Author Note
I'm sorry for uploading this a bit later in the day than usual.
Here is the final chapter for the week.
I hope you enjoy it.
Thanks as always,
Me
MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE – UCHIHA
The Battlefield
With newfound resolve Sarada leads Boruto and Mitsuki in the attack against her father but nothing changes. With taijutsu alone, he repels attack after attack. If it is taijutsu, he is superior and comes out on top. If attacked with ninjutsu he dodges time after time, his speed far superior to his opponents. As for genjutsu, it is not even worth considering, nobody can put Uchiha Sasuke under a genjutsu, such a thing is impossible for all but a select few. As for those few, they are all deceased
Boruto throws as many kunai as he can track, rebounding them off his own invisible walls to hit Sasuke. This attempt ends in failure, while such a devastating barrage of rasengan-kunai was enough to hit a captain this man is in another class, an equal to Uzumaki Naruto, the only man to have ever defeated a Colonel.
Mitsuki's offence relies on trickery and techniques, though this is an intrinsically weak strategy against Sasuke. Truthfully, even Boruto and Sarada can see through his distractions, it is not that they are weak, merely the visual prowess of those in this battle is too strong. The Byakugan, the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, the Rinnegan, not one of these legendary eyes can be tricked by such trivial tricks.
Even Sarada fails. Attempting to make use of her own Susano its weaknesses quickly becomes apparent. It is a large target to hit and it is very slow. The other power granted to her by the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan is Amaterasu, however, the power of flame control is something Sasuke also possesses, it would be totally useless in this situation.
"He's regaining chakra while we are wasting it" Mitsuki notes as he once again attempts a sneak attack on Sasuke. Once again failing he continues, "Something needs to change, have either of you got any ideas?".
Boruto, instead of answering, begins to laugh hysterically. "I knew he was strong, I've seen it with my own eyes, I've felt it, his chakra. Still, I had no idea about how terrifying he truly is. He has thought so many battles in the past, his strategies are almost on par with those of the Nara clan".
Sarada shouts at Boruto, insisting this is not the time to admire their opponent but Boruto only snaps in return.
"Don't you get it?" he asks, "We need to experience ten more years of battle before we could defeat him. This is someone with more experience than even the Kage of the past".
"This is a man who has travelled the world facing all kinds of strong opponents".
"This is Uchiha Sasuke".
"Shut up and think of something. You are his disciple aren't you" Sarada asks. "If he regains any more chakra, there is a chance that he will be able to use the complete body Susano once again".
Mitsuki trembles. The complete body Susano, a power on par with the tailed beasts. So, few people have used the power in history, it is a legendary ability, anyone who can do it will surely have their name sang throughout all time. 'Perhaps that is just it' Mitsuki says in his head, 'The fact that he can use that power at all. Even if he lost access to it inexplicably he could still beat us. That power is why he is able to use it in the first place'.
'He isn't strong because he has that Susano'.
'He has that Susano because he is strong'
"I have a way" Mitsuki finally sighs.
"EH".
"Why haven't you used it already" Boruto shouts to his comrade.
"This method could endanger the villages if they are not at a safe distance. I am not confident that it will work out at all. The result may be that we die and he lives".
"We've already resigned ourselves to death haven't we" Sarada asks, "The villagers should be at a safe distance now, we only have two options left, we win or we lose".
"Either way we have accomplished what we set out to do" Boruto finishes.
The stretchy shinobi sighs. "When my dad's labs came under attack I ran to them urgently. It was the same day that I found him dead that I also found the source of this technique. It was well hidden and protected by many barriers and when I finally found out what it was I understood why. Prior to the war its very existence was probably a sin".
"Things change" Sarada comments, "I am the Hokage and trust me, no matter what it is I won't persecute you".
Mitsuki repeats an earlier action, weaving signs even slower than when he summoned his sensei from the dead. Yet, they are the same signs, and once again a wooden coffin rises from the ground.
"Are you really sure about this?" Mitsuki asks to his teammates.
"DO IT" Boruto yells, seeing that Sasuke is about to attack them once again.
