Yo...

Time for another chapter, and first of all thanks to all the suggestions all of you gave in the previous chapter. I read each and every one of them.

Surprisingly, it's a tie with half of the readers suggesting a dark Naruto, while the other suggesting a kind and gentle Naruto.

This is a story about two brothers who changed the entire world, while one of them lived in darkness...the other lived in light, they were the combination of the blood of both the sons of the Rikudo Sennin...and ultimately inherited their beliefs too.

This story will show you the light and dark sides of Shinobi world...I can at least show this aspect better than Kishi.

Some readers feel Naruto is becoming OP, well what's wrong in that? He has the Uchiha and Senju blood in him, is the direct descendant of Tobirama and Minato Senju. His mother is freaking Mikoto Uchiha, with Shisui as his uncle.

He is a freaking BLACKOPS captain who are said to be stronger than even the Anbu, and has the Mangekyo and Mokuton.

And you have seen his opponents are getting more dangerous each chapter...I have a plan and I will stick to it.

Enjoy the chapter...

Chapter 25

The Ultimate Battle

Senju and Uchiha, both of these clans were known in the entire shinobi world. The shinobi of these clans were the strongest among all of the shinobi, and there was no other clan in the world who could compete with them.

The Uchiha Clan were known for their hatred and vengeance, they possessed the most powerful eyes in the world, those dark red eyes showed the feelings in each of their hearts. The Uchiha inherited the Will of Hatred and came to be known as "The Avenger Clan".

While the Senju Clan was known for their feelings of love and compassion, they possessed the strongest body in the world, their physical strength showed the power of their will. The Senju inherited the Will of Fire and came to be known as "The Peaceful Clan"

Baku knew this fact and looking at the young boy fighting against the Four Tails made him realize that the saying was true. While Naruto was the descendant of both the Uchiha and Senju, he was more of an Uchiha than a Senju.

And those painful eyes that burned with hatred made Baku realize just who Naruto truly was.

"He carries the hatred of all his deceased comrades...above strong weapons, above friendship and love his hatred exceeds everything" thought Baku darkly,

And there was only one reason for this.

Hatred was his Way of Ninja.

"This boy is interesting Baku." said the Cereberus flatly, and Baku gave his summon a firm nod.

Contrary to popular beliefs it was not easy to make Cereberus accept you as his summoner, you must either have a extremely strong will to tame the beast...or have more darkness and hatred in your heart than the beast itself.

That was the only way Cereberus would accept you as its summoner, no matter who you are.

Baku knew what his summon was thinking, Naruto easily had a lot of darkness in him. Those dark feelings were buried deep in his heart and came to the surface when something extremely tragic happened in his life.

He didn't know what the future had in store for the boy, for his friends he was a hero and a person who cared about them. While he was nightmare to his enemies, he had seen the Boy inspiring people before the war...but somehow he was falling to the dark side and the only way to stop it was to end this war.

Naruto was a hero of darkness, he was neither completely good or completely evil...he was just a simple boy who loved his friends and family.

And if he survived this war, Baku knew he would never be same before. Armin and Kotetsu were two of his closest friends, and in a blink of an eye he had watched them die...that was not something small and had broken his heart.

"Cereberus...let's defeat the Five Tails first," said Baku seriously, and his summon gave him a firm nod.

(With Naruto)

Naruto looked at the growing Four Tails in front of him, his eyes were bleeding heavily. It was as if someone had put them on fire, however he needed them right now.

If what Shisui had said was right, and if the Mangekyo could control Tailed Beasts then the lives of his men depended on his strength to tame the four tails.

"Judging from the amount of chakra I have...I can only cast 7-8 powerful jutsu. I can try to suck in the Four Tails in my pocket dimension...but I don't think I have enough chakra left for that. Plus, the beast won't go down easily...looks like I'll have to use my last jutsu," thought Naruto tactfully,

"Ghost company...quickly get your 3D gear now!" said Naruto commandingly, he had a plan...and for it to work, he would need the help of his men.

There was no way in hell he could single handedly take on the Four Tails...his eyes shifted to Mikasa, and he could see the hollow look in her eyes. It was his fault that Armin died...it should have been him. He had even promised to protect the boy and he cursed himself for failing.

