'Sigh...Lord Orochimaru is really a slave driver...I used up so much chakra to revive those 5 and now he wants me to perform the Edo Tensei again - all while we are getting bombarded by the enemy...but luckily we have some disposable tools to defend us until I'm finished...' - Kabuto touched his glasses while looking at Orochimaru next to him.
Of course, it wasn't Orochimaru who was next to him, but Sasuke instead and the "disposable tools" which sacrificed their lives to buy time weren't some no-name henchman of Orochimaru, but Sasuke's Susanoo instead.
But under the influence of Kotoamitsukami, he couldn't tell and wholeheartedly believed he was still fighting by Orochimaru's side.
Anyway, he started to gather his chakra.
Like with the rest of the current revived ones, finding actually full corpses of them was almost impossible, but with the Edo Tensei, only the DNA is needed to transform an unlucky fellow under immense pain into the person they want to revive. Next, you place a talisman in their heads to be able to control them and after that, you could deactivate the revived and put them into coffins so that you don't have to do the whole procedure in a battle.
This was also the case for Madara, who was in Orochimaru's hands beforehand - though they intended for him to stay deactivated.
So technically Kabuto didn't use so much of his chakra up for performing the Edo Tensei, but for activating and controlling them: controlling such powerful individuals and even more so that many wasn't really easy. Because of that, he also maintained their personality and freedom to act how they want while performing their task since fully controlling 5 people was just simply too much for him.
But Kabuto didn't see that Madara was the one he was about to revive because Sasuke knew it wouldn't make sense for Kabuto to see Madara who was stolen from them or else he might notice that he was under a Genjutsu.
The Kotoamitsukami was indeed the most powerful Genjutsu, but it didn't mean you could behave like an idiot when controlling someone.
Who Kabuto was seeing in the coffin, was some random Uchiha he didn't know.
Sasuke Decided to play save here and Kabuto thought it must be some of Orochimaru's "old stock" when he was still experimenting with the Edo Tensei.
He thought that because Orochimaru knew that he was reaching his limit and couldn't control someone more powerful, Orochimaru let him revive someone weaker instead - plus it was an Uchiha who, no matter if he wasn't known, could still be helpful against Sasuke.
But when Kabuto "activated" him, he immediately lost control and because of that, he even lost control of all the other revived Shinobis.
"!" - Kabuto was bewildered and didn't understand what was happening.
But Sasuke was already moving on his own to place his control on Madara before "activating" him.
With his Sharingan, when Kabuto was "activating" his parents and the other three, Sasuke could understand how it worked and copied it.
Turns out that this was how what he was aiming for on how to deal with the other summons.
He didn't know if Kabuto ordered them to obey Orochimaru's orders instead of his beforehand, so instead of gambling on the possibility that Kabuto could just order them as Sasuke liked, seeing how each summon needed a considered amount of chakra, letting him lose control like that was the safest thing to do - but only if it wasn't Madara.
Sasuke didn't understand that in this case, getting the summoned free from Orochimaru's or Kabuto's control, wasn't worth it all...
"So it finally happened...it appeared that little brat Nagato managed to grow...hm? Looks like this isn't Nagato's doing...things don't seem to be going exactly according to the plan..." - after inspecting his body he turned to Sasuke: "Who are you? You seem to be an Uchiha?"
Sasuke didn't respond and gulped.
He couldn't explain why, but he felt immense pressure.
The same was for all the others on the battlefield.
Even Gengetsu stopped chasing Eiji and just stared at Madara - the same was the case for Hanzo who emerged from the water.
Time seemed to completely freeze.
Uchiha Madara appeared in this world!
this is not a laughing matter. If it gets known that the Shiki Ryuu revived Madara and controls him, the Five Great Countries won't stand idle...even without doing anything hostile action, this is enough reason for war...I might have the kill Eiji and Sasuke here to prevent that..." - Jiraiya had a dark expression, but even though he made up his mind, he couldn't move and just continued to stare at Madara like the rest.
"Are you the one who revived me brat?...no answer? Hm? Looks like there are some familiar faces..." - Madara didn't get an answer from Sasuke, so he glanced towards Mu.
"...I never thought I would have to face you again...as you can see we were revived by the Edo Tensei...but unlike the other ones who were brought back from the dead, you are the only one who is on the enemy's side..." - Mu was kind enough to explain the situation to him.
"...Edo Tensei? Isn't that the technique known as a complete atrocity against the entire flow of life and death in the universe? Still...what an amusing situation I've found myself in..." - Madara seemed to be in thought before he looked at Sasuke again.
