Rin
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto; however I do own Akemi, Yukiko, Zero, Rukia and Sayuri. And the Shīringu is mine and mine alone!
Summary: "When I died and came into the Naruto universe, I didn't think that I would be able to change much. I also thought that if I told anyone that they wouldn't believe me and I definitely didn't think that I could get a Kekkei Genkai either. But I was wrong on all accounts and I could not be happier." SEQUEL!
Save Obito: 13
Let Obito die: 16
This is something I forgot to mention in the last chapter: there is one vote per person. I apologise to: Leaning Leon, Yukiko17, mikan26, FairyGirl960, and TuTheTofu and anyone else who voted twice, but your votes will only be counted once.
Also, I'd like to thank mikan26 for the idea about giving Akemi wings.
On with the story!
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Haku dodged another vine, manoeuvring himself carefully. As he did this, he took notice to Shinobi fleeing away, trying to get as far away from the vines as possible. Haku also noticed puppets and paper birds on the scene, each of them destroying the vines and stopping them from harming any of the ninja. The paper birds would explode and tear the vines to pieces, while the puppets would use the weapons they were equipped with to cut them down. Other Ninja were fighting back too. Jiraiya was using his Sage Mode to destroy the vines, Tsunade was dodging and grabbing people to safety. Itachi and Shisui were saving people, grabbing them quickly before anything could happen to them. It was mainly Kushina, Mikoto and Fugaku fighting back, as the vines didn't seem interesting in re-animated Ninja.
Seeing movement in the corner of his eye, he turns his head briefly and see Neji. The Hyuuga was fighting back against the vines, but more were coming up behind him and surrounding him.
Remembering the promise Akemi asked of him, Haku immediately jumped into action. Pumping chakra into his legs, Haku sped towards Neji before the vines could get to him. It seemed that the vines had found the Byakugan's blind spot and were heading for Neji without him even noticing. As Haku passed over Neji, he grabbed Neji by the scruff of his top and grabbed him to safety. Neji had made a slight noise in surprise and attempted to struggle until he realised who was dragging him away and stopped struggling.
Haku throws Neji to the ground roughly while Haku lands gracefully.
Neji got up from the ground, "May I enquire to what that was all about?" There was a twitch in his left eye, he didn't like being man handled.
"Your blind spot was showing." Haku responds dryly, still not a fan of the Hyuuga boy. Taunting Naruto was one thing that he didn't like, but then Neji began mocking his Imouto and all bets were off the table.
Neji frowns deeply.
"Also, my Imouto asked me to do this." Haku admits, being watchful for anymore vines that were aimed their way. However, it seemed as though everything had calmed down as no more vines were attacking people. It seemed as though everyone had moved too far for the vines to attack them.
Neji stills for a moment, "Akemi?" He seemed hesitant to say her name.
Haku turns to him, and says nothing. It didn't require an answer, everyone in the village knew that Akemi was his Imouto. It was because of Haku that Akemi's fan club didn't make itself known to her, they were scared of Haku.
"Why did she ask you to help me?" Neji demands, but Haku's glare made him shrink back.
"She may have warmed to you, but I certainly haven't," Haku says, still glaring at the Hyuuga.
"Then why did you save me? You don't have to listen to her." Neji fires back. He wasn't stupid, if Haku hadn't dragged him away before the vine got to him, he would have ended up like the other corpses. The only downfall of the Byakugan was the blind spot, and his had been exploited.
Haku turns his back to the Hyuuga as he walks away from him.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Obito floated above everyone, looking down at the fallen Shinobi. "Shinobi are done for. There is no need to keep going. If you don't resist, I won't kill you." He announces, his voice calm. He Sharingan eye scanning the crowd.
Naruto was looking up at Obito, hate in his blue eyes. Tears were gathering in the corners of his eyes. He had just seen a mass grave of people who died, people who Naruto had fought alongside with. He couldn't help but feel guilty, this war was because of him and B, and the Bijū inside them.
My fists were clenched tightly, I could feel my blood boiling in rage. I was trying so hard to not let my Tenshi no Chakra go out of control. If it did, it would cause Kurama and Gyūki distress. I wanted nothing more than to kill Obito right where he was. If he didn't have the Jūbi inside of him, I would have killed him within seconds.
Obito wasn't done talking, "Unless you want to be filled with regret, stop and do nothing from here on out. You don't have to fear death or keep enduring anymore. You'll be entering a dream." Obito says, acting as though he was doing a favour to them.
Some of the Allied Shinobi Forces looked conflicted. Some began looking at one another and others looked guilty that they wanted to accept the offer.
Just then, a massive vine shoots towards Naruto. However, because his head was bowed, he never saw it coming.
As I was about to jump at the vine, Sasuke runs at the vine, in Complete Susano'o mode and cuts the vine in half, immediately killing it. "Are you done? Because you're boring me." Sasuke comments, looking at Obito directly in the eye.
This snaps Naruto out of his daze, and his Tailed Beast Mode became active again, along with his Sage Mode too. "Like hell we're just going to sit around and do nothing! What do you take me for?!" Naruto yells out, ready to fight. Naruto makes a chakra Kurama appear as he now stands beside Sasuke.
I smile at the two, before joining them myself. I refused to be left out of this fight. My Tenshi no Chakra flares up once more, "Tenshi no Hikō!" The green chakra concentrated on my back and formed into the shape of white wings. I jump up and fly so that I am level with Naruto and Sasuke.
Naruto looks to his side, "Hey Sasuke. You do realise that only Sage Jutsu and Tenshi no Chakra works on him, right?"
"I believe that I can fix that." I say, flying closer to Sasuke. When I got close, I reached my hand out and went inside the Susano'o.
