Sum of our Parts

Legacy of the Uchiha

***I do not make any $$$ on Naruto. ***

"Le gasp!" normal talking

'das fuken?' normal thinking

"set-you-on-fire-no-jutsu" Jutsu and other techniques

"I will murder you!" Tailed beast talking

***SooP***

"Since the Kage have departed to combat Madara that leaves the remaining commanders in charge. Kakashi-Sama what do you…"

The Nara trailed off as he noticed the silver haired man staring off into the distance.

"What is it?"

"I have something I need to take care of. Something I haven't felt since…" With that the cyclopean Jonin leapt off, intent on finding the source of his unease.

"Well that's great, now what Shikamaru?"

"The plan hasn't changed Choji, just those in charge. We still have a large number of enemy soldiers remaining so we need to focus on defeating them first and then dealing with the remaining two enemies."

"ALL RIGHT LETS DO THIS TEAM! TEAM SEVEN, CHARGE!" Kiba roared out, charging forward without realizing that no one was following him.

"He's going to get himself killed, and then I am somehow going to get blamed for it." Sasuke sighed in annoyance, before running after his teammate, followed by the other Konoha forces.

***SooP***

"So this is the best that your 'army' can send against me? A bunch of children pretending to play 'Kage'."

"Madara Uchiha, your forces have been all but destroyed. Your plans lay in ruin and your allies are dead. What can you possibly gain by continuing this?"

"What a surprise, a Senju tries to talk me out of my path. Just like your grandfather."

"Remind me again what the results were the last time you fought one of my clan?" The blonde replied with a smirk, earning a glare in return.

"None of you are even comparable to my level; no one is. Allow me to demonstrate."

With that the former Uchiha clan leader summoned several massive blue Susanoo soldiers, completely surrounding his adversaries.

"With your deaths I can move on and complete my final goal, the world shall be bathed in moonlight for all time and I shall become a God."

"Not if I put my fist through your face." 'A' shot back, immediately charging himself with electricity, while the other Kage prepared for combat as well.

***SooP***

"Alright teme, let's show these losers what a team of Jonin can really do! Time for operation…"

"Kiba I swear to all that is holy in this world if you make up some stupid ass name I will shank you."

The Inuzuka began muttering about 'ungrateful assholes' before speaking up once again, "Yeah you wish I had a kick ass name for this. I figured I would tone it down though since it involves you. Operation Team Seven Firestorm!"

Immediately boy joined with Akamaru and fused into the massive canine form. Then they began to spin into a large tornado, dragging the surrounding enemy soldiers towards them.

"I got this!" Sakura replied, before sending a wave of fire, which ignited the surrounding winds and further incinerated their opponents.

Finally, Sasuke created a large thunderstorm, calling down bolts of lightning and further destroying the area.

When all was said and done a large group of Zetsu were utterly destroyed.

"And that… is how… you do it… asshole."

"Hm, pathetic. Perhaps we should show you how a real team battles. Lee, Tenten formation number three!"

The Hyuga heir began spinning rapidly, creating a Kaiten before adding in fire Chakra as his cousin had taught him.

The normally blue sphere turned a deep crimson as it burned with a roaring intensity.

As this was happening Lee began running rapid circles around the outside of an even larger group of enemies, drawing them into the space between the two conflicting whirlwinds and tearing them apart in the process.

Finally, Tenten let forth a massive barrage of projectiles, which were quickly caught up in the devastating winds, thus creating a maelstrom of destruction and weaponry.

Moments later the attack died down, revealing the three smirking Jonin.

"What was that about 'Konoha Jonin' mutt?"

"Not bad you guys, but how about Konoha's number one team show you what teamwork is all about? Alright boys hop to it!"

"Ino, I don't think we necessarily need to…"

"DAMNIT CHOJI I SAID HOP TO IT!"

"Fine fine, jeesh rude much?"

"What was that?"

"Nothing…"

"Man this is all so troublesome, I thought I would be exempt from fighting since I was forced to be in charge. Whatever, Delta pattern."

With that Ino closed her eyes to establish a link with Shino, who sent his insects underground.

