**Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the quote below. I just own Sintary ^^ Also I do not own the other OC Kokuro. He's my friend's.
HELLO ALL! It is officially May. I officially have a chapter to post. Ko and I work really hard trying to delivery a legendary battle for you guys. This is the start of the final battle. There are at least 2 more chapters dedicated to this section. This is an average size chapter, but do not fret! I finish school in about a week, and the second chapter is almost finished so it should be out in a much shorter time frame than this one!
Thanks again! Ko and Sin
"Coming together is a beginning;
Keeping together is progress;
Working together is success."
-Henry Ford
The legendary shinobi watched as the younger Uchiha grabbed hold of his comrades' hands and became engulfed in this mysterious white chakra as well. Sintary's body seemed shrouded in resplendent white chakra, the edges tapering like fire, tinted cerulean. Kokuro seemed altogether, god-like: rabbit-like horns sprouted from his head, his hair lengthened framing his face, and he was dressed in flowing silk consisting of a white kariginu hunting robe adorned with the Otsutsuki clan crest and nine matagama. White nubakama trousers drifted to his mid-shin and his feet were bare, but the ground he touched flourished with chakra and life. Sintary's pendant was glimmering around his neck, casting a pale blue light out from the crystal.
"Such resilience," Madara said as he looked at the three young shinobi with renewed interest. "Such raw power coming from the three of you." His one ringed eye settled on the boy to the far side. He appeared to be in a tailed-beast state, his body was being swallowed in a deep heavy chakra as well. "You must be Kokuro Otsutsuki," he stated, "you caused quite an uproar when you knocked me from the Ten-Tails earlier."
Kokuro hid his shock. The older Uchiha must have been referring to when he merged with Tsuki, but the white-haired shinobi had no idea their turmoil would reach the battle on Earth.
Madara then glanced towards the woman. He didn't recognize her, or anything unique about her though. Although, given the crowd she was with, he couldn't rule her out as a threat. She had to be special to be running with the Otsutsuki brat and one of his descendants. He noted she was pregnant. It should be a weak link, but there was a burning determination in her blue eyes. He was sure she was experienced with the risk given she was active in battle.
"Still foolish," Madara spoke aloud.
Sintary glared harshly at the man before them since he had looked at her when he spoke.
"You're the one that's foolish for attack my family!" She yelled out of spite. "I will destroy you."
Madara made a noise of amusement. She was feisty and, he assumed, could probably handle him - especially with this foreign chakra. His kin had chosen a proper kunoichi. Madara, himself, couldn't have chosen better if he had actually looked for a maiden.
Too bad he had to obviate her.
He then finished with his relative. On one side, he should feel disdain for fighting against his brethren. They should be relishing in the Uchiha's return to glory together. On the other side, this boy, like every other clansmen, turned against Madara. Therefore, he would have to eliminate the weak link.
Itachi stood in the center of the pair, cracking his joints. The younger Uchiha narrowed his eyes on Madara, "Kokuro, Sintary, let's go! Three Shadows Formation!"
Sintary and Kokuro moved first.
"Fuma Shuriken: Windmill of Shadows," shouted Kokuro as he weaved a stream of signs, "Shuriken Giant Shadow Clone Jutsu."
Madara outstretched his hand, "Push."
The shuriken shot back towards Kokuro, halting in his flowing cloak of chakra. Madara smirked, but then glanced around, the female kunoichi was missing. One ringed eye cautiously peered around, trying to see where she would come from.
Sintary burst up from the ground, Earth Style: TsuchiOni, "Lightning Style: Raikiri Cannon." Sintary felt her body fill with lightning, safely coursing around the children. As her fist connected with Madara's jaw, explosive force was released, and all of the electricity poured into him; the force sending him into the air.
Itachi appeared above him, "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu." Perfect bombs of flames battered Madara's body in the ground before he could recover.
"NOW ITACHI," roared Kokuro. The pair raced on, Itachi's eyes bled red, Kokuro's vessels bursting around his ringed eyes. Sintary focused on the pair, and circulated her chakra, the white aura around them enhancing all of their actions. Kokuro hit first, shattering Madara's ribs with a kick to the sternum. Itachi raced past and caught Madara, flipping him into the air, drawing two kunai, imbuing them with Amaterasu.
