Chapter 35
Everyone groaned as they began to recover from Sasuke's attack. It had been unexpected and it consumed the entire area, giving the others little time to prepare for it. Sasuke's technique destroyed even more of the buildings than Nagato's 'Almighty Push' technique did, so the surronding area was reduced to little more than a wasteland.
Hashirama had felt the attack coming and created a wood style wall of defense to protect him and all of the people around him from the shockwaves of the attack. When he was sure that Sasuke's Jutsu had subsided, he moved to release the Jutsu, but was surprised to see that it was crumbling to pieces by itself.
"Whew that was an impressive attack! Seems like he and Madara are alike after all" Hashirama said looking at the burnt pieces of wood that surrounded them.
Tobirama mumbled his agreement with a sweat drop forming on his face. Sasuke was just a teenager and his power already surpassed Tobirama's prime. This would've made Tobirama uneasy if it was any teenage shinobi, but the fact that Sasuke was a Uchiha made him feel even worse about it.
Hiruzen and Tsunade were also surprised by Sasuke. Neither of them had expected him to be as strong as he was, and he just proved with that technique alone that he was more than capable of leveling an entire Village if he wanted to.
They both sent Orochimaru an incredulous look as if to ask 'Did you know he could do this?'. The man just gave them a smirk with obvious pride showing in his eyes, but there was also a hint of fear there; That told them that even he hadn't known about his pupil's powerful lightning style technique.
He, Jiraiya, Team Taka, Zabuza and Haku had all been fighting Reanimated shinobi and Zetsu in the area, so they were shielded from the attack by Hashirama. They looked around surprised to see that the enemies that they were fighting had all been vaporized.
"I didn't bother protecting our enemies from the shockwaves of the attack and you can see the result of that" Hashirama said.
Everyone was amazed by this, except for Suigetsu who clearly still wanted to fight someone.
"Damn. Sasuke just took all the fun out of this fight! His attack got rid of all of the Zetsu and resurrected Uchiha that I wanted to kill. Now who am I supposed to fight?" Suigestu whined.
"Shut up brat and be happy that you didn't get caught in the crossfire. You would've evaporated instantly" Zabuza scolded secretly amazed at Sasuke's attack.
"Enough idle chat. I'll seal these Uchiha away before they all reform. The rest of you make sure that everyone who didn't get shielded by my brother is okay" Tobirama ordered the people around him while forming his hands seals.
"You're still as bossy as ever Tobirama" Hashirama whispered to himself as he and the others went to do as Tobirama said.
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Kakashi and Obito returned from their Kamui Dimension to see the destruction that Sasuke's attack had caused.
As soon as they saw the massive Lightning Dragon head back into the clouds, they felt that they had to avoid the attack at all costs, and looking at the wasteland that Sasuke had turned the battlefield into, they knew that they made the right decision.
"Woah. What kind of technique was that?" Obito asked seeing that all of the reanimated Shinobi and Zetsu were all disposed of as well.
"I don't know, but it sure made the fighting go a lot quicker" Kakashi replied also noticing that all of the reanimated Konoha shinobi were down. They were reforming, but it was slow, so obviously they had been dealt a lot of damage.
Kakashi was worried about their allies, but that worry was short lived as he looked around to see that all of the shinobi that fought by their side were safe and sound, covered by a red aura courtesy of Naruto.
Obito noticed this as well, and he also saw Sakura healing the wounded shinobi on the battlefield while others went to work sealing the reanimated shinobi before they could fully recover.
"Damn Kakashi, how does it feel knowing that you're three students are capable of so much at such a young age?" Obito asked in amazement.
'I barely taught them anything, but they have all come a long way in such a short amount of time. Even if Naruto and Sasuke kept their power from Sasuke's last life, it's still incredible that they ever had so much power to begin with. Even Sakura has progressed so much. I'm honored knowing that they are my students' Kakashi thought to himself, but he didn't vocalize that to Obito.