"Captain...what's that purple shit?'' asked Shizune in a terrified voice, and Naruto's eyes widened in horror when he realized what it was.

"Everyone GET BACK!" yelled Naruto loudly, and instantly many of his comrades started running away as that enormous purple ball started growing more and more in the Four Tail's mouth.

He felt someone grab his shoulder firmly and tried to pull him back...and he saw it was none other than Mikasa herself.

"We have to get away from the Bijudama now!" said Mikasa stoically, the girl was not nervous at all...it was as if she had made her peace with death.

But for the first time she was surprised when Naruto grabbed her hand firmly, and gave her a defying look.

"I will change the fate of this world" said Naruto darkly, and turned to face the Biju.

"I've lost Armin, I cannot afford to lose you too!" said Mikasa angrily, however her friend shook his head in negative.

"I will create a world of victors, a world where there are no wars...a world where my friends don't get slaughtered." said Naruto fiercely and before Mikasa could protest he jumped towards the Bijudama.

"NARUTO!"

He ignored her cries as he neared the Tailed beast, no matter what anyone said...he would not let such a tragic thing happen again.

"BIJUDAMA (Tailed Beast Bomb)"

Mikasa's eyes widened in horror as the enormous bomb was fired right towards the retreating Blacklight forces, but someone got in between the attack.

"Kamui!"

Naruto's eyes moved quickly as the destructive mass of chakra quickly started getting absorbed in his pocket dimension...but he felt a enormous pain in his eyes.

"Just a little more!" thought Naruto painfully, as slowly the entire attack was absorbed in his pocket dimension.

However he was shocked when the Four Tails jumped right in front of him, Naruto was still exhausted by absorbing such a massive attack and he watched painfully as the tailed beasts swinged his arm at him.

"BOOM!"

Several thunderous explosions occurred as the Four Tails was quickly pushed back by the force of the attack, and Naruto was surprised when Genma arrived right beside him.

Off all the people in the world, he never expected Genma to lend him a hand in such a dangerous situation.

"You okay there, Captain?" asked Genma seriously, and Naruto quickly took his comrades hand in order to get up.

Soon they were joined by Izumo, Rangiku, Anko, and the others. Mikasa arrived seconds later with the rest of the company...and all of them found themselves standing outside Shuri Castle, and the Biju was just about the attack again.

"I want you all to buy me some time...I think I can stop the Four Tails," said Naruto tiredly, as more and more blood leaked out of his eyes.

Somehow things started to look a blur to him, but he quickly shook his head and his vision returned back to normal.

"What do you need?" asked Mikasa quickly, and he pointed his finger at her eyes.

"There is no way any of us can fight the Biju head on, use diversionary tactics and try to take out its eyes. That will reduce its attack range, then use your 3D gear and attack it from all sides. I'll support you as best as I can," said Naruto firmly,

"HAI" yelled all of them in unison, for once there were no objections and Naruto was happy to see that his men had faith in him.

Well, he did save their lives from a tailed beast bomb...so in a way, he had gained their trust even more.

"Follow me" said Mikasa curtly, and one by one all their comrades jump towards the Four Tails.

Mikasa fired the hooks of her 3D gear to a nearby wall and propelled herself forward, however her eyes widened in fear when the huge monkey fired an huge beam straight at her forces on the left side.

"En'en Hōka (Monkey Flames Arson)"

"GAH!"

She gritted her teeth in anger as 14 of her men were reduced to ashes in a second as the green colored beam hit them head on. She moved her right hand in the air and pointed it forward.

"FIRE!"

Hundreds of explosive tags were fired straight at the Biju, while some of the troopers were continuously firing kunai at the Biju with the help of their kunai launchers.

SLASH!

Streams of blood and flesh flew in the air as the Biju crushed a few of the troopers who tried to hit its eyes...there had to be a way.

Her hands quickly moved to form the necessary hand seals as she gathered a lot of chakra in order to perform her most dangerous ninjutsu.

"Die...you son of a bitch!" said Mikasa murderously, and the entire sky started getting filled with clouds as lightning started sparkling all around the Biju.

