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WARNING: CONTAINS MULTIPLE MANGA SPOILERS UP TO THE RECENT ONE!!
I apologize for the lack of creativity given to the attack names. I don't know the attacks that some of these characters use and Wikipedia only helps so much. Again I've made up the names so bear with me as my Japanese is non-existent.
Pein vs. Jiraiya
Kakashi vs. Madara
Sasuke Vs. Kisame
Naruto vs. Zetsu
As the four Akatsuki members approached Team Kakashi and Yasuo darkness covered the forest and enveloped our heroes in unforgiving territory. Naruto's busshin had traveled with the transportation jutsu and was running faster than ever with the help of the Kyuubi's chakra. Ever since the fusion of Naruto and Kyuubi's chakra, the demon had been keen on helping the boy stay alive. Even Kyuubi knew that the Akatsuki were after him, and Kyuubi doesn't like to be "owned" by anyone, especially those trying to take his power from him.
"TEME! ERO-SEN!! Where the hell are you?" screamed busshin Naruto while running through the town. He needed to find them fast and get them to the battle ground quickly.
Looking for Sasuke, the blonde headed toward the training grounds and was greeted by the boy he was looking for. "Teme go tell baa-chan that you and Ero-san are coming to help Onee-chan, Nii-san and I battle against the stupid Akatsuki. I'm gonna go look for Ero-sen," ordered Naruto before running off to the nearest women's baths.
Sasuke stood surprised that Naruto was being serious and intellectual. The only time Naruto wasn't bubbly was when there was something big happening. Sasuke headed toward the Hokage tower to inform the Hokage.
Naruto was lucky he knew where to find the two people he was looking for. Once he stopped Jiraiya at the baths he immediately drew the perverted old man away from his peeping and informed him about the attack. Jiraiya told him to meet him with Sasuke at the forest. He was using his toad transportation.
"Ah so do we each know who we want to fight?" asked Tobi to his team mates.
None of them answered excitedly as if they already knew that they were going to win the upcoming battle.
Kisame and Pein were the first to answer to Tobi who was undoubtly the leader of the battle and most probably the group itself. They declared that they would wait until Jiraiya and Sasuke came. They each had their own scores to settle.
Tobi approached Kakashi while Zetsu approached Naruto and Arune.
In a matter of seconds the fight was begun. One, two, three shuriken were headed toward Kakashi causing him to dodge away from the rest of his group. Tobi immediately covered the two of them in a dense fog; separating them from the rest of the fight.
While a fog started to engulf Kakashi and Tobi, Zetsu made the forest around him and Naruto grow thicker. There was no way any sunlight, new oxygen or Arune could enter the dome that formed around the two.
Arune stood next to Yasuo shocked that she couldn't help. The two most important people in her life beside her elder brother and father were now fighting for their lives against very deadly people. Arune ran toward the dome to help her younger brother and started throwing whatever she could get her hands on at the dome. Yasuo ran toward her and stopped her.
"What do you think you're doing? You're only gonna get yourself hurt. It's better this way so they can focus on fighting instead of protecting us. We'll only get in the way."
Kakashi was trapped within the mind of Tobi. Instead of Tobi, Kakashi was seeing the face of one of the original founders of Konoha, Uchiha Madara. Madara was the man who allowed the Uchiha clan to grow strongly and possess the Sharingan. The face was only an illusion of the Sharingan, once Kakashi was able to break out of the trance his own eyes shifted to twice their normal size when Madara removed the swirl mask he used when posing as Tobi.
Obito.That was the first time in a very long time that Kakashi had said his best friend's name in such despair.
"How is this possible? You're supposed to be dead," declared Kakashi.
"Yes. Well Obito is dead. I've just taken his body to use as mine. That way with at least one sharingan I can still use the power that I had gained in my own body," declared Madara while allowing his eye to be activated in the Sharingan.
Kakashi now realized why the Hyuuga branch house had the seal, so that no one would be able to steal their eyes, just like Madara had done to Obito. The way Madara was marring his best friend's body was not right. Kakashi was now more than ever determined to beat Madara.
Madara had Kakashi right where he wanted to, upset at the disrespect shown to his best friend's body. Kakashi noticed that Madara didn't have his Mangekyo Sharingan activated. That must mean that he hasn't gotten it in Obito's body. But if what Itachi said was true that in order to activate the Mangekyo one would have to kill their best friend then that would mean…Madara needs to kill me because I was Obito's best friend. The matter is that it's not the best friend of the soul that must die but of the body whose eyes must own the Sharingan.