Instead he just responded with a casual shrug and surveyed the area for any dangers. Obito just looked at him and sighed knowing that Kakashi wouldn't verbally answer his question.
"Well whatever, lets go make sure that this battle is really over with. Sasuke's attack was powerful, but there were a lot of powerful resurrected shinobi, so I doubt that it defeated all of them" Obito said. Kakashi nodded in agreement as the two continued to surveyed the destroyed battlefield.
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Hinata rubbed her head as she sat up to recover from the impact of Sasuke's attack. She would've been caught in the blast if it hadn't been for Naruto's chakra cloak covering her a moment before the attack.
Her eyes widened when she saw the remains of the battlefield, but she was relieved to see that her friends and allies survived the explosion. She also noticed that the reincarnated Uchiha that she had been fighting were all destroyed, and even though she could tell that some of them were trying to reform; she was grateful for the break from fighting.
She looked to see Sasuke and Itachi standing alone in the center of a crater showing where the blast originated. She could see the exhaustion on his face from where she was, so she quickly stood up and was about to make her way over to him, but a voice stopped her.
"Wait Hinata"
Hinata turned around to see the newly reformed Mikoto walking towards her. Hinata's eyes widened and she got in her battle stance.
"Mikoto! How are you able to move? I absorbed all of your remaining chakra" Hinata said surprised. Mikoto gave her a serene smile before she answered.
"Sasuke's last technique destroyed my body, and when I reformed I was able to move again. It must've undid the effects of your attack" Mikoto explained.
Hinata nodded in understanding as she activated her Byakugan and waited for Mikoto to make the first move, but when Mikoto didn't move Hinata looked at her in confusion. Seeing this, Mikoto spoke up.
"I have control of my body at the moment, so you can hurry up and lock up all my chakra points, so that I won't attack you when I lose control" Mikoto said.
Hinata hesitated for a moment before she approached her future mother-in-law and swiftly locked up her chakra points and absorbed her chakra, rendering her immobile once again.
When Mikoto was sure that she couldn't move she looked up at Hinata with a bright smile on her face.
"Thank you for that, now I have one more thing that I want to ask of you" Mikoto said as she noticed that her husband was starting to reform.
"Sure, what is it?" Hinata asked noticing that Fugaku had reformed as well and was talking to Sasuke. She wanted to run over there to help him badly.
Mikoto noticed Hinata expression and was pleased that Sasuke found someone that wanted to protect him just as much as he wanted to protect her. She definitely approved of Hyuuga Heiress.
"Take me over there with you when you go" Mikoto said causing Hinata to look at her.
"Are you sure? It seems that your husband is about to attack Sasuke and Itachi again. I don't think that you'd want to see them attacking each other" Hinata said as she turned her head away from Mikoto.
"That's exactly why I want to go. I want to congratulate my boys on defeating their father before I get sealed away. Besides there's somethings that I want to say to them" Mikoto responded.
Hinata's head snapped back towards Mikoto's form in surprise, but she wouldn't deny a mother's last wishes; Especially the mother of Sasuke and Itachi. Hinata nodded and picked Mikoto up and rushed towards the Uchiha males, both watching the fight on their way there.
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Sasuke let out a shaky breath as he felt the exhaustion take over his body, but he refused to show it.
At first he was worried that he had accidentally killed someone that was on his side with his side, but he instantly got over it when he noticed that Naruto and Hashirama had shielded their allies from the attack. He was glad that he allowed himself to trust them to protect the others.
His technique 'Kirin' had been perfectly timed, and as he looked around he noticed that he was able to take out most the remaining Zetsu and reanimated Shinobi as well, even though he could tell that some of them were starting to reform.
His eyebrow furrowed in annoyance when he noticed that his father was amongst the ones that were reforming, and he was even more annoyed when he reformed with a giant smirk on his face. Sasuke growled and was about to attack his father again, but his father's words froze him in place.
