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A.N. Remember, if you have not read the manga there will be spoilers in this chapter!
"Whose Susanoo is that!?" Sasuke demanded, relieved that the two girls were safe, but still in shock. No one but he and his brother could use Susanoo, then who…
"Kakashi..." Sayuri began at a loss for words.
"...Sensei…?" Sakura finished as the man came into view.
"No way!" Naruto shouted excitedly.
Sasuke frowned. "That's impossible..."
"Well that's why he's called the Copy Ninja Kakashi of the Sharingan!" Naruto pointed.
"But...he wasn't supposed to still have his sharingan!" Sasuke countered, not able to understand how it was that he activated the Susanoo.
"Kakashi-sensei...how did you…?" Sayuri began, staring at the Susanoo that currently held her in its grip.
The man turned and smiled at the two girls. "Obito."
"Huh?" Sakura's brow furrowed in confusion as the silver haired jounin turned back to the white rabbit mass.
Thank you, Obito. Now let's watch over them together! The ninja thought as Susanoo brought the hand that held the girls to his head, shoving the two inside, the chakra being.
Goodbye
"It's coming!" Naruto warned, as another white arm shot out towards them. Susanoo rose to the sky, floating behind Sasuke and Naruto's clones.
Let's try this… Kakashi's sharigan eyes spinned as the man concentrated. Kamui's power on these shuriken!
Sayuri and Sakura were left stunned as Susanoo held up several black shuriken which he quickly threw at the arms of the giant white mass. Once hit the arms were sucked in and transported elsewhere leaving the mass defenseless for the moment.
"How on earth..." Sayuri mumbled to herself watching her teacher carefully. How did he get Obito's sharingan? The teenager wondered.
"Woa!" Naruto exclaimed. "That was cooler than Sasuke's!"
The ground bellow cracked in several different areas. Chakra spilled out of the cracks like gushing water, heading straight for the white mass of heads. The rabbit roared loud enough to shake the dimension they were in and then it just stopped. The white heads of the tailed beasts disappeared one by one, being replaced by a black mass. Finally the rabbit head itself was dissolved into the giant black or, leaving behind Kaguya. Her head was bowed, long white hair spilling over her shoulders.
"Is that a Gudoudama?!" Sayuri asked Naruto as she watched the massive black sphere. She gaped at it watching as more and more chakra was sucked into it like a black whole.
"Yeah..." the blonde replied warily, head tilting back as he took in the size of it.
"All of the chakra that just came out from the ground is in that thing!" Sakura started, bright green eyes wide in shock.
Sayuri could feel different chakra natures coming from it and became alarmed. Whatever Kaguya was doing, it wasn't going to end up well for them. "Do you think that all that chakra is coming from the people trapped in the Tsukuyomi?" Sayuri asked the medic who could only nod her head stiffly.
"It has to be their chakra..." she replied.
Kaguya rose the giant orb high into the air. White eyes on the shinobi bellow. They were just insects to her. Pesky insects standing in her way, preventing her from having her chakra to herself again. She glared at the two teenage boys who held her grandsons souls. She felt the orb expand with every second that passed and smirked. In this dimension she could take the chakra from the ninja in the other world and gather it together. With this gudoudama she will destroy them all.
"I won't be able to use Kamui on that..." Kakashi stiffened as his quick mind began to realize their situation. "Even if we escape into another dimension, we won't be safe. If that orb becomes too big, then we won't be able to come back at all."
"Then to stop that..." Sasuke began.
"We have to seal that Rabbit Granny right away." Naruto finished.
"Right!" Sayuri and Sakura agreed. The two girls moved closer to Kakashi, both of their chakra's spiking, readying for a fight.
"All right," Kakashi called. "Come here and I'll explain the strategy. This will be our last mission as Team 7!"
"OK!" They all agreed, Naruto and Sasuke turned to their teacher and waited for instructions.
Above them, Kaguya glanced at the gudoudama, it was almost complete. She turned back to the boys, there was nothing they could do to stop her. "I am immortal! If either of you dies, then you won't be able to seal me. Well then..." she narrowed her eyes at the two. "Who should I kill first?"
Alarmed the clones swarmed around Naruto and Sasuke, the blonde shoving one of their heads down. "I'M HER OPPONENT!" the blonde yelled, pumped up for a fight.
