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Author's Note: Hey guys! Thanks for all the feedback. I've got the Clan Wars itself figured out (you know, the actual war the entire fanfic is supposed to be about), but I'm still working on an ultimate enemy for Team Seven once they actually time-travel. Now don't panic! That won't matter for another five or six chapters. Anyway, this chapter will be the conclusion of the 'eight months in hell'. BTW, I'm going to stop asking for reviews. I will appreciate those that do share their thoughts, but I'll stop pestering the rest of you.
Anyway, I've neglected this for far too long. I'm replying to all of the review that I've received for The Clan Wars.
Tellemicus Sundance: That wasn't my intention, so rest assured. The sage will not be an omnipresent being.
Crystalzap: Yes, I know the sage is overpowered, but he does have his own limitations which will be apparent in the next chapter.
pinkpolkadots71: I'm glad you think so and I'll do my best to keep updating.
imsabble: Thanks for pointing out the... problem with sage-mode. It really helped me out. And don't worry, the sage will eventually teach his philosophy to Team 7, just not now. Maybe in the next chapter.
VLS: I'm glad you like the training. I was afraid that there wasn't enough action for most people's tastes. Only a few more chapters before they actually time-travel!
risen truth ruthless lies: Team 7 will be going to the Shinobi Clan Wars a year before the founding of Konoha. I'm glad someone besides me is having a headache over the timeline stuff. It's complicated!
XT3: I did that for a reason. Naruto is the sage's heir, remember? It would backfire for the story if he didn't flourish under the sage a bit more than Sakura and Sasuke.
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Maghands: Indeed. Ramen is something that neither I nor Naruto will ever abandon. I'm glad you like the story.
Lonely Athena: You deserve a special shout-out for translating the entire prologue into Spanish. You have my sincere gratitude. Thank you.
NativeBeauty420: I thought that Sasuke 'scared shitless' was hilarious as well. But then I decided that a running gag would end up with little character development, so I had him mostly outgrow his fear of the sage. Sorry, I'll try to find other running gags for the fanfic. I have some ideas involving the Senju and gambling...
Kelly2013: Thank! I plan to see this fanfic through to the end.
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Now on with the story:
The Clan Wars
Chapter 6: Power of the Uchiha
The fight mesmerized Sakura. It wasn't a normal spar, but more like a clashing of gods. Naruto and Sasuke exchanged blows once more, and then they each leaped backwards and studied each other from a distance.
It had been nearly a month since Naruto had mastered the Six Paths Sage-Mode. For both of their benefits, Naruto and Sasuke had since had daily spars with each other.
The rewards that each shinobi had reaped with the exercises were exponential. Sasuke, although he couldn't keep up with Naruto in terms of endurance, was rapidly building his own stamina. Day after day, Sasuke could last a few minutes longer with his eternal Mangekyō Sharingan before he had to retire.
Naruto on the other hand while far outstripping Sasuke in terms of raw power was drastically increasing his control over the new sage mode. He was slowly reaching the point where he would no longer have to take a few punches just to activate it.
But now, they both burned with overwhelming power. Had Sakura not been training with the Rikudō Sennin herself, she would have long since passed out from overexposure to chakra.
Naruto stalked Sasuke from one side of the conjured arena, his orange rings with their blue highlights already beginning to form.
From her seat in the stands, Sakura had always wondered how Naruto had been able to gather nature energy in the old man's training grounds, but she had always been too busy to ask. It wasn't like a white dimension was 'all natural'. She supposed that the sage-chakra was drawn from the Sennin himself, since the white room was connected to him to begin with; but she never had any proof.
On the other side of the arena, Sasuke smirked lightly.
"You've been getting better Naruto. But do you really think that you and your fancy new sage-mode can go up against my eyes?"
Sakura groaned to herself, and she was sure that she wasn't the only one. She, along with Naruto had been trying to break Sasuke of his arrogance for months. Things like that did tend to get old after all. But it was like the arrogance was a part of Sasuke's character, almost as if without the superiority complex, he wouldn't be Sasuke anymore.
While Naruto and Sakura were underwhelmed at the prospect of dealing with the legendary 'Uchiha Pride', they weren't willing to change their friend to escape it.
Regardless, it was all Sakura could do to not run away from the impeding argument that was sure to follow Sasuke' self-assured remark.
"Hah! Teme, as if I could lose to you so easily!" came Naruto's easy reply.