"That was certainly an impressive attack Sasuke. I don't have any Jutsu in my arsenal that top yours in destructive capability and the best part about it is that you're only 16 years old. I'm incredibly proud of you and your accomplishments thus far" Fugaku said with the smirk never leaving his face.
Sasuke gave Fugaku a look of shock. He had finally received the acknowledgement from his father that he had been craving as a child, and he didn't know how to react to it.
Itachi heard it as well and had a small smile on his face knowing that Sasuke had desperately wanted to hear their father say that to him when he was a kid. Itachi was happy that Sasuke got the closure with Fugaku that he wanted. Maybe now Sasuke will finally stop comparing himself to him.
"What!? Did you say that you're actually proud of me?" Sasuke asked still surprised as he saw his father's Mangekyou spinning violently.
"Yes that's right my son. I'm extremely proud of both you and Itachi, but especially you because I thought that you'd never be on the same level of power as your brother. I'm happy to say that you've proved me wrong. However, what will you do now that I've reformed with the ability to do your Jutsu with four times it's original strength?" Fugaku asked as he gathered his chakra.
Everyone remaining on the battlefield heard Fugaku's question and tensed.
Sasuke's attack was powerful enough to threaten everyone as it was; they didn't even want to imagine it at four times its original strength. If he was able to do that, not only would they all be doomed, but so would the innocent villagers hidden at the bunker on the outskirts of the Village.
Hashirama knew this and turned to deal with Fugaku himself, but he was satisfied to see that he wasn't needed because as soon as the words left Fugaku's mouth, he was pierced by Itachi's Susanno Sword.
Fugaku coughed up blood as he slowly looked down at the blade protruding through his torso. It left his body numb and he noticed that his wound wasn't reforming. He looked back up at his oldest son in surprise as he felt his skin crack.
"Sorry father, but I couldn't allow you to use Sasuke's technique. The Village wouldn't survive and that would be unacceptable. I've stabbed you with the Totsuka blade. You can no longer move or reform and you will be sealed shortly" Itachi said as his Mangekyou shined brightly. Fugaku was still surprised for a moment before he let out a smirk.
"Way to take advantage of the opportunity Itachi. I take pride in the fact that I lost to my two sons. I may have been a failure as a father, but I'm glad that both of you were at least able to grow into powerful shinobi that surpassed even me" Fugaku said as he deactivated his Sharingan to look at his two sons for the last time. Itachi, who was his pride and his eldest, and Sasuke, who looked so much like Mikoto, but proved to him that he was just as powerful as his brother, if not more so.
"I wish you both luck in the future. I can't wait to get back to the afterlife to watch you two restore the Uchiha Clan and make it better than it ever was before. Sasuke continue to progress and be the best you can be. Itachi remember your promise to take care of Sasuke, make sure that nothing happens to him. I'm counting on you" Fugaku said as he was pulled towards gourd in Itachi's Susanno's arms and sealed.
With Fugaku sealed away, Sasuke and Itachi looked towards each other with pained expressions on their faces. It seemed like the entire battlefield was silent for a moment, but the emotional turmoil did not end there for the Uchiha Brothers as Hinata arrived with Mikoto's still body a moment after Fugaku had been sealed.
Hinata placed Mikoto down in front of them before she walked over to Sasuke's side side, with Itachi joining them moments later. Mikoto smiled at the three from her position on the ground.
"I knew that you two would be able to defeat your father. Sasuke your lightning technique was incredible and Itachi that sealing technique of yours is definitely something that will be useful in this conflict. I'm so proud of both of you" Mikoto said.
"Mother" Sasuke and Itachi both said at the same time, but they both instantly shut up at the stern look Mikoto gave them.
"I thought I taught you two to never interrupt me when I'm talking" Mikoto said eyeing her two sons.
"Sorry Ma'am" both Itachi and Sasuke said before closing there mouths determined not to say anything else and just looked at her with a slight amount of fear in their eyes as they waited for her to continue.
"You have to teach me how to do that" Hinata said in amazement causing Mikoto to chuckle.
