Still don't own Naruto
Chapter 78: A Declaration Of War
"Madara! What are you doing here" Naruto spat angrily.
"So you figured it out did you. Truly you are just as talented as your father was. But in the end I got rid of him as well, so what chance do you think you have" Madara said.
"I wont let you get anywhere near Naruto!" Kakashi said moving defensively in front of the blond.
"I am not here for that, not that your attacks could hurt me anyway" Madara said happily.
"Then what do you want, we are kind of busy here" Naruto said his irritation showing.
"Well I was hoping that we could have a little chat, before I go and talk to the Kage's that is" Madara said.
"What do you want with them? Do you think they will hand Naruto over to you?" Kakashi said ready to strike at the first sign of aggressive movement from the masked Uchiha.
"Well that is a thought, but if I told you what I want to tell them, it would ruin the surprise now wouldn't it" Madara said his voice changing to the childish Tobi for a few moments.
"Look just get out of the way, we need to catch up to Danzo" Naruto said.
"Well, I'm afraid I can't let you do that" Madara announced.
"So what? Is he working for you now too" Naruto theorized.
"Nothing of the sort! I just can't let you kill him. I need Sasuke to kill him, so he can have a small taste of the revenge he is craving" Madara replied.
"What are you talking about? What would that achieve?" Naruto questioned.
"Oh to answer that, I will have to tell you a story about a boy who was obsessed with power falling into darkness and embracing it, until the point that he was lost without it" Madara said.
"What are you talking about now?" Kakashi said irritatedly.
"I'm talking about Sasuke Uchiha. He craves the death of those responsible for the death of his brother" Madara said.
"This may sound like a stupid question. But didn't Sasuke kill Itachi? So shouldn't he want to kill himself by that logic?" Naruto said.
"Ah but I told him the truth, about what happened to Itachi and the Uchiha clan. About how Itachi was ordered to kill them. You see the Uchiha clan was planning a coup de-tat on Konoha. Itachi however was only loyal to the Hokage. In the end when negotiations broke down, Itachi was ordered to kill his own clan, the village elders and Danzo forced the Hokage to accept the mission needed to go ahead and later that night Itachi massacred his own clan. But as you know Itachi let Sasuke live. As much as he loved Konoha, he loved Sasuke more. In the end, he felt so guilty about killing his clan that he wanted Sasuke to grow strong and kill him, so he gave Sasuke a purpose by torturing him in his Tsukuyomi. Sasuke was obsessed, and once Itachi was gone he had no more purpose, he was an empty shell, at least until I found him, and told him the truth" Madara said.
"Impossible if that was true we would know, I was an Anbu captain at the time, and I heared nothing about this. Sure the Uchiha clan members were slightly more hostile than they had been in the past but it was nothing that serious" Kakashi said.
"I believe him" Naruto said flatly.
"Huh why would you believe anything that he has to say? How would he even know something like that?" Kakashi Questioned.
"There are many ways he could know, after all he was in the Akatsuki with Itachi. I believe him because He told me himself, well not so much how Madara just did but he told me about a S ranked secret that had something to do with him, S ranked secrets are only shared between people who already know something about it and if broken the penalty is death. I should know, there have been quite a few S class secrets involving me. So what Madara is saying is quite simple, Sasuke now wants to kill Danzo, Koharu and Homura" Naruto said.
"Well done, you figured it out. But it is not that simple, you see Sasuke also wants to punish the village that hated Itachi" Madara said.
"So he will keep killing until he is satisfied. But that is all he knows, so he wont stop killing until everyone from Konoha is dead" Naruto said clearly disgusted.
"I do believe that is his goal. His quest for revenge has consumed him" Madara said with a small laugh.
"He doesn't stand a chance, I will stop him" Naruto declared.
"You will try, you may even succeed. I can see in your eyes, that despicable will of fire that Hashirama loved so much. You are just like him, throughout the ages Uchiha and Senju have fought each other. But as there are no more Senju it looks like you have taken up the mantle. After all, there is not much of a difference between an Uzumaki and a Senju. They are basically the same family" Madara said and from the tone of his voice Naruto could tell he was smirking.
