Hi guys! I squished the entire bit about Obito and Madara in a single chapter, I didn't want to bother writing the exact same events and instead focused on the key things that I wanted to write. If you were sad something was missing… trust me, it's most likely the same as in the anime and I am terrible at fight scenes. Also I have very little memory about all of this, and I didn't want to take it word for word.
Just a heads up for this chapter: I tried to be specific on the type of Susano-o used each time, if I just say "Susano-o" then it's the skeletal one, if it's "perfect Susano-o" then it's the tengu form.
Thank you all for the faves, follows and reviews. You may notice something about your responses… yeah, I purposefully chose not to respond to your questions about Madara, you'll see in this chapter.
animecutylover: It was rather fun watching you react to all of my chapters, but your latest review kinda confuses me based on your wording. Madara has always been fatherly to Deidara so I didn't really understand your question. But other than that I'm glad you've enjoyed this story so far, and man did you speed read this fic. I know I can read a story like this in a few days but still. XD Good job!
Shinobi of the Hidden Leaf: He has turned EVERY enemy he has met into a friend when he's used the talk-no-jutsu. But other than that, ummm… yeah you'll see what happens to Madara in this chapter.
wyattharto8: Teehee, you'll see~
VenaHope: More like time to pull out a bunch of explosives.
Pr1nc3ss K3nny: Thanks for letting me know about the typo on Minato! Fixed it! Also there are so many ways to describe how this chapter ended and I think only 1 or 2 readers were right but then doubted it. I love keeping you all on your toes. :3
Liliah Dark: Please excuse me while I laugh evilly in my chair with my cat in my lap (not kidding, I am responding to you with my fur baby in my lap).
setokayba2n: There isn't any DNA to reanimate them anymore, and even if they could Deidara would not reanimate Fugaku and Mikoto out of respect for Itachi.
Supu Fumi Heren: He has to use his curse hickey for a battle that happens in this chapter, other than that my lips are sealed. :P
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MichaelJ-D: Meh, it's boring without interactions, and plenty of others interact with the fights in the show. I wrote what amused me more than anything.
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"Blah" - Black Zetsu talking
Warning: Feels. All the feels. Also violence and swearing. I don't think I'm missing anything else in this category.
Disclaimer: I do not own Madara- I mean Naruto, damnit this is why I do not like writing on auto-pilot.
"It's time to end this. Madara-sama! Come on out!"
Like throwing out a pokeball, Madara's coffin sprang out from the earth and like usual, the Uchiha kicked the lid off. The coffin vanished in a puff of smoke as he surveyed his surrounding, eyes locking onto Obito.
"So, it took Deidara long enough to summon me to talk to you." Crossing his arms, Madara focused his attention solely on the Uchiha across the battlefield, "What are the chances of me convincing you to drop these plans?"
Obito's mouth twitched into a frown, "This entire thing was your plan, I did everything you wanted and yet you side with them. It's too late now to end it all… I don't care anymore." Naruto is going to have a tough time Talk-no-Jutsuing this one.
Madara briefly glanced towards me for a second, "I suppose so… I guess there's only one thing to do then."
With a sigh, Madara activated his sharingan and I got into a fighting stance, adrenaline slowly beginning to pump itself through my body. The Juubi was summoned, and I needed to make sure Naruto didn't lose the Kyuubi. I was honestly going to need as much help as I could get if this was going to end quickly, that or I needed to lure Zetsu out.
"Alright, I'm gonna summon Hashirama-sama and Tobirama-baka to help with the Juubi, so let's kick his ass, Tou-san!" Madara's entire body tensed up and my own back straightens up. It took me a second to realize what I called Madara, and after looking at Itachi for a moment, I snapped my head towards Madara. With a soft chuckle, I stick out my tongue teasingly, "Whoops, did I say that out loud, un?"
Madara stared at me wide-eyed, before blinking and his entire face transformed. Eyes gleamed with what can only be described at pride and a soft smile rested on his lips, "Finally… Deidara, before we fight I need to give you something. Hold out your hand for me." Everyone stopped moving when he declared this, even Obito was curious to know what he had in mind.
