Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Power of the Rinnegan
Naruto's Rinnegan eye locked with Madara's as Naruto let his chakra flow down his outstretching arm, the red chakra forming a long claw that reached towards Madara as the Uchiha stretched his own arm out, "SHINRA TENSEI!" Madara shouted.
Naruto's Rinnegan flashed as his stretching chakra arm split into a multiples arms, reaching around Madara to push his friends from Madara's attack range before the gravity push hit him.
Naruto's claws dug into the ground and forcefully pulled the redhead through the gravity field towards Madara. Their techniques faded as Naruto threw his fist at Madara.
**BOOM**
Madara blocked the attack, letting out a shock wave at the impact of the hit before Madara lifted his leg for a kick at Naruto's chest. Naruto lifted his own leg in a block as his red chakra flowed into the funnelling in his raised leg, "AIR STOMP!"
**BOOM**
Naruto and Madara flew apart from the massive shock wave, making him glad that he had moved his friends and family away just a few moments earlier.
The two landed on the top of a pair of trees, staring at each other with determination in their eyes, though Madara was realistic about his disadvantage.
Madara's single Rinnegan eye glowed as the peripherals of his eye took in all that was in his field of vision, 'I see an Uchiha,' Madara thought as his grin grew, 'And another foreign Sharingan from that Jonin. But, where did my statue go?' Madara thought as he nodded to himself, making the decision that the statue was his top priority.
Naruto's new eyes picked up Madara's chakra fluctuation, 'He's looking for something, I won't let him have it.' Naruto decided as he channelled demonic chakra throughout his body, his hair growing slightly longer as the red chakra flowed around him, clapping his hands together in a technique he'd seen Nagato do as he sent chakra down his arm.
"BANSHO TENNIN!"
Madara smirked as he was yanked at Naruto, his own eye flashing as he focussed his own chakra, forming two quick hand seals as he faced Naruto in the air, "UCHIHA FIRE STYLE: DRAGONIC INCINERATION!" Madara shouted before spitting out a compact stream of fire at Naruto.
Naruto let his Sharingan pulse as he became intangible, the fire technique move right through him before he solidified once more as Madara came within reach, giving Naruto the opportunity to use his leg funnels to push him up slightly.
As Madara moved underneath Naruto, the two of them finished their next set of hand seals as Naruto's open mouthed left aimed aimed down and Madara formed the Bird seal.
"EXTERMINATING AIRWAVES!"
"VACUUM BLAST!"
**BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM**
Naruto was shot high into the air as Madara was forced to brace himself against the ground, causing Naruto to have the opportunity to let his eyes gather intel like Madara had done moments before as he was shot up into the air, 'Sasuke and Kakashi sensei's eyes... why are they glowing in my Rinnegan vision?' Naruto thought as he glared down at Madara.
Madara rolled onto his back and looked up at Naruto, his eye zooming in as he noticed something disappearing into the atmosphere above Naruto's form, 'There you are!' Madara thought as he formed hand seals.
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Orochimaru shivered as frost began to form on his clothes and skin, he strained to look up as the sky around him began to get darker and colder, 'Almost... there...' he thought hopefully as he closed his eyes, feeling his body become numb from the temperature.
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Recognising Madara's hand seals, Naruto formed seals of his own that matched.
"SUMMONING: GEDO STATUE!"
"SUMMONING: SAGE ART: YAMATA NO OROCHI!"
The Gedo statue appeared in a large plume of smoke from it's place in the upper atmosphere, immediately landing heavily and roaring as it flailed it's limbs, cracking the frost on it's body and flinging it off.
The smoke from Naruto's summoning jutsu cleared, revealing a black eight headed snake that was the predecessor for the next legendary Eight Headed Hydra that was to be named. It's heads struck forward as Naruto landed on the only head with a white diamond shape on it's face.
Madara landed on the head of his statue as it raised it's arms, battering the attacking heads to the side for a moment before it managed to grip one of the heads.
Naruto placed his hand on the head he stood on, "SNAKE ART: COBRA STRIKE!" Naruto shouted, channelling his chakra down through the neck of the head he stood on.
The chakra let the snake move at lightning speed, cracking it's maw against the Gedo statue's wrist and forcing it to let go of the other head as Naruto was flung towards Madara.
Madara frowned as he had the statue look up, blocking Naruto's approach with it's massive head as Madara formed more hand seals and slammed his hands on the head of the statue, "SIX PATHS TECHNIQUE: FORCED CONSUMPTION!" Madara shouted.
Naruto used his demonic chakra to grip the statue's chin before flinging himself high into the air, getting an aerial view of Madara as the Uchiha's technique took effect and the Gedo statue opened it's mouth, causing Naruto's eyes to widen, 'But that's impossible!' he thought as the statue roared.
Naruto turned and pushed as hard as he could with his wind chakra, yelling in effort as he was being sucked directly towards the statue, 'Shit! Now that my entire chakra system is demonic chakra the statue is reading my signature as if I was a demon!' Naruto thought as he flew at full speed, barely managing to stay in place as things were being sucked into the statue's mouth.
Naruto looked up and gasped before taking evasive manoeuvres, dodging the two men that flew past him as his Rinnegan picked up on their own signatures, 'Those two have some of the Nine tails' chakra!' Naruto thought as Kinkaku and Ginkaku's revived bodies were swallowed whole.
The statue's mouth snapped shut, allowing Naruto to zoom off at maximum speed before he could regain control, causing him to turn just in time as the Gedo statue seemed to calm completely.
