Okay, there are some lines I do not own. But I thought they went great with this so I'm borrowing them from Battle Angel Alita Last Order. Just in case some of you forgot from the first story, Setsuko was not born breathing. Just wanted to make sure there wasn't confusion on that part.

Endless Rage

Had I been born with different blood I would have never bled so much. Had I been born with a different name I would have never known so many names. Had I been born alive, I would have never to live such a life. Had I been born with a different sin I would have never committed all those horrible sins. All these facts surround my mind. I know they do. I hear them in my sleep, I see them in my dreams, I live them each day. I only knew one name before. One name that was true. One name that haunted me. My name. The name they gave me. The name they never used. They used other names . . . not until the names they used became true did I understand. I understood what had happened. This lead me to believe I understood what I was. But I didn't. I don't think I ever did. No matter how much he told me . . . I never did. Not until this very moment did I finally realize for myself what I was. Not until this moment did I finally excepted myself without questions. Not until this moment did I truly understand what I was.

Orochimaru looked down at the demon god. She lay on the ground, unconscious as his jutsu buried her deep within her dreams.

"Orochimaru-sama!" Tsunade stared at the demon god in shock.

"SETSUKO-SAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Yoko screamed as tears poured from her eyes. She held Akira in her lap with one arm as she held the shield up with the other. Her little cousin was fighting to breath as his shattered mind slowly shut down his internal systems. She felt her heart become heavier at the thought of losing another loved one. Tenshi had lost control over her molecules, disappearing into the air as if she was never there. She and Naruto were all that were left. The others . . . fallen to their jutsu. Now she watched as Kabuto knelled beside the demon god and prepare to cut off all use of her organs with his chakra scalpels. She watched in horror as he lifted up his hand, bringing it down for the finishing blow. "NNNNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kabuto thrusted his hands down towards the demon god's heart and brain. "SETSUKO-SAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She squeezed her eyes shut.

"Aaahhhhhhhhh!" Kabuto had gone in for the kill. However he did not except her crimson eyes to snap open at that moment. Her hands grabbed his wrist and she pulled him forward, bring up her legs and using them to kick him over her. She used the momentum to flip over onto her feet. When she had flipped to her feet, the black mist had been stirred up, breaking away form her to reveal the woman who had just destroyed her own fairytale. She squeezed her fists shut as her chakra flared up around her. Black fire surrounded her hands as she looked at Orochimaru. Unimaginable rage swirl with hatred in her hellish red eyes. Tears streamed down her cheeks as the rage grew. A great blast of wind forced her hair up into the wind, along with anything that might be loose.

"Orochimaru." She growled out, her rage increasing still. "Do you have any idea what you did?" Her eyes narrowed as they burned into his soul. "DO YOU?!" Power and anger radiated off of her. She calmed her actions, letting her chakra die down slightly as she tried to restrain herself. Setsuko Uzumaki turned to Tsunade. "Tsunade, I bear no ill will towards you. All I ask is that you heal Kakashi and I will not raise a hand against you unless provoked." She turned cold eyes back to Orochimaru, flames of hatred already renewing themselves.

"You lost the powers of a demon god. What a fool you are." She tightened her fist, barely keeping her skin from being broken.

"Iie." She hissed, venom filling her words. "I cast aside those powers." Anger grew in her eyes. She trembled from her rage. "In order to use the powers of a demon god I had to cast aside my humanity." The ground cracked underneath her. "Because of you," Orochimaru had to shield his eyes from the strong blast of sudden wind. "I almost lost everything." her glare, if possible, intensified. "Orochimaru . . ." A wicked and cruel smirk emerged from her face. "when you sent me into that sleep . . . you brought out the humanity I had cast aside. You made me realize that I am human." Orochimaru scoffed.

"You? Human? Prove it." Setsuko's glare never left.

"Prove I'm human? How smug. Not the slightest bit of doubt about yourself. I believe I'm human. That should be enough proof."

"Hardly!" Orochimaru snarled. "I'd like to hear your opinion of what to believe a human is!" She looked at him with distaste.

"It is the struggle within that makes us human. It is belief in the face of doubt. Faith. That is what makes a human." Orochimaru bit down on his thumb and glared at her as his hands began to form seals. Setsuko, recognizing the seals, followed suit. Both of their voices filled the air.

