Team Seven
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto; however I do own Akemi, Yukiko, Zero, Rukia and Sayuri. And the Shīringu is mine and mine alone!
Summary: "When I died and came into the Naruto universe, I didn't think that I would be able to change much. I also thought that if I told anyone that they wouldn't believe me and I definitely didn't think that I could get a Kekkei Genkai either. But I was wrong on all accounts and I could not be happier." SEQUEL!
Save Obito: 8
Let Obito die: 8
I actually didn't think the decision would be this split. However, if a decision cannot be made, I will have to decide which ending to go for. I won't say what I may go for as that would spoil it, but I'll say this. After reading some of your reviews, I've changed my mind on what I thought Obito's future would be.
FandomLover: I will be doing Hinata and Naruto's wedding, and it would be funny to see other scrambling for presents! I already have an idea for what Akemi's wedding present to them will be! However, I don't think Akemi would want a double wedding, she'd want it to be Naruto and Hinata's day, and she'd kill Sasuke if he dared propose at their wedding – it is a funny thought though.
Enjoy!
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
The Jūbi roared once more, its banshee like scream causing many people to cover their ears. The Jūbi tries to free itself from the torii that Hashirama had placed on all its tails, attempting to escape from its confinement, but it was useless. The sheer power of Hashirama's attack stops it in its tracks. Even if the torii were to cave in, the Hokage's barrier wouldn't hold strong against the unfocused power of the Jūbi. Seeing that it couldn't swing its tails, the Jūbi opened its mouth, and a large ball was there. The ball opened into what looked like a large five petal flower. It fired up a Beast Ball and aimed it at the barrier, and even that failed. The power of the Beast ball was massive, but the attack moved upwards into the sky and the barrier expanded, but never broke.
Kiba sighs in relief, "It held up."
Shikamaru was looking at the barrier in slight awe, "What an amazing barrier to be able to keep that thing in."
Ino looks at the barrier, trying to see past the cloud of smoke from the attack, "But where's the Jūbi?"
Looking away from the massive show of power, I turn my head to Ino. Seeing the younger Yamanaka, it reminded me of what was to come. The Base where Shikaku and Inoichi presided would be attacked and the two Clan Leaders would die. Due to the fact I'd been preoccupied with Obito and now Madara, I had nearly forgotten this little fact.
Jumping over to Ino, I land next to her, "Ino, I need you to get in contact with your father, can you do that?" I ask, getting straight to the point.
Ino looks at me, "Of course I can, what do you need me to say?" She asks, her light blue eyes staring back at me.
"Tell your father and everyone else to evacuate immediately. An attack will sent to the base." I say, my voice stern and strong. I wasn't leaving any room for argument, but I was concerned about Ino asking how I knew this. The attack had been launched on the Base in the anime due to fact Madara noticed that we were all lead perfectly and he wanted to disrupt that.
However, I didn't need to worry about that at all, "You can count on me." Ino says, flashing a smile at me.
I sigh in relief, "Thank goodness."
Ino went to make the hand seal, but then she stops and looks at me. "Akemi, are you psychic?" Ino asks suddenly.
I look at her, "Huh?"
Smiling sheepishly, Ino explains, "You've always just seem to know what's going to happen. Even back in the Academy, you had this air of confidence around you. Things that would shock anyone else, didn't even faze you. Even Shikamaru trusts your word completely." Ino's voice became soft and low, making sure no one else could overhear us.
"When this is all over, I'll tell you the truth, but I'm not psychic." I tell Ino, a gentle expression on my face.
Ino seemed to take notice that I said 'when' and not 'if'. "I'll hold you to it as well." Ino replies before concentrating, getting in contact with her father. She closes her eyes, makes a Tiger hand sign, and veins begins protruding from her forehead.
With that sorted, I immediately jump back over to Haku, "Onii-chan, there is something I need you to do." I immediately say when I got close enough to him.
Haku looks to me, "Anything." He says, his voice serious.
"Keep him safe." I say, discreetly looking at Neji. His death in this war had saddened me so much. To see him die now, when I could prevent it would have been even worse. In my eyes, Neji has grown the most. He was an ass when I first met him – and Naruto would agree with me there – but now I considered him a friend.
Haku turns his head discreetly and see who I am referring to. "He's meant to die, isn't he?" Haku asks in a hushed voice.
Nodding my head, I frown.
"You can count on me, Imouto." Haku says, giving me a smile.
"And remember to look after yourself." I tell him, my motherly side coming out again. It was something that I couldn't help doing. I knew that Haku was powerful enough to look after himself, I and trusted him dearly.
Haku laughs, "Only if you do too."
We both grin at one another, before I move on once more. This time, I jump near Naruto and Sasuke, shocked that they were still in the same place as last time. I thought they'd be all ready to attack the Jūbi, so I was shocked to see them still standing there.
"You waited for me?" I ask, a grin on my face.
Naruto returns it with an even larger grin, "Of course, we're a team." Naruto says, his voice sincere.
Sasuke looks to me, "We started this together, and we're going to finish this together."
Smiling, I grab both their hands and we wait, watching the barrier with focused eyes.
Hashirama makes four Wood Clones and spreads them around, with the clones being able to open the barrier, the Allied Shinobi Forces would enter the barrier from all angles. "Now!" Hashirama yells out, making an opening in the barrier. It was small enough for all of us to fit into it, but not enough for the Jūbi to escape.
With that cue, all the Allied Shinobi Forces charged, each letting out battle cries.