Sintary readied herself as Kokuro teleported next to Itachi. The pair disappearing underneath Madara in the air, Ninja Art of the Leaf's Shadow. Kokuro with the sign of the bird, Itachi gripping the kunai tight.
"WIND STYLE: FUJINN'S BREATH."
"NINJA ART: UCHIHA STYLE HALO DANCE."
Wind roared, Kokuro putting his all into this, making the storm rage harder than ever. The blades of wind, the sharpest and fastest they could be. Itachi followed his partner, his eyes seeing the endless whirlwind of wind blades, his own body moving to compliment the gaps. The pair spiraled down; the black flames whipping up in the flurry, the tempest catching and magnifying the flames.
Kokuro and Itachi raced on, the flames coalescing in the vortex. Madara felt as the tempest spiraled over him, slicing and scorching his skin. Itachi and Kokuro sped towards the ground and Sintary awaited them.
Sacuna Blood Art: Briar.
Sintary felt as the blood in her veins boiled, the small scrapes she allocated from the travel underground split. Wisps of crimson extended like angelic hairs, whirling around in the approaching storm. Sintary closed her eyes, seeing the masse of chakra spiraling towards her, and without hesitation she dove into the fray. The wispy tendrils hardening, brandishing wicked razor-edged thorns. In these whips Sintary poured all of her fury, all of her rage, all of the darkness.
Finally giving in to me. huh?
Sintary smirked to herself, letting the words of the voice in her head. The voice of her anxieties, her fears, her anger, her hate. The voice that had haunted her for so long. She let it flow over her. Here, it had no power because it was her power, and her weakness. Tt had worn her down over the countless year, endeavours, but now she was strong. She had risen above these challenges and finally had control, finally found a reason to unleash her darkness on someone.
The kunoichi felt her chakra combined with her family's. She was no longer the weak little princess of the past. She had come to understand herself. She was strong in her pain. She was a mother, a wife, soon to be mother of her brother's children. She was here with the man she love;, her captain. She was here with the boy with hair like the moon, the once goofy, now her serious brother. The two men who she had worked so hard to keep up with, the two most important men that fate, over and over again tried to take from her. She'd be damned if she was going to sit this out now. The blood around her boiled, filled with her conviction, her movements now fueled by a new vitality.
Unity.
Their desires now in one; each of their own personalities and dreams, their minds linked, communication without words.
'Protect my loved ones, they are your strength.' Sintary thought. 'Be strong for my boys, because they need you as you needed them. Defend my family, the family you have fought so desperately for.'
The trio danced around Madara. Three shadows in a storm of blood, fire, and wind. Sintary used her chakra to assist the control and fervor of the others. All three shinobi felt their chakra resonate and spike. Kokuro pouring out even more of the white-alien chakra.
A black flame tornado raged across the battlefield; the tempest visible from the coast. Kakashi stared on as the storm raged. The Allied Forces charged in the direction of the storm. Kiba, Ino, and several other chakra sensitive shinobi recoiled under the waves of the storm.
Orochimaru watched on, his interest piqued as he moved to aid Karin, Suigetsu, and Jugo. "Ah, the true power of the Leaf. Seems those three aren't holding back anymore." He hummed with approval. "I am glad that I left when I did." The snake raced on, buffeted by the searing winds emanating from the cyclone. The very air was hot and reeked of blood.
The trio fought on, all three of them losing themselves in the storm, their bodies formless, shapeless as they tore and rendered flesh from bone. Madara had no room to move, no way to fight; he was caught in a hellish tempest. Fire burned, searing the winds, and blood sliced. Sintary, Kokuro, and Itachi feeling as their own bodied strained and struggled under the assault. The sky darkened and a final pulse from the storm hit. The cyclone broke from the sky and collapsed into the ground.
The trio hit the ground, landing heavily, digging their hands and feet into the torn earth to stay afoot. They watched on as Madara hit the ground in the last whirling wisps of the storm. He sat in the ground for a moment before he began laughing. The shinobi stood, his face twisted in wicked psychotic zeal as he erupted in peels of laughter.
