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Here's chapter 23 of 24. Hope you guys like it. It's shorter than normal chapters. I didn't see any point describing every movement on each battles, I mean, who's really interested reading every single movement a character does? Definitely not me. Anyway, here it is...
Chapter Twenty-Three: Cutting Loose Ends
"He's alive!"
"The Yondaime Hokage's alive!"
"Konoha's done for!"
These were the thoughts of everyone in the Elemental Nations who were still glued to their televisions, watching the battle.
Konohagakure
As the Hokage lead his troops outside the bunker, Narumi and Minako led their opponents towards that area and waited for their parents to flash in. Mio and Miho also battled their way there.
Due to the shock of seeing someone who's supposed to be dead, the higher ranks and sensor types of Konoha, Kumo, and Iwa's army didn't notice the armies of Suna and Oto enter the sealed dome. They were practically surrounded, even if there wasn't a barrier.
They were only brought out from their shock when Orochimaru walked towards Kushina and stood beside her. "It is done. Kiri is now history."
Gasps from the Leaf, Stone, and Lightning were heard. Minato smirked evilly. "I see. Who goes next?"
"Hmm, if I may suggest, we let Kumo experience the Hiraishin. After all, Iwa's already had a taste of it. Let them watch it on a different point of view this time." Said Kushina.
"Ah, a good suggestion." Replied Minato.
"Well then, what are we waiting for?"
On cue, Minato, Kushina, Narumi, Minako, Mio, and Miho threw out dozens of tri-pronged kunais on all directions, scattering them all over the confines of the village.
Everybody else were just too shocked that not only Minato knew the technique, and weren't able to react.
"Kunai Kage Bunshin no Jutus!"
Ay finally got back to his senses and immediately activated his Lightning Armor, Level Four. He was about to pummel Minato but found himself pinned down by none other than Tsunade. "Damn it, she's too strong!"
"Mass Hiraishin!"
The Raikage could only watch in horror as flashes of yellow, red, orange, blue, and white appeared everywhere, leaving a trail of dead Kumo shinobi.
With Deidara and Sasori
"Damn it, hmm. I wasn't finished showing them my art yet." Deidera cursed as flashes surrounded them and killed Kumo nin.
"Whatever, hmm. There's still Iwa. Perhaps I could show them the error of their ways before they die in awe of my art."
"Stop ignoring us" Roared Sasori.
"Ah, yes. Yes, hmmm. You and your puppets against me and my beautiful clay works. The winner shall be the one to show Iwa true art. I'll fight you, hmm."
"I'll show you true art!"
"No, you won't. I will! Dozen C3 Dragon!"
With Yahiko and Hidan
"Damn artists and their art." Grunted Yahiko as he overhead Deidera and Sasori's proclamations while he avoided Hidan's scythe.
"I know, right?! They've been spouting about their art ever since we started fighting!"
"Why are you agreeing with me?"
"It doesn't matter! You'll be a great offering to Jashin-sama!"
"Ah, yes. You and your Jashin. You've also been spouting that ever since we started fighting."
"Diieee!" The Jashinist yelled manically as he charged with his scythe raised.
Yahiko stood ground and calmly withdrew several scrolls from his vest. "I may not be an Uzumaki. But I'm proficient enough with explosive seals. After all, I was the first person to have taught Naruto Fuinjutsu."
He chucked the bombs towards the charging Hidan who merely swiped them away with his scythe. He still got hit by some of the explosion but to Yahiko's astonishment, the priest didn't bleed. Small chunks of flesh and skin were blown away, while the Jashinist pressed on, undeterred.
"Muwahahahaha!" Hidan laughed hysterically as he neared Yahiko and brought down his weapon.
Yahiko jumped away to avoid getting sliced. "Shit! Shit! Shit! So he really is zombie? The fucker's not bleeding!"
"Repent now! Muwahahahaha!"
With Konan and Black Zetsu
"I'm not a man of words. So let's skip the talking and proceed to murdering each other."
"You're a woman. And I'm a plant. We're no man of words."
"Whatever. Wind Style: Four Point Paper Star"
Nagato vs Kisame
"Hmm, that sword of his supplies him chakra. So, no ninjutsu. I can't also allow him to get close to other people or he'll absorb their chakra. I wonder what happens if I tried senjutsu?"
"I'm going to kill you! I'm not a tuna! I'm a shark!"
"He's still hurt from being called a tuna. I guess I should rile him up further and allow him to throw jutsus until he runs low of chakra."
"Water Release: Water Bullet Technique"
"Gakido (Petra Path)"
Kisame had no clue what happened. So he sent another jutsu.
"Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave"
"Gakido (Petra Path)"
"Ahh! You're absorbing my technique! So you're like me, eh?"