The Jūbi roared once more, but Hashirama wasn't done. "It's not over yet! Senpō: Myōjinmon!" As he finished this, a massive red torii fell from the sky and landed on the Jūbi's head, trapping it. Also, stopping it from attacking any of the Allied Shinobi Forces.
As well charged towards the Jūbi, bubbles began to from on its skin. The bubbles grew larger and soon fell off from the skin. It was a Fission Technique that allowed the Jūbi to make its own little army while it was trapped, it was a defensive layer while also an offensive layer. The creatures were all different shapes and sizes and all had different features. Some had horns on their head, some had blades for hands, some were very large and some had protruding spikes on their backs.
Seeing these Fission creatures, a few Shinobi stumbled and looked at the creatures with horror on their faces.
"Don't waver!" Naruto yells out.
Naruto, Sasuke and I were at the front of the Allied Shinobi Forces, with everyone else just behind us. Within seconds, we made contact with the Fission beings. Grabbing my Sais, I began slashing right and left. Naruto was using this kunai and Sasuke was using his sword to stab his way through. The goal was to get to the main body of the Jūbi, and the only way to do that was to cut down the Fission beings were they stood. In the corner of my eye, I see Tsunade punch the ground and demolish the ground below her, along with the Fission beings that surrounded her. I also see Jiraiya in his Sage Mode, fighting alongside Tsunade. I see Gaara, Kankuro and Temari all fighting alongside one another. Everyone was working together. Kushina, Mikoto and Fugaku were also fighting together and were mowing down the creatures with ease. Haku, Itachi and Shisui seemed to be doing the same, both Uchiha with their Susano'o.
A large Fission being appears in front of me. I look up at it and grin, I let my Tenshi no Chakra cover me completely. I open my hands and allow a white ball made of flames appears in my hand. I thrust my hand forward into the creature's stomach. The white flames engulf the creature, as it lets out a shriek before disintegrating into dust.
I look at my hand, still covered in green chakra and grin to myself, "Tenshi no Honō," I mutter lowly, I had just made a new jutsu.
Turning my head, I see Naruto and Sasuke each fighting off their own Fission being. "Wind Style: Rasen Shuriken!" Naruto yells out, and flings his attack. His attack hits, and killed the creature instantly.
At the same time, Sasuke let go of his attack. "Inferno Style: Flame Control!" Sasuke threw black flames at the Fission being, which was engulfed in flames and burnt to a crisp. Even after the creature was dead, the black flames didn't disappear.
Sasuke and Naruto both jump over to me. We ended up forming a circle, our backs resting on one another. "Nice work boys." I say with a smirk, looking around to see if any creatures were coming at us.
"We could say the same, where did you get that attack?" Naruto asks, a grin on his face.
I shrug, "Just now." I don't know what had happened. I had gathered the white chakra into my hands instinctively and threw the attack before I even realised it. Maybe it had something to do with the fact Sayuri gave me some of her chakra.
"Just don't drag us down," Sasuke says in a mocking voice, but there was no harshness to his words.
"I think that should be mine and Naruto's line, your attack took longer to kill the creature." I mockingly say back to him.
Sasuke scoffs, but smirks in amusement.
As we stood together, I couldn't help but notice the Fission creatures, they weren't going down. No matter how many others cut down, more would come back in its place. "We need to get to its main body, and quickly." I say, watching everyone fight.
Sasuke nods his head, "Ah."
Naruto's eyes lit up, "What if we could make it in one big leap? If we each has something big enough to mow then down and slip past them." He asks, a grin forming on his face.
I open my mouth to speak and then shut it. It would be a good idea, I had a summoning that I hadn't been able to use since the three year split. This particular summoning needed a lot of space, and this seemed like the perfect time to use it. However, I know that Naruto has a large summoning, Gamakichi. But Sasuke never went to Orochimaru and didn't have Aoda.
However, Sasuke nods his head, "Mow down and slip past? Sounds easy." As he said this, he bit the end of his thumb, allowing it to bleed.
This surprised me, but I go along anyway, "Let's do this." I say, biting the end of my thumb.
Naruto, Sasuke and I kneel down on the ground, pressing our open palm on the ground along with our bloodied thumb. "Summoning Jutsu!" All three of us yell together.
A huge cloud of smoke covered the area, but it soon disappeared. Looking around, I see that Naruto was standing on Gamakichi's head. I then look to Sasuke and see a massive hawk. My eyes widen when I see it. It was huge, it had large purple feathers and a white feathered head. It had a long black break and large green eyes. I smile though, hawks really did suit Sasuke better than snakes. I look at my own summoning. It was a gigantic monkey, the same size of Gamakichi and Sasuke's hawk.
"Long time no see, Mizaru," I say, a huge grin now on my face. I was excited to use Mizaru since it had been a while.
Mizaru looks down at me. He looked exactly like Enma, only instead of white fur, he had midnight black fur and wore a white kimono. "Always a pleasure, my lady." Mizaru answers back, his voice polite and calm. When I had first summoned Mizaru, he didn't like me – at all. Enma had given Mizaru's summoning to me and actually said 'good luck' to me, and I later found out why. No one had managed to tame his gigantic monkey ever. There are three giant monkeys, each representing the Three Wise Monkey (speak no evil, see no evil and speak no evil.) To gain one monkey's trust, you had to gain all three. Mizaru was my favourite out of all the three though. Mizaru places his hand on the ground and I climb in it. He gently raises me up and places me on his head.
