Declaimer: I own nothing in this fanfic, but my created characters they abilities and Jutsu and that is about all I own "Goes to corner and starts crying" Writing: Italic: thought, Bold: Bijuu or summoning speaking.
"Change is coming to the world. There are some who fear change and will fight it with every fibre of their being. But sometimes, change is what they need the most. Sometimes, change is what sets them free." - Dragon Age "Morrigan"
"There are men who struggle against destiny, and yet achieve only an early grave. There are men who flee destiny, only to have it swallow them whole. And there are men who embrace destiny, and do not show their fear. These are the ones that change the world forever." - Dragon Age "Flemeth"
The Deva path threw the small orb into the air until it stopped in the middle of it's flight. Naruto watched as pebbles began to float towards the orb, but not a second later it began to rip chunks out of the ground. "Damn." Naruto growled as he felt himself being pulled, but was saved by the dense ball in his hand. "It's almost like a giant vacuum." The piece of earth Naruto was standing on began to crack until it went skyward towards the orb. "I guess I'll have to improvise." Naruto slammed into the rocky surface in the sky as more rock piled on top of him until he was no longer visible.
"It's over." Pein stated as he turned away. "Whatever that jutsu was it was pointless." He began to walk away with the orb of earth following him slowly, but that was when the ground began to shake. "What?" Pein looked back up at the orb and saw that it was shaking uncontrollable until it exploded sending a shockwave that shoved the Deva path against a rock with enough force to make and indention. Pein looked up to see that the Chibaku Tensei was blown in half with Naruto looking down at him with a smile. "He destroyed it." Naruto jumped from the earth ball just as it began to crumble, but the moment Naruto touched the ground he vanished in a flash of light.
Naruto reappeared in front of the Deva path with a deadpan look in his eyes. "You lose." Naruto delivered a right handed punch to the Deva path's mid-section that obliterated the rock right behind him. Naruto pulled his fist out of the path's stomach and watched as it fell to the ground. "We finish this." Naruto looked out to Amegakure as he picked up the Deva path's body and vanished in a flash of light.
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Madara just walked out of the crypt when Zetsu appeared next to him. "Naruto is fighting Nagato at Amegakure." Madara simply shrugged at that information.
"I have faith that Nagato will beat Naruto." Madara looked at Zetsu who looked nervous. "Is there something else?"
"Yeah he managed to bring the Hachibi's Jinchuriki back to life after the sealing." Madara's lone eye widened. "You know what that means Madara."
"Yeah looks like Naruto has finally gotten a grip on his half of Kyuubi's chakra." Madara chuckled at this. "Perhaps we should go and watch the finally confrontation between Naruto and Nagato." Zetsu nodded as he vanished underground while Madara disappeared into his vortex.
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Naruto reappeared in the center of Amegakure making the civilians jump backwards. "He's here somewhere." Naruto closed his eyes for a second until he opened them slowly looking towards the lone tower in the distance. "There he is." Naruto vanished once more leaving behind startled people. Naruto appeared in front of a giant metal door only to see Konan standing in front of him. "Out of my way." Naruto stated with no emotion in his orange eyes.
"I'm afraid I can't do that." Konan began to peel like paper as wings appeared on her back.
"I don't want to fight you." Naruto kept his eyes locked on hers as a torrent of paper surrounded both her and Naruto. "But if you continue I will have no choice, but to beat you down." Konan's response was creating a spear made out of paper as she ready herself to fight Naruto. Naruto sighed as he shifted Yahiko's body onto his back. "Fine if you want to fight." Konan vanished in a flurry of paper as the paper covered Naruto's vision. Konan swung he spear at Naruto's back only for it to be caught by Naruto. "Try again." Naruto threw Yahiko's body into the air as he went to deliver a punch to Konan, but that was when Naruto saw the tags. "Explosive tags!" Naruto and Konan were consumed in a giant explosion that shook the tower and sent Naruto backwards into the wall.