"No." Sasuke spoke calmly. "We'll both attack together. She's less focused because she's afraid of being sealed. Get me halfway there, and then I'll make the jump."
"Got it!" Naruto, Sasuke and the clones quickly headed towards Kaguya. The woman, however immediately made the bones on her back rise once again. She shot the pointed objects at the two teens, their force and speed taking them all by surprise. Kakashi quickly moved to shield the boys, his Susanoo getting pierced in the process. One of the bones, however headed towards Kakashi's abdomen, but the ninja immediately phased through it.
Bein able to pass through things is a real gift, Obito. Kakashi thanked, as chakra gathered in his right hand. The chakra being that Kakashi had created began to fall apart, expelling Kakashi in the process. "Now take this! Kamui Chidori!" Kakashi vanished into thin air before re-appearing in front of Kaguya slicing her arm off, leaving it only to hang by the yellow kimono.
"MOM!" Zetsu cried out. Her right arm! He watched his mother fall, and caught sight of Naruto leaping forward towards her left and Sasuke to the right of her. There is no time to escape to another dimension...In that case I'll do this… Zetsu acted quickly, opening a small rip on the dimension while making the arm that he was hiding under shed a long thin, pointed bone.
Meanwhile, Kagya catching sight of the small rip forming on her right, turned her attention away from Sasuke and towards Naruto. Lifting her arm, she quickly shot her bone at him. Not having enough time to deflect the teen was pierced through the chest. Naruto gasped in pain as he began to crumble, but not before Sasuke's body vanished with smoke leaving behind the real Naruto. Grinning he kept his right arm outstretched, while all Kaguya could do was watch as he got closer. She turned her head to the Naruto that she had hit watching the clone slowly turn to ash.
You two really are transmigrants of Ashura and Indra...She recalled the clones swarming around the two boys. You had switched places back then. So then the one on the right, is the real one! The small rip on her right expanded as on the ground, Zetsu shot his bone through it. Naruto's eyes widened, taken by surprise of the bone that emerged.
Acting quickly Kakashi activated Kamui one last time as he fell towards the ground. In front of him, Naruto saw the bone disappear and with a grin turned back to Kaguya who could only stare in shock. On her left the clone was quickly replaced by Sasuke as he too rushed her way, left arm, palm up towards her. Their seals becoming more prominent as they closed in on her.
This is bad! Kaguya thought as she fell closer to the two boys. I need to escape! To the ice dimension...no… She chanced s glance at Sasuke who's left eye was bleeding. Indra's transmigrant has Amaterasu, that wont do. Then… She focused on her left arm again, slowly the bone slid out of her palm as she aimed. "I'll kill him, then!" Kaguya yelled, panic evident in her voice.
"The hell you will!" In a matter of seconds Kaguya's left arm was tied to her side, around her was a thick wire laced with chakra. Looking over her shoulder she caught sight of Sayuri being held by the remnants of Kakashi's Susanoo. The auburn haired girl pulled on the wire making sure that Kaguya's arm remained pinned to her side.
Kaguya became angered by the girls smug look on her face. I still have another option! She thought and pushed herself upwards. She felt the wire around her torso tighten, digging into her skin as Sayuri pulled harder against it. The last traces of Kakashi's chakra slowly vanishing.
"You're forgetting someone!" Sayuri said in a mocking tone.
Angered the woman looked over her shoulder as she dragged the girl upwards. "Let got of me you little-"
"She's right!" Sakura yelled. "I'M STILL HERE!" and with that she pulled an arm back and hit the woman as hard as she possibly could making her fall downwards and towards the two boys bellow.
Watching the whole scene as he fell, Kakashi smiled, pride swelling up in his chest. You four really look great now...I really do like you.
"NOW!" Sasuke ordered as his and Naruto's palms touched Kaguya's shoulders.
"RIGHT!" Naruto replied, the two teens focusing their chakra on the seals in their hands.
Sakura continued pushing Kaguya down, while Sayuri pulled on the wire as she fell downwards as well, adding more weight on the woman. Behind them a male like figure appeared hands near his chest, palms open showing the sun and the moon seal, between the man's palms were the four ninja and Kaguya.
