Author's Notes: Okay, I'm back home, and finally, here comes the second part of the battle.
I know that it looked as if Naruto only had 5 Paths (Oxycoon pointed that out, thank you very much), but that was the parts with the dead bodies – Naruto is the Deva and Outer, simply because he has no need for an Outer Path yet, and likely never will.
BTW, Naruto here will be called Deva until I said no, there should be a part where I say so at least anyways, so, Naruto will be Deva but all the other paths will go either by their Shodai, Nidaime, etc designation or just their name (Sakumo)
Chapter 18: Eternity's End
"What?" Kakashi whispered as he stared at Naruto in shock, "But… how?"
"Though I still don't have enough control to bring the dead back to life," Naruto began, ignoring the shocked looks at those who heard it, "I can return bodies to pristine conditions. The elders have given me permission to use their bodies, stating that they would love nothing more than to serve Konoha again, even if it's only in body and not soul. I knew that oji-san had said that before, when I visited him while younger. He told me that it was his greatest wish to protect Konoha until the day he died, and then beyond. This way, they could still do it."
"That doesn't explain why… why… you chose my father's body," Kakashi said.
"Do you still have the chakra saber that your father left behind?" Naruto asked as Kakashi nodded, unsealing the repaired heirloom from a seal located on his shoulder and gave it to Naruto, knowing what he needed, and whom rapidly went through seals. After close to a dozen seals, he slammed his hands onto the ground as it glowed in a circular pattern, lines tracing itself through the surface.
In the Konoha morgue, several coffins glowed, the same seal etched on the panels glowing softly with a pale blue complexion, before it died down. Had anyone bothered to check, however, they would've noticed that disappearance of the bodies…
On the mountain, there was a bright flash as five distinct glows appeared. Kakashi was quite confused at that point; all reports from the actions against Pein was that he had his bodies the whole time and could only be summoned by the Animal Path, which Naruto certainly wasn't as he just declared himself the Deva.
"This is not how Nagato, Pein, summoned his bodies, though," Naruto said, "They were all in proximity to him in any case, so he actually could simply tell them to get up, but I use seals because I move around more. These are simply Hiraishin seals in their basic form."
The five bodies appeared, as each possessed the Rinnegan and moved beside Naruto. The Shodai stood on the left, followed by the Sandaime, the body in its prime condition, followed by Naruto, then the Yondaime Hokage. Most people couldn't help but take notice of how similar the Yondaime was to Naruto, down to the hair, eye, and even posture. Hatake Sakumo was next, looking remarkably similar to Kakashi without the mask on, before the Nidaime finished the lineup.
"Although I can control my clones in much the same way, this is much more powerful, as they won't be knocked out by a single attack. What's more, Kyubi's chakra also came in handy here," Naruto said.
"What do you mean? Do you mean they can control the chakra cloak as well?" Yamato inquired.
"No," Naruto said, "They acquired the enhanced regeneration ability. That means-"
"Essentially, they're invincible because any damage is repaired immediately, and since they are already dead, they can't die a second time, meaning you can control them the whole time… mendoukuse, Naruto, if you knew about them, why didn't you use them directly?" Shikamaru deducted as Naruto nodded. Just then, several explosions sounded in a small distance, as well as a deep voice.
"Foolish, do you think this can stop the Burning Legion?" the voice mocked, revealed to be Archimonde, even as the explosions danced around him incinerating much of the forces beneath him, though many more were still falling from the sky or coming in.
"Priestess, they are setting up a new base where the human base once was to gather more resources," Shandris informed Tyrande as she nodded. Naruto turned to Sakura.
"Give me a boost," Naruto said as Sakura understood what he meant.
"Are you sure?" Sakura asked as Naruto nodded, his father moving forward.
"He'll summon me back once this is done; unlike Nagato, I have more than enough chakra to keep them operating," Naruto said as Sakura nodded as he crouched.
"You know it'll hurt," Sakura warned as Naruto waved it off.
"You know what I've been through, I can handle it," Naruto said as Sakura nodded, before picking him up, flinging him a little into the air to get a feel of his weight, before focusing close to half her remaining chakra in her palms, and as Naruto descended, Sakura blasted the chakra out, propelling him high over the ridges, flying at the enemy encampment and formation. He focused, once again, much like how he had done with the Chaos Orcs. However, a halo of light shone from him as he powered up his technique. Different people alike, ranging from humans, to orcs and elves, watched in fascination as he seemingly emitted an aura by himself.