"I need to draw him out more."
"Come, little tuna."
"Raaaa!" Kisame then slammed his palm on a small puddle that formed.
"Water Style: Rain Water Shark Wave"
"I see what you're doing! You're isolating our battle. You're making a mistake!"
"Okay, good. He's not thinking of absorbing others' chakra."
Their game of cat and mouse continued until they reached the border of the sealed dome.
"You're done for! Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave! Water Prison Shark Dance Tehcnique!"
"Ah, damn it. Hmm, where's that water breathing pill? Ah, here it is… Blergh. Tastes like uncooked shark."
"I can hold this prison for up to three days! Can you hold your breath that long?" Just then, Kisame noticed Nagato breathing calmly. "What?"
"Let's see who's faster underwater. Your shark form, or my modified water dancing technique."
"Kenjutsu Art – Uzumaki Style: Underwater Waltz!"
Back with the kages
"N-no…! My army… My people!" Ay wailed for a moment before he quickly pulled himself together and punched Tsunade who was pinning him down.
Kushina immediately engaged Sarutobi once the slaughter of Kumo ended. Minato then chose Jiraiya as his opponent.
"You monsters!" Fugaku screamed, his eyes morphing into their Mangekyou form. "Attack!" His orders were followed by the Uchiha Clan behind him. Their sharingan eyes blazing into life.
"We will not be outshone by them! Go!" Screamed Hiashi Hyuuga. "Destroy these Uzumakis!"
An equal number of Uzumaki STORM and Jounins clashed against the red and white eyed nin of the Leaf. They were led by the former Uzukage, Arashi, whose eyes were now purple. It was a battle of dojutsu users.
Orochimaru's POV
While the old leader of Iwa was still gaping horrified, Orochimaru nodded to his army as well as Baki, who in turn signaled to the Suna army. They then attacked the Iwa nins who were now low on morale, having just witnessed a whole army become destroyed in only a matter of minutes by the same jutsu that defeated them the last war.
Obito's POV
Obito just fought anyone who stood in his way. His plans were now totally ruined. His mercenary army destroyed, the same could also be said with the Zetsu clones. White Zetsu was able to inform that the clone army were now unresponsive. Those were the last that he's heard from the plant man until he too stopped responding. Something else, or someone, was now controlling the White Zetsus. The only ones he had left were his generals and Black Zetsu, who were engaged on their own single battles.
When he saw the purple ringed eyes of the higher ranking Whirlpool nin, a new plan formed in his mind. There was a whole army of them. With the Rinnegan, he could do a lot more and faster.
He was about to attack an unsuspecting Uzu Jounin but his path was blocked by the now grown up child he tried to murder years ago. "You're not getting your filthy hands on the Rinnegan, Uchiha scum!"
Sandaime's POV
Never in his life would Hiruzen have imagined the Uchiha and the Hyuuga fighting alongside. And yet they were. What's more, they were fighting against another clan with a dojutsu. More so, they were against an army of Rinnegan wielders. A thing that the Sandaime considered a myth.
Right now, he was fighting one on one against these purple eyed nins' leader, Kushina Namikaze, who, of course, had the same eyes. His summon Enma left the scene the moment the Uzumakis' eyes turned into Rinnegans. So he was left to rely on his ninjutsu without the aid of his staff.
With the Senju Brothers
The Shodaime and Nidaime were given temporary time back to life. Hashirama, after being released from the Edo Tensei, felt his connection with the Zetsu Clones. Having been briefed by Minako about the creatures, he gathered all to the docks and ordered them to copy his form. There were about thirty thousand left. Tobirama stayed with his brother to observe the clones.
With Deidera and Sasori
Defused clay bombs and broken puppets lay around ranging a kilometer radius. The two self-proclaimed art masters were now down to their main and strongest weapons.
Deidera was preparing to level their battleground using his new technique, the C5, a wide range type of attack, where a clone of himself with ninety percent of his chakra will blow up. It was based on the C4 that was technically a suicide technique. This time, at least, while very chakra taxing, he had a clone do it.
Sasori, on the other hand, had the Mother and Father Puppets out. His first creations were still with his Grandmother Chiyo. The ones that he have with him were new and were made from his parents' corpses. The corpses were presented to him by Obito a month before the Chuunin Exams. Instead of asking where he got them, he just thanked the man and began turning the corpses into his strongest weapon. He have discarded the Puppet Hiruko and used his Parents as his new shell.
"You really are fucked up in the head, Sasori! Turning your parents' corpses into puppets! Die!"
"For someone who's about to join my collection, you're too talkative."
"That's because you're talking back, hmm!"
"Kinjutsu: C5!"
