew gently, blowing leaves around Obito's body, before they were carried away into the sky.

"Obito…when this is over, I promise I'll give you a proper burial." Was all Kakashi said, before he raced back to rejoin the main battle.


Naruto and Madara had already begun their battle. Madara was once again on the defensive. Naruto had been attacking with a barrage of punches from the chakra hands he had produced. Madara's Susanoo blocked every punch with ease.

"Naruto, it's not working! You need to try something else! Sakura said.

Naruto took Sakura's advice and changed tactics. Instead of punching it, he used two chakra hands to grab Susanoo and hold it in place. Madara wasn't expecting this. Taking this moment as the best opportunity, Naruto charged up a tailed beast bomb.

"Sakura, hold on tight to me. The recoil's gonna be a little rough." Naruto told her.

She did as she was told and held on to Naruto as tight as she could. Susanoo tried to break free from Naruto's grasp, but the more it struggled, the more hands grabbed it.

"Damn this pest." Madara cursed in his usual demeanor.

The bomb was fully charged and all of a sudden, Susanoo and Madara were being yanked towards the Kurama look-a-like.

"Alright…FIRE!" Naruto yelled.

As soon as Madara and Susanoo were a few feet away, The bomb was let loose and impacted. Naruto had released his grip on Susanoo and jumped back to avoid the aftermath of the attack. Just as Naruto predicted, the recoil caused a massive shockwave and Sakura was almost blown away if it weren't for her strong grip on Naruto. They landed a good distance away from where Madara was and watched as the smoke started to clear.

"Did we do it?" Sakura asked.

"It's gonna take a lot more than that to bring him down, Sakura." Naruto said.

"Yes it will. Look there." Kurama pointed out.

The smoke cleared to reveal a slightly injured Susanoo. Some of it had reverted to its skeleton-like state. It was shielding Madara with its body to protect him from the blast.

"I must say. That attack packed quite a punch." Madara said from behind Susanoo.

Susanoo moved from covering Madara and took its usual place behind him once more. He was unscathed thanks to its protection.

"To be able to damage my Susanoo to that extent is no easy task. I commend you." He continued to say. "However, it will take a lot more than that to bring my Susanoo down. Especially if you want to get to me."

Naruto cursed under his breath. He knew that he couldn't keep his Biju mode active for that long. So far, he could only keep it up for eight minutes. He and Kurama would need to establish a better connection with each other first in order to lengthen that time. But with the way things were right now, that would be difficult. He suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked over to Sakura who was smiling warmly at him.

"Don't give up. You'll find a way. You always do. As long as I'm here with you, you have my strength." She told him.

"Sakura…" He stared at her for a moment and then smiled. "Thank you."

He placed his hand on the hand that was on his shoulder. "As long as you're here, I know I…no…we will win." He said to her.

"You two done yet? I can't fight if you two make me sick with your lovey dovey crap." Kurama interrupted.

Sakura blushed heavily and had an embarrassed look on her face, while Naruto looked completely livid.

"Shut up you ass! We're trying to have a moment here!" Naruto said to his partner.

"Naruto, it's ok." Sakura said, laughing nervously.

"You can have all the moments you want after we win this war. Until then, stay focused or else we're all gonna die." Kurama said nonchalantly.

"Alright I get it, I get it." Naruto said pouting.

Sakura giggled at his childish act. That's something she knew would never change. Even when his life was on the line in an important battle like this. It made her feel safe, because it showed Naruto had confidence that they were going to win. And she believed they would no matter what.

"Ok. Let's go Sakura. Kurama." Naruto said.

"Right!" Sakura shouted.

"Right!" Kurama shouted next.

"Don't think I'm going to let you keep doing as you want." Madara interrupted.

Naruto and Sakura refocused their attention on Madara. Their look was serious. As if their previous conversation never happened.

"Don't get too overconfident just because you were able to damage my Susanoo. You aren't the first one to do so. And even he didn't have an easy time defeating it." Madara explained.

"He? Who's he?" Naruto questioned.

"The First Hokage of course." Madara replied. "Of course, even with the help of the Kuubi, you're still nowhere near as strong as he was. So really, you have no chance of winning." Madara finished.

"It's true that I may not be as strong as the First was…but…I will be Hokage someday! And I will surpass the First! I'll be the greatest Hokage to ever live! And I'm gonna prove that, by winning this war, and taking you down!" Naruto stated confidently.

Madara was silent for a moment. Taking in what Naruto had said. He then chuckled.

"I admire your determination, Naruto Uzumaki. Very well. If you truly believe you can stop me, then come. Let us finish this once and for all." Madara said, indulging Naruto.

Madara's Susanoo drew its sword, the same sword it used to slice apart mountains while fighting the five Kage.

"That sword looks dangerous. Better watch out for it. Although…I can't let it stray off, or it'll injure the people behind us." Naruto thought to himself.

"Yes. Don't take it lightly. That sword has the power to slice even mountains in a single strike. We can't handle too many hit from that thing." Kurama added.

"So what do we do then? We can't let the Allied Forces get hurt. But if we take a direct hit from that thing, we might not survive." Naruto said concerned.

"It may seem troublesome, but nothing is impossible. You of all people have taught me that. We will find a way to win. Just as you said. After all. You never go back on your word." Kurama said reassuringly.

Naruto smiled at Kurama's words. He was right. He always kept his promises, and he didn't intend to stop now.

"Prepare yourselves." Madara said.