Next Shikamaru grabbed the shadows of dozens of enemy soldiers, and forced them into one area, before an enlarged Akimichi stomped onto the dirt.

The effects were immediate, the ground caved in from when the Kikaichu insects had weakened it with Ino's directions.

The soldiers fell into the deep hole, only to be covered up with ground from several powerful earth Jutsu a moment later.

"Ha way more creative than your team forehead, except for you Sasuke-kun you were fantastic." The blonde called out dreamily.

The pinkette merely rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Doesn't matter we are still in the lead suckers! HEY TEAM EIGHT BEAT THAT YOU JERKS!" Kiba declared.

The others immediately turned towards him with 'are you freaking serious' looks.

"Kiba… why in the bloody hell would you challenge them to outdo us!?"

"Uh… because we are awesome?"

"I should have realized long ago that I was put on this team to compensate for your lack of intellect Kiba…" Sakura muttered while shaking her head.

A wave of water interrupted any further thought, as Hinata gathered together well over a hundred enemies into a single area.

"Natsuko-chan now!"

The blonde happily nodded, before flowing through hand signs.

A massive tree roared out of the ground moments later, casting an immense shadow over the area.

Akane proceeded to cut through it without effort.

"Timber" the girl deadpanned, before giving it a 'gentle' kick.

The tree toppled over smashing the Zetsu into white paste.

"Nice going Kiba, looks like they win again." Sasuke deadpanned.

"Technically they won from the start. I don't think any of us can match over twenty thousand kills in a matter of minutes." Shikamaru pointed out.

"We are still winning. Team eight doesn't count." The Inuzuka called with a sage nod.

"What do you mean they don't count? Why the hell not?"

"Because Sakura-chan they are too powerful."

"Shouldn't that mean they count even more? Why exclude them just because they have surpassed you?" The Aburame heir wisely noted.

"Nope, it would be like comparing us to a Kage, it isn't a fair test."

Tenten smirked, "So you are finally admitting that they are better than you?"

"I am saying that it would be like comparing the teme and my awesomeness levels. It just isn't fair."

Sasuke's eye began to twitch, and he fought back the urge to, once again, stab his teammate.

***SooP***

"Ah I was wondering when you would show up Kakashi Hatake"

"Is it true? Obito… after all these years…"

"So you figured it out eh? I must say I am a bit disappointed that it took my activation of my Mangekyo to finally alert you to what was right in front of your eyes."

"I am sorry for everything that happened to you… and to Rin, but this path that you walk…"

"It is the path of true peace Kakashi why can you not see it? I am giving you this one chance to join with us. Come and usher in a new era of peace. One where Rin can be alive, where there is no war or conflict. We can create it together Kakashi, like it should always have been."

The silver haired man paused, as if having a great debate in his mind, before shaking his head.

"You know I can't do that Obito. Too many people are depending on me, I have already failed so many times, I will not give up again."

"This will only end one way Kakashi. You will lay dead at my feet and the world will realize true peace."

"I might not live through this but I don't have to win this time. My goal is simply not to lose."

With that the two former friends charged each other and engaged in a fierce battle of Taijutsu.

***SooP***

"How pathetic, I would have thought that five Kage could put up a better fight than this." The sociopathic Uchiha mused as he dodged another attempt by Tsunade to pound him into the ground.

Thus far the fight had not gone in favor of the allied leaders. Not only was Madara able to keep his Mangekyo Sharingan abilities but he also wielded a Rinnegan, thus further boosting his considerable powers.

Another attempt by Gaara to surround and crush the man was easily foiled by a concentrated blast of gravitational energy, sending the boy flying.

It was only due to his sand's defensive properties that he was able to cushion the blow.

Next 'A' tried a flanking maneuver, but even with his considerable speed the Sharingan simply gave the man too much of an edge against his adversary.

A dozen blows to the Kumo leader's chest sent him flying backwards, followed up by a massive fireball; he was able to escape further harm only due to Mei's interference.

Unfortunately this instantly made her a target, and a gust of wind, followed by a wave of flames, forced her onto the defensive and left her arms badly burned.

