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Last Chance

Ryuu turned as the reinforcements arrived. Orochimaru landed behind them with Suigetsu and Karin.

"Finally here," Ryuu sighed. "Where are the Kage?"

"So long as they don't chicken out, they're on their way," Orochimaru stated.

"Sarcastic as ever I see," Hiruzen stated.

Orochimaru grinned and Ryuu walked over to Karin.

"Do you mind loaning me some chakra?" Ryuu asked. "I just need a bit so I can help Sasuke and Naruto. And Naruto need some too."

Karin nodded and let him bit her arm before walking over to Naruto, allowing him to do the same. Naruto stood, cracking his neck and Sasuke and Jugo stepped up next to him.

"Karin," Ryuu said, making her turn toward him.

His hand began to glow green and the scars on her arms faded as his hand passed up one arm, then the other

"You...Thank you," Karin breathed.

"You're welcome," Ryuu grinned before jumping to Naruto and Sasuke's side. "Now go and help the survivors. And don't touch the roots."

Just then, Hashirama's voice appeared in everyone's head, explaining the origins of the tree and the fact that it was simply reclaiming the chakra that the Sage of Six Paths' mother had stolen from it.

"Tch, is that what that thing's doing?" Ryuu snorted. "And here I thought it was some badass jutsu."

Just then, a massive root began to reach out, preparing to absorb more shinobi's chakra.

"Sasuke," Ryuu said as both formed their Base Susanoo, the two combining and leaping into the air.

It formed a sword on Sasuke's side, slashing the root and cutting it off before landing. The Susanoo's armor was a mix of both of theirs. It had Sasuke's head, Ryuu's torso and forearms, and the rest was Sasuke's. The armor had alternating purple and green armor and they controlled the arm they were on the side of.

"You're left handed, right?" Ryuu asked, looking at Sasuke.

"Yes," Sasuke nodded.

"Good," Ryuu nodded. "I'll control the right arm. You take the left."

Sasuke nodded and looked back at Naruto.

"Are you finished Naruto?" Sasuke asked. "Because I'm not."

Jugo landed behind them, stepping into the Susanoo and adding Nature Energy too it, the same Curse Mark patterning as Sasuke had once had spreading over the Susanoo, right down to the cross shape Sasuke's Level Two Curse Mark had had on his face, now on the Susanoo's.

"Alright then," Ryuu grinned. "Let's do this."

Naruto entered his open cloak shroud again and formed Kurama then leapt over. Then, he and the Susanoo leapt at Obito together. As they neared him, Naruto's memories began to play through his head. Him alone as a child. Him feeling bad for Sasuke and Ryuu after their clan's massacre. His friends in the Konoha 11, and all of their teachers. Neji's death. Naruto's voice proclaimed his desire to not let Neji's death be in vain. Then, Hashirama's memory of the first Five Kage Summit began to flash through their heads. In the end, Hashirama described a dream, in which all of the shinobi of the world stand together. Just as they were in the present.

When they finally reached Obito, Sasuke stabbed at him with his sword, Ryuu formed his drill and stabbed at him with it, and Naruto swiped at him with Kurama's claws. However, Obito blocked all three with his staff. The explosion launched him upward and before he could recover, the Susanoo landed over him, slashing. He blocked it with his khakkhara then shoved the sword away, spinning the khakkhara and catching Ryuu's drill in the larger ring. He spun, hurling the Susanoo through the air before leaping over Naruto as Kurama's hand crashed into the tree. Then, a second later, the Susanoo reappeared, the side of the drill and Kurama's tail both crashing into Obito's staff. Another explosion shot off, and Obito rocketed out of the other side, flying away. Kurama and the Susanoo leapt after it, Naruto forming a Tailed Beast Ball.

"Let me control the other arm too," Sasuke said.

"Go," Ryuu said, giving him control.

Sasuke instantly formed his Susanoo's bow and an arrow, pulling the arrow back. Then, he and Naruto fired together, the two blasts streaking through the air at Obito. He held his hand out, the black spheres opening into a small wall, blocking the blast. As the smoke began to clear, they shrunk back down into spheres again.

"You'd better be prepared," Obito said.

Then, he flew at them, flipping over Naruto before smashing his staff into the Susanoo, blasting them backward into the tree. A moment later, Kurama followed.

"This mother fucker," Ryuu growled looking down, seeing the Allied Shinobi Forces charging again, the roots moving to attack them again.

However, when it got too close to someone, they were suddenly teleported away by either Minato or the Second Hokage. Then, suddenly, the roots began to change shape. They grew until they were all Wood Dragons. Just then, a massive Katsuyu appeared and melted into goo, flooding the battlefield below everyone.