"Power overwhelming…" Malfurion said, "He shall obliterate those who threatens the world…"
"What, Malfurion," Tyrande asked curiously.
"Cenarius, before the druids went to sleep, spoke that very sentence while in a trance, and, I heard it, once more, in the Emerald Dream, mere moments before I was awakened by the sounding of the horn," Malfurion explained, "I believe Cenarius has foreseen this in a way, and called me to it, either intentionally or unintentionally."
Tyrande wanted to inquire more, but stopped as she felt a literal vortex of energy pile up around the entire mountain, seemingly drawing the very energy from the Well itself. What none of them knew was that it was. Since Naruto was in Sage Mode, which is powered by Nature, it will respond to his calls of command, including the Shinra Tensei. The Well of Eternity, as well as the World Tree standing on top, represented the epitome of Nature in its purest power form. Thus, the power channeled increased exponentially, as the vortex focused itself upon Naruto, and even Archimonde looked up at the immense power.
"What?" Archimonde wondered as the vortex of energy focused on Naruto, the aura flaring in intensity, "I may have been wrong then, this could indeed be a good fight. Perhaps he would be willing to join… though that would not be my concern, but rather that of Kil'Jaedans, but still…"
"Shinra…," Naruto said as the power surged forward on his command, "Tensei!"
The light blasted out in waves, and as it impacted the ground, gravity began to shear the ground apart. Rocks crumbled under the force as trees were utterly disintegrated and destroyed. The force then began to literally begin to tear away at the foundations of the ground, leaving a large crater in its wake, with nothing inside surviving. The crater expanded as it covered more and more ground as more chakra impacted, obliterating those in its path as a large cloud dust rose. Within seconds, the attack was finished, yet the remaining chakra, as they were pulse waves, began an earthquake, furthering the destruction for another half a minute. All of the troops held on to the remaining area for dear life as the quake shook the mountain, pieces of rock still falling over until its end, at which the Yondaime summoned Naruto.
"That was an even bigger quake than last time," Jaina said, awed at the power, even as Kakashi shook his head.
"How much?"
"Only half," Naruto replied as Kakashi hardened his eyes.
"What the hell is that?" was the general comments through the entire base as they finally detached themselves from the ground.
"Oh, and Jaina," Kakashi said, half smiling, "That wasn't the most powerful blast Naruto has ever created."
"And that's the scary part; I know," Jaina said, "He told us about Hinata."
At that, everyone from Konoha quieted in respect for said person, while said person sneezed in heaven.
"So, what now?" Thrall finally broke the silence by starting up, "From what you said there's at least half the army left… that still presents an unfavorable odd against us unless he could do such a thing again."
"No," Naruto replied, "There's a period of time in which I need to recharge in order to use said technique again. That said, I think I still have one more clone for my own recharge, but we're out of time…"
Several explosions sounded off in the distance as Thrall stiffened, "Our first traps have gone off. Warriors! Prepare for battle! We shall let the Burning Legion know that we're no longer their slave! What they have done to us, we shall return a thousand fold!"
The group cheered loudly as several battle cries were uttered. The other races looked on in curiosity as Thrall turned, "Our race was enslaved by the Burning Legion in an attempt to first take over the world, and now… finally, we have our chance to redeem ourselves and return the favor to them."
Tyrande nodded, "That is understandable, Warchief. Our warriors shall also stand by your side."
"Naruto's gone already," Yamato added as they looked around. Indeed, Naruto disappeared. Jaina sighed as Lina giggled quietly.
"He just won't stay still when it comes to fighting won't he?" Lina said rhetorically the Orcs charged as well, their skin blending into the environment. The humans just looked in curiosity until Kakashi commented, "I don't know why your troops don't practice guerilla warfare more Warchief, they're really good at blending into the environment."
"It just isn't in our nature, as our homeworld lacked much vegetation that can complement our skin color, unlike here," Thrall replied as he steered his ride up as well.
Meanwhile, Naruto silently went through the forest, his paths following silently behind him. No sound was heard as the six perched on top of different trees. Naruto (Deva from now on until the other paths are dispelled) was the first to leap into action, electricity surrounding his hand as he pounded the ground, producing a shockwave of electricity even as the Nidaime rushed forward with a powerful water dragon.