While Tsunade worked on healing her wounds the oldest of the Kage attempted to use his fabled 'Dust Release' but was unable to land a solid blow against the vastly physically superior man.

"It really is too bad Hashirama is not here to fight me, I long for a challenging opponent."

Leaping backwards, and dodging another attempt by the Raikage to land a blow, the Uchiha scowled at the return of the Mizukage's fighting ability.

"As interesting as it would be to continue toying with all of you I don't have the time nor the patience to do so. It is time to show you what a true Uchiha is capable of."

With that the man forced his considerable Chakra, and summoned forth multiple Susanoo onto the field.

"Let us see how well you can fight an army without one protecting you."

***SooP***

The battle between the two former teammates had quickly escalated into the use of weapons, and from there Ninjutsu.

Currently Kakashi was trying to figure out a way to lay a solid blow against the man, who thankfully hadn't been utilizing his Rinnegan.

"Face it Kakashi," The man taunted as he phased through his opponent's blow, only to deliver a powerful strike to the man's shoulder when he was safe from harm. "You can't touch me, I have learned and become powerful. You are now the loser who cannot keep up with me rather than the other way around."

"You were never a lose Obito, Rin knew that."

"STOP TALKING ABOUT HER! You failed her Kakashi, just like you failed me. You are responsible for her death and my destruction. It was only Madara-Sama that allowed me to find life and new purpose."

"And what is that Obito? Total world domination? Do you truly believe that capturing the Biju will allow you to bring about peace? Do you really think that you two can force the nations to comply?"

"Of course not, that would only lead to rebellions and disobedience. No I have seen the truth Kakashi. The true way to peace lies in creating a world that people will accept. It involves giving everyone their true desires rather than false dreams like so many have promised us. Once the Biju are captured I will become the Jinchuriki of all and then I will ascend to Divinity. Once there I will place all the world under a grand Genjutsu and finally rid creation of violence and hatred. Everyone will live out the rest of their lives in a beautifully perfect world, one where all of the heart's desires are met."

"So you want to take away free will just because you have lost someone close to you? You are not the Obito I once knew. He would never have given up so easily on everything, to turn to such hatred…"

"YOU KNOW NOTHING KAKASHI! But soon… soon you will know what it is like to lose everything. I will not kill you here, instead you will be forced to watch as the Kyuubi is extracted from that girl. You will watch her die just like you stood back and watched Rin die, just as you abandoned me. Then you will know true despair."

"I will not let you hurt them Obito… even if I have to kill you myself.

***SooP***

"Madara Uchiha, do you truly believe that I would stand by and let you hurt my grandchildren? Do you think that any of us would merely allow you to win without a fight?"

The Uchiha turned slowly, and noted the blonde haired man standing before him.

"Ah you must be Arashi Namikaze. I have heard quite a bit about you from the various reports."

"Normally I would say that I am honored, but in your case… well be acknowledged by a psychopath isn't something to brag about."

Madara laughed, before turning completely to face the Namikaze.

"So you wish to challenge me now too? Very well, let us see whether the divine wind can pose a challenge to me."

With the slightest of gestures, a volley of wind blades tore across the battlefield towards the resurrected man.

The Sharingan wielder easily avoided the attacks, before launching a massive fireball to counter.

Instantly the blast began to weaken, as the 'Namikaze' began to draw air from its path.

Madara scowled for an instant, before going through hand signs of his own and creating a massive gust of wind to push the attack through, strengthening it enough that his enemy was forced to dodge out of the way.

"An interesting technique, by robbing my Jutsu of the air you can actually cancel it out. Unfortunately the opposite is just as true, I can easily provide it with additional 'fuel' from another direction to counteract your effort."

This time it was the blonde's turn to frown. He knew that the battle would not be an easy one but for his technique to be countered so easily…

***SooP***

"How utterly disappointing. I had thought that with everything that had occurred you would have trained and become what you once were Kakashi, a feared ANBU captain. Now though... well look at yourself. Barely standing and covered in wounds whereas I am only starting to tire. You spent too much time at that memorial stone my old rival."