The Eight Headed snake attacked at the surprisingly in control statue, which managed to move way faster then before and take a grip of two heads in one hand before dropping to a knee and chopping upwards with a knife-hand, decapitating the two heads and causing the Yamata no Orochi to scream in pain before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
Naruto's teeth grinded in aggravation as Madara's statue's eyes snapped open, Madara standing tall on it's head as he shouted across the distance, "Now I have the power of at least some of each of the tailed beasts, it's time!" Madara shouted.
Naruto's Rinnegan flashed as he dove at Madara, though to his and Madara's surprise, another chakra signature was falling at them from above.
"HIDDEN LOTUS: FINAL SNAKE SUICIDAL FANG!"
Naruto and Madara looked up as Orochimaru fell through the air, literally using the very last of his chakra to form a fang-shaped cone of chakra around him as he fell at impossible speeds, appearing even as only a blur to the Rinnegan.
It took only a few seconds for Orochimaru to fall from the highest peak of the atmosphere, his dive aimed at the head of the Gedo statue.
Madara barely had time to shout, "Move!"
The statue only managed to turn slightly as Orochimaru's attack barely missed it's head, slamming into his shoulder with more force than anything in this world and the sharpness of Kusanagi blade leading his fanged attack.
Everyone was stunned at the strength of Orochimaru's final move.
The Gedo statue screamed as Orochimaru's attack cut down into the statue, lodging the man into it's shoulder as his momentum kept going, tearing his shoulder socket out as he yelled in pain and was flung from the flailing statue, which now had a gash going two thirds of the way around it's arm.
Naruto reached out with his demonic chakra, aiming to catch Orochimaru before he hit the ground and died, only just barely managing to do so.
Madara scowled as he saw red chakra beginning to ooze out from the wound in the statue, 'No choice then, I have to make it transform now!' Madara thought as he quickly began to form hand seals.
**FLASH**
Madara looked to his side with wide eyes as Naruto appeared by his side, a Rasengan aiming at his stomach. But Madara managed to dodge by sliding into a spin, redirecting the Rasengan before the Naruto in front of him tossed the single kunai into the air.
**FLASH**
Madara's eyes narrowed as the first Naruto drilled it's Rasengan into the statue's head as a second Naruto appeared in another golden flash, "RIGHT STRAIGHT!" the new Naruto yelled as it streaked at Madara with lightning chakra.
The Uchiha barely dodged the strike before kicking at the clone, destroying it simply as Madara smirked, 'I see, he knows that this statue is important, but he doesn't see it with his eyes yet. This is my chance!' Madara thought as he struck in a counter-attack.
The first Naruto frowned as Madara attacked it, but to the Uchiha's shock, it was a clone too.
Madara paused for a moment as the tri-pronged kunai that had initiated this assault fell though the air again, 'Is that the medium?' Madara thought for a moment as he tried to get a good look at the seal.
**FLASH**
The bright flash blinded Madara for a moment as he was staring at the knife so intently, letting the real Naruto thrust forward his attack as he materialised with it in his hands, "DEMONIC PULSE: RASEN-NOVA!" Naruto shouted, plunging his attack into Madara's stomach.
Madara shouted in pain as the small fireball threw him back through the air, he managed to unleash the rib cage of his Susano'o as a defence just before the fireball expanded.
Naruto landed on the Gedo statue's head and looked down at the marks from his clone's failed Rasengan, 'Barely any damage, so force isn't the key.' Naruto thought before looking over to where Orochimaru's attack had cut into the statue, 'But sharpness works if it's powerful enough...' Naruto thought before he trailed off, thinking that he had heard something in the chakra leaving the statue.
"YASAKA MAGATAMA!"
Naruto turned as Madara's attack came spinning through the air towards him, causing Naruto to quickly form a Ram seal as he focussed his own chakra, "SUSANO'O!"
Brown and green chakra spiralled up around him, taking form just as Madara's attack hit and causing a large dust cloud to be kicked up.
Naruto gasped as the two incompatible Susano'o's of Shisui and Obito fought, eventually cancelling each other out as a bright orange light came up through the center of the two, Itachi's Susano'o taking the main role, though it stood with four arms, one of the two extra holding a long drill of red chakra.
Madara raised a brow as his own Susano'o sat in a basic form of torso and four arms, "Interesting, you have enough chakra to feed the Susano'o's level two form." he said calmly as he began to get lifted into the air by his slowly growing chakra manifestation, "But have you completed it yet? Can your Rinnegan do this?!" Madara shouted as it grow taller and more complete.
Naruto's eyes narrowed, 'He keeps getting distracted when I do something powerful. Is he really just interested in my power? Is he that strong that he sees me as an amusement for him? Or maybe... he just doesn't see me as a threat even after all this.' Naruto thought as his eyes seemed to analyse exactly what Madara's chakra was doing and somewhat copying it with his own coils.
Naruto's Susano'o stood tall as it's outer layer solidified, shocking all of those that could see it as instead of forming a large four armed Samurai like Madara's, Naruto's formed what looked like an old fashioned traditional ninja made of orange chakra, each of his weapons glowing with red chakra as Naruto paused at the center of it's forehead, feeling himself be held in place by the chakra.
Naruto's Ninja and Madara's Samurai faced one another directly, readying their weapons as Madara grinned, "Now show me what you can do!" he yelled as he swiped forward with one of his two swords.
Naruto raised his arm, making his Ninja Susano'o block with it's spear as the two colossal beings clashed in taijutsu.
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"How is he Tsunade?" Jiraiya asked over the blonde's shoulder.