"Ajisukitahakone (Dragon of Thunder)"

BOOM!

A monstrous blast occurred right in the center of the ground as a giant lightning dragon directly hit the four tails. The shock wave was so powerful that many of the soldiers were blown a few feet away as dust and debris flew everywhere.

"Is it dead?" thought Mikasa tiredly, she collapsed on the ground as a lot of her chakra was now over.

She was the best Raiton (Lightning) user of their group, and her wind attacks were also destructive. However her chakra reserves were still not as large as Naruto's...so she had to limit her attacks or she would soon run out of chakra.

Silence prevailed in the area as the Blacklight troopers awaited nervously to see the result of the attack...but they were disappointed when a badly burnt Four Tails emerged from the debris.

Its red skin had turned dark black in many places, and at some spots of his body fire was still burning. Its giant eyes glared at Mikasa murderously and it quickly started running towards her.

"Shit"

Mikasa quickly fired her 3D hooks just as the Biju thrashed the spot where she was standing. So, it was in total control of its body and was not running around as a wild animal.

The young girl was quite surprised when Genma, Iwashi, Anko and Hana landed right beside her.

"Let's try Formation Z" suggested Iwashi quickly, and the entire group nodded.

The young shinobi quickly jumped towards the Four Tails and the hooks of their 3D gear connected with various parts of the confused Biju's body as they sailed quickly through the air.

They quickly took out their tanto as they neared their target...Naruto had ordered them to take out the eyes, and that was what they were going to do.

Genma appeared right in front of the Biju's face and swinged his tanto straight at the beast, however the beast quickly pierced Genma's chest with its giant claws.

Poof!

In place of Genma was a large stone that was currently entangled in the Biju's claws, and before the monster could even realize what had happened it felt a small pinch right beneath his eyes.

The beast was shocked when Mikasa and Anko appeared right in front of him, their tanto was glowing with enormous chakra and they quickly propelled themselves forward dodging the Biju's attacks as their hooks which were currently connected below the beasts's eyes brought them straight in front of their target.

"NOW!" yelled both the girls murderously, and sliced their weapons straight in the Biju's eyes.

SLASH!

Many of the blacklight troopers were overjoyed when streams of blood flew in the air as both the girls took out the mosnter's eyes as it screamed in pain.

But the attack didn't stop there as they saw Iwashi and Hana maneuvering around the Biju and they quickly attached many seals over its vast shoulders.

Iwashi quickly performed a hand seal as hundreds of seals glowed on the Biju's shoulders.

"Fuuin Hyoushi no Jutsu (Binding Seal Technique)"

As soon as those words left his mouth, the unexpected thing happened as the Biju's hands fell flat as if they had no energy left in it.

"Wolf, Bird...start the attack!" yelled Mikasa loudly, and Izumo who was on the ground quickly gave the signal.

Several squads of troopers quickly encircled the blind Biju and quickly performed a set of hand seals.

"Doton Jishin (Earth Release: Earthquake Jutsu)"

The ground shook violently and several cracks occurred right below the Four Tails, and it soon lost its balance and fell flat on the ground like a defeated animal.

"CAPTAIN!"

Mikasa's voice quickly reached his ears and his hands performed a set of hand seals at lightning fast speed.

"Doton: Yomi Numa(Swamp of the Underworld.)"

As the struggling Four Tails tried to get up, its difficulties were further increased when a sticky mud swamp was formed right beneath it, and it quickly started sucking it in.

"Not yet!" said Rangiku sternly, and four large blue arrows glowed in her hands.

"Hakumen Kudashi (Four Arrows of Heaven)"

Four giant arrows of light pierced the Biju's hands and legs and prevented it from getting out of the swamp.

"GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Mikasa took a step back when the beast roared furiously and the entire ground shook violently, and the next instant the entire sky was filled with lava that was fired from the Biju's mouth.

"Kakazan (Flower Fruit Mountain)"

"FUCK!''

"Gah"

"It burns!"

"Kuso" screamed Hana in pain, as some parts of the lava hit her head on and started burning her badly.