"Um… this is bad timing but… whatever works I guess, un…" I tilted my head and slowly obeyed the request. Holding my hand out, the hair on the back of my neck stood when Madara's hand trailed up to one of his eyes. Why was he…? Was he going to try to…? "Madara-sama, what are you-?"
I don't remember moving, but I somehow found my body flying from some impact to my stomach. Even when I landed on the ground, my forehead crashing into a rock and causing my body to suddenly stop. Blood ran down my face I still didn't understand when I moved. My vision kept giving out, black to color, black to color as if my mind wasn't sure if it wanted to become unconscious or not. I think I have a concussion. I could vaguely hear people yelling my name, but I pushed myself to my knees and my vision slowly focused on Madara walking towards Obito… I couldn't see his face.
"Ma…" I coughed roughly, only mildly noting the blood now on the ground, I think a rib broke, "Madara…? What…?"
He stopped, and turned his head to look at me, no… not look… he was glaring at me. What was once a fatherly expression was now stone cold, rinnegan replacing his sharingan, "Oh, you survived that. What an annoying brat." My body froze at the tone, he sounded like he did in the anime, uncaring and borderline insane with power.
Itachi rushed to my side and hooked his hands under my arms to help me stand, "What is the meaning of this Madara? Why did you kick him?" Is that what happened? That would explain why a bruise was beginning to form.
"Did you really think I would abandon my goals for peace simply because I saw a version of it? I just needed time to figure out how to change it, and thankfully, Deidara here was more than willing to keep me around." A sadistic grin formed on that stone cold face, "You should have gotten rid of me the moment you slammed the coffin lid on my face."
I rubbed my stomach with a wince, "How… but you… everything…"
"Everything I did for you? Heh, you really were easy to manipulate. It only took me minutes of knowing you to figure out what you wanted the most and I gave it to you, a father figure. You valued safety above all else, all I had to do was put in little gestures of affection and you took the bait.." As if to prove his point, his lightly pats the top of his head, "Pathetic… amusing… but pathetic all the same."
I slowly started seeing red, whether it's from the blood on my face or just rage. Madara began to move his hands and my thoughts cleared up. It soon became a race to see who could cast their jutsu faster.
"Release!"
...
Madara was faster.
The connection between us broke, I was no longer in control of him. I had to stop at the last hand sign, otherwise, I break my connection with Hashirama, Tobirama, and Izuna.
"Deidara!" I turn my head to the right to see Sasuke running towards Itachi and me, "What the hell is happening?!"
"Madara used Deidara." Itachi lets me go and pulls Sasuke aside to question him about something. Minato and Kushina were hugging and talking to Naruto while also keeping an eye on Obito and Madara as they began walking towards the Juubi. Hiruzen slowly walked towards me.
"Deidara? Are you okay…?" The old man reached out to touch my shoulder but pulled away when the Juubi roared. Kakashi focused his chakra into his sharingan to use Kamui on Madara, only for Obito to quickly suck up Kakashi for them to fight in the other world, leaving Madara to deal with us. With Obito gone and Madara waiting for his rebirth, the Juubi was free to do whatever it wanted.
"He used me…" My voice shook, my heart pounding in my head, "He… played me… like a puppet… like an idiot… like a child…" A growl escaped my throat. If this Uchiha thinks I'll allow him to get away with using me… oh no, he's got another thing coming, "I'll kill him…"
Nothing else mattered at this moment, I barely took notice of Naruto giving everyone chakra cloaks. Shoving my hands in my pouches and clasping them together, I create a C2 dragon. Just before taking off, I summoned Tobirama and Hashirama to help with the Juubi, not even realizing that my unstable emotions will hinder this progress.
Upon sensing Hashirama's chakra, Madara instantly leapt to the Senju for his expecting battle. But he barely had time to miss being hit by one of my missiles. He looked up to my dragon, his insane glee instantly shut down at the sight of another missile being fired at him, "So… you want to dance in place of Hashirama…"
"Damn right I want this dance!" Fire, "I trusted you!" Fire, "I told you that this plan would fail, your hope for peace would fail!" Fire, "But you didn't listen! You're so far off the deep end from Zetsu's manipulation! And you had the nerve..." Fire.
Fire… fire… fire…
"YOU HAD THE NERVE TO ACT LIKE A FATHER TO ME! YOU HAD THE NERVE TO MAKE ME THINK YOU CARED!"