"You won't get me. These puppets are ten times tougher than Hiruko. Ultimate Protection: Activate! Offensive Attack: A Million Poisoned Metal Particles"
Deidera's clone charged towards Sasori. The puppets opened their mouths and released a dark mist towards Deidera.
The bomb caused everyone inside Konoha to stop what they were doing as the ground shook and the bomb produced a white blinding flash.
With the Jinchuuriki
"Muwahahaha! That's how you do it! Blow shit up!" Cried the One Tailed Demon. The giant tanuki then faced the Hokage Mountain.
"Shukaku, wait, no…!"
"BIJUUDAMA!"
"Looks fun! Chomei, let's do it too!" Said Fu.
"BIJUUDAMA!"
"Eh, whatever. Two is enough." Said Utakata.
"Good. Because I want to blow up Kiri!"
"Well, yes, perhaps later. For now, an alternative… Let's blow up that water dome, then. Nagato will be able to protect himself."
"Right! BIJUUDAMA!"
"That certainly is an improvement." Kurama later said as all of them stared at the turned-into-fine-rubble-mountain.
"Hashirama Oji-san's not going to be pleased his face was blown up." Said Naruto absentmindedly.
"Naruto. Our job here is done. The Konoha nin are back up." Sasuke called his friend's attention.
The four jinchuuriki returned to their human forms and were assisted by their guard as they went straight to the now raging battle of Whirlpool and Leaf.
With Yahiko and Hidan
Yahiko was thankful for the distraction created by Deidera and the three Tailed Beasts. He was sure he was dead if the Jashinist hadn't been interrupted. Hidan had been able to acquire some of Yahiko's blood.
"Damn this thing sure moves fast even with his huge scythe. So far my explosions haven't actually worked since those threads kept on reattaching body parts. Damn it! How come I've forgotten about his partner, Kakuzu?"
Silently thanking the gods, he saw Naruto jump down beside him.
"Yo, Yahiko-san! I'll take on the creepy tentacle old man. You blow up this priest!"
"Right. Thanks, Naruto!"
"No problem!" Naruto then glared at a certain spot on the ground. "Alright, now. We know you're here. I know you've wanted a rematch with my great, great grandfather. But he's busy with the Zetsu clones so you'll be fighting me. I have Mokuton too, you see."
"I guess you'll have to do. I hope you do not disappoint." Kakuzu said as he finally came out from the underground.
"I'll fight the priest somewhere else! Summoning Technique! Right! Let's go!" Yelled Yahiko as his summoned dragon picked up the shrieking Jashinist.
With Konan and Black Zetsu
The woman and the walking garden's battle was quite simple. While it devastated the area, the fight went on as Black Zetsu lashed out masses of black plant based attacks while Konan hacked them down with her wind-infused origami. If she wasn't defending herself, Konan was cutting off Black Zetsu parts.
The battle lasted quite long as Black Zetsu had the same amount of chakra as a two tailed beast. Black Zetsu was cut, sliced, and slashed but kept on growing lost limbs. However, Konan made critical hits that damaged the creature's internal cells. Black Zetsu was aware of this but had more difficulties repairing internal parts than external. And so the deep cuts eventually destroyed the cells that helped him rejuvenate.
"It's over. A Sea of Paper Wind Blades"
The technique was similar with Naruto's Rasenshuriken. Konan's version, however, was based on compressed million tiny papers infused with wind chakra, tightened into a ball, instead of the Rasengan's plain pure raw chakra. When released, the ball decompresses and explodes outwards.
Black Zetsu's body was destroyed. Not a single cell survived as they were also cut into pieces.
"Now that's what you call art." Konan murmured as she moved along and found new opponents.
With Nagato and Kisame
Due to Saiken's tailed beast bomb, Kisame lost his hold on the huge water dome. He had to manipulate the water to protect himself. Nagato was able to escape the attack by being reverse-summoned to Tera. When he returned, he now had Sage Mode active. Unlike the Toads' Sage Mode that turns unexperienced users into stone, the Dragons' Sage Mode turns unexperienced users into liquid fire.
Nagato went on to release a Sage Mode Fire Jutsu the moment he saw Kisame extract himself from a crystalized sphere.
"Ah, finally using jutsus now, are we? That's good! I'm quite in need of chakra. And Samehada's starving!" Kisame grinned as he raised his sword.
"Try digesting this then… Sage Art: Dragon Breath"
"Muwahahaha! That's it!" Kisame cried in delight as Nagato spewed majestic golden flames from his mouth. "I – What? What's wrong, Samehada?"
The sharkskin sword made retching noises as its spikes stood out and went back in. Kisame later dropped the sword due to the intense heat it was beginning to emit. A few moments later there was only a shark shaped molten metal on the ground.
"Bastard! You killed my sword!"