"What's your name, fellow Uchiha? I have to give you my praise, it seems like you not only awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, but you were able to revive me, Madara Uchiha!" - Madara
"...Uchiha...Sasuke..." - Sasuke seemed unsure of how he should feel being praised suddenly like that.
"Sasuke, eh? I really like your eyes...I can see a bit of darkness in them...how about you join me?" - Madara
"NOOO, SASUKE!!! HE BETRAYED OUR CLAN IN THE PAST!!! DON'T TRUST HIM!!!" - Fugaku shouted to his son.
Madara heard that and scoffed: "Betrayed you said? Don't speak about things you don't understand...so what is your answer?"
"Why should I join you when I'm the one controlling you?" - Sasuke finally recovered his mental state and asked in a slightly arrogant tone.
When he heard that, Madara sneered: "It seems like all of you weaklings here don't know about my m-" - before he could finish his sentence, a rib from his Susanoo appeared and the rest of the Susanoo started to form after.
But he was only fast enough to protect one of his arms - the other was cut by none other than Eiji who suddenly appeared next to Sasuke with his sword sliding back into the sheath.
But before Eiji could lament that he only managed to cut one arm, despite going at his full speed with Sage Mode and sneak attacking Madara, he shouted at Sasuke: "Quick, order him to not use his arms!"
Sasuke didn't understand what was going on, but when he saw Eiji's panicked face, he subconsciously did as he was told.
Or he tried.
Before he could even utter one word, they could hear Madara's words: "Too late!"
With just one hand, he used seals to break out of control.
Everyone who watched this unfold didn't understand what was going on.
But Eiji knew and dropped his sword in hopelessness.
'This brat seemed to know that I was going to use signs to break out of control, so he specifically targeted my arms...how did he know? Who is he?' - Madara glared at Eiji.
He wanted to ask him, but he stopped when he saw Zetsu appearing next to him.
"So you were here, Zetsu? Care to explain how our plan ended up being so derailed? And what about Nagato and "him"?" - Madara
"..that's...most of it is this is entirely this brat's doing, so I wanted to take care of him..." - Zetsu didn't know how to best explain, but he was convinced that killing Eiji was currently more important than giving a lengthy explanation.
"This brat? He looks like a weakling to me...but there is certainly something curious about him...it almost feels like he knows everything about me...this doesn't make any sense..." - Madara
"!" - Eiji couldn't believe that Madara's intuition was so strong, that he could sense something like that in an instant.
Eiji could feel it: the reapers scythe on his neck ready to claim his life.
Oh, I know what's curious about him... it's why he is naked, right?" - White Zetsu
"I'm wondering why he is naked myself, but this isn't what I meant..." - Madara decided it was best to just ignore it.
Meanwhile, Eiji knew that since it wasn't the perfect Edo Tensei, Madara's strength was heavily nerfed.
If it wasn't for that, Eiji was certain that he never would have been able to even cut one of his arms off.
Now with one arm missing and overall being nerfed, Madara was currently at his weakest - but the question was, would anyone here be able to defeat Madara before his arms would regenerate from the Edo Tensei?
No, simply because it was Madara.
Even though the imperfect Edo Tensei heavily nerfed most jutsus, this didn't apply to techniques like the Susanoo.
And Eiji knew that Madara's Susanoo was enough to massacre everyone gathered here, so he didn't even think about trying to fight Madara.
But he didn't know what to do, so he just continued to stand frozen there.
"Being able to use Sage Mode and still freeze like a coward...it seems like the current state of shinobis is even more pitiful than in the past...?" - Madara quickly lost interest in Eiji and with a look of contempt, he breathed in.
And a second's later everything was engulfed in flames in front of him.
"What about Sasuke?" - Black Zetsu asked cautiously.
"Hmph, a weakling who can't survive something like that while having a Mangekyo Sharingan is of no use for me anyway." - Madara breathed in and in a wide ark, almost the whole battlefield was engulfed in flames.
When the flames subsided, Sasuke was in front of Eiji with his Susanoo.
"What the hell are you spacing out for? Tell me how he managed to break out of my control and how to fix it!" - Sasuke urged Eiji who was with his butt on the ground being protected by Sasuke who carried an unconscious Kabuto (he collapsed due to using too much chakra).
But those three weren't the only ones here.
Orochimaru was just watching because even though he was in despair, his curiosity about the legendary Madara took over, but when the sea of flames approached him, he summoned the Rashomon gate again.
Jiraiya was still hiding because he wasn't sure if he should fight Madara or escape with the Konoha forces and report it to Tsunade, so he just continued to watch.
Sasuke's weren't able to defend or dodge and were completely burned, but given enough time they would regenerate because of the Edo Tensei.
