A/N Welcome back to another installment of Red Dawn - Revenge of a Demon. Now here comes the Madara/Tobi vs Konna fight. And I gotta say, If Madara/Tobi didn't have that damn Izanagi trick, he would've died. Just saying. Apologies for the spoilers in this chapter for those who don't know who Tobi is. Jutsu translations at bottom
Chapter 3 - Fallen Angel, Rising Demon
Madara's eyes widened at the flare of chakra beneath him, so he looked down and saw the water recede and a multitude of paper appear and crack open, forming a massive 15 mile long crevice in the lake, the bottom unfathomable.
He started to fall down into the crevice, papers spilling over the side and floating all around him. Madara quickly put his remaining hand to his mask and started to spiral himself away, Konan quickly catching this and yelling, "I won't let you get away!"
Explosive tags attached themselves to Madara's body, making him quickly stop the jutsu as the tags detonated, engulfing him in another explosion.
"Your teleportation failed. I've been paying attention to you all this time." said Konan, knowing that the ancient Uchiha could hear her.
"When you suck yourself in, you always materialize yourself. And it takes longer to suck yourself in than another person or object."
Madara dropped out of the smoke cloud generated from the explosion, fine besides the injuries he received earlier. Madara glared angrily up at her, his thoughts racing.
"If I didn't stop teleporting and shift to the side to evade the explosion, thing's would've turned nasty."
"Furthermore, you are only able to stay intangible for five minutes." continued Konan, Madara looking around frantically at the stack upon stack of papers around him.
"What is this?" he thought before his eye widened at the "explode" kanji on each and every one.
"They're all paper bombs?!" he thought outrageously before he glared back up at Konan.
"I amassed 600 billion paper bombs in order to kill you...and they'll continue to explode for ten minutes!" she announced as she swung her hand down.
Madara acted quickly as he grasped the other half of his mask and snapped it off as the paper bombs ignited. His left Sharingan glowed as the crevice of paper bombs all simultaneously exploded, a huge shockwave blowing back the water and sending a huge gust of wind blasting past Konan.
As the explosions raged on, Konan thought to the words the Uchiha had spoken to her earlier about the Akatsuki and Nagato's eyes.
"I was the one that spurred Yahiko into creating the Akatsuki. And I was the one who gave Nagato the Rinnegan."
"That can't be true, he never touched Nagato, and I don't even know when we met him…" thought Konan as the explosions continued to rage.
"Both Yahiko and Nagato were acting on their own free will…" she thought when her body shook as the memories of that day came back to haunt her again.
All she saw was Yahiko stab himself on the kunai Nagato held at his side, making the man's eyes open wide in shock.
"They were not your pawns!" thought Konan as Yahiko's body leaned up against Nagato's and he whispered, "You and Konan must do everything you can do to survive!"
"Whichever way they chose...They both fought and died for their beliefs. That is why their will is connected! I will not let you interfere!" thought Konan as the explosions finally died down, the steam rising from the filling crevice blanketing the area.
Konan groaned as she fell towards the water, her body reforming as she touched down on its surface and laid on her hands and knees, hunched back. She was breathing hard from the extent of her chakra and felt exhausted.
"My Kami no shisa no jutsu has come undone...I didn't expect my Kami oshan no jutsu to take this much chakra…" she said to herself as her beloved blue origami flower in her hair fell apart while she stood up.
"At least...Madara is…" "Dead...right?" asked a ominous voice behind her, Konan's eyes widening in fear as she felt his evil chakra.
In the shrine where she had laid Nagato and Yahiko's body, some of the paper flowers fell apart, the pieces of paper forming them drifting to the ground.
Blood dripped into the water off the tip of the pole protruding from Konan's stomach, the end part gripped tightly in Madara's hand.
"How…? You should be dead…" stuttered Konan fearfully as she glanced down at the bloody pipe emerging from her own body.
"I ran the simulations over and over...I was sure this sequence would work." she said as blood started to run down her chin from her mouth.
"Izanagi...A technique unique only to the Sharingan. In exchange for the sight in that eye, the caster can make death...a reality. It's a kinjutsu of the Uchiha clan." explained Madara as his left eye began to close unwillingly.
"Only those who possess both the powers of the Uchiha and Senju can cast this technique." finished Madara as his left eye closed, never to open again.
"Uchiha...and….Senju? Both powers…? But that's the power of…"
"The Sage of Six Paths." answered Madara, Konan trying to deny this.
"You do not have this power…"
Madara thought for a moment before speaking, "Khehehe...Since you are a dear and former comrade, I will tell you a little about my jutsu and myself. The Izanagi jutsu is simply the practical application of what you already know as the Sage of Six Paths' Banbutsu Soso. Originally, the Uchiha and Senju were one and the same. The Sage of Six Paths was their founder and he passed on his blood and power to these two. He also created many things. The power of Yin Chakra, based upon mental energies that control imagination that can be used to create form out of nothing. And the power of Yang Chakra, based upon physical energies that govern life that could be used to instill life into those forms. The Bijuu are one such example. He used the powers of Yin Chakra and Yang Chakra to create the Bijuu from the chakra of the Juubi." lectored Madara, leaving Konan in confusion and shock.