Tsunade panted as she continued trying to heal Orochimaru's stump. She already had to amputate a portion of it due to it's obliteration. There was no way to heal all of it, but she could still save him, "He'll be alive. Get back to it." She said.
"Tsunade-sama!"
Tsunade looked up as did Jiraiya as a group of twelve ninjas walked into the clearing, "What is it?" she asked.
**BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM**
The response was cut off as everyone looked up at the Gedo Statue as it roared, chakra beginning to glow through cracks in it's skin as it got louder and louder.
Jiraiya cleared his throat before looking over the people he had with him, "Okay... I think I know how we can make this work, we just have to kill it and then-"
"Kill it?" the male at the back said as he walked to the front of the line, "That's not gonna work, but I know how to get rid of it, we just need to hold it off until Madara is gone so that he can't summon it back from where I send it."
Jiraiya frowned as he and Yahiko held a stare off before Jiraiya nodded, "Alright, you guys heard him! Let's tie that thing down!" Jiraiya ordered before they all leapt into the trees, only one person staying back by Tsunade's side to help with Orochimaru.
Tsunade shared a worried look with Tayuya, "You are one of the best seal users around right now, do you have any ideas?" Tsunade asked.
Tayuya sighed before shaking her head, "I actually remember that there was something about the sealing and unsealing of the 'Demonic Statue,' I don't really know if this statue is the same one as in the old folders but if it is then unless we have the original scroll or the 'Fabled Two,' then we probably can't seal it." Tayuya said with a shrug, "And that's only if it is the same statue."
Tsunade frowned as she nodded, 'Something tells me that it is...' she thought to herself.
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A massive shock wave occurred from the impact of the Blue Samurai's sword hitting the Orange Ninja's, locking two of their weapons as they struggled to push the other back.
Naruto and Madara were pushed slightly back before Naruto pushed his hand at Madara from inside the Susano'o. "EXTERMINATING AIRWAVES!"
Madara merely laughed as Naruto's technique was blocked by the chest of his own Susano'o, "Attacks of those calibre have no place here boy! You want to fight in the big leagues?!" Madara shouted across the distance as he Susano'o crossed two of it's arms while stepping back, "Then fight for real!" Madara shouted as his Susano'o swung two swords that suddenly formed in his free hands.
Naruto's eyes widened as his nature chakra flushed throughout his Susano'o, lifting it's shield and spear to block the swords before he had the Ninja step forward, swinging around the Totsuka Sword for the first time in their fight.
Madara's eyes widened as unexpectedly, the Totsuka sword tore through his Samura's sword and beheaded the Susano'o that was under Madara's control.
Even Naruto's Rinnegan eyes widened as the rest of Madara's chakra construct shattered, that hesitation gave only a moment before Naruto's Ninja kicked out rather quickly for it's massive size.
Madara had used the mere moment of hesitation to form a few quick hand seals as he forced chakra into his hands, "PLANETARY DEVASTATION!" Madara shouted as he threw forth a small black orb.
The kick was pulled upwards into the air after the ball as everything – including Naruto and his Susano'o – was being pulled up after him.
Naruto flailed through the air as his Susano'o shattered, his eyes narrowing at Madara and then the many Shinobi left in the area who were being pulled up into the air. Naruto formed a single hand seal, "SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!"
*POOF*
Naruto and two clones turned to face the gravity center as the hundreds of other clones aimed towards the people that were being pulled up. In Naruto's hand formed a Rasen-Shuriken, "TRUE WIND STYLE: RASENSHURIKEN!" he shouted as he threw the attack forward.
The two clones that hand helped him form the jutsu flew forward as fire chakra ignited in their leg funnels, shooting them forward just in time for the Rasen-Shuriken to make contact and expand, taking in the fire as well just before expanding and destroying the jutsu and the gravity center.
The other clones' Rinnegan eyes flared as they shared their sight for the first time, giving the real Naruto a slight headache as the clones' chakras ignited in many different ways, some using Tsuuga to drill through objects before getting their hands on the many airborne ninja. As the many ninjas in the air were secured, they all disappeared in a golden flash thanks to Naruto, sending them all back to the headquarters of the Shinobi alliance.
The clones all reappeared in a wide flash, arriving on the ground as the few ninja who had held strong looked up at the massive pieces of nature falling to crush them, but all the clones looked up as they formed a single Ram seal, "SAGE ART: ULTIMATE BREAKTHROUGH!" they all shouted, throwing the debris up into the air again.
The clones finished their manoeuvres just as the original Naruto finished his own hand seals, sending his chakra into the rocks that had now levelled with him in the sky as he turned to face Madara, only to hasten his seals as the Uchiha shouted out, "FIRE STYLE: FOUR SINGING DRAGONS!" Madara shouted, launching four Dragon Flame Bombs that screamed an ear-piercing level of pitch.
Naruto's eyes squinted in pain at the sound as he finally finished his hand seals, pulsing out his Earth Chakra for the first time in such large amount, "EARTH STYLE: DRAGON ROCK BOMBS!" Naruto shouted, emulating a jutsu from Hiruzen that made the airborne rocks and boulders shoot towards Madara.
The Uchiha's wide eyes – frozen that way in shock at Naruto's recovery – narrowed as Madara began forming hand seals that he had copied from Hashirama a long time ago, "WOOD STYLE: RISING FOREST OF DEATH!" Madara shouted before aiming his hands forward, a spiral of trees beginning to grow from his Wood Chakra and expand enough to take out all the earth dragon-heads and continue on to Naruto.