Sasuke looks to me and pulls me closer so that I was in the same space as him; in the face of the Susano'o. Once I entered the Susano'o, my wings disappeared and instead appeared in Sasuke's Susano'o. White markings appeared on the Susano'o body, much like the curse marks in the anime. White wings burst from its back and a new weapon also appeared in the Susano'o hands, a white sword.
Sasuke smirks, "Now I can fight."
With that sorted, Naruto, Sasuke and I jumped into the sky. Naruto began forming a Beast Ball and Sasuke loaded his crossbow and his ammo was his black flames. I was also forming a white ball in my hands, ready to throw when the other two were ready.
"Now!" Naruto yells, releasing his Beast Ball.
Sasuke shot his cross bow and I threw the white ball. As the attacks got close to Obito, he used the black sphere to intercept the attack before it could hit him. However, Obito didn't have that much luck. This attack repelled his Truth Seeking Ball and our attack met him. This attack sent Obito crashing into the ground with extreme force. We land and look for Obito. Once the smoke cleared, we could see that Obito was standing, but looked injured.
"It worked." I sigh in relief. It looks like this attack did more than Sasuke and Naruto's attack did in the anime.
Naruto grins, happy to have done some damage, while Sasuke looks smug.
However, Obito looks at us with a grim expression, "You better be prepared." He hisses under his breath as he stares at us with hate in his eye.
It was at that moment I heard a massive battle cry. I look back and see the Allied Shinobi Forces, all running towards the tree. I could mainly see red dots, but I knew that was Kurama's chakra, giving them strength. They were all aiming to destroy the tree, all of them armed with weapons, and the Five Kage were leading them. Tobirama, Hiruzen and Minato all appeared to be helping too.
Sasuke attacks again, using his new sword and aimed it at Obito. But, Obito was too fast and flew past the Uchiha. Naruto tries to attack Obito, but is also met with the same result. I watch this happen; Naruto and Sasuke's forms were too big, and Obito was too agile. It almost seemed like a human trying to kill a fly at this point. It was completely possible, but it is also very difficult.
Looking at the Susano'o wings, it gives me an idea. "I'll be back in a moment." I say, tapping Sasuke on the shoulder.
He looks at me confused and sees me jump out of his Susano'o. "Akemi!" Sasuke yells out in frustration.
As I was falling, my Tenshi no Chakra flairs up again, "Tenshi no Hikō!" The green chakra concentrated on my back and formed into the shape of white wings. Now able to fly, I burst off after Obito. Now that I was the same size as him, it was fair game. I look back at Sasuke and see that his Susano'o still had the white markings on them. I smirk, those would stay there for a short period of time, meaning that I couldn't stay away long otherwise Sasuke wouldn't be able to help in this fight. When I tapped Sasuke on the shoulder, I transferred some of my power to him, but it wouldn't last long.
I flew at Obito, my wings furiously at work. Obito sees me and attempts to get me off his tail, but I wouldn't be shaken off.
Then, Obito stops where he is, in mid-air.
"You're quite the nuisance." Obito comments, looking at me.
I snort in amusement, "And you aren't?"
Obito glares and flies towards me, his Truth Seeking Ball now turning into an offensive weapon. My eye widen for a split second before I began flying towards him, my Sais in hand. I and Obito met in the middle, his black sword met my Sais. I tried to push forward, but I heard a crack. I look down at the weapons and see my Sais had cracks in them, it couldn't withstand Obito's attack. I kick Obito away and put away my Sais, feeling angry. I really liked those Sais, I had gotten much attached to them. After all they've been through Obito was the one who managed to crack them and that was the thing that pissed me off the most.
"You son of a bitch!" I yell at him my Tenshi no Chakra flaring up, "Tenshi no Chichi Odori!" The white wings on my back spread out and stood for attention. Like lightning, white feathers burst from my wings, all hundred shooting at Obito.
Obito tried to dodge, but he couldn't evade all of them. He tried using his Truth Seeking Ball to block them, but the feathers broke his defence, even piercing through it. It was then that Naruto and Sasuke appear behind Obito and use their large hands to slam Obito down into the ground. As Obito was falling, he used the Truth Seeing Ball to grab onto Naruto and Sasuke and drag them down with him.
"Sasuke! Naruto-kun!" I yell, flying down to see if they were okay.
When I land, I see Naruto and Sasuke standing, with Obito on the far side of them. Naruto and Sasuke didn't seem to be hurt, just a few scraps from the fall. Once I land, I banish the wings away.
"What are you fighting for? Is it your comrades? Or is it the world?" Obito demands, looking at Naruto in frustration. Obito saw much of himself in Naruto – when he was younger and before he had been crushed by the boulder.
Naruto says nothing and glares at Obito.
"Listen, your friends will eventually betray you." Obito tells him, with a sigh in his tone. "And this world transforms love into hatred. You were betrayed by the Villagers when you were young, and your love for your friends made you hate. You and I are the same."
Those six words struck a chord in me. "Naruto-kun is nothing like you!" I yell out, taking step forward.
Obito's gaze lands on me, "You have been a thorn in my side for too long." As he said this, hate began shinning in his Sharingan eye.
I take another step forward, my Tenshi no Chakra flaring up. "And you are an idiot!" I yell back at him.
"I should kill you now and be done with it." Obito says, raising the Truth Seeking Ball.
I stare at him dead in the eye, "Go ahead. I dare you."
Just then, I felt on hand on my left shoulder. "She's right, I am nothing like you. I will never allow myself to become like you, and neither will my friends." Naruto says stepping forward, still in Sage Mode.
"And if she dies? What if she betrays you?" Obito fires back, still glaring at me with his one eye.
This amused Naruto more than anything. "She'd never do that." Naruto says, conviction in his tone.