Naruto looks down at the colour of the toad and realised that he hadn't summoned Gamabunta. "Gamakichi!" Naruto exclaims, surprised on his face.
"Pop is busy at the moment, so I came in his place. You surprised?!" Gamakichi answers back.
I look back and see that Jiraiya had summoned Gamabunta and was demolishing the Fission creatures. Tsunade has also summoned Katsuyu and was using her to heal everyone.
"No! But man, you sure got big all of a sudden!" Naruto yells back in shock, but it wasn't an unpleasant surprise.
Gamakichi scoffs lightly, "You humans grow too slow, that's all."
Sasuke – who stood on top of his summoning – looks down, "Daiki, the aim is the main body over there." He says, pointing to the Jūbi's body.
"As you wish, Sasuke-sama." Daiki answers back, spreading his swings and getting ready to fly.
Hiruzen shouts in the distance, "Go!"
With that, we all sprang off. Sasuke and Daiki were in the air, flying towards the Jūbi. However, there were some Fission being trying to pull him down to the ground, and there were some airborne creatures too. Sasuke combated this by having Daiki avoiding the attacks with precision. Naruto and Gamakichi leaped towards the Jūbi. Naruto avoided the attacks by Gamakichi using his sword. I and Mizaru charged our way through, throwing enemies all over the place, just barging through. We avoided attacks by Mizaru swinging them away with his fists or stepping on them with his massive feet and hands.
As we all got closer to the Jūbi, we all began making hand seals. Sasuke has half of his complete Susano'o appear, and a cross bow as his weapon. The ammo was a black flames arrow and he had it aimed at the Jūbi. Naruto had made his Rasen Shuriken and was ready to fire too. As I got closer, I let my Tenshi no Chakra build up in my hand. A ball made up of white light appears in my hand and only growing bigger.
"Wind Style: Massive Rasen Shuriken!" Naruto throws his attack like a shuriken, sending it towards the Jūbi.
"Inferno Style: Susano'o Flame Control!" Sasuke's crossbow released the black flame arrow aimed at the Jūbi.
Now that I was in range, I too threw my attack, "Tenshi no Kurenjingu!" A massive ball made of white light is launched at the Jūbi with all my strength.
Before our attack hit the Jūbi, they all came together. Our attack took the shape of Naruto's Rasen Shuriken, but it was engulfed in black flames. With my attack attached itself, it made it have a white glow around it and there were now white markings in the black flames. The attack hit the Jūbi. It shrieked loudly, its painful cries echoing in the air. It attempts to struggle under the torii, but it was futile. The black flames with white markings stayed on its back, not going away, only causing the Jūbi more pain.
With the assault over for now, Sasuke lands on the ground, next to myself and Naruto with our summoning. "Sasuke! Stop the flames, the other Tailed Beasts are in there! Once it's weakened, shut off your black flames, then Kurama and I will be able to pull them out!" Naruto yells over to the Uchiha.
Sasuke nods his head, and makes the hand seals of extinguish the intense flames, but never got the chance. As he was about to, the Jūbi's skin began to move. The part of the Jūbi's skin that was covered in flames was removed, and fell to the ground like wet mud, still burning.
However, even if the Jūbi had detached the part of him that was injured, there was still a large mark on it. This made me silently cheer, our attack had done more damage than in the anime. This is when I began to look around for Obito, waiting for him to appear.
"Naruto-kun, do it now!" I yell out to the Uzumaki. If Naruto removed the Tailed Beasts now, then that wouldn't give Obito the opportunity or become the Jūbi's Jinchuuriki.
Naruto nods his head and jumps up towards the Jūbi.
That's when I notice him; Obito Uchiha. Obito looked to be heavily battered and bruised, and even had a hole in his chest. He stood on the Jūbi's head, weaving hand seals. My eyes widen when I see him, "Obito, no!" I yell out, jumping off Mizaru's head and running towards Obito and Naruto, with Sasuke right behind me. Seeing the hole in Obito's chest, I knew that the Kinkoju no Fuda seal on Obito's heart was gone. Kakashi would gave destroyed it when he stabbed him with his Chidori. But now nothing could stop Obito from becoming the Jūbi's Jinchuuriki.
Madara too sees Obito, weaving hand seals and decides to put a stop to him. Feeling aggravated, Madara would make sure to put a stop to the child. However, Madara was soon distracted when Sayuri appears out of nowhere and kicks from out from his sitting spot on the ground.
"Oh I'm sorry, did I interrupt something?" Sayuri mockingly asks with an innocent expression on her face.
Madara's eye twitches when he sees her.
I and Sasuke continues to run over to Obito, "Don't do it! Obito!" I yell out once more, attempting to get the Uchiha's attention, but was failing miserably.
Minato's head snaps up when he hears the name of his former student, along with Kushina. Kushina looks up to where Obito was standing, "It can't be…" Kushina mutters to herself, shock filling her very core. She had adored Minato's team, especially Obito. She had been devastated when he died, she had felt like she had lost one of her own.
Just as we got close, a Minato clone appears in front of Obito and slashed him with a kunai, stopping him from completing his hand seals.
"S-sensei…" Obito mutters as blood pours from his mouth.
"It really is you." Minato mutter lowly, his eyes wide. The only reason he was able to teleport here so quickly was because he had placed a tag on the man's back who attacked him when Kushina was giving birth. However, seeing his face, Minato knew that this was Obito. This was the same man that attacked him and his wife, ultimately causing Naruto to grow up without his parents. Minato knew that he should be angry with Obito, but he just couldn't bring himself to.