Unfortunately for Madara, Naruto had learned to use Wood chakra with a little more imagination.
"WOOD STYLE: POSSUM HOLLOW!"
Naruto twirled like the Tsuuga of the Inuzuka clan, his Wood chakra creating a cone around him as he drove into the tree, the living wood calmly expanding around him as his fingers blurred to cover the entire area in chakra.
Meaning that it opened to the other side right above Madara as the two Rinnegan eyed Shinobi glared at eachother.
Naruto's raised hand came around as he moved out of his drill-form, "LIGHTNING STRAIGHT!"
Naruto plummeted down at Madara as the Uchiha shouted in exertion, bending the Wood he had made to form a shield that Naruto's fist ploughed into before it shattered, causing Naruto's eyes to widen as he saw the Wood Clone by Madara's side finish hand seals, "UCHIHA FIRE STYLE: SUPERNOVA!" the Wood clone shouted, spewing forth the beginnings of a ridiculously massive fireball that was still growing as it was about to hit Naruto.
Naruto formed a Ram seal to focus his chakra as it formed a chakra bubble around him, the ball sat still in the flames for a moment before nine arcs of chakra shot out, dispersing the core of the jutsu with eight of the, as the last soared towards the clone, piercing it through the chest.
Madara appeared behind Naruto in mid air as the two began to approach the last of their fall, his left hand holding a single handed Hare seal as his right arm glowed with blue chakra like that of his Susano'o, "SECRET MANGEKYOU ART: SUSANO'O'S GAUNTLET!" Madara shouted as he threw his blue encased fist forward.
Naruto heard the shout behind him – his chakra shell already having been used up when he lashed out with it – and activated his Lightning armour as he began to turn, managing to raise his arms in a block as Madara's punch hit him.
**BOOOOOOOOOOOOM**
Naruto was flung towards the ground as Madara's blue chakra exploded into Naruto upon impact, actually being forceful enough to damage and break his arms even through the Lightning armour, so Naruto let them hang limp at he had his Bone Armour realign the bones before settling into place before lifting his arms above his head in a dive mere meters before he hit the ground head first, "EARTH STYLE: HEADHUNTER JUTSU!" Naruto shouted.
Madara's menacing grin faltered as Naruto simply dove underground using the momentum of Madara's punch, "Huh... never thought of that." Madara commented to himself as he came close to the ground, about to pulse his gravitational chakra so that he would lose all momentum safely before landing.
"SECRET EXPLOSIVE STYLE: DEEP FOREST EMERGENCE!"
Madara let out a gravitational pulse around him calmly as he landed, clearing a gap in the sudden trees that formed around him as he raised a brow, 'Hold on, 'Explosive Style'?' Madara thought for a moment as he looked up.
Even as his eyes registered the explosive chakra imbued through every tree that was just finishing their formation, Madara realised it was almost too late to do anything about it as he reignited the weak gravitational pulse from earlier, "SHINRA TENSEI!"
****BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM****
The small forest blew up as Naruto appeared above ground just outside the dust cloud, taking a deep breath as he glared through the smoke, 'I'll finish it here.' Naruto thought seriously as he took a deep breath and flared coat, ready to form a jutsu as his chakra swirled.
It was at this moment that Madara's voice rang out, "BANSHO TENIN!"
Naruto was suddenly yanked forward towards Madara as he saw a large amount of the same blue Susano'o chakra form around Madara's entire body.
As Naruto entered the dust cloud, he turned his back to Madara, hiding his hands as he formed a technique.
Madara smirked as his Secret Mangekyou Art: Susano'o's Armour materialised over his form, knowing that this was a true ultimate defence that had never even been scratched, not even by a spirit blade. Madara's blue chakra began to form a sharp Scimitar of entirely blue chakra as he saw Naruto's chakra signature rocket towards him, "SUSANO'O'S BLADE!" Madara shouted as he swung his sword.
Naruto turned as his chakra settled in his hand, causing him to turn to face Madara as Naruto thrust forward a new Rasengan, it's outer shell colour an Icy-blue as it's core glowed with a light so bright that the two had to squint even in the dust and debris cloud, "EXPLOSIVE STYLE: RASEN-TUNDRA!" Naruto shouted as he thrust his sphere forward on a collision with Madara's blade.
The two Rinnegan gazes glared at each other as Madara's sharpest attack cut into the shell of the Rasengan, causing the explosive chakra to let loose while the ice chakra exploded outwards too, reducing the temperature around the two of them into the negatives as a thick layer of frost grew out from the two of them, the shards of ice exploding as they chased Madara through the air to slam him down into the ice.
Madara hacked loudly as he coughed up blood from the unexpected barrage that had pierced parts of his body through as well as slammed him into the ground, the explosive chakra had surprised him by breaking through the Susano'o armour, but it was the explosive ice shards that did the damage, after a few moments, Madara slowly began to get up as Naruto appeared in the air above him., a determined look on his face as if something had changed in the tide of their fight.
Naruto was shouting in exertion as he formed a Rasengan in his hands with the help of his new red chakra, but since it was demonic chakra, it turned black, causing Naruto to breath heavily as his mind – now armed with Kurama's knowledge – knew what was happening.
"TAILED BEAST BALL!" Naruto shouted as the chakra aligned into a perfect sphere and Naruto looked down at Madara with a grin, "See you in hell!" he yelled before turning his hand, dropping the ball before he shot off to the east with his wind funnels.
Madara knew he had little choice, but he also knew of the legend of the Rinnegan, though he hadn't trained in it that much before his death, he weakly raised his hands up to the Tailed beast ball.