"SO THIS IS WHAT THIS GENERATION HAS TO OFFER. IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE ALIVE; TO FINALLY HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN KEEP UP."
Madara lifted his arm, and bits of flesh hung from it, sliced and seared. He looked at the wounds, eyeing them with interest, smirking at the thought, the sensation of pain. He licked the blood, and flourished his chakra. Hashirama's face on his chest spurred with life, and his body began to heal.
Kokuro, Sintary, and Itachi stood, readying themselves. The chakra pouring off of Kokuro wrapping around them. The group as a whole seemed to be healing; their battle wounds and ailments that they had previous acquired, were fading fast in the shroud of chakra. Itachi could feel his eyes flourishing under their previous strain. It seems all three were enhanced by this mysterious, alien chakra.
"That was a valiant effort, you made me bleed. No one besides Hashirama could even manage to touch me. No matter," the legendary shinobi stated aloud. "All three of you will die very shortly." His hands weaved, quickly, through some signs
The group tensed for an attack. Madara smirked, amused at such novicey. Suddenly the trio was blown back by a sudden blast as the Ten-Tails appeared in front of them, it's tails writhing, smashing the terrain. Itachi was quick to put himself behind Sintary to lessen her blow, Kokuro stepping forward taking the brunt of the blast.
"Are you okay?" Kokuro asked her.
"I'm fine. What is that thing!?" She merely exclaimed.
"It's the legendary Ten-Tails. It is a combination of all nine tailed beasts," Itachi explained. "He's going to seal it inside himself. We need to launch an attack to stop him."
"Ko, separate Madara from that creature with your cyclones. Itachi, use your fire style against him, and I'll use my blood jutsu to seal him." Sintary ordered as Kokuro disappeared in front of her.
Madara's ringed eye narrowed as his biggest threat disappeared. He couldn't sense chakra or see any visible movement. The two remaining shinobi didn't move either, their heart beats stilling to almost imperceptible murmurs, in sync with one another, hinting that they're teammate would definitely make the first move.
Then, there it was. Madara saw the swirl of chakra open a portal on one side of him as a twister came roaring out of it. He heard another rip out to his other side. The wind was ravenous and tore at the very earth. Itachi took his chance, weaving a stream of signs, Fire Art: Dragon's Plume. The flames burst forth towards each of Kokuro's attack. The fire writhing, in the form of two serpentine dragons.
Madara was faced with two burning cyclones. The wind violently tore around him, but the experienced shinobi stood his ground. No howling breeze would knock him off his feet. He raised both his arms towards the cyclones and closed his eyes.
Itachi watched the older Uchiha, trying to decipher what he was doing. Itachi pieced together quickly. "Get down!" He yelled to Sintary as he quickly covered her with his own body.
"Push"
Kokuro suddenly stopped spinning in a controlled fashion as he was pushed back by a force. He was more diligent this time; he was in control of himself. He dragged his feet through the ground, slowly his momentum and lessening his blow.
"Ko, you have the same abilities! Get him away from the tailed beast!" Sintary yelled at him.
The white haired shinobi nodded. He hadn't thought of it himself because he hasn't used the Rinnegan in battle to its fullest extent since he acquired it. He and Itachi had trained with it though; he just hoped it was enough. He had also used the Deva Path to fight in space against Tsuki. But the other abilities… he had no idea what to expect.
"Pull"
Madara frowned as he was yanked towards the trio. So the brat had the Rinnegan too. What exactly was he? Instead of just letting himself be flung, the older Uchiha faced the Otsutsuki head on, using his own ability to propel him forward. He landed on his enemy, sending them flying backwards. Limbo Hengoku. Itachi and Sintary felt themselves be smashed farther away, Kokuro felt the wind leave his lungs. The boy was caught off guard by the sudden change in his battle tactic, but wasn't stupefied for too long.
Kokuro shifted and lashed out with his own counter, Sage Art: Shadow Style Thunder Blast. Venomous purple lightning coursed towards Madara. Tearing up the earth. Kokuro moving immediately to the offensive, punching out at the elder Uchiha.