"So other than come here to prevent us from killing Danzo, which I am sure was mostly dumb luck on your part, what did you want" Naruto said.
"I want to know, how you were able to convince Nagato to betray me" Madara said.
"Nagato wanted peace, it was his dream. You just twisted that into what the Akatsuki has become. I didn't turn him against you, I was simply able to remind him of who he once was" Naruto said.
"Who he once was huh. He was nothing, a pathetic excuse for a ninja, just like those friends of his. Such talent, gone to waste because of the same ideals of peace that can never be accomplished" Madara said.
"He wasn't wasting his talents, they were working towards the world that they wanted. Nagato was a good man before you helped twist his mind" Naruto replied harshly.
"All I did was show him the futility of his struggle, but then again it is always easy to manipulate someone using there darker emotions" Madara said.
"This is pointless, what are your plans for the Bijuu?" Kakashi asked demanding an answer.
"This isn't the place or time, but I am sure we will be seeing each other again, real soon. Goodbye" Madara said before his body seemed be get sucked into a spiraling vortex and he disappeared.
"He's gone. Well lets get going after Danzo, we don't want to let him get away" Naruto said.
Kakashi went to reply bur was cut off when a loud explosion rocked the complex from several floors above.
'Sasuke' both Naruto and Kakashi thought at the same time.
"What was that? It feels like this whole place is about to come down" Kakashi said.
"Now what? Do we go after Danzo or head back, if there is a cave in on the upper levels we might not be able to get back to Tsunade-Baachan in time if something goes wrong" Naruto said.
"You go back to Tsunade-sama, you have done enough for today. I will take care of Danzo" Kakashi said.
"Are you sure, the two guards he took with him will be stronger than the two they left behind" Naruto said.
"It's alright, nothing I cant handle. Besides I cant let you have all the fun. So what do we do about Sai?" Kakashi said.
"Well from the sounds of things, he didn't go along with Danzo's plan, as far as I am concerned he has done nothing wrong. So maybe he should go with you, he will know where Danzo might go from here and can fill you in on Danzo's bodyguard's abilities" Naruto said.
"Naruto is correct. I may not be able to tell you anything about Danzo, or Root in general thanks to the seals placed on my tongue, but I can tell you about Fu and Torune, and I can lead you to several Root Bases in distance that Danzo might run to" Sai said speaking for the first time.
"Sounds like a plan. Alright I will go with Sai and attempt to track down Danzo. While you go make sure Tsunade-sama is safe. If Madara is still around we don't want to take any chances" Kakashi said.
"Agreed, good luck Kakashi sensei, and if you need help don't hesitate to call" Naruto said before turning and hurrying off back up towards the higher levels.
"Well lets go Sai. Danzo is still getting away" Kakashi said.
"Very well. It is strange I have not felt anything in so long, but I think I am relieved and happy that I survived" Sai said.
"Just goes to show that you are human after all" Kakashi said before they both took off in the opposite direction to Naruto.
(Meeting Room)
"The room where Sasuke Uchiha is fighting the Raikage is collapsing. The Raikage and Kazekage are going to get crushed" Ao said.
"It's alright, Garra-dono will be able to protect everyone with his sand. What about Sasuke Uchiha what happened to him?" Tsunade said.
"The Uchiha covered himself in some sort of protective shell that took the basic form of a human, so he will most likely survive" Ao replied.
It was at that moment the door busted open and Kurotsuchi ran in. "Hokage-sama, Naruto has been injured by some weird jutsu and needs your help" she said frantically.
"Are you sure, Ao check out Naruto's condition" Mei ordered.
"As you wish... … Naruto seems to be fine, in fact he is heading this way right now" Ao said.
"Impossible, he had these tiny insects on him that were poisoning him, Danzo said there was no way he would survive" Kurotsuchi said in disbelief.