"I'm willing to die for Nagato." Konan announced as the dust cleared revealing that her paper body was blown in half. "That is how far my faith in him goes."
"I don't have time for this." Naruto grunted as he got up feeling his chakra level dropping slowly. "I'll end this in one move." Naruto vanished in a flash of light as he reappeared behind Konan as more paper bombs surrounded the two.
"Stop!" Konan immediately flew backwards avoiding Naruto's punch that created a crater. "I was wondering when you and me would see each other face to face." Naruto looked up to see that the giant metal doors where opened revealing an emaciated man in a metal wheelchair. "I am Nagato."
Naruto looked at him as he released Kyuubi's chakra to stop the drain on his. "So you're the one who killed Jiraiya-sensei." Naruto watched as Nagato smiled at that.
"Yes I killed Jiraiya-sensei." This brought a confused look to Naruto's face. "You never knew did you, but Konan and me where once Jiraiya's students." Naruto's eyes widened at that as he began to shake. "Does that anger you to know that a former student killed Jiraiya?"
"Why?" Naruto looked at both Konan and Nagato with confusion. "If you where his students then why would you want war."
"War?" Nagato cocked his head a little to the side. "But we don't want war we want peace." Naruto's confused look and angered eyes made Nagato continue. "We want to capture the Bijuu to create a weapon capable of destroying an entire village within seconds."
"How is that peace?" Naruto yelled out. "Doing something like that will only further war."
"No it won't." Nagato stated with a frown. "People will hear about this weapon and will ask for it's use against a rival village. After seeing what they did causing so much pain and suffering they will begin to fear war and peace will reign."
"That's wrong." Naruto said not believing what he heard from Nagato. "Killing hundreds of people in order to create peace is not true peace. What will happen to those who survived the blast? They will allow hatred to guide them against the village that destroyed theirs and a war will break out. The peace you are talking about is only temporary it won't last forever and when it does end-."
"They will ask for the use of the weapon again." Nagato smiled at that as Naruto realized what he was doing. "I knew that this peace would only be temporary, but whenever that peace ends a new one will begin after the weapon is used." Naruto looked at the ground as he began to shake even more. "There is no such thing as true peace, but with your death I will bring peace to this war ridden land." Suddenly a black spike shot out of Nagato's wheelchair impaling Naruto in the stomach. "From this distance I can control your entire body it's-." Nagato stopped speaking as a flash of red slitted eyes behind a closed cage door appeared in his head. "Clever boy." Nagato stated as he began to shake from the chakra coming back from Naruto.
Naruto jerked his head up revealing red slitted eyes as he ripped the chakra receiver from his stomach. "You are not a student of Jiraiya." Naruto growled out. "No student of his would walk down this type of path. You are nothing more then a tyrant if that is your type of peace!" Naruto screamed this out making Nagato narrow his eyes at Naruto with both confusion and hatred.
"You don't know anything boy." Nagato stated as he leaned back into his chair. "We have suffered pain that you couldn't even dream of. I saw both my parents die in front of my eyes, I killed my best friend, and everything that I loved died around me." Naruto's eyes returned to normal as he began to calm down. "You know nothing of the true world. The peace Jiraiya spoke of is nothing more then a lie. People will never understand one another it is impossible they will always fight." Nagato looked at Naruto as his eyes shinned in the darkness. "Even now you hate me you want to kill me. Don't deny it I can see everything with these eyes." Naruto looked at Nagato directly into his eyes. "Well what will you do will you kill me and let this world destroy itself or will you surrender."
Naruto looked off into the sky with a small smile on his face as he gripped Jiraiya's headband tighter. "I can't forgive what you did." Nagato sighed as Konan got ready to fight. "But I can't surrender either. Jiraiya-sensei believed that there would come a time when people would understand one another and as a former student I must follow the same path he gave to me. So I won't kill you Nagato. If I did kill you then I would be an instrument for your own village's anger." Naruto gestured to the village behind him with a solemn expression.
