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Chapter 26
Yoru Clone 2 dashed across the streets of Konoha rapidly while using his Energy Resonance to feel for enemy chakra signatures. The Kumo delegation was housed next to the Hyuga compound in order for the clan of Byakugan users to have an easier time keeping an eye on them.
From what Yoru knew, there were about 9 Kumo shinobi who had come for "peace" talks with Konoha while he could only sense about 6 on this side of the village.
"Almost there…" Yoru Clone 2 thought before he ground to a halt.
His brows furrowed. "What are they doing inside the Hyuga compound?"
At this time when most of Konoha's shinobi were out defending the village, Kumo had the balls to intrude upon restricted grounds…
"Idiots."
Yoru thought before he entered his ID and snuck around the compound towards where he had sensed the enemies. He hid on the roof of the building in which he had sensed the Kumo nin before he left the ID.
Yoru kept his ears peeled as he listened in below.
"Hehe, now that Konoha is too preoccupied with the Four-tails, these byakugan are ripe for the picking." Kumo grunt 1 (as Yoru didn't know nor care about their names) stated gleefully.
"We still have to find a kid belonging to the main branch. Don't get complacent." Kumo Boss (as he seemed to be quite cautious as intelligent people would be) whispered to his subordinates.
With that, they moved around the compound, opening doors and searching for a viable target all the while, Yoru followed from above and thought about how he should handle this…
"Haha, Jackpot!" Grunt 1 yelled.
"Keep your fucking voice down! Do you want to get us killed?!" The Kumo Boss whispered harshly, though there was some joy in his tone as he continued. "However, this is very good indeed…"
Another Kumo Grunt spoke up. "She's just a newborn. If we can grow her within Kumo, we can easily mold her to be loyal to us."
"Can you imagine how pissed the Hyuga would be if they found out about this?"
"Just grab her and go, we don't have enough time!"
"You're right." Yoru said as he took out a kunai and placed an explosive seal on it before tossing it in the air.
"Explode."
A booming explosion reverberated throughout the compound.
"Who goes there!" A voice filled with rage called out as Yoru felt a Kage Level chakra signature rapidly approaching.
"Dammit! Let's move!"
The 6 Kumo shinobi dashed out of the walls of the building and made to run.
However.
"Since you came all the way here, why don't you stay…permanently." A man said as he appeared right in front of the group of Kumo shinobi. He had long, black hair and featureless, white eyes — the latter trait shared by all members of his clan. He wore a simple black outfit with mesh-armor underneath, his black forehead protector, and an obi around his waist.
"Hizashi Hyuga…" Yoru thought, recognizing his chakra signature.
The 6 Kumo shinobi flinched before the Kumo Boss yelled. "Hold him off! The mission is more important!"
Hizashi narrowed his eyes before activating his byakugan, the veins near his temple bulging.
Abruptly, his eyes widened. "That chakra signature…" he began while looking at the Kumo Boss with fury. "Put. Her. Down."
The Boss sneered and secured the bundle he had in his hand. "Kill him!"
The other five Kumo shinobi rushed at Hizashi while the Kumo Boss made to escape.
Hizashi snarled in anger, however, he was unable to chase after the lead perpetrator and could only focus on the battle in front of him.
"My cue." Yoru Clone 2 thought as he pulled out a kunai and carefully watched the fleeing Kumo Boss…
Before he threw it.
It pierced through the air towards the Kumo Boss at immense speeds, the projectile aimed at his neck. The hairs on the Kumo Boss stood on end as he twisted his body and tilted his head to dodge the incoming projectile. However, just as the kunai passed by his head…
Amenotokotachi
Yoru appeared right in front of the enemy Shinobi's face and immediately slammed his foot into the Kumo boss's throat.
"ARG!" He screamed as he tossed the bundle he had been carrying in favor of grasping as his damaged trachea. At the same instant, Yoru kicked himself off of the Kumo Nin's chest and secured the baby in mid-air before flipping and landing softly.
The Clone looked at the baby and noted that she seemed to be staring back at him curiously.
Yoru Clone smiled. "You're a strong one aren't you? You're not even crying during this situation."
The baby blinked its adorable pupil-less white eyes in response and reached out her hands with a smile.
And then, the mood was shattered.
"Give. Her. Back!" The Kumo nin said, veins popping in his face as he rubbed his neck with one hand and grasped a tanto with the other.
Yoru simply looked at him in disinterest.
The Kumo nin grimaced and dashed at Yoru with his lightning coated blade, intent on severing the enemy in half. However, just as he brought his blade down onto his opponent's head…
It stopped.
"What is…" the Kumo nin said while his muscles bulged as he tried to force the tanto downwards.
It wouldn't move.
"Magnet Release." Yoru thought before waving his arm.
The Kumo boss yelled as he flew back while still gripping his tanto and crashed onto the ground. Immediately after, Yoru pointed his finger upwards causing the Tanto to fly towards the sky, the Kumo nin still holding it within his grasp.
The Boss's eyes widened.
Yoru pointed his finger down.
The man flew to the ground at Mach speeds before brutally impacting the dirt, a wide and expanding crater forming from the collision.
Yoru sent his chakra through the earth and felt all the iron particles within the soil before mentally gathering them. The result of this endeavor was a plume of iron dust particles rising from the ground around Yoru. He formed them into gigantic needles and spun them around so that they would have a greater penetrating power.
The Kumo Boss coughed heavily and forced himself to stand up before he saw the projectiles aimed at him.
Before he could even contemplate his next course of action, he felt his feet become heavier. The Kumo Boss looked down to see that iron dust particles were clumping together on his leg and adhering him to the ground.
His face paled in despair.
His tanto clanged to the ground.
Yoru Clone flicked his finger.
The projectiles zoomed towards the powerless Kumo shinobi who could only watch wide-eyed until…
He was pierced numerous times.
