Chapter 26: Battle for the Jinchuuriki, Part 1

Although the view was very nice, the falling was not. At all.

It was official; Naruto Uzumaki was a crazy mother fu—

"—cker!" Tsukiyomi screamed.

Itachi, whose arms were crossed, tried to stay as calm as possible. But if you looked close enough into his red, squinted eyes you could just see the tiniest hint of nervousness and fear. He nodded his agreement. "Hn."

"Calm down! Just look at the village!" Naruto called over the wind. "Notice how it's dulling out like that? That's the sleeping jutsu coming into affect. It covers the exact radius of Konoha, width and height! I'm just surprised no one is asleep yet!"

"That's because we're falling at a thousand miles per hour!" Deidara shouted. "I know you're crazy, but I didn't think you were this crazy!"

"This better not break my precious Hiruko," Sasori growled.

Naruto 'glanced' at everyone. "What, did you all seriously think I'd just waste chakra, throw up a precious kunai miles upon miles into the air, call a code sixteen and teleport miles upon miles above Konoha, just to fall to our doom?!"

"Yes!" everyone shouted.

The blonde pouted. So mean.

You fleshbags are so fragile. Kurama stated. Che, it's so stupid.

Naruto ignored the Kyuubi.

"So? What do you have up your sleeve, Mr. Crazy?" Sasuke asked.

But he was also ignored.

Not telling you, teme. Naruto silently insulted.

The group was now about a mile above the village, and still falling at a very fast.

"Dammit Naruto! Do something!" Sasuke shouted.

Naruto grinned in amusement. "'Kay."

He performed the ram, bird, tiger and dragon hand seals. Ninety feet…ninety-five feet…eighty feet…eighty-five feet…seventy feet…seventy-five feet…sixty feet…sixty-five feet…fifty feet...fifty-five feet… Bingo!

Suddenly, everyone awkwardly landed in a circle around a kunai. But it was so deep in the ground, only the hilt and formula was exposed.

"…Well that happened, un. What now?" Deidara asked.

"So is everyone asleep?" Tsunade asked. "Including the Jounin?"

Naruto slowly nodded. "Yeah… We're all that's left who are able to fight, now."

A grin spread across Obito's face underneath his mask. "Phase One, complete."

His master reappeared next to the Uchiha, arms crossed, expression bored, but his eye was a solid stare. "Are you one hundred percent sure about this, Obito?"

"Yes, for the millionth time, master! Why do you doubt me?" the raven haired man hissed.

"I never said that I doubted you, boy," his master grumbled. "You heard me once, you heard me twice, you heard me a trillion times; 'I swear I will change everything'."

"How, though?" Obito questioned. "You never answered that."

"Although I will disappear, my plan will make sure everything," the one-eyed man replied. "I can guarantee that much."

"And what is your 'plan'?" he asked with a raised brow.

"Kill Naruto Uzumaki."

"Kinton: Saiban no Jin: Kanayamahiko no Kanyamahime [1]!"

All the remaining Ame and Konoha nin looked around, confused at first. But suddenly, all the metal in the underground, buildings and stores suddenly rose up, creating two giant Oni [2] alike creatures. They were as tall as the Hokage Monument—maybe even a bit taller—and were made of pure metal.

"What are those?" Sasuke asked.

"Giant metal creatures…what else do you think they are?" Tsukiyomi muttered.

"Scatter!" Tsunade ordered.

Just in the nick of time, everyone jumped out of the way of a giant metal fist that crushed everything where they once were.

"Damn! That's one fine fist!" Hidan admired loudly.

Konan hit the silver-haired Jashinist in the face with a paper pan.

"Hidan. Focus," she stated. She turned to Naruto, who happened to land next to her. "You and Tsukiyomi go find Tobi. We'll deal with these two."

"'Kay," Tsukiyomi piqued.

Naruto nodded. "Be careful, by the way. That metal is now fused with whoever made those buffoons chakra. So it's two times stronger than normal metal."

"Quick, throw Hidan in, un!" Deidara suggested. "He's immortal, so he should be just fine, un!"

"Good idea. For once I agree with you," Sasori rumbled. He dragged Hiruko up to Hidan. "Go on."

"No!"

Hiruko's eyes narrowed dangerously. "…Troublesome little bastard…"

"Whatever! Just don't mess this up, un," Deidara whined.

Tsukiyomi sighed, dragging Naruto away. Ban and Yoru barked, running after them.

Once they were out of sight behind the metal buffoons, the Akatsuki got into battle stance.

Hidan got his triple blade scythe ready, Itachi activated his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, Konan's paper wings formed, Kakuzu just stood there, stoically waiting, Sasori directed Hiruko's poisonous tail at the two oversized things, and Deidara stuffed his hands into his clay bags.

Tsunade stared at them. "Is there anything we can do to help?"

Konan's eyes slightly narrowed. "Just one."

"And that would be…?" Sasuke leaned in a little without realizing it, waiting to hear if they needed any help.

Hidan grinned. "Stay the fuck out of our way!"

The two half brothers made their way towards the eastern edge of Konoha, on the opposite side of where the Akatsuki, Sasuke and Tsunade battle the two metal creatures.