Minato looks down at Obito – who is laying on the ground. "A Flying Raijin marking never disappears. That's something I didn't teach you, did I Obito?" Minato says, a saddened expression on his face.
Naruto, Sasuke and I stop not too far away from Obito and Minato.
"Otou-chan," Naruto says, looking at his father.
"Now we just need to seal him away, and then Madara." Sasuke says, looking at Obito with disgust on his face.
I nod my head and walk forward, getting ready to seal Obito away.
I kneel down beside him, "Obito, you saved me." I begin to say, looking at the heavily battered Uchiha with sympathetic eyes.
Sasuke and Naruto seemed to bristle behind me, "What?" Sasuke demands, his eyes narrowed at me.
"When I fought Yukiko, she got a cheap shot in with a poisoned kunai. The same poison that hurt Hinata." I say looking back at Naruto when I said this. "I was dying, but then he came down and helped me. Administrated the antidote to me and saved me." I look back to Obito, my voice low and soothing.
Obito says nothing and glares at me with his one eye.
"Thank you." I tell him, fulling meaning what I had said.
Obito stares at me with his one eye, revealing nothing to me about how he felt. Then, Obito grins, "Don't thank me just yet." As he said this, the Jūbi began to move violently. The tails that were trapped under Hashirama's torii were now being sucked into the centre of the Jūbi and Obito.
The winds around us became violent and hostile, at one point I was nearly sucked in, but Sasuke grabs me by my arm and we all jump away. I and Sasuke land on Gamakichi along with Minato and Naruto.
I curse loudly, "Dammit, we're too late!"
Sasuke looks down to me, "What's happening?"
"He's becoming the Jūbi's Jinchuuriki." I tell Sasuke, a grim expression on my face. In all honesty, I had been hoping to avoid this. I had been hoping that Kakashi would have finished dealing with Obito, and I can see from the multiple injuries that Obito and Kakashi definitely did fight. Obito must have slipped away before Kakashi would finish the job.
I look over to Mizaru, "Thank you for your help, you can rest now."
Mizaru nods his head and bows slightly, "Always a pleasure, my lady." With that, Mizaru disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
The next time I look at Obito, all I see is a white ball. Obito had finished absorbing the Jūbi. Seconds later, cracks appear on the white ball, until it completely shattered. Obito's hair was now entirely white along with his skin. Ten protrusions emerge from his back – five near his shoulders and five near his hips – as well as a black assortment of ten magatama markings appearing on his back; one large one, with a black Rinnegan-like pattern within it, and nine smaller ones arranged in rows of three below it. In addition, the entire right half of his body gains a scale-like pattern across it, replacing the scars.
Sasuke stares at Obito in shock, "He's… the Jūbi's Jinchuuriki…" Sasuke mumbles lowly in astonishment.
Minato stares at his student with saddened eyes, "Obito…"
"He looks creepier than before." Naruto comments.
"How can we be sure he is a Jinchuuriki?" Minato asks, looking slightly unsure. But it seemed like he didn't want to accept it more than anything.
Naruto looks over to his father, "I can sense the other Tailed Beasts inside him, and to me it's obvious because they each gave me a bit of their powers."
I nod my head slowly. Naruto's chakra was different – I had noticed that earlier when we were fighting the Re-animated Jinchuuriki. I could always sense Naruto's chakra – he has so much of it thanks to his Uzumaki heritage. However, there was always a chakra behind Naruto, and it had been Kurama.
"So he was weaving those hand signs to become a Jinchuuriki." Sasuke mutters, mainly to himself more than anyone.
Just then, ten massive red torii fell from the sky, and landed on Obito. They all piled on top of each other, making it seem like it would be impossible for him to escape. However, they didn't last long. Within seconds, cracks began forming on the torii, until they exploded and were destroyed instantly. Obito stood there, looking at us with an empty expression. The five protrusions on his back had glowing red fire at the ends. Then, the fire grew bigger and what seemed to be four red hands extended and shot out to the barrier surrounding him. The hands grabbed each surface of the barrier and pulled inwards. Within seconds, Obito had destroyed the barrier with ease.
"How can he do that?" Naruto asks, looking bewildered.
"When it was in its massive form, it was just throwing its power around. Now that Obito has control, he is concentrating its power, making it more deadly." I explain to them, watching Obito carefully, wondering if he was going to be unstable as he was in the anime.
Minato looks to me, "Is there any way to stop him?"
I nod my head, "We need to remove the Beasts from inside of him, and it can be done. However, from what I remember, Obito is unstable at that moment, so the best time to strike would be now." I advise them.
Obito jumped, and landed on one of the only remaining torii, which Gamakichi and we were all on.
"Enough Obito! Stop this!" Minato yells out, hoping his that student could hear him.
Obito stands there, looking empty, "Obito?" The way he said the name, it was as if he didn't recognise it at all.
"We need to attack now." I tell them, feeling desperate at this point.
It was at that moment that Tobirama and Hiruzen made their appearance. They jumped in front of us, a bit away from Obito.
"Yondaime, leave now." Tobirama commands.
Minato was about to flash away, but I stopped him, "Your attacks won't work." I tell them, remembering that only Sage Art did any damage to Obito.
Tobirama sends me a side glare, "I suggest you keep out of this."
I send a glare right back at him.