Fire... fire... FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE!
What was once a simple game to Madara, soon became a task of dodging rapidly fired homing missiles as the explosions got bigger and louder. Itachi and Sasuke activated their Susano-o to keep the allied shinobi safe from my bombs by attacking Madara when he got too close. On several occasions, the Juubi would get hit and be nearly topple over by the force.
But I didn't care, Madara was still moving.
I didn't let him stop, I kept him on his toes, I would not let him be reborn. I want the last thing this Uchiha to see was my art flying at him with a big happy "BYE!" on their face. If my dragon had any bones he would have a broken jaw by now, his tail getting smaller and smaller as my bombs flew out bigger and faster. I was already preparing a second C2 dragon when this one ran out. My vision was beginning to blur… I hate him for making me care… I hate that I'm crying because of him.
3rd person POV
Kimimaro looked up at the dragon in the sky, then to his boyfriend and brother, "Nii-sama has completely lost it…" The dragon soon skydived to the ground towards Madara as Deidara hopped on another one, resuming his explosions as Madara gracefully dodged each attack.
Naruto's face pinched up in frustration as rocks flew past his head and barely missed his face, "We can't get to him or Madara with those explosions, dattebayo." He flinched at the near deafening blast, "And Kakashi-sensei is missing too." In the corner of his eyes, he notices Hashirama reforming after getting caught in one of the explosions and had to be pulled back by his brother. Everyone else was wisely staying away from the bomber's range of attack, though still on their toes to avoid the debris flying in every direction.
Kushina hummed to herself, "He certainly has a temper, we might as well wait for him to wear himself out before joining in the battle." Had Deidara actually been her and Minato's child, she could never suggest the idea of him running out of chakra. But Deidara was from Iwagakure, and earth style is notorious for being chakra draining because of the manipulation of matter.
"Don't expect that anytime soon." Everyone turned to look at Orochimaru as he stood next to Sasuke and Itachi, chuckling the entire time, "The moment Deidara runs out of chakra, he'll pull more out from my curse mark, unless he suddenly decides to stop. If you really want to attack, you'll have to do so between blasts." Running a hand through his hair removed the random bits of stone from it, he mused to himself another possibility, "Or knock him out."
Naruto violently rubbed his face with his hands, "Gah! How the hell are we supposed to attack that ugly thing between Deidara-nii's attacks?!" As if to prove his point, Minato attempted to throw one of his special kunai into the battlefield. The poor thing was instantly obliterated by the time it got close to the poofy-haired Uchiha, "See?!"
Kimimaro sighed and rubbed his temples, "We may have to use some kind of attack or genjutsu to knock Nii-sama out. We're running out of time, but thankfully Madara is distracted… it just doesn't make any sense to me." Everyone looks to the teen in confusion, "Why would Madara act like he did around Nii-sama if he was going to betray him in the end? All he would have to do is corporate and occasionally fight for Nii-sama. Why put in the extra effort to form a strong bond with him?"
Minato blinked a few times before his eyes lit up from an idea, "Maybe he was expecting Deidara-san to betray us and join him?" He was met with several blank looks, even his damn wife was deadpanned, "Okay… so that's not the case… what do you think Itachi? ... er… Itachi?"
But Itachi kept quiet, never once taking his eyes off the fight in front of him with his Susano-o activated. All he needed was for Madara to get close to his sword and they would get rid of the problem at hand.
Kimimaro crossed his arms, shooting out some bones from his shoulder to block a rock, "He must have wanted Nii-sama to react like this. Let's all be honest here, he acts irrational when upset." Minato and Kushina sweatdropped when they heard murmurs of agreement. Just what kind of person was raising their son?
Kimimaro's attention was momentarily brought over to Neji, who was using his byakugan to keep everyone updated.
"Hey… guys… Deidara-san's dragon is out of bombs… and I think he's out of chakra."
Deidara's POV
My breath consisted of short, heavy pants as I realized that my second dragon no longer had a tail. Down below the entire earth had been upturned and left behind massive craters from my explosion. The real eyesore was that in the center of everything was a very bored Madara. The fact he was bored with this whole thing sent my blood back to a boil.