"Raiton: Ikatsuchi (Kanji: 雷遁：雷地脈衝)!" Naruto shouted the pulse spread from his initial position, annihilating the undead and Burning Legion troops within a twenty foot radius around him even as various Meat Wagons launched their deadly projectile at him, only to be blocked as the Shodai landed and sprouted a large wooden trunk out to block the projectiles, causing the wood to die. The Shodai then directed the very molecules of wood within the Meat Wagons as he forcefully wrested their controls away from the Burning Legion, leaving them reeling in surprise as the Wagons turned and fired into the fray, killing some through direct impact. The Sandaime worked with the body of Hatake Sakumo as they tore through the infantry, Sakumo in the front tearing through the infantry with the chakra saber as the Sandaime supported with massive fire dragons that incinerated through files of infantry. As the other troops landed, Malfurion and Thrall stared in wonder.
"He is undefeatable in battle essentially," Thrall commented as he watched the carnage, "Makes me glad I'm not his enemy."
"The previous user of this technique is rumored to have never lost a battle until his face-off with Naruto," Kakashi replied, "They have perfect teamwork and share each other's vision, meaning there's essentially no blind spots if it's done right."
Jaina whistled, "Neat trick."
"Yes it is, but unfortunately it requires a lot of chakra to maintain," Kakashi said, "If it wasn't because of the fact that Naruto had such a high chakra capacity, all the bodies would've been deactivated when he fired that Shinra Tensei like the previous user had, and the one Nagato conjured wasn't even half of what Naruto just produced. Which makes Jaina and Lina happy girls in the future."
He was decked almost instantly by Sakura, "Do not talk about my nii-san like that you ero-sensei."
"Don't copy Naruto…" Kakashi replied depressed as the rest sweatdropped at the sight, "him calling me Ero was already bad enough… but I deserved that didn't I?"
"Sakura's violent…" Lina commented quietly to the closest person next to her, who happened to be Neji. He also nodded, a bit fearfully at that.
"Don't let her catch you especially when she's mad," he whispered to Lina as Sakura proceeded to heal Kakashi's head before shooing him off, "She's just annoyed right now you know…"
"We need to move out too you know," Shikamaru reminded them, "Naruto's good, but he's not that good. Sooner or later he's going to get hit if we don't help."
"Got it," Lina and Jaina said as Lina summoned giant flaming balls of rock from the sky even as Jaina increased the wind pressure slightly. The slight change, however, was enough to set the meteors blazing even stronger as they impacted across the terrain and destroying the undead encampment. Their delight was short-lived, however, as the dreadlord traced the power source and appeared.
"Well, well, what do we have here?" the dreadlord commented before beginning to move, but was stuck in the same place, before Shikamaru moved, the dreadlord moving as well. Neji followed as he shouted back, "Keep it up! We'll distract this thing!"
"Got it!" Jaina shouted back as she tried to increase the wind pressure again, though it wasn't as much as she could have hoped, since she was still nowhere as advanced in the arts of wind manipulation as someone like Naruto. "Wish Naruto was the one generating the wind now…"
"Hindsight is 20-20 Jaina, but it's call hindsight for a reason," Lina said as she strained herself to the max, and more comets began to smash into the fray, none of them the dreaded Infernal that Archimonde has summoned. Speaking of which, Archimond also began to summon them, as they also began to fall from the sky, though many collided with Lina's meteors and were destroyed on the spot. Sakura, taking the chaos, rushed into the fray before anyone could stop her.
"Damnit…" Kakashi swore as he watched his other student rush in, "She was suppose to stay here and heal anyone that's injured, but noooo, she just had to rush in and kill things with overpowered fists of doom…"
He was really losing his cool, Kakashi realized himself as he calmed down slightly and watched the battlefield with a narrow eye, until he saw Deva Path leap back as all the paths followed suit and landed beside him.
"Tell Sylvanas-chan to fire those arrows," the Yondaime said as Kakashi nodded and looked around, searching for the elven ranger. He soon found her fighting with the Night Elves, incidentally leading a contingent herself along with her own high elven archers.
"Kakashi? What's new now?" she asked as Kakashi relayed the message and Sylvanas raised her eyebrow, "I thought Naruto could use it without those seals now."