Hiruzen ignores Tobirama however, "What do you mean, Akemi?" He asks in an understanding tone.
I grin, at least one of them was willing to listen to me, "Only Sage Art will work against him, nothing else will faze him," I tell them. I look around for Hashirama, one of the only three people here that could use Sage Art. However, Hashirama seemed to be occupied. Him, Madara and Sayuri were currently fighting.
Within seconds, Obito appeared in front of Tobirama and Hiruzen. I blinked and saw that half of Tobirama and Hiruzen's body had been destroyed.
"Go now!" Tobirama shouts out his command.
I exhale roughly in aggravation, it looked like he was going to ignore my warning. Explosive tags were on Obito all over the place – special ones made by Tobirama himself.
This time, Minato listened to him, and using his Flying Raijin, teleported us away from the fight. Just as we landed a bit away, a blinded light lit up the arena. Explosions could be heard in the distance that continually went off and didn't seem like it was going to stop. After a few more minutes, the explosions stopped.
But Obito stood in the middle, completely unharmed. He had his Truth Seeking Ball in his hands and had manipulated it to protect him from Tobirama's attack.
"Those idiots." I mumble.
Hiruzen had managed to get away in time and landed safely on a rock not too far away. He summoned a massive shuriken and launched it at Obito, making many clones of the shuriken appear. Obito used his Truth Seeking Ball as an offensive and defensive weapon. He easily smashed through Hiruzen's attack. Within seconds, Obito was in front of him and grabbed him by the face. The Truth Seeking Ball formed into a spear and stabbed through the hole in Obito's head. This attack obliterated Hiruzen, his top half gone. He fell to the ground, with only his bottom half still intact.
"Ojii-chan!" Naruto yells out and then looks to his dad, "Otou-chan, couldn't you have teleported him with your jutsu too?"
Minato shakes his head, "It's impossible. I can't teleport anything that I myself, or my chakra isn't touching directly."
Sasuke looks to Naruto, "Calm down Naruto. He's a Re-animation. They purposely attacked him head-on knowing that won't die."
This seemed to calm Naruto down as he nods his head in understanding.
Now that Obito was done with Hiruzen, he turns his head to look at us. He turns around fully and stares at us, before jumping into the air, aiming for us. He never made it far though. In the middle of his jump, Obito's midsection began to bloat and swell up on a massive scale. This seem to knock him off balance, as Obito fell to the ground instantly.
"Attack him now, while he's unstable!" I yell to them, this was our chance to beat Obito.
"I'll create an opening," Minato says as he begins to run forward. As he did so, he made a Shadow Clone, and both were holding three kunai in each hand.
That's when Naruto senses something, "Gamakichi! Below you!" As he finished saying this, Gamakichi stabbed the earth below with his sword, only for him to be kicked in the air by Obito's upper half. Gamakichi is sent crashing into a nearby rock and Naruto jumps down beside myself and Sasuke. Obito's upper half then attempted to attack Naruto with his Truth Seeking Ball, but Sasuke's Susano'o hand got in the way of the attack. Using the bottom half, Obito used his legs to kick away Minato.
Obito appears in front of Naruto and Sasuke and grabs them by the face. The Truth Seeking Ball began to move through the hole in Obito's hands.
"Get the hell away from them!" I yell out as my Tenshi no Chakra flares up once more. A ball of light appears in my hands, "Tenshi no Kurenjingu!" I launched the ball of light at Obito, and it hit him directly in the face and sent him flying.
At the last second however, Naruto had used his chakra hands to grab onto Sasuke's arm and then reach out to touch his father's arm, teleporting them away to safety.
Naruto sighs in relief, "I thought we were going to die."
Minato smiles at his son, his son was just as smart as Fugaku's and he couldn't be prouder.
I look down at my hands and then at Obito, who was laying on the ground. My attacked worked, it actually did damage. This makes me grin, it looks like Sage Art wasn't the only thing that could now do damage to Obito.
"You okay?" I ask, as I jump over to the guys.
Sasuke nods his head at me, "Didn't even touch us." He says, a small smirk on his face.
Our attention was drawn to Obito when he cried out. His whole body began to swell and bloat even more, consuming him entirely. However, before I could even suggest attacking him now, he stopped screaming and a bright light blinds us.
When the light was gone, I look for Obito and see him standing there, completely fine now. Obito had underwent another transformation. In this new form, the scale-half of his body became less prominent and the ten protrusions on his back expanded to form the collar and coattails of a haori. He also had two horns sprouted from his forehead – the left smaller than the right – and six magatama markings appeared across his chest. There were also ten black spheres floating behind him, and in his hands was a staff with rings on it.
"No…" I mumble lowly as I stare at Obito. There was no way that he could regain control over the Jūbi this quickly.
Minato looks to me, "What's happened?"
"He's gained control of the Jūbi." I tell them.
Obito opens his eye, and looks straight at Minato, "Finally, sensei…"
Minato grits his teeth and runs at Obito, his kunai in hand. In a flash, his kunai makes contact with Obito's staff, but Minato's kunai broken on contact.
"Grab him back now." I tell Naruto, wanting to avoid Minato's right arm being ripped off like in the anime. It would also mean Obito wouldn't get a chance to place a Truth Seeking Ball on the nub of his ripped off arm. Naruto follows what I say without question, his chakra hand extending and grabbing Minto and bringing him back.
It was at that moment that Tobirama appears on the battlefield, near me.
When Minato is back beside us, he shoots us a bewildered look, "Why did you do that?"