Shizune was terrified when many of her comrades started getting burned alive, the Biju had fired lava at them and had decimated a lot of them quickly.

"Suiton Daibakufu no Jutsu(Water Release:Great Water Vortex Technique)"

A tidal wave of water washed over the entire castle and engulfed many of the burning troopers, and thus preventing the lava's fire from harming their bodies further.

Naruto quickly appeared beside Hana and picked her up bridal style as the girl hissed in pain. Her right hand was burned badly, and he knew she needed medical treatment quickly.

He quickly made a hand seal and 20 water clones appeared right beside him and looked at him for orders.

"Get the wounded out of the danger zone, I'll handle this piece of shit!" ordered Naruto sternly, and one of his clones quickly picked up Hana.

"Naruto...don't let the bastard win!" said Hana painfully, as her captain gave her a comforting nod.

"Deer...fall back now, heal the wounded. This is an order!" said Naruto desperately and looked Shizune straight in the eye,

"Hai, Be careful!" said Shizune affectionately, and quickly started retreating as the rest of his clones started evacuating the wounded.

The Yonbi leaked a massive amount of chakra and broke free from the restraints, the rest of the company quickly landed right behind Naruto as the beast got back up on its feet.

However one of its eyes had only healed, while the other was still in the process of being healed.

"It's too strong...we used our best formation. What do we do, Captain?" asked Izumo seriously, and Naruto noticed many of his men had used everything they had and were really tired.

Some of them were injured but were still willing to fight, he saw Anko had burn marks all over body but was still standing beside their side.

"Snake, get those wounds healed. You have fought bravely...don't risk your life," said Naruto gently,

"But-" said Anko in protest, however he put a firm hand on her shoulder.

"Anko...that's enough," said Naruto authoritatively, and a tired sigh escaped from the girl's mouth. Then without a word, she quickly retreated towards Shizune.

"Here it comes..." said Genma worriedly, and soon the ground shook violently as the Biju rushed towards them.

A murderous pair of sharingan glared at the Four Tails and the next second the Biju screamed in pain,

"Amaterasu"

The Yonbi's entire body started getting burned in black flames, right from the head to its legs black flames burned its entire body. The Biju started running away in order to escape from the flames, but Mikasa noticed Naruto's eyes were constantly focused on the Biju.

"He's controlling the flames!" thought Mikasa in shock, whatever direction the Biju ran those flames never got extinguished.

"Fire your most powerful jutsu at him now!" commanded Naruto painfully as more and more blood leaked from his eyes.

Mikasa and the others quickly jumped towards the burning Yonbi and performed a set of hand seals quickly, and Naruto could feel a monstrous amount of chakra being gathered as the 60 Blacklight were just about to launch their attack.

"Raiton Gian (Lightning Release: False Darkness Jutsu)"

"Raiton Rakurai no Jutsu (Lightning Release: Thunderbolt Jutsu)"

"Raiton: Shichu Shibari(Lightning Release: Four Pillar Bind)"

"Fuuton Kaze no Yaiba (Wind Release: Wind Sword Jutsu)"

"Fuuton Kaze no Tate (Wind Release: Wind Shield Jutsu)"

"Fuuton Reppushou (Wind Release: Gale Wind Palm Jutsu)"

"Fuuton Kaze no Yaiba (Wind Release: Wind Sword Jutsu)"

"Fuuton Kazekiri (Wind Release: Wind Cutter Jutsu)"

"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu(Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu)"

"Katon: Nenshou Misairu (Fire Release: Burning Missile)"

"Kawara Shuriken(Tile Shuriken)"

"Katon Hosenka no Jutsu (Phoenix Sage Fire Technique)"

"Katon: Goenka(Fire Release: Great Flame Flower)"

"Raiton: Jibashi (Lightning Style: Earth Flash)"

"Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu(Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique)"

BOOM!

Hundreds of jutsu hit the tailed beast head on, as a monstrous blast occurred in the now destroyed castle. Smoke and debris flew everywhere and the Blacklight company waited with awaited breath.

After a minute, the could hazily see the Biju had fallen flat on the ground and had also shrinked in size. A lot of its flesh was ripped off, and its entire body was burnt.