Ruthlessly.
That complete, Yoru took a stroll back to where Hizashi had fought the 5 Kumo Ninja and raised a brow when he saw that 4 of them were dead while 1 was severely injured.
Hizashi turned his head to face Yoru and looked at him searchingly with narrowed eyes. "Are you…?"
Yoru blinked before he sighed. "I'm not from Kumo. If I was, I wouldn't be here."
Hizashi's expression relaxed slightly though he had a strained smile. "I apologize for my ignorance. I've just never heard of a shinobi of your caliber in our village."
Yoru stuck out his tongue.
Hizashi's expression changed.
It was not because of the act itself but it was because what the act had shown him.
The Cursed Tongue Seal
"…I see now why I have never heard of you." Hizashi began as his expression returned to normal. "You too are cursed."
Yoru shrugged.
In all honesty, Yoru could have easily found a way to take it off, but it wasn't really doing anything bad to him so he saw no need to. Besides, Yoru thought it looked kind of cool…
With that, Yoru stepped forward and handed the baby over to Hizashi. "It's good that you kept one alive because I killed the other one."
"Even if you hadn't, I would have." Hizashi stated before he took the baby back and sighed in relief. "I have no idea what my brother would do if he had come to find his daughter stolen. I cannot thank you enough for your aid…?"
"Yoru." The individual in question replied.
Hizashi nodded with a smile. "Thank you, Yoru." He paused and seemed to consider something before he scrutinized Yoru a little. "I'm just curious but it seemed like you had known they were there earlier. Why hadn't you just killed them before they took Lady Hinata?"
"So that's the cute baby's name…" Yoru thought before answering. "If I mounted a sneak attack and failed to kill all six at once, the ensuing battle would cause collateral damage to the buildings and as notable…" Yoru stated, pointing at Hinata. "There were still young children and babies inside the houses. I didn't want to risk it so I had to force them out. Thankfully, your presence saved me a lot of effort."
"Surely you jest." Hizashi said with a short laugh. "Not only were you able to kill Kumo's Head Shinobi, but you were also able to safely secure a fragile target as well. I feel as if you would have been fine regardless."
Yoru blinked. "Wait, That was Kumo's Head Shinobi…?"
Huh, Yoru supposed calling him Kumo Boss wasn't incorrect.
"I'll be guarding this area of our compound." Hizashi stated as he walked away before stopping to turn to Yoru. "Your help would be much appreciated, but I understand if you have to attend to…that." He finished, looking at the 4-Tails.
Yoru shrugged. "I'm only a clone so it doesn't really matter."
Hizashi nodded with a smile. "Oh, I see you're only a…clone?!" He froze and stared at Yoru as if he was a monster. "How…?"
"…I'm that good."
"…"
Hizashi was speechless.
Yoru ignored him and blinked as he felt Clone 1's chakra signature permeate the sky and the atmosphere. "It definitely wasn't cloudy a moment ago…"
-Yoru: Gamer-
"Onoki! What have you wrought to my village?!"
The Tsuchikage expression remained unchanged. "I, unfortunately, cannot take credit for this, but I will tell you that things…eventually, come full circle." With that, the old Tsuchikage's eyes gleamed before he stood up and sneered. "That being said, it is painfully obvious that Konoha stole my village's bijuu and planned to seal it into another host. Thankfully, fate is unbiased and it looks like your host lost control of its power."
Hiruzen's expression changed before he closed his eyes. "…So this is your game plan." He said before he opened his eyes sharply. "But do you truly think keeping me here will prevent Konoha from taking care of that beast? You underestimate the strength of the Fourth Hokage."
Onoki remained impassive. "You know, a little bird told me that the Fourth Hokage's wife would be giving birth soon. I heard that he'd be too busy caring for her during that time to attend to the noise being made over here."
Eyes wide Hiruzen stood up, his gaze boring into Onoki. "How did you…?"
"Does it truly matter at this point?" Onoki stated.
"No." Hiruzen replied before in a puff, he was fitted with his combat attire. On his frame were a black jumpsuit, mesh segments over the lower portions of his limbs, and a green gauntlet that covered much of his right arm. He wore an armored hood with a bandanna-like forehead protector over this, tied with two long straps, across the back of which was written with the kanji for "Fire" (火).
"It doesn't at all."
"So you came prepared." Onoki stated though different thoughts flitted in his mind. "That Masked Man was able to sneak into the village and summon the Four-tails as he said. Now, as long as he can successfully complete the second phase of his plan and release the Ninetails…"
At this point, the shinobi on both sides realized that all pretenses had been torn apart and they immediately prepared themselves for combat. Both Kages stared at each other calmly, though, underneath their placid visages, dense killing intent was bubbling.
Then…
They moved.
"Earth Style: Moving Earth Core!" The Tsuchikage thought as his chakra flowed through the wooden floorboard beneath his feet and interacted with the soil further below. Not a moment sooner did a huge cuboid pillar of earth erupt from and destroy the floorboards before piercing through the ceiling above.
Immediately after, the pillar of earth started to become red as white scalding flames bombarded against the barrier. Onoki knew his hastily made defenses would not last so he quickly took to the skies and hovered for a moment before he looked down below.
He clapped his hands together before he separated them, the motions causing a transparent cube with a sphere in the center to form in between his palms.
Dust Release: Detachment of Primitive World!
He launched the cube downwards at the building, uncaring that his own shinobi would be collateral damage.
Right then, a blast of fire, a wave of water, a gale of wind, a bolt of lighting, and a river of mud flew out of the building below and clashed against the Dust Release cube. The resulting explosion from the collision of the techniques sent a powerful blast wave that flattened the surrounding area and caused dust to obscure everyone's vision.
From below the smoke of the collision, Hiruzen bit his thumb causing blood to flow out before he slammed his palm on the ground.