"Well, Naruto was always good at defying odds, as for the poison the Kyuubi grants Naruto a rather impressive healing ability, and makes him almost immune to all poisons. Add to that the healing factor added by his Sage Mode, and he would have been able to easily deal with a couple of insects. Still I think the Aburame clan may have found where some of there missing ninja wound up" Tsunade said.
(With Sasuke)
The ceiling had just come down burying the ninja from Kumo and Suna, and while Sasuke knew they would probably survive, he used this as his chance to get away from the Raikage so he could chase his targets.
"Karin, where is Danzo" Sasuke ordered.
"Im sorry Sasuke-kun, he fled after coming into contact with that blond Naruto, and the other ninja from Konoha who came with the Hokage" Karin apologized.
"So both of the Hokage's bodyguard's are not with her at the moment?" Sasuke asked a new plan formulating.
"That's right, as far as I can tell one of them is on the way back to the upper levels while the other is chasing after Danzo" Karin said.
"Find her, find the hokage, now!" Sasuke ordered.
"Yes... She is two levels up in a small room along with several other people" Karin said.
"Well what are we waiting for lets go" said Sasuke and he grabbed Karin before jumping up through the hole in the ceiling.
Running at top speed they made it to the door leading to the room that Tsunade was in and charged a chidori not even stopping his charge before he turned the door into tiny splinters.
"Sasuke Uchiha, what an unpleasant surprise" Tsunade said.
"My Konoha sure do seem to make some handsome shinobi. It is a shame that this one has to die, especially seeing as I already lost out on Naruto" Mei said.
"Hey what are you talking about? Like Sasuke-kun would ever do anything with you anyway" Karin said.
A tic mark appeared on Mei's forehead and she smiled her very own brand of deadly smile. "Tsunade-dono, please allow me to take care of this problem for you. Just sit back and relax" she said in a sickly sweet voice that was laced with killing intent.
"I see no problem with that" Tsunade said but stood up to ready herself for an attack anyway.
(With Shikamaru's Group)
The team that went out in search of Sasuke had been running for almost a full day now and only stopped to rest for a few hours.
"How much longer until we get to the Land of Lightening so we can begin our search" Sakura asked.
"At this speed, I would say around a day. We still have to go through the Land of Iron" Shikamaru informed the pink haired kunoichi.
"Oh, it hopefully wont be too hard to find him once we get there. Is there any sign of his scent Kiba? Sakura asked.
"Not yet, but if he gets within two miles of me, I will know" the Inuzuka assured the group.
"Good keep checking when ever you get the chance" Shikamaru said.
(Kage Summit)
Naruto made it to the top levels just in time to see Garra and A, along with there bodyguard's exit the room in front of him. Sprinting it did not take Naruto long to catch up.
"Hey how did it go with Sasuke?" Naruto asked.
"Not well. A-dono lost an arm. And Sasuke got away, we believe he is heading to the meeting room" Garra said.
"I still don't understand why he would go there. It's not like it is safer, there are three Kage and Mifune there" Kankuro said.
"He is going after Tusnade-Baachan" Naruto said as they went up another flight of stairs.
"Tsunade? Why would he want to go after her?" Temari asked.
"Because he is twisted and want's to make Konoha suffer" Naruto said.
"It doesn't matter he will not be able to kill the old slug queen easily, we will have enough time to stop Sasuke before he harms anyone" A said.
They burst through the door just in time to see Sasuke absorbed by the Tsuchikage's unique attack. It looked like a large cube but anything that was caught inside of it was destroyed.
"Hmph he was not so tough. But these white things what ever they are, seem to multiply and drain chakra at the same time as grant chakra to others" Oonoki grumbled.
"Ah it seems everyone is finally here, I was beginning to get bored" came a voice from above them on the balcony. There sitting with his legs crossed was the masked Madara. Sasuke was laying unconscious on his shoulder.
"Madara Uchiha I presume" Oonoki said.
"Oh Naruto, have you been giving away my secrets, that's not very nice" Madara said in the voice of Tobi.