"Good plan Tsunade," Ryuu grinned. "Now, where were we?"

He looked up in time to flip the Susanoo out of the way of a black sphere before it returned to Obito as he flew forward. The Susanoo swiped at him from both sides but Obito flipped over it before shooting out of the way of Kurama's claws. The Susanoo spun, swiping at him with his sword but missed. Kurama's tailed flashed out and Obito ducked under it, landing on the tree. Less than a second later, he shot off of is as the Susanoo's drill crashed into the tree where he had been. Again Sasuke slashed at him and again he missed. Then, Kurama swiped at him. Obito ducked under the sword, immediately rising again as the drill passed under him.

"This time..." Sasuke growled.

"You're ours!" Ryuu shouted as Sasuke slashed at Obito from the front, Ryuu drove his drill downward from above, and Kurama appeared on Obito's other side, swiping at him from diagonally down and behind, trapping him.

He held his hands out, his spheres and staff all forming into a shield, blocking the attacks.

"It's about time for you to go to sleep," Obito said. "I'll guide you into the dream. There's no time left!"

Then, the black mass grew into a pair of massive arm, grabbing the Susanoo and Kurama, beginning to squeeze. Him squeezing the Susanoo hurt Sasuke and Ryuu as though he were squeezing them, and from his reaction, Naruto was experiencing a similar pain. Ryuu looked to Obito and saw something strange in his expression. It seemed, as though he were waiting for something. Either way, Ryuu knew one thing. All of Obito's black spheres were in the arms leaving him vulnerable.

"I have to leave the Susanoo for a moment," Ryuu said. "Be right back."

Sasuke nodded and Ryuu formed his wings, flying out the top of his Susanoo, hurling several Shuriken then making hand signs.

"Old trick but still," Ryuu grumbled. "Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

The Shuriken multiplied again and again until there were hundreds streaking toward Obito. However, Obito instantly began to fly downward with his two captives, avoiding the attack and slamming the two into the ground, forming a massive crater.

"Damn!" Ryuu swore, flying down and landing beside Sasuke, helping him up and turning to look at Naruto as he began to push himself up.

There were flickers of chakra flames on his shoulders that would come to life only to die out again every so often, but that was all that remained of his shroud for the moment. As he stood, Obito turned to look at him.

"Why do you get up?" Obito asked. "And what are you fighting for? Is it for your comrades? Or is it for this world?"

Naruto stared at him, breathing hard but didn't answer.

"Listen, friends will eventually betray you," Obito stated. "And this world transforms love into hatred. And you should know. In the past, the people of the village betrayed you. And your love for Jiraiya made you hate. You and I are the same. The cumulative weight of all your suffering will change you in time. And now, even more pain shall assault you. And you still insist that you will not change? You don't know when your friends might betray you again. Or if the Allied Shinobi Forces might go back to fighting each other. And you don't even know if you can defeat me. There is no reason to keep on fighting for a world like this. In a few minutes, this world will be gone anyway. Why do you still fight?"

"Because it's my Ninja Way," Naruto said, standing. "I never go back on my word. That is my Ninja Way."

"I thought I told you to go to sleep," Obito snarled as Naruto reformed his shroud.

"Naruto, let's finish this with our next move," Sasuke said stepping up beside him.

"Yeah," Naruto nodded as he formed Kurama and Sasuke formed his Susanoo's armor around Kurama, the armor spreading until he was completely covered and Naruto and Sasuke floated in the gem on the armor's forehead wit a massive jagged, lighter purple sword glowing in Kurama's right hand.

"I'll create an opening with this," Ryuu said, forming his Susanoo around himself and Jugo, who spread his Curse Mark over the Susanoo as he had before.

Ryuu progressed his Susanoo to its cloaked form, revealing his Yata Mirror.

"When the hell did you get that!?" Sasuke demanded.

When Itachi was revived," Ryuu stated. "He left it to me."

Sasuke sighed, shaking his head before turning back to Obito.

"In any event," Naruto sighed. "Don't bother. We've got this handled. We'll have some extra help in a minute. If we fail, you're up. Deal?"

"Deal," Ryuu sighed.

Obito floated into the air, one of the massive black hands transforming into an equally massive square black shield as the other began to twist and shrink until it was a massive black sword in the shape of a strand of DNA.

"Nothing you try now can change anything," Obito stated. "Look above you, what can you see through that hole at the top?"

They looked up and saw the moon, red as blood and floating over them.