Madara wasn't disappointed; he hadn't had someone keep up with him in so long - even the reanimated version of Hashirama couldn't compete with him. Madara changed his attacks again, grabbing hold of the younger shinobi's throat and activating his Preta Path, absorbing the lightning, and some of this white chakra. He felt it enhance him; more than Hashirama's cells ever could.
He felt unworldly.
He felt invincible.
He felt like a god.
And he needed more.
Itachi felt a change overcome Madara as their foe seemed to absorb some of Kokuro's chakra. His chakra levels spiked even higher, and its aura darkened. The younger Uchiha left his fiance's side and raced towards his best friend, determined to separate the two. Itachi picked a blade from off the ground and threw it at the older Uchiha. Madara only took one hand off Kokuro, halting the blade with easy, and propelled it back to his younger relative with intense speed. He watched as it struck Itachi, who was only a few meters from them. Madara narrowed his eyes as the formed dispelled into a series of crows. The black birds swarmed the Uchiha, pecking at him. While he was numb to the pain, they were an annoyance. He pushed the birds away with so much force, their little bodies burst. Madara went to turn his attention back to the Otsutsuki brat he had his other hand, only, he had nothing. Madara snarled disdainfully and looked to where the woman had been, only to notice she too, was gone.
"Foolish brat. You think you can outsmart me with Genjutsu?" He called out as he dispelled it.
In the real world, Sintary had trapped the elder Uchiha in her blood paralysis technique. She noticed his chakra levels spike as he brought himself back into reality. He didn't angrily try to move, he merely looked around with his bored disinterest.
"Pft, the Nara clan's shadow paralysis. Do you really think this will hold me?" Madara asked as he tried to move, only to find he couldn't.
"Blood is stronger than shadows," Sintary told him. "Especially when it's the blood of your opponent."
Madara stayed silent, thinking. The birds must have drawn some when they were pecking him, and he didn't even notice. That was foolish on his part. He would make sure there would be no more.
"Blood Ninjutsu: Seal of Death." Sintary muttered as her hands moved into proper position before slamming down on the scroll. Thorns formed in the blood restraints and pierced into Madara in all his vital organs, spearing him into the ground. With no reanimation jutsu to save him, this should put Madara Uchiha to rest once and for all. But after a moment, Sintary noticed something wasn't right. There wasn't any chakra getting absorbed into the scroll. She looked at her captive in confusion before he was merely wood style clone.
"Dammit, guys! He's out!" She called going to turning around only for the elder Uchiha standing over her.
Startled, Sintary went to take a step back, but Madara grabbed hold of her, a hand on each shoulder.
"How do you know blood ninjutsu?" He asked, appearing curious.
"It's my Kekkei Genkai." She told him as she placed her hands on his arms. "You wanna see another?"
Madara cocked his head slightly, willing to indulge the little girl. His body jolted with electricity from her assault. Sintary shoved his hands off her and watched as the body fell to the ground. However, her gut still told her something was wrong.
"I'm sure you're well aware of my Kekkei Genkai," Madara whispered in her ear from behind.
The black haired kunoichi swung out of her leg as she spun around, trying to kick him or at least get some distance. Her leg went right through him. She frowned as her hands came together and she tried to released to the Genjutsu.
"You really think it'd be that simple?" Madara asked tilting his head.
"No, but it's your call if we engage in mental warfare." Sintary told him taking her stance.
"Fine," the elder Uchiha replied as he invaded her mind and brought up all her fears, the nightmare realm, Tsukuyomi.
Sintary stood by as she watched Kokuro and Itachi die from the war, as she died and the children inside of her get absorbed by the Ten-Tails, as her kids got swallowed by this evil jutsu, as the whole world came crashing down. None of it fazed her though. She didn't feel fear, hopeless, desperation… She felt numb to it all. Whether it was from the constant stream of threats like this, her acceptance that any of them could die, or her confidence in her family's ability to survive, Sintary no longer felt the fear associated with losing them.
"Are you done?" She asked flooding chakra through her body, deflecting the Genjutsu nightmare.
"Aren't you afraid?"
"Aren't you?"