But the interesting thing was a boy standing on the top of the Four Tails and was looking it straight in the eye.

"It's over" said Naruto darkly, as his Mangekyo Sharingan looked at the Biju straight in the eye.

"Kamimusuhi (World Of Illusions)"

(With Baku)

"Katon: Goka Mekkyaku (Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation)!"

Baku and his summon fired a large collaborative fire tsunami and it quickly engulfed the Gobi (Five Tails) in it. However the horse shaped Biju quickly jumped out of the burning flames and struck cerberus straight with its horns.

"Tsunoori (Horn Hit)"

Baku had to quickly deflect a torrent of kunai aimed at him with his sword. His eyes widened in shock, when the Iwa Anbu that had retreated stood right in front of him.

"Kill him" said the Iwa commander coldly, and the next second 50 Iwa Anbu jumped straight at Baku.

"Yōton: Shakugaryūgan no Jutsu (Lava Release: Scorching Stream Rock Technique)"

The veteran Blacklight commander was surprised when hundreds of lava balls struck down all the 50 Iwa Anbu in a flash, and the next second the ground started shaking.

BANG

BANG

BANG

Baku's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates, when he saw the Four Tails approaching his position...but instead of attacking him, it had defended him and Cereberus.

But the most astonishing thing was the Tall Phoenix masked captain standing on top of the Biju!

"Naruto...you subdued the Four Tails?" thought a shocked Baku, he had heard the Mangekyo could control a Biju...but to actually see it happening was a totally different thing.

"Kill them all!"

The veteran Blacklight commander couldn't believe his eyes when his young troopers quickly attacked the 100 Iwa Anbu that were too shocked on seeing this.

He realized many of his soldiers were missing, that only meant one thing. Either they were dead or injured...but to think these kids defeated the Four Tails?

"Kakazan (Flower Fruit Mountain)"

An entire wave of lava was fired from the Yonbi's mouth which hit the Five Tails head on as the creature hissed in pain.

Baku didn't waste any time and quickly gave a nod to his summon as both of them fired their attack on them Five Tails.

"Mizu-fu, Katon Konbo Rakurai: Saiko no Suiryuden Denaki (Water, Wind, Fire, Lightning Combo: Supreme Electric Water Dragon)"

An enormous water dragon was released from Baku's mouth, while a wave of lightning was quickly fired from his hands which combined with the dragon.

His summon quickly released a tornado of combined fire and wind attack...and the giant dragon hit the Five Tails head on.

BOOM!

Genma sliced his tanto across a female ninja's throat as her blood flew wildly in the air, he quickly jumped in the air and fired a couple of shuriken on the terrified Iwa Anbu.

Baku watched proudly as Naruto came beside him with the subdued Four Tails, and his eyes glared at the injured Five Tails in front of him.

"Seems like you won..." said Baku with a small smirk on his face, however Naruto shook his head in negative.

"Not yet.." said Naruto flatly, and without another word launched the Four Tails towards the injured Five Tails.

"Mikasa was right...this world is merciless," thought Naruto sadly, as everywhere around him people were dying.

His soldiers, their soldiers...blood, flesh flew in the air. There was so much anger and hatred in the eyes of the people...and for a moment he cursed shinobi for engaging in useless battles that brought only pain and misery.

But...all of this was just if it meant protecting the freedom of their country. To protect the dreams and hopes of the next generation and to build a prosperous future for them...they would give any sacrifice.

For their tomorrow, they would sacrifice their today.

His eyes shifted towards the injured Five Tails on the ground, Baku's attack had really injured the Biju. The veteran commander and his summon were really a destructive duo.

"I should not let it heal the injuries," thought Naruto quickly,

He watched Mikasa and Rangiku decimating the Iwa forces and he felt a lot of guilt. He had also seen the sea of sadness in Shizune's eyes, two of their closest friends had been killed tonight.

And it was all due to his order.

"I made a choice...a choice that killed my friends. It's my fault they died...but-" said Naruto angrily, and his Manegkyo Sharingan glared at the injured Five Tails.