The son of Orochimaru claps his hands together, the lid of the wooden coffin falling towards the ground. As Sasuke leaps towards the trio with the intention of killing them, he never reaches his target, the coffins occupant leapt with the same speed from his confines and kicked Sasuke square in the chest, sending him backwards.
'I don't believe it' Sarada notes mentally, 'Mitsuki summoned someone who is my dad's equal in taijutsu'.
'This chakra is godly, who the hell is this man' Boruto questions. The only person who he can compare this level of chakra to is his own father, such is the strength of the summoned one.
"This is the former leader of your clan Sarada" Mitsuki says, during the eyes of his friend.
"This is…".
"… Uchiha Madara".
"Uchiha Sasuke" Madara speaks his first words, "You're still here. I wouldn't have thought you would allow me to return, not even in this weakened form".
Madara then turns his gaze to the man who summoned him, to Mitsuki and then to Sarada and Boruto in turn. 'That woman has got the same eyes Sasuke had back then. After all this time, people still steal the Sharingan from the Uchiha'.
"Lord Madara" Mitsuki starts, resisting the temptation to drop to his knees and beg, "I am not capable of controlling you with the reanimation jutsu and I don't want to anyway. I would never sink so low".
"I can only plead with you Lord Madara, please protect the villagers from Sasuke".
"Protect the village?" Madara starts in return, the words not what he expected. "So, you three are on the side of the hidden leaf village and Sasuke is the villages enemy. It seems many things have changed since I died".
"Regardless, I'm not going to help you" Madara closes his eyes as he folds his arms.
"Are you not Uchiha Madara of the hidden leaf village" Boruto asks, hoping to sway Madara by associating him with them.
"It seems they didn't teach you history after the fourth great shinobi war. I am the Uchiha Madara who battled against the hidden leaf not for it".
"I haven't got any problems with the hidden leaf village anymore, however, I will certainly not turn my back on the Uchiha clan. After all, it seems you have seen fit to steal our eyes once again".
"No you don't understand…" Sarada begins but is interrupted, Sasuke is attacking again.
As Sasuke charges toward the trio of leaf shinobi, Boruto grinds his teeth before running back towards him, all that he can do now is to give it everything he has, to follow his father's ninja way and never give up.
Before Boruto can get far though, his position suddenly changes. "DAMN" he shouts as he realises what just happened, his master swapped places with him.
Now next to Mitsuki and Sarada, Sasuke kicks Mitsuki in the abdomen, launching him into the nearby foliage with a force rivalling both his wife and the 5th Hokage's capabilities. That leaves just him and Sarada.
"STOP IT" Boruto yells as he turns in horror towards the father-daughter pair.
Ignoring Boruto, Sasuke punches Sarada, in the arm, disarming her by forcing her to drop the kunai she is wielding. This naturally leaves her wide open.
"WOULD YOU REALLY KILL YOUR OWN DAUGHTER".
Unperturbed by the shout of his disciple, Sasuke thrusts his sword straight towards Sarada. On course to pierce her throat, however, his sword does not reach his throat. That is because someone has caught his arm from behind. Only one man could have done such.
Sasuke has been stopped.
By Madara.
"Boy" Madara calls with a raised voice, "What did you just say?".
"What did I…" Boruto stammers.
"What did you just shout at Sasuke, I'm waiting for your answer".
"I asked if he could really kill his own daughter".
Madara turns his eyes from Sasuke and towards Sarada. "So those eyes are not stolen?".
"Well, these were my father's eyes originally but… I am a member of the Uchiha clan. The last member".
Madara takes a deep breath. "In the past I thought I had made great strides to accomplishing the destiny of the Uchiha clan but that wasn't the case".
"For years I danced around in the palm of Zetsu's hand, in the palm of Kaguya's hand. The name Uchiha Madara brought fear to the world because I did what they told me I should".
"That's why I have never truly acted as Uchiha Madara of the hidden leaf village but instead as Madara of the Uchiha clan".
"Woman, what is your name" Madara questions.
"Uchiha Sarada… I'm the 9th Hokage".
"The Hokage" Madara begins, "So the Uchiha clan was finally acknowledged by the village. The clan made peace with the village as well. That must have been your decision Sasuke".
