"I recommend you stand back. This clone has the power of the full Ten Tails." He looked over at Kakashi. "Previously, Yamato-" He looked at Hiruzen "Tenzou helped in sealing the clone when this was used on Naruto. The only way Obito can defeat this is if he realizes what is truly important."

As he said that, the clone roared and went on all fours as power solidified upon it, ragdolling Obito. "Power… I need more POWER." It said, emphasizing each one of it's words."

"You disgusting creature! I am a God!", Obito roared back, as he grabbed it by the wrist and unleashed an earthquake of energy.

"God"

"Power"

"God… Power…"

It roared as it hammered into Obito and tried to rip off his face. Obito haphazardly blocked with his arm, leading to the removal of a few white scales and a laceration on his chest.

"Enough, you foul imitation. I have found strength that surpasses Power itself. That which is infinite."

He let out a howl as his muscles tensed and veins bulged out from his forehead. "Almighty Push!"

Minato nodded to Tobirama who looked to Sasuke and Naruto.

Immediately, Naruto and Sasuke intercepted Obito with a Rasenshuriken and a Chidori, both of which were avoided by a jump that sent him leaping towards Minato.

Minato and Tobirama cleaved through Obito and kicked him downwards, where he was met by a dual Chidori-Rasenshuriken.

Before he could respond, they vanished, and his clone yelled "Almighty Pull" as it finally finished falling, attempting to impale the original and drain more energy.

Orochimaru suddenly brought out a notepad and jotted this down as a "special interaction".

"Aside from surprise attacks from Naruto and Sasuke, wait for Hashirama." He continued "Hiruzen…. Seeing that you have your pupils, I suggest you join them."

"Why me? Surely Tobirama could assist in his capture?"

"That may be so, but his presence may provoke Madara due to his heavy-handed policies on the Uchiha. You are the second person to be given the moniker the 'God of Shinobi', and Flying Thunder God techniques are the only way we can hit the original Obito without hitting the duplicate's ire."

Tobirama sneered at the first sentence, muttering a 'they deserved it'.

Jiraiya sighed. "That reminds me…"

"Sorry Hiruzen, because I wasn't there when Naruto and Sasuke were attacked."

Hiruzen grunted. "It was your teammate's fault, not yours."

"As for you, Naruto… I hope your parents have had a nice reunion", he chuckled. "Also, that if perhaps you could share some of those results of our 'research.'

Minato's face turned pale and he looked to Naruto, who was now perspiring and shaking, his face a shade of red similar to his mother's hair color.

*'...Bloody…Tomatoes….'*, whispered a voice in Minato's head, and he winced in terror of the forthcoming proclamation. He wondered if spirits could die.

"Oh please, Kushina doesn't have to know! I trained you, for God's sake."

Tsunade had her hair ruffled by Hashirama. "So there's my little Tsuna!"

He put his hands to his side and shook them like a schoolgirl.

"So, did you get married to Dan? How about Nawaki?"

She turned her back and crossed her arms. "Stop embarrassing me! Hmph."

"Uhh...Lord Hokage…?"

"Not now! Are you engaged?"

"If we may…"

"Oh, so you're married?"

Tsunade turned beet red and tried to knuckle her uncle's face, only for it to fall short and do nothing.

"Ahahaha! As feisty as ever!"

Orochimaru cleared his throat. "They're dead."

He deadpanned as a cloud of depression went over his head.

"Tsunade, I'm so sorry. Let me make up for you and give you anything you'd like."

She looked up innocently. "Money?"

"If you want that again, then sur-"

Tobirama facepalmed. "Do not enable them, Lord Hokage. And I mean all of you, barring Hiruzen."

"Finally, someone in this world with common sense."

...

"Very well." He looked over to Orochimaru. "Before we go, I have a question to ask you."

He cocked his head to the side, quizzically.

"What does Konoha mean to you?"

A surface level question. One that could be answered by the youngest of children and the most foolish of men. But behind that surface Orochimaru could not answer.

He resorted to speaking rhetoric."Konoha is a Hidden Village with many resources."

Hiruzen smiled. "And? You haven't answered my question. What does it mean to you?"

His mind flashed to his dead parents, and the quest he abandoned in hopes for another.

"I cannot answer this question.", he spat.