"Only by himself," Kakashi said, "his father is among the bodies he has chosen, but Minato-sensei never had the chance to refine it to that level, but that doesn't mean he can't use the seals."
"Got it," Sylvanas said as she waved the high elves over and told the night elves to guard them for a moment as she unsheathed several arrows from a second quiver, "Fire!"
The instant she gave the command, hundreds of arrows began flying high into the sky, not aiming for anything in particular except within the enemy ranks. The four other paths stood by, forming a square which held Deva and the Yondaime, as the two watched the rain of arrows emotionlessly. Then, in unison, they flashed away, and the carnage was repeated all over again as the two slashed through the enemy ranks with their respective blades, until Archimonde finally appeared on the field of battle.
"You think you can withstand the might of the Burning Legion?" he asked rhetorically as he summoned yet more Infernal, "If you do, think again!"
"Don't stop, keep fighting!" Tyrande shouted over the battle as Malfurion casted a wide range healing spell, instantly refreshing the entirety of the army, even as Tyrande joined Lina in creating meteors to not only attack the undead but also deflect and destroy the falling Infernal. Groups of archers moved around the three as they fired multiple arrows at anything that came too close so that they could continue channeling their spells.
"Lina," Jaina yelled, "I just thought of something, since when could you summon giant comets from the sky?"
"Kakashi taught it to me, something about calling it Fire Style: Meteor Strike since I don't have many spells to begin with," Lina shouted back, "Takes a lot of mana to perform though, concentration too."
"Right, sorry," Jaina apologized as she channeled her own storm of falling things, and icicles the size of giant trees began smashing down onto the ground, and the Nidiame took advantage of the opportunity as he diverted some water to form water spouts, generated by the wind from Deva. The resulting wind also heated up the comets Lina was generating, causing them to glow even brighter as they grew in size. Jaina watched with wide eyes at the water spout in the center.
"Think Naruto will teach me that then?" Jaina asked as Lina shrugged, "Who knows? Probably… hopefully… I really want him to teach me the giant fireball though. Or that big fire dragon."
"So you can burn a city to ashes by accident again?" Jaina deadpanned as they laughed, "Well, looks like you're okay… never mind…"
"What?"
"The Lich is coming this way," Jaina said as the Lich in question came over and launched several ice bolts which intercepted their own attacks. Jaina teleported over, already engaging the Lich even as Lina sighed.
"This isn't going to end well," Lina muttered to herself as she took a rest, exhausted from the continuous barrage, "Wish I had the capacity that Naruto had… or Antonidas."
Just then, she remembered something and pulled the small pendant out. The greenish blue crystal glowed softly in the blaze that dominated the battlefield, and reflected the dark sky that covered overhead. Lina gripped it tightly, before following Jaina, even as she began to convert her mana into lightning nature. It was time to see just how powerful Laguna Blade had become.
Naruto again
Deva leapt back as a giant fist courtesy of an Infernal crashed down where he was seconds ago, and in that very instant Sakumo also jumped onto said Infernal and took off its head with a single strike from the chakra saber. It was quickly followed by the Yondaime who leapt on top of the dead Infernal and somersaulted over groups of enemies until he reached a Doom Guard and created a quick Rasengan and slammed it onto its head, obliterating it. Several comets fell again, but they dodged and Deva, along with the Yondaime, charged straight at the four demons.
"Senpo: Odama Rasengan!" the pair shouted as they struck the first Infernal, launching it backwards and the backlash sending two more flying. The fourth was struck by the first as they were in an intercepting path and was taken apart immediately. The wind continued to swirl around until Archimonde stepped in and launched a shockwave at them.
"Like hell," Deva muttered as the Shodai leapt in front and slammed his hands onto the ground, creating a large wall which blocked the shockwave. It was almost immediately transformed into a mud dragon, speeding towards Archimonde, while the Sandaime launched a powerful fire dragon which combined with the mud dragon to impact onto Archimonde's skin. Although it didn't hurt him, the resulting stumble was enough for Sakumo to launch a white chakra blade, managing a shallow cut.
They actually managed to hurt me, Archimonde thought, surprised, this person is indeed very dangerous if that could've happened.
Around them, all Naruto (Collective btw) could see was the mass of Orcs slaughtering their way through the enemy ranks, whilst screaming out their battle cries to the heavens. One tore right through an Abomination while dragging several Ghouls behind him, only stopping when the bodies impacted onto a Meat Wagon, but even then it was almost destroyed from the blunt impact force alone.