Naruto shot off into the distance, swinging down to grab the only two in the area, a field medic and an injured earth ninja, before he moved further, slowing down as he came to a stop at what he was certain to be a safe distance, next to a ninja he hadn't seen in a long time, "Hey Ino." Naruto said calmly as he set down softly next to the blonde.
Ino looked up at the red-headed Naruto in shock, "That was you? Naruto?" she gasped, finally getting a proper read on who the person fighting Madara one on one with access to the Mangekyou Sharingan could be, her jutsu sending the information to everyone that could also reach the mind-link.
Naruto nodded as he set the two people in his arms down, the injured ninja shouting for a moment in pain.
Madara's Rinnegan flashed as he felt the Chakra from the ball hit the palm of his hands, searing the gloves away in a moment before it expanded.
***BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM***
Naruto let the injured man rest against his chest as he grabbed Ino's and the medic's hands, pulling them towards him as the shock wave grew out from the epicentre of the explosion that was about to demolish everything that could even resemble Madara, 'It's only a shockwave, the boss will be fine.' Naruto thought as he let out a deep breath, the orange of his basic form Susano'o taking form to protect them, four arms now, but only a blurry torso.
The Shockwave cracked the ice and threw a wall of chakra that pushed against the Susano'o's back, but Naruto merely panted as he began to run low on chakra, knowing that for a while he had secretly been a wood clone, it sat down to actively take in more nature chakra, the Susano'o protecting them as they rode out the Shockwave, which for some reason, had stopped very abruptly.
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The real Naruto shouted in pain as he was flung back from the explosion caused by his clash with Madara with his modified Rasen-Tundra attack, though he felt an extreme pain on his right forearm as he raised them both in a guard, being sprayed by a warm liquid before he felt the atmosphere get cold and the liquid do so as well.
Naruto landed on his feet as his frozen wasteland grew across all of the solid ground in front of him, letting him see with great ease the few chakra signatures nearby that the ice had just frozen underneath. He looked down at his throbbing forearm as his eyes widened, his breath shuddering as his body shook.
It was cut off. His arm now stopped about an inch from his elbow. Bleeding. It was cut off.
Naruto looked ahead, the pain suddenly hitting him as he made use of his emergency recoveries he had practised many times in his head if something major like this was to happen to him, his one working hand lifting up into the air as Naruto formed a hand seal, "W-WOOD CLONE JUTSU!" Naruto exclaimed with a slight shudder as three Wood Clones appeared from his chakra, all three of them having both hands as one immediately flew up into the air to keep a hold of Madara's attention.
The second clone was already looking at the arm as it held it's own hand seal and waited as he analysed everything he saw and felt with his Medical chakra, after a few moments it nodded before it sent chakra into hand seal, "SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!" it exclaimed. At the same time the third clone hand slammed it's hands into the ice beneath them, reaching out with it's wood chakra to break a gap through to the solid ground as well as pull out pure Nature Chakra trees, "WOOD STYLE: FULL TURTLE SHELL!" It announced.
The Shadow clone appeared and immediately dispelled as the information aligned in every Narutos' mind.
The real Naruto shuddered as he formed a single handed seal, using his chakra to grow more bone and begin to regrow the skeleton, his Wood Clones frowning as they moved their green glowing hands over his arm, following the slowly growing bone and creating more cartilage that connected everything and begin to hold the bones in place. The Third clone finally stepped in to help as well, being the slowest of the three as he began to grow nerves and muscles and tendons to stitch everything back in place.
***BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM***
The shell rocked slightly and the heat went up, actually acting as a good thing as the ice was melted and evaporated, making it a nice average room temperature.
It was nearly two minutes before they got to Naruto's wrist, where the nerve alignment in his fingers would be complicated.
***BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM**
That's when the two clones and Naruto realigned with the memories of the other clone.
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Madara's eyes glowed manically as the Shockwave burst upwards away from him, all the chakra that would've hurt him being absorbed through the flesh of his hands, making him laugh at the feeling of pure demonic chakra being rushed through his chakra network's veins.
His body healed thanks to his Six paths as he got stronger and stronger, collecting a full tails' worth of chakra before the Tailed Beast Ball was done.
Madara stood, the ice shards having melted from their places in his now healed flesh, Madara looked up as his Rinnegan eye flashed, his healing ability focussing around his still empty eye socket, 'C'mon...' Madara thought as he focussed the demonic chakra and forced it to his whim.
Madara perfectly reformed a new eye for himself, opening it to find a Rinnegan that perfectly matched his first set as Madara grinned and lifted into the air, looking up to see an orange glowing speck in the distance, he aimed his arms forwards as they began to mechanically transform, creating a large single chakra cannon, "ASURA PATH!" Madara shouted as he began to laugh again at the power surging through him, "DISTANCE!"
***BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM***
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The Wood Clone's Sage Mode encased eyes snapped open as the chakra from the Tailed Beast Ball suddenly disappeared rather then exploded, causing it to turn and it's eyes to widen at the massive chakra boost that Madara had gotten. He quickly formed a single handed Dragon Seal as he quickly lay down the three ninjas, sharing a look with Ino through her hands as they aimed at him in an odd way. But she made no move as Naruto held his free hand in front of him while his four armed Susano'o did the same with it's four arms, "INFERNO STYLE: BLACK-FLAME RASENGAN!" Naruto shouted, not having a name for his new Amaterasu enhanced Rasengan.
