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Chapter 14

"I am unstoppable! No one can defeat me!" yelled Vallen from the top of the Village Hidden in the Dark's mansion as he swatted some of his black hair out of his seemingly chiseled face. He wore black armor with golden dragons inlaid. His long black hair reached down to his lower back, and his piercing blue eyes were alight with victory. He and his team, Mammoth, Zir, and Lady Death, had just decimated the entire military force of the village. He laughed as the few remaining survivors struggled to help each other to their feet. "End them, Lady Death."

Lady Death, a thin woman with white hair and red eyes smiled evilly, revealing her fangs. She would enjoy this. She seemingly disappeared, reappearing behind the five survivors. She took out a whip and slashed across the five of them. They fell to the ground, dead. Then she reappeared next to the rest of her team.

Vallen laughed again. The pinnacle of power was the Dark Village, and even it could not defeat him. Those pathetic newly-formed villages, such as the Leaf and Sand, could not even begin to match his current power. Already he had conquered every village that had stood in his way. The larger villages were obliterated. He stared out over the horizon, watching a large storm come in. When he looked again to where the survivors' bodies lay, he saw another man, uninjured, standing behind them. Vallen nodded to Zir, a short man with boyish features and short, thick, silver hair. Zir returned the nod, and pulled his goggles down over his brown eyes. He wore a black and gray jumpsuit. Zir moved to attack. 'This should be interesting,' thought Vallen.

He watched as the stranger caught Zir's fist. Vallen was surprised. Zir was by far the fastest in his group. The idea that some random stranger could catch a punch like that was intriguing. He continued watching as the stranger proceeded to break Zir's arm by hitting it only once. Zir jumped back, nursing his broken arm. Lady Death was next. She smiled as she charged the stranger, then struck the ground with her whip, propelling her into the air. The storm had moved in now, and as she jumped into the air, lightning struck her whip. She flicked her now more deadly weapon toward the man, but he caught it without flinching. The electricity seemed to be nullified by this man. Vallen knew that this was possible with an earth affinity, but still, something didn't seem right about the stranger. The stranger tugged on the whip, causing Lady Death to begin falling toward him. He caught her neck with his free left hand, then threw her aside into a nearby building.

Mammoth, enraged by the humiliating defeat dealt to his friends, formed hand signs and sent a wave of earth at the stranger, but it was useless. Seconds before impact, the wave stopped. Before Mammoth was entirely sure of what had happened, the stranger appeared in front him and punched him in the gut. Mammoth immediately fell into unconsciousness and flew into the same building as Lady Death. Vallen was impressed. Never had anyone defeated his associates so easily. He moved to meet the stranger.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"My name is Hashirama Senju. I am the First Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaves."

Vallen sneered at the mention of that pathetic village. How could one so strong come from a place so weak? He jumped into the air, forming hand signs. He put two fingers to his mouth and released a giant fireball. The First summoned a wall of water to protect himself. Vallen decided it would take more to defeat this man than a few fireballs. He began forming more hand signs, and suddenly, two large stone figures appeared on either side of him. Both looked like ANBU, but they were massive. Vallen then fired three air bullets straight at Hashirama, who summoned a wall of earth to protect himself. Vallen was ready for another defensive structure, sending his massive minions to attack. The two giants sprinted toward Hashirama, who was surprised at their speed. They came up around the wall and began to punch and kick Hashirama. Hashirama fought the two, but even though he could keep up with their moves, he knew that he would be no match if Vallen joined the fight. He quickly broke off the arms of one giant, and then summoned a wooden mallet to strike the other. As it flew off into the distance, Vallen became furious. He decided to use his special jutsu and finish Hashirama quickly.

He formed hand signs and shot a massive fireball into the sky. Then, forming more hand signs, he produced a powerful lightning bolt, sending it into the sky as well. The sky began to rumble so loud that it shook the ground. Vallen only smiled. Now, after forming more hand signs, he created a massive water dragon and fired it into the cloud. Hashirama, bewildered by the apparent waste of chakra, created a wooden spear on his right arm and charged toward Vallen. Vallen saw him coming and summoned three more stone ANBU to fight Hashirama. Hashirama fought with the stone creatures, which were stronger than those before them.

'He must be planning something,' thought Hashirama as he deflected a punch and kick from two of the ANBU. He continued fighting them for a few minutes, stealing glances at Vallen when he could.