This was the one area that Kakashi had the advantage in. He had the Mangekyo Sharingan because his best friend Obito gave up his life to save Kakashi and Rin. But as soon as Kakashi came to this realization he was hit by Madara's Bahkafuu no Dendu (Electric Blast.)
Damn leave it to the Uchiha's to also be lightening based. I don't know how to defeat him since he's the same as me. The same amount of chakra, the same attacks, the same one Sharingan eye. The only advantage I have is the Mangekyo and my alternate dimension attack. But by now he's probably already heard about it and developed a counter attack.
Kakashi stood ready for Madara's next attack but then realized that the best defense in this situation was the best offense. Charging his Chidori-Rasengan combination which he picked up from training with Naruto, Kakashi sped towards Madara. Sometimes running ahead, and other times jumping backwards.
Switching directions sometimes from the left to the right. This was his tactic to confuse the Uchiha founder. Kakashi hoped that he could get at least a scratch on him.
This would have been easier if we battled them together. Madara is rumored to be immortal. From the fight we had against him when looking for Sasuke, we know that he can literally change the dimension he is in when being attacked. So let's see…if I want to attack him then I'll need to transfer my attack to the dimension between the human world and the other world.
As Kakashi approached the Akatsuki leader he activated his Sharingan and used his dimension bending eye technique. Opening a small portal where his hybrid attack was he released it into where he thought Madara would appear while creating a decoy attack quickly.
"Ha you think that'll harm me" said Madara while falling into Kakashi's trap. Kakashi had gained the upper hand in his battle while on the outside….
Naruto's busshin had appeared with Jiraiya and Sasuke. The two immediately started fighting against the people who were waiting to battle it out with them.
Kisame the bruttle Swordman, formerly of the Mist, was awaiting his revenge with the youngest Uchiha.
"So you're the brat who decided to take my partner and imprison him. Did you even ask permission? Well then you're going to have to pay for the trouble you've caused," said Kisame rushing in.
Sasuke took this into his advantage. Back at Konoha he was interrogating Itachi using a new technique which allowed him to copy all the information Itachi had in his mind into Sasuke's very own mind. This technique was rather useful especially now when he was facing his older brother's former partner. Sasuke knew when and where to strike on an impatient Kisame.
Kisame raced toward Sasuke carrying his large sword. The sword that would only wield for its master. Sasuke smirked. He had always wanted another sword to give to Suigetsu. Kisame stopped in front of the current Uchiha head and looked at him standing still without even flinching at the incoming attack. This boy was definitely like his brother- fearless. Kisame looked Sasuke in the eye and saw nothing but pity for the scaled man.
Sasuke's smirked turned into a deeper grin. Kisame had fallen into his trap. He had looked into his eyes. Kisame was now falling off into a deep abyss which seemed never to end. The darkness engulfed him where he only heard voices. Voices of women and children, voices of those he killed mercilessly, the voices of those he had massacred and humiliated. Kisame saw families being blown apart by his own hands, but what shocked him most was the house of a young boy with two sisters, his two sisters and him. He saw his own two sisters being raped and murdered again and again by no one other than his leader. By the man who he trusted and followed: Madara. Then Kisame saw himself walking into a house with two young girls, who were beautiful and roughly around the age of his sisters. This time he was more grown up and had joined Akatsuki already. This time it was him who committed the rapes and murders. The image became more distorted in his head as it replayed. It ended up as him raping his sisters.
Sasuke walked away from the tortured man and went to check on Naruto's fight. He should have been out by now. Realizing that Madara was fighting Kakashi, Sasuke diverted his mind from Naruto and tried to reach out to Kakashi. He would need more than one Sharingan to defeat THE Madara Uchiha.
Naruto had easily annihilated Zetsu. All he had to do was use his Fūton: Rasenshuriken(Spiraling Wind attack)and hit Zetsu right while his two personalities were arguing about which attack to use. Naruto even used a couple of busshins to use the rasengan and attack Zetsu from behind, that way he assured himself that Zetsu was hit.