"Kuchiyose No Jutsu!!!!" Smoke filled the air, taking up a large part of the battlefield. When it cleared spectators were left staring in awe. Orochimaru stood upon his snake, Manda. The sight that truly took people's breath away was Setsuko's summon. She stood atop the boss bird's head as its brilliant wings spanned across the sky. Beautiful emerald eyes scanned over the field as its golden talons scratched the earth. Its majestic flames fanned out. Setsuko held out her hand and the forehead protector Tenshi had given her flew into her hand. She took it and put it in its proper place on her forehead. Setsuko spoke once she was done tying it.

"Megumi-chan!!!" Setsuko yelled to the giant phoenix she stood on. The bird looked to see Manda and Orochimaru.

"Hai, Setsuko-chan!" The gorgeous bird spoke in a sweet melody. It took to the sky and flapped its mighty wings while Manda moved his head back, ready to strike. Megumi was high up in the sky before diving down towards Orochimaru. Setsuko laid against the feathers to avoid the strong winds. The two boss summons crashed into each other. Setsuko took this chance to jump onto the snake, throwing a kick towards Orochimaru. He dodged it, her foot grazing his cheek before he punched her in the stomach, sending her tumbling back. Setsuko was able to land on her feet as she began to move her hands through several seals.


Yoko stared up at the battle with hope written on her face.

"Akira," She whispered to her little cousin. "Akira . . . stay with me. You have to be here for this." She held him close, not looking away from the battle. "Setsuko-sama is fighting for us. All of us."

"What are you talking about?!" Yoko looked over in surprise as Sasuke yelled. The boy was beaten up, barely able to move after his encounter with Naruto. "That demon is attacking the Hokage!!!"

"Stop it!" Yoko yelled, tears bursting from her eyes. "That snake is not Hokage!!! You fools! Orochimaru used a jutsu to change everyone's memories!" She clutched Akira, hoping that he could hang on to life. "He's a wanted criminal!!!!!! Setsuko-sama came back here and has been working to set us all free!!! He's been playing mind games with her, torturing her mentally all along!!!!! She's been going through his hand made hell for all of us!!!!! Do not ever say anything like that!!! Setsuko-sama is more human than that snake had ever been!!!" She looked back up at the battle, tears running down her face. "Setsuko-sama will beat him. She has to."


Orochimaru spit out fire, canceling the dark frozen water Setsuko had sent to him. He jumped up into the air and began to use another jutsu while Setsuko did the same. Orochimaru's avalanche of mud destroyed the dark vines Setsuko sent towards him. She was knocked down. Setsuko grimaced as she fell down to the ground. Setsuko tried to call forth chakra for a jutsu only to have it slip from her grasp. 'It's no use.' Orochimaru dived towards her and hurled a fist into her stomach, knocking the air out of her lungs before he used to her to kick off and land safely while she fell. 'It's been so long since I first fought him . . . I know I'm a better fighter than before.' Orochimaru jumped up into the air and rammed a knee into her back, causing her to let out a painful cry while he used her to kick off of once again. '. . . but I've lost the razor sharp will from before . . .' Orochimaru jumped up into the air once more, hitting her hard so that she slammed into the ground. Pain washed over her and blinded her senses. '. . . I tried to be like my Shinigami . . . good and evil, might and tenderness . . . opposing forces etched into me like the ancient runes on the Shinigami . . . I tried . . . I tried so hard to be sturdy, unbreakable . . .' Setsuko used her arms to try and push herself up but Orochimaru sent a painful wave of fire crashing down on her, forcing her back down. 'Have I neglected to hone my will? Let it grow blunt?' She fought back a scream as another jutsu hit her. 'Or did I grind it too much . . . allowing the fine edge of my spirit to become worn down, useless?' Orochimaru laughed as he leapt high up in the air to ram another punch into her. Before jumping out to the crater and staring down at her. 'It's just been one fight after another.' Her sight blurred while her mind drifted back to all the pain over the past three years. The chakra exhaustion she suffered from so many times . . . her own blood scolding her . . . punch after punch to try and grow stronger . . . . 'Why do I do it?' She fought off the unconscious that was trying to devour her. 'Because I'm alive I suppose.' Setsuko felt death tugging at her mind, willing her to give up. 'But what kind of life was that?' Her vision cleared enough for her to another snake appearing, getting ready to strike while Megumi tried to beat off Manda to get to her. However Manda would not give up, keeping the phoenix preoccupied. 'Who would want to keep living that life?' Her thoughts of Kakashi, forgetting her and marrying Kurenai brought a heavy sorrow upon her heart. 'Separated from those dearest to me . . . at the mercy of my fate' The snake came towards her, jaws wide open and fangs dripping with venom.