"CHIBAKU TENSEI!" Naruto and Sasuke yelled as behind them the man closed his hands together. Kaguya was left in shock as the sharigan on her forhead was soon sealed.
Why…!? She asked herself, as for a second the images of Naruto and Sasuke turned to that of Hagoromo and his twin brother, Hamura.
The seal on Naruto's right hand and on Sasuke's left vanished as they pulled away. Sakura pushed herself back and away from Kaguya as Sayuri let go of the wire.
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Hagoromo watched the Kage gather around, along with the Marihasha clan head. The five ninja waited for his orders while the man looked at his palms in surprise.
"I still can't believe that the Sage of Six Paths is here, before us!" Minato whispered to Yūkan who smiled at his blonde friend's admiration
"Yeah, me neither..." was his short reply. They watched the man clap his hands together with a pleased smile on his wrinkled face.
"It would seem like they did it." Hagoromo said proudly.
"Oh!" Hashirama stepped closer with a grin. "Did they really!?"
"Yes." Hagoromo nodded. "Now I just have to bring them back." He turned his gaze to Yukan who stood at attention. "I need you to make a couple of seals for me."
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Kaguya's body began expanding once more, the heads of the tailed beasts emerged from her body, and the ground bellow began to crack, chunks of rock rising up towards the howling mass that was Kaguya. Slowly at first, one by one crashing together every now and again, but gradually it started picking up speed. Mounds of earth floating towards the mass quickly, colliding with each other in the process.
"Ah!" Sakura gasped as she fell. Kakashi quickly moved to catch the medic before she hit the ground. Further away from him, Sayuri landed on one of the many boulders that began to rise towards the mass of growling heads. She leapt downwards from one rock to the next, until Sasuke appeared behind her, picking her up by the waist and jumping down. Just then the heads of the tailed beasts split, coming crashing down around the small group of ninja.
"Finally! We got out!" the monkey, four tailed beast sighed, turning to the nine tails. "Kurama, your Jichuuriki is nice."
"Hn." Kurama smirked taking a look a the blonde bellow.
"Aww! Son Gokū!" Naruto laughed. "It was no big deal!" He scratched his head embarrassed.
"Yeah you really saved us!" Shukaku exclaimed.
Sasuke landed beside Naruto and placed Sayuri back on her feet. The girl looked up watching as more and more of the earth bellow them was ripped upwards, forming a ball around Kaguya's, expanding body. Something that apparently did not bother the tailed beasts as they continued to thank the blonde.
"OK, its nice that all of you are out, but what are we going to do about that!" Sayuri interrupted pointing at the large rock that had formed in a matter of minutes.
"We need to find a way out..." Sasuke said to the group, eyes on the growing mass.
Naruto's sage form vanished along with Kurama's chakra. He watched as more and more of the dimension they were on flew towards the giant rock above them before catching sight of the lone hand on the ground. The blonde began to run ahead but was pulled back by the sleeve. He turned to see Sasuke giving his a questioning look.
"There's something I've go to do first!" Naruto explained and pulled away. The group watched as he landed in front of Zetsu who looked up at the blonde in surprise. "You've been hiding in the shadows, but I've noticed you."
"You're just part of the shinobi history I created! You're just a brat, you can't-" He was cut short by Naruto who picked him up, frown on his face.
"The shinobi history was made by the lives of many ninja and their deaths!" He threw Zetsu up in the air before punching him. "A brat who can't even leave his mother's side will never understand!" he declared sending Zetsu and his mother's arm flying towards the giant rock. Zetsu grunted as he hit the rock hard before being crushed by an incoming boulder.
Watching the entire scene Kakashi smiled. Naruto really has grown up. He thought before his attention was brought back to the giant rock that continued to float upwards, all the while dragging more and more rocks towards it. It looks almost like the moon...The man thought in concern.
"It's now over." Sasuke said slowly, taking a step forward.
Naruto hopped towards them and grinned, giving Sakura a thumbs up. "Now that Kguya's sealed, everyone can live happily ever after!"
Sakura smiled back and nodded. "You're right!" she laughed..
"We're going to die." Sayuri said after a minute of hearing the two bright haired teens laugh.