"FOCUS YOU BRATS! IF YOU DON'T YOU'LL BE FACING THE EXPLODING END OF MY BIJJU DAMA!" Kurama rumbled from the sidelines.
Naruto and Sasuke shuddered at the Kyuubi's threat. There was no compromise or hesitation in those words.
In all fairness, Kurama had been stuck watching his father train three humans, while he just lazed around for six months. He was just bored, and these little bouts between the Uchiha and his jinchuuriki usually ended in interesting ways.
Like the time Sasuke had burned off Naruto's eyebrows with Amaterasu. He put out the flames before they could do permanent damage, but still… Those took a full week to grow back.
Or the time Naruto had 'accidentally' pumped Sasuke full of sage-chakra. If the Rikudō Sennin hadn't been watching and suck the corrupting energy back out, Sasuke-the-ninja may have very well become Sasuke-the-toad-statue. Kurama could have killed to see that, but not all good things come to pass…
The two ninja turned back to their spar with renewed determination, each eager to test how strong they had gotten under the sage's tutelage.
Naruto grinned with his orange-blue rings fully formed, powering a rasengan in each hand. Sasuke simply smirked as his eternal Mangekyō Sharingan blazed to life and formed his ethereal warrior around him, sword of unstoppable black flames in hand.
"SUSANOO!"
Naruto faltered for slightly; he hadn't managed to break through a full-powered Susanoo yet. Whenever he had had to face one (Madara, Itachi, evil-Sasuke), he had always banked on the user running out of chakra, or going blind. Yeah, it was great when his enemies went blind.
But now, there was no way that Naruto could rely on Sasuke simply depleting his chakra reserves to win the fight. The Uchiha had undertaken a ruthless chakra-enhancing training regime for the past six months, and hell if it didn't work.
Now Sasuke could keep up with him, the ninja who was said to have a 'limitless chakra reservoir'. It was downright annoying in Naruto's opinion. Never running out of energy was his job, not Sasuke's. But the Teme never lost his superiority complex as he trained. If anything, it seemed to come back stronger than ever, much to the annoyance of Sakura and Naruto.
But now the room, or dimension, practically trembled with the power of the two teens. Not too far away, the Rikudō Sennin smiled as he watched the fight atop Kurama's nose.
'Power and control. Body and eyes. Yin and yang. Naruto and Sasuke. A team. Together, you will erase two millennia of war and terror. You will be the light in the darkness. You are the new children of the prophecy. My prophecy.'
Of course, the sage never said anything to the teenagers. Their task was monumental as it was, there was no need to heap more responsibility on their already burdened shoulders.
"RASENGAN!" shouted Naruto as he flashed next to Sasuke and plowed his twin energy orbs into the Susanoo warrior. Sasuke just smirked in that infuriating way of his as the violent blue balls of chakra dissipated against the Susanoo's purple armor. It wasn't even scratched.
The battles always began like this. Both boys would start a simple taijutsu spar to warm up, then after twenty or so minutes, things would start to get serious. Naruto would enter his Six Paths Sage-Mode while Sasuke would counter with his Sharingan, and if he were feeling especially competeive, he would wield the Mangekyō.
Today must have been a good day for Sasuke, because instead of simply beginning with his regular three-tomoed Sharingan, he had jumped straight to the next level of his dōjutsu. Naruto was getting quite used to seeing those particular red loops.
Naruto ducked, narrowly avoiding the Susanoo's sword of black flames. His eyes narrowed. Sometimes he suspected that Sasuke was trying to kill him. Naruto lashed out with a punch. His fist never connected with the large purple armor, but the blow did.
In sage mode, everything is enhanced way beyond the ordinary for the user. Sensory skills, physical abilities, chakra potency, and attack range. Handheld ninjutsu like the rasengan could be thrown.
But more than that, it was like Naruto had his own invisible ally, one that attacked whatever he punched towards, even if it was twenty feet away. And with far more power than Naruto could normally manage.
The Susanoo staggered, but it didn't crack under Naruto's retaliation. Sasuke would not drop that infuriating smirk.
"Keep dreaming dobe, you'll never break through."
"Never is a long time, teme." Naruto answered in a dead-serious voice.
Sasuke frowned. Was that… confidence? Naruto was confident that he could break through what was rightfully considered to be the ultimate defense among all shinobi? There! That evil grin! Sasuke only saw that grin when Naruto pulled a prank; it looked just like a fox eyeing a mouse.