"Go to hell, you freak" Naruto yelled back.
"Why would I want to do that when I have put so much effort into staying alive?" Madara asked rhetorically.
Madara seemed to suck Sasuke into his eye then went over to where Karin was hiding in a corner hoping not to be noticed by the five Kage. "Heal Sasuke for me" He said before sucking her up as well. "Now where were we, Oh I know I was going to tell you what I want" Madara said.
Faster than the blink of an eye, the Raikage shot of his lightening Armor at full power. Madara didn't have time to move, but he did have time to make himself intangible causing the Raikage to simply faze through him.
"I don't care what you have to say, now give me Sasuke" A seethed as he picked himself out of the hole he made in the wall.
"First I want you to listen to my proposition. I may comply depending on your answer" Madara said.
"Let's be calm about this. I say we listen to what he has to say, then decide what action to take" Oonoki suggested.
"Tch, Fine" A mumbled in irritation.
"It is a shock to see that Madara Uchiha still lives, I would have thought for a man of his caliber anything would be possible, so why have you gone through such round about tactics in order to achieve your goals" Oonoki said.
"While I may not have been killed in my battle with that fool Hashirama, I was severely wounded, so much so that I am now almost powerless. I am like a shell of my former self" Madara said.
"So what you are planning with the Bijuu is a way to return you to your former self?" Naruto asked.
"Well, Yes and no. There is far more to my moon's eye plan than that" Madara said.
"What are you plotting? What exactly is this moon's eye plan?" Mifune asked.
"I would like to take my time with this so you can all take a seat. Well unless you would prefer to stand" Madara said.
Nobody in the room moved they just remained staring at Madara.
"Now in a basic sense my plan is, to have everything become one with me. Which is to achieve a complete form where all is united.
"What does that even mean?" Oonoki asked.
"There is a stone monument, passed down amongst the Uchiha for generations. Even now it lies beneath the village of Konoha. Upon it are recorded secrets left to us by the Rikudou Sennin" Madara said.
The moment Naruto heard this he became weary. 'What secrets could he know, most of them were held by the Uzumaki clan, he did not even tell his sons that he was an Uzumaki, so most likely what ever he knows can't be more than I do' Naruto thought but still eyed Madara with suspicion.
Without our eyes it is impossible to read. What's more, the Mangekyo Sharingan can decode more the the sharingan and the Rinnegan still more than that" Madara continued.
'So, it must have been written by the Rikudou Sennin before his death and given to Uchiha as a gift but the more sensitive information cannot be read at all without an Uzumaki' Naruto thought and was unable to keep a small smirk from forming on his face.
"This is getting ridiculous. The Rikudou Sennin, you expect us to believe that" Oonoki said.
"The sage existed, and he left us this monument" Madara said.
"Enough of this, What could the Rikudou Sennin have to do with your plans, even if he did exist he lived thousands of years ago!" A yelled.
"Do you know why it is that he became the stuff of legend, worshiped by the whole shinobi world almost like a god. That is the connection between that man and my goal" Madara said.
"Well, you possess the Mangekyo Sharingan, and there was also a man in the Akatsuki who possessed the Rinnegan. So you must know all that is on the Monument" Mei said.
"Yes, go on let's hear it already" Oonoki added.
"The Rikudou Sennin saved the world. He saved it from a monster" Madara said.
"You mean the Juubi" Naruto said unable to control himself.
"There you go and spoil my story, but tell me how did you know that, there are not many people who have knowledge on that sort of information" Madara said.
Naruto began to sweat then he remembered during his training with Jiraiya the story Fukusaku had told him. "The Toad elders of Myobokuzan. Fukusaku told me" Naruto said.
"Hm it may be possible that they knew of the Juubi, but I still feel you are hiding something from me" Madara said.
"So what if I am, weren't you telling a story" Naruto replied.
"Excuse me, can we back up. The Bijuu only go up to the Kyuubi, there is no Juubi" Oonoki said.