The silver haired man chuckled humorlessly. It was a bit ironic that because of his obsession with those that he had failed one of them would now be the one to kill him. Perhaps his name would end up carved on that stone as well. If so... would anyone come to visit him?

"Well let's finish this up shall we? I still need to collect the three remaining Biju and if the Chakra signatures are any indication then Madara-Sama is finishing up with the Kage as we speak."

The cyclopean Jonin gave a slight growl as straightened himself up and back into his combat stance.

"Oh come on Kakashi you don't really think you can defeat me do you? That eye that has made you so famous is mine after all. That means that I know far more about it and can control it to a degree you cannot even imagine. Hell I have been holding back this entire time as I am sure you have noticed. I have only been using my Sharingan rather than the Rinnegan. I could end you in an instance."

"Then why haven't you Obito? If you are as merciless and cruel as you claim then why not end this fight and go on to kill who you need to? I think that deep down you really do want to come back to Konoha, to abandon this warped dream of yours and to protect lives rather than destroying them."

"You are wrong; that side of me, that dream, died along with Rin all those years ago. I will finish what I started and cast the world in moonlight for all time, then all of the dreams will be realized forever. Isn't that worth fighting for? Isn't that worth dying for?"

"What is worth dying for is the peace that honors those who have fallen, those who have given their lives to make it a realization. You do not honor Rin's sacrifice Obito, or Sensei's, or anyone else. All you are fighting for is a corrupted vision that you seek to impose. You want to enslave the world Obito, nothing more."

"Well then if you are so certain of my intentions then you had been kill me now while you have the chance Kakashi, if you think you are capable of doing so." With that the fallen Uchiha raised up his blade, preparing to end the life of his former comrade.

Kakashi too raised his kunai, before charging it with his Chidori.

The two men sprinted towards each other, intending on exchanging what would likely be the final blows. At the very last moment Obito used his Rinnegan to send a gravity burst into his adversary's arm, breaking it and canceling his attack.

Kakashi wasn't able to completely dodge the Uchiha's own strike, and thus ended up with a sword in the side of his torso, before being kicked to the ground.

"I told you that I was better Kakashi. Now it is time to end it."

"Not yet boy. Much as I enjoy watching one of my fellow perverts get his ass handed to him I don't think my son or my grandchildren would appreciate it if I let you kill him."

Turning the Sharingan wielder took note of the white haired Sanin approaching slowly.

"Ah Jiraiya of the Sanin, to what do I owe the pleasure? Shouldn't you be helping out your girlfriend and the other Kage?"

"Oh believe me I wanted to, but it seems as though your former teammate wanted a shot at the old bastard instead. More importantly I lost the 'rock paper scissors' match that we had and thus I had to come save his dumb ass."

"I see, well I believe you will be disappointed as well. You more than anyone else should know what the Rinnegan is capable of. Not only that but you cannot touch me with any Jutsu that you wield. After I am done here I will be going after your 'grandchildren' next so save your rage for when I force you to watch me kill them."

The white haired man growled, before launching a flurry of kunai, which of course passed through the man harmlessly.

Letting out a deep, annoyed, sigh the man shook his head before returning his attention to the man who lay prone before him.

"I told you that nothing you can do can..."

Before the man could finish he cried out in pain, and stumbled forward. Slowly glancing backwards the Uchiha noticed the source of his injury, a tri-pronged kunai sticking out of his back.

"B-but how? You can't..."

"I was there when Minato sealed the Kyuubi, he mentioned a man with an orange mask and putting one of his seals on him. Did you know that they never vanish unless he wills it?"

"But you cannot use the Hiraishin. Only my former Sensei could teleport to his own marks." the man tried pointing out, before he fell down onto one knee.

"True, but I didn't teleport to his mark, I simply used the Jutsu on one of his own weapons. They are all linked after all."

"Clever..." Obito muttered out, before falling forward onto the ground.

***SooP***

"I must admit you put up quite a fight." Madara taunted, as he slowly walked towards his fallen opponent. "In fact I would almost go so far as to admire you as an opponent, you did put up a better fight than any of the other Kage after all."

Once more the Uchiha summoned forth his flaming army to stand before the six injured Ninja.