Sasuke slipped into a serious stance. It was absolute idiocy to disregard Naruto when he had that expression on his face. The last time that had happened… Sasuke shuddered. Best not to dig up those dirty secrets.
"Let's take this up a notch!" Naruto exclaimed as he looked expectantly at Kurama.
"Fine, but only a little!"
Naruto grinned and the room brightened momentarily. "That's all I need! Thanks, Kurama!"
And Naruto flooded his body with golden chakra, the Kyuubi's energy fueling his ever-demanding sage-mode with its life energy. Naruto inspected his now golden hands with a slightly smug satisfaction.
"It's been a while since I've used this," he remarked casually, causing Kurama to snort.
The Sennin looked on from Kurama's nose in interest. So this was the power that had caught his eye. The only human beside himself that had ever truly bonded with Kurama: Uzumaki Naruto.
Sasuke was frozen. This had never happened before. He had fought a clone Naruto and demolished it. The actual Naruto wasn't too hard to beat either. A toad-sage Naruto posed a bit of a challenge, but not much when he used his Mangekyō Sharingan. Naruto, in his new Six Paths Sage-Mode though, was far more of a challenge, almost always dragging their battles to a draw. But a jinchuuriki Naruto… Sasuke had honest doubts that he could win.
Naruto on his own was powerful enough, but Naruto and Kurama. That was a bit too much, even for the last of the Uchiha.
***Flashback***
The Rikudō Sennin smiled at his descendent. The last Uchiha appeared to be marginally frustrated with his training. The exercise that they were working on involved resistance… against the Rinnegan.
"Shinra Tensei!" the sage intoned, even as Sasuke's Susanoo warrior crumbled under the intense 'Almighty Push'. Sasuke, with his phantom warrior gone, was sent flying. He hit the ground and rolled several yards until he finally popped himself back up, Sharingan blazing in defiance.
The Sennin sighed. There was so much… anger in those red-black eyes. If they were ever to advance in training Sasuke's dōjutsu, Sasuke needed to abandon his hate to unlock his true potential.
"Sasuke! That's enough for today."
The said Uchiha looked confused. "But we've barely started!" he protested indignantly. "If Naruto and Sakura can keep going, then there's no way that I can't!"
"Sasuke!" the sage barked, flaring his chakra a bit for effect. It definitely worked. Sasuke froze instantly, and deactivated his Sharingan in submission. Although the black-haired teenager had begun to lose his fear of the Rinnegan wielder, he still had what he liked to call a 'healthy respect for power'.
The old man grinned inwardly. In truth, the personalities of Naruto and Sasuke were just like his own sons'. It was eerie, really, just how much the two pairs had in common with each other despite the millennia separating them.
"We need to talk… alone." Sasuke looked quite understandably apprehensive.
"About what?" he questioned cautiously.
"Your origins." The old sage replied. He had no desire to speak of this to anyone but Sasuke. Despite the fact that Naruto and Sakura were perhaps the only two people that Sasuke trusted, having them here what he was about to tell the young man would… complicate things.
Sasuke glanced over to where his two friends were sparring. Sakura had gotten undeniably faster, a potentially deadly combination with her super-strength and her knowledge of the human body. However, Naruto was radiating power in his Six Paths Sage-Mode, so much that even he and Sakura who weren't sages could feel the accumulated nature energy. Sakura would be hard-pressed to stay on her feet, much less drag the battle to a draw.
But they would still be occupied for quite a while. Sasuke turned back to his ancestor and nodded sharply. "I'm ready to listen."
The Sennin smiled and closed his eyes in concentration. He heard Sasuke gasp as he formed new walls around them. When he opened his eyes, Sasuke was standing in front of him with his jaw dropped as he glance around wildly at the materialized room. "I'll never get used to this." He muttered as he regained control of his jaw.
The sage pointed to the floor in front o him.
"Sit." He commanded.
Sasuke wrinkled his nose. Was he really going to be lectured like some random Academy student? But he sat anyway.
The sage inspected the teenager gravely. If he had misjudged Sasuke's maturity, this influx of information for the young man could spell disaster. It was an all-or-nothing gamble, but the confidence in his student's black eyes was reassuring.
"It's time you learned" he began, "of the origins of the Uchiha."