Madara narrowed his eyes. "You're foolish to think that I, Madara Uchiha, would ever fear a puny kunoichi like you."
"You should be. Everyone else did. So much so that we were exterminated." Sintary told him and reached out with her mind. The chakra cloak around her darkened, and her aura seethed with frigid bloodlust.
One ringed eye rose in shock as he felt something grasp hold of him. His hand twitched even though he had not commanded it to move. He immediately tried to dispel whatever with his Rinnegan, but he still remained trapped. His thoughts were halted as his hands very slowly moved against his will. They came together and released his own Genjutsu. Madara saw the kunoichi standing in the middle of her companions. They each had a hand on her shoulder, aiding in her chakra flow.
"What is this nonsense?!" Madara yelled, breaking his normal, neutral mask. He was getting anxious, he was pissed. How dare she try and control him!
"The might of the Sacuna clan." Sintary told him as she repeated the same technique her mother had used on Itachi.
The legendary Uchiha coughed up blood as he felt something grab hold of his heart. He was given the liberty to look around, to see that there was no one there. He felt the weight leave his arms, and he was able to feel his chest. There was no puncture wound, no hand, no physical indication of what he felt. Madara actually cringed as he felt more of a squeeze. How in hell was she able to do this with making contact with him?
"How does it feel to be alive, Madara?" Sintary asked him. "How does it feel to have your own mortality taunted with."
He gritted his teeth in annoyance, glaring at her.
"How does it feel to know that the great Madara Uchiha will be taken out by a puny kunoichi like me?!" Sintary yelled at him.
That struck a nerve. Madara decided he would no longer let this girl think she had the upper hand. He would physically wrap his hand around her feeble heart and tear it from her rib cage.
"Kokuro," Itachi called out in warning as he got in front of Sintary, breaking her hold on Madara.
"Almighty Push!" The two Rinnegan users cried out.
The two invisible forces clashed with each. Their impact caused an explosion, knocking both parties away and leaving a carter with huge cracks in its wake. The trio was just getting to their feet from the blast when Madara launched on them. He was attacking all three at once on his own while they attempted to fight back in the chaos, scrambling to get an upper hand. He slammed Kokuro and Itachi into each other, leaving the two skilled shinobi dazed for a second while he shoved Sintary to the ground by her throat.
"You don't seem so powerful now." Madara seethed. "The Sacuna clan couldn't be that great if you're all that's left."
"I…. could say… the same… about the Uchiha." Sintary spat back between gasps.
The dark-haired shinobi narrowed his eyes, pissed off that his surname was dragged through mud by her words. He squeezed harder on her throat, causing her to gasp and struggle more.
"Get off her!" Kokuro roared from behind launching himself into the air to attack.
Madara paused him there just like he had done Sasuke. "You can stay right there. Front row while I kill her and the children she carries."
"Not if I can help it." Itachi stated off to the side as he poured out a fireball in his direction. His eyes bled red as Amaterasu commingled with the crimson flame.
"You're willing to burn her alive with me!?" Madara yelled above the roaring flames.
"Nope," Sintary wheezed as she was absorbed into the ground.
Their opponent felt his hold in the air disappeared, and he looked up to find the Otsutsuki brat was no longer there. He glared fowly as the roaring blaze came at him. He held up a hand an absorbed it. The heat burned at his arm, the black flames blistering his skin, but it made no difference to him. He would soon have new chakra that would heal him infinitely.
Sintary gasped, as her legs gave out from underneath her. Pulsating pain weaved in and out of her body, coming from her middle.
"What's wrong?" Itachi asked trying to stay calm as he knelt besides her.
"I swear to Kami if he did anything to you and the kids-" Kokuro threatened kneeling at her other side.
She grabbed hold of both their hands as she gathered her breath. "Guys, these twins are coming, now."
"What?! No! My children are not being delivered in the middle of a battlefield!" The father-to-be protested.
"Kokuro," Sintary said sharply as a twinge of pain went through her again. "We don't have a choice."
"Yes, we do," Itachi reminded them. "Kokuro, teleport us to a safe dimension."