"Is that all you got, Deidara? Or is your art not as great as you're lead to believe? I thought you trained yourself to fight against Uchiha… or was that all a bluff?" To add insult to injury, the Uchiha proceed to cross his arms out of sheer boredom. He looked as if any second now he would fall over and go to sleep! "Why don't you get off that oversized toy and fight me head on?"
Shoving my hands in my pouches once more, I pooled in more chakra into my palm mouths. Hatred consuming my brain as I had to pull chakra from my curse mark to create a C3, something I never thought I would need to use. It's the only kind that I cannot fully control, and if anyone gets too close to this area… well, they're smart enough to stay out of the way.
"I'm not going to give you the satisfaction of a response to that…" He doesn't deserve to see me angry about my art, he deserves to have this be shoved down his throat. Noting in the corner of my eye, everyone leaping away to keep their distance from the upcoming blast. Dropping the plain clay doll, it poofed to the size of an elephant halfway meeting it's explosion point, "Die… Katsu!"
At first, there was no sound, but soon my ears rang from the explosion and I was momentarily blinded by the light. I haven't made something so bright in a long time, not since Orochimaru invaded Konoha if my memory serves me right. Falling to my knees I let out a soft groan as my chakra was almost completely gone. It's slowly becoming too much to even keep this dragon flying, let alone make more explosions; I guess this is what happens when you spend the entire day on the battlefield and constantly using chakra. I also noticed Naruto and the others bolting through the smoke to head towards the Juubi.
"You forgot that your explosions cannot harm Susano-o." What?! Poking my head over the edge of my dragon, I spot Madara chilling inside his Susano-o, "But that was rather impressive… for someone not a part of the Uchiha clan."
That stung, a lot. Watching the blue mass of chakra move, I realize it was aiming for the dragon and I quickly leapt off. Madara's Susano-o sword colliding with the C2 made another explosion that forced me to fall to the ground faster. But before I could hit the ground, a line of chains shoots out from Madara's sleeve and binds my arms to my body, when the hell did I supply him with chains?
"Nii-sama!" Upon impact to the earth, I feel Kimimaro running towards us.
"Go help your brother, Kimimaro! I'm okay, un!" If there was one thing I didn't want, it was Kimimaro or any of the other teens fighting Madara. He didn't seem to have any intentions of killing me right away, otherwise, he wouldn't have wasted time tying me up. But something was off with the chains, the longer I stayed connected to them… I felt weaker… they're draining my chakra.
I feel Madara stop right behind me, "You just stay right there and out of my way." He creates a wood clone to keep an eye on me while he ran to battle the others. Why was he keeping me alive? At one point the clone picked me up to avoid contact with the Juubi or its clones.
I couldn't move, I was too tired. My consciousness kept leaving me, and every time I opened it something new was going on. Obito was the jinchuuriki, hair turned white from the transformation. Naruto, Minato, and Hashirama using senjutsu to combat against him. So much was happening… but something felt off about the entire thing.
Even when Madara betrayed Obito, and was reborn from the man and became a Jinchuuriki. Even when he was fighting Gai and was struggling to keep up with the man's 8 Gates… this all felt off. Madara wasn't using fatal attacks, he hasn't even used Susano-o to the extent that I remember him using. Sure he was missing Hashirama's cells because Kabuto didn't mess with his body, but he should be stronger than this.
I couldn't stay awake anymore.
3rd person POV
The entire shinobi alliance was collaborating their jutsu to take down the Juubi, with Naruto's chakra it should go down… right?
Apparently not, the creature was going insane. Missing Kurama and Gyuki hindered its brain process, if it had one. Out of self-defence after being trapped, it created smaller clones of itself while Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke summoned their animals. Naruto had Gamakichi, Sakura had Katsuyu, and Sasuke had a timid spiny bush viper named Touma that made Manda look like a shrimp.
"Sasuke-sama, that thing looks tough…" Touma isn't one for battles, but his master summoned him and his clan's pride was at risk if he failed. Not to mention the entire world.
Sasuke leaned down and pat the viper on the head, "Don't worry. Just unsummon yourself if you get hurt."