Kuchiyose!
In a puff of smoke, Monkey King: Enma appeared. "It seems like this time's trouble is pretty bad."
Hiruzen nodded gravely. "I'll explain it when the situation is dealt with. For now, I need you to transform."
The Monkey King nodded before he immediately transformed.
Transformation: Adamantine Staff!
A thick staff appeared in front of Hiruzen who grasped it and looked up to the sky that was still partially obscured by smoke. Through molding his chakra into the appropriate form, Hiruzen was able to locate and keep track of the Tsuchikage through his chakra signature.
With that, he attacked.
A staff pierced through and split apart the dust cloud as it rushed towards Onoki. The Tsuchikage quickly responded by summoning 5 earthen Clones of himself, 2 of which took the brunt of the attack allowing him and the remaining three clones to dodge to the side.
No sooner did the extended staff swat away at Onoki and his clones, dispelling the residual smoke and causing the Tsuchikage and his clones to fly around in avoidance.
Onoki grinned at the fruitless efforts. "As long as I can stall long enough…" he had no illusions that he could beat this monster of a Hokage, but he didn't have to.
The Onoki swatting abruptly ended, surprising the Tsuchikage, before the Hokage's staff retracted. Onoki looked down below to see the Third Hokage embedding one end his Bo Staff into the ground before balanced himself on the protruding end. Immediately after, the Bo Staff extended once more to the skies, but this time it had a passenger.
As soon as the bo staff carrying Hiruzen reached its apex, Hiruzen jumped before tossing out numerous shuriken in a 360-degree radius around him, then…
Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!
They multiplied…
And multiplied…
And multiplied even further before the skies were encompassed by a dense "fog" of chakra enhanced shuriken.
The Tsuchikage's earth clones tried to dodge every which way and flee, however, they were unable to do so indefinitely and were pierced by numerous pointed projectiles before they broke apart a and crumbled. Onoki himself was forced to use his Dust Release as a shield causing every kunai which came in contact with it to breakdown at a molecular level. When the onslaught ended, Onoki grimaced before he pointed his Dust Release cube at the Third Hokage's Adamantine staff.
Dust Release: Detachment of Primitive World!
The technique rapidly shot towards the adamantine staff, but as it had its own mind, it retracted upwards, the part of the staff that had been embedded in the ground coming up to meet Hiruzen in midair.
Just as the Tsuchikage's dust release was successfully dodged, Hiruzen grabbed the staff while still in mid-air and swung it at Onoki with immense speeds. During its travel motion in the air, the Adamantine Staff extended itself, gargantuan wind speeds picking up as a result of its increased size and Hiruzen's strength.
The Tsuchikage grimaced with an eye shut as he was buffeted by the incoming winds and was only able to encase his fist in rock in time as he placed his arm in the path of the attack. His body was brutally slammed across the sky as he was swatted over a Kilometer away before he was able to right himself in mid-air.
At the instant that Hiruzen had finished his attack, he pointed the staff downwards and it extended once more, piercing through the ground while keeping the Third Hokage at an elevated position. In a puff of smoke, two Demon Wind Shuriken appeared in the Third Hokage's hands. Hiruzen jumped and rotated his body before throwing the large shuriken at a vertical position, causing them to rapidly speed towards Onoki.
The man in question looked down below with frown. "He said it would only take him about a minute after he released the Four-Tails to release the Ninetails…did he lie?" Numerous thoughts went through Onoki's mind before he scowled. "I'll just escape, but not before leaving my mark."
Onoki clapped his hands together and slowly spread them apart as a gigantic cube formed within his hands and continued to grow as he supplied chakra to it. The Third Tsuchikage's Particle Style at its maximum capacity could easily level an Island so while he would not be able to witness the complete destruction of Konoha, he would at least be able to do something devastating.
Dust Release-
At this moment, Onoki saw the incoming projectiles and simply dodged them as they flew by on either side of him.
However.
The two Fuma Shuriken suddenly puffed and transformed into Hiruzen clones who rapidly maneuvered handseals.
Onoki's eyes widened.
A torrent of fire and a gale of wind shot out from the Hiruzen clones and augmented each other before flying towards Onoki rapidly. The old Tsuchikage knew he wouldn't be in good condition after taking these attacks.
"Tch." Onoki thought before he opted to quickly dispel his growing Dust Release cube and fly off as he quickly maneuvered to dodge. Seeing that his attack failed, Onoki continued to fly away, not caring anymore about causing destruction to Konoha. It took a long enough time to charge his strongest Dust Release attack that the Third Hokage would no doubt be able to counter him again.
There was no need to stay here any longer.
Hiruzen stared at Onoki's retreating form with a furrowed brow as he knew that he would not be able to catch up with the flying opponent-
"Wait…was it this cloudy a few seconds ago?" Hiruzen thought in surprise as he looked up to the sky and saw that black thunderclouds were spreading throughout Konoha's previously clear night sky. The Third Hokage knew that it wasn't natural so he spread out his senses above before his eyes widened as he sensed an all too familiar chakra signature. "Yoru!"
Onoki too noticed the abnormality as the previously clear skies became dark with thunderclouds that sparked with electricity. "What is…!"
"Please, do stay and allow me to demonstrate my hospitality." Yoru's voice echoed within the clouds.
Onoki's eyes widened as he saw Yoru's silhouette within the clouds before he grimaced. "This brat…!" He raged mentally. "Since you're already in front of me, I might as well take care of you as well!" He thought as he began to generate his Dust Release cube in his hands.
Yoru Clone, somewhat hidden within the clouds, looked below at the old cretin that met his gaze.
His eyes glowed with a golden hue.
His scales were white and pristine.
His body radiated bright white energy.
Ethereal snakes coiled around Yoru Clone's form.
