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The Shinobi Knight
Chapter29: The Longest Day Part 2
Land of Lightning: Kumo Southern Gates
"Futon: Tenbatsu!" Fu exclaimed as her six swords disconnected from her back and quickly shot towards Madara. The blades then started to spin around him, creating a gust of wind that grew stronger as the blades started to spin faster.
'Impressive wind jutsu,' Madara thought as he felt dozens of wind blades slash at him only to pass right through his body every time. 'She's trying to keep me pinned until I run out of time and I'm forced to end my jutsu. As expected from one of the Rikudō-Sennin's knights, but sadly that won't work against someone of my calibre.'
"Byakugan,"Yami whispered as his eyes turned white and the veins around them bulged. 'Let's see you get out of this one, you bastard.'
"Impressive," Madara chuckled as the wind slashed at him. "But futile nonetheless...I will retrieve the Biju and accomplish my Moons Eyes Plan despite your interference."
"We'll see about that," Yami said back.
"W-why? Why are you here?" a weakened voice asked from behind them and Yami looked back. "Why did you save me?" Yugito asked in a strained tone as she sat with her back against a broken tree.
"Don't misunderstand," Yami sneered and turned his attention back to the caged Madara. "I wasn't saving you...I was merely denying Madara access to the Nibi. He already has more than enough of the Biju under his control; I didn't want him gaining another."
"I see," Yugito breathed and nodded in understanding. Of course, Yami was Naruto's darkness given form and so he would only be able to feel negative emotions like anger and hatred. Compassion would have been beyond his grasp and so would companionship since he seemed to consider his partner, Fu a mere tool at best.
"Onmyoton: Izanagi,"Madara whispered and suddenly vanished from the wind prison Fu had created.
'How did he do that?' Yami thought as he narrowed his eyes with his Byakugan active.
"Jikūkan Idō,"Madara spoke quietly as he appeared behind Fu with and his mask spun in a swirl of time and space.
"Watch out!" Yami called out but it was already too late. Fu turned only to be pulled into the spiralling vortex and then spat back out in human form with her sword clattering to the ground beside her.
"One down," Madara commented. "To force me to use Izanagi is a surprise but I shouldn't have expected anything less from one of his knights."
"Why don't you just die?" Yami asked with a glare.
"Why do you still live?" Madara mocked. "Only I can live forever."
"Forever just got a hell of a lot shorter," Yami shot back as his eyes shifted into the atom-shaped Mangekyo Sharingan. "Amaterasu," black flames exploded from his eyes and covered Madara.
"Jikūkan Idō!"Madara exclaimed as he created a spiralling vortex of space and time around his body. The flames were sucked in and vanished from the world in an instant.
"Tsukuyomi,"Yami whispered and locked eyes with the masked man.
"Are we really going to play this little game?" Madara asked mockingly as he shrugged off the powerful Genjutsu.
'What the fuck does it take to kill this guy?' Yami thought in anger. 'No matter what I try he just shrugs it off.'
"Shall we play some more?" Madara laughed.
Land of Lightning: Kumo Main Plaza
"Come here you overgrown slug!" E roared like a man possessed as he jumped at the massive Rokubi no Namekuji that was flattening his village without remorse. "Jigokuzuki!" he exclaimed as he compressed his lightning element at his fingertips and struck forward.
The Rokubi gave a yelp of pain as the attack struck and tore into its side but its wale unleashed a powerful shockwave that blew E back and sent him crashing into a half-destroyed building. E shook himself after he recovered and sent a glare at the lumbering tailed beast in front of him. His father had stood before the Hachibi when it was released and had won, albeit with an injury that would not disappear. Now he stood before the Rokubi as it rampaged and he knew that he couldn't win. He was not his father and would never be as strong as him but he wouldn't let this demon continue to destroy his home, his village, or his people like they were nothing.
With another roar he lunged as the beast and delivered a devastating punch to its face, causing it to real back and roar in pain and anger. Not letting up the Yondaime Raikage battered the Rokubi again and again until with one final blow they both fell down the side of the mountain with two echoing thuds.