"How can you believe that?" Nagato yelled out as he looked at Naruto who smiled back at him. "That peace is nothing, but-."
"Then I'll find peace." Nagato stopped and watched Naruto with a different look in his eyes. "I know the road will be difficult, but I can't give up even if I have to create peace out of nothing." Naruto then pointed at himself with his thumb with a giant smile on his face. "I swear this on my village, name, and clan I will make sure peace exist for I am Naruto Uzumaki of the Uzumaki Clan." Nagato eyes widened at Naruto's statement as he looked at him.
"Uzumaki." Nagato mumbled making Naruto and Konan look at him in worry. "My mom used to tell me of how she was from a clan that was destroyed during one of the wars. She would tell me all about them and how they were feared for their Fuinjutsu." Naruto looked at Nagato as his confusion increased.
"Dark red hair and skilled in Fuinjutsu." Naruto stated in a shocked voice. "Those are signs of an Uzumaki. All those seals we encountered and that seal on the Preta path were all high-level something that even seal master would have trouble of doing. You're an Uzumaki aren't you." Before Nagato could speak another voice spoke up.
"What are you doing Nagato?" Madara's voice rang as he appeared next to him. "Finish him off and we can go create a world of peace." Nagato didn't move or speak as Madara looked between him and Naruto.
"You didn't tell me." Madara's eye widened as he was shoved by a strong force into a wall. "That he was my part of my family!" Madara glared at Nagato as his chair slowly turned to him.
"I guess I should've known better then to think you would kill him if you knew who he was." Madara slowly got out of the rubble with his Sharingan morphing into his Eternal Mangekyo. "Troublesome Uzumaki no matter how small the blood relation they always have to team up."
"Konan take care of Naruto." Nagato commanded as his chair opened up dropping Nagato onto his knees. "I don't have anything left to give you Naruto except this: you are the one to bring peace. I believe in you Naruto." Konan went to go and help Nagato, but Nagato waved her down. "Thank you for all your help Konan please help Naruto. You can no longer help me in this endeavor."
"Yes we can!" Naruto yelled out. "We can finish-."
"I can never be forgive myself for being used by this man." Then to the surprise of everyone with what little strength Nagato had he stood on his two wobbly legs. "But I can make sure to buy you enough time to get out of here."
"I'm not going anywhere-." Naruto stopped when Nagato raised his hand and with his palm pointing at him.
"Goodbye Naruto." Naruto was suddenly blasted by Nagato off the tower and sent straight into his village. "Konan I ask you to help Naruto in defeating Madara. I also would like you to take Yahiko's body away from here." Konan nodded her head, but tears threatened to fall as she wrapped Yahiko's body in paper.
"Goodbye Nagato." With that Konan vanished in a swirl of paper leaving behind a smiling Madara and an angered Nagato.
"I'm afraid your sacrifice is in vain." Madara slowly walked forward as Nagato tried to keep his balance. "I'll just teleport to Naruto's location and then-." That was when Madara felt the pressure begin to increase until he could no longer move.
"I know I might not be able to kill you." Nagato's eyes glinted with power as he began to increase the gravity in the area. "But I can at least slow you down." Madara's eye widened as he saw a black orb appear above them. "Chibaku Tensei: Seiatsu (Heavenly Body Bursting from the Earth Subjugating Pressure)!" The orb suddenly expanded until it reached the edge of Nagato's village. Suddenly the black energy shot downwards causing the entire area to shake from the impact of the attack. Nagato felt himself floating in darkness as he gently closed his eyes. "Naruto I wonder what would've been if we met under different circumstances."Nagato smiled as he felt his life drawing to an end. "Maybe we could have changed the world together." The black beam vanished leaving behind a gapping hole in the ground.