"Fool." Yoru thought as he guided the lightning within the thunderclouds he had generated with Storm Style. By using the natural energy of his Sage Mode in conjunction with the storm clouds from his upgraded Storm Release, Yoru was basically able to generate actual storm clouds. He didn't need to go through the tedious process of heating up the atmosphere or anything like that. The only downside was that it cost an immense amount of chakra to generate these kinds of clouds on his own.
Thankfully, he had a lot of energy to spare.
Sage Mode also helped.
Although…he would be pretty much spent after this.
He was only a clone after all.
Even if he loathed to admit it.
He looked below at Onoki who was charging his Dust Release attack.
His expression remained unchanging despite his opponent being a Kage.
What was a Kage to a Perfect Being such as himself?
"Sleep eternally."
Sage Art: Storm Style: Leviathan!
A boom of thunder sounded out like the roar of an ancient beast.
Onoki's pupils shrunk as he felt a fatal crisis assault his very being.
It had been so long since he experienced this feeling of deadly crisis.
He had only ever felt this way once before…
When he had faced off against Madara all those years ago.
It was the feeling of…
Death
A roar, one more powerful than the last reverberated across Konoha.
Everyone in the village suddenly halted their moments as their gaze turned towards the epicenter of the Storm Clouds.
A Gargantuan snake made of white lightning exited the clouds and gave a beastly roar.
Its horns of electricity flickered in the sky.
Its patterned scales of lighting shimmered.
Its golden eyes were drawn towards its target.
Onoki's pupils constricted.
And then….
The beast struck the flying Tsuchikage.
The sudden and swift attack was far too great for Onoki to dodge. He was only able to hastily form an armor of earth around his body while he positioned his already formed Dust Release cube in front of the path of the attack.
Unfortunately-
"Argh!" Onoki screamed as the lightning tore apart his Dust Release attack and obliterated his earth made armor through its elemental superiority. He was shot downwards from the sky at immense velocities before his body pierced through multiple layers of dirt causing him to shout the entire way.
And then came the explosion.
All the energy culminated in the lightning bolt was released in an immense conical white dome of energy which rapidly propagated and increased in size.
Everywhere the blast wave passed, the earth and vegetation were vaporized while the aftershocks could be felt from numerous kilometers away.
The sky was lit up with the luminescence created by the beast made from lightning.
Dust and debris filled the surroundings as the attack eventually ended, its energy having already been spent.
Hiruzen balanced himself on the Adamantine Staff form of Monkey King Enma and looked to the distance.
The chakra borne thunder clouds in the sky began to disperse.
Seeing this, Hiruzen jumped from his high altitude position towards the blast site before roughly landing on the outskirts of the blast radius. His feet picked up dust as he slid down towards the center of the crater formed from the impact.
"What destructive power…!" Hiruzen couldn't help but marvel as he looked at the now barren land located on the outskirts of the village. It wasn't like Hiruzen couldn't cause such damage, however, Yoru was only a child and still had so much room to grow, yet, he could already create something so frightening…
Speaking of.
Hiruzen looked up to the sky as he felt Yoru's chakra signature float down and saw said individual descend. He seemed weary as he fumbled a bit after his feet softly landed on the ground near the center of the impact. Otherwise, he looked normal.
In but a moment, the Hokage arrived next to Yoru and looking him up and down appraisingly. "When did you learn how to fly?"
"Five days ago."
Hiruzen opened his mouth to say something but decided against it. It was well known amongst the people who knew Yoru that the child was bullshit for lack of a less coarse term.
So Hiruzen simply replied with, "I see."
Yoru turned his gaze from the Third Hokage to the Third Tsuchikage whose form was covered by a layer of dirt and moved towards him-
"!"
If it wasn't Instinct then it was the sudden build-up of chakra that caused Yoru Clone 1 to hastily dodge to the side.
No sooner did a Particle Style beam of energy fly out of the Tsuchikage's chest.
The attack was just too sudden.
And Yoru had never been the true target.
The beam passed by Yoru and headed for Hiruzen who was much too close to the Tsuchikage to effectively dodge it. His eyes wide, Hiruzen was barely able to twist his body enough as the beam passed him by.
He didn't come out unscathed.
"So…close." A voice said from below the body of the "Tsuchikage" which Yoru now came to realize was fake as it turned into mud. The Tsuchikage then popped up from the ground and heaved vicious breaths.
His clothes were in ruin.
His body was torn, mutilated, and burnt in its entirety.
Blood pooled from his wounds as the Tsuchikage glared at both Yoru and Hiruzen.
He was already one foot in the grave.
"I'm surprised he is still alive…worthy of a Kage." Yoru thought before his face formed into a grimace as he thought about how the Tsuchikage was able to mount such a sneak attack.
"He sank his body further below in the ground and created a clone above his real body that would be visible to us…" It merely took a few moments for Yoru to understand how the Tsuchikage had been able to form the attack without him noticing. With him placing his real body right below his clone's, the two chakra signatures overlapped and since they were the same, Yoru hadn't been able to tell it was a clone.
Hiruzen grimaced as he looked at his now nonexistent right arm before he stood tall and looked at Onoki dispassionately. "Unfortunately for you, this injury is more of a temporary annoyance."
Onoki spat on the ground, blood flowing out of his mouth.
Suddenly, numerous figures in Anbu Masks appeared and surrounded Onoki.
Hiruzen sighed. "Give up Onoki. Further bloodshed is unnecessary. I just want to know how you came in possession of that information."
After looking around and seeing that his situation was grim, Onoki smiled at the Hokage, his heavily scarred face making his expression especially gruesome. "Earlier I told you that everything eventually comes full circle…" he chuckled to himself. "He founded Konoha, was kicked out of his own clan and village and now, he is back once more to take everything."
Hiruzen frowned. "Who?"