The Rasengan fit in the Susano'o's massive hand as the normal jutsu did in Naruto's, encased with a roaring black shell that made the air crack around it in the heat that came from the jutsu. His Susano'o thrust the attack forward as the blue Chakra Bullet from Madara approached.
***BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM***
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Madara's eyes narrowed as the apparent clone's chakra signature disappeared, though the three disinteresting chakra signatures seemed to have been protected, causing Madara's eyes to narrow as he glanced left with his Rinnegan eyes, finding nothing before scanning to his right. He blinked as he saw a rather obvious large brown sphere that had been just out of his periphery mere moments before.
Madara formed hand seals, knowing the one way to make that defence unbearable as he flew towards it, "UCHIHA FIRE STYLE: SEA OF FLAMES!"
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Naruto gasped as he finished growing back his bone, mere moments before he sickeningly felt the actual cartilage stitch in in it's final pieces. His second clone spoke up, "I'll take over the thumb and pointer.." it said.
The third clone nodded again and focused on the pinky, ring and middle finger, frowning as even though he grew back the mouth on the hand, he couldn't reform the special metal tubing in the arm. Though they all had theorised that much already.
Suddenly, the sphere began to get hot. Hotter then ever. Hotter then the deserts of Suna, then the Second clone had finished the thumb and pointer before standing up and forming hand seals while the other clone finished the job, "WOOD STYLE: KAMI'S LOOKOUT!" it shouted before putting it's hands on the sphere protecting them.
The top half of the sphere opened up as the tree that was holding the sphere suspended grew taller and thicker, outgrowing the flames that had melted half of the Tundra and set many large fires around the battlefield as Naruto and his two clones were lifted into the air. The clone that had formed the jutsu leaping up onto the shell and looking off the edge as the tree grew faster and faster.
The clone's eyes widened before it was suddenly yanked out of the real Naruto and the third clone's view, just as Naruto's right hand was finished being regrown. Naruto looked down at it and flexed his fingers and muscles, finding that it felt normal, maybe a little less strong, Naruto quickly began forming hand seals alongside his last clone as they both had the memory of the other clone being crushed in the hand on a re-growing Susano'o.
For just a moment, the real Naruto sighed in his head, 'That technique is starting to piss me off!' Naruto thought as he and his clone came to a stop once the lookout reached cloud height. They leapt up onto the same side the first clone had as they held their last hand seals, realising they were head height with the top of the Susano'o's blue crown.
His clone blinked, "Did that thing get bigger?" it asked.
Naruto's eyes narrowed as Madara formed a hand seal in sync with both of his Susano'o's arms, "TENGAI SHINSEI!"
Naruto looked up as he felt the meteorite enter the atmosphere, 'What the hell?! He'll kill both of us!' Naruto thought as he lifted his final hand seal upwards, 'Hope this works!' he thought as his clone leapt up, it's hands held in a praying position.
Naruto's clone parted it's hands, showing a copy of the same black sphere Madara had made earlier as it flew up at the meteorite, "CHIBAKU TENSEI!" the clone shouted as it pressed the orb forward into the bottom of the massive rock.
The gravitational centre moved up through the middle of the meteorite, making it slow for a moment before it stopped completely, beginning to lift up through the air as Naruto unleashed his own chakra through the air above the meteorite.
Naruto had to close his eyes for a moment before the second meteorite came down and clashed with it's smaller brother, smashing it into pieces and chipping a massive chunk from the larger meteorite before the gravity center continued upwards thanks to Naruto's chakra continuously running into it even though his clone had dispelled from the chakra use.
**BAM**
Naruto fell back into the bottom half of the wooden sphere from Madara's punch, causing him to lose focus as the pieces of earth began to fall back down. Naruto stood and glared at Madara as he laughed, causing Naruto to shout angrily at the Uchiha, "You idiot! You'll die too if that hits!" Naruto exclaimed.
Madara merely laughed, "Will I? Now how will that happen?" he asked mockingly as if he had an ace up his sleeve that Naruto had no idea about.
The first chunk of rock slipped from the gravitational pull, causing the two of them to look up, one in hope and one in interest, though the hope turned to relief as the interest turned to a frown. The Chibaku Tensei had succeeded in burrowing to the center of the second meteorite, lifting it back up above the clouds and up into the atmosphere once more as it began to rain rock chunks from the smashed smaller meteorite.
Naruto looked forward with a smirk as Madara frowned before forming hand seals, causing Naruto to close his eyes for a moment of intense concentration.
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Naruto stood calmly in the middle of his Mind Scape as the door in front of him opened, letting Itachi step out with his Mangekyou glowing, the two locked eyes, "TSUKUYOMI!" Itachi exclaimed.
Itachi's technique simply reformed inside Naruto's mind, letting the second of time that Naruto had before Madara attacked extend into seventy two hours.
Inside the seventy-two hour-scape, three other doors stood open. Sasori, Hiruzen and Minato's analytical minds working in overdrive as together they came up with a way to end it. The three doors slammed shut before four other doors and the cage in front of him opened, causing Naruto to grin as he closed his eyes again.
Itachi blinked as he stepped back in to his room, though every single door stood open at this point as Naruto closed his eyes again.
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Naruto opened his Rinnegan eyes to see Madara had finished his hand seals, "SECRET MANGEKYOU ART: FLAMEVEIL GAUNTLET!" Madara shouted as he ran forward, blue and red fire warping down his arm and forming around his fist.
Naruto crossed his arms defensively as Madara appeared in front of him, but to Madara's shock, he simply fazed through Naruto, slamming his attack into the wooden floor behind him.