"Setsuko-sama!!!!!!" The voices inside her head, telling her to give up, blurred together. The snake was seconds away from devouring her when a enormous black flame engulfed the snake, causing it to hiss out in pain as it flung itself away from the source. Setsuko stood up, dried blood cracking from the intense heat from her hands.

"No more excuses. No more apologies." The black fire roared as she watched Orochimaru step back in shock from her sudden burst of energy. "There is no why to this life!" She appeared in front of him and slammed her flame covered fist into him, sending him back into the ground with terrorizing force. "I am Uzumaki Setsuko . . . and that's all the reason I need!!!!" She stuck him again, this time sending a massive stream of fire from her fists.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Orochimaru fell to the ground, screaming in pain while Setsuko panted. She stood up straight, her eyes filing with rage. Rage consumed her as she began to through balls of black fire towards him, beating him into the ground. After a few minutes she shot forward and began to fight the battered Orochimaru hand to hand. When he blocked her fist he let out a startled cry of pain. "What was that?!" Orochimaru demanded as he dodged a punch from Setsuko.

"With my Ninjou Shuujuku comes many tricks." She slammed her foot into him, knocking him back. He grabbed where her foot hit, wincing in pain. "It is similar to the Gentle Fist of the Hyuuga. Only instead of chakra, I cut off blood flow." She began to perform a jutsu from her family scrolls. A red angel of fire rose out of the ground followed by a blue angel of fire. Both let fire spill from their mouths and smothered the field with their flames. A smirk crossed over Setsuko's face. "The Touketsu Shakaku and a normal Shakaku. The normal shakaku makes only fire jutsu possible. And technically, the touketsu shakaku is under fire jutsu. It makes it so no fire jutsu is possible. Both of them together? No jutsu at all. Taijutsu is all we can really use." She glanced towards their summons as they disappeared in smoke. "As you can see, it cancels out our summons too. And it make things better, my form of taijutsu isn't bothered." She raced forward, causing Orochimaru to dodge her punches, knowing what would happen if she touched him. He threw kunai after kunai towards her, but the wind blocked it. She charged again, mainly sticking to punches. Orochimaru ducked under and punch and kicked her side only to find a stinging pain in his foot. "Bad move." Orochimaru cringed as he shifted the weight off of that foot. With a scowl he raced forward once more, trying to hit her with a kunai. Her eyes were fueled with rage as she was able to strike him across his cheek. Orochimaru fell back and landed in a heap. Setsuko was about to step forward when three poison laced needles strike her side. She looked up in surprise at Kabuto. Her eyes laughed at him as she pulled out the needles. Blood oozed out of the punctures, tainted with a deadly liquid. "Fool. I control my blood. You poison won't work." She let the poison fall to the ground as she stopped the blood from leaving the small wounds. She looked back to Orochimaru with a cold glare.

"D-damn you." He hissed, pain written across his face. She raised an eyebrow.

"Damn me? That's already been done." She snapped, anger rising up. "All that is left if for me to kill you."

"I am Orochimaru!!! You are nothing!" Her eyes narrowed in anger.

"I'm nothing? You're nothing!!!! You raped my family's minds for some stupid eye! It doesn't even exist you fool!!! It isn't real! Our bloodline has nothing to do with our eyes!!! Unlimited adaptability! That's it! There is nothing special about our eyes!" She felt her rage flare. "We are not like the Uchiha or Hyuuga! Unlimited adaptability. Nothing else. Our forbidden jutsu aren't bloodlines. No, they are dark, forbidden jutsu only possible because the Uzumaki clan can adapt to it. Do you get it?!" She pointed back to Yoko and Akira. "You raped their minds and nothing! Nothing! Didn't the fact that all it is a myth, a silly bedtime story, get it through to you! That's all they knew! That's all I know! It is a bedtime story! A myth! There is no way that somehow my eyes will change and I can pull some miracle out of thin air!!!" She had not noticed that while she was talking Kabuto was able to cancel her fire angels, letting him use whatever jutsu he wanted. She wasn't able to react fast enough and Kabuto slammed a chakra scalpel into her heart. With eyes wide in shock and surprise she fell to the ground. 'How . . . after all my years . . . how could I let my guard down like that . . . . .' A small amount of blood trickle down her cheek from her mouth.