"Kakazan (Flower Fruit Mountain)"

Another stream of lava was fired from the Yonbi's mouth and it struck the Five Tails head on as the creature hissed in pain.

"ITS STILL YOUR FAULT!" yelled Naruto murderously,

He quickly jumped off the Four Tails as the beast quickly started fighting the other Biju, and soon Baku and Cereberus soon started eating the Five Tails alive.

Naruto quickly grabbed the sword of an Iwa Anbu and the ninja made the biggest mistake of looking him in the eye. Blood quickly flew in the air as the Anbu's head quickly rolled down on the ground.

"From the time we are born...all of us are free" thought Naruto seriously, as he stabbed a female Anbu in the chest.

He remembered all his friends had died for this freedom...for the freedom of Konoha, for the freedom of the people they loved. Their dreams, their hopes was for this freedom.

"It doesn't matter how insignificant our actions may seem...I'd willingly give my life for this freedom. No matter how strong the enemy is...we can win!" thought Naruto firmly,

"Fight"

Izumo heard his words and a surge of adrenaline rushed through his body. It was true that they had suffered great losses today...but as long as even one of them was standing the fight would not be over.

"It doesn't matter how terrifying this world is...we can WIN!" yelled Naruto victoriously, and many of his soldiers started fighting more vigorously.

Mikasa quickly sailed in the air with the help of her 3D gear and effortlessly sliced the heads of 3 Iwa Anbu. Her eyes shifted to the boy that was currently leading her comrades to victory...and a small sad smile came on her face.

"Fight for your country!"

Rangiku fired her arrows at the incoming Anbu forces as more and more tears escaped from her eyes.

"Fight for Honor!"

Raido painfully took out the sword lodged in his shoulder as he headbutted a female Iwa Anbu and quickly stabbed a kunai straight in the head.

"Fight for your brothers!"

Iwashi quickly made a hand seal and many seals glowed on some of the Anbu's bodies...and they quickly fell flat on the ground.

CLANG! SLASH!CLANG!CLANG!SLASH!

The Iwa Anbu commander watched defeatedly as the blacklight forces curb stomped his Anbu. His eyes shifted to the defeated Han and Roshi, and the victorious Baku and Cereberus that stood on top of the now dead Jinchuriki.

"Tsuchikage-sama...it seems we lost," thought the Iwa Anbu commander sadly,

Despite the circumstance being against these young kids, despite being outnumbered, outgunned...they never gave up and fought with everything they had. Many of them fell in the line of duty, but the Iwa Anbu commander realized it was due to the the Phoenix masked captain.

There was no use of retreating to Iwa now, his men were dead and the tailed beasts were gone. That only left one option...

"Fight for FREEDOM!" yelled Naruto loudly, and sliced his tanto across the Iwa commander's neck.

"Victory and glory is yours...Phoenix,"

These were the last thoughts of the Iwa commander before his head was severed from his neck by Naruto.

Silence prevailed in the entire castle, no sound was made as the young kids looked around them. Dead bodies, flesh, broken weapons and a river of blood could be seen everywhere.

The enemy was defeated and the rain falling from the sky had stopped. Today all of them had cried tears of blood.

Rangiku collapsed on her knees as more and more sobs escaped from her mouth and tears fell freely from her eyes.

"Everyone...you didn't die in vain," said a tearful Rangiku, her eyes shifted towards her captain who was staring at the sky sadly.

Naruto turned around and looked at his men, he could see the tearful looks in many of their eyes and his eyes became moist. Iwashi slowly came forward and handed him the Konoha flag that he had brought with him.

"For our fallen brothers..." said Iwashi sadly, as his captain just gave him a weak nod.

Naruto quickly jumped towards the top of the castle, and his eyes shifted towards the Konoha flag in his hands.

"This is for you Armin..." said Naruto passionately,

Baku watched silently as his young captain slowly climbed the top of the castle and firmly planted the Konoha flag on top of Shuri Castle. He noticed the tearful victorious looks in the eyes of his men...and a small tear escaped from his eyes.

Today Konoha had won the war against Iwa...

Author's Notes: End of chapter.

Hope you guys liked the chapter, we this we have completed 50% of the war arc.

Next chapter: Reunion