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Naruto opened his eyes to find himself surrounded by Amegakure's ninja forces. "What have you done to Pein-sama?" One ninja question holding a Kunai at the ready.
"Stop." Everyone turned to the source of the voice. "Nagato sacrificed his life to save this boy." The ninja turned as Naruto got up and looked at Konan with an almost depressed look in his eyes. "Naruto you shouldn't be saddened by Nagato's death. He believed that you would be the one to change the world for the better." Konan held out her hand as she created a bouquet of flowers out of paper. "And we shall honor Nagato's finally wish and help you." The ninja of Ame bowed their heads with sad eyes full of tears at the death of Nagato.
"Thank you Konan." Naruto gently took the flowers away and looked towards the setting sun. "Now let's end this crusade."
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Madara teleported back to his hideout arms wrapped around his stomach as he coughed. "So I take it Nagato betrayed us." Zetsu stated as Madara glared at him.
"Yes." Then Madara began to spin his vortex as he dropped the bodies of both Nagato and Minato. "But even the dead can serve a purpose." Zetsu smiled as he licked his lips as Madara bent down and picked the bodies up and walked out.
Sasuke kept his eyes on Madara as he watched him go to a nearby door. "Sasuke I have an important mission for you." Sasuke just grunted as he looked away. "I want you to take Zetsu on an attack on Konohagakure." This perked Sasuke's eagerness as he looked at Madara. "But the moment the other Hidden Villages are trying to help Konoha I want you to find Naruto and bring him to me." Madara then vanished behind the door as Sasuke smiled.
"Revenge will soon be mine." Sasuke announced as he walked out with the plant man following.
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Day later
Naruto looked out his window to see the people of Uzushiogakure preparing for the war ahead. "Are you sure we can trust her?" Yuukaiken asked from behind Naruto who smiled.
"Yes I'm positive." Naruto turned as Tensa walked in. "How are your forges holding?" Tensa smiled as he patted his heads allowing soot to fall.
"Fully operational." Tensa then produced a scroll and passed it to Naruto. "This just came for you Gufuukage-sama." Tensa gave the scroll to Naruto who gladly excepted it with a smile that Tensa returned as he walked out. Naruto looked at the scroll for a few more seconds before putting it down on his desk.
"I want to know something Yuukaiken." Yuukaiken waited for Naruto's question with a knowing smile. "Did you know their were other Uzumaki survivors?"
"Your grandfather suspected that some of the Uzushio may have survived and scattered into different regions." Yuukaiken gave a sigh as he sat down. "But we could never find any if we known who that Nagato kid was we would've helped him. I'm sorry that you lost another member of you family Naruto, but right now we can't lose our focus we must be steadfast in the war ahead." Naruto nodded his head as he sat down with a smirk, but that quickly faded as he looked at Yuukaiken.
"We need to watch him closely." Naruto stated with a definite tone in his voice.
"I understand he will be watched." Yuukaiken gave a quick bow, but before he left he gave Naruto one last piece of info "Kumo and Konoha are going to have a problem with the other and you know it Naruto."
Naruto nodded his head as he stared at Yuukiaken. "I know, but we all need to work together." Yuukaiken nodded and left while Naruto looked out the window has a single hawk flew into the air.
"What are you up too?" Naruto thought as he looked at the scroll on his desk.
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Kabuto was humming a happy tone as he walked through the hallway that was littered with bodies. "I wonder if he survived my little test." Kabuto smiled at that as he walked into a wide room that was covered in blood. He looked at the creature in the middle of the room as it slowly reverted back to a human. "Well, you did quite well Jugo." Jugo walked into the light with a blank stare in his eyes as he looked at Kabuto. "Naruto thinks he has me on a short lease, but he is wrong." Kabuto revealed the seal on his stomach as he reached for it. "I have all the powers of Orochimaru." He rubbed the area where his seal was only for his skin to begin to shed. "No harm can come to this body. Now are you ready for the final stage of my plan Jugo." Jugo didn't answer just kept staring off into space making Kabuto smile. "I knew I could count on you." With that Kabuto laughed causing it to echo down the dark hallway.