Another hand appears on my right shoulder. "Also, she's already proved that she can't stay dead." Sasuke says, appearing next to me. He of course was referring to when Pain invaded Konoha awhile back. I had been stabbed by him in the chest, but what Sasuke and Naruto didn't know was that I also died back in the Forest of Death when I received the curse mark.
I couldn't help but grin at that, and look back to Obito.
Obito shakes his head, "Why do you still keep fighting?!"
Naruto takes another step forward, "It is my Ninja way. I never got back on my word!" As Naruto yells this, he enters his Tailed Beast Mode once more.
Sasuke looks to us, "Naruto, Akemi. Let us settle this with our next move."
Nodding our heads, I and Sasuke took a step forward. Naruto let his golden yellow chakra surround him, forming half of Kurama's face. Sasuke stood on the other side, his Susano'o activated forming the other half of the Susano'o face. I stood on the middle between the two, my green chakra growing bigger as I separated the two. My chakra may not have had a face, but it was just as powerful as Naruto or Sasuke. Naruto then forms a full chakra Kurama. Within seconds, Sasuke's Susano'o expands and covers Naruto's chakra Kurama in his Susano'o completely. It was then my turn. I allowed my Tenshi no Chakra to expand, and white markings appeared on the body. White wings appeared on the armoured Kurama. There was a gem in the forehead of the armoured Kurama, and that's where Naruto, I and Sasuke stood in that respective order.
Obito looks at us as he begins to float in mid-air. His Truth Seeing Ball began to morph into a sword that looked like a DNA strand. In his other hand, it morphed in a large shield. "Nothing you try now will change anything. Look above you. What can you see up in the sky?" Obito says, looking up to the sky.
I look up and see a red full moon. I hadn't noticed it before, mainly because I was too occupied to notice the colour of the moon.
"This sword is the divine blade of the Sage of Six Paths – the Nunoboko. You can no longer defeat me. Strong emotions dwell within this blade. It's a sword of the soul. The Sage created the world with this blade. My desire will vanquish you all. No matter how much you resist, it's useless." Obito says, looking down at his blade.
Sasuke rolls his eyes at him, "Does he ever stop talking?" He mutter lowly to myself and Naruto.
I grin slightly while Naruto sniggers.
Obito ignores us, "The power of the Sage will stop you!" He yells, now shifting his blade.
"Sasuke, Akemi-chan. Let's focus everything on a single blow. I think we're only going to have a tiny window to strike." Naruto says, now becoming serious. Now wasn't the time to be sniggering.
Naruto raised Kurama's tails, and nine Rasengan began to form in the tails. I look behind me and see nine people rush over. The first person I saw was Hinata, then Kiba, Shino, Shikamaru, Ino, Chouji, Lee, Neji and lastly Tenten. When I saw Neji I felt relieved. He was alive and well from the looks of it. All nine of them jumped into Kurama's tail, Kurama's red chakra around them having disappeared. When they all touched the Rasengan, a haori appears instead, allowing them to use the Rasengan, even Lee who couldn't use chakra. All nine of them take the Rasengan and jump for Obito – who had placed his large shield in the way.
Naruto, I and Sasuke look at one another and nod our heads together. We all put forward a hand and thrust it forward. As we did this, the Kurama Susano'o sword that was coated in Tenshi no Chakra thrust past Obito's shield. Obito tried to use his sword to block our attack, but his sword crumbled from the sheer power ours possessed. With one final push, our sword slashed through Obito's side, leaving a large gash in its place. From Obito's open gash, nine heads burst from his body. Each one was the shape of the nine Bijū and all were glowing green. They all seemed to be trying to get away from Obito, but they were connected and couldn't free themselves.
I sigh in relief, I knew that this wouldn't have worked if all the Bijū hadn't have taken a liking to Naruto and gave him some of their chakra. It was their shared chakra inside Naruto that made them react.
"Grab onto them now!" Naruto yells out.
Kurama's chakra tails extended, and the ends morphed into the faces of the Bijū themselves. Obito's Bijū heads met Naruto's in the middle, both clashing against each other. That didn't last long though, Naruto's Kurama tails wrapped around each head and began pulling them out. It had now become a tug-a-war. However, two of Kurama's tails had been rejected by Shukaku and Gyūki, since Naruto hadn't received their chakra.
"Let's try this then!" I yell as I swing my arm forward. As I did this, two white hands up of Tenshi no Chakra shot out and grabbed onto Shukaku and Gyūki's heads. The white hands wrapped themselves around the Bijū's head and tugged on them. It seemed to be working, they didn't reject my attack. I had a feeling that this would work.
We began to pull harder, using all our strength to pull the Bijū out from Obito's body. However, Obito attempted to pull them back, but wasn't having as much luck as we were.
That's when Naruto flinched.
"Are you okay?" I ask him, looking at him briefly, before focusing back on the most serious game of tug-a-war ever.
Sasuke looks over, he had also seen Naruto flinch too.
"I-I can feel his emotions, and I'm getting these visions…" Naruto trails off, he didn't know what they were. He had a feeling they were visions of the past, but some of them looked like the future. Naruto had a hunch though some of these visions were what Obito desired, to grow up with his teammates and become Hokage.
"Don't let them distract you." Sasuke comments back, also focusing on the tug-a-war.
Obito began pulling back, "Don't underestimate the power of the Jūbi's Jinchuuriki! I'm equivalent to the Sage of Six Paths!" Obito yells out as he manages to pull the Bijū closer to him.
Sasuke makes two extra hands appear on the Susano'o and he too pulls.
That's when Hinata, Kiba, Shino, Shikamaru, Ino, Chouji, Lee, Neji and Tenten all jump onto Kurama's tails.
"We're here to lend a hand too!" Kiba yells out. Everyone one of them using Kurama's chakra to join in with the tug-a-war.
Shikamaru smirks, "It's not over yet."