"If you say so…" His spike like scales puffed up when some of the Juubi's clones tried to climb on him. "Ew!" Without thinking, the massive snake smashed the clones against his body with his tail, "... Sasuke-sama, the thing is giving birth to bugs…"
Naruto made a face of bewilderment as he watched Sasuke comfort the giant serpent, "Neh… Teme? Don't you have a more confident snake to use?" Gamakichi chuckled in agreement. Naruto thought snakes were supposed to be tough and refined, this one is acting like its self-esteem was the size of a pea.
Sasuke grunted and slammed his hands together. His teammates and their summons watched in awe as Sasuke's Susano-o slowly engulfed Touma's form, covering the serpent in purple samurai armor and even producing 7 other necks and heads at the base of Touma's body. Sasuke ended up recreating Yamata-no-Orochi and he was so damn smug about it.
"Yay! Sasuke-sama's Susano-o!" If the snake had a human mouth he would be smiling with glee. Sasuke looked at his teammates with an expression that read "beat THAT" before Touma sprang into battle.
Naruto looked down at Gamakichi in though, "So… Gamakichi, how about I ask Kurama-"
"No."
"Fine."
Sakura sweatdropped as she watched Sasuke's summon slither around, "I never thought I would one day find snakes adorable…" Snapping out her daze, Sakura had Katsuyu break apart into hundreds of her clones to go heal the Shinobi Alliance. She saved a bit of her chakra for whenever they would have the chance to get to Deidara, the Madara wood clone wasn't allowing anyone to go near them.
While the trio focused on getting closer to the trapped Juubi, and the rest of the forces focused on the clones, Itachi stayed back to take care of the clones and waited for Madara to appear in front of him. The younger had to cool his emotions so he could fight with a clear mind.
"I know you hate me Itachi. Not only because of Deidara, but also because of Obito the clan planned a coup."
Itachi relaxed his shoulders, "No… they would have planned a coup even without the Kyuubi being released that day. They were all too bitter to try and change… I don't hate you for the clan. I hate that our clan's legacy is a washed-up has-been that would throw away his life and betray his village." Orange chakra engulfed his body as he formed his perfect Susano-o, his body floating to stand in the forehead.
"Oh? Do you want my legacy then?" Madara mimicked Itachi, and now two giant tengus faced against one-another.
"I would rather not. I've made my own without your help." A hand sign later and his Susano-o sword clashed with three of Madara's, the free hand grabbing the fourth, "People like you… should burn…"
Madara flung himself away when black flames engulfed his Susano-o, "Heh… now, this is a fight. Show me your best Itachi, but can you kill a sage?"
"Even a sage can be burned with the right fire…"
"I suppose so, let's see if you actually have the right kind then. The moon is almost in place, let's finish this with a proper dance."
Deidara's POV
When I was finally conscious enough to understand my surroundings, Madara stood next to me in his Jinchuriki form but he only had one eye, "Now then… what to do with you? You're the reason why I was reanimated in the first place. The jutsu is nearly complete as well…"
Blinking a few times to regain brain functions, I quickly brush my thumb over my ring finger to calm my speeding heart. The ruby was still in one piece. Shifting my eyes, I realize that Itachi has been fighting one of Madara's wood clones, "You couldn't even face Itachi head on… coward…"
"Make no mistake, I don't have any intention of fighting him head on even with the Juubi's chakra flowing within me…" I watch as he dug through my clay pouch and found one particular seal, "I cannot believe you carried these with you." Producing my jar of sharingan, he opened the lid and pulled out an eye and used it to replace his missing one in his empty socket. My confusion spiked when instead of destroying the jar, he placed it back into the seal in my pouch. His eyes move to the side briefly as Black Zetsu showed up before looking back at me, "It's time to end this."
Black Zetsu let out a throaty chuckle as he hovered over Madara's shoulder, "A wise move Madara-sama, he'll only get in the way if let free or put under the genjutsu. Killing him would be best." So, this is how I'm going to die? Madara kills me in some way and then Zetsu uses him to revive Kaguya?
"When did I say that I would be killing my child?"
What…?
"What?!" Okay, I thought that first you asshole. I struggle to move my hair out of my face as I watched Madara stab the side of Obito's body that is covered in Black Zetsu, "What is the meaning of this, Madara-sama?"
"It sounds sickening when a creature like you says my name. Please perish as punishment for even making me put up with this stupid act." A snap of his fingers has the chains around my arms vanish in an instant, "I'm sorry I had to do that to you."