"He would have ripped off your arm. He uses Ying and Yang release Jutsu, meaning all Jutsu are nullified with him. If you had attacked him, you would have lost an arm and it wouldn't have regenerated." I explain to them, my voice low so Obito couldn't overhear us.
Minato's eyes widen, "So… if I 'die' here, I can't come back?"
I nod my head.
Tobirama's expression became grim, "It looks like we're going to have to be careful then from now on."
Obito jumped up, and was now floating in the sky, "I have come to possess the same power as the Founder of Shinobi. You can no longer measure me by the standards you are used to."
Naruto, Sasuke and I stood behind Tobirama and Minato. "You said Sage Art will work, didn't you Akemi-chan?" Naruto asks, still staring at Obito intently.
I nod my head, "Yes, and it also seemed my Tenshi no Chakra has some effect too." I say remembering how Obito looked injured when I landed a hit on him.
Naruto smirks and looks to Sasuke, "Looks like you aren't useful, eh teme?"
Sasuke shoots him a side glare, "Don't underestimate an Uchiha."
Naruto laughs and deactivates his Tailed Beast Mode, it wouldn't be useful in the fight anyway. Also, he knew that Kurama needed to recharge – this has been the longest he had been in the Tailed Beast Mode anyway.
"Obito, I thought you wanted to become Hokage! Why are you doing this?" Minato exclaims over, wanting to reason with his former student. In his heart, he was hoping that he didn't have to fight Obito, but he knew that he must if Obito didn't back down.
Obito glares down at him, "Lecturing me now, sensei? It's a bit late for now. You were always too late when it matters most." His voice became thick with emotion, as he thought about Rin and how she died. Minato hadn't been there – like he wasn't there when he got crushed.
Hurt flashes in Minato's eyes.
"I'm glad my sensei was a Hokage because it made it easy to give up on becoming Hokage myself! You may have died a heroic Hokage, but you're nothing more than a disgrace that is being shown up in front of your son!" Obito yells at Minato, hate in his eye.
Naruto clenches his fists, anger visible on his own face.
I look back at Naruto, there was no way that he was going to be able to concentrate with Obito slandering his father. Naruto wouldn't be able to access Sage Mode and it's not going to do us any favours at the moment. I didn't like Obito speaking badly about Minato – he didn't know what was going to happen back then – so I couldn't even begin to image what Naruto was feeling at this point.
I step forward, "You do know who orchestrated Rin's death, don't you?" I say, looking Obito directly in the eye.
"Shut up." Obito growls at me.
I ignore him and walk closer, "You talk about Rin a lot, you care for her. How do you think she would feel if she saw you now?!" I yell at him, knowing full well I was pushing too many buttons.
Obito lets out a battle cry and charges at me.
It happened so fast. I blinked and then he was front of me, his Truth Seeking Ball turned into a spear and ready to stab me.
"Akemi!" I hear in the distance.
My Tenshi no Chakra flares up once more, "Tenshi no Hikō!" The green chakra concentrated on my back and formed into the shape of wings. The detail on the wings was amazing, they looked delicate yet strong at the same time. Not wasting another moment, I burst into the sky, my chakra made wings flapping behind me.
"Why does she get to fly?!" Naruto yells out, pointing at me.
I smirk at him and pull my tongue out.
I look back at Obito, now I was at eye level with him since had returned to floating in the air when his attack on me failed. "You know, I should bring Rin back right now." I say, continuing to taunt him.
Obito clenches his fists, "You wouldn't dare." He hisses at me, glaring at me with one eye.
I arch an eyebrow at him, "Oh I will, and then she can see how much of disgrace you are!" I yell at him.
Obito charges at me, his Truth Seeking Ball ready to attack me.
My chakra flares up once more, "Tenshi no Honō!" Two balls of white fire appear in my hands, and as Obito grew closer, I thrust my arms forward, ready to burn him.
"People like you should keep their mouth shut!" Naruto yells out, a Rasengan in hand, appearing behind Obito, with Tobirama at his back. But this attack was different as Naruto was now in Sage Mode, the orange colour on his eyes lids, his eyes now a yellow colour and the pupils now looking like minus signs.
Mine and Naruto's attack hit Obito at the same time, Naruto's hit his back while my attack hit Obito's chest. The attack caused an explosion as both attacks hit their mark and were embedding themselves into Obito's body.
Tobirama almost sighs in relief, he had been lucky when he marked Obito earlier, thinking that it may come in handy.
I land back on the ground, my green wings disappearing since I didn't need them. Naruto and Tobirama also jumps back to where we were all standing.
"Sage Mode really does work." Naruto says, happy that he actually managed to do some damage to Obito.
Sasuke looks to him, "How does it work?"
"Sage Mode uses Nature Energy and so does the Jūbi. When Akemi-chan said it would work, I thought that maybe I could counter Nature Energy with Nature Energy." Naruto explains with a grin on his face.
Minato then looks to me, "But that doesn't explain how your attack also seemed to work." He says, a confused expression on his face.
I grin at him, "My chakra isn't exactly from this world. And also, Tenshi no Chakra was made to tame Jinchuuriki."
Tobirama looks to me, "Just like Sayuri."
I nod my head, "Yes, she's the only other person who can use this chakra."
Tobirama studies me for a moment, looking at me up and down. I could see the mistrust in his eyes, but I ignored it. Sayuri was an Uchiha, and I had the same power as her. Tobirama probably found it odd that I wasn't an Uchiha and had the power. I had none of the Uchiha features: high cheek bones, chiselled faces (for the men) and almond shaped eyes.