"Jiraiya, let's go."

They fled into the night, their summons reflecting their silhouettes as they arrived at the gate of a newly reborn and newly destroyed forest.

The Toad Sage was laughing hysterically on the way. "All-knowing my ass! Even I can answer this one."

"Madara Uchiha."

"Ah, the Sarutobi stripling that Tobirama trained. I'll relish suffocating you under layers of wood."

He looked at the other three. "And… these are…?"

"The Sannin, crowned by Hanzo the Salamander"

Jiraiya paused, "Also known as the people who will kill Madara Uchiha."

This time, Madara was trying to hold his breath as he saw them and continued laughing. "I dealt with the woman with a Wood Clone. If your title is as you suggest, then you are dead men."

Jiraiya clasped his hands together. "Toad Oil Bullet!"

Madara looked at his armor, covered in oil. "You're disgusting."

"Toad Oil Flame Bullet!"

Orochimaru sighed at the impulsiveness of his former teammate. "Fire Style: Great Fireball."

"Do you want to dance too? Fire Style: Great Destroyer Flame."

Orochimaru hissed alongside the petering flame. "Water Style: Rushing Dragon Palm."

"I am Hashirama's Granddaughter! Cha!", She yelled, hitting Madara in his lower abdomen Susanoo ribcage.

"You seem to underestimate your opponents. One, who is a construct of infinite chakra who will always regenerate, and who achieved sagedom."

"Another, who knows every technique and has recently become stronger after absorbing his chakra from his former apprentice, who has completed his goal and gained true immortality."

"And a third, who is of Senju blood and granddaughter to Hashirama."

Madara was practically choking at this point. "Enough talk."

"Tengai Shinsei"

Twin wooden spires rose to hold up the meteors as wood laced the braces and Hashirama attempted to hold the crashing bollides in place. "Oi, Tsuna! Help me out!"

He glared at his opponent who now substituted himself with a Wood Clone "Chained Prison Explosion!"

He had just enough time to cuss before the ground before Jiraiya exploded and he was forced to use a Lightning Clone to take the blunt of the explosion.

Preparing a seal, he bit into "Madara's" neck, forming a hexagram which began to glow and emit pulses.

"Jiraiya, get out of the way!" "He's going to try and stab y-"

"Hair Needle Jutsu!".

"I'll admit that I struggle more when faced with you and not the Five Kage."

"However, I am not to be trifled with, be it Hashirama or any his descendants who carry his name." Hearing him monologue, Orochimaru split a part of himself into the earth to use the Hiding In Surface Technique.

"Kukukukuku…." He smiled as his tongue grasped the Sword of Kusanagi.

Orochimaru began going through familiar hand symbols to disable Madara's Rinnegan.

'Hidden Mist: Silent Killing'

A thick mist began thickening in the air.

"Mind Body Transmission."

His chakra interlaced everywhere, it was now impossible to tell where he was.

"Sensei… work with Hashirama to occupy Madara. Tsunade will heal and be the reinforcements while Jiraiya and I shall occupy space as sensors. "

"Your pathetic parlor tricks have no effect on-"

"-Gah!"

Hiruzen went first.

'Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet'

'Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet'

'Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet'

Three elemental bullets crashed into the Susanoo shell as most of the impact made a dent.

A Chinese Dragon burst out of the ashen center of the forest. "Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"

As the blade of the Susanoo met the dragon and cleaved it's broadside partially, Tsunade appeared alongside the blade and used enough force to sever the blade from the hilt.

Meanwhile, miniature clones of both Hashirama and Madara fought as they devastated and expanded the clearing.

"Jiraiya, do you know the Four Red Yang formation?"

He frowned. "No."

He spat a blob of poison at Hashirama to get his attention. "Summoning, Quintuple Rashomon."

Nodding, he repeated. "Summoning, Quintuple Rashomon."

... Meanwhile...

If Kabuto learned anything in these last fifteen minutes, it was that Obito was delusional.

The stubborn, no, obdurate idiot had failed more than he could possibly have under fifty cycles of Izanami.

He watched as the pitiful Sage of the Six Paths slowly get beaten in as his Truth Seeking Balls were his only saving grace as the clone kept relentlessly pounding him.

"I want more PPPOOOWWWWEEERR!"