Naruto's only problem seemed that the dome he was encased in was like a maze. He could see the exit but couldn't get out of there. Everyone knew that Naruto wasn't the best problem solver and didn't do anything that involved mazes. That was Shikamaru's department. But now that Naruto was trapped with no way out he needed to do something and fast. He didn't know whether Sasuke and Jiraiya had difficulty beating their respective opponents. He also wanted to help his sister and brother-in-law.
Naruto created more busshin and ordered each of them to find an exit out of the maze. With more Narutos finding an exit, it should take less time. Wrong. Naruto realized as he turned a corner than the more parts of the maze he went through the more poisonous plants and animals would show up. Apparently Zetsu had come with a backup plan. Naruto started attacking each of the poisonous plants and animals but once he thought he killed them they would just regenerate and this time spitting in half. Slowly Naruto's busshin were covered in plants and animals while he was backed into a corner. Naruto didn't mind plants. He just didn't like poisonous plants that grew like mutations.
Naruto could still move his hands but was slowly having his chakra drained by the poisoned plants. As the plants gained more of his chakra they released more poison thus making Naruto more vulnerable and his chakra more susceptible to being drained. Naruto tried to fight off the plants again but like before it was to no avail.
"Just do these signs and think of the object that you want to replace you," echoed the voice of Iruka-sensei who had taught Naruto the substitution jutsu. (A/N I don't know who taught Naruto the sub jutsu so here Iruka did) Silently thanking his mentor, Naruto performed the seals and substituted himself for a log. Breathing an air of relief he started running away from the hurdled plants. Noticing that the maze was created entirely of shrubbery and plants, Naruto finally had an idea to escape out of the maze.
Using his wind and a slight alteration of Sasuke's fire Naruto created a fire tornado, calling his attack,Tatsumaki no Kajii jutsu. With a high level of chakra he concentrated the fire and wind to blow in one direction and created a straight passage way from where he was to the outside.
"Piece of Cake" thought Naruto as he reached out side and finally saw his sister and Sasuke. Jiraiya was still fighting Pein while Kakashi was still battling Madera.
(yes I know Naruto's fight was short but I've got 2200 words already and need to finish the chapter b4 3000)
Meanwhile with Jiraiya…(SPOILER similar summary of fight with Jiraiya and Pein in the manga…even the outcome…not exactly the same but very close)
In front of Jiraiya stood the compilation of two of his students, Pein. Although Jiraiya couldn't tell who Pein was really he knew that only one of his students had the Rinnegan, the all seeing eye. But this boy standing in front of him also had the memories of his other student.
Jiraiya summoned his toads while Pein made a summoning seal also. Jiraiya looked Pein with confusion because the man who stood in front of him now was being surrounded by people who looked utterly familiar to him.
One of the men jumped up at Jiraiya and started throwing spiked stars and created a genjutsu while surrounding Jiraya with the 4 other summoned men. Jiraiya's summons attack the men with poisoned oil while Jiraiya worked on dispelling the genjutsu and transferring his own into effect. Pein countered the attack by the summons by summoning other animals that swolled up Jiraiya's toads.
Hiding beneath the ground in his Toad Swamp Jiraiya was faced with a decision that could change the life of his God-son and Konoha. Making his choice Jiraiya summoned his two most loyal toads and explained the situation to them.
"Pa I need you to take one of the bodies that I destroy to Konoha and get Tsunade to examine them. Make sure Kakashi and Naruto see them and these notes that I'm giving to you. Ma I need to know if you're willing to fight till the end for my sake as well as the sake to defeat the enemies of peace and justice?" Ma and Pa, Jiraiya's toads, both agreed to the terms given.
Slowly Jiraiya appeared out of his swamp but not before handing Pa one of the bodies of Pein and the summons contract giving Naruto full usage of all the toads. Dispelling the genjutsu and using his hermit mode, a more than lethal self detonation attack, Jiraiya headed toward the group of Pein landing on his two feet making the seals to explode.
From that day on Jiraiya would be remembered as the only Sannin to ever use self destruction to annihilate a former student and Akatsuki member.
"Kakashi. Kakashi, it's all your fault that one-chan is gone," said Naruto.
"Once again you failed to protect those valuable to Konoha. First Obito, then you're father, you failed to keep Sasuke away from Orochimaru and now you're wife. You, Kakashi Hatake are a failure," declared the Hokage after taking away his Konoha headband.