Onoki's grin widened "Madara."
Everyone's expression changed.
"That's impossible." Hiruzen stated as he glared at Onoki, though there was the slightest trace of doubt in his own statement.
"Whether you believe me or not doesn't matter." Onoki stated. Even he himself was doubtful that the Masked Man was who he claimed to be, however, he didn't mind using this information anyway. As long as the terror and prestige of Madara Uchiha shook Konoha, he would be happy even in death.
Hiruzen decided not to bother anymore and looked at the surrounding Anbu. "Capture him-"
"!"
"Move back!" Yoru Clone stated as he was the first to follow his instructions.
The other shinobi were not idle as their honed instincts detected the danger and jumped back as well, just as a large Dust Release cube formed in Onoki's hand.
"Onoki!" Hiruzen yelled as he looked at his adversary. "There's no need to continue this madness!"
"…You asked me what cost would I be willing to pay if it ensured that my will of Stone would continue." Onoki began as his Particle Cube expanded in size.
Hiruzen widened his eyes.
Onoki genuinely smiled. "If it is to pass on the Will of Stone to my village's progeny…"
I would bid my life
The Dust Release cube exponentially expanded in an instant, Onoki trapping himself inside the cube.
A pause.
Suddenly, the white sphere in the center of the cube expanded and encompassed everything inside the Dust Release cuboid in a brilliant light…
And then it ended.
The cube dissipated after its energy was spent and in its spot was…
Nothing.
Onoki had destroyed himself at a molecular level, leaving no trace of his existence.
"…Let's deal with the other pressing issue." Hiruzen stated with a sigh as he turned to look at the Four-Tailed beast that was fighting with a Gigantic Toad summon and an enormous Snake summon.
The Anbu around the area immediately dashed off to aid in the situation while Hiruzen looked at Yoru who was sitting on the ground in exhaustion. "I apologize if this is too much for you to handle, however, I would like to regain my arm if you don't mind."
"…That might be a bit problematic."
Hiruzen furrowed his brows. "How so?"
"For one, that earlier attack on the Tsuchikage took a lot out of me and two…" Yoru looked at Hiruzen apologetically. "I'm only a clone so I'm out of fumes."
Hiruzen blinked.
Suddenly, Yoru Clone 1 whipped his head towards a certain direction, but before he could do or say anything…
He puffed.
"…"
-Yoru: Gamer-
"So that was the plan huh." Yoru Clone 3 said not only in response to the memories he had received from Clone 1 but also from the answers he had gathered from his questioning.
Around him were about 5 pairs of arms that he had regrown and torn off from the Kumo nin that had touched Mito.
Speaking of.
"P-Please, that's all I-ARGH!"
The Kumo nin screamed as another pair of his arms were brutally torn from their sockets and tossed aside like garbage.
"If that's true, then your existence is now meaningless." Yoru stated as he pointed his index finger at the enemy, a ball of energy coalescing at its tip…
Storm Style-
"Wai-!"
Laser Finger!
It shot forward and pierced through the man's skull and exited out the other end.
He died.
"Now then." Yoru thought about the pairs of arms littering the ground. "I should give back to the environment."
With that thought, the ground underneath the ownerless arms shook before opening up and swallowing them whole.
"My work here is complete."
He puffed.
-Yoru: Gamer-
[Yoru POV]
"Congratulations! It's a boy!"
Were the words I heard in the background while I quickly sorted out the memories of my clones. For one thing, the way Clone 3 handled the Kumo nin conformed to my wishes and the information he had obtained was eye-opening. As for the information I had obtained from Clone 1…
"Madara…?" I thought to myself with furrowed brows. If he was talking about that Masked Man, then that was obviously bullshit. Forgetting about the information I already had about the Masked Man, wouldn't Madara be like 100 years old or something by this time? From the Masked man's hair color to his strength and his posture, it just didn't match up.
That being said, it wasn't impossible since the Impure World Reincarnation Technique was a thing, but I was skeptical nonetheless. If the Masked Man was truly Madara, he would have bitch slapped me even with my Sage Mode.
Then again, maybe he wasn't referring to the Masked Man, but I found that unlikely.
Disregarding those thoughts, I brought myself out of my reverie and looked around.
Around me was a vast field of white.
Floating all around in the air were both transparent and white cuboid structures.
Yes.
I was in my Personal Dimension or Pocket Dimension.
I highly doubted there was a place more secure in the world for Kushina to give birth without having to worry about the Fox rampaging everywhere.
"My cute little Naruto~" I heard Kushina say lovingly.
I decided that I had to ruin this happy moment as there was a rampaging giant monkey in the village. I walked close to them and simply stated, "I'm sorry, but there's an urgent situation that needs your attention."
Minato paused at that statement and looked at me. "Carry on."
"Wait just a moment." Biwako said in exasperation. "Can't whatever you have to say wait until after this family moment? Also, what even is this place? I was under the impression that we would be going to the designated area. Tossing me and my student in this random emptiness…"
Minato looked at her sheepishly. "I apologize Lady Biwako. It was due to Yoru's paranoia that I allowed him to bring us…" He paused. "Actually, where is here? I can't feel the existence of my Hiraishin markers…"
Everyone looked at me in interest for the answer.
"My pocket dimension, but that's not important."
I got the feeling that they wanted to retort, but I didn't let them.
So I continued. "Anyway, a Masked man who…" I paused for a moment. "…may or may not be Madara tried to kill me and enter the barrier while the 4-Tails is currently rampaging on the outskirts of the village. Three of the nine Kumo delegation shinobi tried to kidnap Mito but Kakashi took care of two while I-well my clone-killed and tortured the last one…for information of course."