Obito stands up from the ground, looking injured but healing at the same time. No doubt it was the Jūbi that was healing him. Fire appeared on the protrusions on Obito's back, he was now heavily guarding his back.
Tobirama sees this, "It clearly worked. But he's already recovered and now he's guarding his back."
Obito kneels down and places his hands onto the ground. "I should start preparing for the Tsukuyomi. But first, let's clean things up." As he said this, a large tree emerged from the ground, only there was no braches or leaves. There were however four large flowers, exactly the same to what the Jūbi spat out to make its Beast Ball.
"There is nothing worth saving in this reality." Obito says, the empty expression back. "This world is already dead,"
As he said this, four Beast Balls began to form, each getting bigger and bigger as time went on.
Tobirama observed them, "Yondaime, you take two and I'll take the other." He says, keeping a careful eye on the Beasts Balls.
"I won't let you!" Obito exclaims, before releasing four black receives and shooting them into four corners. Once there, a red light emanated from them and created a barrier around everyone, trapping them inside. This time, Obito made sure cover all kunai that Minato had laid out, making sure that he couldn't leave with the Beast Balls. This also trapped Tobirama, as he hadn't placed any seals anywhere outside the barrier.
Many different Shinobi ran to the outer layer of the barrier, and began slashing their way out – or at least attempted too. It was a red barrier, which meant it was the strongest one out there. It was a Jutsu that could only be accomplished when four Kage level ninja come together. If less strong Shinobi attempted the same barrier, then it would be a purple colour.
I look around, even if we destroyed the tree, there was a possibility the Beast Balls would still fire. But that doesn't mean I wasn't going to try.
"Sasuke, you're with me." I say, running towards the tree with Sasuke right on my tail.
As we ran, I notice Naruto and Minato bump fists together, and Naruto had activated his Tailed Beast Mode once more. This filled me relief, at least if mine and Sasuke's plan doesn't go right by destroying the tree, Naruto and Minato would still be able to save everyone by transported them outside the barrier.
Obito watches us, his black balls becoming fluid and covering him, intending to protect him from the attack. "It's not use, it won't work." Obito comments, his figure slowly disappearing.
Sasuke and I looked at one another, and we began making hand seals. There was a silent understanding between us, we were going to combine our attacks together. It had had certainly had an effect against the Jūbi, and we were hoping for the same result.
"Inferno Style: Flame Control!" Sasuke throws his black fire at the tree, now having stopped running.
"Tenshi no Kurenjingu!" At the same time, I threw my attack at the tree too, and I stopped running too.
The two attacks merged in the middle. The black flames became bigger, and white markings spread in the fire. From the looks of things, the fire became more intense. The attack hit the base of the tree with a massive explosion and a blinding flash. I and Sasuke both covered our eyes with our arms, watching to see if we had made an impact.
The dust clears and the light disappeared. The tree's base was completely obliterated and was tumbling down to the ground. However, this only served to launch the Beast Balls prematurely. The Beast Balls detached from the flower, and were sent speeding off.
"Sasuke! Akemi-chan!" I hear Naruto yell behind us.
It was at that moment I felt a red coat of chakra surround me. The red chakra around me was bubbling, and I looked to Sasuke, who also had a red coat around him. Seeing the red chakra, I realised that Naruto had Kurama shared their chakra to everyone. I then felt an arm wrap around my waist and see that Naruto had grabbed Sasuke and me with his chakra hands.
I blinked, and I felt the earth move below me. This caused me to shut my eyes tightly, not liking the feeling. I feel a hand each over to mine and grab onto it tightly. I knew it was Sasuke, and it made my heart beat jump. I hear massive explosion, but it was as if the sound was being drowned out by something. The next time I opened my eyes, I see that we were all no longer in the barrier that Obito had made, we were all now outside it.
"It worked." I exhale roughly, for a moment there I did actually think everything was going to go south.
Sasuke looks to me, "Worried there?" There was a teasing glint in his eyes, he had never seen me his worked up before. So this was rather amusing to him.
I send him a weak grin, "Just a bit."
"It worked!" Naruto yells out, throwing his hands into the air.
I and Sasuke make our way over to them. As we did, Kurama's chakra around us disappeared.
"Nice thinking, for a dobe." Sasuke mockingly states as we got closer.
Naruto stuck his tongue out at him, "Bet you wouldn't have thought of it, teme."
Tobirama's proud expression soon disintegrated. He was now looking at Naruto with an annoyed expression, his eye now twitching.
Minato was sheepishly laughing, Naruto's whole attitude reminded him of Kushina.
Tobirama looks to Minato, "Thank you Yondaime, you've saved everyone."
Minato began taking deep breathe, that Flying Raijin had taken a lot of chakra out of him, and he felt slightly winded for that. "It's not over yet." Minato says in a breathless tone.
"Otou-chan, you're jutsu is really cool!" Naruto looks to his dad and gives his the biggest grin ever.
Tobirama's eye twitches, "It's my Jutsu."
Naruto looks to Tobirama, "Yet my Otou-chan uses it better."
The twitch in Tobirama's eye becomes more prominent. He looked ready to attack Naruto, but at the same time, Naruto reminded him of his older brother.
Jumping forward, Naruto stands in front of us all. "Let's go!" Naruto exclaims, a large grin on his face.