"It'll come to you naturally when you have my grandchildren" Mikoto said causing Hinata to blush and look away. Mikoto laughed to herself some more before addressing her sons again.
"Sasuke, I want you to know that I'm proud of the type of man that you're becoming. I thought for sure that the massacre would turn you into a sad and lonely child obsessed with Vengeance, but I'm glad that overcame that and banded together with your brother. The circumstances behind our massacre were controversial at best, but I don't mind that you're protecting the Village with your brother and friends. Its up to you two to make sure that the Uchiha's future is better than our past ever was. I love you so much my baby, I'll be watching you, and I want you to promise that you'll name one of you're children after me" Mikoto said with a teasing smile at the end of her words towards Sasuke.
Sasuke felt a sting building up behind his eyes, but he refused to let the tears drop as he nodded at his mother's words. Mikoto was satisfied with this and turned her attention towards her oldest son. The one that killed her, and she could tell by the solemn look in his eyes that he was still tortured by that decision.
"Itachi, you have never failed to make me a proud mother. You may have killed me and the rest of the clan besides Sasuke, but none of that matters because I can see how much you want to atone for your sins, and it's torturing you. We've already forgiven you so stop beating yourself up for the bloody past, and focus on helping Sasuke build an amazing future. No matter what the choice you've made is in the past or in the future, know that I will always love you" Mikoto said as she looked at her eldest son with tears streaming down her face.
Itachi had a pained expression on his face, but he nodded just like Sasuke had moments prior. Now that she got that off her chest, Mikoto decided to tease Itachi as well.
"And if you have a daughter before Sasuke does, then it's your duty as the eldest to name her after me" Mikoto said.
Itachi looked at his mother with surprise on his face before it was replaced with a smile and he nodded his agreement, making Mikoto's eyes shine brightly.
"Thank you. I think it's time for you to seal me away. Both of you remember that I love you and that your father and I will be watching you from above and eagerly awaiting the day that you two join us, but it better not be for a long time" Mikoto said.
Itachi and Sasuke both nodded as Itachi pierced her with the Totsuka Blade and sealed her away. With Mikoto sealed away, Sasuke and Itachi finally allowed themselves to show their emotions and tears dropped freely down the Uchiha Brothers face with only Hinata there to witness it.
They recovered after a few moments and looked at Hinata who had unshed tears still in her eyes after witnessing the emotional scene between the mother and her sons.
Itachi deactivated his Susanno before he walked over to Sasuke and poked his forehead before walking over to Hinata and doing the same to her.
"Come on. There'll be time for this later, lets go dispose of whoever's left" Itachi said.
Hinata and Sasuke nodded and walked away with Itachi, determined to end the fight and defend the Village.
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Everyone met up in the near where Tobirama was sealing away the reanimated Uchiha Shinobi. Tsunade, Sakura and the other medic nin on the battlefield were healing the injured shinobi while the others either sealed away the reanimated shinobi or were attacking the ones that reformed. This strategy proved to be mostly effective until, Nagato and Konan had reformed.
Konan was a problem because she threw paper bombs all over the battlefield, triggering random explosions, but she was defeated relatively easily by a high level Water Jutsu courtesy of Tobirama, but Nagato was a differently matter entirely.
All of the Ninjutsu that was fired at him was absorbed and he also kept his distance from the fighters who held the Taijutsu advantage over him. Overall, Nagato wasn't easy to defeat. Eventually the three Sannin attacked him all at once.
Orochimaru glared at Jiraiya as he dodged an attack from Nagato.
"I told you it would've been easier to just let me kill those children. If you had then we wouldn't be in this situation now would we?" The Snake Sannin asked sarcastically while firing a Wind Style Jutsu at Nagato who easily absorbed it.
"How was I supposed to know that he'd grow up and attack the Village one day. I can't see the future" Jiraiya responded as he dodged a missile sent by Nagato.
"Will you two stop arguing and focus on the fight? We don't have time for this right now" Tsunade said as she tried to rush Nagato, but a saw-like blade pierced through her abdomen causing her to cough up blood.