Mu who was flouting could dodge it easily, while Gengetsu was still at the battlefield where he fought Eiji so he was far away from it.
"What's that? Hashirama?" - Madara saw how a giant wood wall saved the Konoha forces from the fire and his face turned instantly lively.
Yamato panted, seemingly exhausted from using a lot of chakra.
"No of course you aren't Hashirama...who are you?" - Madara
But Yamato didn't answer, since his head was filled with all kinds of thoughts.
"Not gonna answer, huh?" - Madara mood seemed to worsen, but Black Zetsu provided an answer: "He is a test subject of Orochimaru and Hashirama's DNA was injected into him...but more importantly is that the orange-haired brat behind him, is the Jinchuriki of the nine-tails..."
When Yamato heard that, he instantly said: "Naruto, this is an order: retreat with Sakura immediately and report what happened here to the Hokage!"
"But what about Sas-"
"Don't worry, I'll help him. He is the only one who might be able to change the situation if he manages to get Madara under control, so I'll risk even my life for him."
"I don't understand...who is this guy and why is everyone making such a -"
"GO NOW! IF YOU TELL THE HOKAGE THE NAME MADARA SHE WILL UNDERSTAND!!"
While Naruto was still deciding, on Sasuke's end he was urging Eiji: "Stop cowering like a coward and tell me what I need to know!"
He smashed his fist into Eiji to wake him up, and only after that did Eiji finally answer: "T-there is nothing you can do to get him under control again...we are all doomed..."
"..."
Sasuke was speechless, but Madara didn't give him time to gather his thoughts, and Madara's Susanoo which started to appear smashed against Sasuke's Susanoo.
Sasuke's Susanoo blocked it with his arm, but the impact shook Sasuke and Eiji who was next to him, despite Sasuke's Susanoo being fully materialized while Madara's not.
But before Madara could follow up his attack, a white expanding cube flew towards him.
Madara dodged it, but someone seemed to expect his path and there was a sudden explosion.
"Tsk...because of reckless youths who play around with forbidden techniques I can't even rest properly and have to do my duty as Mizukage..." - Gengetsu appeared on his clam and Mu flew to his side.
Those two rivals, now that they were free from the control and could act as they want, knew that Madara would be a huge danger to their respective villages and decided to their duties.
"...to tell the truth, I don't think we will be able to win, but since we can keep regenerating we don't have to preserve our strength..." - Mu
"Hmph, did all the weaklings decide to group up now?" - Madara said that while blocking Jiraiya's hair needles with his Susanoo, who suddenly appeared from under the bridge with Gamabunta.
"Now it seems like I"ll have at least some fun!" - Madara's eyes seemed to lighten a bit since he felt that it would be at least a bit challenging for him now.
Only Hanzo and Orochimaru weren't joining, because both of them had nothing to gain from it.
Orochimaru still didn't give up on getting Sasuke, so he waited for a chance while Hanzo would be glad if Madara made the 5 great villages suffer.
"Don't do anything Zetsu, you will just get in my way!" - Madara said that when he saw how Zetsu was about to help him, so Zetsu just nodded and disappeared into the ground.
Then Madara dodged another dust release, but his Susanoo's started now to have tendons and would be soon fully formed, so he didn't need to dodge everything else except Mu's dust release.
"This defense will be a huge pain in the ass...hey little Uchiha, can't you do something against it?" - Gengetsu shouted towards Sasuke.
But Sasuke couldn't do much besides occasionally firing a Susanoo arrow since he was defending Eiji.
'Maybe with all gathered here, perhaps there is a chance to defeat Madara while he is nerfed?' - Eiji tried to get his spirit up, but when he saw how Madara summoned 3 shadow clones, he was brought back to reality.
Jiraiya who had the highest firepower of all here used withGamabunta the Toad Oil Flame Bullet, but the shadow clowns used Susanoo as well.
"!"
Gengetsu whistled when he saw that while Sasuke stared with wide eyes.
This should be possible to his understanding!
"I can't effort to play around...buy me some time to enter Sage-Mode!" - Jiraiya said to Gamabunta.
Meanwhile, at the Konoha force, Naruto said: "Sorry, but I can't do that."
"THIS IS AN ORDER!! YOU ARE A SHINOBI SO ACT LIKE ONE ALREADY!!"- Yamato
"If this is the case...then I will quit being a shinobi..." - Naruto
"You..." - Yamato wanted to say something, but then he saw Naruto's determination - he wasn't joking.
