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Chapter Cover: Soya, with a small smirk, with lightning all around her body and the two lightning tails flying behind her.
CHAPTER SIXTY
The Demons of the Past
Kakashi was breathing heavily.
The destroyed field around them was the mark of the battle that he had taken place and the other guy Kan was barely breaking a sweat. He had evaded all of his attacks and the confusing thing was he couldn't see any chakra coming from Kan as he created his techniques and the blocking of the grand fireball by freezing it was not normal, not all of the techniques could do something like this.
How to defeat him?
"It's that all you've got ninja," Kan said as he smirked at him, "I barely broke a sweat."
"What are you?" Kakashi asked.
"It's something that you ninja will never be able to apprehend," Kan said, "But let's finish this quick."
Kan charged at him with an attack with he blocked and another fist was already into his face so fast that the Sharingan almost didn't see it. Kakashi's sharingan suddenly turned to Mangyekou mode and the vortex appeared, swallowing the hand up, but Kan jumped back, shock written all over his face looking at what was left of his arm.
Gasping on one knee, Kakashi knew that he had exhausted his chakra. Fighting those guys seemed to make Pein look like child's play.
And they're not using chakra, making tracking their movement more difficult than normal, and why could they be after Sakura for?
"Seems like it's over for the ninja," Mahan said, leaning against a tree looking at the copy-ninja, "End this already."
"Your eye is dangerous," Kan said as he stared at half of his arm, which was dripping blood, "I wonder if you can do that trick again."
"He can't," Mahan said, with a small smirk, "He is exhausted and it seems that he is running out of chakra."
Recognition sparked through Kakashi's eyes.
"You're a sensor type," he said.
"Ding, ding, ding and we have a winner," Mahan grinned, "Just kill him."
Kan smirk an evil grin, "With pleasure."
Mirror smirked at the man across him. After all those years Madara didn't change one bit except hide his face behind an ugly orange mask.
"When you told me you were going to be hiding in plain sight," he said, "I never realized that masking your face was the idea."
"Why did you return?" Madara snapped at him.
Mirror chuckled at the man which was releasing killer intent, and looked back toward the statue of the Youkai Lord Mashik.
"The Demon age is about to begin," Mirror said as he walked toward the statue that was holding the Tailed beasts, "My masters think it is time to start the first stage in the war against this pathetic world of shinobies."
"So it's finally comes down to that," Madara sighed, "Why acting so soon?"
"An unexpected problem has risen," Mirror said simply, "but you must have wanted the war to start early since I can feel Colossus's deadly presence in the air. You are taking a lot of risk summoning something that can't be controlled."
"I don't expect to control it," Madara answered, "all I want it to do is to kill Jack and Soya."
"Ah yes," Mirror said turning around facing Madara.
Madara was now looking at a mirror image of himself.
"Those two causes such a trouble for the Organization," Mirror said, "I am amazed that the boy did not follow you as planned, maybe you miscalculated."
"I had found a temporary replacement for him," Madara said, "though he is nowhere near as strong as Jack is, but he soon will be."
"There won't be a chance for him to prove himself," Mirror said cutting his hand with a kunai knife, "when the war begin…they won't be such thing as peace in this world. If you thought that the Great Ninja wars were brutal, this war will be hell on earth."
Madara gulped.
He knew that the Demon Wars were different that shinobies war but, his plan was to become one with the Jubi before that happen and yet…
"Can't it be delayed till I captured Kyubi and Hachibi?"
Mirror let out a small laugh.
"Are you actually asking me for something Madara? I didn't know it was in your blood to ask for anything."
"I'm this close...this close, to achieve something that had never been done," Madara snapped, "Seven of the Tailed Beast under my command and with the Fourth Ninja War been declared, I could win."
Mirror just glared at him through the mask of the Madara doppelganger, but the eye wasn't shanrigan like the real Madara but it was a clear sapphire blue, and cold as ice.