Impressive, Deva wondered to himself, Their physical strength is almost on par with Sakura's if they could destroy things like that with brute force even softened by the impact of the flesh.
Archimonde, however, was not impressed. Just then, Deva sensed a dark energy swirling off to the side, and sent the Yondaime to investigate, who promptly disappeared in a blur of yellow, not from the Hirashin, but from pure speed. The other five leapt away as Archimonde struck at the ground, creating a shockwave which sent two Orc Raiders hurtling away, clearly dead. Thrall roared loudly as he launched a lightning bolt at Archimonde, before quickly erecting a barrier around him.
What is going on? Archimonde wondered idly as he tore through the shields, that had hurt me as well…
Quickly banishing his thought, Archimonde threw out a powerful punch at the ground, sending another shockwave of energy. Deva was there, once more.
"Raiton: Ikatsuchi!" Deva yelled as his own shockwave tore out and intercepted the wave Archimonde sent. Though Archimonde had a disadvantage because his was directed by the ground, his pure force was more than enough to counteract the disadvantage and kept the two at a stalemate, at least until Sakumo leapt up, and, while in front of Archimonde's face, created Chidori, before flinging it out.
"Chidori Taka!" Sakumo called as the powerful bird of lightning struck Archimonde, the lightning arcing over his face and, through his skull, into his brain, which sent a pulse that paralyzed his temporarily. That paused the Burning Legion's troops as well as the undead, which allowed Deva to go through a few seals at an extremely fast pace.
From his vantage point, Kakashi's eyes widened as he saw the seals, before Deva bit down on his right thumb and drawing the blood in a quick seal on his left palm, before thrusting it out aside him. His jacket glowed softly as the seal traversed his arm across the black metal of his forearm protector, and, from the seal, a twisting torrent of flames, white as the sun, burst forth, blasting out in a tornado of energy as everyone watched with anxiety in them, wondering what it was.
No, Archimonde realized, Not him…
Even as Archimonde thought that, his fears were realized as the flames condensed, glowing brighter and brighter until the form cooled, for a lack of a better word, into orange flames that enveloped two bird-like shapes. The flames finally traced lines into the birds, descending until the flames were but flickers that glowed whenever the two phoenix turned.
"Hikaru," Archimonde growled, "So you have come again… do you not have confidence in your father?"
"Al'ar was banished into the elemental planes if you have forgotten," Hikaru said, his voice booming, "Naruto, you have finally summoned us."
"Try and delay Archimonde enough for me to take out most of the troops, Hikaru-sama," Deva instructed, "Ichigo, go find Jaina-chan and Lina-chan, I'll send out a beacon."
"Got it," Ichigo said as the crystal that was with Lina flared from Naruto's chakra, and disappeared in a burst of flames. Meanwhile, the toads leapt back, looking at the group.
"So you finally summoned them, eh?" Gamabunta grumbled, "It's about time too, I don't get why you don't summon them in the first place…"
"Sorry Gamabunta, but you were still my first choice when it comes to summoning," Deva said, "It's only natural after being your summoner for so long."
"You're a weird one, gaki," Gamabunta said, "Most would have gladly traded the Toad contract for the Phoenix even if they have us for their whole life, but you don't. I like that quality, gaki… you're just like your father too."
"Glad to know that," Deva said as an explosion of dust occurred where the Yondaime was, and he flashed back out, the Odama Rasengan dispersing, "Well, that necromancy site is destroyed, but the dreadlord has been reincarnated… damn."
"Need me to destroy him?" Gamahiro asked, eager to rejoin the battle. Naruto thought for a moment.
"No," Deva replied, "Keep up the carnage… Dreadlords can only be killed by either demonic energy, the undead energy which they use, or…"
"The holy flames of the phoenix or the flames of Amaterasu," Ichigo replied, "We just killed him."
"Lina's Laguna Blade grew so much more powerful too," Jaina added before kissing Deva lightly on the cheek, "What else do you need us to do?"
"Rally our troops," Deva said quickly, "And start teleporting them away. I can see that their forces are finally diminishing… and soon I will unleash my technique. No one is to stand in my way, got it?"
"Okay," Jaina said as she teleported away, as Lina stood by, panting. Naruto took hold of her shoulders and transferred his chakra quickly over, replenishing her mana pools, "Oh thanks, but… don't you need it?"