Silver-purple, ringed eyes widened with understanding, "I am going to leave him with some grief. Summoning: Rinnen-animals." Kokuro slammed his hand on the ground and countless creatures burst forth. A chimera chameleon, a three-headed dog, and a vicious looking crane with a razor beak burst forth. Their eyes a deep rinnegan. "Shadow clone Jutsu." Kokuro summoned a clone and finally saw himself, fierce and avenging, glimmering with a starlight chakra. "Kick his ass," Kokuro ordered the clone.
The clone nodded and then Kokuro transported himself and his squadmates to another dimension. The space was a vast empty lake under a changing sky. A borealis glinting in shades of autumnal leaves, a single shrine gathered under the light of the moon. Kokuro had created this space from his own chakra, his own dimensional pocket.
He pulled a cot, pillows and a basket with plenty of towels for them.
"We're going to need water, too," Itachi commented to his friend as he helped his beloved get ready. "How could you be due already? You were still a couple weeks away."
"I don't know," Sintary groaned as she rolled her neck to try and alleviate some pain. "Hey, Ko," she called out.
"Yeah?" He asked going from angry to concerned in a heartbeat.
"Can… can you control time in here?"
The white-haired shinobi thought for a moment. "I suppose so. I don't know much else than it's a possibility though."
Sintary nodded softly and looked at Itachi. "After I sealed my parents' chakra away, I woke up in a black room. Kaguya said she had transported me there because I was causing too much trouble."
"So you think she's behind it?" He asked, getting a head nod in reply.
"She wants them. I don't know for what, but she wants these children."
"She's not going to get them." Kokuro told her firmly as he sat down besides her. "We're going to protect you and my babies."
Sintary tried to muster a smile, but cried out as another wave hit.
"Oh my god, what's wrong? Are you okay? Why do you keep crying in pain? Is something wrong?" Kokuro launched a stream of questions, trying to help.
"Yes, there is something wrong," Sintary said panting.
"What? What is it?" Her friend asked feverishly.
"We only have one of the parents present."
Kokuro paused, but gasping loudly. "OH MY GOD, KIBA!" He exclaimed before vanishing through a rift.
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The white-hair shinobi landed in their normal dimension, frantically looking for his husband. With all the shit that happened with Tsuki, then him stumbling upon Sintary's shaken form somewhere else, to them saving Itachi from Madara, and finally, having to battle the foe, he hadn't given any thought to his missing half. He was flabbergasted by his blatant ignorance. Wallows of his chakra tore from him as he tried reaching out to his beloved, his Byakugan straining immensely as he peered over the warzone. Finally, he heard a howl in the distance and raced in that direction.
"KIBA!" Kokuro screamed against the roaring wind.
The two crashed into each other, the force to the Otsutsuki knocking his husband to the ground. Kokuro crushed his lips against Kiba's to express his relief that he found him alive. His hands fisted the chunin jacket over black jacket his lover wore. He then feverishly started kissing all over his face and neck before giving him a deep kiss again. The two were interrupted by their canine companion. The white mass of fur nudged Kokuro, demanding his own set of loving, which he happily obliged.
"Hey, buddy, I missed you too," Kokuro cooed scratching the large dog's head.
"We both missed you," Kiba told him as he brought his companion in for another kiss. "Kami," he breathed as he pulled away. "I was so worried about you, and why do you look like a deity, you have horns and are shimmering like starlight."
"And I, you," Kokuro told him resting his forehead against his. "This, my wolf, is the after effect of my chakra."
"Where were you? The trackers couldn't find you at all."
"I… I was in space," he started, "fighting Tsuki, he must have created his own dimensional zone near the moon."
Kiba took in a sharp breath. "So the white light and the Shinigami, that was you two. Did you finally eliminate him?"
Kokuro slowly shook his head. "I can't."
"Why the hell not?"
"Because he is apart of me. I cannot ignore that fact anymore. There is a darkness inside us all, my wolf, Tsuki is the name of mine. The only way to make sure that he doesn't wreck havoc on us again is to learn to control it, just like every human has to."
"Mm, when did my husband get to be so wise?" Kiba asked reaching in and kissing him once more. "I like it though. You sound more mature, and it makes you sexier, horns and all."