"You've been too dependent on your weapon and allowed yourself to get distracted. Now you lose." Nagato stated as Kisame was suddenly swallowed by a molten dragon.
"Sage Art: Molten Dragon Trap"
"Sage Art: Magma Walls"
"Sage Art: Dragon Breath"
With Naruto and Kakuzu
"I would like to apologize for making this quick." Said Naruto as he channeled his Mokuton chakra and began forming hand seals.
"Wood Release Secret Technique: Nativity of a World of Trees"
"You sure do back up your words, kiddo. I like it." Kakuzu grinned as his four other hearts separated from his body and went on their own forms.
"Then I'm sure you'll like this one next. After all, it was used to defeat you… Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees"
Kakuzu merely smirked and charged ahead, his four other hearts with him. "I've trained to become immune to that!"
"Fire Release: Intelligent Hard Work"
"Wind Release: Pressure Damage"
"The name of your jutsus suck!" Shouted Naruto as he Hiraishined to safety.
"Taunting won't work on me, kid."
"Yes. But my jutsu's beginning to work now."
"I've already told you, I'm immune to the polen's poison."
"Yes, but did you really think that I didn't think ahead? I figured you'd make yourself immune to the polen's effects, but you didn't have the means to become immune to demon chakra." Naruto grinned.
It was very slow. But it was made faster due to the intense heat. Kakuzu could feel his body melt from the inside. Even if his body mended it, the strands that reattached themselves also melted. Slowly.
"The effect should have worked after ten minutes. But since you powered it, it hastened. You see, my demon's chakra affinity is fire. With the intense heat your collaboration jutsu produced, the demon chakra infused polen transformed faster into demon mist. And you charged towards it."
Kakuzu smiled as he felt his connection to his other hearts weaken. It wasn't common knowledge, but the man had learned and had always been patient after his defeat from the hands of Hashirama. Kakuzu may have been considered evil but all he ever wanted was a rematch or a match against someone with Mokuton. He's gotten his wish and lost the fight. But he felt contented. The old Taki-nin smiled as death took over him.
"Well done." We're his last words
Naruto gave a bow of respect before he took off and began channeling a huge amount of chakra.
"Sasuke, Hinata, Team Shukaku, Team Chomei, Team Saiken. Cover me. It's time." Naruto called to them on their mental link as he reached the main center of the village. Near him were his family fighting the leaders of the opposing sides.
General POV
As Naruto channeled his jutsu, Kushina kept Hiruzen busy while Minato fought Jiraiya. Tsunade was holding off Ay while Orochimaru battled with Ohnoki.
In the center, Naruto began forming three hundred seals while Hinata and the others protected him and Sasuke, who was atop his Perfect Susanoo, spreading Amaterasu everywhere within the walls of the once great village.
As Naruto got to the hundredth seal, the skies began to darken. Storm clouds began to form.
Jiraiya, who was in Sage Mode, felt the heavy concentration of nature around him. Looking up he saw the skies filled with storm clouds that went to dark violet from dark blue. He found the source behind it and his eyes landed on Naruto. He immediately recognized the threat. Unfortunately for him, he was still fighting Minato.
"Recognize it, don't you? It was a great success. We made millions of money from it. After all, the movie was filmed on an actual war. Can you guess the movie's sequel?"
"I'm not in the mood for games! STOP HIM!" Jiraiya shouted and pointed at Naruto's direction.
Those who were battling around them took a glance and most recognized what was about to happen. The Uchihas, with their Sharingan, saw the heavy concentration of chakra around and recognized the jutsu Naruto used against Doto's army during the war at Snow Country.
They broke off from their current battles and went to stop Naruto. They could not as they were engaged to battle by Hinata and the others and were quickly dealt with.
With Anko
Anko, who was still with the rest of the Leaf populace underground, nodded to Tenzo when she saw Naruto and his friends reach the center most part of the village. Tenzo, along with other ten STORM squads discreetly went into handseals and began to level the dome they were at. The earth moved up and tore open the ground as it rose.
General POV
Almost everyone halted their battles as the ground shook. A few moments later a sealed dome with a lot of people inside appeared. They were easily recognized as the people of Konoha. As it settled, the seals that held the people inside captive crumbled, allowing both entry and exit to the dome.
Not soon after, the whole army of Uzushio, Suna, and Oto were just gone in a flash, taking Obito with them, bar one. There was only an eerie silence as Naruto reached the three hundredth seal and clamped his hands together.
"STORM RELEASE: JUDGEMENT DAY"
Chapter Twenty-three End
Author's Notes:
1. Thank you all for patiently waiting.
2. Once again, I would like to advertise my third fic, entitled "Fourth World; Third Chance at Life"
3. Please read and review.