"This is why ninjas shouldn't never had control over creatures such as the Tailed Beasts," Mirror continued, taking the same pose as Madara, "The Sage of the Six Path used the Rin'negan, the eyes that could see the world beyond the shinobies lands, he was the only man to ever had been aware of the portal of this world into the Youkai world. All he wanted was peace, but what he had gotten was ages of wars, starting with his own two sons."
"Spare me the history lesson," Madara growled, "Akatsuki is in control of the Beasts, and with only two Jinchurikin around, I can finally achieve what I wanted, and I won't allow you to get the Beasts."
"Kukukuku…you won't allow me?" Mirror said, now back in his normal form with blue hair flying behind him, "I wonder, if you really meant that?"
Madara scowled at him from behind the mask, his entire body livid with anger.
"Don't take me lightly Mirror," Madara said, "I'm one of the strongest shinobis in the world."
Mirror let out a smirk.
"Oh, really? Then, tell me why is Jack still alive then? If you're half as strong as you claim to be, the boy would be dead right now. Admit it, Jack is stronger than you, stronger than you would have never imagined, which is why you went out of your way to recruit him into Akatsuki, because Saki had refused you and almost killed you."
Madara didn't say anything as he stood silently.
"I know how you think Madara," Mirror said, "You use people like pieces of a deadly chess game. You had nearly a dozen of high ranked shinobies under your command, and then what happened to them? Almost all of them killed because of a few meddling Konoha ninjas, the ninjas of the very same village you so wanted to lead. You can try to run away from your past Uchiha Madara, but the past will always come to bite you in the ass.
Then, you went through a plan of summoning Colossus. You have no idea of what you're doing do you, a mere ninja, a mortal who meddle with things that shouldn't concern him."
"W…what are you talking about?"
"You Uchiha Madara, is responsible for the beginning of the Armageddon against the Shinobies Lands."
"That's impossible," Madara said, "Colossus is the Guardian of the Youkai Barrier."
"And what happen when a prison door is no longer guarded, I wonder?" Mirror asked.
Madara looked at the man across him, shock going through his eye for the first time since this entire conversation.
"That's right Madara, you miscalculate" Mirror said with a grin, "The Youkais are crossing over into this world, crossing over and killing everything in their paths. You've given the Elders a great head start in the war."
This is impossible, he thought, there is no way I could have make such an obvious mistake. It's just not possible. Haven't I looked over my plans enough? This was supposed to be my war, The Great Nations were supposed to tremble at the mention of my name.
"This wasn't supposed to happen," Madara yelled to the cave wall, "I was supposed to be in control…my world…My war…I was supposed to have control…control."
Mirror looked at the man, shaking his head.
This was the last straw that Madara could have pulled. The last straw that any man could have pulled, and now the great Uchiha Madara had lost control of something that he had spend his life working into and losing that control caused him to spiral down into the depth of madness.
"HAHAhAHA…My war…My control…HAHAHAHAH…Control," Madara started to laugh, giggling almost like a kid at a candy store except his laughs were not of joy, but madness.
"To think that's how you will end," Mirror said slowly, looking at the laughing man, "Mortals are truly pathetic creatures. Now, let's get to what I should be doing, I've wasted enough time already."
Ignoring the rancorous laughter from the madman behind him, Mirror walked toward the large statue with the scroll caught in its teeth, all of the eyes closed.
Maybe that's why I had always found shinobies to be amusing, he thought to himself, they think just because they can produce jutsus and all of that crap, they can control the world. Morsoshi was too patient with them. Back in the days, we could have won the war a long time ago, but he had choosen to help the Sage to capture the Jubi. Well, Morsochi, let's see if you can stop this Demon Wars.
He then slashed his own hand as silvery liquid dropped from his body and he drew the runes on the ground, the Release Rune.
"Forbidden Youkai Arts: Release Rune Requiem"
At once the silvery symbol on the ground started to emit a strange vapor like substance, glowing ominously. The scroll in the statues mouth came out, detached itself as the statue mouth groaned as it widened showing a multicolored color coming from within.