"Can you sense anything?" Tsukiyomi asked.

"No, not yet. But I am getting a faint signature that feels a lot like Tobi's. It's at the edge of town," Naruto replied. "Can you keep up with me?"

"Just barely…well, without wasting any chakra," he grumbled.

Naruto nodded. "Okay; I'm going faster. I want to get to Obito ASAP."

The brunette was about to correct his half-brother, but Naruto didn't wait for it to come. The blonde just disappeared in a blur of pure speed.

Tsukiyomi sighed. "Ban, Yoru…keep up with me, okay?"

Both of them nodded, and the three shunshined after Naruto.

A few minutes later, the two Ame nin made it to the eastern gate of Konoha. Tsukiyomi was just catching his breath, as was his ninken companions. However, Naruto didn't even break a sweat, let alone breathe heavily.

"Oi, Tobi!" Tsukiyomi shouted at the forest. "Come out!"

A second later, a man dressed in black appeared out of seemingly thin air.

"Hn, I expected for at least those two Uchiha's to come," Obito grumbled. "But just you two showed up. Do you think you can hold your own against me for even a minute?"

"Of course," Naruto shot back. His blind blue eyes narrowed. "Hell, I think we can hold our own for as long as you can hold your own against me, which is a long time."

Obito slightly sneered underneath his white mask. "Don't get so cocky, gaki."

"I'm not. I just have a sharper memory of all our sparring," Naruto stated. "Remember how I would always beat you in ninjutsu and fuuinjutsu? And remember how you would always beat me in time-space ninjutsu and kenjutsu?"

The masked man showed no reaction. He was silent. And that silence was rather heavy. His onyx eye narrowed. "So what if you and I beat one another in certain things? It won't make a difference. Right now…this is doujutsu and ninjutsu versus ninjutsu, fuuinjutsu and collaboration ninjutsu with a couple of pups."

Tsukiyomi, Ban and Yoru glared, baring fangs.

Naruto sighed, straightening up. He formed the snake, rat, dragon, monkey, tiger and dog hand seals. "Hyouton: Souryuu Boufuusetsu [3]!" He put his hands forward, two black dragons made of ice coming out from underneath his sleeves. They twisted their bodies together to make a giant ice black ice dragon.

Obito used the ram and snake hand seals, using a counter attack. "Shirugan: Akujin no Yoroi [4]!" In a flurry of purple lights, he was enveloped in purple and ghostly samurai armor, minus the katana.

Naruto—who didn't exactly know the caliber of the defense—attacked anyways. With a motion of his hand, he silently commanded the black dragon to attack.

But not even a second later, it shattered.

"W-what…?" Naruto stuttered.

"The Shirugan allows me to use the power of the dead. This armor has an absolute defense. There is a three sixty orb surrounding me, made of pure dead spirits," Obito explained.

Tsukiyomi shivered. "That's kind of freaky. Using the dead for defense…"

Naruto closed his eyes. "Yeah, I agree. It's freaky, pathetic and straight out disrespectful."

Both of them gazed at him.

"Anyone who dares to disrespect the past hero's…" Naruto hissed.

His eyes opened, but they were no longer blue. They were red—the eyes of the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi.

"…Deserve to die."

Obito grinned. Perfect…

[1] "Kinton: Saiban no Jin: Kanayamahiko no Kanyamahime"; translation: "Metal Release: Judgement of Gods: Kanayamahiko and Kanyamahime": the user gathers all metal from a large radius (as well as from building constructs) and builds them into two beings of titanic proportions. Possessing near-absolute invulnerability, this technique can cause wide scale destruction with ease, though the downside is the huge chakra drain and the time needed to concentrate on building the constructs. *NOTE: THIS IS FROM THE NARUO FANON AND I DO NOT OWN IT*

[2] An Oni is a Japanese demon

[3] Translation: "Ice Release: Twin Dragon Blizzard": An advanced version of Ice Release: Black Dragon Blizzard in which Dotō releases two dragons of black ice that merge to become one giant dragon.

[4] Translation: "A knowing eye: Evil God Armor": due to Obito having Shinigami's Shirugan (I'll explain in a minute), he can freely manipulate the dead, this technique allows him to creator a near indestruactable defense with an invisible three sixty defense orb of pure dead energy. The armor is a second layer and is made of the same material.

Phew, that actually took me some time to think about.

- The Shirugan has FOUR ELEMENTS:

1) Shinigami's Shirugan (current user: Obito Uchiha): this version is PURPLE. It allows the user to summon/control the dead.

2) Oracle's Shirugan (current user: not telling): this version is YELLOW. It allows the user to predict/know their opponents next move.

3) Susanoo's Shirugan (current user: not telling): this version is GREEN. It allows the user to gain immense physical/spiritual strength, especially under the moonlight.

4) Amaterasu's Shirugan (current user: Obito's master): this version is ORANGE. It allows the user to manipulate all kinds of heat sources, INCLUDING the sunlight and human beings, but you'd need major mastery over it if that were to happen.

Any plots bunny's? Who gives a shit? It's 3am *yanws*

'Night and peace! :3