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Madara walked out of the darkness of the tunnel as Sasuke walked up to him. "Is the army ready?" Madara asked as he looked at Sasuke with his new Rinnegan eye.
"Yes." Sasuke glared up at the rippled eye as Madara cocked his head in confusion. "Why have you disgraced your Uchiha body with that eye."
"Because to finish what we started I need this eye." Madara watched as Sasuke growled out. "And besides this eye belonged to me long before Nagato. So I'm just naturally taking back what belongs to me." Madara turned just as Zetsu appeared in front of him. "Status."
"The army is moving towards Konoha and should reach their by nightfall." Madara smiled underneath his mask.
"Excellent." Madara turned to Sasuke who was looking around with a bored expression. "Sasuke you know what to do." Sasuke turned his Sharingan eyes upon Madara with a smirk.
"Yeah." With that Sasuke vanished in a burst of black fire.
"He's getting better with his control over Amaterasu." Madara stated as he looked at the burnt ground where Sasuke stood.
"You know he plans on killing you." Zetsu eyes widened as Madara chuckled at that.
"Yes it is quite amusing." Madara turned his eyes on Zetsu. "But by the time he tries anything it will be too late. I'm going ahead with the plan."
"But you don't have the Kyuubi." Zetsu watched as Madara summoned the Gedo Mazo. Zetsu noticed the sealing had begun on somebody as his body fell from the dragons unto the cold ground.
"I don't have one half of the Kyuubi." Madara looked at the body of Minato. "He placed the other half inside of himself, but now it belongs to me."
"But how is that possible?" Zetsu asked as he narrowed his eyes at Madara. "He may have sealed the other half of Kyuubi into himself, but surely the Shinigami devoured it along with his soul."
"He did, but he didn't foresee the last power of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan." Madara eye seemed to twitch as he stared at the Minato's body. "Izanami (She who invites) is the power to resurrect the dead fully by pulling their soul back from death. It can even bring them back even if they are in the Shinigami's stomach, but this is not without a drawback of it's own. The longer the person has been dead the more Sharingan eyes you must sacrifice. Now comes the beginning of the end for Konoha and the rule of Madara Uchiha."
"Even if you have it your plan won't work without both halves." Zetsu watched as Minato's body slowly disintegrated into ash.
"I won't be able to cast Tsukuyomi on the moon." Madara announced as the statue began to glow. "But I will still be able to use the Jubi (Ten-Tailed Beast). I'm simply sealing Jubi inside of me a little early. Then when Naruto is in my grasp I'll deal with Sasuke and then the world." Madara watched as the statue slowly sink down into the ground once again with a smile. "Now I think it's time that you pay Konoha a little visit Zetsu." Zetsu nodded his head and sunk into the ground with a smirk. "Soon the world will bow at my feet." With that Madara left to finish the last of his plan.
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Sasuke watched with his Sharingan as the army of Zetsu began to march towards Konoha with a smile of glee. "Soon Konoha will pay for what they did brother." Sasuke stated as he began to walk towards Konoha as well. "And when I get done with Naruto I will see that Madara faces the same fate." With that Sasuke began to laugh as he thought about fulfilling his revenge. Sasuke never noticed Zetsu beneath him listening to his every word.
"Such a stupid boy." Zetsu thought with a smile as he continued to travel beneath Sasuke. "He has no idea what Madara is about to become." Zetsu poked his head out of the ground behind Zetsu and looked up at the moon seeing that it was pure red. "Soon everyone will fall before the power of Madara Uchiha." Zetsu turned and followed after Sasuke with a smile of pure enjoyment.
Sasuke and Zetsu head for Konoha while Kabuto is planning what is Naruto going to do. Find out next time.