Sasuke's spine went rigid and his eyes widened in anticipation. He knew the legends of course. That the Uchiha were the children of the sage's eldest son: the ones who inherited 'the eyes'. But son much was missing from the story. And now he would hear it all from the man himself!
"You are descended from my eldest son, bearer of the Samsara eyes, the Rinnegan. But none of his children were ever blessed with the ripple-eyes."
Sasuke frowned in mild confusion.
"What happened? Surely such power could not be diluted in merely one generation."
The sage looked down to where Sasuke was sitting, capturing the teenager's eyes with his own.
"A failsafe. That's what happened." Sasuke opened his mouth to ask another question, but the sage cut him off.
"You are aware that it was not my eldest whom I chose as my successor?"
Sasuke nodded curtly. Then he blurted out before the sage could say anything, "Why do you never refer to your children by their names?"
"Sasuke-kun" the sage chided. "No interrupting. But as for an answer to your question, names have power. It does not bode well to unnecessarily throw them around."
"Anyway, my eldest was consumed by my betrayal as I named his younger brother my heir, robbing him of his birthright. His hatred destroyed his reason and corrupted his soul."
Sasuke was very still at this revelation. Hatred, betrayal, corruption. Those sounded very familiar. That had been his path after his brother, Itachi, had been forced to murder the entire Uchiha clan. A path of carnage, one where he walked through an ever-growing pile of blood and gore.
"The Rinnegan… Do you know how I received these eyes, Sasuke-kun?"
Sasuke shook his head reluctantly. There were plenty of rumors. That the ripple-eye was a mutation, or a gift from the gods, but it wasn't like anyone could prove anything.
The sage looked at the sitting boy seriously, his purple eyes unusually sharp.
"The Samsara eyes are a gift from the gods themselves," Sasuke's breath caught in his throat, "specifically designed to combat the Juubi."
"Why didn't the gods just fight the Juubi themselves? Why trust a mortal?" Sasuke asked. He had long since lost faith in humanity since learning the truth of the Uchiha Massacre. Why would humans do the right thing? Naruto though, was a blinding exception to his burdened gaze on the world. That blonde teammate of his would always do the right thing.
The Sennin sighed. "There are rules, Sasuke-kun, that even the gods must follow. Their direct interference would have shattered the world, so they had to work against the ten-tailed abomination through an instrument… me."
The Uchiha looked at his ancestor with a newfound respect. "You? You are an instrument… of the gods?"
The old man nodded seriously. "That I am, but such facts are beside the point. The gods put a failsafe on the Rinnegan, to make sure that it's power would not be misused."
Sasuke frowned. "What kind of failsafe?"
"One bound by blood, triggered by hatred."
At Sasuke's confused glance up to him, the sage continued.
"When I received the Rinnegan, the gods warned me that if I ever fell into depravity, my descendents after me would never have the benefit of its power. The Samsara eyes only truly obey those with a righteous soul."
"But your son…" Sasuke began. He had thought that the sage's eldest had inherited his father's dōjutsu.
"He inherited the Rinnegan… but his children did not." Regret was rolling off the sage in waves, making Sasuke increasingly nervous. It would be very bad if his all-powerful sensei were to lose control without warning. The Sennin seemed to notice Sasuke's apprehension and calmed himself down.
"He… That fool went against everything that I taught him. He threw his family aside like a broken weapon as he strove for power. He started a war when the world had just experienced its first years of true peace in almost two thousand years. And for that, the gods cursed his bloodline."
Sasuke was stunned. His blood was… cursed by the gods?
"The Rinnegan was warped in his children, a mere shadow of its true power. The hatred they bred amongst themselves dyed the eyes red, and the rings of power all but disappeared save one. Surrounding the ring, the gods placed three tomoes granting the so-called 'power' that my son had desired, but also sealing away the dōjutsu's true potential. It was a cursed power."
Sasuke was now visibly shaken. What he had thought of as a noble clan, his own clan, the Uchiha, was merely a disgrace to the line of the Rikudō Sennin. The gods themselves had deemed them unworthy of the power they had once wielded and stripped it away.
The last Uchiha worked up his courage in the face of what he had just learned. He needed to know.
"In what way are we a cursed clan? The Sharingan granted my people considerable power in times of war."
The Sennin stared at Sasuke, who flinched and looked away, unnerved.
"How do you activate the dōjutsu?"
"What?"
"You heard me. How does an Uchiha gain the Sharingan? You certainly aren't born with it."