"The incarnation of imagination into life...that is Izanagi." "Just who are you?" asked Konan, absolutely terrified by Madara.
"The world knows Madara Uchiha was the one who lost to Hashirama Senju. What is the truth? The victor is the one who can gaze into the future. The real challenge begins from now. The previous battle was merely to obtain his power." said Madara as he gathered his breath.
"I am Madara Uchiha and I possess the power of Hashirama Senju. I am the Second Sage of Six Paths. I am unique. Unable to master Hashirama's power, some have tried to use an imperfect Izanagi, and failed." said Madara, referring to Danzo, who had implanted eleven Sharingan eyes and Hashirama's DNA into his right arm.
Konan stepped forward and grunted as she stumbled off the pipe, clutching her gut with both her arms. Blood dripped from the hole in her back and gut, spilling down her cloak and into the water.
"In the afterlife, the two of you can commiserate...about being fooled by Naruto's nonsense." said Madara as Konan painfully walked forward, barely keeping herself on the top of the water with the little chakra she had left.
"There is no such thing as true peace! There is no such thing as hope! Nagato only believed in Naruto because he wanted to find solace within his pathetic existence." hissed Madara, Konan's eyes widening as she stopped, her heart torn in two.
She held her hand out as the rain began to settle, the clouds starting to part. She looked up in awe as sunlight began to beam down onto Amegakure.
Madara looked in awe as well, the gradient light warming his face. "The rain in Amegakure is never ending...What is this?" he questioned before his attention whipped back to Konan.
"Nagato! Yahiko! I too believe in Naruto! It's his turn now!" she yelled as she turned around, the adrenaline pumping in her wiping away the pain.
"He is the bridge to peace! And I shall be his pillar!" she yelled as a small rainbow shone in the sky above the lake and village as papers began to float around her.
She thought back to Nagato's corpse resting in the shrine, his Rinnegan gazing on from his empty face.
"Thank you, Nagato. Your death has made my dream even clearer to me." she thought as a pendragon of violently whirling papers formed above her raised hands.
"I am expendable, a mere flower. I shall take you with me!" said Konan as Madara narrowed his eye.
He sprinted towards her, Konan bringing her arms down and throwing the pendragon at him. He leaped and spun around, landing on the water's surface and continuing his sprint towards her. As she formed another pendragon, the first circled back with a plume of water following behind it and sped for Madara's back.
She threw the second and Madara's eyes widened as the two collided, an explosion of water covering him. Konan looked up to see Madara had leapt up away from the attack and was falling back down towards the water.
She quickly formed multiple paper shuriken and launched them at him. He blocked the first, the hard as steel paper shuriken grinding against the metal pole until he deflected it away, following with multiple swipes to deflect the others.
One cut right through the pole, slicing it in half. Madara spun it around in his hand and held it backhanded as he deflected the next volley of shuriken. He dropped down right in front of Konan, surprising her. He gave her no time to attack by throwing his now free hand at her and slamming his hand into her throat, effectively capturing and binding her with his inhuman strength.
"You called me darkness...Well Then, I shall make you wilt, little flower." said Madara as he held Konan in the air as she choked and struggled to break free.
"I will make your little rainbow, this seven-colored bridge of peace, and your hope and plunge it all into darkness. Madara focused his gaze on Konan and narrowed his eye.
"When this Genjutsu is over, your life will end. But not before I make you tell me where you hid Nagato's body…" said Madara as his grip tightened, Konan coughing and whimpering before her hands became limp and fell to her sides.
Her eyes began to close as Madara's eye started to slowly spin, the Genjutsu taking effect.
"Goodbye, Konan." said Madara as Konan began to black out. Suddenly a red blur flew right in front of Madara, a pair of red eyes glaring at Madara before an explosion of blood covered Madara and Konan.
Madara screamed and fell back while clutching the bloody stump that was his left arm. Konan fell back into Akayuri's arms while Naruto slid across the surface of the lake on all fours, a huge spray of water behind him. He was in his version one three tailed mode. In his morin was the tattered and bloody sleeve that contained Madara's right arm.
"Konan's barely conscious, she needs medical help fast!" said Akayuri.
"Alright, I'll make this quick." said Naruto as he spat out the arm.
Madara glared angrily at Naruto and snarled, "You little pest! I'll kill you for that!"
"How can you do that when you can't even cast a Jutsu?" smirked Naruto, reminding Madara that he now had no arms.
"I don't need arms to defeat you boy! I am Madara Uchiha, the greatest Uchiha to ever live!" announced Madara, Naruto laughing as he stood up, wiping the blood from his mouth.
"Madara Uchiha, eh? Hard to believe since I've seen the real deal, and you aren't him." said Naruto as his three tailed form disparate while he crossed his arms.
"What are you talking about?"