As he finished saying this, more people started to appear. Minato, Tobirama and Hiruzen was the first to appear. Then Itachi, Haku, Mikoto, Fugaku and Kushina were the next to appear. Soon, all of the Allied Shinobi Forces had made their way over to us and began helping us free the Bijū from Obito.
"We're with you, Dattebayo!" Kushina yells out with a large grin on her face.
Naruto grins, "Everyone, we'll do it together on my mark!" Naruto yells out to everyone.
Seeing everyone help Naruto, Obito looked shocked and bewildered. It was at that moment Obito truly realised how alone he really was. Seeing Naruto with everyone behind him made Obito realise that he could have been like Naruto. Maybe… he truly did have regrets.
As I continue the tug-a-war, I felt Naruto grab my hand.
"Akemi, close your eyes for a moment." Naruto whispers into my ear.
I send him a side look, but nod my head nonetheless and close my eyes.
The next time I open my eyes, I am no longer on the battlefield. I was in a weird place, one that had many stars around us. It was a beautifully picturesque scene, and one that I recognised very well. I look and see Naruto beside me and Obito a distance away.
Naruto walks forward, "You wanted to become Hokage, just like me." He says, looking Obito in the eye as he said this.
"Get out of my thoughts." Obito hisses at the Uzumaki.
However, Naruto wasn't even fazed. "It could have ended up where I was chasing after your shadow, since I've always wanted to become Hokage." Naruto says as he stops walking when he is a few feet away from the Uchiha.
I stayed close behind Naruto, easily keeping up with him.
Obito shakes his head, "I threw away the past and my naive self."
"Then why is Naruto-kun getting visions?" I ask him.
Obito looks at me and says nothing.
"You can't hide behind a mask." Naruto says, his voice stern. "You were Kakashi-sensei's friend, my Otou-chan's subordinate and an Uchiha like Sasuke. You are a Shinobi of Konoha who had the same dream as me."
Obito clenches his fists, "What exactly do you want from me?!"
"You are Obito Uchiha." I say, putting more emphasis on his name. "He didn't die when that boulder crushed him and he certainly didn't disappear when you become the Jūbi's Jinchuuriki."
Obito narrows his eye at us.
Naruto points at him, "I did say I was going to rip that mask from your face." He had also been referring to the literal mask that Obito wore earlier, but now he was referring to the person Obito was hiding behind.
A bewildered expression appears on Obito's face, "Obito Uchiha? What meaning is there in that name, in that existence now? I have merged with the Jūbi. I have transcended and attained enlightenment. I am no longer human. I will guide mankind to the next stage. I possess the same will and body as the Sage of Six Paths. I am the Second Sage of the Six Paths!"
Naruto shakes his head, "Wrong, you're Obito Uchiha."
"And what's so great about having all of this enlightenment if you have no one to share it with." I say, a frown now on my face.
Obito looks at us, a confused expression on his face.
Naruto wasn't done, "When our chakra touched earlier, I saw your past. Our personal histories and our dream of becoming Hokage are the same. In the beginning, you too wanted to be acknowledged and praised by others. That's why you wanted to become Hokage."
A dark look passes over Obito's face as he remembers Rin. She was the only person who understood him and supported his dream. She told him that he could become Hokage and that she believed in him.
"But look at you now! You've turned all Shinobi into enemies and go around sprouting nonsense that you're doing this for the sake of the world when you're only doing this for yourself!" Naruto spoke, getting more passionate as he did.
I shake my head, "Not even those precious to you would ever acknowledge this current dreams of yours. What would Rin say?"
Obito flinches, as though he had been slapped.
Naruto continues to speak, "You used to have the same dream as me. But now you've become the exact opposite of a Hokage. It's because you're just like me that-"
"No, it's because of that…" Obito cuts in, "That I wanted to see you despair about this world."
Naruto looks at Obito, confusion on his face.
I just arched an eyebrow at him.
"Or, I suppose I wanted to feel again for myself, that the path I have chosen for myself is not a mistake." Obito says, as he begins to pace around, "When I was fighting you, you made me recall my youth. That's why I started wanting to test you. To see when you, someone who is just like me, would fall into despair and abandon your feelings, your past."
Anger flashes in Naruto's eyes, "It's because we were so alike that I'm pissed off! You just abandoning everything and running away."
Obito shakes his head, "No. What I am doing is no different from a Hokage's past actions. In fact, I am doing more. I can make peace a reality."
I take another step forward, "It's not real peace though. You're just forcing people into a Genjutsu. That's not peace and I know other people would feel the same. Why do you think there are so many people fighting against you? They don't want that fake peace. If everyone got what they wanted in this world, it would become very boring, because they means they didn't have to work for it." I say, hearing my own voice become passionate as I spoke.
Obito stops pacing.
"Do you really believe that?" Naruto asks, a cautious expression on his face. There was also pity in his blue eyes.
Obito nods his head, "Yes. That is how I feel."
Naruto's jaw clenches in anger.
"What was Rin's dream?" I ask him suddenly.
Obito turns his head to face me, "She wanted to become like Tsunade and become one of the best Medic Ninjas out there." He admits slowly, as though he didn't want to say it.
"And Rin always worked hard, didn't she?" I ask. There was a reason that I was constantly mentioning Rin, and that was because she was the only person who could get through to him. The only person he truly ever cared about.
Obito nods his head.
"Well how do you think she would feel if she was handed that title, if it was handed to her on a silver platter? If she didn't have to work for it, would she happy?" I question him, hoping he would see it through our point of view.
Obito falters for a moment, but he doesn't answer me back. Shaking his head, he continues to speak, "Anyone would choose a shortcut with a fixed outcome over a steep and rugged path. The goal of a Hokage should seek is world peace."
Naruto clenches his fists, "What are you talking about? What I want to know about isn't a shortcut but how to navigate the steep and rugged path."