Tobirama sighs, "Don't tell me you've forgotten that nothing other than Sage Mode and Tenshi no Chakra work against him?"
Naruto lands on the ground with his back to us, but then he turns his head, "Of course I haven't." Naruto says, a grin on his face. His eyes had changed, he now had a red colour on his eyelids, and his pupils now looked like plus symbols. He had combined both his Tailed Beast Mode with his Sage Mode.
Turning his head back to face Obito, Naruto's chakra morphs onto Kurama. Minato soon follows behind him, another chakra shaped Kurama appearing on the field; only Minato's version was darker. Now together, Minato and Naruto began making a huge Rasengan, while Naruto was adding his Sage chakra into the mix. Tobirama then uses the Flying Raijin Jutsu, and makes them appear behind Obito. However, Obito had anticipated this and turned just in time to see Minato and Naruto thrust the Rasengan at him. Obito attempts to use his Truth Seeing Ball to stab the Rasengan, but the father and son duo overpower Obito and the attack lands. There was a huge explosion, and Obito was sent flying into the ground, imbedding himself into a rock. Whereas, Naruto and Minato both land on the ground, perfectly fine.
"Clearly using the Flying Raijin isn't enough." Tobirama comments.
"How about I add Sage chakra to a Beast Ball?" Naruto suggests, his chakra Kurama forming a Beast Ball from its mouth.
Tobirama nods his head, "All right, excellent idea."
I watch with baited breathe. Obito had risen and was now floating in mid-air. He claps his hands together and the red fire on the protrusions extend. From Obito's back, the Jūbi crawls out of him, landing on the ground with a massive thud.
The Jūbi's massive eye looks around for a moment before descending onto the body. As it did this, a massive spot on the Jūbi's back protruded upwards and opened up to reveal a disgusting flower. As the flower bud grew bigger, Obito suspended the red barrier around him. However, within seconds of the barrier being down, a massive tree bursts out from the Jūbi's back and into the sky, the Divine Tree was growing. Long massive vines spat out to the rest of the Allied Shinobi Forces, imbedding themselves into the ground. More vines started to appear, this time attacking the Allied Shinobi Forces, grabbing onto each Shinobi and sucking the life force out of them until they became skin, bones and lifeless.
"Naruto-kun, get out of there!" I yell out running forward, I wasn't going to let it get Naruto.
"No! Akemi!" Sasuke yells behind me.
I ignore him and run into the vines, not caring if they got me or not. I jumped through what seemed like a jungle of vines, looking for Naruto. After a few seconds, I see Naruto, jumping away from the vines. He had been smart and dismissed his chakra Kurama form, as it would have been too easy for the vines to get him then.
Pumping more chakra into my legs, I speed over to the Uzumaki. I then grab him by the arm, "Come on, Naruto-kun!" I yell at him.
"Just in time as always, Akemi-chan!" Naruto exclaims with a grin on his face, despite the situation that we were in.
I look back and see at least ten vines after us, which only makes me and Naruto pick up the pace. Just as we were about near the end of this new jungle of vines, a massive wall appears in front Naruto and myself, trapping us.
Naruto and I look back and see the vines coming towards us at a past pace. I grab Naruto by the wrist and throw him behind me. I stand in front of Naruto, my Tenshi no Chakra flaring up as I got ready to attack.
However, as the vines were a few feet away, they stopped advancing closer to us.
I and Naruto look at each other, looking bewildered.
I move my arm down, and the vines move closer.
Raising my arm again, the vines inch away even more.
"How are you doing that?" Naruto asks me, looking just as confused as I felt.
Looking down, all I see is the green chakra surrounding me. "These are here to take back all the chakra it lost, but my power doesn't belong in this world." I say, then remembering how when I was running towards Naruto, all the vines seemed to shy away from me. They ignored me and went after other people. I hadn't really paid much attention to this, as I was focused on saving Naruto.
I step forward even more and touch one of the vines before it could move away. The minute I touched it, it disintegrated into dust.
Seeing this development, my eyes widen when this happens. Looking back at Naruto, I see him with wide eyes too, "Time to go." I say, grabbing him by the wrist again, making sure to keep him close to me.
This time, we make it back to the rest of the group without any incidents. When Minato sees us, he sighs in relief, "Thank goodness you two are alright."
Sasuke walks over to us, "Are you ever going to stop rushing into dangerous moments?" He asks, looking directly at me as he said this.
I arch a brow at him, "What do you think?"
Tobirama studies us for a moment and sees that we are unharmed, "How did you get past the vines?"
"They don't seem to like Akemi-chan's chakra, they moved back when she would go near them." Naruto answers, becoming serious.
It was at that moment that I and Naruto look around and see hundreds upon thousands of fallen Shinobi, all having their chakra drained from them. My eyes widen as I began searching for Haku, mentally praying that Haku had been smart enough to get away. In the anime, it hadn't seemed too bad, but seeing this massacre was heart wrenching.
"Oh kami…" I whisper in horror.
I feel two hands grab my face and force me to look forward. I see Sasuke, both hands on my face, "Don't look at them. Just look at me." Sasuke orders, his voice soft and stern at the same time. He knew I wasn't used to this.
"I could have stopped this." I whispers lowly, feeling guilt well up inside.
Sasuke shakes his head, "Do not think like that. Do not blame yourself, I won't let you." He mumbles softly.
I take a deep breath and calm myself down. This just made me even more determined to beat Obito and then Madara.
We will win this war.
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