"It is all for naught though, even with the other five Kage you cannot hope to defeat me. No one can match me in this age."

"If anyone has any bright or crazy ideas… I'm all for them." Mei muttered out, as she watched their inevitable death slowly approaching.

"Well I do have a crazy stupid idea, the problem is that it will probably kill us as well." The Namikaze muttered out.

"To be honest I wasn't really thinking that we would live through this war anyway, might as well go down with a bang eh 'A'?"

"I suppose so you stubborn old bastard. There are certainly worse ways to die."

"As long as we take him with us, I vote we try it."

"I agree with the Kazekage. Alright lover boy show us what you got." Tsunade replied with a smirk.

The blonde muttered, before surprising everyone as he began to flow through a long list of hand signs.

As this was happening a powerful barrier of air began forming around the five leaders, and himself, in an attempt to shield them.

Gaara immediately noticed it, and further enforced the dome with his sand.

"Oh what's this? A last desperate attempt at victory perhaps? Very well, let me see what you are capable of. Perhaps you will be able to draw blood on me yet." The psychotic man called out in a challenging tone.

"Let's see you survive this you crazy son of a bitch." Arashi muttered out before finishing his technique.

"Wind Release: Rotational Halt"

For an single moment in time the area seemed deathly quiet. The wind completely stopped and there was an eerie silence that prevailed.

For that instance the Kage, and even Madara himself, believed that the technique had failed.

Then the true scope of the Jutsu came into existence.

Winds stronger than anything that had ever occurred before roared to life. At over a thousand miles an hour the air tore the entire area into dust.

The surrounding mountains were leveled, trees were uprooted and then disintegrated, the ground itself was torn asunder with forces that should not even exist.

Madara's Susanoo army was almost instantly obliterated, the winds having ripped them asunder near instantaneously.

The madman himself had enough reaction time to call upon his complete Susanoo to make an attempt at shielding himself from the lethal and awe inspiring technique, before it too began to dissolve.

It was like watching erosion happening on a grand and rapid scale; wind could, and would destroy, all things given enough time.

After what felt like an eternity, but was only a few seconds, the air calmed and the barrier that had managed to keep the Kage alive faded away.

Looking forward Tsunade could only gasp in awe at the destruction that a single Jutsu had wrought.

Standing before it all was Arashi Namikaze, who let out a sigh before falling forward to the ground in exhaustion.

"He did it… amazing, what power that man wields." The Mizukage muttered out in shock.

The entire area had been turned to a level plain, with nothing but rock beneath them. Everything else had been annihilated.

"Looks like we got the bastard… although a bit of assistance wouldn't hurt you know." The fallen man groaned out, earning a chuckle from the Hokage as she limped over to assess his wounds.

"Not bad I guess, I suppose this makes up for knocking me up and leaving."

"Excuse me but you were the one who was gone the next morning, I was going to invite you to breakfast… and then ask for more sex afterwards."

"Such a gentleman." The blonde Kage teased before starting a series of medical Jutsu, "Tell you what, maybe now that the war is over you and Jiraiya can both take me out for dinner. I figure you two perverts owe me for one reason or another and I could use a night of pampering and kinky action."

Elsewhere the white haired Sanin cringed for unknown reasons, having a rather discomfortable feeling that his karma at being a pervert had finally caught up to him.

"Tell you what, if you can get me walking before anyone else manages to see me like this then I might just…"

The man was interrupted by a slow clapping, as the nearby Kage froze in horror.

"Now that was impressive. If it wasn't for my use of the Rinnegan at the last moment I am not sure I would have survived your final attack. Truly you have earned my respect. Congratulations, the Namikaze have now been added to my list of clans to be respected and feared. The only others are the Senju and the Uzumaki besides my own of course."

"Th-that's not possible… how are you still standing!?"

"What a surprise that the Raikage is the one who cannot comprehend the situation. As I have said before, no one is capable of defeating me now that Hashirama is dead."

"How did my grandfather ever defeat this man?" Tsunade whispered out in terror, as the six Ninja watched their enemy stroll towards them.

***SooP***

"Natsuko we need to go, Tsunade is in danger."