"TSUNADE" Orochimaru and Jiraiya yell simultaneously, but they were relieved to see that she was alright.
She grabbed the blade and pulled Nagato closer to her before delivering a bone shattering blow to his face, knocking him back a few feet as she healed her wound moments later, as if it never happened. Orochimaru and Jiraiya were soon by her side and together the three Sannin charged Nagato.
Nagato, seeing them coming, quickly formed his hand signs and slammed his palm on the ground.
"SUMMONING JUTSU" Nagato shouted as a large amount of smoke consumed the area.
The smoke cleared to reveal a giant Chameleon, Multi headed Dog, and Bird all with Rinnegan eyes towering over the Sannin and the rest of the Villagers.
Hashirama and Tobirama moved to get involved in the battle, but Hiruzen stopped them with a smirk on his face.
"Relax my Lords. My students are far from outmatched in this fight. Just sit back and watch the Three-Way Deadlock summoning in action" Hiruzen said.
"Oh I never thought I'd see the technique again" Minato said as he appeared next to the other Hokage.
Hashirama and Tobirama looked at each other for a moment before they decided not to intervene and to just watch the battle.
"Well guys you know what to do, and as your Hokage I order you to do it quickly so that we can end the threat to the Village" Tsunade said as she bit her thumb and slammed it to the ground.
"Don't pretend to order me around Tsunade, remember that we just happen to be on the same side for right now" Orochimaru said as he mimicked her actions.
"Orochimaru things would be so much easier for us if you just listened to Tsunade without responding with a snide comment all the time. She usually misses you and ends up hitting me" Jiraiya said as he bit his thumb and slammed it on the ground as well.
"SUMMONING JUTSU" the Sannin all said simultaneously as three monstrous shadows could be seen from behind the smoke. The smoke cleared to reveal Jiraiya, Orochimaru and Tsunade standing on top of Gamabunta, Manda and Lady Katsuyu.
Gamabunta looked to his right to see Orochimaru and Manda beside him and instantly scowled.
"What are we doing working with low lives like those two Jiraiya? Did he brainwash you or something?" Gamabunta asked as he unsheathed his sword and pointed it at Nagato's summons.
"Quiet Toad. I don't like the idea of working with you either, but I've fought these summons before and I have to admit that they're tough opponents. However, if I hear your voice again then I will dispose of you after we get rid of them" Manda hissed at Gamabunta causing the Toad to glare at the snake who returned the glare with equal intensity.
"Why can't we all ever just get along? We have a common enemy and that should be enough to at least be civil with each other" Lady Katsuyu asked.
"Because he's unbearable" Gamabunta and Manda replied at the same time as they continued to glare at each other in contempt.
"Okay enough of this. Can we just focus on the enemy in front of us instead of attacking each other" Tsunade said.
Hearing this, the three summons decided to temporarily put aside their differences, so that they could focus on the task at hand. Having fought the summons before, Manda decided that he was the one most qualified to take the lead in the fight.
"Katsuyu, use your acid to take out the bird's wings. His ability to fly will prove to be annoying for us, if we don't neutralize it now. Gamabunt, you and I will ensure that the other two don't jump in the way. They all share the same vision so I'm almost sure that they'd try too" Manda said.
"Geez who made you the boss rat-breath?" Gamabunta said.
"Just do as I say wart-skin" Manda replied.
"Care to repeat that?" Gamabunta asked as he pointed his sword at Manda.
"Gamabunta focus" Jiraiya said, slightly embarrassed by his Summon's behavior. It seemed that Orochimaru's summon was at least trying to act civil, but his was trying to pick a fight. It made him look bad.
Gamabunta mumbled to himself in annoyance as he returned his attention back towards the enemy summons that were currently approaching at a fast speed.
The three instantly sprung into action to disable the other summons. Katsuyu spit acid at the bird burning through it's wings and grounding it, Manda wrapped his body around the three headed dog and squeezed until it lost consciousness, and Gamabunta used his sword to pin the chameleon to the ground.
