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Susanoo Showdown
Ryuu and Obito landed beside Kakashi who turned, eyes widening as he saw Obito in his current state.
"Sorry I'm late," Obito grinned.
"O...Obito," Kakashi breathed.
"But how?" Minato gaped.
"Ryuu...did you..." Kakashi began but trailed off.
"Yeah," Ryuu nodded. "I revived Rin too."
Kakashi's mouth fell open just as a black hand shot out of the ground below Obito driving its fingers into his stomach.
"Looks like I caught you," a black humanoid attached to half of a Zetsu sneered as it crawled out of the ground, body liquifying and encasing Obito.
"What are you?" Ryuu growled.
"I am the key to the true Infinite Tsukuyomi," the creature said. "But that's not important. You may call me Black Zetsu."
Then, it brought Obito's hands together, clasping them as the Rinnegan's power spiked.
"Gedo Art of Rinne Rebirth!" Black Zetsu shouted.
Ryuu's eyes widened and his head snapped around toward Madara just as smoke and dust exploded off of Madara, blasting an ink tiger Sai had had latched onto him away along with several torii. When the smoke cleared, Madara was standing up tall, but something was different about him.
"Shit!" Ryuu growled. "He revived Madara."
"Damn," Minato growled, looking back at Obito as Black Zetsu separated, Obito shouting in pain.
Ryuu looked back to Madara again just as Amaterasu erupted to life on his back. Rather than panic, or absorb the flames, he simply shed his armor. Then, he formed a Hand Seal and sprinted at Hashirama, who didn't move, or couldn't.
"Obito," Ryuu growled. "Don't let him control you. You have to fight him."
"I...can't," Obito growled, trying desperately to gain control of his own body.
Black Zetsu changed to covering only Obito's left side, still seeming to control his body.
"You will die soon," Black Zetsu stated. "Such is the nature of using the Gedo Art of Rinne Rebirth. However, you are no longer of any use to us. All we need now, is the Rinnegan that Madara loaned you. And don't worry. We already have the other one."
Just then, a massive cloud of ash and smoke shot up around Madara, allowing him to escape. He flew over them, landing amidst a group of Allied Shinobi and killing them, beginning to absorb one of their cloaks as he turned toward the Tailed Beasts.
"Damn," Ryuu growled. "We have to stop Madara...but..."
"We'll handle Black Zetsu," Kakashi promised. "You go and stop Madara."
Ryuu nodded, forming his wings and flying after Madara. Just as he landed, Madara broke out of a massive pyramid seal, created by Shukaku, using his Susanoo. Then, Naruto and B arrived, and all of the Tailed Beasts charged together, smashing their tails down on him at once. Madara's right arm sailed into the air as Madara leapt to the top of the pit.
"How the hell..." Ryuu growled.
Just then, a Zetsu Clone rose out of the ground, holding something up for Madara. Madara amputated the Zetsu Clone's arm, attaching it to his stump then placed whatever was in the arm's hand to his face over his right eye.
"No..." Ryuu breathed, activating his Byakugan and turning to look at Nagato.
Nagato was pinned to the ground by massive roots. He was alive, and being healed by Karin, Sakura, and Shizune, but he was only barely alive, and his eye socket was now bleeding.
"How did you get it from him?" Madara asked.
"I just turned myself into that Konan girl," the Zetsu Clone said. "He never suspected a thing."
"Damn you," Ryuu growled appearing behind them, slashing with his tanto.
Madara leapt over it but it decapitated the Zetsu Clone. Madara flipped, opening his Rinnegan and forming his Susanoo, a sword stabbing at Ryuu. Ryuu turned sideways, the sword missing before Ryuu's Susanoo's right arm formed, driving the drill up through Madara's Susanoo, destroying it. Unfortunately, Madara leapt away from Ryuu before the drill reached him.
"You can use Susanoo without your eyes?" Ryuu asked. "No wonder you were so widely feared. However, I'm not letting you take the Tailed Beasts. And I'm going to take Nagato's eye back from you."
"We've gone over this," Madara stated. "You can't defeat me."
"We'll see," Ryuu growled as both Susanoo began to expand.