He'd sparred with his brother before while the latter had fully transformed into the Hachibi but they had never really tried to kill each other. Now, looking up at the Rokubi as it recovered he couldn't help but wonder if his brother had ever held back against him at all. He released a hollow laugh as he rose to his feet, still encased in his lightning armour and punched his fist into his hand.
Suddenly the Rokubi started to gather red and blue chakra spheres at its mouth causing E's eyes to widen at the sight. "Bijudama!" the Rokubi bellowed as the sphere exploded forward in a blast of light, wiping out everything in its path.
'If I move that blast will destroy the village,' E thought and closed his eyes, directing as much of his chakra to his lightning armour as he could even as the blast washed over him.
The blast died down a few moments later...
"Tsūtenkyaku!" a female voice echoed as a figure blurred into existence above the Rokubi. The kick struck the beast's head and knocked it down to the ground as Tsunade landed next to the Raikage's motionless body. "You can't die that easily," she said as she turned him over and channelled chakra to her hands in order to heal him.
"That was painful," E grunted as Tsunade quickly healed the damage he had sustained.
"Darui is on his way with the Kohaku no Jōhei," Tsunade told him. "We just have to hold this thing off until they get here and then we can seal it."
"That pot has never held more than two Biju before," E said as he rose to his feet once again. "Once we seal it we will need to move it to the Jinchuuriki Sanctum at the Falls of Truth on the island before they break free of the pot."
"Then it's about time you prove that you really are the fastest man alive," Tsunade said with a smirk.
"Let's do this," E grinned back and the two jumped at the Rokubi.
"There they are!" Karui shouted as she pointed down the mountain where they could clearly see the Rokubi flattening everything around it along with two blurs that kept striking the massive demon slug. "Raikage-sama! We're here!" she called out as they dropped down into the battlefield.
"Prepare the Kohaku no Jōhei for the sealing!" E yelled back as he jumped up above the demon slug and formed a spear of lightning in his hands. "Fūinjutsu: Raimu!" he exclaimed as struck down, impaling the lighting spear through the Rokubi's head. Moments later the Rokubi was sucked into the open pot and just after the last of it was in, Darui quickly sealed it.
"That was cool," Samui commented as E and Tsunade dropped down in front of them.
"I'll take that," E said as he picked up the pot and hefted it onto his back. Without a word he dashed away at full speed away from the village towards the direction of the ocean where the turtle island slumbered.
"Where's Raikage-sama going?" Omoi asked.
"He's taking the Kohaku no Jōhei to the Falls of Truth before the seal fails and the demons break free," Tsunade answered. "How goes the battle?"
"Most of the enemy army has been killed and the rest are fleeing back to whatever rock they crawled out from," Samui replied in a business tone.
"What about Naruto and Yugito?" Tsunade asked.
"Most likely they are still in battle with the enemy."
Land of Lightning: Kumo Southern Gates
"Is this the best you can do, little shadow?" Madara asked mockingly.
"Shut up," Yami growled as a purple spiritual yamabushi formed over his body. "Susanoo!" he exclaimed and loaded an arrow into the spirit bow.
"That won't work against me," Madara chuckled as the arrow fired and passed right through him.
'Nothing I do hurts this guy,' Yami thought as he glared. 'Even Susanoo's arrows aren't good enough to hit him and Genjutsu are useless against this bastard. I doubt even Crusader or the Kyuubi will be able to leave any kind of lasting damage.'
"Uzumaki Yami...the shadow of Uzumaki Naruto...I should have killed you both the day you were born. It would have saved me the trouble," Madara sneered. "You are unimportant to my Moons Eye Plan...the one I want is the real Kyuubi Jinchuuriki."
"You're not getting him!" Yugito shouted out as she rose to her feet once more. Madara snapped his head towards her and Yami looked over his shoulder to see the blond girl glaring defiantly at the undying Uchiha.
"I see you still have some fight in you," Madara commented. "Very well...face me and surrender the Nibi."