"This battle will be over soon," Naruto said as they watched the Toads take down the undead buildings that were used to summon the undead and the Burning Legion, even as the Orcs slaughtered the troops. The green tidal wave that was the mass of Orcs descended upon the undead, tearing them apart like tissue even as they roared their victory cries to the sky, and Archimonde took charge as he blasted a powerful spell at them, blowing them back. Archimonde snarled as Hikaru disappeared in a burst of fire, reappearing back with Deva, even as he began to unravel the seal which kept his Paths here.
"I won't need them anymore," Naruto said solemnly as the Paths glowed and disappeared again.
"I have delayed him as long as I could, Naruto," Hikaru said, "But his forces are still much of a nuisance to deal with… I have forgotten how to efficiently deal out damage with mana-inducing spells."
"It's fine," Naruto said, "You know you could've just used chakra right…?"
"Yes," Hikaru said, "But chakra is more volatile and comparatively for Archimonde, more capable to be redirected. When we last fought we had the power of the whole Well of Eternity behind our attacks, but now… although we have all grown in power, Archimonde is still growing faster in power."
Naruto said nothing as he watched the Orcs retreat by Thrall's order, and slammed his hands on the ground, "Kuchiyose: Kage Bunshin no Jutsu."
With that command, his final Senjutsu chakra clone was summoned and dispersed, leaving him with full chakra, "It's time we end this."
"You know what to aim for right?" Hikaru asked as Naruto pointed. A blackened, charred hole dead center of Archimonde's chest was seen.
"With that big of a target and with that big of a technique, I don't think I can miss," Naruto joked as he disappeared in a flash of light, Hikaru disappearing in a burst of fire.
Meanwhile, Archimonde stormed through the forest, angry at his delay and the wounds which plagued him. No matter, the Well's energies shall be mine!
As he reached the Orc's base, however, he saw emptiness where there was once a fortress, as Thrall stood, alone.
"So, you Orcs have fled?" Archimonde asked, laughing, "How typical, I knew Mannaroth was wrong in choosing the Orcs to invade."
"You realized that we also decimated your forces, leaving you with only a few hundred of your warriors?" Thrall growled out as Archimonde shrugged, ignoring the pain that came with it.
"And you forget that I am an Eredar warlock," Archimonde growled menacingly as Thrall barked his own laugh.
"Yet, you can't even sense something else," Thrall said as Archimonde narrowed his eyes.
"Such as?" Archimonde asked, and was answered when a powerful blast of flame tore into him. Naruto rode out on top of Hikaru as he blasted jets of flames out, and the Toads leapt back.
"Got the last of those undeads," Gamabunta said, "I'll leave this Archimonde to you then, Hikaru, gaki. Tear him a piece for me, gaki."
"Will do, boss," Naruto saluted as they disappeared in a cloud of smoke, and Naruto descended down. Archimonde growled as he sent comets crashing, but then.
"Looks like I can use it again," Naruto said lightly as he pointed his palm skywards, "Chibaku Tensei!"
The comets that were the Infernals suddenly crunched together as the waves of energy drew them to a center, instantly destroying the Burning Legion's soldiers. Groups of different races grouped together as Naruto stood in front of Archimonde. Behind him, was Jaina, Lina, then Thrall, Tyrande, and Malfurion, before the ninjas were seen, and Naruto created a clone.
"This technique was reserved especially for you, Archimonde," Naruto said as he deactivated his Rinnegan.
"You think you can defeat me now?" Archimonde asked once more, "Your previous attempts have left nothing but shallow cuts on me, and only with the help of that damned Hikaru, did you do any significant damage to me."
"Then," Naruto said, as a blue orb formed in his palm, and his clone joined in creating his ultimate technique, "You are wrong."
(Cue the awesome violin part from Naruto OST soundtrack: Emergence of Talent {Yeah, the song that appeared when the Rasenshuriken was first being formed} {If anyone needs to know, its from about 1:00 into the track to 1:40})
The orb suddenly gained a bluish white hue as the points began expanding, but then, bell-like sounds emanated from the orb, as the winds began to pick up. For those who had never seen it before, it was astounding. For those who had, it was humbling, as the ball of chakra in the center began to condense, and the winds picked up even more.
"What… what is this…?" Jaina asked , "There's so much… chakra poured into there, it's easily the size of mine or Lina's mana pool!"