"Would you still say that if the final destination were the same?" Obito asks.
"Who can tell in the beginning which one is the most dangerous? You never know until you start walking." As he said this, Naruto began walking forward towards Obito, with me following closely behind him and only stopping when he is in front of the Uchiha. "The Hokage is someone who endures the pain and takes lead in front of everyone. So, a Hokage never walks over his comrades' corpses. There is no shortcut to becoming Hokage. And there are now ways out for the ones who become Hokage." Naruto says, still not giving up.
Obito looks to the ground, his thoughts going back to Rin once more. He then looks down at his hand, with what seemed to be a regretful expression.
I step next to Naruto, "When you became the Jūbi's Jinchuuriki, you were about to took over by it. But you thought back to Minato, Kakashi, and your old self and even Rin. It was at that moment you were about to forget about Rin that you managed to gain control over the Jūbi. You didn't want to forget about Rin." I say, my voice becoming softer as I spoke.
"Dragging everyone with you onto your path and continuing on it won't be allowed." Naruto says, standing tall. "We will bring you back as Obito Uchiha, as a Shinobi of Konoha and you will atone for your sins."
I hold my hand out, and so did Naruto, "Will you join us, Obito." I say softly, hopeful that he would join us. I truly never believed that Obito was a bad person. He was manipulated by Madara, he saw the person he cherished most be killed by his friend. He didn't know the circumstances, only what Madara fed him. He felt let down by so many people, with no one there to guide him besides Madara. Obito also saved me, if he was truly evil, he would have left me to die. I owed Obito and I wanted to help.
Obito looks down at his hand, and walks forward slowly. As he got closer, he reached out as his hand, as though he was going to take our hands.
But I knew better.
Obito's face contorted with rage and his hand shot out and aimed for Naruto's neck instead. "I will never join you! I have no regrets with my path until now!" He shouts at us, anger in his eye.
Before his hand could even get close to the Uzumaki's throat, my hand shot out and I punched Obito in the face, sending him skidding back at the force.
"Don't you dare touch him!" I yell him, taking a threatening step forward.
Naruto touches my shoulder and steps forward, "I told you, I've seen everything. So don't keep imagining yourself as Hokage!" Naruto yells at him, his fists clenched as though he wanted to hit him.
Obito flinches and looks to the ground, when he looks up though, his eye widens. In front of him, he knew that Naruto I and stood before him. But all he could see was himself when he was younger, and Rin by his side.
I step forward again, "The person Rin wanted to watch over was Obito, not you." I say, stressing my words very clearly.
Naruto walks forward and grabs Obito by the hand, he then drags Obito forward, "Now just come over, you bastard."
As he said this, I closed my eyes with a smile on my face.
I open my eyes to find myself back on the battlefield. I could see everyone trying their hardest to extract the Bijū, everyone had come together and were fighting alongside one another. With one final tug, the Allied Shinobi Forces managed to extract the Bijū.
Each Bijū landed on the battlefield, happy to be free.
Obito began falling to the ground from a height, his skin turning back to normal as he was no longer the Jūbi's Jinchuuriki.
Sasuke's Susano'o began to dissolve and disappear, along with Naruto's chakra Kurama. Seeing no need for my power, I allowed it to go back into my body. Sasuke, I and Naruto all land on the ground, visibly panting. I could feel the power drain. Using the Tenshi no Chakra for this long was exhausting, but I could manage. All I needed was to give myself some time to recover.
I look around and see that the Divine Tree had stopped growing, and just in time. It was a good job too, it looked very close to blooming. We had beaten Obito and freed the Bijū.
Seeing that we had succeed. I, Naruto and Sasuke all shared a look together and smiled. You couldn't really tell if Sasuke was smiling, but I had been around the Uchihas long enough to be able to tell when they were smiling.
Son Goku looks down at us, "You kept your promise, Naruto Uzumaki and you really rescued us." His voice was deep and gravelly, very intimidating.
Naruto grins and gives a salute, "Right, Son."
Chomei scoffs, but sounded relieved, "We were lucky."
Saiken laughs, "He did it!"
Kokuo opens its mouth, "For real."
Matatabi also laughs, "You're right."
I look at the Nibi and smile, she was still my favourite one.
Isobu also looks relieved, "Thank goodness."
Shukaku doesn't say anything, he just looks at Naruto and remembers him. He was the brat that he fought against after the Chunin Exams. Shukaku would remember that shade of blonde hair and orange tracksuit anywhere.
"We should probably go deal with Obito before everyone jumps on him." Sasuke says, looking at Obito's body not too far away.
I nod my head. If he we didn't get to him, there would probably be a frenzy and it was quite possible that they would rip him to shreds.
Sasuke, Naruto and I run over to where Obito lay on the ground.
Obito turned his head and saw us coming, there was a resigned expression on his face, as if he knew that he was going to die.
As we got closer, the air around Obito began to swirl. Kakashi then appeared next to Obito with a kunai in hand.
When we see our sensei, we stop running.
Kakashi looks at us, "I'm sorry for appearing suddenly. But he I and used to be classmates and friends. So, please let me take responsibility for him." Kakashi raised his kunai, ready to end the life of his friend who he had thought to be dead all these years. All the pain and anguish came rushing back, but he was determined to do this.
"Wait, Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto yells out.
Kakashi ignores Naruto, but still his kunai never met Obito.
Minato appears suddenly and grabs Kakashi by the wrist, preventing him from killing Obito.
Naruto sighs in relief, "Otou-chan…"
Sasuke's eyes widen when he sees Naruto's dad appear so suddenly.
I, however was happy. Minato hadn't given up on Obito.
Minato looks down at his student, "Obito. When we had that chakra tug-a-war, I got to see inside your heart. It seems like my son and Akemi have nagged and lectured you quite a bit. Naruto may have gotten that from his Okaa-san." Minato says, amusement in his eyes.