Sakura suddenly went quiet, the smile on her face fell as something suddenly clicked. "WAIT! SHE'S RIGHT! WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO!?" She exclaimed in a panic, head turning from the giant rock to Naruto. "WE NEED TO GET OUT OF THIS DIMENSION!"
Naruto frowned, a second passed before he understood. "EH! OH MY GOD!" He pulled his cheeks down and turned to stare at the rock above them.
Sayuri rubbed her head and sighed. "That's what I've been saying...You two are idiots."
"WHAT!?" "COME AGAIN!?" Naruto and Sakura both yelled. Sayuri on the other hand winced and plugged her ears.
Behind them Kakashi laughed and rubbed the back of his head. He really did miss his team, but their antics were really something else. Above them the moon like sphere continued to expand, they all waited for their impeding doom until all of them felt a sharp tug before they were pulled elsewhere.
"What…?" Sayuri was the first to speak as the rock that had been hovering above them was replaced by a dark sky. She looked around and found the tailed beast around them, runes on the ground.
"Welcome back." two deep voices said simultaneously.
"Dad!" Naruto gasped and Minato smiled.
Sayuri looked over her shoulder to see her smiling father with wide eyes. "We're...we're safe?" she asked.
"Yes, you're safe." he replied softly earning a smile from his auburn haired daughter.
An older man floated before them, staff on his back and gudoudama floating lazily behind him. He stared down the ninja before him. "Good job." he finally said.
"Naruto," Sakura cupped a hand over her mouth leaning towards the blonde. "Who is he?" she whispered.
"That's the Old Hermit...this is..." Naruto began but stopped at a loss for words.
"Yes, you're back." the man assured. "I used a summoning jutsu with the previous Hokage, had the Marihasha man write up the rune, and summoned back the historical Kage from the Pure Land, so they could help me." The man smiled. "Naruto, Sasuke, everyone...thank you, for saving the world."
Bellow them the runes began to fizzle out. Sakura, Kakashi, and Sayuri stared at the floating man, dumbfounded. All three eying the man suspiciously, but completely composed.
"Old man...hermit..." Sakura repeated Naruto's words, her brow creasing in thought.
"Wait…!" Kakashi was the first to react. "So you're the Sage of Six Paths!?"
"Yes, my name is Hagoromo Otsuki, also known as the Sage of Six Paths." the man replied formally.
"I thought so." Sakura sighed. "You are floating in midair..."
"Yeah..." Sayuri said slowly still trying to come to terms with the fact that a man that was supposed to be dead for centuries was talking to them as if he were discussing the weather. Sayuri wrinkled her nose as she made a face and shook her head. "Why am I not surprised." she sighed rubbing her temples, feeling another headache coming on.
"To be honest, after what we went through nothing really surprises me now." Sakura turned to Sayuri, feeling her pain. "I'm tired of it, really."
"So it's like this in the end." Kakashi started as he looked around him. "Summoning the previous Gokage, and summoning us from the other dimension..." Kakashi finally turned to Hagoromo in awe. "Only someone like you could do something as godly like this."
Hagoromo smiled and looked the man in the eye. "So you're Kakashi Hatake." the silver haired jounin nodded. "You've done a wonderful job leading them and sealing my mother."
Kakashi shook his head, eyes downcast. "No, in fact I really couldn't do much, it was thanks to them...and a lot of my other comrades. Plus an old friend of mine lent me his power once again." Kakashi thought of Obito in that moment. However he had done it, Obito had come back during the fight to help him out one last time.
"Even so!" Hagoromo insisted. "You've done a wonderful job mentoring Naruto and being Obito's friend despite being lost yourself. If it weren't for you they would have never been able to seal mother."
Naruto loosing interest in the conversation gave the area a once over, blue eyes landing on a specific tailed beast. "HEY KURAMA!" The blonde raced off towards him. "I missed you buddy, did you miss me too?"
"SHUT UP!" The fox growled. "I didn't miss you one bit, you still have half of me inside of you, don't you brat!" he shouted, giving Naruto the middle finger. That, however failed to deter the blonde who only grinned back at the beast.
"Well, look at that," Hagoromo laughed. "Kurama getting all embarrassed and flustered...I've waited a long time to see this." The old man smiled, staring after Naruto. "For a ninja to be born, that could make the tailed beast offer their help of their own accord."