The blonde nodded before approaching her sister to be teleported into combat.

"Whoa whoa whoa you aint gonna go with me you gotta flee. I told 'A' I would stay but no way do I say 'hey your on your own' so I got a bone to pick with him, catch my jive slim?"

The two girls stared at the dark skinned Jinchuriki for a moment, before Natsuko happily nodded.

"Heck yeah rapping-kun lets go!"

"Not without me your not, Hokage-Sama was my Sensei and I am sure as hell not standing by and letting you run off on your own again." Hinata exclaimed as she ran up and put her arm on the redhead's shoulder.

With that the four Ninja teleported to the battlefield.

***SooP***

"Such a shame that it had to end this way, I suppose I do still need two more of the Jinchuriki though now that I can extract the one tail from you boy."

The various Kage growled, attempting to think of some way to retaliate against the man but none of them were even close to fighting strength.

"Any more crazy stupid ideas?" Mei muttered out hopefully.

"Actually I have a few crazy ideas!" A happy voice called out, as the Kage looked on in shock at the arrival of the four new combatants.

"NO! Akane get Natsuko out of here it is too dangerous!" Tsunade cried out in horror.

"You too 'B'! We cannot allow him to..."

"Aint no way am I not gonna stay."

"Hinata go and help the Kage, we will handle Madara."

"I hate to interrupt you Akane-chan but I must disagree. The man is our ancestor and thus our mess to clean up. Sasuke, it is time to show him what the future of the Uchiha clan can do." Itachi called out, as he and his brother walked into the clearing.

"I agree, let's see what the old man can do."

Madara scowled in irritation, sure now he had all three remaining Jinchuriki within his grasp but now he had at least five more irritating bugs to crush.

***SooP***

"It is time to end this war once and for all. Summoning Technique: Gedo Statue"

At his call a massive object appeared behind the former Uchiha leader, rising to the clouds themselves.

"Now I shall take the remaining Biju and become the God of this world."

Three chains made of blue fire ripped forth from the statue, and impaled Gaara, 'B', and Natsuko.

"No 'B'!" the dark skinned Kage shouted, before grabbing hold of the chain and attempting tear it from his brother.

"That is pointless, these are not physical chains and they are powered by the Rinnegan itself. They are completely indestruct..."

Before he could finish his explanation the object that had attached itself to the blonde Jinchuriki began to quickly degrade and disintegrate as black ink flowed up it towards the massive creation.

"What is going on!?"

"You didn't really think that I would allow you to kill my sister in the same way that was attempted on me do you? I knew that no matter how much I fortified the seal it could be broken eventually so I took a different approach. I added a defensive mechanism to it. By attempting to extract the Kyuubi without both Natsuko and it's consent the protective measures have activated and retaliated... violently."

The ancient man could only watch in horror as the Fuinjutsu ran back into the statue, and began to cover it in strange markings.

Moments later the chains that had been attempting to tear the Biju from both the Kazekage and 'B' faltered and fell apart, leaving the two terribly weakened but alive.

More importantly was the fact that the statue now began to crack and fall apart under the strange seals, releasing the Biju Chakra that had been stored inside.

"Wh-what have you done! YOU HAVE RUINED EVERYTHING!"

"That's kind of the point..."

"I WILL KILL YOU! YOUR BONES SHALL TURN TO DUST BEFORE MY POWER!"

"You can certainly try" the redhead's sister growled out, before she was once more cloaked in a golden fire, her pupils replaced by crosses once more.

The two loyal Uchiha joined their comrades, both of their Mangekyo activating as well.

"Four against one... sounds pretty fair to me." Sasuke muttered with a smirk.

"Let us end this cycle... once and for all."

***Omake***

"Alright let's show them what we can do! Akane-chan do you want to handle this or should I?" The blonde happily giggled.

Her sister merely shrugged, before holding out her hand in a closed fist.

"Rock paper scissors?"

The Uzumaki sisters began their fierce battle, tying quite a few times, as the others watched on with stunned expressions.

"You have got to be kidding me..." Neji muttered out, his eye developing a slight twitch.

"Scissors cuts paper Natsuko, looks like I win."