"I'll kick your ass later, un…" I growled when he let out a laugh, "That's not funny you bastard, I hate you Uchihas and your acting skills."
"I had to do it to get Zetsu to lower its guard. But I understand your anger, it was difficult keeping up this charade while also keeping deaths to a minimum. That Gai fellow was the hardest to keep alive." With a roll of his makeshift eyes, he resumed his attacks towards Black Zetsu.
Pushing myself up, barely able to stand at the moment. I was quickly scooped up by an injured Tobirama and set down by Itachi. The moment I was back on the ground, I was pawed frantically by Itachi.
"Honey, I'm okay… Madara didn't hurt me…" I was lost about the whole thing, 'He was acting this whole time… Why didn't he just tell me?' I look over my shoulder to watch Zetsu sink into the ground and away from Madara's attacks.
Sakura kneeled by my side and ran a glowing hand over my ribs, "He broke a rib, stay still while I heal you." I grunted slightly as I hear her snap the bones back into place, "I'd avoid strong contact around your stomach for some time."
"Thanks Sakura, but considering who is going to be summoned soon… fuck… ITACHI! SASUKE!"
Both brothers quickly clapped their hands and created their Susano-o once more, blocking our gaze from the moon as it turned red with the Infinite Tsukuyomi. After a few minutes, the Sunano-os died down to reveal that stupid tree, everyone trapped inside its genjutsu.
"Fucking hell… guess Kaguya's going to be brought back at this rate, un. Kimimaro, you and Neji stay ba-" I cut myself short when I turned and noticed our party and did a mental roll call, 'Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi, Uchiha brothers, the Hokages, Kushina, Madara is over there…' "Where are Kimimaro and Neji?"
Naruto looked around, "They went to help Hinata and the others fight the Juubi clones…" Our eyes widened in an instant, "They're in one of those mummy things!"
They're in the tree, everyone is in that tree… my twins are in that tree! My babies! Okay, rational thinking over, time to kill tree.
Swiftly turning at a 180°, my face slammed into Madara's chest as he appeared in front of me, "Get out of my way you bastard!"
"I know you're still angry with me. But everyone will be okay, we just need to break the genjutsu." Madara's eyes widened as his hair turned from white and back to black, his outfit reverted back to his red armor. Even his Gunbai materialized in place of his staff, "What the-?"
"That won't happen anytime soon. It's time for Kaa-san's revival." Looking past Madara, Black Zetsu placed his hand on… Why is there a pair of legs all the way by the tree- oh right, didn't Sasuke slice Madara in half at some point*?
Using chakra gathered from the tree and also Madara's chakra, a big mass of darkness formed, slowly forming into a dazed Kaguya. Lovely, just lovely, pure sarcasm by the way.
"Duck-kun, Naruto, meet your preincarnation's grandmother. Literally the most boring, unhyped antagonist I have ever witnessed be created, un."
Madara was fun to write, in general I decided to get creative in just how cold and heartless I could make him sound until the very end of it. Also Touma was written when I was sleep deprived on the bus, I do not regret my decision on him. By the way, my beta agrees with all of you calling me evil :P if I didn't tell her about Madara from the start, she would have freaked out on me.
For anyone scratching their heads as to why Itachi has a perfect Susano-o, my logic is that if Kakashi can get it with regular sharingan, then my Itachi with the eternal version should be able to have it too. Kishimoto did design perfect Susano-o for all of the Uchiha in the video games and they look amazing.
*I got this idea from a random comment I saw on a Madara video, someone thought that a way to have Madara be in Boruto was to have Zetsu use the part of Madara that was cut off to summon Kaguya. I thought the idea was cool and so I used it.
Next chapter is… heheheheheh, let's just say I am having way too much fun writing it right now. If you're expect a serious battle where Deidara occasionally insults Kaguya, but is stressed by the battle and how helpless the situation is… yeah don't. Minus the insulting part, please ditch all expectations for a serious, thought-provoking battle. What I have written up so far is pure crack and Kaguya ain't even in most of the chapter (hence why I kept saying I took creative liberties with it). I would say more but my beta doesn't want me to spoil anything.
As always, reviews are loved and I will see you all next week.
Bye!