Kushina perks up when hearing her name, "What did you say, Dattebayo?!" She yells at her husband, fire in her eyes.
Obito grins weakly on the ground, memories of when he was Chunin in his mind. Kushina was exactly the same as she was now.
Minato looks to Kakashi, "But that duty actually falls on you. I think the one who truly understands Obito and should talk to him is you, his friend, Kakashi."
Looking up, Minato looks to his son, "Naruto, you and the Allied Shinobi Forces should go and help the Shodai Hokage and seal Madara away."
Naruto nods his head, "You're right. Let's go, Sasuke, Akemi-chan." With that, he and Sasuke ran off, running towards Madara.
However, I stayed behind for a moment.
Kakashi looks to me, "Akemi?"
"There is only one person who can truly get through to him quicker." I say, quickly making hand seals. A coffin appears by my side, and I take another scroll and out and remove my final White Zetsu. Throwing the unconscious White Zetsu in the coffin I close the door and wait a few moments. I then banish the coffin and there stood Rin.
Kakashi looks at Rin, pain in his eyes.
I places a kunai with a talisman in the back of her head, and watched as her eyes filled with life once more.
Rin looks around, confusion written on her face, until her eyes stop on Obito.
"Rin…" Obito mutters softly.
Tears well up in Rin's eyes, "O-Obito? But how?" She whispers low.
Seeing that my work was done, I took off after Naruto and Sasuke to seal Madara. As I passed, Kushina rushed past me, running toward Obito, Rin and Kakashi. I look back for a moment, Kushina was hugging Obito tightly and seemed to be shouting at him. Minato looked to be explaining everything to Rin and Kakashi looked happy. I see Kakashi look at me and I took this chance to throw him something. Without thinking, Kakashi caught the note and holds onto it tightly. I look away and continue to go after my teammates. I knew that I didn't need to worry about Black Zetsu coming after Obito. Obito no longer had the Rinnegan and Madara didn't need Obito to bring him back to life.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Back with Team Minato, Kushina was busy yelling at Obito while also shaking him.
"You baka! What in hell's name were you thinking, Dattebayo?!" As she shook him, her hair began to rise as they looked like Kurama's tails. She was beyond pissed at this point, she wanted nothing more than to strangle the little shit for what he had done.
Kakashi had already lowered his kunai, giving up on ending Obito's life.
Tears were streaming down Rin's young face, "O-Obito, you were alive?" Rin asks shakily, falling to her knees next to him.
Obito says nothing, he couldn't face Rin after everything that he had done.
"Why didn't you come back?! We needed you!" Rin cries out, sobbing.
Kushina comes up behind Rin and pats her on the shoulder, giving her some comfort. "We cared about you! You were my friend!" Rin cries out, her tears falling to the ground as she sobbed.
Still, Obito wouldn't look at her.
"Look at me!" Rin yells out, bashing her fists to the ground.
This time, Obito turns his head and faces her. "Rin…" He mutters, sorrowfully. Seeing the girl he held so much affection for break down in front of him, made something inside of him snap.
"I wanted to come back, I had every intentions to." Obito finally says, gaining everyone's attention.
Kakashi looks at his old friend, "What do you mean?"
"When my body got crushed, an old man saved me. I didn't know at the time he was Madara until slightly later. He saved me, and revived the other part of my body. But it was weak and I couldn't move." Obito says, his eye full of anguish and shame.
Minato shakes his head, "Why couldn't you have sent a message? We could have got you and brought you back to Konoha." If he had found out his student was alive, he would burnt down the entire forest to find him and Kushina would be right beside him, lighting the fire.
Obito grins weakly, "I wanted to surprise you guys, make a dramatic entrance or something."
Kushina laughs at this; that was her Obito.
However, the grin soon falls from his face and is replaced by a frown. "But then, I found out that Rin had been captured and I rushed out to help her."
Rin looks at him with so much sorrow in her eyes that Obito had to look away, it broke is heart to see her like that.
"After I lost you, my view of the world changed. It became a pitched black hell." Obito admits softly, "At the time, I saw no hope for the world. I then took Madara's identity and walked the world. But all it did was confirm my belief. Even with my Sharingan, I couldn't see anything. There was nothing to see."
Rin looks at Obito with a horrified expression, "It was my fault then…" She mutters lowly, and she began to sob harder. This time it was due to guilt. If she hadn't of died, Obito would have come back. They could have all been together again.
"It is not your fault, Rin." Minato states firmly, walking over to his female student and kneeled down in front of her, "If anything, it is mine. I should have been there to protect you."
Kakashi looks at Obito, an understanding look in his eyes, "I don't know anything for sure either." He slowly admits.
Obito's face becomes filled with surprise.
Minato looks at Kakashi in bewilderment while Kushina looks at Team Minato with a saddened expression on her face.
Obito looks to Kakashi. "Then my new path is-"
Kakashi nods his head. "Yes, one of many. It may not actually be wrong either. I thought this world was hell too. I thought you had died, and right after that I lost Rin. Then, I lost Minato-sensei and Kushina too."
Rin looks up at Kakashi, and she could clearly see the anguish in his eyes.
Kakashi raised one hand and touched his Sharingan eye, "I tried my best to see the world with this eye. I felt as long as I had your Sharingan and words, I could see it."
"If only I hadn't died," Rin whispers lowly, leaning into Kushina's comforting embrace. Kushina had always been a like a mother to her. Kushina would make them all bentos for lunch while they all trained together. Kushina would cook them all a team meal before and after a mission. Rin loved those moments, even Kakashi did too but he'd never say it. But it all changed when Obito died, it seemed less cheerful. Kushina would always try, but it was never the same.