"Awwwww man... fine" the girl pouted before stepping backwards as her sister unsheathed her three katanas.

"So Akane what exactly are you going to..." Sakura attempted to inquire, before the redhead muttered out her technique.

"Hiraishin Third Step"

"Wait what did she just say?" Ino called out, before the Uzumaki threw the Kusanagi towards the group of white enemy soldiers.

Then she vanished, before appearing in an entirely different spot, her two remaining blades already cutting into an enemy soldier. As the slashes finished she released the grip, allowing one sword to fly off further into the group as she vanished once more.

This time she appeared next to the first blade, catching it in mid air and bringing it down onto another enemy, before impaling another Zetsu.

Suddenly she was gone again, but this time when she reappeared there were two of her, then four, then eight.

Soon the entire area was full of the identical girl, each violently bringing an enemy to its end before vanishing once more.

To the untrained eye it looked almost random, until one looked closer and noticed that it was more like an intricate dance. A clone would kick an enemy, only to have another appear behind it and impale said soldier.

A redhead would toss one of the katanas into the air, only for another to catch it from seemingly nowhere.

If Itachi hadn't known better he was sure that the girl had found a way to use the Kage Bunshin. But his eyes had detected the subtle difference.

They weren't clones, instead she was moving so fast as to create after images of herself. If he wasn't an ANBU, and therefore around the others who told stories of the previous war, he would have claimed it impossible.

But he knew that Minato Namikaze had accomplished the same thing. Stories of his speed were passed down like legends among those masked Ninja.

Apparently his daughter had mastered the technique to an even higher degree.

Finally the last one fell, just as the girl breathed out a deep sigh.

"Fury of the Namikaze"

***SooP***

Up in the land of the dead Minato suddenly perked up and gave a shout of joy.

"HA! I told you all that my daughter would name a kick ass technique after me!"

"Yes yes very nice Minato-kun now sit back down and either raise or fold, you are interrupting the poker game again." Kushina scolded, before returning to her own cards and glancing across the table at the other Hokage who had gathered.

***Omake***

"Hey Kyuu-chan what's up?"

"Natsuko-chan we need to talk"

The blonde happily smiled, unaware of what was about to happen.

"Sure thing what about?"

"I think... that we should stop seeing each other."

The blonde instantly froze, as she tried to process what was happening.

"Wh-what do you mean? Are you mad at me?"

"No no it's nothing you did Natsuko-chan I promise. I have seen the world through your eyes and... you can't be happy with me. No matter what happens or what changes I will be stuck inside of you. We will never truly be together in the real world."

"B-b-but Akane-chan said she could work on a way to..."

"It won't work Natsuko-chan, I know that your sister is talented but if you remove me it is too much of a risk to you... besides even if I was in the real world..." The creature trailed off, not wanting to have the conversation.

"What? Even if you could what?"

"Natsuko-chan I am immortal. I will never age or truly depart from this world. When you pass on like all humans must do then I will be left here. You need to fall in love and have a family with someone that is like you. I... I can't bear the thought of falling in love with you and then watching you slowly die and not being able to stop it."

Now even the red haired woman had tears in her eyes as she pulled the girl into a fierce hug.

"We will never be able to have children, we will never be able to grow old together, when you pass on I will never be able to see you in the afterlife again..."

"I... I understand but..."

"We will always be friends and I will always care about you and your sister Natsuko-chan but... it has to be this way. I care about you too much to waste your life on something that cannot end happily. Besides you have so many people who care about you in the real world."

"You do too Kyuu-chan, you just don't realize it yet. But I understand and I will always care about you."

The woman smiled, before a slight wave of her hand sent the blonde back to her own world.

Within moments the blonde ran to her sister, who brought her into a powerful hug and allowed her to cry for as long as she needed.

***A/N***

Whole lot going on! Madara's plan got wrecked, Tobi and Kakashi got wrecked, the Kage and Arashi got wrecked... whole lot of ass kicking going on.

On a side note the story is winding down, and as much as I hate to say it, Sum of our Parts will probably be done in one or two more chapters :(

Hope everyone has enjoyed the twists and turns of the story thus far!