"Sakura, take Naru-"
"Sorry, but I will go with Naruto...Kakashi-sensei once said that in the ninja world, those who break the rules are trash, but those who abandoned their comrades are worse than trash...Sasuke is right here fighting and we are supposed to run?" - Sakura followed Naruto.
'Kakashi, huh...' - Yamato sighed and ordered the uninjured Anbu to join the battle with him.
"If you can't even take care of my shadow clones, then it honestly would be better to cower in fear like the brat there." - Madara's arm was now fully regenerated and he crossed them arrogantly.
But then a blue explosion engulfed one of his clones.
Naruto used the risky Uzumaki Bomb again, but the force was enough to crush the generating Susanoo, and then when the clone was without guard, Sakura smashed the clone into the ground where it disappeared with a smoke.
"The Jinchuriki now too? This will save me the trouble of catching you..."
Sasuke had a mysterious expression when Naruto and Sakura appeared after their surprise attack next to him.
"Hihihi...looks like Team 7 is reunited again..." - Naruto happily touched his nose.
But Sakura still remembered how Sasuke tried to kill them moments ago, so she had her doubts if they could fight as a team like they used to.
"You shouldn't have come, you'll just get in the way...you both are too weak." - Sasuke
"Sasuke...I may be weaker than you, but this doesn't mean that I will run from fights...and just you wait, I will surpass you quicker than you can imagine!" - Naruto
It was the usual hyper-optimistic remark from Naruto, but for the first time, Eiji was glad about it.
Since Naruto's words are able to uplift and touch many characters, it seemed like it worked on Eiji who these words even weren't directed to, too.
'Sigh...to think the day a cheater like me would turn into a coward...able to defeat Madara? I already died once, so why am I even afraid? Fuck this...this was embarrassing how I acted until one...at least if I die I should go out in style...' - Eiji bit on his lips and got up.
"Sorry, Sasuke...that was a shameful display from your boss... let's beat that old man up..." - Eiji got up and stood between Sasuke and Naruto like he was part of Team 7.
"WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO ACT SO COOL FOR, YOU PERVERT!!" - Sakura screamed and punched the butt-naked Eiji away.
"...uhm...I don't think this is the right time for fighting him, Sak-" - Naruto stopped when Sakura turned to glance at him.
"..." - Sasuke didn't understand why he was always surrounded by weirdos.
A woeful cry could be heard, which was louder than all the other nearby cries.
Amidst the rumble, the Raikage cried while punching the ground under him.
Because of the unique location, Pain's Shinra Tensei was even more devastating to Kumogakure compared to how it was in the original timeline to Konoha.
Civilians who didn't die from the shockwave fell to their death or were crushed from mountain pieces.
The attack came so suddenly that A couldn't even defend his village as the Raikage.
After the initial confusion, he searched for the enemy, but the Deva Path had already left.
"WHICH BASTARD DID IT!!! I WILL RIP YOU TO PIECES!!! AAAAAAAARGH!!!" - he cried but he knew that as the Raikage he should calm himself down and assess the situation.
But the damage his village suffered was unmeasurable and even his long-time enemies would feel pity for A.
"...Lord Raikage...I gathered some surviving shinobis to assess the situation, but it's impossible to know the casualties currently..." - C who was shaking came to report.
"WHICH BASTARD!! WHICH BASTARD DID THAT?!" - A
"...a surviving Shinobi who was on guard duty reported how he saw a figure in a black coat floating above the village before the attack...I suspect it was the Akatsuki..." C
"AAAAAAAAAAAAARGGHHH!!! IN WHICH DIRECTION DID HE RUN TO?!" - A
"...we don't know...since after the attack no one saw him...but there is another problem...Yugito and B are both missing..." - C
When he heard that, A was in such a pitiful state that he couldn't even cry and howled instead.
C who saw and wasn't sure if A would be able to keep his sanity.
He couldn't control his emotions anymore and started to cry as well.
"Is this all? I'm starting to get bored..." - Madara's main body had now a fully humanoid Susanoo.
None of the attacks went through the Shadow-Clone Susanoo so that even more the case for the main body.
He and his clones didn't even attack and were just taking all hits.
Why?
Because he could.
The time window where the Susanoo just started to appear and is at the weakest was already over.
Only techniques with high firepower would work, but Jiraiya was gathering natural energy while Eiji still needed time to prepare Byakko.
'Just a bit more...'- Jiraiya gritted his teeth.
But Madara didn't want to wait any longer and with his Susanoo made three hand seals - he was using Tengai Shinsei.
'...now you don't have a choice other than to come out, Kyubi...' - a slight grin formed on Madara's face while his enemies were full of shock and fear when they saw the huge meteorite descending towards them.