Sasuke flinched again, his mind wandering back to his defining conversation with the four resurrected Hokage. The Nidaime, Tobirama Senju had explained the biology of the Sharingan 'awakening' well enough.
"Through tragedy." Sasuke whispered as he looked down. "Sorrow and loss are the keys to unlocking the Sharingan."
The sage nodded sadly. "But you're different Sasuke."
Sasuke's head shot up. "What?"
"You experience the ultimate grief, losing all of your family. Although you walked the path of darkness and destruction, you still turned towards the light."
The light. Naruto.
Sasuke smirked as he thought of his friend. That person was the only reason that he had abandoned his hatred, the reason that he forgave the Hidden Leaf. Konohagakure's own Kyuubi jinchuuriki and future Rokudaime Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto.
As if reading his mind, the ancient man shook his head.
"No, Naruto is a part of the solution, but he is not the entire answer."
"Then what…?" Sasuke asked, a bit confused. He didn't know what the answer could be, if not Naruto.
"I speak of the manner in which you gained your Mangekyō Sharingan."
Sasuke stiffened. "I don't want to talk about it." He had never forgiven himself for killing his brother, nor had he forgiven his brother for leaving him.
The Sennin smiled sadly at his descendent. "It is a necessary evil, Sasuke-kun."
When Sasuke didn't answer, he continued. To the best of my knowledge, an Uchiha gains the Mangekyō if they slaughter someone close to them, or if they witness the death of someone they love. Family, friends, companions, lovers."
"So what's so special about how I got the Mangekyō?" Sasuke snarled. He didn't want to have to face his brother's death over and over again.
"Your eyes are special, because they were borne out of regret for your actions." Sasuke looked like somebody had stabbed him. 'Eyes borne of regret'.
The sorrow was there, but it was different from the usual method of activation. Cold-blooded murder, utter shock and despair, but regret? Sasuke had never paid attention to the uniqueness of his own awakening because he was consumed in his guilt and desire for revenge.
He looked up at the sage, his black hair slightly covering his black eyes.
"What does that mean for me?"
Then the sage smiled. Really smiled. It was as if Naruto himself was there, beaming at him.
"It means that you have broken the seal that the gods placed upon you clan's eyes. You have been deemed worthy of the Rinnegan… should you ever gain the power the properly wield it."
Sasuke's jaws dropped. Him? The man who abandoned his friends for power and revenge? He had been declared worthy of the Rinnegan, the most powerful bloodline limit in the world?
"Don't get too excited Sasuke! You don't have nearly enough power to wield the Samsara eyes yet."
Sasuke looked disappointed. "Hn. I'll bet that Naruto could handle it with that fancy new sage-mode of his."
"Actually, Naruto could handle it."
Sasuke's eyes shot up as he glared at the Sennin.
"Relax! He couldn't anyway, even if he is capable of withstanding the power. He didn't inherit the eyes."
Sasuke dropped his gaze, then after a moment, he stood and humbly bowed before his sensei.
"Please teach me how to unlock the Rinnegan, Sennin-sama."
The sage raised a silver eyebrow. "Sennin-sama?"
"It's as good as you'll ever get from me."
The sage chuckled good-naturedly. "I suppose so. Yes, Sasuke-kun. I agree to teach you the secrets of the Rinnegan. May you use them to carry out my will for the world."
***Flashback End***
Sasuke snapped out of his memory as Naruto made a new rasengan. But this one was different. It was far more compact than a normal rasengan, but more than that, it had that same volatile wind energy leaking out of it as the rasenshruiken. Kurama's golden chakra appeared to be affecting it as well, making the winds more and more volatile: more destructive.
Just like with the other futon jutsu, the air raged around Naruto, swirling to give him a godlike effect as he stood in the center of his personal maelstrom.
Even Sasuke had doubts that his Susanoo could hold its own against Naruto's new improvement on the rasengan. A rasenshruiken was hard enough to weather, but if... whatever that was managed to hit...
Naruto raised his completed jutsu in the center of his personal tempest.
"FUTON: RASENKOHAI!"
Then he flashed in front of Sasuke. That Hiraishin jutsu was getting rather annoying for the Uchiha. It was one of the few that rendered his eyes useless. More importantly, he couldn't avoid Naruto's assault.
"Take this, teme!" Naruto shouted as he slammed his creation into the Susanoo's stomach.
Crack appeared, materialized really, originating where Naruto's new jutsu ground mercilessly at the armor.