Kakashi pounded against the wall and tried to stop the tears from falling while he stole glances at his dead wife's body. Finally getting enough courage to walk over to the body he pulled the white sheet off of her face and kissed her lips slowly. "I'm sorry I couldn't protect you." The wind suddenly blew and Kakashi's eyes grew wide. He looked at the form of his deceased wife and saw that her womb was swollen with his child. He failed to protect both his wife and child. He failed to protect his village and the ones he loved.
Kakashi laid his face on his child who was still in his mother's womb and sobbed until he felt a hand on his shoulder.
Kakashi turned to see Obito.
"You promised me that you would take care of the ones you loved. You failed me again Kakashi. You don't deserve to live. You don't deserve the symbol of friendship. You don't deserve love at all," said Obito stiking Kakashi on his cheek, drawing blood.
Next Kakashi stood up and walked away, trying to regain his composure when he saw the dead body of his friend, Jiraiya. In Jiraiya's hand was a new edition of Icha Icha but inside was written a suicide note blaming Kakashi for Jiraiya's death. Kakashi couldn't stand it and ran. Ran to the edge of Konoha and stood over the hill. Peering down he slowly reached into his kunai pouch and pulled one out.
"I'll slight my wrist first and then jump down. That way there will be no chance of me surviving. What's the purpose of living when everyone close to me dies. My wife, my best friend, my mentor, my father, my sensei, my un-born child. I should have never been born to begin with," Kakashi said while positioning the kunai above his wrist.
Suddenly though a hand smacked against his cheek. Pulling the kunai away from wrist the serene figure dressed in white was a small girl with the sharingan blaring and silver hair.
"Father, you have not failed. You have to protect me and oka-san. She doesn't know the dangers that await her in the future. Fight please. For us. For Konoha. Fight please to bring me in this world. Without you, Okaa-san will never have the pleasure of meeting me. She will never see me and know that I am your love. Please Outosan don't do this," said the pristine little girl hugging Kakashi boldly.
Kakashi looked down at the girl and saw her in detail. Small eyes, silver hair like his, high cheekbones like her mother, a birthmark under her collar bone like her mother and his trade mark eye crease. She was truly his daughter. Kakashi smiled at her as she pulled back and bid him farewell hoping that she'd get to see him later.
Kakashi noticed the genjutsu had broke and that he was back in the darkness of forest. Madera looked down at him and smiled.s
"So I suppose battling with Itachi had helped you with dispelling even the hardest genjutsu's."
"No it wasn't Itachi. It was the love of my child, my wife and my village that broke the genjustu," Kakashi said as he activated his dimensional attack led by the sharingan. With his new found determination he created a portal to dislodge Madera. Left arm, followed by right leg. His both eyes and then an explosition. Something went horribly wrong. Kakashi could feel the barrier put up by Madera break as more light entered. Madera has caught onto Kakashi's left arm with his right while the both of them were being sucked in by the whole in the sky. Kakashi looked down to see his wife screaming up at him. Sasuke was holding Naruto back so he too wouldn't be pulled in by the dimensional portal. Looking at his wife with his Sharingan he smiled as he saw a concentrated amount of foreign chakra swirling in her womb. "My love, my wife and my child." He said before closing his eyes and accepting death as long as he could protect those he cared for.
Arune POV:
Within minutes, my life changed. The entire purpose of my life disappeared into thin air. Taking with him everything I love. Naruto came over to me and wiped something off my face. I couldn't even tell I was crying. Numb, that's all I felt. The pain hadn't soaked in yet. Sasuke and Yasuo also came over to comfort me but I couldn't feel anymore. My mind kept playing the past few days. Since the time this mission started I hadn't thanked God for everything given to me. I was selfish and unconsiderate. That's why I lost the one thing that meant so much to me. As I tried to pray to give my love back I only saw darkness. Darkness filled with sorrow.
General POV:
"Onee-chan, Shit she's in shock," said Naruto. He summoned his toads and told them to inform Konoha hospital of everything going on.
Arune released herself from the arms of the men around her and headed toward the village. She simply walked. Not knowing which direction to go to and where she was headed. She was numb.
End of Chapter 20
Story Stats:
Word length: 3500
Chapters: 19 with one special lemon, and upcoming epilogue.
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Start date: November 2007
End date: March 2008
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