"That was surprisingly simple, and you said that these guys were tough? Maybe your just not as strong as you like to think you are" Gamabunta said while looking down at the Chameleon.
"It was three on one last time you insolent tadpole. One on one is obviously different" Manda hissed in outrage.
"What did you just call me?" Gamabunta asked.
"You two are so annoying" Lady Katsuyu said.
The three Sannin just sweatdropped at the antics of their summons, but they were satisfied that Nagato's summons had been neutralized so they decided to just ignore them.
They all jumped down and approached Nagato, who they were sure was out of options to attack them with.
"Give up Nagato and just let us seal you" Jiraiya said.
"Your fate was decided the moment we became your opponents. Just embrace the fact that you're about to be sealed away" Orochimaru said as he got ready to seal him.
"I hope you all can survive this Jutsu" Nagato said as he clapped his hands together and gathered his chakra.
"What are you talking about?" Tsunade asked before she saw Nagato form a black sphere in his hands and throw it into the sky.
"PLANETARY DEVASTION" Nagato shouted.
Soon after, everyone in the area felt a strong gravitational force pulling them towards the black sphere. A few random shinobi who were to weak to resist were pulled in immediately along with the remains of the debris in the area, killing them instantly. The summons were also pulled into the attack and were poofed instantly.
Seeing this everyone tried their best to think of a way to avoid getting pulled of their feet. Naruto intensified his Kyuubi Cloak around everyone to try to keep them grounded, while Hashirama made wood style branches for people to hold on to.
Itachi and Sasuke had their Susanno activated and Hinata was in Sasuke's Susanno. Itachi looked at the center of the of the sphere and analyzed the technique before he turned to Sasuke.
"We have to destroy the sphere with our strongest projectile attacks. We don't really have to aim since the gravitational force will pull our attacks towards it anyway" Itachi said while throwing Yasaka beads with his Susanno.
Sasuke nodded and fired a Susanno arrow at it as well.
Other shinobi caught on to the Uchiha Brother's plan and soon multiple powerful Jutsu's were being thrown towards the Black Sphere before a particularly powerful Rasen Shuriken destroyed it completely, and freeing everyone from the gravitational pull of Nagato's attack.
Itachi quickly flew over to Nagato and pierced him with the Totsuka Blade to seal him away. Itachi decided that he had seen enough of Nagato's abilities to know that he didn't want to risk anymore fighting from him.
"Thank you Itachi. I'm sorry for unleashing Madara on the world, but I thought that he was the savior the world needed to stop the violence" Nagato said.
"I can't blame you for your decision, and the fact remains that you have probably been manipulated from the beginning. Don't blame yourself for this, and leave Madara to us" Itachi replied. Nagato nodded and was sucked into Itachi's sealing gourd.
With Nagato out of the picture, the battle was finally won, and the Leaf Villagers cheered at their victory.
Kisame walked back towards the group with a smirk on his face and Hidan's disembodied head in his hand screaming curses at him.
"So you're the big hero huh Itachi?" Kisame said smirking.
"I guess you can say that. Nice job dispatching of Hidan, but where's Kakazu?" Itachi asked looking around for the last member of the Akatsuki.
"I don't know. He disappeared after your little brother's lightning attack, he either ran away or he's dead. I wouldn't be worried about him anyway, he only had one heart left" Kisame said with a smirk.
"How'd you manage to take care of Hidan and injure Kakazu so drastically?" Itachi asked.
"I had quite a bit of help from the Taijutsu specialist and the Jonin with the cigarette in his mouth. They took care of Kakazu while got my one on one fight with this pest" Kisame said referring to Gai and Asuma.
"Shut the fuck up you fish fuck. You cheated, and waited until that bright light blinded me before you cut my head off of my body. If it wasn't for that distraction then you'd be sushi on Lord Jashin's plate by now" Hidan cursed.