Kushina strokes Rin's hair, just like she used to when Rin would sleep over and have a nightmare, "Unfortunately, people are given a bad hand in life." She whispers softly in her ear.
Kakashi shakes his head, "It wasn't like that."
This made everyone look at him, "What do you mean?" Minato asks, standing up once more.
Kakashi holds a piece of paper in his hands, "Rin's capture wasn't accidental. It was planned. It was also planned by Madara to get Obito onto his side." As he said this, he clenched the paper tightly in his fists as anger filled his body.
Rin's eyes widen, "W-what?"
"How do you know this?" Minato asks, looking at his student with a curious expression. How could he possibly know this information?
"Akemi Nakahara, my student. She is very informative due to the fact she isn't from this world. She knows near about everything there is to do about this world." Kakashi explains to them. He knew that Akemi wouldn't mind them knowing, she had let Gai in on the situation and he didn't take it well at first. Gai had thought Kakashi was pulling a prank on him but he soon came around.
Minato and Kushina nods their heads. They had already known about other worlds, they had been close friends of Yukiko's and she had confided in them. Obito already knew about this bit of information, but he didn't know that Madara had been behind Rin's death, which only made his blood boil. Whereas, Rin looked completely astonished.
"I'll kill him." Obito hisses, a white hot burning anger filling his entire being.
"Get in line, Dattebayo!" Kushina exclaims, fire in her eyes once more. When she sees Madara she was going to rip him to pieces for hurting her babies.
"Obito, I don't mean to sound rude, but how are you alive?" Rin asks, bringing the focus back to the Uchiha.
Kushina nods her head, "Yeah, after an extraction of a Bijū, the host dies."
Obito flinches at the reminder, he had caused the death of his sensei and his wife, who had been like parents to him.
Kakashi sees this and places a hand on his shoulder.
Minato thinks for a moment, "He must be connected to the Gedo Statue, his life is tied to it." He says, not really sure but that was the only thing he could think of.
Rin moves away from Kushina and gets closer to Obito, "I'll help you recover, it's the least I can do." She says, smiling down at him.
Obito watches Rin, with affection in his eye. Even after everything he had done, she was still willing to heal him. Tears welled up in Obito's eyes, "I'm so sorry, for everything." Obito whispers, his throat constricting with the wave of emotions he was feeling. For years, he had been emotionless, locking them away where no one could touch them. Years of pent up sorrow came crashing down upon him and he couldn't hold it back anymore.
"I'm so sorry for everything, I wish there was a way I could make it up," Obito sobs openly, wishing that there was a way for him to go back in time to redo all of his wrongs and make them right.
Minato and Kushina look at one another, a soft expression on their faces, "We forgive you, Obito." Kushina says, kneeling down beside Obito and stroking his hair gently.
Obito looks to Kakashi, "C-can you forgive me?" He was fully expecting him to say no and reject him, Obito certainly wouldn't blame him.
Kakashi looks at his old friend and looked into his eye, he was looking to see if Obito was lying. He didn't want to get hurt by him again, "Yes, I forgive you, Obito." Kakashi says, smiling under his mask, not that anyone could tell.
Obito looks to Rin, who was healing him, "Rin?" He says, his voice getting her attention.
"Just promise me one thing, Obito." Rin says, looking up at him.
Obito weakly nods his head, "Anything." He fully meant it, if he could get Rin's forgiveness then that would be enough for him.
Rin smiles softly, "Live your life, and atone for what you've done. That will be enough for me."
Obito returns the smile, "I promise."
Rin then turns to Kakashi, "You better make sure he keeps that promise too." She says, a happy glint in her eyes.
Kakashi nods his head, still smiling under his mask.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Madara, Sayuri and Hashirama stood near each other, all of them forming a triangle. Hashirama and Sayuri stood united against Madara, however it wasn't going so smoothly. All three of them had given up on using Ninjutsu as they were all on the same level and was leading to a stalemate, and now they were all focusing on Taijutsu. All three of them had been fighting since near enough the beginning and had now travelled far from the battlefield so not to be distracted. Madara loved it, he was fighting his long-time rival and his sister, the only two people who could measure up to his level. Everyone else was too weak so he hadn't been able to use his full power, but with these two he didn't need to hold back and he loved it. It was even better now that he was alive, now he could bleed and feel pain, the best thing of all that reminded him that he was alive.
Sayuri looks sideways, "It looks like your little accomplice has failed." She says, a smug tone in her voice. Sayuri would never call Obito, Madara's friend, she knew better. Madara didn't have friends, only rivals. Even when they were growing up, he would never play; only train.
However, Madara reveals nothing. On the inside he felt annoyed, Obito had become a nuisance by becoming the Jūbi's Jinchuuriki when that was his plan all along. He could make Obito pay dearly for that.
"Madara, you cannot win with us." Hashirama states, but looking slightly worn. He wasn't physically worn, but mentally and emotionally.
Madara grins wickedly, "But we're just getting started."
Just then, Black Zetsu appears from the ground below next to Madara, "Should we continue with the plan?" He says, his voice eerily creepy and dark. Seeing this creature made Sayuri shiver, she felt something demonic coming from Black Zetsu.
Madara barely spares him a second glance, "We shall, but first I need to deal with these two."
"I can help." Black Zetsu offers, a deadly look in his yellow eye.
Surprisingly, Madara considers this for a moment. He was going to say no, this was his fight and his alone. He didn't want another person butting into his fight. But that's when Madara heard the cries of the Bijū and knew that they would here soon and he needed to have dealt with Sayuri and Hashirama by then.
"I'll allow it." Madara says eventually.
Hashirama and Sayuri share an astonished glance to one another. In all their years together, Madara had never let someone fight with him, he always preferred to fight alone.
Black Zetsu turns his head and looks at Sayuri, "Shall I take her then?" He asks, though he had no face it just made him seem even more demonic.