"That's not going to happen," Yugito declared as she formed a hand-seal and released a powerful burst of chakra. "Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei!"
"What?" Madara snapped in surprise as three coffins appeared in bursts of smoke beside the Nibi Jinchuuriki.
'Impossible...that jutsu...she couldn't have...' Yami stared at the sight completely numb as the coffins opened one by one.
"W-where am I?" a female voice called out from the smoke. A second later a single figure stepped out of coffin to Yugito's right. "What happened?" it was a woman with long red hair and violet eyes.
"Y-you're-" Yami stammered as he stared with wide eyes.
"Naruto? Is that you?" the redheaded woman asked surprised.
"Mom..." Yami trailed off as his fists shook at his side.
"This jutsu...Edo Tensei...the Nidaime Hokage's Kinjutsu...the jutsu that can revive the dead and use them in battle," Madara spoke in a hollow voice. "I should have expected it from the Jinchuuriki of the Nibi, the Queen of the Dead."
"Never count me out," Yugito smirked back. "Cats have nine lives."
"Well this is interesting," spoke a deep voice from the second (center) coffin. A moment later a tall and big dark-skinned man wearing a Kumo hitai stepped out with the kanji for lightning tattooed on his right shoulder along with a scar on the right side of his chest. "So this jutsu is some kind of resurrection jutsu created by the Nidaime Hokage, huh? It feels strange," he commented and looked over his shoulder at Yugito. "Are you the one who summoned us? The Nibi Jinchuuriki...so we've finally got our hands on Konoha's Forbidden Scroll."
"Yes sir," Yugito nodded.
"Yugito-san," a familiar fifteen year old redhead spoke from the third and final coffin. "I died alone when the Akatsuki ripped Shukaku from me...I seem to have you to thank for bringing me back to face the one behind them."
"It's good to see you too," Yugito smiled back. "But unfortunately I didn't summon you all to catch up on old times."
"I'd imagine," the redheaded woman spoke. "Well? What are we waiting for? Let's kick some ass already!"
"Uzumaki Kushina, the Nidaime Kyuubi Jinchuuriki," Madara glared. "Yotsuki Rikiya, the Sandaime Raikage and Sabaku no Gaara, the Godaime Kazekage."
"Yami!" Yugito shouted out. "You don't like me and I sure as hell don't like you but neither of us can defeat Madara alone. Are you with me or not?"
"...Damn it," Yami growled out and his formed exploded into that of a crimson chakra fox with nine tails and white bones overlapping him. "Alright I'm with you...but only until this bastard is dead...once that's done our alliance is over."
"Fine by me," Yugito smirked darkly. 'Nibi!'
"Right here kitten!" the Nibi yelled back as purple chakra flooded her system.
"I'm taking you down right here Uchiha Madara!" Yugito roared as her body was ripped apart and was encased in a dense and foul chakra that took the shape of a human-sized cat with two purple tails.
"Our opponent is Uchiha Madara? I thought he was dead," the Sandaime Raikage commented. "He will be soon enough."
"You..." Kushina snarled as her hair started to flare and her chakra started to spin around her. "You masked bastard...because of you the Kyuubi was released...because of you Minato-kun was forced to seal it in our son...and because of you both Minato-kun and I weren't there for our child...I won't forgive you."
"Yugito-san...after this is over I wish to speak with you about the fate of my siblings and my village," Gaara spoke.
"Sure," Yugito nodded. "Let's go!"
'This is not turning out like I had hoped,' Madara thought as Rikiya punched through him. 'I should retreat for now and—ack,' he grunted as Yami landed a solid punch to his face-mask. 'I've already used up most of my time with Jikūkan Idō!' worry flooded him for the first time in nearly a century.
"Chakura Kusari!" Kushina exclaimed as chains of chakra shot out of her back and flew at the undying Uchiha.
'This is bad,' Madara thought as he dodged the numerous chakra chains sent at him and tried to jump into the trees.
"Rendan: Suna Shigure," Gaara spoke clearly as his sand shot up from the ground and then bombarded the forest like rain.
'It looks like I have no choice,' Madara thought as he evaded the massive assault.