Despite his proximity to Madara, Sasuke doesn't speak, it's as if the words don't reach him as he radiates killing intent and a chakra that previously seemed unmatchable.
"I have always been Madara of the Uchiha clan, meaning that I couldn't be Madara of the hidden leaf village".
"However, if the village has finally accepted our clan. If our sole survivor is the Hokage then I guess that changes things. It is now because I am Madara of the Uchiha clan that I am…".
"I am Uchiha Madara of the hidden leaf village".
A smile comes to Sarada's face. The darkest part of history was brought about by the work of the Uchiha clan's leader, it was a source of much distrust from the older generations when she was growing up, it was what made becoming Hokage so hard. Despite that, right before her eyes, that man had made a new decision, at long last the history books could be changed, the Uchiha clan was now truly part of the village.
Sasuke uses his space-time technique once again, swapping his position with Madara's before thrusting his sword towards him.
'That sword has a sealing juts attached' Mitsuki realises as the sword hurtles towards Madara.
However, Madara is a different class of shinobi to Konohamaru, this is the only other man in history to have awakened the rinnegan by himself. The two greatest members of the Uchiha clan, two people who understood just what the other was capable of.
Madara doesn't dodge, he dodges Sasuke's sword while launching a counterattack of his own. He places Sasuke under a genjutsu. Normally this would be impossible, it is only because of the latter's impeded wits that he falls victim to the jutsu.
Of course, Sasuke's enormous chakra means that he breaks free from the genjutsu almost instantly. Almost instantly, however, is not quick enough when facing Madara, who takes advantage of this brief opening to punch Sasuke firmly in the head. The blow indicates just how strong Madara is, even in this reanimated state where he cannot use his full strength, Sasuke is launched into the nearby trees, crashing through enough of them to leave a trail of destruction that could be seen for miles around.
Madara quickly begins to weave the signs created by his old rival Hashirama. He uses his technique, deep forest emergence. For all the trees that were destroyed by Sasuke's body a few moments ago, they are replaced a hundred-fold by the deep forest emergence.
The forest is burnt down not too much later by the black flames of Sasuke. The Amaterasu.
"The flames that cannot be put out" Sarada comments, "How will he deal with Amaterasu".
Madara though, casually absorbs the Amaterasu using his rinnegan. Absorbing all ninjutsu one of his eyes most beneficial powers. He follows up by creating several wood clones, each charging towards Sasuke and battling it through the medium of taijutsu.
The result is the same as when the hidden leaf trio tried, despite the clones taijutsu excellence and their supreme coordination, they cannot defeat Sasuke.
'So you have become this strong Sasuke' Madara smiles, lost in the euphoria of a battle with a worthy opponent.
After every wood clone, has been destroyed, Sasuke throws his sword towards Madara.
Madara leans away from the sword but keeps his eyes fixed on Sasuke's weapon. 'Did you think I would fall for your old tricks again. Now, Sasuke, swap places with your sword, I am ready for you'.
As Madara steadies his body, preparing to throw a punch towards Sasuke, he is surprised when the sword disappears from stabs him from the rear.
The sword with the seal weaved in, has got even Madara.
"How…" Mitsuki stutters.
"Dad…" Sarada stands with her mouth agape.
Boruto continues to admire his master's power though. 'He even defeated Uchiha Madara'.
Madara turns his head, looking from his rinnegan at his assailant to his rear. "I see, so that sword that I watched sail past me was a genjutsu".
Madara is met with silence from Sasuke.
"Of course, you are no longer capable of conversation, I will speak instead to your daughter then".
"Madara…".
"Uchiha Sarada, I worked hard all my life for the sake of our clan".
"Please don't let the Uchiha end with you. You have to survive".
"I…".
"Survive Sarada. That's an order from a former clan leader".
"… OK".
"And… protect the village, that's an order from one of the founding members".
"I will" Sarada finishes.
Madara disappears in a blaze of white light as he is sealed.
"What do we do now" Boruto asks. If even Madara couldn't defeat Sasuke then who could?
Then a newcomer calls from nearby.
"SASUKE!".