Vallen was now firing a large air bullet into the sky. Finally, he launched a gigantic boulder into the sky. At this point, the stone ANBU disintegrated. Hashirama was breathing heavily. The fight with the stone giants had definitely drained him. He saw Vallen point into the sky, and Hashirama followed his finger. In the cloud where the five jutsu had been fired, Hashirama could see a giant ball of light.

"Well, First Hokage, today you will die by my hand. Feel my wrath. Release: Elemental Wrath Jutsu!"

"What!" cried Hashirama.

The sky rumbled, nearly causing Hashirama to lose his balance. Suddenly, from the cloud, a bolt of energy shot down toward him. Hashirama had never seen anything like it before. Around that single bolt of lightning were the other four jutsu. The water spiraled around it, carrying with it large fragments of rock. Intertwined with these were fire and wind. Hashirama was stunned. The sheer power from this attack would be devastating. He had nothing that could possibly protect him. He closed his eyes, waiting to be embraced by death, but it never came. He opened his eyes to find a Susanoo shielding him from the blast. The attack had cracked the Susanoo, but it was still intact. Hashirama turned to find Madara Uchiha reaching out to help him to his feet. He grasped Madara's hand and smiled as he rose.

"Thank you, Madara."

"You're welcome. As you know, you're only allowed to lose to me, Hashirama. I can't let you die here."

"I'm honored by your selfless loyalty to your Hokage," said Hashirama drily.

Madara just grinned.

"How dare you interrupt my fight!" cried Vallen.

"Man, this guy's annoying. Why haven't you shut him up yet, Hashirama?"

"I was just getting to that before he shot that jutsu my way."

"Excuses, excuses!" said Madara as he drew a sword from the scabbard on his back. He released Susanoo and disappeared. Vallen looked around for a moment, searching for any sign of Madara, but he just couldn't find him. He looked to Hashirama, who was performing hand signs. Then Vallen realized that it was all a trap. Madara was just distracting him while Hashirama prepared to use some jutsu. Vallen fired a water bullet at Hashirama, and Hashirama had to jump away, breaking the seals.

"Now, Madara!"

Had that been a trick, too? Madara reappeared behind Vallen and stabbed him with the sword. Vallen jerked his head around to catch a glimpse of Madara, but he was already gone. Vallen turned back to face Hashirama, and saw Madara standing behind him.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"We've heard of your power, Vallen!" said Hashirama.

"Yeah," continued Madara. "We know that even the two of us together might have a bit of trouble with you, so we decided on a special way to defeat you."

"Which is?" he asked.

"A five-part seal."

Vallen's eyes grew wide. "No! You can't! It's impossible."

Hashirama continued, despite his protests. "You are very powerful. Alone, I would stand no chance, but that power comes from your ability to control all five elements perfectly. However, you will be nothing if I drain that power from you."

Vallen was shocked. This was in fact a very effective way of weakening him. But there was a flaw. "If you plan to take my power in five parts, you need five people to seal it in."

"Normally, yes," replied Madara. "But in this case, he can take your five affinities and seal them into different scrolls."

"Good job, Madara, getting your sword in. If it wasn't for that, I don't believe that my jutsu would be able to find him."

"What do you mean?" asked Vallen.

"I needed that sword to lock on to you. That's a chakra sword. Since I know the owner's chakra, it will be easy for me to lock on to it. Now, goodbye!" Hashirama released the jutsu, and Vallen began to glow. He jerked back, seemingly possessed. Suddenly, a stream of fire spewed from his mouth. Madara retrieved a scroll from his tool pack and held it out. Hashirama mentally directed the fire into the scroll. Madara glanced to Hashirama as the scroll closed. Sweat was already forming on his brow. Against a normal enemy, it would only be a one or two part seal, but in this case, it would be a five part seal, nearly impossible for any other ninja, but Madara knew that Hashirama could handle it. As Madara readied the next scroll, he noticed Hashirama struggling to keep the seal. Vallen's eyes jerked open, and a bolt of lightning shot out. The lightning flew into the scroll Madara was holding. Madara closed the scroll and readied the next. This process continued until all five elements had been sealed. Hashirama collapsed after the seal. Madara helped him up, and they waited until the Temple of the Eight Dragons' monks arrived. After their arrival, they decided to imprison Vallen and his minions inside of a special prison created by their master. He remained there for two hundred years.