In the moment it took for Madara to punch his attack partially into the wood, lodging his hand there in the process, Naruto clapped his hands together, causing the Wood to tighten around Madara's hand as Naruto turned to him.
Madara acted quickly upon realising his position, turning with a back-fist strike to knock Naruto back so that he could free his arm. But Naruto was ready, stepping under the punch as his right palm brushed the passing limb lightly, his other hand reaching up to come to a stop inside Madara's guard, the mouth opening wide as the funnelling in his arm activated their chakra channelling, causing a white energy to form in Naruto's hand, "DESTRUCTIVE WAVE!" Naruto shouted.
Madara jumped mostly out of the way of the attack which took the form of a white energy beam, though with his arm lodged into the wood, he only had one option of where to land, twisting uncomfortably to land on his feet.
Just like Naruto had planned.
Madara looked up at Naruto as his leg kicked out, not close enough to hit Madara as it passed, but at the last moment before it did so, a pulse of wind chakra pushed the momentum of a focussed blast of wind through Naruto's foot, pushing some air into Madara's eyes but more importantly, spinning Naruto back in the opposite direction at high speed, the same leg returning in a heel drop from the other direction, the Lightning Armour sparking to life mere centimetres before impact, "GUILLOTINE DROP!"
**BOOOOOOOOOOOM**
Madara's arm was ripped free from the wood as Naruto's heel kicked him over the edge of the wooden half-sphere. Naruto spared the still rising sphere above them one glance while dropping one of his kunai before leaping off in to the air after Madara.
Madara turned in mid-air as the electricity in his body channelled into Madara's hands, turning into the only Lightning jutsu he had mastered with relative ease, "LIGHTNING STYLE: LIGHTNING BALL!" he shouted, making the electricity form a small ball in his hands before shooting towards Naruto.
The red-head0 Naruto reached out with his hand, his chakra focussing through it as it formed a spinning ball of electrical energy, "RAI-SENGAN!"
Madara's eyes narrowed as the two jutsu clashed, though as Naruto's attack pushed through, Madara couldn't help that the boy's jutsu was still going, 'He's not close enough to hit me with-'
**CRACK**
The Rai-sengan shot off a crack of lightning as Naruto overcharged it, letting it's energy launch down at Madara and rip through his thigh.
Madara yelped in pain as he decided it was best to defend and unleashed the rib cage of his Susano'o again, not finding anything else that was making Naruto slow down in his immediate jutsu set.
Naruto smirked as the Lightning armour stopped for a moment, the two Rinnegan gazes locking as Naruto formed another Tailed Beast Ball in his hands. Madara lifted his arms, ready to catch the attack if his Susano'o failed him as Naruto sped down towards him.
**FLASH**
Madara's eyes began to glance down as Naruto appeared just outside his guard with a golden flash, having placed the Hirashin seal on Madara's outstretched forearm earlier.
"TAILED BEAST BALL!" Naruto shouted as he thrust the attack forward.
Madara's Rinnegan flashed as his Susano'o was made sturdier, but Naruto's attack shattered the ribcage all the same. Pushing Madara back just far enough that he had time to form his chakra as Naruto's Tailed Beast Ball disintegrated his chest plate, "SHINRA TENSEI!"
Naruto was blasted back, his demonic chakra forming around his hand again as it made a chakra hand around the Tailed Beast Ball, "I'm not done yet!" Naruto shouted as even though he flew back painfully, the attack was thrown at Madara once again.
The Uchiha's eyes widened as he thrust his hands forward to catch the attack and absorb it, 'I can't die here! Not after all this!' he thought angrily.
**FLASH**
Madara's wide eyes were blinded as a second Naruto appeared with his hand on Madara's forearm, the redhead quickly stretching his body out so that he stood back-to-back with Madara, "LARCH STANCE!" the second Naruto shouted as he crouched.
Madara shouted in shock as Naruto's ribcage grew out of his back, stabbing Madara through his torso in four place as the Tailed Beast Ball approached them from the Naruto in front of him, "NO!" Madara shouted, a large glob of blood accompanying the sound out of his mouth.
The Shadow clone that was pinning Madara smirked, "LIGHTNING ARMOUR!" It shouted, shocking Madara into a near paralysis as it continued speaking, "You messed with the Demons, you die by their means." it said before glaring over it's shoulder, the Tailed Beast Ball mere meters away, "It's over!" the clone shouted over the noise of the real Naruto's shout.
Naruto bared his teeth, his red hair flailing wildly from the power of his chakra shroud, "MADARA!" Naruto shouted as his attack landed.
Madara smirked, managing to raise his single outstretched hand, suddenly flexing as he caught the attack, "You fool! You're just giving me more power!" Madara shouted manically as he began to absorb the ball.
**FLASH**
Madara's eyes widened as Naruto appeared right next to him, his raised hand filled with another attack that swirled with crimson demon chakra, "DEMONIC PULSE: RASENGAN!" Naruto shouted, slamming the attack into Madara's shoulder.
The Uchiha screamed his last as his arm was drilled clean off, letting the Tailed Beast Ball finish it's path and collide with Madara's chest as Naruto pulled his arm back.
**FLASH**
*******BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*******
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**FLASH**
Naruto appeared gripping his kunai as the Tailed Beast Bomb exploded, throwing the wooden lookout around in the air as Naruto barely had time to grip down into the Wood with his grey mutated claw.
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From a distance, Danzo sighed as he lowered his telescope, "It's a shame. Here I thought that this plan would work and I'd be able to cut in and take over. But Naruto can beat even Madara Uchiha himself." Danzo muttered to himself with a scowl.