The scroll floated back standing in front of Mirror like a staff and Mirror, pulled a necklace with a Yin Yang symbol on it and the scroll had one also, but it was faded.
"Forbidden Youkai Arts: Second Release Requiem,"
The yin-yang on the scroll started to glow and with two soft click, the scroll opened showing a large twisting vortex, with Youkai symbol for LIGHT and YOUKAI.
"The final step," Mirror said smirking to himself, "Let the chaos starts, but before that, a sacrifice of a mortal."
He turned toward the giggling Madara and smirked.
"I knew that you'll be useful someday Madara," he said as he started to drag the man toward the seal, "Now you'll accomplish your last deed."
"Forbidden Youkai Arts: Third Release Requiem,"
Shadow like hands started to come out of the vortex and they grabbed Madara dragging him into the scroll and blood splattered on the cover of the paper and the scroll was slammed shut and it dropped onto the floor.
"Now that's done," Mirror said as he looked at the statue's mouth was the colors were shooting out, "I better get out of here; don't want to get caught in the explosion."
With that he vanished in a flash of golden light.
Not a mere second since he had left, the statue exploded outward sending everything flying outward and shapes where taking places as the Bijuus that were once sealed, were now free from their prison.
Sasuke and Karin were taking rest in another part of the hideout. He was looking at the ceiling, feeling tired and emotionally exhausted. Ever since he had fought against Jack a while ago inside the Summit, he wondered how the boy got so strong. It was if almost yesterday they faced each other in the tournament a little while ago.
"Sasuke…"
He turned his attention toward Karin, scowling slightly.
"What?"
"When is Madara coming back?"
Sasuke shrugged. He was wondering that also, since the man said he was going to take care of some unfinished business, but that was a good fifteen minutes ago.
"This is so messed up," Karin said, shaking her head, "We could have been far away from here, continuing our journey toward Konoha, but that man had to interrupt us, making us do his dirty jobs…"
"Karin, shut up," Sasuke said, just to end the endless rambling.
"Why? We abandoned Jugo and Suigetsu in the Land of Iron," Karin said.
Sasuke glared at her and Karin felt suddenly cold.
"If you're only going to complain, you can leave," he said, "the other two were a liability. I've told you before didn't I? I was only using the team to get what I want. What happened to you peoples aren't of my concern."
Karin was starring at Sasuke, not believing what was coming out of her crush's mouth. Sasuke had changed ever since that fight with his brother, and back in the land of Iron, Karin had felt it, no seeing it, seeing the monster that Sasuke had turned into.
"But then again if you leave, I will have to kill you," Sasuke continued, "I wouldn't want you to get captured and tell everyone about my plans now would I?"
Karin was more shocked to hear Sasuke say this.
"Sasuke…you…"
KABLAM!
"What the hell?" Sasuke started.
"Are we under attack?" Karin said as she looked around feeling the ground trembles.
Sasuke was already out of the room, with Karin following close behind him and he arrived at the main grand room of the hideout and saw a large creature with four tails flying behind it, with horns and he was roaring loudly, with the red fur.
"The Four-Tailed," Karin said, "the Bijuu got free?"
The Bijuu turned its head toward them, its eyes finding the two ninja in the corner and he opened his mouth showing what looked like a cannon of some kind.
And it fired toward them, and Sasuke was so shocked that he couldn't move, that is until he was pushed down with Karin on top of him the blast missing by inches destroying the wall behind them.
"We need to get out of here," Karin said, pulling Sasuke with her, and both of them were sprinting away at full speed toward cover, hearing the Tailed Beast behind them roar into the sky.
The question that was reasoning within Karin's mind was how the hell the Tailed Beast escaped from their seals did and where the hell was that masked man they call Madara was?
Here we are people, the war had begun, and the Elders plan had been put into motions.
Next time: Kakashi's battle against Kan and Mahan continued, and Jack and Soya are against the Youkai Guardian Colossus, while in other part of the lands, ninjas are now facing strange creatures that seemed to be comming from nowhere...
Jacques0 out.
R&R.