"The moon," Obito said. "The time to enter the moonlit dreamworld draws near. The gaping hole of Hell that has opened will be filled by the moon's dreams. That time is finally here. This sword is the divine sword of the Sage of the 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. The power of the Sage will stop you."

"Sasuke," Naruto said. "Let's focus everything we have on a single strike. I think we're only going to have a small window to strike. Don't miss it."

Sasuke nodded as Naruto created a massive Rasengan out of Nature Energy in each of Kurama's Tails.

"And I will use this sword to obliterate the world!" Obito shouted.

Just then, the remaining members of the Konoha 11, with Sai standing in for Sakura, leapt off the top of the pit, landing in each of Kurama's tails. The moment they were in, their shrouds vanished. Then, a cloak like the one included in Naruto's shroud formed on each of them. They all took a hold of a Rasengan and Kurama jumped, flinging them out of his tails at Obito. Obito moved the shield into the way and the Rasengans blasted into it, denting it inward. Then, they all leapt out of the way just as the massive sword Kurama was holding blasted straight through Obito's shield, streaking toward Obito. Obito moved to block it with his own sword, but as he did, Ryuu saw something change. The shadows of memories were playing through Obito's eyes. And as Ryuu watched, Obito's resolve began to fade away. His will began to falter. Sasuke and Naruto's sword hit the Nunoboko and the Nunoboko began to break apart before finally flying away from Obito as Naruto and Sasuke passed, slashing him and splitting his side open. Then, chakra exploded out of Obito's back.

It separated, forming into the nine Tailed Beasts' heads. Then, Kurama's tails shot toward them, six of them forming into the heads of the six Tailed Beasts Obito had used to fight them, while two tails remained the same. The tails with faces slammed into the matching faces and they fused together, allowing Kurama to begin pulling, but the two remaining tails were smashed away by the One-tail and Eight-tails' faces.

Ryuu leapt forward, grabbing the eight-tails' face as it began to retract just as sand wrapped around the One-tail, beginning to pull it out as well.

"Hello Gaara," Ryuu grinned just as octopus tentacles reached around Ryuu, grabbing the Eight-tails' chakra.

"I got him," B said. "Help Naruto fool, ya fool!"

Ryuu nodded, jumping a little closer to Obito and grabbing as much of the Tailed Beasts as he could with his Susanoo. They began to pull but the Tailed Beasts' didn't budge.

"You're as stubborn as ever Chomei!" Fu shouted, landing on Ryuu's Susanoo and then passing into it, merging it with her Version Two chakra shroud, turning the entire Susanoo blood red.

"Right on time," Ryuu grinned as his Susanoo's arms stretched around the Tailed Beasts' chakra, hands clasping on the other side.

Then, Ryuu extended nine more chakra hands, grabbing onto each individual Tailed Beast's chakra and pulling. As he did, he extended his Susanoo's armor over the Tailed Beasts to Obito. Emotions began to flood into him. Longing, loss, grief. Regret. He could see Obito's memories. He could see Obito's dream to become Hokage. He could see Obito's memories of Kakashi, and Minato, and Rin. He could see Rin's death. he could feel the exact same pain he had felt when Fu died from Obito. Ryuu retracted his Susanoo's armor from Obito and the Tailed Beasts. He had seen enough. He had finally made his decision.

"Don't underestimate the power of the Ten-tails Jinchuriki!" Obito snapped. "I'm equivalent to the Sage of the Six Paths!"

He turned toward them, beginning to pull back and the Tailed Beasts began to move toward him, all of them being dragged along the ground slowly.

"No," Ryuu growled forming his Susanoo's legs, firmly buried in the ground. "You're just a cheap knock off."

The Tailed Beasts halted. Obito pulled harder. The ground around Ryuu's Susanoo began to crack and break apart. But the Tailed Beasts didn't so much as tremble. Then, the Konoha 11 landed on Kurama's tails, grabbing hold. A moment later, the rest of the Shinobi Alliance leapt into the pit.

"Everyone, grab hold of my chakra!" Minato shouted, forming a chakra arm to grab the Tailed Beasts' chakra before extending nine chakra tendrils out through the Allied Shinobi Forces for everyone to grab and pull on, which they did.

"Everyone, we'll do it on my mark!" Naruto shouted. "Ready, pull!"

Everyone began to pull. Ryuu let his Susanoo's legs fade and began to pull as well, walking backward as the chakra slowly began to inch away from Obito. Then, finally, after minutes of pulling, the Tailed Beasts broke free, all reforming into what they were before being sealed and landed in the distance.


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