Hearing that Sakura turned to look at Naruto and smiled. He was right, there was something about Naruto that made everyone want to help him, no matter what. Suddenly Kakashi stumbled on his feet, falling off to the side alarming the two girls.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura and Sayuri helped the man down, careful with his head to so he would it hit the ground.
"Sorry, girls." Kakashi sighed. "It seems that I always make you two worry."
Sayuri looked at the man in shock. "Kakashi-sensei your sharingan is gone!"
"What!? Let me see!" Sakura moved closer. "Oh wow, they're really gone."
"It's fine, I guess Kakashi of the Sharingan ends today." he laughed.
Sasuke cast a glance at the girls and the silver haired jounin before noticing someone else. Alarmed he rushed towards the man on laying on ground. How he had overlooked Madara being there, he didn't know, but he'd make sure to kill him once and for all. Hagoromo intercept his path, one arm outstretched to keep the Uchiha in place. Hashirama had already reached the older Uchiha by that time, staring down at his old friend.
"You should watch this carefully, they are your predecessors, after all." Hagoromo said loudly enough for Naruto to hear him as well. Turning to the two men Naruto and Sasuke watched carefully.
Hagoromo smiled as Hashirama knelt down beside the fallen man. "Madara used to be a jinchuuriki, now that the tailed beasts were extracted from him he will die."
"He had it coming when he chose to use them." Sasuke said without sympathy.
"Hashirama…?" Madara began. It was harder to breath now, his black eyes saw his old friend and felt his own end near. The Senju looked down at him sadly, waiting for him to continue. Madara turned his head towards the Konoha ninja on his left, eyes meeting with those of Sayuri's.
"Hino..." he coughed blood just then, only able to see the blue of Sayuri's eyes.
Hashirama looked over to the brunette on the ground and with a sad look turned back to the Uchiha. "Hino is gone, Madara." the First said softly but Madara shook his head.
"You're not looking...hard enough."
Frowning, Hashirama turned to look at Sayuri once more. He didn't get it, what was Madara talking about? Deleriums, maybe? Suddenly he felt it more than saw it. A little spark that was not entirely the young girls. "Hino…?" he whispered.
Kakashi and Sakura took note of the two men's attention on the girl beside them. The two turned to Sayuri whose right eye slowly started shifting to the same sapphire blue that her left eye was. With one fluid movement, that they had never seen in Sayuri, she stood and began to walk towards the two shinobi. Sasuke moved to stop her, taking hold of her arm but when the girl turned to look at him he abruptly let go. She continued making her way towards them, chakra enveloping her body, slowly changing her form.
Sayuri became taller, her hair straight instead of unrully, it's color black, half of it pinned up into two buns. Straight bangs framed one half of her face, blue and green kimono replacing her her black pants, and blue long sleeved shirt. Her face became thinger, lips covered in a small pink tinge.
Madara managed to make a small smile as the image of Hinode took over Sayuri's. She finally reached the two and kneeled down, long black hair brushing Madara's arm. He stared at her and felt like he could breathe again.
"Hino...I..." Madara began but found himself at a loss for words.
"Madara, you've made a lot of mistakes." She said softly. Hashirama smiled at her while Madara sighed, closing his eyes. Hinode was never one to lie or hold things back. "I had wanted you to be Hokage, to make a bright future for the next generation and you did just the opposite."
"Hino, go easy on him." Hashirama intervened in the scolding. "When you died, he kind of lost it."
Hinode turned her sharp blue eyes to the Uchiha on the ground who only stared up at her as if she were the only person there. "Madara..." she shook her head sadly, black hair spilling over her shoulders as she did so.
Madara chuckled, managing to raise his hand slightly. Noticing this, Hinode grabbed it cupping it between her two hands and bringing it up to her chest. The action reminded him of when he was the one sitting, staring down at her dying body.
"Hashirama, you have always been too kind...and optimistic." Madara laughed. "She's right, I've made many mistakes." he squeezed Hinode's hand. "Maybe...I should have been more like you...too."