Almost immediately Rikiya was on top of him again and struck with a fist across the face, smashing the right side of his mask. "This ends here!" yelled the Sandaime Raikage as he launched himself at the seemingly beaten Madara.
"Kuchiyose: Gedo Mazo," Madara whispered as he recovered and slammed his hand down on the ground. A second later saw an explosion of smoke and the summoning of a massive demonic statue with only one of its nine eyes open.
"What the hell is that?" Rikiya yelled with a glare as he backed away.
"That statue...it's where they sealed the Ichibi when they took Shukaku from me," Gaara replied. "Ready yourselves because the real battle has just begun."
"Just one tail's worth of chakra? This'll be easy," Kushina grinned as crimson chakra exploded from her body. The chakra expanded until she took on the form of the fully sized Kyuubi no Yoko almost twice the size of the statue itself.
'She can still use the Kyuubi's chakra despite not having the beast within her?' Madara thought in surprise. 'She may not have its chakra core anymore but clearly she is still at the very least a pseudo-Jinchuuriki...and that means that the Kazekage must be the same.'
"I will fight with you," Gaara said as sand exploded from his feet. A moment later the sand rushed up and took the shape of a fully sized Shukaku.
'Edo Tensei Jinchuuriki must still have some of their Biju's chakra in their system like that Sora guy from the Fire Temple,' Yami mused as he unleashed his Biju's full chakra as well, shaping it into the form of the Kyuubi no Yoko, albeit one that was only half the size of one Kushina had transformed into.
'Uzumaki Yami...he's just a shadow and yet he's able to use the Kyuubi's chakra just like the Kyuubi's real Jinchuuriki. Though it looks like it's less powerful,' Madara thought as he stood atop Gedo Mazo's head.
"Don't leave me out," Yugito spoke as she too took on the Nibi's true form in a torrent of purple flames. "Let's finish this once and for all."
Author's Notes:
As you can see Madara won't be going down easy and I bet none of you thought I'd actually have Yugito pull off Edo Tensei, huh? Anyway E and Tsunade just beat the Rokubi (Saiken) and E rushed off with the pot to the temple at the Waterfall of Truth in order to secure the three captured Biju. Kumo has been decimated, Kirabi has been defeated, Haku is exhausted, Naruto is currently MIA and Yugito has been forced to team up with Yami and resurrect Uzumaki Kushina and two Kages (one of which is another Jinchuuriki).
As for the resurrected demon forms, I am aware that in canon Tobi was only able to transform them by resealing the Biju within their Jinchuuriki and controlling their transformations with his new Rinnegan. However judging by the fact that the Silver and Gold brothers were still able to transform into human-sized versions of the Kyuubi despite only being Pseudo-Jinchuuriki it stands to reason that a full Jinchuuriki like Kushina and Gaara should still be able to transform with only the lingering chakra from their Biju within them even without the Biju inside them.
Otherwise Kabuto wouldn't have resurrected the six Jinchuuriki in the first place because there was no way he could have known that Madara (Tobi) could reseal the Biju within the deceased Jinchuuriki and control their transformations with just Doujutsu. Unless I'm missing something...
Translation
Amaterasu = Illuminating Heaven
TsukuyomiMoon Reader
Susanoo = He with the ability to help by all means
Bijudama = Tailed Beast Ball
Arashi Fūin = Storm Seal
Fūinjutsu: Raimu = Sealing Technique: Lightning Spear
Hijutsu: Mushidama = Secret Technique: Insect Sphere
Kotoamatsukami = Distinguished Heavenly Gods
Kohaku no Jōhei = Amber Purifying Pot
Futon: Tenbatsu = Wind Release: Divine Punishment
Onmyoton: Izanagi = Yin-Yang Release: Izanagi
Jikūkan Idō = Space-Time Migration
Chakura Kusari = Chakra Chains
Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei = Summoning: Impure World Resurrection
Tsūtenkyaku = Heavenly Foot of Pain
Rendan: Suna Shigure = Successive Shots: Sand Drizzle
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