"Impossible…" Thrall whispered in awe as Kakashi looked on, "Just what is that?"
"The most powerful of Naruto's techniques," Kakashi said, as the bells began to turn into a song which sang of power and destruction. The screech turned louder as the wind picked up, forcing everyone to cover the ground. Archimonde watched in awe of the technique.
That... that is unreal, the power within this attack is unreal! Archimonde thought frantically, At this distance, at this range, and with my disabilities, there's no telling who would win if he managed to catch me with that… all the same, with that amount of power it should not be possible to be ranged, and hopefully I'm faster than he is, but better to be…
"You will not survive!" Archimonde yelled as he ran straight, intent on destroying Naruto before the technique was completed, though Hikaru and Ichigo forced him back with jets of flames.
"This," Kakashi continue, without caring about Archimonde's outburst, "Is…"
"Futon: Rasenshuriken," Naruto called out as the clone dispersed, "Today, Archimonde, you will die."
(Cue: End song here)
"So this technique… the sound… is all him?" Jaina asked as Kakashi nodded.
"Listen to the voice of the wind, Archimonde, and hear this bell," Naruto continued as Archimonde stared hatefully at him, his burning visage staring back at Naruto's determined face.
"For this song," Naruto said as he prepared the Rasenshuriken.
"Is," Naruto said as he cocked his Rasenshuriken back.
"Your," Naruto said as his arm blurred forward.
"Requiem!" Naruto yelled with a hint of Kyubi's chakra drawn as he flung the wide spiraling disk forward, striking at Archimonde, who stared in surprise, as did everyone.
"That could be thrown?" Lina asked in surprise as Yamato nodded.
"Essentially, that's an overpowered, oversized, over just about every hyperactive buzz-saw," Sakura explained, "Don't let that description fool you though, because you're about to see just what it can do. Because of the unique way the Rasengan is formed, by adding wind chakra in, the chakra essentially was able to rotate around, constantly shearing each other apart, creating thinner and thinner blades which gets progressively sharper until they reached a stabilization point, while the shear makes each blade smaller as more blades are formed.. Meaning, in normal sense, millions of those blades will tear through flesh and skin, destroying everything on a molecular level. In fact, it will tear through just about anything on a molecular level, including some of our strongest metals and buildings."
Archimonde had no time to dodge as the technique soared right into the cavity that Hikaru made, and expanded on Naruto's sudden flare of chakra.
Expansion? Malfurion thought, Naruto… you have full control over the winds, do you? Not even the elemental revenants have that kind of control…
The only person who didn't watched in pure awe, was Ricky, who, for some reason, stayed when the others had left. He watched in jealousy as the attack connected. Jealousy at the power that Naruto possessed, jealousy at the attention Jaina seemed to give him, and jealousy at the fact that Naruto was this important.
The orb finally hit the edge of the cavity, and at that point, time seemed to stop, as the bells rang in everyone's head, and the winds blew across the silent plain. Then, the orb expanded even more, before an explosion of wind and pressure drove them back, leaving only Naruto and his summons where they were, as a blinding white flash enveloped Archimonde, who screamed in pain as the wind sheared away at the cavity, enlarging and destroying the hole. Millions upon millions of tiny wind needles punctured through Archimonde's skin and flesh, tearing away at everything within. Soon, it was over, with a gigantic hole upon Archimonde's chest.
"You… think… this is… over…?" Archimonde rasped out as he landed on his knees, "Foolish…"
"Yeah, this is over," Naruto said as he turned to Hikaru, "Give your friend your final byes?"
"Gladly," Hikaru said as he blew a gentle breeze of flames on the Eredar, setting him ablaze.
"The Burning Legion shall never rest… until we conquered… everything…" Archimonde finally wheezed out as the blaze enveloped his entire body, burning him to ashes. Thrall was the first to speak.
"Is it finally over?" Thrall asked hesitantly as Naruto breathed out, before turning back, tired.
"Yeah," Naruto said faintly, "It's finally over."
With that said, Naruto began to fall, his vision darkening. The last thing he saw before his vision went completely dark was Lina and Jaina hurrying to him, while the two Phoenix soared above them all.
Aaaaaaaaaand… that's the end of the chapter. The next will begin a new arc, as Reign of Chaos is finally finished! The next arc... hmm…