"Lord Danzo." the ROOT operative said as he stepped out of the shadows of the cave they were shielded in.
Danzo turned to him, "Report."
The masked man nodded, "The Mist Ninjas have begun their retreat, heading back towards the Mist village and just as planned, ROOT has begun to lead the Sound ninjas in helping the Mist ninjas. Trusts are tied and we can make our move for the back-up plan." he reported.
Danzo smirked, 'Well, at least something has gone in my favour.' Danzo thought as he nodded, turning away in dismissal.
"Lord Danzo."
The bandaged man glanced over his shoulder again as one of the Mist Village's ANBU arrived though secretly, it was a ROOT operative who had infiltrated ANBU and with the war going on, was given emergency promotions straight to the top, "We have collected everything from the Mountains Graveyard battlefields and collected the revived corpses. You now have access to Orochimaru's Reanimation technique.
Danzo nodded, "The Sound Village and his Laboratories themselves?"
"Ransacked and destroyed." the ANBU replied.
Danzo looked out of the cave he was in with his telescope in thought, turning his though once more to the redhead which was suddenly still as a corpse, obviously unconscious and hanging from his Wooden Construct with one claw buried into the wood, 'He's alive. I'm sure of it,' Danzo thought before turning his scope to the never ending battlefield, 'It's going to take more then any single man to take down the damn fool, but against a group all acting under one rule, any one Shinobi will lose.'
Danzo nodded as he turned to look out the cave entrance nodding to himself as he made a decision, taking one last look towards Naruto before closing the telescope and stepping further into the shadows, "Then we move now Yakura. This is the opportune moment to claim my place as Kage." Danzo said as he disappeared in the darkness of the cave, his subordinates following him to the Hidden Mist.
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Naruto blearily looked up, his whole arm turning grey with compacted muscle before he lifted himself up easily, landing heavily on his ass as he breathed heavily. He was silent for a moment before he laughed slightly, "I just beat Madara Uchiha in a fight." Naruto said as he realised the extent of his power now.
Naruto looked down at his tired hands and smiled. But he suddenly shouted in pain as those hand shot to his head. Causing him to shout in pain again before he shut down.
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Mindscape
Naruto opened his eyes, standing in the same place as earlier, though this time, the doors were all closed.
All except one.
The massive bars to the Kyuubi's cage was left open, Naruto's new source of Red Chakra letting it pour out slowly and calmly, though that wasn't what now had Naruto's attention.
His mother, Kushina Uzumaki, lay silently just beyond the cage's boundary, her unconscious state not worrying him as he noticed the seal that made a golden light glow across her skin, keeping her chakra stable.
Naruto quickly turned, ignoring the headache as he ran over to a door and opened it, "Hey Dad, I did it." Naruto said.
Minato stepped out of the small room and hugged Naruto fiercely, a tear in his eye as his fear of his son being hurt appeared to be unnecessary, "Yes you did son. Good work." he said.
Naruto was frozen from the fatherly hug, but it ended all too soon as Minato stepepd away and nodded, "Right, let's get to work with your mother." Minato said with a grin that matched Naruto's own.
The two walked over to her and Naruto kneeled in close, causing Minato to blink as he pointed at Naruto's hair, "Hey, I thought the blonde Namikaze hair suited you good?" he asked questioningly as he knelt on the other side of Kushina.
Naruto blinked before reaching up and grabbing his longer fringe, pulling it into his vision before he blinked, "Ah! When did my hair change?!" Naruto shouted in confusion.
Minato smiled as his son before looking down at his wife, "We'll find out later okay? Have you got your jutsu ready?" Minato asked as he began forming hand seals.
Naruto nodded and begun forming hand seals as well before placing a hand gently across his mother's forehead.
"CHAKRA STASIS SEAL! RELEASE!" Minato said, causing the glow to disappear and Kushina's eyes to open wide as she gasped.
Naruto smiled as he shared a quick look with his mother, who just nodded with a smile to him, "NINJA ART: SOUL DRAIN!"
a bright light flashed before Naruto's mindscape shifted, causing Naruto and Minato to turn away from the empty space between the two of them and look over to the floating doors.
Naruto frowned as he noticed with his mother gone, the gate slammed shit, though the bars turned bright white for some reason, just like the new locked doors in the back of his mind, "So they're forming themselves now right? The rooms?" Naruto asked.
Minato nodded towards the first of the new doors, "Yeah. Just look at the name signs." Minato said helpfully.
Naruto stepped forward and nodded as he saw not only his mother's name, but the names of the two he had absorbed but not fully processed through his system yet, "Obito and Kushina." Naruto mumbled with a smile, though his mind did wander to Kurama as he was certain that using the jutsu on a Demon made entirely of Chakra would probably incur a different result.
Minato nodded and smiled ruefully at his son, "Sorry to say though, since it's four at once that's really gonna hurt. And you'll probably pass out for at least an hour." Minato said.
Naruto sighed but nodded, "I already have passed out Dad, best I start it now rather then later," Naruto said, though he only stepped up to the first door, "But maybe I'll just do one at a time, just in case." Naruto said before reaching his hand towards the door handle of Itachi's room.
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Chapter End.
Boom. How'd you like that?
Naruto's battle against Madara and some foreboding for the future!
Yes Madara is dead, leaving Naruto as the only Rinnegan wielder and the Gedo statue without a master to help it ascend to become the Ten-Tails.
Let's see what'll happen with it next time on A Different Jutsu!
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