Everyone: "…"
"Continuing on, the Third Tsuchikage fought with the Third Hokage during this time but was repelled soundly. He tried to escape to the sky but I learned how to fly five days ago and so my clone struck him with a bolt of lightning from the clouds. The Tsuchikage managed to mount a sneak attack that cut off Lord Hiruzen's arm, and then he killed himself with his own ninjutsu."
Everyone: "…"
"And then the remaining six Kumo Ninja from the delegation mounted a kidnapping operation on the Hyūga Clan as they tried to capture a young Hyūga Clan member. Hizashi Hyuga killed 4 and captured 1 while many clone killed the Kumo Head Ninja and retrieved the baby he had tried to escape with…she was very cute."
Awkward.
Silence.
Minato's expression shifted from rage to shock to confusion and a variety of other things while Kushina's expression-
"Oi." She said deeply, a shadow covering her face. "What was the first thing you said."
I blinked. "The Masked M-"
"About my baby girl."
Ohh.
"…Kumo tried to kidnap her-"
"I'LL KILL THEM!" She screamed in rage as she as her hair whipped around wildly in nine parts. A dense pressure of chakra descended upon the occupants in the room while baby Naruto simply yawned in Minato's hands and fell asleep.
"C-Calm down dear!" Minato stated as he carefully cradled the baby in his hands while looking at his wife worriedly.
Kushina took a deep breath before looking at me. "Where is she?"
"Kakashi has her and the Amenotokotachi marker I had on her told me that they were heading towards your safe house. They should be here by now." I replied.
She clenched her teeth in anger as numerous thoughts seemed to run through her mind before she smiled grimly, "Since they decided to give us the 4-Tails, I'll take it as my baby shower gift."
Ohh, she was pissed.
"Yoru! Take me and Naruto to the 4-Tails! Let's give him his very first birthday gift hehe."
Scratch that, she was livid.
I almost felt bad for Son.
Almost.
"But you just gave birth!" Minato stated worryingly. "Do you think it's a good idea to exert yourself in restraining it?"
"Even if the Ninetails was ripped out of my body, my stomach pierced through by its claw and I was on the verge of death, I would still be able to keep it at bay! Now let's go!"
That was an oddly specific scenario…
Minato twitched a smile and looked at me.
I nodded. "Gather around."
Biwako, Taji, Minato, Kushina, and baby Naruto were all huddled together. Seeing this, I approached them before placing a hand on Taji.
ID Escape!
Spacetime warped before we 6 found ourselves back outside where the battle between me and the Masked Man had taken place, the aftermath still visible.
Biwako widened her eyes. "Goodness…"
"The entire chamber has been destroyed." Taji observed with a tense expression before looking at me. "You did this?"
"I had to in order to kill the enemy." I stated. "Unfortunately, he was somehow able to cheat death…such a hacker."
Of course, I conveniently decided to ignore the fact that I could do the same once per day…
"For an enemy to push you so far…" Minato said gravely as he looked around. "Even worse, to think about what would have happened if we had decided to bring Kushina here…"
I could sense the growing tension within everyone at that morbid scenario.
I suddenly found myself within the pleasant embrace of a woman. "I cannot thank you enough for what you've done." Kushina said softly.
"That's unnecessary. I was merely-"
"Hush you."
"…"
After a moment, Kushina separated from me before looking to Minato with a serious gaze.
He looked back with a nod before holding her hand.
They then vanished.
"Do you two want an express lift back?" I asked the two women.
Biwako looked to the distance before shaking her head. "My apprentice and I will go help the wounded…there are no doubt many of them due to that situation."
I looked at Son who was fighting both a giant Toad and a Snake. "I see. Be safe."
"Likewise." Taji said with a smile.
With that, I took that as my cue to leave and located one of my Amenotokotachi markers throughout the village before I vanished to it. I appeared in some corner of the village and pulled out a kunai before engraving an Amenotokotachi marker on it with my chakra. Since that technique just switched the spatial positions of two target markers, I would have to create a new marker at a place I teleported to.
Mito would be safe with Kakashi inside Minato's bunker so I didn't worry much about her.
With that, I spread out my senses and felt for my Teacher's chakra signature.
"Good…" I thought as I sensed her near the safety bunker located under the Hokage Monument and made my way over there. If she had been fighting the Four-Tails, I would have just dragged her away. For the sake of her health and my sanity, I didn't want her to die because there were a lot of fucked up things I would do Iwa and Kumo in revenge.
ID Create was a frightening skill…
As my thoughts were completed, I arrived at the scene of my Teacher with her Anbu attire on guiding civilians inside the bunkers while also keeping a lookout.
"Yoru." She said without even looking at me, her eyes still scanning the surroundings. "Even though I could sense you from miles away, I feel more reassured that you are here."
"Likewise." I replied. "The situation?"
"Ohh you know…" she began as she sighed and looked at me. "Panic, confusion, screaming, and infighting. People are such a handful. What about you?"
I paused and thought about what to tell her. "…It's stabilizing."
"What happened?"
"Well…" I began. "Kumo tried to kidnap Mito and a Hyūga Clan member while the Tsuchikage fought the Third Hokage." I wasn't sure if I wanted to tell her about the Masked Man though…
She removed her mask and looked at me with a narrowed gaze. "Did you do something life risking."
"Not…necessarily." I mean, the consequences would have been much worse if I hadn't fought the Masked Man. Though I did get my heart ripped out of my body and I did die for a little while…Is this what they called women's intuition? Truly a frightening ability.
She stared at me a little while longer and put back her mask on with a hmph. "In any event…" she began as she rubbed my head. "I'm glad you are safe."
"Likewise."
-Yoru: Gamer-
[3rd Person POV]
In a flash, Minato appeared near the focal point of the battlefield, a sleeping baby in one hand and his wife holding the other. With a quick visual scan, he noticed the Sannin were helping to slow down the Four-Tails with Gamabunta and Orochimaru's summon taking the lead.