Hinode saw Madara cast Sasuke a glance but said nothing of it. "You were in such a rush..." Hinode spoke, the two men turning to her. "To make your dream come true...you didn't realize that the most important thing was to protect the next generation so that they could help realize it." Hinode turned her gaze back to Madara and smiled. "Why didn't you just wait and do what I asked?"
Madara chuckled. "Because you were not there any more." he breathed. "What was...the point...if you had died...leaving me alone with nothing to...to look forward too." Hinode's gaze softened. "I thought that maybe by doing this I could bring you...and my brother back."
Hinode closed her eyes, a pained expression on her once calm features. "Oh, Dara..."
"In any case..." Madara continued, "Doing that was...not for me. I always hated...someone following behind...me." Hashirama and Hinode looked at each other and laughed. "Hino…?"
"Yes?"
"I...I love you." Sapphire blue eyes widened at the revelation. "I...don't know when it happened...but it did...Do you..." Madara could feel himself becoming weaker but he had to finish and tell her once and for all. Casting a glance to Hashirama who nodded in encouragement, he continued. "Do you think...that you could have...ever felt...the same…?"
Hinode bit her lip. She felt a pang in her chest and could feel her eyes burning with unshed tears. "I..." she started but nothing came out. She looked at the weakened Madara, and smiled, a lone tear rolling down her cheek. "Perhaps..." she nodded. "...If you had told me before...I would have tried, and maybe things would have ended differently. But now, you Hashirama, and I will be departing from this world. Our presence here is no longer needed." she wiped her tear away with the sleeve of her kimono. "We will all be departing from this time as comrades."
"Comrades..." Madara smiled. "Well...then...next time...I will...tell...you..how I..." His words faded into nothing as his eyes tried to focus on Hinode but could no longer see her. His hand became dead weight in hers and Hinode carefully laid it beside him. She leaned forward and closed his eyes, sad smile on her face.
"Goodbye, Dara...until next time." She whispered and placed a small kiss on his forehead. Turning to Hashirama, who had tears in his eyes she smiled warmly. "It's time for all of us to go."
"She is correct." Hagoromo agreed, floating closer to the two. "I'll send everyone back."
Naruto, in shock ran to stand before his father. Not wanting to say goodbye the boy opened his mouth and shut it once more. Watching his fidgety child, Minato smiled. "Naruto, there is something I need to tell you." The blonde looked up, sad thoughts interrupted. "Happy birthday." To their left the sun was just beginning to rise, turning the sky from black to purple, to red, to orange, and finally blue. "You've grown so much!"
Naruto laughed and rubbed his cheek. "Thank you..."
"We don't belong here, so we can't stay long..." Minato continued and looked down, trying to keep back the tears. "I'll tell your mom all about it!"
Watching his father slowly start to crumble, Naruto grinned. "Tell her that I'm eating a lot and doing fine! I'm not a picky eater, I put miso and soy sauce on my tokotsu...Ah! And I don't only eat ramen!" He began to list off. "I shower almost every day, and I sometimes go to the Konoha Hot Springs! Oh! Oh! And I've made lots of friends, and they're all good guys!" He placed his arms behind his head as he continued. "And I'm not really doing well in my studies, but it doesn't get me down...Well that's probably because I'm confident."
Hashirama smiled as the blonde birthday boy spoke. "I do listen to the Third and Kakashi-sensei! I respect them too! And he's here so you can ask him, now!" Sarutobi chuckled as his body gradually began to fall apart too. "Oh! And what's up with the Three Shinobi Taboos!? I learned a lot when I was with Pervy-sensei! Apparently there's a lot you can't do when it comes to the taboos, but among the three ninja's I think Pervy-sensei was the coolest! He's the best! I've only just turned 17 today so there's not much I know about girls or alcohol! But mom told me to look for a girl as great as she is..." Hinode smiled a bright light surrounding her body, sharp eyes noticing the blonde's gaze flicker over to the pink haired female behind him. "I'm working on that!" He laughed.
"Anyway! Not everything's going the way mom told me! But I'm trying my best! I've got a dream...I want to be Hokage just like you, dad, maybe even better! I will become one though!" Tears began rolling down his face as Minato's soul started floating upwards. "So tell mom over there, won't you...To not worry about me! I'm doing...very well!"
"Got it..." Minato's voice echoed around Naruto. "I'll tell her everything."
A.N.
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