"You aren't Madara Uchiha, you're an imposter." said Naruto with a smirk, Akayuri's eyes widening.
"An imposter?" She asked in disbelief. "Khehe...you make a bold statement child. Amuse me with your facts." said Madara while narrowing his eye at him.
"First off, Madara Uchiha possessed the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, something you don't have. Second, Madara could form the perfect Susano'o, something you can't do. And three, You don't possess his malevolent chakra, Kurama can sense yours does not match the real Madara Uchiha's." said Naruto, Madara's eyes widening.
"And just who might this Kurama be?" he asked with a scoff.
"The Kyuubi, the same Bijuu he controlle to fight Hashirama Senju. He never forgot his chakra, nor did he forget yours... yours, Obito Uchiha." said Naruto, Madara growling at him.
"You shut your mouth."
"What, I was only telling the truth." smirked Naruto.
At this point Madara, or now Obito, was fuming.
"Choose your next words carefully, less I kill you on the spot." threatened Obito, his Sharingan blazing with fury.
"Kaijoton - Akuma Chakra Nami." said Naruto without forming any hand signs, a red wave of intense chakra exploding outward from his body and passing through Obito, Akayuri and Konan.
"Was that supposed to scare me boy?" asked Obito with a smirk.
"No, this is." smiled Naruto as he brought his right arm back an swept his claws straight through Obito's gut, leaving five deep gash marks in his flesh and drawing a lot of blood.
Obito coughed as he collapsed to one knee, glaring at Naruto in disbelief.
"Impossible...my Kamui..."
"Your Kamui is nullified, thanks to the Jutsu I cast."
"What?!"
"Demonic Release uses Tailed Beast Chakra molded with Yin-Yang chakra. All other nature forms are nullified against Yin-Yang Chakra, including those of the Sharingan." explained Naruto, with Obito growling furiously.
"Any last words?" asked Naruto as he stepped towards Obito.
"Damn you Naruto!" he snarled, Naruto smirking as he formed a crimson red Rasengan.
"Please, call me Akuma." he said before he rammed the Rasengan into Obito's gut, making the man grunt as the swirling ball of energy ripped apart the skin and eventually bones.
An explosion of more blood followed after Naruto pressed his arm through Obito's gut and split the man in half. His legs and waist were flung backwards while his torso and head dropped down before Akayuri.
As the water became blood red, Akayuri looked up at Naruto with fear and awe. He turned to her and the bloodlust in his eyes instantly disappeared, replaced by care and worry.
"Are you two alright?" he asked as he ran over to them.
"I'm fine, but Konan needs help fast." said Akayuri, Naruto nodding as he kneeled beside Konan.
He wiped the blood from her lips and spotted the wound instantly.
He blinked several times and diagnosed, "She has internal bleeding and her windpipe is almost crushed. Stand back, I'll handle this." said Naruto, Akayuri complying by standing up and taking a few steps back.
Naruto concentrated as he put his hands over the wound in Konan and said, "Kaijoton - Aku no Kassei-ka."
Red demonic chakra molded over Naruto's hands as he pressed them onto Konan's stomach, allowing it to flow into her body. Almost instantly, the hole began to heal, and her insides began to as well. Her appearance changed as well as a result of the chakra entering her body. She developed black streaks in her blue hair and some paper still folds out from her arm turned into a dark greyish black color.
Konan coughed as she awoke, Naruto helping her up. "You okay Konan?" he asked while Akayuri stood beside him.
"Yes, and thank you for saving me Naruto. And this must be...?" asked Konan when Akayuri smirked.
"Konan, I'm hurt that you don't remember me."
"Shurado?!"
"Yup, to blend in more easily, had a little gender switch and got rid of most of the piercings in my body. Oh and my name is Akayuri now." smiled Akayuri, Konan blinking before she understood what she meant.
"So, why Ds you guys come here?" she asked Naruto.
"We came here to take refuge here so we can plan Konoha's burning."
"What? I thought you loved Konohagakure?" questioned Konan before Naruto showed he his slashed Leaf headband.
"Not anymore." said Naruto coldly, Konan nodding.
"Of course then."
"I have another idea now as well. Now that he's dead," Naruto motioned to Obito. "Someone's gonna have to kill his lackey Kabuto and tell the Ninja Alliance that the Fourth Shinobi World War is called off." said Naruto, Akayuri smirking.
"I'll take care of Kabuto, you can tell the Kage about this."
"And then what do we do next?" asked Konan as she looked from Akayuri to Naruto.
"I become the Akatsuki's new leader."
A/N PLOT TWIST BITCHES! Naruto plans to become Akatsuki's new leader, now that Obito is dead. Leave a like and review and I'll see you next time!
Jutsu Translations
Kami no Shisa No Jutsu / Paper Person of God Technique
Kami Oshan no Jutsu / Paper Ocean Technique
Kaijoton - Akuma Chakra Nami / Demonic Release - Demonic Chakra Wave
Kaijoton - Aku no Kassei-ka / Demonic Release - Evil Revitalization