Naruto and Sakura got ready for the next round. Susanoo raised its sword above its head slowly. It then swung down at them with all its might. Even though Susanoo was gigantic, the speed in which it swung its sword was incredible. Reacting instantly, Naruto summoned five chakra arms to try and stop the sword. Each hand clapped together on the sides of the sword and stopped it. However, in doing so, it caused Naruto's Kyuubi form to sink into a small crater that was caused by the impact. Naruto and Sakura jolted a little due to the shockwave the block caused. A large gust of wind blew back towards the Allied Forces, causing some to fly backwards. Most earth style users were able to form a row of giant rock walls to protect against the strong back lash of wind. No one was killed, but there were some that were injured.

"Impressive. You were even able to stop Susanoo's sword. Perhaps I slightly underestimated you…however…" Madara stated.

Susanoo began to put more pressure in trying to force the sword down. Naruto flinched and could feel Susanoo beginning to overpower him. The Chakra Kyuubi was forced to take one knee while attempting to stop the sword from coming down any further.

"Shit! This isn't good! He's overpowering us and we've almost reached our time limit!" Naruto inwardly cursed.

"Come now Naruto. Is this all the strength you possess? If so, I fear for this world." Madara taunted.

"Shut up! We're not going down that easily!" Naruto responded.

Naruto managed to make another chakra arm and use it to attack Susanoo while it couldn't defend itself. Seeing no other option, Madara and Susanoo jumped back to avoid the hit, freeing Naruto from Susanoo's sword and being able to ready himself for his next attack. Although, Madara wasted no time in making Susanoo make a horizontal slash in his direction. Naruto was able to make the chakra Kyuubi duck just in time from taking the hit and charged forward.

"Predictable." Madara thought.

However, He didn't expect this next move. Naruto made the hand sign for the shadow clone technique.

"MULTI SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!" Naruto Yelled.

In a giant poof of smoke, What looked to be like a hundred Narutos came flying towards Madara and Susanoo. All of which activated their miniature Kyuubi mode, and began to form mini tailed beast bombs.

"Shit!" Madara cursed in his head.

Susanoo was still resetting itself from its previous attack. So There wouldn't be enough time to counter Naruto's attack. Taking the opening while they still had it, the Naruto clones unleashed their bombs simultaneously, all aiming for Susanoo, and connecting. The impact caused Susanoo and Madara to stagger backwards and Madara to shield his eyes from the smoke and dust the impact caused. When he was able to see again, he saw a single Naruto clone charging him with a Rasengan formed, ready to strike.

"It won't be that easy." Madara said.

Madara flew through some hand signs and clasped his hands together. Before the Natruto clone could reach Madara, a tree shot out of the ground and hit him, causing him to disappear. Madara then heard the whirling of another Rasengan above him. He looked up to see another Naruto clone flying down towards him. He was barely able to dodge the attack by jumping backwards. The Rasengan impacted with the ground and created a small crater. Madara then kicked the clone away, causing it to also disappear.

"Not bad, Naruto Uzumaki. You're more clever than I gave you credit for." Madara thought.

"CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!" The real Naruto shouted while putting his hand up to his head. "I thought I had him!" He said.

He closed his eyes as a stream of tears started flowing from them. His lower lip was quivering and he made low whimpering sounds to voice his disappointment. Sakura looked at him with a look of embarrassment and annoyance.

"And I'm in love with this guy..." She thought to herself.

"Don't sweat it. I have to deal with him every day. You've got it easy." Kurama said telepathically to her.

"I'm so sorry." She said back to him.

"You learn to live with it." He responded.

By that time, Naruto was back to being serious and ready to fight again. Although, he figured that he only hand about a minute left to fight in that form.

"Kurama." Naruto said telepathically.

"I know kit. We're running out of time. Although, I think we might be able to hold it for at least another two minutes. I feel like our bond keeps increasing with each passing moment. Every time you attack, I attack and we synchronize our power to complete the attack. If that's the case, we maybe able to use this mode a little longer." Kurama told him.

Naruto realized what Kurama was saying was true. He did feel like they were more in sync now. And if that was true, maybe they could hold out a little longer.

"Alright then. We better not waste any of that time then. Let's go!" Naruto said.

"NARUTO!" Came a voice from behind him.

Naruto and Sakura looked back to see Kakashi standing at the front of the Allied Forces.

"Kakashi Sensei? Did you beat Obito?" Naruto asked him.

"Yes! And he told me Madara's weakness!"

"Really? What is it!?"

"It's his eyes! If we take those out of the picture, he won't be able to fight anymore!"

"His eyes…I see." Sakura said. "His greatest strength is his greatest weakness…" She added.

Naruto grinned at Kakashi and gave him a thumbs-up. "Thank's Kakashi Sensei! Now we know what to aim for!" Naruto shouted, thanking him.

Kakashi eye smiled and gave him a thumbs-up in return. "Alright Naruto. Make me proud and win this war." Kakashi said.

"You bet!" Naruto replied enthusiastically.

"Just because you know my weakness, doesn't mean you'll be able to do anything about it." Madara said, interrupting Naruto and his sensei.

Naruto turned back to Madara and smirked at him. "You should know not to underestimate me by now. I will beat you, and I will win this war. Just you wait." Naruto responded.

"Then prove it with your actions. Not your words." Madara said back.

"I will. And I think it's about time I gave my new eyes a try." Naruto retorted.

Naruto and Madara locked stares. Each ready to put an end to this war. But only one can be the victor. One can save the world, the other can destroy it. The finale is about to begin.

To Be Continued

A/N: TT-TT I finally got this done. I'm sorry everyone. I meant to have this up sooner, but I got sick with the flu and didn't have the strength to type this up. I still am sick really, but I'm much better than before. Thank you all so much for being so patient. You're all really great. Without all of you, I don't think I'd have the motivation to write. Thank you. As always, please review and look forward to the next chapter. Till the, CYA!