Sasuke however, smiled and as his defense crumbled, surprising everyone.
"Hn. So it's come to this, has it? Only you could ever push me this far, Naruto."
"Sasuke…" Naruto whispered, at a loss for words.
"Come then, Naruto! Let's do this just like old times! You're not the only one who's developed new techniques!"
Naruto grinned, even as he pressed the explosive power in his right hand down against Sasuke's cracking armor. Instead of millions of individual microscopic attacks, like his futon: rasenshruiken, Naruto's new jutsu focused on tearing the target apart, combined with the sheer unpredictability of wind-natured chakra. That was the rasenkohai, spiraling devastation.
It was a truly damning jutsu which left little hope for recovery, which was why Sakura was beside herself.
"NARUTO!" she roared. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING, USING THAT JUTSU AGAINST A TEAMMATE!?"
For once, both of the boys ignored her and she sputtered in fury.
"Sakura-chan." Sakura looked up to where the sage was seated on Kurama's nose.
"You and I can handle any injuries if things get too out of hand. For now, let's just watch them fight."
The pink-haired medic nodded reluctantly.
"If you say so…" she muttered darkly under her breath.
Naruto decided to end the fight with one move.
"UUUUUOOOOOOOHHHHHHH!" Naruto screamed as had gave his rasenkohai a final shove.
Sasuke's Susanoo shattered and the spinning ball of blue white energy sped toward Sasuke, as it was now devoid of any resistance in its path.
But then, mere inches from Sasuke's chest, it stopped. Then it spread out over an invisible barrier around Sasuke and disappeared.
"H-How did you…" Naruto trailed off as his friend looked up at him with eyes that he had only seen in four people. The Rinnegan.
Then Sasuke collapsed from sheer exhaustion.
"Sasuke!" Naruto and Sakura cried out, united in their concern as they both rushed to support him. Naruto dispelled his golden chakra-cloak and purged his body of sage-chakra as he caught the other body.
From atop Kurama, the Rikudō Sennin smiled. 'So he's finally grasped it. Good, now we are but a few steps away from ending the wars that plague the land.' Looking up, seemingly at nothing, the sage whispered, "Wait for me, my beloved. It won't be long now."
STOP! Before you go on some blasted rant about Sasuke having the Rinnegan, read the next chapter. There is a saving grace for all Sasuke haters in the next chapter...
BTW: I'm not going to give the Rinnegan to Naruto because he never inherited the eyes in the first place, so he never had the potential to unlock it like Sasuke did...
Whew! That took a while! So, in this chapter, the origins of the Uchiha and the Sharingan were explained in depth and one of Naruto's new jutsus was introduced! Please shoot me a review. I certainly appreciate them as they are a great inspiration for the fanfic as a whole. I'll answer any questions you have in a shout out on the next chapter. Until next weekend!
Futon: Rasenkohai - Wind Style: Spiraling Devastation
Rank: S
Properties: Compresses huge amounts of wind-natured chakra into a rasengan-like ball. However, unlike the futon: rasengan, instead of thousands of microscopic attacks, it focuses on tearing its target to shreds, much like a blender. Think of it as millions of swirling blades compressed together, that will shred though anything.
Hiraishin no Jutsu: Flying Thunder God Technique
Rank: S
Properties: Signature jutsu of the Yondaime Hokage, also known as the Yellow Flash. Using seals, it allows the user to 'jump' from one seal to another, manipulating space and time. In essence, the Hiraishin is a teleportation technique. Naruto, however does not need to use seals as his father did when in Bijuu-mode. He seems to have inherited the technique from his father's blood, making it possible for him to just picture his destination and teleport to it, so long as said destination is within sight.
Susanoo: Tempestuous God of Valor
Rank: S
Properties: Only usable by wielders of the Mangekyō Sharingan, and to some extent, the Rinnegan. Summons a huge ethereal warrior around the castor to protect and fight for the summoner. The warrior has three stages. Stage 1: Skeleton. Stage 2: Warrior with flesh. Stage 3: Armored Warrior. All three stages are able to wield weapons, although the more substance the warrior has, the stronger it is. Susanoo users have the ability to summon parts of the warrior at a time, such as the ribcage, or a sword-bearing arm. Sasuke's Susanoo is purple in color. Excessive use of the Susanoo, or any other Mangekyō Sharingan technique without an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan will eventually cause the user to go blind.