Minato looked at the massive destruction caused by the rampaging beast. Houses were destroyed while the corpses of shinobi and civilians unfortunate enough to have been located right beside the Four-Tails when it had been summoned, littered the ground. Those that were fortunate enough to be alive were being tended to by Tsunade's slug summon as they groaned in agony.
It was a scene from hell.
"And if I hadn't brought back all on-duty shinobi this situation…"
He could only imagine how much worse it could have been.
"…Minato." Kushina said softly as she caressed his cheek and turned his face toward her.
The Fourth Hokage closed his eyes and leaned into her touch before opening them with a smile. "Let's go."
Kushina nodded.
With that, Minato walked closer to the Four-Tails and narrowed his eyes as he looked into those of the beast. "The sharingan? Can it really control a tailed beast? Did Yoru actually fight Madara? Maybe a descendant?" Were the thoughts running through his mind, but he shelved those for later.
There were more important things to focus on.
Jiraiya suddenly slammed into the earth, his feet dragging his body back across the ground for a few meters. He halted to a stop and took a breath before his hand coming up to wipe a few strands of blood that had stained his lips.
"Sensei, how is the situation?"
Jiraiya perked up at the sound and turned to face Minato with a sigh. "It's not the best, but it could have been much worse."
"An understatement." Orochimaru stated as his body landed on the ground.
"And if I wasn't here, the casualties would have been much more severe." Tsunade stated as she walked over. "What do you plan to do?"
Minato sharpened his gaze. "We'll seal it away."
"In wh-" Jiraiya paused his questioning as looked at the bundle in Minato's hand and blinked. "Is that…?"
"I suppose congratulations are in order." Hiruzen's voice sounded out as his body dropped down from above.
Tsunade's eyes widened, "Sensei your arm…!"
"We can talk about that later." He began before he strained a smile. "Though I would appreciate your help on the matter." He asked.
Tsunade nodded used Mystical Healing to regrow Hiruzen's arm.
Jiraiya looked at Minato. "Are you sure?"
"We are." Kushina was the one to reply as her gaze constricted. "Can you believe Kumo tried to steal my baby girl?!"
The atmosphere coagulated.
It wasn't a secret among the people here that Kumo had tried to do something like this before with Kushina and now they had attempted it again.
"It seems like there is a lot we will have to talk about later." Hiruzen stated as he flexed his new arm before his gaze turned upwards towards the Four-Tails, "But first…"
Minato nodded. "Dispel your summons. Kushina will be able to handle it from here."
Jiraiya and Orochimaru looked at each other and nodded before Tsunade suddenly asked with an odd look. "Didn't you just give birth?"
Kushina raised a brow "Yeah so?"
"…"
Jiraiya chuckled before he looked to the tangling behemoths. "Gamabunta! We can handle it from here!"
"It's about damn time!" The giant toad yelled as it leaped away from Son Goku with bated breaths. "I wouldn't have been able to keep up for much longer."
"Likewise Manda." Orochimaru said. "Your presence is no longer required."
"Tsk. At least you didn't summon me for something stupid." The giant snake said as it uncoiled from Son and put some distance between it and the Bijuu before glaring at Orochimaru. "Just remember my 100 human sacrifices!"
"10. Now shoo."
"You…!"
Suddenly, the Four-Tails roared as a dense amount of chakra started to gather above his mouth, the pressure of which caused the area to tremble.
Hiruzen acted instantaneously.
With his staff in hand, he dashed towards the Four-Tails and stopped right underneath its chin before he pointed his staff upwards.
"Extend!"
Along with his words, the staff shot upwards at high speeds and slammed into Son's chin. The resulting impact caused the Bijuu's head to snap up as it released its Tailed Beast Bomb into the sky.
It detonated brilliantly, the attack lightning up the night sky for miles to come.
Minato yelled "Kushina!"
"I got it ya know!" Immediately after those words, thick and dense chakra chains erupted from Kushina's back and wrapped around Son Goku. Their natural ability to restrain chakra functioned enormously against the giant ape as his struggles against them proved fruitless.
"…About my sacrifices-"
"If you don't leave this instant, I'll tie you up, cut you into pieces, and have snake ramen every day for a year!" Kushina yelled as her eyes glinted towards the snake.
Manda froze before with a tsk, he puffed and vanished.
"Hehe Minato, you really know how to pick your mate." Gamabunta snickered before it puffed as well.
Said blonde individual twitched a smile.
"I'll keep Katsuyu here so that she can help with healing our injured soldiers." Tsunade stated.
Minato nodded and with a limpid gaze looked at Son who was becoming exhausted from its energy being sealed.
Puff
As the smoke cleared, a ceremonial altar, which Minato had summoned, appeared in view of everyone. With that, he placed his son on it and smiled at his adorable face. Minato placed his hand on his son's stomach and channeled his chakra before the Eight Trigrams Seal's formula appeared on him.
His gaze turned to stone as he looked at the Four-Tails.
Minato arrived in front of the Four-Tails and flipped through a few handseals before be placed his hand on it. Immediately after, dense and numerous lines of Fuuinjutsu script covered Son's body, but it could only give out a weak roar in protest as its chakra was being sealed.
With that, everything was complete.
Quickly, chakra visually emerged from the Four-Tail's body and flowed towards the ceremonial altar where Naruto was located. It then sank into the Eight Trigrams Seal on the baby's stomach. The Four tails began to visibly decrease in size until finally, its chakra was completely siphoned and the last traces of the beast went into Naruto.
Hiruzen sighed. "Thankfully we managed to make it through this."
Minato nodded and turned towards his child before looking back at Hiruzen. "But now we have to deal with the aftermath."
{-Yoru: Gamer-}
[Unknown Location]
Space suddenly distorted in a spiraling fashion before Obito Uchiha's form appeared inside his hidden abode.