Madara's finished first, forming his samurai armored Susanoo. Then, Ryuu's finished, standing level with Madara's. It had a shorter nose than Madara's, a crescent moon shaped piece of armor over its eyes with flat ends, both of which reached upward, a smaller similar crescent piece on the Susanoo's chin, green flame-like hair reaching backward, the usual gem in the bottom part of the crest on the Susanoo's forehead, and a pair of massive feathered wings with hands on the tops. One held a katana, and the other a tanto.
"You've perfected it," Madara called out. "Let's see who's is truly better."
Ryuu nodded, Susanoo's arm reaching up to the katana's handle and drawing it as it flew forward, slashing at Madara. Madara blocked it with his own katana, a massive explosion flying off the blades. Ryuu shoved the blade away, slashing again and again Madara blocked it. Then, Ryuu spun, his katana's blade growing into his Susanoo's drill as he stabbed at Madara's Susanoo's side. Madara flipped over it, slashing downward at Ryuu only for Ryuu to draw his tanto and block the katana. The tanto was a massive green recreation of Ryuu's own tanto, which made him grin.
"You're not half bad Ryuu," Madara commended. "But it take practice to get used to a Susanoo's full power."
"I know," Ryuu growled, shoving the katana away and stabbing at him with the drill again, putting the tanto away.
Madara blocked the drill and Ryuu spun, drill changing back into the katana and whipping around Ryuu, splitting Madara's Susanoo in half.
"That's why I'm controlling it manually right now," Ryuu stated.
Madara realized for the first time that Ryuu was, in fact, performing the same actions as his Susanoo. Madara growled in frustration, Susanoo repairing itself before Madara drew his other katana as well.
"Fine then," Madara growled. "Let's see how well you can keep up."
He flew at Ryuu, slashing rapidly and Ryuu blocked every slash for several seconds before flipping over Madara, slashing at him. Madara spun, knocking the katana aside and slashed and Ryuu drew his tanto, blocking the katana. Madara slashed at Ryuu and Ryuu spun out of the way, sword carving through Madara's Susanoo. Madara spun, the sword flashing below him before he could react. He looked down, seeing the bottom of his sandals falling away, having missed his feet by a fraction of an inch.
"Damn," Ryuu growled. "I missed."
He spun, tanto blocking one katana before the other carved up through the Susanoo. Ryuu flipped out of the path of the sword but before he was fully out of the way, the sword sliced through his cheek, just barely deep enough to draw blood. Ryuu's eyes widened as the cut steamed and sealed itself and Ryuu sighed.
"It would seem that we're not getting very far," Ryuu commented.
"Indeed," Madara nodded.
"I'll end it this time," Ryuu said, Susanoo putting its tanto away and forming the Yata Mirror.
"Perhaps," Madara mused. "Come. Let's just see shall we?"
Ryuu flew forward, pulling his katana back. Madara's put one of its own katanas away and gripped the other with both hands slashing horizontally. Ryuu raised the Yata Mirror and began to slash. Then, his eyes widened. Madara's katana blasted through the Yata Mirror on impact, carving into the Susanoo's face and streaking toward him. Ryuu flipped, keeping the blade from hitting him in the face but felt something tug at his waist. Then, his lower body was spinning away. Ryuu grit his teeth, forming a pair of Lightning Blades and shouting in pain as he formed his wings and flew at Madara. Madara smirked in amusement up until Ryuu blasted through his Susanoo with one Lightning Blade, pulling the other back. Madara held his hand up, his Rinnegan pulsing as Ryuu was blasted away from him, crashing down hard beside his legs, recognizing the power.
"Pein," Ryuu breathed. "You've got...those powers. Damn."
He began to black out as white spikes rose into his view before spiraling closed. A moment later, he was staring up at Tsunade and she was trying to speak to him, but he couldn't hear. His hearing slowly began to return, enough for him to hear something about dying.
"I was so...close," Ryuu breathed, pain flaring through his body as he tried to move his arm he remained silent but a tear managed to escape, sliding down his face. "He has...Pein's abilities. The one that...flattened the village."
Tsunade said something, he couldn't hear her again. And his vision began to darken around the edges and it seemed like Tsunade was moving further away.
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