The surrounding shinobi were uncomfortable by the fact that a disembodied head was screaming curses, so being Hokage, Tsunade went over to investigate the situation.
"I take it that this is the immortal member of the Akatsuki that I was warned about. Hidan right? Why'd you keep his head?" Tsunade asked Kisame.
"Oh I was just gloating to this Bastard about the fact that I cut his head off, but now that I think about it, we can probably use him to gather more information on what Madara is planning, because I zoned out a little while Madara was talking" Kisame said while tossing Hidan's head towards Tsuande who looked surprised as she caught it. Hidan looked at Tsunade and sneered.
"If you think that I'm going to tell you anything, then have another thing coming you ballon breasted bitch" Hidan said.
Tsunade twitched at this and motioned for Itachi to shut Hidan up. Itachi obeyed and placed Hidan in an illusion that knocked him unconscious.
Tsunade nodded her thanks before she began to direct the restoration of the Village, and sending some shinobi to get the rest of the Villagers that were hiding in the evacuation zone under Hokage Mountain.
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While this was happening, Hashirama made his way to Sasuke who was on the side talking to Hinata. When they noticed that the first Hokage was walking towards them, Hinata bowed and after Sasuke whispered to her to let them talk alone, she walked away to check on the other Hyuugas.
When Hinata was out of earshot, Sasuke turned back towards Hashirama, who had a huge smile on his face.
"You were quite impressive during the fighting, and even though your technique was dangerous and powerful enough to destroy everyone around you; you still used it and trusted me and Naruto to protect everyone else. From what you've told me about Indra, I doubt any other Indra incarnate would trust an Ashura incarnate with anything and you trusted both of us. I think you have the makings of an excellent Hokage someday" Hashirama said surprising Sasuke.
Sasuke looked at the man in shock for a few more seconds before he let a smirk show on his face.
"What irony is this? The First Hokage telling me, the current Indra Incarnate, that he would make an excellent Hokage, when the current Ashura incarnate desperately wants to be Hokage someday" Sasuke said surprising Hashirama.
As if knowing that he was mentioned in the conversation, Naruto approached the two with his Kyuubi Cloak disappearing around him. He looked emotionally drained, much like Sasuke, but there was still a smile on his face.
"What are y'all over here talking about? I felt kinda left out and I got the feeling that someone was talking about me" Naruto said.
"I was just saying how Sasuke would make an excellent Hokage one day. Don't you agree?" Hashirama asked not really believing Sasuke's words and expecting Naruto to agree with him wholeheartedly, but he was surprised by the look of offense that showed on his face.
"No no no, not the Bastard. I'd make a much better Hokage that he ever could" Naruto responded with a pout on his face causing Hashirama to sweatdrop.
"I don't doubt that, I just thought that Sasuke would be good at the position too, and I also didn't realize that you wanted the position. I personally never wanted to be the First Hokage, and wanted to give the position to Madara, but I was outvoted. I just thought that you'd share my sentiment" Hashirama said.
"No way. He'd probably be good at the paperwork and stuff, but he'd probably solve all of the problems with violence. The Bastard has no social skills" Naruto said causing Hashirama to laugh.
"He's definitely like Madara when it comes to things like that, and Madara was always so paranoid. He couldn't even pee with someone standing behind him" Hashirama said while continuing to laugh with Naruto at the antics of Sasuke and Madara.
Sasuke just rolled his eyes and thought about how angry Madara was going to be when he realized his plan failed. They better get to work on planning their next move before the Legendary Uchiha decided to take things into his own hands, and Sasuke had a feeling that it would be soon.
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Madara sneezed from where he was in the Akatsuki base.
'I'll be sure to personally take care of whoever dared to talk about me in such a matter that it made me sneeze' Madara thought to himself while he rubbed his nose.
He was not happy. Kabuto had informed him that all of the forces that he sent to attack the Village were disposed of and sealed away, so that they couldn't use them again.