"Well, considering we're going to be parents, one of us has to be the mature one," Kokuro told him softly.
Kiba's dark eyes widened slightly. "That's the other thing, they couldn't find Sintary either."
"I did, she's okay, well, sorta. She's gone into labor, and I came to get you." The white-haired shinobi told him as he got them to their feet. "We need to find Sakura."
His dark-haired lover shook his head. "She's at the front lines. Madara became the Ten-Tail's jinchuuriki, and something happened to Naruto."
"What about Tsunade?" Kokuro asked.
"She's in pieces…." Kiba trailed off.
His ringed-eye companion rose an eyebrow slightly at that, but didn't press knowing that was part of the woes of war. "What about Ino?"
"She's… she and Shikamaru are leading Headquarters now." He replied, his voice going quiet.
"Wait, what happened while I was absent?"
Kiba sighed heavily. "Before the Edo Tensei was released, Madara tore through the Kage, he even used the First Hokage's wood style. They were all in critical condition, Tsunade herself, torn in half. Then, he and this other blasted Uchiha, summoned this Ten-Tails thing and… they targeted HQ, killing Inochi and Shikaku and everyone down there. The creature...it killed Neji."
Kiba stuttered, his face in pain, "After that, Obito - the other Uchiha - seemed to flip on Madara, and… I don't know, hon… everything just went to shit… All the beasts got released, and Obito was going to bring everyone back, but the black half of the white things took over him, he revived Madara instead.
Then, Madara, battled and killed three giant summonings, and summoned the statue. He pulled all the tailed beasts back, including Naruto's Nine-Tails." Kiba paused, trying to keep his emotions in check, but he could feel the tears coming on. "I… I thought the hosts died after their beasts are removed… Oh, kami, Ko…. is Naruto dead?"
Kokuro hugged his grieving husband. He couldn't image the pain his beloved was feeling, knowing that these adults who he viewed as family were suddenly being ripped away from him and his friends. But, the white-haired shinobi began to worry. After all the research he and Itachi had done when trying to figure out what Madara's end plan was, they had always believed Naruto would be the one to stop him. Naruto was the hero to their story, however… without a hero, who was left to save them?
"Kiba!" A rough voice called out, approaching the two.
The boy in question turned around. "Ma!" He yelled with relief as he wrapped his arms around the woman.
"Oh, my boy," she whispered holding him close. "After we split up, I only had intel that you were alive, but after HQ went out, I had no connection. I was so worried." She hugged him tightly before glancing over his shoulder to see her son-in-law. "And where have you been? The sensory shinobi couldn't get in contact with you at all." Her voice was a bit harsher.
Kokuro looked down feeling like a guilty child. "I was battling my darker half, Tsuki." He told her.
"Where? Clearly not anywhere where we could see if you were okay, then you come back with horns looking like some angelic devil."
"In space. I was cut off from everyone, and yes, the horns are new to me too. I'm sorry Tsume." He told her softly.
Kokuro was caught off guard as the older woman pulled him into a hug. "Don't you ever make me worry about you again, and that Ma to you, you're not going soft on me." She whispered threateningly in his ear.
"Yes, Tsu...Ma," he replied softly as he returned the gesture.
She then pulled away and looked at the two boys. "Do either of you know where your unborn children are?"
"They're about to be born." Kiba informed her.
"But Sin's never delivered to two children, and she had difficulty with Kazuki and Meisa. We don't have a medic nin to help her through," Kokuro explained.
"Psh, you don't need a medic nin. I've delivered multiple pups from one mother. I know what to do." Tsume told them confidently.
"Ma, we're delivering humans, not pups. It's not the same." Her son tried to argue.
"Nonsense, the basics are the same. Take me to her."
Kokuro looked the wolfish woman over. He saw that determination settle in her slitted eyes. It was certainly a family trait, for his sister-in-law and his husband carried to as well. Despite their quarrels, Kokuro knew with one-hundred percent certainty that he could trust Tsume with his children and Sintary. She would make sure no harm came to either.
The white-hair shinobi grabbed a hold of his family, opening a black rift and lead them forward towards the others.
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