"No." Madara immediately says, "You take Hashirama." He wanted to savour his fight against Hashirama, and for him to do that he would need to get rid of Sayuri. He couldn't risk Black Zetsu messing this up. Besides, he knew that it wouldn't take long to fight against Sayuri, she was only at half power since giving Akemi quite a bit of her power, it seemed Sayuri was finding it hard to regenerate her Tenshi no Chakra and he was planning on exploiting that.
Sayuri and Hashirama exchange another glance together before jumping into battle. Hashirama attacked Black Zetsu while Madara and Sayuri were left together.
"Are you ready, Imouto?" Madara mocks.
Sayuri grits her teeth and charges at Madara.
Aiming a punch at his injured side, Madara easily deflected her attack. Sayuri attempted to hit him again, his time aiming for his head, but Madara ducked and aimed a well time kick at Sayuri's chin. While in mid-air, Madara appears behind Sayuri and drop kicks her down to the ground. Sayuri landed harshly on the ground, her re-animated body having taking a big beating. Her left arm was missing and was only regenerating very slowly.
However, Madara wasn't done. He landed near her and began his barrage of attacks, it was a good job she didn't feel pain or this would have been a very painful attack.
"Too bad you gave Akemi most of your power. This has been quite disappointing." Madara sighs with a sadistic expression.
Sayuri sneers, "The only thing disappointing is you."
Madara glares harshly at her.
"You could have had it all Madara, but you chose this path." Sayuri hisses out, fire in her eyes.
Madara scoffs, "And live under the rule of that fool, Hashirama? Never."
"That fool was your friend." Sayuri exclaims back, trying to move but found herself unable to. Her body will was regenerating slowly, too slowly for her liking.
Sayuri's eyes widen, "What have you done?" Her voice was noticeably weaker.
The sadistic grin on Madara's face only grew larger, "You think that Jutsu I used earlier is over? You think it was just a one off? Oh no, dear Imouto, you've been feeding me chakra since then." As he finished saying this, he moved his bangs from his eye and showed a fully repaired Rinnegan – it looked like it had never been cut up before, there was no evidence there.
"No…" Sayuri whispers in horror.
"The stronger I become, the weaker you will be. I may not have been able to control you, but I can certainly take your power." Madara goads further, the victorious glint in his eyes.
Looking down at her injured body, Sayuri could see that her body actually wasn't regenerating, but actually disappearing slowly. "I may not be able to stop you, but others will." Sayuri vows, her tone becoming venomous.
Madara smirks down at her, "We'll see about that." With that, he walks away from Sayuri, full of confidence. There was no one other than Hashirama that could rival him now that Sayuri was out of the way. Hashirama would be dealt with soon enough and then nothing would stand in his way.
Sayuri lay there on the ground, feeling herself become weaker. She still had some strength in her, but she didn't want Madara to have it.
"Sayuri!"
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
It turns out that Naruto and Sasuke both waited for me. Now, with a new mission in mind, we all headed over to Madara to seal him away for good. If we dealt with Madara now, then we wouldn't have to ace Kaguya.
As we got closer to where Madara was, I noticed a body lying on the ground, not really moving. As we got even closer, I recognised who it was.
"Sayuri!" I yell out. Seeing her on the ground, I couldn't help but feel shocked. How could she have ended up in this state?
Turning her head to the side, Sayuri sees us and smiles.
I give a signal to Naruto and Sasuke that I would join then in a moment. When we were closer, Naruto and Sasuke continue running while I stopped beside Sayuri.
Kneeling down beside her, I ask, "Sayuri, what happened?" Looking down at her, I see she wasn't regenerating at all which seemed really odd to me.
Sayuri turns her head to me and smiles ruefully, "Madara, he used this jutsu that took my Tenshi no Chakra and revived himself back to life." Her tone sounded harsh and mocking. She was angry with herself for being so foolish.
Hearing that have me an idea, "Well maybe I can use my Tenshi no Chakra-"
"NO!" Sayuri yells out, lurching forward but failed, "If you do that then you will die. Bringing back someone from the dead with your Tenshi no Chakra is forbidden. It will kill you." Towards the end, her voice began to trail off.
"A life for a life." I mumble softly.
Sayuri nods her head, "Yes, I only survived because I am dead, if I was alive I would have died instantly."
I nod my head, taking all this in.
"Akemi, can you do me a favour?" Sayuri asks, looking up to me with pleading eyes.
"Anything." I say back instantly. I had a habit of agreeing to things before knowing what they are, I really needed to work on that.
Sayuri smiles, "I need you to undo the Re-animated Jutsu and let me die."
My eyes widen as I look at her, "What?"
"My chakra is tied to Madara now, he's taking my chakra. It's making him stronger and I can't allow that. I refuse to let him have that win." Sayuri hisses under breathe, hate in her eyes as she speaks about her brother.
I sat there and thought for a moment. Should I do it?
"Please, Akemi." Sayuri pleads once more.
Slowly, I nod my head, "Okay."
Sayuri sighs in relief and closes her eyes. "Thank you." She whispers lowly, preparing herself to die once more.
I reach behind her neck and remove the talisman. The moment I took the kunai out, Sayuri's body disintegrated into dust. I looked at the pile of dust in shock, I hadn't even released the jutsu yet. Looking down at the talisman I see that the ownership had changed. Instead of Madara's name on the talisman, I see Nora's name in its place.
I stand up, now ready to go join Naruto and Sasuke fight against Madara, only a voice stopped me in my tracks.
"Akemi Nakahara."
I froze at the voice. It sounded demonic and it sent shivers down my spine. I recognised the chakra signature behind me, it was similar to the White Zetsu, but held a more murderous intent. Turning my head, I see who spoke.
There, standing not too far away from me stood Black Zetsu, his yellow eye glaring at me.