This was a big blow to his Edo Tensei army, because Nagato was a powerhouse and the resurrected Uchiha Clan would've been a force to reckon with on the battlefield, especially Fugaku with his Mangekyou ability. Madara sighed at his defeat as he thought over his next move. That was when the door to the hideout bursted open revealing a beaten and bloody Kakazu limping into the room.
"What are you doing here?" Madara calmly asked the man.
"They were too strong. I killed a few, but some of the leaf's forces were capable fighters that prevented me from gathering more hearts from my victims. Then Itachi's little brother fired off an powerful attack that blinded me, and while I was blinded, two cowards were able to take two of my hearts, and Kisame turned on us and cut off Hidan's head. Retreat was the best option" Kakazu said.
Madara absorbed the information as he extended his hand towards Kakazu. Kakazu's eyes widened and he tried to flee, but it was too late as Madara had already caught him in his attack.
He pulled Kakazu's body toward him and stuck out his hand as Kakazu can close to him. Kakazu coughed up blood when he felt Madara's hand stab through his chest and grab his final heart. Kakazu slowly looked back at Madara as if to ask him why he did it, and Madara just smirked before responding.
"I have no use for cowards within my ranks, but thank you for the information you provided. I think you'll serve me better as an Edo Tensei shinobi, that way you won't be so fragile" Madara said as he closed his fist, crushing Kakazu's heart and killing him.
Madara then kicked Kakazu's corpse to the corner of the room for Kabuto to take DNA samples of when he returns from his mission, before he began pacing again trying to think about his next course of action.
The only thing he knew for sure was that he'd have to get involved sooner rather than later and the thought made a giant smirk spread across Madara's face.
'Enjoy this small victory. You've won the battle, but the war is far from over. Soon the general will make his appearance' Madara thought to himself with the sadistic smirk still on his face.
TBC
I'm so sorry for the extra long break from the fic. What was it like 3 weeks? I apologize. I was so preoccupied with studying for my Finals and completing my Final projects that I had no time to write for this story. Please forgive me! I hope that this chapter Kind of makes up for my absence.
One Eyed King Kaneki Uchiha- I'm glad that you agree.
Dominiknoxi- you think so? I hope I can fix that soon and he has the mind and body of a 16 year old, but I can understand why you'd think he was technically 32. I tried to make it clear throughout the story that but he was sent back with his power and memories, but he returned to the young age. Like he started over completely from age 7.
Lolithia (Guest)- Oh I haven't forgotten about the other elders, its just that Danzo was the priority. They'll get dealt with eventually.
The Unkown Uchia- Thank you!
HinaHime (Guest)- she sure did and I hope that you enjoyed her conversation with her two sons.
Rex559 (Guest)- I like the Konan/Obito pairing but it won't be happening in this story, and I while I really like Madara, I view him as unredeemable. I don't think that he can turn good, but I like your idea.
Shikara Gizzel- who? And woahh I love that idea, but where would Orochimaru find Izuna's grave? And that's actually a great idea too that I never would've thought of, but I just don't think that it works that way, and even if it did then what's to say that instead of Ashura and Indra being revived, it would be Hashirama and Madara? I don't think the incarnates share DNA, but that would be cool.
2plygal- Thank you! I hope that you enjoyed this chapter as well.
Splaaash-attack- I'm glad that you enjoyed it, and I hope that you enjoyed the ending of the fight between Fugaku and his sons.
That one Kitsune- Woah! That's high praise and I wouldn't have ever expected a review like that. Thank you so much! I really don't know what else to say to that, I'm just so surprised. I do plan on writing more SasuHina fics after this one is finished, and as for a sequel to this story I'm not sure, because I'm not the biggest fan of the Boruto series, but I'll leave it up to you guys in the review section.
Antex- The Legendary Zoroark- Glad you enjoyed it! I hope that you enjoyed this chapter as well.
Once again I'm sorry for the long wait, but at least now it's summertime, so I should have more time on my hands to update. Please Read and Review- Dishon 3