"Oh but there is, you see the nine Bijuu were created from the Juubi. And the first host of the Juubi was non other than the Rikudou Sennin. The Ichibi though Kyuubi are nothing more than parts of the Juubi" Madara informed the group.
"I do not like where I think this is going. Is this why the Akatsuki are gathering the Bijuu?" Kankuro said.
"The Rikudou Sennin developed a certain ninjutsu in order to protect the ninja worlds from the Juubi. Even now, that ninjutsu is quietly being passed down, the seals that creates a jinchuuriki. The Rikudou Sennin was the jinchuuriki of the Juubi. As the man who freed the world from the terrible Juubi the sage was worshiped like a god by the people. But the Juubi's chakra was so terrible and foul that if the jinchuuriki were to die, it would escape the seal and terrorize the world once more. Fearing this upon his deathbed, the Rikudou Sennin used the last of his power to Divide the Juubi's chakra into nine portions and scattered them across the worlds surface. And with the chakra removed its actual body was sealed away and blasted into the sky where it's power could not reach. It became the moon" Madara said.
"So you are gathering those nine pieces of scattered chakra. The nine Bijuu in an attempt to gain the power for yourself and become the jinchuuriki of the Juubi. But what do you plan on doing with that sort of power?" Mifune asked.
"Using the power of the Juubi I will magnify the power of my eyes to the Ultimate level. Then I will activate a certain jutsu" Madara said.
"A certain jutsu? What are you talking about?" Oonoki asked.
"With my Mangekyo Sharingan I will cast a genjutsu reflecting my eyes for the moon's surface. The Infinite Tsukuyomi. I will cast my genjutsu upon all the humans in the world controlling them for eternity. I will become one with the world. It will be a world united without war or hatred everything will be one with me. That is my Moon's Eye plan" Madara said.
Needless to say the room was shocked. "You're fucking insane, that isn't peace, we would be nothing but slaves. I think I am thankful I am a jinchuuriki because if you succeed I would have to die before and not live like that" Naruto said.
"To hell with that, I would never give the world to someone like you" A roared in agreement of Naruto's outburst, and the other Kage's followed.
"Well, do you five Kage think you could do any better at bringing peace? Surely you should have realized by now, it can't be done. Now hand over the Nibi, Hachibi and Kyuubi and cooperate, or war will be upon us" Madara said.
"Fuck you old man, like I would let you take me or Yugi-chan" Naruto yelled.
"Wait Hachibi, but you already took my brother" A said shocked.
"No we failed, he outsmarted Sasuke. I have to say that I am surprised as well, from our scouting on the Hachibi, he does not come across as one of the great tactical thinkers of his time. Although with that said neither is Sasuke" Madara laughed.
"So he just ran off to have a vacation... That ungrateful little asshole when I get my hands on him I am going to make him taste my Iron Claw!" A yelled angrily.
Garra then moved to stand protectively in front of Naruto. "I will never hand Naruto over to you. I wouldn't give you my counselors so there is no way in hell I would give you my friend" the Kazekage said.
"I concur" Mei said and she too moved to defend Naruto should Madara attempt anything.
"I will not live out my remaining years as a slave, you will not have any cooperation from me. So what about it A-dono" Oonoki said.
"There is absolutely no way that I would hand over my brother to him" A agreed.
"I may not have any power myself but I do have all of the power of the Bijuu that I have gathered so far. You have no hope" Madara said.
"Think what you want, we will not abandon hope, nor will we give up our friends. I for one, would rather die free, than become a slave to you" Garra said.
"Very well, in that case I declare the start of the fourth Ninja world war" Madara said.
"The fourth ninja war? Are you serious?" Oonoki questioned.
"I am not one to say things in jest. The next time any of us meet it will be on the battleground" Madara said as he slowly began warping away.
End Chapter!
Sorry if you were hoping for Sasuke's fight, I decided to bugger it off. Mostly because I don't like Sasuke but also because it would have been the same as in the cannon anyway.