"Yoru…" he thought as he removed his mask and tossed it to the side, his hand covering his now useless left eye. "I thought I had been strong enough and I actually was, but then you pulled that crap…" he grimaced. "You are such bullshit."
He staggered and used his free hand to support himself on the wall before he regained some control of his body.
"The plan failed…even after we were able to manipulate Iwa and Kumo into joining." Black Zetsu stated as he popped up from the ground and stared at Obito.
"They knew we were coming." Obito said gravely. "Kushina wasn't at the location she should have been while giving birth."
Black Zetsu widened his eyes. "How is that possible?! No one should have known about your existence let alone about our plan."
Eyes narrowed, Obito shook his head. "I have no idea but one thing is for certain…" He said as she slid down the wall until his but touched the floor. "Yoru is not to be underestimated."
"You lost an eye." Zetsu noted.
Obito grimaced. "I was forced to use Izanagi."
The half-plant like monster narrowed his eyes. "His clone was powerful enough to defeat the Tsuchikage. It's no wonder his true self beat you."
"It doesn't matter, I have a few spares." Obito stated as he righted himself up. "It's not unusual for a couple of Uchiha to go missing during dangerous missions. Besides…" Obito narrowed his eyes as he stared at the ceiling. "At some point in the future…I will re-acquire what belongs to me."
Black Zetsu looked at Obito sharply. "You mean…!"
Obito looked at the black creature before shaking his head. "…That was my past. I won't try to reclaim it for my future."
"Then how do you plan on getting it back?"
"I won't take back what I have given away, however…" Obito looked down at his fists before he clenched them. "I can regrow what I've lost."
It took a moment.
Then, Black Zetsu's eyes magnified.
"Did you truly believe you could keep this information from me indefinitely?" Obito asked as his gleaming eye bore through Black Zetsu.
Black Zetsu didn't respond for a moment. "…Finding and getting ahold of the right Konoha medic-nin will be difficult. They are no doubt highly on edge and have increase security especially at their hospitals. That's not to mention that they have a kill switch, so forcing them won't work."
"But you can circumvent that can't you?" Obito asked, though it was more of a statement than a question.
"…"
He said nothing.
"Regardless, it doesn't matter for now." Obito said, shaking his head. "I was simply thinking about the near future."
There was a silent pause.
"Any news on the Three-Tail's location?"
"…Not since its previous host-"
Obito's eyeballs turned towards the black creature and bore into it.
"-Rin died. This situation is eerily similar to when the Four-Tails left the grid."
"…Until it magically showed up a few days back." Obito concluded. "So you're saying that Yoru is responsible? And that he is keeping it someplace else?"
"That would be the most logical conclusion. He was there with Rin and took her away with his strange spacetime technique." Zetsu replied. There was no way in the Shinigami's Stomach that he would tell Obito that the Three-Tails was actually sealed inside his girlfriend who happened to be alive and was living pretty nicely.
He was also not going to explain that in order for Obito to complete Madara's goal, he would have to capture and then slowly and painfully extract the Bijuu from Rin's body and watch as the light left her eyes before she turned into nothing more than an empty husk.
Black Zetsu didn't think saying such things would be good for his health.
He would just have to cross that bridge when he got there.
"I see." Obito stated before he stood up. "Then my next course of action is set." He walked further into the hall as darkness covered his frame. "You will become an obstacle to my plans and as such…"
His sharingan gleamed.
"You need to be removed."
His body sunk into the shadows.
Author's Note: 100 Brownie points to those who answered 'Escanor' to last week's question or at least made some reference related to him. (PRAISE THE SUN!)
Why am I getting reviews saying that Yoru should have just told the Masked Man that Rin was alive? Yoru's is like 90% OC and only 10% SI mind you, so even if he knows that the Masked Man is Obito, he's not going to instantly figure out why or what caused him to change so much. Furthermore, Sage Mode Yoru doesn't actually care and he was the one fighting the Masked Man the entire time.
The only reason Onoki was even hit by Yoru's attack was because he underestimated Yoru and tried to tank it instead of continuing to flee.
nekoboy13: They were standing on hot lava caused by Yoru's attack which they both tanked. It would be Plot Induced Stupidity if I made them unable to survive hot lava when they could survive an attack with much more energy. Also, people massively overestimate the amount of energy that is contained within the heat of hot lava. It is nowhere near the amount of energy it would take to say, destroy a mountain, something which Kage level shinobi are capable of.
GodOfPixies: Remember that Yoru lost access to his Gamer prompts as noted in chapter 24. Therefore, he couldn't have gotten a prompt either way. I hope this also answers your question, Arya970
UltimateGohanssj10: Who said Obito only had one sharingan?
Magnussen osbourne: He won't be bringing anyone to the first universe he visits, but he will eventually be coming back.
kaiokenkaizer: The reason Yoru didn't use a kunai to the head = Instakill method was that he wasn't sure how many times Obito could cheat death. As a result, he came up with the plan of tagging Obito with the Rasengan and (while I don't think I explained this part in the last chapter) he then implanted his Amenotokotachi mark on Obito. With that, even if Obito could cheat death, Yoru would be able to find him anytime.
coldblue2015: (1) I suppose this chapter sort of answered that question. Sorry if it wasn't what you were expecting lol. (2) I really don't think I'm gonna do the 'MC gets sharingan through bloodline implant' route. I dunno, it almost feels overdone. (3) Yes, she can. Levia has basically all the Kekkei Genkai Yoru received in his blood. (4) You're basically right. Obito and Zetsu manipulated Iwa and Kumo into attacking Konoha together while Iwa and Kumo did so with their own goals in mind. I have a little more detail on that for the next chapter.
Damien NightFall: Retaliate against Kumo? Haha, next chapter you will not be disappointed…I hope.